Alone in the world, Miss Persys Timothy has lived under the protection of her wealthy aunt, serving as her cousin's companion and confidante. But once her cousin is married, Persys is no longer needed—or wanted. Summarily put out of her aunt's home, she has nowhere to go and no one to turn to—until the Duke of Eddington surprisingly comes to her rescue. He is in dire need of a companion to keep his injured mother amused and whisks Persys off to his grand country estate. Struck by her disarming combination of unusual, violet eyes and exotic, Persian name, the dashing Duke is quite taken with Persys. But his campaign to win her affection is almost sabotaged by Persys herself, who sees nothing but folly in falling head over heels for a duke. And when the time comes that the duchess no longer needs Persys' help, the Duke must devise a way to trap "his Persian woman"—in his house and in his heart.

On the verge of being married off to man she does not love to settle her uncle's gambling debt, Anne Haycroft finds sympathy from Lord Justin Rochford, who lends a hand by sending imaginary suitors her way to delay the proceedings, all the while harboring his own desire for the lovely Miss Haycroft. Original.

After the death of her husband, Lady Jocelyn Robards remains in seclusion, mourning not her husband but a past love that ended in heartbreak, and when an unexpected encounter rejoins the two former lovers, they end up on a mission that rekindles their love

After inheriting the barony and fiancTe of his reckless and recently deceased cousin Ivan, Jordan Robards begins to suspect that his relative's death had not been an accident at all. Original.

Charming Regina Hawthorne had thought Lord Torrington was planning to offer for her—when he suddenly became engaged to another. Rakish Lord St. Aubyn sympathized with "Rejected Regina's" situation and solicited her assistance with a family problem, while distracting the gossips from maligning the lovely young woman.