Diese Serie taucht in die bezaubernde Welt der Märchen ein, wobei jede Erzählung von klassischen Geschichten inspiriert ist. Die Autorin verleiht diesen bekannten Legenden eine neue Perspektive und versieht sie oft mit Elementen der Regency-Ära. Die Geschichten erforschen die Charakterpsychologie und die Motivationen, die zu ikonischen Märchenereignissen geführt haben könnten. Leser können diese romantischen und skurrilen Geschichten in beliebiger Reihenfolge genießen und dabei auf miteinander verbundene Charaktere und Anspielungen auf beliebte Folklore stoßen.
Miss Kate Daltry glaubt nicht an Märchen. Doch als sie auf einem Ball dem Prinzen Gabriel begegnet, verliert sie augenblicklich ihr Herz an ihn. Allerdings ist Gabriel schon einer anderen Frau versprochen. Kann es für Kate und ihn ein glückliches Ende geben?
Nach einer skandalösen Liaison mit einem Prinzen soll Linnet Thrynne eine arrangierte Ehe mit dem Earl of Marchant eingehen, um ihren Ruf zu retten. Dieser hat jedoch kein Interesse an Frauen, lebt er doch völlig zurückgezogen und widmet sich allein seiner Tätigkeit als Arzt. Linnet ist trotzdem fest entschlossen, sein Herz zu erobern. Mit Charme und Verstand will sie den mürrischen Earl von ihren Vorzügen überzeugen, muss aber bald feststellen, dass er nicht umsonst von allen nur »das Biest« genannt wird -
This Duke is Mine He is a duke in search of a perfect bride. She is a lady—but a long way from perfect. Tarquin, the powerful Duke of Sconce, knows perfectly well that the decorous and fashionably slender Georgiana Lytton will make him a proper duchess. So why can't he stop thinking about her twin sister, the curvy, headstrong, and altogether unconventional Olivia? Not only is Olivia betrothed to another man, but their improper, albeit intoxicating, flirtation makes her unsuitability all the more clear. Determined to make a perfect match, he methodically cuts Olivia from his thoughts, allowing logic and duty to triumph over passion…Until, in his darkest hour, Quin begins to question whether perfection has anything to do with love. To win Olivia's hand he would have to give up all the beliefs he holds most dear, and surrender heart, body and soul… Unless it's already too late. Don't miss a new version of The Princess & the Pea, asking an age-old question: What is a perfect princess?
Theodora Saxby is the last woman anyone expects the gorgeous James Ryburn, heir to the Duchy of Ashbrook, to marry. But after a romantic proposal before the prince himself, even practical Theo finds herself convinced of her soon-to-be duke's passion. Still, the tabloids give the marriage six months. Theo would have given it a lifetime . . . until she discovers that James desires not her heart, and certainly not her countenance, but her dowry. Society was shocked by their wedding, but it's scandalized by their separation. James heads to sea where he becomes a notorious pirate, and Theo builds their estate into a flourishing concern. Back from the seas, a scandalous tattoo of a poppy under one eye, James now faces the battle of his lifetime: convincing Theo that he loved the duckling who blossomed into the swan. Theo will quickly find that for a man with the soul of a pirate, all's fair in love - or war.
Once upon a time… A duke fell in love Gowan Stoughton of Craigievar, Duke of Kinross, values order and self-control above all else. So when he meets a lady as serene as she is beautiful, he promptly asks for her hand in marriage. With a lady Edie—whose passionate temperament is the opposite of serene—had such a high fever at her own debut ball that she didn’t notice anyone, not even the notoriously elusive Duke of Kinross. When her father accepts his offer… she panics. And when their marriage night isn’t all it could be, she pretends. In a tower. But Edie’s inability to hide her feelings makes pretending impossible, and when their marriage implodes, she retreats to a tower—locking Gowan out. Now Gowan faces his greatest challenge. Neither commands nor reason work with his spirited young bride. How can he convince her to give him the keys to the tower… When she already has the keys to his heart?