Some illusions save us. Others want us dead.

Dorothy St. James has three missions: slip inside the Rook’s circle, recover the stolen enchanted bracelets, and rescue her kidnapped father. But when whispers of a hidden map inside Buckingham Palace surface, everything shifts. Enlisting Ashley Gardner—the brilliant, backstabbing puzzle-solver she can never quite outsmart—might be her only chance of destroying him.

She risked everything for the game. She never meant to wager her heart.

Irish Mary O’Sullivan is many things—a gifted actress, a relentless dreamer, a sharp-eyed gambler, and occasionally an enterprising pickpocket. When a stolen invitation grants her access to an exclusive, high-stakes poker tournament in fashionable seaside Brighton, Mary seizes the chance of a lifetime. The winnings could save her struggling theatre troupe—and fund her escape to America and the New York stage.

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.

Three years ago, Bella and Aidan were in love.

But Bella proved too valuable to the war office, her talent for cryptography unmatched, so through lies and manipulation, war office agents destroyed Bella’s and Aidan’s belief in each other. Emotionally ripped apart, love turned to hate.

After the war, Bella receives documents that reveal the truth. They were pawns, their love a casualty of war!
Now, could they start anew?

From acclaimed author Elizabeth Essex comes an irresistible prequel novella introducing the Highland Brides, a quartet of bold, brilliant lasses determined to make their own happily ever afters.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Madeline Martin comes a twist of two beloved fairytales with a mix of Celtic lore...

A MAN DESTINED TO DIE
Over a decade ago, a witch cursed Duncan Maclean to die on the 30th anniversary of his birth, when the last leaf falls from a charmed rowan tree. However, the curse can be broken if a daughter of Morrigan falls in love with him. Finding such a woman seems impossible, until he discovers a beautiful stranger beneath his tree where only a few final leaves remain.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Madeline Martin comes another steamy, suspenseful full-length novel in her Borderland Rebels series where dangerous lands yield dangerous rebels...

Feisty by nature, Kinsey Fletcher has always stood up for those who can’t defend themselves. Joining a group of Scottish rebels fighting to reclaim stolen land is a natural fit for her, as she knows what it’s like to have everything taken by the English. Though resistant to love, she finds herself drawn to the leader of the group, who might be too charming for his own good. And yet, no matter how she tries to ignore it, he ignites in her an unexpected longing that cannot be denied.

Eilidh Lathan is bound to the Aerie by the echo in her blood of her mother’s healing talent and her love for one man. If only she had the courage to tell him—and he felt the same.

★ RONE Awards Finalist ★

Can a lady gossip in love with an assassin keep the biggest secret of her life?

The Gossip Known as a gossip for never being able to keep a secret, Morag Douglas is lucky to become an honorary member of the queen's secret society for strong women. Now, it is important she proves herself and changes her reputation. Morag plans to do wonderful things and make big changes in life in secret, just like her sister and cousins have done before her. But when she meets up with the mysterious knight, Sir Bedivere and finds herself falling for him, her plans go astray.

★RONE Award Finalist★

She needs him to escort her to the Highlands, but where she wants him to take her is enemy territory. It’s a dangerous game she plays!

Englishwoman, Lady Rhoswen Asquith accompanies her father and siblings on a journey to the Highlands, starting out on a very dangerous but important mission. The plan is to save her baby nephew from her late sister’s murderous Highland husband. Things go horribly wrong and her traveling party is attacked, leaving Rhoswen and her siblings alone and on the wrong side of the border.

Maddie doesn’t have dreams. She has plans.

Finally, after weeks of hard work, the painting she’s going to present to the Royal Women’s Academy of Art is finished. The next step? She’ll get a fellowship to study at the academy, become one of the few female artists in the British Empire, and live happily ever after.

Her mother abhors the idea of her daughter being an artist—how vulgar! But the fellowship will grant six thousand pounds per year to Maddie.

When eccentric Lord Hector ruins her precious painting and injures her hand—by accident, of course—she’s furious at first, distraught later. She lost the opportunity to receive the fellowship and maybe ever paint again because of Hector’s clumsiness.

Winner of the RITA award!

She Planned to Marry Her Best Friend —Then His Brother Returned Home and Complicated Everything

Marrying her beloved friend, Kyle Grayson, will allow Evelyn Tucker to care for her ailing father and resurrect their failing business. But when Kyle’s older brother, Radford, returns home with his young daughter, Evelyn’s life is turned upside down. She is drawn to the deeply wounded man and withdrawn little girl, and can't help reaching into Radford's darkness with her healing love. The undeniable spark between them ignites a love neither has known… and neither can embrace.