Patricia Waddell Books in Order

Traveling west with her dying minister father, Sara Waverly trusts his suggestion that she marry Jacob Talbert. Drawn to the man who rescued her, she must confront the war and imprisonment that have left him reluctant to accept love.

Seeking a fresh start in San Francisco, Claire Aldrich needs respectable employment. Banker Garrett Monroe offers an unusual position as his pretend fiancée, but their arrangement becomes complicated when the feelings it creates begin to turn real.

Required to marry by her grandfather’s will, Lady Clarissa Pomeroy proposes to the Earl of Sheridan, hoping to preserve her independence and secret charitable work. Their practical arrangement becomes complicated when affection grows but neither easily admits its depth.

Independent boardinghouse owner Regina Van Buren clashes with wealthy mill owner Jonathan Parker over women’s rights and her place in society. A chance glimpse through her stargazing telescope unsettles her determination to keep their relationship strictly professional.

English governess Olivia inherits a boardinghouse in a South African mining town and travels there under the guidance of diamond hunter Matthew Quinlan. Their difficult journey tests her resilience while attraction challenges the assumptions each has made about the other.

Peaceful priestess Lady Zara, ruler of Nubria, is forced into marriage with Logan, commander of the Galactic Guard. Their union brings together contrasting responsibilities and temperaments, while his unexpected tenderness begins to challenge the defenses she has built around herself.

While enduring his sister’s London season, a restless marquis encounters Evelyn, a shop assistant with ambitions to open her own dress business. When she is accused of stealing an heirloom, his intervention leads toward an unexpected attachment.

Prudence Tamhill’s reputation for impeccable virtue is threatened when a stolen kiss with Viscount Rathbone leads to scandal. Marriage offers protection from society’s judgment, but their reluctant arrangement soon confronts both with a passion they cannot easily dismiss.

A confirmed bachelor and a fiercely independent woman are discovered in a compromising embrace and find themselves abruptly married. Their unexpected union forces both to reconsider the freedom they valued and the attraction neither expected to change their lives.

Carefree Earl of Ackerman William Minstead discovers he has a nine-year-old daughter and proposes to her guardian, Hilary Compton. Adjusting to sudden family responsibilities becomes more complicated when Hilary determines to uncover another secret he has kept.

Galactic governor Reuel Shatar needs an heir and offers dissident Christa Kirklan marriage as an alternative to exile. The reluctant Earth-descended bride sees an opportunity to challenge the Alliance’s prejudices from within the family destined to rule it.