Joanna Maitland

strong textPlaying host at his country estate, Major Anthony Lyndhurst is making his return to Society which has shunned him for four years. Rumor and speculation still surround the mysterious disappearance of his young bride. As family, friends and servants gather, further scandal comes close on their heels. Passion and intrigue, secrets and desire, make for surprising bedfellows-both above and below stairs. It promises to be the most memorable house party of the Season! The Fortune Hunter-Nicola Cornick An Uncommon Abigail-Joanna Maitland The Prodigal Bride-Elizabeth RollsThree dramatic stories. One whirl of a Country House Party.

Alex instantly fell for Dominic Aikenhead, Duke of Calder, knowing that he would never notice her--because to him she was Captain Alexei Alexandrov, a young man and a brave hussar! Alex longed to be with her English duke just once, as the passionate woman she truly was. To be swept off her feet, wearing the finest of gowns, would be a dream come true. But there was danger in such thoughts. What if Dominic ever found out the truth?

Lord Jack Aikenhead's notorious exploits have finally caught up with him, and now he must restore his reputationby undertaking a covert intelligence operation in wartorn France....Stepping in to protect silk weaver Marguerite Grolier against an attacker, however, throws his plans into disarray! Jack now needs the spirited French beauty's help on his mission and they must travel togetherthough she will be hopelessly compromised. But as she weaves her own alluring spell around him, marriage becomes an increasingly pleasurable prospect for this onceincorrigible rake!

A lady in disguise with no dowry and unremarkable looks, Jessamyne Calderwood sees herself as a penniless country mouse. But when her greedy family attempts to marry her off, the mouse becomes a wily vixen.... Determined to escape a loveless marriage, "Jamie" disguises herself as a boy and manages to find a position working in the gardens on the estate of Richard, Earl Hardinge. There she remains undetected until Richard rescues her from an attack. To his astonishment, he finds he's not holding a boy, but the soft body of a delectable young woman....

The Earl of Portbury finds a young woman collapsed on his land. He brings her to the village rector but then leaves immediately to fight in Spain. The rector and his wife take the mysterious woman in, even though she cannot remember her name or what she was ru nning away from. Taking the name Beth, she becomes the local school mistress, but always remembers the handsome lord who saved her. When he returns from the war, he starts to find himself attracted to her, to the point that he hopes he can persuade her to marry him.

35 year old Lord Leo Aikenhead renowned rake, skilled seducer and expert spy has finally met his match. For 24 year old opera singer Sophie Pietre may have the voice of an angel, but she will be no man's strumpet no matter how handsome he is! But these are dangerous times in Vienna, with betrayal and deceit round every corner. Sophie's tempted by his offer of protection and she can no longer deny it even more tempted by the offer of a place in his bed....

A disgraced woman.... a single passionate night's encounter, long ago, has come back to haunt Colonel Etienne Hauke. He has a son - by a disgraced Society beauty who demands that Etienne should make an honest woman of her! Isabel must marry her charming seducer - for the sake of her child. Although still resenting her years of shame, she determines it will be a marriage in name only....

Is Lady Angelina Penrose some grasping harpy? Or the beautiful widow longing for love that others saw? The Earl of Penrose wants to think the worst. But when he learns otherwise, Frederick doubts he could ever make amends for their unfortunate introduction. Until he spots Angel at a ball that could ruin her reputation...and he feels honor bound to save her! Abused by her late husband, Angel has come to the risque ball for a little harmless flirtation. And she finds it with a mysterious stranger known only as Max. But even under the spell cast by Max's gentle kisses, she senses that there is something disturbingly familiar about her masked lover...

Impoverished Marina Beaumont becomes the companion to gambling-addicted Lady Luce. As she attends her employer at an exclusive gambling club, she encounters rakish Kit Stratton who is determined to ruin the older woman, as she had once ruined him five years earlier.

Injured on assignment in Napoleonic France, English spy Ben Dexter has been left in the care of beautiful silk weaver Suzanne Grolier. Her touch is enough to make Ben tremble with passion, yet his honor demands that he cannot take advantage of her. Especially since Suzanne is an innocent...But Suzanne has already fallen in love with Ben. She knows that once he has recovered, he must leave her to continue his mission. Dare she risk her family's safety-and her heart-to show Ben how she feels before it's too late?A new eBook-exclusive installment of Joanna Maitland's miniseries The Aikenhead Honors!