A battle-scarred Scottish duke. A substitute bride. A haunted castle full of secrets.Roberta “Birdie” Talbot is tired of being practical. As the penniless daughter of a reckless baron, she’s spent years holding her family together. So when a case of mistaken identity offers her a way out—and a chance for adventure—she takes it.All the way to the Highlands.All the way to a crumbling castle.All the way into the arms of a brooding duke.Gabriel Eversleigh, Duke of Dunross, didn’t plan to survive Waterloo—let alone return home and wed a stranger. His bride was supposed to be quiet, dutiful, and easy to ignore. Instead, he gets Birdie: bold, curious, and entirely unwilling to be dismissed.But Birdie has secrets of her own. And as she confronts the shadows of Gabriel’s past—and stirs up a mystery hidden deep within the castle walls—they both discover that some ghosts don’t stay buried.A Beauty and the Beast–inspired Regency romance featuring: A bride swap A haunted Scottish castle A scarred, brooding duke A determined heroine Sweet slow-burn romance (closed-door)Content note: Contains non-graphic themes of war, PTSD, and suicide.???This Beauty and the Beast variation is a sweet Regency romance and a standalone that is part of the Wishing Well series, which can be read in any order.The Wishing Well Series:Lucy and the Duke of SecretsArabella and the Reluctant DukeBirdie and the Beastly DukePenelope and the Wicked Duke

A Jaded Contemporary Romance Novelist Finds Love in 14th Century Ireland in Eternal Beloved, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson—14th Century Ireland—Bel Lucy might be the wildly successful owner of Bella Publishing, specializing in romances, steamy and sweet, but she doesn't believe in love. Bel certainly doesn't believe in love after a wrong turn in the haunted Castle by the Sea lands her in fourteenth-century Ireland where she is forced to endure the company of the musclebound—not to mention poorly groomed—knight, Alaric DeLaMer.In a time of famine and civil war, Alaric proves to be Bel's protector while dismissing Bel as a prickly creature who delights in goading him with ridiculous tales. When a duplicitous alchemist sends Bel back to the 21st century, Bel discovers she can never be happy in any time or place—unless its beside Alaric, the complete opposite of Bel's imagined romance heroes.Realizing she was happier in the 14th century, Bel risks everything to battle her way back to Alaric but will her eternal beloved be waiting in his Castle by the Sea?Publisher's Note: Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time.THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIESBefore I WakeEternal BelovedThe Golden Promise of Cripple CreekTHE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND SERIESThe Lion and the LeopardA Knight There WasWithin A Forest DarkA Child Upon The ThroneLords Among the RuinsThe Flames of RebellionMary Ellen Johnson's passion for Medieval England ignited her writing career. Her debut medieval historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel inspired by Alfred Noyes' poem The Highwayman (published under the pseudonym Mary Ellen Dennis). Landlord was later named one of the top 100 historical romances of 2013. After a twenty-year detour in a quixotic quest to change the world, Mary Ellen happily returned to her first love: historical fiction. She especially delights in exploring the tumultuous fourteenth century. Her six-book Knights of England series traces the fortunes of the characters introduced in The Lion and the Leopard and their descendants, weaving through the Black Death, the reign of Edward III, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and concluding with the deposition and death of Richard II in 1399. Mary Ellen is passionate about bringing Medieval England vividly to life for readers. She relishes researching battles, campaigns, daily life across social classes, and the worldview of her subjects—along with castles and cathedrals. One of her favorite places to visit is Canterbury Cathedral, where she stands in awe before the tomb of the Black Prince. Recently, a distant cousin shared years of genealogical research that revealed connections to familiar names from her studies: John of Gaunt, Edward the Black Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart. Discovering that her own family tree intersects with the very figures she has spent a lifetime researching has been both thrilling and mysterious. Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She doesn't know—but intends to explore such possibilities in future novels.

For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Scarlett Scott comes a story of warring clans, illicit longing…and the brutish Highlander who risks it all.Known as the “Demon of the Seas,” Tormund MacLeod only wants vengeance for his brother’s murder. At this year’s Lughnasadh festival, the vicious and unyielding Laird of the powerful MacDonald clan will know the bite of his sword. But the festival offers many distractions—including a fair and bonny masked vixen whose touch disarms Tormund, body and soul. And och, like the cursed MacLeod he is, he wants what he shouldn’t have…Lady Brighde MacDonald might understand her brother’s overprotectiveness—but she doesn’t have to like it. What she needs is the reckless freedom in the arms of an imposing, rough, and sweet-talking Highlander. Only too late, they both recognize that they’re enemies. She’s the sister of the man Tormund wants dead. And he is the brutish blackguard of the clans…Now their tryst could mean war. Brighde would see a truce, but it means she must convince her brother and the man she loves to lay down their swords. But Tormund hides a long-buried secret that could destroy both clans.

What happens when you combine an independent lady novelist, a viscount determined to restore his family fortune, and a complicated past?Harriet Linfield is a lady novelist who has been disillusioned by love. She sets out to write more realistic tales about the emotion when she returns home to Linfield Court for the summer. Vowing to avoid any romantic entanglements along the way, she focuses instead on her writing and her plan to turn the estate she inherited from her uncle into a refuge for orphans.Oliver, Viscount Wentford, is determined to restore his family fortune. But his plans for the estate he inherited are in direct opposition to the wishes of Harriet, his new neighbour. Upon meeting her, Oliver is amused when, in response to his provocative comments, she informs him that she intends to make him the villain of her next book. But his amusement swiftly turns to dismay when circumstances align to show him in that exact light.When an enemy comes back into Harriet's life, she sees that love isn't as clear-cut as the romantic tales she pens. But will the viscount manage to discard his villainous mantle to become Harriet's real-life hero?*Please note that The Viscount's Lady Novelist is a sweet and clean traditional Regency romance.Alissa Baxter's Regency Series include:The Linfield Ladies Series (in Kindle Unlimited)The Earl's Lady GeologistThe Viscount's Lady NovelistThe Baronet's Lady BiologistThe Grantham Girls Series (in Kindle Unlimited)The Duke and the Lady GardenerThe Baron and the Lady ChemistThe Lord and the Lady Astronomer

Born to a farming family, James knows plowing the soil must not be his destiny. He feels the call to care for the people of his isolated mountain community. After graduating from medical school in 1890, he returns to his north Georgia valley, marries beautiful Mary Alice Campbell, and begins what he thinks will be the ordinary life of a country doctor. What he could not have foreseen are demands that he draw deeply from the well of courage to save his people from gross incompetence, exceptional evil, and a worldwide pandemic.In the tradition of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, James is an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary circumstances. His calling to medicine is his greatest strength and his Achilles Heel. It is the driving force in his and Mary Alice’s lives, even when the consequences are bittersweet. How each of these very human people comes to terms with its impact is the heart of Gilead’s Physician.