One singer past her prime, one admirer out of his depth, and one last chance at an encore. Scene: London, 1835. Once the darling of Covent Garden, Aimée Millet has exchanged ovations for creditors and a pension barely fit for decency. Her loyal maid, Nellie Simmons, guards what remains of their household pride with a teapot and a tongue sharp enough to steal scenes. Enter Mr Julian Harcourt: twenty-four, earnest, and catastrophically well-bred. His impulsive gallantry sets Bloomsbury whispering and Aimée's temper alight. A polite apology spirals into a comedy of missteps, music, and inconvenient tenderness. Julian believes love can mend what the world has broken; Aimée knows better. Yet when kindness arrives with violets, laughter, and the first glimmer of hope she has dared to feel in years, it becomes impossible to refuse. For readers who like their romance witty, their heroines wary, and their happy endings hard-won.

"Some towns are built on secrets, tucked so deeply into the frozen peaks that even the shadows feel lonely." High in the Carpathian mountains near Orșova, Romania where mist coils through pine forests, the Moravacová Castle sits like a living relic watching the centuries go by. The Moravacovás are wolves who walk as men, their fortune rooted in centuries of blood pacts and debts. When Lupin Moravacová's youngest son, Juelz, loses his childhood love Fia Roşu, the promise he makes to find her becomes an obsession that pulls him and his family into a decade of dark, planned recovery. ────── Not long after her seventeenth birthday Fia Roşu's parents break-up. Her mothers abandonment leaves Fia hurt and bitter. A few months later her father shows up at her school and checks her out early telling her it is necessary for her to go live with her aunt in Orsova, Romania, their old village just until he can straighten out his life. He swears it will only be for the summer. Aunt Lucie, her mother's sister, a nurse at the local Hospital is beyond busy and initiates the help of a local family to help her keep Fia busy, the Bianchi family. They are Italian expats and have a full schedule that they are only too happy to include Fia in. The first event is a masquerade ball at Moravacová Castle. Where Fia will come face to face with Juelz Moravacová. But there's only one problem. She is the special guest of Adrian Bianchi, the whirlwind son of Cicero and Ginetta Bianchi. And she-is Juelz' long lost love. And Fia's host has decided that Juelz must go through him to have access to his guest. But Juelz has news for Adrian. He won't be deterred from the girl he has loved his entire life, now that she is back. Juelz' presence awakens Fia's childhood memories and suddenly, 'rhapsody' becomes more than just a word in a poem. It becomes an immersion she cannot explain. All Rights Reserved ©2026rebbiecarrico.rhapsody

A reluctant viscount. A transformed debutante. One impulsive waltz that changes everything... Daniel Bennett, Viscount Kennard, has always lived by duty-first to his family, then to his title. With his sister well married and society watching his every step, he has no patience for the frivolities of a London Season-least of all escorting a cousin he remembers as a gawky, relentless girl he once avoided at every turn. But when she arrives in London, Daniel is unprepared. The awkward child of his memory has become a poised, luminous young woman with a quick wit that unsettles him as much as it captivates him. Avoidance proves impossible when a waltz draws them into dangerous proximity, awakening feelings Daniel never intended to face-especially not for her. And the more he tries to remember that she is family, the harder it becomes to ignore the way his carefully ordered world begins to tilt. Claire Montrose once harbored a girlish fancy for her cousin-a fancy she has long since tucked into the quietest corner of her heart. Now in London under her aunt's sponsorship, she is determined to secure a future of her choosing-not merely become another jewel displayed for society's inspection. The last thing she needs is Daniel's watchful, disapproving gaze following her every move. Yet beneath his formality, she glimpses a man far more complex than the distant boy she once adored-a man whose steadiness challenges her, whose presence she cannot seem to escape, and whose nearness threatens to awaken the very feelings she had sworn to forget. As stolen glances turn into lingering touches and duty collides with desire, Daniel and Claire must decide whether protecting their reputations is worth denying what they feel. For sometimes, the most scandalous step of all... is a waltz.

Lydia Bennett has been consigned by widowhood and her own sisters to the remote village of Lowick. She intends to stay for only a week, but the fanatical local Reverend, Mr Wakefield, is waging a war on fun - Christmas carols are cancelled, the Harvest Festival is banned and May Day dancing considered the greatest horror of all. Will Lydia be able to ensure the town's thousand year old May Day celebrations go ahead? Will local landowner Mr Sitwell, caught between his sense of responsibility and the outright cruelty of the priest, join Lydia or oppose her? In the battle between society and sobriety who will prevail? Complete and finished story.

Fate decided that their paths should cross. | For friendly, hard-working Sua, the only things that matter in life are the happiness and safety of her friends and family. She's more than content to manage her late father's inn with her pet antula by her side. However, being an innkeeper in a small town isn't always easy... or safe. There's danger lurking in the woods, and only she is allowed to stop it. Through a twist of fate, a mysterious traveler comes along and distracts her from the threat to her home. Sa Gin's new, handsome face becomes the talk of the town overnight. What's more, he has a charming personality, a purse full of money... and a weapon on his back. Can Sua trust this stranger with her burden and her heart? Or does the newcomer already have enough secrets of his own?

Henry Dunn, Baron of Dunn, believes he has done what any responsible husband must. After the birth of their second child, his wife's behavior left him desperate, and he placed her under the care of the reputable Dr. Sharp. Meanwhile, Nerissa drifts between wakefulness and dream as her laudanum dosage quietly increases. Time slips and dulls around her, leaving her unsure whom to trust and terrified that she may never see her family again. As Henry struggles to cope with life without his wife, he must confront a far more painful question: Did he rescue his wife... or abandon her? And can a marriage strained by illness, distance, and fear find its way back to love before it is too late?