Can true love truly heal all wounds? 
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 Benjamin Frederickson, the future Earl of Wembley, can't forget that night... The night that changed him...
More importantly, he can't forget that brave little girl who was scarred from the horrible fire.
 
Catherine Watson. 
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The night young Benjamin Frederickson met the victim of a house fire, he has remembered it all of his life... Her spirit has lingered in his memory for years.
Even through his days of rebelling against his father, The Earl of Wembley, as he drinks, gambles, and womanizes.
 
But when he meets the beautiful Catherine Watson again, still scarred from that fire so many years later, he is enchanted.
But can a woman so remarkable remember a boy she met briefly years ago? 
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Catherine, however, is less than impressed!
Considering herself disfigured and resigned to the idea that she will never marry, she sees his advances as a cruel joke at her expense.
 
How can any man view her with anything but disgust, especially the dashing future Earl of Wembley?
 
"I cannot believe that you genuinely want to spend time in the presence of this." She pointed to her own scarred neck and her covered arm.
"Then your belief in me is sorely lacking," he sulked angrily. "As is your opinion of your ownself."
 
It won't be easy for Lord Benjamin to convince Catherine of his love.
Is he up to the task?
 
"I wish it were different. I wish you could court me as if I were normal." 
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Will Catherine let the past dictate her future?
Will Benjamin give up and let her go?
 
This is a clean, historical regency romance 

After being abruptly separated from Nicolas le Breton during the battle to save Mont Saint Michel from the English siege in 1424, Katelyn Michaels finds herself back in her normal twenty-first century life as an American teenager. Depressed and anxious to be reunited with Nicolas, she is comforted when a series of events and impressions lead her to believe she is being prepared for another mission as a Watchman.

After her beloved mentor, Jean le Vieux, comes to her in a dream and gives her the injunction to “Learn of the Maiden and take her the sword,” Katelyn understands that her mission involves assisting one of the most iconic figures in all of French History.

Katelyn is once again whisked back to the turmoil of medieval France during the Hundred Years’ War and to Nicolas. However, before the two can consider the future of their relationship, they must first complete their mission to take the sword to the Maiden. Little do they know that their old nemesis, Abdon, is already on their trail and will do everything in his unhallowed power to stop them.

THREE COMPLETE BOOKS in this COLLECTION. Bordello Bride (1), Bride Bounty (2), Bride Bandit (3)
BORDELLO BRIDE: Audrey looked at the wisp of a woman in her brother’s clutches, wondering if she might just blow away like tumbleweed in a dust storm. “Why you’re no bigger than a twig,” she said with a condescending smile.

"Yeah, but I can fight like the trunk of a redwood tree!"

Audrey’s gaze traveled to the guns resting on Violet’s narrow hips. Her face curled up. “Why, you’ve got guns strapped to your hips like a man!”

Violet gritted her teeth and forced a smile, resting a hand on one of the guns and held up the Bible she had tucked under her other arm. “I figured between the Good Book and the pistols, anyone wanting to mess with me was gonna meet their maker one way or the other!”

BRIDE BOUNTY: Magnolia is on the run from her pa, her betrothed, and the end of a rope, but the only witness to her innocence is a dead man.

When she lands in Silver City by chance circumstances, will all three catch up to her, or will the new sheriff believe her story, even though she's already told him the biggest lie a woman could tell a man?

BRIDE BANDIT: Scarlet sat in the dirt and dangled her legs over the edge of the grave. “What do we got to show for this robbery? Seven dollars, a few pieces of jewelry, a satchel full of mail, and another dead man! When do you say to yourself that enough is enough? Don’t you want more out of this life than stealin’ and shootin'? I do.”

Her brother dumped out the contents of the mailbag. “I bet lots of these letters are full of money. People send money to their families all the time.”

He tore open one of the letters, read a few lines, and then tossed it at his sister. “This one is for you! You want out so bad? Go be a mail order bride. That poor sap is lookin’ to get hitched. Maybe that’s the life for ya—marryin’ a stranger instead of staying with yer family.”

What do a scarred marchioness, a laundress with a face-covering birthmark, a naval intelligence officer, a woman with dreams of grandeur, and three king’s guardsmen have in common?

Five friends, tied together by true love, duty, or friendship, begin a journey that will change the lives of everyone involved.
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THE SECRET PRINCESS...
Can a mission to find the missing bastard children of the new prince regent lead to the destruction of the happiness enjoyed by a lowly intelligence officer and his beloved Loyalty?
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Will the most intelligent officer in the king’s guard be able to find the children, and how does his mission link to the woman he loves with all his heart—or is the link just a hallucination dreamed up by a friend suffering from seizures?
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THE DISFIGURED MARCHIONESS...
Can a disfigured Marchioness, richer even than a king but hoping for true love, finally find her heart’s desire in handsome Ricardo, a member of the King’s Guard?
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Ricardo is the son of a merchant, certainly not noble, and more than a little used to winning the heart of any woman he wants. In fact, his friends tease that he changes romances as often as they change socks, especially his best friend, a gruff and aging guardsman with a secret past. He believes that his heart is too wild to be tamed and held by one woman for long, but he’s about to meet the one woman who might change his mind.
Although he’s been assigned to guard Nora, Marchioness du Andres, with his life, nothing prepares him for the assault on his heart.
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Can the son of a merchant and a woman wealthy beyond his imagination find a way for true love in a world where nobles marry based on everything else, or will he be forced to watch as she gives everything he holds most dear to a stranger who murders her in her sleep simply for her riches?
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THE SCARRED MARCHIONESS' SECRET LOVE...
What happens when a scarred Marchioness with more fortune than the King desperately seeks a noble marriage to end the threats against her life?
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Although she loves the handsome guard who has captured her heart, the disfigured Marchioness du Andres is forced to marry another man. The match must be made for security, with the hope that he is not choosing her solely based on her title and fortune, and will likely be without love. However, even with everything that she offers, she knows that the options will be few, especially since so many are plotting to take her life. It is up to her once-ward Alexander, now a King’s Guard, and handsome Ricardo, the love of her life, to protect her—and eventually deliver her into the hands of her future husband.
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He has trained for years to be able to protect the nobility, but nothing has prepared Ricardo for the idea of giving the woman he loves to a man who may never love her.
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Can the daughter of a noble family, rich beyond calculation, hope to find love in a land filled with chaos and plots to rob her of her most valuable possession—her life—or will she be forced to marry someone who values only her purse?
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NO LONGER A PRINCESS...
Can a princess and a marchioness, each scarred and afraid, make a new life on the run with the men they love and the guards who protect them?
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Can Lady Nora, heiress to more than even the throne offers, finally find safety even as she runs for her life with Princess Loyalty, who must hide from would-be contenders for the throne or will those who seek their lives finally succeed in their unanimous mission?

David McBain can do the impossible with one hand tied behind his back...

But miracles take him a wee bit longer.

When retired Army Captain Kenzie Wallis-Manning receives a mysterious package containing an emerald brooch, she has no idea how life-altering the Gaelic inscription is until she's catapulted back in time to England in May of 1944. Her disappearance sends David McBain to the past to find her and bring her back to the future.

The miracle-working David just might have lost his touch when a series of miscalculations lead them into even greater danger, creating havoc and peril for the time travelers. The mission proves even more dangerous when he is pitted against the best interests of his country. Can these two soldiers find their way back to the future before they lose their hearts and more in the most difficult battle of their lives.

What do a rakish lord, an embittered Marquess, and the most powerful Earl in London have in common?
They will all fall madly in love with three heiresses, finding that happily ever after does exist...

HER FIRST SEASON AND HER FIRST KISS ...

Amy Ott is about to encounter her first season.
Knowing nothing about the workings of corsets and country dances, she's looking for any help she can find... even when it comes from the most unlikely source...

London's infamous rogue--an older Duke. The Duke of Wardington.

This catches the attention from the most rakish Lord in all of London.
Lord Nathaniel Dawnton knows what he wants.

Amy Ott.

When Nathaniel's pursuits meet the walls of Amy's strength, the young lord is ready to jump those walls blindly... even at the expense of reaching something he has been avoiding-- his innermost fear. True love.

But once Amy's dark secrets are out, will the fall have been worth it?

CAN LOVE FORGIVE ALL THINGS?

Miss Catherine Croftman is done with the Marquess of Clariant!
After the publically broken engagement of the century, she has her sights set on finding someone new...

Herself.

Andrew Dawnton is the Marquess of Clariant, the future Duke of Wardington, and he is madly in love with Catherine...
He made her a promise of marriage in their youth, but Catherine's betrayal prevents the marquess from wanting anything to do with her afterward.
He's haunted by a past that includes death and outrage, and trusting Catherine again would be a fool's move.

Is Catherine truly ready to move on?
Will Andrew learn to forgive and keep his word?

CAN ONE EVER TRULY LOVE HER ENEMY?

The night that William, The Earl of Cartridge, was struck over the head changed him forever...
He's been knocked out by a beautiful thief and plans to seek justice for this crime.

Jane Croftman's family is wealthy beyond reason, but the land gentry's daughter is willing to do whatever it takes to protect those she loves... even if that means stealing from members of high society or knocking out an earl.

Anything for peace.

When William's revenge turns into hot kisses and help, Jane tries to refuse them both.

Will William find the key to Jane's freedom before it's too late?
Will Jane learn to trust William with her life and possibly even her heart?

Romance as hot and steamy as a bayou night flavors this collection of 4 bestselling, Southern historicals by the Steel Magnolia of women's fiction herself, Jennifer Blake.

SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL
Renold spins an enchanting tale of love and marriage, but Angelica only remembers their kiss before the steamboat exploded. How can she trust her supposed husband’s word—when he is her father’s sworn enemy?

MIDNIGHT WALTZ
Amalie’s husband in an arranged marriage is uncaring and aloof during the day—but tenderly passionate in the dark of night. She could almost believe he’s two different men….

ARROW TO THE HEART
At a tournament, Rowan wins a special prize he can neither accept nor refuse: bedding his host’s young wife. Katrine declines to bear another man’s child at her husband’s command. The two play a defiant game of “Let’s Pretend”…but can it keep them apart?

TENDER BETRAYAL
Roland proposes to Melanie to right a wrong. She accepts for vengeance. Will fiery passion join their troubled hearts—or ignite a final betrayal?

A WOMAN WHO’S RUN OUT OF OPTIONS

Ever since Harriet Gilfrey’s mother died, she’s worked as a maid in the mansions of the rich. Without a dowry, she can’t expect to marry well in Chicago, so she pays to be listed in a mail-order bride catalog. But most of the men who write her seem to be interested in one thing—her looks.

When Harriet is blamed for breaking an antique vase and loses her job, her only option is to accept a proposal from a man she barely knows. She chooses Lewis because he’s the first man to seem interested in her for who she is, rather than what she looks like.

A MAN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT’S HIS

Lewis Sharp has spent four long years tending his homestead, and all that work is about to pay off. He’s ready to settle down, but there’s only one problem: all the women he’s found through the mail-order bride catalog are interested in one thing—his money.

So when he meets a woman who cares more about family than finances, he proposes. Harriet seems intelligent and kind, and she’s used to the kind of hard work that a farmer’s wife must do.

A SECRET THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING

Harriet arrives in Salvation to learn that Lewis is literally betting the farm on his next harvest: if anything happens to his crops, he won’t be able to pay his debts.

To make matters worse, a slick businessman named Edmund has been pressuring Lewis to sell his land…and when Lewis refuses, a string of unfortunate events plague the farm. The law is no help: Lewis can’t prove that Edmund is behind his misfortunes.

But the real mystery is why Edmund wants the land in the first place. It’s not worth what he’s offering, and it’s clear that the businessman has no intentions of becoming a humble farmer.

Can Harriet and Lewis figure out why Edmund is after their home before the dastardly businessman forces them out?

Winning the Homesteader’s Heart is a clean, inspirational mail order bride romance. In Faith Parson’s heartwarming romance stories, courageous men and their mail-order brides join together to make a new life on the Western frontier.

Selena Hensley has dedicated herself to caring for the girls at the Lady of Our Sorrows orphanage. Especially twins Mary and Maggie, eight-year-old sisters traumatized by an abusive uncle. There’s nothing Selena wants more than to help these emotionally-damaged twins heal.

But Selena is running out of time—the orphanage has run out of money and the church has found places for all of the children except the twins. There’s no way Selena will find another job that will also allow her to give Mary and Maggie the extra care they need.

Logan McCord wants nothing more than to start a family with Selena, whose compassion and down-to-earth personality are everything he wants in a woman. He’s not sure he’s ready to be a father, but Selena’s clearly capable of caring for children, so he should be fine, right?

Only after Selena responds to Logan’s offer of marriage with a counter-proposal does he realize he might be in over his head: she’ll only marry him if he’s willing to adopt Mary and Maggie.

Will Logan and Selena find a way to put these shattered girls back together? Or will the strain of caring for the traumatized twins destroy their marriage?

SELENA’S DUTY is a Blessed with Twins Mail-Order Bride Series book. It’s part of a collaboration with the seven authors of the SWEET & CLEAN BOOK CLUB, all women, each of whom write sweet and clean romance, and stories that make you go “aww.”

The Blessed with Twins Mail-Order Bride series books tell the story of seven young women who travel to the western frontier to start new families. Will each of them find the love they seek?

While these books are part of a series, each of them can be read separately as a stand-alone story.

She greeted him with her gun—He disarmed her with his love.

Saloon owner Boyd Grayson is intrigued by his new neighbor, Claire Ashier, and considers her temperance crusade to shut down his noisy tavern nothing more than a game. While matching wits with the beautiful, aloof widow, he uncovers her torturous secrets that shock him to the core. Her pain affects him deeply and he wants to free Claire from her self-imposed prison, but she guards her heart with a gun and memories she can’t forget. As the battle intensifies, so do their feelings for each other. Their unexpected friendship changes the game—and also Boyd. Can he show Claire he is a man worthy of her trust…and her love?

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Can a Duke with a broken heart find the missing piece in the smile of beautiful Lady Julia Summers, who is struggling to take the right path in life?

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Fitzsimmons is a kind, patient man, although the aura of sadness about him is clearly felt by all. When Lady Julia learns his tragic secret, she cannot help but desire to comfort him, although she fears that she can offer him nothing except friendship since her heart seems to belong to Lord James Patterson. Her friendship means more to him than life itself, coming as a balm to his troubled heart when he needs it, but he desires more from her when he realizes his true feelings for her.

When his heart’s desire is to win the heart of the woman he loves, it is only through the betrayal of another that he has a chance to make his feelings known to her.

Will the handsome Lieutenant-Colonel finally have happiness in his life with the beautiful woman of his dreams, or will her attachment to a rogue with no means of supporting her thwart his dreams of happily ever after?

NOW THAT SHE'S FOUND HER FAMILY,
WHAT WILL SHE DO TO PROTECT THEM?

A WOMAN WHO WON’T BE BULLIED.
Ruth Winslow has finally married off her three younger sisters: she’s free to find a husband of her own. She wants a man with a good heart and a big dream. A man who will treat her as a true partner in marriage. But all the men she’s met in Boston want a woman who’ll say yes, dear and not much else. So she registers to become a mail-order bride.

A MAN WITH A SISTER IN DANGER.
Garrett Richards is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t--his sister Elise married the bank’s loan officer so Garrett wouldn’t lose the family ranch. But Garrett suspects that Elise’s husband abuses her, even though Elise denies it.

When he can't convince Elise to leave her husband, Garrett struggles to make his late parents’ ranch profitable so he can pay off the mortgage. He believes that once Elise’s childhood home is safe, she’ll leave her miserable excuse for a husband.

A VILLAIN WHO HOLDS ALL THE CARDS.
After Garrett misses a payment, Elise’s husband gives him an ultimatum: pay up in three days or I’ll evict you and your new bride.

Garrett’s between a rock and a hard place, but now he’s got Ruth in his corner, and she’s about to come out swinging--not realizing that Bradford is willing to cheat, steal and murder to get his way. Even Bradford's own son isn't safe from his father's fury.

Can Ruth and Garret protect their family from Bradford's thugs long enough to expose his evil machinations?

Ruining her reputation is her only means of escape…

Engaged at her parent’s behest to a man she despises, Fortuna Allenthorpe abandons duty and flees into the night with notorious rakehell, Giles Dovecote. Too bad her betrothed is more interested in her impressive inheritance than her errant virtue. What’s more, he’s prepared to destroy her family to ensure he gets what he wants.

A vocal advocate of free love, Giles isn’t looking for a wife, but Fortuna makes him want things he considers off limits. As the stakes mount, how long can he hold fast to his principles, if they mean surrendering the woman he loves to a hellish match?

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Can a Duke with a frozen heart find healing in the arms of Lady Mary Withington, who believes that true love is possible even for the nobility?

Jacob Fitzroy, Duke of Gaffton, is a mysterious stranger with a connection to Lady Mary’s family, and another link when his best friend begins a courtship with Lady Mary’s childhood best friend. However, his emotions are tightly locked away, and although Lady Mary has made it clear that she believes in the concept of marrying for love, Gaffton makes it known publicly that he will be a lifelong bachelor. He does not think highly of the fairer sex, and believe these woman getting close to nobility have an ulterior motive.

It is only after he nearly ruins her life that Gaffton begins to realize that his heart may not be made of stone after all.

Will the Duke of Gaffton find room in his heart for beautiful Lady Withington, and will he be able to voice his intentions before she is sent away when his attempts to prove that love and lust are the same nearly create disaster for her entire family?

Shy, stammering Clara Hamilton is shocked when her father announces her betrothal to a cousin she barely knows. Her uncle’s stepson, Branson Hamilton is handsome, avaricious and rumoured to be unstable. Nineteen-year-old Clara, anxious for her father’s approval, agrees to the union unaware of what is at stake. A sinister family secret surfaces and Clara soon discovers that master of Windemere Hall has a dark revenge in store when she enters into his power.
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Windemere Hall launches Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Saga. Four villainous men, cursed by their fathers, follow their legacy of greed, murder, lust and pride. Set in 1867 England, the saga is written in the classic gothic romance tradition of Victoria Holt and Phyllis A. Whitney. Originally released as a novella trilogy (“Betrothed” “Betrayed” “Beguiled”), the novel, Windemere Hall contains scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.

A woman burdened by the death of her dreams and a rancher desperate to make her dream again. A thrilling story of love and new beginnings.

My name is Cassandra and I had one goal, to make them pay! When gold was discovered on my family land, I tried to warn them. I begged them to listen but greed, envy and a lust for more destroyed them all. I have walked through fire to watch my enemies’ burn and now those I left behind are hunting me.

I ran to San Francisco to escape on the train, but they won’t let go so easily. Gold is a sickness that has stained this land and all who touch it are never the same. I didn’t count on meeting someone who could offer me love and peace. Dalton Rivers is a complication. Would he offer his love so freely if he knows what I am capable of? I won’t let someone else be hurt because of my choices. I know I must leave but my heart wants me to dare to dream again.

Since being widowed, Caroline Dering has been content to live her life solely for her children: her beloved son, James, due back soon from Malaya, and her daughters, Leda and Bobbie.

Then the mysterious Robert Shepperton arrives in the village.

At first, Caroline's gentle heart is simply touched by his obvious unhappiness; until gradually she finds her sympathy turning into love.

But the visit of her lovely younger sister, Harriet, to Vittoria Cottage, throws Caroline into a turmoil — because Harriet also falls for Mr. Shepperton …

It was not until now, when she thought she had lost Robert, that Caroline discovered how much he meant to her … she looked back and tried to determine exactly when her friendship for him had grown into love.

But it seemed to Caroline that she had loved him always.

She loved him in all sorts of different ways: she admired his character and enjoyed his humour, she felt an immense tenderness towards him and her heart beat faster when he was there. These feelings were so strong that they were difficult to disguise …

But with her beloved, glamorous sister Harriet evidently winning his friendship and admiration, what can be done …?

Vittoria Cottage is a charming Scottish romance. It is followed by Music in the Hills and Shoulder the Sky.
 

12th century England: Two men vie for the throne: King Stephen the usurper and young Duke Henry the rightful heir. Amid civil and private wars, alliances are forged, loyalties are betrayed, families are divided, and marriages are made.

For four years, Lady Annyn Bretanne has trained at arms with one end in mind—to avenge her brother’s murder as God has not deemed it worthy to do. Disguised as a squire, she sets off to exact revenge on a man known only by his surname, Wulfrith. But when she holds his fate in her hands, her will wavers and her heart whispers that her enemy may not be an enemy after all.

Baron Wulfrith, renowned trainer of knights, allows no women within his walls for the distraction they breed. What he never expects is that the impetuous young man sent to train under him is a woman who seeks his death—nor that her unveiling will test his faith and distract the warrior from his purpose.

*The first in an exciting time travel romance series*

Time brought them together - will it also tear them apart?

Elizabeth Barritt fought hard to put her childhood behind her. Now she has the chance to move forward, to reach out for a new future.

And she does - right into Jackson Kane's path. He is a time traveler, from the future, and on the hunt for a rogue agent.

Their attraction is immediate, unexpected - and for Kane, an unwanted distraction. When he is injured protecting Elizabeth, she makes a decision that will change both of their lives. She takes him home.

Once Kane is healed, he goes after the agent. But his journey back to war-torn London takes a sideways turn, forcing Elizabeth to make another choice. She follows him into the past, to help him stop one man from changing their future.

***For readers 18 and older.***

She's kidnapped on the morning of her royal wedding--by her groom's most dangerous enemy.

Treachery leads battle-hardened Highland lord Darach of Glenshiel to abduct an innocent: wealthy Lady Laurien d'Amboise, betrothed to the knave who betrayed Darach and his men. Stealing the delicate beauty from the steps of Chartres Cathedral on her wedding day, he vows to keep her safe--and untouched--for she is a hostage to be bartered for the freedom of his beloved Scotland.

But soon he discovers that his lovely captive has unexpected strength, fire--and plans of her own. From a besieged French castle to the untamed Scottish Highlands, Darach and Laurien are swept up in wild adventure, dangerous secrets... and forbidden love that puts their honor and their lives at risk.

An RWA Golden Heart Award Finalist: Best Historical Romance of the Year

This extensively revised Author's Preferred Edition ebook includes new scenes never before published.