Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Practice makes perfect. Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. Failure is not an option. In today's perfection-obsessed culture, these are the maxims we live by. Yet, the damage that they cause is stifling. Renowned author and pioneer of codependency treatment Ann W. Smith knows this first hand. Smith has dealt with her fair share of perfectionism and has bared witness to this all too common phenomenon in her professional life, having spent...

In the near future when Immortals have completely usurped control over all mankind, one Immortal family fights to protect all remaining human children. When undead creatures begin mercilessly murdering Immortals, the Ventoni family struggles to figure out where the creatures are coming from, and wonders who will protect them. Loaded with action and filled with unprecedented plot twists, Decay will leave you holding your breath until the very last page.

One scandal. Two broken hearts. A decade apart.Lady Elise knows all too well the risks of falling in love. Her heart, shattered by a rake ten years ago. Instead of hunting for a husband, she helps other ladies escape the nefarious plans of unscrupulous gentlemen.After a scandal costs Lord Thornston Elise’s hand and heart, he has lived on the fringes of the beau monde. But when his best friend, the Duke of Fairmont, requests his assistance, Thornston ...

For years she worked for him……and was loyal to a fault.Why did she let herself yearn for a man, with whom she had no future?As secretary at Neale & Sons barristers, an unusual occupation for a woman, little surprised Miss Bronwyn Cadby. It was eight years ago that she dared to apply for the position, and Landon Neale made her heart leap.She was nothing if not……grounded in reality and she was no blush...

It’s never easy keeping secrets…Only her desire to crush the Crown’s enemies could induce Lady Lucille Stanford to endure another Season. For years she has worked secretly for the Home Office, and she has come to London with one purpose: foil the attempted kidnapping of a highly valuable target, identity unknown. Inconveniently, Lord Harrington—Lucy’s brother and guardian—has other plans. He won’t be satisfied until she is at long last married.He never forgets a ...

It was left to her to fulfill her family’s duty to the Crown.When Lady Theodora Neale’s papa dies, a volume guarded by her family for generations comes into her possession—and with it a sacred duty. Lady Theo is determined to honor her papa’s deathbed request to carry out missions directed by the esteemed Lord Archbroke.But when Archbroke suggests they enter into a feigned courtship, Lady Theo is blindsided. She’s willing to put her life on the line for the...

She sacrificed her future to save his life.His life means nothing without her.Will her confessions set them both free to love?Lady Grace’s bargain with the devil guaranteed the life of the man she will always love, but the price was giving him up forever. Now Matthew has returned to England, and she finds it impossible to let him go.Freed from a hellish prison on the Continent, Matthew Stanford, Marquess ...

An independent East End girl meets a determined West End boy…...and the chase begins.As a key member of the Network and modiste to the ladies of the ton, Emma Lennox favors freedom over marriage. But when her best friend asks that she attend the Hadfield ball, Emma finds herself thrown into the arms of a dance master who raises both her pulse and her temper.Respected barrister Christopher Neale needs to marry in order to claim his p...

It’s hard to connect with the living when you’re able to communicate with the dead. Lady Mary Masterson had no objection to being betrothed to Gilbert Talbot until he ridiculed her. Now, years later, it appears her chance for an adventure on the Continent will be thwarted by the very man when he turns up, vowing to keep her safe. Insufferable!If only it weren’t so difficult to ignore her fluttering heart—and the voices constantly touting the a...

Lady Diana Malbury is known for her charm and intelligence, why else would she rather solve another one of the late Earl of Chestwick’s word puzzles than entertain potential suitors for the Season?The old earl presents her with the highest-stake challenge yet…If she remains unwed for the Season, she can return to his estate next summer and solve the latest puzzle by way of his extensive library, her favorite place in England…But Randal Wilson, the n...

Book 3 of the HadfieldsWill Henrietta Neale, the Dowager of Hadfield, reject the suit of a younger man or will she give love a second chance?

This short story was first released in December 2019 as part of the “Kissing and Other Scandalous Pastimes: a Winter Historical Romance Collection”He has habits he’d rather no one know about.Benedict Brownstone, the Duke of Fairmont, is on the hunt for a Duchess. But the woman he seeks needs to possess certain qualities – patience most of all.She has a mind for politics, not fashion plates.Discussing investment o...