When they team up to investigate the mystery behind her parents deaths, their fake betrothal leads to red hot desire. Little does she know, he really is a covert government operative. And who better to play the part of Minerva s would be husband than wild barrister Giles Masters, the very inspiration for the handsome spy in the popular Gothic novels she writes? The memory of his passionate kiss on her nineteenth birthday has lingered in Minerva s imagination, though she has no intention of really falling for such a rakehell, much less marrying him. Lady Minerva Sharpe has the perfect plan to thwart her grandmother s demands: become engaged to a rogue! Surely Gran would rather release her inheritance than see her wed a scoundrel. THE HELLIONS OF HALSTEAD HALL When a charming rogue proposes she marry him to meet her grandmother’s ultimatum, the Sharpe clan s strong willed sister makes a tempting counter offer that preserves her inheritance and ignites his imagination. His rebellious masquerade may call his grandmother’s bluff, but it’s soon made all too real by a love that tempts him to be a hellion no more. Maria Butterfield came to London to track down her groom to be, who’s gone missing, but her engagement won’t stop Oliver from getting what he wants: her, in his bed. And with his grandmother vowing to disinherit him if he doesn’t settle down and wed, he plans to fulfill the bargain in true Sharpe style by bringing home a fake fianc e from a brothel! But his scheme is derailed when he rescues an American beauty in a dire predicament instead. In the two decades since a tragic ‘accident’ took the lives of his parents, Oliver Sharpe, the Marquess of Stoneville, has survived the scandal surrounding that fateful night by living as an unrepentant rakehell. Now each faces a daunting ultimatum: marry by year’s end or kiss their inheritance good bye. HELLIONS OF HALSTEAD HALLThey’re the scandalous Sharpes, five hell raising siblings tainted by a shocking family legacy.

The bachelor by sabrina jeffries