Luckiest with Love

A novella about chasing your dreams and finding yourself in only one bed with your best friend.Hester Fairfax dreams of escaping her dull life in rural, landlocked Surrey. As a child she schemed to run away and become a pirate, but now as a 24-year-old spinster she's resigned to moldering away beside her neglectful father. Her one chance at adventure is fulfilling an old promise to kidnap the most eligible bachelor in the neighborhood: Benjamin Littleton, the baronet's son, before he moves to London.Benjamin Littleton can barely keep his head above water. He's drowning in obligations: studying to become a barrister, courting a woman his father chose, and living up to his family's incessant demands. When his childhood friend abducts him just before he becomes betrothed, Benjamin discovers that everything he didn't dare wish for is now within his grasp.After a carriage crash, thunderstorm, and an unexpected night spent in an abandoned cottage, Hester and Benjamin realize they could chart a life together free from neglect and disapproval. If only they're fierce enough to chase it.

A love that breaks all barriersDamaris Dunham doesn't understand what all the fuss about love and marriage is all about. Her modiste, Annette de Morand, is aching for a chance to show her love for Damaris, but fears it can never be.When the two young women discover a secret plot to deepen the war between England and Napoleon, they band together to defeat the threat. As the conspiracy grows more dangerous, they both realize it's not the only threat--their hearts are on the line, too.