Author: alinakfield
Book 1 in The Upstart Christmas Brides Series The new Duke of Kinmarty has lost everyone who mattered and gained naught but a title, and debt, and an old pile of a castle. When a fetching new housekeeper appears on his doorstep frantic to ready the place for the Yuletide, he seizes the chance for a respite from grieving and pretends to be the new duke’s estate factor. With her cousin’s children … factor. With her cousin’s children due to arrive from India, a vicar’s widow hides her identity and takes a position as housekeeper to their dreadful uncle, the man who years…
She won’t be forced into marriage to a nobleman’s by-blow.Paulette Heardwyn rushes to visit her dying guardian, set on learning the truth about her father and the treasure he supposedly left her. But the only man with answers takes his secrets to the grave, leaving her penniless—unless she marries his illegitimate son.He won’t be trapped into marriage by a father he’s never known.With Napoleon … he’s never known.With Napoleon vanquished, an ex-soldier has plans for India. But before he can leave England, he’s summoned to the deathbed of an Earl who’s a spymaster, a complete stranger…and his father. And the meddlesome…
Thrilled to finally have a permanent home, a Squire’s daughter won’t let a supernatural creature scare her away. While hunting the ghost she doesn’t believe in, she stumbles upon a mysterious flesh and blood man who might be the key to all of her problems.When the new Squire moves into Fenwick Manor, an ex-army officer secretly searching the sprawling medieval wreck devises a plan. First, the … First, the manor’s legendary ghost will chase servants away. Then, he’ll convince the new residents to leave.But the Squire’s spirited daughter soon has him wondering if he might have found a perfect comrade…
He’s the most irritating, inscrutable, insufferable lord in the kingdom. Also nosy, managing, and manipulative, and a man who’s made an art of revenge.She ought to know better than to encourage his attentions. But…he’s rich, and when an impossible debt from her past comes due, theft seems the only answer.What had he missed about her?She’s nobly born, and proper. If he wanted a wife, she’d be … her?She’s nobly born, and proper. If he wanted a wife, she’d be perfect. But she’s gone missing, along with a priceless painting he needs for revenge on one last enemy.Avenging his own honor…
Searching for the TruthLady Sirena Hollister has lost her family, her home, and even her fey abilities, but somehow the fairies have handed her an unexpected chance at a Season in London. From her place on the fringes of high society, she resolves to find the truth about her only brother’s vanishing, and settle her family’s score with the wily English Spy Lord, the Earl of Shaldon. Soon enough, … enough, her schemes stir up an unknown enemy…and spark danger of a different sort, in the person of the Earl’s handsome heir, Viscount Bakeley.Seducing the BeautyThe impertinent hoyden Bakeley met…