Daughters of Sin Series by Beverley Oakley

Lady Sybil’s perfect life is a perfect lie. Her husband spends more time with his beloved mistress and illegitimate children than he does with her. Worse, since he no longer beds her, they’re left with only a distant cousin as heir. While her husband lives, Sybil knows no erotic touches, no passion. No love. If her husband dies, her home will be entailed to Stephen, a stranger... moreLady Sybil’s perfect life is a perfect lie. Her husband spends more time with his beloved mistress and illegitimate children than he does with her. Worse, since he no longer beds her, they’re left with only a distant cousin as heir. While her husband lives, Sybil knows no erotic touches, no passion. No love. If her husband dies, her home will be entailed to Stephen, a stranger. When Stephen visits the property that will one day be his, he’s instantly ensnared in a web of lust, longing and lies. For how can he resist Lady Sybil, a woman so full of beauty and life? A woman who deserves to be loved and worshipped and set free from the gilded prison in which she’s trapped? Stephen is determined to show Lady Sybil every pleasure she’s been deprived of, even if it means being forever condemned in society’s eyes. Inside Scoop: This erotic Regency romance features an intense, taboo relationship between an older woman and a younger man. less

Two beautiful sisters - one an illegitimate governess, the other a celebrated debutante - compete for love amidst the scandal and intrigue of a Regency London Season.Lissa Hazlett lives life in the shadows. The beautiful, unacknowledged daughter of Viscount Partington earns her living as drudge to the social climbing Lamonts while her vain and spoiled half sister, Araminta, enjoys London's social whirl as its most feted debutante... moreTwo beautiful sisters - one an illegitimate governess, the other a celebrated debutante - compete for love amidst the scandal and intrigue of a Regency London Season.Lissa Hazlett lives life in the shadows. The beautiful, unacknowledged daughter of Viscount Partington earns her living as drudge to the social climbing Lamonts while her vain and spoiled half sister, Araminta, enjoys London's social whirl as its most feted debutante. When Lissa's rare talent as a portraitist brings her unexpectedly into the bosom of society - and into the midst of a scandal involving Araminta and suspected English traitor Lord Debenham - she finds an unlikely ally: charming and besotted Ralph Tunley, Lord Debenham's underpaid, enterprising secretary. Ralph can't afford to leave the employ of the villainous viscount much less keep a wife but as an accepted member of the ton he can help Lissa cleverly navigate a perilous web of lies that will ensure everyone gets what they deserve.THE MYSTERIOUS GOVERNESS is Book 3 in the Daughters of Sin series but can be read as a stand-alone as it features the sibling rivalry between Viscount Partington's two nobly-born and three illegitimate daughters from a completely different perspective.Book 1: Her Gilded Prison Book 2: Dangerous Gentlemen Book 3: The Mysterious Governess Book 4: Beyond Rubies Book 5: Lady Unveiled The Cuckold's Conspiracy less

Four very different sisters compete for love during an exciting London season: a celebrated actress with a heart of gold, a shy yet daring wallflower, and the artistic, illegitimate daughter of a nobleman. Caught up in a high-stakes game of intrigue and deceit orchestrated by their sister, the ton's reigning beauty, each must play their part to bring a dangerous traitor to justice while finding a man deserving of their love and special talents... moreFour very different sisters compete for love during an exciting London season: a celebrated actress with a heart of gold, a shy yet daring wallflower, and the artistic, illegitimate daughter of a nobleman. Caught up in a high-stakes game of intrigue and deceit orchestrated by their sister, the ton's reigning beauty, each must play their part to bring a dangerous traitor to justice while finding a man deserving of their love and special talents. Lady Unveiled ~ The Cuckold's Conspiracy is Book 5 in the Daughters of Sin Series. It follows Beyond Rubies and winds up the turbulent love affairs of Lord Partington's two nobly born, and two illegitimate, daughters. Kitty has the love of the man of her dreams but as London’s most acclaimed actress and a member of the demimondaine, she accepts she can never be kind and handsome Lord Silverton’s lawful wedded wife.   When Kitty comes to the aid of shy, accident-prone and kind-hearted Octavia Mandelton, her sense of justice leads to her making the most difficult decision of her life: Give up the man she loves for the sake of honour. For Octavia is still betrothed to Lord Silverton who’d rescued Kitty in dramatic circumstances only weeks before.   Cast adrift, Kitty joins forces with her sister, Lissa, a talented artist posing as a governess in order to bring to justice a dangerous spy, villainous Lord Debenham. Complicating matters is the fact Debenham is married to their half-sister, vain and beautiful Araminta.   However, Araminta has a dark secret which only Kitty knows and which she realizes she is duty-bound to expose if she’s to achieve justice and win happiness for deserving Lissa and Lissa’s enterprising sweetheart, Ralph Tunley, long-suffering secretary to Lord Debenham.   All seems set for a happy ending when Kitty tumbles into mortal danger. A danger from which only a truly honorable man can save her. A man like Silverton who must now make the hardest choice of his life if he’s to live with his conscience. Buy Lady Unveiled~The Cuckold Conspiracy to see how love, duty and honor dictate the just desserts of these four very different sisters. Book 1: Her Gilded Prison Book 2: Dangerous Gentlemen Book 3: The Mysterious Governess Book 4: Beyond Rubies Book 5: Lady Unveiled~The Cuckold Conspiracy less

How did Miss Araminta Partington’s first season end under a cloud? Find out in the prequel to the Daughters of Sin series about two nobly born sisters and their illegitimate half-sisters, an actress and a governess.Reluctant chaperone, Mrs Charlotte Wendover, has been dragged out of widow’s weeds to keep an eye on Araminta, and to ensure another scandal-prone young miss doesn’t inveigle a susceptible young man into matrimony... moreHow did Miss Araminta Partington’s first season end under a cloud? Find out in the prequel to the Daughters of Sin series about two nobly born sisters and their illegitimate half-sisters, an actress and a governess.Reluctant chaperone, Mrs Charlotte Wendover, has been dragged out of widow’s weeds to keep an eye on Araminta, and to ensure another scandal-prone young miss doesn’t inveigle a susceptible young man into matrimony.When Araminta lands in a compromising situation with handsome, eligible Mr Durham, the pretty, briefly-married Mrs Wendover acts with prompt creativity to ensure that she is seen as the errant female.After all, a widow can be forgiven for being discovered in a gentleman’s bedchamber. And what real harm can come of the lie? Araminta’s good name will be protected, and it’s not as if Charlotte has any plans for entering unholy matrimony again – regardless of how charming she finds Mr Durham.But charming Mr Durham, who barely noticed Mrs Wendover until suddenly the gossips claim she has committed unspeakable acts with him, is suddenly intrigued by the unassuming widow with an unexpected streak of boldness.If society has ruled Mrs Wendover guilty of a crime she did not commit, wouldn’t it be a waste for her to leave London without at least seeing if it were a crime she might have liked to commit?Learn how Araminta’s first season did finish under a cloud, how designing and unsuitable Miss Julia Preston did inveigle a susceptible young gentleman into marriage. And how reluctantly Charlotte did throw off her widow’s weeds.Then you can decide which was the real Scandal of the Season. less