Author: abbyayles
Lady Margaret Clarke agrees to marry within four weeks to please her gravely sick father — even if it means she won’t be marrying for love. But when she meets Nicholas Hurley, the Duke of Richmond, she sees a chance to follow her heart…
A reluctant Earl, an unyielding Lady. A marriage against their best intentions. What could possibly go wrong… Eleanor Beaumont’s spirit was always a hard one to tame. When her father, the Earl of Wilfort, strikes a prosperous deal by offering her hand to his associate’s son, she can feel the cold chains of matrimony tightening around her like a noose. Ambrose Brooks, son to the Marquess of … the Marquess of Westington, always complied with the expectations of his family but being forced to marry a stranger was not what he had in mind. When Eleanor and Ambrose share their…
She needs to escape. He wishes to bring truth to light. But there is love waiting for them by the Lighthouse and it is about to set them free… Diana Douglass, daughter of the Earl of Winthrop, is desperate to escape the grim future others planned for her. After she is forced to marry her father’s loathsome partner she is left with no other choice but to flee, unaware of the shadows that haunt … that haunt her every step… Oliver Evans, son of the Duke of Meriwood, has built a life as a lighthouse keeper. The peace of the…
She thought nothing could save her life from ruin. He hoped to find happiness in her arms. Nothing could have prepared them for what fate brought next…Edmund Lockridge, the Earl of Huxley and the youngest sibling of the Lockridge sisters has a hard time believing in himself. Most people think him as hard and cruel as his father but he does not care to prove them wrong. The only opinion he cares … to prove them wrong. The only opinion he cares about is the one of the lady who stole his heart…Margaret Hayward, the illegitimate child of late Earl…
Three women in danger. Three Lords to Save them. Three stories of redemption, second chances, and ultimate love Capturing the Viscount’s Heart After the breakout of a terrible scandal involving her family, Helena Leeson has to fight for her dream to stand next to the man of her dreams. Her only hope is that he can fight as hard as her. Elias Repington, the Viscount of Chatleton, has sworn to do … Repington, the Viscount of Chatleton, has sworn to do anything in his power to save their dream and save Helena’s honor before it’s too late for them both.…
She had learned to accept only the love she thought she deserved…Until she met him..Lucille Lockridge, daughter of the late Earl of Huxley, could not be any more different than her sister. She has learned to keep her head down, like a shell ready to be crushed at the first harsh remark of society. Now, a married woman, she must slowly start to realize that the man next to her, a man she never … realize that the man next to her, a man she never truly trusted, may have her best interest at heart after all…Reginald Barrington, the Duke…
He’s searching for a guiding light. She’s yearning for a safe harbor. Destiny will come knocking on their door…Since he lost his wife, Francis Blackburn, the Earl of Ashfield, has withdrawn from the world and his two young children. There is nothing that can shake him out of his grief… or so he thought.Miss Emma Baker, newly orphaned and with her brother mysteriously absent, carries the weight … her brother mysteriously absent, carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. The only way to avoid destitution is to start working, and she suddenly finds herself in Blackburn Manor in…
No secret stays hidden forever. Neither does true love… secretly take her sister’s place to protect her.Augustus Sutton, the Duke of Whitehall, still mourns the love he lost in a tragic way. When his formidable enemy, Lord Huxley, blackmails him with a secret Augustus thought forgotten, he has no choice but to agree to marry the Earl’s daughter, Lucille.As this courtship proceeds, Sarah discovers there’s a warm and wounded heart under the cold exterior of the Duke of Whitehall… and Augustus realizes that “Lucille” is the opposite of what he had heard about her. Now, in a dangerous game where…
In this game of love, he has to decide what he can lose and what he can’t live without.Winston Ambrose, the dashing but reckless Earl of Longberry, loses everything in a game of cards. A cruel wager becomes his only way out: his debt will be forgotten, but only if he manages to melt the heart of the obnoxious Miss Grace Leighton.But when his trap takes an unexpected turn and his own heart is the … takes an unexpected turn and his own heart is the one that starts melting, the deception he’s woven becomes his worst nightmare.Marriage is the…
A lady silver, to shine so bright.A prison gold, to lock her in forever.A green-eyed prince, to set her free.The only way for Cecilia Prescott to save her family from debt and scandal after her beloved father’s passing, is to get married fast, and get married exceptionally well. Gerard Mormont, the charming, sweet-tongued Marquess of Malbrook, seems like the perfect choice. His wealth and status … like the perfect choice. His wealth and status will save Cecilia… But the Mormonts harbor their own scandalous secrets, and Cecilia is about to fall into an elaborate trap.Robert Fanning, the Earl of Lothmire,…