Jo Ann Ferguson

Cabinet of Souls

Betrayed by her husband and his family, Irish immigrant Cailin Rafferty, determined to find her three children, arrives in the quaint town of Haven, Indiana where she finds them in the care of Samuel Jennings, a kind farmer who opens her heart to the possibilities of true love. Original.

After the Storm

Virginia Brown

Sharon Sobel

This Christmas, Miss Lily Jardine is getting something any girl would want - a betrothal offer. Too bad she's falling for her soon-to-be fiancé's brother instead . . . Merrily Mismatched by Virginia Brown Lady Lucia Crossclyffe can't resist the charms of Marquess of Rillington, a holiday visitor to her isolated island home. Little does she guess that he's come there to ruin her . . . The Snow Princess by Jo Ann Ferguson After years of being presumed dead, Major Jeremy Stanhope has come home from the war. His first order of business - to propose to Lady Rosalie Partington, the woman who's waited for him all these years. Only Rosalie is already betrothed . . . to the traitor who left him for dead! Christmas Truce by Karen Frisch Charles Hudson, the Earl of Westerly, has come to Windermere for Christmas with one intention - to offer for the woman whose letters have captivated him for the last year. But is the letter-writer the woman he thinks she is? Miss Montague's Mistletoe Match by Sharon Sobel Virginia Brown has written over 50 novels since her first romance came out in 1984. Many of her books have been nominated for Romantic Times' Reviewer's Choice, Career Achievement Award for Love and Laughter, Career Achievement Award for Adventure, EPIC eBook nomination for Historical Romance, and she received the RT Career Achievement Award for Historical Adventure, as well as the EPIC eBook Award for Mainstream Fiction. Her works have regularly appeared on national bestseller lists. She lives near her children in North Mississippi, surrounded by a menagerie of beloved dogs and cats while she writes. Jo Ann Ferguson has been creating characters and stories for as long as she can remember. She sold her first book in 1987. Since then, she has sold over 100 titles and has become a best-selling and award-winning author. She writes romance, mystery, and paranormal under a variety of pen names. Her books have been translated into nearly a dozen languages and are sold on every continent except Antarctica. You can reach her at her website: www.joannferguson.com or by email: jo@joannferguson.com. Karen Frisch writes Regency romances for ImaJinn Books. She is the winner of the 2007 Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards, Mystery/Crime Category. An amateur genealogist, she also has two nonfiction genealogy books in print on tracing family history and identifying old family photographs. While tracing her family history as a teenager, she discovered she is a cousin of Edgar Allan Poe (removed by six generations). A lifelong resident of New England where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs, she is also a portrait artist. Follow Karen on her website at KarenFrisch.weebly.com. Sharon Sobel is the author of eight historical and two contemporary romance novels, and served as Secretary and Chapter Liaison of Romance Writers of America. She has a PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University and is an English professor at a Connecticut college, where she co-chaired the Connecticut Writers' Conference for five years. An eighteenth century New England farmhouse, where Sharon and her husband raised their three children, has provided inspiration for either the period or the setting for all of her books.

Mistletoe & Mayhem

A woman must choose between the life she has known and the charismatic stranger who offers her a world beyond her utopian community in the second novel in Jo Ann Ferguson’s passionate and poignant Haven Trilogy River’s Haven, Indiana, governs its inhabitants by rigidly imposed laws, including some highly unusual ones about marriage and family. Defying the town—and its all-powerful Assembly of Elders—Rachel Browning takes in orphaned Katherine Mulligan to raise as her own. But now Rachel’s overprotective brother is pressuring the single mother to marry. Rachel’s ideal husband certainly isn’t the brash, seductive stranger she meets when Katherine runs away. Wyatt Colton’s life is like the ever-changing river. The restless rover can’t imagine putting down roots in one place, especially not this backwater burg with its tyrannical rules and regulations. He’ll stay in River’s Haven just long enough to repair his run-aground steamboat. But what’s he going to do about the adorable red-haired urchin he finds stowed on his boat? Or her alluring adoptive mother? As taboo desire flames into an affair that sets the people of River’s Haven dangerously against Wyatt and Rachel, a man who swore never to give his heart will risk everything for a love that could be the safest haven of all. Moonlight on Water is the 2nd book in the Haven Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Moonlight on Water

Karen Frisch

A baby changes everything...especially at Christmas! War-weary Baron Paxton is on his way home to celebrate a peaceful holiday with his family. But when he finds an abandoned baby in his carriage--with a note telling him the child is his--there's no peace to be had in Child of Mine? by Virginia Brown Ladies' maid Adelaide Rowland finds herself on a Yuletide adventure, fleeing her home with her mistress's child, in What Child Is This by Jo Ann Ferguson. But what happens when her mistress doesn't meet her, as arranged? And a very curious--and handsome--gentleman takes a personal interest in her and the little girl? In Through the Eyes of a Child by Karen Frisch, Annabelle Sedgewick's hope of having a family of her own disappeared when her husband was killed in battle. But while en route to her cousin's home for Christmas, she gets a Christmas proposal--from her battle-scarred first love...and the baby boy he's just inherited! In Baby's First Christmas, by Sharon Sobel, newly widowed Marianne Westlyme expects her young son's first Christmas to be a somber affair...until her best friend arrives to brighten things up--her bookish, but irresistible, brother in tow. Little does Marianne guess she'll want to give her son a new father for Christmas!

When a Child Is Born

Gypsy Elliott has found a hiding place from a man stalking her and her family, seeking revenge for a crime she can’t remember committing. Her haven is a Michigan logging camp where she is the kingbee (chief) cook. When she is asked to put a logger with a broken leg to work in her kitchen, she wants to say no. She realizes Patrick Lassiter isn’t like other loggers, but she is not sure why he is there. Patrick tells no one that he’s a private investigator hired by the owner of the logging company. He faked an injury to stay in camp and enjoys its excitement until he discovers the man he seeks may be after Gypsy. Complicating an investigation by falling in love is stupid, but he can’t resist pretty Gypsy. Then he discovers the reason why getting involved is wrong: He has to choose between doing his job and saving Gypsy’s life from someone who will do anything for love.

A Novel

Anything for You

"...a delightfully action-packed romance thriller!"--Blue Ribbon Reviews on Faire Game "Jo Ann Ferguson is a storyteller full of surprises!" --Affaire de Coeur "I cannot recommend this wonderful series highly enough. I'm already anxious for the next installment." --Romance Readers Connection Something is rotten in the Lake District . . . and the Prince Regent has asked Lord Neville Hathaway to investigate. But in order to ensure success, he asks his wife--and intrepid partner in crime-solving--Lady Priscilla, to join him. When they learn that a young woman of the Beau Monde has vanished in the area, they can't help wondering if that disappearance is connected to tales of a strange new settlement being created by a half-mad lord. Drawn into the madness against their wills, Priscilla and Neville go undercover as willing citizens in Novum Arce, the utopian recreation of Roman Britain, but it quickly becomes obvious that the person behind the kidnapping and insanity may have a very real ulterior motive--one that could change the future of the war against Napoleon. Now they have to do more than save a missing lady--they have to stop an invasion! And there's even more at stake! Priscilla has just discovered she's going to have a child. And Neville has to decide: just how much is he willing to sacrifice for King and country? Award winning author Jo Ann Ferguson (J.A. Ferguson/Jocelyn Kelley--depending on the book) lives in Nevada with her husband, children, and a fat cat. She is not sure which is the most spoiled.

A Lady Priscilla Flanders Mystery

Fool's Paradise

A New York Times Bestselling Author 1998 Winner of the RWA ARTemis Award for Regency Romance Lady Priscilla Flanders is eager to return to peaceful Stonewall-on-Sea and the simple pleasures of the annual Michaelmas Faire. Sure that the traveling players and the brightly colored tents of wares will erase the memory of a summer spent investigating murder, Priscilla is startled to hear that one of the actors has been killed by a crossbow. An unfortunate accident? The vicar urges Priscilla to get to the bottom of the matter. A Regency Romance available only in Romance 12.

Faire Game

Wed by proxy to the Marquess of Daniston, Regina Morrisey, a witty, impertinent, and clever beauty, finds herself married to a stuffy aristocrat wanting a proper wife, who would stay out of his affairs, run his home efficiently, and provide him with an heir. Original.

An Undomesticated Wife

Sara Blayne

Teresa DesJardien

Elusive Guardian / a Winsome Widow / an Undomesticated Wife

"Intriguing and romantic, Dreamshaper is full of surprises for the reader as well as the characters." -Jane Toombs, award-winning author "J. A. Ferguson has written a fantasy to delight fans of quests and romances alike. A truly entertaining read." -Catherine Asaro, Nebula and Hugo-nominated author of The Phoenix Code Promo Quote 3: "This is one adventure you don't want to miss! There is magic and enchantment along with a heck of a lot of excitement . . ." -Suzanne Coleburn, Reader To Reader Secrets of the past could destroy their future . . . The shape of past dreams . . . Hyndla Shenvirl has no past. Who is she? Why is she taller than anyone else she knows? Are there other beings like her? The chance to answer those questions comes when the Tiria seeks her help in finding allies to fight the Elasians. Hyndla's quest may lead her to the very truth she yearns for, but her journey is doomed if she cannot trust the mysterious man the Tiria asks to accompany her. The shape of present dreams . . . Runolf Tocho is haunted by fears that he is the last of his kind. He alone guards the secrets no one else must be privy to. His journey to learn if any of his people survive becomes entangled with Hyndla's quest. He cannot ignore this fascinating, courageous woman, but to fall in love with her might distract him from finding another creature like him. The shape of dreams to come . . . To serve the Tiria, Hyndla and Runolf must forge an alliance. Each one has a destiny to fulfil. Only little do they guess that desire will connect them in ways neither could have imagined . . . Award-winning author J.A. Ferguson lives in Nevada with her husband, children, and a fat cat. She is not sure which is most spoiled.

Dreamshaper

Valerie King

Mona Gedney

A trio of regency romances, brimming with passion, intrigue, danger, and love, includes Jo Ann Ferguson's "Invitation to Trouble," in which Lord Foxington, while escorting the engaging Miss Amelia Wallace to a private masquerade ball at Almack's, thwarts a clever killer, as well as "Murder Most Indiscreet" by Mona Gedney and Valerie King's "A Rare Blade." Original.

Murder at Almack's

Three Regency misses are going to have a holiday they'll never forget! Lord of Misrule by Jo Ann Ferguson The adventurous Lady Priscilla and Lord Neville once again find themselves drawn into a mysterious murder. Only this one must be solved by Twelfth Night . . . or else! A Delicate Footing by Karen Frisch Sophy Templeton thought it was bad enough that a sprained ankle has endangered her chance to return to her missionary work in America. But now a First Foot challenge has been issued for her hand in marriage! Will the right man be the first one to cross the threshold on New Year's Day? On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, My True Love by Sharon Sobel In the past, three men have become betrothed to Miss Emma Partrick, and all three came to disastrous ends. Can Nathaniel Evander break the bad luck spell that seems to haunt Emma? Or will he become the next casualty?

A Regency Yuletide

Arriving in Haven, Indiana, to have his steamboat repaired, Wyatt Colton finds his life forever changed after encountering a delightful little girl named Kitty and her enchanting foster mother, Rachel Browning, but a dangerous enemy is determined to tear them apart. Original.

When Tess Masterson wakes to find Cameron Hawksmoor--in her bed, no less--her father informs her Cameron, a marquess, is her husband, thanks to a proxy ceremony. When Cam discovers the vicious plot that brought them together, he finds protecting her has become his first concern. (May)

His Unexpected Bride

Believing that he will be disinherited by his grandfather after promising to bring his nonexistent fiancTe to his grandfather's seventieth birthday party, Timothy Crawford is delighted when he rescues a beautiful young lady from an overturned carriage and persuades the lovely amnesiac to pose as his bride-to-be. Original.

A Christmas Bride

A widow re-enters society as a seemly dowager viscountess, on guard against men. She accepts the imminent arrival of Lord Radcliffe, a handsome "lad" consigned to her tutelage in the ways of the ton. With a marriage mart underway, wary lady and proud lord each insist they want no part of it--except secretly, with each other.

Lord Radcliffe's Season

Starting a new life in quaint Haven, Ohio, Emma Delancy finds her life forever changed when she takes in an orphan boy and falls in love with Noah Sawyer, a handsome newcomer with a young daughter, but when someone tries to take Noah's daughter away from him, Emma is forced to confront her own past to help him even if it means destroying their newfound love. Original.

Twice Blessed

Diggin Up Trouble

With Napoleon's troops on the horizon, Bethany Whitcombe wonders why she is so attracted by the peddler who has just arrived in town, until smugglers attack and the traveling merchant turns out to be something else indeed. Original.

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