Sex, Lies, & Forbidden Desires Series by Andrea K. Stein, Louisa Cornell

Leonidas Croft Atherton, former cavalry officer turned society artist, has ferocious carnal appetites and little use for the Society that shunned him after his father, on his deathbed, pronounced him another man's son. His revenge on those high-in-the-instep members of the ton involves painting lascivious portraits of peers' mistresses and doing even more scandalous things with their wives... moreLeonidas Croft Atherton, former cavalry officer turned society artist, has ferocious carnal appetites and little use for the Society that shunned him after his father, on his deathbed, pronounced him another man's son. His revenge on those high-in-the-instep members of the ton involves painting lascivious portraits of peers' mistresses and doing even more scandalous things with their wives.When the shared journal in which he and his friends have recorded their sexual exploits goes missing, Leo will stop at nothing to prevent revealing the identities of their paramours. In his experience, angry husbands tend to shoot first, and ask questions as they reload.Lady Honoria Eveleigh has been deemed the Season's Incomparable and is all but engaged to the ton's most sought-after bachelor. Her almost betrothed is heir to the wealthiest dukedom in England, next to her father's, that is. He's handsome, kind, witty, but too terrified to even try to kiss her. She started her secret collection of naughty books out of curiosity. Now she fears reading about erotic desires that match her own is all she may ever do.Discovering pages from their journal have been sold to a duke's daughter is bad enough, but now Leo must venture back into the Society that abandoned him. Worse, said duke’s daughter, Lady Honoria, blackmails him for the pages' return and tempts him to meet her licentious demands.When a man who looks like sin incarnate is desperate for her help, Honoria cannot resist the desire to see if what she's read about him is true. No harm in a lady indulging her curiosity just once; is there? less

Now that both her domineering father and husband are gone, Lady Jane Trevellyn is determined to live for herself. As a wealthy widow, she can have anything she wants. What she wants is the Barrister Stephen Forsythe who wrote a journal of sexual exploits she's been sent from the erotic library at Goodrum's House of Pleasure in London. She's read the pages beginning to end - twice... moreNow that both her domineering father and husband are gone, Lady Jane Trevellyn is determined to live for herself. As a wealthy widow, she can have anything she wants. What she wants is the Barrister Stephen Forsythe who wrote a journal of sexual exploits she's been sent from the erotic library at Goodrum's House of Pleasure in London. She's read the pages beginning to end - twice.They've never been formally introduced, but she did attend one of his cricket matches with her face covered in a widow's veil. And she'll never forget the look of the man's incomparable, muscular ass when he followed through on a cover drive.Barrister Stephen Forsythe has no idea the garden of delights he's stumbled into when he arrives at the Trevellyn manor in search of the missing journal pages he wishes he'd never put to pen...and never wants anyone else to see again.He can't believe how easy the sensual widow has made his quest. She'll happily turn over the pages...once he fulfills her fantasy of being ravished amongst the exotic flora in her conservatory. How difficult can that be?Is Jane brave enough to ask for her every sensual desire?Can stuffy barrister Stephen afford to let go and drown in a sea of sensual delights?Will one week of passion be enough? less

Will secrets destroy them or ignite the love of a lifetime? Lionel Carrington-Bowles, wealthy gentleman with a reputation for scandalous behavior and even more scandalous friends, is on every ton hostess’s invitation list. He is devilishly handsome, delightfully charming, and the sort of man who dances with all of the ladies, even the wallflowers... moreWill secrets destroy them or ignite the love of a lifetime? Lionel Carrington-Bowles, wealthy gentleman with a reputation for scandalous behavior and even more scandalous friends, is on every ton hostess’s invitation list. He is devilishly handsome, delightfully charming, and the sort of man who dances with all of the ladies, even the wallflowers. When the journal in which he and his friends have entered their erotic exploits since their days at Cambridge disappears, he has far more reason than his three friends to track down his pages and destroy them. Should Society discover his preference in bed partners his life would move from scandalous to dangerous. When he discovers a cook at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs has his pages, he is determined to do whatever he must to retrieve them. Nathaniel Charpentier arrived in London at sixteen with a bit of money, a small dog, a letter of recommendation, and some quite unique kitchen skills. Ten years later he is the chef de cuisine for Club Ambrosios, one of London’s most exclusive private clubs. His talents have made the club a huge success and has secured his future for the first time in his life. He derives his latest inspiration from the purchase of an erotic journal from London’s leading pornographer. His own amorous adventures, however, have taken a sinister turn with the arrival of a series of threatening notes. He fears his past has come to London to find him. The spark between Lionel and Nathaniel is a roaring fire from the moment they meet and gives both good reason to keep their secrets for fear of ending the consuming passion between them. Once revealed, their secrets may destroy them or may be the very reason to take a chance on the love of a lifetime. less

The loss of Col’s damning journal pages is about to turn deadly;The forfeit of Charlotte’s closely guarded secrets might destroy her;Will their mutual quest for justice bring them together, or tear them apart? By night, she’s a masked chess mistress who challenges and trounces all takers; by day, she’s the ethereal white-blonde beauty who volunteers at the children’s refuge in Seven Dials — Charlotte Smythe lives a luxurious double life of ease as the mysterious chess genius at Goodrum’s House... moreThe loss of Col’s damning journal pages is about to turn deadly;The forfeit of Charlotte’s closely guarded secrets might destroy her;Will their mutual quest for justice bring them together, or tear them apart? By night, she’s a masked chess mistress who challenges and trounces all takers; by day, she’s the ethereal white-blonde beauty who volunteers at the children’s refuge in Seven Dials — Charlotte Smythe lives a luxurious double life of ease as the mysterious chess genius at Goodrum’s House of Pleasure.. After spending years as a gifted investigator extricating others from their peccadillos, dedicated Bow Street runner Archer Colwyn has landed in a suds of his own making. The light-hearted journal of sensual exploits he and his school chums kept while students at Cambridge has gone missing, and the secrets within his particular pages, if revealed, could set off deadly consequences. The dangerous Captain El Goodrum, proprietress of the most infamous house of pleasure in London, holds the key to their retrieval. In exchange for her cooperation, she demands he run a gauntlet of secrets to deliver a master criminal to justice. His only path to the damning pages is the inscrutable chess mistress who not only resents his attempts to romance away his journal pages, but seems to relish his dread and panic at the prospect of the pages becoming public knowledge. Charlotte craves the kind of refuge she provides to the orphans she rescues from London’s stews. The respite she seeks away from the world in her St. John’s Wood villa with her two house companions is all that keeps her sane, but sometimes, late at night, she needs something more, something even she cannot name. less

Lord Daedalus Whitcombe, owner of the most wicked bookshop in London, has been named a scandal and a disgrace by most of good society. A title he revels in as it sells more books and annoys the very devil out of his haughty brother, the duke. His brother's efforts to close the bookshop become secondary to Lord Whitcombe's fascination with the shop's new, in-demand book, A Feast of Fantasies , by The Insatiable Lady... moreLord Daedalus Whitcombe, owner of the most wicked bookshop in London, has been named a scandal and a disgrace by most of good society. A title he revels in as it sells more books and annoys the very devil out of his haughty brother, the duke. His brother's efforts to close the bookshop become secondary to Lord Whitcombe's fascination with the shop's new, in-demand book, A Feast of Fantasies , by The Insatiable Lady. His quest to discover the author's identity becomes an obsession, for he has a singular request to make of the lady. Miss Cordelia Perriton, the very pattern-card of a genteel young lady, has a reputation for her charitable works. Her endeavors on behalf of the fallen women of Seven Dials are lauded, though a bit daring for an unmarried woman of good family. If only society knew she's The Insatiable Lady, and those fallen women are providing the erotic tales in her sensational book. She means to use the sales to gain financial independence and to establish a home for women who wish to retire from the streets of Seven Dials.When Lord Whitcombe demands Cordelia submit her next book in person, her irritation moves to fury. The man she'd pictured as an elderly bookish type is instead a sensuously handsome lord. The connection between them is immediate and incendiary when he shocks and intrigues her with a bold request. Her response stuns him to his core.But when Cordelia's Seven Dials friends begin to disappear, the couple's erotic adventure turns deadly. Are they ready to abandon their dreams to save wheat they have or will their nightmares part them forever? less

Captain El Goodrum has many secrets, but this one could destroy herPerseus Whitcombe, Duke of Chelmsford, has never married and is hell bent on molding his younger brother into a suitable heir. The only woman he ever loved disappeared suddenly from his life, and for all he knows, she’s probably dead, lost at sea long ago. But he refuses to look back.Captain Eleanor Goodrum can’t stop looking back... moreCaptain El Goodrum has many secrets, but this one could destroy herPerseus Whitcombe, Duke of Chelmsford, has never married and is hell bent on molding his younger brother into a suitable heir. The only woman he ever loved disappeared suddenly from his life, and for all he knows, she’s probably dead, lost at sea long ago. But he refuses to look back.Captain Eleanor Goodrum can’t stop looking back. She remembers each excruciating detail of her life as the thirteen-year-old daughter of a tavern keeper in a small village near Bath. Her life since then has taken on mythic proportions as the infamous Captain El Goodrum, smuggler extraordinaire, spy, and owner of the most notorious club of pleasure in London.The arrogant Duke of Chelmsford meets his match in a dangerous woman from his pastWhitcombe was not the heir to a dukedom back then. He and his father, a minor baron, hatched a bold plan to rescue young Eleanor from her drunken gambler father and send her safely to the home of friends in America. A plan which went horribly wrong when her ship was taken by a French privateer.What will happen when these two confront the ghosts from their connected pasts? Will Whitcombe be able to loosen up and become more tolerant of the woman El’s become? Will El be able to meet the man she’s always secretly loved on a middle ground where each of them must give up something?Will these two strong, stubborn people sacrifice who they are today to reclaim the love of the ghosts of who they were years ago? Reserve your copy today so you don't miss the ending of this blazing series... less