However there is something about this handsome and yet unlucky earl, and when their paths cross again, Lord Leighton offers to repay his debt to her in any way she pleases. A large unpaid bill at an inn and a missing purse later, he’s ready to concede defeat to the fickle Fates – until rescue unexpectedly comes from an intoxicatingly beautiful stranger.As the daughter of a successful tradesman, Miss Katherine Martin has no time for peers and their problems. It’s enough to make any lord head for the hills, but his luck turns worse in the country. It is anyone’s guess whether these two people from different worlds can form one of their own…To Tempt an EarlHamish Doherty, Earl Leighton is having a terrible Season.A portion of his home burned to the ground, he was attacked outside a gaming hell, and a debutante he cannot stomach is determined they’ll wed. Cecilia, on the other hand, is left confused and not a little worried by her assumptions about the Marquess and his demons.
So, on a day when she was late for an important meeting at one of her many charities, she was not impressed by having to step in and save a foxed gentleman rogue from being run over.When their social spheres collide, Hunter is both surprised and awed by the capable, beautiful Miss Smith. Had she been born male, she would already be working for her father’s law firm. His saviour, a most unlikely person, is an angel to gaze at, but with a tongue sharper than his sword cane.Cecilia Smith dislikes idleness and waste. His vice-drinking himself into a stupor most days-almost kills him when he steps in front of a hackney cab. Outwardly he’s a gentleman of position, with good contacts, wealth and charm. When the Duke of Athelby chastises her at every turn, reminding her of her social failures, well, there is only one thing to be done about it…seduce the duke and show him there is more to life than the proper conventions set by the ton.A battle of wills ensues where all bets are off, numerous rules are broken and love becomes the ultimate reward.To Madden a MarquessShe saved his life, but can she save him from himself?Hunter, Marquess of Aaron, has the ton fooled. So, when he sees Darcy de Merle skirting the boundaries of respectability, it is only right that he should remind her of the proper etiquette that she should adhere to.Darcy refuses to allow another man to tell her what to do. He’s lived through the terrible consequences of what revelry, carelessness, and lack of respect for one’s social position can have on a family. Setting the ton ablaze, Darcy holds a ball to re-launch herself into Society on the anniversary of his death.Cameron, the Duke of Athelby plays by the rules. A Lady of independence.Since her cheating husband created a scandal by dying beneath his whore, Darcy de Merle is determined to enjoy widowhood, and refuses to mourn a man she grew to loathe.
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