Entitled Gentlemen
Duke in All But Name
Gideon Kendrick grew up with an abusive father who called him a half-wit cripple and a bastard. Now a wealthy mine owner, he doesn’t mourn that the title passed over him to his brother, and has no intention of ever going back to the place of his misery. But when his brother, the one person he cares for, disappears after asking for help, he can’t refuse. He returns to face his past, this time with authority to act as duke in all but name. Mia Selwyn quickly realizes he is not the monster he is rumored to be, and none of the things his father called him. He is a resilient, resourceful man with a deep love of family. She could help him come to terms with his past but mysteries lurk in the ducal estate.
Duke in Name Only
Misfortune is an excellent teacher.
When Phillip Tavernash, Ninth Duke of Glenmoor, discovers his title was bestowed on him fraudulently, he embarks on a journey to North America determined to succeed on his own. It doesn’t go well. He has no idea what a fish out of water he will be.
Nan Archer has landed on the banks of the Mississippi and built something of her own, the tavern Archers’ Roost. She will go no further in spite of her families wandering feet. When Nan’s brother dumps a pathetic traveler, robbed, beaten, and wounded on her tavern floor, she takes him in as she would any wounded duck. That he called himself duke is cause for hilarity.
Is he a duke or a bastard? Does it matter in the end?
The Ashmead Heirs
The Wayward Son
Sir Robert Benson’s life is in London. He fled Ashmead the day he discovered the man he thought was his father had lied to him, and the girl he loved was beyond his reach. Only a nameless plea from his sister—his half-sister—brings him back. He will not allow a ludicrous bequest from the earl who sired him turn him into a mockery of landed gentry. When a feisty little termagant with flashing eyes—and a musket—tries to turn Rob off the land—his land—he’s too amused and intrigued to turn away. But the longer he stays, the tighter the bonds that tie him to Ashmead become, strengthened by the powerful draw of the woman rooted on land he’s determined to sell.
Lucy Whitaker’s life is Willowbrook, its land, its tenants, its prosperity, but she always knew it wasn’t hers, knew the missing heir would come eventually. When a powerful man with military bearing rides up looking as if he wants to come in and count the silver, she turns him away, but her heart sinks. She can’t deny Rob Benson his property; she can only try to make him love the place as she does, for her peoples’ sake. A traitorous corner of her heart wishes Rob would love it for her sake.
His life is London; hers is Ashmead. How can they forge something lasting when they are torn in two directions?
First in a four book series
The Dangerous Series
A Dangerous Nativity
1815
The Earl of Chadbourn feels trapped managing his widowed sister’s ruined estate and grieving son. Loneliness overwhelms him, but the woman who handles the neighboring farm brilliantly draws him like a moth to flame. Catherine Wheatly has her own problems—two mischievous brothers, a neglectful father, and a questionable birth. With Christmas coming, Catherine’s brothers pull his withdrawn nephew you into their schemes and threaten havoc in the barnyard, the earl’s sister refuses all celebration, and Catherine’s father withholds old family secrets. Can Will and Catherine work together to repair the damaged estate and far more damaged family? Dare they hope for love in the bargain? Previously published in Mistletoe, Marriage, and Mayhem.
The prequel to the Dangerous Series introduces three boys who grow into heroes who seek their own happiness in Caroline’s Children of Empire Series.
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An Open Heart
1812
An Open Heart presents two people who don’t celebrate the same holiday as the other folk at a Regency house party. Esther Baumann longs for a loving husband who will help her create a home where they will teach their children to value the traditions of their people. It is 1812, and Chanukah fell the month before she arrives at the Duchess of Haverford’s house party. She’s open to what the house party might bring. Tradition is important, but Esther also wants a man who is also open to new ideas and happy to make friends outside their narrow circle. Is it so unreasonable to ask for toe curling passion as well? Adam Halevy prospered under the tutelage of his distant cousin, powerful banker Nathaniel Baumann. He’s ready to find a suitable wife, someone who understands a woman’s role, and will make a traditional home. Why is Baumann’s outspoken, independent daughter the one woman who haunts his nights? When a business trip forces him to open his mind to new ideas and he arrives home to find Esther gone, what can he do? He follows her to the Duchess’s ball unannounced.
Christmas Hope
Not now. Not yet. But perhaps someday. When all this is over, I will take her home. Let tomorrow bring what it brings. For now, this kiss will have to be enough.
On the first of four wartime Christmases Harry draws hope from life in Rosemarie’s little cabin in the floating islands of Amiens.
After two years at the mercy of the Canadian Expeditionary force and the German war machine, Harry had run out of metaphors for death, synonyms for brown, and images of darkness—until he met Rosemarie.
Rosemarie Legrand’s husband left her a tiny son, no money, and a savaged reputation when he died. She struggles to simply feed the boy and has little to offer a lonely soldier, but Harry’s devotion lifts her up. The war demands all her strength and resilience, will the hope of peace and the promise of Harry’s love keep her going?
The war demands all their strength and resilience, but Christmas after Christmas they hold one another up. Even when the years get harder their love holds steadfast. In the end, will it be enough?
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Wounded Hearts
Wounded bodies mend; wounded hearts take longer.
Three warriors return from the Napoleonic wars with damaged bodies, ugly memories, and regrets to futures they are ill prepared to face. But love can heal the most damaged heart bringing with it hope for better days
Lord Ethan’s Honor—Lord Ethan Alcott left his right hand and his soul in Spain. He lives on the streets during the worst winter in decades, wishing for death, ashamed to go home. But a stubborn lady and her equally determined brother won’t give up on him.
Candles in the Dark—Douglas Marsh came home to an unexpected inheritance, a factory he has no idea how to run. With many dependent on him, he does his best in spite of pain from his battered legs. He has no time for self-pity especially after he meets a woman on the streets with far bigger problems.
The Tender Flood—Zach Newell manages well enough with a prosthetic leg. He even drives a carriage for his uncle, but he’s desperately lonely, missing the comradery of the army. In the midst of the storm of the century he meets the woman who makes his heart sing, one too far above his touch. If he won’t approach, she will have to.
These three stories previously appeared in Bluestocking Belles’ collections, Fire & Frost, Valentines from Bath and Storm & Shelter respectively.
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Inspired by Shakespeare
The Sixth Henry
The passion of red—the sweetness of white. Together they may create a love for the ages.
When Henry Bradley, sixth of that name, is suddenly elevated to Duke of Roseleigh, he finds the responsibilities almost outweigh the privileges. Beset by litigious neighbors, needy tenants, and nagging relatives, he also endures pressure from all sides to make sure Roseleigh’s brilliant red roses best the Earl of Edgecote’s white ones at the York Rose Show in the spring. When the Earl’s daughter Margaret pays an unexpected visit to offer her condolences on the death of the old duke, he finds an unexpected ally in the long-standing family feud—and a balm to his lonely heart.
Can the two of them come up with a proposition—or perhaps a rose—to ambush all comers in the Rose Society and turn the competition upside down?
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(Note: This story was first published as part of the Anthology set titled A Duke in Winter in December 2022.)
