Enter A Game of Spies, where the salons and soirées of Regency England are countered by spies and gambling. Josette Sourantine enjoys dancing, flirtations, and gambling on cards. The salons of Regency London offer everything she loves. A little dancing, a little flirtation with dangerous rakes, a little card-play with extra coins in the offing.A little unexpected spying. When Giles Hargreaves tempts her into a dalliance, Josette discovers he hunts a spy working for France. A traitor to England working for Bonaparte who will hang when he finds them. Dancing, flirtations, gambling and betrayal? Not for Josette. A little addition of love? That works. A captivating love story combines with a suspenseful tale of dangerous spies in A Game of Spies, book 2 in the Hearts in Hazard series of mystery and suspense with a dash of romance ~ all in Regency England. Although some characters do...

Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise.Then she walked into his local pub and into the clutches of a loan shark.Can he rescue her before she falls victim to evil? The Lion's Den is a brief novella set in London of the early 1920s with the Bright Young Things. The returned soldiers of the Great War have settled uncomfortably into their lives. Although this story is not part of a series, Filly and Jack were originally introduced in the 2nd book of the Into Death trilogy, Christmas with Death.

~ Regency England ~ the Northern Moors ~ Everyone knows there's no such thing as ghosts.Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth. Elizabeth Fortescue comes to Feldstone Grange seeking the position of housekeeper. She expects the Baron Harcourt to claim she's too young and pretty for the position, even though she's qualified and has excellent references. Yet the baron is desperate to hire someone, having lost five housekeepers over the past six months. He doesn't know what drove them away. On her first night at the Grange, Elizabeth encounters two ghosts. One is the well-known Silent Lady; none of the servants know anything about the other ghost. Over the next week, her connection with Lord Harcourt becomes more than servant to employer. She likes her position and her employer. He also appears to like her, wanting to meet with her daily. One ghost, though, persists...

Has the love of her life enticed her straight into death? Stranded on Crete, Isabella Newcombe finesses a refuge with English archaeologists resuming their dig after WWI. Her sketches fortuitously land her a job illustrating the dig for Prof. Gawen Tarrant. His magnetic brother Madoc charms her with his interest. The dig seethes with undercurrents, revealed when a worker is murdered. The archaeologists dismiss his death as a village vendetta. Then the dig sites are vandalized. Artifacts go missing. And Isabella's former employer may be involved in buying stolen artifacts. With evidence amassing, they must admit the worker was killed when he spied something incriminating—but what? And who murdered him? Suspicions escalate. All three professors have motives beyond simple profit. Are the Tarrant brothers stealing to fund more digs? Is Nigel Arkwright undermining the dig as revenge for Gawen's flirtation with Nigel's...

Mystery and peril are dangerous shipmates for an ocean voyage.While travel presents opportunities to meet new friends and see new places. Isabella also encounters puzzling crimes and dangerous intrigue as she sails from England to India.. ~ . ~ . ~ ."Amber Dreams"Blackmail threatens a young bride when her secret diary is stolen. Her marriage of convenience is threatened if the contents are revealed to her new husband and his autocratic mother.Can Isabella recover the diary before the bride loses all hope?. ~ . ~ . ~ ."Purple Poison"A flurry of poison pen letters unsettle the passengers on the ship Nomadic. Even Isabella is not immune from the vicious invective.Will the culprit be discovered before tragedy occurs?. ~ . ~ . ~ ."Black Heart"Pranks and tricks cause inconvenience, misery, and embarrassment.After one prank goes too far and injury occurs, will Isabella locate the trickster...

~ Regency England ~ the Northern Moors ~ Everyone knows there's no such thing as ghosts.Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth. Elizabeth Fortescue comes to Feldstone Grange seeking the position of housekeeper. She expects the Baron Harcourt to claim she's too young and pretty for the position, even though she's qualified and has excellent references. Yet the baron is desperate to hire someone, having lost five housekeepers over the past six months. He doesn't know what drove them away. On her first night at the Grange, Elizabeth encounters two ghosts. One is the well-known Silent Lady; none of the servants know anything about the other ghost. Over the next week, her connection with Lord Harcourt becomes more than servant to employer. She likes her position and her employer. He also appears to like her, wanting to meet with her daily. One ghost, though, persists...

Smugglers, secrets and spies: Kate tries to hide in plain sight; Tony tries to catch a spy. First they fall in love, then they fall into trouble with smugglers. Will they survive? Kate Charteris never expects to become a damsel in distress, yet she must escape her cousin's unwanted attentions. While she might be orphaned in Regency England, she is no damsel who faints at the first sight of a dragon-like trouble. On the hunt for the lair of smugglers and spies for Napoleon, Tony Farraday never expects to fall hard for a damsel not quite in distress. When he collides with Kate on a street corner, he is instantly attracted to her. Yet Kate must catch the mail coach before it leaves, and Tony still needs orders from the spycatcher Giles Hargreaves. Neither expects to meet again at a run-down inn on the English coast. On a crumbling cliffside, they vow to pretend to be strangers. Yet their attraction turns into a flame,...

Welcome to A Game of Hearts, where red-blooded commoners find the doors of the blue-blooded haut ton difficult to open. Two Hearts, Shadowed by their Pasts Self-made financier Rafe Lockhart needs a titled wife. His beloved daughter Connie dreams of a society debut. A quick marriage to Lady Margaret Symonds, widow of an earl, seems the answer to his problem. Her beauty and wit sweeten his plan. After twelve years in an emotionally abusive marriage, Maggie Symonds hesitates to enter another marriage, especially to a man whose wealth is the sole reason that society accepts him. Yet financial difficulties and her own budding attraction to Rafe drive her to accept his proposal.Neither expects passion to fire up their marriage. Yet even as they discover each other, two blows deal wounds to their blossoming love. Two Hearts, Crossed by Circumstance Falling in...

When Murder Paints with BloodIsabella Newcombe Tarrant must finish her commission to paint a portrait before she can join her husband in India.She travels to Greavley Abbey School in the sleepy village of Upper Wellsford. There she meets the young photographer Flick Sherborne, and they become friends.Then murder intrudes.Isabella and Flick stumble upon the body George Webberly, a teacher at Greavley Abbey School. He's been bludgeoned to death.Why would anyone kill a school master? Motives abound, and suspects increase. Fellow teaching masters. A former soldier haunted by the nightmares of the war. Three ladies were rivals for Webberly's attentions. Their husbands may have clubbed him and cracked open his head. A photographer. Three fishermen. A medic. The pub owner and his wife. The local constable.Who committed the murder? Can Isabella find the answer?Or will a murderer paint with more blood?A tangle of motives and hidden...

Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise.Then she walked into his local pub and into the clutches of a loan shark.Can he rescue her before she falls victim to evil? The Lion's Den is a brief novella set in London of the early 1920s with the Bright Young Things. The returned soldiers of the Great War have settled uncomfortably into their lives. Although this story is not part of a series, Filly and Jack were originally introduced in the 2nd book of the Into Death trilogy, Christmas with Death.