Gentlemen of Intrigue

An encore performance…Blue blood flows through actress Claudine Bellerose's veins, but a noble birth hasn't protected her from a life of hardships. Driven from home by French revolutionaries when she was an infant and orphaned in a strange land, Claudine was forced to make impossible choices to survive. An aspiring playwright and gifted performer, Claudine is beginning to rebuild her life at a small London playhouse where she is surrounded by friends and about to premiere her first production-until she learns the new owner is bringing down the curtain before she's stepped into the spotlight, threatening not only her future but the very home she's fought to create.An unexpected destiny…When gentleman Russell Hawke inherits a failing London playhouse, selling to the highest bidder is just smart business. But when actress Claudine Bellerose marches into the Clarendon Hotel to demand he sell to the manager instead, he's intrigued. What is so special about the theater to command such loyalty? Perhaps he should visit to find out. After an accident backstage, Russell is thrust into the lead role opposite Claudine to save opening night, and he's determined to win her heart offstage, too. But can a gentleman follow his destiny when society, and his own mother, are hounding him to marry an heiress?

In the City of Love, she has nothing left to lose except her heart...Penniless and stranded abroad, Lady Adele Kingsford's survival depends on her brother's ability to charm the ladies. After Adele meets the man of her dreams and he makes an offer of marriage, she's certain her struggles have come to an end. But when one of her brother's assignations turns dangerous, the siblings must flee for their lives, separating Adele from the man who makes her feel cherished and secure.He's just another captive of love...Jaded by betrayal, Marcus Fletcher spends his days at the Drayton Theater, a small London playhouse, attempting to forget the lady who left him. But when Lady Adele shows up at the theater expecting him to honor their betrothal contract, he must decide if he'll play the fool for her again or risk losing the only woman to ever break down his walls.

In the game of espionage, love is a weakness...When Viscount Margrave joined the Regent's Consul-an elite spy organization formed during the Napoleonic Wars-he understood marriage wasn't an option. Danger lurks around every corner in the world of intrigue, and vulnerability quickly becomes a nail in one's coffin. Unfortunately, the most brilliant and beautiful debutante of the Season has set her cap for him, and resisting the urge to make her his own is sweet torture.In the game of courtship, love is the prize...One stolen kiss under the mistletoe confirmed what Sophia Darlington already knew in her heart. Lord Margrave is her soulmate. But convincing the stubborn viscount has become an exercise in frustration. One moment he encourages her to find a more suitable husband, then he frightens away would-be suitors with his glowers and menacing presence. The man is impossible, but she loves him. And she'll entice him into admitting he loves her too, even if it kills her.

With Uncle Charles away, the rakes are out to play...Every rakehell in London seems to believe Regina Darlington is ripe for seduction without a protector at her side. They are mistaken. She is well equipped to defend her virtue using an ancient warrior art she learned from her uncle. Protecting her heart is another matter. When a down-and-out thief knocks himself unconscious robbing her uncle's town house, Regina takes pity on him and discovers she has no defenses against his charms, or a marriage of convenience that spoils her plans. The price for his redemption is one more sin...American scoundrel Xavier Vistoire gambled with the wrong man and lost his freedom. Now he has a chance to return home and atone for past mistakes, but first he must break into an earl's house and steal a map. After he surprises a goddess during her bath and falls down the stairs trying to escape her rabid poodle, he wakes to find he has a new jailer-one who quickly captures his heart. And he'll risk everything to protect his reluctant bride from an enemy willing to kill for what he wants. Start reading this charming and funny romantic tale today! Gentlemen of Intrigue:Book 1 Secrets to a Gentleman's HeartBook 2 A Secret in Her EyesBook 3 A Lady's SecretsBook 4 Lord Margrave's Secret Desire