Philip Battley

A man with a past...Harry Browning was a motherless guttersnipe, and the morning he came across the elderly Alexander Preston, The Viscount Stamford, clinging to a sheer rock face he didn't believe in fate. But the fates have plans for Harry whether...

Acquaintances become something more when they each discover the other’s true self. Can they find a way to navigate the perils of polite society and their feelings for each other?A lady by birth, Margaret Maitland was the toast of the ton until she...

A coach accident, a handsome French Count, and a disastrous snow storm! The excitement of a son born at Christmastide to Darcy and Elizabeth is overshadowed by his sister Georgiana’s growing fascination for a stranded nobleman.Georgiana returned to...

This thrilling historical mystery starring Mozart tells of friendship and betrayal, and how music allows us to defy death—from the acclaimed author of Death and the Maiden and The Suicide Museum.In 1789 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visits the grave of...

This classic novel by George Orwell follows a cast of disgruntled farm animals who bravely rebel against the cruel farmer who owns them.What begins as an idyllic new society built for the freedom and equality of all who walk on four legs quickly...

Two former lovers unexpectedly cross paths once again under troublesome circumstances. How will they overcome their turbulent past together to protect their future?Lady Cecilia Maitland has everything an unmarried woman could want: money of her own,...

His cheeks are as tender as raw meat on a butcher’s block. And those are just the cheeks of his face. As he slumps in the saddle, watching the road disappear into the distance, he aches in parts of his body that he’s only just discovering he has…When...

When the beautiful Lady Isabella Scranford finds herself in the family way and her lover refuses to do the honourable thing, she knows her life is at an end. With a reputation for being a cold-hearted bitch, there will be no sympathy for her, only...

Raz Frewer just made a bet with the Devil.He needs a cure to save his dying wife, and Lucifer has it-- a mystical lamp, but its pieces were scattered around the globe centuries earlier.If he can find them, he'll get his cure; if he can't, the Devil...

Luke Frankland, a junior intelligence officer just home from the Iraq War, finds himself cast into a world of cyber espionage and state-level politics. Out of his depth and with no one in the Government heeding his warnings, he forms a makeshift team...

She wants to marry. He wants to marry her. Will a faux courtship bring them together or break their hearts?Maddie Hayward has been actively looking for a husband for nearly three years, but no gentleman will spare her more than a smile. Everyone...

Secret trysts, daring dalliances, and a pair of pedigreed houndskeep Francis Bacon and his team busy while trying to catch a reckless murderer.It’s Midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies...

A delightful collection of sweet Regency romance novellas featuring ladies who are not content to let others dictate how their lives should be lived and the gentlemen who love them.Save the Last Dance for MeWhen Lady Honoria Maitland reunites with her...

Miss Violette is a damsel in distress.The devil of it is, she just won't accept it.Alone and far from home in the big city, Violette is on a mission to find a missing man - a war hero who never made it home - and she doesn't want a chaperone. Though...

Gather around my friends, lend me your ears, and Shamus will tell you exactly what happened to Santa last year.Santa runs into a problem while on his annual Christmas Eve ride. What will it take for Santa and the North Pole Elves to solve this...

London, 1593. An anonymous ballad calls for violence. The mayor offers 100 crowns for the author’s name. Thomas Clarady wants that money and drags Francis Bacon in to help.Then the authorities turn on two popular playmakers. One is tortured. Another...

Edward Greyston, Marquess of Winterbourne, is a haunted and violent man.Blackmailed by his sister into giving a Christmas house party to celebrate her recent marriage, Edward is quite certain that the next few days will be an utter...

Lord Percy Nibley needs a wife, preferably before his mother’s nagging on the subject drives him to distraction. But being more comfortable with his rock collection than flirting, he’s not having a lot of luck.In desperation, the shy nobleman enlists...

Luke Frankland is back!When a British bank, investing in emerging markets and hoping to help some of the world’s poorest, starts haemorrhaging money, Luke is called in to find out who is to blame. He soon finds himself in the middle of a multinational...

A pretend courtship and private dancing lessons allow two old friends to consider their future together. Who will confess their growing love first?Mr. Benedict Grey is the only heir to a long-standing title, and he knows his duty: find a suitable...

Sebastian Grenville, The Duke of Sindalton.Known as Sin to the ton, he has had his fair share of scandal. His father's involvement in what became referred to as 'The Scandal of the Century' plunged him into the spotlight at the tender age of twelve,...

As he teetered on a narrow rock ledge a yak’s bellow short of the stratosphere, with a rubber mask strapped to his face, a pair of mittens the size of a sealion’s flippers, and a drop of two kilometres below him, it’s fair to say Mark Horrell wasn’t...

“I couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t put it down… an intoxicating tale of falling in love" 5* Goodreads review"You should consider yourself fortunate not to have lost your heart to another, for I cannot recommend it."From an early age, Sarah Cranshaw...

Dishonoured and ashamed, the ton's scandalous darling, "Beau" the Marquess of Beaumont, is forced to flee England to escape debtor's prison.After a chance encounter, it appears Miss Millicent Sparrow is his only remaining friend, however unlikely.Miss...