The next romantic chapter in the About An Earl series by 10-Time USA Today Bestselling author Jess Michaels Roderick Stratford, Earl of Kirkwood has always believed in true and instant love. He expects he’ll be struck by a lightning bolt when the “right” woman comes along. Miss Clarissa Lockhart doesn’t care if she finds love, she knows her destiny in life is to marry well and raise her family’s fallen fortunes. And because of the gift of a strict book of etiquette, she believes if she can only behave exactly correctly, she can make that dream come true. Clarissa’s ire is sparked with Roderick arrives uninvited with her cousin to a gathering meant to help her find that perfect husband and the two spar. They also begin to see each other in a different light. But whatever fragile friendship they’re forming is shattered when her grasping parents catch them in a compromising position and they’re forced to marry. Although passion comes easy, trust and hope are less so. Neither one of them chose this future, but can Roderick find a lightning bolt with the fascinating wife he never expected? And can Clarissa overcome her rigid expectations of propriety enough that she can see the value of true, forever love? This is the third book in the About An Earl series, but can be read as a standalone.

Readers have been waiting for this ultra-romantic book from 10-Time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess Michaels. Former champion pugilist Campbell Ripley has been fascinated by Jane Kendall since the first time he saw her in the middle of a fight and she distracted him enough to cause his famous scar. But people like Jane and Ripley are jaded and know that a happily ever after isn’t for them. The kind of powerful connection they feel can only cause pain and danger. So they’ve become friends and that’s all it can be. Until Jane receives word that her beloved younger sister, who she has been protecting from her life as a courtesan, has vanished. She turns to Ripely for help and the two embark on a journey to find her that will finally break down walls, allow for powerful passions and perhaps even heal more than mere physical scars. If only the two of them can let each other in and start to trust that the friendship they share and the desire they can no longer fight is actually a love that will change them both for the better. This is the fourth book in the About An Earl series and can be read as a standalone.

The final chapter in USA Today Bestselling Author Jess Michaels’ series Just before leaving for her beloved younger sister’s wedding, widow Lily Manning decides to throw caution to the wind and go to the notorious Donville Masquerade for one night of fun with no consequences. She ends up meeting a masked man, the Ares to her Aphrodite, who not only plays her body like a musical instrument but also creates a connection neither are expecting. Still, she’ll likely never know her mystery man’s identity, let alone see him again, and she can accept that. Everyone’s favorite rake, Viscount George Lockhart, is about to marry by arrangement and he is struggling. He never would have rushed this wedding but for a promise he made to his beloved mother, and now he finds himself at the country estate of his parents, getting ready to pledge himself to a woman he hardly knows and feels nothing for. But this is the way of his world…isn’t it? And there’s no way out even if it wasn’t. When Lily arrives for the wedding and meets George, one thing becomes abundantly clear to her. He is the man she spent her one night of passion with, but since she was masked during the powerful encounter, he doesn’t recognize her. Now she’s in a terrible situation, both trying to keep the truth from coming out and working to discover if this man is a cad or just someone trapped by circumstance. But the closer the two become and the more and more secrets come out, the harder it’s going to be for either of them to do what Society would label as right. This is the fifth book in the About An Earl series and can be read as a standalone.