Game of Dukes

He's a policeman on a hunt for justice. She's a proud daughter of the London criminal underworld. Danger brings them together...and desire binds them in this steamy enemies to lovers romance. Winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery & SuspenseNational Excellence in Romance Fiction Award Finalist Shattered by betrayal, former scholar Harry Kent has made a new life for himself as a policeman. Sent on a dangerous covert mission, he must protect a clever and wicked beauty who specializes in disguises and mischief. She stands for everything he scorns--and seduces him with every look of her innocent eyes... A princess of London's criminal underworld, Tessa Todd wants to defend her family against cutthroat enemies. Her powerful grandfather, however, insists upon keeping her under lock and key. When she is assigned a stoic and damnably handsome new bodyguard, she resists his dominant ways--and a passionate war of wills begins... Thrown together by crisis, Harry and Tessa will test the bounds of desire, loyalty, and trust. On the run from their foes and from their own hearts, they must find salvation in each other-before time runs out. GAME OF DUKESThe Duke IdentityEnter the DukeRegarding the DukeThe Duke RedemptionThe Return of the DukeSteamy Winter Wishes (A Holiday Short Story)

He's a bad boy duke in disguise. She's a former bar maid and the mother of his secret baby. Fate reunites them, but will their secrets tear them apart? Find out in this sizzling reunion romance & #1 Historical Romance Bestseller! Finalist for New England RWA Readers' Choice Awards, Golden Quill, & the Maggie Award of ExcellenceOne wicked night of passion results in life-altering consequences for innocent bar maid Maggie Goode. Years later, she's a respectable widow, but her troubles are far from over. With debts looming, she must salvage her fossil shop to support herself and her beloved daughter. Fate leads her to a man who can save her business...but he's also the biggest mistake from her past.The product of an ill-fated union between an English aristocrat and a Chinese merchant's daughter, Rhys Cavendish, the Duke of Ranelagh and Somerville ("Ransom"), hides his secret pain behind a rakish façade. Yet he cannot hide from his debts, and now he's on the run from cutthroat moneylenders--and the necessity of marrying for convenience. His last hope: the inheritance his uncle left him in the form of a treasure map. When he goes to hire help for his expedition, he comes face to face with a woman he's never forgotten...and a daughter he never knew he had.Dangerous secrets smolder between Maggie and Rhys, but neither can resist a scorching reunion. Personal demons and hidden enemies threaten their quest and their passionate romance. Will they defy all odds to find the ultimate treasure: a love for all time? GAME OF DUKESThe Duke IdentityEnter the DukeRegarding the DukeThe Duke RedemptionThe Return of the DukeSteamy Winter Wishes (A Holiday Short Story)

She married him for love. He married her for revenge. Can a marriage that started with lies turn into a ravishing love story for all time? #1 Historical Romance BestsellerNational Excellence in Romance Fiction Award Finalist For the eight years of their marriage, sweet, innocent Gabriella Garrity has adored her powerful and darkly handsome husband Adam, whose moneylending empire has earned him the moniker of Duke of the City. Her domestic bliss is shattered when Adam suffers a traumatic accident that results in amnesia. Gabby dedicates herself to nursing him back to health…until devastating revelations destroy her illusions about their marriage. From the moment he met lovely redheaded Gabriella, Adam knew that she would make him the perfect wife. Guileless, biddable, and sweetly unaware of her own charms, she also holds the key to his secret plot for vengeance. A self-made man who rose from the darkest streets of London, he values control above all and will stop at nothing to gain his justice-until an accident robs him of his memory. As he fights to remember his past, he comes to a stunning realization: whoever he is, he is passionately in love with his own wife. One by one, dark secrets emerge from Adam's past as well as Gabby's. The lovers struggle to steer a relationship gone off course…only to discover steamy marital adventures they never expected to find. All the while, a deadly villain lies in wait. Will husband and wife find the courage to trust one another and their love-before time runs out? Find out in this scorching, long-awaited love story featuring anti-hero Adam Garrity and his beloved Gabby! GAME OF DUKESThe Duke IdentityEnter the DukeRegarding the DukeThe Duke RedemptionThe Return of the DukeSteamy Winter Wishes (A Holiday Short Story)

A passionate night at a masquerade uncovers their deepest desires…but will the light of day destroy their perfect fantasy? Find out in this steamy and heart-melting twist on Beauty and the Beast! Winner of the Golden Leaf, the Maggie Award for Excellence, and the Passionate Plume A Lady Looking for SinOnce London's reigning debutante, Lady Beatrice Wodehouse is poised for a life of happiness when an accident shatters her dreams. Renamed Lady Beastly by vicious gossips, she flees loss and betrayal, escaping to the countryside. There, she finds solace in anonymity and discovers new purpose, turning her estate into a haven for society's outcasts. Yet a shard of her old dream remains: she yearns for a taste of forbidden passion… A Gentleman in Search of RedemptionOnce London's most feckless rake, Wickham Murray has fought to redeem his honor and prove that he is more than a shallow Adonis. Now a railway industrialist, he's as renowned for his prowess in the boardroom as in the bedchamber. His latest venture will be the greatest success of his career: the only obstacle is a stubborn country spinster who refuses to sell him her land. On his way to negotiate with her, he stops at a masquerade, where an encounter with a masked lady changes everything he thought he knew about desire… Their Timeless TaleNegotiations go from heated to scorching as Bea and Wick discover that they are not only opponents in business but lovers bonded by a night of ecstasy that neither can forget. As they wrestle with all-consuming passion and blossoming love, they must also contend with deadly attacks from a mysterious foe. In order to survive, they will have to unravel dark secrets…and trust the truth of their own hearts. GAME OF DUKESThe Duke IdentityEnter the DukeRegarding the DukeThe Duke RedemptionThe Return of the DukeSteamy Winter Wishes (A Holiday Short Story)

She wanted the one thing her husband couldn't give: his heart. #1 National Bestselling Historical RomanceWinner of the Maggie Award for Excellence & Finalist for the Passionate Plume When Fate throws tinker's daughter Fancy Sheridan into the arms of Severin Knight, the Duke of Knighton, neither are prepared for the consequences. Fancy, who has always dreamed of a passionate fairy tale love, finds herself wed to a stoic nobleman whose heart belongs to another. Knighton, who needs a high-born lady to shepherd his illegitimate half-siblings through the ton, now has a wife who knows nothing of society and cares even less about its rules. Fancy and Knighton's marriage of convenience is further complicated by the desire that smolders between them. By day, Fancy works to transform herself into a proper lady, but by night her powerful duke's caresses arouse her most wanton fantasies. Knighton, in turn, is captivated by his plucky and resourceful duchess, whose sweetness unleashes his deepest carnal desires and slowly forces him to confront the truth of his own heart. As the slow burn of the Knightons' marriage reaches a fever pitch, dangerous secrets rise from their pasts to threaten their happiness. To survive, Fancy and Knighton must lay bare their hearts and vanquish their darkest demons. Will they risk everything to win their happily ever after? "The Return of the Duke flowed beautifully, making me get out the fan, tugging at my emotions, and leaving me smiling at the fairy tale like ending. I highly recommend this book for readers who enjoy an emotional romance with plenty of steam." -Roses Are Blue Blog GAME OF DUKESThe Duke IdentityEnter the DukeRegarding the DukeThe Duke RedemptionThe Return of the DukeSteamy Winter Wishes (A Holiday Short Story)