Sarah E Ladd Books in Order

At Keatley Hall School for Young Men, outspoken Ella Wilde longs to found a school for girls, but looming financial ruin and pressure to marry push her into partnering with childhood friend Gabriel Rowe to expose a celebrated phrenologist whose fraud may be tied to her family’s past.

Antiquities expert Olivia Brannon slips into a Cloverton Hall house party under false pretenses to value a private collection, but her old rival Lucas Avery is there on the same job, and together they uncover counterfeit treasures, buried grudges, and an unexpected second chance at love.

Widowed Charlotte Grey discovers her late husband’s ambitions left dangerous enemies behind, so she flees with her infant son to Hollythorne House, only to find her first love, watchman Anthony Welbourne, assigned to protect them as fresh threats and old feelings collide.

When teacher Cassandra Hale receives a mysterious letter hinting at the truth about her parents, she journeys to Briarton Park and its new master James Warrington, where buried secrets, village gossip, and mounting danger reshape her past and her future.

Seeking distraction after heartbreak, Julia Twethewey travels to Lanwyn Manor to support her pregnant cousin, only to be drawn into village unrest, mine disasters, and a forbidden attraction to earnest mine manager Isaac Blake as valuables vanish and threats mount.

At windswept Wyndcliff Estate, steward's granddaughter Evelyn Bray and new owner Liam Twethewey investigate a deadly shipwreck, uncovering rumors of smuggling, hidden loyalties, and a fragile love that might not survive the secrets buried along the Cornish coast.

Widowed governess Cordelia Greythorne has vowed never to return to Cornwall, but her employer's death forces her and five orphaned children to Penwythe Hall, where wary landowner Jac Twethewey and dangerous secrets threaten the fragile new life she hopes to build.

In a Yorkshire village split between traditional weavers and a rising mill, loyal Kate Dearborne finds herself torn when she falls for returning soldier Henry Stockton, heir to the very mill her father hates, as sabotage, unrest, and hard choices threaten everyone they love.

After her father’s ruin and a broken engagement, society beauty Annabelle Thorley flees to Fellsworth School, where hard work, a guarded widower gamekeeper named Owen Locke, and dangerous poaching schemes test her courage and offer a chance at a quieter, braver life.

Isabel Creston leaves the strict world of Fellsworth School when unknown relatives summon her to Emberwilde, an estate bordered by a haunted wood, where two very different suitors and a tangle of family secrets force her to choose between safety and love.

Shopkeeper's daughter Camille Iverness is attacked over a legendary ruby, pushing her into uneasy alliance with country apothecary and unexpected heir Jonathan Gilchrist as they hunt the missing gem from grim London streets to the quiet lanes of Surrey.

Haunted by a youthful scandal, Cecily Faire accepts a position as companion at grand Willowgrove Hall, where reserved steward Nathaniel Stanton hides a past of his own and their growing affection collides with old secrets, family claims, and questions of true worth.

Determined to keep a promise to her dying friend, heiress Amelia Barrett offers a marriage of convenience to sea captain Graham Sterling so she can raise his infant daughter, but when the baby is kidnapped their fragile plan and private faith are pushed to the edge.

At Rosemere School for Young Ladies, practical Patience Creighton shoulders her grieving family and their pupils alone until debt-ridden landlord William Sterling collapses at her door, drawing her into a web of scandal, arson, and an unexpected hope of love.