Penniless and alone, Octavia Hadley finds herself forced to accept a position as governess to an orphaned girl living with her English diplomat guardian in faraway Russia. But when the diplomat abandons them as Napoleon’s army marches into Moscow, Octavia is determined to get both herself and the girl to safety.

◆A midwife on the run finds safety in the arms of a handsome knight.◆

The Midwife:

For four years Maggie Whitlock has been on the run with her brother and young daughter, moving from town to town and never staying in one place long. After her midwife mother was blamed for the death of a noblewoman and her baby, she was executed. Now those same nobles are coming for Maggie!

Maggie acts as mother, provider and protector to her brother and daughter, but beneath her tough exterior she is laden with guilt. She can't help but think she is to blame for the loss of her mother, since she birthed her own baby that night and took her mother's attention away from the noble. When she and her family wander into Saltwood Castle during a knighting, they are broke, hungry and tired. In a weak moment she accepts help from a knight, and even though she despises nobles she finds herself oddly attracted to Sir Evan Blackmore.

Ghosts from the past have the nasty habit of refusing to stay buried.

Returning from an extended stay in Scotland, life for Mikaela and Brodie picks up right back where it left off. Brodie is immediately tasked with a new case for the Agency, while Mikaela must attend a reception for the release of her latest novel. But, as it always does, intrigue has begun to creep its way back in.

A haunted soul, a broken heart, and an ancient castle that takes care of its own…

In a mysterious castle in Oxfordshire, in a bedchamber above stairs lays Sylvie Bentham, the Countess of Trevelyan, deceased of a fever at the tender age of twenty-three.

Or is she?

The rules of courtship are swept out to sea when a shipwreck offers a Reckless Bride a true taste of paradise…

In the Wolf's Lair . . .

Determined to stop her wayward brother from squandering their dwindling fortune, Lady Eliza Brentford decides to follow him to his favorite den of depravity. There, among the candlelight and raucous revelry, she encounters her brother's role model in debauchery, the notorious Marquess of Haddan, Gryffin Dwight. Staring into his smoldering green eyes, Eliza can't help but find the rakehell nobleman seductively charming-and sinfully attractive.

A WOMAN WITH DREAMS OF LOVE...
Lady Ella Barrington is a romantic who has always dreamed she would marry for love. But when loyalties are questioned, she must sacrifice her dream to save her father. Her handsome betrothed seems to be the hero she's always hoped for and awakens a yearning she never imagined. But her belief in fairytale love crumbles as the truth comes to light and danger lurks.

Who is this man?

The Duke of Thanet may have hired Meriel Shelby as a governess to his six-year-old son, but there is something…different about the man standing before her today. He seems to study her with an intensity she never noticed before, and he is certainly more charming than the last time they met. Was there always an alluring glint in his dark eyes?

Lady Grace MacGalloway is the most accomplished of her sisters. She attended the prestigious Northbourne Seminary for Young Ladies which elated her English mother, the Dowager Duchess of Dunscaby. Grace sings beautifully, plays the pianoforte, her embroidery is flawless, and she speaks four languages. Whenever she enters a room, all heads turn her way, which is exactly why the most eligible bachelor in all of Christendom, Prince Isidor, chose her as his bride. From birth, Grace knew she was destined to become a princess. And at last her dreams were coming true.

★He needs a strong wife as a pawn to flush out a killer★

Ruby de Burgh acts more like the son her father always wanted, rather than a lady. She is not pleased to discover that her father offered Lord Sheffield - The Lord of Death - his choice of any of his daughters. What’s even more upsetting is that Lord Sheffield has chosen her!

Celia Calthorp, Duchess of Acaster, is sick of always being on the edge of disaster. Now that widowhood has finally given her the freedom to make her own choices, she knows exactly what she needs to do—marry a rich man to secure her future and that of her beloved stables. And it’s all going to plan…until it isn’t.

In effort to escape from a newly-revealed and terrible truth, Eleanor Wycliffe flees her former life as an heiress and gently-bred society miss in London. She happens upon an advert inquiring after a governess, and decides to seek the anonymity of a remote Scottish island, whose laird is reputed to be plagued by a curse.