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• One Night to Surrender

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  In ONE NIGHT TO SURRENDER, the follow-up to ONE NIGHT TO SCANDAL, Ferguson’s sister Ellie gets a second chance to overcome her father’s influence and reclaim her lost love.

  A Not-So-Merry Widow…

  Ellie Claiborne, née Stafford, is known as the merriest widow in London. She throws the most notorious parties, runs with the fastest crowd, and sees her life play out in the gossip rags. But while she gains fulfillment by secretly aiding some of London’s poorest women, she dreads the day when it will all come crashing down around her ears. Her unlamented husband’s heir is none other than her first love — and if he ever returns to claim his inheritance, she doubts that her traitorous heart can survive seeing him again.

  A Hardened Rake…

  Nicholas Claiborne loved Ellie at first sight — and hated her when she accepted the marriage that her father arranged with his cousin. He left England the night before the wedding, and has spent the last seven years amassing a fortune and ignoring his role as the new marquess. His tours have taken him through some of the most pleasurable cities in the Orient, but he can’t erase the memories of the damnable redhead who stole his heart. All his dreams lead back to Ellie — whether it’s dumping her into the Thames or draping her in the bells of a harem girl. But when his mother sends a deathbed demand for him to return to London, he cannot refuse — even if it means sharing a house with the one woman he has tried so hard to forget.

  A Second Seduction…

  When the heir finally returns, bringing with him a retinue of servants and exotic animals that shocks even her most jaded houseguests, Ellie digs in for a siege. Nicholas despises Ellie’s transformation from sweet debutante to seductive widow — and decides to take revenge on the woman who betrayed him. As their battles rage across the drawing rooms and bedchambers of the ton, the sparks between them reignite a passion that neither can control. But as her desire threatens to overwhelm her sanity, Ellie must decide whether to trust the man who once left her alone to her fate. And when Nicholas discovers the truth about Ellie’s scandalous life, he must choose whether to pursue his revenge — or fall in love with her all over again.

  
  
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  Posted 28 June 2009, 9:05 pm

• One Night to Scandal

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  In ONE NIGHT TO SCANDAL, the follow-up to ONE NIGHT TO SEDUCTION, Malcolm and Amelia MacCabe’s best friends must navigate the pitfalls of the past to claim a chance at tomorrow.

  An Unwanted Inheritance…

  William Avenel Ferguson Stafford never planned to inherit anything other than his mother’s ruined Scottish estate. Driven to avenge his mother and fueled by sheer stubbornness, he has spent decades antagonizing his English father. In his latest plot, he has become one of the ton’s most outrageous dandies — a charade completely at odds with the autocrat hidden beneath his elaborate cravats. But when his half-brothers have the ill grace to die, Ferguson becomes earl of Rothwell and heir to a dukedom. Unfortunately, his father despises the thought of his title going to a son with a ridiculous reputation and Scottish blood. The duke delivers an ultimatum: unless Ferguson marries an acceptable heiress, he cannot touch the funds necessary to restore his mother’s clan.

  An Unclaimed Debutante…

  Lady Madeleine Vaillant should have died in the revolution that swept France and killed her parents, but a resourceful nursemaid spirited her away to the Stauntons. Now twenty-four, she is tired of being the perfect ward, even though her lack of a dowry will likely doom her to spinsterhood. So when she encounters Ferguson in London and recognizes the man beneath his masquerade, she’s all too eager to embrace a bit of adventure with the devastatingly handsome earl. In a moment of madness, she makes a scandalous proposal: she will help Ferguson to find the perfect duchess — if he will show her all the earthly pleasures that an unmarried lady should never feel.

  An Unexpected Arrival…

  As they feign a courtship that thrills the gossips, they realize with each suggestive waltz and every stolen kiss that the chemistry between them is dangerously real. But just as Ferguson decides to damn the consequences and claim Madeleine forever, a flesh-and-blood ghost — in the form of the French duc she was betrothed to in childhood — offers her the opportunity to regain the life she lost. Ultimately, Ferguson’s father knows the secret of Madeleine’s past — but he won’t reveal it until Ferguson vows to forsake her. Caught between two dukes and his own desires, will Ferguson let Madeleine go so that she can learn the truth about her family? Or will Madeleine abandon her heritage for the love that has saved her heart?

  
  
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  Posted 28 June 2009, 9:03 pm

• The Plan - Stauntons, MacCabes, and Staffords, Oh My!

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  AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE stands alone, but Amelia and Malcolm are by no means lonely. Their brothers, friends, and other connections are all fighting to stay out of the marriage mart — but it’s only a matter of time before each succumbs to the parson’s noose.

  
  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 7:57 pm

• One Night to Seduction

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  When a headstrong spinster and a determined bachelor find out that their parents have arranged for them to marry, they refuse to surrender to fate. Instead, they decide to do anything to win back their freedom – even if that means engaging in mad schemes and shockingly improper behavior to drive each other away.

  For Lady Amelia Staunton, marriage is a dangerous trap. She secretly writes popular Gothic romances, and a husband could stop her from ever publishing again. Malcolm MacCabe already leads one of the most ungovernable clans in the Highlands – the last thing he wants is a willful wife on top of his other burdens. But their ludicrous attempts to infuriate each other quickly flare into a passion that Malcolm can’t deny and that Amelia is all too eager to explore.

  As they begin to see through each other’s gunshot wounds, fake French fiancés, and generally appalling behavior, they realize that they may be perfectly matched. But they aren’t sure that sex, laughter, and a shared love of absurdity are reason enough to sacrifice their freedoms – especially when neither will admit how they truly feel. Ultimately, Amelia must decide whether she can keep both her dream career and the man she has begun to love. And Malcolm has to choose between his idealized bachelorhood and the reality of the woman who has captured his heart.

  
  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 7:52 pm