A love this seductive is more precious than diamonds…
“Sometimes the hero is the one you never saw coming.” — Library Journal
Sir William Christie, ruthless tycoon and ladies’ man, is dead. Now his grown children have gathered for the reading of his will. What lies in store are stunning challenges that will test their fortitude across a royal empire…and lead them to the most passionate adventures of their lives.
Lady Vivienne Bancroft fled England for New York, hoping to shed the confines of her arranged marriage to an unrepentant rogue, although she never forgot the desire he unleashed with every touch. When Miles Durham, Viscount Bancroft, arrives on her doorstep for a little sensual revenge, the notorious gambler is met with his wife’s dilemma: She has two years to make a diamond business profitable or else lose her inheritance.
Swept along in an undertaking filled with danger and heated encounters, Vivienne and Miles must work together, discovering that their marriage vows may be the most treasured reward of all.
Self-made Scottish industrialist Sir William Christie tempts the scorn of Victorian society by seducing Catrin Jones, a modest but opinionated battlefield nurse who earned notoriety after surviving a shipwreck…
Esteemed astronomer Alex Christie has never possessed his late father’s ruthless business drive. But to protect his frail infant son from his cruel father-in-law’s bid for custody…