Midnight Masquerade Series by Kate Harper

Widowed Grace Pemberton believes she has experienced all that life can offer in matters of the heart - until the night she dances with a handsome stranger at a masquerade ball... Her mystery man is perfect right up until the moment he removes his mask and Grace discovers she has made a terrible mistake. She had danced, and has been kissed, by the very devil himself, the Marquis of Morvyn. The man responsible for her husband's death.. moreWidowed Grace Pemberton believes she has experienced all that life can offer in matters of the heart - until the night she dances with a handsome stranger at a masquerade ball... Her mystery man is perfect right up until the moment he removes his mask and Grace discovers she has made a terrible mistake. She had danced, and has been kissed, by the very devil himself, the Marquis of Morvyn. The man responsible for her husband's death... A missing necklace, a friend in trouble and the dangerous machinations of a French spy complicate Grace's life even more. Can she withstand a man who seems destined to challenge her heart? Or will she succumb to the passion that threatens to overwhelm all of her good intentions? less

Isabella Hathaway has had the most awful year; her father committed suicide after gaming away the family fortune, her brother has been lost in the ongoing skirmishes with Bonaparte and her fiance jilted her. Little wonder her spirit is bruised. To provide for her two sisters, she must find a suitable husband, no easy thing when she has been living under a cloud of scandal. When Isabella is kidnapped from a masquerade ball, she thinks she is surely ruined... moreIsabella Hathaway has had the most awful year; her father committed suicide after gaming away the family fortune, her brother has been lost in the ongoing skirmishes with Bonaparte and her fiance jilted her. Little wonder her spirit is bruised. To provide for her two sisters, she must find a suitable husband, no easy thing when she has been living under a cloud of scandal. When Isabella is kidnapped from a masquerade ball, she thinks she is surely ruined. But that is before she comes to know the scatty, good natured Earl of Stornley and his devilishly handsome best friend, Harry Carstairs. Isabella and Stornely hatch a plan that will get her out of trouble and land him the girl of his dreams. With Harry's far from willing help, Isabella makes plans to secure a respectable match and put her problems behind her. She is sure it will all go just as she plans - if she can avoid the lure of the the wonderfully womanizing Mr. Carstairs who makes it clear he is not in need of a wife, although not at all adverse to getting to know Isabella a lot more intimately... less

Alexandra has been a wife in name only since her husband abandoned her four years before at the church, one very humiliating afternoon. Exasperated by his continued absence, she decides to take matters into her own hands, traveling up to London to put a daring plan into action. Lord Seddon has quite the reputation as a ladies man, but as the mysterious and alluring Mrs. Hermitage, Alex is determined to snare his interest and in doing so, extract her revenge... moreAlexandra has been a wife in name only since her husband abandoned her four years before at the church, one very humiliating afternoon. Exasperated by his continued absence, she decides to take matters into her own hands, traveling up to London to put a daring plan into action. Lord Seddon has quite the reputation as a ladies man, but as the mysterious and alluring Mrs. Hermitage, Alex is determined to snare his interest and in doing so, extract her revenge. Even if she must seduce her own husband to do obtain it... less