HIS HEART IS BLACK AND HE TRUSTS NO ONE Thunder claps, lightning strikes and her imposing new mansion looms high, but Miss Marchant is not one to be afraid. Not willful, beautiful Sydony Marchant. If the house doesn't shock her, the arrival of Viscount Hawthorne does. No longer the boy she once kissed—Bartholomew is a man with a ruthless glint in his eye. He's here to uncover a truth and ruin Sydony. But they are soon entangled in secrets darker than they know. And as the tension crackles between them, the memory of their innocent kiss is no longer enough....

BROODING GENTLEMAN, DEFIANT DAMSEL! Christopher Marchant's mood matches the storm clouds that gather above his mansion. Yet when lightning illuminates a stranded beauty he must do as any gentleman would. Although, once rescued, she must be on her way.... But if Hero Ingram leaves empty-handed her uncle will punish her. Christopher is caught off guard by her willful rebellion—and he's sure he's caught a hint of vulnerability in her defiancé.... As a gentleman he must protect her and make her quest his own. But as a red-blooded male...? She has awoken him from his slumber!