Cheryl Bolen Books in Order

Widowed Viscount Sedgewick proposes a marriage of convenience to Sally Spenser so his children will have a caring mother. Sally accepts despite loving him, knowing his continuing grief leaves little room for the marriage she truly wants.

Widowed Maggie discovers that her supposed earl husband lied about his identity, leaving her penniless in London. The real Earl of Warwick reluctantly protects her because her late husband held a clue to a traitor, complicating their growing attraction.

To ransom her captive brother, Lady Fiona offers marriage to wealthy businessman Nicholas Birmingham. He wants a wife who loves him, yet accepts rather than lose her, leaving both to navigate a bargain neither expected to become emotionally binding.

In prewar Hollywood, journalist Dianne Castle falls for Japanese American nightclub owner Johnny Honda. Rising hostility and the approach of war threaten their relationship, testing her determination to stay with him even when internment places their future in jeopardy.

Anna and the Marquess of Haverstock are maneuvered into a marriage intended to demonstrate their patriotism. Each doubts the other's loyalties, but attraction complicates their suspicions as a political arrangement becomes a relationship neither can dismiss.

Freddie Lambeth moves into her guardian's isolated abbey without knowing he is rumored to have killed his wife. His kindness draws them together, but Lord Stacks believes his past makes happiness impossible, leaving their attachment shadowed by secrets.

Thomas Moreland returns wealthy from India, still drawn to the noblewoman who once saved his life. Now widowed and facing financial ruin, Felicity must help his sister enter society while resisting feelings that challenge her loyalty to her husband’s memory.

James Moore offers marriage to the widow of an officer who died saving him, hoping to protect her and her son. Their growing attraction promises more than duty, but Carlotta fears a hidden truth will destroy their future.

Penniless after her husband's death, Louisa Phillips accepts an earl's offer of financial security in exchange for posing as his wife on a journey. Both carry secrets, and their growing affection makes the arrangement harder to treat as merely practical.

Captain Jack Dryden must pose as Lady Daphne Chalmers’s fiancé to investigate threats against the Prince Regent. Moving through fashionable society together exposes them to danger and forces the spy to reconsider his supposedly unappealing partner.

Glee Pembroke persuades her lifelong love to marry her so he can retain his inheritance. Gregory expects a harmless arrangement, but Glee plans to win his heart, and the unexpected realities of marriage unsettle them both.

Ava must tell her former lover about the son she secretly gave up for adoption when the boy disappears. Their painful reunion becomes a dangerous search as troubling links to a drug cartel and the adoptive father's silence deepen the mystery.

Lady Daphne agrees to recover love letters her sister sent to a deceased officer. Joined by Captain Jack Dryden, she follows a seemingly private embarrassment into a dangerous trail of murder and political treachery with consequences for the kingdom.

Bookish Rebecca Peabody proposes to an older earl, assuming marriage will spare her physical intimacy. He needs help with his large household, but discovering her secret identity as a political essayist gives him unexpected reasons to pursue her affection.

Three romances set in nineteenth-century America follow love across misunderstandings and social barriers. A reserved mayor struggles to reassure his bride, a Galveston heiress falls for a visitor, and a picture bride crosses the ocean toward an uncertain marriage.

Speechwriter Lacy Blair uncovers state-funding fraud implicating her powerful boss, then the federal agent helping her is killed. Fleeing surveillance, she turns toward a former lover for protection, uncertain whether seeking his help will place him in danger too.

Three Regency novellas bring romance to Christmas through family wishes, homecomings, and unexpected marriages. An heiress proposes to fulfill her father's final hope, a returning captain discovers a changed attachment, and a soldier seeks a real future with his nominal wife.

Plain, impoverished Jane Featherstone agrees to help Lord Slade court her wealthy cousin despite secretly loving him. His vow to marry an heiress conflicts with his growing affection for Jane, forcing him to choose between a promise and his heart.

Widow Annette converts her Galveston home into a bed-and-breakfast after discovering her husband's life was built on lies. Threatening letters, suspicious guests, a hurricane, and murder leave her seeking protection from an appealing doctor whose identity is also uncertain.

Antiques dealer Britannia returns to London and is robbed, threatened with abduction, and wanted for a murder she did not commit. Without money or identification, she considers turning to a man from her past while struggling to discover whom she can trust.

American researcher Antonia finds a curator murdered and becomes the leading suspect. The owner of Siddley Hall helps her search for a missing family treasure that may explain the killing, but a stalker's attention makes trust increasingly difficult.

The disappearance of the Prince Regent’s Michelangelo threatens a diplomatic crisis before a Christmas Eve visit. Captain Dryden and Lady Daphne investigate the theft, following a locked-room puzzle through London as murder complicates the urgent search.

During a Christmas reunion in Bath, Glee Blankenship decides that scholarly Jonathan needs help recognizing his ideal wife. Her matchmaking focuses on his longtime friend Miss Arbuckle, bringing romantic possibilities into the familiar circle’s holiday celebrations.

Bolen offers practical routes to England's stately homes using trains, buses, and walking rather than a car or organized tour. With London as a suggested starting point, the guide combines verified directions with ways to reduce the cost of visits.

Widow Catherine Bexley asks a scholar to recover a stolen Chaucer manuscript that could secure her independence. Their investigation requires a pretend marriage and puts them in danger, complicating her determination never to depend on a man again.

Captain Jack Dryden reluctantly brings his wife and her sister to Cairo while searching for the Regent’s missing antiquities dealer. Their inquiries lead to murder and abduction, making their Egyptologist companion’s unexpected courage essential to escaping danger.

Two unexpected coincidences bring reckless young Lord Finchley into marriage with shy Lady Margaret Ponsby. She has admired him from afar, but their sudden union forces the pair to discover whether an accidental match can become a lasting attachment.

A mistaken visit to a duke's bedchamber threatens Lady Elizabeth Upton's reputation and leads to a marriage proposal. She hopes to win the love of her childhood favorite, while former attachments threaten the fragile bond between the newlyweds.

Caroline plans to accept another suitor after losing hope that Christopher Perry will propose. Convinced her rank places her beyond him, Christopher still attends a Christmas gathering determined to prevent a marriage that could cost them both happiness.

Hired as Georgiana Darcy's companion, Lucy Wetherspoon attracts Lord Fane, who planned to marry an heiress to restore his estate. Meddling and obligations steer him toward Georgiana instead, leaving him divided between financial necessity, honor, and love.

Georgiana Darcy receives a desirable earl's proposal but cannot forget her childhood love for Captain Farrington. Returning from Spain with marriage plans of his own, Robert questions her suitor and begins reconsidering feelings he has always treated as friendship.

Realizing her wedding was a terrible mistake, Lady Sophia flees and accepts rescue from William Birmingham under a false name. Their mutual misunderstandings turn dangerous when the husband she escaped threatens the man whose protection is awakening unexpected feelings.

Annie Childe refuses to let her identical twin claim the only man she has wanted. The Duke of Axminster is drawn to Annie's intelligence and political interests, but her scheming family pushes him toward the sister who looks exactly like her.

Needing money for his sisters, Lord Seaton agrees to marry frail Anne de Bourgh in exchange for an inheritance. Away from her domineering mother, Anne begins to recover and hopes that her husband's patience might grow into the love she wants.

Invited to spend Christmas with the extended Birmingham family, Annabelle Lippencott expects a holiday visit with her cousin. Instead, she encounters Spencer Woodruff, the man who broke her heart eleven years earlier, reopening feelings she thought belonged to the past.

Orphan Emma arrives in London to find her uncle dead and herself without a home. Adam Birmingham offers an unexpected marriage, but suspicions about a forged will draw them into an investigation that puts her life and his guarded heart at risk.

Lord Slade needs an heiress to fulfill a promise to his dying father and asks Jane Featherstone to help court her cousin. As he comes to value Jane, his obligation conflicts with feelings for the woman who cannot solve his financial needs.

The Earl of Wycliff has spent a decade recovering what his father lost, but his mother’s portrait remains missing. A young widow holds the key to finding it, bringing an alluring complication to his determined search.

After unexpectedly inheriting a dukedom, Alex joins his late brother’s intended bride in investigating the death she believes was murder. Their attraction grows, but Lady Georgiana cannot ignore that her closest ally also benefited most from the killing.

Widow Mary Milne inherits a country lodge that could help her ailing son escape London's air. The new Lord Paxton resents losing his family's property, yet his father's request brings them together there for Christmas, challenging his assumptions about her.

After an inexplicable gambling loss, Lord Appleton considers marrying an unconventional heiress to save his family’s home. Dorothea welcomes his attention, but a murder draws them into an investigation that threatens both their safety and their developing relationship.

Impoverished widow Charlotte Hale travels with a stranger after losing her lodgings at Christmas. Lord Philip Fenton, concealing his title while searching for another family, offers help, but the secrets they keep complicate a growing connection.

Stranded at an Alpine inn, Lady Mary refuses to leave until a missing fellow traveler is found, though everyone denies the woman existed. Lord Stephen arrives to escort her onward, then an attack forces him to reconsider her apparently impossible story.

After discovering her employer murdered, Charlotte follows a warning to flee under a new name. Working for an earl's sister in London offers refuge and an unexpected attraction, until another attempt on her life exposes the danger following her.

A stranger dies on Lady Harriett's doorstep after taking her book and warning of a dangerous man, then his body vanishes. Baron Rockingham reluctantly believes her after an attack, and protecting her draws them toward a plot against the regent.

Diana Furness finds confidence in painting despite a dismissive stepmother and an unremarkable social standing. When Sir Elvin Steffington commissions his portrait, daily sittings challenge his expectations about beauty and her assumptions about the man she is painting.

Newlywed Duke Bentley is drawn into investigating a stock scheme after an attack on his wife's cousin. Unable to explain his secret work, he risks both his marriage and his bride's safety as suspected financial corruption reaches into the government.

Lucy Beresford arrives in London to marry her long-awaited fiancé, only to find him missing. His friend Lord Montague joins her search, but growing danger and unexpected attraction complicate his efforts to protect another man’s intended bride.

A chance rescue damages Georgiana Beresford’s reputation and prompts Viscount Churston to offer marriage. As the reluctant couple investigate a woman Georgiana believed dead, the mystery brings them closer while exposing a threatening conspiracy.