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Summary

​Marriages of convenience endanger secrets and spark romance in regency England.

Stats

Genre: Adult historical romance (regency England)

Series length: Three books, plus one novella from a Christmas collection

Violence: Lightly moderate, ranging from parental abuse to attempted assassination

Magic/Supernatural: None

Romance: Strong but clean. 

Christian/spiritual element: Overt Christian elements

Recommendation: Those who love regency England and marriage-of-convenience stories. 

You might like this series if you liked... 
Jane Austen

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Opening Lines:

"You'll do as you're told if you know what's good for you. I won't be humiliated again."

Diana Seaton gripped the back of the chair she stood behind, grateful to have the piece of furniture between her and her father. Red suffused his face, and his eyes glittered. He paced the oriental rug in front of the fireplace in the drawing room of Seaton manor. 

The Lost Lieutenant (Serendipity & Secrets, Book 1)
by Erica Vetsch

​Evan Eldridge never meant to be a war hero—he only wanted to fight Napoleon for the future of his country. And he certainly didn't think saving the life of a peer would mean being made the Earl of Whitelock. But when the life you save is dear to the Prince Regent, things can change in a hurry.

Now Evan has a noble title, a manor house in shambles, and a stranger for a bride, all thrust upon him by a grateful ruler. What he doesn't have are all his memories. Traumatized from wounds incurred on the battlefield, Evan knows there's something he can't quite remember. It's important, dangerous—and if he doesn't recall it in time—will jeopardize not only his new marriage but someone's very life.

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He supposed that someday he would have to forgive the child for being a girl. 

Marcus Haverly took one look at the squirming pink bundle in the nurse's arms and sighed, the weight of the world threatening to push him into the ornate rug beneath his Hessians. he set down the book he'd been reading, his appetite for the written word evaporating as reality set in. 

The Gentleman Spy (Serendipity & Secrets, Book 2)
by Erica Vetsch

When Marcus Haverly's father and older brother unexpectedly pass away, the new Duke of Haverly is saddled with a title he never expected to bear—and more eyes suddenly turned toward his life than a secret agent for the Crown can afford.

To thwart the plans of the rest of his scheming family, the duke impulsively marries one of the Season's young debutantes. After all, a properly raised noblewoman is meek and mild. Sequestering Lady Charlotte in the country and getting on with his work as a spy should be easy.

His new bride has other ideas. No shrinking violet, she's determined to take her place as his wife, front and center—no hiding in rustication. As a duchess, she can use her position to follow her call from God and help the lowest of society: the women forced into prostitution because they have no skills or hope. But these philanthropic, reforming endeavors are not met favorably in society, nor by her husband who wishes she'd remain in the background as he ordered.

Can the duke succeed in relegating her to the sidelines of his life? When his secrets are threatened with exposure, will his new wife be an asset or a liability?

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If it got any hotter, the Royal Navy would have to ship him home in a flask. 

Captain Charles Wyvern dabbed the sweat from his temples with his already-soaked handkerchief as he entered the  military hospital. What wouldn't he give to be aboard his vessel, palms braced against the rail, taking the sea breeze full in the face? 

The Indebted Earl (Serendipity & Secrets, Book 3)
by Erica Vetsch

Captain Charles Wyvern owes a great debt to the man who saved his life—especially since Major Richardson lost his own life in the process. The major's dying wish is for his love to be relayed to his fiancée, and for the captain to look after her needs. But along the way, Charles learns of another obligation that has fallen on his shoulders: due to a death in the family, he is now the Earl of Rothwell.

His new role includes an estate in need of a leader and a trio of orphaned girls, all wards of the former earl. Wyvern understands war; young ladies and properties he does not. As a solution, Charles proposes a marriage of convenience to the late major's betrothed, the bereaved Lady Sophia Haverly.

Sophie is surprised to find she isn't opposed to the idea. It will help her care for Richardson's elderly mother, and she's already fallen in love with the wayward girls on the Rothwell estate. This alliance is a chance to repay the captain who has done so much for her care, and a distraction from her grief. When Wyvern returns to his commission at sea, she'll stay behind to oversee his property and wards.

It sounds so simple. Until the stalwart captain is arrested on suspicion of smuggling, and Sophie realizes how much he's come to mean to her. Now she must learn to fight, not only for his freedom but also for his love.

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Opening Lines of Wonders of His Love:

Did a turtle ever protest the restrictions of its carapace? Did the canary resent the cage, no matter how gilded, and imagine soaring through the sky? Did a sheep long to leap like a stag and escape the paddock? 

Cilla played another series of arpeggios on the pianoforte, letting her mather-in-law's monologue about her various aches and dissatisfactions drfit around her. This day varied little from those that had come before it, for weeks, months. For nearly a year and a half now. 

​Actually, if she were honest, the sameness had covered all her life.

Joy to the World! (A Regency Christmas Collection )
by Carolyn Miller, Amanda Barratt, & Erica Vetsch

​Inspirational Regency romance with a Christmas twist from three best-selling authors

In Joy to the World, three popular romance authors come together to offer a heartwarming collection of holiday Regency romance. Based on lines from a beloved Christmas carol, these three novellas have depth, faith, and satisfying stories all packed into the perfect length for readers to curl up and take a brief break from their holiday busyness.

"Heaven and Nature Sing" by Carolyn Miller
Two music lovers, deeply devoted to each other, were on the brink of engagement when family circumstances drove them apart. How can they ever overcome both their obligations and their fears to find their way back into each other's arms?

"Far as the Curse Is Found" by Amanda Barratt
One winter night, a woman struggling to provide for her illegitimate child encounters a scarred veteran of the Napoleonic Wars on the streets of London. Can love conquer the darkness of two broken pasts?

"Wonders of His Love" by Erica Vetsch
A Scots portrait painter finds work at a noble manor house over the holidays. He never imagined he'd fall in love with the emotionally frozen widow there. Now he wants nothing more than to thaw her heart.