Scarlett Peckham Books in Order

The Duke of Westmead needs a wife and heir while concealing desires that threaten his respectable public image. Independent botanist Poppy wants funding for her nursery, but an arrangement with the duke challenges both her autonomy and his guarded heart.

After her gossip column ruins the Earl of Apthorp’s prospects, Lady Constance offers a fake engagement to restore his reputation. Forced into close company, she discovers unexpected qualities beneath his dull image, unaware that he has long been in love with her.

Reformer Henry Evesham investigates London’s sex trade while struggling against desires that complicate his moral certainty. When apprentice whipping governess Alice needs to reach her sick mother, a shared journey through a blizzard forces both to reconsider their assumptions about each other.

Activist Seraphina Arden plans a revealing memoir to fund women’s rights work and keeps romance strictly temporary. Widowed architect Adam cannot afford a scandal, but their month-long arrangement threatens the emotional boundaries both have built around painful pasts.

Painter and activist Cornelia must marry to claim an inheritance that could fund women’s rights, forcing her to reveal an old secret marriage. Her estranged husband, now a reform-minded duke, wants a public partnership while both try to resist their returning feelings.

Courtesan Thaïs auctions a month as her mistress to raise money for women’s rights, expecting another professional arrangement. Her winning bidder, a radical earl seeking lessons before marriage, challenges the boundaries between a paid education and an emotional connection neither planned.