Courtney Milan

In the three years since her husband left her, Lady Kate Carhart has managed to forge a fulfilling life for herself. But when Ned Carhart unexpectedly returns, she finds her tranquility uprooted and her deepest secrets threatened. Though she has no intention of falling for Ned's charms, Kate can no longer deny the desire that still burns in her heart.

Ned is determined to regain his wife's trust by using unbridled seduction. But just as Kate surrenders to Ned's passion, her carefully guarded past threatens to destroy her. Now Kate must place her faith in the only man she's ever loved, and the only one who has ever betrayed her

Ash Turner has waited a lifetime to seek revenge on the man who ruined his family and now the time for justice has arrived. At Parford Manor, he intends to take his place as the rightful heir to the dukedom and settle an old score with the current duke once and for all. But instead he finds himself drawn to a tempting beauty who has the power to undo all his dreams of vengeance .

Lady Margaret knows she should despise the man who's stolen her fortune and her father's legacy the man she's been ordered to spy on in the guise of a nurse. Yet the more she learns about the new duke, the less she can resist his smouldering appeal. Soon Margaret and Ash find themselves torn between old loyalties and the tantalizing promise of passion .