Author: tabethawaite
When Lady Isabella Resenfeld is swindled by a cad, her dreams are destroyed — and she’s left abandoned at an inn. Ridge Claymoore is tasked with securing her welfare, but their intense attraction complicates matters…
A common woman in Victorian London… intriguing man who fascinates her. While Victory may not have been looking for love, it found her just the same.A veterinarian on the brink of scientific discovery…Dr. Rhys Grayson is a respected scientist, a man who has devoted his life to the cure of disease by the study of rats. But that isn’t his only talent. With his recorder, he can ‘enchant’ the rodents by his song, an ability that caused his engagement to falter long ago. He meets Victory by a chance of fate, and his heart starts to beat again. He sees…
Edward Castleford, Viscount Rundell, was on the bride hunt. While he has never spurned romance, he has yet to find someone who fills his life with happiness. It isn’t until his father gives him an ultimatum – take a wife or get cut off without a cent – does he have to make a difficult, and rather quick, decision. By the time the Earl of Vellerman returns from Bath, taking the waters in a final … attempt to restore his failing health, he expects to hear of an engagement upon his return. Thus, Edward has narrowed down his choices to…
Davien Elswood, the Duke of Blackburn, isn’t an ordinary man. Twenty years ago he was cursed with the powers of an aswang, and now he’s forced to fight the beast within. But is it only metaphorical, or in truth? He is a member of the Order of the Friars of St. Francis, a cult where men of high standing perform any number of rituals. Because of these scandalous proceedings, they must protect the … the truth at all costs—even if it means sacrificing one of their own.Cosette du Bouir is a poor, French orphan who spends her nights toiling as…
After a debut ball rocked by scandal, Lady Triana Abernathy has made peace with life as a spinster — until she meets Gabriel Wilde, the Duke of Chiltern! When Triana begins to question Gabriel’s abrupt return to London, he finds seduction makes a great distraction…
He is the bastard son of an earl… during his years as a sea-faring naval captain. It isn’t until he advertises for an apprentice for the busy Christmas season, does Cornell realize what he’s been missing. She is a poor, Irish immigrant…Miss Pleasant Hill moved to London after the death of her cobbler father in Ireland. When she isn’t trying to help raise her three, younger siblings, or toiling as a washerwoman, she assists her ailing stepmother as a seamstress. She always dreamed of something more, but soon realized it was pointless to wish upon stars. However, when she sees the…
An evil lurks in the darkest corners of Victorian London… Amaris Maxwell has lived her entire life with ill health. As the daughter of a prominent doctor, it never occurred to her to question his abilities, nor his associate’s rather unorthodox treatments. But the life of a sheltered woman has its disadvantages. She yearns to be free, to live an existence outside the same four walls. It isn’t … four walls. It isn’t until fate thrusts her into the path of Mr. Jackson Moreland that she begins to question everything she’s ever known. As a mysterious killer begins to terrorize the…
Sometimes fate needs the hand of fortune… of Life, never knowing that his journey would lead him to a certain woman…And destiny requires a little help.Miss Fanny Grouseman is content selling vegetables at the local marketplace. She knows that she might never find love in such a small town, but she is happy to remain with her parents and two sisters in their modest cottage. When she meets the infuriating guest of the village squire, everything changes. Not only is she prevailed upon to make sure Lord Castleford doesn’t learn of the town’s rather secret dealings on the coast, but…
Threatened with blackmail but determined to give her twin sister a chance at happiness, headstrong Clara Upton sets out to pay her debts. But will a certain meddling marquess — with his own agenda — turn out to be the white knight she didn’t know she needed?
An innocent woman. A loyal agent to the Crown. A path of deception that tests the bonds of love. After three years trapped in an abusive and loveless marriage, Lyra Coventry has been arrested for the murder of her husband, the Earl of Weston. Although she’s innocent of the crime, she has no one to turn to for help, until Alister Ayles, the Duke of Albright, comes forward to offer his aid. The … handsome duke takes her into his custody, saving her from a jail cell. But Lyra doesn’t suspect Alister’s ulterior motive—to prove her guilty of treason—as she…