Sam watched Dunthorpe skim the papers, his movements growing more frantic, his eyes widening at what he was reading—all the sordid details about the plot, with the slight twist eliminating Dunthorpe from the list of those at fault and instead pointing to him as the hero.

“You bastard. This isn’t … read more ↦

“So, do you have a boyfriend?” he asked as they started strolling down the beach.

Both women’s gazes snapped to him.

“Uh,” Ella said, “who? Me or Zoey?”

“Both of you, of course,” he said smoothly. Or what he hoped was smoothly. “It sucks being all the way across the … read more ↦

“What’s happening?” she whispered.

“We’re going down, Miss West.”

He said it so calmly. Too calmly. He’d spoken more evenly than her date had last weekend when he’d informed her that his manager hadn’t been able to get a table at Blanca, so they’d have to settle for Minetta Tavern … read more ↦

Feeling another ridiculous blush coming on, Celeste turned back to the path. Kanoe was right behind her, balancing the surfboards. Just looking at him made her feel hot and flustered all over…for more reasons than she cared to consider.

Straightening her spine, Celeste turned and opened the chain-link gate to … read more ↦

Lord Lukas Hawkins wasn’t drunk enough. Not yet. He gazed at the glass of ale sitting on the table before him and dragged the pad of his thumb through the drops of condensation on its lip.

He would have preferred something stronger, but the ale was beginning its work. All … read more ↦

The weather had definitely taken a turn for the worse. Evan Cameron flicked the curtain over the carriage window and leaned back against the leather cushion. It would be well past dark before they arrived home. Poor Joseph—his driver—would be frozen stiff by then.

Not for the first time, Evan … read more ↦

Simon’s eyes met hers, held her steady in his gaze. “I would have liked to see you dance. I would have liked to dance with you.”

“I do not stand at Lady Esme’s side as her equal, Your Grace,” Sarah reminded him gently. As Lady Esme’s companion, she could not … read more ↦

“Miss Beaumont, I fear you’ve had a bit too much of the bubbly.”

Julia grinned at the teasing tone in her cousin’s voice. “I daresay you’re right, Algie,” she said, “but Lud, it feels marvelous to be a touch addled.”

She rose up on her tiptoes, leaned in and kissed … read more ↦

Chapter One

William Langley gazed over the bow of his ship, the Freedom, at the rippling gray surface of the ocean. Though the seas had finally calmed, a slick of seawater coated everything, and half of his crew were still snoring in their bunks, exhausted from the exertion of keeping … read more ↦

When they reached the spring, Max shrugged out of his coat and spread it across the large flat rock. They sat side by side, removed their gloves, and tossed pebbles into the water until he asked, “What is it you wanted to talk about?”

Olivia swallowed hard. There was nothing … read more ↦