"His scars ran deep. Only Chloe had the power to heal him.
It is said moonstones shine brightest in the presence of true love. Will they shine for Chloe, the youngest of the Killigrew sisters, and Fionn, the battle-scarred hero who has closed himself off to love?
Lady Chloe Killigrew is surprised to find herself much sought after in Moonstone Landing's elegant society. The charming seaside village has become a favorite holiday retreat for the London elite, and there is no shortage of dukes, earls, or landed gentry lining up to court her. The only man who seems to be paying her no attention is the gruff and irresistibly handsome Major Fionn Brennan, who is in charge of the local army fort, an ancient fortress dominating the Cornwall coast. Chloe has been secretly in love with him since they first met. How can she break through the walls surrounding his heart, for he is the only man she will marry?
Although Major Fionn Brennan worked his way up the military ranks, no amount of cultured upbringing will make him worthy of Lady Chloe. His heart aches to have her, yet how can he dare hope for a match when he was raised as a nameless orphan left to fend for himself on the roughest London streets? If not for the viscount who chose to bring him home instead of having him tossed as a boy into prison, he would probably be dead. Now that he has been put in command of Moonstone Landing's army fort, he is bound to see Chloe every day.
He has tried everything to keep from falling in love with her, but how long can he keep up the pretense? As secrets unfold, and everything he thought of the viscount who saved him turns out to be lies, can he find hope in opening his heart to Chloe? Or will they both be burned in the fires of an impossible passion?"
"What happens when a battle-scarred hero bent on destroying himself meets an irresistible force by the name of Phoebe?
Lady Phoebe Killigrew is appalled by the scandalous country parties her new neighbor, a war hero marquess, is holding at his estate in Moonstone Landing. She has every intention of keeping well away from him—until a governess arrives at her door with his two nieces. They are mere children and cannot possibly reside under the same roof as that dissolute. When she storms over to demand he reform his ways, or she will not give them over to him, she is unprepared for the feelings he stirs in her, for her heart understands his nieces are not the only ones in need of rescuing.
Cormac Stockwell, Marquess of Burness, has given everything for his country, including his left arm. He just wants to be left alone to destroy himself, but his beloved and meddlesome brother has unexpectedly sent Cormac his two little nieces, whom he adores, to care for over the summer. How can he take them under his wing when he cannot even take care of himself? And now his impudent neighbor, Lady Phoebe, is pounding on his door and insisting he reform his wicked ways or she will not turn over the girls to him. He wants to tell the priggish but beautiful nuisance to mind her own business and stay out of his affairs. However, he must have been drunker than he realized when she came to his door, for he asks her to marry him instead.
Is it possible Phoebe, the little lioness next door, can repair the tatters of his damaged heart?"
"What happens when a steamy duke who has never lost in battle meets an innocent young lady determined to conquer his heart?
When Lady Henley Killigrew's father dies and his title of earl passes to a not-so-friendly cousin who wants her and her two younger sisters out of their elegant London townhouse, she takes them to Moonstone Cottage, a lovely manor house they inherited from a maiden aunt in the Cornwall seaside village of Moonstone Landing. But their funds are limited, and the new earl is a stingy guardian who will not loosen the purse strings to allow her to properly maintain herself and her sisters in their new home. The only way to save them all is for her to marry, for that is the only way to claim her trust fund. Would her neighbor, Cain St. Austell, the brooding and reclusive Duke of Malvern, consider a marriage of convenience?
Cain St. Austell, the Duke of Malvern, has returned home now that Napoleon is defeated. Those grueling war years have left him scarred both physically and in his soul, for he lost too many friends and is not certain how or why he ever survived. Knowing he needs time away from London society and the madness of the marriage mart to heal, he has acquired a property in the quiet village of Moonstone Landing. Marriage is the last thing on his mind—until his neighbor, the beautiful and slightly eccentric Lady Henley Killigrew, appears on his doorstep with a startling proposal... and he accepts.
In fact, Cain is the one who does the proposing because when the heart knows, it knows."
"Will the mysterious Book of Love lead Penelope to her true love?
Lady Penelope Sherbourne is not—absolutely not—going to fall in love with Thaddius MacLauren, Laird of Caithness, even if he is a big, handsome Scottish brute and ridiculously protective of her. But now that the Book of Love has fallen into her hands, Thad is the only one she trusts to test out the sensations she must explore in order to find the perfect husband. She wants a mild-mannered English earl, one who lives near her family, and who will not make her heart leap or her bones melt as Thad does every time he looks at her.
Thaddius MacLauren intends to claim a kiss from Lady Penelope Sherbourne and nothing more. No, not a thing more, even though he's loved the sharp-tongued, vexing lass forever. She's also been kinder to him than anyone else alive, and for a boy who never felt loved by his family, Penelope's kindness has come to mean everything to him. How can he ever tell her how he feels? She's the daughter of a powerful earl and all he can offer her is a tumble-down holding at the northern tip of Scotland. It will take a miracle to win her heart.
Is it possible the Book of Love holds the magic to bring it about?"
"What makes a man fall in love? The Book of Love holds the answer, or so Poppy Farthingale believes . . .
Poppy Farthingale has made a pact with her two best friends to use The Book of Love to find true love. How else will Nathaniel Sherbourne, Earl of Welles, ever notice her? With a small dowry and no prominent lineage, Nathaniel will never consider her a suitable wife, especially when her competition is a beautiful duke's daughter who has already been declared an Incomparable. Poppy has four days to win his heart, but with time running out and her rival about to attend a weekend party at Nathaniel's country home, is all hope lost?
Nathaniel Sherbourne, Earl of Welles, is a man whose heart has been bruised by the ravages of war. He is in no rush to marry, for he's a wealthy and titled bachelor with debutantes aplenty eager to gain his notice. In any event, he has a blackmail scheme to unravel before he can turn his mind to more romantic ventures. But his sister's shy friend, Poppy Farthingale, is suddenly capturing his attention. She's toting around The Book of Love, and he's promised to help her find a suitable match.
But is it possible that he, in fact, is the right man for Poppy?"
"When Lady Olivia Gosling finds The Book of Love in a musty bookshop, she is most eager to try out its love 'recipes' on someone safe.
Did she say safe?
Well, Beast isn't really safe, but with her odious guardian about to marry her off to one of his unsavory friends, Olivia needs her childhood friend to fall in love with her . . . fast. If Beast can love her, then any man she chooses will surely do the same.
Alexander Beastling, Duke of Hartford, is known as Beast among the ton. He is big and muscled, and there is a dark aura of mystery about him that he makes no effort to dispel. Now that he's returned from battle, he's appalled to learn of the marriage plans Lady Olivia's loathsome guardian has for her. Beast has decided that he will help her find a proper husband, even if it means putting up with her ridiculous experiments taken out of a book she refers to as The Book of Love. Olivia calls them magical recipes for love.
Is it possible they actually work? Because suddenly, Beast can't seem to get Olivia out of his mind . . . or his heart."
