Books

A SEASON FOR THE HEART
Miss Melpomene Rand’s only refuge from a life of monotony and cruelty is the extensive library left to her by her grandfather. The fantastic notions and romantic heroes in those books are the only things that distract her from the abuse of her adopted family. But then a mysterious stranger, the Earl of Austell, finds they...

THE GAMESTER
Griselda Grant has everything: beauty, wealth, and an engagement to a future baron. Then her father dies, and she’s forced into being the guardian of her ne’er-do-well younger brother, Sholto Grant. Through his drinking and gambling, Sholto loses the family property to the infamous Devil Fallon. Griselda devises a scheme to regain...

A DELICATE SITUATION
Thalia Temple, dimple faced and lovely, sometimes has more pride than sense. She even shuns Lord Phillip’s attempts to court her, but when she’s plagued by financial troubles, Lord Phillip may be the only person who can help her—if only she can overcome her pride … and open her heart.

THE REFORMED RAKE
In the sequel to A...

THE RUNAWAY DEBUTANTE
Matilda’s father loses everything in a gambling debt, including her, but she courageously flees for her freedom, becoming the personal chef and the delight of Major Bruce. As their love grows for each other, Matilda’s past comes back to haunt her.

MILADY HOT-AT-HAND
Andrea’s sister Pola and her father are mysteriously murdered...

THE EARL AND THE EMIGREE
Mademoiselle Cozette deLorme leaves war-torn France for England to track down the only surviving relative of a four-year-old boy whose father and mother were slain. She is to bring the news of this tragedy to the Earl of Stone and Hamer, and to present him with the nephew of whom he is now the guardian. Cozette’s devotion...

Thalia Temple, dimple faced and lovely, sometimes has more pride than sense. She even shuns Lord Phillip’s attempts to court her, but when she’s plagued by financial troubles, Lord Phillip may be the only person who can help her—if only she can overcome her pride . . . and open her heart.

In the sequel to A Delicate Situation, Lord Phillip Sandron finally commits to what he promised himself he would never do: Marry. It was really Thalia who had changed his mind. Now the former rake has much to learn about marriage, and hopefully he will learn it all before the friends and lovers of his rakehell past come to ruin it.

Lady Elsingham and Richard Bennet from “The Elsingham Portrait” return in “Angela,” but this time Richard has his eyes on another...
Angela Swann lost her father when she was a teenager, and the Swanholme estate is left in the hands of her overwhelmed and frail mother Marian. Her mother hastily marries the seemingly charming Giles Loring, but...

When Alfreda arrives in London, she learns she had been switched at birth for a male so the family fortune and title would not be lost. She had grown up aching to know her real parents, and now that she’s an adult, she’s discovering things about them she wishes she hadn’t. Should her aristocratic lineage — and the scandalous swap meant to...

Miss Melpomene Rand’s only refuge from a life of monotony and cruelty is the extensive library left to her by her grandfather. The fantastic notions and romantic heroes contained in those books are the only thing that distracts her from the abuse of her adopted family. But then a mysterious stranger, the Earl of Austell, finds they have a mutual...

After being left destitute by the death of her parents, Moira Lovelace travels by carriage to seek solace at her Cousin Lily’s. On the way, the coach is attacked and a handsome but wounded Marquess is left in Moira’s care. A mysterious traveler, Major Hilary Norman, comes to assist, and soon Moira realizes that she has captured the interest of...

After losing their parents in an accident, older sister Leslie Endale, her two younger sisters, and her brother Daryl, the nine-year-old heir to the Endale estate, run away from their wicked cousin, March Wardell, who is trying to do away with the young heir so that he may capture the earldom for himself. Leslie leads the young orphans to the...

Expecting a marriage propsal but ending up jilted, Kathryn Hendrix wanders into an art gallery and becomes lost in the eyes of a portrait of a beautiful woman painted 200 hundred years before. Suddenly, she’s transported into an eighteenth century English world of luxury and decadence—now occupying the body of the woman in the portrait, Lady...

She paid him to rob her of her jewels, and he stole her heart….

On Yvette’s seventeenth birthday, she’s visited by five men and presented with a dowry from the recently deceased mother she never met, a box of jewels. These men have come to claim guardianship of the beautiful waif, which would give them access to her inheritance. When she’s told...

Griselda Grant has everything: beauty, wealth, and an engagement to a future Baron. But after the death of her father, she’s left as the guardian to her younger brother, Sholto Grant. When Sholto’s drinking and gambling causes him to lose the family estate to the infamous Devil Fallon, Griselda devises a scheme to regain their property. She need...

The Duke of Landsdale and his mother are sent a written request from the King of England to take in and support the Comtesse and her beautiful daughter, Tiri. The Duke’s mother is enraged by the inconvenience and endeavors to make life as difficult as possible for her unwanted houseguests. To be rid of them once and for all, she begins by...

Clea Bradford’s Aunt, Lady Floss Dearborn, intends on marrying off her niece, though it’s no easy deed finding a suitable parti for a young lady who stands six feet of height, not counting the golden halo of blond hair. Lady Floss goes so far as to announce her niece’s engagement to Glendon, though he couldn’t be more wrong for her niece and...

When Alison’s brother skips town to avoid a challenge to a duel from the ruthless Lord Forteyn, she endeavors to save her twin’s reputation by disguising herself as him and taking his place. She believes the outdated and illegal challenge is only meant to scare her ne’er-do-well brother away from the duke’s sister, but when she’s face-to-face...

Lord Randal found Chloe living in a horse’s stable, dressed in rags. Despite her impoverished appearance, she claims to have an affinity with horses and will one day teach children to ride and care for them properly—as soon as she can get away from her abusive half-brother. Lord Randal is charmed by the big beautiful cat eyes and devises a plan...

Athena always has her nose in a book, despite her grandmother’s insistence she find herself a husband. Her grandmother has a plan, take her to London, transform her from an ugly duckling into a swan, and marry her off to the first bachelor too dumb to recognize her intelligence. Her plan backfires when Athena meets the Duke and a social blunder...

Belinda is arranged to marry the Duke of Romsdale, but rather than acquiesce to tradition, she flees to Devon. She soon discovers that the Duke is in pursuit of her, and, disguised as a gypsy, he’s endeavoring to win what he believes is his birthright: her heart

Matilda’s father loses everything because of his irrepressible gambling, including her hand in marriage. To avoid becoming the wife of the brutal Earl of Tark, she courageously flees for her freedom and secures a survival position in the kitchen of a London Inn. While her culinary abilities are exploited by the innkeeper, she has captured the...

While eighteen-year-old dancer Alixe Blair is walking the streets of London after giving a memorable performance as Myrtha in the ballet Gisselle for the Royal Ballet, she’s cornered in a dark alley by a gang of monocle-wearing hoodlums. Fellow dancer and rising superstar, Marc Dumont, comes to her rescue. Shortly after, they begin a romance,...

It’s 1856 and eighteen year-old Brittania Layton is en route to India to be reunited with her parents, whom she hasn’t seen in a decade. During her voyage on the S.S. Cleopatra, Tania’s heart is awakened for the first time when she meets Captain Adrian Fairmont. Her friend, Dr. Adam Baird, steadfast and affable, has only aroused feelings of...

After her husband passed away, Lauren Rose’s entire life became her clothing line, September Song. With one of the biggest fashion competitions of the year being held on the luxury ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth II, Lauren finally has a shot to get her business to new heights. There’s plenty to distract her, including models who need hand-holding,...

Button Gwinnett’s first semester in college is fraught with excitement. She’s supposed to attend the Freshman Welcome Hop with BMOC Bill Major, but while escaping the unwanted attentions of Dr. McGavin behind the library, she witnesses a murder. The police show up and find a body at the bottom of the cliff. Soon the body count rises, and Button...

Four horror short stories, including the award winning “The Thing in the Toyshop.” “The Thing on the Stairs”Werewolves have guests for dinner, literally.“The Thing in the Toyshop”A father should be more careful about living a secret life.“The Bridge and Supulchre”A Nostradamus prediction comes to horrific fulfillment.“Jacob and the Ganglion...

A car looks as if it’s hit a brick wall, but it hasn’t impacted anything. The jewel thief inside is killed instantly, and paranormal detective Jamie Jarvis is put on the case.

A short story.

When Wilfred first meets Lydia, she’s in the midst of a face-bashing, hair-pulling brawl in a dirty alley in Italy. He breaks up the fight and, feeling sorry for her, gives her the business card of his valet, Wiggins.

Wiggins is then murdered.

The Assistant Commissioner reluctantly sends for Jamie Jarvis, though dubious of his so-called “special...

On a dull grey morning in August, a boy climbing along the rocky shore near the resort town of Torbay in the south of England discovers a dead body in the surf. When he reports it to the police, he describes seeing a hooded figure atop the cliffs, beckoning him. With this testimony, paranormal police detective Jamie Jarvis knows exactly where to...

A frail creature crawls in from the heat of the desert, clinging to life. Bill and the town doctor try to communicate with the being, and soon discover that it’s from another planet. It has journeyed to Earth to offer an astonishing treasure in exchange for the medicine that will cure the children of its world.

A short story.

In a post-apocalyptic world, there’s a million-to-one chance that Steve Vannevar can succeed where the rest of the Suicide Squad had failed. Succeed, that is, in traveling back in time—reaching back into the months or weeks before that first attack, and persuading the nations of the Earth to hold their fire for the sake of the human race.A short...

While on a top secret mission investigating the strange happenings in Ore Valley, FBI agent Phil Norton goes missing. The Pentagon brings in Philâs secret wife, the exotic dancer Valentine Norton. Sheâs willing to do anything to help get Phil back, even go under cover in a town now overrun by an alien race known as the Masters.

A humorous look at one woman’s battle with a sewing project.

A girl believes she doesn’t fit anywhere until she gets a visit from an alien.

A short story.

On a routine flight from Earth to Mars, Captain Mark Rand discovers an attempt to smuggle drugged women in a cargo container. He and the ship’s Factor are brought before the Controller. Soon after, the Factor winds up deadâ__and Captain Rand is falsely accused. But Captain Rand knows exactly who killed the Factor. It is the same man who poisoned...

The power of the imagination reigns supreme as a mother and her son troll a junkyard for the parts to build a spaceship in their backyard.