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By:Christi Caldwell


The lady wreaks havoc on Edmund's plans for revenge and he finds he  wants Phoebe, at all costs. As she's drawn into the darkness of his  world, Phoebe risks being destroyed by Edmund's ruthlessness. And Phoebe  who desires love at all costs, has to determine if she can ever truly  trust the heart of a scoundrel.



"To Love a Lord"



Book 5 in the "Heart of a Duke" Series by Christi Caldwell

All she wants is security:

The last place finishing school instructor Mrs. Jane Munroe belongs, is  in polite Society. Vowing to never wed, she's been scuttled around from  post to post. Now she finds herself in the Marquess of Waverly's  household. She's never met a nobleman she liked, and when she meets the  pompous, arrogant marquess, she remembers why. But soon, she discovers  Gabriel is unlike any gentleman she's ever known.

All he wants is a companion for his sister:

What Gabriel finds himself with instead, is a fiery spirited,  bespectacled woman who entices him at every corner and challenges his  age-old vow to never trust his heart to a woman. But … there is something  suspicious about his sister's companion. And he is determined to find  out just what it is.

All they need is each other:

As Gabriel and Jane confront the truth of their feelings, the lies and  secrets between them begin to unravel. And Jane is left to decide  whether or not it is ever truly safe to love a lord.



"Loved By a Duke"



Book 4 in the "Heart of a Duke" Series by Christi Caldwell

For ten years, Lady Daisy Meadows has been in love with Auric, the Duke  of Crawford. Ever since his gallant rescue years earlier, Daisy knew she  was destined to be his Duchess. Unfortunately, Auric sees her as his  best friend's sister and nothing more. But perhaps, if she can manage to  find the fabled heart of a duke pendant, she will win over the heart of  her duke.

Auric, the Duke of Crawford enjoys Daisy's company. The last thing he is  interested in however, is pursuing a romance with a woman he's known  since she was in leading strings. This season, Daisy is turning up in  the oddest places and he cannot help but notice that she is no longer a  girl. But Auric wouldn't do something as foolhardy as to fall in love  with Daisy. He couldn't. Not with the guilt he carries over his past  sins …  Not when he has no right to her heart … But perhaps, just perhaps,  she can forgive the past and trust that he'd forever cherish her  heart-but will she let him?                       
       
           



       



"The Love of a Rogue"



Book 3 in the "Heart of a Duke" Series by Christi Caldwell

Lady Imogen Moore hasn't had an easy time of it since she made her Come  Out. With her betrothed, a powerful duke breaking it off to wed her  sister, she's become the tons favorite piece of gossip. Never again  wanting to experience the pain of a broken heart, she's resolved to make  a match with a polite, respectable gentleman. The last thing she wants  is another reckless rogue.

Lord Alex Edgerton has a problem. His brother, tired of Alex's carousing  has charged him with chaperoning their remaining, unwed sister about  ton events. Shopping? No, thank you. Attending the theatre? He'd rather  be at Forbidden Pleasures with a scantily clad beauty upon his lap. The  task of chaperone becomes even more of a bother when his sister drags  along her dearest friend, Lady Imogen to social functions. The last  thing he wants in his life is a young, innocent English miss.

Except, as Alex and Imogen are thrown together, passions flare and Alex  comes to find he not only wants Imogen in his bed, but also in his  heart. Yet now he must convince Imogen to risk all, on the heart of a  rogue.



"More Than a Duke"



Book 2 in the "Heart of a Duke" Series by Christi Caldwell

Polite Society doesn't take Lady Anne Adamson seriously. However, Anne  isn't just another pretty young miss. When she discovers her father  betrayed her mother's love and her family descended into poverty, Anne  comes up with a plan to marry a respectable, powerful, and honorable  gentleman-a man nothing like her philandering father.

Armed with the heart of a duke pendant, fabled to land the wearer a  duke's heart, she decides to enlist the aid of the notorious Harry, 6th  Earl of Stanhope. A scoundrel with a scandalous past, he is the last  gentleman she'd ever wed … however, his reputation marks him the perfect  man to school her in the art of seduction so she might ensnare the  illustrious Duke of Crawford.

Harry, the Earl of Stanhope is a jaded, cynical rogue who lives for his  own pleasures. Having been thrown over by the only woman he ever loved  so she could wed a duke, he's not at all surprised when Lady Anne  approaches him with her scheme to capture another duke's affection. He's  come to appreciate that all women are in fact greedy, title-grasping,  self-indulgent creatures. And with Anne's history of grating on his  every last nerve, she is the last woman he'd ever agree to school in the  art of seduction. Only his friendship with the lady's sister compels  him to help.

What begins as a pretend courtship, born of lessons on seduction,  becomes something more leaving Anne to decide if she can give her heart  to a reckless rogue, and Harry must decide if he's willing to again  trust in a lady's love.



"For Love of the Duke"



First Full-Length Book in the "Heart of a Duke" Series by Christi Caldwell

After the tragic death of his wife, Jasper, the 8th Duke of Bainbridge  buried himself away in the dark cold walls of his home, Castle  Blackwood. When he's coaxed out of his self-imposed exile to attend the  amusements of the Frost Fair, his life is irrevocably changed by his  fateful meeting with Lady Katherine Adamson.

With her tight brown ringlets and silly white-ruffled gowns, Lady  Katherine Adamson has found her dance card empty for two Seasons. After  her father's passing, Katherine learned the unreliability of men, and is  determined to depend on no one, except herself. Until she meets Jasper …

In a desperate bid to avoid a match arranged by her family, Katherine  makes the Duke of Bainbridge a shocking proposition-one that he accepts.

Only, as Katherine begins to love Jasper, she finds the arrangement  agreed upon is not enough. And Jasper is left to decide if protecting  his heart is more important than fighting for Katherine's love.



"In Need of a Duke"



A Prequel Novella to "The Heart of a Duke" Series by Christi Caldwell

In Need of a Duke: (Author's Note: This is a prequel novella to "The  Heart of a Duke" series by Christi Caldwell. It was originally available  in "The Heart of a Duke" Collection and is now being published as an  individual novella.

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It features a new prologue and epilogue.

Years earlier, a gypsy woman passed to Lady Aldora Adamson and her  friends a heart pendant that promised them each the heart of a duke.

Now, a young lady, with her family facing ruin and scandal, Lady Aldora  doesn't have time for mythical stories about cheap baubles. She needs to  save her sisters and brother by marrying a titled gentleman with wealth  and power to his name. She sets her bespectacled sights upon the  Marquess of St. James.                       
       
           



       

Turned out by his father after a tragic scandal, Lord Michael Knightly  has grown into a powerful, but self-made man. With the whispers and  stares that still follow him, he would rather be anywhere but London …

Until he meets Lady Aldora, a young woman who mistakes him for his  brother, the Marquess of St. James. The connection between Aldora and  Michael is immediate and as they come to know one another, Aldora's  feelings for Michael war with her sisterly responsibilities. With her  family's dire situation, a man of Michael's scandalous past will never  do.

Ultimately, Aldora must choose between her responsibilities as a sister and her love for Michael.



"Once a Wallflower, At Last His Love"



Book 6 in the Scandalous Seasons Series

Responsible, practical Miss Hermione Rogers, has been crafting stories  as the notorious Mr. Michael Michaelmas and selling them for a meager  wage to support her siblings. The only real way to ensure her family's  ruinous debts are paid, however, is to marry. Tall, thin, and plain, she  has no expectation of success. In London for her first Season she  seizes the chance to write the tale of a brooding duke. In her research,  she finds Sebastian Fitzhugh, the 5th Duke of Mallen, who unfortunately  is perfectly affable, charming, and so nicely …  configured …  he takes her  breath away. He lacks all the character traits she needs for her story,  but alas, any duke will have to do.

Sebastian Fitzhugh, the 5th Duke of Mallen has been deceived so many  times during the high-stakes game of courtship, he's lost faith in  Society women. Yet, after a chance encounter with Hermione, he finds  himself intrigued. Not a woman he'd normally consider beautiful, the  young lady's practical bent, her forthright nature and her tendency to  turn up in the oddest places has his interests …  roused. He'd like to  trust her, he'd like to do a whole lot more with her too, but should he?