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Drawing Room Lady… It’s common knowledge that Lady Arabella Knightley spent her early years in London’s gutters. But what the Ton doesn’t know is that while she dances prettily by day, by night she helps the poor – stealing jewels from those who court her for her money but disdain her for her past… Ballroom Thief!Bored by polite society, Adam St Just determines to expose the thief. Upon discovering it’s Arabella, he should be appalled. Instead, captivated by her beauty, his proposal is simple: He’ll unbutton Lady Arabella…or unmask her!

Newly elected Prime Minister Francis Urquhart takes on the new King, in the controversial No 1 bestselling second volume in the Francis Urquhart trilogy – now reissued in a new cover.After scheming his way to power in ‘House of Cards’, Francis Urquhart made a triumphant return in ‘To Play the King’ – a Sunday Times No 1 bestseller that became a hugely successful BBC TV series, with Ian Richardson resuming his award-winning role as Francis Urquhart.Its highly controversial and uncannily topical storyline – in which the role of the monarchy in modern Britain comes under scrutiny as Prime Minister Francis Urquhart threatens to expose Royal secrets when his plans are blocked by the idealistic new King – coincided with a huge increase in public interest in the future of the Royal Family following a series of Royal scandals.