Chronicle of Misadventures

Their choice? Scandal or mutual salvation. Determined to support her mother and sisters after her father's untimely death, Charlotte Mandeville covertly crafts satirical caricatures of high society. It not only puts money in her family's bare pockets but ensures the haut-ton cannot guard all the power and the secrets. Anthony Yorke has a guilty conscience and a brother to exonerate. When the key piece of evidence to clear his brother's name falls into the hands of a headstrong young woman, he is willing to do whatever is required to obtain it from her. But Charlotte is not easily persuaded, and while the thing she demands in return for the evidence is reasonable enough, it leads to the unthinkable: a forced engagement between them. Can the ruse they must craft and maintain survive their mutual dislike, or will it crumble, bringing them and their families along with it?

Inspired by a true story By station, they're worlds apart, but living under the same roof brings their hearts dangerously close William Yorke faces a tall order: convince people he is worthy of the Dukedom of Rockwood that has unexpectedly fallen to him. Returning from London to his enormous estate, he breaks his journey at an inn and finds himself witness to a drunkard selling his wife to the highest bidder. William outbids the coarse competition and offers the woman a position as housemaid at his estate, uncomfortably aware that his impulsive chivalry will lead to talk-something he abhors. Life has brought Clara Quinn very low indeed. Once an esteemed lady's maid dismissed on false charges, her marriage of desperation lasts just long enough for her husband to sell her for gambling money. Clara is thrust into the heart of the Duke of Rockwood's household, but the duke himself keeps his distance to quell the rumors. She is determined to leave rather than complicate his life-until she stumbles upon one of the duke's greatest secrets. As their paths become irrevocably intertwined, distance becomes not only impossible but increasingly undesirable-and a romance? Unthinkable.

He already lost his good name. Can he afford to lose his heart as well? Silas Yorke is in hiding. After being falsely accused of murder by one of the most powerful peers in England, he has no other choice. But he itches for freedom. Concealment in the countryside was difficult enough, but to clear his name, he must assume a new identity and go to London. There, he courts real danger-the last thing on his mind is courting women. Until he meets Miss Easton. Arabella Easton has been raised with wealth and position-and no opportunity to make choices of her own. When her father allows her to join her cousin in London, she hopes to make the most of her opportunity. Her father might intend for her to make a match, but Arabella wishes to experience life rather than cede her freedom to another man. Yet, she is drawn almost immediately to the mysterious gentleman she meets at a masquerade. Being with him is exhilarating in ways she has never known. But is he the man he says he is, or is their romance doomed from the start?