Beau has been a spy for years, escaping all the expectations heaped on him as a future duke. He's abroad when his father dies and manages big things from away, but Emerald, his father's—now his—ward, has actually taken on the day-to-day operations in his absence. When he finally returns (after an injury), Emerald is pissed that he's swooped in and taken away her work, and that he's still as handsome as he was when she was younger and had a crush on him.
They're clashing all the time about the estate, and Emerald is curious and suspicious about why he keeps running off in the middle of the night. At the same time, they're fighting their attraction to each other. But will Beau's spy past come back to haunt him and threaten Emerald?
This slow-burn, suspenseful historical romance is swoony and delightful, and it's available on KU now!
Hold Fast by Eliza MacArthur
It’s release day for Eliza MacArthur’s Hold Fast, and can we have some commotion for the old-schoolness of this cover??
Una has just ended a handfast marriage with a terrible man she is desperate to be free of. A gifted healer, she takes off to the neighbouring/rival clan when she saves the laird’s brother and finds safety and purpose there. After suffering a year of abuse in her marriage (check the CWs!), she wants nothing to do with men.
Meanwhile, the laird, Ewan, is deeply impressed with Una’s competence and her determination. He’s got his own issues, though, and has promised himself to never marry.
As much as both of them are scarred from their pasts, they’re still drawn to each other, and when they’re forced to handfast each other, they have to work through their trauma together and separately so they can stand against an old foe. But that trauma isn’t quickly healed by love or sex—so how much will their trauma get in their way and potentially tear them apart?
If you love old-school historical Highlander romance but want a more modern sensibility behind it, you HAVE to check this out! Hold Fast is on KU and Amazon now!
Painting the Duke by Georgina North
Loving Miss Tilney by Heather Moll
If you've read Northanger Abbey, you know that Eleanor Tilney is Henry's sweet sister who has a secret lover her father doesn't approve of. It's not covered in Austen's book, but Heather is taking it on here.
Eleanor and Philip are childhood sweethearts--but Philip is poor, with no prospects, and Eleanor is desperate to get out from under her tyrannical father's thumb. Her father won't let her marry Philip, so she decides that she'll have to find a husband at a house party.
But Philip is there too, and as much as he wants to help Eleanor escape her father, it's unbearable watching someone else try to court her. How do they find their way out of this impossible situation to their HEA?
Find out in Loving Miss Tilney, available now on Amazon and KU!
