Bøger af Cara Maxwell

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning...The wallflower gets the duke? The coup of the Season has struck London! The mysterious Duke of Hawkridge has wed Miss Jacobson-and not the one you're thinking of...Miss Jane Jacobson has perfected the art of being a wallflower. As the second daughter of a viscount she has entry to all of the ton's functions but no one pays her the least bit of attention. A less clever miss might be offended, but not Jane. She has weaponized her wallflower status in the service of the Crown. But someone makes a critical mistake and suddenly Jane is face to face with the rebellious Duke of Hawkridge.This was supposed to be Roland's last mission for the Crown before he retires to his long-neglected dukedom. Then he is tripped up by a wily debutante with a taste for danger. The Crown's solution? That the seasoned scoundrel and ingénue Lady Knight work together to complete their mission.He married a wallflower... and woke up to a firecracker in his bed.Twenty years his junior and infuriatingly headstrong, Roland nonetheless finds himself yearning for the brazen Jane. And Miss Jacobson? She may appear quiet and demure ... but when she sees what she wants nothing will stand in her way.Not even the most dangerous quest of her career.Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning...Disaster. Disgrace. Despair. Ethelreda McGovern has failed the Lady Knights, the Queen, and herself. Her punishment? Banishment would be appropriate. Forced retirement seems inevitable. But what actually happens is so much worse.The least maternal of the Lady Knights, Ethelreda is dreading her new assignment: governess to the children of Sir George Caldwell. Ethelreda has never turned her back on her Queen and she shall not do so now-even if it means wiping noses and reading children's fairytales. Unlike her fellow Lady Knights, Red has never wielded seduction as a tool. But when she meets her new employer she is sorely tempted...The horrors of Waterloo ought to be behind him. Instead, the ghosts of his past follow him back to England and join forces with the painful memories awaiting at home. This wounded soldier's body has healed, but his soul is another story entirely.Sir George loves his children and has done his best, but the situation has gotten out of hand. The governess who arrives on his doorstep might be a self-declared spinster, but she's not the gray-haired, traditional type of help he expected. Red's spirit is as wild and free as her crown of fiery hair. And George is attracted to her with the intensity of the honeybees he studies seeking out nectar. But he's already seen one wife to the grave... can he bring himself to be vulnerable to another?Before long, Red is struggling to remember why she's held herself apart for so long. She is finally ready to give in to the pleasure George offers in every embrace. Until her mission falls apart and the situation takes a turn for the deadly.Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning ...Covent Garden's newest jewel is stealing the hearts of London's gentlemen night after night. Where has this gorgeous French ingenue been hiding all this time?Dominique's status as the mostly forgotten daughter of a country baronet and his French mistress has been the key to her success as a Lady Knight of Queen Charlotte's Round Table. She thrives on anonymity- her courtly French manners allowing her to shapeshift into any role to fulfill the mission. This month, she's an actress performing nightly at Covent Garden.The new heir to the Earl of Danby has come to London! Alas, hopeful young ladies of the ton. Rumor has it his heart is already given...Fate has been cruel to David Grisham. He's lost his father and his brother in the space of a year and suddenly he's set to inherit his cousin's earldom. Come to London to learn about what that inheritance will entail, he visits the Theatre Royal for a bit of revelry. And sees his dearest childhood friend and lost love dancing across the stage.In a split-second decision, Dominique brings David into her investigation rather than risk exposure. But the man now at her side is not the little boy she adored- in the most stirring and unsettling ways.Can she resist the temptation... does she even want to?Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning ...Miss Jacquetta Lawson has disappeared in the middle of the London social season. Has scandal befallen this headstrong miss or is something more nefarious afoot?When Jacquetta allowed herself to be kidnapped by the notorious Grayson Thane, her plan was very straightforward. She would remain his captive long enough to deduce who he was working for and then she would promptly escape.Until she wakes up tied to the mast of a ship.Grayson Thane ought to know better. But weeks of sharing a cabin with a brazen, beautiful woman would tax any man...Bound for the West Indies, second-son of a duke Lord Grayson Thane is so close to extricating himself from the servitude he fell into in his youth. All that remains is to deliver Jacquetta Lawson to Barbados and he will finally be free to return to his family.But the insufferable tart is determined to frustrate him at every turn.Confined at sea with Grayson, Jacquetta starts to question her tightly held notions of right and wrong. But she will not give up her mission to Queen and country... even if it means she must seduce her bitter enemy.Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel