On a hunt for her family's treasure, orphaned and near penniless Emily Beauregard takes a position as an innkeeper for Jonas Tallent, Lucifer Cynster's brother-in-law, in the Devon town of Colyton. But someone else also has the Colyton treasure in their sights, and the closer Em draws to her family's legacy the greater the danger grows...to her, her family, and the treasure she's discovered in Jonas's arms.

Seeking a wife who will help him start a family, Simon Cynster woos independent Portia Ashford, whose childhood rivalry with Cynster proves challenging until Portia, who is being pursued by a dangerous stalker, finds herself falling for her unlikely suitor.

To avoid the matchmaking skills of London society, Alistair Cynster--better known as Lucifer--heads for the English countryside to visit an old friend. Upon his arrival, he discovers his friend dead, and he is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head. He awakens to find himself in the care of Phyllida Tallent, a beautiful, strong-willed young woman who is determined to remain unmarried. As they join forces to discover the murderer, they feel themselves...

Jaded and disillusioned with love, Dillon Caxton has no time for marriage-minded young ladies, but his plans take an unexpected turn when he meets beautiful Lady Priscilla Dalloway.

When a mysterious lady, her face hidden by a veil, begs Gabriel Cynster for his help, he cannot refuse her plea. For despite her disguise, Gabriel finds the woman alluring and he is powerless to deny her. But, he exacts payment as only a Cynster would demand: with each piece of information he uncovers, she must pay him - in the form of a kiss.

Admitting that it is finally time for him to marry, Lord Charles Morwellan decides on Sarah Conningham, an acquaintance he has known since childhood, but Sarah is determined to marry for love.

Penniless Alicia masquerades as the widowed "Mrs. Carrington" to launch her beautiful younger sister into the ton and have her make a profitable marriage, but her plans go badly awry when she finds herself the prime suspect in a murder investigation led by handsome Tony Blake. (Baker & Taylor)

Miranda Clifford, who leads a life of rigid respectability, turns to Neville Roscoe, ruler of London's gambling underworld, for help in finding her missing brother, only to find herself attracted to this disreputable man.

Lord Michael Cynster, the duke's second son, and Miss Cleome Hendon must join forces to hunt down a hoard of gunpowders secretly carted from Kent to London.

Wealthy and roguish, Demon Cynster is perfectly content without love. Having witnessed the Cynster brethren driven to their knees by women, he knows all too well what the power of love can do to a man. But he never banked on meeting Felicity Parteger, a luscious, curvy beauty in desperate need of help.