When hearts collide at the Harvest Ball . . .One Harvest Night by Rebecca ConnollyCaro Brooks stirs up gossip wherever she goes. Not intentionally, it is simply the effect of not being engaged to her childhood friend when everyone thought she would be. Three years ago, Silas Darby had left without a word to her, and the entire village has questions. Caro has spent all that time missing him and blaming herself for never telling him how she truly felt. One cannot get engaged to a childhood friend if love and matrimony are never spoken between them, no matter what the gossip says. Then, on the night of the harvest ball, Silas reappears, and he has one thing on his mind: claiming Caro for his own once and for all. But will the years of distance and heartache be too great an obstacle? Or will the unspoken feelings between them bridge this gap and give them both the future they dreamed of?Against All Arrangements by Dana LeCheminantSir James Hartwell has never shied away from duty, but when his mother announces she has found him the perfect wife, he would much rather avoid the arrangement for as long as possible. Hannah Faircott is doing the very same thing. After meeting by chance while both hiding from matchmaking mothers, their paths continue to cross, and what begins as simple curiosity quickly turns into genuine affection. But when James and Hannah discover they are both being matched by their mothers, a troubling possibility emerges-they may be intended for each other after all. And neither wishes to know the truth, because if their feelings are real, they want them freely chosen, not shaped by duty or obligation.Recalling Lord Ellison by Karen ThornellWhen Grace Whitmore returns to Kent after an accident leaves her with gaps in her memory, Benedict Ellison is forcibly reminded of the engagement he unknowingly ruined. Once, his parents arranged and dissolved the match without his consent; now they insist he make amends, claiming fate has offered him a second chance to win the bride he never sought. But as Benedict spends time with the gentle, sharp-witted woman he was meant to marry, he finds himself drawn to her in ways he cannot ignore. Caught between duty, deception, and a heart he never expected to stir, Benedict must decide whether rewriting the past is worth risking his future.
