Scandalous Sisters

They thought the debutante was scandalous Miss Elizabeth Tarryton was the toast of the London Season the year she was seventeen and spurned young Tommy Halifax. A careless flirt who didn't know what she wanted, she was startled into laughter by his public proposal of marriage. Furious and heartbroken, Tommy promptly left home for a life of adventure in India. If they only knew about the widow Seven years later, Elizabeth has much to make up for, but the methods she chooses for doing good are as shocking as her earlier wanton behavior-should the ton ever find out. Tommy returns to England a hero, with no intention of allowing himself to be hurt by a woman ever again, but he's fascinated nonetheless by Elizabeth, now widowed and more alluring than ever.

Ten years removed from the love affair that destroyed her, Felicity Cabot wants only to live out her quiet life as a school teacher. But when her school is jeopardized by a devastating financial blow that threatens to see it-and her beloved friend and mentor-ripped away from her, she knows there is only one person who can save them both in time. Her former lover, Ian Carlisle.Nobody holds a grudge quite like Felicity Cabot. Ian Carlisle has waited years for an opportunity back into her life, and now it is in his hands at last as the brink of ruin brings her to his door. Without any other options, she takes the deal he offers: financial salvation, in exchange for her hand in marriage.But the love she once gave to him freely cannot be bought back. It can only be earned. Now, as their tense marriage begins and old spectres of Felicity's past loom in the shadows, can Ian show her that he's no longer the man who broke her heart?

The ton is buzzing about The Beautiful One, a striking figure in a scandalous book of nude sketches. Only two men know the true identity of The Beautiful One, and they are scouring the countryside, determined to find her. But not the most important ones. The unlikely center of the scandal, Anna Black is forced to flee home as disaster looms. Her tomboy's heart and impertinent tongue serve her well when she meets the most brooding viscount ever to darken a drawing room. Will Halifax, Viscount Grandville, has his reasons for pushing people away, and when his tempestuous teenaged ward arrives on his doorstep, he presses Anna to take on her care. As Anna begins to melt the Viscount's frozen heart, she knows the more she loves, the more she has to lose. For although Will cares nothing for what makes Society titter, he has yet to see The Beautiful One.