A War-Weary Soldier... Returning from war, Charles Dryden anticipates his new life. He has a relationship to mend with Arianna, a daughter he's not quite is his, and her governess is determined he'll be a good father. Charles doesn't appreciate Miss Montgomery's bossy ways, and is annoyed she won't let him help her with her own worries. Can their faux engagement persuade the stubborn minx what's real in his heart? That he wants to love her for the rest of their lives?...

Eldon knows what Pru needs -- he's known her all his life...Preoccupied with politics in London, Eldon, Viscount Foley returns home and discovers his old chum, Pru, wearing spinster caps. Convinced she needs a rejuvenating holiday, Eldon bring Pru to town for the Season so she can enjoy herself. Parliamentary business absorbs the viscount's time while Prudence is courted by another. Does his good friend need a husband, not a holiday?Prudence thinks ...

From the moment Stephen Lord Kempner lays eyes on the reverend's daughter, Chastity Spencer, he thinks she embodies sunshine. To a man banished from his home for a sin he didn't commit, Chastity is a welcome sight. Lord Kempner has vowed never to love again, but his new bride must coax him into forsaking that vow and honor the ones he's made to her. Chastity tempts and terrifies Stephen at the same time. Trust his heart to a woman? Unthinkable!He finds it hard to put the sweetness ...

A Stuffy Viscount... Viscount Chevers is aabout to renew his addresses to a fickle fiancée when he's laid low with an injury and a head cold. Ruthanne nurses him at a sedate English inn, but despite liking her, his lordship knows this temporary alliance cannot become permanent.A Saucy Schoolteacher... Ruthanne Rutherford is a woman of integrity and owes a debt of honor to her fellow travelor, Edward. She knows Lord Chevers's friendship will not extend beyond The Rose and Crown. The...

An ensemble piece that follows a scheming hussy, a philandering husband, an opera singer, an Irish conman, an overzealous country girl, a derelict brother, and an Agent of the Crown.This comedy of errors takes place in Dover's Ship Inn where they happen to congregate and covet one another's belongings. Their valises take a dizzying tour of Ship Inn while their owners jockey with each other to receive their deserved due.

MARY FELLINGHAM has been called many things- troublemaker, lightskirt, do-gooder, prude, brat, healther. Bold as brass, some say. But none of these labels truly capture the fiercely independent woman she is. Mary has spent her life defying expectations, mending wounds, seen and unseen, and pushing against the rigid boundaries of society. Yet, there is one line she dare not cross.EDMUND MERRIWEATHER is the only man who has truly seen Mary, the only man who stirs her restless heart, ...

First impressions are often misleading. Initially, Aldrich worries he's given a sanctuary to a pickpocket, but he later realizes Victoria Hawksley isn't a thief. It's actually worse than that. She's a bluestocking with a temper, an acid tongue, and sapphire eyes. Victoria is grateful to the handsome stranger for saving her. If only they hadn't met on her absolutely worse day ever. Maybe then he'd be impressed with her.

Delivered out of slavery is only half the battle Lettice faces in forging a new life for herself in England. She must convince Kwasi he should marry her. She rattles off a list of practical reasons, and the maddening man rejects every single one! He tells her she doesn't know her own mind, that she's too young to marry. He's a hard-headed man who won't admit when he's wrong, and Lettice is not a patient woman with slowtops. Proving him wrong leads to many clashes over the next few months, ...

Written by real-life attorney, Tracy Edingfield, this novel takes an unflinching look at humanity from the lawyer's side of the desk. This political satire is also the tale of new associate, Cooper Bach, who is recovering from devastating loss. Taking on the career of litigator, Cooper must answer the ever-increasing demands of clients and her law partners.Psycho & Satan, her law partners, want to train Cooper to become just like them, but a grumpy judge, an addict, and a sexy bart...

A Man Bent on Revenge... Solomon Lord Lazonby has been reduced to poverty since his father lost that cursed wager. Now Solomon is out for blood and the restoration of his family's fortune. The search leads him to Philomena Lower, heiress and daughter of the scoundrel who cheated his family. By all rights, Mena is a woman he ought to despise; he certainly cannot trust her.A Woman Forced to Marry... Philomena wants nothing to do with aristocrats or f...

From first glance Stephen thinks the reverend's daughter is the embodiment of sunshine, but he's a man who has walked on life's dark side, and he's leery. Stephen has been scarred by life, but he's tempted to see if Chastity Spencer's sunny disposition can light up the darkness of his soul. Tempted, but terrified, so he'll dip his toe in, so to speak. The earl decides to flirt with the beauty on the high seas to keep the doldrums away. He intends nothing beyond that, as he seeks to enjoy h...

Lady Johanna Darby has loved Benedict Carver since they were young, but he’s never seen her as more than his best friend’s little sister. When Benedict marries another and emigrates to America, she knows she will never love another. But with her sisters all wed, Johanna resigns herself to finding a match to finally leave her family home and give her brother his much-deserved freedom to find his own wife.Until Benedict unexpectedly returns, newly titled and widowed.Benedict ...