Once renowned for training frigid wives and shy mistresses in the art of lovemaking, Thomas Collins has been approached by the Duke of Wallingford to train his fiancée. The Duke has but one request—Thomas is to save the maidenhead for him.Much to an unwitting Catherine’s surprise, she finds herself blindfolded and bound to a bed, bound by a stranger she knows only by touch…But when Thomas sets out to train Catherine to respond to anything and everything the sadistic Duke mi...

Unable to support herself and her beloved servants, Widow Carrie Hatcher contemplates the unthinkable-offering her services for money. Forced to board wounded Colonel Wesley McEwen in her home, Carrie vows to make the striking Confederate soldier her first "client." But Carrie gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to comply with Wesley's every illicit request for one week. Throughout long, sultry nights, Wesley tutors Carrie in every position, every skill, of her illicit new tra...

Throughout their long engagement, James Camplyon, Earl of Somerset, has fantasized about Patience Hadley Mims' silken skin and voluptuous curves. He expects his witty, beautiful bride to be timid on their wedding night. But Patience is far more than shy. She's terrified.James presents his reluctant bride with a box of risqué novels, ordering her to choose a passage each night for them to act out. Despite her fears, Patience thinks being bound and blindfolded will undo the hard-lear...

Ransom Byrne has been ravaged by guilt since an illness rendered his little sister blind. The former Confederate cavalry officer has resolved to make amends by hiring a Yankee tutor who'll hopefully restore order to his sister's life. Once accomplished, he'll be free to leave Byrne's End.From the moment she steps off the train in Tennessee, Cathleen O'Brien makes a startling first impression. With her feminist ideas, the irrepressible Bostonian quickly outrages everyone—especially ...

A taste of the forbidden . . .Georgiana Talbot intends to remain a spinster in order to ensure her younger sisters debut and find husbands. But when she encounters a devilish Scot who ignites a searing fire within her, Georgiana realizes just how much she has denied herself regarding the pleasures of the flesh. Determined to learn more, she concocts a daring scheme.A touch of the taboo . . .Seducing the haute ton's premier modiste into buying linen from his mills is...

"Your money or your wife!"When her fiancé trades her for an heirloom ring to a dashing highwayman who holds up their coach on a desolate country road, Sophia Astley is hurt and shocked. However, it soon becomes strikingly apparent to Sophia that she is the true gem Bad Jack sought. Intrigued, she willingly submits to every tantalizing taboo he metes out to her.Dressed as a masked highwayman, Jack Badcock, Earl of Stafford, thinks he is acting out the fantasies of a...

Lady Primrose Black has a dilemma. Her father-in-laws dying wish is that she reunite with her estranged husband and produce an heir. She hasnt laid eyes on Lord Black since their wedding night five years ago, when he left Scarborough Hall in a rage. Nevertheless, she resolves to find him, knowing once she does she will have to use every method at her disposal to entice the rake she never stopped loving.Viscount Adam Black harbors dark needs and he will accept no less than his wifes...

Tough...or tender? If she follows her heart, she won't have to choose.Molly has forever lusted for all three Barksdale brothers, but could never choose. Instead, scandal chose for her, and she married the youngest of the three. Then the brothers go to war, and Molly finds herself a grieving widow when her husband is murdered by a merciless band of Union soldiers.Hardin Barksdale is hell-bent on avenging his brother. Greer Barksdale is honor-bound to protect his hom...

Book 2 in the Lords & Masters SeriesJessamine Gipson’s investigation into her sister’s disappearance leads her to a notorious private club. She quickly realizes she’s in over her head, but the Dom in charge, Benedict Bellanger, Viscount Lashwood, inspires a most wicked reaction in her body. Jessamine is willing to risk anything, including her virtue, to find her sister. She proposes that Ben train her in the art of submission.Submissives have gone missing on Ben’s watch bef...

Shamed by secrets, Anne Meredith will do anything to fulfill her marriage contract to a mysterious Bavarian count. Even if it means submitting to Axel von Sommerhalder, the handsome stranger the count has enlisted to train her. She thinks the intimate punishments her trainer metes out will be a humiliating ordeal. Instead, as she finds herself surrendering to the dominant desires of a man forbidden to claim her, she discovers even more about herself than she ever dreamed possible.A...

Bram Barclay is the scandal of London society, sought out by ladies of the ton who enjoy his brand of pleasurable punishments. That's why he cannot comprehend why innocent Miss Katrina Hartford has disguised herself as Kitty Hartley, taking a position as a maid at his estate. When he attempts to ferret out her secret, he finds her a willing servant, indeed. No one knows scathing social columnist Alistair Allenby is Kitty's nom de plume-or that she's writing an article to expose Bram. But a...

They say she's a Rebel spy…Rosalie O'Kelley is not above using her feminine wiles to secure much-needed supplies for her fellow townspeople. But when Union Colonel Eric Skaarsberg is put in charge, Rose's usual tactics fail miserably. In exchange for supplies, she comes to a scandalous arrangement with him. She agrees to become his willing plaything—to fulfill his every physical need, eagerly and without hesitation.Eric is duty-bound to ferret out the spy who has b...