Anna was once the companion of the Earl of Lawton’s daughter. She grew up beside her and they received the same education…until she was suddenly relieved of her duties and introduced to her future employer—Lord Brentmore. Lord Brentmore had lost his wife and was now looking for a family tutor. He was doubtful of Anna’s usefulness but hired her regardless. A handsome but mysterious lord, a cold servant, an air of mystery… Anna’s struggle has begun!

Anna was once the companion of the Earl of Lawton’s daughter. She grew up beside her and they received the same education…until she was suddenly relieved of her duties and introduced to her future employer—Lord Brentmore. Lord Brentmore had lost his wife and was now looking for a family tutor. He was doubtful of Anna’s usefulness but hired her regardless. A handsome but mysterious lord, a cold servant, an air of mystery… Anna’s struggle has begun!

While in Spain, Megan has a one night stand with Prince Stefano Barrali. Ten years later, they see each other again and Megan, whose daughter is the result of that one night, is hesitant to reignite her relationship with the prince.

Alexandra Dunforth, a bookish spinster from Hampshire, has no desire to marry despite her uncle holding the fate of her beloved family estate over her head. Sutton "Satan" Reynolds, a wealthy Marquess, is possessed of angelic beauty and a scandalous dragon tattoo. He doesn't care for the simpering women of the ton and is determined to avoid any entanglements, until a chance meeting with the delectable Miss Dunforth changes his mind.

He may be worth billions, but the secret I'm holding onto? One very scandalous, immeasurably precious, unborn baby… HER: It was the biggest project of my career, Restore a crumbling Victorian mansion for a filthy rich London tycoon. Being snowed in with the hot-as-hell contractor wasn't part of the plan. But we worked overtime, all right, And now, I'm pregnant with his baby! How am I going to break the news to him, When I just found out he was lying to me the whole time? He's no contractor… He's the client! HIM: The gorgeous American swept into my house like a blizzard, And I soon got to know her just as intimately as I do my beloved city. Sure, I lied, but for good reason. We all give into temptation from time to time, right? I'm a hot-blooded man, and she makes me melt. I just never thought that my little deception could have scandalous consequences…

“Why is there so much violence in our midst?” René Girard asks. “No question is more debated today. And none produces more disappointing answers.” In Girard’s mimetic theory it is the imitation of someone else’s desire that gives rise to conflict whenever the desired object cannot be shared. This mimetic rivalry, Girard argues, is responsible for the frequency and escalating intensity of human conflict. For Girard, human conflict comes not from the loss of reciprocity between humans but from the transition, imperceptible at first but then ever more rapid, from good to bad reciprocity. In this landmark text, Girard continues his study of violence in light of geopolitical competition, focusing on the roots and outcomes of violence across societies latent in the process of globalization. The volume concludes in a wide-ranging interview with the Sicilian cultural theorist Maria Stella Barberi, where Girard’s twenty-first century emphases on the continuity of all religions, global conflict, and the necessity of apocalyptic thinking emerge.