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By:Christi Caldwell




"A Marquess For Christmas"



Book 5 in the Scandalous Seasons Series

Lady Patrina Tidemore gave up on the ridiculous notion of true love  after having her heart shattered and her trust destroyed by a  black-hearted cad. Used as a pawn in a game of revenge against her  brother, Patrina returns to London from a failed elopement with a  tattered reputation and little hope for a respectable match. The only  peace she finds is in her solitude on the cold winter days at Hyde Park.  And even that is yanked from her by two little hellions who just happen  to have a devastatingly handsome, but coldly aloof father, the Marquess  of Beaufort. Something about the lord stirs the dreams she'd once  carried for an honorable gentleman's love.

Weston Aldridge, the 4th Marquess of Beaufort was deceived and betrayed  by his late wife. In her faithlessness, he's come to view women as  self-serving, indulgent creatures. Except, after a series of chance  encounters with Patrina, he comes to appreciate how uniquely different  she is than all women he's ever known.

At the Christmastide season, a time of hope and new beginnings, Patrina  and Weston, unexpectedly learn true love in one another. However, as  Patrina's scandalous past threatens their future and the happiness of  his children, they are both left to determine if love is enough.



"Always a Rogue, Forever Her Love"



Book 4 in the Scandalous Seasons Series

Miss Juliet Marshville is spitting mad. With one guardian missing, and  the other singularly uninterested in her fate, she is at the mercy of  her wastrel brother who loses her beloved childhood home to a man known  as Sin. Determined to reclaim control of Rosecliff Cottage and her own  fate, Juliet arranges a meeting with the notorious rogue and demands the  return of her property.

Jonathan Tidemore, 5th Earl of Sinclair, known to the ton as Sin, is  exceptionally lucky in life and at the gaming tables. He has just one  problem. Well … four, really. His incorrigible sisters have driven off yet  another governess. This time, however, his mother demands he find an  appropriate replacement.

When Miss Juliet Marshville boldly demands the return of her precious  cottage, he takes advantage of his sudden good fortune and puts an offer  to her; turn his sisters into proper English ladies, and he'll return  Rosecliff Cottage to Juliet's possession.

Jonathan comes to appreciate Juliet's spirit, courage, and clever wit,  and decides to claim the fiery beauty as his mistress. Juliet, however,  will be mistress for no man. Nor could she ever love a man who callously  stole her home in a game of cards. As Jonathan begins to see Juliet as  more than a spirited beauty to warm his bed, he realizes she could be a  lady he could love the rest of his life, if only he can convince the  proud Juliet that he's worthy of her hand and heart.                       
       
           



       



"Always Proper, Suddenly Scandalous"



Book 3 in the Scandalous Seasons Series

Geoffrey Winters, Viscount Redbrooke was not always the hard,  unrelenting lord driven by propriety. After a tragic mistake, he  resolved to honor his responsibility to the Redbrooke line and live a  life, free of scandal. Knowing his duty is to wed a proper, respectable  English miss, he selects Lady Beatrice Dennington, daughter of the Duke  of Somerset, the perfect woman for him. Until he meets Miss Abigail  Stone …

To distance herself from a personal scandal, Abigail Stone flees America  to visit her uncle, the Duke of Somerset. Determined to never trust a  man again, she is helplessly intrigued by the hard, too-proper Geoffrey.  With his strict appreciation for decorum and order, he is nothing like  the man' she's always dreamed of.

Abigail is everything Geoffrey does not need. She upends his carefully  ordered world at every encounter. As they begin to care for one another,  Abigail carefully guards the secret that resulted in her journey to  England.

Only, if Geoffrey learns the truth about Abigail, he must decide which  he holds most dear: his place in Society or Abigail's place in his  heart.



"Never Courted, Suddenly Wed"



Book 2 in the Scandalous Seasons Series

Christopher Ansley, Earl of Waxham, has constructed a perfect image for  the ton – the ladies love him and his company is desired by all. Only two  people know the truth about Waxham's secret. Unfortunately, one of them  is Miss Sophie Winters.

Sophie Winters has known Christopher since she was in leading strings.  As children, they delighted in tormenting each other. Now at two and  twenty, she still has a tendency to find herself in scrapes, and her  marital prospects are slim.

When his father threatens to expose his shame to the ton, unless he weds  Sophie for her dowry, Christopher concocts a plan to remain a bachelor.  What he didn't plan on was falling in love with the lively, impetuous  Sophie. As secrets are exposed, will Christopher's love be enough when  she discovers his role in his father's scheme?



"Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride"



Book 1 in the Scandalous Seasons Series

Hopeless romantic Lady Emmaline Fitzhugh is tired of sitting with the  wallflowers, waiting for her betrothed to come to his senses and marry  her. When Emmaline reads one too many reports of his scandalous liaisons  in the gossip rags, she takes matters into her own hands.

War-torn veteran Lord Drake devotes himself to forgetting his days on  the Peninsula through an endless round of meaningless associations. He  no longer wants to feel anything, but Lady Emmaline is making it hard to  maintain a state of numbness. With her zest for life, she awakens his  passion and desire for love.

The one woman Drake has spent the better part of his life avoiding is  now the only woman he needs, but he is no longer a man worthy of his  Emmaline. It is up to her to show him the healing power of love.



"A Season of Hope"



A Danby Novella

Five years ago when her love, Marcus Wheatley, failed to return from  fighting Napoleon's forces, Lady Olivia Foster buried her heart. Unable  to betray Marcus's memory, Olivia has gone out of her way to run off  prospective suitors. At three and twenty she considers herself firmly on  the shelf. Her father, however, disagrees and accepts an offer for  Olivia's hand in marriage. Yet it's Christmas, when anything can happen …

Olivia receives a well-timed summons from her grandfather, the Duke of  Danby, and eagerly embraces the reprieve from her betrothal.

Only, when Olivia arrives at Danby Castle she realizes the Christmas season represents hope, second chances, and even miracles.



"Winning a Lady's Heart"



A Danby Novella

Author's Note: This is a novella that was originally available in A  Summons From The Castle (The Regency Christmas Summons Collection). It  is being published as an individual novella.

For Lady Alexandra, being the source of a cold, calculated wager is bad  enough … but when it is waged by Nathaniel Michael Winters, 5th Earl of  Pembroke, the man she's in love with, it results in a broken heart, the  scandal of the season, and a summons from her grandfather  –  the Duke of  Danby.

To escape Society's gossip, she hurries to her meeting with the duke,  determined to put memories of the earl far behind. Except the duke has  other plans for Alexandra … plans which include the 5th Earl of Pembroke!



"Tempted by a Lady's Smile"



Book 4 in the "Lords of Honor" Series

Richard Jonas has loved but one woman-a woman who belongs to his  brother. Refusing to suffer any longer, he evades his family in order to  barricade his heart from unrequited love. While attending a friend's  summer party, Richard's approach to love is changed after sharing a  passionate and life-altering kiss with a vibrant and mysterious woman.  Believing he was incapable of loving again, Richard finds himself  tempted by a young lady determined to marry his best friend.                       
       
           



       

Gemma Reed has not been treated kindly by the ton. Often disregarded for  her appearance and interests unlike those of a proper lady, Gemma heads  to house party to win the heart of Lord Westfield, the man she's loved  for years. But her plan is set off course by the tempting and  intriguing, Richard Jonas.

A chance meeting creates a new path for Richard and Gemma to forage-but  can two people, scorned and shunned by those they've loved from afar,  let down their guards to find true happiness?



"Rescued By a Lady's Love"



Book 3 in the "Lords of Honor" Series

Destitute and determined to finally be free of any man's shackles, Lily  Benedict sets out to salvage her honor. With no choice but to commit a  crime that will save her from her past, she enters the home of the  recluse, Derek Winters, the new Duke of Blackthorne. But entering the  "Beast of Blackthorne's" lair proves more threatening than she ever  imagined.