Stephanie Laurens

After he is shipwrecked and wounded, Major Logan Monteith, an ex-officer of the Crown on a mission to bring down a traitor known only as the Black Cobra, is rescued by Linnet Trevission, a brazen beauty who is as daring as he.

Gerrard Debbington, protégé and brother-in-law of Vane Cynster has only one desire--to paint the seldom-seen gardens of Lord Tregonning's Hellebore Hall. Lord Tregonning will grant his wish, but first Gerrard must paint a portrait of the lord's daughter, Jacqueline. Gerrard is captivated by Jacqueline but discovers she is victimized by rumours suggesting she is a murderess.

One of the most eligible bachelors in London, Lord Christopher 'Kit' Cavanaugh has discovered his true path and it doesn't include the expected society marriage. Kit is all business and has chosen the bustling port of Bristol to launch his passion, Cavanaugh Yachts. Miss Sylvia Buckleberry's passion is her school for impoverished children. When a new business venture forces the school out of its building, she must act quickly. But confronting Kit...

Giles Rawlings, Earl of Chillingsworth, plans to marry a docile and well-bred lady who will provide him with heirs, despite his passion for a fiery beauty, only to discover that his new bride and would-be mistress are one and the same.

Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a man destined for power. Except that Michael, for all his political skill and intelligence, lacks the most important element of success: a wife. So he goes searching for his ideal bride, a gently bred, well-managed young lady. Michael discovers such a paragon, but finds a formidable obstacle in his path, the young lady's beautiful, strong-minded aunt, Caroline Sutcliffe.

Handsome and wealthy Simon Cynster discreetly searches for a bride, and is surprised at who captures his interest--willfully independent Portia Ashford. Their romance is jeopardized when it appears that Portia may be the next victim of a murderer.

An enigmatic, beautiful woman persuades the rakish Gabriel Cynster to help her expose someone who is plotting against her fortune, but Gabriel plans to exact his price in passionate encounters.

In desperate need of a wife, Deverell, Viscount Paignton, enlists the aid of his aunt to find him the perfect wife, sending him to a country house party where he finds his prospective bride, Phoebe Malleson, with her nose buried in a book, determined to avoid marriage to promote the secret cause to which she is committed.

"Famously known in London society as 'The Matchbreaker,' Henrietta Cynster's uncanny skill lies in preventing ill-fated nuptials--not in falling in victim to Cupid's spell--but then she disrupts one match too many and feels honor-bound to assist dashing James Glossup in finding a suitable bride for a marriage-of-convenience"--P. [4] of cover.

Four officers of the Crown, aided by Bastion Club members and Cynsters alike, fight to bring down a dangerous enemy -- and win the loves of their lives. A bold, courageous, determined ex-officer of the Crown, Captain Rafe Carstairs is the final hope for thwarting the evil traitor known only as The Black Cobra. A roguish charmer but possessing inner steel, he races to complete his assignment against impossible odds--a mission made suddenly more perilous...