Anthony Beaufort, Duke of Gloucester, is in need of a wife, and his grandmother is in charge of choosing the perfect lady for him.

But when he meets Helen, he finds her lack of personal opinions and her affected manners too daunting for his taste. Instead, Isabella, Helen’s sister, impresses him with her laughter and spontaneity.

Dulcit City, Iowa, is about to ignite with the sizzling debut of a new reality TV show that’s as daring as it is tantalizingly sexy. Meet Hamilton Peabody III, the visionary senior programming director whose scandalous past in Hollywood got him booted out of town to the heart of the heartland—and the drama is just beginning.

Included are nine stories of men who battle the beast within, and the woman who are strong enough to tame them.