Marriage To A Rough-Hewn Stranger Wasn’t Part Of Her Plan!Yet here Kate Dennington was, inconveniently married to closemouthed fur trapper Will Crockett?just to secure her rightful inheritance. She couldn’t wait to get home to Ireland?so why did any glimpse of her husband tell her home is where the heart is?He Was A Trapper, Not A Storekeep!How he got tangled up with Kate Dennington and her troubles, Will Crockett couldn’t fathom. True, the fire in Kate’s eyes made him yearn for home and hearth?but he was an adventurer, not a family man!

She’s beautiful but practical. He’s charismatic and disreputable. When duty conflicts with love, will their hearts win?Somerset, England, 1808. Elfrida Hapgood keeps her eyes on the prize. Born to a penniless squire, she’s determined to follow common sense and marry an upstanding and steadfast gentleman. So when her brother-in-law’s handsomely rakish sibling attempts to woo her, she rigidly ignores the flutter in her chest. Frederick Tierney enjoys a flippant and frivolous life. But when he needs to escape a vengeful former mistress, the lovely older sister to his sibling’s bride strikes him as an apt solution. Yet despite his efforts, he’s shocked to discover the oh-so-proper lady is impervious to his charms.In spite of herself, Elfrida begins to like the well-dressed man-about-town until an unsavory encounter reignites her doubts. And when Frederick realizes he has truly fallen for the alluring woman, he struggles to prove there’s more to him than his reputation.Will this unlikely pair take a chance at forever?A Very Plain Young Man is the enchanting second book in The Hapgoods of Bramleigh clean Regency romance series. If you like heroes with chequered pasts, playful tales, and clever turns of phrase, then you’ll adore Christina Dudley’s comedy of manners.Buy A Very Plain Young Man to choose happiness today!

Is it even an engagement unless a dead body is involved?It’s been four months since Mary Tomlinson solved her first murder as well as entered into a passionate affair with her handsome, mysterious Bow Street inspector. Though she’s enjoyed herself hugely, she wonders where the relationship is heading. Surely, she can’t remain his mistress forever even if the bed sport is quite satisfying. There has to be… more to life.Inspector Gabriel Bright is a man on a mission. Old enough to know what he wants from his existence, he’s invited the widow to accompany him to a tea café in a relatively quiet section of London for the specific purpose of asking for her hand. However, during the course of uttering that all-important question, their romance is interrupted with the news of a murder just down the street.Once more Mary and Bright are on the case, for apparently someone has killed a popular butcher’s wife, but shortly into the investigation, they discover it’s no ordinary homicide. The murderer has left a gristly calling card of sorts and it’s connected to Bright’s past. If the case isn’t solved in time, it could have dire consequences for their brand-new engagement as well as terminate the romance that’s barely put down roots.

A Mail Order Bride story—with a twist! UPDATE! This book just won the Imadjinn Award for the best Historical Fiction book of 2019!!! Check out my webpage for pics (LindaEllenBooks . weebly . com) October 1870 - Cincinnati born Angelique DeWitt, widowed and caring for her five-year-old daughter, Zina, finds herself scrambling for a place for her and her little girl. About to become homeless and in desperation, Angelique makes a quick decision to become a mail order bride for a man named Thaddeus Billings, a hotel owner in Kansas. But...once they get on their way, Angelique wonders if she has done the right thing, especially when disaster strikes! Terry Cramer has had it rough most of his life. Now divorced and raising his six-year-old son, he has a prosperous farm and steamboat landing on the banks of the Ohio River—thirteen miles south of Louisville. He has everything he needs... except a good woman to love him and help raise his boy. Always too busy to go out looking for a female to court, Terry says one would have to drop onto his lap. Sometimes circumstances work out in strange ways, even because of a broken down old steamboat. You just never know what’s around that next bend in life, do you? If you enjoy a good, clean, old-fashioned romance with lots of history and endearing characters, written like the classic movies of old, then Sweet Love at Honey Landing is for you!

A Victorian bluestocking with a passion for lost causes attracts the unwilling attention of a frost-hearted viscount during her tumultuous debut season in Bath in USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews’s fifth book in her acclaimed Somerset Stories series.West Country beauty Hannah Heywood may be quiet with fashionable strangers, but when it comes to animals in need, she has no trouble finding her voice. Newly arrived in Bath for her very first season, all she desires is to find one like-minded gentleman. A man of warmth and compassion, as sensitive to animals as he is to people. But if such a man exists, he dare not approach her. Not with the tall, blond, and menacing Viscount St. Clare standing in the way.James Beresford, Viscount St. Clare has often been described as a sentient block of ice. A man so cold and dispassionate, he would never suit a young lady of Hannah’s disposition. And she would certainly never suit him. Focused on repairing his family’s infamous reputation, James requires a diamond of the first water. The daughter of a duke or a marquess, at least, not a simple country girl with a passion for four-legged creatures.And yet, there’s something about conscience-driven young Hannah that draws James, first to Bath, and then into one increasingly hare-brained scheme after another. She confounds him at every turn, subverting his expectations and threatening to do what no lady has succeeded in doing before—thawing his ice-cold heart.

Dive into this emotionally charged Historical Western Romance by USA Today Bestselling Author Kathleen Ball, and experience a saga that will make you laugh, cry, and believe in the power of love and faith.Eireann has lost everything to the Civil War, and her only hope is to reunite with her missing fiancé, Callen McKeegan. With no word from him in two years, she bravely travels to Montana, where his family eagerly awaits any news of his fate. Welcomed by the McKeegans, Eireann’s heart aches more each day as Callen remains lost. Aiden McKeegan, the eldest brother, keeps his distance—until a spirited orphan girl, Christy, calls him "Papa," bringing unexpected warmth into their strained lives.Just as Eireann begins to feel a glimmer of hope, Callen suddenly reappears, shattering everything. Furious and broken, he rejects her, leaving Eireann devastated and ready to leave. Yet in the face of heartbreak, she finds herself drawn to Aiden, a man bound by faith and loyalty, torn between honoring his brother and following his own heart.In a story of faith, courage, and love’s resilience, Aiden, The McKeegans weaves a gripping tale of family secrets, buried regrets, and the undeniable pull of a love destined to be. Will Eireann and Aiden find the strength to embrace their true feelings, or will the shadows of the past keep them apart?Number 1 in Six Categories The McKeegans Series has Become a Fan Favorite.The McKeegans, a Captivating Saga of the Loves and Lives of Prosperous Montana Ranch Pioneers.