Their fairy tale failed…

Ten years ago, Lord Branwell Mallory was young and in love with the perfect future ahead of him. Now he’s an injured and scarred ex-soldier with a future he barely knows how to build. The past, however, isn’t quite finished with him yet…

But when they meet again…

"Holly Newman is a hidden gem." — Tanya Anne Crosby, New York Times Bestselling Author

They are not Inquiry Agents. But when murder knocks at the drawing room doors, Sir James and Lady Cecilia Branstoke are more than equal to the sleuthing challenge. From the glittering ballrooms of London to the halls of a sanatorium, the Branstokes find themselves drawn into mysteries no respectable couple should have to solve. But fate—and a certain talent for curiosity—have other plans. In this collection of four riveting historical mysteries, follow the Branstokes as they confront:

Lady Bridgerton meets The Thursday Murder Club in the first of a charming, Victorian-set mystery series from bestselling author Colleen Gleason.

Lady Darling is a woman “of a certain age.” Fifty, to be specific—which, in the eyes of London society, makes her uninteresting, eccentric, and a little intimidating.

A woman who won’t be ruined
London, 1792. Henrietta Wardley-Hines, bluestocking, plans to use her father’s new knighthood to wrangle her way into the Minerva Society, a group of powerful women committed to social reform. That means she must steer clear of rakes like the man they call Lord Daring, famous for ruining innocents.

He set out to transform her… but she will undo him.

Lucasta Lithwick never asked to be fashionable. She only wanted to make music. But duty calls her to London to chaperone her cousin through a glittering Season—and into the path of Jeremiah Falstead, the new Lord Rudyard, whose cutting remarks earn him the nickname “Smart Jeremy.” When Lucasta dares to answer back, she becomes the target of his revenge. His plan? To turn her, the Season’s most unlikely wallflower, into its shining star.

Ada Treadway a déjà été amoureuse, et cela ne lui a apporté que du chagrin. Pourtant, elle garde son optimisme joyeux, et elle défend farouchement l’indépendance et le respect qu’elle a gagnés en tant que comptable du Phœnix Club.

When private investigator Matilda Wren is hired to investigate a household theft, she expects a routine inquiry, until the murder of a retired police inspector draws her into a far more personal mystery. The victim was found clutching a slip of paper bearing the name of Tilda’s late father. As Tilda begins to unravel the connection, she finds herself confronting the very crime that first set her on the path to investigation: her father’s murder.

A Devil’s Bargain
Captain Simon Harcourt returns to England with one purpose: to breed rare horses, keeping his vow to his dying friend. The last person he expects to aid him is the ruthless Earl of Ravenscroft, who enacts a devil’s bargain. Ravenscroft promises to finance the stables if Simon razes the village that ruins the earl’s view from the manor house-- the site of Simon’s most horrific childhood memory. Only one person stands in Simon’s way—the resolute bluestocking determined to resurrect the conscience Simon thought died on the battlefield with his men…

Lieutenant Ian Worth needs a wife by Christmas. He has to find her, woo her and wed her before he goes back to sea. Anne Lesley is a shy spinster with no prospects, so she accepts Ian’s hasty offer if only for the security, and the house, the marriage will bring. But when a midwinter storm rolls in, things start to heat up between them, and they just might find a Christmas present they didn’t expect: honest-to-goodness, true love. Included in this edition is the short story: A Unrequited Fire

A sensible woman would know when to give up…
But Pip Knight has loved Viscount Drummond since she was a very little girl. And just because he doesn’t believe he can love her doesn’t mean she shouldn’t watch over him. Pip knows Beau’s secret, that he works with a clandestine group of gentlemen called Drake’s Rakes to help protect England. She also knows he is in danger and would do anything to protect him. Unhappily for them both, that means a forced marriage. The question is now whether to fight for a marriage with a man who has long since buried his heart and blames her for it.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Madeline Martin comes a steamy, suspenseful prequel novella to the Borderland Ladies

WHEN A WOMAN WANTING VENGEANCE  

After her mother was killed in an English raid, Ena Davidson spent her life fighting for survival, despising the men who stole so much from her family. Bran, her younger brother, is all she has left. To feed them, he risks his life as a reiver. Determined to protect Bran, Ena sneaks into a raiding party going to England. She expects to find danger in the perilous, hostile borderlands--not love.

Welcome to Willa Blair’s novels of braw Highlanders and the lasses who conquer them! This collection of first-in-series Scottish-historical and historical-paranormal adventure novels will introduce new readers to her series starters, and is a great collection for fans who already love her books. Praised for “...vivid characters, authentic prose, and a dash of magic…”, “she writes with rare finesse, setting scenes of action and suspense creating more than just a romance." "Willa Blair makes the Highlands come to life…”