Linda Rae Sande

When Lady Isabella witnesses the murder of her mother---by her father, the Earl of Craythorne---she rides off to London in search of the man her mother, Arabella, instructed she contact lest anything befall her. David vows to ensure Isabella's safety from Craythorne, and he enlists the aid of Octavius, Duke of Huntington, to provide protection and a home in the country, where she won't be found. -back cover.

Illegitimate sister of the Earl of Trenton and former maid, Lily Harkins, has spent the past two seasons attending balls and soirees and learning how to be a proper lady. She's also garnered four suitors who have indicated their intentions to marry her. But how will she decide whether they love her or her dowry?

Henry Forster loves only one woman, Sarah, whom he impregnated when he was nephew to the Earl of Gisborn. Sarah rejects his offer to marry, saying he needs a woman of his own rank. Henry officially becomes earl but wants to keep his relationship with Sarah and their son. Another woman, Lady Hannah Slater, wants a child so agrees to marry him. Henry agrees to bed her until she is with child. He is unaware that his true love has set her sights on a...

"There's nothing quite like going home for the holidays... but first, you have to get there. The Year with No Summer is drawing to a close, bleeding into a harsh winter that promises snow, ice and continued hardship. London, so rich with life and bustle, is quiet beneath the ice, buried in a cold few can ever truly recall happening before. Many of the ton are taking their leave for the Christmas holiday, abandoning the soggy streets of London for...

While on a visit to London to visit her uncle and his new wife, Marianne Slater is happy to attend the Season's entertainments - even if she can't see very well. The world is a blur unless it's close-up. Usually a wallflower at balls, Marianne is stuned when a gentleman approaches and offers to escort her in the gardens. A clear-eyed innocent kiss suddenly results in the blurry whirlwind of a quick wedding and its subsequent aftermath. Determined...

"Following in his father's footsteps,Thomas Grandby has made a name for himself in the world of investments and wealth. He's managed to avoid the Marriage Mart - for the most part - but constant reminders of his age have him thinking 1839 might be the year he takes a bride. If only Lady Victoria seemed as interested in him as she is in her avocation? - training horses. Her green-eyes, jet black hair, and slight limp have him positively mesmerized....

The book involves mistaken identities, gossip and maybe some love, set in 19th century London.

"Godfrey, Viscount Thorncastle, has a secret he'd rather not tell anyone, including the woman for whom he has held a candle for over twenty years. Elise Burroughs, Batey, the widow of Lord Lancaster, has had enough of marriage, but pining for the chance at motherhood, she may just have to consider Godfrey's proposal. . . . Does the viscount really intend to take her as his wife? Some numbers just don't quite add up. . . ."--

"When his one true love marries another man, Graham Wellingham abandoned his hopes of romance to pour his attention into business. His hardened heart has left him immune to the charms of wealthy socialites? but he hasn?t forgotten the promise he made to his love Hannah all those years ago. Hannah Simpson Harrington has straddled two conflicting words her entire life. Once married to a future earl after her dream husband never proposed, his untimely...

"An agent of the Home Office, Miss Daisy Albright has volunteered to assist in exposing the man behind a smuggling ring operating in Yorkshire. Her assignment will require she become the mistress of the suspect. Trouble is, she has no experience as a courtesan. Willing to sacrifice her virtue and learn what she must for the Crown, Daisy has a Foreign Office operative in mind to teach her what a man wants in a mistress. As the captain of the ship that...