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Virginia Henley is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages. She is the recipient of more than a dozen writing awards, including a Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award, a Waldenbooks Bestselling Award, and a Maggie Award for Excellence from the Georgia Romance Writers. She lives in Florida with her husband. Visit her at www.virginiahenley.com.

Sally MacKenzie, a native of Washington, D.C., started writing the first book, The Naked Duke, in her top-selling NAKED series (four in print and more to come!) during her sons' after-school soccer practice. Romance readers and reviewers cheered-and they roared for more! Historical romance has a delightful new star in Sally. Please visit her website at www.sallymackenzie.net.

Kristi Astor, though born and raised in the deep South, lives with her husband and two young daughters and a dog (frequently mistaken for a small pony) just north of New York City.

New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley sizzles with three of romance's hottest talents...

Virginia Henley, "Smuggler's Lair"

Victoria Carswell will not be bound by society's dictates. She'll even risk skinny-dipping in view of an abandoned castle. At least, Victoria thinks it's abandoned, until a dashing smuggler lures her into an adventure that defies every rule...

Sally MacKenzie, "The Naked Laird"

The viscount's house party promises to be one of the season's highlights, and Lord and Lady Kilgorn are delighted to attend. If only the long-estranged couple had realized they were both invited-and assigned to the same bedchamber...

Victoria Dahl, "Lessons in Pleasure"

Newly married to her beloved James, Sarah Hood should be blissfully happy...yet close proximity to a man fills her with anxiety. But James plans to awaken Sarah to pleasure, in order to forge a true union of body and soul...

Kristi Astor, "Swept Away"

Vivacious Christobel Smyth is a gentleman's daughter, while brooding, proud John Leyden comes from a family of northern mill owners. The two could not be more different, yet as passion flares at a country party, Christobel finds he may be her match in every way...

Contents

Smuggler's Lair (Georgian/Victorian) by Virginia Henley....................1
The Naked Laird (Regency) by Sally MacKenzie....................149
Lessons in Pleasure (Victorian) by Victoria Dahl....................249
Swept Away (Edwardian) by Kristi Astor....................335