Author's Note: The Mists of Moorhead Manor is a Gothic novel in the tradition of Victoria Holt, Mary Stewart, Phyllis Whitney, and Blair Bancroft's previous Regency-set Gothic, Brides of Falconfell.Penelope Ruth Ballantyne has lived at the tail of the army all her life, experiencing the rigors of life in India, followed by five years of war in Portugal and Spain. Not surprisingly, now that she is orphaned, she accepts the most challenging position...

The Reluctant Earl is the story of Claire and Simon, who desperately want to get married, despite all the obstacles that stand in their way. Their biggest hurdle is the fact that Simon is the son and heir of the Earl of Welbourne, while Claire is the daughter of the earl's Irish horse trainer. The youngsters are keenly aware that their parents would violently oppose such an unequal union-which is precisely why they never confide in those parents....

If he was a better man, he'd stay far away from Iris Rowland. But no one had ever accused the Earl of Wentworth of being a good man. After saving Iris from certain ruin the unthinkable happens. He becomes obsessed with the memory of the young woman he rescued at the end of the season. There is only one thing to do. Secure an invitation to the Christmas house party she'll be attending. But instead of putting his curiosity about Iris to rest, he is...

Lovers reunited & a dukedom reclaimed-the Regency meets the Odyssey Devastated physically and emotionally by seven years of war, a shipwreck, and six years in the captivity of a brutal pirate, Lord Cheverley, son of the Duke of Ithwick, returns to England to find that the courts have declared him dead, and his wife is entertaining suitors. Should he demand his rightful place, disrupting his family's lives, or should he return to sea, seeking vengeance...

They've been enemies since they were children… An enemies-to-lovers romance. When they were children, Ellen Laughton considered the Duke of Castlefield her best friend. But when he learned their parents were hoping they'd marry one day, he did what any boy of twelve would do-he pushed her away. She's been angry with him ever since. By the time Castlefield realized there was only one woman for him, Ellen was already betrothed to another. Now that...

Cecilia Lilly has but one grand ambition-to become the mistress of a titled gentleman. But when the Marquess of Longmere becomes her "protector," she learns the truth of the old adage, "Be careful what you wish for." Yet even after suffering a severe beating, she finds it difficult to adjust her basic snobbery when help comes in the form of an alleged lord of London's Underworld. No matter how much he offers-vengeance, the opportunity to aid orphans...

A steamy historical romance novella. 1750, Pembrokeshire WalesBronwyn Rees is about to marry Leonard Price Viscount of Pembroke, the most eligible peer west of Bristol, when her idyllic, coastal wedding is besieged by pirates. After her first love drowned in the Celtic Sea, she fears the ghosts of her tortured past will sail with her as she is kidnapped onto the ominously named ship, The Serpent. Still, she is sure her betrothed will save her from...

LOVING LADY MARCIA Kieran Kramer In the House of Brady, three very lovely girls have hair of gold-and hearts to match-but finding a match among the gentlemen of London is one comedy of errors that could bring down the house… MARCIA GETS SCHOOLED… Of the three Brady sisters, Lady Marcia has always seemed the girl most likely to lead a perfectly charmed life. But after a handsome cad breaks her heart, she swears off love and devotes her life...

Although it seems likely she is being married for the magnificence of her dowry, Jocelyn Hawley accepts an offer of marriage from a Welshman. And quickly discovers she is as unprepared for marriage as she is for her new family-a mother-in-law who insists on living in Wales' Medieval past and a sister-in-law who seems to be trying to get rid of her. Jocelyn is also plagued by the problem of her husband's mistress and a series of disastrous incidents-some...

SAY YES TO THE DUKE Kieran Kramer Janice Sherwood wants to marry for love, but she's failed to make a match after two Seasons. Her parents, the Marquess and Marchioness of Brady, arrange to send her to the Duke of Halsey's country estate as a short-term guest of his grandmother, the dowager, in hopes that she might win the duke's affections. What they never could have imagined is that Janice would fall for the ruggedly handsome servant Luke, who...