The songs of this Saga, of these four tales, speak of the story of Darkfall-of dead kings and corrupt dukes, of broken heroes and ignoble legends, of spoiled ambition and wanton lust. The people of Darkfall clamor for reform, to be freed of the burdening chains the dukes have placed on them. They flock to a man who promises a different realm. Yet even so, the forces of loyalty and honor are at work against the would-be savior. This song is twined with order and turmoil, ruin and riches, and life and death-all in the pursuit of the melody that forms the chorus of this saga's song. All four tales join to one. But which tales lead to glory? And which lead to Darkfall's demise?

Kerrigan Byrne and Friends Present: The Seasons of Sin 2022 Anthology Collection. In the first of four new anthologies from highly-acclaimed, award-winning, and USA Today bestselling authors, Big Duke Energy is all brand new content where beloved secondary characters are granted their second chances at long-awaited happily ever afters! THE EARL ON THE TRAIN by Kerrigan Byrne Sebastian Moncrieff is a villain, a traitor, and a pirate, who has recently inherited an Earldom he never wanted. As a man who's committed every sin imaginable, he knows his only chance at redemption is the one woman who ever reached through to his soul of ice. He's kidnapped Veronica Latimer once before, and was enchanted by everything about her... This time, when he takes her, he'll have to admit that she's kept his heart captive since the moment they met. But can he convince her to forgive his past in order to claim a future? LOVED AND FOUND: Christi Caldwell Lieutenant Thaddeus Phippen has lived a lifetime away from the only love he ever knew, a powerful duke's daughter. He's now returned from fighting Boney's forces, ready to put aside tragic battlefield remembrances and the memory of past heartbreak of love lost. Or that was the plan...until Thaddeus finds himself face-to-face with the one woman he soon finds he can't ever forget... Is the divide between former lovers too great to forge a future together...or can they at last have a love to last a lifetime? THE WOLF OF WESTMORE by Amalie Howard Lord Wulfric Bane, the Duke of Westmore knows that blood is thicker than water, that duty is more important than personal desire, and that some things, like falling in love, are never meant to be. Cossetted and coddled Lady Jocelyn Capehart has been bred to be the perfect lady. On the outside, she is demure, sweet, and biddable, but on the inside, a vixen longs to break free of her cage. A chance meeting at a sultry club leads to one sinfully explosive night that neither of them can forget. PUT UP YOUR DUKES by Janna MacGregor Martin "Duke" Richmond bows to no one, including any duke who protests what he publishes in his sensational gossip rag, The Midnight Cryer. However, he is occasionally open to negotiation when it comes to special requests from his wife. Estranged from her husband for five years because of the incendiary gossip he prints, Amelia Richmond finds escape from her lonely existence by volunteering at a foundling home, helping society's most powerful people avoid her husband's rancor gossip, and sleeping with her husband every Wednesday. Not an entirely unwelcome chore. When Martin goes on a rampage against one of the most powerful dukes in the British Isles, Amelia must use her wit and best persuasive techniques to rein him in. When her chance for a happy marriage appears within reach, Amelia finds herself falling for him once again, which is bad...very bad. DUKE OF EVERY SIN by Stacy Reid Ethan Benedict, Duke of Bainbridge, has been an object of fear, fascination, and salacious gossip for years. To many, his reputation would make him an unlikely savior of a baby left on his doorstep. But Ethan saw the child as perhaps a pathway to redemption. What he did not anticipate was for his jaded heart to soften toward the mysterious young woman who infiltrates his household and secretly cares for the child.

Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino in three volumes presents a history of the houses of Montefeltro and Della Rovere, of their famous and most brilliant Court, and of that part of Italy over which they held dominion. It deals not only with history and politics of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, but it also illustrates "the arms, arts, and literature of Italy from 1440 to 1630."_x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ Book First: Of Urbino and Its Early Accounts_x000D_ Book Second: Of Federigo di Montefeltro, Count and Second Duke of Urbino_x000D_ Book Third: Of Guidobaldo di Montefeltro, Third Duke of Urbino_x000D_ Book Fourth: Of Literature and Art Under the Dukes di Montefeltro at Urbino_x000D_ Book Fifth: Of the Della Rovere Family_x000D_ Book Sixth: Of Francesco Maria Della Rovere, Fourth Duke of Urbino_x000D_ Book Seventh: Of Guidobaldo Della Rovere, Fifth Duke of Urbino_x000D_ Book Eighth: Of Francesco Maria II Della Rovere, Sixth and Last Duke of Urbino_x000D_ Book Ninth: Of Literature and Art Under the Dukes Della Rovere at Urbino

While Elanor Huxley misses the glamour and excitement of society, she is quite resigned to a quiet life, after her lovable but frivolous parents died and left her not only an orphan, but a penniless one as well. Biding her time in the home of her self-absorbed cousins, she saves her pennies and dreams of the day she can afford to rent her own tiny cottage in the country and find contentment. But when she and her cousin Harriet are rescued from their overturned carriage by the handsome and capable Mr. Patrick, Elanor finds herself thinking less about contentment and more about love and happiness – with Mr. Patrick. Christopher Patrick Bane, Duke of Price, decides not to reveal to Elanor that he is a Duke - Kit has just come into the title with the death of the cruel father who banished him overseas for a youthful transgression, and he does not want it to color her judgment of him. But as he gets to know Elanor better, he realises he has created a rod for his own back - it is becoming more and more difficult to find the right time. And when Elanor discovers his true identity by accident, and exactly what his youthful discretion was, he wonders if he will ever have any chance at all to win back her affections.

Having to cope with the taint of Fascism in his family's past and living in exile are the least of the problems enveloping Prince Vittorio di Borbone e Conti. The orphaned Italian prince seemingly waltzes through the claustrophobic world of an elite English boarding school, where he enthusiastically match-makes for his friends and revels in his powerful position as Social Director. But when his passion for a fellow pupil brings him into confrontation with his relatives in France, he has to choose between his duty to his dynasty and his loyalty to the boy he loves, the magnetic German prince, Wolfgang. The Prince's carefully-crafted mask of imperious confidence disintegrates in the face of rape, penury, and humiliation at the hands of his family, while he desperately tries to create a career for himself as a musician. With the revelation of his family's past support of Mussoini and the intrusion of the charismatic head prefect into his life, the ensuing scandal pushes Vittorio into the arms of the older boy. But he is unaware that his fascination for the prefect will cost him everything he has ever cared about.Emotionally shattered and completely alone, he must now make another choice in order to survive in the real world, where royal status is more of a handicap than an advantage

Polite Society doesn’t take Lady Anne Adamson seriously. However, Anne isn’t just another pretty young miss. When she discovers her father betrayed her mother’s love and her family descended into poverty, Anne comes up with a plan to marry a respectable, powerful, and honorable gentleman— a man nothing like her philandering father. Armed with the heart of a duke pendant, fabled to land the wearer a duke’s heart, she decides to enlist the aid of the notorious Harry, 6th Earl of Stanhope. A scoundrel with a scandalous past, he is the last gentleman she'd ever wed...however, his reputation marks him the perfect man to school her in the art of seduction so she might ensnare the illustrious Duke of Crawford. Harry, the Earl of Stanhope is a jaded, cynical rogue who lives for his own pleasures. Having been thrown over by the only woman he ever loved so she could wed a duke, he’s not at all surprised when Lady Anne approaches him with her scheme to capture another duke’s affection. He’s come to appreciate that all women are in fact greedy, title-grasping, self-indulgent creatures. And with Anne’s history of grating on his every last nerve, she is the last woman he’d ever agree to school in the art of seduction. Only his friendship with the lady’s sister compels him to help. What begins as a pretend courtship, born of lessons on seduction, becomes something more, leaving Anne to decide if she can give her heart to a reckless rogue, and Harry must decide if he’s willing to again trust in a lady’s love.