I have read so many books this year, but some of them just stay with you, don’t they? I wanted to share some of my favourite books from 2024, all for very different reasons.

Newly widowed Countess Rosseline has a plan.
To keep hold of all she holds dear, she must marry the man who has inherited her dead husband’s estate.
Nothing must interfere with her scheme.


However, an obstacle stands in her path.
Viscount Wulverton is intent on uncovering her secrets.
Meanwhile, Wulverton Hall, on wild and windswept Dartmoor, has secrets of its own…

‘The Lady’s Guide to Marrying a Viscount’ is an ‘enemies to lovers’ gothic romance, featuring passionate scenes and an eerie mystery.

Each full moon, at midnight, the veil between our world and the orcs’ weakens, and raiders can pass through the standing stones…to take what they want. Me.

Bred by the Orc: I have always known my purpose in life was to marry a powerful laird and bear his sons to cement alliances…I just expected him to be, you know, human.

Running from the Orc: I am not easy prey. He doesn’t realize I am a determined sort of female, and I know what I want. If running from him will obtain it, then I will run. And he will hunt.

Wagered to the Orc: I am no stranger to being owned by a male, but my new master is something I never imagined… I know what I must do: I must make him value me so he will not share me with the others.

Ceramic artist Robbie Hawthorne is dedicated not only to his art, but to keeping the arts center and school housed at his family’s ancestral estate vibrant and flourishing. But when the family runs into financial trouble and a heartless corporation offers to buy the estate to turn it into an amusement park, Robbie has to get creative to try to stop them. Toby Tillman has fought to overcome his working-class roots and to make a name for himself in the financial world. Now he finds himself pitted against his old mentor in the quest to save the Hawthorne House Arts Center, which is run by exactly the kind of entitled nobs he’s always hated. Worse still, he finds himself constantly hot for Robbie, a man he should utterly despise. And then comes the road trip and a stay at a hotel with only one bed…

He might be the youngest of the billionaire Royal brothers, but Matthew Royal is still determined to make his own mark in the competitive hotel and resorts business. His grand plans include building a brand new mega resort in Aspen, Colorado. In the aftermath of a dark family betrayal, Rachel Little has moved to Aspen to rebuild her life. Taking a job as a consultant for the owners of the Green Tree lodge, she sets about finding a suitable buyer while endeavoring to save the near derelict historical building from falling into the hands of greedy developers. When a handsome stranger crosses her path twice in a week, Rachel finds herself unable to resist his charms. And what more could a girl want than a passion filled romance to help restore her faith in the world?

Catherine, the widowed Lady Rosemont, is considered a most unsuitable countess by polite society. Whispers about her checkered history follow her wherever she goes. Was she once a courtesan? Is her young son really the late Earl of Rosemont’s child or a by-blow? And worst of all, is she a murderess? Despite the scandalous rumors, Catherine navigates high society’s treacherous waters with her head held high. For the sake of her beloved son, Louis, she must never sink. But when she receives threatening letters and young Louis’s life is endangered, she desperately turns to a past paramour for help…the man who once left her heartbroken. The far-too-honorable Earl of Dalton.

Haunted by a dark secret, Dorian, the Duke of Rath, is consumed by wrath and guilt. The powerful lord will endure any torture to atone for his sins, even marry a perfect stranger—his victim’s little sister—to save her family from ruin. He vows not to touch her and to protect the innocent girl from his depraved sensual pleasures. But she must stay for one year and follow his strict rules. When botanist Miss Patience Rose walks down the aisle in her simple dress, with garden soil permanently embedded under her short nails, she lets a little sunlight into Rath’s blackened heart. Young, innocent Patience drives her older husband mad with her cheery chatter and her irresistible curves. She’s breaking every one of his rules. He punishes her…and she likes it. Love is healing Rath’s soul and transforming his bleak, imposing mansion into a warm home. There’s just one thing keeping them apart—the ghastly secret that could send him to the gallows. And Patience is putting her brilliant mind to work to uncover it.

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