Winter Hearts: Caroline knew that she should look away, but it felt like his brown eyes had captivated hers and would not let go of them. Just as she would not have been able to leave, if he had held on to her wrist. The notion was absurd, and she pried her eyes from his to look at his dark grey jacket instead. The fit was perfect, she could tell. Only the finest tailors in London could achieve a fit like that. As a blizzard catches Caroline in an inn without money for food or a room, she sees no other option than to find a man to spend the night with. In the crowded public room of the inn, she chooses Hugh, a wealthy man that she seems to have an instant connection with.He lets her stay in his room and when she becomes ill during the night, he hires a doctor for her. The attraction between them is undeniable, but Caroline feels certain that Hugh only wants her to be his mistress. Nevertheless, as her feelings starts to evolve, her hope starts to grow. A Second Wedding Night: "What is going to happen tomorrow night is not going to be pleasant," Millie's mother said on the eve before her wedding.Millie sat back startled but did not say anything. "It will most likely hurt," her mother went on as she was looking at a candle instead of Millie. "But your husband won't want to know about that. He will want to take his own pleasure from your body. You can only pray that he merely wants to do it once." Millie felt her jaw go slack. That sounded even more terrifying than what she had been expecting. After Millie receives disastrous advice from her mother on the night before her wedding, the marriage between her and Charles Montagu, the sixth duke of Camborne, takes a different turn than what it might have. Given that the two of them genuinely like each other and are attracted to each other.Ten years later they have formed a friendship: Millie helps Charles with his speeches for the House of Lords and Charles finds that he has the perfect wife except for one aspect: what happens or rather doesn't happen in the bedroom. A chance encounter at Charles' mistress makes it possible for them to finally talk their marriage over. Giving them the opportunity for a second wedding night. An Impotent Rake: The former courtesan Alicia has spent the past three years building a business as a woman that helped people of the upper classes with their sexual difficulties. Even though she is used to receiving a number of people, she is surprised when one of London's biggest rakes, Miles Stanhope, the seventh earl of Lindley, seeks her out, needing her help to cure his impotence before his wedding.The two had slept together once six years ago and as they start to work on Miles' problem, they find that the attraction is still there. They start an affair, but it quickly becomes apparent to both of them that there is more to it than simply sex. But can a rake that doesn't believe in love fall in love himself?

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