A Game of Passion . . . Miss Gwendolyn Wells was determined to win the Perfect Husband--and she found him while visiting London with her father. From the moment the spirited young American laid eyes on Jack Sommerton, Earl of Rexley, she knew he was The One--though he had vowed never to wed. So she secretly wagered that the notorious rake would soon be married. To her! But first she had to tempt and infuriate him, to drive the man who was the talk of the London "ton to passionate extremes. Then she said no--and he vowed to have her at any cost. . . . ...Played for Keeps... Her beauty dazzled him. Her bold laughter unnerved him. For the first time in his rakehell life, Jack Sommerton met a woman who touched his very soul. Gwendolyn Wells invaded his dreams, blinded him with her charms, drove him mad with desire, until he finally swept her into his arms. Love had nothing to do with it--until she said she'd settle for nothing less. . . .

Diary of a Seducer records Johannes's discovery of a girl with the Shakespearean name Cordelia, whom he sets out to control. Intricately, meticulously, cunningly, the seduction proceeds. No detail is too small to escape Johannes. "She sits on the sofa by the tea table and I sit on a chair at her side. This position has an intimate quality and at the same time a detaching dignity." Less erotic than an intellectual depiction of seduction, Diary of a Seducer shows the casuist Kierkegaard in what he characterized as the aesthetic mode. A new introduction by Michael Dirda puts this influential novella into high relief.

How much would you gamble for love? Rufus Lovell has been thrust unexpectedly into riches, and gained a new set of friends who delight in wagers and bets, with nothing too small or too big to gamble on – even marriage. So when a tipsy party joke becomes a wager on Rufus’ marriage, he knows he should said no. But Juliana Honeyfield, the unwitting and unknowing focus of the gamble, is not the simple and malleable young woman that Rufus’ friends take her for. She demands a lot more from her acquaintances, and the challenge of understanding this intriguing woman and keeping the truth of the wager from her starts to wear thin on Rufus. Especially when his belief in marriage has already been so greatly rocked, and his family history is sunk in crime, alcoholism, and prison. Will it be possible for Rufus to charm the winning Juliana? Does he owe her the truth about his initial interest in her? And who will eventually win the Michaelmas wager? A Michaelmas Wager is a charming Regency romance novella about the unlikely consequences of spur of the moment decisions.

Forced into a betrothal with an abusive man, the only way out might be to beat her fiancé at his own game.Miss Marianne Twisden knows her best chance at a safe and happy life is to marry a kind man and leave her violent father behind. When her father signs papers betrothing her to Lord Cockell--a cruel and even more violent blackguard--Marianne is desperate for a way out. Her new fiancé gives her one: if Marianne discredits Lord Sheldon Lockhart, England's newest barrister, Cockell will release her from the marriage contract.Lord Sheldon Lockhart is determined to rid his neighborhood of Cockell--a man who preys on gamble-hooked gentlemen by loaning them far more money than they could ever hope to repay and then extracting it mercilessly. What he didn't expect was to fall for Cockell's most beautiful victim, Miss Marianne. The seemingly simple game becomes complex when a deep, abiding affection grows between Marianne and Sheldon. It is made all the more perilous when Cockell refuses to play by the rules. Strategizing together, Marianne and Sheldon must think several steps ahead if they ever hope to out-play their opponent and have a shot at victory and their own happily ever after.

Protect her reputation? Or save a man's life? How does a lady ever choose? Lady Cassandra Lockhart is determined to stop anyone that might taint the night her brother announces his engagement-not gossipy ladies nor backhanded Peers. When she sees a gentleman slip from the ballroom, Cassandra assumes the worst; he is off to rendezvous with a young lady. Such would surely spell disaster for the night. Certain she alone can protect her family's good name, Cassandra hurries to stop him. Lord Nigel Southcott is nervous about meeting his informant. They've never met at a ball before. Why now? Still, at the predestined hour, he slips from the ballroom and into the trees and shadows that line the Lockhart estate. Only too late, he realizes it's a trap set by the infamous Le Renard. Equally as surprising is the beautiful stranger who comes to his aid. To protect Nigel, Cassandra agrees to keep him hidden from those that wish him harm, knowing full well that doing so puts herself in danger of gossipmongers and French spies alike. Her reputation is on the line, but so is Lord Nigel's life. What else can she possibly do? Even among the secrets and stratagem, a connection between Nigel and Cassandra forms. But Le Renard is not willing to give up his prey so easily. Will Nigel and Cassandra's wit and blossoming love be enough to save them? Or will the growing subterfuge swallow them both? A Heart In The Balance is a clean and wholesome Regency romance, full of witty characters and a heart-warming happily ever after. Buy A Heart In The Balance and start falling in love today. The stories in the Lockhart Sweet Regency Romance series are all standalone novels. They can be read apart or enjoyed in proper order. Book One: Wager for a Lady's Hand Book Two: Lily for my Enemy Book Three: A Heart in the Balance Book Four: A Farewell Kiss Book Five: A Well-Kept Promise *previously published under the author name L. G. Rollins.