Deep in the forest, in a decaying hunting lodge, a curious bond flickers into existence . . .
A LIFE TINGED BY RUIN
BETH CLARKE has earned perhaps the most dubious distinction in England-that of being kidnapped twice in one night. Thirty years old and burdened with new responsibilities, her life is a far cry from the rebellion of her youth. Worse, a greedy land agent has designs on her new fortune. When his attempt to abduct her is waylaid by a band...

APRIL NIGHTINGALE wants the best for her swans, Gerald and Daphne, which is why she won't rest until they mate for life. It would have happened by now if not for Gerald's absurd penchant for the neighbor's pond. But when April trespasses on the Derring lawns to reclaim her fowl, a fouler surprise awaits… As does a tall, handsome neighbor who can't hold back his laughter at her folly.LEOPOLD DERRING was not expecting this today: a swan thief in his ...


"His vines were limned with the sheen of recent rain, and the fine roots that sprouted from his shoulders glowed white against the new sun…"To ALTHEA, the mark she was born with is harmless, but to the denizens of her nameless village, it is an omen that will shatter their centuries-old truce with the forest and the vile sprites that inhabit it. When their crops go dry, all fingers point to her, and the cult that brokers peace with the fo...

In the heart of London, a jewel of the ton and her Bow Street lover reunite…A MANSE IN MAYFAIRLADY ALLISON WELDON has a ball to go to, but not before confronting the Bow Street Runner who broke her heart. Sneaking into his London apartment, she expects to call out a cad but finds something else entirely. Wreckage. Ruin. A hollow man. And the dangers which haunt him? Still looming. She dives into the mystery, eager to prove herself useful—to relight...

"He tasted like the veins of freshwater that ran through Samson's inland. He tasted like the pulsing glow of Samson's Heart... He tasted like something she could taste forever."ERSA possesses a voice that's lured countless sailors to their doom in Samson Sea. She approaches her next meal—a wayward sailor in a dinghy—with the same confidence she's always had. But the man in the boat wields a surprising weapon—the only one that could possibly weaken her. And...