The Rakehell Regency Series by Sorcha MacMurrough

Book 1 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series A Desperate Gamble … on Love! Wealthy heiress Vanessa Hawkesworth is offered as the stake in a card game by her half-brother Gerald in order to cover his gambling debts. Clifford Stone, their nearest neighbor, only agrees to play for her hand in marriage in order to free her from Gerald’s excesses. Clifford is fascinated by the lovely if unworldly young bluestocking... moreBook 1 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series A Desperate Gamble … on Love! Wealthy heiress Vanessa Hawkesworth is offered as the stake in a card game by her half-brother Gerald in order to cover his gambling debts. Clifford Stone, their nearest neighbor, only agrees to play for her hand in marriage in order to free her from Gerald’s excesses. Clifford is fascinated by the lovely if unworldly young bluestocking. As his attraction grows, so too does his certainty that his new-found love is in increasing danger from malevolent forces who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to seize her newly-acquired fortune. Vanessa must learn to trust a complete stranger with her heart, and her entire life. Stunned at her new fiance's accusations against Gerald, she is sure she is going mad, torn between loyalty to her family and the wildfire passion that flares every time Clifford touches her. As new a series of crimes in the district threatens her new-found love and happiness, Vanessa must gamble all herself in order to protect her beloved Clifford, and bring the men responsible to justice before it's too late. "I shall try to trust you. It will be hard, but I shall try." Clifford kissed her hand, and she ventured to stroke his thick golden locks. "Vanessa," he whispered as he straightened. She stretched up to plant a sweet kiss upon his lips. It soon flared out of control as the light bristle of his chin rasped her tender flesh, sending shivers of delight up and down her spine. She wanted more than a simple chaste peck, oh, so much more. She opened her mouth under his, and allowed her tongue to dart between his lips, tasting him like fine wine. He permitted her to explore, but as his desire began to scorch them both, he pulled away trembling. "Friday. We must wed Friday. Not a day later. Promise me," he pleaded urgently. "Yes, Clifford, oh, yes," she panted, as she reached for his cravat… The Mad Mistress Book 1, The Rakehell Regency Series Sorcha MacMurrough Setting: Regency England, 1812 Word Count: 101,000 Rating: Mildly sensual HerStoryBooks.com Also by Sorcha MacMurrough The Missed Match, Book 2 of The Rakehell Regency Series The Miss Matched The Matchless Miss The Scarred Heart Guardian of the Heart The Mistaken Miss The Model Master The Model Mistress Innocence Innocence Afire less

The Missed Match Book 2, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series The wrong man! The right woman.... Thomas Eltham, the Duke of Ellesmere, is about to give up any hope of winning the woman of his dreams, beautiful heiress Charlotte Castlemaine, when he overhears the most shocking plot against her by Thomas's worst enemy, Herbert Paxton. Her erstwhile friends hope to convince her to elope with Herbert in order to get her fortune and divide it up amongst themselves once she is dead... moreThe Missed Match Book 2, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series The wrong man! The right woman.... Thomas Eltham, the Duke of Ellesmere, is about to give up any hope of winning the woman of his dreams, beautiful heiress Charlotte Castlemaine, when he overhears the most shocking plot against her by Thomas's worst enemy, Herbert Paxton. Her erstwhile friends hope to convince her to elope with Herbert in order to get her fortune and divide it up amongst themselves once she is dead. Death would be a mercy for Charlotte. Thomas knows only too well what will happen to her at Herbert's hands. Another young woman Thomas once cared for was ruined and left mad by the vile seducer-Thomas is determined that the unsuspecting Charlotte will not share the same fate. Haunted by his past, the Duke sets out to save Charlotte by preventing the elopement--even if it means marrying her himself! Charlotte is just about to elope with Herbert, the man of her dreams when fate takes a hand in the form of the handsome Duke. Only a few sensual minutes in Thomas' carriage nearly proves her undoing. No other man's kisses have ever left her so filled with longing, not even her intended's. When her elopement is discovered by her family, she is trapped between telling the truth, and risking losing everything, or playing along with the Duke's shocking explanation of why they are together: that they are in love and were heading to Gretna Green to marry! Charlotte’s passionate response to the Duke every touch and kiss is bad enough. The fact that Thomas persists in making wedding plans even though he knows she is in love with another seems a disaster of the worse magnitude. Yet the passion they share cannot be denied. As they grow ever closer, the couple finds themselves caught up in an inferno of desire, jealousy, suspicion and revenge which can only have one outcome: Thomas, a former soldier in the wars again Napoleon, must fight for the woman he loves and all he holds dear in a winner-take-all battle that has fateful consequences not only for Thomas and Charlotte's future, but the whole of England itself. Will Charlotte prove Thomas’ ally, or foe? Can she ever come to love this stranger with kisses like fire? Or will she flee from the desire that blazes within her at his merest touch, right into the hands of their waiting enemies... AN EXCERPT FROM THE MISSED MATCH: She trembled in the Duke's arms, wracking her brain for the little she knew of him. She had never sensed even the slightest hint of impropriety. She had seen him everywhere she had visited, always in the background, hardly speaking to her, yet always seeming as if he were on the watch for something. The perfect wife, no doubt. On the whole she could not help envy the lucky woman just a little. But all thoughts turned to Herbert once more as they neared the carriage which would take her on her journey to love and freedom. “Really, there’s no need to carry me.The road is paved here. I can walk.” “Nonsense, we’re nearly at the carriage.A little further will not inconvenience me, and you certainly would not want to run away, as it were, with a turned ankle.” She wondered if he was not holding her a bit more tightly than the occasion warranted. Her bosom was pressed against his broad chest most intimately. One simple movement of his head would bring his finely chiseled, sensuous lips down upon hers. She wondered if what happened next was her fault for staring at him so. If the wish gave birth to the deed. For as he strode to the waiting vehicle and swung her up into the open carriage door, his mouth swooped down upon hers… Setting: Regency England, 1813 Genre: Regency Romance Rating: Sensual, less

The Miss Matched Book 3, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Too Many Men? Lovely heiress Pamela Ashton finds herself driven to distraction by the number of suitors beating a path to her door now that she has inherited most of her father's estate. From the handsome but dull Earl of Ferncliffe, to the dashing but poor Captain Breedon, she is confronted with a bewildering array of men all determined to make her their own... moreThe Miss Matched Book 3, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Too Many Men? Lovely heiress Pamela Ashton finds herself driven to distraction by the number of suitors beating a path to her door now that she has inherited most of her father's estate. From the handsome but dull Earl of Ferncliffe, to the dashing but poor Captain Breedon, she is confronted with a bewildering array of men all determined to make her their own. But does Pamela want to be a mere ornament or possession of a greedy fortune-hunter? A breeder of children and the queen of gossip and sewing? Or is she destined for something greater? Only the debonair local minister Jonathan Deveril seems to view Pamela as something other than a bank account or status symbol. Is it possible that Jonathan holds the key to her future, and her heart? Jonathan's dark past holds shadowy secrets. As Pamela and Jonathan grow ever closer, their increasing intimacy becomes plain for all to see. The heat between them simply cannot be denied. But the mysterious forces from Jonathan's former life catch up with him, putting all he loves in peril. Soon Jonathan is accused of betraying Pamela in the worst possible way. Have all their heated embraces been nothing more than a lie? Pamela must risk all, her heart, even her life, to win Jonathan's love, and secure the happily ever after they both ache for.... AN EXCERPT FROM THE MISS MATCHED: Pamela's chain of thought was interrupted by the carriage jolting over a large stone, causing them to tumble about dangerously. Pamela snatched for the coach strap, but not before she was flung forward and landed squarely on Jonathan’s chest. "Oh, Lord, save me," Jonathan gritted out. Then he did the one thing he had sworn he would NEVER do. He kissed Pamela with all the pent-up longings he had tried so hard to deny. Jonathan's blood surged both above and below his waist. His pulse pounded in his brain as his lips feasted upon Pamela's, begging, pleading with her for love, understanding, compassion. He pulled her tightly to him, and she melted into his arms bonelessly. There was no struggle, nothing but a slight surprise before she started kissing him back as though she were trying to bestow her whole soul upon him. To grant him ownership of her body, mind and spirit. His mouth slanted across hers to deepen the kiss. He stroked his hands up and down her slender waist, seeking to draw her in still further. Oh, thank you, Lord, was her only thought as she plummeted into the whirlpool of passion only Jonathan's kiss could create. This was how it was meant to be between them, she was sure. Nowhere else could she feel so joyous. No one else could excite her so. She looped her arms around his neck. Chest to chest, waist to waist, she merged as one with the man she loved body and soul. And he loved her, she was certain of it. Surely no man could ever kiss with such devastating thoroughness, such passionate intensity, and merely be toying with a woman. At last, she had his true feelings from his own lips, as they fastened upon her own and promised eternity.... The Miss Matched Book 3, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Word count=93,000, approx 250 8.5 x 11" pages Genre: Regency Romance, Suspense romance Rating: Sensual The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Book 1-The Mad Mistress 2-The Missed Match 3-The Miss Matched 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 7-The Mistaken Miss 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless 16-Madness less

Off the shelf, into the fire! England, 1814 Lovely Sarah Deveril lives quietly with her brother Jonathan in the rolling English countryside, until her life is turned upside down by a handsome yet mysterious stranger who arrives at her door one dark, stormy night. The blind and wounded former soldier claims HIS name is Jonathan Deveril, propelling Sarah into a bizarre series of events as she tries to help the man she calls "Alexander" discover his true identity... moreOff the shelf, into the fire! England, 1814 Lovely Sarah Deveril lives quietly with her brother Jonathan in the rolling English countryside, until her life is turned upside down by a handsome yet mysterious stranger who arrives at her door one dark, stormy night. The blind and wounded former soldier claims HIS name is Jonathan Deveril, propelling Sarah into a bizarre series of events as she tries to help the man she calls "Alexander" discover his true identity. Taking pity on the desperate, and exceptionally handsome gentleman, Sarah nurses him back to health. Their relationship grows closer, and ever more intimate, until it spills over into the most thrilling passion. Though wealthy and beautiful, Sarah has never met any man who stirred her heart, but one touch from Alexander is enough to set her on fire. Alexander has never known any woman could be so sensual, and he revels in the rare gift of love, even though he is sure he will lose Sarah once they discover who he really is. He fears his dark shadowy past, who he is, what he might have done during the Napoleonic Wars... For the more Alexander learns about his true identity, the more certain he is that his very presence in her house is putting Sarah in danger. Yet their affair is like a heady drug, causing him to linger with the passionate woman who has come to mean more to him than life itself. Soon enough, Alexander's enemies move against him. Alexander and Sarah must face his horrendous past head on if they are ever to get to the bottom of who is trying to kill him and why. Only Sarah stands between Alexander and certain death in a race against time as his unseen enemies swarm in the shadows. Can Sarah find the truth and save her one true love before it's too late? Or will their love become just another casualty of the long, terrible war? An excerpt from The Matchless Miss: "Yes, can I help you?" Sarah said, raising her voice above the whistling wind. "Is this the home of Jonathan Deveril?" the tall, shabbily-dressed man asked. Sarah struggled to keep the door from being torn out of her grasp and nodded and smiled. "Yes, that's right." He stepped up into the small porch. "Major Jonathan Deveril?" "Yes, he did hold that rank not so long ago." The dark-haired stranger, who looked to be in his late twenties, fumbled with his hat and stared at her. "He isn't at home. Is there something I can assist you with?" "It's just that, well- Do you not recognize me?" He held out his hand in mute appeal. Sarah realized with a start that he was blind. She stared at the handsome face, with a high brow, elegant nose, and the most piercing pair of pale golden eyes she had ever seen. An aquiline nose, generous lips, and a finely-hewn chin with a cleft completed his god-like appearance. The only mar to his absolute perfection was a scar which ran from the corner of his left eye back into his hairline, giving him a Devil-may-care look which was both stirring and disturbing. "No. I've never seen you before. Should I know you?" she asked in confusion. "Yes, of course, if I have the right house. My name is Jonathan Deveril." The Matchless Miss Sorcha MacMurrough Regency Romance, Suspense Romance Rating=Very Sensual, multiple detailed love scenes Word Count=97,000 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sorcha MacMurrough is a multi-published author from Ireland who has taught English literature and English and Irish history. She has lived all over the UK and Ireland, including London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. Her favorite cities to live in or visit are Bath and York. less

Book 5, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Living and loving on a razor's edge... Lovely Elizabeth Eltham, beloved sister of the Duke of Ellesmere, travels to her estate in Ireland with her brother to try to put the past behind them after the tragic death of their sister Jane. Romance is the last thing on her mind as she helps set to rights the run-down estate... moreBook 5, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Living and loving on a razor's edge... Lovely Elizabeth Eltham, beloved sister of the Duke of Ellesmere, travels to her estate in Ireland with her brother to try to put the past behind them after the tragic death of their sister Jane. Romance is the last thing on her mind as she helps set to rights the run-down estate. But a chance meeting with a dashing stranger in a mysterious cave is enough to awaken Elizabeth as a woman ripe for passion, and the love of the right man. Everyone she meets longs to marry a Duke’s daughter; she must trust her instincts to choose the one man who loves her body and soul. Elizabeth is presented with a dazzling array of suitors--which one's kisses and embraces in the cave set her body afire and promise an eternity of sensual bliss? An eternity put at risk all too soon, as Elizabeth and beloved must move heaven and earth to uncover the nest of traitors that has been operating in the area, and stop an invasion of her home by Napoleon's troops... AN EXCERPT FROM THE SCARRED HEART: “Elizabeth,” the mysterious man murmured, her name upon his lips sounding like a tender vow that the most sensual delights would soon be hers. “I shall see you again soon, my most beautiful Elizabeth. Just promise me, darling, you’ll never tell anyone about this place, our secret haven. If you promise, then one day soon, you shall be mine.” She would have asked a million questions, and yet only one: Will you make me yours now? Her enigmatic lover had stilled, waiting for her answer, one hand now poised around her tender throat. She whispered, “I promise. You and the cave are mine. I don’t want to share you with anyone. I want you.” His hand between her thighs stroking her, and his mouth descending upon hers once more, silenced her utterly. She had no urge to ask him any more questions. All she wanted was to let the incredible sensations wash over her like the thundering tide. Elizabeth felt a flood of heat fly upwards to her face, downwards toward her hips. As one of his fingers pressed in deeply, she dug her nails into the bare flesh of his back and mewled like a kitten. He laughed tenderly against her lips, and moved his finger and thumb. An inward quiver so strong it shook her from head to toe rippled through Elizabeth, causing her to gasp and pull away, open-mouthed with desire. “Don’t be afraid. It’s only the beginning. A bit of light loving. I won’t damage you. Enjoy this, and keep it locked in your memory until next we’re alone, my love.” His hand moved again, and a rainbow sparkled in her head. Elizabeth gasped, writhed, and panted, her eyes tightly shut, swirling like a feather wafted by a hurricane…. Setting: Ireland, 1814 Word Count=82,000 (approx 300 8.5 x 11" pages) Rating: Very Sensual, several explicit love scenes throughout the novel The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Book 1-The Mad Mistress 2-The Missed Match 3-The Miss Matched 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 7-The Mistaken Miss 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless 16-Madness less

The ULTIMATE temptation! Arabella meets handsome Dr. Blake Sanderson amid a coaching accident on the road between London and Bath. Their lives all in peril amid a blizzard, they work together to get everyone in the coach to warmth and safety, growing in intimacy and passion with every passing moment. Blake and Arabella are stunned at their heated desire for one another, and try to go their separate ways... moreThe ULTIMATE temptation! Arabella meets handsome Dr. Blake Sanderson amid a coaching accident on the road between London and Bath. Their lives all in peril amid a blizzard, they work together to get everyone in the coach to warmth and safety, growing in intimacy and passion with every passing moment. Blake and Arabella are stunned at their heated desire for one another, and try to go their separate ways. Arabella was hurrying to Town to meet the new guardian her brother Peter arranged for her prior to his leaving for India: who turns out to be Blake himself! Arabella is devastated at the news. The only man she has ever ached for seems to view her as little more than an unwelcome burden to be married off to the first suitor he deems appropriate. Blake is determined to do his duty despite his desperate yearnings for Arabella. But as the most eligible bachelors in London and Bath pursue her, Blake realizes that he has done the one thing forbidden him: fallen passionately in love with Arabella. As their enemies swarm around the sensual couple to tear them apart, their only safe haven is in each other's arms. Their only joy is the bone-melting passion they share. Soon Blake is accused of the most dreadful crimes. Will Arabella trust in their love, or think Blake as guilty as the rest of the world appears to? In a race against time, Blake must risk all to uncover the identity of the real criminal and save his beloved before Arabella becomes the next victim. AN EXCERPT FROM GUARDIAN OF THE HEART: God, it was so cold. Only a bit further, please. I need to keep them safe, Blake prayed. To warm himself against the bitter chill, Blake replayed the kiss he had shared with Belle hours before. It had been honey-sweet, and made him forget for a moment even his own terrible past. He could taste dew, smell freshly mown grass, feel the glorious sunshine upon his face, the warmth penetrating his bones, his soul… A new life. Spring was the season, flowers, bees, pollen, everything fresh and new, like her skin, her hair…. Unbound, flowing over Blake’s bare body like a river as it cascaded down her shoulders, covering her voluptuous breasts, which peeped through the raven tresses. It was a stark contrast, the pink, white and black. Belle was cradling his head against her, one nipple sliding unerringly into his mouth to nurture him, fill him with longing…. He could hear the shouts, the sound of running feet, the flinging open of the coach doors. He felt a little hand upon his shoulder, a delicate caress of his face. “Come, Blake, it’s over now. You’re safe. We’re safe. I’ll look after you.” "Belle, my love." Then he was moving, sliding downwards, stumbling, his arms around her shoulders… Her bare shoulders, so creamy and soft, her slender throat. He kissed them all, then her rosy lips as his legs moved over hers. He moved inside the warm circle of her arms, her body, and the sun blazed anew in all its glory, blinding him with its brilliance as she shimmered all around him, hot, wet, loving, a taste of heaven on earth as he poured out all his pent-up yearnings into her… === Guardian of the Heart Book 6, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Setting: Regency England, 1814 Word count: 116,500, approx. 400 8.5 x 11" pages Rating: Quite Sensual, multiple love scenes throughout. less

The Mistaken Miss Book 7 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough The wrong woman! Philip Marshall’s plans to elope with Johanna Otway go awry when her twin sister Jasmine appears on his doorstep trying to prevent her sibling’s ruination at the hands of London’s most infamous rake. But the man Jasmine meets is completely different from what she ever expected. Far from saving her sister, Jasmine is plunged headlong into disaster, and Philip’s bed... moreThe Mistaken Miss Book 7 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough The wrong woman! Philip Marshall’s plans to elope with Johanna Otway go awry when her twin sister Jasmine appears on his doorstep trying to prevent her sibling’s ruination at the hands of London’s most infamous rake. But the man Jasmine meets is completely different from what she ever expected. Far from saving her sister, Jasmine is plunged headlong into disaster, and Philip’s bed. For he does not realize the passionate woman he takes into his embrace is definitely NOT the arctic Johanna until it's too late. Philip had fully intended to ruin the Otway family through the seduction of their heiress. He had no idea a younger, nearly identical twin sister even existed. Now he finds himself drawn to Jasmine in the most unexpected ways. Who has seduced whom? Will his erotic passions be the making of Jasmine, or bring about her ruin? Frederick Otway is relentless in his hatred of Philip and his family. He would rather see his daughter Jasmine dead than happily in love with Philip. Frederick sets about ruining both their lives with the deft skill of a cat playing with a mouse. Johanna too is livid at losing her rich, handsome conquest to her quiet little bluestocking of a sister, and is determined to seduce Philip away from Jasmine, the better to help Frederick ruin him. Jasmine and Philip share the most compelling erotic connection, but is that enough to build a solid marriage upon? Jasmine must trust her whole life to a shadowy stranger, and uncover the truth about her family and the destruction her father has caused if she and Philip are ever to have a future together. Philip must atone for his past crimes and come to terms with his horrendous secrets if he is ever to win the love of the remarkable woman whom a strange quirk of Fate has bestowed upon him. An Excerpt from The Mistaken Miss: As Jasmine licked her lips nervously, Philip made his move. She was stunned by the kiss, for the last thing she had ever expected was that the man her sister was getting ready to elope with would actually DARE to presume… But even more stunning was that rather than filling her with revulsion, Jasmine found her arms creeping around his neck, her lips pressing even more tightly to his own. His busy hands were already tumbling her thick luxuriant fall of honey-blond hair down over her shoulders, running his fingers through it to loosen the braids so that it flowed freely over her curved back and down across her breasts. She held her breath as he stroked one tress from the top of her head down past her cheek, neck, shoulder, and finally her bosom. One hand on her back arched her chest upwards to press tightly to his, and she could feel herself stroking his silk waistcoat, insinuating her fingers into the space between the buttons in an effort to grasp her reeling world and the incredible man who held her in his arms... Word Count: 93,800, approx 350 8.5 x 11" pages Rating: Extremely Sensual, many detailed love scenes throughout the entire book The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Book 1-The Mad Mistress 2-The Missed Match 3-The Miss Matched 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless 16-Madness less

The Model Master Book 8 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series A chance at redemption...and a love worth fighting for? Fiercely handsome Michael Avenel has been to hell and back during the Peninsular War. Paralyzed from the waist down, he is convinced his life is over until a desperate young woman comes to his door one fateful night. Lovely Bryony Wells was forced to endure an abusive marriage for the sake of her sons... moreThe Model Master Book 8 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series A chance at redemption...and a love worth fighting for? Fiercely handsome Michael Avenel has been to hell and back during the Peninsular War. Paralyzed from the waist down, he is convinced his life is over until a desperate young woman comes to his door one fateful night. Lovely Bryony Wells was forced to endure an abusive marriage for the sake of her sons. Once she is widowed, and her eldest boy inherits, she is terrified at what her evil in-laws will do to them all in order to secure the fortune for themselves, and flees. On the run with her two small sons, she is at her wit's end until she stumbles into Michael’s life…and heart. He offers the destitute and desperate woman a decent job and home. She grows determined to repay Michael's kindness by bringing him out of his black despair, and helping him walk again. Bryony becomes his secretary, and finds Michael a model employer, with his mastery soon extending to her body and soul. For as their intimacy increases, Bryony is certain she is falling in love with Michael, and that her feelings might actually be returned. The heated passion Michael feels for Bryony spurs hm into trying to recover his health so he can be the man and incredible lover he feels she deserves. He starts to dare hope that the woman he has come to love above all else might actually be his for the asking, the family he has always dreamed of as well. But soon Bryony's evil brother in law Derek makes his move. Michael encounters a cunning enemy from his worst nightmare. Can Michael ever be the hero Bryony needs him to be? Can Bryony ever escape the ghosts from her past, and through her love for Michael, help him escape from his own? AN EXCERPT FROM THE MODEL MASTER: Michael’s eyes flew open and he snatched at her wrist, sorely tempted by her caress, but petrified of his own reaction. Of ruining everything he had built between them, everything he had come to love about his new life with her as his companion. “This is madness. You can’t possibly-” “I do. I do want you, Michael,” she protested, her voice trembling with urgent need. “You’ve been kind, generous, tender with me. Tender with the children. Why should I not feel attracted to you? Desire you?” Michael gave a snort of self-mocking laughter. “You can have your pick of any eligible and successful man about Town. How can I ever compete with that?” Bryony stroked his face lovingly. “You’re right. There is no competition. I went for eligible and successful once before, and look at the disaster which befell me. “It wasn’t love. It was infatuation. The product of the idle fantasies of a young girl with no understanding of the world, or men. "I’ve learned some hard lessons since then. One of them is that true love exists. In all of the most unlikely places, true, but it does exist. I know because I’ve found it here with you." "Bryony—" She shook her head. “I’m not asking you to love me in return, Michael. Just let me love you. Let me move our relationship forward to the final physical one. We’ve shared everything else. Why not that? I need to know. Need to be one with you. I find I long for you so badly, I can barely stop my hands from shaking when I touch you. The thought of you touching me arouses my body so, I can scarcely breathe.” He stared at her, hardly daring to believe her words. “No, it’s not possible…” The Model Master Words=85,600, approx. 258 8x11 pp Rating: Very sensual/spicy, multiple explicit love scenes throughout the book The Rakehell Regency Romance Series 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 7-The Mistaken Miss 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless 16-Madness Please see the Discussion area below for free chapters and more. less

Book 9, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Steamy Forbidden Passion… Martin Jerome has been a shadow of his former self ever since he and his new bride were attacked by highwaymen on their wedding night four years before. The dark secrets of that fateful evening have haunted Martin ever since. A chance meeting with lovely Eswara Paignton opens up a whole new world of passionate possibilities... moreBook 9, The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Steamy Forbidden Passion… Martin Jerome has been a shadow of his former self ever since he and his new bride were attacked by highwaymen on their wedding night four years before. The dark secrets of that fateful evening have haunted Martin ever since. A chance meeting with lovely Eswara Paignton opens up a whole new world of passionate possibilities. Eswara, a healer from India, can sense Martin's inner turmoil and despair, and longs to help him heal and be able to love again. Martin finds himself seeking out the alluring widow's company more and more. Both silently ache for the other. Both know the potential consequences of becoming lovers in their rigid society. The more they struggle against their attraction, the more certain they become that their explosive passion is truly a gift from the gods. Eswara opens up the world of Tantra to Martin, with the most erotic results. She becomes the model mistress, in bed and out. Martin aches to be worthy of her in order to marry her. Does Martin dare tell her what REALLY happened the fateful night his wife was killed? Just when he is about to bare his soul to Eswara, she and her son Ash vanish. Martin is devastated at the loss of the only woman he has ever loved more than life itself, and the young man he has come to look upon as his own. Has Eswara REALLY just tired of their affair, or has the hell he went through four years ago come back to haunt him and destroy his happiness once more..... AN EXCERPT: "You're easily the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on," Martin said candidly. "Thank you. But you need someone your own age to-" "I don't need anyone now," Martin said, his tone grim. Eswara could see his face closing up again as it had before. "No, not now. True. But one day. In the meantime, you have to promise me you'll continue your explorations of your inner being and self so that when it does happen, you'll be ready. After all, I stopped at your waist. There is so much more fun to be had." She gave him a long look, causing his manhood to surge against the sheets. "Just wait until you get to your feet. Toes can be wonderful things." She winked, and thus managed to coax a grudging smile from him. "More tea?" "No, I think I can sleep now, if you'll do one more thing for me." "If I can." "Stroke my face until I fall asleep? And a kiss goodnight, and one from me thanking you for everything you've done wouldn't be too terrible, would it? Between friends, right?" "No, not terrible at all. You first." Martin raised her hand to his lips gallantly. Now it was her turn.... Eswara debated with herself the wisdom of what she was about to do. She could just peck him back and have done with it. But this evening had been all about his pleasure, and hers too if the truth be told. Summoning up all her imagination and desire, she bent her head and put her lips to his. Thinking all the while of his magnificent bare body right underneath the covers, so close yet so far, she kissed him ardently. Martin groaned as the kiss deepened and she explored his mouth thoroughly. She could feel his body vibrating underneath the sheets. She lifted her mouth slightly to nibble his full bottom lip, and sucked it into her own mouth. His breath came in heavy rasps and she had to admit her own respiration none too steady. Kissing Martin was like nothing Eswara had ever experienced. It was like a hurricane rushing through the room to tug at her clothes, and blow all of her defenses down flat…. Word Count=130,000 words, 400 8.5" x 11 pages Rating: Extremely Sensual love scenes throughout the book The Rakehell Regency Romance Series 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 7-The Mistaken Miss 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless 16-Madness less

Innocence Book 10 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Word Count=88,000 words, over 300 8.5 x 11" pages Rating: Extremely sensual, multiple love scenes throughout the novel Randall Avenel the Earl of Hazelmere’s plans for a liaison with the talented courtesan known as ‘The Eternal Virgin’ go awry when impoverished heiress Isolde Drake appears on his doorstep to apply for the job of paid companion to his aging mother... moreInnocence Book 10 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Word Count=88,000 words, over 300 8.5 x 11" pages Rating: Extremely sensual, multiple love scenes throughout the novel Randall Avenel the Earl of Hazelmere’s plans for a liaison with the talented courtesan known as ‘The Eternal Virgin’ go awry when impoverished heiress Isolde Drake appears on his doorstep to apply for the job of paid companion to his aging mother. Isolde's former fiance Chauncey Howell has sent her unescorted to Randall's home in order to get revenge on them both. The Earl is known as the most prominent rake of the Ton. Isolde stepping foot in his house by herself will bring about such scandal, it is sure to ruin her. Chauncey hopes to provoke a duel with his unsuspecting enemy Randall, and force innocent Isolde into his own bed in order to save her reputation. Chauncey doesn’t foresee Isolde’s overwhelming desire for Randall, or the fascination the beautiful and spirited young woman begins to exert upon the world-weary rake tormented by his own sins. Who has seduced whom? Has the jaded young Earl met his match at last? Only by coming to terms with his shadowy past and the crimes he is sure he is guilty of, can Randall ever be free to find true love at last. Only through learning about the enigmatic woman whom his enemy has bestowed upon him, can Randall face the future, and allow his experience to be tempered by innocence. Randall and Isolde are forced to trust one another if they are to ever vanquish his dark past, and the enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy both of them…. AN EXCERPT FROM INNOCENCE: “I am mad, darling Isolde,” he said, taking her hand to kiss it once more. "Mad for you to be my wife, to give yourself to me in every way. And to let me give myself to you the way I’ve never given myself to any woman.” Randall reached for her waist now, but she suddenly grew fearful of the raging passion that tore through her with his slightest touch. “This is too much,” she said, cowering away from his questing hands. “Please. Just let me go. I want to go home to Surrey.” His face fell. “I can’t be responsible for your ruin like this.” “You aren’t. Howell will be if he bruits it about. But you cannot be given a life sentence for a crime you did not commit.” "What if I want to be prisoner to your charms, Isolde, without any hope of parole?" "Please, Randall, this is no laughing matter, and I would not want you condemned to a life of misery." “But what if that's all I deserve?” he said under his breath. She stared at him, aghast. “You want to PUNISH yourself by marrying me? What on earth—” He reached for her with desperate eagerness, desire shining in his lapis blue eyes. “No! No, not at all. I want and need you. I would be lost if you walked out that door now without giving me a chance to redeem myself. Please, Isolde, I need you. Stay with me, all night, every night...” Setting: Regency London and Bath Word Count=88,000 words Rating: Extremely sensual, multiple love scenes throughout the novel The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Book 1-The Mad Mistress 2-The Missed Match 3-The Miss Matched 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 7-The Mistaken Miss 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless less

Ravished Book 12 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Rakish Matthew Dane is out on the Town for a bit of adventure and variety. Visiting a new brothel he has never tried before, he is presented with the most delectable woman he has ever seen, who is tied to the bed and blindfolded... moreRavished Book 12 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Rakish Matthew Dane is out on the Town for a bit of adventure and variety. Visiting a new brothel he has never tried before, he is presented with the most delectable woman he has ever seen, who is tied to the bed and blindfolded. Thinking it is no more than an erotic game, Matthew and the alluring young woman share the ultimate bliss--until he takes off her blindfold, and discovers he has just made love to the last woman he ever expected to see in such a depraved place: his chaste young cousin Althea. Kidnapped from her home, drugged with opium and sold, the orphaned Althea has no recollection of how she got there, and is terrified that whoever grabbed her will try to seize her again. All she knows is that she has always desired Matthew, and Fate seems to have presented her with all she could wish for in their passionate encounters. Matthew is torn between his yearnings for Althea, with every touch and look leaving him craving more of her sensual sweetness, and his shock at what he has done. He is even more haunted by what might have happened if he had not come along in time to save her. Yet to seek her kidnappers is to put her at risk all over again. Althea has been in love with Matthew for as long as she can remember. Tired of being treated like a victim or empty-headed Society belle, she wages a campaign to put behind her the traumatic ordeal which brought them together so unexpectedly. Althea is willing to fight using every weapon in her arsenal to win Matthew's love, and stop her husband from seeking solace with the many women who wish to be his mistress, including cunning Matilda and manipulative Georgina Jerome. When another young woman goes missing near her childhood home, Althea must risk all in a depraved and deadly game to save the kidnapped girl. Althea will stop at nothing to uncover the identity of the criminal mastermind who has engineered the ring of debauchery lurking under the pleasant facade of aristocratic society.Can Matthew save his one true love before it’s too late? AN EXCERPT FROM RAVISHED: Althea was indeed a virgin, but she was not naïve. There was no mistaking what was about to happen next. She tried one last gambit to get him to realize who she really was before it was too late. She had to stop the wildfire passion between them, and make him understand that she was not tied to the bed in this out of the way brothel by choice. “Matthew, please, you need to think what you’re doing. If this is what you really want.” “Do you want me?” he asked, stroking down her neck, his hands all over her breasts, abdomen, and buttocks. She had never lied to her cousin, and so even now in this moment of crisis she told him the absolute truth. “I’ve always wanted you, Matthew. You know that. From the first moment I saw you a fully grown man, so tall and broad and handsome, and so well, virile, I couldn’t help myself. I knew you would be magnificent. Naked as you are now, well. Words fails me. And the way you touch me? But we need to leave, we must hurry-” “We have all the time in the world. You just said you wanted me, after all. And I most certainly want you.” Rating: Extremely sensual Setting: Regency England Word Count: 82,000, approx 300 8.5 x 11" pages Reviews: “A remarkable blend of eroticism, mystery and suspense. It certainly gave me all kinds of goosebumps. Her heroes are always sexy, her villains really spine-tinglingly nasty. Another worthy addition to this fabulous series, and a super opportunity to catch up with your favourite Rakehells, who are all in top form. less

Experience Book 13 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough On the eve of his wedding, Lawrence Howard's simple mistake regarding an address propels him straight into the arms of Juliet Lyons Dane, an unworldly young girl just up from the country for her first London Season. Lawrence is convinced he is spending his last night as a bachelor with the capital's newest sensational Bird of Paradise. But his final fling brings with it the most shocking consequences... moreExperience Book 13 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough On the eve of his wedding, Lawrence Howard's simple mistake regarding an address propels him straight into the arms of Juliet Lyons Dane, an unworldly young girl just up from the country for her first London Season. Lawrence is convinced he is spending his last night as a bachelor with the capital's newest sensational Bird of Paradise. But his final fling brings with it the most shocking consequences. Resentful of having been so compromised, and convinced he's been betrayed by her brother Matthew, a former business associate, Lawrence is determined to make Juliet suffer. He is certain that somehow she is part of a nefarious plot to ruin him and his family. That beneath her act of innocence lies an experienced woman of the world out to get whatever she wants. But the more Lawrence learns of Juliet, the more he recognizes his mistake. Suddenly he sees that innocent or experienced, Juliet is the perfect woman for him. Can Lawrence make his wife fall in love with him before it's too late? "Tell me what you're thinking right now," Lawrence demanded. "Thinking? Now?" Juliet gasped, her eyes already glazing over with passion as he moved under her and the coach vibrated over the ruts and fissures in the road. "Tell me." "That I've never known how such pleasure could exist. Oh my." "Look at me. No, don't close your eyes, look at me." She obeyed, fearful of the consequences, that he would pinch or twist the way some men had at soirees or assembly balls. Or worse still, that he would stop the compelling rhythm within her. "Tell me what it feels like." "Like my soul is being torn from me." His eyes narrowed. "A woman like you doesn't have a soul. Try again." "Like we're blending and fusing into a single entity. I can feel your heart beating with mine," she panted. "You haven't got a heart. Try again." "Like I want to take all of you inside me and never let go. Yet even as I do, you possess me utterly." He gave her a long slow caress at those words. "Yes, indeed I do. Then I'm just going to have to keep reminding you of that fact, aren't I? You're nothing and no one without me. Give up any notion of your family helping you, or you having been anything other than what you are now, what I choose to make you. Or not, as the case were. You're Juliet Howard now. Forget you ever heard the name Dane." "But I was never-" At her unwitting words which appeared to be of protest, he rose with her on his lap and flattened her onto the opposite seat. His body was never still upon, within her. "Tell me who you are." "Juliet Howard." "What are you?" "Your wife." "What else?" Mindless though she was with need, she was not going to say what he wanted her to. She was not. Juliet looked straight into his silvery eyes, and clamped her hands down on his buttocks, cupping the tight orbs as she arched up against him. "Whatever you think you want me to be, darling." Experience Sorcha MacMurrough Word Count: 116,000, Approx 344 8.5 x 11" pages Rating: Very sensual Also by the Author The Rakehell Regency Series The Mad Mistress The Missed Match The Miss Matched The Matchless Miss The Scarred Heart Guardian of the Heart The Mistaken Miss The Model Master The Model Mistress Innocence Innocence Afire Ravished The Model Husb less

The Model Husband Book 14 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Lovely but shy young Ellen Jerome seems to attract rakes like honey does flies. Handsome Indian doctor Ash Paignton rescues her from ruin at the hands of notorious fortune-hunter and Man About Town Timothy Bridges. Horrified by what nearly happened, Ellen seeks to retire from society and live the rest of her life in seclusion... moreThe Model Husband Book 14 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Lovely but shy young Ellen Jerome seems to attract rakes like honey does flies. Handsome Indian doctor Ash Paignton rescues her from ruin at the hands of notorious fortune-hunter and Man About Town Timothy Bridges. Horrified by what nearly happened, Ellen seeks to retire from society and live the rest of her life in seclusion. Ash sees a confused and wounded soul, and a spark of sensual fire within Ellen just waiting for the right man to nurture the flames. He helps her build her self-confidence, so she grows into a woman with choices, not a victim of circumstances. Ellen blossoms under Ash's tutelage in the ways of the world, and soon longs for lessons in love from the exotically handsome young doctor. She soon has a proposition for Ash: take her as his mistress to teach her the ways of the world. Ash has an even more daring counter-proposal: to take him as her husband, and live the life she has always dreamed of, even if it means defying all of upper-class English society. Ash must become the model husband in order to protect his new wife before her enemies, including her own sister Georgina, drive them from England, intent on destroying a love they don't understand: an explosive passion which threatens the very foundations of rigid English Society.... AN EXCERPT: As Ash escorted Ellen up to her bed chamber, she said quietly, “Thank you for bringing me to London. I’m sorry if I was difficult before. You’re a very kind person. I know you wouldn’t taunt me on purpose.” “I’m sorry for shocking you, Miss Jerome. I really do try to behave as you would like me to. I just despise these absurd social conventions, this ridiculous assigning of roles. How men and women should behave. How bare flesh should never be shown by a man, but a woman may display her cleavage to hundreds of men at a ball. “There are what, about five thousand aristocrats and their families in this country? Yet how many people are there in the rest of the world? How many different modes of living? Different societies? Even, I might add, societies in which the woman is in charge.” Her blond brows raised. “No, it’s not possible.” “I assure you it is. But that is a subject for tomorrow. I need my rest for the races out at Waltham. And you would love to see the old Abbey there, I’m sure.” She nodded. “Yes, indeed. Thank you for being so considerate.” “Then I shall eagerly look forward to the morning, and force myself to say good night, my dear.” He bowed over her hand. Ellen couldn't help herself any longer, and gave way to the desire that had burned within her ever since they had met. She brought her other one up to stroke his silken dark hair. He looked up at her in surprise, and traced his tongue over the back of the hand he was still holding, causing her to shiver in delight. Even more thrilling was when he turned it over and kissed her palm warmly, lingeringly. Ellen’s breath caught in her throat, and she gasped, “Oh, Ash, Ash, do we have to? Do we have to say good night?” Words=94,000 300 8.5x11 pp Rating: Very sensual, Tantric The Rakehell Regency Romance Series 1-The Mad Mistress 2-The Missed Match 3-The Miss Matched 4-The Matchless Miss 5-The Scarred Heart 6-Guardian of the Heart 7-The Mistaken Miss 8-The Model Master 9-The Model Mistress 10-Innocence 11-Innocence Afire 12-Ravished 13-Experience 14-The Model Husband 15-Ruthless 16-Madness less

Ruthless Book 15 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Alistair Grant prides himself on being an incorruptible barrister who defends those who need it most, even if it means running afoul of the Tory Government. Suddenly he finds himself a criminal on the run, falsely accused of murdering his client in Newgate Prison... moreRuthless Book 15 of The Rakehell Regency Romance Series Sorcha MacMurrough Alistair Grant prides himself on being an incorruptible barrister who defends those who need it most, even if it means running afoul of the Tory Government. Suddenly he finds himself a criminal on the run, falsely accused of murdering his client in Newgate Prison. The only witness to the crime is a handsome young man who gives him a lovely miniature of the most beautiful woman Alistair has ever seen, and sends him to The Three Bells tavern and brothel. Viola Morrison, an impoverished gentlewoman, lives in a secret room in the brothel, hidden there by her brother Sebastian, who fears his dubious business associates would be even more of a danger to her than the ladies of the evening. When Alistair comes to seek Viola, she is determined to help the attractive barrister discover the truth about who really killed his client. When Alistair’s house and office go up in flames, Viola and her mysterious friend George realise there is far more at stake than simply bringing a murderer to justice. When Alistair’s colleague Philip and his whole family are burnt to death in their house, Viola must follow her new-found love Alistair down the road of passion, death and revenge to the final, stunning revelation of the horrific conspiracy against them all. An excerpt from Ruthless: He blinked, drinking in the girl’s beauty. Never had he see a woman so fair. Her creamy skin, patrician features, lustrous green eyes, radiant skin, her mouth just made for kissing... She offered her lips up to him shyly, and he kissed her with glee. He tasted honey, spring flowers, and a spark of the divine as his lips glided along hers. He peeped his tongue into her mouth, deepening the kiss, yet knowing even as he did so that it would be impossible to stop. That he wanted and needed so much more. That he simply had to possess this woman, or die…. He touched every part of her body until he couldn’t even be sure which flesh was his, which hers. Her breasts, with their tightly ruched pink nipples, her delightful feminine core, thatched with tiny silky blonde curls, her slender hips and thighs. It was all his, and not his. For even as he possessed her body, dark, sinister claws snapped and grabbed, snatching the girl away from Alistair no matter how hard he tried to cling to her…. Ruthless Setting: Regency England Word Count=83,000, 289 8.5 x 11" pages Rating: Sensual, multiple explicit love scenes throughout the book Genres: Regency, romantic suspense, historical romance less

Freedom and love, or death… Gabrielle Howell enters the hellish asylum of Bedlam in London when her sister Lucinda is committed as insane by her husband the Earl of Oxnard. During a riot at the asylum, Gabrielle is rescued by a handsome inmate known only as Simon, who seems to make an awful lot of sense for someone supposedly deranged. Drugged and suffering from a mysterious malady, Simon cannot remember his past... moreFreedom and love, or death… Gabrielle Howell enters the hellish asylum of Bedlam in London when her sister Lucinda is committed as insane by her husband the Earl of Oxnard. During a riot at the asylum, Gabrielle is rescued by a handsome inmate known only as Simon, who seems to make an awful lot of sense for someone supposedly deranged. Drugged and suffering from a mysterious malady, Simon cannot remember his past. All his records seem to indicate he is a deadly killer incarcerated by his prominent family. But the more Gabrielle gets to know the fiercely intelligent and gentle man, the more she has her doubts that this could ever be true. Simon is principled, kind, and certainly no murderer, and transforms from loyal ally to the most magnificent lover. The passion that sparks between them is like nothing she has ever known, heady and addictive. Simon isn't sure if the gorgeous woman he has held in his arms is real, or a figment of his opium-addled brain. All he knows is, it's true love, a gift from the gods he will never give up, except in death. Simon refuses to be kept a prisoner any longer by the puppetmasters who have been pulling his strings ever since the war with Napoleon started. Trusting in his new-found love Gabrielle, Simon is willing to risk everything to defeat his captors, and the opium addiction they have caused by drugging him to keep him cooperative. Simon dares all to escape from Bedlam and come out of the shadows to live a normal life once more. Gabrielle begins to believe the impossible: that she can save Simon before it's too late and they can have a blissful future together. In a bold and daring move, she risks everything to heal Simon and rescue him from the living death he has been consigned to. Even as their love deepens, the danger closes in all around them, as Simon's employer tries to use him as a pawn one more time. Will allowing themselves to love one other prove to be Gabrielle and Simon's salvation, or sheer madness? less