Bøger af Jillian Chantal

Charlotte Greystone is a disaster waiting to happen. She can't seem to stay out of trouble and when her father betroths her to a man she hasn't seen in over ten years, she decides to run away. Never mind that it's a couple of days before Christmas, bitterly cold and she has no survival skills. She makes a dash for freedom anyway. When she's almost crushed by a horde of hunters on horseback, a handsome man on a black stallion comes to her rescue. Not thinking of the scandal of being alone with a strange man, she allows him to assist her in returning to her home. While riding with him, she is indiscreet in her conversation. The next day, Charlotte is appalled when the butler announces the entry of her betrothed. The man is the same as the one she shared a horse with the day before. Terrified that he will tell her father of her scandalous behavior or cause an even bigger scandal by breaking off the engagement, Charlotte is knocked off-kilter and remains that way until Christmas night.

Rumor has it the Rigby Mansion is haunted. The last owner was brutally murdered and now the house is on the market.Dr. Max Edison, a surgeon who has no time for such nonsense, wants to tour the manor as he wants a home outside the city. The firm listing the property sends him out with their newest employee, Stella McNamara, who is convinced the rumors are true. She has a sixth sense about these things....

In 1811 London, Briony Pettibone has a talent for making perfume as her nose is particularly sensitive to scents. Her employer's family have been in the business for over a hundred years but unfortunately, neither the father nor the son have Briony's abilities. They rely on her to invent new product for their customers. Jemison Frost, Earl of Albany, has the stepmother no one desires. The lady wants him dead so her son can inherit the dukedom at her husband's death. Jemison has been in hiding as a stable owner on the opposite side of London from his home, making furtive visits to the ducal residence to check on his father's health. When Briony and Jemison are thrown together by fate or perhaps merely by an errant hackney cab, life becomes risky for her and even more so for him and his father. They each must somehow rescue the other.

Lady Augusta Covington isn't an average young woman of the ton. She's unique and prefers outdoor pursuits over needlepoint and gossip. She's a crack shot and has the best seat in the county. In Milady and Her Spy, a house party at her family's country estate leads to extreme danger for the daughter of the house. There's a traitor in their midst with evil plans afoot and they include the lady herself. In Milady Takes a Groom, Lady Augusta has found the man she wants to spend her life with. There's just the pesky matter of a plan by a French agent to pull off a shocking mission to try to end the war with Napoleon to deal with first. In Milady Goes to France, Lady Augusta must travel directly into enemy territory to find and assist an agent of the Crown who is in danger. It'll take all the skills Milady has in order to make it back to English soil alive.

Hester (Hetty) Hale is not like other girls of her age. She's already fallen in love and has no desire to make the rounds on the marriage mart. The problem is she's chosen a man of science. One her father would never consider a suitable match. There's another unsurmountable issue: the man acts as if she's invisible. Laurence Fortescue is not all he seems. On the surface, he's a lecturer at Oxford with a scientific mind. Hetty's father admires his work and allows Laurence to use his personal laboratory for experiments. Laurence tolerates the girl hanging around but rarely notices her as he's wrapped up in his tests. When she's struck by lightning recreating Ben Franklin's experiment and a gentleman she hates is allowed to court her, she turns to Laurence for assistance. Assistance he's willing to give as that gentleman is someone he suspects is a spy. For France.

Candy Kane By Sherry Fowler ChancellorTen years ago, Candace Miller put her dreams of attending college on hold because she was needed at her mother's floral shop. Candace was content with her simple, no frills life. But right before Christmas, she's knocked off kilter by stunning news. Her former boyfriend, Hank Kane, who won the Powerball in college and stayed away has now lost that fortune, gotten a divorce and is back in town to lick his wounds. Candace is desperate to avoid him, but that's going to be tricky. As the current owner of the shop, she has to honor her contract to provide the flowers for his sister's wedding. Along the way, she learns it's true that the best laid plans always go awry. The Magic of Fruitcake By Sherry Fowler ChancellorMarla Ravenscroft, an aspiring actress, befriends a homeless woman on the streets of New York. The older woman sends a tin of fruitcake to Marla who immediately meets a famous Hollywood director who gives her a chance to read for his latest movie. Hans Sinclair is looking for a new face for his latest film. The problem is, the man he's relying on to play the lead hates Marla and is determined to make sure she's not hired. As Hans and Marla work together on her screen tests, other people around them start to have incredible luck in finding romance. Marla begins to wonder if the appearance of that fruitcake tin has anything to do with it. Could a beat-up old tin really hold the Christmas spirit? The Ugly Sweater Quest By Jillian Chantal Yvette Jones has a huge crush on a super popular classmate, Mark. She's heard he's having an ugly Christmas sweater party. Even though she doesn't really know him, she's determined to finagle an invitation. She and her best friend plan to visit every store that sells the best used sweaters. And by best, they mean worst. She runs into a gorgeous Nordic-looking guy at the Goodwill Store. Before she can even look at the selection there, two other girls take them all. Disappointed, her quest continues at another store. To her surprise, Nordic Guy is already there, looking at Christmas clothing himself. As she sorts through the racks with him, she can't help but wonder if he's flirting or just trying to get help finding his own ugly sweater.

Banished to the dower house by her stepson who believes she is after his fortune, the Dowager Duchess of Whittington lives a lonely existence during her year of mourning. Missing her husband and forbidden by the new duke to travel to London and stay in the ducal residence, twenty-two year old Hannah Otto despairs of ever getting out of the countryside. Bored and somewhat annoyed at the restrictions placed on her, Hannah makes plans to visit a friend in London shortly before her mourning period is over. Before Hannah has a chance to finalize those plans, her butler notifies her of a man in her courtyard. A bleeding, unconscious man slumped over the back of a fine steed. Feeling sorry for him yet glad for some excitement, Hannah has him brought inside. But when he appears to be a French spy, she realizes the enormity of what she's done.

American oil painter Charlotte Bolling travels to Venice, Italy for three months to study the architecture of the old city and paint. She meets Vincente Canaletto, an Italian man who owns a water taxi and gondola business. Charlotte ran away from home at age thirteen when her mother, who was a madam in a house of ill repute, offered Charlotte's virginity to the highest bidder. Vincente's son was abducted and Vincente's been on a quest to find him for years. When the boy is located by an investigator in Bangkok in a bordello, Charlotte insists on accompanying Vincente to the capital city in Thailand since she believes her own past will be invaluable in winning the child's trust. They embark on a dangerous rescue mission in the back streets of that city.

In 1788 Scotland, Rowena Maitland doesn't realize how lonely and odd her life is, until, alone one night, she is surprised by an intruder dressed in medieval armor crashing around in her home. The stranger, Pembroke Burroughs, is a large man, but seems harmless enough with his battered helmet causing him distress. Until she assists him in removing the helmet and he insists he's from 1568 and was just engaged in battle with the Earl of Moray fighting against Mary Queen of Scots' forces at the battle of Langside. Worried about being alone with him and fearing he is deranged, she drugs his drink and prays her caretakers will return before he awakens. Her plan fails, and once he wakes, he questions everything in her life and she realizes her situation is decidedly strange. Maybe even stranger than a man claiming to be from two-hundred years ago.

Two years ago, Kestral Falco was and up and coming prosecuting attorney in Los Angeles. His life was set until he discovered his fiancée cheated on him. In a misguided attempt to be chivalrous, he let her place the blame on him, never imagining the repercussions. Treated as an outcast, he leaves the practice of law and moves to Mexico where he's recruited to join the DEA and go undercover to fight the war on drugs. His code name is Mockingbird. Rachel Newsome, a defense lawyer who blames Kes for breaking her friend's heart, has a client who desperately wants to find out Mockingbird's true identity. When Rachel's sister is kidnapped and taken to Mexico, Rachel is desperate to find her. She's more than a little upset when she's forced to team up with Kes as he has the knowledge she needs to save her sister.

A chance encounter during the battle of Quatre Bras changes Captain Jeremiah Denby's life forever. A member of Wellington's staff, he fulfills his duties to king and country through the surrender of Boney at Waterloo but then must decide how to reconcile his new life with his old. Emmaline Rothesay has a battle of her own to fight. To her Lady mother's dismay, Emmaline has had her eye on Captain Denby as a potential suitor. Now that his changed circumstances after Waterloo could cause a scandal, Lady Rothesay is even more set against any relationship her daughter desires with the man. Emmaline finds herself at war with her mother and maybe even the captain himself.

Lydia Vane has been told all her life that she is the illegitimate daughter of the savage pirate, Captain Charles Vane. Her mother perished in childbirth, leaving her with a cruel grandmother. As soon as her evil grandmother died, Lydia, along with her faithful companion and freed slave, Benedict, set sail for the West Indies to find the truth of her parentage. Immediately upon their arrival in Jamaica, Lydia encounters a privateer who offers to help her. Leo Mountbank, a privateer being threatened with the noose for piracy, believes the lovely Lydia is misguided and foolish in her quest. Drawn to her, he agrees to join the search. Benedict doesn't trust the scalawag, but Lydia is set on doing things her way. Fearing for her safety and virtue, Benedict resolves to be vigilant in protecting her. But then Lydia leaves with the pirate and Benedict fears all is lost.

Bernadette McSwain's family has a strong connection to the Queen Mary ocean liner. They're invited to sail on the Queen's final voyage to her new home in Long Beach, California in 1967.Bernadette and her cousin, Michel are writing a book on the spirits who haunt the mighty ship. Bernadette's psychic abilities help in their research. They meet a young Spanish grandee, Lazarus Garcia, who's on the ship as a chef to learn to run his own first class restaurant. He's surrounded by anguished spirits whom Bernadette can see. When passengers start to die in violent ways, Bernadette suspects Lazarus of the crimes. This suspicion causes a rift between the cousins as Michel has befriended the Spaniard.As the voyage continues and Lazarus tries to charm her, Bernadette must make a decision about him or face losing her cousin, both literally and figuratively.