What if you had to choose between your family and the man you love? Amelia Grant is content with life on her father’s farm. Most of her days are spent helping her mother take care of the house and all the children. She has little time to think of marriage prospects or what the future may hold. That all changes when she is accidentally run off the road by the dashing heir to a dukedom, and an unlikely romance develops. But the courtship is short lived. Amelia’s family is struck by one tragedy after another, sending her into a tailspin of distress and forcing her to give up on pursuing the new relationship. Months later, as she is trying to rebuild what is left of her life, Amelia reconnects with her former suitor, only to find that he may be leaving everything behind. Including her. If she cannot convince him to stay, she will have to decide what is more important, her duty to her family or a life she would not even be able to imagine before they met.

Elizabeth Harrington has a Christmas Eve celebration to plan at her family home. It is the first time she has ever been tasked with the organization of their large, annual gathering. She has to worry about creating a festive decor, having enough refreshments for the guests, and of course, her mother’s insufferable fixation on seeing her only daughter married. In fact, Mrs. Harrington already has plans of her own. Elizabeth is told that a suitable husband has already been chosen for her. It is an earl from another town who she has never met before. She is to be introduced to the man at the Christmas Eve party! True to form, her mother is being secretive about any other details. As if all the holiday planning were not stressful enough, now Elizabeth has to worry about this too. Her only hope is that her childhood friend, Lord Bainford, can somehow find this man so she has some idea of what she is dealing with. The days before Christmas are counting down quickly. Even if he can locate this mysterious suitor, will Elizabeth like the answers she receives? Or will the wrong earl destroy the Christmas Eve party that she has worked so hard to create?

Is the love of your life worth risking everything for? The most important thing in Emily’s life was her passion for writing stories and painting the beauty around her. She could spend hours in the garden, devoted to her art. But her parents had other ideas about what her priorities should be. At nearly twenty years old, it’s crucial that she begin planning for her future by finding a suitable gentleman to marry. If Emily was not concerned about it, her parents would be concerned enough for them all. They would find her a wealthy man and rush them into an engagement, even if it is entirely the wrong match. Anything to make their youngest daughter secure. After the engagement, Emily tries to make the relationship work, but it gets difficult when a dashing gentleman saves her life one day. She cannot get him out of her mind. When they meet again, by chance, she no longer wants to try to fight it. Emily has to decide between what her parents want for her and what she needs to make herself happy. She has to choose between her fiance and her obsession, while trying to avoid a scandal, or even worse, losing it all.

Is it better to marry for love or title? Rachel Harrington had never been more nervous in her life. She was invited to attend the prince regent’s ball and everything needed to go perfectly. It was already her second season in London. She dreaded the prospect of coming back for a third without a husband. Her mother was not only pushing her towards marriage, but towards marrying well. So it seemed like a dream come true for both of them when Rachel was introduced to a sophisticated, Austrian count. He would be a perfect candidate for marriage, if only he wasn’t so cold towards her. Just when Rachel is about to give up on marriage and the season too, she is surprised to receive an invitation to dinner from him, as well as flowers from a mysterious, secret admirer. Rachel has to decide if she would rather pursue the count or try to find out who this other man may be.

Joanna has never been so nervous at a formal dinner in her life. It’s not the pressure of maintaining perfect etiquette that’s bothering her. It’s that she wasn’t aware the Marquess of Ayle would be attending. It has been almost a year since they were parted, entirely against their own wishes. Their families have been in a bitter quarrel ever since his brother broke off an engagement with her sister, forever ruining her in society. Joanna wishes that she could hate the entire family as much as her parents and her sister do. To hate the marquess seems so much simpler. But the problem she is faced with is far more difficult to solve. She can’t stop loving the man, no matter how she tries.