Emily EK Murdoch Books in Order

Engaged to a wealthy marquess, Gwendoline Chance is unsettled by her attraction to her brother's friend Ernest. He needs a rich bride to rescue his family's fortunes, but their growing connection threatens carefully arranged futures and her reputation.

An inheritance requires Samuel Chance to have a wife, so he hires an unemployed actress for a temporary marriage. Rosemary's new role offers security, but secrets and unexpected feelings complicate their agreement to keep the union strictly practical.

Proposal planner Ditty Oliver believes romance must be carefully engineered, while her client's brother insists love should develop naturally. Their disagreement turns increasingly personal when an attraction neither planned threatens both their professional certainty and emotional defenses.

Percy Chance longs for marriage and falls quickly for Agnes Lloyd, who needs security for herself and her younger brother. Their rushed engagement offers protection from debt and scandal, until Percy’s private investigation threatens to uncover the secrets she is hiding.