Abandoned & Protected--The Marquis' Tenacious Wife (#4 Love's Second Chance Series)
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Elsbeth Munford is set to marry the man she loves until an accident destroys her life. Her beauty tainted by ugly scars, Ellie resigns herself to a life of spinsterhood.
Frederick Lancaster, brother to the Marquess of Elmridge, returns home from war. A hero in the eyes of others, he is haunted by nightmares. Unable to make his peace with the past, Frederick retreats into the dark until his brother dies and he not only inherits his title, but with it the obligation to produce an heir.
When two damaged souls find themselves tied to one another, will they pull each other under? Or will they help each other rise again from the ashes of their shattered lives?
#4 Abandoned & Protected - The Marquis' Tenacious Wife
He forced her hand. Now, she will deny him her heart.
After what her father did to her mother, Henrietta’s worst fears are to be realised when her uncle decides to marry her off to a Scot. Gentleman or not, Henrietta knows that at his core he is still a barbarian. What will she suffer at the hands of this savage?
Connor Brunwood, Marquis of Rodridge, can’t believe he fell head over heels in love with this thin, pale twig of a girl. However, the moment he saw her, he knew he had to make her his wife. If only she didn’t hate the very sight of him!
However, when his life is suddenly in danger, an assassin lying in wait, everything they thought they knew is put to the test.
Will Henrietta betray her husband or stand by his side? Will she take the opportunity to rid herself of him forever? Or will she risk everything to save his life…as well as her heart?
#5 Ruined & Redeemed - The Earl's Fallen Wife (coming summer 2017)
She was the victim of a heinous crime. Then, she sought revenge.
He seeks to punish his father and finds more than he bargained for.
Once Lady Charlotte Frampton had been a young debutante, hoping to find a husband who would win her heart. Then, one night shattered everything and turned her life into a nightmare and herself into a monster.
Determined to leave her past behind, she buries Lady Charlotte and becomes Lotte, the temporary companion to a Viscount’s younger sister.
Everything seems to take a turn for the better until the Viscount’s best friend visits and makes her an offer.
Sebastian Campbell, Earl of Weston, will never forgive himself. During his grand tour on the continent, his father, driven by the desire to increase the family’s standing in society, forced Sebastian’s younger sister, Victoria, into a miserable marriage that threatens not only her happiness but her life as well.
Haunted by guilt, Sebastian seeks to punish his father wherever possible. So when he meets ‘Lotte’, she seems the answer to his prayers. Marriage to an unsuitable woman would just put his father where he belonged: in an early grave.
While Charlotte finds that her past is not as dead as she’d hoped, Sebastian realises that protecting his sister might be more important than punishing his father. Does love have any chance at all to blossom under these circumstances? Or is it the worst times in our lives that bring out the best in us?
#6 Betrayed & Blessed - The Viscount's Shrewd Wife (coming fall 2017)
His days are numbered. Her curiosity is piqued.
Only together can they protect themselves from the lies of their past.
Tristan Turner, Viscount Elton, is haunted by a night he cannot remember.
After his parents’ untimely demise, he has done his utmost to live up to his family’s…or rather his uncle’s…expectations. However, despite his best intentions, his reputation is far from respectable. More than once he thought his life forfeit: for a reason he cannot fathom, he seems to be a preferred target for every highwayman in London. Aside from being robbed on a monthly basis, Tristan stumbles from one bar brawl into another, has a knife drawn on him repeatedly and is called out more often than he can count. If it weren’t for his best friend, he’d already be in the grave a dozen times over.
Wary of the life he cannot escape, Tristan wishes for nothing more but a family of his own with a wife who knows the best and the worst of him and loves him nonetheless. However, so far he hasn’t had any luck finding the woman of his dreams among the ladies of the ton.
Until one night when he comes upon a young maid in the Earl of Radcliff’s household.
Elizabeth “Beth” Walker is faced with a terrible truth.
Brought up in less than favourable circumstances, Beth has often watched the ladies of the ton with envious eyes only to find out upon her mother’s death that she ought to have been brought up among them. All her life, she believed her father to have been a simple man who had died before his time. However, according to her mother’s letters, her father is none other but the Earl of Radcliff. Although stunned beyond imagining, Beth is determined to discover the truth of her mother’s past as well as her own.
Accustomed to hard work, she finds a position in the earl’s household only to discover that life holds surprises where she would least expect them. Before long, Beth’s priorities shift as the future suddenly holds more sway over her than the past ever could and her heart leads her down a different path.
Will Beth uncover the reason for her mother’s silence? Will Tristan live long enough to find the woman of his dreams? In a world where a privileged upbringing is not always what it seems and simple joys can outweigh high social standing, two people must face their past and determine who they are on their own apart from the lies their parents forced on them.