[Victorian Romance]
Their eyes are on me, but his gaze is fixed on her.
Olivia 'Livy' Winston is a famous ballerina and the only daughter of Duke Winston. Despite her unrivaled beauty, elegance, and the lines of suitors, she is now stuck loving a man that does not love her back. The man is Marquis Theodore Dudley, her childhood best friend and also the man of her dreams.
Returning to her city after 6 months, a lady suddenly comes into Theodore's life.
Anxious about the sudden love rival and her feelings weighing more than his, she then devised a plan to capture her best friend's heart.
Thrown by the sudden conflict, where friendship can be thorned, jealousy, and hearts breaking. Will Olivia's plan to capture Theodore's heart work? Or will she move on for the happiness of her best friend? and will she choose love over her job as a ballerina travelling europe?
After a disastrous first season in London, Rose Wilde finds herself torn between two men who love her -- but who both hide secrets that could ruin her.
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Rose Wilde has always considered herself plain, especially when compared to her beautiful older sister Charlotte, and has practically given up on the idea of being romanced. But when American hotelier Derek Montgomery comes to revolutionise her little, sleepy English village of Ascot, Rose starts to revisit the idea of falling in love. However, Derek brings with him many secrets and obligations, some that might prohibit him from pursuing Rose -- and push her into the arms of her friend, Michael Cornell, the Marquess of Juniper. Will fate allow Rose and Derek to marry for love? Or will she indeed become the reluctant marchioness?
[[Word count: 70,000 - 80,000 words]]
Cover designed by Ashley Bandy
(The Reluctant Marchioness is the sequel to The Coveted Countess, but can also be read as a standalone)