Keeping up appearances requires unconventional measures…
Percival Wood, the Marquess of Norrington, is expected to marry. Yet, Percival wants nothing more than to settle down with his paramour and best friend, Bertram Atherley, the Viscount Ravensburgh.
Family debts require Lady Viola Pemberton to find a husband. Any wealthy man will do. However, Viola loves women, and is quite enamored in particular of the luscious Miss Penelope Hardcastle.
After meeting at a ball, Percival and Viola agree to marry with a secret understanding: Each will let the other pursue their own heart’s true desire. A perfect arrangement.
Until Percival’s father the duke presses the couple for a grandson.
Despite valiant efforts, Percival and Viola are unable to perform as man and wife. Still, the couple must do their marital duty and produce an heir.
Or make it appear as such.
Their Noble Deceit is Book 6 in Regina Kammer’s Victorian romance Harwell Heirs series. This queer (MM, FF, BiMF) poly romance features an unusual marriage of convenience, a secret baby with a twist, and the revelation of long-held family secrets. Their Noble Deceit can be read as a stand-alone; however, the novel is enhanced by first reading The Pleasure Device (Book 1) and A Delicate Seduction (Book 4).
The Harwell Heirs
Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny.
Book 1: The Pleasure Device
Book 2: Disobedience By Design
Book 3: Where Destiny Plays
Harwell Heirs Legacy Romances
Travel beyond England’s shores for these stories featuring beloved secondary characters from the first three books of the series. The Legacy novels delve into the romances of the friends, family, and intimates of the extended Harwell family.
Book 4: A Delicate Seduction
Book 5: Discovering Her Delight
Book 6: Their Noble Deceit
Keywords: Marriage of convenience romance (with a twist), Secret baby romance (with a twist), Medical romance, Polyamorous romance, Queer historical romance, Sapphic romance, Male-male romance, Achillean romance, Bisexual romance, Friends to lovers romance, Vacation romance, Aristocratic romance