Regency Charms

Game... Matchmaker Wilhelmina Montgomery helps cupid's arrow find its mark in the drawing rooms of the Ton, effortlessly pairing even the most unlikely couples for a discreet fee. Perhaps not an appropriate pursuit for a lady...but with an ailing sister to care for, it's Whimsy's only hope at securing their future. Set... Meanwhile, penniless aristocrat Valerian St. David, Earl of Dashwood is society's favourite matchbreaker; assisting those who want to escape engagement without being sued for breach of promise. Cynical, yes...but with no intention of falling in love himself, Valerian considers himself ideally suited to the role. ...And match! When Whimsy discovers that Valerian has set out to break the very engagement she has been painstakingly arranging, she refuses to allow this mysterious saboteur have his way. Yet she didn't expect to find the handsome Earl so distractingly alluring. And suddenly, it seems that the Ton's last two loneliest hearts are in danger of meeting their match... in the most inopportune of places.

A most delicious challenge... Experience has taught Emily Shaw that men are best avoided, so she's determined to take her place in society alone and unrestrained by marriage. Renting a room in the heart of London, she establishes a Women's League to promote equality between the sexes and teach women to be independent. Jasper St David isn't looking for distractions, but he's fascinated by beautiful, fiercely opinionated Emily when she moves into the office above his. And when he learns of her determination never to succumb to male charms, he can't help but see it as a challenge! After all, Jasper's always found nothing more tantalising than the thrill of the chase.

When rules are made to be broken... Viscount Kellaway may sound like a gentleman, but he doesn't act like one. As far as Kell is concerned, drink, women and the wrong side of the law are much more attractive indulgences than could be found in polite society - much to the scandal of the ton. With all of Brighton's women to choose from, Kell has never settled for one - and his devilish good looks have meant he's never had to. But when he spies Angelica Curtis walking on the beach by moonlight, the living vision of a familiar dream, all that changes. Suddenly, Kell finds himself craving the touch of a single woman...and it just so happens that the woman in question won't have him! But if Kell's bad ways have taught him anything, it's that nothing is truly out of bounds...

The dance she never dared to dream of... One year after a carriage accident killed her parents and left her seriously injured, Lavinia Montgomery has finally learnt to walk again - just in time to make her societal debut. Yet while the beautiful debutante's body may have healed, she hides a broken heart. Before her injury, Lavinia had exchanged letters with a man she knew to be the love of her life - despite never having set eyes on him. But when she feared she'd be crippled for life, she made the heart-rending decision to let him go... Randolph James Caulfield, Earl of Penwick, is betrothed, but cannot forget the words he once received from a woman whose name he knew, but who he never had the chance to meet. So when, at a ball, his dance partner is introduced, he can't believe his luck.