Scandal of the Summer

"Bridgerton at its sexiest . . . Crush? Ha. I'm in love with the earl!" - Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author<BR><BR>USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Vasti returns with another hot, hilarious Regency romp about a reclusive earl and the wallflower-turned-radical-pamphleteer who turns his life upside down.<BR><BR>For three years, wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious pamphlets-and for almost as long, she's corresponded with the reclusive Earl of Strathrannoch. When Arthur's latest letter reveals his dire financial straits, Lydia sets out for Scotland to offer him the only salvation she can think of: a marriage of convenience. To, um, herself.<BR><BR> But the real earl has no idea who she is. When a bewitching stranger offers him her hand in marriage, Arthur Baird is stunned. And when he learns that his traitorous brother has been writing to her under Arthur's name, he's bloody furious. He's content to live alone in his moldering castle, and he has no desire for a radical wife. (Or at least, he shouldn't.)<BR><BR> But Arthur is desperate to track down his brother, who's become dangerously entangled in British espionage, and he needs Lydia's help. What he doesn't need? The attraction that burns hotter each moment they spend together. As Lydia slips past his defenses and his brother's mysterious past becomes a very present threat, Arthur will have to risk everything to keep her safe-even his heart.<BR><BR>"Wildly delightful! With Earl Crush, Alexandra Vasti has crafted a marvelously funny and sexy read featuring a brawny Scottish earl, zebras, and a feminist heroine ahead of her time. This belongs on every romance reader's keeper shelf!" - Joanna Shupe, USA Today bestselling author of The Duke Gets Even<BR><BR>"Vasti follows Ne'er Duke Well with another fiery and delightful Regency . . .This is a winner." - Publisher's Weekly

From the day of their debut, when Matilda smoked a cheroot and Margo tied a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue, the Halifax twins have flouted convention at every turn. But when Matilda runs off with the dangerous Marquess of Ashford - who has every reason to hate he - she may have gone a bit too far.<BR><BR>Determined to stop Matilda's inexplicable elopement, her sister Margo turns to her oldest friend for help: because if anyone can get her to Scotland in time, it's starchy solicitor Henry Mortimer. But the road to Scotland is paved with secrets. Beneath his buttoned-up exterior, Henry is ardently, wildly, miserably in love with Margo. And Matilda and Ashford's relationship too may not be quite what it seems.<BR><BR>Between salacious engravings, secret identities, and demanding feral cats, nothing about the journey goes as planned. With the Halifax Hellions at the reins, a week in a carriage is exactly enough time to turn the world upside down . . . and, perhaps, find the love stories they never expected.<BR><BR>For the first time ever in print, The Halifax Hellions brings together Margo and Matilda's novellas, along with a swoony new epilogue.

Get ready for NE'ER DUKE WELL, a swoony, feminist, funny Regency romance from the author of the Halifax Hellions series, perfect for fans of Tessa Dare, Martha Waters and Bridgerton<BR><BR>STRATEGEM FOR THE RESTORATION OF RESPECTABILITY TO THE DUKE OF STANHOPE<BR><BR>Step 1: Find perfect wife<BR>Step 2: Save reputation from ruin<BR>Step 3: Do not, at any cost, fall in love with Selina Ravenscroft<BR><BR>Peter Kent, newly inherited Duke of Stanhope, has developed quite the scandalous reputation - which must be overturned if he is to win the guardianship of his young half siblings.<BR><BR>For help he turns to Lady Selina Ravenscroft, society's most proper debutante (save one tiny secret...). She suggests courtship and marriage to a lady of unimpeachable character - which due to the aforementioned secret is definitely not Selina herself.<BR><BR>But her matchmaking goes awry when the scorching chemistry between them proves impossible to resist. For the disreputable duke and his unpredictable matchmaker, falling in love might just be the ultimate scandal...<BR><BR>Everyone's raving about Ne'er Duke Well . . .<BR><BR>'An irresistible delight' INDIA HOLTON, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels<BR><BR>'A delightful, quicksilver romp' DEANNA RAYBOURN, bestselling author of The Veronica Speedwell series<BR><BR>'A witty page-turner ' VIRGINIA HEATH, author of Never Fall for Your Fiancée<BR><BR>'My new favorite historical romance IT WAS SO GOOD' Goodreads review

'Both a rollicking romp and the most tender of love stories... Sexy, kind, and full of adventure!' Naina Kumar, USA Today bestselling author of Say You'll Be My Jaan<BR><BR>Right girl. Wrong Earl.<BR><BR>Running off to Scotland to propose marriage to a charming stranger in dire financial straits is not the action of proper young lady - unless you're Lydia Hope-Wallace, wallflower heiress who has been living a double life for years as the author of seditious political pamphlets.<BR><BR>When a bewitching stranger offers him her hand in marriage, Arthur Baird, the reclusive Earl of Strathrannoch, is stunned - but when he realizes that his traitorous brother has been writing to her under his name, he's bloody furious. <BR><BR>Desperate to track down his estranged sibling, Arthur needs Lydia's help. What he doesn't need? The undeniable attraction that burns hotter each moment they spend together. As Lydia slips past his defences, Arthur will have to risk everything to keep her safe - even his heart.<BR><BR>Hot, hilarious and heartfelt, this racy Regency romp from bestselling author Alexandra Vasti is perfect for fans of Bridgerton and Lex Croucher<BR><BR>'Bridgerton at its sexiest... Crush? Ha. I'm in love with the earl!' Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author of Viscount In Love<BR>'Wildly delightful! ... Marvelously funny and sexy' Joanna Shupe, USA Today bestselling author of The Scandal of Rose <BR>'Witty banter, endearing characters, and smoking hot chemistry' Liana De la Rosa, author of Ana Maria and The Fox

The foe-mance of a lifetime...<BR><BR>Celebrated authoress Lady Georgiana Cleeve has achieved fame and fortune. Unfortunately, she's also acquired an enemy: the enigmatic Lady Darling, whose spine-tingling plots appear to be pulled straight from Georgiana's own manuscripts. What's a stubborn, steely writer to do? Unmask her rival, of course.<BR><BR> But the unmasking doesn't go according to plan - because Lady Darling is actually Cat Lacey, the butler's daughter and object of Georgiana's very secret, very embarrassing teenage infatuation.<BR><BR> Cat Lacey has spent a decade clawing her family out of poverty. The last thing she needs is to be distracted by the stunning(ly pretentious) Lady Georgiana Cleeve. But Cat can't seem to escape her infuriatingly beautiful rival-including at the eerie manor where they both plan to set their next books. <BR><BR>The plot unexpectedly thickens, however, when the novelists find themselves trapped in the manor together. In between ghostly moans and spectral staff, Cat and Georgiana come face-to-face with real danger: the scorching passion that's been haunting their rivalry all along.