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Liz and Mary scheme to make Mary's dream of owning a hat shop come true. They are unaware that their husbands, Michael and Peter are scheming behind their backs to try to realize a dream of theirs that the girls do not discover until late in the story. Harriet, Liz's sister, has come home and has eyes for the mysterious Isaac all the while being pursued by the quirky revered Lyons.

At Bradwell, the Cherrill family estate, Lord Douglas stumbles upon a young woman banished to the country for birthing an illegitimate child. Lady Phoebe de Moncy, the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Rudham, was once a debutante with a bright future until she placed her heart in the wrong man's hands. Now, she knows time with baby Ellen is running out. Can the second son of the illustrious Cherrill family risk his reputation to marry the woman he loves, or will Doug, Phoebe, and her precious baby girl be parted forever?

A princess on a mission. A man with secrets. A love that cannot be denied. Ignoring the expectations of her status and sex, Princess Leila Rothchester has spent her life avoiding a future that requires her to marry for political gain. She would rather serve her country in a more active role. When her best friend goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Leila is determined to uncover the truth - a dangerous mission that will take her far from home and immerse her in a world of secrets and intrigue.

In 1888 London, Miss Eleanor Redding, possessed of a beastly, grouchy attitude, works for Western Union Telegraph Company. It gives her a certain independence and a place to hide from her disappointing past in America. When she accidentally intercepts a Morse-coded message alluding to clandestine and nefarious activity, she accepts the challenge with alacrity. It will take her mind off the fact that she’s once more alone for the Christmas holidays. Why couldn’t a man look past her prickles and scars to fight for her?

Cara Cooper’s third Christmas starts out as the best she’s ever known. As the daughter of a kitchen maid, she’s just old enough to be really excited. When a kind stranger appears and takes Cara to a beautiful house filled with toys and Christmas treats of every description, she is thrilled. Little does the toddler know that the kind stranger, Edna, has an ulterior motive. Now kidnapped, Cara’s life is set on a collision course with tragedy.

The last thing Lindy Cook wants to do is leave Yorkshire behind. The countryside is the only home she’s ever known, and its splendid landscapes lift her spirits even amidst trouble, so does Titus, the bright-eyed country boy who’s always been her dear friend. Lindy’s troubles are many. Papa has gone to London for work; Mama is quite unwell, and her two little brothers constantly need to be fed and cared for. With no resources, she has no choice but to pack her little family into a stifling railway carriage headed for a whole new world - a world she doesn’t understand. 

It is 1859, and the son of an infamous fraudster enters the London home of a wealthy industrialist and his daughter. Before long, passions flare, three people have gone missing, and the work of a rising novelist has been abruptly stopped. A reputation is in ruins, and a fortune will be lost.

Sprightly Victorian spinster Vanessa Latimer is stranded for the holidays in the Scottish Highlands by a relentless winter blizzard. She takes refuge at a centuries-old inn where the only available room is haunted by the ghost of a warrior who fell at Culloden Moor. One who refuses to give up his side of the bed.

She's known as a hopeless flirt, but Sarah doesn't care. Sneaking out to parties on the Cliff Walk with her friends during winter nights becomes dangerous, and when a terrible accident happens, her carefree outlook is forever lost. Determined to blame herself, she focuses on applying her time and effort at the homeless shelter operated by her brother and his wife, but will she ever be able to move forward and accept forgiveness from those she has inadvertently harmed?

Sheriff Josh Ryder longs for someone to come home to every night. But the lawman’s recent notoriety attracts so many replies to his mail-order bride ad that he has no idea if it’s him or his name they’re after. But he can’t tear his eyes away from the photo of a stunning Georgia beauty. Though the sheriff’s immediately drawn to the feisty woman, he balks at her demands for a lifestyle beyond his means. Can the fiery couple fan their sparks into a sizzling sprint to the altar?

Five families with an American dream. One railroad to span a nation. Empires will rise. Relationships will crumble. Collis Huntington, the last living member of the Associates, now wants to set the record straight. Huntington invites his most critical reporter into his home for the interview of the century. As his story of the Central Pacific Railroad Company unfolds, truths emerge. Central Pacific is in a race for money and land against the Union Pacific back east. The inhumane conditions laborers on both sides of the line must endure.

David Graham loves women - so much that being a gentleman courtesan is more pleasure than business. Having newly inherited a failing country estate, the income to be earned pleasing wealthy women doesn’t hurt matters. When a new, lucrative contract is offered to him, David is happy to take on a new client...until he finds out what she really wants from him.

Season of Joy - Lord Robert finds his betrothed in the arms of another man. Before he rides away to the war, he tells Theresa that their engagement is a thing of the past. Christmas Cheer - Her husband. Her heart. Newlywed Lady Gwen Hallcoft barely knows this man. Is her love returned?

Sometimes the perfect person is right under your nose! An expert in pottery restoration, Frances Longworth spends her days in the basement of a museum, applying her skills to damaged artifacts so they can be put on display. If only she didn’t have to constantly prove herself to men who expect her to be a man. The bastard son of an earl, Gabe Wellingham eschews a life of leisure by accepting a position at the same museum as an archivist, cataloguing Ancient Greek artifacts. He has no qualms about a woman reassembling the latest arrival from an archaeological expedition.

Melinda is the only woman who can touch his heart. Clay yearns for a family to love. Together, they brave more than physical dangers to find what they both seek. Clay is dedicated to the people of his town, but no one knows his secrets: The nightmares that plague him every night; the roiling anger that often simmers just beneath the surface; the seemingly innocuous sounds that unexpectedly startle him. Can Clay find peace and become the man he once was? Will Melinda risk her future on a tormented man? Can Thomas Miller overcome his resentment toward the ex-Confederate soldier?

A lovely impostor. Tragedy and a family feud years ago tore Cassandra Weatherstone and her twin apart. Cassandra exchanges lives with her sister to get to know her grandfather. She’s astonished to discover that Sir Marcus has arranged to betroth his granddaughter to his godson, Philip Raven. The problem is, she's the wrong granddaughter! A man meant for someone else. Everything has gotten so complicated! She’s in love with Philip. What is she to do? If she reveals who she really is, will he turn away from her?

Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night. Except now he’s back. Jeremy Wentworth, the Duke of Lansing, has returned to the tiny village he once visited with the hope of wooing Chloe. In his defense, it took him years of attempting to be serious to realize that the endeavor was incompatible with his personality. 

Can three brides heal the rifts in a volatile family and save an entire homestead from devastation? Recently widowed Irene is desperate to heal her broken heart on the Montana Frontier. Cast out by her late husband’s family, she signs her fate over as a mail-order bride, only to find herself caught up in the conflicts of three generations of McGuire men and betrothed to the eldest: The aging grandfather, Jack. Her unlikely fiance has a plan: By securing a mail-order bride for each of them, he hopes to soothe the conflict in the household.

Scoundrels, thieves, and rebels inhabit the rookeries - where dangerous men fall in love with fierce women. Abigail Vautille dreamed of escaping the Whitechapel rookery and starting a new life, until one tragic night left her scarred and penniless. To save her family from debtor's prison, she strikes a deal with the rogue who owns her father's gambling vowels-if he excuses the debt, for two weeks, she'll give him her body, but not her heart. Beauty and the Rake is a dark, gritty, and sexy full-length romantic suspense set in pre-Victorian working class London.

They had lost everything that mattered. Three nightmarish years of marriage has shattered Brianna's sheltered world. Leading her husband to believe she's been murdered, she flees to St. Louis...harboring terrible secrets that could be the death of her. The tragic loss of his Indian wife left Columbus Nigh a wanderer; necessity made him a wilderness guide. But now he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic woman who's hired him to lead her westward. Her gentle strength stirs his lonely heart...her tender beauty arouses his deepest passions.Would they find love again on a western journey?