Martha Keyes Books in Order

Cecilia pursues a prestigious marriage until a blunt Frenchman challenges the image she presents to society. Jacques is concealing his own humble identity, and their attraction brings both mounting family expectations and a powerful enemy determined to expose him.

After an accident interrupts her journey, Eleanor and her younger brother take refuge with Lawrence Debenham, who is determined to evade his parents’ expectations. Her sense of responsibility challenges his independence, while their growing affection unsettles them both.

When her father loses her hand in a card game, Isabel proposes a scheme to help her reluctant fiancé regain another woman’s love. Their arrangement grows increasingly tangled as scandal and shared experiences challenge what each believes they want.

Phoebe returns from her London season expecting to marry the man she loves, only to face a bewildering romantic misunderstanding. With a soldier’s unexpected arrival and George’s planned departure for France approaching, they must untangle their conflicting accounts and loyalties.

Facing an uncertain inheritance and two unwelcome futures, Kate visits a childhood friend and falls for the man her friend hopes to marry. His secrets and local smuggling entangle her feelings with loyalty and a promise to avenge her father.

Edith and Elias have traded barbs since childhood and have little interest in marriage. When friends trick each into believing the other is secretly in love, they plan a retaliatory courtship, only to find their performance becoming unsettlingly convincing.

Advice columnist Ruth disguises herself as a man to coach Lord Oxley in winning his chosen bride. As their meetings deepen into friendship, her feelings and mounting deceptions threaten to expose her secret and destroy the trust between them.

After a humiliating annulment, Lady Anne accepts a marriage of convenience with independent-minded Tobias Cosgrove. Both hope for a peaceful arrangement without emotional demands, but the return of her past forces them to reconsider what they want from their marriage.

In 1794 Scotland, a smallpox outbreak exposes the divisions of a Lowland village where Isla already struggles to belong. The arrival of a Highland physician fleeing his own guilt forces both to confront their pasts and the community’s suspicions.

Years after jilting Solomon, Mercy tries to protect him when his intended bride runs away with another man. Following his pursuit forces them to revisit old wounds, conflicting loyalties and the possibility that neither fully understands the past.

Elizabeth Innes seeks proof that a rival clan’s laird ordered an attack, while Malcolm MacKinnon is pressured to win her trust for revenge. Their competing missions draw them together, testing loyalties neither can afford to abandon.

Former soldier Hamish takes an inn job to advance his plan to recover his family estate. When fleeing heiress Ava is mistaken for a servant, their growing attachment threatens to expose secrets that could ruin both of their hopes.

Widow Christina needs her inherited estate to support her siblings, but her husband’s clan threatens her security. Returning soldier Lachlan offers help while seeking his own lost inheritance, leaving them to decide what an alliance will cost.

Glenna dreams of running the Highland inn where she works, despite being unable to read or write. Newly appointed manager Alistair needs its success to reclaim his family home, forcing the rivals to cooperate while their ambitions begin to change.

After divorcing a famous actor, Stevie accepts refuge in her longtime friend Troy’s duplex. Paparazzi turn their friendship into a supposed romance, stirring feelings Troy once confessed and leaving both questioning whether they can remain safely in the friend zone.

At her best friend’s French wedding, maid of honor Siena struggles to handle her duties while avoiding the bride’s flirtatious brother. Jack offers help, but their hidden romantic history threatens his efforts to improve his relationship with his sister.

Exiled to a seaside cottage after a disastrous season, Judith finds the gentleman responsible unconscious on the beach. His lost memory gives her a chance to teach him a lesson, but her deception becomes harder to sustain as affection grows.

Charlotte supports her family by secretly drawing satirical portraits of society. When evidence needed to clear Anthony Yorke’s brother comes into her possession, their bargain forces them into an engagement neither wants and a deception that may ruin them both.

Newly elevated duke William Yorke intervenes when a man auctions his wife and offers her work at his estate. Clara’s presence fuels unwanted gossip, but discovering one of William’s secrets draws them closer despite the barriers between their stations.

Falsely accused of murder, Silas Yorke adopts another identity and returns to London to clear his name. Meeting independent-minded Arabella at a masquerade threatens his secrecy, while her growing attraction leaves her questioning whether he is the man he claims.

Reese brings contractor Cole as her pretend boyfriend on a Christmas cabin trip where her ex will be present. Cole plays the part convincingly, but his rules about casual dating clash with the real feelings Reese begins to develop.

A visa problem threatens Luca’s dream of an NFL career, until he saves Tori from an accident and she offers to marry him. Their practical arrangement becomes complicated as immigration scrutiny and unexpected feelings make pretending increasingly difficult.

Matchmaking entrepreneur Vivian Hale believes compatibility can be calculated, while journalist Grant Wilder intends to expose her company as a scam. Their growing attraction tests both convictions, especially when her own algorithm declares them an impossible match.

Frederick Yorke arrives in Cornwall seeking a parliamentary seat, only to find the votes he needs controlled by Lady Caroline Radcliffe. The sharp-witted widow supports his rival, but political maneuvering draws them toward an attraction that complicates both their plans.