Ophelia Reid has a reputation for being difficult. She purposely ruins her arranged engagement to Duncan MacTavish because she wants to make her own choices. Raphael Locke, who is disinterested in marriage decides to show her the errors of her ways, introduces the new Ophelia to London society and the marriage proposals start pouring in. Only then does Rafe realize that he has fallen for Ophelia himself

After telling her dog Banana about her loose tooth and discovering that some of her friends do not believe in the Tooth Fairy, Anna makes an impulsive bet with a pesky boy who also has a loose tooth.

Handsome wastrel Lord Harry Traemore is drafted into a wager in which one unlucky bachelor must marry, unless his mistress wins the title of "The Most Delectable Companion." When Harry's mistress abandons him, he's forced to bring his childhood foe, Lady Molly Fairbanks, to the wager.

Johannes Cabal, a brillian scientist and notorious snob, is single-mindedly obsessed in heart and soul with raising the dead. Well, perhaps not soul--he hastily sold his years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. But now, tormented by a dark secret, he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. Sataon, who is incredibly bored these days, proposes a little wager, Johannes has one years to persuade one hundred people to sign over their...

Could she possibly refuse a dukes handin favor of a sardonic, sinful rake? Lady Betsy Wildes first season was triumphant by any measure, and a duke has proposedbut before marriage, she longs for one last adventure. No gentleman would agree to her scandalous planbut Lord Jeremy Roden is no gentleman. He offers a wager. If she wins a billiards game, hell provide the breeches. If he winsshe is his, for one wild night. But what happens when Jeremy realizes...

In Salt Springs, on the Fourth of July, a young man took a bet - and ended up broken, battered and fighting for his life ... But Billy Piper didn't die. He just came back to haunt Salt Springs. This story of Billy Piper becomes a powerful tale of two men's undying friendship, of a murder and a fight for justice.

To win a wager, Lord Xavier must convince proper Louisa Oliver to attend his famously naughty Christmas house party and is pleasantly surprised when she, more intrigued than insulted, decides to teach him a thing or two about being daring.

When he discovers Juliana Fiori, a favorite subject of gossip due to her scandalous behavior, hiding in his carriage, the Duke of Leighton vows to teach the reckless beauty a lesson in propriety.

Courtney Wallace loves her job as a wedding planner, but she's almost given up on her own happily-ever-after. She certainly doesn't it expect to find it with Matthew Lyndon, the hotshot lawyer she overhears taking a bet to seduce her. She's not amused by the challenge, but she decides to play along--after all, what better way to beat him at his own game? Matt never intended to take the bet seriously. And moving next door wasn't part of his strategy...

Retells the fable, "The Wind and the Sun," in which Wind, Rain, and Sun attempt to remove the cap of a shepherdess. Collage illustrations include symbols based on seal characters of Chinese pictograms.