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Elizabeth Linfield cherishes her freedom,
But falling in love could take it all away.
 
Elizabeth Linfield is determined to keep her heart a safe distance from any gentleman who might threaten her independence. But that all changes when, three miles from home, her carriage breaks down in the middle of the road, and a handsome stranger offers his aid.
Help comes by way of the roguish Danial Hudson, who is overseeing his brother’s estate in the town of Langholm. One fixed axle later, a friendship kindles between them and soon blazes into something more.
Hudson, however, is not particularly keen on falling in love. As a child, he lost his mother during the birth of his little sister, and mere days later, his father took off with his lover, abandoning the family for good and causing Hudson to harden his heart to the world.
Now, Elizabeth has found a crack in his defenses and managed to break through. There’s only one problem—Elizabeth’s cowardly and shameless brother Rigby owes a debt to Lord Sudworth, whom he has promised Elizabeth’s hand in marriage as repayment.
But Elizabeth comes to realize she isn’t the only one harboring a dark secret, and her chance meeting with Danial Hudson may not have been as serendipitous as it first seemed…
 
You’re invited to the whimsical Regency-era English countryside in A ROGUE’S PROMISE, Meredith Lamonica’s steamy and scandalous follow-up to SECRETS OF A VISCOUNT!

She knew all his faults, all his weaknesses…
And she loved him in spite of it.
But that was a long time ago…
 
Nathanial Spencer, the Viscount Rothchild, has spent years avoiding the prying eyes of London high society. After witnessing the horrors of war, he spends his days alone on the Isle of Wight, diving deeper into addiction and resigning himself to spending the rest of his days alone.
But when a missive from an old friend bids him to return to London, he reunites with Caroline, his childhood love. Seeing Caroline rouses something inside Nathanial, something he thought had died on the battlefield. But he is no longer the man Caroline remembers. Trauma has darkened his spirit, and he fears that he has nothing to offer her.
Still, affection has a way of casting light on even the darkest of shadows, and the more time Nathanial spends with Caroline, the harder it becomes to leave her. As their old flame is ardently fanned anew, Nathanial’s inner demons begin to surface, and he realizes he can no longer hide the truth from the only woman he’s ever loved…
They made the perfect deal—
Until they got more than they bargained for.

Penelope Spencer has no need of a husband. All she desires is to retire to her home in the English countryside and embark upon the quiet, relaxing life of a spinster.
Lord Ryan Herrick is a rakish playboy with a fondness for brandy, gaming halls, and reckless romps in the garden. He knows he’s not husband material, and he has no intention of being tied down.
But the season has begun, and Miss Spencer’s meddling grandmother is desperate to make a match. Lord Herrick’s mother has been bitten by the love bug, as well, and she has informed all the gossip rags that her son is in want of a wife. Now, he cannot make a move without all of society watching.
Miss Spencer and Lord Herrick decide to strike a bargain. To placate her grandmother and distract the papers, they will pretend to court, and at the end of the season, she will turn down his proposal. He can return to his carousing ways, and she can depart to the countryside unattached.
There’s just one hitch in their scheme—they didn’t plan on falling in love.
Don’t miss A DECEITFUL SEASON, the enticing sequel to IN NAME ONLY, by Meredith Lamonica.
An abandoned wife. An estranged husband.
They have a love for the ages…
But neither of them would be the first to admit it.

William Pratt, Earl of Westfield, has quite the reputation. A wealthy man-about-town in Regency London, he spends his’ evenings gambling and guzzling brandy by the bottle—and can’t seem to stay out of the society papers, either. He wants for nothing… except to win back the heart of his wife, whom he abandoned exactly nine-hundred-and-thirty days ago.
Adelaide Pratt, Lady of Westfield, tells herself that she is more than satisfied living the quiet life in the English countryside, far away from her runaway husband. She spends her days drawing in her sketchbook and tending to the rosebushes that grow in her garden, convinced she doesn’t need company beyond the loyal friendship of her well-meaning lady’s maid, Tilly, and her overprotective housekeeper, Mrs. Henderson.
After a moment of clarity sparked by his best friend, Johnathan Chandler, William crash-lands back into Adelaide’s life, and the two begin a torrid dance of misunderstandings, torn between their lingering flame and the explosive arguments it inevitably—and repeatedly—ignites.
Can they manage to find a way to weather the storm and reconcile? Or have a series of miscommunications and foul play conspired to drive a wedge between them forever?
When her father’s passing leaves her penniless, twenty-one-year-old Katherine plans to flee England, hoping her aunt will take her in. But when she is attacked on her way to the shipyard docks, Katherine is saved by Alexander, an undeniably attractive man with a rakish reputation. When he later makes her an offer of marriage in name only—a marriage that will mutually benefit both of them—she finds she cannot refuse.
Although his proposal of marriage was nothing more than a business deal, Alexander finds himself increasingly attracted to the spiteful and headstrong Katherine, who is different from any girl he’s courted before. He knows she could never love him or see him as any more than a marriage ruse, but he can’t help but wonder if she could ever truly be happy with him.
Every minute she spends with Alexander, Katherine falls deeper into his trance. But when the details of her attack at the shipyard docks and her late father’s will come to light, Katherine and Alexander are thrust into a realization that things are not always what they seem.