Dutiful Wives Series by Beverley Oakley

Forced into marriage to legitimise her dead fiance’s unborn child, Emily feels only resentment towards the noble soldier whose marriage proposal has saved her from destitution.She regards Major Angus McCartney’s actions as opportunistic as she mourns her one true love, Jack.But Jack led a secret, double life, as Angus well knows.And Angus is not an opportunist. Too shy to declare himself, he has loved Emily from afar for five long years... moreForced into marriage to legitimise her dead fiance’s unborn child, Emily feels only resentment towards the noble soldier whose marriage proposal has saved her from destitution.She regards Major Angus McCartney’s actions as opportunistic as she mourns her one true love, Jack.But Jack led a secret, double life, as Angus well knows.And Angus is not an opportunist. Too shy to declare himself, he has loved Emily from afar for five long years.With the loss of Jack’s child cementing Emily’s anger towards Angus, the quiet soldier longs to win her with action and honour – rather than by revealing Jack’s secret.However, it’s an explosive revelation from Emily’s past that threatens to destroy the burgeoning feeling between noble Angus and his reluctant bride.A revelation that threatens their very lives.An intrigue-filled romance with espionage and action for readers who love marriage of convenience stories, and second chance love. less

A handsome politician determined to stamp out corruption.A beautiful wife with a sinful past.And a burgeoning love threatened by more than a past liaison.Three years after her dutifully contracted marriage, Adelaide, Lady Leeson, has fallen in love with her husband.Desperately, unequivocally, and madly in love with the good, honest man who rescued her when she was at her lowest ebb.The problem is that Tristan, Lord Leeson, thinks she is indeed a little mad-though he cares deeply for her... moreA handsome politician determined to stamp out corruption.A beautiful wife with a sinful past.And a burgeoning love threatened by more than a past liaison.Three years after her dutifully contracted marriage, Adelaide, Lady Leeson, has fallen in love with her husband.Desperately, unequivocally, and madly in love with the good, honest man who rescued her when she was at her lowest ebb.The problem is that Tristan, Lord Leeson, thinks she is indeed a little mad-though he cares deeply for her.And Adelaide's mother will do whatever she can to enforce the fiction that her daughter has led a blameless past and that her psychological distress is based on events far more innocent than the truth.However, when Adelaide's past lover returns to England, now a celebrity due to his salacious poems, all of society wants to discover the identity of his muse.Now Adelaide must double down on her mother's lies.For if Tristan were to learn the truth, how could he love her? A passionate, tender, second-chance romance of mistakes, regrets, and ultimate redemption. less

A thwarted elopement. An opportunist Guardian. Lies, secrets, and a second chance at love.When Adelaide, Lady Leeson, learns that her illegitimate daughter, Charlotte, has run away from Miss Prism’s Ladies’ Seminary, she elicits the aid of charismatic Jasper Creighton to locate her.By the time Jasper, a notorious rake, discovers Charlotte at an inn, part-way through a daring elopement with a man she is starting to distrust, Charlotte is ready to own up to her mistakes and return home... moreA thwarted elopement. An opportunist Guardian. Lies, secrets, and a second chance at love.When Adelaide, Lady Leeson, learns that her illegitimate daughter, Charlotte, has run away from Miss Prism’s Ladies’ Seminary, she elicits the aid of charismatic Jasper Creighton to locate her.By the time Jasper, a notorious rake, discovers Charlotte at an inn, part-way through a daring elopement with a man she is starting to distrust, Charlotte is ready to own up to her mistakes and return home.Alas, Charlotte is placed instead under the guardianship of a woman who puts into motion a plan to capitalise on Charlotte’s beauty with an advantageous marriage that is to everyone’s benefit.Except Charlotte’s.Three years later, a wiser, but no less determined Charlotte, makes her own plans to escape her guardian and her future husband.This time it is she who elicits Jasper Creighton’s help. Jasper might eschew marriage but, as the past has shown, he is clearly not immune to her charm.​​​​​​​However, Charlotte’s daring escape in the midst of her betrothal ball does not go smoothly.​​​​​​​A steamy second-chance Regency romance featuring a determined heroine and a stubborn hero who has to lose everything before he realises what he needs most. less