Sex, Lies, & Forbidden Desires

Series · 3 books · 2022-2023

By Louisa Cornell, Andrea K. Stein

Books in series

Dallying with the Diamond

2022

Leonidas Croft Atherton, former cavalry officer turned society artist, has ferocious carnal appetites and little use for the Society that shunned him after his father, on his deathbed, pronounced him another man's son. His revenge on those high-in-the-instep members of the ton involves painting lascivious portraits of peers' mistresses and doing even more scandalous things with their wives. When the shared journal in which he and his friends have recorded their sexual exploits goes missing, Leo will stop at nothing to prevent revealing the identities of their paramours. In his experience, angry husbands tend to shoot first, and ask questions as they reload. Lady Honoria Eveleigh has been deemed the Season's Incomparable and is all but engaged to the ton's most sought-after bachelor. Her almost betrothed is heir to the wealthiest dukedom in England, next to her father's, that is. He's handsome, kind, witty, but too terrified to even try to kiss her. She started her secret collection of naughty books out of curiosity. Now she fears reading about erotic desires that match her own is all she may ever do. Discovering pages from their journal have been sold to a duke's daughter is bad enough, but now Leo must venture back into the Society that abandoned him. Worse, said duke’s daughter, Lady Honoria, blackmails him for the pages' return and tempts him to meet her licentious demands. When a man who looks like sin incarnate is desperate for her help, Honoria cannot resist the desire to see if what she's read about him is true. No harm in a lady indulging her curiosity just once; is there?

Submitting to the Widow

2023

Now that both her domineering father and husband are gone, Lady Jane Trevellyn is determined to live for herself. As a wealthy widow, she can have anything she wants. What she wants is the Barrister Stephen Forsythe who wrote a journal of sexual exploits she's been sent from the erotic library at Goodrum's House of Pleasure in London. She's read the pages beginning to end - twice. They've never been formally introduced, but she did attend one of his cricket matches with her face covered in a widow's veil. And she'll never forget the look of the man's incomparable, muscular ass when he followed through on a cover drive. Barrister Stephen Forsythe has no idea the garden of delights he's stumbled into when he arrives at the Trevellyn manor in search of the missing journal pages he wishes he'd never put to pen...and never wants anyone else to see again. He can't believe how easy the sensual widow has made his quest. She'll happily turn over the pages...once he fulfills her fantasy of being ravished amongst the exotic flora in her conservatory. How difficult can that be? Is Jane brave enough to ask for her every sensual desire? Can stuffy barrister Stephen afford to let go and drown in a sea of sensual delights? Will one week of passion be enough?

Savoring the Chef

2023

Will secrets destroy them or ignite the love of a lifetime?Lionel Carrington-Bowles, wealthy gentleman with a reputation for scandalous behavior and even more scandalous friends, is on every ton hostess’s invitation list. He is devilishly handsome, delightfully charming, and the sort of man who dances with all of the ladies, even the wallflowers. When the journal in which he and his friends have entered their sensual exploits since their days at Cambridge disappears, he has far more reason than his three friends to track down his pages and destroy them. Should Society discover his preference in bed partners, his life would move from scandalous to dangerous. When he discovers a cook at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs has his pages, he is determined to do whatever he must to retrieve them. Nathaniel Charpentier arrived in London at sixteen with a bit of money, a small dog, a letter of recommendation, and some unique kitchen skills. Ten years later he is the chef de cuisine for Club Ambrosios, one of London’s most exclusive private clubs. His talents have made the club a huge success and has secured his future for the first time in his life. He derives his latest inspiration from the purchase of a sensual journal from London’s leading pornographer. His own amorous adventures, however, have taken a sinister turn with the arrival of a series of threatening notes. He fears his past has come to London to find him. The spark between Lionel and Nathaniel is a roaring fire from the moment they meet and gives both good reason to keep their secrets for fear of ending the consuming passion between them. Once revealed, their secrets may destroy them or may be the very reason to take a chance on the love of a lifetime. Will they let the spark between them build into a roaring fire? Grab your copy today to find out...

Authors

Louisa Cornell

Author · 14 books

Louisa Cornell read her first historical romance novel, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, at the age of nine. This inspired her to spend the next three years of her young life writing the most horrible historical romance novel ever written. Fortunately it has yet to see the light of day. As Louisa spent those three years living in a little English village in Suffolk (Thanks to her father's Air Force career.) it is no surprise she developed a lifelong love of all things British, especially British history and Regency-set romance novels. (And Earl Grey tea!) During those same three years, Louisa's vocal talent was discovered. Her study of music began at the London College of Music and continued once she returned to the States. After four music degrees and a year of study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, Louisa was fortunate enough to embark on a singing career in opera houses in Germany, Austria, and most of Eastern Europe. Now retired from an active career in opera, Louisa has returned to her first love – writing Regency-set historical romance. She has completed four books to date and A PERFECTLY DREADFUL CHRISTMAS is her publication debut. Two time Golden Heart finalist, three time Daphne du Maurier winner, and three time Royal Ascot winner, Louisa is a member of RWA, SMRWA and the Beau Monde Chapter of RWA. She lives in LA (Lower Alabama) with a Chihuahua so grouchy he has been banned from six veterinary clinics, several perfectly amiable small dogs, and a cat who terminates vermin with extreme prejudice. You can learn more about Louisa and her future publication plans at : www.louisacornell.com and https://www.facebook.com/RegencyWrite....

Andrea K. Stein

Author · 14 books

Andrea K. Stein is a native Ohioan, the daughter of a trucker and an artist. She grew up a scribbler. The stories just spilled out—the pony escaped, the window magically shattered. Not her fault. Twenty years as a journalist couldn't stifle the yarns. Yacht delivery up and down the Caribbean only increased the flow. Now those tales celebrate romance and adventure on the high seas.