Caroline Warfield

Belinda Westcott doesn't want to injure the Earl of Ridgemont. She merely wants to humiliate him. After all, one good prank deserves a payback. How could she anticipate that it would go so terribly wrong, or that he would turn out to be nothing like she expected? Skilled in both chemistry and cooking, Belinda happily hides in her aunt's kitchen rather than risk embarrassment at the ongoing house party. The unexpected appearance of the earl and a skating party present the perfect opportunity to embarrass him in front of some snooty society miss. Unfortunately, his partner is Belinda's own cousin, and even worse, the cousin drinks the hot chocolate-laced with emitics-meant for the earl. As plain Major John Conlyn, John had sunk into a morass of dissipation when first released from the army. Neither his actions nor his companions make him proud. The death of a beloved cousin shocked him back to sense. It also made him an earl and the heir to his grandfather, a duke. He's been ordered to find a wife and settle down. He wouldn't mind, but now he's surrounded by flighty debutantes and their grasping mothers. The one woman who interests him avoids him. She acts as if she despises him. Is it possible he did something when out of control that he ought to apologize for, something he can't recall?

Misfortune is an excellent teacher.When Phillip Tavernash, Ninth Duke of Glenmoor, discovers his title is held fraudulently, he embarks on a journey to North America determined to succeed on his own. It doesn't go well. He has no idea what a fish out of water he will be.Nan Archer had to summon enough backbone to stand up to her father and older brother who moved their family across the frontier every time civilization reached any clearing in which they'd made a stake. She has landed on the banks of the Mississippi and built something of her own, the tavern Archers' Roost. She will go no farther.When Nan's brother dumps a pathetic traveler, robbed, beaten, and wounded, on her tavern floor she takes him in, as she would any wounded duck. That he called himself duke is cause for hilarity.Attraction blooms easily, but can Phillip look past his life of privilege to find what he's looking for deep inside himself? Can he convince her she's the answer to his search?Is he a duke or a bastard? Does it matter in the end?The Entitled GentlemenBook 1 - Duke in All But NameBook 2 - Duke in Name OnlyBook 3 - Never a Duke

Fanny's worthless father forgot her entirely. The earl's steward plans to make it right; if only he can avoid falling in love with her while he does.Welcome to book 3 in the fabulous series The Ashmead Heirs by bestselling author Caroline Warfield When the old Earl of Clarion leaves a will with bequests for all his children, legitimate and not, listing each and their mothers by name, he complicated the lives of many in the village of Ashmead and beyond. One of them was left out. She is the third of The Ashmead Heirs.Frances Hancock always knew she was a bastard. She didn't know her father was an earl until her mother died. The information came just in time. She and her mother's younger children were about to be homeless. She needs help. Fast. What she wants is a hero.Eli Benson, the Earl of Clarion's steward, took great pride in cleaning up the mess left behind by the old earl's will. When a dainty but ferocious young woman with the earl's hair and eyes comes demanding help, his heart sinks. She isn't in the will. She was forgotten entirely. And the estate is just getting its finances back in order. But he knows a moral obligation when he sees one. He may not be her idea of a hero, but people count on him to fix things. He's good at it. Falling in love with her will only complicate things.Eli will solve her problems or die trying. It may come to that.The Ashmead HeirsThe Wayward SonThe Defiant DaughterThe Forgotten DaughterThe Upright Son

After two years at the mercy of the Canadian Expeditionary force and the German war machine, Harry ran out of metaphors for death, synonyms for brown, and images of darkness. When he encounters color among the floating islands of Amiens and life in the form a widow and her little son, hope ensnares him. Through three more long years of war and its aftermath, the hope she brings keeps Harry alive.Rosemarie Legrand's husband left her a tiny son, no money, and a savaged reputation when he died. She struggles to simply feed the boy and has little to offer a lonely soldier, but Harry's devotion lifts her up. The war demands all her strength and resilience, will the hope of peace and the promise of Harry's love keep her going?When it is finally over will their love be enough?

Venice 1818Lady Charlotte clings to one dream-to see the splendor of Rome before settling for life as the spinster sister of an earl. But now her feckless brother attempts to imitate his idol, Byron by swimming the Grand Canal, falls ill, and forces her to wait again, stranded in Venice halfway to the place of her dreams. She finds the city damp, moldy, and riddled with disease.As a physician, Salvatore Caresini well knows the danger of putrid fever. He lost his young wife to it, leaving him alone to care for their rambunctious children. He isn't about to let the lovely English lady risk her life nursing her brother.But Christmas is coming, that season of miracles, and with it, perhaps, lessons for two lonely people: that love heals the deepest wounds and sometimes the deepest dreams aren't what we expect.

Esther Baumann longs for a loving husband who will help her create a home where they will teach their children to value the traditions of their people, but she also wants a man who is also open to new ideas and happy to make friends outside their narrow circle. Is it so unreasonable to ask for toe curling passion as well?Adam Halevy prospered under the tutelage of his distant cousin, powerful banker Nathaniel Baumann. He's ready to find a suitable wife, someone who understands a woman's role, and will make a traditional home. Why is Baumann's outspoken, independent daughter the one woman who haunts his nights?

A lonely earl, a competent heroine of dubious origins, family secrets, and three mischievous boys-plus a goat on the roof, kisses in the barn, and mischief in the parlor...The Earl of Chadbourn feels trapped managing his widowed sister's ruined estate and grieving son. Loneliness overwhelms him, but the woman who handles the neighboring farm brilliantly draws him like a moth to flame. Catherine Wheatly has her own problems. With Christmas coming, can they repair the damaged estate and far more damaged family? Dare they hope for love in the bargain?