On a hunt for her family's treasure, orphaned and near penniless Emily Beauregard takes a position as an innkeeper for Jonas Tallent, Lucifer Cynster's brother-in-law, in the Devon town of Colyton. But someone else also has the Colyton treasure in their sights, and the closer Em draws to her family's legacy the greater the danger grows--to her, her family, and the treasure she's discovered in Jonas's arms.

Robert is the second-eldest Frobisher brother and is summoned to follow up on the secret mission started by his brother Declan. Arriving at the west African seaport settlement, he meets Aileen, who is determined to find her cousin who disappeared along with the other missing people Robert has been sent to find. Naturally, their paths cross. Robert knows how dangerous prying into this mystery is. Other than Declan, everyone else who has investigated...

Returning to England after her father's death, Georgina Hartley is transformed into a lady with the assistance of a viscount and his sister, and draws the attention of a bevy of suitors including the viscount.

"Captain Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic youngest son of a seafaring dynasty, wants to be taken seriously. Seizing the next leg of the covert mission his brothers are pursuing, he acts decisively and effectively in securing the mission's objectives. But responsibility has taken root, and he remains in the jungle to ensure the mission's ultimate goal. Katherine Fortescue fled a life of poverty and came to Freetown as a governess, only to be kidnapped...

"Thomas Carrick is determined to make his own life in the bustling port city of Glasgow, far from the demands of the Carrick clan, eventually with an appropriate wife on his arm. But disturbing events on his family's estate force him to return to the Scottish countryside--where he must ask for help from the last woman he wants to face. Thomas has never forgotten Lucilla Cynster and the connection that seethes between them, but to marry Lucilla would...

"Penelope Ashford, Portia Cynster's younger sister, has grown up with every advantage--wealth, position, and beauty. Yet Penelope is anything but a typical ton miss--forceful, willful and blunt to a fault, she has for years devoted her considerable energy and intelligence to directing an institution caring for the forgotten orphans of London's streets. But now her charges are mysteriously disappearing. Desperate, Penelope turns to the one man she...

Penelope Ashford turns to handsome nobleman Barnaby Adair for help in investigating the disappearances of several of the orphan children she has been caring for. Defying the social rules of Regency London, Penelope and Barnaby begin to unravel the mystery and discover a shocking link to some of London's most powerful men.