Book 1 in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series from bestselling author Alexa Aston has arrived. Both wronged by their families . . . two souls alone in the world . . . Instead of making her come-out during the upcoming London Season, Lady Charlotte Nott finds herself tossed from her home after her father’s untimely death by a vengeful half-brother. Penniless, she makes her way in a world new to her, first serving as a companion and then governess to the three children of Lord Crampton. When the earl dies moments after hiring her, Charlotte takes on the running of Gray Manor’s household and estate until the children’s new guardian arrives. Guilt weighs heavily on Major Danforth Grayson, having lost too many men under his command over the years. When he receives word of the death of the brother who wronged him, Gray returns home, bitter with the hand life has dealt him. He intends to hire competent people to manage the estate and care for his nephew and nieces and retreat to a solitary life in London—until he meets the inimitable Miss Nott. Charlotte is drawn to Gray but knows she is no longer of his world. When he suddenly becomes the new Lord Crampton, she knows it’s time to leave her charges behind—for what woman would care to watch the man she loves wed another and start a family as she suffers in silence? Yet Charlotte knows Gray is a broken man and her leaving might shatter him forever. Can Charlotte walk away from a flawed man who desperately needs her, or will she leave before she loses her own soul? Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s first book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Heal an Earl. Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1: To Heal an Earl Book #2: To Tame a Rogue Book #3: To Trust a Duke

A spy with a guilty conscience. A war widow who works for the government. Both united to bring down a ring of traitors... To prevent her father from marrying her off to an elderly suitor, Lady Gemma Barton begs her childhood friend to marry her, devising a way for them to be found in a compromising position. Gemma weds Rob, who then departs to serve on Wellesley’s staff in the war against Bonaparte. Gemma’s new father-in-law soon has her working for the British government, deciphering enemy codes. Burke Nicholson serves in the Peninsular War as a soldier and spy, using his charisma and charm to gather intelligence. After he’s rescued from being captured and tortured, Burke lives with survivor’s guilt, believing he did something to compromise his latest mission which got his partner killed. He returns to London to continue his spy work, where he is partnered with Gemma and tasked to find a group of traitors within the War Office. The trouble is that Gemma is the widow of Burke’s former partner. Not only did he get her husband killed, but Burke fears their dangerous assignment might also end Gemma’s life. The pair fight their growing attraction to one another as they draw closer to finding the rebels trying to topple the British government. Will Gemma ever be able to forgive Burke for his role in her husband’s death, and will Burke ever be able to forgive himself? Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s second book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Tame a Rogue.

Book 3 in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series has arrived. A soldier returning from war. A war widow who’s created a new life for herself. An attraction that brings them together... Forced to marry a stranger after one chaste kiss, Lady Ashlyn Dunwood spends a single night with her new husband before his regiment ships off to war. She gives birth to a son and loses the boy four years later in a tragic accident, only to learn she’s also a war widow. Ashlyn invests her settlement and what’s left of her shattered heart in Dunwood Academy, a school for troubled boys. When a devastatingly handsome duke begs her to take on his wayward half-brothers as pupils, Ashlyn is up for the challenge—but finds herself fighting her attraction to the arrogant nobleman. Colonel Reid Baker arrives home from the Peninsular War and finds himself the Duke of Gilford, assuming his new responsibilities and placing his rebellious half-brothers at a local academy. Knowing he’ll need an heir, he sets his sights on the headstrong, confident Lady Dunwood, who claims she’ll never wed again. Convincing the dowager countess to marry him becomes Reid’s mission, as he jumps every hurdle Ashlyn places in his way—and along that way, the cool-headed former army officer loses his heart to the intelligent beauty. Will Reid break through the walls Ashlyn has erected around her and teach her to live—and love? Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s third book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Trust a Duke. Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1: To Heal an Earl Book #2: To Tame a Rogue Book #3: To Trust a Duke Book #4: To Save a Love Book #5: To Win a Widow

Both wronged by their fathers... two damaged souls longing for love and salvation... Childhood sweethearts Desmond Bretton and Anna Browning defy their powerful fathers and elope to Gretna Green when Anna is told she will marry a viscount old enough to be her grandfather. Caught before they cross the Scottish border, Dez is shipped off to the army, where he learns of Anna’s suicide. Though a dozen years pass, Dez still loves the girl who always held his heart. Though everyone is told Anna died, her father places his daughter in a madhouse to punish her for her rebellious behavior. Anna retreats inside herself to a world of her own making in order to cling to her sanity. Dez, her lost love, is a huge part of that perfect world. When Dez becomes the Earl of Torrington, he discovers Anna is still alive and with her cousin’s help, they free her from Gollingham Asylum. Dez knows the girl he loves still lingers within Anna and is determined to liberate her, as well as other women imprisoned at the madhouse. Can Dez save the sanity of the woman he loves—or will Anna be lost to him forever? Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s fourth book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Save a Love. Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Soldiers and Soulmates Book #1: To Heal an Earl Book #2: To Tame a Rogue Book #3: To Trust a Duke Book #4: To Save a Love Book #5: To Win a Widow

She craved his touch—and they had yet to kiss. Book 5, the final book in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series from bestselling author Alexa Aston, has arrived. A widowed duchess at loose ends, longing for love. A colonel with no family who unexpectedly becomes an earl. Two stubborn individuals who are drawn together by passion—and also find friendship... Dalinda Baker wed the Duke of Gilford after one brief meeting, escaping a cruel, unloving father before he could betroth her to a stranger. The much older duke gives her confidence, stability, and two sons before he dies of a heart attack a dozen years into their marriage. With her young boys away at school, Dalinda is at loose ends and visits her brother, where she meets a sinfully handsome stranger. Rhys Armistead toils as a working-class groom when he is plucked from obscurity by the Earl of Sheffington, whose sickly son might never live to succeed him. Rhys’ mother is a distant cousin to the earl and Rhys is next in line to become Lord Sheffington if the heir apparent passes. Treating Rhys as a second son, the earl purchases a commission in the army for Rhys, who spends a dozen years fighting on the Continent until he receives word that he has inherited the earldom. Turning to Dez, his closest friend from the war who recently returned to England when he unexpectedly became an earl, Rhys visits the new Lord Torrington—and is taken with Dez’s twin sister, Dalinda, a vivacious widow. The couple spends one magical night together but Rhys realizes the duchess is far superior to him socially and offers her friendship instead of marriage. Can Dalinda convince Rhys that they are a perfect match—or will his stubbornness keep them apart forever? Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s fifth book of Soldiers and Soulmates, To Win a Widow. Each book in Soldiers and Soulmates is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.

One boy abandoned by a greedy, gambling father... Another boy watches his father slowly dying... A lasting friendship that will see them through the hard times—and beyond... Christmas is coming to Gillingham, the country seat of Reid Baker, Duke of Gilford, and home to Dunwood Academy, a school for boys run by the Duchess of Gilford. Ashlyn is with child after their recent marriage, and all seems right in their world—until two visitors bring upsetting news. One is Viscount Dalworth, whose son, Thomas, is a new student at the academy. Shy and withdrawn because of his mother’s recent death, Thomas is finally coming out of his shell, thanks to his friendship with scholarship student Edward Pickens. The viscount is on the prowl for a wealthy wife and chooses to attend a house party during the holidays, informing Ashlyn that Thomas is an inconvenience, and he must remain at school during the Christmas holidays. The other visitor is the local doctor, who brings heartbreaking news of Edward’s father, a local farmer who is dying of winter fever. Because of their situations, the young friends will remain with Reid and Ashlyn over their Christmas break. Though heartbreak occurs, both Edward and Thomas mature, and their friendship will endure for many Yuletides to come. (Note: This story was first published as part of the Dragonblade Publishing Boxed set, O Night Divine, December 2020)