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Across six connected Regency romances, inheritance and second chances rewrite what “ruined” and “respectable” mean. A wallflower’s fake engagement, a ruined lady’s hidden library, a coastal inn, a shipwright’s daughter, a guardian’s duty, and a spinster square — each bargain begins in necessity and ends in chosen love. Start with The Heiress of Blackthorn Grange.
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Across six connected Regency romances, inheritance and second chances rewrite what “ruined” and “respectable” mean. A wallflower’s fake engagement, a ruined lady’s hidden library, a coastal inn, a shipwright’s daughter, a guardian’s duty, and a spinster square — each bargain begins in necessity and ends in chosen love. Start with The Heiress of Blackthorn Grange.
Tropes: fake engagement · inheritance · marriage of convenience · second chance · found purpose
A quiet solicitor’s daughter. A crumbling coastal estate. A ward who needs her. Lydia Harcourt never expected a titled world to notice her, until an astonishing will names her mistress of Blackthorn Grange, a grand house perched above a restless sea, and guardian to a wary child, Sophie.Book 1
A ruined lady inherits a hidden library. A reserved scholar is appointed to control it. Meg Linley has survived on scraps since fleeing a cruel fiancé at the altar, a scandal that cost her family, her future, and her name.Book 2
She inherits a failing coaching inn. He wanted it, and the will says it will be his if she fails. Hannah Fletcher has spent her life as a polite extra guest at other people’s tables, until an unexpected inheritance sends her to Willowcross to claim King’s Rest, a shabby old coaching inn.Book 3
She inherits a seat at the table. He never expected to share it, least of all with the woman he left behind. Nora Penryn travels to London expecting little from her late uncle’s will. Instead, she is named equal partner in Penryn & Kincaid Shipping, sharing control with Captain James Kincaid, the man she once loved, and the man she believes rejected her in a single cruel letter.Book 4
A lonely widow inherits a manor everyone fears. A brooding lord insists she leave, for the child’s sake. Juliet Anselm arrives on wild moorland to claim Ravensmere Hall, an isolated inheritance from a distant aunt. She expects cold rooms and harder work, but not the second shock waiting in the papers: Juliet has also been named guardian to Alice, a nervous child whispered about as cursed after a string of accidents in the house.Book 5
She inherits a London townhouse with a scandal attached. He wants it erased from memory. Eliza Merriweather, a capable governess long resigned to being overlooked, is stunned to inherit the Somerfield Square townhouse of Lady Delacourt, a retired courtesan whose name still sparks whispers.Book 6
Sixty days to find a husband. Ten years of arguing with the obvious candidate. To keep Hollywell Hall, Phoebe Ainsley must marry fast — and a paper marriage to her quarrelsome neighbour Henry Rowe may secure her house, his farm's water, and far more than either bargained for.Book 7 · Released October 19, 2026
She inherited the gardens. He inherited the gate. Clara Dunmore and London confectioner Nathaniel Ward must keep Springwell Gardens trading through one summer or lose it all — and rival entertainments, fireworks, and a matchmaking staff turn a grudging partnership into something neither planned.Book 8 · Preorder October 26, 2026
For eight seasons, nobody asked Harriet Lowe to dance — until an inheritance makes her the most pursued woman in Weston, and she wants none of it. A written pretend courtship with Captain Edward Marlowe should keep the fortune hunters away until Michaelmas, provided private laughter and one night away from the Parade stay within the terms.Book 9 · Preorder November 2, 2026
Eleanor Vane inherits the quiet home she has always wanted — and arrives to find the man she loved eleven years ago already living in it, with two children and a goose for Christmas. Snowbound together through Twelfth Night, they must decide whether an old truth can become a second chance.Book 10 · Preorder November 9, 2026
Kitty Bell inherits a farm and a steward who needs instructions about everything — including which end of a pig to avoid. He is really Julian Fane, Earl of Ashby, hiding from his title, and as the harvest gathers pace Kitty finds his honesty matters more to her than a coronet.Book 11 · Preorder November 16, 2026
Sophia Pryor inherits a house by the sea, along with a mortgage and six opinionated residents she cannot bring herself to turn out. Bristol sends Thomas Grey to settle the debt and arrange the sale, and the household quietly makes room for him.Book 12 · Preorder November 23, 2026