Henry Carter Hull

"It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper-and cousin by marriage-of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also skeptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully...

She arrived as a housekeeper Will she leave as a countess? To some, Thornhallow Hall might be tarnished by tales of vengeance and ghosts, but to new housekeeper Rebecca Merrickson it represents independence and peace from her tumultuous past. Until the estate's owner, William Reid, the disappeared earl, unexpectedly returns… After clashing with him over the changes she's made to the house, Rebecca slowly unearths the memories that haunt brooding...

Enjoy this flirtation with the forbidden A position too good to refuse… A desire too strong to deny! After being abandoned at the altar, housekeeper Kate Winters has finally found peace working at a grand house. Until her new employer, Lord Henderson, unexpectedly returns, resolved to sell his estate. Determined to remind the brooding earl of the beauty of his home, Kate's discovering the allure of the man behind the title. Scarred by her...

Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is. Serving as a lady's maid in the household of Andrew Carnegie...

Mona is twenty-six and cleans houses for a living in Taos, New Mexico. She moved there mostly because of a bad boyfriend--a junkie named Mr. Disgusting, long story--and her efforts to restart her life since haven't exactly gone as planned. For one thing she's got another bad boyfriend. She calls this one Dark, and he happens to be married to one of Mona's clients. Dark and his wife aren't the only complicated clients on Mona's roster...there's also...

"Reunited by front-page news, bound by a shocking revelation! USA TODAY bestselling author Chantelle Shaw's secret baby romance is steeped in passion and scandal. The tabloids revealed her shocking secret... He'll reignite their extraordinary desire! Carlos Segarra: tennis legend, businessman... father ! At least that's what the headlines tell him. Now the steel-hearted Spaniard has no choice. He must find the unforgettable woman at the center of...

"One night in Monte Carlo... Now I'm about to change the playboy's life-forever! He's Monaco racing royalty and I, Belle Simpson, was his housekeeper. But that evening, Alexi Galanti's searing blue gaze exhilarated me. Neither of us could think about anything beyond our desire for one another... Now, five years later, I finally have the chance to reveal my scandalous secret-Alexi's a father! Even though he's scarred by his parents' abandonment, I...

When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce, a bigwig at home in Texas, several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom's young fiancée's roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she can't forget about her niece, Cat, who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being...

"Rachel Hurst sacrificed the life she wanted to stay home and care for her father and siblings after her mother's death. But now her father has decided to remarry, and there's no room for Rachel. Desperate to find a job, she accepts the position of housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman in her isolated mansion. Jacob Beiler thought he had gotten over Rachel's rejection, but when she arrives as the new housekeeper, he is battered by both joy and bitterness...

Count on Jill Shalvis for a witty, steamy, unputdownable love story. - Robyn Carr, New York Times bestselling author Lani Mills had a secret crush on gorgeous diehard bachelor Colin West, along with half the women in town. But she was just his cleaning lady, so she'd have to content herself with dusting and dreaming!or would she? Colin needed a fictional fiancee to end his mother's matchmaking attempts. Lovely, loyal Lani was his first choice, and,...