★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.

Christmas at the castle!

A knight’s uncanny skill to cook is the key to winning a lady’s heart.

Lady Eva Cavendish will do anything to keep her family’s secret. When her father suffers from an accident, she forges missives to the king in her father’s name, wanting everyone to believe things are normal. When an uninvited knight shows up at her door on Christmas Eve with an offering of a roasted goose with all the trimmings, her love of food tempts her and she invites him in. A man with the skill of cooking, especially a knight, is rare and she doesn’t want him to leave.

◆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.

◆A strong woman is exactly what he needs, but the last thing he wants◆

Lady Amethyst de Burgh is sent by the archbishop as an assistant to her uncle, the master mason building a castle for the border lord, Marcus Montclair. She has always dreamed of this opportunity but knows a woman in this position would not be accepted if it wasn’t for the sealed and stamped missive giving the order, sent by the archbishop himself.

Marcus is not pleased when a woman shows up saying she is he new assistant to his master mason. And when his father arrives with a missive from the king, things only get worse. Now he’s expected to marry the girl when she challenges his every word.

Immortality isn’t always a blessing. Sometimes, it’s a curse!

An old sorcerer is how everyone knows him, but Orrick Pendragon has only chosen to shapeshift into the image of an old man because of his painful past. When he stole the Eternal Flame over a hundred years ago, he had no idea of the consequences of his action. Being immortal and also married, he had to watch as his loving wife grew old and died while he stayed young ad continued to live... forever.

♥ 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.

♥He’s a devil of a man, and she’s a novice in the abbey♥

Amber de Burgh is a novice of the Sisters of St. Ermengild, in training to take her final vows of becoming a nun. But when the doors to the church slam open one night and a wounded man named Lucifer enters, her life changes forever.

Lucifer, or Lucas as he prefers to be called, has a very tarnished past and a future that fares no better. When he sets eyes on the abbey’s new novice who heals him, he feels attracted to her and knows he can never let her become a nun.

A cottage in a secret garden is where two strangers discover the true meaning of Christmas.

With dark memories of a past Christmas taunting him, Lord Percival Hamilton wants nothing to do with silly kissing boughs or any manner of festive celebrations at his brother's castle. Deciding to stay away until Twelfth Night passes, he heads to an abandoned cottage in a secret garden in the woods, wanting to escape this burdensome time of year. When he arrives, he discovers he is not alone.

★ 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.

Easter at the castle!

Will the lion befriend the lamb?

The Widow: Widow, Lady Rachael Bainard is furious to learn that her uncle has set up a betrothal for her to their enemy, the Lion of the South. Her young son needs a father, but one bad marriage was enough for her. She is in no hurry to marry again. If she can stall long enough, Lent will begin. By the laws of the church, no marriages are allowed during Lent. She is hoping this will give her the time she needs to figure out how to break the betrothal. Unfortunately, her uncle sends her to The Lion, planning on having her marry him right away.

★ Is a forbidden attraction strong enough to ride out the storm? ★

Lord Gar Blackmore is the eldest of the cousins and still not married. As a child he was raised by pirates and even though he sails ships for the king, he is aware of the whispers that go on behind his back. Getting the chance to sail the ship of his dreams, he eagerly accepts the job of captaining an overseas merchant trade ship. At first, Gar doesn't know that the owner of the ship has passed away and that his business is being run by his attractive but bossy widow. Worse yet, the woman plans to sail with him! Everyone knows a woman on board is bad luck. And what Gar is about to experience is anything but a calm sea.

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.