Neville, at age forty one, faces personal and professional ruin as his obsession with society's darling, Dido, becomes a web of deceit and threatens the picture-perfect world he has created.

Lady Alice and Sir Hugh strike a bargain--she will help him recover the treasured stone he seeks in return for enough money to allow her to live independently. But Hugh, recognizing in Alice the wife he has longed for, makes her agree to a temporary betrothal, hoping it will turn into the real thing.

In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.

British teen Izzy tries to spread her wings but soon finds herself thwarted by her mother, shunned by her friends, and confused and a bit frightened by her older, somewhat wild boyfriend, Josh.

Bow Street runner Nick Gentry, hired to track down Lottie Howard, the runaway fiancee of an elderly lord, finds his prey only to realize he must have her for himself, and while she agrees to his rash proposal of marriage, Nick and Lottie's secret pasts may keep them from finding a lasting love.

Beauty, wealth, and a succession of lovers are not enough to give Alba the peace and happiness she so desperately seeks, but she finds hope for the future when she discovers a picture of her dead mother and begins to uncover the secrets of the past.