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A Duke in the Daisies - Anne Hereford knows she must be married. Yes, to someone she doesn't love, and no, she will not be particularly happy - but with an unreliable father and three unmarried sisters, a full purse sounds better than a full heart. Only an unusual activity, conducted in great secrecy, allows her a measure of respite from her woes. But when she is discovered by a name from her past - a name Anne has tried desperately to forget - she finds herself in more trouble than ever. Can she save her family from ruin? And can she forget Henry Colborne all over again? Henry Colborne is tired of being rakish. A duke, however idle, must eventually accept responsibility - and when he meets Anne Hereford, he realizes that some responsibilities are worth taking on. But Anne won't be taken on so easily. Can Henry win her heart - and can he lay his hedonistic habits to rest?
The Eglantine Earl - Lydia Hereford hates Andrew Balfour. At least, she's fairly sure she hates him - how else can she explain her need to torment the stiff, reserved earl, who spends much more time at her splendid family seat than she considers entirely correct? An unexpected meeting rapidly develops into something beyond explaining - and worth exploring, if Lydia has any say in the matter. But Andrew Balfour has secrets - and one of them could destroy anything that Lydia manages to build. Andrew Balfour, Earl of Conbarr, has never been able to fathom Lydia Hereford. When he finally comes to know her in an entirely different way - a way he had certainly never expected - he can feel his well-ordered life coming apart. But Lydia doesn't know everything about his life and can Andrew find the courage to tell her?
A Baron with Bluebells - Richard Westlake is a baron with a mission. He's spent six months in the tropics obsessed with Henrietta Hereford; the woman who enchanted him just before he left England. Now he is back on English soil, richer, more ruthless and determined to make Henrietta give him the night of pleasure she promised him. No woman has ever tamed his rebellious spirit. But he's never met a woman like Henrietta - and he certainly isn't ready for the sentiment he feels, as soon as he and Henrietta are alone. Henrietta Hereford prides herself on being merciless. She is cool, cunning, self-possessed - and although she never intends to marry, she had no intention of avoiding the pleasures of seduction. All she needs is a suitable male; raw, rebellious, instinctive. Lord Westlake, with all his smirking arrogance, is the perfect specimen. But for all her experience in other matters, seduction is a different game. A game she's not entirely sure that she can win - and with Lord Westlake pursuing her, she's beginning to rather hope she loses.
The Peony Prince - Agnes Hereford has a secret. She has been trading flowers with Isaac Anderson, the Head Gardener of the Longwater Estate; flowers that signify passion, pleasure - and promise. They had also been trading longing looks, and wordless invitations until Agnes, unable to bear it any longer, wrote a most incriminating letter. When the letter falls into unexpected hands, she must lie to protect both Isaac and herself. But her falsehood will have unforeseen consequences - and will force her, when necessary, to be braver than she has ever been before. Isaac Anderson didn't mean to fall in love. His position at Longwater is a cherished one, and so is his sense of peace - fragile after fighting in bloody wars, and fleeting despite time spent in nature. But upon seeing Agnes Hereford, he knows he is lost even if he cannot win her heart, she had certainly won his. But when unexpected news shatters his fragile tranquility, he has a choice. Leave Longwater forever? Or fight for who he loves?
Queen of the Garden - Susan Colborne has always been eccentric. Her family have defined her as such, and she has lived uncomplainingly with the quirks that have kept her apart from the usual rhythms of life but life on her own, uncompromising terms is growing more and more difficult. She needs a change. Something to break her out of the prison she has made for herself; the endless routines, the isolation. But who has the courage, and the patience, to show Susan how remarkable she really is? Oliver Whitstable is set in his ways; not much can dislodge him from his comfortable life of scholarship, caring for his daughter, and zoological experiments. But when a hunch about the health of one of his most cherished correspondents, Susan Colborne, sends him catapulting into her life in a most unexpected fashion - well, it looks as if Susan will never speak to him again. How can Oliver win back her favour? And what will he win in the process?
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