Historical Trio/Playing The Duke's Mistress/More Than A Lover/The Blacksmith's Wife

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Playing The Duke’s Mistress — Eliza Redgold

Every actress wants to marry a duke, besides leading lady Miss Calista Fairmont. For Darius Carlyle, the Duke of Albury, that is an irresistible challenge. To prove to his hapless cousin that all actresses are title-hunters, Darius will persuade Calista to assent to his marriage proposal!

Calista wants nothing to do with Darius, but when she discovers the compassionate man behind the arrogant duke she also uncovers a senseless attraction! Soon she’s considering her own proposal — to become his mistress!

More Than A Lover — Ann Lethbridge

Former captain Bladen Read knows respectable Caroline Falkner would never look at a ruffian like him. But when he’s suddenly thrown into the role of her protector he discovers the undercurrent of tension runs both ways…

At first Caro tries to resist the pull of attraction, for Blade is a link to her scandalous past she hides to protect her son. Yet when an opportunity to explore this rake’s expertise in the bedroom arises, the temptation is too much to resist!

The Blacksmith’s Wife — Elisabeth Hobbes

Rejected by her favoured knight, Joanna Sollers knows she will never love again. Especially when the man she’s now forced to marry is none other than her beloved’s half-brother!

For blacksmith Hal Danby, marrying Joanna would help him enter the Smiths’ Guild but his secrets means Hal has to keep a distance. But everything changes after one night in the arms of his new bride, Hal wonders if this loveless arrangement could become something real…