Beniton Hall

The ballrooms of London high society are filled with eligible gentlemen, but none of them seem to notice Miss Heather Nottingham, the sensible daughter of a viscount. As her second Season drags on, Heather's anxious mother and overbearing aunt push her towards a match with the wealthy Mr. Avington, despite his reputation as a rake. But when Heather meets Mr. Avington's younger brother, the reserved and brooding Mr. Edgar Avington, she finds a kinship she never expected. And when her aunt's machinations land her in an unwitting compromise, her deliverance might just come from a man everyone else has overlooked. One Night in Beniton Hall is the first book in the Beniton Hall Series, a collection of moving, closed-door romances.

The undisputed Incomparable of her first London Season, Violet Nottingham has the world at her feet. Her dance card is always full, her drawing room teeming. Every eligible gentleman on the marriage mart showers her with presents and praise - everyone, that is, except the handsome, unnerving Lord Rodworth. What does the viscount know about her to judge her so harshly anyway? His insult haunts her day and night, and Violet swears to prove the hateful man wrong. Clive Anderson, the newly minted Lord Rodworth, is resolved to be like his loyal, late father in every way except for one: He refuses to marry a beautiful woman who will inevitably break his heart. Trouble follows the fair, and he is determined to have none of it as he finds his footing in his new role. Now, if only the intriguing Miss Violet would leave his heart and mind alone. Book 2 in the Avington-Nottingham series, Becoming Lady Rodworth explores the story of two stubborn people coming to accept that maybe love lies where they least expect it.

When the charming Harold Avington finds the woman of his dreams only to lose her to a sudden, fateful fire, the talented artist plunges into irreparable despair. No canvas inspires him; no woman compels him. His family's best efforts soothe his wounds. But only the mysterious veiled woman he encounters, over a hundred miles from London, reignites his imagination. Clara Eisel, on the cusp of her triumphant London debut, loses her family, her home, and her claim to beauty overnight. Picking up the pieces of her shattered world, she seeks her purpose in charity and service instead; but her newfound contentment is put to the test when the last man she's ever expected to see again appears right in front of her, without knowing who she is. Can Harold find himself again in the shadow of losing Clara? And can an artist whose life is dedicated to beauty ever learn to love a woman whose face he's never seen? Book 3 in the Avington-Nottingham series.

With fortune, charm, and good looks to spare, Alfred Avington plays the marriage mart without a need of ever actually settling down. His parade of flirtations continues until the unthinkable happens: a young lady actually rejects him. He brushes off the anomaly, until the next one turns him down again, and the next one after that. Some quick investigation points the blame in one particular direction. Can Alfred convince the pretty, enigmatic Miss Fletcher to stop ruining his game? Or, can he charm her to his side without putting his own heart on the line?

A duke, even a reluctant one, is duty-bound to marry and to sire his own heir. When the savagery of the marriage mart overwhelms the quiet, scholarly Duke of Burgess, he turns to a friend to help him repel the worst of the bunch. Newly emerged from mourning her father, the unassuming Rose Nottingham is much too realistic to harbor false matrimonial hopes. Instead, she lends her knowledge of the ton to helping her beleaguered friend Frederick St. John, the Duke of Burgess. But watching him court other, more eligible ladies turns increasingly harder the deeper her own feelings grow. It takes a rumor and a compromise, but Frederick soon discovers that the best choice for his duchess is already by his side.

James Avington, the amiable yet oft-overlooked youngest son, possesses all the advantages of birth with no guarantee of sustaining them. If he pursues his mentor's daughter, he might earn a chance to advance in his profession, but is the pretty, aloof Miss Hastings really the bride a vicar needs? Or would his childhood neighbor Miss Westwood prove to be the unexpected true companion of his heart? Known by her whole village as the jilted spinster, Felicia Westwood dedicates her life to tending her ailing mother. But when the frail, boyish James Avington she used to know sweeps back into her life for the summer-now as a charming young man-Felicia is forced to walk the delicate line between her hard-earned contentment and an inconvenient desire for more. Childhood friends reconnect as lovers in a sweet story of self-discovery, family, sacrifice, trust, and love.

After a decade in His Majesty's army, Richard Avington returns to London a colonel, a landowner, and a jaded, lonely soul. When an intriguing young woman from the fringes of polite society runs into trouble, Richard plays the savior and offers to marry her. But can he truly extricate her from the complications of her past when his own demons still haunt him? Determined to protect her last living family member, young Adelaide Pershing agrees to marry the gentlemanly Colonel Avington. But it requires more than a marriage of convenience to cover the scars she carries from her childhood and to form a true connection with the first man she's ever learned to trust. Through pain, tears, hope, and perseverance, Richard and Adelaide work to heal each other's invisible wounds and to earn their happily ever after.