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A wicked duke and his four friends plot the abduction of an innocent debutante out of revenge. Have you ever wondered how the League of Rogues came to be? What events led to the adventure that started it all? This is your exclusive inside peek into the world of the beloved bad boys of the League shortly before their lives are changed forever. *Note: This is a short prequel that ends on a cliffhanger which has a happy ending in the full story Wicked Designs.

She’s an heiress who needs a husband fast…he’s the brooding, handsome footmen who comes to her rescue…Lady Venetia Dunham has plenty of money and freedom, until her father dies, leaving her and her feisty grandmother at the hands of her less than noble cousin when he becomes the new earl. Her cousin makes his wishes clear. She will marry a man of his choosing, a man who will split her fortune with her cousin.Determined to avoid that fate, Venetia and her grandmother flee to a country house party hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Devon where Venetia stumbles into the arms of Adrian Montague, a handsome footman with a tragic past.When Venetia sprains her ankle, she and Adrian are closeted together for a week. The attraction between them is undeniable and forbidden. Their passion could wreck Adrian’s life if they were discovered together. When love blooms between them, it comes at a great cost, and Venetia must choose to follow society’s laws or her own heart.

Sedurre un’ereditiera non e mai stato piu facile…L’aitante Oliver, visconte Conway, ha un bisogno disperato di denaro per salvare la tenuta della sua famiglia dai debiti, e sa esattamente come fare: deve sposare un’ereditiera. Quando mette piede su un treno in partenza per Londra, si imbatte in Rayne, la donna piu incantevole che abbia mai conosciuto e, guarda un po’ la fortuna, un’ereditiera americana. La donna giura di non volersi sposare, men che meno con un cacciatore di dote. Oliver deve conquistarla a qualunque costo, anche se cio significa compromettere la signora su un treno e rubarle il cuore.Evitare i cacciatori di dote non e mai stato piu difficile…Rayne Egerton e lieta di fuggire dalle sale da ballo di New York per viaggiare con suo padre in Inghilterra, dove lui ha degli affari di cui occuparsi. Quella che avrebbe dovuto essere una piacevole vacanza natalizia e scombinata da un momento di passione inattesa quando uno sconosciuto nella cabina accanto alla sua le ruba un bacio rovente. Il misterioso lord Conway e tutto cio che Rayne desidera e teme in un uomo, col suo aspetto peccaminosamente attraente, il sorriso malizioso e il baciare devastante. In quanto erede della fortuna di suo padre, Rayne non ha intenzione di rinunciare alla sua liberta per un uomo, a meno che questi non sia in grado di amarla anche senza il suo denaro. Mentre il treno attraversa la campagna innevata inglese, Rayne comincia a chiedersi se Oliver non sia il dono natalizio in cui aveva segretamente sperato.

Dash through the snow with these two romantic Regency novels by USA Today Bestseller Lauren Smith.   Bewitching the EarlDaphne Westfall is a lady desperate for a future, one that doesn’t involve her dark past. On a cold night she receives aid from a mysterious stranger, one who tells her she can change her destiny, as long as she agrees to marry the man who wins her. The brooding Scottish lord that offers her his name and home is handsome but there’s something sorrowful in his eyes that feels all too personal to her… Lachlan Grant never wanted to be an earl, but fate has been less than kind to him. At the insistence of a friend, he seeks out a bride and comes face to face with a woman who bewitches him instantly. But they each hold secrets that will haunt them both. With a love blooming delicately between them, will their new found happiness together wilt and fade beneath the frost of the past?   Seducing an Heiress on a TrainSeducing an heiress has never been easier… Roguish Oliver, Viscount Conway, desperately needs money to save his family’s estate from debt collectors, and he knows just what to do—marry an heiress. When he sets foot on a train leaving Southampton, he bumps into Rayne, the most bewitching woman he’s ever met, and as luck would have it, she’s an American heiress. The woman swears she won’t marry, especially a fortune hunter. Oliver must win her for his bride at any cost, even if it means compromising the lady on a train and stealing her heart. Avoiding fortune hunters has never been harder… Rayne Egerton is happy to escape the New York ballrooms to travel with her father through England while he tends to business. What should have been an enjoyable Christmas vacation turns upside down with a moment of unexpected passion when a stranger in the cabin next to her steals a scorching kiss. The mysterious Lord Conway is everything that Rayne desires and fears in a man with his sinfully good looks, wicked smile and devastating kiss. As heiress to her father’s fortune, she isn’t going to give up her freedom for any man unless he can love her without her money. As the train rolls through snowy English countryside, she starts to wonder if Oliver may be the Christmas gift she’d been secretly hoping for.   *These two novels have been previously published as single titles.

Fans of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series and Johanna Lindsey Malory series will love this wild and adventurous Regency romance series full of passion and intrigue!The Earl of Pembroke- The League of Rogues Book 7A rakish earl with a heart of gold falls for a mysterious woman he rescues from a hellfire club…not knowing she’s actually a servant.His Wicked Secret- The League of Rogues Book 8In a delicious enemies-to-lovers romance, a feisty lady intent on winning a husband, sets out to seduce her older brother’s friend.The Last Wicked Rogue- The League of Rogues Book 9The last of his friends to finally settle down, a rogue with a dark past must learn to trust his heart even in the face of betrayal in order to save the woman he loves more than life.

Scottish rogue Brodie Kincade has never met a woman he couldn’t seduce, but he’s about to meet his match in sweet-tempered but often overlooked Lydia Hunt, a young Englishwoman he mistakes for her scheming sister who hopes to snatch him up for a husband.Quiet, sweet-tempered Lydia Hunt knows she’s not her father’s favorite daughter. That honor belongs to her prettier younger sister, Portia, who has a talent for getting into trouble. When Lydia discovers that her father and sister have had a very angry Scottish rogue kidnapped in order to convince him to marry Portia, Lydia knows she must help the man escape. Yet she never imagined that the devastatingly handsome Scotsman would mistake her for Portia and abduct her as revenge and flee to Scotland.Brodie Kincade is a heartbreaker who has vowed never to marry after a traumatic childhood that left him afraid of becoming like his father. When he’s kidnapped by a pretty young Englishwoman with marriage on her mind, he turns the tables on his captor and absconds with her to Scotland, planning to ruin her reputation as revenge. But the beautiful, thoughtful, and irresistible lass he finds in his company seems very different from the brassy girl who kidnapped him. Soon, he’s risking his heart as he begins to wonder if he’s kidnapped the wrong woman . . .

LO CHIAMANO “IL DEMONIO DI LONDRA” … Lord Vaughn, visconte Darlington, e famigerato per i piaceri peccaminosi che si concede, la qual cosa basta a scoraggiare anche le madri piu desiderose di conquistare un titolo per le loro figlie nubili. Dicono che sia pericoloso al punto da poter rovinare una donna con una singola occhiata… Ma non riesce a resistere alle preghiere di una fanciulla che ha bisogno di aiuto. Puo esserci speranza di redenzione per questa canaglia. LA BENIAMINA DEL TON… L’intera Londra adora Perdita Darby. La giovane donna e invitata a tutte le feste e ci sono gentiluomini appetibili disposti ad aspettarla, ma lei non ha alcun desiderio di sposarsi. Quando Perdita scopre che un uomo crudele ha intenzione di intrappolarla in un matrimonio che potrebbe esserle fatale, non sa a chi rivolgersi. Fa un patto con il demonio di Londra, nella speranza di salvarsi. Ma il prezzo del loro falso fidanzamento potrebbe metterli entrambi in pericolo…

Joanna Lennox is a fine bred English lady. She's pretty, intelligent, witty and...on the shelf. With an influential baron as her brother and a hefty dowry, she should have gentleman lining up at her door but instead she seems doomed to become a spinster. Then one night a handsome highland lord steals a kiss from her in a library which stirs her deepest desires. Desperate for a life and a love of her own, she turns to the darkly handsome, brooding, Scottish lord who lights a fire within her with his touch. But will his secrets and enemies tear them apart? Brock Kincade knows better than to go around kissing English ladies in dark libraries.  Especially when a lady is the little sister of the man who will shortly be his brother-in-law. But Joanna is pure temptation, and he's been denied that innocent affection for far too long. He doesn’t believe in love, but he believes in lust, and after that single kiss, he knows he wants her as his wife. He might not love her, but he'll care for her and fuel the passionate fire between them with pleasure. There’s just one problem: He’ll have to steal her away from her overprotective brother and his devilish band of friends, the League of Rogues. It's a race to Greta Green for a hasty anvil marriage that will change their lives forever...

E la stagione… della vendetta. Undici anni fa, a Natale, la famiglia di Martin Banks venne gettata in mezzo alla strada dal ricco padrone di casa Edwin Hartwell. Ora, nel periodo festivo, il Fato ha in serbo per Martin un dono inaspettato. La vendetta. Sconfiggere Hartwell a carte da a Martin la possibilita di rovinare finanziariamente l’uomo… ma, dannazione, Hartwell offre la figlia come pagamento al posto del denaro. E, doppia dannazione, Martin accetta stupidamente. Come ha fatto il castigo a tramutarsi in seduzione? Martin rifiuta di innamorarsi, per cui stabilisce delle regole per il gioco. E magari per un po’ di romanticismo. Ansiosa di salvare il padre dalla rovina, Livvy Hartwell accetta di accompagnarsi a Martin come suo amorazzo. Ha da tempo accettato l’idea che un’intellettuale spiantata come lei non ha alcuna possibilita di contrarre un buon matrimonio. Se qualche mese di passione con un uomo come Martin e quanto di piu vicino all’amore lei possa avere, Livvy intende cogliere l’occasione. Ma deve proteggere il suo cuore. Martin potra anche essere bello come il diavolo e tentatore come il peccato, ma lei non e in grado di essere un’amante come tante e non vuole che Martin la chiami cosi. Anzi, ha un elenco di regole. Le regole di Livvy: ~ Avventure all’aperto, come l’equitazione, sarebbero apprezzate. ~ I pasti serali andrebbero consumati insieme, per conversare degli eventi della giornata. ~ Una quantita prestabilita di tempo da sola per leggere romanzi gotici. ~ I baci dovrebbero essere ridotti al minimo. Le regole di Martin: ~ Le avventure – soprattutto al coperto – sono necessarie e molto apprezzate. ~ I pasti serali verranno occasionalmente consumati in camera da letto, nudi. ~ Una quantita prestabilita di tempo insieme per mettere in atto i contenuti di sensuali romanzi gotici. ~ I baci – in gran quantita e in punti molto piacevoli – sono obbligatori.

Rebecca Livingston has a problem: Her mother is desperate to marry her prettier, more talented, younger sister Lydia, off to the handsome Duke of Wiltshire but when Rebecca and her family arrive at the grand ducal estate it’s Rebecca who falls right into the handsome arms of the duke himself. Rebecca tries to avoid the seductive duke but neither she nor he can keep their hands off each other.  Her mother is furious, her sister is thrilled for her – but can it be possible that the duke wants Rebecca as much as she discovers she wants him?  Miles Beresford has a wicked reputation, but will do anything for his twin brother Justin, the Duke of Wiltshire. Even if that means assuming his identity or a week to suss out the intentions of some young marriageable chits fresh from the London season. But when Rebecca Livingstone stumbles out of a coach and into his arms, he realizes that he might be in serious trouble – and that playing an imaginary duke to win her over may be slightly over his head. Does Rebecca love him or the dukedom, and can he bear to lose her if he admits he’s just the Duke’s Twin?

LUI HA FATTO UNA SCOMMESSA PERICOLOSA Ambrose Worthing non e un gentiluomo. E un libertino dal cuore di ghiaccio, deciso a rimanere scapolo per sempre. Ma quando apprende di una scommessa per sedurre una donna innocente e rovinarla pubblicamente, si rende conto di dover intervenire. Accettata la scommessa, Ambrose si impegna a sedurre la figlia di un caro amico di suo padre, il conte di Rockford. Non si aspetta che la signora in questione sia una creatura splendida e fiera che lo spingera a mettere in discussione il suo punto di vista riguardo al celibato.   LEI AVEVA GIURATO DI NON INNAMORARSI MAI PIU   Lady Alexandra Rockford capisce che Ambrose porta guai quando lui la incontra per caso in giardino durante un ballo in campagna. Il sorriso dell’uomo, il suo tocco, il suo bacio proibito sono una tentazione troppo grande; ma stare con lui rovinerebbe la sua reputazione. E poi, Alex ha giurato di rinunciare agli uomini e all’amore dopo che il suo amato d’infanzia le ha spezzato il cuore e ha sposato un’altra donna per denaro. Ma Ambrose ha qualcosa che le fa venire voglia di rischiare di nuovo l’amore. Quando Alex scopre che Ambrose vuole sedurla per vincere una scommessa, la notizia minaccia di distruggerla: sembra che i suoi sogni verranno di nuovo infranti. Riuscira Ambrose a dimostrare di essere in grado di conquistare e conservare il suo cuore?

Seducing an heiress has never been easier…   Roguish Oliver, Viscount Conway, desperately needs money to save his family’s estate from debt collectors, and he knows just what to do - marry an heiress. When he sets foot on a train leaving London, he bumps into Rayne, the most bewitching woman he’s ever met, and as luck would have it, she’s an American heiress. The woman swears she won’t marry, especially a fortune hunter. Oliver must win her for his bride at any cost, even if it means compromising the lady on a train and stealing her heart.   Avoiding fortune hunters has never been harder…   Rayne Egerton is happy to escape the New York ballrooms to travel with her father through England while he tends to business. What should have been an enjoyable Christmas vacation turns upside down with a moment of unexpected passion when a stranger in the cabin next to her steals a scorching kiss. The mysterious Lord Conway is everything that Rayne desires and fears in a man with his sinfully good looks, wicked smile and devastating kiss. As heiress to her father’s fortune, she isn’t going to give up her freedom for any man unless he can love her without her money. As the train rolls through snowy English countryside, she starts to wonder if Oliver may be the Christmas gift she’d been secretly hoping for.

HE’S BATTERED AND BROKEN…Targeted by the enemies of a friend, roguish Phillip Wilkes, the Earl of Kent, is nearly killed in a violent attack. Beaten and left for dead, he is rescued and nursed back to health by a beautiful angel that he’s convinced exists only in his dreams. When he recovers and learns his heart was burning for none other than the sister of his closest friend, he knows she is forbidden to him. He runs away from the only woman who has ever shown him true kindness because who could ever learn to love a broken man?SHE BELIEVES IN THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE…Ella Humphrey is cursed when it comes to love. Two overprotective brothers and the entire League of Rogues, are determined to protect her at all costs, even from falling in love. She feels trapped. When a man at death’s door is delivered to her care, she recognizes him as the friend of one of her brothers, and more importantly as the man she secretly loved for years. As her affection deepens for the wounded earl, she envisions a happy future with him. Yet the moment Phillip can walk again, he leaves Ella and breaks her heart. CAN MISTLETOE WORK MISCHIEF AND MIRACLES? A year later, Ella fears she’ll never find a way back into Phillip’s guarded heart. He becomes a recluse, too afraid to show the world how broken he is. Ella manages to convince Phillip to escort her to a country estate for a Christmas party. Snowed in at a small village inn, Ella finally has a chance to seduce the earl and remind him that broken bodies and broken hearts can be healed.

What’s love got to do with it? Celia Lynton had been told her entire life that she couldn’t marry for love, marriage should be a business agreement, poor men were only after the family fortune, blah, blah, blah. But now, there is no fortune.  There’s only debt, and an urgency to find a way to pay her younger brother’s tuition at a school that can tend to his special needs. So yeah, there’s going to be a marriage. One of convenience. Just like her parents wanted. She’ll marry a future Scottish earl—a very rich future earl—and her brother will get to attend school. There’s just one problem: Celia is in love with another man.     You can’t always get what you want. Carter Martin has loved Celia since they were kids. Never mind he’s too quiet, too studious for someone who lights up a room when she smiles, add to that his father works for her family. Being the son of the “help,” he could never be good enough for her. So he’s worked hard his entire life to show his boss, the Earl of Pembroke, that he can take over his father’s position as Steward of the estate some day and take care of the family who has taken care of his for generations. Little does he know, Celia has a plan of her own…an intimate trip to Italy where they won’t be able to keep their hands off each other. How can he resist the only woman he’s ever loved?

Kat Roberts’s life plan is definitely derailed.   Her mind should be on school—Cambridge!—and her grades—Yikes! Instead all she can think about is him. Tristan Kingsley. It’s not his money or his title…it’s not even his panty-dropping good looks. Kat loves Tristan because he’s unguarded, sharing his emotions, his desires, and his dreams with her. But it seems Kat inherited the unlucky-in-love gene. Her father and Tristan’s mother are now dating, which means she’s spending Christmas break in the same London townhouse as Tristan. But Tristan’s father, the Earl of Pembroke, wants more than an American college girl for his son, and it would take a decree by the Queen herself to change his mind. Christmas break should be relaxing and fun…  For Tristan Kingsley it’s a living hell. He can’t think about Decking the Halls when the girl of his dreams is staying right across the hall! But her father wouldn’t approve of Tristan’s roguish reputation as a London playboy, and despite agreeing to keep their relationship secret, stolen moments aren’t enough. Tristan can’t keep his hands off Kat, and when a fairy tale style picture of them kissing hits the London newsstands, they know it’s only a matter of time before their families discover the truth.   No matter how much Kat and Tristan want to be together, fate isn’t on their side. Unless something changes, it looks like both of them will soon be members of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club.  

She's a servant masquerading as a lady... Gillian Beaumont never had a fairytale life: the illegitimate daughter of an earl, she was left penniless after her father’s death, forcing her into service as a lady’s maid. Luckily, her mistress is more adventurous than most ladies and soon Gillian is aiding her espionage. One such spy mission forces Gillian to masquerade as a high-born lady to infiltrate a Hellfire Club. But when she falls into the club’s trap, she’s rescued by gentleman rogue, the Earl of Pembroke. His heated kisses make her long for a different life, but she has a secret that could destroy everything… He's a gentleman on the outside, but a rogue on the inside... James Fordyce, Earl of Pembroke, tries to be a well-behaved man—for the most part. A member of the Wicked Earls’ Club, he has his fair share of notoriety, but he’s longing for the day when he might settle down. A chance encounter with a mysterious beauty leaves him feeling full of hope. When she vanishes without a trace and danger seems to be following her, he knows he must find her and rescue the woman he is determined to make the future Countess of Pembroke. Tracking her down to the seedy halls of a Hellfire Club, he knows he’ll have to fight against all odds to save her before it’s too late… Warning: This book contains a woman dreaming of a life she can never have, a hero who’s convinced he’ll never find the one woman destined to be his and a love so powerful nothing can stop it. Steamy and adventurous, fans of Julia Quinn and Johanna Lindsey won’t want to miss out on this upstairs/downstairs romance!