Forbidden desires destroy their defenses, their plans—and build more than they dreamed. Three books, three delights.

Trade of a Lifetime

Choosing spinsterhood over a stifling marriage, Lady Clara Chadbourne covertly applies herself to pursuits no lady ought to ponder. Surreptitiously running a London charity, she learns more about life than she should and makes friends she shouldn’t. Oh, she longs for a family, but what husband would accept—nay, embrace—her penchant for ardent piano pieces or her work with ladybirds?

James Robertson has built a commercial empire—and a fortress around his heart. He has no use or patience for aristocrats, not with their disdain for his uncouth muscles and humble Scottish origins. The worst of the lot? His insufferable business enemy, the Earl of Anterleigh. Barging into the Earl’s residence for a confrontation, it’s James who is knocked askew…by meeting his rival’s sister. Lady Clara is opinionated. Delectable. Off-limits.

Their chance encounter sparks an awakening, but Clara must refuse the liaison James proposes. It’s impossible…irresistible. With promises of secrecy and no sentimental entanglement, they indulge a passion that musses more than the bedsheets.

Their arrangement will end in devastation...or in the trade of a lifetime.

Finding Harmony

They’ve both sworn off marriage, citing their eccentricities. But what if their curses are actually blessings, uniting them into a family just in time for Christmas?

After raising a passel of siblings, Molly Hawkins relishes the safety and predictability of life as a lady’s maid in a lavish London mansion. Others may daydream about escaping domestic service or falling in love, but not sensible Molly—until Lady Clara tasks her with supervising a prickly, fastidious…handsome piano tuner.

Reclusive Frederick Vogel has yearned for Molly from afar during his fortnightly visits to her household. His sterling reputation as England’s premier tuner doesn’t go to his head. No, what rewards this solitary man is using his skilled hands to coax a sensitive instrument into sublimity.

As Yuletide approaches, Molly and Frederick must work together to expand her ladyship’s music library…and their passion for the project comes from more than their sense of duty.

Becoming Wanton

This couple’s dilemma? They’re both married…to each other.

Lord William Dalfour, Marquess of Candleton, is in a terrible fix. Oh, he knows what’s expected of him. By day, he faces Britain’s challenges as a notable member of the House of Lords. Night means siring heirs in the dark with his marchioness, but only with the utmost decorum. His animalistic urges…well, those are to be unleashed in the Thames Fencing Club. Or with a mistress—if he had one.

One does not engage in wantonness with one’s wife and mother of one’s children. Oh, no. One does not become enchanted by one’s wife!

A respected society hostess and devoted parent, Lady Beatrice should be fulfilled by domestic bliss and having her husband’s ear on parliamentary business. Behind closed doors, however, she dares to come into her own, asking for more and testing the limits of William’s insistence on propriety—and his self-control.

No matter the pain his rejection inflicts, William’s highest duty is to keep Bea wholesome. Isn’t it? To protect her, even from himself? From herself. But what if honoring his wife means succumbing to their mutual craving? Worshipping her, body and soul…

Read the Trade Wind Series

Book 1:Trade of a Lifetime
Book 2: Finding Harmony
Book 3: Becoming Wanton
Book 4: Terms of Trade
Book 5: That Damned American
Book 6: Love Unbound
Book 7: A Divine Woman for the Priest
Collection 1: Books 1, 2, and 3
Collection 2: Books 4, 6, and 7