A Devil’s Bargain Captain Simon Harcourt returns to England with one purpose: to breed rare horses, keeping his vow to his dying friend. The last person he expects to aid him is the ruthless Earl of Ravenscroft, who enacts a devil’s bargain. Ravenscroft promises to finance the stables if Simon razes the village that ruins the earl’s view from the manor house—the site of Simon’s most horrific childhood memory. Only one person stands in Simon’s way—the resolute bluestocking determined to resurrect the conscience Simon thought died on the battlefield with his men… Insatiably curious Spirited Penelope Waverly has never fit into society’s mold, to the despair of her mother. But someone has to keep a roof over her family’s heads. Even so, she has no idea how fragile the foundation of her life is. A web of lies binds the Harcourts and Waverlys, buried long ago in everything Simon Harcourt has pledged to destroy. A storm unleashed As two defiant spirits uncover the dangerous truth that could destroy them both, they face an impossible choice—keep their vows and betray the people of Everdene or join forces in a gamble that could cost them everything… even the love that might heal their wounded hearts.

A reckless vow… After her beloved mother’s death, Lady Grace Elliot makes a promise to her heartbroken little brothers never to leave them. She has no idea what that vow will cost her. Warm, brave and compassionate, Grace must take desperate measures to keep that pledge. Her one hope to remain close to her heartbroken little marriage to London’s most notorious bachelor, a nobleman with a heart encased in ice... The ruthless Viscount Everdene. An Elusive Viscount… All of London delights in scandal sheet accounts of ton beauties and their mamas’ schemes to trap Lucien Harcourt, Viscount Everdene, into marriage. But Lucien has no intention of continuing the grim family legacy that scarred his own childhood. When Lady Grace comes to him with an unthinkable plan, he believes he has no heart to risk. But as Grace champions the poverty-stricken children working in factories, her irresistible warmth and kindness open Lucien’s eyes to a world he’s never seen and challenges everything he believes about himself. A love brighter than the stars… As mysterious forces mount a campaign to spark revolution, the dangerous cadre realizes the untouchable viscount has a chink in his armor at last… Will Grace pay the ultimate price for loving Lucien? Or is there a chance this beauty can give Lucien something he’d never hoped to find...? Redemption.