Love - the one thing Adeline wasn't looking for.

Miss Adeline Sandringham was on the brink of claiming her inheritance and embracing the freedom she had long yearned for. The last thing she wanted was to be noticed by an arrogant duke who orchestrated a house party at Apsley House—one she attended purely to support her friend—just to watch the invited ladies scramble for his favor.

A house party with an unexpected guest.

Adrian Sinclair, Duke of Wakefield, has a carefully selected list of potential duchesses to choose as a wife. He has no patience to go through a Season pretending to enjoy balls or talk nonsense like lace patterns. Instead of courting the ideal match, he finds himself drawn to the one woman who defies every expectation—a fiery spirit who speaks her mind without hesitation, including telling him to marry his mistress!

Miss Sandringham's introduction to the duke was anything but amiable, and she vowed to keep her distance from the infuriating rogue. Yet fate—along with an ill-timed cricket ball, a secluded conservatory, and an unexpected art heist—seems determined to throw them together. Perhaps a fleeting affair wouldn't be such a terrible idea…

Will the duke uphold society's demands, or will he persuade the one woman determined to resist him that she was meant to be his duchess?

Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, heroine in peril/protective hero

There is no other path when the heart knows what it wants.

Lady Beatrice Stanhope is looking forward to two things: the annual Basildon Park ball and the return of her childhood best friend. Her parents have also made plans—inviting a Viscount to court her a week early. Beatrice is content to follow their wishes… until an unexpected fall from a dinghy makes her realize that she may not have just one suitor after all.

The ocean commands him, but she stirs his soul.

After years at sea, Captain Bryce Maynard returns home to Berkshire, never intending to stay. His heart belongs to the waves, his future to the navy, and as a captain, he cannot bring a wife aboard his ship. Yet seeing Beatrice again—his spirited, infuriating, best friend—reawakens something he thought he had long since buried.

Will he fight for love, or will duty win once more?

Beatrice has only ever seen Bryce as her closest friend, but his return ignites emotions she never expected. She should be securing the Viscount’s affections, yet she can’t seem to stay away from the man who was never meant to be hers.

Bryce has never been one to surrender easily, and as their connection deepens, Beatrice must decide: risk everything for a passion that defies reason, or take the safe road in matrimony.

Friends to Lovers, childhood friends, country ball

Returning to where her heart always belonged.

Charlotte is now the Dowager Viscountess Woodchester, who has come out of mourning after the death of her husband.  After her family's annual ball, she has decided to stick around her childhood home to try and see if she can get in her childhood sweetheart's good graces again. She has never stopped loving him, but also knows she broke his heart when she married another.

The last woman on Earth he would ever marry.

Mr. Caelen Holloway only ever loved one woman in his whole life and he swore he would never let her back into his life. But when he needs urgent repairs on his tavern, The Cross Keys, he has no choice but to accept that same woman's financial support when she goes behind his back and starts the refurbishments without his consent. Can he keep his heart boarded up, or will her smiles and touches break down his defenses?

Second-chance romance, later-in-life romance, small-town romance

Dash Blathwayt, Viscount Dyrham, loathes surprises.

He prides himself on order and control, and his meticulously planned annual summer party at Dyrham Park is meant to proceed without a single misstep. But when he wakes to a peculiar white cloud drifting across the horizon, he has no idea it heralds a storm of events that will upend his carefully governed life.

A locket holds the key to Dia’s past and her future.

Miss Dia Daywater never expected her quiet life as a French tutor to end in flight. Raised in a French orphanage and trained to serve the English aristocracy, she has learned to survive by keeping her head down and her life mapped out. But when her mysterious locket draws dangerous attention, Dia is forced to flee straight onto the grounds of Dyrham Park and into the path of its enigmatic master.

As danger closes in and forced proximity blurs the lines between duty and desire, Dia must decide whether to trust the man offering her refuge. She knows all too well that a woman in her position has no place in the heart—or the life—of a viscount.

Forced Proximity, Found Family, Romantic Suspense

A war took his leg and the future he expected. One invitation gave him reason to live again.

Captain Emmett Shaw, now Lord Shaw, returned from the War of 1812 without his leg and the future he once envisioned. When his aunt suggests a restorative stay at Eastbury Manor, Emmett agrees, never suspecting the invitation will alter the course of his life.

She planned her coming out to perfection. Fate had other ideas.

Lady Evelyn Wyndham has dreamed of her debut since she wore her hair in braids. Armed with a diary of gowns, coveted events to attend, and eligible suitors, she intends to make her entrance into society unforgettable. But when her father falls ill and her presence at home proves more hindrance than help, she is sent to her uncle’s estate—only to discover her most insufferable cousin by marriage is already in residence.

Resolved to leave the very next day, Evelyn instead finds herself agreeing to a most ridiculous arrangement.

A fake engagement.

To uncover the truth behind a troubling mystery, Emmett and Evelyn must set their hatred aside and follow a trail of clues that only raises more questions. But pretending to be betrothed may prove far easier than admitting their sharpest battles have begun to look dangerously like love.

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