A guarded widow. A steadfast protector. A voyage that will change them both. Alice Ashcombe is a widow determined never to trust a charming gentleman again. After years trapped in a cold and controlling marriage in Calcutta, Alice is suddenly free—and utterly alone. With three young children to protect and a gruelling voyage to England ahead, the last thing she needs is the scrutiny of a perceptive and dangerously attractive stranger. Simon Reeves has spent years navigating

What if the beast you are running from is your prince charming? When Lady Calliope Turner opens a candle shop in Brighton, all she wants is to escape her wicked stepmother, two vile stepsisters, and a plot to marry her off. She never dreamed she would witness a crime one night on her way to meet her merchant. What’s a woman to do? Run away, of course! And pray she never gets caught. Only, in her haste, she not only draws notice, but she loses a very damning slipper. Maxen Fur

A woman on the brink of ruin. A man risen from the grave. A marriage neither of them planned, but both may die for. Twelve years ago, Alyssia Prudence Whitcombe lost the man she was promised to marry since birth and learned how swiftly hearts can be broken. Now, with scandal snapping at her heels and her family’s future at risk, she makes a desperate choice: She will find a stranger to wed at the most dangerous gaming hell in London. A marriage of necessity. A contract. Nothi

Dashing, devoted, and deftly disguised, he needs to tell her his secret. Just not quite yet… Though William Alwyn, a doctor’s apprentice, longs to propose to Belinda Everson, he knows he may be accused of trickery when Society discovers his true identity. So, he decides to hold his tongue on all matters of importance until he can irrefutably prove his honour and merit. Secretly smitten, Belinda has watched Mr Alwyn tend to her ailing mother for months. While bidding her farew

A gentleman sworn to protect his family’s secrets. A young lady determined to uncover them. And a marriage neither of them planned. “Beware of poking your nose into our affairs,” he growled. “Do not doubt there will be hell to pay if you breathe one word of what you saw last night to anyone.” Verity Drake knows the Reeves family are not who they claim to be. Ever since they arrived at Reeves Hall, she has sensed something strange beneath their polished manners and guarded way

As war wages in the Caribbean and preparations are made for a British invasion of French-held Martinique, Rhys McNaught is sent to the island to gather pre-invasion intelligence by The Lion Watch, a covert spy agency. Even though he is aware of the danger if caught, Rhys also enjoys living on a tropical island far removed from a gloomy and cold England, and the peace of being alone. After spending the Christmas holiday with family, Miss Tempest Driscoll and her five younger s