Joshua makes a decision to take in Payton & her two young children after her husband dies. He can see they need his help. He doesn't realize just how much he'll come to need them. Payton is young, widowed and the mother of two small children. She can't survive on her own, miles away from her family. She can't go home either so she accepts Joshua's marriage proposal. They both agree to a marriage in name alone but when things don't go as smoothly as planned Payton decides its time to go back home. Can Joshua convince her to stay & try to make this a REAL marriage? Only God knows.

Rose Gilmartin leaves her home in London behind to work at her uncle's inn on the lonely Yorkshire moors. Homesick at first, she befriends her cousin Bess and young Dominic Monaghan, and meets Bess' lover, highwayman Arthur Langley. But when redcoats turn up in the district, things quickly become dangerous. Can Rose protect her friends? Inspired by and loosely based on Alfred Noyes' poem 'The Highwayman'.

'She didn't struggle, she kissed him back and when they stepped apart he saw a look of love and sheer devotion in her eyes. He held her in his arms once more. her head lay against his chest and there they stood for what seemed like forever, and indeed, Samuel wished he could stay there forever with Phoebe in his arms.' Samuel Turner first meets Phoebe Newton when she is 15. Regrettable words are passed and Samuel takes off for four years. When he returns he finds Phoebe has grown into a stunning young lady and instantly tries to redeem himself. Phoebe isn't so easily swayed and when people from Samuel's murky past show up, life gets much harder for him as he tries to battle a man who may or may not be his enemy, a woman who is not what she appears and fights for the forgiveness and love of his fiancee. Samuel fights through scandal, crime, false identities, heartbreak, love and confusion until he finds contentment, only to have his world shattered for the last time. *STILL UNDER REVISION NOT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WAS LITERALLY 12 WHEN I WROTE THIS I KNOW IT'S A HOT MESS THANKS* No Ordinary Romance (Samuel)-Complete An American Promise (Emilia)-Complete Saving June (June)-Complete Rushbrooke End (Lilly)-Complete An Acceptable Marriage (Arabella) - Ongoing When the Curtain Falls - (Frances) Nothing But the Best

-There are nothing like unanswered questions- Starting anew had been the goal of the Winters sisters since the death of their father Amos Winters. After setting up in the state of Massachusetts the three young women try to enjoy their new lives after a period of bleakness. Working in a ballet school is a dream come true for the three sisters and at first they are living the American Dream. They find romance, good jobs, and excel at school. However dreams and nightmares often travel on the same rail and when a stranger turns up at the door filled with questions they begin to receive answers that surge in them a deep curiosity to lay to rest a spiderweb of a case. Soon they discover that their trials are not over and they must pull themselves back together before they are forever torn apart by a deep lurking enemy. "Winter's 3 Dears-The 12: Book Three" All works copyright Carpathia. HRH Carpathia. This novel is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons or places is entirely coincidental. -I like to keep all of my stories mild or include disclaimers and trigger warnings. These may not be found in all chapters. Some characters will commit crimes and do harm against others. Nothing will be graphically depicted in my stories. (beyond a mild pg-13)

*Highest Rank #1 in Historical Fiction* Shy and awkward Elizabeth Montgomery doesn't think she'll ever find love. As her family's former plantation struggles in Reconstruction era Virginia, she's afraid she'll find herself either betrothed to the wrong man through an arranged marriage, or a spinster living with her widowed father. However, Elizabeth's sister Amelia is vibrant and charming, and sure to secure a valuable match. When two wealthy, eligible bachelors come to her family's plantation home for a visit, Elizabeth finds that she has to depend on her faith more than ever. Edward Stanton is a cocky bank owner's son, and his father, Charles, is pressuring him to take a wealthy wife to create a banking empire. As Edward resists his father's demands, the stakes become higher and higher, pointing to evidence that Charles has underlying motives for forcing a particular match on Edward. Will an unexpected love emerge from so much greed and manipulation? *Completed May 2015*

Lady Imogen Wilde has lived her life in a body that does not work as it should. As she was born not breathing, Imogen has spent her life as the small and weak daughter of the Duke of Ascot. Nobody could ever understand, could they? Colonel Simon Spencer is a highly decorated, recently retired, soldier, who has made his fortune through various gallant and successful military campaigns. But the military has altered him, both mentally and physically, leaving him a changed man from the one his brother remembers, one who carries many burdens. But what if they met? Could it be, that after years of indifference, Imogen and Simon might finally find someone who understands? Or could there be other obstacles in their way, secrets that threaten to boil over?

It started on a night with broken glass. First the glass, then the screams, and then the blood. And then, their lives were changed forever. It marked the beginning of her brother's suffering. As Else Schüffen struggles to define everything that is happening around her in Germany 1941, Maximilian faces a different kind of struggle. An adopted Jew in a Christian family, Max faces betrayal and loss, forgiveness and anger. Being a divided family with a Nazi as a brother, his fears become a reality. He must go into hiding, but with a different identity: Henrik Brandenburg, an Aryan shopkeeper. And then there's Else, a young Aryan girl, in the midst of her brother's tumult. Painting, it seems, is the only way of escape, and the only way to keep her brother, Maximilian, in her heart forever. Through it all, there is one thing she learns. Sometimes, in order to survive, we must repair our broken wings and learn to fly again~ #39 in historical fiction//March 29th Edited by the lovely @jgfairytales

-What if Justice were deaf too- Power, ambition and privileged describe the Richmonds of Drinking Water South Carolina. Innocent, faithful and dedicated describe Ottaline and Providence Sabbath whose father serves as a butler to the Richmond household. On Confederate Memorial Day 1903 the sleepy town of Drinking Water is awakened by a cry of injustice. Thus an old crime fueled by jealousy and greed materializes in the form of one of the town's most affluent members. When injustice strikes home the two sisters Sabbath find themselves engrossed in a mystery of secrets and lore that could shatter the atmosphere of their small town yet bring justice to those who can't testify. The mysteries continue in this second 12 Dancing Princess novel "Sabbath's 2 Darlings-The 12: Book Two" All works copyright Carpathia. HRH Carpathia. This novel is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons or places is entirely coincidental. -I like to keep all of my stories mild or include disclaimers and trigger warnings. These may not be found in all chapters. Some characters will commit crimes and do harm against others. Nothing will be graphically depicted in my stories. (beyond a mild pg-13)

When Edith Harris first encountered the mysterious Calvin McClain she never expected that her life would change so drastically simply because of their meeting. Edith is the daughter of the highly respected sheriff of Blackwell. She was never one of those women who melted at the thought of experiencing a forbidden romance. But when she meets Cal her outlook on things changes and she finds herself drawn to the stranger. However, Cal isn't exactly a law abiding citizen and with Edith's ties to the sheriff of the small town of Blackwell, things are bound to go awry.

Isaac reread the letter shocked at its contents. Dear Mr. Wade, You’ve no doubt heard of Lorraine’s betrayal by now. I want you to know I am deeply sorry for her thoughtlessness, having grown up with Lorraine I am well aware of the pain she can put people through without a second thought. I am writing to propose that you and I wed. It’ll save my family’s reputation and embarrassment. Now I realize my father most likely said you had to, but you do not. If you do not want to marry me I understand. I will be getting ready in the next room it is to your right… I propose if you want to go through with this knock twice on the wall… if you don’t knock once- I will deal with my family just as I always have if your choice is to knock once. Again I am sincerely sorry for the pain my sister has caused you. I am sure that this is just as shocking to you as it is to me. Respectfully, Rose He remembered Rose well from the one time he had met her, she was good friends with his cousin Ginny. He remembered her telling every one of her travels. She was so unlike her sister and he was amazed the two were related. Lorraine had left him a letter as well, if one could even call it that- it was only one line- I do not love you and I am sorry. Those nine words written in her hand had cut like a knife and to find out that she had left him for another hurt all the more. He looked up at his older brother Gideon and handed him the two letters. Rose was sincere and he didn’t want the Watson’s laughed out of Denver, they were high society and it was one of the things her family cared about most.