An Honorable Promise Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash in his promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister before the soldier was killed at the battle of Waterloo. For Miss Katherine Payne was a golden-eyed shrew who took genuine delight in flouting Adam's authority at every turn. Surely bringing her to stay with his mother for the Season would absolve him of his responsibilities—though he sincerely doubted such a headstrong young woman would ever find herself a husband in the marriage mart. But when an unscrupulous man starts pursuing Katherine, Adam comes to realize that fulfilling his promise might actually involve marrying her himself....

Lord Frenchards Choice

BREAKING THROUGH HIS DEFENSES When Colonel John Ancroft is persuaded to escort an elderly widow to Yorkshire, he has no idea that the lady in question is beautiful heiress Caroline Duval. Her disguise is only revealed when he happens upon her, her widow’s weeds discarded, swimming naked in a pond in the woods…. Suddenly his selfcontrol is severely tested as he confronts this bewitching beauty. He’s furious and undeniably attracted to Miss Duval. But she has embarked on a dangerous undertaking where scandal could ruin them both….