British Romance

Sparks fly when Miss Elizabeth Bennet takes work as a governess at Pemberley. Will deceptions, highwaymen, and a rambunctious eleven-year-old girl bring Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy together or tear them apart? After rejecting Mr. Collins proposal, Miss Elizabeth Bennet assumes the persona of a widow and goes to Lambton to find work. But when she befriends Mr. Darcy's half-sister Rose and becomes her governess, she must contend with Mr. Darcy, a man she wishes to despise, and Col. Richard Fitzwilliam, a man she wants to love but cannot. With Rose's help, will Elizabeth find the strength to ...

Rachel Middleton has always trusted her artist’s eye to reveal a person’s true nature. Αfter uncovering a diary that exposes generations of heartbreak, she vows never to surrender her freedom to love. That is, until a bleeding stranger collapses at her feet—and she finds herself holding the life, and heart, of a Duke in her hands… Evan Darby, the brooding Duke of Pembroke, is haunted by scandal, accused of killing his family. While trying to clear his name, he is viciously attacked and saved by a Marquess’s beautiful daughter. As she sees beyond the gossip and deep into his true ...

"WOW!! Really love this book and couldn’t put it down…I wasn’t disappointed!!”—Amazon Customer In this alluring frontier love story, the warrior kidnaps the young English lady to free his unjustly accused brother, but when they look into each other’s eyes they cannot stop and they make a promise to be together—forever. He only kidnaps her to free his brother from the false charges and the white man's jail. But Tshingee, the young Lenni-Lenape warrior, finds it hard to look away from his captive, Lady Deborah Montague. She has cast a spell on him and her skin is so soft it ...

Revised reedited October 2020 When Cristobel Brooke’s father, jeweller to the rich and famous, is brutally murdered, Crista flees to her uncle’s small village close to Winchester, determined not to be pulled into the criminal activities that ended her father’s life. But the villains discover she makes jewellery just as well as her father did and pursue her, forcing her to fall in with their plans. Lord Amos Sheridan, brother to the Duke of Winchester, is intrigued by Crista but becomes frustrated when she refuses to trust him with her secrets. Astounded when she becomes implicated in ...

“Five Stars!! Second Fave!...you have to read this book to get an understanding of what the time period was about and what goes on with women the opposite of the fighter.”—Samantha Rinaldo, Goodreads The homespun tale of good luck and passion when a man finds himself in the arms of a woman who happens to find him when he is in desperate shape and he must decide to stay or go. HE ESCAPES Rachael Irons is out walking her dogs along the edge of her Delaware farm, Rachel’s Choice, when she finds the man, barely conscious. He wakes up to the sound of her dogs barking and looks up into ...

Rey is new to time travel and still learning how it works. She’s come back in time in a last-ditch attempt to prevent a future disaster. She doesn’t know if she can change the timeline but she’s determined to find out. She arrives outside Daily Grind a matter of weeks before the cafe will be destroyed in a fire that leaves one dead. It’s the perfect test. She seizes the opportunity and weaves her way into the fabric of the team. Dom runs Daily Grind, the cafe that turned his life round. But now it’s under threat of demolition and he doesn’t know if he has the energy to save it. ...

Courting Lord Whitmire: A Regency May-December Romance At the bend of the path, an unexpected meeting. She is all May. He is December. But loves knows not time. Colonel Lord Andrew Whitmire has returned to England after spending fifteen years in service to his country. In truth, he would prefer to be anywhere but home. Before he departed England, his late wife, from an arranged marriage, had cuckolded him in a scandal that had set Society’s tongues wagging. His daughter, Matilda, who was reared by his father, enjoys calling him "Father" in the most annoying ways. Unfortunately, his future...

Everything in my life is an experiment. Something to study. Even this—my attraction to the psychology professor. I’ve never had a crush before. Never wanted a man so badly my stomach aches. But here I am at 22, with long-dormant parts of me coming alive. The professor is dry. Distant. Difficult to read. And though we move in the same circles, he still keeps me at arm’s length. That won’t do. Not when I have all these new sensations, new desires to study in myself. He’s always saying we should seek knowledge. Well, I’m about to know him. After Class is a steamy professor-student ...

From a very young age, Fitzwilliam Darcy has shown he has inherited all the good traits of both his excellent parents. He possesses a strong character, a sharp mind, and a dedication to his duties that is much admired by his family, friends, and acquaintances. Such qualities are, however, less apparent to strangers, so when he joins his friend Charles Bingley at his estate, Netherfield Park in Hertfordshire, the impression he makes is relatively poor. After the Netherfield ball, Darcy leaves Hertfordshire, determined to put as much distance as possible between him and the young woman he ...

Neil Hammond is by profession a design engineer, and by his own admission a bit of a square, and destined to be one of life's failures. Becoming a victim of the economic recession he very reluctantly accepts a temporary cash-in-hand job of looking after a friend's detective agency for a week while the proprietor, a friend of his from school-days is away on a case. The work seems to consist in the main of such exciting cases as looking for lost cats or watching erring husbands, but matters take an unexpected twist when he rescues a young woman from a car that has been washed away in flood ...

A malicious scheme by Miss Caroline Bingley sets in motion a series of events that will have devastating consequences for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. And all because Miss Bingley saw a heated exchange between Lizzy and Mr. Darcy, and jumped to entirely the wrong conclusion. Because despite what Miss Bingley thinks, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy cannot stand each other… Or can they? Darcy realises what has been done—but his realisation comes too late to rescue Miss Elizabeth’s reputation… …unless she agrees to marry him.

In this tale of bold desire, adventure and learning to trust the one you love, Leah pledges herself to the half-breed no one trusts and returns to him years later to track her kidnapped son and they find their lost love is rekindled and burning hot again. “This is a wonderful story of star-crossed lovers reunited and a wonderful read! I loved the book which takes place on the Tidewater in the 18th century. The story becomes compelling as the two learn to forgive and trust each other and the sparks of their old love ignites into passion. The story held me spellbound. Five Stars!”—Old ...

From New York Times Bestselling Author Norah Hess, author of Hawke’s Pride, comes the gripping story of a beautiful girl and her determination to find her one true love. Rachael Jobe in colonial Jamestown loses her mother as a young child. She is raped as a young girl and taken advantage of by one opportunistic man after another. Rachael has to resort to shameful measures to feed herself and her father and to survive she will do almost anything for men. She keeps whatever she earns to feed her family, taking care of her father, who seems like he loves drink more than he loves her. Rachael...

The Marquess of Ravensworth has lived the life of a rake—squandering his years in excess and indulgence—until a fateful accident leaves him at the mercy of a mysterious woman.
Independent, elusive, and utterly unimpressed by his charm, she is nothing like the ladies of his world. She challenges him in ways he never expected, forcing him to confront not only his desires, but the betrayal that first set him on his reckless path.
As desire turns into something far more dangerous, Benedict realizes that winning her heart will take more than seduction. But when the moment comes, will he ...

A DETECTIVE/MURDER MYSTERY LIKE NO OTHER… Following the murder of a sexy, blonde bombshell (and, soon after, the bloody, gruesome, shocking murder of yet another sexy broad), ex-Inspector Cullot is called in to team up with his old side-kick, Detective Sergeant Watkins, to investigate the baffling crime. Together they set about solving the mysterious deaths at Bounderdales, the opulent mansion of the oil magnate, Henry Barble. A small group of the rich, decadent, sophisticated and ultra-sexy are staying at the mansion. What secrets are each of them harbouring? Who are the guilty parties? ...

One evening on the week leading up to Christmas Russell Murton all but runs over a figure that lurches suddenly in front of his car. He is astonished when he suddenly realises it is a girl he knew at school, Suki Wainwright, a shy, introverted nobody that no one ever noticed and he has quite forgotten about. He becomes even more surprised when she blurts out that somebody is trying to kill her. Initially he thinks this is just her imagination but when more attempts are made he starts to believe that she is telling the truth. But who would want to hurt, let alone kill somebody is shy, ...

Not every forest has a protector. Some say that some forests hide giants, others fairies or even enchanted stags or unicorns to guard them from human cruelty. So it was a great surprise for young Mr Darcy to discover that the forest near his family’s estate, Pemberley, had a genuine druid as its guardian. The boy didn’t know much about druids, nor did he suspect what secrets such a magical being held or how useful it would be to have gained the friendship of a strange and gentle older man who had shown clear evidence of knowing and protecting the forest. He couldn’t even ask his ...

Elizabeth & Darcy 1800 was previously published under the title Dedicated to Mr Darcy by Florence Gold, edited by Jo Abbott The story brings nothing new to the readers who have already purchased or read it. Still, it is a diverting start for those who want to explore the Whispers of Pemberley Trilogy. Whispers of Pemberley is a series where each book stands on its own as a romance novel, yet the stories are interconnected through direct or subtle nods to Jane Austen’s literature and characters. The inaugural volume, Elizabeth and Darcy 1800, is a variation of Pride and Prejudice—a ...

Jodie Jackson is leaving her London life, her career and her husband behind. She'd like a chance to turn back the clocks, but she'll settle for some peace and quiet on her brother Bill's houseboat. But from the moment Jodie steps aboard her new home, it's clear she'll struggle to keep herself to herself. If it isn't Marilyn, who cleans for Bill and is under strict instructions to look after Jodie, then it's Ned, the noisy sculptor on the next-door houseboat. Ned's wood carving is hard on the ears, but it's made up for by the fact that he's rather easy on the eyes.

When tragedy strikes Longbourn in mid 1811, the Bennet family faces an uncertain future. Mr. Bennet's passing leaves Mr. Collins as heir, and his bitterness over Elizabeth's rejection of his marriage proposal prompts a cruel ultimatum — the Bennets must vacate Longbourn before the new year. Desperate to avoid homelessness, Mrs. Bennet declares that her daughters must secure marriages before Christmas or face the harsh reality of seeking refuge with distant relatives in London. Determined to take control of her own fate, Elizabeth Bennet seeks employment rather than be forced into a ...