Surrender Your Grace
Impromptu Brides, Book 1
Release date: September 16, 2025.
A scandalous twist of fate.
A marriage neither expected.
A love that defies the rules.
With her unfashionable red hair and generous curves, Lady Cecilia Edwards enters the marriage mart with modest hopes—a respectable gentleman, or perhaps a minor baron. But a moonlit stroll ends in ruin. To salvage her reputation, she must wed the last man she ever imagined: Andrew Ashwick, a wealthy, stunningly handsome viscount, and her older sister’s suitor.
Cecilia fears she’s destined to be forever second best in her new husband’s eyes. Yet in the quiet of Andrew’s country estate, she discovers a man both commanding and unexpectedly passionate. Laughter, tenderness, and stolen kisses begin to stir something deeper—something perilously close to love.
Tragedy and a sudden inheritance send them into the heart of London society. Thrust into the dukedom, Andrew faces the burdens of power while Cici becomes the target of alarming attacks. Is it her envious sister, cheated out of title and fortune, or Andrew’s former mistress, unwilling to let him go? As gossip and betrayal threaten to tear them apart, Cici and Andrew must unmask the hand behind the danger—before jealousy, doubt, and duplicity destroy them both.
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​Publisher's Note: Surrender Your Grace features beloved historical tropes, including arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers, a dominant alpha hero, and steamy scenes. The narrative includes emotionally intense scenes, including loss and grief, that may be distressing to some readers.
Wed to the Highlander
Impromptu Brides, Book 2
Release date: September 30, 2025.
She fears she is only his duty.
He vows she is his heart.
Now he must prove it—before shadows and secrets steal her away.
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Lady Maggie Ashwick always dreamed of marrying Duncan MacPherson—her brother’s best friend, her childhood hero, and the formidable Highland laird who once made her feel seen. But when he proposes under pressure, bound by an inheritance clause that demands a wife and heir before his thirtieth birthday, Maggie is devastated. To him, their marriage is a solution. To her, it's the ultimate betrayal.
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Whisked away to his ancestral castle in the misty Highlands, Maggie finds herself trapped between simmering resentment and an undeniable desire for her husband that burns hotter than the castle's hearth. Yet strange whispers echo through the stone halls and danger lurks closer than either of them suspects. Duncan must prove that his love for his bride is more than mere convenience. Because in a land where loyalty is earned and love is tested by fire, only trust can banish the ghosts of the past and forge a future worth fighting for.
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​Publisher's Note: Wed to the Highlander is book 2 in the Impromptu Brides series, woven with much-loved historical tropes including arranged marriage, friends-to-lovers, gothic suspense, clan intrigue, and breathtaking passion. The narrative includes emotionally intense scenes and adult themes that may not appeal to all readers.
Charlotte's Reckoning
The Jackson Brothers, Book 5
A reformed outlaw might be this troubled saloon owner’s
last chance at love… and survival.
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Miss Charlotte, co-owner of the Red Eye Saloon, has weathered every crude remark imaginable for a woman in her vocation. Though the insults sting, her inner strength pushes through the pain and makes the most of the tough hand she’s been dealt. She didn’t choose this life; greed, betrayal, violence, and death thrust her into it. Now fate has returned in the form of a dangerous con man masquerading as her partner’s brother. With her livelihood threatened, her only hope lies with the new law in town, a man from her past she can’t forget, and the only one she still trusts.
Seth Walker, a bounty hunter with a notorious past, never intended to settle. But his reputation for outwitting fugitives leads Mayor Aaron Jackson to tap the clever and capable outlaw to be Laramie’s new sheriff. While booming, the frontier town is still rough and untamed, and the prominent red-light district is teeming with the dregs of society. There he finds a familiar face transformed, a fiery spirit battling a world determined to break her. Charlotte’s survival hangs in the balance, and Seth is the one man who can save her.
Despite their undeniable attraction, Charlotte resists Seth’s charm, determined not to let his ruin be the price he pays for rescuing her. But he is as relentless as he is handsome and doesn’t care what the townsfolk say. Can he convince her that their powerful connection is worth fighting for? Will her hero help her reclaim the dream of love and family she thought was forever beyond her reach?
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​Publisher’s Note: Charlotte’s Reckoning is an historical western romance, and the fifth book in Maddie’s popular Jackson Brothers series. It contains adult themes and graphic violence that sensitive readers may find disturbing.
