Jillian Eaton Books in Order

Forty years after abandoning love for duty, the Duke of Ashburn returns to England hoping to reclaim Abigail. She has built a life without him and fears reopening the feelings his arrival brings back.

Charlotte Vanderley escapes an unwanted engagement by marrying wealthy entrepreneur Gavin Graystone, who treats marriage as a business arrangement. Their journey together complicates the bargain as both develop feelings they had intended to keep out of it.

Raised in London's slums, Ava reluctantly accepts protection from Heath Mason while fleeing men who want her dead. Her growing trust in the mysterious rescuer becomes dangerous when his hidden purpose threatens the fragile future she hopes to build.

Sixteen-year-old Lola Sanchez wants to finish school and leave her small hometown, until a vampire massacre destroys her familiar world. Survival replaces every earlier ambition, and the person she hoped to trust may be her greatest danger.

West, a feared figure from London's rookeries, plans to kidnap a duke's daughter and collect a ransom. Emily's stubborn resistance and their unexpected attraction complicate the scheme, drawing two people from opposite worlds into danger together.

Struggling Isabel Price receives money and an invitation from reclusive billionaire Marcus Montgomery. Accepting means spending a week at his estate under strict rules, drawing her into a mysterious arrangement she cannot easily dismiss.

Independent Lady Harper sees little reason to marry and dislikes the arrogant Duke of Greenwood. He finds her resistance irresistible and pursues her, turning their clashes into a courtship neither can easily control.

After surviving the vampire attack on Revere, Lola searches for her father before the drinkers find him. With few options left, she joins forces with an enemy from her past whose help may carry a deadly price.

Clara Witherspoon believes the grieving Duke of Thorncroft is the prince who will rescue her from her stepfamily. Winning his heart requires defying her stepmother, entering a prestigious ball, and persuading him to love again before he marries another woman.

Lady Emma Sterling wakes beside notorious rake William Prescott after drinking too much wine and wants to forget the scandal. William refuses to disappear, and a winter storm traps them together before Emma can settle her conflicting feelings.

Divorced and struggling to support her children, Felicity distrusts charming former thief Felix despite their attraction. When she witnesses a terrible crime, the Bow Street Runner becomes her best hope of protection, forcing her to risk trusting him.

Suspected of killing her husband, Scarlett faces an investigation led by Owen, the former lover she rejected. His desire for revenge clashes with their rekindled attraction, while the real murderer remains free and prepares to strike again.

Caroline marries the cold Duke of Readington without understanding why he chose her. Eric intends only to secure an heir and avoid love, but a winter storm traps them together and begins to undermine his carefully maintained distance.

Skilled thief Juliet disguises herself as a lady to escape Bow Street Runner Grant. Their pursuit turns into attraction, but a threat from her past forces her to depend on the man whose duty is to arrest her.

After escaping a murderer terrorizing London, Lilly turns to Bran, the thief who once broke her heart. Protecting her forces him to confront their unfinished feelings while they try to outwit a relentless killer.

To save her family from financial ruin, shy Hannah proposes marriage to a duke who lives in bitter seclusion after a childhood injury. He agrees to a union in name only, but their growing closeness threatens that condition.

Eleanor never wanted a title, and Derek resents the circumstances that made her his duchess. A challenge to their unconsummated marriage gives him one month to win over the eccentric animal lover he abandoned after their wedding.

Widowed Georgiana returns to London and encounters Sebastian, the man who broke her heart years earlier. Now a reclusive duke shadowed by sinister rumors, he must confront their unresolved attraction and the past that keeps them apart.

Heiress Amelia Tattershall wants someone who loves her rather than her fortune. Bow Street Runner Tobias Kent wants revenge for his murdered wife, but their attraction becomes dangerous when the killer turns his attention to Amelia.

Honora Appleton intends to keep her independence rather than follow her sisters into marriages begun at the family Christmas ball. The arrival of an appealing stranger tests her resolve and turns an evening of watching others fall in love into something unexpected.

Lady Kitty Dower has chosen the Duke of Wakefield as her ideal husband, but Byron wants no wife. His painful past keeps him withdrawn, challenging Kitty to reach the man beneath his defenses.

An ancestral letter sends American heiress Athena Dogwood to England and the doorstep of a difficult duke. Widowed Ambrose needs a governess for his daughter, but Athena’s arrival challenges his determination to avoid love.

Regina longs for the love of the duke forced to marry her, while her husband avoids their unhappy union. When an injury confines him to bed, renewed closeness gives their marriage an unexpected chance.

Humiliated when her betrothal collapses, Cadence retreats to a remote country estate intending to avoid the world. There she meets the Duke of Colebrook, another wounded heart whose determination to stay unmarried falters after an unexpected kiss.

Calliope Haversham has eighteen days to marry before losing her inheritance to a disliked cousin. With her friend's help, she sets her sights on the reclusive Earl of Winchester, a man determined never to dance or propose again.

Merry Clearwater prefers animals to society and expects little from romance. When the Duke of Kendalwood takes an unexpected interest in her, a Christmas encounter challenges both their assumptions about the kind of person they could love.

Widowed on her wedding night and cast out by her husband's heir, Helena survives through a mysterious benefactor's help. Discovering that her rescuer is the same man who abandoned her brings old mistrust into conflict with unexpected attraction.

Percy hides in London after escaping her violent husband, until bounty hunter Lucas Black tracks her down. Hired to return her to the duke, Lucas instead finds himself drawn to the woman whose trust has already been brutally broken.

Four years after Miles abandoned her at the altar, Dianna faces his return and renewed pursuit. He hopes to repair the damage, but her lingering love must contend with the betrayal she cannot forget.

Lady Amelia abandons society and becomes Artemis Bishop, a thief in London's Seven Dials. When the Duke of Warwick finally finds his runaway fiancee, their battle over freedom and obligation sparks a dangerous contest of wills and lingering attraction.

Bow Street Runner Ronan Hawke encounters a woman resembling the wife he believed died in a fire. Sophia remembers neither him nor their marriage, and recovering their life together threatens someone determined to keep them apart.

Harold has always loved Rosalind, but she married his charming twin brother. After an unhappy marriage ends in sudden widowhood, Rosalind begins to see the quiet scholar differently, offering them a chance at long-delayed happiness.

Prudence accepts a wealthy earl’s proposal to escape her controlling mother, then finds herself drawn to untitled Aiden Donovan. As her wedding approaches, she must choose between the security she planned and an unexpected love.

American Joanna hires British investigator Thomas to recover her mother’s stolen ring and uncover its secrets. Their mutual resistance gives way to attraction, but the truth behind the heirloom threatens the future they might build together.

American heiress Evelyn sets her sights on the Earl of Hawkridge, who dismisses her as a fortune hunter despite their attraction. A house party traps them together, forcing both to reconsider their assumptions and the disappointments shaping them.

A childhood promise brings Scottish lord Lachlan back into Brynne’s life, and their renewed connection leads to marriage. When a devastating secret drives her away, he follows her to England determined to repair the trust he broke.

Seven previously published Christmas novellas bring together historical romances involving wishes, inheritance deadlines, unexpected encounters, and second chances. Among them, a secluded widow receives a stranger, while a duke begins falling in love with his own wife.

Delilah Swan prefers walking her dog to enduring the season's eligible gentlemen, especially the arrogant Duke of Claiborne. After her hound causes an unfortunate encounter, repeated meetings with the infuriating duke challenge her comfortable plans for remaining unattached.

Lenora Rosewood devotes herself to managing her three younger sisters and avoids courtship. Her resistance attracts the attention of a notoriously unserious duke, whose pursuit challenges her priorities while forcing him to take his own feelings more seriously.

Annabel Rosewood dreams of marriage but has found no compelling suitor until a supposed highwayman steals a kiss. The stranger is an earl whose prank went wrong, and neither can forget the encounter when their paths cross again.

Shy Bridget Rosewood accepts a proposal from widowed Viscount Croft, unaware that he expects a convenient caretaker for his children. His intention to leave her in the country falters when their practical marriage begins developing an emotional life.

An unexpected kiss draws quiet Rosemary toward Sterling, a duke accused of murdering his mistress. Their connection offers both a chance at happiness, but a returning enemy forces him to confront the past threatening their future.

Nicholas and Lavinia's once-loving marriage has faded beneath work and charitable obligations. Refusing to accept their estrangement, Lavinia proposes a Christmas deadline that gives her husband one final chance to choose their relationship over his ledgers.

Independent Eloise Rosewood refuses to imagine marriage to a conventional gentleman and sets her sights on a rogue. Entrepreneur Adam St. Clair wants a practical, respectable wife, but his attraction to the very different Eloise disrupts that plan.

The Duke of Dorchester wants a proper wife and a mother for his unruly twin daughters, while actress Lillian Snow needs money to save her production. Meeting at a Yuletide ball challenges both their expectations of a suitable match.

After eighteen lonely months of marriage, Duchess Mara travels to London intending to take a lover. Her estranged husband dismisses the rumors until jealousy awakens, prompting him to pursue the wife whose passion he believed had disappeared.

Kitty wants to escape the cold marriage that followed her once-passionate romance with William. He refuses to let her go, and their battle over separation exposes secrets and lingering desire that force them to reconsider what remains between them.

Doctor Abigail fled her marriage of convenience when unexpected passion threatened her independence. Her husband eventually finds her in London and offers a bargain: three weeks together at his estate before she decides whether to leave him for good.

Annabel wants passion rather than a respectable but dull marriage, while gambler Lucas O'Brian refuses to pursue an innocent woman. A snowy carriage accident brings them together, leaving her determined to win the man equally determined to resist her.

A scandal has left Lynette Swan unable to attract a respectable husband, yet marriage may be the only way to protect her sisters from poverty. Desperation sends her back to Nathaniel Blackbourne, the rogue who caused her disgrace.

Searching ruined Blackmoore Castle for a missing friend, Callum Campbell encounters the legendary Black Bride. The mysterious woman tends his injuries, but pursuing their connection means confronting the evil spirit that keeps her bound to the castle.

American Hugh Jacobson hopes to begin again in England while keeping dangerous secrets buried. His attraction to outspoken Temperance Swan turns their sharp exchanges into a concealed affair, putting the lives and futures they want to protect at risk.