Hate brought them together. Will love tear them apart?

William Musgrave, Duke of Auchen, is dying. When he goes to his grave, he will take with him the opportunity to right a wrong that has left Lady Ruby McAllister impoverished.

Ruby has the contract that pledged her father a one-third share in a successful Scottish textile mill. But Auchen never made good on his promise before Ruby’s father died. Now Ruby has lost her beloved Strathaird, home to the McAllisters for centuries. Her only hope is to confront the duke before he dies. And her chance comes when a vacancy arises for a new night nurse in his London household.

Standing in her way is Seth Musgrave, the duke’s estranged son, who despises his father for deriding him as an imbecile. In truth, Seth is the driving force behind his father’s successful enterprise. William Musgrave has heeded no one in his life except for his wife. She died twenty years ago, but Ruby hears him call for her in his nightly delirium.

What if Ruby answered his call, pretending to be the only woman who could ever persuade the duke to do the right thing?

How long can Ruby keep her secret when Seth is trying to distract her with his kisses? And what if Seth learns the woman he’s falling in love with is deceiving the Duke?

Jade Bridges is the daughter of a well-regarded curio dealer. She’s named for some of the beautiful oriental jade pieces that made her father’s name and fortune. And she’s a regular guest of the beau monde because of her special talents in not only sourcing rare items, but also identifying fakes.

An anonymous client has commissioned the Bridges’ to find a specific piece – the original version of a much-copied clock.

Jade’s search is hampered by the close attention by Count Armand Danger, a French émigré who is a darling of the Ton. He seems to be everywhere she is in pursuit of this precious object.

As they grow closer to finding the clock, there is someone else who wants the item. He knows the clock hides a special secret, and will stop at nothing to make the timepiece his.

Two years after being jilted at the altar, Lady Amber Honeyfield is tired of being treated with pity and is ready to enter the marriage mart once more. She throws herself into the social whirl and catches the eye of Lewis Montforte, Earl of Runcorn.

Amber is determined to think no more of Miles Harcourt, Earl of Castleford, the man she was in love with since she was eight years old. And yet despite her resolve, she cannot bring herself to burn his letters.

No one has heard from Miles since that misbegotten day, not her brother who was his best friend, nor even the man’s own family.

But soon after her arrival back in London, Amber spots Miles in Vauxhall Gardens – or at least she thinks it is him. Surely if he was back, someone would have told her?

Torn between the past and the promise of a new beginning with Runcorn, Amber must find out why Miles left her waiting at the altar. Where did he go and for what reason? And what is the secret that still stands between them?