Matchmaker
4 primary works • 5 total works
Book 1
From the journal of Miss Olivia Byrde:
"Lord H...Drinks too much. Ill-mannered and altogether too bold. Though rough-edged, he is tall and reasonably handsome. But he proves the rule that looks can be deceiving."
"Ill-suited for marriage."
Since her entry into society three years ago, Olivia has kept detailed notes on every eligible man with whom she's ever sipped a cup of tea or twirled across the dance floor. Some of her diary entries have resulted in successful matches for her friends, but she's never found any man she considered remotely suitable for herself.
But once Lord Neville Hawke comes into her life, the other men in her book look positively perfect. Neville's a notorious scoundrel with a shady and painful past, and a penchant for destroying rooms in fits of drunken rage. A heartbreaker and a rogue, Lord Hawke is the kind of man who knows how to seduce a woman with only his taunting eyes and challenging words. The kind of man to whom a well-bred lady like Olivia is quite definitely immune. Until he kisses her.
And in that kiss he lets her know she is his salvation. With each caress he dares her to stop looking in her book and start listening to her heart. For two very stubborn souls have just found their perfect match...
"Lord H...Drinks too much. Ill-mannered and altogether too bold. Though rough-edged, he is tall and reasonably handsome. But he proves the rule that looks can be deceiving."
"Ill-suited for marriage."
Since her entry into society three years ago, Olivia has kept detailed notes on every eligible man with whom she's ever sipped a cup of tea or twirled across the dance floor. Some of her diary entries have resulted in successful matches for her friends, but she's never found any man she considered remotely suitable for herself.
But once Lord Neville Hawke comes into her life, the other men in her book look positively perfect. Neville's a notorious scoundrel with a shady and painful past, and a penchant for destroying rooms in fits of drunken rage. A heartbreaker and a rogue, Lord Hawke is the kind of man who knows how to seduce a woman with only his taunting eyes and challenging words. The kind of man to whom a well-bred lady like Olivia is quite definitely immune. Until he kisses her.
And in that kiss he lets her know she is his salvation. With each caress he dares her to stop looking in her book and start listening to her heart. For two very stubborn souls have just found their perfect match...
Book 2
Sarah Palmer, a reckless beauty with a penchant for trouble, has enraged her family for the last time with her foiled plan to elope with a fortune hunter. Sent to stay with her married half-sister in the Scottish countryside, Sarah arrives there only to learn that her sister has gone away to Glasgow. With no one to chaperone her, she is immensely relieved at her newfound freedom and vows to redeem herself in the eyes of her family by behaving for once. But she hasn't reckoned on Marshall MacDougal, the most irresistible and troublesome man she has ever met...An American surrounded in mystery, Marshall MacDougal has come to Scotland searching for justice - and vengeance. He is captivated by Sarah and she by him, though she tries to resist. But then Sarah discovers that her own mother and half-sister are the targets of Marsh's vengeance. Old secrets, new scandals and shocking revelations turn seduction into a devious game, where passion has a price...
Book 3
She's called "the Bridemaker" but Hester Poitevant prefers to think of herself as the gentle facilitator of marital unions. Hester's popular Mayfair Academy has helped teach many the awkward society miss how to find her way to the altar with the eligible bachelor of her choice. But while her students flirt and mingle, Hester poses as a prim widow - rather than reveal herself as the never-been-married beauty she truly is. He made his fortune in America. Now the dashing, scandalously sired Adrian Hawke is in London. Adrian isn't fooled by Hester's thin disguise - for she possesses the soft, womanly curves no sombre gown can hide. Adrian vows to reveal Hester's most precious secrets.
Book 4
James Lindford, Viscount Farley, is a man with a real reputation - and detested by his neighbour, Phoebe Churchill, a teacher with backbone and integrity, but no money. Butting heads with her, James plays the situation for all it's worth, and finds himself at risk for the worst kind of heartbreak.
