Kate Bateman - Böcker

The wedding-night death of her much older husband - and one tiny lie - left Tess Townsend the Dowager Duchess of Wansford. Now she and her two best friends run King & co, London's most discreet investigative agency. Longing to taste the physical pleasure she’s never experienced but unwilling to risk her hard-won independence by marrying again, she realises a scandalous offer from the handsome new Duke could be the answer to her prayers . . .Cynical shipping magnate Justin Thornton never expected to inherit a dukedom, but he’ll do his duty. He’ll marry some suitable chit, set the duchy to rights, and return to his old life within the year. So when the ravishing woman he kissed at a party turns out to be the Dowager Duchess, Justin makes the most logical suggestion: a year-long marriage of convenience - and passion - that will suit them both.The attraction that sparks between them is undeniable, but as Tess works on a new case at the behest of Queen Charlotte, her increasingly suspicious behaviour makes Justin question her motives - and her past. The infuriating woman clearly can’t be trusted, but Justin doesn’t believe in love, so there’s absolutely no danger of him falling for his own wife . . . is there?

Daisy Hamilton’s new mission for King & Co. is simple: stop heiress Violetta Brand from eloping. But her case is derailed when she mistakenly holds up the carriage of Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranford - cynical war hero, infamous libertine, and the very man who broke her heart five years ago.Lucien’s determined to see his nephew married to Miss Brand, but the unexpected appearance of Daisy - the one woman he’s never been able to forget - could ruin his plans. As they follow the runaway couple together, Lucien decides that delaying Daisy by any means possible - including seduction - will be his absolute pleasure... and hers.When an unexpected enemy threatens Daisy's life, Lucien realizes she’s the only woman for him. Their past encounters have made Daisy jaded about love, and it’s going to take action, not words, to convince this knife-wielding hellion to risk her heart on him again...