Cathy Maxwell Books in Order

After a failed elopement ruins Lady Julia Markham, she agrees to a practical marriage with self-made businessman Brader Wolf. He wants social entry, she wants survival, but neither is prepared for how fiercely real desire will become.

Headstrong heiress Phadra Abbott sets out to find her reckless explorer father, and her stern guardian Grant Morgan has no choice but to follow. Their journey turns into a lively clash of wills, danger, and growing attraction.

When Lady Caroline Pearson learns her house has been gambled away, she confronts its new owner, James Ferrington, and decides revenge suits her nicely. Her audacious plan traps them together, and anger quickly turns far more dangerous.

Mallory Edwards tracks down the husband who abandoned her on their wedding night and demands a divorce. But as she and John Barron confront debts, betrayal, and an embezzler, old hurt gives way to an inconvenient second chance.

When Pierce Kirrier rescues a mysterious woman from the sea and brings her to his Cornish home, he is captivated at once. Eden seems to have found a dream life, until the secret she carries threatens to shatter it.

Samantha Northrup thinks one stormy night has only brought a dangerous stranger to her door. Instead, it leaves the vicar's daughter compromised and married to Yale Carderock, a notorious outcast whose secrets may be as troubling as his charms.

Heiress Tess Hamlin makes a reckless wager and finds herself cornered into marriage with the newly impoverished Earl of Merton. What starts as a practical match quickly becomes a battle of pride, desire, and unexpected tenderness.

Ruined and abandoned, Leah Carrollton flees London with nowhere safe to turn. Then rule-breaking Devon Marshall offers her marriage, and what begins in scandal may become the one chance either of them has for something honest.

Desperate to save her land, a clever con woman rescues former lawman Trace Cordell from the gallows by claiming he is her husband. Their sham marriage solves one problem and creates a much more personal one.

Anne Burnett travels to Scotland to claim the husband she is bound to by contract, only to find a fierce laird with a guarded heart. Aiden Black may accept her as wife, but love is another matter entirely.

Horse-mad Mary Gates heads to London determined to marry for money and rebuild her family's stables. Her oldest rival, Tye Barlow, follows close behind, and every step of her plan starts to look far less sensible.

Young widow Deborah Percival is done with dull duty and dreary proposals. One storm-bound night with Anthony Aldercy, the Earl of Burnell, gives her the taste of passion she wanted, and a complication she cannot easily leave behind.

Lyssa Harrell runs to Scotland to escape an unwanted marriage and hopes to find freedom among her mother's people. Instead she is tracked by Ian Campion, a man who needs the reward and quickly becomes far harder to resist.

Lady Rosalyn's quiet life is upended when her cottage is sold to ambitious Colonel Colin Mandland. A practical marriage promises security for both, but pride, politics, and genuine feeling make the bargain anything but simple.

In this second-chance novella, a woman comes face to face with the man she once let slip away. Old regrets, sharp banter, and a theatrical setting give their reunion extra ache and sweetness.

Governess Isabel Halloran knows the rules, until a compromising scandal ties her to the dangerous Michael Severson. He offers a marriage in name only, but neither of them has much hope of keeping the arrangement that tidy.

This anthology gathers four second-chance romances about former lovers meeting again when life has changed them. Cathy Maxwell's contribution, Nightingale, adds a tender, regret-tinged reunion to the collection.

Miranda Cameron plans to conquer London society for the sake of her sisters, until Alex Haddon reappears with money, pride, and old resentment. To win the future she wants, she must risk reopening the past.

Charlotte Cameron offers shelter to a stranded traveler on a stormy Scottish road, only to discover he is the duke she blames for ruining her life. Danger forces them together, and hatred proves far too close to desire.

Francesca Dunroy means to outwit a rake and reclaim what he stole from her, but one clandestine kiss goes spectacularly wrong. The man she kisses is Justin Maddox, a duke she cannot forget and cannot quite trust.

Fiona Lachlan's desperate plan leaves her posing as the ward of the wicked Duke of Holburn, with killers closing in around them. He has long avoided innocence, but Fiona may be the one temptation he cannot escape.

Highland warrior Gordon Lachlan kidnaps Constance Cameron to ransom a legendary sword that could change his clan's fortunes. Constance proves far bolder than expected, and their dangerous journey becomes impossible to keep impersonal.

This anthology brings together stories of dukes, danger, and desire from several romance authors. Cathy Maxwell's contribution adds a bold heroine, a reckless kiss, and the kind of trouble that never stays small.

After years of neglect, the Earl of Wright finally comes for the wife he left behind and finds a woman who wants no easy reconciliation. Gillian offers him thirty days, and both soon realize the bargain may cost them everything.

To escape a grim future, Abby agrees to a marriage of convenience with the notorious Baron de Vasconia. Their Christmas bargain should solve practical problems, but shared loneliness and sudden tenderness turn it into something riskier.

Grace MacEachin wants justice for the wrong done to her family, even if that means blackmailing the wrong man's father. Richard Lynsted expects a schemer and finds a woman who overturns everything he thought he knew.

Lady Corinne runs from an arranged marriage straight into the arms of Thorn, a notorious highwayman with secrets of his own. Hiding with an outlaw seems simple enough, until scandal starts to look very much like salvation.

Michael agrees to retrieve a stolen formula while pretending to be something he is not, but the scheme goes sideways when he meets Jocelyn. What begins as deception and jealousy turns into a far more dangerous temptation.

Lord Lyon needs a wife, but he believes love will kill him. When matchmaker Thea Martin is asked to find his bride, old friendship and unfinished feeling make his careful plan impossible to keep.

Portia Maclean pretends to be a witch in a desperate effort to protect her family, and Harry Chattan comes to Scotland determined to break his line's deadly curse. Their attraction feels powerful enough to be a danger in itself.

Lady Margret Chattan heads into the Highlands to protect her family and confront the curse shadowing them. There she joins forces with Heath Macnachtan, a man hunting a killer, and the search pulls them into love and danger alike.

Lady Tara Davidson is forced into marriage with Breccan Campbell, laird of a clan she has been raised to distrust. He expects trouble, she expects misery, and both are startled by how quickly pride turns to passion.

Publicly jilted Blake Stephens storms into Scotland determined to drag his runaway bride back to the altar. Instead, he finds himself drawn to her sister Aileen, a woman whose ruined reputation hides a fierce heart.

Sabrina Davidson thinks she has settled into spinsterhood, until fugitive earl Cormac Enright crashes into her life looking for the man who can clear his name. Protecting her family means fighting feelings she never expected to have.

Jennifer Tarleton has noble suitors to spare, but the man she wants is the very one her father will never approve. Fyclan Morris is ready to challenge fate, fortune, and family for the chance to make her his.

Elin Morris has been promised to a duke since birth, yet she cannot forget his brother Benedict. As the wedding draws near and danger throws them together again, duty begins to look weaker than long-buried love.

Duke Gavin Whitridge needs a wife, not a scandal, and struggling playwright Sarah Pettijohn is the last woman he should want. Their bargain begins as lessons in love and quickly turns into something neither can manage.

Lady Charlene Blanchard is chosen as a possible bride for the Duke of Baynton, but the man who truly catches her attention is his missing twin. Jack Whitridge has plans of his own, and Char may be the key to all of them.

Roman Gilchrist unexpectedly inherits an earldom and a mountain of debt, so he goes looking for a rich bride. The obvious choice is Leonie Charnock, the woman tied to the scandal that changed both of their lives.

Cassandra Holwell thinks a practical marriage is safer than chasing romance, especially with fortune-hunters circling. But her arrangement with Soren York, Earl of Dewsberry, grows far hotter and far less manageable than either expected.

Willa Reverly knows perfectly well why a duke would want her and has no interest in being chosen for convenience alone. Matthew Addison, Duke of Camberly, discovers that a sensible match can become a very personal problem.

Brandon Balfour has spent years pretending one lost night with actress Kate Addison no longer matters. When fate brings them together again, old betrayal, old desire, and unfinished love return all at once.

Gemma wants control of her own future, not another man making decisions for her. But when Ned Thurlowe challenges her claim and her patience, their fight over property becomes tangled with an attraction neither can ignore.

The Earl of Marsden suddenly has a baby daughter and no idea what to do next. His best hope is Clarissa Taylor, the sensible village spinster who least wants to depend on him, and most challenges his heart.

Dara Lanscarr gambles everything on a London season that will save her sisters by winning them brilliant marriages. Then Michael Brogan appears, clever, tempting, and completely wrong for the plan she swore to follow.

Furious and heartbroken, Elise Lanscarr flees London for Ireland and ends up stranded in a storm with a rough stranger. He is really the missing Duke of Winderton, and one wild night becomes a much larger adventure.

Gwendolyn Lanscarr has never forgotten the man who almost kissed her in Dublin. Beckett Steele needs her help to uncover the truth about his past, and their uneasy alliance quickly turns into danger, secrets, and desire.

Shy Lady Celeste Harrington is determined to honor her father's wish by creating a charity for wounded veterans. To make it happen, she seeks help from the formidable Duke of Salcomb and awakens far more than public interest.

In this Busty Bodice Club prequel, Lady Felicia Montclair disguises herself as a man to bid on land that could save her family. A dangerous bargain with rival duke Charles Harrington makes the risk much more personal.