Theresa Wilkes has only ever known life within the modest walls of Duke Street Orphanage, quietly dreaming of a place where she might truly belong. When Richard Bell, guardian to three spirited young girls with scandalous pasts, arrives seeking a governess, Theresa seizes the chance to build a life beyond anything she's known. Her gentle heart and natural gift with horses awaken hope in Richard, persuading him that perhaps she's exactly what his unconventional family needs.

Arriving at Belle Haven, Richard’s peaceful Hampshire estate nestled within idyllic rolling hills, Theresa discovers a household yearning for warmth, compassion, and healing. Yet, as she attempts to nurture bonds with her young charges and find her footing in this unfamiliar world, Theresa faces unexpected trials. Whispered judgments, societal expectations, and her own insecurities threaten the fragile happiness she's begun to build—and stir feelings for Richard that she struggles to suppress.

As Theresa and Richard navigate the delicate balance between duty and desire, their lives grow increasingly intertwined. Together, they'll have to confront society's rigid conventions and their own guarded hearts. But can an orphaned governess truly find lasting acceptance and love in a world determined to remind her of her place?

A Bride for Belle Haven is a tender, emotionally satisfying Regency romance about discovering love, acceptance, and the courage to embrace the family we choose. Join Theresa as she learns that sometimes life's greatest joys emerge from the most unexpected paths.

Orphan Molly Bell’s dreams have always revolved around horses. Adopted into the Belle Haven family, where breeding and training cavalry chargers for the army is a way of life, her days feel like paradise. But when Molly is tasked with delivering and settling young horses with their new riders at the prestigious Sandhurst Academy, she’s forced to work with Major Timothy Blair-Fortescue, a man far too accustomed to giving orders and having them obeyed without question.

 

After suffering serious hearing loss in battle, Tim is furious when he’s reassigned to be a nanny to inexperienced recruits instead of returning to his regiment. The only bright spot? The horses being supplied are of excellent quality. But what could a young, female trainer possibly have to teach him about cavalry mounts?

 

Thrown together by circumstance, Molly and Tim form an uneasy partnership, united only by their shared dedication to the recruits and horses under their care. Yet when devastating news from the war front reaches Tim, and a rival officer with a score to settle targets Molly, both will find that the only person they can truly rely on is each other.

 

Can love blossom between an earl’s son and a horse-mad orphan with a dubious past?

Clara Bell has always been fearless around horses, but London society is proving far more treacherous. The illegitimate daughter of a footman, she has a chance at a London Season thanks to her adoptive father's connections to the Prince Regent. Clara's spectacular debut presenting a trained stallion to royalty makes her the toast of the ton. But when she befriends the beautiful Lady Virginie and agrees to help with her difficult horse, Clara discovers that some dangers can't be tamed with skill alone.

Matthew, Marquess of Whitmore, followed his father on a mysterious summer journey only to rescue a dripping wet young woman from a river. Months later, he's stunned to encounter the same spirited miss at a London ball and even more shocked that his father seems to know her family. Believing Clara must be his illegitimate half-sister, Matthew forces himself to court the suitable Lady Virginie instead, despite his growing fascination with the horse-mad Clara.

When Clara suffers a devastating public fall that threatens to destroy her reputation, both she and Matthew must confront the misunderstandings that have kept them apart. But with a vengeful rival determined to see Clara ruined, and family expectations demanding Matthew choose duty over desire, can an illegitimate nobody truly become a future duchess?

Can love triumph when a marquess discovers the woman he's been avoiding is the one he can't live without?