There was only one way to wealth in 1284, war, and Tarl was very good at it. When the king sought to reward him with land, Tarl chose what most considered a worthless rock. He didn't want to spend his life protecting land others coveted. A bastard sworn to celibacy he also didn't want the king forcing a bride on him.Simon knew Tarl would be furious when he rescued Shara and brought her to the Rock, but what else could he do? He couldn't leave her to her father's demented machinatio...

Marshall was furious when he left Gerald's office. His father had tried, for a final time, to control his life when he'd drawn up his will. He might dance on his father's grave, but it would be to his own tune, thank you very much. The Adams history was long, complicated, and mostly ugly. Marshall had no intention of continuing its blood. He pulled into a local bar he'd never patronized before for a well-deserved drink to cool his temper.He recognized the woman who emerged from the...

Romantic Valley Inn might have become a family affair, but Malachi is the man in charge. The ashes of one dream were swept up and reassembled into the new, ensnaring his siblings along the way. Living and working together allows for few secrets and Clair and Christopher quickly realize Malachi is falling for their new employee. A woman filled with secrets who has a dangerous enemy. An enemy they are all determined to defeat.Unfortunately, sometimes their help is more hindrance and ...

When the war took Ryan's life, Rockhaven was left without a male heir for the first time in its history, elevating Teal to countess. She was prepared for that and had already been running the family's interests for the years Ryan had been fighting Napoleon. What she wasn't prepared for was the arrival of Kit Devlin and the news that Ryan had betrothed her to him. She knew she'd eventually have to wed, but planned on doing so on her terms and in her own time. Kit was too strong. He was too ...

As the family's Keeper of the Scrolls, Taylor Maxwell was digitizing the generations of journals written by their ancestors. Neil and Riana's were the first. In truth, their lives were as far back as anyone felt was needed to go. The present day Maxwells owed everything they were to Neil and it was he who instilled the value of keeping such journals, though Riana kept her own, which was just as compelling.But they both felt incomplete when it came to Colin MacAyer. He was obviously...

The world Leigh Bower had built crashed around her slowly, but the final straw was doing the right thing. Leigh prided herself in doing the right thing and taking Genna to live with her father and his new family was just that. She simply couldn't be the mother Genna needed when she now had to work two jobs to pay the bills one used to cover.When Dennis White calls and offers her the job as his assistant, she is thrilled. It wouldn't pay what she used to make, but it would pay enoug...

Jade Rockford was in the throes of grief when she learned she was now the countess of a place called Rockhaven. A place that had been in Rockford hands for over seven hundred years. She was the last. She was also an American and knew nothing of the family's ancient history. She took it lightly and wanted to refuse, but Peter wouldn't allow it. He wanted her to go, if only for the diversion from grief.Before she even sets eyes on Rockhaven, she is confronted by Ryse Norman. It's obv...

Lance was pathetic and he knew it. Prolific, successful, and wealthy, yes, but still pathetic. He simply couldn't manage the day-to-day responsibilities of living. Nor could he hang onto a housekeeper. When he was home, he was writing and when he was writing, he wasn't approachable. Then endless parade of women Chris had sent had all fled the desolation he called home.When Chris and Will suggested he hire Sara Prindle, he'd never heard of her. Her husband's death at her hands had b...

Robin recalled the King's words often as the siege went on. He said taking Greenwood would be easy, but if he wished to keep it he must deal fairly with its Lady. What had he meant by that? How much trouble could one young woman cause? What manner of woman was she? He was about to find out since she was finally willing to concede her home had been taken and open the gates to him and his men.Cecelia didn't know what would happen to her once the castle fell. That was not a surprise. ...

Everyone was playing games. His father, his stepmother, and even Jonah and Nina. Daniel Newton, viscount Kylesbrae, future earl of Wickline, and The McClure, was not. He didn't care about Wickline, the estate or the title. He was The McClure and he cared only for Kylesbrae. Unfortunately it needed the money his father dangled like a carrot.The charade had worked for years, but Jonah knew it was coming to an end. Nina's obsession with Kylesbrae was not in his plans. He could control...

With his siblings moving out of the inn, Christopher finds himself on call all the time. After all, someone has to be there. The solution is easy enough and it is agreed he needs an assistant. It won't be an easy position to fill and they all know it. He finally finds the ideal candidate. Sydney is perfect and checks all their boxes. Satisfied the problem is solved, he heads off for his birthday party with old friends only to have a bikini clad Sydney jump out of the cake.Knowing h...

Clair likes her job and loves her brothers, but there are times she just wants to scream. Always the reckless one with an eye for the bad boys, her proper life get tiresome. Running into Raleigh Hix again offers a solution and she decides to take it. Malachi will just have to accept it. She hopes.Raleigh knows he's not the man for Clair and figures Malachi will throw him out as soon as he finds out Clair hired him. But Clair is determined and as stubborn as her autocratic brother. ...