Abby Ayles Books in Order

Antoinette hopes for a fairy-tale marriage and is dazzled by a wealthy duke, yet another suitor feels closer to her heart. Family troubles and Christmas celebrations sharpen the pressure to choose between parental approval and her own happiness.

Disillusioned by a duke's manipulation, Lucy rejects marriage until she meets Baron Andrew Jones, whose own betrayal has left him equally cynical. Their shared hurt draws them together, but his refusal to risk attachment threatens her renewed hopes.

Staying with a hostile aunt, Lady Louisa meets a duke at a masquerade and captures his attention without revealing her identity. Her aunt intends him for her own daughter, leaving Louisa torn between preserving family peace and pursuing love.

Desperate governess Hannah Jacobson accepts a widowed earl’s demanding position after harassment cost her previous employment. Sebastian believes her plain appearance will prevent romantic complications, but her hidden troubles and his growing concern undermine the careful distance he intended.

Having raised her sisters and managed the family household, Lady Alexandra has abandoned expectations of romance. Pretending to court the carefree Duke of Raven offers a chance to protect her family, but the arrangement threatens to involve her heart.

After her father’s death leaves her penniless and vulnerable to an unwanted suitor, Isabella finds refuge as a governess at Wintercrest Manor. Family tensions and an unexpected attraction complicate her new position, while the man she escaped continues his pursuit.

Expected to marry a titled aristocrat, a duke’s daughter instead finds an affinity with an untitled gentleman. Their attraction challenges her family’s plans, while his unexpected connection to her intended husband complicates the choice before them.

Returning from war injured and embittered, Colton withdraws from society and pushes away Lady Abigail. Her growing involvement with another suitor forces him to confront his isolation when the man’s intentions threaten the woman he has been afraid to love.

Recovering from years of illness, Kitty volunteers to nurse an acquaintance’s supposedly young brother and discovers he is a grown earl. Affection develops during his recovery, but her health, his family and the conventions of society threaten their relationship.

Lieutenant Christopher has long loved Lady Juliana despite the difference in their social standing. When her family renews its efforts to arrange her marriage, the pair race to overcome old scandals and hidden obstacles before their chance together disappears.

Newly orphaned Emma becomes governess to a widowed earl’s children and begins to revive their grieving household. As affection grows between her and Francis, hidden troubles and blackmail threaten the family and the future they might share.

Timid Lucille slowly learns to trust her husband, a duke whose affection challenges her low expectations of herself. A new threat places their marriage and reputation at risk, forcing her to find the courage to defend their future.

Frederica Chaput has escaped her husband's immediate cruelty but remains bound to him by marriage. Her growing affection for Liam Somerset offers hope, until her husband's return forces them to fight for her freedom and safety.

Helena Leeson's hopes of marrying her childhood friend Elias Repington are threatened by a scandal engulfing her father. Returning from Cambridge, the young viscount must uncover the conspiracy against her family before it destroys their future together.

Sarah secretly takes her timid twin’s place when their father arranges a marriage to a forbidding duke. As she discovers the grief behind his coldness, the deception and her father’s blackmail threaten a love neither expected to find.

Responsible for his younger siblings after their parents’ deaths, an earl finds renewed hope in their governess Joanna. His estranged brother’s return revives family conflict, drawing Joanna into a struggle complicated by buried secrets and another approaching threat.

Facing ruin after a disastrous game of cards, an earl accepts a wager to win an unapproachable woman’s heart. Grace’s independence unsettles his plans, and genuine affection makes his concealed bargain increasingly dangerous as they face another troubling mystery.

After her father’s death, Cecilia hopes marriage to a wealthy marquess will save her family. Instead, she enters a web of concealed motives, while an earl helping the marquess’s family must choose between his obligations and his growing love for her.

Beatrice Leeson accepts a marriage agreement with Alexander Langdon, a duke marked by repeated misfortune. As affection grows between them, a hidden threat inside his castle endangers Beatrice and forces them to confront the source of his family's tragedies.

Searching for a duke’s missing daughter, Lewis Darby encounters a lady’s maid who has never felt she truly belonged. Their growing attachment brings hope, but uncovering the past also exposes an enemy determined to endanger their happiness.

Isolated by his aunt’s scandal, Percy Easton finds hope in Emilia Hornsby, who is struggling to run her father’s business after a family tragedy. Their growing attachment faces a determined enemy intent on destroying their chance at happiness.

Margaret agrees to marry Percy unless she can find another husband within four weeks. Meeting the Duke of Richmond seems to answer her hopes, but gossip and deception threaten the match as they struggle to protect those they love.

Rebellious Baron James Easton visits his cousin hoping to escape his mother’s scrutiny and falls for the household’s independent housekeeper. Their attraction challenges the expectations of class and title, leaving both to face hostile gossip and pressure to separate.

Healer Emma Turner saves George Bramer after a carriage accident, then encounters him again while treating his father at Grimwood Hall. A succession of mysterious threats draws them together as they seek whoever is targeting his family.

Secret novelist Elijah Stevens meets bookseller’s daughter Meredith at a reading of his own work. Their shared love of books offers him relief from aristocratic duties, but social expectations and hostile schemes threaten the connection they have found.

Emmeline agrees to marry a baron she considers beneath her to rescue her indebted father. Gerard had hoped for love, and their uneasy marriage forces both to confront the prejudices that stand between them and a shared future.

Blackmailed and desperate to protect her future, Margaret turns to an earl whose affection promises safety. Her feelings for Edmund deepen, but hiding her predicament places their trust at risk as the man threatening her tightens his grip.

Returning home, socially accomplished Annette offers to improve her childhood friend Benjamin’s awkward manners. Teaching the duke how to navigate society becomes complicated when their old friendship changes into an attraction neither knows how to acknowledge.

Eleanor and Ambrose resent their families’ plan to marry them and agree to resist the arrangement. Growing feelings complicate their rebellion as they struggle to choose a future together without becoming instruments of other people’s ambitions.

Rose falls for an earl without knowing that he is also the masked performer who captivates her family’s theater. As attraction grows, secrets and mysterious threats force Daniel to decide whether he can reveal the identity he has carefully hidden.

Escaping an arranged marriage, an earl’s daughter takes work at a lighthouse whose keeper is hiding his own aristocratic identity. Their growing attachment offers refuge, until the return of their pasts forces both to confront the lives they abandoned.

Curious and impulsive Adelaide finds herself in trouble and is rescued by a marquess wary of women’s intentions. Theodore falls for her despite his doubts, but her interest in another man leaves their chance at happiness uncertain.

Lily hopes to escape an unwanted marriage through her connection with a man she believes is a groom. Daniel is actually a wealthy marquess, but a financial crisis threatens both his concealed identity and their future together.

A carriage accident leaves Viola Henderson scarred and overshadowed by her beautiful sister Constance. When Constance grows close to the man Viola admires, jealousy threatens their bond and blinds Viola to another chance at love.

Georgianna reluctantly returns to London society and encounters the suitor whose abandonment wounded her years earlier. Discovering that a lie separated them, Walter seeks to recover her trust and identify whoever wanted their relationship destroyed.

Martha Haskett fears her parents will trade her into an advantageous marriage and begs wealthy Jonas Dormer for a household position. Their growing attraction tests his distrust of fortune seekers and her determination to choose her own future.

Marjorie’s warmth and enjoyment of life clash with the Duke of Sedgewick’s rigid devotion to duty. Attraction grows through their disagreements, until a secret about how they met threatens to undermine the trust their relationship needs.

Widowed duke Eldridge visits his brother hoping to recruit his accomplished governess, Susan, for his own children. His interest soon reaches beyond her professional abilities, but family interference and her difficult past complicate their chance at love.

After moving from America to England, Letitia falls for the village doctor who treats her after an accident. Her parents want a noble match, while local rumors threaten the relationship she and Neil are beginning to build.

After her father’s death, Anna finds work in the household of Peter, the childhood friend she never stopped loving. His engagement to a demanding woman leaves Anna struggling to help him while guarding feelings that go beyond friendship.

Edwin comes to England seeking answers about his origins and agrees to help his friend’s sister find a husband. Growing feelings for Amelia complicate that promise as his uncertain past and her family duties pull them apart.

After a fire kills her employers, governess Kathy Wright brings their children to England and into the care of wounded Duke Richard Johnson. Helping him heal draws them together, but Kathy's hidden past threatens their fragile new household.

Aspiring botanist Aurora struggles for recognition in a scientific world that dismisses women. An adventurous earl offers knowledge and possible companionship, but mistrust, illness and an unwanted marriage threaten both her research and her chance at love.

Cast out after a duke compromises her reputation, Sarah finds shelter with her cousin and support from Lord Arthur. Their growing love faces renewed harassment and blackmail as they try to restore her place in society.

A duke conceals his identity while encouraging a talented street actress to join the theatre he supports. Their attraction faces her distrust of aristocrats, family objections and professional jealousy, while his deception threatens the trust between them.

Penniless baron Caleb plans to rescue his fortunes by marrying a duke’s rebellious daughter. Mercy has no wish for a husband, but unexpected love complicates his scheme and leaves them confronting betrayal, anger and the possibility of forgiveness.

Viscount Benjamin risks his reputation by sheltering a disgraced cousin while pursuing Amelia, the woman he loves. Rumors make her doubt his intentions, forcing him to confront family secrets before they destroy his chance at happiness.

Lady Agnes longs to marry for love, but her promising courtship becomes tangled in secrets. When another man warns her about the earl’s intentions and proposes a practical arrangement, she must decide whose affection and motives she can trust.

Orphaned Lady Esther lives as a servant in her aunt’s household while forming a forbidden attachment to her cousin’s suitor. Love letters delivered to the wrong woman deepen their connection, until discovery puts Esther’s fragile place in the family at risk.

Vineyard manager Giovanna meets Silas, a businessman absorbed in his duties to a duke. Their work draws them together, but old heartbreak and conflicting ideas about marriage threaten the connection just as Giovanna’s past returns to endanger her livelihood.

Stranded during a journey through a Scottish winter, Lady Olive and her mother accept help from Julius Burke. Attraction grows during their stay with relatives, but her mother’s objections and a succession of misunderstandings threaten the couple’s hopes.

The Duke of Cornwall hosts a Christmas ball where society expects him to choose an eligible bride. His heart already belongs to a servant, however, and a masked celebration offers a brief chance to challenge the rules keeping them apart.

Independent Lady Rosalind Harrington surprises society when her path crosses that of Alexander Fitzwilliam, Duke of Somerton. Attraction promises an unexpected match, but his family's buried secrets and her fear of surrendering her independence complicate their future.

Hiding from her past as governess Miss Bane, Lady Evelyn Banfield enters the home of widowed Baron Hastings and his daughters. Their growing affection offers a fresh beginning, but grief and concealed dangers threaten the family they could become.