Vanessa Riley Books in Order

A dangerous encounter leaves Madeline St. James married to a stranger, Lord Devonshire, in a union intended to protect her. As he pursues his brother's killer, their growing attraction challenges his expectations of obedience and her hopes for safety.

In London, maid Precious Jewell tastes freedom but remains devoted to the child in her care. Widowed Baron Welling prepares to lead a South African colony, struggling with fatherhood and the unsettling attraction he feels toward Precious.

Aboard the schooner bound for Port Elizabeth, Precious Jewell's hopes for independence collide with an old nightmare and an awkward intimacy with Lord Welling. With his son and caregiver aboard, the captain faces unrest among crew and heart.

Danger in Port Elizabeth forces Precious Jewell to protect young Jonas while questioning her faith and feelings for Lord Welling. Gareth must choose between retreat, an unwanted marriage, and negotiations with the Xhosa as the colonists face attack.

Port Elizabeth's survival is threatened by a missing chief and daughter, frightened colonists, and a difficult childbirth. Precious tries to protect those she loves, while Gareth's willingness to sacrifice himself places their fragile relationship under renewed strain.

Gaia Telfair discovers a family secret about her birth while helping a duke's daughter learn to speak. William St. Landon seeks refuge from a blackmailer, but his growing attachment to Gaia tests both their fears about scandal and acceptance.

Barrister Barrington Norton hopes to restore his wife's affection, but Amora's fractured memories threaten their marriage and her safety. As a major trial approaches, she questions whether his renewed concern comes from love or his need to win.

Learning the truth about Amora's past leaves Barrington desperate to repair the damage caused by his disbelief. Amora doubts his love, while a serial abductor's renewed interest in his escaped victim makes their estrangement increasingly dangerous.

Barrington's attempts to save his marriage falter amid desperation and unexpected revelations. Amora seeks a lost friend while struggling to forgive him, and their continuing division leaves them vulnerable to the criminal whose crimes they are investigating.

Amora Norton risks her health and marriage to bring the Dark Walk Abductor's victims forward as witnesses. Barrington wants to keep her safe, but pursuing justice forces them to confront the cost of exposing everything that happened.

This volume collects all four episodes following Precious Jewell and widowed Baron Welling from London toward Port Elizabeth. Her determination to preserve her freedom and his struggles with fatherhood become entwined with attraction and the colony's dangerous circumstances.

Ewan Fitzwilliam wants to escape his abusive father's influence and helps young flower picker Theodosia develop the speech skills her business ambitions require. Their unequal positions complicate the attraction growing between a hopeful entrepreneur and a troubled playwright.

Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes an elopement with actor Arthur Bex to avoid an arranged engagement. He needs a respectable marriage, but family secrets, the journey to Gretna Green, and dangerous abolitionist gatherings test their hurried union.

Widow Theodosia Cecil advertises for a husband to protect her son, only for her supposedly dead first love to return. After six years at war, Ewan Fitzwilliam must confront her belief that he abandoned her and the secrets dividing them.

Frederica Burghley advertises for a husband before her father can choose one for her. Threatening replies bring widower Jasper Fitzwilliam into her search as protector and matchmaker, complicating their friendship with danger and feelings neither expected.

Four years after an attack apparently killed her husband, Ruth Croome seeks a practical new marriage. Adam returns from forced naval service to find her alive with their son, but his concealed identity and past lies threaten their reunion.

After losing her freedom and infant son, Patience Jordan gains a position as his nanny through a secret society's help. Working for the child's guardian, Duke Busick Strathmore, she must conceal her identity while confronting enemies and unexpected attraction.

Shipwreck survivor Jemina St. Maur suffers amnesia and seeks her identity with help from the Widow's Grace. Barrister Daniel Thackery, who helped free her from Bedlam, struggles to reconcile his growing attachment with the secrets threatening his family.

Born enslaved in the Caribbean, Dorothy Kirwan Thomas works toward freedom for herself and her family. This historical novel follows her pursuit of business opportunities, independence, and power amid colonial society's restrictions on women and people of color.

Cecilia Thomas marries Lord Gantry to save him from danger and escape fortune hunters, then discovers he is a spy. Neglected in his family home, she adopts a new identity to investigate her sister's death while he pursues her.

Lady Abigail Worthing discovers her neighbor's estranged wife dead on her property but cannot reveal her secret abolitionist meeting as an alibi. When the widower unexpectedly offers protection, they investigate the killing together amid London's prejudices and social intrigues.

Enslaved West African warrior Toya and free woman Marie-Claire Bonheur follow different paths toward the struggle in Saint Domingue. Their connections with Jean-Jacques Dessalines bring them into the upheaval of the Haitian Revolution and the fight against colonial oppression.

A murder backstage at Drury Lane interrupts Lady Abigail Worthing’s refuge from society and her secret abolition work. Her investigation uncovers gambling debts and theatrical rivalries, complicated by a suspect whose politics align with her own.

After Haiti’s King Henry falls, Queen Marie-Louise Christophe flees to Europe with her daughters and hidden jewels. This historical novel follows her struggle to recover their fortune, rebuild a royal identity, and navigate race and power in exile.

A public kiss entangles wallflower Georgina Wilcox and composer Lord Mark Sebastian in scandal. They pretend to court while developing her singing talent, but family rivalries and growing attraction complicate their efforts to protect their reputations.

A blizzard traps Lady Abigail Worthing at a magistrate’s mansion, where murders follow ominous nursery rhymes. Connections to a wrongful conviction draw her and Stapleton Henderson into an investigation that puts both their lives in danger.

Scarlett Wilcox disguises herself as a man to pursue medical research until physician Stephen Carew saves her from exposure. Neither wants a conventional marriage, but pressure from society and an ambitious matchmaking wager complicates their growing connection.

Katherine offers to nurse the gravely ill Duke of Torrance in exchange for help securing a respectable husband. Their divided loyalties and shared illness complicate renewed passion, while enemies threaten the daughter whose future binds them together.

Jacquotte Delahaye disguises herself as a man to pursue a life at sea in the seventeenth-century Caribbean. After building a fortune through piracy, she turns against fellow raiders entering the slave trade and begins fighting for liberation.

Lady Abigail Worthing discovers her estranged husband murdered in St. James’s Park. Investigating with Stapleton Henderson reveals disturbing secrets, forcing her to reconsider an earlier case and examine letters that may explain who wanted him dead.