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Book Haydn  Steele Protectors 5

Download or read book Haydn Steele Protectors 5 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAYDN (Steele Protectors 5) is the 5th book in USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, ALL Amazon #1 Bestselling Contemporary Romantic Suspense series, Steele Protectors. Author’s Note: Beware of the very sexy & very alpha Steele brothers. These books are HOT! When Haydn Steele left the army five years ago he vowed to leave his life as a military sniper behind him and instead concentrate on his equally lethal abilities as one of the most accomplished computer hackers in the world. He could still bring down the people who needed bringing down but this time without putting a bullet through their head. When Hailey Frost is threatened and put in danger that decision no longer applies. Hailey works for Steele Protectors as one of their most capable agents. She keeps herself, and her private life, exactly that. Private. Including the feelings she has for Haydn Steele. She’s wanted Haydn from the moment she met him but she won’t allow him to be put in danger by becoming embroiled with her and the demons from her past. But keeping secrets from a man like Haydn is virtually impossible. Literally. Stopping him from becoming involved once he knows what those secrets are, even more so. The irresistible force is about to meet the immovable object. Which one of them will emerge the victor? Or can they both win, by admitting their feelings for each other before it’s too late? Next and last book in the series is LOGAN (Steele Protectors 6)

Book Seducing Ethan  Knight Security 6

Download or read book Seducing Ethan Knight Security 6 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seducing Ethan (Knight Security 6) is the 7th and LAST book in USA Today Bestselling author, Carole Mortimer’s, Amazon #1 Knight Security series. This is a spin-off series to the #1 Bestselling Alpha Series, so come and say hi to old friends and meet a lot of new ones. Includes BONUS novella – Resisting Alexandre (Knight Security 0.5) Be sure to look for Carole Mortimer’s NEW contemporary series, Hearts of Steele, coming soon! Author’s Note: The stories in the Knight Security, Alpha, Regency Unlaced, and Regency Sinners series have stronger sexual content and language than my other books. These books have the UNICORN LOGO. Returning from a late night swim and discovering someone waiting for him in the darkness of his finca is the last thing Ethan was expecting. Discovering that someone to be Talia Krechenko, is even more unwelcome. Talia’s father has disappeared. Alone and frightened, unsure if she’s being followed, Talia has no one else but Ethan Knight to turn to for help. The last thing she expected was for him to say no. It’s been over three years since the two of them last met, and Talia is no longer an infatuated teenager but a woman who knows exactly what she wants. What she’s always wanted. Ethan. Can Talia persuade Ethan into helping her to find her father, or is it already too late?

Book Savage Alpha  Alpha 8

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carole Mortimer
  • Publisher : Carole Mortimer
  • Release : 2016-03-02
  • ISBN : 1910597201
  • Pages : 217 pages

Download or read book Savage Alpha Alpha 8 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who does Lily go to for help when a fan's admiration turns to a dangerous obsession? Her four older brothers are the obvious choice, especially when they own and run Knight Security. But Lily has fought long and hard for her independence from her family, and for her career as an actress. She certainly doesn't want one of her brothers--or possibly all four of them--wading in with their usual arrogance and taking over her life again. But as the fan's obsession becomes darker, the "gifts" more bizarre, Lily knows she has no choice.The last thing Jonas Grayfeather wants is to accept a job protecting the spoilt sister of the Knight brothers. But Gabriel, the eldest brother, and the man who once saved Jonas's life, is calling in that favor, and so leaving Jonas with no choice but to at least check into whether or not Lily Knight really is being stalked. A single meeting with Lily, and Jonas knows she's going to be even more of a pain in his ass than any of her four overbearing brothers has ever been. She's outspoken, annoying, and so stubborn Jonas's first instinct is to put her over his knee, and give her the spanking she obviously should have received as a child. She's also wild and beautiful, sexy as hell, and arouses him with just a glance of those sexy green eyes. Whether they like it or not, the attraction is mutual, and the desire quickly blazes out of control between the two of them. But Lily's reckless disregard for Jonas's efforts to protect her, may result in one or both of them ending up dead. If they don't kill each other with passion first.

Book Kingston s Rival  Kingston Security 7

Download or read book Kingston s Rival Kingston Security 7 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingston’s Rival (Kingston Security 7) is the last book in USA Today and Amazon International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Contemporary Romantic Suspense series, Kingston Security. The last thing Casper wants is to be assigned round-the-clock bodyguards. Yes, his car has had its tyres slashed on three separate occasions in the past two months, and more recently the paintwork scratched badly enough to need a respray. An escalation which Casper’s family believes could become a personal attack against him next. Casper knew his family would be even more alarmed if they knew about the person who had hacked into his personal bank accounts several times in the past month. Just for fun of it, it seemed, because the money from those accounts was always only gone overnight and then returned the following morning. As one of the top three hackers in the world Casper can’t help but admire someone he considers to be almost as good as he is. Even if their little games are starting to annoy the hell out of him. Persy Jones is a highly trained soldier, having been in the English military and then Special Forces until resigning and joining the private sector, Kingston Security, four months ago. She considers Casper Kingston to be nothing more than a charming rogue who believes a smile will get him whatever he wants or wherever he wishes to go. Being assigned as lead on his team of four bodyguards, Persy is just as determined Casper isn’t going to get away with using that lethal brand of charm on her. Strong wills are about to clash!

Book Wayward  Regency Scandal 3

Download or read book Wayward Regency Scandal 3 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WAYWARD (Regency Scandal 3) is the third story in Carole Mortimer’s Amazon #1 Regency series. Carole is a USA Today Bestselling Author, Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, and an International Bestselling author. She has written over 265 romance novels in the Contemporary, Historical and Paranormal genres. Carole is the recipient of the Romantic Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award. Was awarded a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 2017. An Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. She is a 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was also recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her “outstanding service to literature”. Gideon Rhodes, the Duke of Esher. Gideon felt a heavy weight in his chest as he watched a coach approaching down the long driveway to his Cornish estate, the home where he had retreated ten years ago after being ostracised by Society following the sudden death of his wife. Then two weeks ago he had received a letter from a solicitor telling him that he was now the guardian of nineteen-year-old Lady Lydia Montague, the daughter of his one-time friend, Lord Michael Montague, the Earl of Chessington. Quite what Gideon is to do with that young woman, once she is residing in his household with him, he has no idea. Until he sees her for the first time and knows that the only thing he desires of Lydia is to have her beneath him, in his bed, as he claims her for his own. Lady Lydia Montague. She had never even heard of the Gideon Rhodes before her father’s solicitor informed her the duke was to be her guardian now that her father had succumbed to the wounds he had received during the Battle of Waterloo. Unfortunately, once it became public knowledge Lydia was to be Esher’s ward until her twenty-first birthday, she was bombarded with information about the man. Rumour said he had been a cruel husband. That he had murdered his wife. That he was now a scarred recluse living in the wilds of Cornwall. All Lydia knew of him for certain was that she was to be his ward and live with him for the next two years. Then she sees him for the first time. Gideon is tall, dark, and indeed scarred. He also causes her pulse to race, her body to heat, and she can think of nothing but the two of them naked together, their limbs and bodies entwined. The moment Gideon looks at her his eyes seem to darken with that same desire. But what of his dead wife? Is it possible Gideon did kill her? And if he did, will Lydia receive the same fate if she allows the attraction between them to deepen?

Book Julius s Passion  Regency Club Venus 4

Download or read book Julius s Passion Regency Club Venus 4 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julius’s Passion (Regency Club Venus 4) is the 4th and last book in Amazon #1 & USA Today Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, hot historical romance series, Regency Club Venus. Lord Julius Soames, the Earl of Andover, welcomes the diversion of assisting James Metford in reclaiming his title as the Earl of Ipswich. Julius’s own life has become somewhat stultifying in recent months, not helped by his three closest friends having found and married, or be about to marry, the women they love. He believes travelling to Suffolk with James to be the perfect diversion from his own ennui. Julius might be known in Society for his cynicism and dryness of humour, but neither of those things has prepared him for the depth of his physical reaction to the ethereal beauty of James’s sister, the young and beautiful Lady Bethany Metford. For ten years Bethany has believed her brother to be dead and buried, so it is the greatest shock of her young life when he suddenly reappears back at the Suffolk estate of their uncle, where she has been incarcerated for all of those same years. Not only has James returned from the dead but he has brought the arrogant Lord Julius Soames, the Earl of Andover, with him. Will Bethany be able to forgive James for abandoning her? Can she resist the allure of the handsome, but infuriating, Julius Soames? And what is the secret their uncle is so determined to keep hidden from all of them? Coming Soon – HIDDEN DESIRE (Regency Men in love 2)

Book Kingston s Redemption  Kingston Security 3

Download or read book Kingston s Redemption Kingston Security 3 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KINGSTON’S REDEMPTION (Kingston Security 3) is the third book in USA Today and Amazon International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Contemporary Romantic Suspense series. Sinclair isn’t at all happy when he’s accosted by a young woman as he’s leaving a family wedding. The fact she was able to approach him at all, without Sinclair’s knowledge, is bad enough. But he’s even more concerned once he realises exactly who she is. Because Sinclair has been keeping a secret from his family since his wife was kidnapped and murdered five years ago, and this young woman could destroy everything he’s put in place to protect that secret. Remy Mitchell hasn’t seen Sinclair Kingston since the day of his wife’s funeral. She’s shocked at the obvious changes in him. He no longer looks like the vibrant dark-haired man with the laughing blue eyes she remembers. Instead, Sinclair’s hair is now as much salt as pepper, his eyes are as cold as ice, and his expression is hard and uncompromising. Which makes Remy question whether he’s the right person to ask for help or if she should walk away now. Sinclair’s cold and compelling gaze tells her it’s far too late for that. He wants answers from her, and he wants them now.

Book The Duke s Mistress  Regency Unlaced 1

Download or read book The Duke s Mistress Regency Unlaced 1 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young widow Lady Dorothea Fitzroy is bored with her life. Most especially so with her role as mistress of her brother’s household, and the endless round of society engagements this forces her to endure. What Thea so badly needs is a secret and passionate lover, to become mistress of another kind entirely, and so add excitement and spice into her humdrum life. But where is she to find this handsome and inexhaustible gentleman? Julian Remington, the arrogant and haughty 17th Duke of Blackmoor has no interest in finding a mistress for his bedroom or his home. He’s jaded, cynical, and distrustful when it comes to women. One woman, a woman from his past, has caused too much grief in his life for him to ever trust another. Thea and Julian are about to be caught up in a passion for each other that blazes so fiercely, and so out of control, it is beyond the power of either of them to resist. The Duke’s Mistress is the story of an arrogant duke and an adventurous young widow, caught up in their insatiable desire for each other, the vengeful woman who would like nothing better than to see Blackmoor suffer as she has suffered, and believes Thea Fitzroy to be the means by which she will achieve it. Author's Note: Please be aware that the stories in the Regency Unlaced Series are more explicit in language and sexual content than my other books.

Book Tempting Zander  Knight Security 4

Download or read book Tempting Zander Knight Security 4 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tempting Zander (Knight Security 4) is the 5th story in USA Today Bestselling author, Carole Mortimer’s, Amazon #1 Knight Security series. This is a spin-off series to the #1 Bestselling Alpha Series, so come and say hi to old friends and meet a lot of new ones! Author’s Note: The stories in the Knight Security, Alpha, and Regency Unlaced Series have stronger sexual content and language than my other books. When singer/songwriter superstar Kate Stewart’s ex-boyfriend starts issuing threats on her life, her manager hires Knight Security as extra protection during her world tour. As soon as Kate sets eyes on Zander Buchanan, six and a half feet of tattooed muscle and attitude, she realizes the man now in charge of protecting her is more of danger to her, and her heart, than her ex could ever be. Being head of megastar Kate Stewart’s protection detail should have been just another job to Zander, instead it’s become his own living hell. Kate is beautiful, wilful, sexy as hell—and Zander wants her more than he has ever wanted any other woman. Zander soon realizes he’s the one in need of protection. From Kate, and the desire that burns out of control whenever the two of them are alone together. But her ex is still out there, biding his time, and Zander can’t afford the distraction of wanting Kate if he’s going to keep her safe. Is Zander strong enough to resist her? Will Kate let him? Or will her ex-boyfriend make that decision for them both by killing Kate, as he’s threatened to do if she ever starts seeing another man?

Book Taken by the Earl  Regency Unlaced 3

Download or read book Taken by the Earl Regency Unlaced 3 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Resisting Alexandre  Knight Security 0 5

Download or read book Resisting Alexandre Knight Security 0 5 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resisting Alexandre (Knight Security 0.5) is the introductory novella to USA Today Bestselling author, Carole Mortimer’s, new Knight Security series. (This novella was previously published as Alexandre (Knight Security 0.5) in Royals and Rogues, a 5 bestselling author anthology.) Author’s Note: The stories in the Knight Security, Alpha, and Regency Unlaced Series, are more explicit in their language and sexual content than my other books. Billionaire ruler of a Mediterranean principality, Prince Alexandre of Androcco took one look at Anastazia Carmichael and knew he wanted her. A royal prince who is denied nothing, he’s now determined to have her. Stazzi doesn’t quite know what to make of the focused attention of Prince Alexandre of Androcco, a man known for his exploits in the bedroom as much as he is for his overwhelming good looks and wealth. She’s flattered, of course, and there’s no denying she feels the same thrill of attraction he does. But does he just want her as a plaything in his bed for the week he’s in England? Or is there more to the attraction? Either way, Stazzi is about to become engagement to another man, and as such should be totally immune to Alexandre’s hot pursuit. Except she isn’t… Someone doesn’t want these two passionate people to be together, and is determined to put a stop to their budding relationship. Even if one of them has to die…

Book Kingston s Captive  Kingston Security 2

Download or read book Kingston s Captive Kingston Security 2 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KINGSTON’S CAPTIVE (Kingston Security 2) is the second book in USA Today and Amazon International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Contemporary Romantic Suspense series. Adam is learning the hard way that having feelings for a certain woman doesn’t necessarily mean she’s ever going to return those feelings. Especially if that woman is the beautiful but stubbornly infuriating Cara Ferrari-Smythe. But Adam is only too happy to ignore Cara’s objections to having his presence in her life when he knows she’s once again in danger. When Cara first saw the dark and brooding Adam Kingston again a year ago, at an art exhibition where some of her paintings were being shown, it had felt as if she had been waiting forever for him to come back into her life. That Adam didn‘t feel the same way about her became obvious, when he didn’t so much as speak one word to her that night before leaving, let alone acknowledge the two of them had ever met before. Then a week later Cara saw him again, walking past her London home. And again a few days later, outside a restaurant, where she was having lunch with friends. She saw him again, and again, until Cara knew the ‘coincidence’ of them suddenly being in the same place at the same time wasn’t coincidence at all but was being deliberately engineered by Adam Kingston. Why he was doing it, Cara still had no idea. Asking him for help when it seems she’s once again in danger is definitely not on her list of things to do. Adam doesn’t agree, and Cara soon discovers he’s one very stubborn and determined man.

Book Rogue Alpha  Alpha 7

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carole Mortimer
  • Publisher : Carole Mortimer
  • Release : 2015-12-04
  • ISBN : 1910597163
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Rogue Alpha Alpha 7 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a NEW COVER, there is NO new story content. If you purchased the original book there is no need to purchase this one. Rogue Alpha (ALPHA 7) is the 7th story in Amazon #1 and USA Today International Bestselling author Carole Mortimer’s ALPHA series. Diana is convinced someone broke into her Paris apartment. Just as she believes someone is now following her. The police don’t believe her, and the only person she can turn to for help is Seth Armstrong. Seth works for Grayson Security, and was the man who rescued her eight months ago after she was kidnapped and a ransom demanded for her safe release. Seth has absolutely no idea who the beautiful redhead is when she accosts him in a London bar one night, demanding he kiss her and look as if he’s enjoying it. He’s happy to oblige, of course. Only to discover he enjoys kissing her a little too much. Because Diana Moore isn’t what she seems. In fact, Seth’s not sure she isn’t suffering some sort of emotional breakdown after what happened to her eight months ago. Whatever Diana’s problem is Seth can’t just abandon her when she asks for his help. Books by Carole Mortimer: ALPHA Series: Christmas Alpha (ALPHA 1) Dark Alpha (ALPHA 2) Shadow Alpha (ALPHA 3) Midnight Alpha (ALPHA 4) Renegade Alpha (ALPHA 5) Warrior Alpha (ALPHA 6) Rogue Alpha (ALPHA 7) Savage Alpha (ALPHA 8) Series complete Knight Security Series – spin-off to Alpha series Books 0.5 – 6 Series Complete Kingston Security: Kingston’s Ransom (Kingston Security 1) Kingston’s Captive (Kingston Security 2) Kingston’s Redemption (Kingston Security 3) 275th Book Kingston’s Enigma (Kingston Security 4) Kingston’s Salvation (Kingston Security 5) More books to come in this series Ruthless Regency Dukes: The Wager (Ruthless Regency Dukes 1) The Mistress (Ruthless Regency Dukes 2) The Widow (Ruthless Regency Dukes 3) The Guardian (Ruthless Regency Dukes 4) More books to come in this series Dance with the Devil – Contemporary Romance series: Bks 1 – 5 Series complete Regency Scandal Bks 1 – 4 Series complete Russian Dragon Heat VLADIMIR (Russian Dragon Heat 1) VAUGHN (Russian Dragon Heat 2) VIKTOR (Russian Dragon Heat 3) Regency Club Venus: Bks 1-5 Series complete Steele Protectors contemporary romance Series: Bks 1-6 Series complete Regency Men in Love – MM romance written as C A Mortimer HIDDEN LOVER (Regency Men in Love 1) HIDDEN DESIRE (Regency Men in Love 2) Regency Lovers Series: Bks 1-6 Series complete Dragon Hearts: Bks 1-8 Series complete Regency Sinners Series: Bks 1-8: Series complete Regency Unlaced Series: Books 1-9: Series complete Carole Mortimer has written over 275 books, in contemporary romantic suspense, Regency romance, MM Regency romance & paranormal romance. She became an indie author in 2014. In May 2017 she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times. She is the Recipient of the 2015 Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Is an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. Carole is a 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was also recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her “outstanding service to literature”.

Book Dark Alpha  Alpha 2

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carole Mortimer
  • Publisher : Carole Mortimer
  • Release : 2015-01-18
  • ISBN : 1910597031
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Dark Alpha Alpha 2 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2015-01-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lily and the Duke  Regency Spinsters Alliance 1

Download or read book Lily and the Duke Regency Spinsters Alliance 1 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily and the Duke is the first book in the new Regency romance series, Regency Spinsters Alliance, by USA Today and International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer. Lily, and five of her friends all suffered through the previous London Season together. One thing they are now all agreed upon, as they are forced to attend a second Season, is that the gentlemen of the ton are invariably arrogant, conceited, and far too full of themselves and their own comfort to be in the least attentive to even the basic needs of a wife. As such, these six young ladies have formed an alliance, one in which they have agreed none of them will ever marry. Accepting a dare from the arrogantly superior Gabriel Lord, the Duke of St Albans, in which he challenges Lily’s decision by questioning her ability to resist his seduction, is the very last thing Lily should do. Most especially when the duke also declares that the victor shall choose their prize, when the time comes. Because Gabriel Lord has never lost a wager or a dare in his life. Gabriel knows, the moment he sets eyes on Lady Lily Tremayne, that she is meant to be his. But not only is she eighteen years his junior, but he also learns Lily is determined she will never succumb to feeling love or desire for any gentleman in Society. A battle of wills is about to commence!

Book Seduced by a Marquis  Regency Unlaced 8

Download or read book Seduced by a Marquis Regency Unlaced 8 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seduced by a Marquis is the 8th book in USA Today bestselling author, Carole Mortimer’s, Amazon #1 and highly acclaimed Regency Unlaced Series. Bella is tired of being forced into obeying her older brother’s dictates, but each time she tries to rebel he uses the one thing he knows will make her agree to do anything he asks of her. Her younger sister, Esther. Lord Lysander Falkner has only been the Marquis of Trent for a matter of months, and already he’s grown tired and jaded, of Society and the over eager mamas and their daughters all trying to tempt him into marriage. When he meets Isabella Reynolds he believes she’s different, that he might finally have found a woman who isn’t only interested in his title and fortune. Within a matter of days he discovers how mistaken he was. When Bella finds herself actually betrothed to the handsome marquis, a man she is deeply attracted to but she knows has every reason to distrust her, her future looks bleaker than ever. But someone doesn’t want to see the two of them married, and when an attempt is made on their lives the only people they can trust is each other. Author’s Note: The stories in the Regency Unlaced, Knight Security, and Alpha Series, have stronger sexual content and language than my other books.

Book Wanton  Regency Scandal 1

Download or read book Wanton Regency Scandal 1 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WANTON (Regency Scandal 1) is the first story in Carole Mortimer’s new Regency series, Regency Scandal. It is approximately 25,000. Carole is a USA Today Bestselling Author, Amazon #1 Author, and an International Bestselling author. She has written over 260 romance novels in different genres. Until a year ago Xavier Asherton, the Duke of Northcliffe had known only three things about Lady Diana Fitzwilliam. She was young, beautiful, and a widow. Since then Xavier has also learned, after his younger brother, Raphael, died in Lady Diana’s bed, that she was his brother’s mistress. Unfortunately, for many past tormenting and sexually frustrating months, Xavier has also learned that Lady Diana is now the only woman he wishes to take to his own bed. Being propositioned by Society’s most eligible bachelor, Xavier Asherton, the Duke of Northcliffe, would no doubt be a thrill for any woman. Unless they are Lady Diana Fitzwilliam. Because Diana knows, no matter how much the duke might express his desire for her, that he must also harbour anger toward her for the manner in which his brother died. Nevertheless, the passion and desire burns so hotly between the two of them they are unable to deny it. Or each other. But Diana fears what will happen when or if Xavier discovers her secret.