Victorian Grand Tour Series

A desperate Victorian socialite fights to hide her family's secrets, but there's one man who knows too much: her brother's annoying handsome best friend.   Eleanor Barrington hovers on the edges of high society in the opulent world of Victorian England. Her desperate need to protect her family's reputation means that a marriage of convenience is her only option. When her reckless father embarks on a tumultuous Grand Tour, she fears that long-buried secrets will emerge.   But it's her brother's charismatic best friend who worries her the most. As the younger son of an earl, Percy Hauxton cannot marry for love—but that doesn't stop him from charming Eleanor at every turn.   With her carefully constructed world hanging by a thread, Eleanor's growing feelings for Percy threaten to unravel her plans for a prudent marriage. Can she untangle the competing demands of love and duty before the family secrets ruin everything?   A sweet historical romance with both friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers vibes. This book is a closed door romance, which means there are swoony kisses, but no spicy scenes. You might need tissues to laugh as well as cry, but there's always a happily ever after. This book can be enjoyed as a stand alone or as part of the Victorian Grand Tour series.

She's engaged to his brother, but he can't help falling in love with her anyway in this Victorian friends-to-lovers romance.   Mining heiress Lucy Maldon is determined to track down her fiancé and make him fall in love with her, even if it means chasing him across the Continent. But Walter, Lord Chelmsford, has no intention of being found.   Peter Chelmsford lives in his brother's shadow. When his older brother decides to go on Grand Tour and leave his bride-to-be behind, Peter accompanies him. While Walter pursues other interests, it's up to Peter to keep his childhood friend safe from his brother.   Can Lucy forgive him for stealing her heart and breaking it at the same time?   This book is a sweet historical romance with both friends-to-lovers and forbidden romance vibes. It is a closed door romance, which means there's swoony kisses and plenty of yearning, but no spicy scenes. You might laugh as well as cry, but there's a happily ever after. This book can be enjoyed as a stand alone or as part of the Victorian Grand Tour series.

She's sworn she'll never marry him. He's sworn to change her mind in this enemies-to-lovers historical romance.   Rachel Wickford has vowed to devote her life to nursing, like her heroine, Florence Nightingale. She'd rather avoid the heartache of love, but it's hard to evade the man who's already head over heels for her.   Colonel Curtis Loughton needs experienced nurses to help start Miss Nightingale's training program in London, but he needs a wife even more. He's willing's to wage war to win his true love's hand in marriage, but he's never encountered opposition like this before. It will take all his ingenuity and grit to prove his love is constant.   In a battle of wits, with a determined campaign on one side and underhanded insubordination on the other, can anyone claim victory, or will their hearts be the casualties?   This enemies-to-lovers novel is a "sweet" or closed door historical romance, which means there are swoony kisses and plenty of yearning, but no spicy scenes. You might cry as well as laugh, but there's a happily ever after with no cheating. This book can be enjoyed as a stand alone or as part of the Victorian Grand Tour series.

A swoony story of hidden messages, love letters, and stolen kisses Only one thing stands between Alice Loughton and the man of her dreams: her brother. Alice has been quiet and shy ever since she met Frederick Kempton at age three. When she decides it's time to marry, there's only one man for her. The one man who doesn't frighten her. The only man she can talk to without wanting to run and hide. Her brother's hired secretary and closest friend. But her brother knows Frederick Kempton too well, and he's not about to give his consent for a courtship, not when plenty of other men are pursuing Alice, too. And so obedient Alice, who has never broken a rule in her life, is forced to take drastic measures. And she's dragged Freddie along with her. Can he walk the fine line between loyalty to his oldest friend and a chance to woo the woman he's secretly loved? A stand-alone novel, or you can enjoy it as part of the Victorian Grand Tour Series.

Spontaneous and serious. Young and old. Opposites clash and attract, but they can't ignore each other for long.   Seventeen-year-old Octavia Shelford tries to live up to her mother's expectations and dazzle the beau monde and her suitors. Trying to please everyone has her muddled and exhausted, but the one person whose opinion matters the most never seems to approve. She's spent a year traveling through Europe, trying to avoid him.   Twenty-nine-year-old Guy Claybury, the Duke of Woodford, knows precisely how he feels about everything and isn't worried about anyone's opinion of him. He hasn't been able to find a fit and proper wife to help run the embassy in Paris, and he has given up on love matches. His only concern is trying to prove that England did not order the assassination attempt on Napoleon III.   With the threat of war between France and England, Octavia is forced to stay at the British embassy in Paris until it's safe to travel again. No matter how hard the duke tries to overlook his attraction to his entirely inappropriate friend, the more she seems determined to solve the riddle that he is.   But he cannot allow her to piece together the puzzle his heart has become, because unlocking that secret can only lead to one thing: an unsuitable engagement.   This age gap novel is a "sweet" or closed door historical romance, which means there are swoony kisses and plenty of yearning, but no spicy scenes. It has both enemies-to-lovers and friends-to-lovers vibes. You might cry as well as laugh, but there's a happily ever after with no cheating. This book can be enjoyed as a stand alone or as part of the Victorian Grand Tour series.

Lord Arthur Yelverton hasn't forgotten the woman who refused his first proposal. He's no longer the eager young puppy who fell in love with every woman in London. He's devoted himself to his work as an ambassador in Paris. When Lady Agatha arrives in Versailles with her friend, Mrs. Phillips, she hardly recognizes the man she once knew. He's the complete opposite of everything she expected. Mature, thoughtful, serious, and as handsome as ever. But her refusal to reconsider him is just as ironclad as the resentment Isabella Phillips feels for Mr. Rushworth, who spurned her years ago. Rushworth did not dare stand up to his father and marry the woman he loved, and Isabella has never forgiven him. Now she's widowed with a young child, burdened with the care of an estate, and she has no inclination to forgive the man who deemed her unworthy so long ago. Is there room in the cramped hunting lodge for a second chance at romance? With a meddling Duchess busy at matchmaking, a Duke determined to help his hapless undersecretaries, a toddling baby, an oversized Great Dane and her litter of pups, and a whole host of misunderstandings, it could be a very, very long two weeks. This second chance novel is a "sweet" historical romance, which means there are swoony kisses and plenty of yearning, but no spicy scenes. It has both enemies-to-lovers and friends-to-lovers vibes—and that's just between Lord Yelverton and Agatha, but Rushworth and Isabella have plenty of enemies-to-lovers vibes of their own. Despite their history—or because of it—you might cry as well as laugh, but there's a happily ever after with no cheating. This book can be enjoyed as a stand alone or as part of the Victorian Grand Tour series.