I’m ready to ask him to be my lover… At eighteen, Bel got married to a viscount as old as her father and then became a widow a few short years later. Is she going to spend the rest of her life without knowing the joys of love? Can she really have what the ladies of society call a lover? As Bel’s sordid fantasies take hold, the door to her room suddenly swings open and in walks a burly blond man. He embraces her and pulls her into a kiss. What is going on? Could this be her first chance to play the game of love?
Harlequin Historical brings you three Regency romances in one collection from award-winning author Louise Allen. Follow the lives and loves of Those Scandalous Ravenhursts! The Dangerous Mr. Ryder Jack Ryder knows that escorting the haughty Grand Duchess of Maubourg to England will not be an easy task. But the spy and adventurer is sure he’s capable of managing Her Serene Highness. However, he's not prepared for her beauty, her youth, or her sensual warmth. And what started as just another mission is rapidly becoming something far more personal… The Outrageous Lady Felsham? Freed from her unhappy marriage, widow Belinda plans to enjoy herself. She suspects that the breathtakingly handsome Major Ashe Reynard is exactly what she needs. But high society will not forgive a scandal! Still, the outrageous couple embark on an affair—and Belinda becomes increasingly confused. She has no desire to re-marry, but Ashe is a man she cannot live without… The Shocking Lord Standon?? Rumours fly that Gareth Morant, Earl of Standon, is to be wed, but he won’t be forced into marriage. So, encountering a governess in scandalising circumstances, Gareth finds an ally—to help make him ineligible. He wants to create a stir and will educate the prim Miss Jessica Gifford in the courtesan’s arts. But Gareth hadn’t bargained on such an ardent pupil!
The closest milliner Nell Latham has come to high society is making fashionable bonnets for ladies. But when she's asked to deliver a message to the Earl of Narborough, she's soon swept up in a web of intrigue and scandal! Marcus, the Earl's sinfully sexy son and heir, tracks down the messenger, little expecting to find her so attractive. Nell is a mystery—her manners and demeanor are not those of a working girl. And as secrets are revealed and danger draws closer, Marcus has to choose between family honor and naked desire.
A proper English lady battles her desire for a rakish officer as Napoleon marches into Brussels in this sexy Regency romance. Major Hal Carlow was a fine soldier, but he was also a flirt, a rake and a scoundrel! In general, he tried to steer clear of proper young ladies—no fun at all—and spend time with the sort of women who appreciated his finer qualities. . . . Miss Julia Tresilian’s duty was to find a husband, but her prospective suitors bored her to tears. Yet even talking to the incorrigible Hal Carlow was dangerous to her marriage prospects, let alone anything more. . . .
From prim and proper… Seduced, abandoned and pregnant, Arabella Shelley is determined her baby's father will support them. Horrified to discover his death, she is shocked at the demand of his brother, the handsome, inscrutable Viscount Hadleigh. To legitimize her unborn child, she must marry him, instead! …to pleasured by the viscount! As Bella struggles with her unfamiliar, luxurious new lifestyle, and her scandalous desire for her stranger of a husband, will she find a love that matches the passion of their marriage bed?
I’m ready to ask him to be my lover… At eighteen, Bel got married to a viscount as old as her father and then became a widow a few short years later. Is she going to spend the rest of her life without knowing the joys of love? Can she really have what the ladies of society call a lover? As Bel’s sordid fantasies take hold, the door to her room suddenly swings open and in walks a burly blond man. He embraces her and pulls her into a kiss. What is going on? Could this be her first chance to play the game of love?
A journey into pleasure... The night before dissolute Lord Denham is about to embark on his grand tour, he meets an unexpected complication. In boy's clothes that barely conceal her delectable curves, his childhood friend Lady Althea Curtiss--desperate to escape an arranged marriage--arrives, demanding free passage! Rhys accepts his unlikely traveling companion with great reluctance--the scandal is sure to blow up in his face--until he finds there is far more intimate territory Lady Thea is curious to explore. Soon he realizes that he is in danger of awakening not only Thea's sensuality, but also his own long-buried heart.... "Allen reaches into readers' hearts." --RT Book Reviews on Married to a Stranger
The cynical Earl of Devenish, often most deserving of his nickname Devil, little expected to be so powerfully drawn to his neighbor Mrs. Drusilla Faulkner. Quiet and demure in public, in private she showed a wit and strength of will to match his own. But her husband's untimely death was part of the puzzle he was investigating, and he couldn't be sure that she wasn't involved….
A dashing spy must escort a beautiful widow from France to England in this sexy Regency romance. He knows that escorting the haughty Grand Duchess of Maubourg to England will not be an easy task. But Jack Ryder, spy and adventurer, believes he is more than capable of managing Her Serene Highness. He’s not prepared for her beauty, her youth, or the way that her sensual warmth shines through her cold facade. And what started as just another mission is rapidly becoming something far more personal. . . .
Scandal brews and sparks fly when an earl asks a governess for help in this sexy regency romance. Rumors fly that Gareth Morant, Earl of Standon, is to be wed. He cannot honorably deny them, but he won’t be forced into marriage. Encountering a respectable governess in scandalizing circumstances, Gareth demands her help—to make him entirely ineligible. He educates the buttoned-up Miss Jessica Gifford in the courtesan’s arts. But Gareth hasn’t bargained on such an ardent, clever pupil—or on his passionate response to her! He wanted to cause a stir—it seems they are about to brew a scandal!
