How difficult can it be to consummate a marriage of convenience? More than you might imagine. Derrick Williams had his life as the Duke of Chesterton planned out when he arrived at the reading of his father's will. An unexpected condition on the title reunites him with Angie, a childhood friend, in a marriage of convenience, and he dares to make new plans for the future. But Angie's life is ruled by her frail health, a weakness that makes her future anything but certain. Will Derrick and Angie be overcome by all that threatens to keep them apart, or will they find happiness together despite their circumstances?

When Eleanora opened her eyes, she thought she had woken in heaven. The bed beneath her was as soft as angel feathers, her pain melted away. She gazed at the painted cherubs on the ceiling-until her eyes caught on something that did not belong. A bloodied sword. The door swung open. A tall man strode inside, dark hair tousled, his shirt unbuttoned to the chest. Scars crisscrossed his skin, his eyes cold and impossibly blue. For an instant, she wondered if he might truly be an angel. But no-if anything, he was the Angel of Death. "You have awakened," he said, voice low, rough-edged. "Took you long enough. I thought the fever would kill you." "I am not dead?" she gasped, more horrified than relieved. His mouth twitched. "Perhaps you are still delirious." She lifted her chin. "And who are you, sir?" His smile was mocking. "Nicholas de Lavilliers." The name struck her like lightning. Nicholas. The boy in the portrait, except now, he was no boy at all. -- After losing her father in a fire, Eleanora Finley is taken in by her estranged aunt, the Queen of Ravaeryn. What should have been a fairytale rise becomes a gilded cage, as Eleanora is thrust into the Choosing Ceremony, where noble girls vie for the Crown Prince's hand. But Eleanora's heart does not stir for the charming prince. Instead, it beats for the wrong man: Nicholas de Lavilliers, the King's nephew and infamous northern war general. Hardened by battle and scarred by betrayal, Nicholas wants nothing to do with the crown, or the Queen's niece. To him, she is just another pawn. Yet, he discovers Eleanora is not the spoiled lady he assumed. She longs only for freedom, to paint, to live. Against all reason, their paths intertwine, sparking a dangerous attraction neither can ignore. Caught between the duty imposed on her and the forbidden love that tempts her, Eleanora must make a choice: submit to the crown's design, or risk everything for the one man she was never meant to love.

It is the season for love and murder in the court of Ravaeryn. After a chance encounter one winter night, Lady Catarina de Fontaine had fallen hopelessly in love with Julian, the Crown Prince. However, upon discovering his untruthfulness, she immediately guarded her heart against him and rejected his advances for years. While it might seem like their romance would end right there, never blooming into fruition, fate had a different plan for them. Upon turning seventeen, Catarina was summoned to the palace to partake in The Choosing Ceremony, in which seven young ladies from the noble houses of Ravaeryn are selected, and the Prince would marry the one that he chooses. As the race for power and wealth runs its course, friend turns to foe, and blood is shed. Will they rekindle their romance, or will they part ways forever? 🥇- 1st Place in The Leal Awards in Young Adult, The Seasonal Awards Fall in General Fiction