FICTION · ROMANCE
Deborah Hale
Every English village had to have at least one eccentric-and Mary Gates, the old squire's daughter, was Lyford Meadows's.
— from The Wedding Wager
Most acclaimed
Married
Nick Montgomery had been pulling Dani Devereaux out of scrapes since they were kids. But now Dani wondered if she'd finally gone too far--appearing on his doorstep at midnight, interrupting his hot date with an even hotter redhead.... Would her handsome best friend ever forgive her? He hadn't seemed especially pleased to see her.. .. Of course, Dani had never dreamed that this adventure would lead both her and Nick into working with the FBI--or that they would have to pose as a happily engaged couple to trap a spy! Though she knew the truth, their performance became quite real to their families and the public ... and Nick's brotherly pecks suddenly turned into passionate, heart-stopping kisses. Was it an act? Or were they about to ruin a wonderful friendship ... by falling in love?
Bought
Everything has a price...and I'm willing to pay. I trust no one. I thrive with control and I've learned to be ruthless and coldhearted. A love life? I'm not interested. But I still have desires. That's where Dahlia came in; my treasure. She had never been a submissive before and I was eager to train her. When I saw her on stage at the auction, dressed in gold, I knew I had to have her. She's mine for an entire month. I own her. But one lie changed everything. She's going to pay for it. But I'm doing this for her own good. She needs this. I'm going to make this right. I'm going to heal her. If it's the last thing I do.
The Wedding Wager
School for love... or school for scandal? What had she agreed to? Leonora Freemantle had wagered high stakes that book learning, not birthright, produced a gentleman, but now with the roguish Sergeant Morse Archer under her tutelage, she was no longer sure of the outcome. Would it be polish, passion... or public outrage? If Leonora Freemantle couldn't spruce him up enough to pass muster with the Society swells at Bath, she'd be hastily married off. But not if he could help it, Rifleman Morse Archer vowed, for this beautiful bluestocking with her highbrow ideals and innocent charm was effortlessly teaching him the true language of love!