A ROGUE'S DOWNFALL The Anniversary After the Earl of Reardon, one of London's most notorious rakes, ruined the virtue and reputation of a young lady at a masquerade ball on Valentine's Day, he did the honorable thing and married her before settling her at his country estate and abandoning her there. Now, one year later, he has returned home to his wife and young son, wondering if it is too late to woo her properly and make amends for a year of shameful neglect. The Wrong Door During a dull evening at a particularly tedious house party Viscount Lyndon, a notorious rake, makes an assignation to spend the night with a willing widow. In the darkness, however, he opens the wrong door and enters the wrong room. He soon finds himself honor-bound to offer for the young lady who was the unfortunate victim of his error. She, however, does not react with predictable meekness. Instead, she sets out to bring him to his knees. Precious Rogue Miss Peabody and her mother are ecstatic when Mr. Bancroft, London's most elusive bachelor, accepts an invitation to a house party at their country estate. They boast that he is about to offer marriage. However, it is upon Patricia Mangan, the quiet, unremarkable, impoverished niece Mrs. Peabody treats more as a servant than a relative, that Mr. Bancroft finds himself turning his attentions, surprising himself as much as he surprises her and everyone else.

One day she was a princess, the daughter of an Alpha king, and the next day she was a slave, an Alpha king’s royal slave. If anyone had told Monica that rejecting an Alpha’s mate proposal would ruin her life, then maybe she wouldn’t have made that decision. But now it was too late, her family was gone, her title stripped off and to worsen it, she was now a slave to her conqueror, nothing more than a property which he could use in any way he pleased. She thought it was the end of her life, but even in the dark clouds, there is a silver lining. How would Monica save herself from this doom? Would she ever rise again, can she escape the inhuman treatment and torture in the hands of her captor? Her master the Alpha king. She was patiently waiting for the day her wolf awakens, so she can end his life in the most horrible way, but when that day came, the animal screamed “Mate!!!” Now she faces the biggest dilemma of her life, what decision should she take? Avenge her parent’s death and shatter her own soul or let her parents’ murderer go free?

"The author's efforts to open a route for an Atlantic-Pacific canal through Nicaragua. Discusses New Zealand's interest in this possible sea link and in particular the use of Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island as a coaling station (p. 371-375)"--Bagnall.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.

After six years gathering riches in India, Lord Whitly returns with his heart set on the feisty Welsh girl who'd first set him on the path to wealth. Thanks to the unflattering epitaph he gave her before his departure, Megan Powel has been forced to suppress her natural vivacity-and now she blames Lord Whitly for her misery. Oblivious to her predicament, Lord Whitly embarks upon her seduction. Through hilarious antics and wagers, he chases his intended bride, but can a wealthy noble give up his heart to win the lady who rules it?