Book excerpt: Awakening His Shy Duchess - Christine Merrill A panicked escape...ends in a surprising proposal! Evan Bellwether, the Duke of Fallon, is stunned when Madeline Goddard takes a tumble attempting to flee a ball...and accidentally falls into him! But that's the least of the duke's worries when the compromising situation forces them somewhere Evan didn't want to be -- at the altar! At first his new bride appears painfully shy. Could the key to discovering the real Maddie lie with unlocking the passion of their marriage? Her Grace's Daring Proposal - Joanna Johnson The wife everybody wants will choose the husband nobody expects! Widowed duchess Isabelle Sherborne's wealth has made her the talk of the ton. But also the target of fortune hunters! So, when they threaten to hold Isabelle to ransom, by destroying her young sister's reputation, Isabelle asks mercenary Joseph Carter for help. To save everything that Isabelle holds dear, she must convince him to marry her. Yet whilst their convenient vows will protect her, they could put her heart in danger...