He offered to marry her—but for the entirely wrong reason.Victor, Duke of Sutcliffe, has no interest in love or romance. But a clause in his father’s will demands he marry before his twenty-seventh birthday—or lose everything. Returning to Essex after a three-year absence, Victor intends to choose a quiet, forgettable bride with no expectations. Instead, he encounters Theadosia Brentwood—the vicar’s spirited daughter, once his closest friend and now a woma...

They’re about to find out if happily ever after is possible when obligation and passion collide…Blaire Culpepper had every intention of returning to England and finally declaring her love to the man who stole her heart. Until she found out that in her absence, he not only inherited his brother’s estate but had also been courting another woman. Not exactly the warm reception she’d imagined…Lieutenant Julian Drake didn’t believe in love at first sigh...

No one valued her… until she healed his soul, and he couldn’t let her goBaron Liam Mackay buried his heart beneath layers of grief and duty. After losing everyone he ever loved, he’s built a fortress of emotional indifference, devoting himself to restoring his feudal barony and avoiding entanglements—especially with marriage-minded women. But when he pulls a mysterious beauty from a river’s raging waters, everything he thought he wanted starts unraveling.

Formerly titled The Wallflower’s Wicked WagerHe loved her beyond anything and everything—precisely why he must never marry her.Love—sentimental drivel for weak, feckless fools.Since an explosion ravaged Captain Morgan Le Draco’s face and cost him his commission in the Royal Dragoons, he’s fortified himself behind a rampart of cynicism and distrust. He’s put aside all thoughts of marrying until he risks his ...

She fled an arranged marriage… He vowed never to wed again…Undesired attraction may ruin them both.Highlander Graeme Kennedy is determined to remain alone. After a bitter past and losing his wife, he’s poured his energy into restoring honor and stability to Killeaggain Tower. Marriage is behind him. His clan, his duty, and his lairdship come first—until the arrival of a fiercely independent governess upends everything he t...

How do you stop loving someone who can never be yours?Jemmah Dament has been in love with Jules Montgomery since girlhood. Before Society thrust him into a title. Before her own family's decline pushed her to the edges of respectability. He has always been the one constant in her life—her truest friend, her quiet joy, the only person who has ever made her feel seen. She's kept her heart carefully hidden, content to remain by his side as nothing more than a...

From USA TODAY bestselling author Xavier Neal comes an all-new, witty, forced-proximity romantic suspense standalone novel...She is his toughest task…and biggest weakness.The assignment is simple.Don't let the client die.Don't let her get kidnapped.Don't sleep with her.It's the last part that unexpectedly complicates things for me after I'm introduced to the most beautiful and brilliant woman I could...

Mistaken for a criminal, a noblewoman navigates a world of danger and intrigue, finding unexpected, forbidden love with her captor…Spanish noblewoman, Clodovea de Soverosa, finds the glitter and gossip of Society stifling. Seeking solace in a secluded study while attending a ball, she inadvertently crosses paths with a mysterious stranger on a clandestine mission. Her encounter plunges her into a world of intrigue she's ill-prepared for. Mistaken for a cri...

When he discovers that the woman he needs to secretly protect is an investigative journalist covering a story that involves his parents, Xavier realizes that he has to watch his back. But can he stop his heart from falling for the one person who can ruin his family?After years of shying away from love, Xavier Stirling can’t help his attraction for Eve Marrin. But just when things are falling into place, his father confesses to him that he’s committed fraud...

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis from Dr. Trent prompts her to make a fresh start. For the first time, she does and says exactly what she feels. As she expands her limited horizons, Valancy undergoes a transformation, discovering a new world of love and happiness. One of Lucy Maud Montgomery's only novels intended for an adult audience, The Blue Castle is filled with humour and romance.

A charming, big-hearted debut novel in the vein of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project about an oddball heroine named Germaine Johnson who is great with numbers but not so great with people.Germaine Johnson doesn’t need a lot of friends. She has her work and her Sudoku puzzles. Until, that is, an incident at the insurance company she works for leaves her jobless—and she realizes that there are very few job openings for recent...

Formerly titled A Kiss for Miss KingsleyA lonely wallflower. A future viscount. A second chance at love.Olivia Kingsley didn’t expect to be swept off her feet and receive a marriage proposal two weeks into her first Season. However, one delicious dance with Allen Wimpleton, and her future is sealed. Or so she thinks until her eccentric father suddenly announces he’s moving the family to the Caribbean for a year.Terrified of...