SHE CREATED A STIR Some found her ingenious, others diabolical. But no one could argue with the success of Lady Antonia Paxton's technique. For the beautiful young widow had made a career out of helping destitute women marry well—by trapping London's richest young bachelors in compromising positions with her willing ladies, then forcing them to marry. HE CREATED A SCANDAL The darkly handsome Remington Carr, ninth Earl of Landon, was as controversial for his radical views on women's rights as he was for his decadent way of life. If the rakish earl had his way, all women would work for a living and marriage would be abolished. He was the ultimate London bachelor and the answer to the prayers of a select group of gentlemen—Antonia's matrimonial victims—all too eager to put a stop to the widow's schemes.... THE LAST BACHELOR When the pair meet in the halls of Parliament, the sparks fly—and a wager is made: If Remington will subject himself to two weeks of "women's work," Antonia will put in two weeks of "men's work." And then they will see who has the harder lot in life. The battle is on. And the stakes are nothing less than their hearts....

The Perfect Mistress is the perfect follow-up to The Last Bachelor . This time the heroine is a courtesan's daughter who wants the to get married... The daughter of an exquisite London courtesan, beautiful and blunt Gabrielle La Coeur is determined to make a different life for herself—staid, respectable... married. Pierce St. James is an openly libertine viscount, who intends to stay single and free of the hypocrisy of Victorian society. For Gabrielle, there is only one way out of the life her mother has planned for her—she must become the virginal "mistress" of London's most notorious rake.