Janet Louise Roberts Books in Order

Bookish Sophia Forest marries the Earl of Gresham in a practical arrangement that protects his fortune and grants her independence. Falling in love with a husband who disdains intellectual women leaves her struggling between pride and the hope of affection.

Opera singer Lucia Amato rises to fame with the devoted support of accompanist Martin Frazier. When a wealthy Greek shipping magnate draws her into his world, glamour and luxury threaten both her happiness and the career Martin helped build.

Catherine Galloway marries Lord Ravenswood while concealing her work as a British spy. Attempts on her life, his mysterious diplomatic journeys, and a renewed connection with a former lover leave her uncertain whether danger comes from espionage or her marriage.

Jilted Lady Elinor Melbourne inherits her uncle's estate and devotes herself to its impoverished tenants. Persistent suitors complicate her new life, but a weeping figure who vanishes without explanation draws her into a possible tragedy hidden within the inheritance.

Working in her stepfather’s tavern, Maggie McNair secretly passes British military plans to the American patriots and the rebel leader she has married. When their operations go wrong, suspicions of treachery place her at the center of a dangerous trap.

After delivering news that Mary's fiancé has married someone else, Lord St. John offers himself as a replacement. Having resigned her governess position, she accepts, but their sudden marriage leaves two near strangers trying to turn passion into a lasting relationship.

Sarah is caught between her father and the man she loves, leaders of opposing factions in Rivertown. When two graves are disturbed, existing tensions sharpen into suspicion, forcing her to navigate divided loyalties as violence threatens the village.

Isabel welcomes a new life with her aunt Camilla and a romance with Matthew. Strange gatherings, midnight meetings, and disturbing dreams gradually make her question the people she trusts and the frightening secret behind her apparent good fortune.

A young woman searches for her future within an old, abandoned inn believed to be haunted. Its unsettling atmosphere turns that search into a confrontation with uncertainty, as she tries to discover whether the place holds promise or danger.

Archaeologist Daphne searches a Greek island for Apollo's lost temple while growing attracted to her wealthy employer. A trance in which she speaks as an ancient priestess draws them closer, but also opens a path toward disturbing danger.

Orphaned Michele Martindale earns her living on the stage in Regency Paris while two men compete for her attention. One offers passion without marriage, the other marriage without love, forcing her to decide what future she wants.

Caroline travels to Vienna to return a valuable artwork and becomes attached to its aristocratic owner. A stay at his castle leads into questions about her employer, violent secret meetings, and a clandestine marriage whose purpose she cannot understand.

Lady Pamela leaves Regency England for Rome to marry the man she adored in childhood. Lord Douglas Kinnair now seems arrogant and unfamiliar, leaving her caught between remembered affection, wounded pride, and uncertainty about the husband awaiting her.

To preserve her inheritance, Heather Mallory proposes a practical marriage to impoverished Lord Ian Cardross in exchange for personal freedom. Unexpected love complicates their bargain, while a glamorous rival threatens the reputation and independence Heather has worked to protect.

English heiress Rosalind marries Count Adam Potocki amid Vienna's diplomatic gatherings in 1814. His changed behavior and connection with another woman make her question whether love or financial need motivated him, challenging her hopes for their life together.

Adriana arrives at Castlereagh Manor expecting happiness, only to find isolation, restrictions, and a strangely withdrawn aunt. Her guardian forbids the riding she loves, but defying him leads her toward a feared family curse and the terror surrounding it.

Sheila O'Donnell manages a tropical plantation far from the social life of Regency England. When its owner returns from London with fashionable guests, their arrival pulls her into unfamiliar romantic intrigue and disrupts the responsibilities she has been handling alone.

Penniless governess Prudence Tarrant marries Lord Colin Erskine after he breaks with her spoiled employer's daughter. In Venice, her family's disgrace and suspicions about Colin's former fiancée threaten a marriage she is determined to defend.

Actress Cecilia Trent marries the Marquess of Barrington, then finds suspicion clouding their life together. Forced to abandon her career, she hears disturbing stories about his first wife's death and begins to fear for herself and her unborn child.

Christine escapes her guardian and journeys into the Northwest wilderness to find her brother. The hoped-for reunion becomes a frightening ordeal as her search brings her close to a murder, placing her new independence under an unexpected threat.

On an island troubled by greed and rumrunning, Silva Armitage tries to protect her twin brother and preserve her independence. Three powerful men pursue her, turning their ambitions into competing threats against the home and freedom she values.

Vivian Lesley secretly writes sensational novels while her stern guardian, Lord Gilbert Seymour, conceals his reputation as a rake. Discovering each other's hidden lives sparks threats and retaliation, even as their mutual anger disguises a growing romantic attachment.

In 1880s Hawaii, Peter Darien and Rosalind fall in love while rebellion, natural disasters, and the pursuit of black pearls unsettle the islands. Protecting their land draws them into conflict with outsiders whose greed threatens the future they hope to share.

Belinda welcomes her husband home after the Civil War, hoping for happiness at his family's plantation. Screams from the surrounding swamps, his ambiguous relationship with another woman, and his cousin's dangerous secret turn their reunion into a struggle with fear.

After her stepfather gambles away her freedom, seventeen-year-old Tess enters a forced marriage with the enigmatic Morgan Hamilton. At a plantation on a tropical island, she must navigate distrust, slavery and vengeance while trying to understand her husband and herself.

Raised by a Japanese family after her mother's death, Charita Atwood meets wealthy Brad Livingston while caring for her dying father. Their developing love brings two different cultural backgrounds together in a romance shaped by passion and adjustment.

Laurel Winfield feels more at home in the Alaskan wilderness than in the cities she has known. Falling for Thor Koenig offers the promise of love, but violence and greed threaten the life she hopes to build there.

A dancer has given herself completely to her art until a man awakens a new passion. The love that enters her life challenges the devotion to dance that has defined her world.

American Jacinth Essex travels to France to learn the perfume trade at the Saint-Amours family estate. Her arrival attracts the attention of Lorenz Saint-Amour, introducing the possibility of romance alongside the new work she has come to pursue.

New York fashion designer Iris Patakos leaves her familiar life behind in pursuit of Gregorios Venizelos. Following him to his home in Greece disrupts her career and independence as she tries to win the man she loves.

Honoring her dying father’s wish, Veronica continues preparations to marry the Italian duke she loves. As the wedding approaches, frightening threats suggest that someone intends to prevent the marriage, turning her promised happiness into a struggle against an unseen enemy.