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Rosie Chapel
For the sin committed...
When the unexpected death of her much older husband, frees Madeline Galleron from a seemingly inescapable nightmare, she decides, as a way to regain her self-respect…
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1916 - France
Polly
Nothing in my training, nor the numerous lectures I endured prior to leaving England prepared me for the horror that is trench warfare.
Assigned to a…
Rori Bleu, Rosie Chapel
The obsidian stone with its strange steak of neon blue, hanging on a gold chain around Anna Helsdatter's neck - forged from the magma surrounding Joermungandr's cave - serves as…
If you ask the average American who they intend to vote for in the next election, inevitably, and almost predictably, their reply will be... THE LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS.
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From the learned halls of the London Hospital to the squalid, bustling streets of Whitechapel surrounding it, life and death walk hand in glove with one another.
This, somewhat fatalistic…
Smoke and Mirrors
In the aftermath of their fiery clash, an uneasy truce forged between Sophia's Hunters and the Dwellers of Rome allowed life to resume its relatively untroubled rhythm…
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When Alex arrives in the small village of Rosedale Abbey, to take up a position as a research assistant for a renowned archaeologist, the last thing she is looking for…
After receiving an ancient ruby clasp from her long dead grandmother, Hannah Wilson decides to visit Masada, supposedly the place where this gift was given to one of her ancestors…
Pompeii was once a bustling port nestling under a forbidding mountain. Then in AD79, the mountain erupted, smothering the town under a thick blanket of ash and volcanic debris, leaving…
AD80 It is a year since Hannah and Maxentius escaped from the cataclysmic eruption of Mt Vesuvius and, after a pleasant interlude in Rome, they must now embark on a…
As we all know love has a habit of striking at the most inopportune moments and that sometimes fairy tales happen when we least expect them.Giles Trevallier, 5th Earl of…
Etched in Starlight MaxentiusOnly eighteen years of age, army recruit Lucius Maxentius Valerius, arrives in Armenia, a world away from the comforts of Rome. Rather than a career in politics…
Relief seemed at hand when, after suffering a year of abuse at the hands of the Duke of Aldwych, Grace Aldeburgh was caught with him in an extremely compromising situation…
On her penultimate day at University, Kassandra Winters inadvertently overheard herself described as .. .too shy, too plain, a bit ungainly if you must know and rather on the plump…
Lady Helena Trevallier was, to outward appearances, a social butterfly. She wandered the museums and art galleries, took long horse rides and enjoyed brisk constitutionals - weather permitting - around…
Jessica Drummond, a bright and cheerful young woman, rarely gives romance, let alone love, a thought. Long hours working in her brother’s shipping office affords little chance of her ever…
After witnessing his mother’s grief at the loss of his father, Nick Drummond resolved never to cause someone he loved such distress. Even the happiness of his siblings would not…
For Lucia, staring into the jaws of an horrific death, escape seems impossible. Rufius Atellus, a veteran Roman soldier, is appalled when he recognises one of the victims about to…
Please inform your master, Sasha is perfectly happy here with me and there is more chance of hell freezing over, than of my brother dancing attendance on his Grace.
A…
A story, invented to keep a little girl distracted, marks the beginning of another tale. One destined to remain unfinished for twenty years.
At thirteen, Adam Marchmain became Kitty de…
For Lucia, staring into the jaws of an horrific death, escape seems impossible.
Rufius Atellus, a veteran Roman soldier, is appalled when he recognises one of the victims about to…
Abused by a duke, and shunned by Society, relief seems at hand when Grace Aldeburgh is bequeathed a house in a small village, far from malicious gossips.
Once there, a…
Her rescuer - his redemption
Horrifically scarred during the war, William Harcourt - Marquis of Blackthorne - prefers to spend his days in the quiet of his daffodil garden; plants…
Lady Charlotte Sherbrooke and shipping merchant, Zacharie Romain meet in less than joyful circumstances but, as the year turns and grief diminishes, the woes of a small boy become the…
Following an horrific car accident, Daisy Forrester travels to Italy - hoping she might begin to heal. Archaeologist, and single father, Adam Willoughby is too busy looking after his young…
Reuben Faulkner and Paige Latimer are two happily single people, with no desire to upset the status quo. Unexpectedly, they are thrown together, only to discover both want more than…
Refusing to suffer the humiliation of her husband flaunting his mistress at Society events, the newly married Duchess of Wallingstead, Ella Lennox, takes control of her life. She leaves London…
Tasked with investigating a heinous crime, Edward Lindsay travels from London to Dublin - a city which holds too many memories - in the guise of guardian to his sister.
Etched in Starlight
Maxentius
Only eighteen years of age, army recruit Lucius Maxentius Valerius, arrives in Armenia, a world away from the comforts of Rome. Rather than a career in…
Kassandra Winters has intrigued Gabriel St Germain since he accidentally knocked her flying outside her university professor’s office. Her face haunts his dreams, yet he never expected to see her…
As we all know love has a habit of striking at the most inopportune moments and that sometimes fairy tales happen when we least expect them.
Giles Trevallier, 5th Earl…
Tired of being ignored by her husband, Roana Dumont, Countess of Brooketon does the one thing guaranteed to get his attention. She runs away… to Venice, leaving behind a set…
Recently widowed, Amelia Ingram - Countess of Gresham, decides to shake off the fetters from her arranged and loveless marriage. Exploiting her new-found independence, Amelia indulges her yearning to explore…
An unremarkable family ring - lost when its owner was killed in the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius - is excavated after nearly two millennia buried under tons of lava, setting…
What happens when two people whose elusive hearts fight an indefinable attraction, neither looked for nor desired, dare to dream?
When her fiance and sister abscond to Gretna Green on…
Europe is on the brink of catastrophe. In a small village in rural Lincolnshire, a wife kisses her husband goodbye. Childhood sweethearts, Eliza and Joe have only been married two…
England 1908: Under the clock, on a sleepy station platform nestled in rural Lincolnshire, an unexpected romance blossoms.
Maisie: Every Friday, at precisely five to six, a handsome young man…
This is a pair of Christmas novellas, Heart Rescued and Catch a Snowflake.
Heart Rescued (originally published in the Tales for the Season Anthology)
Four years since Jasper lost the…
A holiday on the Scottish isle of Mull was just the break Chloe Shepherd needed, an escape from her boring office job and her complete lack of anything resembling a…
Once upon a time, somewhere in France, there was a man whose reckless obsession led him down a dark path - one which, ultimately, cost him his life. That ought…
Ged Mowbray will do anything to avoid being married off to the suitable prospects his parents insist on parading in front of him.
Melissa Bouchard is under no illusion her…
