The Wicked Heir
Every guest invited to the house party at Nedworth Hall has a secret.
Lady Patience Wycombe has been sent to Nedworth Hall for the summer under protest. Why should she be prevailed upon to spend her summer conversing with people when she would much rather stay in London with her books for company? She is determined to ignore her mother’s wish that she find a husband…
…until the most notorious rake in London singles her out for sin.
Arden Covington’s reputation was ruined from the moment he was born. He has always embraced his wickedness…and made it profitable. But few people know the reason he is constantly in need of money, or that he has a sentimental heart. So when Lady Patience shows no fear in the face of his attempts to seduce her, he falls for her hard and fast.
But with everyone at the house party eager to discover the identity of Lord Carshalton’s mysterious heir, will Arden have the freedom to pursue Patience, or will another suitor with sordid intentions compromise her first?
The Enraptured Heir
He has sworn off women. She falls in love with him at first sight. But can they fight the attraction between them?
After a single, spoiled season five years before, Lady Angeline O’Shea cannot believe she has been invited to a house party where matches are certain to be made. Everyone is scrambling to discover the identity of Lord Carshalton’s mysterious heir, but Angeline would rather solve the mystery of how to make Lord Rafe McAllister, the Marquess of Rothbury, smile again.
But she has her work cut out for her where this wounded hero is concerned…
Fresh off of a broken engagement in which his reputation was raked through the mud, Rafe wants nothing more than to hide away at Nedworth Hall for the summer, licking his wounds. He supposes he’ll have to marry eventually, but the last woman on earth that he could see as his marchioness is cheerful, angelic, innocent Angeline.
But Angeline’s sweetness enchants him, and before Rafe can stop it, his reluctant fondness for the Irish angel turns into a passion that he cannot deny…
…until his former fiancée shows up at the house party.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Enraptured Heir is a reworking of a previously published story, The Angel and the Aristocrat. The main characters are the same, but their circumstances, the secondary characters, and the wider plot of the series have changed. You may recognize familiar bits and passages, but this is a new story.
The Surprise Heir
Sometimes the right man comes along in what seems like the wrong package, and sometimes making the wrong decision turns out to be the right way to fall in love….
American dollar princess Melanie Pennypacker has accepted the surprise invitation to join a matchmaking house party for the summer for one reason and one reason only—to find a partner. But not a marriage partner. Melanie is looking for a business partner to invest in her dream of opening a new department store of the sort that are taking London by storm. But no man wants to invest in a business-minded woman.
Anyone with eyes can see that valet Frank Crymble is the illegitimate first-cousin of his employer, Lord Avery O’Shea, and like the rest of the O’Shea family, Frank has ambitions above his station and a penchant for scandal. When he catches Melanie behaving badly away from the other house party guests, the two of them instantly come up with a scheme that will get them both what they want.
But a marriage of convenience might be harder to pull off than Melanie and Frank suspect when every one of their friends is against the match. And when Melanie’s father shows up at the house party to drag her home, both her and Frank’s dreams hang in the balance. Until they hatch a plan to convince everyone they are deeply in love…including themselves.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Surprise Heir is a reworking of a previously published story, The Buccaneer and the Bastard. The main characters and their love story are the same, but their circumstances, the secondary characters, and the wider plot of the series have changed. You may recognize familiar bits and passages.
The Charmed Heir
Mistaken identity is only the beginning….
Miss Charlotte Benning has lived a charmed life as the daughter of a wealthy, eccentric industrialist. Her only aim in attending the house party at Nedworth Hall is to find a nice man to marry and have a family with. She certainly doesn’t think she’s witty or clever enough to engage in all the excitement about Lord Carshalton’s mysterious heir.
But there are things about Charlotte’s father, and her origins, that even she doesn't know….
Dante Dixon, Viscount Bygrave, has the same troubles as half the rest of the aristocracy: he needs to marry a wealthy heiress to save his family’s fortunes. Fortunes that have been wrecked by his devilish and charming identical twin brother, Damien. He considers himself incredibly lucky to have developed genuine affection for sweet and clever Charlotte, and she’s an heiress to boot!
And then Damien shows up the house party, ready to cause mischief....
Can Dante help Charlotte unravel the secret of her heritage…while hiding a few secrets of his own? Or will Damien swoop in and charm Charlotte into choosing the wrong brother?
The False Heir
She has constructed a world of lies in order to protect herself…
Lady Yvette Mortimer has been the life of the house party at Nedworth Hall right from the start. But underneath her gregarious and exciting personality, she is running for her life. The world of secrets and lies surrounding her have kept her safe for two years, but when she impulsively announces she is Lord Carshalton’s mysterious heir, her house of cards begins to fall around her.
Worst of all, her lies may cost her the love of the one man who could save her…
Nathan Clarke, Marquess of Theydon, accepted his invitation to attend the house party at Nedworth Hall so that he could seek revenge on the man who destroyed his family’s fortune…Lord Carshalton. By discovering and marrying Carshalton’s heir, he believes he can both recover the money that was stolen from his family and have the last laugh. He’s believed Yvette is the heir from the start…but he didn’t expect to fall in love with his target.
But the biggest lies of all are yet to be uncovered…
Can Nathan protect Yvette from the terror of her past? Do the two of them have a deeper connection that neither is aware of? A connection that could change everything?
The True Heir
A case of mistaken identity would change both their lives forever…
Miss Millicent Silverstone has always believed herself to be a simple, unassuming farmer’s daughter. She never dreamed that the special attention Lady Gillingham always showed her was anything more than neighborly fondness. When that attention turned to sending Millie along to Nedworth Hall as a companion for her daughter, Lady Eleanor, Millie was flattered and amazed…at first.
The summer house party adventure begins beautifully when Millie meet a charming valet named David…except her new friend isn’t a valet at all, and she isn’t the lady he believed her to be either…
David Sawyer, the Duke of Foxley, would rather be anywhere but at Nedworth Hall for the summer. New to his position as a duke, he would rather be tackling the problems of his home farms than being chased after by the likes of Lady Eleanor. After their first, embarrassing encounter, his heart can only belong to Millie, but she is both too far below him to court and too good and pure to make his mistress. He is just about to give up the house party and return home…when he learns the secret of who Millie truly is.
It is up to David to reveal to Millie who she truly is, but will the revelation break her heart or leave them free to love each other? And can he protect her…and himself…from Lady Eleanor?