5th book in my Society's Orphans series ...Sean's Story.......Finished and the edited version is now available on Amazon After leaving Eton Sean O'Brien, the Blue Knight, was drafted by the king's Ministry, a secret spy organization for the crown. When his arch enemy, the Black Cobra, finds out his real identity the assassin sets out to destroy Sean and everyone he holds dear. One person in particular is in the fiends sights. Sean must get her away from France immediately. ******** Marioselle finds Count Durand dashing and quite charming, but she just isn't certain about the man. Her heart has always belonged to one man, Sean O'Brien. She is a bit enamoured by the Counts undivided attention, but something about him rubs her the wrong way. Should she wait for the man she loves, or marry the Count who promises her happiness? Just when she thinks she's made up her mind, Sean appears and tells her to trust no one, as her life is in danger. One thing she knows for certain, Sean is not the man she thought he was. Will this new insight bring them together, or tear them further apart?

{2022 WATTY SHORTLISTER} {18+ COMPLETED} England, 1842 Lady Hutton, otherwise known as Penelope Chapman, cares not that her husband has a wandering eye. That is, until he wanders away completely--all the way to the continent with his mistress, where he's been for the last five years. Abandoned, Penelope decides she shall not spend her life living without the occasional night of casual companionship. But then Penelope meets British naval officer Beckett Ash, and she realizes that there isn't anything casual about him. The man who has been assigned to protect her whilst uncovering a smuggling operation at her summer house party is strikingly handsome, and their connection is increasingly difficult to ignore. There are only two problems. Firstly, Beckett hasn't a clue that Penelope already has a husband. And secondly, his best friend and fellow naval officer is Penelope's protective half-brother. What happens when Beckett decides to marry an already married woman?