Emma Greyson is not the world's best lady's companion. Smart, sassy, and beautiful, she is more likely to steal the show than stand demurely in the shadows waiting for her turn to speak or serve. So when the successful--and intuitive--businessman Edison Stokes discovers that someone at a high society gathering is looking for a woman on whom to test some spells in an ancient book of potions, he immediately thinks of Emma. Determined to save her from the clutches of this possibly murderous villain, Edison hires Emma as his assistant so that he may keep her by his side--and his heart.

Charlotte Arkendale has a thriving business as a private investigator. Her specialty--delving into the backgrounds and bank accounts of prospective husbands--is much in demand by calculated brides-to-be. When one of her clients is murdered, Charlotte looks for the killer with the help of Baxter St. Ives, a hired-worker who has concealed his own reasons for wanting to find the murderer.

Writing under the pen name prescribed for her steamy Regency romances, best-selling author Jayne Ann Krentz tells the juicy tale of Madeline Reed Deveridge, a young widow whose place in London's higher social circles was filled the second after she fired the first fatal shot at her brutish husband in self defense. To make matters worse, Madeline is now being haunted by her husband's no-more-appealing ghost, and her maid has just been kidnapped from the Dream Pavilions, a posh London pleasure garden. With the help of Artemis Hunt, a wealthy cult leader--and the new object of her affection--Madeline goes on a dangerous search for her unlucky servant that takes her through the erotic underbelly of English high society and shows her the true depth of her late husband's evil.

A killer stalks two psychics posing as husband and wife in this suspenseful paranormal romance set in the Victorian era. Lonely spinster photographer Venetia Milton decides to seduce her employer, Gabriel Jones, who has hired her to take pictures of the objects belonging to a mysterious group founded by his alchemist ancestor. Not long after she completes both jobs, Venetia grieves to learn of Gabriel’s death. She also sees it as an opportunity; pretending to be Gabriel’s widow allows "Mrs. Jones" to open a gallery, something no respectable single woman could do. Her new role becomes more complicated when she discovers that Gabriel remains among the living.

Detectives Lavinia Lake and Tobias March anticipate a romantic and relaxing time when they check into a country estate for a weekend getaway. Their plans are dashed, however, when they get involved in a manhunt for a killer. This historical romance novel is set in Regency-era England.

A killer stalks two psychics posing as husband and wife in this suspenseful paranormal romance set in the Victorian era. Lonely spinster photographer Venetia Milton decides to seduce her employer, Gabriel Jones, who has hired her to take pictures of the objects belonging to a mysterious group founded by his alchemist ancestor. Not long after she completes both jobs, Venetia grieves to learn of Gabriel’s death. She also sees it as an opportunity; pretending to be Gabriel’s widow allows "Mrs. Jones" to open a gallery, something no respectable single woman could do. Her new role becomes more complicated when she discovers that Gabriel remains among the living.

Regency romance and murder mystery mix in this enchanting novel by bestselling writer Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz). Eleanora Lodge is desperately in need of money; her spendthrift stepfather has bankrupted her. Arthur Lancaster, the eminently eligible earl of St. Merryn, is desperately in need of someone to pose as his fiancee; he does not want to be distracted by marriage-minded women while he pursues his uncle's murderer. When the earl hires Eleanora as his paid companion, it's a perfect match in more ways than one.

In this fast-paced, witty, and steamy Victorian thriller by Amanda Quick (a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz), undercover journalist Louisa Bryce and handsome widower Anthony Stalbridge are forced to pretend that they are involved in a romance in order to investigate the criminal shenanigans of a wealthy man who might be responsible for the death of Stalbridge's wife. As their investigation begins to bear fruit, their fake romance becomes significantly more substantial.

This romantic mystery by bestselling author Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) is set in Victorian England. Caroline Fordyce, a writer of sensationalist serialized novels, joins rich, enigmatic Adam Hardesty in a dangerous search for a medium's murderer and a missing diary which contains information that could ruin both their reputations.

In this Victorian-era work of romantic suspense, Miss Concordia Glade, and Ambrose Wells, an "inquiry agent" (i.e., a private detective)--a lady and a gentleman with decidedly murky pasts--join forces to save four orphaned young ladies from a dangerously persistent crimelord who plans to sell them into sexual slavery.

As her mother dies of cancer, a young woman learns that nothing she thought about her mother or her family is quite what it seems.

An abused wife named Frannie leaves home with her young son, and lives under a new identity in Florida, where she tries to make a comfortable life for the two of them. She is always in fear that her husband will find her, however, and ultimately he does, but Frannie is resilient, and survives to go on to a new life.

A man and a gorilla set out on an intellectual adventure and in the process define what it means to be a human being.

In a feisty finale that finishes off Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series of Regency romance books, Gregory Bridgerton believes he has finally found his one true love: the breathtakingly beautiful Hermione Watson. The problem, of course, is that Watson is in love with another. Hermione's best friend, the pragmatic Lady Lucinda, who is engaged to be married herself, has agreed to help Gregory woo Hermione in spite of the obstacles. As the plot progresses, however, it becomes clear that the real matchup here is between Gregory and Lucinda. Will love be enough to stop a wedding?

The humorous seventh installment in the Bridgerton Regency romance series puts the spotlight on intelligent, independent, and forthright Hyacinth Bridgerton. Hyacinth remains unmarried at the advanced age of 22, because none of the available suitors meet her exacting standards...except perhaps for notorious, nearly penniless Gareth St. Clair, whom she encounters at an otherwise dreadful concert. Hyacinth agrees to employ her inexpert Italian to translate the diary of Gareth's late grandmother, providing an opportunity for passion to grow between the couple--but also shedding light on some unpleasant truths about Gareth's family.