Rockliffe Dynasty

On a road trip where everything goes wrong, can a broken heart be set right?A lovelorn lady …Eleven years ago, Lady Amelia Prescott was jilted on the night of her planned elopement, and the man who betrayed her disappeared from England with nothing more than a letter of farewell. Ever since, she has focused her attention on her secret work as an advice columnist while remaining staunchly closed off to finding love for herself. Yet a twist of fate renders her former betrothed a duke, and he reappears at the exact moment when her carefully guarded secret becomes threatened by a money-hungry blackmailer. Desperate to flee London and escape an impending scandal, Amelia finds herself seeking aid from the unlikeliest person: the one who shattered her heart.An unexpected duke …Jonathan Astley-now the Duke of Branscombe-may have spent more than a decade traveling the world, but he could never go far enough to escape past regrets, or to forget the woman he once intended to marry before his hopes for the future crumbled to pieces. Upon returning to England, he knows he has no right to wish for a reconciliation with the ever-lovely-and unwed-Amelia. However, when their paths unexpectedly cross on the Great North Road, he can at least try to atone by doing as she asks and conveying her to her destination.A road trip that binds them together …Unfortunately, the road north is fraught with calamities, from derelict inns to an undutiful coachman to rain that refuses to relent. Yet with each new disaster, the attraction between them flares back to life, and broken trust begins to rebuild. Will their tumultuous journey lead to the rekindling of a love once lost? Or will old hurts and secrets forever stand in the way of their second chance at happiness? Jane Maguire is a Canadian author whose lifelong passions for history, writing, and love stories inevitably led her to begin penning historical romance novels. While her love of historical fiction spans all eras, she focuses her writing on high society in the glittering regency period. She enjoys crafting stories with lots of angst, which makes giving her characters their happily ever afters all the more satisfying. When she isn't at her computer writing and researching, you can find her vacationing in the Rocky Mountains, playing classical music on the piano, or simply curling up with a cup of tea and a good book. She lives with her husband, two kids, a five-pound guard dog, and a Garfield-esque cat.

A reluctant heir…Benedict Prescott never wanted to be heir to a marquessate. Born to a father who rejected his highborn family and turned his back on the peerage, he can't help but feel that embracing his bloodline, and the title inevitably coming his way, is the ultimate betrayal. However, when an uncharacteristic scandal leads to his expulsion from university, he has few places left to turn but the countryside-and the flailing estate his uncle, the Marquess of Rockliffe, tasks him with managing. Little does Benedict know, his turmoil over the future is nothing compared to the upheaval that enters his life when he's caught in a compromising position with a viscount's daughter-and honor demands he marry her.A lady trapped by circumstance…If Miss Violet Collingwood learned anything after her father's dissolute antics prompted her exile to the country, it's never to rely on a man, and certainly not to fall in love with one. She's more than content to have found a suitor she esteems and who can offer escape from the taint on her family name. But just as her betrothal looks imminent, her path intersects with Benedict Prescott's, and an innocent encounter becomes misconstrued until she's embroiled in another scandal. With her reputation and her sister's own betrothal in peril, Violet has little choice but to accept a marriage proposal from the aloof stranger with whom she collided-even though he's the starchiest, most straitlaced man she's ever met.A duty that becomes desire…Thrust into an unwanted union, Benedict and Violet are bound by duty but divided by uncertainty and secrets. Yet as Violet's strong will clashes with Benedict's cool reserve, the tension between them evolves into something they never imagined: desire. As fragile passion blooms, a ruthless neighbor threatens the estate they share, and ghosts of the past linger around every corner. With their home and future at stake, they must decide if they'll take a risk neither thought themselves capable of: opening their hearts and letting each other in. Jane Maguire is a Canadian author whose lifelong passions for history, writing, and love stories inevitably led her to begin penning historical romance novels. While her love of historical fiction spans all eras, she focuses her writing on high society in the glittering regency period. She enjoys crafting stories with lots of angst, which makes giving her characters their happily ever afters all the more satisfying. When she isn't at her computer writing and researching, you can find her vacationing in the Rocky Mountains, playing classical music on the piano, or simply curling up with a cup of tea and a good book. She lives with her husband, two kids, a five-pound guard dog, and a Garfield-esque cat.