Karen Abbott Books in Order

Libby Barratt becomes responsible for two children after tragedy leaves them orphaned. Their new guardian, Philippe Ratier, draws her in, but what she knows about him makes surrendering her heart far from simple.

Charleigh Jordan has spent years fearing rejection because of the scars a childhood fire left behind. Helping Greg Scott’s silent daughter brings her close to a man she wants, and fears, to love.

District nurse Sophie Draycott thinks she knows which man belongs in her future. Then Brett Ridgeway enters her life and forces her to look again at love, habit, and what she really wants.

After years with relatives, Christi is sent to spend the summer with an unfamiliar family on an island off the French coast. There she meets the enigmatic Raoul St Clare, and her life begins to change.

Gini wants to open a dress shop, but the businessman she approaches for help buys the premises instead. Starting over from a beach hut brings her closer to Hugo, though she cannot be sure who he really is.

Interior designer Poppy wins a major house renovation and loses her heart to the client behind it. Dominic Howard is already tied to another woman, so every step closer comes with a cost.

Molly and her young son end up stranded in Wales after a wrong turn and an accident. Shelter comes from a kind farmer named Morris, but falling hard and fast may be its own risk.

Giselle heads to a French island to help build her father’s new restaurant and plans to keep the stay brief. Working beside the charismatic Jean Claude Morville makes that plan much harder to keep.

A hit-and-run leaves Melissa Fielding alive but cut off from her own past. As she recovers, her boyfriend, job, and risky former life all feel strangely unfamiliar, and the truth may be worse than not knowing.

Samantha fights to protect her family’s department store from a looming takeover. When Nathan Moore enters the picture, she has to choose between business loyalty and what her heart is telling her.

Eleanor Faversham slips into society by posing as a French emigree and meets the dashing Lord Stansfield. One betrayal later, she is thrown into danger and a very different London life.

Sonia Franklin goes to Bordeaux as companion and English tutor to a teenage girl. Two men soon compete for her heart, and the choice is not nearly as simple as it first appears.

Barbara Chesney flees an arranged marriage and thinks service as a lady’s maid will buy her freedom. Instead she is kidnapped, swept across the Channel, and forced into a dangerous masquerade in revolutionary Paris.

On occupied Ile d’Oleron during the Second World War, Florentine Devreux is caught between resistance, fear, and two brothers. Love becomes one more dangerous choice in a world shaped by occupation and war.

Elaine and Kate expect a quiet holiday, but three men keep crossing their path and stirring suspicion. What begins as a break soon becomes a tense question of trust and survival.

Rosie Mather is drawn to the cause of women’s suffrage, even as Sam Hardshaw wants a far more traditional future. Love and conviction pull in opposite directions, and Rosie has to decide which life she can live with.

Eva Cunningham’s new hotel job in south Wales brings her face to face with Matt Talbot, the ex-husband she never expected to see again. When trouble threatens the hotel, they must work together and revisit the past that broke them.

Sue Anders travels to Kuala Lumpur for a wedding and means to guard her heart. Then she meets businessman David Blake and gets swept into business trouble that could turn deadly.

Averil Townley longs for more than the narrow life mapped out by her overbearing father. Inspired by the suffragettes and shaken by a change in fortune, she fears the man she loves no longer sees her as a suitable match.

Katherine Newcombe takes a respectable position in a Devonshire household and quickly senses something is wrong. As schoolmaster Miles Westcott investigates a chain of strange events, danger closes in around them both.

Danielle Cachart hopes for an easy summer on Ile d’Oleron, perhaps with a little romance on the side. Instead she finds herself close to widower Alex Gallepe and his son, while real danger moves in.

Lysette Dupont comes to Ile d’Oleron to help restore her grandfather’s old windmill and expects a quiet season. Instead she is drawn to artist Xavier Monsigny, and into a romance shadowed by intrigue.

Gill Madison takes a chance on a job aboard a pleasure boat in Langkawi, and on its handsome skipper, Bart Lawson. The tropical fresh start soon proves far more complicated than it first seems.

Abigail Norton is ready to open her own beauty salon, until sabotage begins to close in around her. Unsure whether charming neighbor Tim Boardman is helping or hindering, she has to untangle romance from real danger.

Rosalind Mansell returns from Paris to her family farm in Shropshire after her teaching job ends abruptly. Home brings problems, responsibilities, and the unsettling possibility of falling for the village’s young vicar.

Jo Mattison’s inheritance depends on choosing one of her cousins as a husband, and she wants no part of it. A flight to Borneo, and the return of the man who once hurt her, only makes the choice harder.

Amanda comes home to care for her younger half-siblings, only for tragedy to change everything. An inheritance dispute, and the presence of Simon, her stepmother’s brother, turns a family duty into a complicated emotional test.

Amelia’s family is ruined when her brother dies in disgrace and society turns its back on them. Pressured toward a convenient marriage, she must choose between security and the principles she refuses to surrender.

Wild-hearted Georgiana is sent to a Brighton academy to be turned into a proper young lady. High society, family trouble, and the appearance of Lord Mountjoy force her to decide whom she can trust.

Jasmine finally gets the chance to open her dream teashop in Pembrokeshire. When strange events threaten the business, she has to work out who wants it closed and what she is willing to risk.

Lucy Templeton’s first scandal sends her away, but one stolen kiss keeps haunting her. After disgrace strikes again, she refuses to become the meek daughter society expects.

After a carriage accident, Patricia invents a story about being a wealthy heiress to save face. The lie gives her room to maneuver, but it also pulls her deeper into a risky romantic game.

When her father dies, Beatrice Rossall is left caring for baby Daisy with no home and no money. Her search for the child’s father turns into a fight for dignity, security, and a future for them both.

Emily loses her place in society after financial ruin and the deaths of both her parents. Too proud to confess her feelings, she must survive a cruel relative and decide whether love still has a place in her future.

A death in the family leaves Timothy Harding’s inheritance in doubt, and Camilla Brentwood is pulled into the scandal. As a hidden branch of the family tree comes to light, loyalty and romance become tangled.

This Ile d’Oleron collection gathers three linked novellas shaped by old family mysteries and the island’s past. Summer romance, buried secrets, and a wartime thread all feed into a story about what the island has been hiding.

After betrayal and abuse at home, Ellen is sent to work as a kitchen maid in Lancashire. Climbing from servant to lady’s maid brings fresh hope, but jealousy and three very different suitors threaten her hard-won future.