Bøger af Vivian Roycroft

When the Honorable Deborah Kringle receives an unsigned love letter, she can't wait to share the news with her best friend, George Anson. George might not be the most educated of her set - no one would ever ask him to parse Greek or debate politics - but she no longer believes he's the good-natured buffoon everyone else says he is. Deborah knows he's the perfect person to help her uncover the mystery of who wrote her delicious letter... if she can just figure out why he's so reluctant to help.George Anson fell in love with Deborah at last year's Christmas Eve ball, when she wore a scandalous red gown and let him open the dancing with her as his partner. Now they're friends and he can't bear to risk that by trying to court her. Unfortunately, he already knows who wrote that stupid love letter, and if she finds out, with or without his help, everything will change between them... and she might turn her back and walk away.Nothing is as it seems when the Scoundrel of Mayfair, the Duke of Cumberland (and some say a foreign prince) tries a clever matchmaking scheme between the two friends. How can he change their friendship into something more tender... without entangling himself in the process?

Whenever Fidelity Scott hears a certain gentleman's name, she turns into a mindless, quivering puddle of drool. Well, in all honesty, every young lady does. Sylvestre Brightenburg is that bewitching. He leaves no room for any other man in Fidelity's thoughts, not even close family friend John Greysteil, whose excellent manners and handsome face perhaps don't get the attention they deserve. But when Fidelity realizes everyone in Mayfair knows of her name-induced drooling, she's mortified to her bones. Her reputation's only hope is for her to escape to the country, even though that will leave her two young cousins without a chaperone next season. But before she leaves, Grey convinces Fidelity to attend one more masked ball. Armed with a new and sensuous gown, a full-face mask, and complete anonymity, she's determined to make some scandalous memories to sustain her for the rest of her Brightenburg-less life. But Grey has other plans for her last evening in town, plans that don't include the blistering rake all the ladies are sighing over. How can he convince Fidelity she's making a terrible mistake? How can he win her heart in the crush of a winter masked ball?