#1 in Chicklit! Ophelia Carter has been working for the famous Richards family for almost four years. In that time they have begun to trust her and treat her as one of them. She loves her job and the family, which is why she keeps her love for the eldest son, Sullivan Richards, a secret. Sullivan isn't exactly hostile towards her, but it's evident that he finds her mildly annoying, which has dashed any hopes Ophelia has that he might one day return her love. When the entire family goes on location to shoot Sullivan's latest movie, Ophelia joins them, and she is distressed to learn that the location is her hometown of Oak Island, Georgia. There, Ophelia's carefully crafted facade starts to crack as old ghosts that she would rather keep hidden are cruelly exposed. Will the Richards family stand with her? Will Sullivan prove to be the man she knows he is and help her slay her demons?

After a failed business, a brutal breakup, and one too many 'you're impossible to love' texts from her ex, Mercy Collins returns home broke, exhausted, and out of options. Moving into her sister's guest room at thirty wasn't part of the plan-but neither was becoming a nanny. Then she meets Leo Russo, a widowed single father just barely holding his life together, and his four-year-old son Luca, a messy, brilliant child who offers her a yogurt-covered goldfish cracker as a test of character she somehow passes. What starts as a desperate job becomes something tender. Safe. Domestic in ways she isn't ready for. Mercy finds herself cooking dinners, soothing nightmares, and getting pulled into the gravitational force of a little boy who trusts her too quickly... and a man who shouldn't be looking at her the way he does. Leo promised himself he'd never love again. Mercy promised herself she'd never fall for someone who needs saving. But between shared breakfasts, inside jokes, lingering almost-moments, and the quiet ache of two people rebuilding their lives under the same roof, boundaries blur... and the possibility of more becomes impossible to ignore. Loving this family could heal Mercy's deepest wounds- or destroy her heart completely. Heartfelt, intimate, and beautifully messy, The Nanny is a slow-burn single-dad romance about grief, hope, found family, and the terrifying courage it takes to choose love again.

When widowed rancher Johnathon Blackstone places an advertisement for a mail-order bride, he's thinking only of his five-year-old daughter Isabelle, who desperately needs a mother's touch. What he doesn't expect is a response from Lilly Spellman-a woman brave enough to tell him the truth about her scandalous condition. Abandoned by a soldier and facing her family's shame, Lilly sees Johnathon's honest proposal as her only chance for respectability and a future for her unborn child. Their marriage of convenience in the frontier town of Silverpoint begins as a practical arrangement, but as Lilly wins over little Isabelle's heart and brings warmth back to the Blackstone home, something deeper begins to bloom between the unlikely couple. But when the scheming Cassidy Throne sets her sights on Johnathon and brings Lilly's past crashing back into their lives, their fragile new family faces its greatest test. In a town where reputation means everything, will love be enough to overcome scandal and secure their chance at happiness? Set against the rugged beauty of the 1880s American frontier, The Blackstone Bride is a heartwarming tale of second chances, found family, and the courage to love again.

After losing three fiancés in tragic accidents over the past six years, Lady Elphi Matson knows three things for certain: heartache only maims its victim when it should kill, not all haunted places are crumbling castles, and without a doubt, she is cursed when it comes to falling in love. Able to see ghosts since surviving a drowning accident at age nine, Lord Rufus Treadway works as a Private Investigator of the paranormal. So, when his closest friend Lord Roderick Matson pleads for help solving Elphi's curse, Rufus agrees to attend the Sanham séance, promising not to let Elphi know Roderick hired him and, for his own safety, not to fall in love with her. However, just like curses, some promises are meant to be broken.

Kathryn Bishop had a great life. She grew up with loving and supportive parents and a younger sister who she got along with. Mr and Mrs. Bishop were lucky enough to marry for love and Kathryn could not wait until she was old enough to marry someone that she loved. True love was what she looked for and she would not settle for less. That's why when she found herself in a loveless marriage with Viscount Bridgerton she could not have been more confused and somewhat angry. How did her life end up like that? What had gone wrong? And more importantly what could she do to fix it? {fem oc x Anthony Bridgerton} {Season 1} This story will take place in season 1 but most likely will have its own story line that's doesn't necessarily follow the show *I do not know the Bridgerton characters or the Bridgerton story line. I do however own Kathryn Bishop, her parents, her sister, and any storyline I write* May 9, 2023-May 26, 2023 Rankings #10 anthony 5/19/23 #9 1800s 5/19/23 #1 francescabridgerton 5/24/23 #1 viscountess 6/3/23 #3 gregorybridgerton 6/3/23 #3 benedictbridgerton 6/3/23 #7 anthonybridgerton 6/3/23

Verity Baker has spent her life cleaning up after her father's mistakes. But one day, he goes too far and sells her, for one night only, to a local lord to pay his debts. What kind of man would buy a woman? What kind of woman would agree to be bought? COMPLETED

[COMPLETED] When a handsome hotelier is accused of murder, he has no choice but to rehire the woman he fired after she claims to be a psychic who can prove his innocence. Handsome, wealthy, and charismatic-- it's hard to believe anyone would leave powerful Knox Marsden at the altar. Two years later, his ex-fiancée is still missing and Knox has moved on. When the women in Knox's life start showing up dead, he's fingered as the number one suspect. With no one on his side, Knox hires self-proclaimed medium, Nessa Cruz, to help prove his innocence. Jobless and days from being evicted from her apartment, Nessa Cruz is determined to prove she doesn't need her family's money. After being fired on her first day of work, Nessa learns Knox is being accused of murder. To get her job back, she claims to be psychic and gives him an offer he can't refuse--a chance to prove his innocence. Is someone really trying to frame Knox? Or is Knox hiding a deadly secret of his own? * Cover made with Canva * Any similarities to other stories or real life places or people is a coincidence and creepy. This is a work of fiction. Please don't post spoilers. Gracias!

Sophia has sacrificed everything for her younger sister, Lucy. She has removed them from the only home they ever knew, taken on the care of Lucy's illegitimate son, George, and even assumed the role of a widow and mother in order to erase all hint of scandal from the boy's birth. But rumor continues to follow them like the darkest of clouds, and Sophia must adapt to her new existence as a false widow with no prospects beyond the doors of her small cottage. Lord Haughton - "Finn" to those close to him - will stop at nothing to prevent the slightest whiff of disgrace from tainting his family's name. When he learns of his younger brother's latest indiscretion-one that leaves a bastard child in his wake-Haughton rushes across the country to offer the boy's mother a comfortable living in exchange for her silence about the child's true parentage. But he arrives only to have his generous offer thrown back in his face by Sophia Brixton, a sharp-tongued and sharper-witted woman who proceeds to toss him out of her house. But just because he is banished from her home does not mean he is so easily banished from her life.

When Poppy Hall fights her way back into normality after a fire that killed her parents all she wants is to take care of her baby sister. But talking to Rosie's new guardians spirals her right into an unwanted marriage. Levi Lawson is on top of the world. Until a girl walks into his father's study and demands to take little Rose home with her. Instead of getting rid of the infant, he finds himself engaged to a stranger. How will a forced marriage between a jock and a plain nobody turn out, when they start discovering their better half's secrets? *** 🏆 #1 - enemies (22.11.2023) *** A/N: 𝓘'𝓶 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓻. 𝓕𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓶𝓮, 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓘'𝓶 𝓽𝓸𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓯𝓯 😉 𝓐𝓵𝓼𝓸, 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓪. 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽, 𝓼𝓸 𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂.

"Here's the thing though . . ." He trails off thoughtfully and then he looks straight at me. His eyes are steely and that makes me realise the fundamental difference between the young Ryan and this Ryan. He's hardened now. The sweet boy I once knew is probably still in there somewhere but life eventually got to him and he had to toughen up. "I need someone I can rely on. I don't want to take a person on who just decides it's too much hassle a few days or weeks in and just . . . Ghosts me." He finishes. There's a definite challenge there. He's not just talking about the job. He's getting a dig in there about the way I disappeared out of his life. As well as implying I'm generally unreliable . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iona Stewart is pretty sure she's having a premature midlife crisis. Recently made redundant, permanently unlucky in love, and back living with her parents, she's desperate for a change of scenery. So when an opportunity comes up to work in a hotel in the Highlands, it seems like fate has stepped in. The problem? Her new boss is Ryan Thorne. Her former friend. Her first crush. And the boy who broke her heart nearly 17 years ago. She had no intention of ever seeing him again after that night. And it seems he isn't that keen on having *her* around either. Be prepared for nineties flashbacks, many awkward encounters, and *hopefully* a happy ever after . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ❤️Second Place in the Chick-Lit category in The Pink Cloud Awards❤️ ❤️Second Place in the Chick-Lit category in The Hibiscus Awards❤️ ❤️Winner of Best Opening in Chick Lit in the Berry Pancake awards❤️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Complete companion novella entitled "No Reservations: Ryan's Version" is now available*