Historical Box Set July 2023/Wooing His Convenient Wife/The Governess and the Brooding Duke/Awakening His Shy Duchess/Her Grace's Daring Prop

Wooing His Convenient Wife - Annie Burrows

Jasper Patterdale may be an Earl’s estranged younger son, but his efforts to help his brother have backfired, landing him in trouble! He’s out of options when feisty stranger Penelope Brinsley offers him a lifeline — she’ll pay off his debts if he’ll marry her so she can gain control of her family business. It’s a practical match on paper...until an inconvenient desire to share the marriage bed changes their deal completely!

The Governess and the Brooding Duke - Millie Adams

One could never be prepared for a Duke, thinks governess Mary McLaren upon meeting her imposing new employer, Samuel, the Duke of Westmere. There to tame his disobedient children, she finds their widower father is cold and forbidding, but with a strength she finds oddly reassuring. She’s escaped a brutal past in Scotland and should steer clear of entanglements. If only she didn’t crave the forbidden intimacy of their moments alone...

Awakening His Shy Duchess - Christine Merrill

Evan Bellwether, the Duke of Fallon, is stunned when Madeline Goddard takes a tumble attempting to flee a ball...and accidentally falls into him! But that’s the least of the duke’s worries when the compromising situation forces them somewhere Evan didn’t want to be — at the altar! At first his new bride appears painfully shy. Could the key to discovering the real Maddie lie with unlocking the passion of their marriage?

Her Grace’s Daring Proposal - Joanna Johnson

Widowed duchess Isabelle Sherborne’s wealth has made her the talk of the ton. But also the target of fortune hunters! So, when they threaten to hold Isabelle to ransom, by destroying her young sister’s reputation, Isabelle asks mercenary Joseph Carter for help. To save everything that Isabelle holds dear, she must convince him to marry her. Yet whilst their convenient vows will protect her, they could put her heart in danger...