They want nothing to do with each other, but their secrets will bring them together... James Barrington, Duke of Norland, has his reasons for avoiding Parliament and despising his mother. When she brings a house party to his estate, he knows to avoid her at all costs. Her only goal is to marry him off to one of her attendees, and James will have none of it. Especially the young miss who is as pretty as she is stubborn. Isabel Hastings has been trained for this moment her whole life—entrap a duke into marriage. But she has reasons of her own to avoid him, like being secretly engaged to another man. After confiding in the duke, she thinks she's safe from the handsome, broody man, but the longer she stays, the more she begins to worry for her heart. As secrets begin to unravel the house party, both James and Isabel are forced to face the truth, and see if they're willing to admit what they want most.

She’s out to teach this scoundrel a lesson, and he’s out to win her heart... Emma Follett had no hopes out in society with a fallen sister ruined by a rake, but she receives one last chance with help from her grandmother’s society-savvy friend. Now wary of gentlemen in society, Emma is horrified when a roguish man charms and rejects her friend, then turns his attention to Emma. That’s when she decides she’s had enough - Emma is determined to play his game and have her revenge. Henry Godwin is a known rake and wears the title with pride. Despite family pressure to settle down, Henry is determined to remain a bachelor for life. That is, until he meets the feisty Miss Follet, and believes her to be a worthy opponent, perhaps even someone worth changing his ways. But when her true intentions are revealed, his hopes are shattered, which inspires him to devise a plan of his own. As Emma begins to see a change in Henry, she wonders if she should give him another chance, or if it will be her ultimate downfall. In a battle of wit and will, when they start falling for each other’s games, who will come out the victor?

He thought he would be marrying someone else. She never expected to marry at all… Thomas Ramsbury has the perfect woman to marry, but when it comes time to propose, she announces her engagement to another man. Heartbroken, Thomas resigns himself to an arranged marriage, for he no longer has the heart to hope for love. Born with a withered hand and prone to epileptic fits, Marianne Taylor has accepted the life of a spinster, as she is used to being in the background, ignored and rejected by her family. When she learns she is to marry a gentleman, she feels unprepared to be the mistress of his estate. Though their marriage starts unconventionally, the time together provides an opportunity for them to heal and for their romance to blossom. But when both their pasts threaten the peace they have created, will their relationship prove strong enough?