<blockquote> <p> Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by the removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.<br> <i>The Devil's Dictionary</i>, Ambrose Bierce </p> </blockquote> <p> A Courageous Outcast . . . </p> <p> Rosamunde Baird has lost everything and has no choice but to accept an invitation to spend a season with a dowager duchess and her clandestine ladies club. Determined to stay in the shadows and live quietly, she has sworn never again to come face to face with adventure and temptation, two things that brought her ruin years ago. But then the Duke of Helston dangles before her the very things she craves most . . . </p> <p> Lord Fire & Ice . . . </p> <p> Mysterious Luc St. Aubyn has a much-deserved reputation for exuding blistering passion at night and frost the morning after. What demons drive this audacious war hero to hide secrets about the dowager's club and his devilish dictionary? When he's blindsided by his reactions to a virtuous siren, he has no choice but to reveal all during a scandal that will doom them . . . or save them, if only they dare to believe in love. </p>