Holidays, relatives, pressure to marry—sometimes it is all too much. Is it any wonder a woman may need to escape? The heroines in this collection of stories aren't afraid to take matters into their own hands when they've had enough.The Ultimate Escape, by Susana Ellis - On the eve of her wedding, Julia needs to take a moment to consider what she is doing, and where better than 100 years in the past? Unfortunately, Oliver finds a way to chase her through ti...

When a storm blows off the North Sea and slams into the village of Fenwick on Sea, the villagers prepare for the inevitable: shipwreck, flood, land slips, and stranded travelers. The Queen's Barque Inn quickly fills with the injured, the devious, and the lonely—lords, ladies, and simple folk; spies, pirates, and smugglers all trapped together. Intrigue crackles through the village, and passion lights up the hotel.One storm, eight authors, eight heartwarming stories.

Travel, houseparties, smugglers, spies--and a mysterious highwayman. Who is the infamous Captain Moonlight? And how many lives will he change--for good or for ill?

As the village of Reabridge in Cheshire prepares for the first Harvest Festival following Waterloo, families are overjoyed to welcome back their loved ones from the war.But excitement quickly turns to mystery when mere weeks before the festival, an orphaned child turns up in the town—a toddler born near Toulouse to an English mother who left clues that tie her to Reabridge.With two prominent families feuding for generations and the central event of the Harvest Moon festival...

Love Against the OddsThe Earl of Seahaven desperately wanted a son and heir but died leaving nine daughters and a fifth wife. Cruelly turned out by the new earl, they live hand-to-mouth in a small cottage.The young dowager Countess's one regret is that she cannot give Seahaven's dear girls a chance at happiness.When a cousin offers the use of her townhouse in York during the season, the Countess rallies her stepdaughters.They will pool their...

Just in time for Christmas 2022 comes this boxed set of eight charming stories of love, family, and miracles. Each Belle has contributed a tale set in the festive season--one just long enough to fit in between tasks at this busy time of the year. The tales are unrelated, except by the festive season.Some have been written for this collection, some are made-to-order stories never before published, some have been used as fan giveaways. All are delightful.So watch for the oppo...

Six charming holiday season romances from award-winning and best-selling authors.The Bluestocking Belles and Friends brighten your holidays with:A beleaguered uncle whose wards have run off every governess--what he needs is a wife, if only he can persuade the latest applicantA country solicitor who becomes an earl and then finds a secret that changes everythingA very proper clergyman battles very improper urges when he and a lady w...

Nothing ushers in the holidays like mistletoe… and murder.Widow Mary Tomlinson isn't looking for romance. At four and thirty, she's content enough to keep house for her brother in London, but when the opportunity to act as chaperone for her niece at a Christmastide house party comes her way, she jumps at it. Even more when she discovers the party is hosted by Viscount Stanwick, a man she used to fancy in her youth. The fly in the ointment is his brother and the troubling a...

A young lady is caught between two brothers—one devilish, one dutiful . . .Diana Somerville never imagined that her first London season would end so disastrously or ruin her reputation so completely. When George Wright, the rakehell who compromised her, refuses to come up to scratch at the altar, Stephen Wright, Viscount of Endicott—said rakehell's older half-brother—proposes to do the honorable thing and marry her himself.Their engagement is announced, and...

Virtue & Vice and everything spice...When innocent Rosalyn Fernsby went in search of help for her family, she witnessed shocking deeds...and now, she can't stop thinking about them. Can she resist a forbidden earl, or will she submit to his searing kisses?Alexander de Lucey prides himself upon being an honorable gentleman, yet his desire for Miss Fernsby stirs in him is anything but proper. He can't back out of his engagement. Nor can he stop himse...

Love can heal all wounds... if the demons of the past stay buried.The Honorable Hugh Ridgeway is the third son of an earl, but he's made a complete wreck of his life and hasn't cared about his reputation despite having a nearly gown daughter to care for. After never aspiring to be anything other than a wastrel, a case of ennui strikes, but when he meets a woman who refuses to fall for his charm and good looks, he might need to change his approach—on everyt...

As the snow flies and the magic of Christmastide unfurls, a love from the past is resurrected.When Edward Gibson, Earl of Armestead hosts a house party at his country estate as he has every year since his father died, he resigns himself to the fact that he needs to scour the collection of eligible ladies, for he is in search of a wife. He has responsibilities to the title, but with his heart unexpectedly broken from a rejection years ago, he's ignored all of that.L...