She wore a perfect smile over her torment. He knew that mask all too well…Miss Alice Montrose's family teeters on the edge of financial ruin, leaving her with one option—she must marry wealth and restore their standing in society. When she receives an invitation to the Dowager Countess of Fairfax's birthday celebrations, Alice seizes the rare opportunity to find a wealthy husband. Taken under the wing of the matchmaking dowager and her mysterious Garden society, she's determined to secure a match with the Season's most eligible bachelor, the Duke of Gainsbury.Captain Victor Lacey is everything Alice should avoid—scarred by war, wielding a razor-sharp tongue, and fiercely protective of his friend the duke. The insufferable captain brands her a fortune hunter, making it abundantly clear she'll never be worthy of his friend. Yet with each cutting remark, Alice finds herself drawn to the one man who sees past her facade to the despair she hides beneath. As the festivities at Fairfax Hall take an unexpected turn, Alice must choose between following the path laid before her or risk scandal for a love that could mend them both.Romancing Lady Rose is a closed door Regency romance novel and the first book in The Dowager's Garden series, where each book can be read as a standalone novel.

Could there exist a love powerful enough to overcome the grave?Hard times during the Great Depression force twenty-year-old Florence to leave her service at the monastery and seek employment. Fate brings her to work for a wealthy recluse, General Alexander Sterling. What she doesn’t know is that he has left his native country escaping a painful past. A past that he yearns to forget, but destiny won’t allow it as her presence brings it into complete focus.Despite many daunting events and a meddling housekeeper with dark secrets of her own, Florence and Alexander fall deeply in love. And when an explosive truth shatters their blossoming romance, a mysterious stranger gives her an opportunity to travel back in time to unlock the secret to her existence.Florence must strive to return to the present to save their relationship from the imminent danger that awaits them.

It's not a Season...
... it's a scam!
Proper young ladies make their fortune by marrying it. Not Cleo - she's going to make her fortune by stealing it!
She'll take part in the London social whirl, dances and visits to the opera and delicate flirtations, and pose as a young lady on the Marriage Mart. But that's all an act. Her real plan is much more complex. And not exactly legal.
He's not just a Duke - he's a scientist!
Arthur knows it's time to settle down. So he scientifically sets about finding a suitable wife and duchess. Some sweet biddable young thing to bear his children and manage his estate, and leave him alone with his telescope.
That's what he's looking for. Instead he finds Cleo.
If you like your romance sweet, lighthearted and funny, with unconventional characters you'll long remember, you'll love A Feather To Fly With.
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Lose yourself in the spellbinding tale of two women from the same family, separated by 600 years, but their fates no less intertwined.A love that echoes through the ages . . .After genealogist Melissa Grantham’s marriage falls apart, she escapes to her family’s ancestral home in Kent.But from the moment she arrives at Ashleigh Manor, vivid dreams of a young couple in love from the fourteenth century haunt her.Before she can dismiss them as nothing more than her imagination, Melissa meets a handsome stranger who lives in a nearby cottage. The same man from her dreams.Melissa feels a burning attraction to Jake, but can she really trust her feelings, or are they merely caused by a love so strong it has echoed through generations . . .And how are they tied to the 600-year-old tragedy locked away within the looming shadow of Ashleigh Manor?Winner of the 2012 Best Historical Read award from the Festival of Romance.Fans of Barbara Erskine, Susanna Kearsley, Irina Shapiro or Kirsty Ferry will be utterly spellbound by this absorbing and addictive timeslip romance with rich and vivid historical detail, set between the present and the Wars of the Roses.Praise for Christina Courtenay:‘Sometimes, you read a book and feel that it touches you so deeply. This is what The Silent Touch of Shadows did for me.’‘I was thinking about them when not reading the book, this is how much the characters got inside my head.’‘The characters jumped out of the page.’‘I unhesitatingly recommend A Silent Touch of Shadows on every front.’‘Will stay with me for a long time.’‘Courtenay draws the reader in with her vivid storytelling.’ALSO BY CHRISTINA COURTENAYSHADOWS FROM THE PASTBook 1: THE SILENT TOUCH OF SHADOWSMore from Christina Courtenay’s spellbinding Shadows of the Past series coming soon!

Heiress Evangeline "Lindy" Lindenmayer has been groomed since childhood to marry into the British aristocracy in order to fulfil her mother's ambition for a royal title in the family. But literature fascinates Lindy far more than ballgowns, and she spends all her free time in the library, the only room in the 5th Avenue mansion where she can safely indulge her passion for reading and find refuge from the prying eyes of her mother.Jack Winthrop is studying for the ministry at Union Theological Seminary and has been invited to use the Lindenmayer library for his studies. His sole experience of upper-class young women has occurred at his uncle's church, where he has found these debutantes to be universally featherbrained. When he meets Lindy, he is pleasantly surprised to discover she has wide-ranging interests and is highly intelligent. Although cautioned by his uncle to stay away from her, he finds Lindy to be a kindred spirit, and over animated discussions about books and life, they fall in love.But to reach happily ever after, Lindy will need to challenge her mother's long-laid plans, and weathering the approaching storm will take more backbone than she ever knew she had.

USA Today–Bestselling Author: He was sent to capture an unwilling bride—but was captivated by her instead . . .You must run . . . After a warning from her dying mother, Sorcha discovers her role in her father's plot to destroy another clan, and risks her life to go into hiding. Her safety relies on her disguise, but she is drawn to a man who could see through her . . . Unknown to Sorcha, Alan Cameron has been sent to track her down by his scheming uncle. He's attracted to the woman in disguise. Even after learning her true identity, he can't overcome his instinct to protect her. No matter the danger, he will keep Sorcha safe . . . and claim her as his true and willing bride! "A wonderful talent." —New York Times–bestselling author Bertrice Small "Brisbin continually delivers highly satisfying romances." —Romance Reviews Today