Stanton Legacy

- SERIES COMPLETE -A high-heat Regency romance about a scandalous secret affair and unexpected love. Charlotte Harding has little to expect from life. Orphaned, penniless, and painfully aware that society finds her forgettable, she survives on the charity of kindly relatives.Then she meets the Viscount Stanton-handsome, wealthy, and entirely out of her reach. He barely notices her… until one reckless night changes everything.Charlotte accidentally witnesses the viscount in a secret liaison, and her silence is bought with a single, unforgettable kiss-one that awakens a longing she never dared hope could be fulfilled. And when later, an opportunity presents itself, Charlotte does something truly scandalous: she makes him an offer:A secret, temporary affairNo promises. No future.Stolen weeks of pleasure-memories to sustain her through a lifetime of spinsterhoodBut the viscount soon discovers the quiet, overlooked woman he never noticed is the one he cannot forget. Desire deepens, and both must decide whether society's rules are worth denying their hearts.The Viscount's Scandalous Affair is the first book in The Stanton Legacy, a completed Regency romance series. Each book features a full romantic arc, explicit open-door love scenes, and a guaranteed happily ever after."a beautiful story... and the ending was perfection" -Goodreads *****The Stanton Legacy series#1: The Viscount's Scandalous Affair#2: The Vixen's Unlikely Marriage#3: The Bluestocking's Secret Obsession#4: The Viscount's Forbidden Love#5: Miss Stanton Meets her Match (spin-off novella)#6: Mr Templeton Finds Himself a Wife (spin-off novella) M.M. Wakeford loves writing romances that capture that heady feeling of falling in love. If you're looking for escapism, HEAs and plenty of steam, you've come to the right place.

"No, no, we cannot marry. That is absurd."Grace Stanton is beautiful, vivacious and no innocent when it comes to men. Her carefree, happy life is disrupted when her family is summoned to the bedside of her grandfather, the dying Earl of Stanton, in England. There, circumstances force her into a marriage with the last person she ever thought to marry-Benedict Sedgwick, the newly appointed parish curate who wears threadbare clothes and blushes in the presence of women.For Benedict, it is infatuation at first sight when he meets Grace Stanton, but he knows that the wealthy beauty is well out of his reach. That is until one day, she comes knocking at his door asking for help, and he cannot help but propose marriage as a way out of her dilemma.Can a poor, inexperienced and ordinary looking curate win Grace's heart when she yearns for a dashing man of the world, someone like her new neighbour, the handsome Mr Templeton?The Vixen's Unlikely Marriage is the second novel in The Stanton Legacy series. The series is best read in order, although each book does have its own featured hero/heroine and HEA. Set in both America and Victorian England, this book features a marriage of convenience between two unlikely characters, a beautiful vixen and a virtuous clergyman, who nevertheless find themselves falling in love. Please note, this is a high spice, open door romance."Would absolutely give this story more than 5 star rating if I could... This author keeps you spellbound with her writing, just can't say enough about this book, the series and her." -Goodreads ***** M.M. Wakeford lives with her husband and son in a London terraced house that gathers dust while she loses herself in her writing. A lifelong reader of romantic novels, she writes in many genres including contemporary, sci-fi and historical romance. Her stories capture that heady feeling of falling in love, with emotionally rich characters whose journey to a happily ever after is lined with dilemmas, desire and difficult choices. If you're looking for a page turning romance with high emotion and a good dose of spice, you're in the right place.To be the first to hear about new releases, sneak previews and exclusive extras, sign up for M.M. Wakeford's mailing list at mw-author.com.

Sarah Cranshaw has never been like other young ladies.While her neighbours gossip over teacups, she's memorising train timetables and losing herself in the stars through her telescope. The village has a name for women like her - bluestocking - and Sarah wears it without complaint. Her only secret is a more tender one: a years-long, hopeless obsession with the charming, unattainable Mr Templeton. She knows nothing will ever come of it. She simply can't seem to stop.Then Benjamin Stanton arrives in England, and an unlikely friendship is born - one that deepens into a years-long written correspondence. Across an ocean and the silence of war, their letters become something rare and precious, filled with the kind of intimate secrets neither could share with anyone else. Something neither of them has ever dared to name.But when Benjamin returns from war, broken by what he has witnessed, a single letter from Sarah pierces his heart. Because Mr Templeton has finally begun to notice her. It is then that Benjamin realises a truth he has hidden from himself all these years - Sarah is destined to marry no one but himself.Will he be in time?A slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance set in Victorian England and Civil War-era America, with a spicy finale.The Bluestocking's Secret Obsession is the third novel in The Stanton Legacy series. Each book features its own hero, heroine and HEA, but the series is best enjoyed in order. Open door / steamy romance."I couldn't sleep because I couldn't put it down… an intoxicating tale of falling in love" -Goodreads ***** M.M. Wakeford lives with her husband and son in a London terraced house that gathers dust while she loses herself in her writing. A lifelong reader of romantic novels, she writes in many genres including contemporary, sci-fi and historical romance. Her stories capture that heady feeling of falling in love, with emotionally rich characters whose journey to a happily ever after is lined with dilemmas, desire and difficult choices. If you're looking for a page turning romance with high emotion and a good dose of spice, you're in the right place.To be the first to hear about new releases, sneak previews and exclusive extras, sign up for M.M. Wakeford's mailing list at mw-author.com.

Isabella Stanton had determined from an early age that the fact of having been born female would not stand in the way of her doing what she desired. Having inherited a substantial estate from her grandfather, she insisted on taking an active role in managing her affairs, including the tenancy of Netherwick Hall, the magnificent mansion on her estate.Enter Silas Wilson, her new tenant, a widower from Manchester with two young children. He was everything that she disliked-brash, ill-mannered and a man who had made his fortune in manufacturing, no doubt on the exploitation of the poor workers in his factories. Isabella despised him on sight.She consoled herself with the knowledge that she would not have to see him again at all once he took residency of Netherwick Hall. In this assessment, she was to be proved entirely wrong...Miss Stanton Meets Her Match is a steamy age-gap, enemies-to-lovers historical romance with spin off characters from The Stanton Legacy series. You do not have to have read the other books in the series to enjoy this novella, as it can be read as a standalone, though your enjoyment of it will be enhanced if you are familiar with the rest of the timelines and characters."a gorgeous steamy little gem...It's just one of those wonderful tales you pick up and read in one straight sitting." -Goodreads ***** M.M. Wakeford lives with her husband and son in a London terraced house that gathers dust while she loses herself in her writing. A lifelong reader of romantic novels, she writes in many genres including contemporary, sci-fi and historical romance. Her stories capture that heady feeling of falling in love, with emotionally rich characters whose journey to a happily ever after is lined with dilemmas, desire and difficult choices. If you're looking for a page turning romance with high emotion and a good dose of spice, you're in the right place.To be the first to hear about new releases, sneak previews and exclusive extras, sign up for M.M. Wakeford's mailing list at mw-author.com.