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He prays for rare beetles. She prays for order. Heaven help the village. Miss Tabitha Hardy, age forty-eight, runs the village of Little Muckleton like a military operation. As the church organist and self-appointed guardian of morality, she has zero tolerance for dirt, disorder, or tardiness. Enter Reverend Barnard Colborne. Fifty, single, and more interested in the mating habits of garden slugs than his parishioners’ souls, the new Vicar is a walking disaster zone. Within a week, he’s tracked mud on the altar, lost the communion wine, and turned the vicarage into a greenhouse. When ...

At a masquerade ball hosted in a sprawling London townhouse, a mysterious woman in a crimson velvet mask catches the eye of a disillusioned barrister. She lures him through shadowed corridors to a hidden parlor, where an exclusive society gathers to indulge in whispered fantasies. Behind the anonymity of their masks, they shed the rigid propriety of Victorian society, and their encounter becomes a dance of power, seduction, and fleeting intimacy—leaving him haunted by her identity long after the night fades. Written in first person from the male POV.

She’s looking for love (for everyone else). He’s looking for silence. They’re about to make a lot of noise. At fifty-two, Beatrice Halloway has escaped her suffocating children for the freedom of Bath. Her mission? To lead the "Matchmaking Society," a boisterous group of widows dedicated to marrying off the city’s youth. She has a plan for everyone—except herself. At fifty-six, Arthur Penrose has retired to read his books, drink his tea, and avoid people. Unfortunately, his garden wall borders Beatrice’s, and her Society’s giggling meetings are ruining his peace. He wants her ...

Miss Beatrice Vale prides herself on her principles, but nothing could prepare her for Lord Edmund Ashcombe. As governess to his unruly nieces, she vows to bring order to the household—yet their scandalous guardian proves a far greater challenge than the children. Charming, infuriating, and entirely too tempting, Edmund awakens emotions Beatrice has long kept buried. What begins as a clash of wills soon deepens into stolen glances, heated words, and a longing neither of them dares name. But Edmund is a man with a reputation as dark as it is dazzling, and surrendering to desire could ...

A governess, a pirate, and far too much ink. Miss Beatrice Arbuthnot prides herself on order, punctuality, and proper conduct—so naturally, she’s mortified to discover she’s boarded a pirate ship by mistake. Captain Rory Finch, scourge of the Spanish Main (and reluctant grammar student), wanted a valuable hostage, not a sharp-tongued schoolmistress correcting his ransom notes. But as storms rage and tempers flare, Beatrice’s prim composure proves more disarming than any pistol. Soon she’s reorganizing his crew, redecorating his cabin, and threatening his reputation as a fearsome ...

Miss Araminta Scott would much rather conjugate Latin verbs than endure another country house party, let alone fend off the tiresome advances of Lord Blackwell—a man whose charm, she’s certain, is only skin-deep. When the notoriously handsome nobleman corners her yet again with his insipid flattery, Araminta, fueled by brandy and exasperation, proposes a wager: he has one week to seduce her… intellectually. If he can make her swoon with his words alone, she’ll grant him a kiss. Lord Blackwell, convinced his poetic prowess is unrivaled, accepts at once. But his “brilliant” verses...

In the windswept moors of the 19th century, the brilliant and scientifically-minded governess Priscilla is summoned to the remote estate of the disgraced paleontologist, Abraham Lorrimer, to educate his young niece. Yet, the lessons soon stray from books to treacherous cliffs and cryptic maps, revealing Abraham's true intention: to use Priscilla's sharp intellect to reclaim a stolen, career-defining fossil from a cunning rival. Their shared passion for discovery ignites a romance not in stuffy drawing rooms, but amidst the thrill of the hunt and the adrenaline of shared danger. As they ...

In the hothouse of desire, even the most disciplined gardener can lose control… Lady Theodosia Winfield has always been devoted to her beloved gardens, her passion for rare blooms matched only by her refusal to bend to society’s expectations. But when the maddeningly meticulous Duke of Alnwick arrives next door—with his superior greenhouse, flawless orchids, and infuriating air of control—her carefully tended ambitions are suddenly in jeopardy. What begins as a rivalry over the Royal Horticultural Society’s coveted prize soon turns into something far more dangerous: an attraction ...

When ancient magic meets scorching passion, destiny is rewritten on the tides... Lady Priscilla Worthington-Velmontaine thought a family reunion would involve polite tea and distant cousins—not shirtless obstacle courses, long-lost pirate relatives, and a mysterious underwater prophecy. Alongside her devilishly charming husband, Captain Rogelio “The Randy Raven” Velmontaine, Priscilla is swept into the stormy chaos of the annual Pirate Lineage Summit. But when their steamy encounter in a crystal cave awakens dormant magic, they uncover a twisted legacy that could unravel time itself. ...

After fleeing Blackthorn Manor, Eleanor Grayson and Lord Nathaniel Ashwood settle in a remote coastal estate in Cornwall, seeking a fresh start where her writing and their love can thrive away from societal scorn. They adopt new identities—Eleanor as a reclusive authoress, Nathaniel as her enigmatic patron—and begin hosting clandestine literary salons to share her sensual tales with a select few. One night, a mysterious widow, Lady Isolde Vayne, arrives uninvited, cloaked in mourning black and wearing an ornate mask. She claims to be a fellow writer, but her provocative stories and ...

When Lady Julia Hartington, the prim and proper daughter of the Earl of Westfield, decides she needs to understand the art of passion before accepting any marriage proposal, she makes the scandalous decision to seek instruction from her younger brother's tutor—the notoriously reformed rake Mr. William Ashbourne. What begins as theoretical discussions soon evolve into practical demonstrations, igniting a fire within her she never knew existed. As her family pushes her toward a match with a wealthy but dull viscount, Julia must choose between societal expectations and the man who makes her ...

When Lady Priscilla Worthington's supposedly dead mother appears on a notorious pirate ship, her already complicated life with the flamboyant Captain Rogelio "The Randy Raven" Velmontaine takes a turn for the bizarre. Pursued by her aristocratic father, a Duke she was meant to marry, and an octopus with inexplicable romantic intentions, Priscilla must navigate family revelations that shake the very foundation of her identity. A magical treasure map tattooed on her mother's posterior leads the unlikely crew on a swashbuckling adventure through vine-swinging acrobatics, poetry-loving monkey ...

Beneath the flickering candlelight of a grand masked ball, Lady Eliza Blackwood—widowed young, stifled long—tastes freedom for the first time. Cloaked in anonymity, her sharp wit and simmering passion are no longer shackled by society’s expectations. And when she crosses paths with the infamous Duke of Westmoreland, the air crackles with something far more dangerous than polite intrigue. He’s powerful, aloof, and utterly scandalous. She’s proper, poised, and aching to break the rules. Together, they begin a dance of hidden desires and forbidden touches, each daring the other to ...

At one of the society’s infamous gatherings in the London townhouse, a shy seamstress, Eliza Treadwell, attends as a favor to her wealthy client, tasked with repairing a torn mask. She catches the attention of a brooding composer, Frederick Linwood, whose black silk mask conceals a face scarred by a past duel. Drawn to her quiet strength, he lures her into a soundproof music room where he plays a haunting melody on a pianoforte, each note stripping away her inhibitions. Their encounter unfolds as a symphony of touch and rhythm, with Eliza binding his wrists with silk thread from her ...

Miss Jemima Bloom has two great passions in life: music and ignoring sensible advice. Which is how she finds herself hauling her beloved pianoforte all the way to the seaside—much to the dismay of her long-suffering maid, the startled innkeeper, and one very irritable naval captain whose carriage she accidentally demolishes in the process. Captain Andrew Montclair wanted a quiet holiday by the sea, not a stranded week in the tiniest village in England with a spirited young lady who can’t seem to go anywhere without that monstrous instrument in tow. Worse, Jemima insists on “cheering ...

Eleanor and Nathaniel, now settled into their liberated life at Veil House, prepare for their next literary salon after Isolde’s defeat. A letter arrives from Miss Clara Duval, a wandering poetess requesting a seat, her script “delicate but firm” and her words laced with cryptic charm. Intrigued, they invite her, expecting a kindred spirit. Clara arrives—a lithe, auburn-haired woman with a traveler’s weathered satchel and eyes that gleam with secrets. Her poetry, recited at the salon, is intoxicatingly sensual, weaving riddles of lost lovers and hidden truths that captivate the ...

She’s the pirate. He’s the prisoner. The sea has other ideas. Lady privateer Mercy Vance has made a career of capturing dangerous men—until one of them turns out to be infuriatingly civil. Former naval officer Julian Fairchild claims he’s merely a cartographer, but Mercy suspects a spy… and he suspects his captor enjoys tying knots far too much. When pursuit from the Royal Navy forces them into uneasy alliance, Mercy and Julian find themselves navigating treacherous waters, secret maps, and far too many charged glances. He’s disarmingly decent; she’s disturbingly competent; ...

A prim lady. A scandalous pirate. A high-seas seduction that could sink them both. Lady Priscilla Worthington has spent her life buttoned up—poised, polished, and promised to a man she can’t stand. But when her carriage is hijacked and she’s taken aboard the infamous Crimson Corsair, she finds herself in the clutches of Captain Rogelio Velmontaine—a rogue with a wicked grin, a silver tongue, and absolutely no sense of decency. Storm-tossed and scandal-bound, Priscilla is drawn into a world of rum-soaked revelry, moonlit danger, and pleasures she never dared imagine. But as desire ...

Contains all three books in the Unmasked Hearts series of standalone novellas. The Velvet Mask At a masquerade ball hosted in a sprawling London townhouse, a mysterious woman in a crimson velvet mask catches the eye of a disillusioned barrister. She lures him through shadowed corridors to a hidden parlor, where an exclusive society gathers to indulge in whispered fantasies. Behind the anonymity of their masks, they shed the rigid propriety of Victorian society, and their encounter becomes a dance of power, seduction, and fleeting intimacy—leaving him haunted by her identity long after the...

During a sultry summer house party at Thornfield Estate, the intelligent yet quietly yearning Lady Beatrice Harrington stumbles upon a hidden journal tucked behind a loose panel in the library. Bound in worn leather and filled with exquisitely detailed accounts of forbidden trysts and aching vulnerability, the diary consumes her. She suspects its anonymous author is none other than the enigmatic Lord James Ashworth, a man whose smoldering gaze hides more than society suspects. Unable to resist, Beatrice begins responding in the margins, revealing her own secret desires. When Lord Ashworth ...