Spy Society - La série

He vanished without a word. Only now that he has returned, her heart isn’t ready to forgive—or forget. Eight years ago, Sterling St. John, Duke of Morton, vanished mere hours after marrying his innocent young bride. Alaina was left humiliated, heartbroken…and untouched. London buzzed with gossip, but she endured it all and emerged transformed. Now a sharp-tongued beauty and the fearless founder of a scandalously progressive ladies’ reading Society, Alaina has no intention of welcoming her wayward husband home. She’s determined to show him he’s neither needed nor wanted. But Sterling isn’t the same man either. Hardened by years of secrets and haunted by decisions he cannot reveal, he knows protecting the wife he never wished to leave means keeping her in the dark. Yet the fiery woman she’s become tries his sanity and ignites his passion; he never expected the woman she became to tempt him past all reason. It isn’t long before both realize that there’s still something there, that they were meant to be together. But when the truth comes to light, will love be enough to bridge the years—and the secrets—that lie between them?

A spy with nothing to lose. A lady longing for excitement. A passion neither can resist. Oliver Black clawed his way out of the gutters of London, only to be thrust in the shadows once more—this time as a covert agent for the Crown. Wounded during a mission gone bad, he finds himself with nowhere to turn but the doorstep—well, balcony—of the one woman he knows he’ll never be able to forget. Emily Tailor, the fiercely curious daughter of a notorious Covent Garden madam, has lived the sheltered life of a princess in a tower. But when Oliver crashes into her world, bloodied and desperate, she seizes the chance to have the adventure she’s always craved. Posing as his lover, she joins him on a dangerous journey to a hedonistic house party where nothing is as it seems. With secrets swirling and seduction in the air, every glance ignites forbidden longing. As Emily and Oliver navigate a treacherous game of deception, the line between performance and reality blurs. Danger waits in the shadows—but so does desire…

When friendship turns to desire, only love can make them whole… Gideon Bray, Marquess of Swanleigh, has always been a rake—a reckless, charming scoundrel never meant for happily-ever-afters. Yet, behind his careless smile lies a man scarred by neglect, and desperate for the family he was denied. Only one woman has ever seen past the mask: Caroline Wells, his dearest friend and the lone female in his notorious circle of comrades. Cast out by both her family and Society after a youthful scandal, Caroline long ago learned to live by her own rules. Gideon stood by her, offering his loyalty when the rest of the world turned its back. But when one night of unbridled passion shatters this boundary between them, Gideon shocks them both with an offer of marriage, though neither of them knows quite how to transform years of friendship into the intimacy of husband and wife. As they navigate a marriage of fiery attraction, Gideon locates Oliver, the half-brother he’s sought for decades. At last, the dream of family feels within his reach. But shadows cling to Oliver’s past…and enemies soon strike at the women the brothers cherish most.