Theresa Romain Books in Order

James, Viscount Matheson, is engaged to Louisa Oliver, but wedding preparations bring him closer to her stepsister Julia Herington. Their unexpected attraction creates a difficult choice between family obligations, a respectable marriage, and their own feelings.

Alexander, Lord Xavier, accepts a wager involving bookish Louisa Oliver at a Christmas house party. Behind his rakish reputation, she discovers a fellow lover of poetry, while festive games and library mysteries draw them together.

Wounded veteran Henry Middlebrook returns from the Napoleonic wars determined to find a wife. Widow Frances Whittier helps his courtship of a wealthy countess through letters, but their growing connection complicates the identity of his ideal bride.

A disastrous gamble leaves Jane Tindall facing financial ruin and scandal. Edmund Ware, Baron Kirkpatrick, offers marriage as a practical solution, but their Yuletide arrangement becomes more complicated when affection develops alongside secrets neither has fully disclosed.

American Giles Rutherford searches England for lost jewels that could give his family a fresh start. A snowy encounter with rebellious Lady Audrina Bradleigh brings an unexpected companion into his Christmas treasure hunt, along with romantic complications.

Michael Layward, Duke of Wyverne, needs a wealthy wife to rescue his finances, but society finds him daunting. Independent widow Caroline Graves offers to help him navigate courtship, rekindling a connection that threatens her determination never to remarry.

Heiress Augusta Meredith visits Bath disguised as a widow, hoping to escape gossip and find romance on her own terms. Joss Everett recognizes her, and their bargain to protect each other's secrets develops into a complicated attraction.

Racing rivals Hannah Chandler and Sir Bartlett Crosby clash over ownership of a valuable colt. When the horse disappears before an important race, they must work together to protect their families' fortunes, confronting secrets and an unexpected attraction.

Nathaniel Chandler hopes an important horse race will restore his family's fortunes, with secretary Rosalind Agate accompanying the preparations. As trouble threatens their plans, working together draws them closer, despite secrets and the difference in their social positions.

Charlotte Perry returns to her parents' Derbyshire home seeking refuge from a dangerous past. Blind naval veteran Benedict Frost joins her search for stolen Royal Mint gold, whose reward could finance new lives for them both.

Widowed Lady Eleanor Palmer wants a dependable husband after an unhappy first marriage. Her longtime friend Nicholas Langford, Duke of Hampshire, helps her search, but his concealed affection and adventurous nature make their practical plan increasingly difficult.

Ten years after Eliza’s family prevented their elopement, wounded former cavalryman Bertie leases the Greenleaf ancestral home. Their renewed attraction offers another chance at love, but old resentments, family loyalties, and hidden truths threaten to separate them again.

Georgette Frost disguises herself as a boy to hunt stolen gold and save her family's bookshop. Physician Lord Hugo Starling joins the journey, hoping to fund his medical ambitions, as clues and growing affection complicate their partnership.

Widow Kate Whelan reunites with antiquities expert Evan Rhys while struggling with debts and her husband's mysterious death. Their longstanding connection becomes harder to ignore as false artifacts and troubling secrets draw Evan back toward Ireland.

Returning to inherit an impoverished dukedom, Leo asks his first love Poppy to pose as his fiancée. The arrangement could fund her escape from England and win his uncle’s approval, but renewed feelings complicate their intended separation.

Jilted Ada Ellis retreats to Berkshire, where reporter Colin Goddard needs material for his career. When her former fiancé arrives with his new wife, a pretend courtship offers protection from humiliation, but their arrangement awakens real feelings.

Lady Isabel Morrow discovers a forged painting among her late husband's dealings and plans to recover the original. Bow Street Runner Callum Jenks, with whom she shares a romantic past, faces conflicting loyalties when she seeks his help.

Irene Chandler and Jonah have kept their marriage secret while pursuing separate obligations for years. Her covert work helping vulnerable women and his family responsibilities complicate their wish to build an openly shared life without inviting scandal.

Cassandra Benton takes on investigative work after her Bow Street Runner brother is injured. George, Lord Northbrook, hires her to examine suspicious deaths among participants in his father's tontine, bringing financial intrigue and attraction into their partnership.