Watch out! Here comes trouble.Lord Lawndry is obsessed with time-pieces and when he spots a rare one in a ball-room, he cannot resist discovering more. One thing leads to another and soon he's on his knees outside a ballroom examining a rare watch.Mr Gilbert had worked hard to get away from his origins and now he was a key financial advisor to the ton. The last thing he needed was a keen-eyed man to notice … his watch.The mystery of the watch and it's maker threatens to push them together and to tear Mr Gilbert's careful life apart. But does Lawndry care only about the watch, or does he care for Gilbert himself?A Regency mm novella.  

Australian author Renee Dahlia takes us back to Merindah Park for this rural romance about letting go of the past and the healing power of horses. Serena BassettHome. It's been a long journey to recovery after the horse racing accident that nearly killed me, and now I'm ready to embrace life. Yes, I have a head injury, but that's not going to stop me creating a survival list of all the things I was too polite to do before. Number one on the list is to ride again. Also on the list: kiss Lee Edwards, my former boss and hot-as-hell neighbour. Not that I'm going to write that one down where anyone might see it. Lee EdwardsThe last six months have been hell. Not only did one of my horses nearly kill my stable jockey, Serena, but the accident wrecked my friendship with her brother and reminded me that I'm a failure. Just like my father said I'd be. I moved to Australia, the other side of the world, to get...

Two women, both widowed on the same day, find new love after loss.DR LUCIANA STANMORE wondered if this stoic fragility would haunt her forever. The Great War officially ended on 11 November last year, but the wounded weren't magically healed by the signing of the armistice. Eventually, the hospital at Remy Siding near Ypres emptied enough for Luciana to head home to England, but a letter from her Oma in Amsterdam took her there instead. She should be taking the time to heal and grieve for her lover Maggie who died in the war. When the neighbour's son breaks his arm falling out of a tree, Luciana must confront her war trauma to help him. It would be a lot easier if the boy's mother wasn't so beautiful and empathetic towards her shocked state. A plot to kidnap the boy gives Luciana a reason to emerge from the shell she's built around her heart, and a reason to spend more time with Therese.THERESE DE SELETSKY is a widow with a secret, or two. In hiding from the...

One gourmet party. Four potential couples. The taste of love? The last thing Kiet Viravaidya wants to do on Christmas Day is deliver oysters from his farm to a party that he's not invited to. But duty calls-the party is being hosted by Christophe, a chef who is a regular client, and having been stung by embezzlement, Kiet's business needs the money. Kiet doesn't want to talk to people, and history has taught him he can't trust anyone, especially not the gorgeous stranger in a ridiculous Christmas dress with dangling Santa earrings.Zoe Russell loves Christmas but thanks to her family, the last couple of Christmases haven't been much fun. When she's invited to Christophe's Christmas party, she leaps to say yes. Zoe spies Kiet shucking oysters in the kitchen, and something about his competent hands draws her to him. She wants to know more about him, and as a forensic accountant, she can't resist the thrill of figuring out who is embezzling from his...

An unexpected alliance between spinsters...Confirmed spinster ELSPETH DEXINGTON works in the Dexington family linen manufacturing business dealing with logistics. She believes that machinery will make clothing cheaper for the people, and therefore everyone can afford new clothes, not hand-me-downs and turned cuffs. But when her father declares they will stop manufacturing linen and shift to cotton, she has a new fight on her hands. Producing affordable clothing shouldn't come at such a great human cost. Help comes in an unexpected form.FLORENCIA WAULKER is the daughter of one of the Luddite organisers. She does all her blind father's correspondence, but when he orders an attack on the Dexington factory, she realises his belief in the need to rid factories of machines have gone too far. She sneaks out to warn the daughter of the factory owner, only to find herself caught up in a conspiracy.Can two spinsters work together to prevent a disaster, or...

She was just a fantasy. . . Until she crashed into her garden and her life!Crashing into a billionaire's garden wall isn't the start to Neve's dream car restoration business she aimed for. The cost of the damage will wreck her chances of a new start, throwing her back to work she'd left behind, and a painful childhood saved only by an incredible foster mum. Then Jessica Beaumont recognises Neve from her former career as Maiden Heaven - porn star. Jessica can't believe it when the woman she idolised during her toughest time smashes, literally, into her controlled and secluded life. Her rich parents think Jessica's queerness is a phase, but there's nothing transient about her interest in Neve. Offering to invest in Neve Lee's business is an excuse to be closer to Neve and Maiden Heaven. Knowing she's a liability as a girlfriend, Jessica focuses on the money, and forgetting the old guilt. . .Working together roars their lust into overdrive, but as they're both looking to the future, a letter from Neve's past will change everything. - billionaire lesbian romance- found family- porn star/fan- opposites attract

Together they could help thousands of people, if only they can trust each other.Philanthropist PRIYA HOWICK isn't the same person she was before WWI. Only one thing remains true—she has always been defined by her relationship with her brother. Ashwin is the heir to both Lord Dalhinge, and the Carlingford shipbuilding fortune, and that makes her a natural target for those who wish to have the family wealth for themselves. She's been taught to be wary of outsiders and their motives, which means all her friends are from her family's close circle. Once, before the war, she stepped outside those boundaries, and met Rosalie, a beautiful older woman. But what happened next only proved her family correct. Now the war is over and Priya has created a charity to build houses for war widows, but her brother sets it up as a joint venture with the bank, Sanderson and Sons. She has to work with Rosalie, and the same sparks fly. Priya must decide if she is brave enough to risk...

She wants to be one of the world's first female doctors; romance is not in her plans. 1887: Too tall, too shy and too bookish for England, Lady Josephine moves to Holland to become one of the world's first female doctors. With only one semester left, she has all but completed her studies when a power-hungry professor, intent on marrying her for her political connections, threatens to prevent her graduation. Together with the other Bluestockings, female comrades-in-study, she comes up with a daring, if somewhat unorthodox plan: acquire a fake fiancé to provide the protection and serenity she needs to pass her final exams. But when her father sends her Lord Nicholas St. George, he is too much of everything: too handsome, too charming, too tall and too broad and too distracting for Josephine's peace of mind. She needed someone to keep her professor at bay, not keep her from her work with temptations of long walks, laughing, and languorous kisses....

They're real life enemies, but online they're besties. . .Stubborn disabled dance club owner meets demisexual property tycoon in this ff enemies to lovers romance.Seraph's Burlesque Club owner Beth Zendeli takes no nonsense. She hustled to keep her club afloat through lean years and a pandemic, and she doesn't let her disability define her. But her perfect location has been sold, and the club is being evicted. The new owner is unreasonable, immovable, and irritating. In desperation, she turns to the online friends she talks about plants with. . .Property investor Liz Whitten has plans for the old building she's just purchased, and she's used to getting her way. But when she meets the leaseholder in real life, a chance statement reveals Beth to be Liz's online friend QueenB. Can she really evict a friend? Especially a friend who is so unexpected and fascinating in real life.Liz must decide if profits and ideals matter more than...

A bored widow, an incredible dress, and a modiste with a secret. Jacinda Dexington wants to take her modiste shop to the haut ton, so when a client gives her tickets to the Soho Club's Contrary Gods masquerade ball, she wears the outfit herself. It's a sensation and everyone wants to know who created it. But only one person offers her refreshments... and a little bit more. Lady Merryam, widowed and bored, only attends the Soho Club's latest ball to help raise funds for her son's orphanage. The last she expects is a one night stand with the mysterious woman wearing 'that' dress. Could spending more time with her be the answer to her ennui?

Ben's embarrassing crush on burlesque dancer Dan becomes impossible to keep a secret when Dan invites him to be his fake date at a wedding. The whole thing will push him out of his comfort zone; international travel, so many people, and pretending not to be intrigued by Dan. Maybe he can stop pretending for a few days? Isn't that what a good fake boyfriend would do? Dan only invited Ben to the wedding so everyone focuses on the two grooms and not on Dan's, apparently hilarious, single status. He's only 32. What's the big rush to couple up, anyway? If only the location wasn't so romantic, Ben wasn't so stunningly hot, and capable, and fascinating, and... He might have a chance of not falling in love.

An addict and her nurse get a second chance at life and love.Laudanum addicted Lady Hyacinth Walfingham is sent to the Soho Club to recover, but it's not only the medicine that has harmed her. As she comes to terms with her old life, she slowly falls for her nurse.Jane Bonklesford knows that life is tough, and she can only rely on herself. Her side hustle of making dentures forms a key part of her plan to get out of poverty.Working as a nurse at the Soho Club helps her keep her business costs low, and the last thing she needs is to fall in love with the beautiful aristocratic Lady Walfingham.Can they overcome their assumptions and make a life together? Or will their class differences be too much of a hurdle?

A race to the finish line, and a family secret ... F1 driver Ondrej D'Grieg has one goal in life. Be a champion. To achieve that he needs to focus. That's why Ondrej has no time for his father's insistence on him being involved with some old family drama about a missing rare car. He can ignore the mystery, but Hudson, the historian investigating, is more than a little distracting. Hudson Lockley has a research job to do, and falling for the son of his employer is a no-no. But only one thing is more fascinating than this puzzle; Mr D'Grieg's famous racing car driver son, Ondrej.When their interest turns to kisses, then more, the race to figure out this attraction between them starts. But a small mistake could cause a crash that breaks both their hearts.