BASTIAN'S SURRENDER (Regency Club Venus 1) first appeared in the historical anthology, Seduced Under the Mistletoe. A 1,000 words have been added to the original novella, to add emphasis to the series storyline. Bastian and Abigail's story remains the same. This is the 1st book in Amazon #1 & USA Today Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer's, hot new Regency romance series, Regency Club Venus. As Lord Sebastian Forbes, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and one of the richest men in England, Bastian has always lived a charmed life. Until three months ago, when a man died because of Bastian's actions. Knowing the other man to be a widower with a child, Bastian now feels it is his responsibility to care for the orphan. Except the child has disappeared into the foggy streets as if they had never been. Unfortunately, Bastian has no idea if it is a boy or a girl, only that he has to find and save them from the harsh reality of London's scandalous underworld. Having searched for the child for all these weeks with no success, Bastian's actions, drinking and debauching too much, are becoming increasingly risky and dangerous to himself. To the point he awakens one morning secured naked to a bed and no memory of how he came to be there, with a beautiful golden-haired angel leaning over him wielding a knife. Abigail is under no illusions regarding her place at Club Venus, she knows she is nothing more than another one of the 'ladies' available for the pleasure of the gentlemen who frequent the establishment owned by the aristocratic Duke of Blackborne. She's only lived at Club Venus for a few days and is shocked to come down the stairs in the early morning of the third day to discovering a naked gentleman in one of the public bedchambers, secured to the bed by four leather straps. She easily recognizes this man as being Lord Sebastian Forbes, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and one of the Duke of Blackborne's closest friends. A man Abigail considers her personal nemesis. Regency Club Venus: Bastian's Surrender (Regency Club Venus 1) Gabriel's Torment (Regency Club Venus 2) More books to come in this series. Regency Men in Love – MM series written as C A MORTIMER Hidden Lover (Regency Men in Love 1) Hidden Desire (Regency Men in Love 2) More books by Carole Mortimer: Dragon Hearts Series – paranormal NATHANIEL (Dragon Hearts 1) DERYK (Dragon Hearts 2) BRYN (Dragon Hearts 3) DYLAN (Dragon Hearts 4) GRIGOR (Dragon Hearts 5) GARRETT (Dragon Hearts 6) AERAN & RHYS (Dragon Hearts 7) DRAGON REUNION (Dragon Hearts 8) NEW Series now complete. Steele Protectors: LOGAN (Steele Protectors 1) ATTICUS (Steele Protectors 2) BRYCE (Steele Protectors 3) ROURKE (Steele Protectors 4) HAYDN (Steele Protectors 5) More books to come in this HOT Contemporary Romantic Suspense Series Also Available: Regency Lovers Series – Bks 1-6 ALPHA Series – Bks 1-8 Regency Unlaced – Bks 1-9 Regency Sinners – Bks 1-8 Knight Security – Bks 0.5-6 Carole Mortimer has written over 250 books in Regency, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, and Paranormal romance. In 2015 she became the Recipient of the prestigious Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. She was awarded a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 2017. She is an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. Carole is a 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was also recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her "outstanding service to literature".