A new boxset - The Duke's Club. 4 novels/

Four young men, each the son of a British Duke, bonded by trial and tribulation. Four young men who come together to form “The Duke’s Club.”

--A Duke’s Desire--
Tall, handsome, and rich, with a touch of danger. The man risked his life to save her. What woman wouldn’t fall in love.
From London’s lowest rung. A penniless Miss Ann Parker is perfectly aware that women such as herself are never admitted to his world. That won’t stop her from dreaming.
In order to forestall his mother’s efforts, The Duke turns to his maid, Ann Parker, for her help. A woman from the wrong side of life, yet a woman of intelligence, natural grace, and charm. With help and a little luck, she may be able to help him avoid a disastrous marriage.
Like Cinderella, Ann is exposed to a magical world. His world. But every moment is a reminder that it is a man and a world she cannot have.

--A Duke’s Duty--
Captain Jack Hardy of the Royal Navy was focused on fighting the French. The bastard son of the Duke of Oxford, he never expected to be accepted into his father’s world. Let alone be recognized and raised to the peerage. Forced to give up the sea, and accept the responsibilities of a British Lord, he must now navigate a new maelstrom of political intrigue and unknown enemies determined to see him dead. To make it even worse, he has agreed to his dying father’s wish that he marry. A fate worse than facing a French brig’s broadside.
Lady Abigail Dupont has always been an outsider in her own world. Permanently injured at a young age, she has never been accepted in the vicious marriage market of the ton. disabled, unable to provide an heir, and poor, Three unforgivable marks against her. It is because of this ineligibility that she is asked to help the new Duke of Oxford find a wife. A woman who could be a Duchess without driving him mad.

--A Duke’s Dilemma--
Hidden identities, secret pasts.
Lady Margaret Duval is being forced to marry her father’s best friend, a man she truly despises. A man she can never admire. Just once she wants to know what if feels like to love. To experience life as it was meant to be.
Pretending to be simply Meg Miller, a common lady’s maid, she sneaks away for a touch of adventure.
Renowned rake, The Duke of Suffolk, has grown tired of a hedonistic London. A few weeks traveling the back country of England sounds too appealing to ignore. Of course, A Duke of the realm would never be accepted into that world. His only hope to blend in and find a touch of reality is by pretending to be simply Ian Temple, an itinerant painter traveling from village to village in search of the perfect subject.
Two people pretending to be someone else. Two people searching for more to life, hoping to find honesty and truth by hiding their reality, Believing the other would never be accepted into their world.

--A Duke’s Decision--
Two people from different worlds. A Duke’s son and a sergeant’s daughter. A wounded warrior and an innocent girl.
Wounded, angry, and haunted, Major Duncan Greenville returned from war only to discover his young ward had grown into a beautiful woman. A fact that would make him question society’s custom of placing a man’s ward off limits. Especially the daughter of the man who saved his life.
Miss Emily Winslow had loved the dashing Major since the moment he rescued her from that vile orphanage and the dangers of the factory floor. A British Lord, tall, handsome, and a war hero. What woman wouldn’t fall in love. Unfortunately, the man would always see her as the little girl he had left behind. A sergeant’s daughter, unfit for a Duke’s son.

 New Regency =  A Deal with the Duke

The last thing the Duke of Cambridge expected was to see Lady Elizabeth Fulton making a scene in a gambling den. The woman was sharp-tongued and headstrong but she wasn’t a fool. When he discovers why he has no choice but to escort her through the worst parts of London. If he doesn’t she’ll either end up dead before sunrise or worse, sold to a Manchester brothel.

Two enemies forced to work together. At first, learning to trust, then learning to love.

 Latest Release - Coventry Courtship 

For weeks, she is immersed in the strange world of a canal boat. Living with the fear of discovery at every moment. Cramped quarters shared with a tall, handsome man of many secrets. While she may have escaped a fate worse than death, she now risked losing her heart.

New Regency - High Wycombe Wedding 

Lord Edington is torn between two responsibilities, one to the crown and one to his family. Heaven knew he already had more than enough reasons to be angry at the world. Years of war, the loss of his wife, and two young daughters who barely knew him. And now, after helping to win the war, the powers that be want to have him abandon his girls and return to the continent to help form the peace.

He is at a loss for a solution until Miss Abigail Nelson comes into their lives.

Miss Abigail Nelson had dreamt of a life of travel and adventure. Instead, she was living in a stone cottage, outside the village of High Wycombe. With no prospects of marriage, it appears as if she will be an endless burden on her impoverished aunts.

After saving two young girls from drowning, Abby is amazed to discover that their large, gruff father is a Viscount. A widower at a loss on how to raise daughters. Little girls didn’t need a father that reminded a person of a large bear with a thorn in his paw.

But, it is his marriage proposal that truly shocks her. A simple arrangement, she would raise his daughters, and he would raise her out of poverty. A life with wealth but no love. Could she make it work without losing her heart?

 The next book in the Parker Family Saga - Silver Creek -

All alone, her uncle killed, their ranch stolen, Rebecca Johnson turns to the only person she can trust. Luke Parker. But, their childhood friendship was a lifetime ago. Would he come? And could he save her uncle’s dreams? Her home?

Four years of war have hardened Luke Parker’s heart. But a plea for help from the girl he thought he’d lost might be his only hope of redemption. It didn’t matter who got in his way. He’d move heaven and earth to help Rebecca.

The town of Silver Creek is rougher than most. Trapped between the desert and the mountains, as uncivilized as they come. Yet, somehow Luke finds himself the sheriff, tasked with keeping the peace. He was more than willing to knock a few heads together if it got him closer to finding the killer of Rebecca’s uncle.

Two people, childhood friends who had walked across a continent together, find themselves fighting for their lives and their future together.

A new western - The Western Trail The first book in the "Parker Family Saga"

The Oregon Trail. Two thousand miles of misery interspersed with moments of terror. People fighting their way through everything the world could throw at them.

Miss Hanna Parker and her younger brothers are abandoned and alone, days behind their party, at the mercy of vicious outlaws. Only to saved by Army Scout, Zion Campbell.

A man of contrasts. More man than handsome, Tall, strong, with a touch of wild. Kind, but ferocious in a fight. Respected yet feared. A natural loner forced to be a leader of men. So different from any man she has ever known. But perhaps this wild land needs a man with a large portion of tough.

One thing she did know, she would need his help if she and her brothers were to cross this wild land.
When ordered to guide the wagon train to Oregon, Zion Campbell realized he must assume the responsibility of getting these people to the promised land. Summer storms, angry Indians, raging rivers, and mountain snows. Nothing could be allowed to stop them.

The only saving grace, Hanna Parker, prettier than a desert sunrise, sweeter than canned peaches, and smarter than any book. The kind of woman who could make a man rethink what he thought about the world and his place in it.

Six months of struggle. Six months for two people to grow to know each other’s truths.

Last of the Duke's Club - A Duke's Decision

Two people from different worlds. A Duke’s son and a sergeant’s daughter. A wounded warrior and an innocent girl.

Wounded, angry, and haunted, Major Duncan Greenville returned from war only to discover his young ward had grown into a beautiful woman. A fact that would make him question society’s custom of placing a man’s ward off limits. Especially the daughter of the man who saved his life.

Miss Emily Winslow had loved the dashing Major since the moment he rescued her from that vile orphanage and the dangers of the factory floor. A British Lord, tall, handsome, and a war hero. What woman wouldn’t fall in love. Unfortunately, the man would always see her as the little girl he had left behind. A sergeant’s daughter, unfit for a Duke’s son.

A New Regency - A Duke's Dilemma - 

Lady Margaret Duval is being forced to marry her father’s best friend, a man she truly despises. A man she can never admire. Just once she wants to know what if feels like to love. To experience life as it was meant to be.

Pretending to be simply Meg Miller, a common lady’s maid, she sneaks away for a touch of adventure.

Renowned rake, The Duke of Suffolk, has grown tired of a hedonistic London. A few weeks traveling the back country of England sounds too appealing to ignore. Of course, A Duke of the realm would never be accepted into that world. His only hope to blend in and find a touch of reality is by pretending to be simply Ian Temple, an itinerant painter traveling from village to village in search of the perfect subject.

Two people pretending to be someone else. Two people searching for more to life, hoping to find honesty and truth by hiding their reality, Believing the other would never be accepted into their world.

The complete box set of "A Rake's Redemption" is now available on Amazon for only $.99 or free in KU. Four complete novels. Each filled with Intrigue, Danger, and True Love.

A New Release - A Duke's Duty

Captain Jack Hardy of the Royal Navy was focused on fighting the French. The bastard son of the Duke of Oxford, he never expected to be accepted into his father’s world. Let alone be recognized and raised to the peerage. Forced to give up the sea, and accept the responsibilities of a British Lord, he must now navigate a new maelstrom of political intrigue and unknown enemies determined to see him dead. To make it even worse, he has agreed to his dying father’s wish that he marry. A fate worse than facing a French brig’s broadside.

Lady Abigail Dupont has always been an outsider in her own world. Permanently injured at a young age, she has never been accepted in the vicious marriage market of the ton. disabled, unable to provide an heir, and poor, Three unforgivable marks against her. It is because of this ineligibility that she is asked to help the new Duke of Oxford find a wife. A woman who could be a Duchess without driving him mad.

Two outsiders working together for a common goal. All while trying to discover who is repeatedly trying to kill the new Duke. Two people with nothing in common. From two different worlds. Yet two people who are drawn to each other for reasons they could never express but cannot deny.

A Duke's Desire

Tall, handsome, and rich, with a touch of danger. The man risked his life to save her. What woman wouldn’t fall in love.

From London’s lowest rung. A penniless Miss Ann Parker is perfectly aware that women such as herself are never admitted to his world. That won’t stop her from dreaming.

The Duke of Bedford had one simple rules. Never allow the weak to be mistreated. He and his friends may live lives of privilege. But with that comes responsibility. However, that does not include matrimony. Especially not to the less than brilliant ninnies his mother is constantly pushing on him.

Our Secret a YA Romance

I just released my new YA novel "Our Secret" the first book in the Benson Brother trilogy. I hope you like it.


Karla Forest grew up in a privileged lifestyle. Privat all girl’s schools. A diplomat’s daughter, she had traveled the world, twice over. The last thing she expected was to be spending her senior year in high school in a small Pacific Northwest town, living with her mother’s best friend and her three sons.

Nothing could have prepared Karla for the culture shock known as the Benson Brothers. Rambunctious, rowdy, and all male. The boys stood atop the High School hierarchy. Especially the oldest, Jake Benson. A bad attitude, a motorcycle, and a guitar. Nothing could have every prepared her for Jake Benson.

As far as Jake Benson was concerned. The arrival of Karla Forest would be even more proof that life sucked. One more reason to drop out and hit the road. He never expected that someone like Karla Forest could make him reevaluate his priorities. Make him see that the world had possibilities. Especially if Karla Forest was there.

"Our Secret"

A Very British Lord

The final in the Stafford Sister Series is out. A Very British Lord

“She had fallen in love with her husband and now he was going to leave her.”

Lord Brookenham and Miss Isobel Stafford naturally rubbed up against each other like wild thistles and horsehair. They couldn’t share a ballroom or a parlor without snapping at to each other. To Isobel, he was too handsome and too manly for his own good. It was as if he had been placed on this earth to frustrate her.

To Lord Brookenham, Isobel Stafford was too free and self-assured for a young miss. The antithesis of everything he knew to be correct about his world.

When she is compromised by a cad and scoundrel. No one is more surprised than Isobel when Lord Brookenham steps forward to save her honor. Sacrificing his freedom and happiness to protect her from ruin. All Isobel ever wanted was a family of her own. To find true love and happiness like her sisters. Instead she finds herself married to the Earl of Brookenham. While he agrees to give her the family she craves. He adamantly refuses to give her his heart.

New Release - The American Duke - The second book in the Stafford Sisters saga.

New Release Duke In Disguise

*** A Steamy Regency ***

He was a Duke in Disguise. Hiding the truth of his title and wealth to help a friend. Pretending to be nothing more than an itinerant laborer. The last thing he anticipated was saving a comely lass. But then life has a way of working out. Especially for a Duke of the realm.

The woman found him special. despite his supposed common status. For the first time in his life. Someone saw the true man. Not his title. What would she do if she learned the truth? A fate he was unwilling to risk.

Miss Ann Stafford. The oldest of three sisters, knew life was hard. A country miss with no prospects and little hope. But a strange man, too handsome for his own good. Kind, strong, and interested in her. This was a possibility she had feared would never be hers.

Yet, even though the man had saved her life. There was some hidden secret. Something that kept her at a distance. The question she had to answer was whether she could keep her heart from becoming lost even if she never knew the truth.

Can betrayal and deceit be forgiven? Can two people from different worlds overcome their differences to find true love?

Duke In Disguise

 

My latest Young Adult Romance - "My Best Friend's Brother is Now available.

When Luke Prescott rescued Amy Jensen from a night of terror. Neither of them knew where it would lead. He was her best friend’s brother. A bad boy with a ton of baggage. But he had become her Dark Knight. Her hero.

Amy knew that submitting to her true feelings would be a betrayal of her best friend. But denying the truth would lead to pain and misery.

Two young people must maneuver through the trials and tribulations of young love without hurting those around them. All while discovering the truth about each other and the truth about what it means to really be in love.

Challenging A Rake

Challenging a Rake is now available on Amazon.

*** A Steamy Regency Romance***

Miss Amanda Waters knew full well that a rake should not be trusted. But when a severely wounded Lord Warwick crashed through her front door, bleeding, and asking her to keep his secret. What choice did she have?

Heaven help her if anyone learned she was nursing a British Lord back to health in her upstairs bedroom. Her friends would disown her and most of the ton would think her a fool. But when she discovers Lord Warwick’s true mission, she has no choice but to help.

Lord Warwick never expected to need the help of someone like Miss Waters. But his mission was too important. England’s very survival rested in the balance
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The fact that it might cost him his heart was immaterial. Somethings cannot be denied.

Catching A Rake

My latest Regency has just been released on Amazon. Catching A Rake -

Olivia Caldwell always believed the man to be insufferable. Unfortunately, he was her brother’s best friend, therefore unavoidable. And while Lord Bradford might be opinionated, domineering, and a notorious rake. He was also the only man in England who was able to rescue her from kidnappers. A fact that was going to lead to her worse nightmare. A marriage of convenience to the one man who she could not control.

Lord Bradford knew the woman was demanding, opinionated, and a thorn in his side since she was a little girl. Now, beautiful, charming, and with a tongue sharper than a Sheffield blade, she was a man’s worse nightmare. A woman who could capture his heart.

But, society's rules demanded he wed this hellion. His only hope, have her surrender to him. If he failed, he would surely surrender his heart to her, and that way lay madness.

My short Novella "Loving My Best Friend" is now up on Amazon at $.99

“Being in love with your best friend is a unique, exquisite pain. That unrequited love that eats at your soul. In my case, it was even worse. He lived next door.”

        The most important thing in Tara Pearson’s life is Gant Metcalf. A fact that she cannot let him discover. Their friendship is too important.

The most important thing in Grant Metcalf’s life is baseball. But lately, Tara has been encroaching into his thoughts. No matte what, he will not let himself think of her that way, she’d kill him if she ever found out. No, better to concentrate on baseball.

        Sometimes though, secret wishes do come true.

Love's Pride

The entire “Love’s Pride” series. Four complete novels.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CTH8CJS/

Four Men, home from war, thrust into positions of power. Four young women, alone, innocent, pulled into the world of upper British society.

-          The Reluctant Duke

Passion is pushing them together. Society is pulling them apart. She can't become his wife and won't become his mistress.

The last thing wounded veteran Major Thomas Marshal wanted was a title. It wasn’t supposed to happen. But duty has a way of pulling a man into things he doesn’t want and away from the things he needs.

The only thing Miss Guinevere Harding needs is a safe place to hide. A job as the downstairs maid at Brookshire is the perfect refuge from a frightening past. Or at least it was until the arrival of the new Duke.

-          The Viscount’s Bride

Miss Caroline Jennings has lost everything. Her home, her father, and any chance of happiness. What is more? If her father’s secret is exposed. She will be known as the daughter of a traitor.

Surely, life cannot get much worse.

When a carriage accident throws her into the river. - fitting punishment for her father’s crimes. - She is tempted to allow herself to succumb. It is only the thought of her two younger sisters and the strong arms of her rescuer that keep her among the living.

Viscount Beachmont, ex-soldier, and one of the richest men in Britain. A classic hero if she’d ever seen one. Big, strong, and commanding. Any woman’s heart would flutter like hers to be saved by him.

His heroics unfortunately have saved her for a life of loneliness and want.

However, when he offers her a marriage of convenience it seems the perfect solution to regain her life. The only danger she faces now is the possibility of losing her heart.

-          The Earl’s Regret

Only his love can save her-

One mistake has left Miss Emily Robbins in poverty, alone, and a social outcast. Only the love of the Earl of Lincolnshire can save her from a life of shame.

Hudson Sinclair, The Earl of Lincolnshire, has but one regret. Leaving the only girl he ever loved. He will move heaven and earth to save her. Even if that means twisting fate.

-          Marrying the Marquess

Some might consider him a bit of a beast. Others knew him to be particular and demanding. The Marquess of Penrith didn’t really care. After returning from war. All he wanted was peace and quiet. But, duty and honor demanded that he marry the young Miss Davis. An obligation that could not be denied.

Luckily, marriage did not equate to love.

Miss Catherine Davis dreaded the thought of marrying such a man. But what choice did she have. Penniless, without family. Her options were limited. The fact that he was extremely handsome, powerful, and rich, only made things worse.
Two people from different worlds, forced together, both searching for happiness. Perhaps they can only find it by coming together.