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The Last Chance - Rogues of Fortune's Den 5

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 18+

Vengeance fuels his life. Desire threatens to ruin it. And one woman might bring him to his knees. As the ruthless owner of a notorious gaming hell, Aaron Chance’s fierce reputation commands the ton’s respect. Scarred by his tragic past, there is no room in his ordered life for love. Vengeance is his only desire. His interest in Miss Lovelace, the captivating owner of a ladies’ club, is strictly business. Something he reminds himself when she invades his thoughts at night, when she’s the endless subject of his dreams. When a peer is found dead at Joanna Lovelace’s club, there’s only one man she can turn to for help—the dark and dangerous owner of Fortune’s Den. But Mr Chance despises her and is barely civil. Her only saving grace is his preoccupation with her safety. Why does he drag drunkards from her door at night? Why do his covert glances...

My Kind of Scoundrel - Rogues of Fortune's Den 4

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

By day, Miss Eleanor Darrow is one of London’s finest modistes. By night, she is a trusted confidante and the keeper of the ton’s scandalous secrets. But what began as an innocent way to supplement her income has her fearing for her life. Her box of secrets is missing. Fortunately, she knows the identity of the handsome scoundrel who stole it. As one of London’s most notorious men, Theodore Chance has a point to prove. But after being shot outside Miss Darrow’s shop, his ruthless reputation is called into question. His quest for vengeance begins with the modiste who deceived him. A woman who stokes the flames of desire and his disdain. When they clash in a battle of wills, Eleanor and Theo find themselves entangled in a web of deceit. In a world where truth and temptation collide, can they navigate the treacherous path to love when danger lurks...

Lady Gambit - Rogues of Fortune's Den 3

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

A woman without a past. A man fated to find her. And a love that could rewrite everything. Delphine Chance has no reason to complain. Protected by her brothers and afforded every luxury, she’s the envy of many women. But her life is a lie. She doesn’t know her real name or where she came from. The need to uncover her mysterious past has become an obsession. But how can she betray the boys who saved her life sixteen years ago? How can she hurt the men she loves like true kin? The answer comes in the guise of a handsome man—one of irresistible charm and unwavering courage. A man no woman could easily forget. Dorian Flynn finds missing people. He lives alone, works alone, and prefers it that way. But when a friend calls in a debt, he becomes embroiled in a new case. His client is the beautiful...

Temptress in Disguise - Rogues of Fortune's Den 2

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

A marriage of convenience. An unrepentant rogue. And a lady daring enough to tame him. Aramis Chance has a reputation to uphold. When a man is dark, brooding and as dangerous as the devil, everyone must fear him. So, when Aramis is kidnapped by a demure young woman wielding a pistol, he’s certain it’s a prank. No one would dare risk his wrath, which is why he’s convinced his brothers have hired an actress to test his mettle. Miss Naomi Grant needs a man with brains and brawn. One with the strength to intimidate her devious kin. Getting the arrogant Mr Chance to the theatre was the easy part. Persuading a cold-hearted beast to marry her might prove a little more difficult.

A Little Bit Dangerous - Rogues of Fortune's Den 1

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback

Enemies-to-lovers tension sparks in this Regency romance full of secrets and scandal. Christian Chance is a man of contradictions: gaming hell owner, brilliant scholar, grandson of an earl, and survivor of London’s dangerous rookeries. Beneath his charming façade lies a ruthless edge. So when he’s asked to investigate a museum fraud, he seizes the chance to use both brains and brawn. What he doesn’t expect is a partner: the exotic, infuriating daughter of his greatest enemy. A woman who stirs both his desire and his disdain.

No Life for a Lady - Ladies of the Order 5

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

After almost a year spent playing chaperone to Mr Daventry’s female enquiry agents, Miss Trimble knows she must find a new position. All his agents are married, and so what other reason could he have for calling her to his office late at night? Except her employer is a master matchmaker, a man who has discovered her true identity, knows her real name and her darkest secret. A man who leaves her no choice but to confront her past and work alongside his client—the illegitimate son of an earl. Alexander Grayson believes he knows who killed his brother. But he needs proof and cannot simply barge into a man’s home and rummage in his armoire. The perfect solution presents itself in the guise of a woman hiding from her past. But when the lady arrives expecting him to hire her as his enquiry agent, she is stunned to find he...

Your Scarred Heart - Ladies of the Order 4

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

An enquiry agent hiding from her past. When Miss Honora Wild meets her first client, she fears there has been a dreadful mistake. Having escaped from a domineering father, she shouldn’t have to work for a man suspected of murder, one whose mood matches his frightening facial scar. She shouldn’t have to venture to his clifftop castle to prove the devil is innocent of the crime. But she owes her employer a great debt and has no option but to accept the assignment. A lord plagued by injustice. Lord Deville, had every reason to murder his brother and almost wished he had pushed the fool off the cliff. Society sees Sylvester’s disfigurement as a sign of guilt, and he’s desperate to clear his name. He had known to expect a female agent, but devious women have been the bane of his existence, and he suspects Miss Wild is hiding a...

Mine at Midnight - Ladies of the Order 3

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

When Miss Eliza Dutton discovers her first case for the Order involves helping a lord who has a gambling habit, her instinct is to refuse. The fact her father lost his fortune and his life at a gaming hell is the reason she despises Lord Roxburgh. But Eliza is given an ultimatum: help the handsome rogue or find work elsewhere. Lord Roxburgh has a reason for trying his luck at the tables, and it has nothing to do with winning money. But his life of dissipation is brought to a swift end when a guest is found murdered in his garden. While working together to solve the crime, will Eliza discover there’s more to Lord Roxburgh than his sinful good looks? Can a lord who’s suffered the worst kind of tragedy abandon old habits and fall in love?

More than a Masquerade - Ladies of the Order 2

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

An enquiry agent seeking her first case. After spending weeks eagerly awaiting an assignment, Rachel Gambit is instructed to meet her potential new client at a Vauxhall masquerade. She’s been given a list of instructions: to wear red, to find the mysterious gentleman amongst the crowd, with no clue to his identity. But if, by God’s good grace, she finds the man, she must go through a series of tests before he agrees to hire her. A man on a mission. Eli Hunter needs a woman who can act her way onto any Covent Garden stage. He needs a woman with steely determination and a cunning mind. A woman who can help him recover a stolen artefact owned by a secret society. But he encounters a problem. The only enquiry agent available stirs a passion that could soften the hardest heart—a terrifying prospect for a man who’s survived the worst...

The Devereaux Affair - Ladies of the Order 1

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

As the daughter of a famed courtesan, Julianna de Lacy had seen more than her share of heartbreak. Her own heart shattered the night her mother dragged her from the Marquess Devereaux’s mansion and forced her into a stranger’s carriage. It wasn’t fear of her mother’s new protector that made her weep, but the pain of leaving Bennet Devereaux—the marquess’s young son and her only friend. Someone wants Bennet Devereaux dead. The twenty-seven-year-old marquess has received copies of his own obituary, witnessed staged murder scenes, and knows the next attempt may be real. Desperate to uncover the truth, he hires an enquiry agent—only to discover she’s the woman he thought lost forever. As Bennet and Julianna race to unmask a killer, friendship turns to forbidden love. But she refuses to be any man’s mistress, and he cannot marry a courtesan’s daughter. How do you solve a mystery when the greatest...

Dark Angel - Gentlemen of the Order 4

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Dante D’Angelo lives for one thing: revenge. Cold, relentless, and fiercely loyal, he has spent years hunting the man who murdered his parents. But when the Order assigns him a partner—a woman—his mission takes an unexpected turn. Beatrice Sands is the Order’s first female agent. Clever, determined, and hiding wounds of her own, she’s prepared to earn his respect and prove there’s more to life than vengeance. Together, they must expose the truth behind a decades-old crime. But as secrets unravel and desire burns, they’ll risk more than justice… they’ll risk their hearts.

Valiant - Gentlemen of the Order 3

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

A marriage contract. A lost treasure. A legacy neither of them asked for. Evan Sloane, grandson of a notorious pirate, has spent his life trying to rise above his family’s past. Now a respected enquiry agent known as Valiant, he’s used to danger — but nothing prepares him for the peculiar woman who keeps appearing wherever he goes. Vivienne Hart holds a seventy-year-old contract that binds her to Evan by marriage. She also carries the secret to a long-lost fortune, and someone will stop at nothing to claim it. Forced into a reluctant partnership, Evan and Vivienne must follow a trail of clues left by their grandfathers. But as peril closes in and desire grows, they begin to realise that the most enduring legacies aren’t measured in gold—but in trust, loyalty, and love.

Raven - Gentlemen of the Order 2

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

She was his first love. He may be her last hope. Finlay Cole has earned his moniker Raven. Bad luck follows wherever he goes. Still wracked with guilt over his wife’s death, he throws himself into work as an enquiry agent, using danger to numb the pain. But nothing unsettles him more than his newest client — Sophia Adair, his first love and the woman who still haunts his dreams. Sophia has carried a dark secret for seven years. In protecting her sister, she sacrificed her own happiness and walked away from the only man she ever loved. Now, with someone threatening her sister’s sanity and safety, Sophia turns to the one man she swore never to face again. Old wounds reopen. Dark forces close in. And two broken hearts must confront the past if they hope to survive the present.

Dauntless - Gentlemen of the Order 1

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

He’s a gentleman. An enquiry agent. And hopelessly infatuated with his client. Noah Ashwood has always fought for the vulnerable. It’s why he joined the Gentlemen of the Order, why he solves crimes others won’t touch. To his comrades, he’s Dauntless—unshakable, honourable, driven. But none of that prepares him for Miss Evangeline Dunn. She’s clever, composed, and far too lovely. And she’s just become his client. With a blackmailer circling, a thief in the house, and her brother missing, Evangeline needs a man she can trust. She chooses Mr Ashwood, drawn to his quiet confidence and unwavering gaze. But the closer they work together, the harder it is to ignore the pull between them. Professional boundaries mustn’t be crossed. Hearts must not be lost. But some lines were made to be broken.