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Believing her lie that she is fleeing her employer, the Marquess of Tannerton aids Marlena's escape. Before they know it, while pretending to be husband and wife and changing their names every day, strong affection begins to sprout between them. But Marlena is still unable to tell the marquess the truth. Though she is innocent, she has been accused of murdering her husband... While Marlena faces this conflict, the true culprit draws ever nearer! The popular historical elopement story is finally complete.

When Marlena runs into the Marquess of Tannerton, a man she admired as a girl, she is a prisoner aboard a ship headed to London, where she will meet the gallows, and the memory of the night she was framed haunts her dreams. Just when it seems that all hope is lost, the ship gives a sickening lurch. After it is swallowed by the ocean, Marlena somehow finds herself alive, and she the marquess has washed up on the same stretch of shore. He swears to protect her, but he doesn't know how serious her crime truly is. Experience the thrill of the chase in this getaway romance. (This work is a spin-off of Innocence and Impropriety.)

Anna was just the daughter of a staff member at the earl's residence. Then she started working for Lord Brentmore, who was looking for a tutor for his children. But his manor, with its gloomy lord and aloof staff, was forboding. The lord slowly comes out of his shell when he sees Anna's kindness to the children. And as he learns about the pain in Anna's heart, forbidden feelings of love begin to take root in his own.

Anna was once the companion of the Earl of Lawton's daughter. She grew up beside her and they received the same education...until she was suddenly relieved of her duties and introduced to her future employer-Lord Brentmore. Lord Brentmore had lost his wife and was now looking for a family tutor. He was doubtful of Anna's usefulness but hired her regardless. A handsome but mysterious lord, a cold servant, an air of mystery... Anna's struggle has begun!

London, 1817. The Marquess of Tannerton has whatever he needs, but what he truly desires is the company of Rose O'Keefe, the Irish singer who's been captivating hearts at Vauxhall Gardens. While Tannerton's secretary, Flynn, may be proper enough to keep his own interest in the lady from disrupting his employment, the foreboding Lord Greythorne appears to take whatever-and whomever-he wants, whether by money or force. All Rose wishes to do is sing for Flynn, but she may end up using her beautiful voice to cry for his help.

It's the dawn of the 19th century and a masked man is attacking women of the night in London. Just as this fiend hides his secret identity, Irish singer Rose O'Keefe must conceal her feelings for the Marquess of Tannerton's secretary, Jameson Flynn. While Flynn may wish to be with his siren, the Marquess has already set his eyes on having her, if only to prevent her from falling into the clutches of the despicable Earl of Greythorne. Never mind the love triangle; can Rose manage to survive the harsh streets of London, or will she soon be singing her swan song?