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She tumbles back three centuries into the arms of a gruff Highlander and wins his heart-until she endangers everyone he's ever protected.Jovianna Jacobs, a history professor specializing in Scottish culture, is brilliant and students flock to sign up for her classes. Not because of her brilliance-but because of her foibles during her lectures. No matter how hard she tries not to be so clumsy, when she gets excited about a topic, her fumbling nearly destroys the room. Literally. After wrecking her third laptop in six months and completely embarrassing herself, a relaxing trek through Finnich Glen with her high-spirited mother is just the ticket to put things in perspective. There's nothing like descending into the mystical gorge and visiting the infamous Devil's Pulpit. But a rainstorm triggers a flash flood and while trying to retreat and manage the hazardous waters, dizzying nausea overpowers her and the raging current washes her away.Tobias Risk, the ruthlessly fierce highwayman known as the Devil of the Highlands, has been fighting to keep his greedy brother, the Earl of Grampian, from replacing their people with sheep to make more money off their lands. Farming is all the crofters know, but they're being evicted and burned out in the name of profit and progress. All that stands between them and homelessness is the money that Tobias and his men steal from wealthy travelers to cover the ever-increasing rents. After one such robbery, while washing his face in the waters beside the Devil's Pulpit, a beautiful and helpless Englishwoman washes up at his feet. Not only that, but her irritating mother is with her. And after saving the young beauty from drowning, he becomes hopelessly entranced with her. So much so that he claims her for his wife.But treachery abounds and enemies both old and new threaten their newfound love. The two remain steadfast until Jovianna makes a grave error in judgment and endangers everyone Tobias has ever protected.Tobias never learned the art of forgiveness. But Jovianna loves him with a fury and refuses to walk away. Somehow she will reverse her mistake and win back her Devil of the Highlands.Time to Love a HighlanderBook 1 - Loving Her Highland ThiefBook 2 - Taming Her Highland LegendBook 3 - Winning Her Highland WarriorBook 4 - Capturing Her Highland KeeperBook 5 - Saving Her Highland TraitorBook 6 - Loving Her Lonely HighlanderBook 7 - Delighting Her Highland Devil

Hugh Shardlow, Duke of Martock, is a Duke down on his luck, and determined not to get tangled into any other danger. That's why he's accosting this young woman in the middle of nowhere, France, in the middle of the night.He'd only come to France to drink, gamble, and escape the terrors of England. Even with his father dead and buried, the place held nothing but darkness for him...until his money ran out.Which is why the brightness of this mad Englishwoman, searching the French armies for her supposedly prisoner-of-war brother, is an absolute nonsense.Nice young ladies don't march into French encampments. They don't meander into French inns and accost the locals asking after her brother. And they certainly don't make bargains with strange penniless desperate Englishmen. But Beth Mead has never been one for Society's expectations, nor keeping them.And so a deal is struck: Hugh will help Beth find her missing soldier brother, and she'll pay his passage back to England. ¿Both think they've got the better bargain, but you can't put a price on trust-and as secrets and lies intermingle with hopes and expectations, Beth and Hugh swiftly discover that to protect themselves, they may have to betray the other...This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.Dukes in DangerDon't Judge a Duke By His CoverStrike While the Duke is HotThe Duke is Mightier than the SwordA Duke in Time Saves NineEvery Duke Has His PricePut Your Best Duke ForwardWhere There's a Duke, There's a WayCuriosity Killed the DukePlay with Dukes, Get BurnedThe Best Things in Life are DukesA Duke a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayAll Good Dukes Come to an End

A heart isn't stolen if it's given away...Amelia Driver never shies away from an opportunity, and when the Eglinton Tournament is announced, she recognizes it for the goldmine that it is. A member of one of the most powerful girl gangs in London, Amelia travels to Scotland planning to swindle unsuspecting spectators. Unfortunately for her, she picks the wrong pocket.To appease his son's obsession with knights, Lord Eli, Viscount Barrington, shuttles him to the medieval tournament even though he has much more important things to do-like keep his daughters out of trouble. A young and honorable widower, his life goal is to raise the twins to be upstanding women, pillars of the community. His mischievous daughters, on the other hand, want nothing of the virtuous life.When Eli encounters Amelia with her hands not where they should be, he develops a plan for the brilliant thief to scare his hoyden daughters straight. In exchange for keeping her neck out of the hangman's noose, Amelia must follow Eli back to his estate and teach his daughters about her life of sin and depravity. Eli even thinks she could learn a trade and find honest work. He never expects that he might be the one to learn anything, let alone look forward to Amelia's colorful and unsavory stories.As Amelia sinks deeper into the family life she never knew she wanted, she begins to question if a life of crime is still for her. How could an old widower and his young children be more exciting than her haunts on the streets?When her past comes back to claim her, will Amelia decide that love is worth giving up her independence, or will she learn that good love from a good man is all the freedom she's ever dreamed of?The Eglinton Knight SeriesBook 1 - Knight of the Jaded HeartBook 2 - Knight of the Broken HeartBook 3 - Knight of the Wicked HeartBook 4 - Knight of the Bleeding Heart

Odessa doesn't want to wed a gentleman with a title. But Jordan Sinclair isn't a gentleman, he's slightly savage and lacking in manners. Barely an earl. He's a Deadly Sin.Jordan Sinclair, the new Earl of Emerson, finds himself in a precarious position. His older half-brother left the estate and Jordan drowning in debt. He's been given a choice. Marry Odessa Whitehall, daughter of the very man who holds all of Jordan's markers or become destitute.Shunned by the ton her entire life, Odessa has no interest in marrying a foppish lord just to please her ambitious father. She makes herself as undesirable as possible to each potential suitor which forces them to beg off. However, none of Odessa's clever tactics have worked against the Earl of Emerson. He refuses to be dissuaded.Navigating a courtship neither of them wants, Jordan and Odessa find themselves drawn to each other. Will their mutual distrust push them apart or can they allow their attraction to each other blossom into something else?Sinfully Wed is the first in a steamy new series titled The Five Deadly Sins.The Five Deadly SinsSinfully WedSinfully TemptedSinfully MineSinfully YoursSinfully Wanton

A fast-paced Regency Romance with a dash of mystery and a young woman who is determined to right a wrong.Lord Douglas, Richard Fox, has been spurned once, and he is not planning to repeat that painful experience. His meddling aunt, however, is intent on marrying off her wayward son, and if she can achieve the same for her nephew, Richard, then so be it.Miss Amelia Beckett is convinced that she and her friends were invited to this house party to make up the numbers. After all, what gentleman would choose from the wallflower benches when there are so many fresh young things to woo instead? Since her accident, Amelia is resigned to spinsterhood, so she will simply enjoy the event on her own terms.Richard is disconcerted by Amelia's spirit and courage, while Amelia is delighted to prick the earl's disdainful bubble only to find an honorable gentleman underneath. But when they are discovered in an embrace, their future takes an unexpected and unwelcome turn.Bound together by a series of scandalous events, Richard and Amelia must uncover a crime whilst navigating a relationship fraught with unspoken fears and hidden passions. None of this is helped by a social milieu that includes the unscrupulous woman who broke the earl's heart.Can the brooding earl and the spirited wallflower be persuaded to take a chance on love?The Country House Romantic MysteriesPersuading the EarlBeguiling the EarlCaptivating the Earl

Sometimes love is hiding in the unlikeliest of earls...Evelyn Thorncroft wants to marry a duke, but she'll settle for an earl. The Earl of Hawkridge, to be precise. The only problem? Weston cannot stand the sight of her. At least, that's what he says. Their passionate kisses, however, tell a very different story...From the first moment he sees Evie across a crowded ballroom, Weston desires her. The dark-haired American is beautiful, intelligent, and charming. The only problem? She's a money-grubbing hoyden after his family's fortune. At least, that's what Weston tells himself. His heart, however, tells a very different story...Trapped under the same roof during a house party, Evie and Weston struggle to control their blistering chemistry. Neither are looking for love, and past hurts have made them far too cynical to believe in happily-ever-after.But when two wounded hearts (and an orphaned lamb) are involved, anything is possible...including true love.The Perks of Being an HeiressBewitched by the BluestockingEntranced by the EarlSeduced by the ScotWooed by the Wallflower

A promise made...When Lady Brynne Weston was just fourteen, she made a pact with her brother's friend, Lord Lachlan Campbell, a charming Scottish boy with a rebellious streak that called to her own sense of adventure. If, in ten years, neither was married, they would marry each other. The promise was sealed with a stick of sugar, and then forgotten about...until almost a decade later when Lachlan comes to claim his prize.A promise broken...The charming, rebellious boy has grown into a charming, dangerously seductive man. And try as she might, Brynne is helpless against the smoldering passion that flares between them. Knowing that her family will not approve of her marrying a second-born son, and a Scottish one at that, she elopes with Lachlan to Gretna Green. Everything is perfect...until a devastating secret comes to light.A promise that cannot be denied...Betrayed by the man she loves, Brynne flees back to England and resumes her old life as if nothing is amiss, hiding her shattered heart behind feigned smiles and perfect house parties. But try as she might, she cannot forgive - or forget - the husband she left. When Lachlan unexpectedly returns to win her back, sparks flame anew...but are the ashes of old desires left denied enough to ignite a fire hot enough to burn away old hurts?One thing is certain...this Scot isn't leaving without his prize.The Perks of Being an HeiressBewitched by the BluestockingEntranced by the EarlSeduced by the ScotWooed by the Wallflower

As Georgiana Beresford begins to unravel a sinister plot, it may be too late to save her-and the honorable man who's offered her marriage.While walking down a London street, Miss Georgiana Beresford nearly has apoplexy when she catches a glimpse of a woman she thought was dead. She whips around-which results in her falling into the muddy street and injuring herself. To her mortification, an exceedingly handsome man whisks her into his arms and insists on carrying her home.Charles, Viscount Churston, had not been able to remove his eyes from the beautiful woman he was only too happy to assist. He delivers her home and learns she's a Beresford, the sister of an Eton friend. When he calls to check on her the next day, Charles learns that his misguided act of chivalry has ruined her name. A malicious attack upon her has appeared in that morning's London Gazette. There's only one honorable thing to do. He must offer her marriage. Georgiana cannot deny her attraction to the handsome Lord Churston but laments that he's only offering for her out of his sense of honor.Once they're joined together in a loveless marriage, he assists his bride, who's obsessed with learning the identity of the woman who looks exactly like a one who perished in a fire.The closer they get to finding out who the mysterious woman is, the more peril they face-and the closer the two become . . . in every way.The Beresford AdventuresLady Mary's Dangerous EncounterMy Lord ProtectorWith a Little Help from my LordRescued by a RakeVindicated by the ViscountDefended by the Duke

There is no force greater than a strong woman's will-not even time itself.686 ADShe is a woman ahead of her time.As the sister of the powerful King of the Picts, Murielle Mac Cuill is expected to marry strategically. Clan feuds threaten their borders, and Murielle understands her duty: she must marry a rival king to solidify peace. But when every king falls short of meeting expectations, Murielle dares to pursue the man she truly desires. Her brother and her guard both found happiness with travelers from the future. Now, it's her turn.Since the day Samuel stepped onto their land-and into their time-Murielle has been drawn to him and his tales of the future. She is strong-willed, curious, outspoken, and intelligent-an unfortunate combination of attributes for a woman to possess in her era. But Samuel respects her free spirit, and Murielle is determined to marry him and live in 2023... until the day an unexpected visitor arrives from the south. His name is Aldfrith, King of the Britons, and much to Murielle's dismay, he's a perfect marriage match. A union between the Picts and their southern rivals would lay generations of feuding to rest. He's handsome, intelligent, and progressive. His only flaw is the one Murielle cannot accept: he isn't Samuel Sullivan.He is a man trapped by time.Archaeologist Samuel Sullivan has been stuck in the same time loop for more lives than he can count. In every lifetime, he is born remembering his duty: he must unite the warring Celtic clans so they will one day form a united Scotland. He always succeeds at achieving peace, but does he ever succeed at finding love? Cruelly, he has no memory beyond saving the timeline, and pursuing the woman he desires may destroy everything. His love for the king's sister is dangerous, for she must marry a king, and he cannot intervene.When Murielle runs out of proper suiters, Samuel allows himself to hope for a future with her-until King Aldfrith arrives. Regarded as prosperous, fair, and revolutionary, King Aldfrith may be the Pict's greatest chance at securing peace with their southern neighbors. If Murielle is meant to marry King Aldfith, Samuel must walk away to prevent destroying all he's worked hard to create... even if leaving means destroying his chance at happiness.Bereft and brokenhearted, Samuel returns to 2023, desperate to focus on work and move forward without Murielle. But Murielle will not simply let him walk away from the life they both want. If he insists on returning to his time, she will follow him to the future. Is Murielle Mac Cuill prepared for the year 2023?Is the year 2023 prepared for Murielle Mac Cuill?Pict by TimeWhere the Thistle GrowsWhere the Stars LeadWhere the Ocean Ends

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning ...Covent Garden's newest jewel is stealing the hearts of London's gentlemen night after night. Where has this gorgeous French ingenue been hiding all this time?Dominique's status as the mostly forgotten daughter of a country baronet and his French mistress has been the key to her success as a Lady Knight of Queen Charlotte's Round Table. She thrives on anonymity- her courtly French manners allowing her to shapeshift into any role to fulfill the mission. This month, she's an actress performing nightly at Covent Garden.The new heir to the Earl of Danby has come to London! Alas, hopeful young ladies of the ton. Rumor has it his heart is already given...Fate has been cruel to David Grisham. He's lost his father and his brother in the space of a year and suddenly he's set to inherit his cousin's earldom. Come to London to learn about what that inheritance will entail, he visits the Theatre Royal for a bit of revelry. And sees his dearest childhood friend and lost love dancing across the stage.In a split-second decision, Dominique brings David into her investigation rather than risk exposure. But the man now at her side is not the little boy she adored- in the most stirring and unsettling ways.Can she resist the temptation... does she even want to?Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

What happens when a battle-scarred hero bent on destroying himself meets an irresistible force by the name of Phoebe?Lady Phoebe Killigrew is appalled by the scandalous country parties their new neighbor, a war hero marquess, is holding at his estate in Moonstone Landing. She has every intention of keeping well away from him, until a governess arrives at her door with his two orphaned nieces. They are mere children and cannot possibly reside under the same roof as that dissolute. When she storms over to demand he reform his ways or she will not give them over to him, she is unprepared for the feelings he stirs in her, for her heart understands his nieces are not the only ones in need of rescuing.Cormac Stockwell, Marquess of Burness, has given everything for his country, including his left arm. He just wants to be left alone to destroy himself, but his beloved and meddlesome brother has unexpectedly sent Cormac his two little nieces, whom he adores, to care for over the summer. But how can he take them under his wing when he cannot even take care of himself? And now his impudent neighbor, Lady Phoebe, is pounding on his door and insisting he reform his wicked ways or she will not turn over the girls to him. He wants to tell the priggish, but beautiful, nuisance to mind her own business and stay out of his affairs. However, he must have been drunker than he realized when she came to his door, for he asks her to marry him instead.Is it possible Phoebe, the little lioness next door, can repair the tatters of his damaged heart?The Moonstone Landing SeriesThe Moonstone DukeThe Moonstone MarquessThe Moonstone MajorNovellas:Moonstone LandingMoonstone Angel

yron Renwick, Duke of Sedley, is a man on a mission. Vengeance fills his soul, and he will stop at nothing to gain justice.Which is why he finds himself chasing after a mail coach in the dead of night with a mysterious and rather beautiful passenger. It wasn't supposed to be like this. After discovering the Glasshand Gang's plans to rob a mail coach, Byron was determined to catch them in the act and bring them to justice.Missing the mail coach, and accidently letting slip to a woman that everyone in the mail coach was in danger? Also, not the plan.Anne Mead has just put her darling younger sister on that mail coach and won't take no for an answer from the strange gentleman who seems to know the nine people on that coach are now risking their lives. She tells him in no uncertain terms: Anne is going with him. Together, they'll save her sister.But secrets on both sides threaten to surface in their race against time, as Byron keeps his title and more to himself, and Anne resists spilling the truth about her family.And a sequence of inns with only one bed available doesn't help...With nine lives hanging in the balance, will Byron and Anne be able to put their bickering aside to rescue them-or will their growing attraction prove more of a distraction?This full-length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.Dukes in DangerDon't Judge a Duke By His CoverStrike While the Duke is HotThe Duke is Mightier than the SwordA Duke in Time Saves NineEvery Duke Has His PricePut Your Best Duke ForwardWhere There's a Duke, There's a WayCuriosity Killed the DukePlay with Dukes, Get BurnedThe Best Things in Life are DukesA Duke a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayAll Good Dukes Come to an End

Secret salons and forbidden tendres. The Season promises to be scandalous.After their parents' deaths, the three Grace sisters must leave their family home for their first season in London. But how will Alexandra, the eldest Miss Grace, fare in the ton's infamous marriage mart? She's determined to marry for love. If only she could find a husband like her childhood friend, Niall, Duke of Blackburn, but with added passion.Caught up in Society's whirlwind, Alexandra soon realizes eligible gentlemen may want to make suitable matches, but once wed, their true desires will be reserved for their mistresses. Enlisting her sisters' support, she sets up secret salons with trusted female acquaintances at which they can discuss the conundrum of men's true nature versus finding a happy marriage.However, the salons raise more questions than answers, and realizing she will only gain the knowledge the ladies seek by talking with a man, Alexandra approaches Niall. But discussing matters of an intimate nature proves very different from talking about art and architecture, and the friendship Alexandra has always felt rapidly turns into something more. Can she really be falling for her very proper childhood friend?Niall takes his role in life seriously. He's a proper fellow, decided in his ways to stand up for those unable to protect themselves. That's what dukes do-sustain traditions and serve with dignity. When an old friend from Eton asks Niall to watch over his three sisters, how can he refuse? If anyone can assist ladies in their entrance to Society, it's a duke.Strict and timely, practiced, and nuanced, Niall knows just what it takes to master the ins and outs of civilization. But sometimes the most proper thing to do is give in.The Three GracesA Most Improper DuchessNever Judge a Beast by His CoverBlame it on Lord Raine

Lady Clare had crossed a line she feared could not be undone. Sir Iain would never allow her to refuse him now.Lady Clare Logan is quite content with her life now-as a wealthy widow she has the means to carry out her late husband's plans for schools and training centers for the poor children of Edinburgh and Leith. Determined to establish his legacy, Clare is stunned when a recently-knighted businessman claims the rights to properties that she plans to develop.Sir Iain Buchanan is used to getting his own way-in business, in life and in any endeavor he tries. With plans to expand the headquarters of his burgeoning shipping empire, Iain runs into an immovable barrier known as Lady Clare. No matter what he offers, she refuses it. So, Iain feels no guilt when he resorts to the methods that successfully saved him from the gutters of Glasgow and allowed him to grow his companies until his business was known around the globe. Methods that meet with little success even while his need to seduce the appealing, beautiful, infuriating woman grows with each encounter.What will it take to make this lady see that he will not take nay for an answer?Unexpected Heirs of ScotlandThe Lady Takes It AllA Lady's AgreementThe Lady's Tutor

Newly arrived in Mayfair, writer Jack Bastin becomes the darling of high society after catapulting to fame with the success of his first novel. Charismatic, enigmatic, and independently wealthy, Jack appears to live the carefree life of a notorious rake and celebrated author. But beneath this façade lies an artist haunted by a painful past and crippled by a desire for vengeance against the man who wronged him as a boy. Jack plots revenge while hiding his true identity and living a life that leaves him detached and wholly unprepared for the muse who steps into his path.Ottilie Hamilton, a mathematics instructor and founding faculty member of Canterbury Ladies' College in Kent, relishes her independence and is committed to her cause of furthering higher education for women in England. Nonetheless, Lady Hudsyn is determined to see her wayward niece married and schemes to find Ottilie a suitable husband during her visit at the tail-end of the season. But the only gentleman Ottilie wants to meet while in London is the notorious novelist Jack Bastin-not because he is the most attractive man she has ever seen, but because she hopes to enlist him for her cause.Ottilie garners an introduction to Jack via her cousin, and their mutual attraction blossoms, giving way to the possibility of love-until the past collides with the present and plays havoc with their trust and future happiness.Will the past pull them apart, or will it bring them together?Love and LiteratureBook 1: Love and LiteratureBook 2: Love and VengeanceBook 3: Love and Liberty

Misfortune is an excellent teacher.When Phillip Tavernash, Ninth Duke of Glenmoor, discovers his title is held fraudulently, he embarks on a journey to North America determined to succeed on his own. It doesn't go well. He has no idea what a fish out of water he will be.Nan Archer had to summon enough backbone to stand up to her father and older brother who moved their family across the frontier every time civilization reached any clearing in which they'd made a stake. She has landed on the banks of the Mississippi and built something of her own, the tavern Archers' Roost. She will go no farther.When Nan's brother dumps a pathetic traveler, robbed, beaten, and wounded, on her tavern floor she takes him in, as she would any wounded duck. That he called himself duke is cause for hilarity.Attraction blooms easily, but can Phillip look past his life of privilege to find what he's looking for deep inside himself? Can he convince her she's the answer to his search?Is he a duke or a bastard? Does it matter in the end?The Entitled GentlemenBook 1 - Duke in All But NameBook 2 - Duke in Name OnlyBook 3 - Never a Duke

Tate faces a nefarious criminal in the fight for his love and his estate.A duke fighting to keep his estate. A lady intent on discovering what the man she loves hides from her. In disguise, beneath the very noses of the curious ton, His Grace Tarleton Fanshawe, Duke of Lindsey, works to solve a mystery and get the better of a villain intent on stealing all that he holds dear.At the death of his father, His Grace Tarleton Fanshawe, Duke of Lindsey's safe world, turns upside down. His historic estate, Cloudhill, is soon to be snatched away. Tate must go undercover to discover why his father, who never gambled, lost the family fortune, and he has little time to do it. And worse, he must face the possibility the woman he loves will marry another man before the spring Season has ended. But when Tate's carriage stops in a village on the way to London, he meets a man with a remarkable likeness to him, and an idea is formed.Lady Ianthe Granville has loved Tate since she was in the schoolroom, and believed they would someday marry. She is shocked when he not only fails to propose, he seems to accept he will lose her to another. Her come-out is a bitter disappointment, and as her father is intent on marrying her to a man she does not love, Ianthe takes it upon herself to discover just what it is that has caused this change in Tate, and why he has adopted an extraordinary disguise.Improper LordsBook 1 - The Duke's MasqueradeBook 2 - The Marquess Takes a MisstepBook 3 - The Earl's Brazen Bargain

Mix two fake lovers, age over a disastrous house party, distill the romance; and savor the happily ever after.Richard Ferrand arrives in Thetford to visit his family and to seek advice on a recent inheritance. He's expecting it to be a brief visit. His former brother-in-law has a new family, and Richard is eager to return to his familiar bachelor businessman routine. That all changes when he comes to the rescue of a young lady with plans of her own.Amelia Chitester has spent her life being the perfect society Miss-at least when people are watching. When they're not, she's busy creating the county's best whiskey. That all changes when her gravely ill father insists she marry so that she will have a protector after he dies.When Richard helps Amelia avoid a persistent suitor, she sees an answer to several of her problems.He needs a British distributor for his newly acquired French wine, and she needs a fake fiancé to take her off the marriage market. Richard thinks she's daft-irresistibly beautiful, totally disarming, and completely daft--but he agrees to help because he admires her commitment to her family and her home.As they work to fool their families and the entire village, it grows difficult to live out their lie. Amelia didn't figure on the soft side of her convenient rake, and Richard wasn't prepared for the stubborn charm of his fake conquest.Soon they're both faced with the choice of keeping their businesses or losing their hearts.Enterprising WomenHis Enterprising DuchessHis Spirited LadyHis Secretive Madam

Love does not advertise. Love counts no wrongs.But when a young woman needs to escape an ogre, she'll take an ad to find a man she can adore.Verity Carr wants a new life in a new town far from her old home and the vile threat to her body and soul. She comes from a fine family, has a good education and a bold ambition to become a portrait artist. She's ready to live her life with a man who will value her. A husband she can can respect and in time, hopefully love. Yet valiant though she is, she questions if she can escape her past and the one who will not let her go.Can a gentleman to whom great wrong was done, build a new life with a true wife and leave the past behind?Miles St. John Armstrong, Viscount Bellamy, never should have wed his first wife. He vows to select a new one with logic and careful investigation via advertisement. The young lady he selects is Verity Carr who is no ordinary woman. She has charm, wit and a beauty that sears his soul. No wonder theirs is a relationship built quickly on admiration and trust. No wonder their marriage becomes one built of mutual mad passion.But devoted as they are, their past comes to call. And it asks of them the ultimate question, can their love withstand the tempest and survive the terror?Matrimony!If I Love YouBecause of YouYou Do Something to Me

She journeyed through time in search of da Vinci...King's College PhD candidate Gabriella Palmer is sixtieth in line to the throne, yet has only forty pounds to her name. She's got no man, no money, and she must reluctantly return to her dissertation. So when offered the opportunity to travel back in time to meet her hero, the great Leonardo, she accepts the mission to find one of his missing paintings and bring it back to 2023....what she found was the love she'd always dreamed of.Accompanied by a cantankerous "bodyguard" named Graham, and time-travel expert John Stafford, Gabby experiences a series of misadventures- from an attempted seduction by Henry VIII, to peril at the court of France's King Francois I. But meeting the Tudor hunk whose painted portrait has hung on her bedroom wall since she was a teen, was a definite upside.And what she learned...Gabby discovers that life-in any era-can teach her more than she'd ever learn in school.Love is timeless.The Ladies of the LabyrinthBook 1 - The Veil Between WorldsBook 2 - The Veil of TimeBook 3 - The Season of the Veil

Awakening life and love...On the sudden death of her oppressive father in a duel, the cool and distant Lady Hera Severne finds herself floundering in her new freedom, and instantly attracted to sardonic doctor, Justin Rivers. Determined to change her life, she travels incognito to Lincolnshire, to take up a post as companion to Lady Astley and learn about life.But nothing is as she imagined it. Her cover is useless against Dr Rivers, whose family lives in the nearby village. Lady Astley appears to have little need of a companion. Rather she wants a carer for her husband's strange but amiable adult ward. Noises in the night, mystery, suspicion, and locked doors eventually force her to flee with Justin's help - and her charge.Inevitable scandal follows them to Brussels, where Justin's duty lies. But Justin, tortured by past failures and growing passion for the unworldly Hera, knows he cannot offer marriage to one so immeasurably above him in rank and fortune.But can he resist Hera, who has other ideas and the courage to follow them through?The DuelEntangledCapturedDesertedBeloved

Will the queen's assassin ultimately obey her, or listen to the earnest plea of his own heart?ETHAN ESSEX is Queen Victoria's most discreet assassin. Before he will be allowed to leave her employ and retire to the bookshop he's built in Willowbrook, he must complete one more assignment for her-eliminate the man who is stealing from the Crown's treasury.When LADY PAULINE DEARBOURNE befriends Ethan, their common love of books swiftly grows more intimate, until her father forbids her to pursue this relationship with a commoner. But it's too late, and Polly is now caught in the middle between the father she loves and her sweetheart who has been tasked with killing him.Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Sweet Dreams line, so this is a sweet, wholesome Historical Romance where passion beyond the bedroom door is left to the reader's imagination.The Willowbrook SeriesA Willowbrook MiracleA Page Turner BookshopA Bitter Pill to SwallowA Lesson LearnedIt's Not What it Seems

A Duke, A Musician, and A Mystery. Will they catch the killer before he kills again?The DukeIoan Drummond, the Duke of Rathdrum, is on a mission-finding the person who killed his father and brothers. The trail leads him to London where he meets the enigmatic spymaster known as Tarleton. With the spymaster's help, Ioan searches for clues pertaining to the possible assassination of his family.The MusicianLady Matilda Welsh, the goddaughter and niece of Lord Tarleton, is a brilliant code breaker-making up her own code in the music that she writes. Her intuition leads her to the door of the duke next door-by way of secret passageways in her home. After being found in a compromising position with the duke, ending with an impromptu wedding in her front hall.Of Valor and HonorWith the help of his friends and Matilda, Ioan starts an investigative branch of Tarleton's spy network, handling cases within Great Britain. His first case? Searching for his family's killer. Why? His father and brothers were agents for Tarleton and had found a link to a rival spy ring known only as The Shadows.Good versus EvilIoan and Matilda work together to find the killer, not realizing the killer is watching their every move-planning revenge upon the Valor and Honor Investigators.Will they find him in time? Will they believe in each other as all they hold dear threatens to fall around them? Or will the Shadow agent kill yet again?Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.Of Valor and HonorThe Scottish DukeAn Honorable ViscountIt Happened One Knight

Convincing a rogue to wed comes with a high price.Ellie Middleton has exactly one month to find a husband. If she doesn't, her father will betroth her to a vile man. Although her heart still belongs to the soldier who died in the war, she is willing to enter a loveless marriage. Out of options, Ellie does the unthinkable when she runs into her brother's friend, Vincent Wallace, the Earl of Trenton, and boldly makes him a proposal of marriage in name only. Will the rogue accept the bargain she is offered?Vincent Wallace has no desire to marry and tie himself to one woman. However, he doesn't like the idea of Ellie settling for just anyone, either. He can't get her off his mind, and he desires her more than any women he's ever known.But when he is threatened to stay away from Ellie or die, Vincent doesn't know whether to release her and allow her to be happy or fight for the woman he has fallen in love with.Love's AddictionA Wallflower to LoveA Governess to ProtectA Maiden to Remember

I want ye with a ferocity that frightens me.Abandoned as a wee bairn and lovingly raised by the Keiths, Matilda has spent her entire life pondering her identity. When the truth proves more sinister than expected, she is desperate to hide her shameful secret despite the missives that continue to arrive, threatening both Matilda and her kin. Even death is preferable to losing the trust of those she loves, for surely, the Keiths and Irvines will disown her if they discover their enemy's blood runs through her veins. Preferring the life of a traveling knight, Reginald Irvine lives for the moment, never focusing on tomorrow. When ordered to discover the contents of Matilda's mysterious missives, Reginald relishes the task. He will charm the truth out of the lovely lass, then be off on his next journey. But when Matilda pushes him away and finds herself in danger, Reginald determines to protect her at all costs, even if the cost is losing his life... or his heart. Tired of the threats, Matilda takes matters into her own hands, and Reginald gladly follows. If their plan succeeds, they will save hundreds of lives. If they fail, they have more to lose than just their heads. But, when tempers flare, desires are spoken, and attraction turns to passion, the enemy on their heels is no longer the only threat to life as they know it.Irvines of DrumBook 1 - For Love of a Laird Book 2 - Like a Laird to a Flame ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Book 3 - Maid for the Knight

I wish to drive ye mad for the rest of yer life!Mary Hamilton is no stranger to scandal. As the former Laird of Drum's lover, she has been on the receiving end of many dark stares. But when he died in battle, leaving her alone and carrying his unborn child, darkness was all she had left. A woman cannot raise a child alone without scorn, but she would prefer to face the judgment of others than marry to save her reputation.The need for an advantageous marriage is a burden that Sir William Keith, Laird of Dunnottar and Marischal of Scotland, is all too familiar with. If only every prospective bride did not make him wish to jump off the cliffs surrounding his castle. When an invitation arrives to celebrate the Yule with his Sister at Drum Castle, William is eager to accept and escape the constant reminder of his plight... until the reason for his invitation becomes as apparent as the contempt Mary holds for him.She needs a husband and a father for her child. He needs a wife and an heir. But a marriage of convenience has never felt less convenient as they seem to fight more than they breathe. However, despite William's resolve to keep his distance, there is a spark in the darkness that surrounds the lass, one that draws him in-like a moth to a flame. But, just like a fire burning out of control, the heat between them may only burn them both in the end.Irvines of DrumBook 1 - For Love of a LairdBook 2 - Like a Laird to a FlameBook 3 - Maid for the Knight

She was a wonder of the world, and she was married to his brother.Betrothed to the elderly laird of their enemy, disillusionment and duty are all Elizabeth Keith has ever known. She may never know true love, but her people will finally know peace.However, when tragedy strikes more than once, and Elizabeth is pawned from laird to laird, unexpected desires for one man threaten to compromise her dutiful existence, forcing her to defy the rules.As the spare to the heir, Robert Irvine understands his obligation to the clan during these volatile times. But, marrying his brother's beautiful widow is more than he bargained for, and nothing he is prepared for. When all he never wanted becomes all he ever needed, Robert suddenly stands to lose it all.When war is a constant threat, and a marriage to Elizabeth is the key to peace, Robert will do all he can to secure both, until he discovers she has done something that may destroy them both.Irvines of DrumBook 1 - For Love of a LairdBook 2 - Like a Laird to a FlameBook 3 - Maid for the Knight