Spontaneous and serious. Young and old. Opposites clash and attract, but they can’t ignore each other for long. Seventeen-year-old Octavia Shelford tries to live up to her mother’s expectations and dazzle the beau monde and her suitors. Trying to please everyone has her muddled and exhausted, but the one person whose opinion matters the most never seems to approve. She’s spent a year traveling through Europe, trying to avoid him. Twenty-nine-year-old Guy Claybury, the Duke of Woodford, knows precisely how he feels about everything and isn’t worried about anyone’s opinion of him. ...

Residing next door to the insufferable Marquess of Batchwood, I’m prompted to ponder the cosmic forces that led me to such proximity. Me, in love with him? Hardly, or…am I? His infuriating charm is matched only by his striking handsomeness, and our ceaseless banter has become the talk of the Ton, providing fodder for their insatiable appetite for gossip. Our rendezvous, inevitably set against the brick wall between our properties, serves as a stage for our verbal sparring, where the discovery of cryptic letters unveil a shared threat. Unbeknownst to us, adversaries with intimate ...

A reputation in tatters. A marriage of convenience. One holiday to save it all. After her grand plan to wed a wealthy aristocrat ended in disaster, Holly Mayweather's reputation lies in ruin. Desperate to salvage her standing in society, she accepts a betrothal to a soldier she’s never met. Scarred inside and out, Reynard Sharp has no expectations of love from his new bride. Yet Holly’s charm and beauty stir something in him he thought was long dead. He clashes with the impetuous lady from the moment they meet - but their arguments spark an unexpected attraction. As Christmas approaches...

Devlin Markham, the notorious "Devil Duke" of Huntington, needs a woman. And not just any woman. If he can't woo one of the most eccentric bluestockings of the Ton within the month, he can kiss his hard-earned fortune good-bye. But he's always thought love a wasted emotion and marriage an inconvenience at best. And oddly enough, Lady Sophie Wolcott seems unmoved by his charm. When Sophie learns her beloved orphanage is in imminent danger, she will do anything to save it. Even marry a ruthless rake who takes what he wants in business and pleasure.

Marian Fletcher Blackley, Duchess of Endsmere, is on the run from the English Crown for killing her abusive husband...no matter that it was self-defense. She has only one safe place to go - the MacKinlay clan in Scotland, where her sister is the laird's wife.

Free on Kindle Unlimited Best Selling Authors Ellen Anderson, Katie Wyatt Kansas Territory, June 1866 Josephine Miller had dawdled too long fetching water that morning. She knew it had been a mistake, but hadn’t been able to resist a few extra minutes of peaceful reflection on the beauty of a prairie sunrise as it lit up the purple larkspur and golden sunflowers. She’d spotted an unfamiliar insect that her fingers had itched to add to her sketchbook though there was no time during the busy mornings on the Santa Fe Trail. Now, she needed to hurry back and prayed that her father would be ...

A widowed Lady, a charming Earl, and a tantalizing bet. Can the uncatchable Earl change his ways and capture Lady Julianna's heart? Having been widowed for the last three years, Lady Julianna Carsington has come to London for Christmas to seek out good company and enjoyment, while secretly hoping her heart might be stolen away by a worthy gentleman. Lord Wessex, however, is an entirely unsuitable gentleman and as much as he might try to catch her eye, Julianna is determined not to give him even a single glance. Andrew, the Earl of Wessex, is determined to garner Lady Carsington’s interest...

To save her reputation, she must marry. After being rejected by Harlan Strandhurst, Lady Cleo’s choice of husbands is limited. Plus, her heart still belongs to Harlan. Despite that, her horrible brother gives her no choice but to marry Author Dunway—Harlan’s best friend. Author Dunway has secretly held affection for Lady Cleo for years. In a bid to save her reputation—and get save her from her brother—he steps up and offers to marry her. His hope is that one day she’ll come to care for him. Once married, Author tries everything he can to win her over, only to find that Lady Cleo...

A swoony story of hidden messages, love letters, and stolen kisses Only one thing stands between Alice Loughton and the man of her dreams: her brother. Alice has been quiet and shy ever since she met Frederick Kempton at age three. When she decides it’s time to marry, there’s only one man for her. The one man who doesn’t frighten her. The only man she can talk to without wanting to run and hide. Her brother’s best friend, who happens to also work right there in their home. But her brother knows Frederick Kempton too well, and he’s not about to give his consent for a courtship, not...

When Lady Margaret Blake and her sister lose their parents in a boating accident, they are left to the guardianship of their uncle. Disregarding their feelings for the price their beauty will fetch on the Marriage Mart, he arranges a match for both. Lady Margaret, however, takes her fate into her own hands. Returning home after war to assume his responsibilities, Luke, Duke of Waverley, expects a nice, quiet life on his country estate. Within hours of stepping foot in England, though, he stumbles upon a young woman being attacked, and no sooner does he rescue her than she runs away.