Laura Beers

Unmasking the truth means risking everything—even love. Miss Charlotte Winslow may be the diamond of the Season, but beneath her flawless exterior lies a secret—she writes for the Society pages. Years of hiding behind her carefully crafted mask have left her doubting her own worth and...

When duty collides with desire, can love rewrite their fate?  Mr. Evander Addington had his life carefully mapped out—a quiet, predictable future as a Fellow at Oxford. But everything changed when his older brother unexpectedly passed away, making Evander the reluctant heir to an earldom...

Lady Madalene Ramsbury has been summoned home from Miss Bell’s Finishing School to some unfortunate news. In three weeks, she is to be married to a man she’s never met. Rather than face a life she does not want; she flees from her own engagement party and elicits help from a most unlikely...

Society turned its back. So she rewrote her fate. Lady Jane Lyttelton had always done precisely what was expected of her—until the moment she stood at the altar beside an aged duke. Rather than seal her fate, she ran. Disowned by her family and shunned by Society, her future seemed hopeless...

Lady Charlotte Taylour knows she should feel saddened by the news that her father has died, but all she feels is an immense relief. How can she mourn such a neglectful father? When she is summoned to London for the reading of the will, disaster strikes, and she finds an unlikely ally. Lord...

Lady Isabella Beauchamp is beautiful, clever and rich. But she is not happy with the restrictions that Society has placed upon her. She is determined to prove that she can be so much more than what people expect her to be, even if it means that she is destined to become a spinster. Lord Ewin...

He returned from war hailed as a hero, but a stranger to himself—and to the wife he never knew he had. Dominic Stevens, Baron Warwicke, comes home bearing the physical and emotional scars of battle. Haunted by fragmented memories and burdened by duty, he’s stunned to learn he has a wife—a...

She was determined to remain a spinster—until love gave her a new reason to dream. Lady Eugenie Drayton is tired of being told what she can and cannot do. Bold, clever, and entirely too curious for Society’s liking, she decides to take matters into her own hands by sneaking into an Oxford...

Some secrets are worth stealing. Some hearts are harder to escape. Lady Elsbeth Caldwell has long suspected that her stepfather is hiding something far more sinister behind his polished façade. Determined to uncover the truth, she embarks on an investigation that leads her to take desperate...

Her father was gunned down by a ruthless gang. Enraged, Rosalie Addis leaves behind everything she knows, including her fiancé, to become a bounty hunter. She rounds up the members of the gang, one-by-one, until only the elusive leader remains.

Feigning an attachment was the easy part, but falling in love was not part of the plan. Lady Esther Harington finds herself in a terrible predicament when she is being forced into an arranged marriage. Out of options—and hope—she tries to escape and meets a man that is sympathetic to her...

Greydon, the Viscount Rushcliffe, is content with his life as a Bow Street Runner, but it all comes to a jarring end when his older brother is murdered. He is now an heir to an earldom—a position he never wanted. As he is trying to come to grips with the newfound shackle on his life, Lady...

2023 Readers' Favorite Honorable Mention He needed to marry her for her dowry but falling in love with her foiled his plans. Miss Rosamond Hendre has had the most remarkable change of fortune for a daughter of a seaman. She went from living a simple life in the countryside to being introduced to...

Widow Darcy Spencer abhors the very idea of marriage, but to become a Pinkerton agent, she must marry her trainer. She's assured that it's in name only, so she begrudgingly takes the position.

Some secrets are never meant to see the light of day. Miss Lizette Kent's life is in shambles. Not only did her mother just pass away, but she has been left without the means to provide for herself. While she is contemplating her future, she encounters an unexpected and vexing man: Tristan...

Miss Elizabeth Bentley is in a most precarious situation, that is, until fate intervenes and Lady Bideford agrees to host her for the London Season....

When heiress Audrey Hardwick is given the opportunity to become a Pinkerton Agent, she wholeheartedly leaves her life in Cincinnati....

Miss Hannah Blackmore has been in love with Lord Egleton since she was a little girl, which is why she is devastated when he asks her to help him find a bride, and quickly. She is forced to acknowledge that Martin has only ever considered her a friend....

Miss Amelia Blackmore has received the most interesting letter. The Dowager Duchess of Harrowden has requested that she visit Harrowden Hall under the guise of being her companion....

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Miss Georgie Holbrooke is in the most dire of circumstances. Her brother has arranged for her to marry a vile man, and she has no doubt that he will punish her severely if she refuses. When an opportunity to work at an orphanage in the rookeries...