What happens at the infamous Vega Club . . . Sophie Campbell is determined to be mistress of her own fate. Surviving on her skill at cards, she never risks what she can’t afford to lose. Yet when the Duke of Ware proposes a scandalous wager that’s too extravagant to refuse, she can’t resist. If she wins, she’ll get five thousand pounds, enough to secure her independence forever. Stays at the Vega Club . . . Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, tells himself he’s at the Vega Club merely to save his reckless brother from losing everything, but he knows it’s a lie. He can’t keep his eyes off Sophie, and to get her he breaks his ironclad rule against gambling. If he wins, he wants her—for a week. Until now. A week with Jack could ruin what’s left of Sophie’s reputation. It might even cost her her heart. But when it comes to love, all bets are off . . .

Apa yang terjadi di Klub Vega yang terkenal itu... Sophie Campbell bertekad untuk menjadi tuan dari nasibnya sendiri. Bertahan hidup dengan keahliannya bermain kartu, dia tidak pernah mengambil risiko melebihi kemampuannya. Namun, ketika Duke of Ware mengusulkan taruhan memalukan yang terlalu royal, dia tidak kuasa menolak. Kalau menang, dia akan mendapatkan lima ribu pound, cukup untuk mengamankan kebebasan selamanya. Tetap ada di Klub Vega... Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, mengatakan kepada dirinya sendiri bahwa dia berada di Vega Club hanya untuk menyelamatkan adiknya yang ceroboh dari kehilangan segalanya, tetapi dia tahu itu bohong. Dia tidak bisa mengalihkan pandangan dari Sophie, dan demi mendapatkan wanita itu, dia melanggar aturan ketatnya melawan perjudian. Kalau dirinya menang, Jack menginginkan dia— selama seminggu. Sampai sekarang. Seminggu bersama Jack dapat merusak apa yang tersisa dari reputasi Sophie. Bahkan mungkin mengorbankan hatinya. Tetapi ketika semua itu karena cinta, semua taruhan tak ada artinya....

Sinopsis Buku Apa yang terjadi di Klub Vega yang terkenal itu. Sophie Campbell bertekad untuk menjadi tuan dari nasibnya sendiri. Bertahan hidup dengan keahliannya bermain kartu, dia tidak pernah mengambil resiko melebihi kemampuannya. Namun, ketika Duke of Ware mengusulkan taruhan memalukan yang terlalu royal, dia tidak kuasa menolak. Kalau menang, dia akan mendapatkan lima ribu pound, cukup untuk mengamankan kebebasan selamanya. Tetap ada di Klub Vega. Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, mengatakan kepada dirinya sendiri bahwa dia berada di Vega Club hanya untuk menyelamatkan adiknya yang ceroboh dari kehilangan segalanya, tetapi dia tahu itu bohong. Dia tidak bisa mengalihkan pandangan dari Sophie, dan demi mendapatkan wanita itu, dia melanggar aturan ketatnya melawan perjudian. Kalau dirinya menang, Jack menginginkan dia selama seminggu. Sampai sekarang. Seminggu bersama Jack dapat merusak apa yang tersisa dari reputasi Sophie. Bahkan mungkin mengorbankan hatinya. Tetapi ketika semua itu karena cinta, semua taruhan tak ada artinya. Prolog Bisik-bisik beredar di kalangan Mrs. Upton’s Academy for Young Ladies tak lama setelah waktu minum teh. Seorang murid baru telah tiba, dan dia pasti berasal dari keluarga terkemuka dan kaya raya. Salah seorang gadis sempat melihat sekilas kereta kuda yang menunggu di luar, hitam mengkilap dengan perisai berlukisan sebuah lambang di pintunya, dan desas-desus itu segera menghangat: itu pasti putri seorang duke yang manja, atau bahkan seorang putri dari negeri lain. Mereka salah. Sophie Graham yang berusia dua belas tahun adalah gadis yatim piatu, dan dia adalah cucu Viscount Makepeace, bukan seorang duke maupun pembesar dari luar negeri. Sophie juga tidak ingin dikait-kaitkan dengan sang viscount, dan sebaliknya, begitu pula dengan sang viscount. Seminggu setelah kedatangan Sophie di manor sang viscount yang suram, pria itu menyatakan bahwa gadis itu harus secepatnya masuk sekolah. Kini dia berdiri diam di ruang kantor Mrs. Upton, mendengarkan saat kakeknya mencoba menggertak sang kepala sekolah agar menerima Sophie. Kini dia sebatang kara di dunia, dengan meninggalnya Mama dan Papa, kakeknya yang mengerikan, dan keluarga ibunya yang berjarak satu benua jauhnya. Seingat Sophie dia memiliki satu atau dua paman, dan bahkan mungkin saudara-saudara sepupu di suatu tempat entah di mana, tetapi tak satu pun dari mereka yang akan datang menolongnya. Dia memang tidak memiliki keluarga yang layak dikenal, tapi teman yang setia dan tulus akan menjadi awal yang baik. Dan dia punya firasat kuat bahwa dia, Eliza, dan Georgiana ditakdirkan untuk bersahabat

A bargain that was all business . . . and pure passion. Neither wealth nor beauty will help Lady Francesca Gordon win custody of her young niece Georgina, saving the girl from a cruel stepmother; she needs London’s top solicitor for that. But when Edward de Lacey, son of the powerful Duke of Durham, hires away the one man who can do the job, Francesca decides Edward himself must champion her case . . . if only she can melt the dashing lord’s stony heart. Edward has reason to be guarded, though. London’s tabloids have just exposed a secret that could ruin his entire family. When Francesca offers a unique chance to undo the damage, Edward is forced to agree to a partnership . . . and now, each moment together feeds the flames of his scandalous longing for the passionate widow. But when Georgina disappears, fate will test them both . . . and leave their love hanging in the balance.

When you gamble at love . . . When Hugh Deveraux discovers his newly inherited earldom is bankrupt, he sets about rebuilding the family fortune—in the gaming hells of London. But the most daring wager he takes isn’t at cards. A wealthy tradesman makes a tantalizing offer: marry the man’s spinster daughter and Hugh’s debts will be paid and his fortune made. The only catch is that she must never know about their agreement . . . You risk losing your heart . . . Heiress Eliza Cross has given up hope of marriage until she meets the impossibly handsome Earl of Hastings, her father’s new business partner. The earl is everything a gentleman should be, and is boldly attentive to her. It doesn’t take long for Eliza to lose her heart and marry him. But when Eliza discovers that there is more to the man she loves—and to her marriage—her trust is shattered. And it will take all of Hugh’s power to prove that now his words of love are real . . .

“Lush, beautifully written, and deeply romantic, My Darling Duke will sweep you off your feet. My heart was lost to this couple from the very start.” —Amalie Howard, author of The Beast of Beswick Miss Katherine Danvers has always been a wallflower. But now, with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she finds herself a desperate wallflower. To save her family, she’ll do anything. Luckily, she has the perfect plan... She’ll impress the ton by simply announcing she is engaged to the reclusive and mysterious Duke of Thornton, Alexander Masters, and secure strong matches for her sisters. No one has heard from the duke in years. Surely he’ll never find out before her sisters’ weddings, and she can go back to her own quiet life. Soon, though, everything is out of control. At first, it’s just a few new ball gowns on the duke’s accounts. Then, it’s interviews with reporters eager for gossip. Before she knows it, Katherine has transformed herself into Kitty Danvers, charming and clever belle of the ton—with everyone eager to meet her thankfully absent fiancé. But when the enigmatic Alexander Masters suddenly arrives in the city, dashing and oh so angry, he demands retribution. Except not in the way Katherine expected... Each book in the Sinful Wallflowers series is STANDALONE: * My Darling Duke * Her Wicked Marquess * A Scoundrel of Her Own

“Dunmore is my new find in historical romance. Her A League of Extraordinary Women series is, well, extraordinary.”—Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author “With her sterling debut, Evie Dunmore dives into a fresh new space in historical romance that hits all the right notes.”—Entertainment Weekly A stunning debut for author Evie Dunmore and her Oxford suffragists in which a fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke in a fiery love story that threatens to upend the British social order. England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics at the Queen's command. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can't deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for. Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn't be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn't claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring...or could he? Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke.... “There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing such a man brought to his knees by a beautiful woman with nothing to her name except an inviolable sense of her own self-worth.”—NPR