Breaking the Marriage Rules
4 total works
...and unexpected desires
If Oliver Huntsbury, Duke of Somerfeld, hadn't burst into Arabella van Haven's backstage dressing room, her father would not have been able to blackmail them into marriage. His wealth has finally secured her a titled husband! But Arabella is determined to be a wife in name only; their marriage unconsummated. But once alone together, she knows this experienced, seductive, charming man could undermine her resolve so easily...
Can an impoverished orphan
…ever marry a duke?
Penniless American Rosie Smith will do anything for her wealthy guardian’s daughter. She’ll even save her friend from a marriage of convenience with a stuffy Englishman by posing as her at his house party! But her plan to put off the Duke backfires spectacularly, because beneath his stiff formality is a hard-working and amusing man. Too late Rosie finds she's falling for Alexander—only he has no idea who she really is…
Separated by class
Brought together by passion
Having finally fulfilled her dream of opening a hairdressing parlor, Nellie Regan has no interest in love ruining her plans. After Nellie is caught mocking landowner Dominic Lockhart’s lifeless engagement to Lady Cecily, she's not expecting him to defend her in a tavern brawl. Now the frustratingly handsome gentleman must recuperate in her home! Close quarters stir simmering attraction…but Nellie’s determined to follow her head, not her heart. Is Dominic willing to do the same?
A notorious rake
Meets a spirited spinster…
At a weekend shooting party, where the guests are as determined to bag a marriage partner as they are a pheasant, two people are both under siege. The Duke of Kingsford from a clutch of desperate debutantes, and Charlotte FitzRoy from her matchmaking mother! A pretend courtship between them should keep the others at bay, but an unexpected impassioned kiss might just bring about the marriage they both seek to avoid!