New Releases by Elizabeth Hoyt

Their lives were perfect . . . Lady Hero Batten, the beautiful sister of the Duke of Wakefield, has everything a woman could want, including the perfect fiance. True, the Marquis of Mandeville is a trifle dull and has no sense of humor, but that doesn''t bother Hero. Until she meets his notorious brother . . . Until they met each other. Griffin Remmington, Lord Reading, is far from perfect - and he likes it that way. How he spends his days is a mystery, but all of London knows he engages in the worst sorts of drunken revelry at night. Hero takes an instant dislike to him, and Griffin thinks that Hero, with her charities and faultless manners, is much too impeccable for society, let alone his brother. Yet their near-constant battle of wits soon sparks desire - desire that causes their carefully constructed worlds to come tumbling down. As Hero''s wedding nears, and Griffin''s enemies lay plans to end their dreams forever, can two imperfect people find perfect true love?

Cuando su prometida lo abandona, Jasper Ranshaw apenas se resiste. Su objetivo es tener un hijo antes que un amor verdadero. Ha bebido demasiado y la cabeza le da vueltas. Accede sin poner reparos, pero apenas cancela el compromiso, otra joven llega a ver

Seven Nights of Sin As the madam of Aphrodite''s Grotto, the most infamous brothel in London, Coral Smythe knows everything possible about men''s needs and desires. Yet she''s never experienced the love of a single man-not even that of Captain Isaac Wargate whose hawk-like eyes stare at her with both condemnation...and lust. Seven Nights of Ecstasy Captain Wargate heartily disapproves of the sensuous madam who always wears a golden mask. She lures his officers from both his ship and their duty. But when Coral herself is offered up as the prize in a game of chance, Wargate impulsively enters...and wins. Seven Nights of Love Now the puritanical navy captain has just seven nights to learn everything he can about the mysterious madam and what she knows of a man''s desires. But when Coral is threatened by the new owner of Aphrodite''s Grotto, will Wargate take a chance on the woman beneath the mask...and on love?

From the New York Times bestselling author who Lisa Kleypas hails as "too good to be true" comes the first book in her beloved Maiden Lane series. A MAN CONTROLLED BY HIS DESIRES . . . Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London''s most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows St. Giles like the back of her hand-she''s spent a lifetime caring for its inhabitants at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk . . . A WOMAN HAUNTED BY HER PAST . . . Caire makes a simple offer-in return for Temperance''s help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to London''s high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, and what begins as cold calculation soon falls prey to a passion that neither can control-one that may well destroy them both. A BARGAIN NEITHER COULD REFUSE

Lord Vale vient à peine d''apprendre que sa fiancée en aime un autre qu''une quasi-inconnue le supplie de l''épouser ! Curieuse personne que cette Melisande Fleming, banale au premier abord, mais finalement assez audacieuse. Elle lui propose un échange de bons procédés : il lui offre la respectabilité, elle lui donnera une descendance. Marché conclu. Timide et réservée le jour, la jeune femme se révèle une amante effrontée la nuit, offrant son corps mais jamais son coeur. Lord Vale, le séducteur impénitent, l''homme tourmenté depuis la tragédie de Spinner''s Falls où son régiment a été massacré, décide alors de séduire sa propre femme.

NOTHING IS MORE INTOXICATING Reynaud St. Aubyn has spent the last seven years in hellish captivity. Now half mad with fever he bursts into his ancestral home and demands his due. Can this wild-looking man truly be the last earl''s heir, thought murdered by Indians years ago? OR DANGEROUS Beatrice Corning, the niece of the present earl, is a proper English miss. But she has a secret: No real man has ever excited her more than the handsome youth in the portrait in her uncle''s home. Suddenly, that very man is here, in the flesh-and luring her into his bed. THAN SURRENDERING TO A DEVIL. Only Beatrice can see past Reynaud''s savagery to the noble man inside. For his part, Reynaud is drawn to this lovely lady, even as he is suspicious of her loyalty to her uncle. But can Beatrice''s love tame a man who will stop at nothing to regain his title-even if it means sacrificing her innocence?

CAN A WOUNDED BEAST . . . Reclusive Sir Alistair Munroe has hidden in his castle ever since returning from the Colonies, scarred inside and out. But when a mysterious beauty arrives at his door, the passions he''s kept suppressed for years begin to awaken. TRUST A BEAUTY WITH A PAST . . . Running from past mistakes has taken legendary beauty Helen Fitzwilliam from the luxury of the ton to a crumbling Scottish castle . . . and a job as a housekeeper. Yet Helen is determined to start a new life and she won''t let dust-or a beast of a man-scare her away. TO TAME HIS MOST SECRET DESIRES? Beneath Helen''s beautiful favßade, Alistair finds a courageous and sensual woman. A woman who doesn''t back away from his surliness-or his scars. But just as he begins to believe in true love, Helen''s secret past threatens to tear them apart. Now both Beast and Beauty must fight for the one thing neither believed they could ever find-a happy ever after.

Lady Georgina Maitland no quiere casarse. Es una mujer capaz de gestionar las propiedades de su familia sin la ayuda de un hombre. Al menos eso cree hasta conocer a su nuevo administrador, el atractivo Harry Pye. Justo cuando estaba decidida a dejarse sed

Dante Torelli is an undercover FBI agent assigned to protect a mob informant and his family. But when the informant''s hiding place is blown, a baby girl is snatched by a ruthless hitman. Now, Dante must save the toddler, uncover the traitor in his department, evade various bad guys, and deal with the toddler''s sexy aunt, all before the biggest mob trial in Chicago history, set to begin in just three days. When Zoe Adler''s stepsister went into the witness protection program because of her sleazeball boyfriend, she wasn''t supposed to tell anyone. Except the two sisters have always been close, and Zoe has been babysitting her niece, Pete, since her birth. What harm could it be to secretly get Zoe an apartment in the same building where the FBI is keeping the family under protection? So when someone inside the FBI turns and a hitman snatches Pete, Zoe is right there. During the shootout, she jumps into a sexy, uptight FBI agent''s car and hangs on as he pursues the hitman. No matter what it takes, Zoe is going to bring her niece back.

THE ONE THING HE CANNOT REVEAL For years, Melisande Fleming has loved Lord Vale from afar . . . watching him seduce a succession of lovers, and once catching a glimpse of heartbreaking depths beneath his roguish veneer. When he''s jilted on his wedding day, she boldly offers to be his. TO THE ONE WOMAN HE MOST DESIRES Vale gladly weds Melisande, if only to produce an heir. But he''s pleasantly surprised: A shy and proper Lady by day, she''s a wanton at night, giving him her body-though not her heart. IS HIS DEEPEST NEED . . . Determined to learn her secrets, this sinner starts to woo his seductive new wife-while hiding the nightmares from his soldiering days in the Colonies that still haunt him. Yet when a deadly betrayal from the past threatens to tear them apart, Lord Vale must bare his soul to the woman he married . . . or risk losing her forever.

EVEN THE MOST REFINED LADY Lady Emeline Gordon is the model of sophistication in London''s elite social circles, always fashionable and flawlessly appropriate. As such, she is the perfect chaperone for Rebecca, the young sister of a successful Boston businessman and former Colonial soldier. CRAVES AN UNTAMED MAN Samuel Hartley may be wealthy, but his manners are as uncivilized as the American wilderness he was raised in. Who wears moccasins to a grand ball? His arrogant disregard for propriety infuriates Emeline, even as his boldness excites her. TO RELEASE HER PASSION . . . But beneath Samuel''s rakish manner, he is haunted by tragedy. He has come to London to settle a score, not to fall in love. And as desperately as Emeline longs to feel this shameless man''s hands upon her, to taste those same lips he uses to tease her, she must restrain herself. She is not free. But some things are beyond a lady''s control . . .

For four years, play-by-the-rules bank teller Turner Hastings has brooded over her uncle''s wrongful imprisonment. But when two bumbling crooks stumble into her branch (barely disguised in Yoda and Sponge Bob masks) and hold up the place, she sees a chance to do something she''s never thought possible: get revenge. She takes advantage of the melee to pull a heist of her own, seizing info from a security box that will exonerate her uncle. Sent to investigate a bank robbery in small town Wisconsin, Special Agent John MacKinnon discovers the robbers were two not-quite-so-bright thugs and one woman. Now, Turner is on the run. With SA MacKinnon on her trail, she''s breaking into the bank president Calvin''s house, kidnapping his Great Dane, and for the first time in her life, setting out to break a few rules. But when Calvin hires a hit-man, MacKinnon will have to decide between his career--and saving Turner.

Edward de Raaf, conde de Swartingham, necesita con urgencia un secretario que ponga orden en sus ca&óticas finanzas. El problema es que, con su car&ácter, espanta a todos los candidatos. Para Anna Wren el puesto es la soluci&ón a sus problemas, despu&és de enviudar de un marido infiel y quedarse en la ruina. La atracci&ón entre ambos personajes queda patente desde el primer momento, aunque Edward no parece muy dispuesto a dejarse llevar por ella. Cuando Anna descubre que el conde es habitual de un conocido burdel de Londres, decide poner en marcha una peque&ña mascarada. Porque en el juego de la seducci&ón, no existen reglas...

A fiery lady must tame her brooding employer in this enchanting retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the New York Times bestselling author of the Maiden Lane series. THERE COMES A TIME IN A LADY''S LIFE The Earl of Swartingham is in a quandary. Having frightened off two secretaries, Edward de Raaf needs someone who can withstand his bad temper and boorish behavior. WHEN SHE MUST DO THE UNTHINKABLE . . . When Anna becomes the earl''s secretary, it would seem that both their problems are solved. But when she discovers he plans to visit the most notorious brothel in London, she sees red-and decides to assuage her desires . . .

aFrom New York Times Hippolyta Royle is running for her life. Pursued by hounds on a cold rainy night, the heiress flags down a passing carriage and throws herself at the mercy of the coach''s occupant. Whoever this handsome traveler may be, he is her only hope to escape a terrible fate. But should he agree to escort her to safety, he''s in for much more than he bargained for . . . At first Matthew Mortimer doesn''t believe Hippolyta''s story, that she''s a fabulously wealthy heiress who''s been kidnapped. He assumes she''s a beggar, an actress, or worse. But once his new travel companion washes the mud from her surprisingly lovely face, and they share a breathtaking kiss, there is no turning back . . .

Lady Emeline Gordon é um modelo de sofisticação nos círculos sociais da elite londrina, sempre elegante e impecavelmente educada. É a companhia perfeita para Rebecca, a jovem irmã de um empresário bem sucedido de Boston, que fora soldado nas Colônias. Samuel Hartley, apesar de ser rico, possui maneiras pouco civilizadas. O seu desdém arrogante em relação a decoro enfurece Emeline, embora a sua ousadia a excite.