There are moments when you think life is going one way and a major curveball sends you the complete opposite direction. That's me, standing in the rain, wondering how things went so terribly wrong. What do I need? To hide at my brother's house to lick my wounds. What do I get? My brother's roommate, sexy-as-sin best friend, Carter Kennedy. The cute, adventurous boy who was my teenage crush. The inspiring, irresistible man who will never be mine. But then things get complicated with fun-filled days and pleasure-filled nights. If Carter wasn't the most commitment-phobic person I know, I could consider the cliché of dating my brother's best friend. But he will never fit the husband checklist I made to find the man who will be my world, and I'm not willing to compromise on that. At least, that's the plan. [THE HUSBAND CHECKLIST IS NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON AND FREE TO READ IN KINDLE UNLIMITED. ENJOY THESE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS AS A SAMPLE. I HOPE YOU LOVE IT.]

In 1840, 19-year-old Ashlyn and her friend Edith are to be introduced to the London society and find an eligible gentleman to be wed to. Ashlyn's heart is painfully torn between her love for a best friend and Edith's brother Jared and a commitment to her father - to marry a wealthy man with an enviable title and save her family from bankruptcy. Ashlyn's world came crashing down when her father promises her hand to a wealthy but dull Duke of Manchester. Is her childhood love forever lost to her or will there still be a chance for her to get back her happiness? I put this story on hold because of all the chaos in my job. Thank you for understanding and I will continue it after it all settles down.