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The Naturalist
She’s hiding in plain sight. He’s disappointed his parents. Will their love grow into a tangled scandal or a beautiful blossom?
Somerset, England, 1808. Alice Hapgood is obsessed with studying flora and fauna. With upper-class standards taking a dim view of a lady dirtying her hands, the science-minded woman wears boys’ clothing to pursue her passion. And when an assistant position for a handsome member of the Royal Society crops up, she impulsively dons her disguise and risks ruin.
Joseph Tierney has no desire to join the clergy. Going against his family’s wishes to become a researcher of the natural world, he takes on a bright young man to help with his latest assignment. And while the brilliant scientist is frustrated that the locals only see him as a candidate for marriage, he grows closer and closer with his enthusiastic aide.
As the work under her charming mentor unexpectedly sparks her feminine side, Alice longs to open up to him as her true self. But Joseph suddenly finds himself caught in a jealous triangle not of his making that threatens his career, standing, and freedom.
Will this unlikely team’s greatest discovery be happily ever after?
A Very Plain Young Man
She’s beautiful but practical. He’s charismatic and disreputable. When duty conflicts with love, will their hearts win?
Somerset, England, 1808. Elfrida Hapgood keeps her eyes on the prize. Born to a penniless squire, she’s determined to follow common sense and marry an upstanding and steadfast gentleman. So when her brother-in-law’s handsomely rakish sibling attempts to woo her, she rigidly ignores the flutter in her chest.
Frederick Tierney enjoys a flippant and frivolous life. But when he needs to escape a vengeful former mistress, the lovely older sister to his sibling’s bride strikes him as an apt solution. Yet despite his efforts, he’s shocked to discover the oh-so-proper lady is impervious to his charms.
In spite of herself, Elfrida begins to like the well-dressed man-about-town until an unsavory encounter reignites her doubts. And when Frederick realizes he has truly fallen for the alluring woman, he struggles to prove there’s more to him than his reputation.
Will this unlikely pair take a chance at forever?
School for Love
In the eye of the beholder . . .
Though wealthy and beloved by her family and neighbors, plain Miss Rosemary DeWitt has resigned herself to a spinster’s life, finding contentment in her friendships and in teaching poor girls of the parish to read and write. But this hard-won contentment threatens to vanish when she meets Hugh Hapgood, a widower with three lively children. Of course she shouldn’t begin to dream of love, even if he puts her in mind of a dark and brooding cavalier . . .
As for Hugh Hapgood, love is the last thing he seeks after his unhappy first marriage. No, now he must decide how best to begin again and to care for his motherless son and daughters. If that involves taking a second wife, so be it. And if not, he must shift how he can. Everyone seems to have a second wife in mind for him, however, including his own children. But will the fates allow Hugh to have the woman his own heart chooses?
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