A mistaken kiss. A forced engagement. Can it become something more?

Lily Kingsley accepts that she is destined to be a spinster—but not until she gets her first kiss. And she knows the perfect gentleman to enlist. Unfortunately, she kisses the wrong one and ends up in the arms of an overbearing and exceptionally frustrating merchant.

When busybodies catch them in their illicit embrace, an engagement is the only solution, but Lily doesn’t want a fiancé who’s only doing his duty. And she certainly doesn’t want a gentleman far too used to getting his own way. She simply must make him see how ill-suited they are.

But why is the fellow so determined to see their engagement through?

Jack Hatcher hates surprises, but when a beguiling lady mistakes him for someone else and launches herself into his arms, he discovers not all surprises are bad. Marriage was not in Jack’s plans, but Lily stirs something inside him he never expected to feel.

But with his fiancé desperate to break with him and a new enemy working to woo Lily away, Jack discovers force of will won’t keep her by his side. Can he find a way to win her heart before it’s lost forever?

The Victorian Love Series is a spin-off series of the Regency Love Series, and together, they make the Generations of Love Series. Each book is a standalone sweet romance and can be read in any order.

He’ll do anything for the woman he loves…except tell the truth.

Gabriella d’Aventure is a young woman on a mission. She has come to England as a lady’s maid in single-minded pursuit of the Duke of Rother. When she meets Horace Carpenter, valet to a marquess, she is delighted to enlist his aid in gaining her heart’s desire: a meeting with the duke. But will her growing feelings for the handsome valet interfere with her plans for Rother?

The eccentric Marquess of Halford, Hal to his friends, is fed up with the demands of Society, especially his father’s decree that he marry this Season. To that end, Hal hides out at Lady Hamilton’s ball, refusing to choose a bride. However, when a breathtaking young woman intrudes on his solitude, Hal is instantly captivated and rashly introduces himself as his valet and offers his help. Despite his growing fear about the true motive behind Gabriella’s quest to meet the duke, Hal devises a plain to her gain an audience with him, all the while praying his deception won’t ruin his chances of winning her love

You never know where life will take you—and that’s what Tom and Elise are about to find out.
After the tragic death of her husband, Wilson, Elise Mitchell is trapped living under the strict command of her mother-in-law.
Not only does her mother-in-law hold tight sway over the money Wilson left for Elise and their young son, Bailey—but now she is fighting Elise for guardianship over her grandson as well.
Elise knows she needs to escape her in-law’s clutches and longs for the freedom to take back control over her life, both for her own sake and that of her son.
She stumbles across an advertisement for a lonely rancher seeking a mail-order bride, and figures that maybe this could be their chance at a fresh start.
Tom Greening never needed a wife.
This determined bachelor and cattle rancher from Eagle Creek was content with his life the way it was.
Until his housekeeper took it upon herself to advertise for a mail-order bride without him knowing.
For a moment, Tom fears that his perfect world is about to be ruined—but then Elise’s reply to the advertisement begins to change his mind.
As Elise and her son find their way further and further into Tom’s heart, Tom soon realizes that he wants nothing more than to make them his family.
But Tom carries a secret in his past. One that threatens to destroy his bond with Elise and their future together.
With all that stands against them, will Tom and Elise find a way to hold their lives and love together?
Or will they lose it all?
Mail-Order Bride: Elise’s Journey is a delightful story of love and the strength it provides. With Tom’s secret haunting him and Elise’s mother-in-law unwilling to let them go, Tom and Elise must decide if what they have is worth fighting for—if they ever hope to find happiness together, at last.
To immerse yourself in this charming journey of love, scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now. Two hearts are stronger than one.

He thinks they’re courting. She thinks they’re rivals. A surprise awaits them both…

Dr. Arthur Vaughn came to the countryside for a fresh start, not to fall hopelessly in love. But from the moment he meets Violet Templeton—brilliant, headstrong, and as passionate about medicine as he is—he knows he’s found his perfect match.

But while he’s dreaming of their future together, she’s ensuring he doesn’t have one.

With her family’s practice at stake and their income dwindling, Violet has no choice but to drive the new doctor out of town before he steals every last patient. But the more she schemes against him, the more she glimpses the man beneath the threat—one who listens, who respects her, and who might just understand her better than anyone ever has.

She’s fighting for her family’s survival. He’s fighting for a future with her. But only one of them can win.

A hidden forgery unites a bluestocking and a guarded viscount—will truth lead them to love?

With a keen interest in art, Miss Eugenia Sherwood has been forced to keep her knowledge a secret for fear of embarrassing herself and her family by being known as a bluestocking. When a quiet conversation with the Viscount of Suffolk leads to a shocking discovery, Eugenia has no choice but to reveal her true self. With the other bluestockings beside her, she offers her aid to Lord Suffolk, only for him to turn her away.

Nicholas is mortified when a mere debutante shows him that one of his paintings is not the genuine piece he believed it to be. Afraid that his reputation will be tainted, he turns his back on her offer of help, only to realize that he needs her knowledge and keen eye. Will Eugenia be willing to come alongside him again? And will their closeness lead to something neither of them ever anticipated?

This is the fourth book in the Bluestocking Book Club series. It is clean, wholesome, and suitable for all ages. Get your copy today!

"The Warrior Druid of Britain books are destined, I feel, to become classics of Historical Fiction." - Speesh Reads

Northern Britain, AD430. A land in turmoil. A village ablaze. A king’s daughter abducted. In the aftermath of a surprise attack Dun Buic lies in smoking ruins and many innocent villagers are dead. As the survivors try to make sense of the night’s events the giant warrior-druid, Bellicus, is tasked with hunting down the raiders and thwarting their dark purpose. With years of training in the old ways, two war-dogs at his side, and unsurpassed skill with a longsword, Bellicus’s quest will take him on a perilous journey through lands still struggling to cope with the departure of the Roman legions. Meanwhile, amongst her brutal captors the little princess Catia finds an unlikely ally, but even he may not be able to avert the terrible fate King Hengist has in store for her. This, the first volume in a stunning new series from the bestselling author of Wolf’s Head, explores the rich folklore and culture of post-Roman Britain, where blood-sacrifice, superstition and warfare were as much a part of everyday life as love, laughter and song. As Saxon invaders and the new Christian religion seek to mould the country for their own ends one man will change the course of Britain’s history forever. . . . . . THE DRUID.

"Steven A. McKay's archetypal villains and heroes step vividly onto the page from a mist-veiled past of legend to battle for the life of a princess and the fate of Britain. Dark age adventure at its gripping best." - MATTHEW HARFFY, author of The Bernicia Chronicles
"The Druid is richly imagined, confident and gripping, full of memorable characters that fair leap from the page, and with a protagonist who, despite his calling, is written with just the right mix of the earthly and the unearthly, the spiritual and the realistic... instantly engaging storytelling on a par with anything you’ve read before by him there Cornwell, or Kane, or Kristian...a triumph, an honest to goodness, self-assured triumph." - STEVE DENTON/SPEESH READS

"The Druid tells a story as stunning as the cover art suggests." - SHARON BENNETT CONNOLLY, author of Heroines Of The Medieval World

"...the historical detail is seamlessly melded into a plot bursting with adrenaline and suspense...To my mind this novel is everything historical fiction should be and more." - JAMES VELLA-BARDON, author of The Sheriff's Catch

"Anyone who has read any of Steven A. McKay‘s previous books will know that he consistently delivers powerful stories full of action and high drama... In The Druid he does this again – and then some!" - STUART S. LAING, author of The Tinker's Daughter

Touching on the themes of the popular FX series Justified featuring U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, Valdez Is Coming is New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard's classic western tale of corruption, justice, and vengeance.

Forced to gun down an innocent man, part-time sheriff Roberto Valdez is nearly killed and run out of town when he seeks justice for the dead man’s family. But the same townsfolk who laughed at Valdez’s dark skin, mocked his decency, and tied him to a cross will find themselves on the wrong side of a gun when the lawman comes back to deliver his own brand of justice.

Every romance needs a bit of mischief. . .

At her eighteenth birthday celebration Jenny Crowley's parents announce that instead of having the London Season she’s dreamed of for years, Jenny has actually been betrothed from birth to Alexander Isley, son of family friends and heir to a title. A distraught Jenny refuses point-blank to marry Alec, and when her aunt offers to whisk her away to a festive Christmas house party--complete with many eligible young bachelors--Jenny jumps at the chance to enjoy a variety of entertainments, be courted, and perhaps find the man of her dreams.

Alec Isley is between a rock and a hard place. He’s been secretly in love with Jenny for years and had hoped to court her properly during her Season. Now, with Jenny adamantly against the match, he must find a way to make her desire him as much as he does her. He follows Jenny to the house party in hopes of wooing her there, but when he discovers who else is courting her there, he’s frantic to keep her from making a horrible mistake. Can Alec convince her of his love in time to save her from being ruined under the mistletoe?

A Buzzfeed Best Gift Book of the Year

“A dark, atmospheric, and feminist story of three women in New York City's Gilded Age, each determined to thrive in a society hell-bent on keeping them down, and using their coven to do so." —Buzzfeed

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. Those averse to magic need not apply.

New York in the spring of 1880 is a place alive with wonder and curiosity. Determined to learn the truth about the world, its residents enthusiastically engage in both scientific experimentation and spiritualist pursuits. Séances are the entertainment of choice in exclusive social circles, and many enterprising women—some possessed of true intuitive powers, and some gifted with the art of performance—find work as mediums.

Enter Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clair. At their humble teashop, Tea and Sympathy, they provide a place for whispered confessions, secret cures, and spiritual assignations for a select society of ladies, who speak the right words and ask the right questions. But the profile of Tea and Sympathy is about to change with the fortuitous arrival of Beatrice Dunn.

When seventeen-year-old Beatrice leaves the safety of her village to answer an ad that reads "Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. Those averse to magic need not apply," she has little inclination of what the job will demand of her. Beatrice doesn't know it yet, but she is no ordinary small-town girl; she has great spiritual gifts—ones that will serve as her greatest asset and also place her in grave danger. Under the tutelage of Adelaide and Eleanor, Beatrice comes to harness many of her powers, but not even they can prepare her for the evils lurking in the darkest corners of the city or the courage it will take to face them.

When Henrietta Price accidentally pummels a gentleman with a snowball, her instant mortification turns to delight when she discovers the young man is none other than her childhood best friend, Charlie. Though they haven't seen each other in ten years, he still has the same vivid blue eyes, wicked laugh, and caring nature she remembers so well. Once he’d even vowed—at ten years old—to marry her, if necessary, to save her from a life of spinsterhood. And although she's considering another man's proposal, she can't quite keep that long-ago promise out of her head...

Charlie Newkirk hasn't stopped thinking about Hen since she stole a kiss from him all those years ago. Now he can scarcely believe the beautiful woman in front of him is the same girl whose braid he used to pull. Worse, he has no idea if she's given her heart to the wealthy young marquess courting her or if she even remembers the promise he hopes to fulfill.
With their future happiness at stake, will Charlie be able to remind Henrietta of their Christmas pact and turn their childhood friendship into a newfound romance? Or will he forever remain just someone she used to know?

A true romance memoir. "This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day." When tragedy struck, I thought for sure that my own life was at an end. I was wrong. This is the true story of how two stray rescue cats and a woman named Kitty, whom I finally met after a wild ride of internet dating, brought love, romance, and laughter back into my life.

Love was then.
Love is now.
Love is forever.

WINNER of the 2018 Stephen Memorial Award
FINALIST for the 2014 RONE AWARD

If you love reading feel-good memoirs, then don't miss THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE, where "Mike Meyer pens a tender tale of love, loss, and renewal. The depth of emotion is palpable...The Three Kitties will tug at readers' heartstrings, as they ride through the emotional highs and lows of Mike Meyer's remarkable story." - InD'tale Magazine

Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.
Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.

The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s.

Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. With Hannes’s help, she retraces the path of two women who met as teenagers, shared a friendship that spanned the years that Eva Braun was Hitler’s mistress, yet never knew that the men they loved had opposing ambitions.

Eva’s story reveals that she never joined the Nazi party, had Jewish friends, and was credited at the Nuremberg Trials with saving 35,000 Allied lives. As Anna's journey leads back through the treacherous years in wartime Germany, it uncovers long-buried secrets and unknown reaches of her heart to reveal the enduring power of love in the legacies that always outlast war.

Get ready for a heart-pounding journey through the bustling streets of the Big Apple in this sizzling romantic suspense novel!

Meet Janine, a fearless taxi driver with a knack for navigating the chaos of New York City. When fate reunites her with Luke, her former high school rival turned suave hotel manager, their worlds are set on a collision course. Luke presents Janine with an unexpected opportunity to become the personal chauffeur for elite hotel guests. Little do they know, this seemingly glamorous job is the gateway to the perilous realm of a notorious mob boss.

As the city's underbelly reveals its treacherous secrets, sparks ignite between Janine and Luke, casting them into a whirlwind of danger and deception. Will their love survive the high-stakes game they've unwittingly entered?

Destiny might be the fastest thoroughbred horse in all of Southern England, but will her speed be enough to save Kit Carlyle from a marriage of convenience?

When the notorious rake Viscount Alistair Upshire offers to forgive Kit’s father’s crushing debt in exchange for her hand in marriage, Kit faces a future bound to a man she despises. With her heart belonging to Marcus, the younger son of the Earl of Roxboro, she is determined to forestall the marriage.

Just when all seems lost, Spectral Tillie, Kit’s loyal Aberdeen Terrier from beyond the grave, returns to aid her. With Tillie's spectral guidance, Kit concocts a daring plan: she will ride Destiny to victory at Epsom disguised as her twin brother James. Not only will a win expose Upshire’s corruption in the horse racing world, but it will secure Kit’s freedom to marry for love.

As Kit, Marcus, and the spectral Tillie join forces, they must protect Destiny and their secret plan from Upshire’s manipulations. Will Kit manage to win her freedom and Marcus’s heart, or will she be forced into a life of misery with the viscount?

In this thrilling Regency romance, the outcome of one race will determine everything. Grab a copy to join the adventure today!

*Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award *

“You’re in for a treat...one of those books you can’t put down...Due hit it out of the park.” —Stephen King

A gripping, page-turning “masterpiece” (Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman) set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.

Gracetown, Florida

June 1950

Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.

Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it’s too late.

The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.

Childhood friends separated by life’s events experience an unexpected reunion.

Thoralf Pedersen, better known as Ted Porter, established himself in Shanghai five years earlier through his marriage to Daiyu Chen and their work of bringing others to Christ. But, his world shatters when she passes away in childbirth. With everything falling apart, Ted returns to the home of his youth.

Penny Snow’s journey takes a new turn when she befriends an Abenaki brave. Yet, relations become complicated when unrest grows within the community. Mysterious murders take place, and pelts are stolen from their traps. Suspicion is cast on the natives tribes. With all of these strange occurrences, can Penny and Ted bring truth to light? Will they reknit their friendship into something deeper in the midst of grief and healing?

Dive into the wilds of New Hampshire and discover a new destiny unfolding.



DESTINY'S MYSTERIES SERIES ORDER:
1. Meeting Destiny
2. Learning Destiny's Path
3. Believing in Destiny
4. Seeking a New Destiny

"This review is not enough to remark on this astounding, dazzling, and immersive work of pure literary genius... Without a doubt, the very first line... the very first paragraph... all the way to the last two words of the book will send shivers down your arms." – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Highly Recommended” award of excellence from The Historical Fiction Company

Northern New England, summer, 1688.
Salem started here.

A suspicious death. A rumor of war. Whispers of witchcraft.

Perched on the brink of disaster, Resolve Hammond and her mother, Deliverance, struggle to survive in their isolated coastal village. They're known as healers taught by the local tribes - and suspected of witchcraft by the local villagers.

Their precarious existence becomes even more chaotic when summoned to tend to a poisoned woman. As they uncover a web of dark secrets, rumors of war engulf the village, forcing the Hammonds to choose between loyalty to their native friends or the increasingly terrified settler community.

As Resolve is plagued by strange dreams, she questions everything she thought she knew - about her family, her closest friend, and even herself. If the truth comes to light, the repercussions will be felt far beyond the confines of this small settlement.

Based on meticulous research and inspired by the true story of the fear and suspicion that led to the Salem Witchcraft Trials, THE DEVIL'S GLOVE is a tale of betrayal, loyalty, and the power of secrets. Will Resolve be able to uncover the truth before the town tears itself apart, or will she become the next victim of the village's dark and mysterious past?

**** Early Reviewers are Enchanted with 'The Devil's Glove'! ****

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "From its opening lines this historical novel from Grindle (Villa Triste) grips with its rare blend of a powerfully evoked past, resonant characters, smart suspense, and prose touched with shivery poetry: 'Nothing will lead you to guess what sweet familiars we were, thirty years ago in Massachusetts, where they called me Witch,... Powered by telling historical detail, vivid visions, and an urgent sense of empathy for its characters, The Devil’s Glove will dazzle readers who appreciate immersive, lyric historical fiction open to possibilities." –BookLife Reviews, Editor's Pick

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was a read I could not put down. Now I want more on Resolve’s life. I want to read more! I hope there is more books to come!" –NetGalley Reviewer

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Lucretia Grindle's writing is a wonder. After reading only a few paragraphs, I knew The Devil's Glove would be a novel I loved. Grindle's descriptive narration is entrancing - stirring yet delicate, never heavy-handed. Her dialogue and characterization are skillful and immersive. Lucretia Grindle is truly a master storyteller." –NetGalley Reviewer

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Readers will be mesmerized by 1688 scenarios of Native American and village life, as well as the increasing belief in witches which, ultimately, led to the witch trials in Salem." –NetGalley Reviewer

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This story was awesome! I was lost from beginning to end ... The author did a fantastic job of writing this book ... I couldn't put it down until it was finished. I wanted to find out if Resolve was able to help solve the mystery. Can she before it's too late?" –Netgalley Reviewer

He's out for revenge, but she might prove too hot for him to handle.

Miss Primrose needs to be punished.

A member of the wicked Inn of the Red Chrysanthemum, where the most indecent pleasures are indulged, Miss Primrose—or Mistress Primrose, as she prefers—left Nicholas Edelton a shell of a man. Now his older brother, Spencer Edelton, the Marquess of Carey, intends to provide her a set-down she will never forget.

Weary from exacting her revenge upon the man who assaulted her sister, Beatrice Primrose has had her fill of men of privilege and presumption, but she accepts a fateful invitation from a handsome nobleman to spend a sennight at his estate for a grand sum of money. She soon learns, however, that she will not get to reprise her role as Mistress. To her horror, she finds his lordship expects her to submit to him!

But Beatrice won’t give in so easily.

In a clash of wills, fueled by vengeance and desire, Lord Carey and Miss Primrose wrestle for dominance in, and out of, the bedchamber. Their biggest struggle, however, may be against their own passions…

Can Miss Primrose take what she dishes? And will Lord Carey succumb or succeed with her punishment?


HEAT ADVISORY: On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the hottest heat level, this enemies-to-lovers Regency historical romance is a 6! Read only if you enjoy scorching, wicked chemistry with themes of submission and dominance as well as elements of revenge and discipline.

Powerful lord. Infamous rake. Forced into a fake engagement with a wallflower…that leads to true love.

Lord Richard Seaton will do anything to find his missing brother—even confront criminal lord Thorne Blackmore. Thorne’s price for information? Something Richard’s wounded heart vowed never to pay: marriage. And not to one of the stunning debutantes chasing him but to Thorne’s bluestocking sister, Jane.

Shunned by the ton thanks to her scandalous brother, Miss Jane Grant runs a school that saves Whitechapel children from the gallows. Unwilling to abandon her students for marriage, a fake engagement is her only escape.

Jane offers to dig up the information Richard needs before the wedding. But they must keep their deal a secret or endanger Richard’s family and face Thorne’s wrath.

Braving society to convince the ton of their love, Richard protects Jane from judging matrons. And from elegant soirees to glamorous balls, Jane casts aside her gray dresses for vibrant silks and transforms into the lady she was born to be.
Soon, the reforming rake is falling under his blossoming wallflower’s spell…and into her bed.

But when Thorne learns of their deception, will Richard live to marry the fake fiancé who has become his true love?


All volumes of the DUKES AND SECRETS series:

0 - When the Duke bought a Wife (Prequel)
1 - All Duke and Bothered
2 - Her Rake Fiancé
3 - Project Duke
4 - Betting against the Scoundrel
4.5 - The Duke Do-Over (Christmas short story)

All volumes of the spin-off series SEVEN DUKES OF SIN:
1 - Duke of Rath
2 - Duke of Luhst
3 - Duke of Pryde
more books to follow...

Each book is a standalone and can be read in any order. A happy ending is guaranteed.