Book One in Laura Landon’s 90-minute-read series SEASONS. Only a poisonous rumor stood between them. Could Lydia McDowell ignore an entire village and trust the shamed Doctor Jarvis? Or would doing so come at the cost of her brother’s life...and her own frozen heart?

She sought escape. He sought seclusion. An ill-timed near tragedy brought them together. Jonah Mason, Earl of Glassborough, thought he had closed his heart to love. It would have worked, had the beautiful Lady Emma Randolph not fallen—literally—into his life. Lady Emma fled her stepbrother's grasp to avoid a horrid marriage and save her own fortune. When fate thrust her into the arms of the gentle, scarred Earl of Glassborough, she found herself questioning her decision to flee to America. But the day her demented stepbrother arrived on the earl’s very doorstep, her only choice was to flee once again. Yet, could she? Should she?

Two wary souls, one tyrannical father, and no way to avoid a deadly clash. Amelia Halloway has lost her sister and gained an infant nephew. She knows she can keep him safe, as long as the child's grandfather never hears of his existence. And it's working, until Lord Atherton arrives on her doorstep—a handsome devil whose father wishes the child dead. He says he's there to save his nephew. But can she trust him?

She was invisible to him, until her loving betrayal opened his eyes…and his heart. One plus-sized wallflower plus one dashing bachelor equals one compromising situation. Can a marriage destined for loneliness become a match made in heaven? The fact that the eldest daughter of the Earl of Shelton is no match for the dashing Earl of Danvers does not mean she can't fall hopelessly in love with him. But love from afar is enough for Lady Petronella Westerly. When she discovers a plot to trick him into a compromising situation, Nella's heart tells her only one thing—she must save him. But while she is in the act of saving him from his cruel destiny, fate trips her up—literally—sending her tumbling to the bedroom floor and into the arms of her secret love. Now her predicament is even worse. How in the world is she to save the young earl from an even worse fate? Marriage to her! ................................... Linger in the pages of a great love story by Laura Landon. Historical Victorian Romance in a tempting two-hour read.