The Earl's Inconvenient Wife (Regency Collection Book 1) (23 page)

Available in the Regency Collection…

Her Counterfeit Husband

The Duchess of Watkins’ husband just died, and her unscrupulous brother-in-law is ready to step in as the Duke of Watkins.  In desperation, she enlists the help of the butler, and the two determine to quietly bury her husband and pretend he’s still alive.  It will be a secret they will keep to their graves in order to protect the estate.

After burying him in a forest in the middle of the night, they come across a man who’s been beaten and left for dead.  And this man happens to look just like her husband.  Seeing this as the answer to their prayers, they take the man home in hopes he’ll agree to be the new Duke of Watkins.  There’s only one problem.  When he wakes up, he doesn’t remember who he is, and a search for anyone who might know him leaves his true identity a mystery.  Taking their chances, the Duchess of Watkins and the butler convince him he’s her husband.

Unlike her first husband, this one is everything she’s ever hoped for.  But when he learns the truth, can he forgive her for her lie or will he go back to the life he had before?

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A Most Unsuitable Earl

Ethan Silverton, the Lord of Edon, is very content with his life.  He’s carefully sculpted it so that everyone thinks he’s a notorious rake.  For years, he’s worked hard to build his reputation to secure his place as the most undesirable bachelor in London.  And it’s worked.  No decent lady will have him.

But one simple error in judgment has just sealed his fate.  His intention was to dissuade a horrid mother from matching him up with her equally horrid daughter.  Seeing no one but Lady Catherine without a dance partner, he tells a lie. He approaches Lady Catherine as if they are betrothed, and the ploy works.  The horrid mother and her daughter abandon their pursuit of him.

Except Ethan’s mother spies his ploy and is so relieved that she’s found a way to marry him to a reputable young lady that she tells everyone of their engagement.  To his horror, word spreads and it’s his duty to see the lie through.  This is the worst thing that can happen, and no one but his mother is happy about it.  Not Lady Catherine.  Not her doting father.  Not even Ethan.  But his mother is sure it’ll all work out…eventually.

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Coming Summer 2013

His Reluctant Lady

If there’s one thing Mister Christopher Robinson loves, it’s a good mystery, and if there was ever a delightful mystery, it’s Lady Richfield.  From the moment he meets her at a ball, he is determined to find out her secret, no matter what it takes.

Agatha Lyons, Lady of Richfield, is hiding a secret.  It’s a secret so shocking that, if discovered, it could ruin her reputation.

When a little slip exposes this secret, Mister Robinson sees his chance and makes her a deal: marry him or risk scandal.  Will she keep her independence as a wealthy widow or will she succumb to a second husband who not only threatens to ignite her dormant passions but makes her want to give up her heart as well?