Автор: Claire Thornton

He’d promised to returnBut Jack Bow is dead. And Temperance Challinor’s quietly respectable life is changed forever.Practical Temperance has no time to grieve for the irresistible rogue who gave her one night of comfort in a blazing city. She must protect her unborn child–by pretending to be Jack’s widow.A foolproof plan. Until she arrives at Jack’s home…and the counterfeit widow of a vagabond becomes the real wife of a very much alive…

Should she trust this dangerous rogue?Lady Desire Godwin’s gentle existence is rudelyinterrupted when a handsome brigand crosses theparapet of her rooftop garden. She watches, dismayed, asthe impudent stranger is carried off to jail.As the Great Fire rages across London, Jakob Balstonuses the confusion to escape. He fully expects that Desirewill have already fled town. Only, she is still there, at themercy of the flames and…alone.Is his intention rescue or abduction as he rows them bothto safety upstream? He must surely be after her wealth,because no man could possibly want a woman…

A time for revenge…For eight years Gabriel Vaughan, Marquis of Halross, has believed he was duped by a clever, money-grabbing harlot. He has tried to forget the beauty who left him at the altar, and then an accidental meeting in Venice places her entirely at his mercy!Although Athena Frances Fairchild claims to be innocent, maybe this is just another of her deceptions. It’s time to exact a little revenge. So when Athena needs a safe passage back to England, Gabriel sees his chance. Years ago he would have been proud to have Athena accompany him as his wife. Now Gabriel will insist she…

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‘I will hire you only on condition that you promise to do everything in your power to protect me. ’ With his curved Turkish sword, and dark, brooding looks, Harry Ward is a formidable adversary. Lady Saskia van Buren’s life is in danger, so she has fled to London and hired him as her protector. But she soon finds herself longing for more than safety in his arms…Unknown to Saskia, Harry believes she’s a Dutch spy – and he intends to bring her to justice. Only he’s torn between duty and desire, and will do whatever it takes to keep Lady Saskia safe – even make her his convenient…