An English Entanglement

(Gilded Age Belles Romance)

A comic illustrator with dreams of artistic freedom falls for a nobleman on the brink of financial ruin. Will Lucy find her place or lose her heart?

Lucille Van Zandt has always been more captivated by her whimsical newspaper strip, Lucy LaMode’s Fashionable Frolics, than Manhattan’s social whirl. Her parents insist she abandon her career as a comic strip artist and travel to London, where marriage to a titled gentleman could secure their place among the elite. Determined to play by her own rules, Lucy resolves to continue her illustrations in her new surroundings.

London’s aristocracy proves as elusive as New York’s famed Four Hundred. But Lucy is undeterred when she crashes an exclusive ball, catching the eye of the Marquess of Harlington, whose ancestral home is on the brink of ruin.

Frederick, Lord Harlington, sees Lucy’s creativity—and substantial dowry—as the solution to his financial woes. As their romance deepens, can Lucy pursue her artistic ambitions without sacrificing her heart? Will Frederick find a way to reconcile his feelings for Lucy with the crushing demands of his estate? Or must their aspirations force them to choose between love and their dreams?

A Highland Fling

(Gilded Age Belles Romance)

He’s a Scottish earl bound by tradition; she’s a heiress longing for freedom. Will their worlds collide in the most beautiful way?

In the summer of 1895, Isadora Drayton—an American department store heiress whose family made their fortune outfitting wagon trains to the Wild West—joins her parents on a fishing and stalking holiday in Scotland. While they are excited about the adventure, Dora isn’t interested in violent sports and outdoor discomforts. She seeks a sanctuary away from the relentless expectations of her privileged life in St. Louis.

Yet her plans for tranquility are disrupted when she encounters their landlord, the Earl of Canairn, who preserves his estate by renting it to wealthy tourists. Alec is initially wary of Isadora’s modern, free-spirited nature. However, as they spend time together exploring the stunning moors and riverbanks, he finds her unfiltered honesty both refreshing and unsettling, while Isadora becomes captivated by the untamed beauty of Alec’s Highland world.

Against the stunning backdrop of Scotland’s endless summer days, Isadora faces the choice between returning to her life in St. Louis or embracing the possibility of a future with Alec, who must decide whether he will trade his solitary existence for the chance to build a life with Dora.

A French Proposal

(Gilded Age Belles Romance)

In Paris of the Belle Epoque, American agricultural heiress Sadie Stenhouse arrives with her mother, eager to indulge in the city’s legendary glamour. At her hotel overlooking the famed Palais Garnier, Sadie encounters Louis-Alphonse, Duc de Montferrand, a dashingly handsome nobleman passionate about horseless carriages. He is on the verge of a revolutionary achievement: building a prototype for the world’s first long-distance automobile race from Paris to Rouen. But as an aristocrat whose fortune is dwindling, Louis-Alphonse needs money—fast.

Seeing Sadie as the answer to his financial troubles, Louis-Alphonse devises a plan to win her favor and secure her investment. But the more time he spends with this pretty American, the faster he falls for her. For Sadie, Louis-Alphonse is a breath of fresh air—passionate, driven, and nothing like the superficial suitors she’s been avoiding.

As the race approaches, will Louis-Alphonse pursue his dreams at the cost of love, or can he and Sadie cross the finish line together, hand in hand?