One evening, Viola goes missing. The explanation-a visit to her son-seems doubtful and her women friends' messages go unanswered. A spiky, caustic woman, Viola's heavy drinking makes her tiresome company, but they know nothing of her troubled past. Yet, Maisie misses Viola. Recently, their shared love of gardening has almost blunted Viola's barbs, and Maisie is much in need of a close friend. Her house is a building site, her daughter's wedding...

Suddenly-widowed Maisie sets out to clear her late husband's collection; wonky furniture and balding rugs, bolts of material for upholstery projects he never got round to, gloomy pictures and outmoded electronics, other people's trash brought home from car boot sales and rescued from the tip. The hoard is endless, all part of Clifford's waste-not way of thinking in which everything, no matter how broken or obscure, can be re-cycled or re-purposed...

Widowed by the Battle of Waterloo, the ladies of Lyttlefield Park are returning to London society-with their futures in their own hands . . . The widowed Lady Stephen Tarkington, Fanny to her friends, has finished mourning her cad of a husband and is ready to enjoy her freedom. The kind of freedom neither a gently bred miss nor a close-watched wife is permitted: dressing up as Aphrodite for a masquerade, drawing gentlemen away from the party, and...

The death of her husband has thrown Lady Maria Kersey's future into doubt-and her heart into the arms of a man she cannot have. But Christmas with the Widows' Club will bring choices-and surprises-that may change all her holidays to come ... Maria just gave birth to her first child, a beautiful daughter-but the event is shrouded in sorrow. A month earlier, Maria's husband, Lord Kersey, was killed in a duel under compromising circumstances. Worse,...

The war years are behind them. The future is before them. And one by one, the widows of Lyttlefield Park are getting restless . . . Lady Charlotte Cavendish is still the spirited girl who tried to elope in the name of love. That dream was thwarted by her father who trapped her into a loveless, passionless marriage. But now widowed, Charlotte is free to reenter the giddy world of the ton-and pursue her desires. For hardly your typical widow, she remains...

Escape to a French château with this Victorian enemies-to-lovers story In a picturesque French château… A battle of wills is about to ignite! Julien Archambeau, Comte de Rocroi, has dedicated his life to reclaiming his family’s lands. Only Lady Emma Greyville-Luce now stands in his way. The British heiress is the new owner of the vineyard that’s the final piece of his plan. Much to Julien’s frustration, Emma won’t relinquish what’s...

When a man with too many secrets to count finds himself and his child at the mercy of a medic with a tender heart, their tragic pasts will either tear them apart or fan a flame they never believed would spark again. For widow Mary Inlow, there is little left to mourn for her dead husband. Knowing only his cruelty and mockery for being unable to bear him a child, life without him should be as bright and new as a spring morning. But night always comes....

The Battle of Waterloo made them widows, but each has found new happiness. And, Jane, Lady John Tarkington, intends to keep her freedom, even if love- and one particular gentleman- are determined to claim her heart... It is a truth rarely acknowledged-at least in public-that a wealthy widow is free to pursue a great many adventures. For two years, Jane has privately enjoyed her independence. Why should she remarry, even when the gentleman proposing...

An aristocratic playboy finds himself the houseguest of a brash, bold, confounding, yet inexplicably beguiling widow in this incredibly witty romance from Raine Cantrell. For Catherine, widowhood does not mean mourning. It means freedom. Finally experiencing the world outside of her former husband's strict and watchful eye, Catherine finds new joy in the simplicity of life in the home she shares with her closest friends, Mary and Sarah. With Mary...

ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS KISS is a sexy, romantic holiday e-novella. When Sir Lucien Blakemore arrives at his cousin's estate for a weeklong Christmas party, he's shocked to see Miss Winifred Nightingale among the other guests. Employed by his neighbor back in Yorkshire, the governess with the lovely eyes has always seemed off limits, but she's visiting here as a guest-and there's nothing like a little mistletoe to make the spirits bright... Miss Winifred...