Kathleen Ayers Books in Order

Alexandra hopes an arranged marriage will preserve her family estate and protect its servants. An encounter with the notorious Marquess of Cambourne draws his interest, complicating her plans while he contends with dangers within his own family.

Bermuda heiress Jemma rescues a stranger without realizing he is a duke pursuing revenge. As their attraction grows, Nick sees her as a means to his goal, forcing him to choose between vengeance and love.

Six years after a misunderstanding separated them, Colin and Miranda meet again. He needs a wealthy bride but believes she rejected him for a duke, while she remains unmarried and still hopes to reclaim their lost chance.

Banished to Wales, Arabella accepts a disastrous proposal and soon needs rescuing. Lord Malden reluctantly brings her home, but the journey leaves them compromised and engaged to each other, despite their certainty that neither likes the other.

Elizabeth flees the convent where she has been hiding and finds shelter with a lord seeking to retire from espionage. A marriage of convenience promises safety and freedom, until unexpected love unsettles their practical arrangement.

Obedient Petra is considering a suitable marriage when a journey to her prospective fiancé’s estate goes wrong. Rescue comes from the ill-tempered Earl of Morwick, whose unwanted attraction to her threatens both their carefully guarded expectations.

A widowed duke trying to reform meets an outspoken woman whose passion for classical literature rivals his own. Their immediate attraction disrupts his intentions, particularly because she is not the woman he has arrived at the house party to marry.

Margaret wants a husband who will leave her free to pursue her own interests and asks Lord Welles for an introduction. His fascination with her piano playing and an improper proposal complicate a plan that was supposed to keep romance safely controlled.

Widowed Marissa ends an affair with younger Lord Haddon rather than risk another heartbreak. He returns seeking her advice for his daughter’s debut, using their renewed contact to persuade her that their connection deserves a future.

Andromeda reluctantly attends a house party hosted by a duke who disapproves of her family and outspoken manner. Their old hostility turns into attraction, but he has already selected another bride, leaving both to question the futures they assumed were settled.

Theodosia sends a scandalous self-portrait to the man she loves, then tries to recover it before her reputation is ruined. Instead, she encounters an impoverished marquess who sees her fortune as the answer to his troubles.

Aspiring confectioner Rosalind seeks a rare cookbook to help establish an independent career. Its owner, the older Earl of Torrington, offers culinary temptations that challenge her determination to avoid marriage and the distractions of falling in love.

Outspoken spinster Emmagene finds herself repeatedly paired with London's rudest earl during an unwelcome house party. Shared irritation becomes an unexpected affair, leaving both to question whether their connection can survive a return to ordinary society.

Hiding as a housekeeper, Oleana struggles with duties she barely understands and a butler determined to expose her failings. Attraction to her employer, the Earl of Montieth, puts her refuge at risk when revealing her feelings might also reveal her lies.

Humiliated by an earl's friends and forced into marriage, Honora returns to society years later as a celebrated widow. She plans to make the Earl of Southwell love her before taking revenge, but renewed attraction threatens her carefully maintained resolve.

Proper Olivia is persuaded to visit a notorious gambling establishment, where an encounter with American Benjamin Cooke unsettles her carefully planned future. His determined pursuit forces her to choose between her family’s expectations and her own desires.

Unhappy in her marriage to an elderly lord, American Georgina meets gambling-house owner Leo Murphy. Card lessons develop into an affair, but the consequences of one night and the secrets she keeps threaten their unexpected bond.

Andrew inherits a farm he wants to sell, only to find its former owner’s widow refuses to leave. As he clashes with determined Hester, attraction grows, but an attack makes him question how far she would go to protect her home.

A compromising encounter links notorious Tamsin with an eccentric duke who collects moths. To avoid scandal without marrying, they pretend to share only intellectual interests, but real affection complicates the carefully planned end of their association.

Drowning in inherited debt, Jordan must marry the daughter of his principal creditor or lose everything. Odessa has thwarted every previous suitor, but this reluctant earl proves stubborn, and their unwanted courtship begins to stir unexpected feelings.

Widowed duchess Beatrice hides in a remote village, seeking peace and atonement after tragedy. An encounter with the Earl of Blythe sparks an affair, but his eventual return to London threatens the refuge she refuses to leave.

Impoverished Edwina Collins takes a secretarial job at supposedly haunted Rose Abbey, where earlier employees fled in fear. Attraction to Lord Bascomb complicates her work, while disturbing events suggest someone is determined to drive her away too.

Curious Aurora asks her brother’s experienced business partner to teach her about physical intimacy. Charles resists risking her reputation, but her persistence and threat to seek another teacher challenge his resolve as his own desire grows.

Hired to abduct a young woman, former soldier Malcolm mistakenly takes her outspoken cousin Alyss. Stranded together far from London, they face robbery, a storm and an attraction that complicates her dependence on the man responsible for her predicament.

Bold Phaedra’s unconventional pursuits attract Morgan Stewart, a ruthless American financier with a troubling reputation. He welcomes the very behavior society condemns, but their growing attraction threatens the standing and relationships she holds dear.

To escape an unwanted marriage arranged by her indebted father, Lucy Waterstone proposes a different bargain to Harrison Estwood. He wants the estate attached to her inheritance, but distrust between their families complicates her offer of marriage in exchange for it.

Newly independent widow Celia enjoys scandalizing the respectable family of her late husband. When its exacting duke demands discretion, their mutual irritation turns into attraction, threatening both his insistence on propriety and her determination never to marry again.

Companion Helen hopes to finish one final social season and retire to a quiet life, but falls for a man she believes is a duke. Fletcher's profitable impersonation conceals a criminal past, making their attraction depend on a dangerous deception.

Sophia believes the notorious Duke of Roxboro courted and compromised her, but he insists they have never met. Her father's demand for marriage draws two bewildered adversaries into a scandal complicated by mistaken identity and unexpected attraction.