Shades of Taboo

One couple - Seven weddings … Seven wedding nights …

And then life became even more exciting.

Lana Spencer - the adventurous botanist turns her back on society to save two families' fortunes as she journeys to Africa to track down an heir.

Marcus Colby – the bi-racial healer from the forests of Africa claims her heart as he seeks his birthright, but he comes with a dark secret he hopes she never uncovers.

Driven by desire, they marry in haste, and wed again and again as they seek Church of England approval of their union. Troubled by four mysterious deaths, they must escape the intrigues of the Ashanti Kingdom before they travel to England to claim his title. However, it’s not the physical dangers that threaten to tear them apart, it’s misplaced lust and dark secrets. Will they ever learn to forgive and trust?

Shades of Deception

Forbidden sweethearts reunited after seven years,
but she has scandalous secrets

that he's struggling to forgive.

Serena Selby’s rare artistic talent has been nurtured by her aristocratic family, and she agrees to marry a nobleman who will further her ambitions. Will she be forced to repeat her sacrifice?

Galen Lockwood has loved Serena all his life, but he is a commoner and keeps his emotions tightly under control. Fighting for Serena could derail his dreams, but losing her again would be devastating.

After seven years of a grueling apprenticeship to her talented husband in Venice, she is now a master artist. For part of her training, she secretly masqueraded as a boy and painted nude male models. Now a virgin widow, she heads home to the lake country in England to rekindle her loving friendship with Galen, whom she remembers as the ideal man.

Brilliant and gifted with the voice of an angel, Galen recovered from Serena’s arranged marriage by pouring himself into his engineering work, expanding his singing to include opera, and frequenting his favorite brothel in Edinburgh. Wealthy and successful, he has decided he needs the proper wife to help him gain a baronetcy. A widowed countess would be ideal, especially as the lure of Serena is irresistible, but her scandalous secret of having painted nudes could derail his carefully planned ascension into society. Can he forgive her former life and fulfill all his dreams?

Sounds of Love

A chauvinistic earl steals a scholarly bride from a misogynistic baron, but loses her to a lie.

An unscrupulous duke abducts her, and the proud earl must humble himself to win her back.

 Intellectual, widowed baroness, Cathryn Sibley, craves financial security, scholarly recognition and passionate love. To marry Julian Ahlquist, the forceful, rakish earl who promises to fill all her needs, she must break a marriage contract to a distant, dangerous baron who promises only grief. The baron reveals her one major sin and spoils her chances for love. Cathryn must forgive herself before she seeks exoneration from Julian. In the meantime, a light-fingered duke sets his sights on her, and she hasn't the power to refuse him.

Julian has his own past to shed - he's been in love with his father's beautiful mistress for twenty years. Of course, she was his first, if briefly. Now she's his fencing instructor and a constant thorn in his side. Cathryn soothes his old wounds and frees him to love again, but he discovers her secret in a distressing manner and it takes time to forgive. A matchmaking 'sensation' novelist shows him the error of his ways, and he humbles himself to secure Cathryn's freedom.

Will Julian and Cathryn realize that they are best when they take on the world together?