Jo Goodman
A Lady with unusual connections, Elizabeth Penrose is wise, witty, beautiful, and quite determined to remain alone.
Brendan Hampton, Earl of Northam, also known as North, is pursuing a jewel thief with the help of his three boon companions: South, East, and West—The Compass Club.
Then North is accused of being the very thief he is seeking and Lady Elizabeth steps forward with an alibi, one that necessitates a hasty marriage. Their lives
...Headmistress Ria Ashby is desperate to locate a young female student missing from her care.
Evan Marchman, the new Duke of Westphal, would happily return to his former bastard status for one more dangerous assignment with his childhood boon companions North, South and East—The Compass Club.
Then Evan—"West" to his friends—encounters Ria in her frantic search and uncovers truths about the academy's board of governors that were
...Lady Sophia Colley, daughter of the late Earl of Tremont, faces mercenary relatives demanding she marry the money her funds-poor father failed to leave them.
Gabriel Whitney, Marquess Eastlyn (East to his friends), is tasked by the Crown with opening new trade with China. Calling upon his three boon companions: South, North, and West—The Compass Club—for aid, two things stand in East's way: The Society of Bishops, a group of men who
...Talented and poised, actress India Parr has claimed the attention of London's most impressive gentlemen, yet prefers isolation when not on stage.
Matthew Forrester, Viscount Southerton, also known as South, is hunting a traitorous murderer with the help of his three boon companions: North, East, and West—The Compass Club.
When the quest leads to the popular Miss India Parr, it's up to South to determine if the extraordinary actress is
...WHAT HE DOESN’T KNOW . . .
After a horse drags him through the countryside, Israel McKenna awakes bruised and battered in a field in Pancake Valley, Colorado. He can recall where he came from and...
Colin Thorne finds his way out of a London workhouse but at the cost of losing his two younger brothers. With an uncertain future ahead of him, Colin makes seafaring his life until the inexorable pull of revenge draws him back to London. The debt owed to him by the Earl of Weybourne will be paid.
Weybourne Park has been Mercedes Leydon's home her entire life. Now serving as the estate's manager and caretaker of her uncle's two children, Mercedes
...1787 England, Virginia and Philadelphia
After quickly wedding the mortally wounded Noah McClellan, Jessa Winter intends to flee England as his widow along with her infant child. But she didn't anticipate Noah's will to live or his determination to make her deliver on all their marriage vows.
As they sail for America, Noah has every intention of...
1775 London, England and the Colony of Virginia
Ashley Lynne never expected kindness from her guardian, the Duke of Linfield. But being betrothed by him to a much older man she hardly knew was unthinkable. Worse was the cost of her resistance—awakening from a drugged sleep in the bedchamber of a dark-haired, steel-eyed stranger.
In...
9) Marry Me
The USA Today–bestselling author "has a real flair for writing romantic tension and sexy love scenes" in this sequel to Never Love a Lawman (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Her Heart Was Locked Away
Rhyne Abbot is fierce, brave, and used to a life of isolation on her father's spread on the outskirts of Reidsville, Colorado. But when, overcome with sickness, she collapses, she knows she must
...10) Only in My Arms
Mary Francis Dennehy, oldest daughter of powerful railroad baron John MacKenzie Worth, shocks her family when she leaves the convent and heads West in search of a new life.
Army scout Ryder McKay is faithful to the Apaches who raised him. Now sentenced to hang for a crime he didn't commit, Ryder takes Mary hostage in a last ditch effort to gain his freedom.
But the New York heiress is not what he expected. Search parties closing in, Mary awakens
...Injured and lost, Mary Margaret "Maggie" Dennehy stumbles into a seedy New York City neighborhood. When the New York heiress awakes in her fashionable 5th Avenue residence, she remembers nothing of her experience, save a haunting dream that fills her with longing.
Colorado Rancher Connor Holiday can't forget the passion filled night spent in the fancy New York bordello, or the exquisite lover who so willingly played the innocent. But when that
...Grey Janeway has lost his way. With no memory connecting him to his past, he is free to start over, and there is no better place to do that than San Francisco. In the city where rebuilding is a matter of course as well as pride, Grey looks to carve out a life that suits a man with no history. He knows there is a fortune to be made in this gold rush town, and he's betting everything on the success of his gaming hall and hotel.
Berkeley Shaw is
...13) Only My Love
New York City newspaperwoman Mary Michael Dennehy is abducted during a train robbery, carried off by one of the gang members, Ethan Stone, who claims she's his estranged wife.
Ethan, an undercover federal marshal, will do anything to protect Mary's true identity. But when the gang is finally brought to justice and Mary bolts, Ethan can't seem to get the feisty reporter out of his dreams.
Overjoyed to be back in New York with the story of a
...Logan Marshall is not looking for the girl who betrayed him as a Union spy during the war, but when their paths cross again, he is not about to let her go.
All grown up, Mary Catherine McCleary is now the toast of the New York theater scene as the accomplished actress Katy Dakota. But changing her name does not change her past, and she has never forgotten Logan, her first love and enemy.
Katy knows what Logan intends to claim. His revenge will
...When Civil War veteran and hero Christian Marshall attempts to aid a mysterious young woman escaping a New York City asylum, he is reminded that good intentions count for nothing and painful memories are best drown in a good bottle of whiskey and the arms of a whore.
Jenny Holland discovers the respite and refuge she needs at Marshall House. To remain in this sanctuary and protect her life-and-death secrets, she must make herself necessary to
...New York heiress, Mary Schyler "Skye" Dennehy has the heart of an adventurer. No two tomorrows should ever be the same. So, when Skye's railroad mogul father asks her to investigate the progress of a world-changing invention, Skye secures a housekeeping position in the home of the reclusive inventor.
Walker Caide, the inventor's hired muscle, instinctively knows something isn't quite right about Skye. He also knows what Skye really want's from
...Decker Thorne learned early life-lessons on the streets of London, stealing to earn his way. That devil-to-pay existence does not prepare him for someone like Jonna Remington, a fiercely independent woman who is not impressed with his charm or cunning. As owner of Remington Shipping, what Jonna needs is Decker's deft touch at the helm of her finest clipper.
With the Remington fortune riding on Decker's success, Jonna is vulnerable and beholding,
...One of Jay Mac Worth's 5 bastard daughters, Mary Renee "Rennie" Dennehy studies engineering in order to impress her railroad mogul father. But Jay Mac's attention comes in the form of Jarret Sullivan, a bounty hunter instructed to abort Rennie's engagement to a trusted employee.
Furious, Rennie drives both men from her heart and life.
Then Jay Mac is involved in a train wreck. Believed dead, dangerous rumors of fraud and foul play swirl through
...Thea is far from heartless. She's just...