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"Retrouvez-moi à l'auberge des Deux Glaives. Signé : Domino."

La missive était adressée au père d'Audrianna, qui s'est donné la mort après avoir été accusé de complot. Le scandale a rejailli sur toute la famille. Mais Audrianna est sûre de l'innocence de son père et fermement décidée à le prouver. C'est elle qui ira au mystérieux rendez-vous. Le soir venu, elle se retrouve face au séduisant marquis de Summerhays, le plus virulent des accusateurs de son père. Or rien ne se passe comme prévu, et un nouvel esclandre éclate. Compromise, Audrianna doit se résoudre à épouser celui qu'elle considère comme son pire ennemi...

À la mort de son père et de son frère, Eva Russell a dû endosser le rôle de chef de famille qui la condamne à rester vieille fille. Refusant de vendre le domaine ancestral, elle vit grâce à ses talents de peintre à Langdon’s End. L’arrivée du fils bâtard du duc d’Aylesbury va bouleverser sa vie casanière. Marchand d’art, Gareth est à la recherche d’une collection de tableaux qui a mystérieusement disparu. Il a aussi une réputation de libertin qui effraie le voisinage. Lorsqu’il fait clairement comprendre à Eva qu’elle l’intéresse, la jeune femme, méfiante, se cramponne à ses principes... qui ne vont pas tarder à fondre sous l’embrasement de la passion.

De retour à Londres après une absence de cinq ans, Adam Penrose, duc de Stratton, est décidé à se marier. Et pourquoi pas avec la petite-fille de sa voisine qui, après des années de brouille, lui propose d'enterrer la hache de guerre entre leurs deux familles ? D'emblée, Adam est conquis par la fougueuse Clara. Mais on le met en garde : elle a un caractère de harpie et sa fortune personnelle lui permet de vivre dans une scandaleuse indépendance. D'ailleurs, elle refuse catégoriquement l'idée du mariage. Comment séduire cette rebelle ? Adam a sa petite idée. Et, ensemble, ils vont enfreindre une à une toutes les convenances...

Le duc de Hollinburgh a trouvé la mort en chutant du toit de son manoir. L'aurait-on poussé ? Son neveu Chase est dubitatif, d'autant que le duc a légué une fortune à une illustre inconnue. Cette Minerva Hepplewhite est décidément louche. Elle utilise un nom d'emprunt et se fait passer pour célibataire alors qu'elle est veuve. En prime, elle est soupçonnée d'avoir assassiné son défunt mari ! Aurait-elle récidivé avec Hollinburgh ? Bien décidé à la démasquer, Chase va vite découvrir que le principal obstacle à son enquête est la passion dévorante que la belle intrigante lui inspire...

– Nous sommes ruinés, Alexia. Je suis désolé, mais je ne peux plus t'entretenir.

Horrifiée, Alexia Welbourne comprend que son cousin la met à la porte. Elle va devoir quitter la demeure où elle vivait avec ses cousines et trouver un travail. Tout cela à cause de lord Rothwell, un homme sans cœur qui, bien que riche à millions, n'a pas hésité à les ruiner. Elle le déteste ! Pourtant, lorsqu'il lui propose un emploi de gouvernante, Alexia est bien obligée de ravaler sa fierté. Elle ne se doute pas que lord Rothwell va bientôt lui faire une proposition d'un tout autre genre et que, en dépit de la haine qu'elle semble éprouver à son égard, elle devra lutter contre la force irrésistible qui la pousse dans ses bras...

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Dangerous. Sensual. Handsome as sin. Meet Hayden Rothwell, the shamelessly erotic hero of The Rules of Seduction and author Madeline Hunter’s most irresistible alpha male yet: a man of extraordinary passion and power, a man who can bring out the seductress in any woman.…

He enters her home without warning or invitation–a stranger of shadowy motives and commanding sensuality. Within hours, Alexia Welbourne is penniless, without any hope of marriage. Until Hayden Rothwell takes her to bed. When one impulsive act of passion forces Alexia to marry the very man who has ruined her, Hayden’s seduction of Alexia is nearly complete. What Alexia doesn’t know is that her irresistible new husband is driven by a secret purpose–and a debt of honor he will risk everything to repay. Alexia is the wild card. Reluctant to give up their nightly pleasures, Hayden must find a way to keep Alexia by his side...only to be utterly, thoroughly seduced by a woman who is now playing by her own rules.

A woman running a prestigious London auction house? Preposterous! But that is exactly what Emma Fairbourne intends to do when her father dies, leaving her the reins of this fabulous enterprise. Of course, she is not addlepated enough to do this openly and scare away her wealthy collectors. So she and her friend concoct a deception, hiring a handsome and charming front man who will do her bidding...

All would have proceeded smoothly—if it weren’t for the maddening interference of Darius, the arrogant Earl of Southwaite, who has been her father’s “silent partner” and now shares ownership of Fairbourne’s. An earl, of course, has no interest in running an auction house—and Darius is certainly not interested in allowing Miss Fairbourne to run it either, her ludicrous scheme notwithstanding. Clearly the business must be sold, especially since Darius suspects that Fairbourne’s has been involved in shady activities that could embroil everyone associated with it in crime and scandal.

But the headstrong Emma is like no other lady he has ever encountered, refusing to follow his dictates. He finds her infuriating, but her direct speaking and lack of artifice create a powerful attraction as well, one that that has him following his inclinations to seduce her into surrendering to him about Fairbourne’s, and in every other way imaginable.

A Common Lady

For years she had thought he was dead. Yet when Addis de Valence strode into Moira Falkner's cottage, there was no mistaking the sharp planes of his face, and the scar she herself had helped to heal. The young squire who had once been her hero was now her lord, a hardened man who returned to claim the son she had raised as her own. But Moira couldn't deny that Addis roused a passion she never thought to feel--and a perilous hope for a future that could never be....

An Uncommon Love

Addis returned from the Crusades to find his lands usurped by his stepbrother, and his country on the brink of rebellion. Determined to reclaim his birthright, Addis could not afford to be distracted by a woman--even one as tempting as Moira. Yet the only living part of his contented past lay in Moira--and his desire for her was more dangerous than his deadly battles with the king's men. By law, Moira belonged to him...but possessing her heart might be far more difficult.

She was a sensible woman.

He was a man who could drive a woman senseless with desire.

Gareth Fitzallen is celebrated for four things: his handsome face, his notable charm, his aristocratic connections, and an ability to give the kind of pleasure that has women begging for more. Normally he bestows his talents on experienced, worldly women. But when he heads to Langdon’s End to restore a property he inherited—and to investigate a massive art theft—he lays plans to seduce a most unlikely lady.

Eva Russell lives a spinster’s life of precarious finances and limited dreams while clinging to her family’s old gentry status. She supports herself by copying paintings while she plots to marry her lovely sister to a well-established man. Everyone warns her of Gareth’s reputation, and advises her to lock her sister away. Only it is not her sister Gareth desires. One look, and she knows he is trouble. One kiss, however, proves she is no match for this master of seduction.

Woven from the color and pageantry of the Middle Ages...

From the burning passions of bold and beautiful women...

From the brave hearts of strong and courageous men...

Welcome to a world of chivalry and honor, of danger and desire, of legend, and of love.... These four original novellas bring to life all the romance and adventure of the Middle Ages, with the common thread of a rich medieval tapestry woven through each tale by an acclaimed master of historical romance...

Includes the following stories:

To Kiss in the Shadows by Lynn Kurland

An Interrupted Tapestry by Madeline Hunter

Into the Dreaming by Karen Marie Moning

Dragonswan by Sherrilyn Kenyon

True love never goes out of style….

Once renowned for creating the most envied gowns in London, Madame Follette’s dressmaking shop has fallen far out of fashion. The approaching coronation of King George IV offers a chance to reclaim former glory by supplying stunning new wardrobes to the most glittering society in Regency England. In the face of long-held secrets, looming scandals, and the potential ruin of their shop, the dressmakers of Follette’s are undaunted, not even by the most unexpected complication of all: true love.

The Duke’s Dressmaker by Madeline Hunter

When the Duke of Barrowmore walks into the dress shop, Selina Fontaine assumes her secret identity will compromised. Four years ago this man’s brother seduced her and abandoned her to scandal, and she holds the duke responsible. To her amazement the duke is more interested in pursuing her than exposing her, however—and that pursuit soon becomes seductively pleasurable.

The Colors of Love by Myretta Robens

Delyth Owen’s exuberant passion for her new job as a dressmaker at Madame Follette’s is matched only by her love of diverse, vibrant, and frequently unfortunate color combinations. Simon Merrithew, the pseudonymous author of a well-regarded fashion column, is horrified by the gown Delyth creates for a friend, and suspects her motives. He sets out to uncover her duplicity, but instead, he uncovers genuine joy and discovers the colors of love.

No Accounting for Love by Megan Frampton

Miss Katherine Grant is a lady’s companion, one whose number of dishonorable offers (six) greatly outweigh her honorable ones (zero). Now tasked with making certain her charge, Lady Euphemia, does not contract herself to someone inappropriate, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Mr. Henry Dawkins, the inappropriate gentleman Lady Euphemia wants to charm, who keeps the books at Madame Follette's. But it seems that Henry only has eyes for Miss Katherine Grant.

A Fashionable Affair by Caroline Linden

Madame Follette’s is Felicity Dawkins’s birthright; her mother founded it, and now she runs it. She's fiercely committed to making it the most exclusive modiste in London. The Earl of Carmarthen also has big plans for the shop—he wants to buy it and tear it down, to make way for a grand new boulevard of shops. One way or another, he’s determined to persuade Felicity…not only to sell her shop, but to explore the passion that sparks between them every time they meet.