From 2011 to 2015, I had the pleasure of writing six Christian romances for the Love Inspired Historical® line. Though many of my previous books had inspirational themes of grace and forgiveness, I enjoyed the opportunity to explore them more deeply with chaste romance stories in the tradition of my beloved Jane Austen. Once again, I worked with amazing editors and
joined a community of kind, supportive and very talented authors. I also enjoyed the challenge of writing a longer series of connected book than I had tried before. Now that I have regained the publishing rights to those books, I've had the opportunity to reissue them in a new way that I hope will reach more readers!

Rebecca, Grace, Hannah, Leah, Evangeline and Marian became lifelong friends while enduring the hardships of childhood at a harsh charity school. Now employed as governesses, they care for other people’s children, never expecting to know the blessings of loving marriages and families of their own. But when each encounters a special gentleman who has suffered his own misfortunes, these humble governesses may become Cinderella brides!
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The Captain's Christmas Family
The Best Gifts Come From the Heart
During all his time in the Royal Navy, Captain Gideon Radcliffe never encountered an opponent as formidable as Miss Marian Murray! The humble Scottish governess is fiercely devoted to her orphaned pupils and determined to keep them in the only home they have ever known. But Knightly Park now belongs to their cousin, Captain Radcliffe. The solitary naval officer has no experience with children, nor does he want any. But Gideon is not as heartless as Marian initially believes.
Reluctantly, he agrees to let his young cousins spend one last Christmas at the estate. After that, the children and their governess must go. But as the captain and the governess join forces to give Cissy and Dolly a holiday celebration to remember, warm feelings kindle between them. Can the wonder of the season help Gideon and Marian give one another the precious gifts of healing, love and family?
“This is a beautiful love story readers will delight in..." ~ Romantic Times Book Review
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The Nobleman's Governess Bride

Jane Eyre Meets Prince Charming!
Loyal Rebecca Beaton stands up to formidable Sebastian Stanhope Viscount Benedict when he opposes an engagement between his younger brother and her former pupil. Sebastian soon discovers the gallant governess is a match for him…perhaps a perfect love match!
Rebecca’s friend, Grace Ellerby is desperate to hide her golden beauty, which has brought her nothing but trouble. In her dowdy disguise, gentle Grace is the perfect governess for Lord Steadwell’s daughters, who were heartbroken when their last governess eloped. But when Rupert is in danger of making a loveless marriage and saddling his daughters with a dreaded stepmother, Grace must risk everything to prevent it. Will a midnight kiss at a masked ball lead to scandal and ruin or will two wary hearts find their happily ever after at last?
"The Baron's Governess Bride reminded me of the romance that can be found in novels by Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë and all of those classics! " ~ Between the Pages
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The Earl's Honorable Intentions
Adversary or knight in shining armor?
When Colonel Gavin Romney returns home wounded from Waterloo, his children’s governess, Hannah Fletcher, is determined to help the earl recover so her beloved charges will not be orphaned , as she once was. She hopes to persuade Gavin to give up the army and devote himself to raising his young family. Though the earl made a vow to a fallen comrade that he would see Napoleon captured and brought to justice, his growing attachment to his children and their capable, caring governess threatens his resolve. Can a wounded warrior become the devoted family man his children and Hannah need?
“Hale transports the reader to a distant time and, for me, a distant place, the stuff dreams are made of.” ~ Award-winning inspirational author Louise M. Gouge
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The Duke's Marriage Mission

How could a governess refuse a duke?
Irrepressible Leah Shaw arrives at Renforth Abbey to teach the Duke of Northam’s invalid son for one year, the longest she ever stays in one position. At first His Grace, Hayden Latimer does not want Leah to stay for a single day, let alone a year. He fears she will endanger the boy by allowing him too much freedom. But when Kit grows healthier and happier thanks to Leah’s care, Hayden changes his mind and desperately seeks a way to keep her at Renforth Abbey. Marriage might be a solution, but Leah is not tempted by the duke’s title or fortune. Her hard-won independence means more to her than anything…except perhaps love? Leah fears her heart may be entrapped by her growing feelings for Hayden and Kit. Or will she be free to love at last?
“A delightful addition to the series.” ~ RTBookReview
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The Gentleman's Bride Search

Could she teach him to win another woman?
The time has come for strong-willed Evangeline Fairfax to leave her position as governess to the Chase children so she can oversee the founding of a new charity school. But the children’s father, mill-owner Jasper Chase has made no effort to hire a replacement. Evangeline decides to take matters into her own hands by finding her employer a wife. Jasper is livid when he discovers Evangeline has organized a house party and invited several eligible young women. He only agrees to cooperate with her matchmaking efforts if she will give him lessons in courting. Jasper proves a promising pupil, but his lessons with Evangeline soon persuade him that there is only one woman he wants to marry!
"It will make you cry, it will make you laugh, and it will touch your heart. Run out and get a copy." ~ Glenda Parker
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Recent Releases
Snowbound with the Baronet
A Second Chance to Say Yes?
The last person Lady Cassandra Whitney expects to encounter on a snowy road to Bath is the one man she’s never succeeded in banishing
from her heart. Her reasons for refusing Sir Brandon Calvert ’s proposal four years ago are not what he believes. But how can she tell the rigorously truthful baronet that she
deceived him? And how can she bring herself to reveal shameful family secrets? When a fateful blizzard strands them together in a small
farmhouse, warm affections are rekindled. Can the flame of true love burn bright enough to light the way for two lost hearts to find each another again, before the snow melts
and they must go their separate ways?
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