★Rone Award Finalist★

Adversity builds strength of mind and fuels the fires of success!

The Baroness At a young age, Lady Summer sacrificed herself for the sake of her family by marrying the evil and abusive Baron Mowbray of Suffolk. A few years after birthing him a son, the baron mysteriously dies, leaving her toddler heir to his estate. The king grants Summer one month to find and marry a man of her choosing. Summer would never consider marrying any relative of her late husband, especially not his domineering nephew, Sir Warren who arrives and causes chaos in her life, trying to take the castle.

♥A mysterious, medieval retelling of Beauty and the Beast♥

Spirit keeps the mind strong and the soul alive!

The Healer On a trip back from Scotland, the ship that carries Lady Autumn is caught in a storm and is forced to dock. The dark and dreary Ravenscar Castle sits high atop the cliffs, ruled by a mighty and frightening warlord. The Lord of Ravenscar is said to be horrible, keeping children of war as servants, and kidnapping women to be his lovers. She wants to stay far away, but is captured and brought to the castle to heal the beast of a man.

♥Things are heating up at the forge♥

Resilience is the seed of emotional strength!

Passion ignites and the sparks fly when a border lord and a noblewoman skilled at the forge are brought together under unusual circumstances.

◆◆Secrets of the past will no longer stay silent.◆◆

The Mercenary Alexander Masterson is a mercenary trained in the art of war. Despite his twisted leg, he still fights just as well as a knight. With his father's dying breath, the man reveals a shocking secret that causes Alex to question his own identity. Just before Christmas, he starts out on a journey to discover the truth about his life.

Can a past love be rekindled while dark secrets lurk in the shadows?

Lady Lillith Bonnel is distraught after losing her brother and now her father too. However, the ongoing feud between her family and the family of her childhood sweetheart, Lord Blaze Payne, has truly devastated her. Lillith's dream was to one day become Blaze's wife. That is, before the rumors started that he comes from a family of witches. Her family blames his for the death of her brother, and now, possibly, her father's too. Lillith is swept up into the drama and ends up fearing the man she once looked to for protection.

◆Desire is seeded and attraction blooms where it is strictly forbidden◆

The Knight:

Sir Rook Blake has seen his twin sister fall in love with someone from below the salt and swears he will never make that mistake. As the eldest son of Lord Corbett Blake, Rook is betrothed to a lady he's never met and expected to produce noble heirs. To his dismay, his betrothed has a reputation for being demanding, snobby, and hard to please.

Rook has just acquired his own manor, but the grounds are in disrepair. The garden needs to be transformed for the wedding before his haughty betrothed arrives. Hiring a master gardener seems like a good idea, until he realizes the gardener has sent his daughter, Primrose in his place. On a strict timeline and with no other choice, Rook accepts her help but doesn't believe the girl can give him what he wants or needs.

♥ Will love letters from a secret admirer bring joy or cause trouble? ♥

The Lassie:

Lady Lark is the daughter of the well-known Scottish chieftain, Storm MacKeefe. Needing time away from her clan, she goes to Blake Castle in England to be with her cousins and to clear her head. Lark is unwed but has a four-year-old daughter, Florie. A foolish act has tarnished her reputation and she is hoping to start anew.

Wanting the best for her daughter, Lark requests that a tutor be sent from the monastery to teach the girl. No monk will come, but a scribe named Dustin answers her call. Lark doesn't believe she'll ever fall in love again after the father of her child has deceived her, ruined her reputation, and deserted her. However, shortly after the arrival of the scribe, she starts to receive love letters and romantic poems from a secret admirer. It makes her feel alive again.

★ The hangman has stolen her heart and now she's dancing on air ★

The Lady:

Lady Eleanor Blake was at one time betrothed to Connor Wyland, son of a baron. Then life changed horribly when Connor's father took the job of hangman, sealing his family's fate and ending her future with Connor. Not wanting anyone but Connor, Eleanor takes a job at a nunnery caring for orphans and helping to find them homes.

As fate has it, Eleanor, though forbidden to ever see him again, seeks out Connor one day, ending up at the hangman's doorstep with a request that will change everything.

She healed his body. Now he wants to heal her heart.

The English Lord:

On his return trip from the borderlands, Lord Robin Blake sees bandits attacking a young woman in the snow. He comes to her aid and fights off the ruffians, but not before he is wounded. To make matters worse, he is thrown from his horse and breaks through the ice. From underwater, he sees the silhouette of an angel in a flurry of snow. It is the woman he's helped, now coming to assist him.

She tells him her name is Sage and takes him to a nearby monastery where she works as a healer. Her expertise at healing doesn't go unnoticed, but Robin also sees something else. Sage is not only heartbroken about something, but also shaken, and frightened for her life. He decides she is hiding at the monastery, staying there for sanctuary from whoever it is who wants to hurt or kill her. It is close to Christmas and Connor decides he'd like to take her back to the castle for the holiday to spend time with her and to protect her while he tries to learn her secret.

♥ He's been hired to guard her, but not even the best armor can keep one's heart from breaking ♥

Lady with a Sword:

Lady Raven Blake has trained alongside her twin brother, Rook for years. She is intrigued with weapons and skilled at wielding a sword. Raven likes excitement in her life, but her father wants her to start acting like a lady. To her horror, he's planned a tournament, and whichever nobleman wins will receive her hand in marriage as the prize.

Infuriated, Raven comes up with an idea to ruin this plan and stay single. Now, all she needs is the help of the armorer who her father has foolishly assigned as her bodyguard, trying to keep her out of trouble.