Book excerpt: Scandalously Bound To The Gentleman - Helen Dickson A moment of abandon...leads to a scandal! Lucy Quinn has never put much stock in what others think. After the traumatic events of her past, she avoids society, working as a nurse in India. Then she meets British diplomat Charles Anderson, who makes her feel a lightness and excitement again. Until his inevitable return to England, and the discovery their liaison has consequences. Now Lucy must face the Ton once more and tell Charles he's a father! Alliance With The Notorious Lord - Bronwyn Scott Mixing business...with rakish pleasure! Recently widowed Antonia Lytton-Popplewell is determined to carve her place in a man's world. Yet turning a ramshackle property in London into a worldclass department store isn't easy. Especially when her inheritance comes with strings in the form of her late husband's business partner, infuriatingly attractive Lord Cullen Allardyce. To ensure success, Antonia needs Cullen's guidance. But her alliance with society's most notorious rebel becomes even more complicated when begrudging respect turns into mutual desire...