After Anne Elliot marries Captain Frederick Wentworth, what happens next? Will her second chance at love survive war, scandal, and bitter tragedy? The Value of an Anne Elliot takes up the story where Persuasion left off –midway through 1815, shortly after Anne and Wentworth have married. War looms—Napoleon has escaped exile on Elba, and is massing an army on the Prussian border. Captain Frederick Wentworth must answer the call of duty, leaving Anne at Kellynch with the Crofts. His absence is a trial to Anne, but she must further deal with tragic news from the front, family scandals, and...

A Beauty with a limp, a Beast with a scarred face, an unwanted proposal, a matchmaking aunt, a carriage journey in a snowstorm, a duel for a maiden’s honour, and the perfect happiness of a love returned! At twenty-three, Georgiana Hall has received no offers of marriage, not is she likely to, for despite being a great beauty, she harbours and inconvenient secret which deters suitors. Captain Asher Brandt, a man haunted by the past that left his face hideously scarred and beast-like, is a man on a mission. To retain guardianship over his young niece, the last living memory of his brother, ...

A misunderstanding, an accident, and a mistaken fortune – three paths to the same heart. A trio of captivating novellas that reimagine Jane Austen's beloved classic from fresh perspectives. A Governess at Pemberley Financial misfortune forces Elizabeth Bennet to become governess to Georgiana Darcy. As she brings warmth to Pemberley and confidence to its shy young mistress, Fitzwilliam Darcy finds himself increasingly drawn to the unconventional governess. But in Regency England, the social divide between a wealthy gentleman and his employee seems insurmountable. Chance and Circumstance ...

She vows love isn’t for her… Forced from her deceased husband’s home, Harriet, Lady Cavell, has no choice but to accept help from the last person she expects… her first and only love. Lonely and shunned by society, she imagines life in his family’s distant cottage with her daughter. But when rumors of treason follow her even there, she is forced to accompany him to Scotland. He vows revenge… Heartbroken and devastated by his best friend’s death, Jake, The Marquess of Renfield, has vowed revenge on the woman responsible for both… Harriet, the woman he cannot stop loving. Only...

A Lord on the brink of ruin… An aspiring artist, with a dark secret… A sham marriage to solve all their problems. He is in want of money. In dire need of funds, Henry Thornton struggles to provide for his five sisters after the untimely demise of their parents. Facing the debtor’s prison, Henry becomes a reluctant fortune hunter. Little does he anticipate that Rosalind, the daughter of a wealthy duke, would hand him the lifeline they both desperately seek. She is in want of a husband. Facing the life of a solitary spinster, Rosalind Dearling must be wedded by the end of the Season or ...

Can a bumbling witch lost in time find her own knight in shining armor? When cool-headed scientist and inept witch Tabitha Lennox inherits her mother's mysterious amulet, she doesn't expect to be hurled seven centuries into the past--directly into the path of a surly but gorgeous knight on a quest for vengeance. Sir Colin of Ravenshaw finds himself beguiled by this strange woman who smells like baby shampoo and introduces him to the culinary delights of the Big Mac. Although he is honor-bound to burn her at the stake, Colin soon discovers it is his own heart that is aflame for this ...

What happens in Bath, stays in Bath! Clemence Hurst is an unusual young lady, with a burning desire for the freedom that the combined assets of singleness and wealth can bring her. But she never bargained on meeting the one person who would throw all her dearly held notions of happiness into disarray! Finding herself Bath, and falling for a known rakehell, she also must drive off an unwanted suitor, and rescue her sister-in-law from a scrape which brings disgrace to the family name! Frederick Wolverton’ rakish past is no secret, and young ladies are warned about him wherever he goes. When...

Her taste of forbidden love should have been sweet. From bestselling, award-winning author Eliana Piers comes a steamy series that introduces the world of The Good Dukes in London. A group of friends, one house party, a meddling duchess, and a whole lot of love and scandal... Lady Mary finds London society and its rules crushing. She wants to be her own woman, as one of the ton’s first female playwrights. Yet it’s more than a little tricky to be that person when she gets stuck in a closet, pressed against a hot, brooding duke who just so happens to be her best friend’s brother. ...

A Season of Shakespeare Continues... Miss Violet Havisham is in a bind. Having agreed to help her twin brother disappear from London for a spell, she now finds that his presence is needed by Whitehall, to help them catch a spy. Not only that, but the man who has summoned him, is none other than the formidable Duke of Orsino. Afraid of letting Sebastian down, Violet foolishly decides to try and impersonate her brother, but quickly finds that this involves sharing very close quarters with a devilishly handsome duke. To further add to her woes, Orsino decides that he has taken a shine to the ...

In the beautiful county of Hertfordshire, the Lady Charlotte Radcliffe has reached the imminent age of marriage. Her father, the estimable Lord Radcliffe, who is in poor health, has proclaimed she must marry a suitor within forty-five minutes of their estate so as not to unduly grieve her mother. When they draw up a list of suitable suitors for her, Charlotte is delighted to find the recent widower, the Earl of Buckland, at the top of their list. Believing a good marriage is more of station and security than attraction or love, Charlotte proceeds with her parents' plan to make her the ...