In the *Uruwashi no Royal Romance* series: V. 1 - *Ouji no Aishita Hanayome* (The Bride the Prince Fell For) V.2 - *Wagamama no Shishaku no Torisetsusho*

When an ice storm left professor Lucy Guerin stranded in rural Arkansas, she was forced to accept shelter in the secluded home of woodworker Richard Banner. Handsome as sin and twice as grumpy, Banner was not quite what Lucy had envisioned when she'd added "eligible bachelor" to her Christmas wish list. But his awkward kindness - and a rare smile that warmed her insides - were more than she'd bargained for. And his reluctance to open his home - or his heart - to anyone was a challenge she was ready to face. Wasn't Christmas the season for miracles? Well, Lucy would entice Banner to slip under the mistletoe with her... and then she'd tempt him with a love he could believe in.

Persephone, born into an aristocratic family, can't find her place in society. One day, she meets a man she doesn't know when she's out horseback riding. She abruptly runs away the moment she sees the man's piercing beautiful eyes, but he captures her in his castle in the valley. Scared at what he might have planned for her, Persephone finds out that this man, Hades, is actually a handsome, highly educated, sophisticated man. She's sent back home safely a few months later and now she's ready for the Season. She's completely taken aback by a marquess she meets there?it's Hades!

Noelle used to be a genius pianist as a child, but now that she’s an adult, people don’t remember her anymore. To make matters worse, her mother, who treated her like a cash cow, has run away with all Noelle’s earnings. So when hotel tycoon Ethan Grey proposes that they get engaged and seek revenge on her mother, Noelle agrees to be his partner in crime. Soon she finds herself attracted to him, though, and what she doesn’t know is that he has his own motivations for seeking vengeance…

**Her husband has been missing for three years. So how is she supposed to produce an heir?** Emily was so happy to have married her first love, Adrian, an earl. But after the wedding ceremony, he went to London and never came back. And then one day, three years later, her husband’s cousin comes to see her, saying that unless she gives birth to an heir, her husband’s lands and title will become his. Without thinking, Emily blurts out, “I’m carrying the earl’s child.” Now that she’s said it, she’s going to have to make an heir in a hurry. So Emily heads for London, knowing she’s unwelcome there, and is shocked when she discovers the real reason her husband hasn’t come home.

I have given my all to this forbidden love with a man out of my reach… To Joanna, the girls’ school she was abandoned at is her home. But when she turns nineteen, she has to become independent and takes a job as a governess. Saying goodbye to her friends and teachers is hard, but she hopes to experience the warmth of a home at her employer’s manor. However, she’s constantly insulted by the girls she teaches once she arrives. One day, she attends a ball as a chaperone and is saved from a dilemma by majestic nobleman Luke. She falls for him, a man who treats her with kindness despite her social status, but he is looking for a wife to give him an heir to continue his dukedom’s lineage and is far beyond her reach…

Is this baby who suddenly appeared my own cupid? Or is it a sign of something else? Sadie has been in love with her boss, Ethan, for the past five years. Tired of having her feelings be unreciprocated, she decides to quit. It’s right at that moment that a baby appears at the office! The baby is the daughter of Ethan’s late friend, and now Ethan is to become the child’s legal guardian. He has decided to take in the child for the sake of his best friend, but he begs Sadie to help him out until he can find a good nanny… Now Sadie will be living with Ethan for the next month and helping him look after the baby! She convinces herself she’ll be okay, since she’s put her feelings for Ethan behind her. But can she keep her heart safe with him so near?

Beneath the skies of Paris in 1815, Katherine, an English-born young woman brimming with curiosity, awaits the arrival of a certain man. In order to expose the traitors who have been spilling her country's secrets to France, she and her escort are to act together, masquerading as man and wife... But when her "husband" finally appears, Katherine is left at a loss for words. She is to play the wife of Major Daniel Ross, the brute who toyed with her best friend's affections long ago and caused her no end of sorrow! Nevertheless, there is something alluring in Daniel's gaze, inviting her into an adventure of romance yet unknown... Source: Harlequin

He was her first love… Could their reunion be the start of a tender romance? In post–Civil War 1871, Lydia ventures into frontier land and gets lost in a blizzard. She nearly freezes to death but is saved by her childhood friend Whit, the very man she was looking for! He’s been scraping by as a rancher in the West. Lydia loves him immensely, but Whit still hasn’t recovered emotionally from the war and doesn’t realize how she feels. And worse, there seems to be a beautiful woman in his life already!