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After eight Seasons in London, Lady Jane Parker-Roth is ready to quit the dull search for a husband in favor of more exciting pursuits. So when she encounters an intruder in her host's townhouse, she's not about to let the scoundrel escape. Until she discovers she's wrestling a viscount - Edmund Smyth, the one noble she wouldn't mind meeting in the dark. And when their struggle shatters a randy statue of the god Pan, even more mischief ensues....

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Kit, marqués de Ashton, está metido en un lío. Se casó joven y por amor, qué romántico. Se dio cuenta de su error el mismo día de la boda y ahora le han endilgado una esposa en la que no se puede confiar. Jessica sabe que ha puesto en peligro su matrimonio, aunque haya sido inocentemente. Bien, ya ha tenido bastante de encuentros accidentales con caballeros desnudos y echa de menos tener la oportunidad de explicar lo sucedido a su marido. Ha llegado el momento de levantar el ánimo y recuperarle como sea.

Era un día muy caluroso y a Venus Collingswood le apetecía darse un baño en el estanque. pero no quería que se le mojara el vestido. Total, ninguno de los habitantes del pequeño Little Huffington iba a pasar por ahí. Además, ese era el entorno perfecto donde pergeñar un plan para que su hermana Afrodita, un ratón de biblioteca, conociera y se enamorara del nuevo duque de Greycliffe, que llegaría a tomar posesión de sus tierras dentro de una semana.

Decidida a encontrar marido, la señorita Eleanor, Ellie Bowman, asiste a un baile organizado por la duquesa de Greycliffe, a la que todos llaman con cariño «la duquesa del amor». Sin embargo, no hace caso de ninguno de los caballeros a los que la anfitriona ha invitado precisamente pensando en ella. En realidad, quien le interesa es su elegante hijo, Ned, lord Edward, que ya hace tiempo le robó el corazón? y la hizo arder de deseo.

Frances Hadley ha sacado adelante la hacienda familiar ella sola durante años. Así que, ¿por qué no puede reclamar su propia dote? Para conseguirla, decide viajar a Londres y meter en la cabeza de su hermano y del administrador un poco de sentido común. Sin embargo, para una mujer joven y guapa un viaje así resulta peligroso por lo que Frances se disfrazará de hombre para tener algo menos de lo que preocuparse.

The viscount's house party promises to be one of the season's highlights, and Lord and Lady Kilgorn are delighted to attend. If only the long-estranged couple had realized they were both invited - and assigned to the same bed chamber....

John Parker-Roth cannot believe that marriage is necessary for his happiness. He would far rather pursue his interest in horticulture, but if one day he should find a female who shared his passion for flowers - a level-headed, calm sort of female - he might reconsider. Certainly the lovely young woman who has just tumbled into his lap will not do, as she possesses neither of those admirable qualities.

When a naked earl climbs through the window into her bedchamber, Lady Elizabeth Runyon does the proper thing: She screams. Loudly. And then...well, Lizzie has had enough of being proper. She wishes to be bold. Wanton, even. She won't be commanded to put on her nightgown. Just this once, she will be absolutely daring....

New to London society and rather...awkward...Lady Grace Belmont would just as soon hide behind the palm trees as dance with a man she doesn't know. But Baron Dawson is on the hunt for a wife. Grace's generous curves and remarkable height do not intimidate him. In fact, it would be more accurate to describe his reaction to the charming newcomer as lust.

Two possible futures loom before Miss Anne Davenport. The first option: sharing an unhappy home with her father and soon-to-be stepmother. The second: a life of independence at the Spinster House, if only her friend, Cat, would vacate the premises and marry the Duke of Hart. A well-placed whisper about the pair's secret tryst might speed the course of true love.

Sophisticated. Scandalous. In fact, Miss Sarah Hamilton, a proper Philadelphian, finds London society altogether shocking. How can it be that she has awakened from her innocent slumber to find herself in bed next to a handsome - and exceedingly naked - man? The laughing onlookers standing in the doorway are no help whatsoever and surely this amorous lunatic cannot be a duke, as he claims. She is compromised - though she most certainly will not marry him!

Determined to find a husband, Miss Eleanor "Nell" Bowman attends a ball put on by the Duchess of Greycliffe, fondly referred to as the Duchess of Love. But she roundly dismisses the suitors the matchmaking hostess has invited on her behalf. For it's the duchess' dashing son Ned, Lord Edward, who long ago captured Nell's heart - and roused her desire. All it takes is a pair of conveniently misplaced silky red bloomers to set the handsome widower's gaze on this unusual girl who is clearly more than meets the eye.