Fashionable society buzzed with rumor when Miss Mary Lawrence made her appearance in its most exalted circles. Where had she come from, and why had the eminent Sir Henry Rufton become her guardian? Society's most handsome and dashing young blade, Lord Tristan Rule, decides to solve this mystery.

THE UNSUSPECTING EARL Miss Lucy Gladwin knew all the faults of the eminent, elegant Julian Rutherford, Earl of Thorpe. Julian was not only unbearably arrogant, he was insufferably self-centered and infuriatingly egotistical, as pleased with himself as the most sought-after lord of all the realm could be. But Lucy knew very well that he was the handsomest man she had ever seen—and the only man she could possibly love. Clearly the earl had to be brought down a peg or two or three before Lucy could be in reach of capturing his heart. The earl didn't know it, but he was about to become the target of the most unconventional campaign of conquest since the first woman decided all was fair in love and war, and Cupid notched the first arrow in his bow....

AN IMPROBABLE UNION WIth his marriage clock loudly ticking, Lord Edwar Laurence's wife quest had brought him to a most unsuspecting lady. The ever-capable Miss Emily Howland was certain the dashing Lord Edward had set his sights on none other than her uncommonly beautiful and woefully innocent cousin. Determined to protect her charge from the nefarious advances of Edward, Emily placed herself in the path of his conquest, damning her own reputation forever. Or so she thought. For Edward's object of passion had always been Emily. Now he had to prove to his reluctant bride-to-be that hers was the only surrender he desired!