A sweet Regency set romance from New York Times bestselling author Mary Blayney. The Braedon Family Series, Book One. Morgan Braedon is not the slightest bit interested in marriage though his family thinks it’s essential to his future. Morgan needs one more year at the gaming tables to reach his financial goals and then he will walk away from gambling forever. Christiana Lambert is not the slightest bit interested in marriage to anyone but her childhood sweetheart who is fighting abroad. While he is away she is going to London to party and avoid men with marriage on their mind. Morgan and Christiana meet and plan a sham courtship to fool his family and guarantee her an escort. But love takes them by surprise and the game changes more than one life.

Readers fell in love with Mary Blayney's debut romance, His Heart's Delight, and with its hero, the dashing rake, Morgan Braedon. Now, she inroduces Morgan's brother, James, whose brusque manner hides a passionate soul that needs the lightest touch to come out of hiding. Theirs was a match made in heaven... James Braedon's relationship with his father has never been an easy one. Yet he knows he cannot refuse to care for him after the frail man falls ill—nor can he escape his duty as the Viscount of his family's ruined estate. Life seems entirely bleak, until a charming young Frenchwoman arrives, offering to be the family housekeeper. The last thing James needs is a woman meddling in every aspect of his life. But soon, Marguerite's sunny disposition and warm laugh put James at ease, and it isn't long before the spirited beauty invades both his home and his heart. ...With a little help from Cupid. Despite losing her family in the French Revolution, Marguerite Voisson is convinced that life is more joy than sorrow—and her unique charm makes even James laugh again. As she uncovers pieces of his childhood in the burned-out ruins and shares them with him, she realizes that James holds the key to her own happiness. But how to convince him that family means more than heartache...and that she is meant to be his last lover, and his wife?

A Shy Beauty, A Charming Rogue... Mariel Braedon Whitlow has spent most of her life caring for others, so when her ailing grandmother summons her to London, she immediately complies. But the Dowager Duchess of Hale has matchmaking in mind, and before Mariel knows it, she is plunging into a dazzling world of glittering balls and gallant suitors. Yet there is only one man who quickens Mariel's heart, a mysterious and engaging man who has crossed her path before... ...And An Unexpected Love Famed for his wicked wit and his legendary generosity, Edward Hadley is the most popular bachelor in the ton. Indeed, he is beloved equally for his mischievous pranks and his vast wealth. Yet never has anyone bothered to delve beneath his sunny facade...until now. Sweet Mariel is as unworldly as he is sophisticated, as contained as he is flamboyant. And every time they meet, his feelings for her grow. But when the beguiling widow discovers his greatest secret, will it put their blossoming love in jeopardy?