Captain Dylan Blake has spent the last decade fighting for his country. Desperate for a little peace, he sells his commission and returns to England but soon finds himself angry and adrift in London Society. When an old nemesis challenges him to a wager — he must get Lady Natalia Sinclair to dance with him twice in one evening — he is willing to play along.The daughter of a duke, Lady Natalia Sinclair fears her enormous dowry is the only thing that draws her many suitors. But heroic Captain Blake seems different. Unfortunately, she soon realizes his smile is false, his interest superficial.Dylan sees Natalia's rejection as a challenge, and the stakes increase when he discovers his elder brother Michael is wooing the duke's daughter as well. Passed over for Michael too many times, he's determined to prove he can be first in somebody's heart. As the lines between the wager and attraction blur, can Dylan and Natalia find the courage to take the biggest...

Michael Blake, a straitlaced English nobleman, desperately needs to marry an heiress. When he discovers that his intended bride—and her much-need dowry—has been romanced away from him by his own brother, he is forced to turn to the only other great heiress on the market.Emma Marks is an American adventuress who has spent the last few years traveling the world—a bargain she made with her father in return for her promise to marry a titled aristocrat by the time she's twenty-five. But when Michael is accused of a crime he didn't commit, can Emma help him deal with the ghosts of his past? And can Michael show Emma she doesn't need to travel the world to be happy because love is the greatest adventure of all?

When Mandrake Blackstone, the Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner, begins to suspect that his older brother, Viscount Danbury, is the notorious killer The Viper, he is determined to bring him to justice. But Drake has no proof, and one can't just arrest a member of the ton without being certain. But when he is kidnapped and trapped with lovely Heather Fields, a lovely lady's maid, Drake begins to question everything, including the code of ethics that was once so clear to him. But when he must choose between love and duty, what will he decide?

Julian Tremaine, the Earl of Basingstoke, is a notorious rake. Lady Jane Bennett is a spinster with a spotless reputation.Seven years ago, they'd been very deeply in love, but he'd abandoned her when she needed him most. He'd broken her heart, and she'd vowed never to trust him again.But when circumstances throw them together, he realizes what a fool he's been. One dark night, he sneaks into her room with a daring plan to change her mind.Jane is not the sweet young girl he'd once known. She's strong and courageous and unwilling to settle for anything less than his entire heart. Can he break down the walls she's built and convince her that she's the only one he's ever loved or will she reject him in the worst possible way?