Mary Balogh

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...

The handsome and charismatic Earl of Stratton, Caleb Ware, has been exposed to the ton for his clandestine affairs - by his own son. As a child, Devlin Ware thought his family stood for all that was right and good in the world. They were kind, gracious, and shared the beauty of Ravenswood, their grand country estate, by hosting lavish parties for the entire countryside. But at twenty-two, he discovered his whole world was an elaborate illusion, and...

For the first time since the death of his wife, the Duke of Stanbrook is considering re-marrying and finally embracing happiness for himself. With that thought comes the treasured image of a woman he met briefly a year ago and never saw again. Dora Debbins relinquished all hope to marry when a family scandal left her in charge of her younger sister. Earning a modest living as a music teacher, she's left with only an unfulfilled dream. Then one afternoon,...

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.

Lady Gwendoline Muir has experienced her fair share of tragedies in her short life. Still young, Gwen is sure that she's done with love, and that she will never be married again - until she meets Lord Tretham, a man who returned from the Peninsular Wars a hero, but is unable to escape the bite of his survivor's guilt.

Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of his family-sending one daughter on a journey of self-discovery. With her parents' marriage declared bigamous, Camille Westcott is now illegitimate and without a title. Looking to eschew the trappings of her old life, she leaves London to teach at the Bath orphanage where her newly discovered half-sister lived. But even...

When Harry Westcott lost the title Earl of Riverdale after the discovery of his father's bigamy, he shipped off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, where he was near-fatally wounded. After a harrowing recovery, the once cheery, light-hearted boy has become a reclusive, somber man. Though Harry insists he enjoys the solitude, he does wonder sometimes if he is lonely. Lydia Tavernor, recently widowed, dreams of taking a lover. Her marriage to Reverend...

Anne Jewell is a teacher at Miss Martin's School for Girls, a genteel academy in Regency England. Now she must confront the disturbing tragedy that gave her a beautiful son but locked her heart away for forever.

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

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.