Helen Plum Library

At his orphaned niece and nephew's request, Lord John Grantwell reluctantly welcomes Lillian Pearson into their home for Christmas, and finds that his feelings begin to soften towards her despite her past betrayal

Tired of her parents' plotting to marry her into the nobility, wealthy heiress Katherine Brooke offers Captain Hugo Penhallow a marriage of convenience, a practical arrangement that leads to far more than she ever dreamed of

Ciel and his butler Sebastian travel to Germany to investigate a string of deaths and wind up in a cursed forest, finding themselves face-to-face with a witch

New York Times bestselling series! "Smart, sexy, and oh-so romantic."--Mary Balogh For Miss Charlotte Windham, the best way to maintain her spinsterhood-and her independence-is a teeny, tiny brush with scandal. She chooses wealthy, handsome upstart Lucas Sherbourne as her unwitting accomplice. He's intelligent, logical, and ambitious. What Charlotte doesn't count on is that one kiss will lead them straight to the altar. Sherbourne has no love for...

Lord Morgandale is as notorious as he is dashing, and he's determined never to give up his bachelorhood. But from the moment Arianna Sweet arrives breathlessly on his doorstep, her fearsome energy and tempting green eyes spark curiosity in him. Arianna Sweet knows her father's death was anything but accidental. Someone is after his groundbreaking medical discovery and now, they're after her. Alone and with no one to turn to, Arianna has almost given...

Collin Morgan, Earl of Penderdale, has discovered that someone is committing crimes in his name, leaving him suspended from his work in the war office. Elizabeth Essex is the daughter of a well-respected professor at Cambridge University and longs to be recognized for her own scholarship, which could ruin her family's good name. Morgan tracks his impersonator to Cambridge, leading him to an old friend, Elizabeth's father. The pair is forced into...

"As a captain in the army, Colin MacHugh led men, fixed what was broken, and fought hard. Now that he's a titled gentleman, he's still fighting-this time to keep his bachelorhood safe from all the marriage-minded debutantes. Then he meets the intriguing Miss Anwen Windham, whose demure nature masks a bonfire waiting to roar to life. When she asks for his help to raise money for the local orphanage, he's happy to oblige. Anwen is amazed at how quickly...

At the Savoy hotel, two women with very different pasts try to forget the devastation of the Great War and forge a new life in a city where those who dare to dream can have it all. Dolly is the Savoy's newest chambermaid, whose proximity to the dazzling hotel guests fuels her dreams to be a star like her idol, Loretta May. Loretta, the daughter of an earl, has rebelliously turned her back on the ordered life expected of a society woman and lives as...

"Falsely accused of murder and mute from a near-fatal beating, Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne has escaped from Bedlam. With the Crown's soldiers at his heels, he finds refuge in the ruins of a pleasure garden, toiling as a simple gardener. But when a vivacious young woman moves in, he's quickly driven to distraction... London's premier actress, Lily Stump, is down on her luck when she's forced to move into a scorched theatre with her maid and...

"Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger's kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door--or the alleyway by her tavern--Gillie doesn't hesitate. But he's no infant. He's a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn't belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillie's bed... Being left at the altar is humiliating;...