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Her fit of anger becomes a leap back through time into the arms of a man she can never have.21st century bookshop owner, Lorna Merriweather is known for her patience. Especially regarding her fiancé. Tonight he's promised to go to the cliffs to watch for the northern lights. He must have something special to share if he's willing to treat her to the Aurora Borealis in the bitter cold that he hates. But when his something special turns out to be a cruel betrayal impossible to forgive, she throws his ring in his face and storms away, stumbling over the cliff straight into the arms of the most amazing northern lights show of her life. But she doesn't fall to her death. When her head clears, it's morning and she's back on the hillside in the middle of a snowstorm. Where is the glow of the town's colorful festival lights? And where is her terrible ex-fiancé? Everything looks familiar-but not. Thank goodness a strange woman and her family come along in an antique carriage and offer her a ride back to town. Or at least where town is supposed to be.17th century Gunn Sinclair, 6th Earl of Caithness and chieftain of Clan Sinclair, has been widowed twice. He loved both wives and can't stand the thought of going through that heartbreak again. But his beloved daughter Arabella needs a mother, and he needs an heir. The only solution is an arranged marriage to a woman he will never love. An amicable passionless union is what he seeks.Young Arabella is not about to let her father marry a woman so cruel to her son and lady's maid that they tremble when she is near. But she decides that the nice Mistress Lorna would do quite nicely for a new mama. And Mistress Lorna has seen how wicked Lady Murdina is, so Arabella knows she will help her get that she-devil out of Thursa Castle. They form a pact to stop the wedding and save the chieftain from the disastrous match.But what Lorna doesn't know is that Arabella isn't planning on halting the ceremony, the wily nine-year-old merely wants to switch brides.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

Bloody Hell! He abducted the wrong woman!Daughter of a traitor, Cordelia Cranfield seeks her freedom by proving her loyalty to the English crown. Since she looks like a young version of the great Tudor queen, she agrees to stand in for her on a delicate mission. But the simple masquerade turns treacherous when a Highlander, working for the French, abducts her, thinking her the great Queen Elizabeth I.Spy for Scotland, Marcus Ruthven has been tasked with infiltrating the French to rescue the English queen, whisking her away to Scotland so she can be thankful and name King James her heir. Marcus ignores the warning signs that this woman is too young and lovely to be Elizabeth Tudor because she's also clever and courageous, and Marcus is desperate to succeed. They work together to evade the French as well as their growing attraction. One can't just tup a queen no matter how good she feels in his arms.When Cordelia is revealed, the dam she and Marcus held against their passion for one another, shatters. Missions ruined, emotions raw, they must work together now to save the real queen.But remaining secrets surface, all masks come off, and Cordelia doesn't know if she can trust the spy who has stolen her heart.The Queen's HighlandersThe Highlander & The Queen's SacrificeThe Highlander & the Lady of MisruleThe Highlander & the Counterfeit Queen

Montague Lancaster, Duke of Caefall, is in hiding in Oxford after a wartime injury, trying to ignore his doctor's advice.Because he'll definitely be going back to France to fight, right? He's determined not to leave his honor on the battlefield-but Montague has financial concerns to keep him occupied. The Duchy is bankrupt. He's got to keep it a secret and keep his presence in England quiet.Fencing is his only refuge, his passion, and Montague agrees to teach students to pass the time. Easier said than done when a poetess storms into his bedchamber and demands he help her finish her poem...Sarah Lockwood is tired of having her poetry diminished merely because she's a woman. Society holds no interest, and she's in search of a poetry professor in one of the prestigious Oxford colleges to help her finish it. She ends up discovering a hidden duke who fences like a soldier and kisses like the devil.Words cross blades with actions as both Sarah and Montague fight their growing feelings for each other, and the expectations of the world.She cannot be a poet. He must return to France to fight. So which is mightier: the duke or the sword?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

The only adventure Violet Greyson has ever known has come from books, but that all changes when her father dies, and she moves from remote Dartmoor to London. There, she finds her purpose amongst the pioneers of women's education and begins a new life as a teacher's assistant at one of England's first academic ladies' colleges. Love is the last thing on Violet's mind as she embarks on her new venture, but the harder she works to prove her worth to her capricious classics master, the more attached she becomes to him.Byron Thomas, schoolmaster at the prestigious St. James's Independent School for Boys, set out in life determined to be different from his brutish father but became disillusioned and bitter after typhus took his beloved wife and infant daughter. Beset with pain, he sets his sights on a marriage of convenience to the headmaster's stepdaughter. But his plans become muddled when he agrees to teach a course in the classics at a new ladies' college. Drawn to his intelligent and fiery assistant, Byron struggles to maintain a proper master-student relationship as she begins to chip away at the shield that guards his heart.Will love derail Violet's and Byron's plans for their futures, or will it bring them the happiness they thought out of reach?Love and LiteratureBook 1: Love and LiteratureBook 2: Love and VengeanceBook 3: Love and Liberty

Can a beautiful Italian American chef from modern-day Chicago find love under the Tuscan sun with a handsome yet disgraced 19th-century English earl?Gabriella D'Angelo, a talented chef from the Windy City, is left reeling when she's pulled through a painting and transported back in time to the edge of a cliff overlooking the Etruscan coast of Italy circa 1902. One minute she's sitting in a gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, wondering where her friends Emily and Jenee wandered off to, and the next minute she's desperately clinging to a branch dangling above the Mediterranean Sea, trying not to plummet to her death. Luckily a tall, dashing, rugged stranger named John Henry Langsford, Jack for short, comes to her rescue.From the first moment, Gaby meets Jack, she can't stop thinking about him. The arrogant, hot-tempered, and handsome Englishman is too irresistible for his own good. His wit makes her bubble with laughter, and his brazen sensuality makes her blush down to her toes, but Gabriella can't afford to be distracted, especially not by gorgeous Jack. She must figure out where Marco Allegretto's painting is so he can finally be reunited with his time-traveling muse and soulmate, Iris Bellerose. Only then will Gaby be able to return to her life in modern-day Chicago. And that's what she wants, isn't it?The last thing Jack needs is a distraction, and the sensuous and sultry beauty named Gabriella, Gaby for short, is most definitely that! Jack is still reeling from his fall from grace. One moment he was the Earl of Witton and Marquess of Bainbridge, and the next, he was disowned and disgraced thanks to his duplicitous cousin. Forced to flee London, Jack has been staying with his favorite Aunt Kitty Darling at her home in Tuscany, Italy. His only hope is to marry the heiress Cynthia Maxwell and reclaim his life.He must exorcise his attraction to the curvaceously delectable Gaby, no matter the cost, or he will lose his patrimony and the earldom forever. And yet, from the moment he lays eyes on Gaby, he cannot stop thinking about her. The mysterious young woman from America who looks a like a siren and cooks like a goddess invades his very being and makes his senses come alive.Will Gaby and Jack find their way to love and solve the mystery of the missing Renaissance painting that holds their destiny? The stage is set, the players have been summoned. All that is missing is you.Lost in TimeLondon TimeParis TimeTuscan Time

Never let destiny meddle in your romantic affairs...When Lily Bennett became the caretaker of her teenage sister, it came at the expense of her hopes, dreams, and the home she grew up in. Now that her sister is grown and on her own, Lily struggles to find a place to call home. She wants to feel part of a family again and intends to mend the broken relationships with her siblings. That is, until she discovers an unusual timepiece that lands her in Regency England at the feet of one of the most eligible men in society. Unfortunately, he believes that she's crazy. Any attraction Lily feels for the stubborn man is clearly one-sided. Too bad she's stuck with him until she can figure out how to get home.Gabriel Hawthorne, Earl of Rothden, has decided to host one last house party before returning to London for the dreaded season where every simpering chit and money-hungry mother will hover around him like flies. Add to that his sister's hunt for a husband and Gabriel would rather shoot himself than a grouse. Still, it's his duty to find his sister a suitable match, which he'll do after one last bit of respite to shore up his defenses. A respite interrupted when a pretty little wallflower in scandalous clothes lands at his feet claiming to be from the future. He'd turn her over to doctors if she weren't so damned intriguing. Suddenly, all thoughts of London, responsibilities, and simpering debutantes don't seem half as hard as getting Lily to stay with him.But when his ex-mistress arrives unannounced at the house party, she makes every effort to drive a wedge between the fragile bond Gabriel and Lily have forged. If she succeeds, he could lose Lily forever. And if Lily finds a way back to her time, he may have to follow her.Because the Earl of Rothden always gets what he wants. Even when it's a wallflower from the future.Taken by DestinyThe Earl's Timely WallflowerTempting the Reclusive EarlTouching the Hero's Heart

What happens when a steamy duke who has never lost in battle meets the innocent young lady determined to conquer his heart?When Lady Henley Killigrew's father dies and his title of earl passes to a not so friendly cousin who wants her and her two younger sisters out of their elegant London townhouse, she takes them to Moonstone Cottage, a lovely manor house they inherited from a maiden aunt in the Cornwall seaside village of Moonstone Landing. But their funds are limited, and the new earl is a stingy guardian who will not loosen the purse strings to allow her to properly maintain herself and her sisters in their new home. The only way to save them all is for her to marry, for that is the only way to claim her trust fund. Would her neighbor, Cain St. Austell, the brooding and reclusive Duke of Malvern, consider a marriage of convenience?Cain St. Austell, the Duke of Malvern, has returned home now that Napoleon is defeated. But those grueling war years have left him scarred both physically and in his soul, for he lost too many friends and is not certain how or why he ever survived. Knowing he needs time away from London society and the madness of the Marriage Mart in order to heal, he has acquired a property in the quiet village of Moonstone Landing. Marriage is the last thing on his mind, until his neighbor, the beautiful and slightly eccentric, Lady Henley Killigrew, appears on his doorstep with a startling proposal...and he accepts.In fact, Cain is the one who does the proposing because when the heart knows, it knows.Moonstone LandingThe Moonstone DukeThe Moonstone MarquessThe Moonstone MajorNovellas:Moonstone LandingMoonstone Angel

Secrets hide in the Druid's Grove, in a murderer's heart, and in Niall Kier's past . .October 1851. After millions of visitors and months of success, the Great Exhibition is winding down. Mr. Niall Kier and Miss Kara Levett are busy with the celebrations planned for the last weeks-and with all the commissions their involvement has brought them. Their artistic works stall, though, when the closing ceremonies are interrupted by a murder.Suddenly, a friend is under suspicion and the murder has been linked to the Druid's Grove, the secret society in which Niall is a member and Kara has just been inducted. They dive in, hoping to quickly clear their ally's name, except nothing is simple in the Grove and no one is exactly who they seem to be.Niall and Kara put their talents and resources to work once more, but they find that old, sinister secrets might be behind the present-day bloodshed.And as they investigate, it appears someone might also be digging about in Niall's mysterious past.The Kier and Levett Mystery seriesBook 1 - A Killer in the Crystal PalaceBook 2 - Death from the Druid's GroveBook 3 - Murder on the Mirrored LakeBook 4 - Revenge in the Rogue's Hideaway¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Book 5 - Carnage from the Cursed Crown

When looking for a thief, should she trust her instincts or her heart?Maxey Langley has been tasked with finding the man who is responsible for killing her employer and stealing the earl's family ring. Against her will, she and another servant search for Lord Wentworth's younger brother Ignatius Burke who has been estranged from the family. As the Wentworth's governess, what kind of skills does she have to find a murder suspect? None at all.Nash Burke has lived as an opera singer for the past several years, keeping as far away from his family as possible. But when a beautiful governess comes looking for him and intends to inform the magistrate, charming the governess into thinking he is someone else is the only way to make her leave.Instead, the tables turn on him and she is the one stealing his heart.Love's AddictionA Wallflower to LoveA Governess to ProtectA Maiden to Remember

For passion to bloom, the lady botanist must uproot his secrets.She's cultivating a secret life...Jane Brickley is stifled by overprotective parents...until she joins a secret academy for ladies to study botany. But when a suspicious burglary closes the school, she's determined to uncover the mystery and get her beloved academy reopened. Jane recruits an insider's help, and although the charming servant Dev is completely unsuitable, his smiles still plant seeds of longing in the fertile ground of Jane's heart.He's disguising his quest for his birthright...Dev Holford, the rightful Marquess of Rowling, poses as a servant at the academy while he secretly hunts for proof of his legitimacy. Things grow complicated when the evidence vanishes, a distant relative may be trying to kill him, and a clever botanist pressures him to help solve the mystery of the academy burglary. But when Jane's investigation intersects with his own, it's only logical to share clues...and perhaps stolen kisses.Their love grows...As Dev and Jane work together to unravel the mystery, the covert lord who never belonged will fight for a home where he can put down roots at last... in the arms of his true love.Ladies Covert AcademyBook 1 - How to Court a Covert LadyBook 2 - Secrets of a Covert LordBook 3 - Winning the Covert Lady's Heart

A haberdashery owner who suddenly discovers he's a duke . . .A woman of the ton stained by scandal . . .A deathbed request which brings this pair together . . .Haberdasher Pierce Selkirk always knew he was the son of an earl. Much to his surprise, he learns he is not illegitimate as he had been led to believe. With his father's death, he becomes the Duke of Stoneham and must take up responsibilities beyond his comprehension.Lady Nalyssa Shelbourne was the darling of the ton until her gambling father went bankrupt and committed suicide. The suicide cast a shadow upon Nalyssa, and she now earns her living preparing men who have unexpectedly come into a title, training them to take their places in Polite Society.Nalyssa travels to Stonecrest, where she meets her next client, a man she is wildly attracted to. The new duke also desires Nalyssa, and she does her best to hold him at arms' length as she trains him in the idiosyncrasies and unwritten rules of the ton. Nalyssa knows Stoneham must make a brilliant marriage, if only to help his sister and help her find her footing in Polite Society.Will this duke create an even greater scandal by pursuing-and wedding-a woman barely tolerated by the ton?Find the answer in Alexa Aston's Polishing the Duke, Book 3 in Suddenly a Duke.Each book in the Suddenly a Duke series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Suddenly a DukeBook 1 - Portrait of the DukeBook 2 - Music for the DukeBook 3 - Polishing the DukeBook 4 - Designs on the DukeBook 5 - Fashioning the DukeBook 6 - Love Blooms with the DukeBook 7 - Training the DukeBook 8 - Investigating the Duke

To the London ton, Cameron MacNeill is an awkward, wallflower of a man with no hope of finding a wife. But the Highland chief holds deadly secrets, and he uses his beggar-like appearance to remain unnoticed. He enlists the help of the School for Spinsters to help him find a wife who will agree to be married in name only-because he needs a mother for his son while he is away working on behalf of the Crown.Lady Ashleigh Pryor will do anything to escape the abusive household of her father-even marry a man she barely knows. But Cameron's lightning reflexes, the powerful muscles he hides behind ill-fitting clothing, and his mysterious manner suggest that he is not a beggar at all, but a man hiding a past he wants no one to know about.As she starts to uncover the pieces of Cameron's secret life, Ashleigh no longer wants a marriage in name only-she wants a true husband in her bed.But Cameron can't let himself fall in love-for if his wife learns the truth about who he is, his secrets might put her very life at stake.The School for SpinstersBook 1 - A Match Made in LondonBook 2 - Match Me, I'm FallingBook 3 - Match Me If You Can

Sometimes you have to break the rules to find your happily ever after.The stern and proper Callum Winter, Duke of Montford, must marry. At least according to his mother.Enter: The Duchess Games where ladies are invited to display their accomplishments in dancing, music and all social graces.Caitriona Lovelace just wants to steal the duke's signet ring to get her smuggling operation running and save the village from ruin. Options are scarce for a thirty-one-year-old spinster, her two younger siblings, four dogs, a cranky goat, and a one-eyed fox.She might not have any pretty accomplishments, but she can sing sea shanties and debone a haddock in minutes. But between pianofortes and watercolors, Caitriona is shocked to discover that Callum remembers her from that passionate summer long ago and she has never forgotten him.Cat might not be duchess material---but she's the perfect woman to save Callum...and their happily ever after.The only problem is that she has to betray him first.The Dainty DevilsThe Duchess GamesThe Countess CaperThe Husband Heist

Welcome to book one in the new series The School for Spinsters by award winning author Michelle Willingham.Violet Edwards is painfully shy with a terrible stutter. Despite her mother's threats to send her away, she has plans of her own to win a husband. She enrolls herself in the infamous School for Spinsters, where she hopes to be transformed from a wallflower into a breathtaking debutante.The only problem is that the headmistress hired a gorgeous, notorious rake to give her lessons.To the rest of the London ton, Damian Everett, the Earl of Scarsdale, is a charming gentleman seeking a wife. But his father's mountain of debts have left him with no choice but to wed an heiress. When he's offered a generous stipend to help a shy wallflower, he can't refuse. All he has to do is provoke Violet Edwards into finding her backbone.As their lessons turn sensual, Damian is captivated by Violet...and he's falling hard. But how can he turn his back on his family for the wallflower he wants to love?The School for SpinstersBook 1 - A Match Made in LondonBook 2 - Match Me, I'm FallingBook 3 - Match Me If You Can

Love blossoms for a Lady Gardener when she robs a Duke... and then steals his heart.Alexandra Grantham becomes Lady Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to provide for the local farm workers in the district. However, not content with merely giving the poverty-stricken tenants money, Alexandra also grows fruit and vegetables for them in the hothouses at Grantham Place, using her expert knowledge of horticultural science to relieve their distress.When Mr. Robert Chanderly, her new neighbor, arrives in the district, Alexandra holds him up at gunpoint in his coach. She is dismayed when he hints she isn't what she seems. After he disarms her, Alexandra narrowly escapes, racing away to safety. However, she gains courage upon their next meeting when Mr. Chanderly fails to recognize her, even challenging him about the ineptitude of the manager he recently appointed to oversee his estate.Alexandra wishes to remain at Grantham Place with her brother, Sir John, as he suffers from chronic ill health. But when her grandmother, Lady Longmore, arrives at Grantham Place, she makes it clear that she expects her granddaughter to travel back to London with her.A hasty departure seems most judicious when men from Bow Street descend on the area to investigate her crimes. And when her new neighbor succeeds in unmasking her, Alexandra agrees to the scheme with alacrity.After Lady Longmore encounters Mr. Chanderly, she reveals to Alexandra that he is, in fact, the Duke of Stanford. Alexandra cannot hide her horror at the unwelcome revelation as the acknowledged leader of Society has it within his power to ruin her reputation.But, instead of blighting her social chances when they arrive in London, the duke decides to bring Alexandra into high fashion, and she effectively takes the ton by storm.Enemies abound in the Capital, however, causing trouble for Alexandra at every turn. So when an old adversary of Stanford's threatens to reveal Alexandra's dangerous secret to the ton, the duke must do everything within his power to defend the honor of the woman he loves-or lose the only lady he's ever wished to make his duchess.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 Grantham GirlsThe Duke and the Lady GardenerThe Baron and the Lady ChemistThe Lord and the Lady Astronomer*Note: The Duke and the Lady Gardener was previously published as The Dashing Debutante. This second edition contains new material for readers to enjoy.

Henry Everleigh, Duke of Dulverton, is determined to discover who's ruining his sister's reputation.That's why he's in the middle of nowhere, attempting to convince a blacksmith to take him on as an apprentice-undercover, of course.He's tracked down the source of the lying gossip to this forge, and Henry is not prepared to find a woman at the anvil.A woman blacksmith. What on earth next?Minny Banfield doesn't exactly expect respect, but she's never had a strange man march into her smithy and demand to be taken on and trained. If she didn't need the money, she could firmly ignore him.Him, and his handsome face, and broad shoulders.But the secret messages she's been passing have taken a toll and she needs work. So if this Henry Everleigh appears to be running from the law, what harm can it do to keep him around?Sparks fly as Henry and Minny clash, both of them keeping secrets they are certain will destroy them-as the heat builds between them, a fiery desire that soon neither of them can deny...

The Duke's Guard: The men in black who have sworn an oath to protect the Duke of Wyndmere and his family from enemies that would stop at nothing to discredit and destroy him!Mollie Malloy happily works for the Duke and Duchess of Wyndmere in the Lake District, until the day her head is turned, and her heart is lost to the heartbreakingly handsome member of the duke's guard-Finn O'Malley.Finn is tempted by lovely Mollie and cannot afford to be. When he can no longer ignore the slip of a lass, he requests a transfer to the duke's crumbling tower on the coast of Cornwall. When she discovers Finn asked to be transferred to Cornwall, she is devastated.He sweeps back into her life when the head of the duke's guard is injured. Finn struggles with his control-and the need to honor his vow to protect the duke and his family. Mollie cannot resist the smoldering desire in Finn's emerald eyes.Duty calls and Finn returns to Cornwall. He and his men struggle to protect those rebuilding Penwith Tower, while smugglers and wreckers ply their trade in the caves beneath the duke's ancient tower. Rumors abound that the local excise official has been looking the other way and lining his pockets. The official decides it's time to get rid of O'Malley-the same time Finn receives an urgent message from Mollie.He returns to Wyndmere Hall to discover Mollie's carrying his babe, but not ready to accept his proposal. She wants to marry for love-not for the protection of his name. He's torn: should he leave his new bride in the safety of Wyndmere Hall-or would she be safer by his side?It is only when the hangman's noose is around Finn's neck that he realizes the feisty lass has always held his heart.Danger stalks in the night, but it will have to get past The Duke's Dragoon before he will let harm come to those he has sworn to protect with his strength, his heart, and his honor.The Duke's GuardBook 1 - The Duke's SwordBook 2 - The Duke's ProtectorBook 3 - The Duke's ShieldBook 4 - The Duke's DragoonBook 5 - The Duke's HammerBook 6 - The Duke's DefenderBook 7 - The Duke's SaberBook 8 - The Duke's EnforcerBook 9 - The Duke's MercenaryBook 10 - The Duke's RapierBook 11 - The Duke's Man-at-ArmsBook 12 - The Duke's LanceBook 13 - The Duke's ChampionBook 14 - The Duke's SharpshooterBook 15 - The Duke's CavalierBook 16 - The Duke's Blade

Falling through time was part of her plan. Falling for him was out of the question.2023Growing up an orphan, the only family Emilie Wilshire ever had was her best friend, Caitriona. But ever since Cait fell through the veil of time, Emilie's attempts to follow have fallen flat. The same cave that pulled her friend through rejects Emilie every time. Now she'll never see Cait again or meet her son, Lucas. Living alone in a small flat in the heart of Edinburgh, Emilie works as a tour guide and spends her nights researching her geology, making a fascinating discovery: she is a descendant of Caitriona's son.After leading a tour of Edinburgh's haunted underground vaults, a terrifying encounter leaves Emilie with a head injury. When she awakens, she finds herself in another place and time - Cait's time. However, Emilie's reunion with Cait is compromised when she discovers why she was sent back in time: Lucas is in danger, and only Emilie can save him. If she fails, her entire family line disappears-including herself.686 ADGoodwin Mac Dougal has long been satisfied with his life as a warrior, guard to the royal family, best friend to the king, and casual relationships with women. But ever since King Brodyn fell in love with a woman from the future, Goodwin has been restless, seeking more from life than fighting enemies and meaningless encounters with women. But in this wee village, no lass strikes his fancy.When a strange woman arrives, bound and slung across another warrior's horse, Goodwin is immediately drawn to this mysterious woman-and he knows that wherever she is from, it is not the year 686. She claims to know Queen Caitriona, and Goodwin recognizes her odd ways. Emilie, a beauty unlike any other, is from the future.Though she has a bonny face, her arrival means danger looms. When he's tasked with guarding her, Goodwin must also guard his heart, for she will return home soon, and their intense connection may be more dangerous than the enemy lying in their midst.Pict by TimeWhere the Thistle GrowsWhere the Stars LeadWhere the Ocean Ends

Can she convince the duke a woman has a brain?Lady Joanna Mabry has many flaws, one is her penchant for stealing books from her peers' homes. Since she returns them, usually to the same house, she feels it's a harmless flaw until she's almost caught by James Huntington, the Duke of Northwick. His outspoken views on a proper woman's education have left her bristling. So in this case, she's pleased to have taken his book on what is sure to be an antiquated view of the female species.James dismisses Lady Joanna's odd behavior until he discovers his book on "feminine education" is missing. Guessing she has it, he's highly amused since the cover concealed the real title, The Illustrated Pleasures of Seduction. He soon finds himself putting off his proposal to another woman as he attempts to trap Joanna into revealing her theft. He enjoys countering her energetic arguments for women's equal education, while he insinuates that what women should be most concerned with is the bedroom.Before long, the pictures in Northwick's book, his quiet hints, and his tantalizing touches begin to leave Joanna breathless. Worse, their debates bring her to a state of excitement she's known with no other. How can such a closed-minded man be so tempting?But with a spurned woman lurking in the background, Joanna must make the decision whether to let the duke wallow in a bed of his own making, or acknowledge the feelings that have grown between them...neither of which she's willing to do.Marrying a MabryStealing the DukePainting the EarlRevealing the Viscount

A deadly quarrel, an impossible loveOn his way to rejoin Wellington's gathering army near Brussels, Major Giles Butler fights a duel with the opinionated Duke of Cuttyngham. It was never meant to be a killing affair, and yet the duke lies dead at his feet. Determined to contribute to the final victory over Napoleon before standing trial, Butler bolts for the coast. En route, he unwittingly aids the lovely young Duchess of Cuttyngham to escape her gilded cage.Desperate to live a useful life, Rosamund has left her husband's cold and stifling house with the intention of becoming a village herbalist. She no longer believes in love or romance, especially not for herself, and yet by the time she learns of her husband's death - and the identity of his killer - she is already falling in love.Hopelessly entangled with each other, family machinations, officers of the law, and an unusual pair of eloping young lovers - to say nothing of Bonaparte's threat to the peace of Europe - Giles and Rosamund finally arrive in Brussels. But can they defy scandal and the law to be together?After all, how can a widow love the duellist who shot her husband?The DuelEntangledCapturedDesertedBeloved

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning ...Miss Jacquetta Lawson has disappeared in the middle of the London social season. Has scandal befallen this headstrong miss or is something more nefarious afoot?When Jacquetta allowed herself to be kidnapped by the notorious Grayson Thane, her plan was very straightforward. She would remain his captive long enough to deduce who he was working for and then she would promptly escape.Until she wakes up tied to the mast of a ship.Grayson Thane ought to know better. But weeks of sharing a cabin with a brazen, beautiful woman would tax any man...Bound for the West Indies, second-son of a duke Lord Grayson Thane is so close to extricating himself from the servitude he fell into in his youth. All that remains is to deliver Jacquetta Lawson to Barbados and he will finally be free to return to his family.But the insufferable tart is determined to frustrate him at every turn.Confined at sea with Grayson, Jacquetta starts to question her tightly held notions of right and wrong. But she will not give up her mission to Queen and country... even if it means she must seduce her bitter enemy.Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

A rule-following viscount who becomes a sudden duke . . .A young woman who loses her parents and turns to music for solace . . .Two people who want very different things from life . . .Lord Henry Vaughn witnesses the deaths of his father and grandfather and becomes the new Duke of Linberry. A decent, kind, and responsible man, Henry knows after this double tragedy that it is important he take a wife and provide a ducal heir since death can come calling unexpectedly.Lady Sophia Sawyer loses both her parents closely together and mourns them the requisite year. When her cousin, the new Lord Parkhurst, calls her to London, she believes it is so she might make her delayed come-out. Instead, Fia is banished to live in the attic like a servant, while Parkhurst schedules her to give music lessons to children of the ton, keeping the fees for himself.The couple meets through mutual friends and the duke is drawn to the quiet, golden-haired beauty. When Fia shares she wants to play and compose her own music, however, Henry is torn, worried what Polite Society would think of a duchess who is anything but conventional.Will the duke learn to bend-and even let go of the ton's rigid, unwritten rules-and instead choose to follow his heart?Each book in the Suddenly a Duke series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.Suddenly a DukeBook 1 - Portrait of the DukeBook 2 - Music for the DukeBook 3 - Polishing the DukeBook 4 - Designs on the DukeBook 5 - Fashioning the DukeBook 6 - Love Blooms with the DukeBook 7 - Training the DukeBook 8 - Investigating the Duke

Her betrothed has gone missing and the only one who can help her find him is the one man to whom she could give her heart. . .After patiently waiting six years for her bridegroom, Miss Lucy Beresford finally comes to London to force him to the altar. But when she arrives, her prospective husband is nowhere to be found. Lucy then enlists the services of her betrothed's closest friend, Lord Montague, to help find her missing fiancé.Monty doesn't like to let on how worried he is about his absent friend, especially to the man's fragile fiancée. Nevertheless, he consents to help the lady in her quest to find the man she's betrothed to. The more time Monty spends with this lady, the more he realizes his friend was a fool not to marry her, and the more he realizes the shy persona Miss Lucy Beresford reveals to others conceals a woman of vast appeal.Their search-and the subsequent investigation, which takes them across England and to the highest levels of government-places them in danger and makes Monty vow to do everything in his power to protect his friend's future wife.The Beresford AdventuresLady Mary's Dangerous EncounterMy Lord ProtectorWith a Little Help from my LordRescued by a RakeVindicated by the ViscountDefended by the Duke

She dislikes him. He dislikes her. But they cannot resist one another.Miss Birdie Darley desires a grand adventure before marrying, but she gets more than even her dramatic imagination could have wished for!Several balls where she keeps running into a handsome, charming but terribly annoying man, an illicit meeting in a dark and deserted mews, and skating on the Thames at the Frost Fair all lead to the grandest adventure for Birdie Darley.Two men.One, she has always dreamed of marrying. The other she has always disliked. She has only to discover which of the two is stealing from the crown and which one has stolen her heart.Save one, turn in the other. And hope that they are not one and the same.Aldbey Park SeriesThoroughly in LoveThoroughly BesottedThoroughly CaptivatedThoroughly Seduced

It's all fun and games until someone falls in love.Lover of the Gothic craze sweeping the nation, Miss Georgiana Spence only has one thing on her mind this summer-the Eglinton tournament. Three full days of knights and ladies, dazzling jousting and succulent feasts, the medieval era will come back to life in Scotland, and not even the fact that her obscenely rich father is trying to sell her off for a title can ruin it for her.Well, it's almost ruining it for her.Because Georgina's intended, Lord Edward, Marquis of Marlborough, is anything but chivalrous. The marquis is taciturn and serious and myopic about restoring his estate to its former glory since his father squandered the family fortune. He doesn't have time for the archaic tournament, let alone have any intention of competing in it. That's only for young ne'er-do-well aristocrats who have nothing better to do than spill an exorbitant amount of money on armor and outfits-silly dandies who have no idea about real problems and the sacrifices needed to fix them. Sacrifices like marrying a rich merchant's daughter who clearly loathes him and has no qualms about shuffling her feet to the alter.With time running out for Edward, he decides to take matters into his own hand and get creative for Georgiana's love. A little poetry and a dash of gallantry never hurt anyone. Medieval courting might be just the thing to convince the woman that his buttoned-up ways make him the perfect knight for her. And, together, Georgiana and Edward might find that chivalry isn't dead in the 19th century; it merely looks a little different.After all, everything looks different when two people are falling in love!The Eglinton Knight SeriesBook 1 - Knight of the Jaded HeartBook 2 - Knight of the Wicked HeartBook 3 - Knight of the Bleeding HeartBook 4 - Knight of the Broken Heart

Love lost and found...As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life. Forfeiting the notions of having a husband and children of her own, she poured her heart and soul into the Darrow School-her creation. It was a place for girls like herself... the illegitimate and often forgotten children of noblemen. She would rear those girls, teach them to fend for themselves, to retain their dignity and independence in a world of men.Years later, fate brings Nicholas back into her life. Now the only surviving son, he is the heir to the dukedom, he's also a master spy, working to protect the crown from threats foreign and domestic. Unable to resist the beautiful girl who has now grown into a remarkable and fascinating woman, Nicholas finds himself once more under Effie's spell. All his efforts to protect her from his father's wrath by ending their association have failed. But his father is now on his deathbed and freedom lies ahead-freedom to finally pursue the life he's always dreamed of... a life with Effie.But the course of true love can never run smoothly. Confronted with evidence that Nicholas has done the unforgivable-fathering a child, Alexandra, and abandoning her to the horrors of the workhouse-Effie rejects him. When the scheming of his enemies places him at death's door, Effie must accept that her feelings for him, despite her hurt, are as deep as ever. But Nicholas' enemies will do whatever it takes to destroy him and anyone who is close to him.With Effie and Alexandra in danger, he must move heaven and earth to keep them all safe... and to prove that he is worthy of her.The Hellion ClubA Rogue to RememberBarefoot in Hyde ParkMaking Spirits Bright (Novella)What Happens in PiccadillySleepless in SouthamptonWhen an Earl Loves a GovernessAll I want for Christmas (Novella)The Duke's Magnificent ObsessionThe Governess DiariesA Dangerous PassionThe Lady ConfessesHas Anybody Seen My Earl?A Scandal on Park LaneStrangers on a TrainAll About EmilyA Hellion Without A Cause

A grand showcase for technology, art, design and . . . murder.Welcome to book one in the thrilling new Kier and Levett Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author Deb Marlowe.London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over-and Miss Kara Levett is thrilled to be in the middle of it. The daughter of a baron and an exhibitor herself, she happily demonstrates her elaborate automatons and case clocks to the crowds.But her situation grows perilous when a man is murdered in the Crystal Palace and she becomes the prime suspect. With the unexpected aid of Mr. Niall Kier, a reserved Scottish blacksmith, artist and fellow exhibitioner with secrets of his own, Kara begins the work the Metropolitan Police show no inclination for-finding the true killer.Together, Niall and Kara dig up international espionage schemes and sordid family secrets, and chase clues from Victorian high society to the London slums, all while trying to stay ahead of the villains who seek to make her the next victim.The Kier and Levett Mystery seriesBook 1 - A Killer in the Crystal PalaceBook 2 - Death from the Druid's GroveBook 3 - Murder on the Mirrored LakeBook 4 - Revenge in the Rogue's Hideaway¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Book 5 - Carnage from the Cursed Crown

From the fires of war, a new hero rises.Fifty years after Earl Malcolm MacHeth made peace with the King of Scots, the embers of rebellion remain half-hidden in Ross, ready to be ignited by ambition and resentment.From childhood, Affrica MacHeth has adored Ferchar, the son of a local priest. Complicated and clever, fun-loving and ambitious, Ferchar secretly becomes the center of her world, and a rare bond forms between them.But a path to happiness seems impossible. Family, war and rebellion get in the way. And when the last MacHeth rising against the King of Scots is led by her cousin, it is Ferchar, relentlessly loyal to the king, who leads the army against him.Ferchar would die to protect Affrica, but is love or ambition behind his offer of marriage? And when it matters most, can Affrica really choose Ferchar over her family?Last Flame of AlbaBook1: Rebellion's FireBook 2: A Constant BlazeBook 3: Burning Embers

Falling through time was unavoidable. Falling for him was disastrous.2023Scotland is a land of lore and legend, but archeologist Caitriona Murray prefers physical evidence to ancient tales. Joining a major excavation off the northern Scotland coast, Caitriona cannot wait to discover a cave's buried secrets. Because of reoccurring dreams of an ancient man's death, she is convinced that a Pictish king is buried within those cave walls. But soon, Cait discovers more secrets in that cave than just bones.Finding herself face to face with the man who haunts her dreams, Cait is thrown into the lost world she'd spent her entire life studying and is faced with an undeniable reality: she has traveled back in time, this king believes she is his bride, and Cait isn't sure she will ever make it back home.Danger threatens from every direction, but falling in love with a man destined to die brutally in battle may be her greatest downfall.685 ADKing Brodyn Mac Cuill is determined to keep his people safe, even if it means marrying a strange woman from a rival tribe. An alliance is his only chance at gathering an army large enough to defeat their southern enemies, the Angles, who challenge him daily.When his bride arrives, she is confused and resistant to marriage. She isn't the bride he'd hoped for, but lives are at stake. His new bride confuses him with her strange behavior, yet he finds her fascinating and irresistible. When danger follows in her wake, Brodyn must question her loyalties and everything he ever knew.Their connection is undeniable, but can he trust his bride, who claims to be from the future, or is she a trap sent by his enemy?