Mary Balogh

Philippa, elder daughter of the Earl of Stratton, grew up eagerly anticipating a glittering debut and a brilliant marriage. Then her brother caught their father out in a clandestine affair and denounced him publicly. The whole family was disgraced, and Philippa's hopes were dashed. Only years later does Philippa find the courage to go to London at last to meet the ton - to instant success, nurturing a close friendship with the granddaughter of a duke....

Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society - even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking - and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes...

When adventure calls in the form of a handsome aristocrat, will Viola Kingsley throw all caution to the wind? No one has felt the death of the Earl of Riverdale more keenly than his wife, the now dispossessed countess Viola Kingsley. On her way home alone from Bath, Viola meets an adventurous aristocrat at a country inn. Since she is being forced to stay for a day and night, she goes to the village fair with him and impulsively gives in to his suggestion...

Lord Rannulf Bedwyn is a hard man to resist - to Judith Law he is a dream come true, a man with whom she will allow herself one night of reckless passion before she settles down to life as a companion to her rich aunt. But when Bedwyn arrives at Harewood Grange to woo her cousin, scandal also begins to rock the household.

Lauren, the jilted bride of 'One Night for Love', finds true love at last in this searing Regency romance.

After her husband's passing, Elizabeth Overfield decides that she must enter into another suitable marriage. That, however, is the last thing on her mind when she meets Colin Handrich, Lord Hodges, at the Westcott Christmas house party. They both know there is no question of any relationship between them, for she is nine years older than he. They return to London the following season, both committed to finding other, more suitable matches. Still they...

When Alexander Westcott becomes the new Earl of Riverdale, he inherits a title he never wanted and a failing country estate he can't afford. But he fully intends to do everything in his power to undo years of neglect and give the people who depend on him a better life. A recluse for more than twenty years, Wren Heyden wants one thing out of life: marriage. With her vast fortune, she sets her sights on buying a husband. But when she makes the desperate...

Lord Ferdinand Dudley is accustomed to getting what he wants - that is, until he appears at the door of Pinewood Manor, attempting to claim his rightful estate, and is met by the bewitching fury of Lady Viola Thornhill. She refuses to relinquish the home she calls her own. He refuses to leave and so the contest begins.

From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. Nor is it of interest to the independent Lady Morgan herself.

Claudia Martin is headmistress of a girls' school, and she has resigned herself to a life of spinsterhood. But then comes along Joseph Fawcitt - tall, dark and exquisitely sensual. Joseph is determined to make Claudia his at any cost. And the cost could be high, for he is heir to a dukedom and is expected to honour the family's legacy.