When Tynan Brayden, the Earl of Westcliff, rescues Lady Abigail Croft from ruffians one dark night outside the Wicked Earls' Club, he never expects his carefree life to be upended by this girl with big, brandy-colored eyes and a stubborn determination to save her reckless brother. He doesn't know why he feels the possessive need to help her. Perhaps it is because she doesn't ask for his help or seem to want anything at all from him. But this Wicked Earl wants more from her... nothing less than her heart. Lady Abigail Croft is at the end of her rope, trying to save her foolish brother. The Earl of Westcliff's offer to help only complicates matters, for he is big as a gladiator and handsome as sin, and far too distracting. Her life is already in upheaval and she can't risk falling in love with Westcliff when she knows he will only crush her heart. Or will he? This title is also Book 2 in The Braydens' Series. Book 1 in The Braydens, A Match Made in Duty, is available now.

This story is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's haunting poem, A Dream Within a Dream. My hero, William Croft, appeared as a character in an earlier story of mine called Pearls of Fire. William Croft, Baron Whitpool, has recurring dreams of a young woman with long, black hair and smoke-gray eyes running amid the ruins of Tintagel Castle on the Cornwall coast. He calls her Aislin in his dreams, but who is she? If she exists, how is she connected to the missing years of his life? (Note: This story was first published as part of the USA Today Bestselling Boxed set, The Midnight Hour: All Hallows' Brides, October 2019)

Gideon Croft had vowed this would be his last assignment for the Crown, but now that he's been shot and left to die in a cave in Devonshire, he knows his vow is about to come true, and not in the way he expected. What troubles him most is dying before he can take down the vicious rebels plotting against the royal family. What he does not expect is to be rescued and nursed back to health by Lady Genalynn Winthrop. Her family is at the heart of the conspiracy he was sent here to destroy, so why is she helping him? Can he protect her when they discover her betrayal? Previously published in the Wicked Liaison anthology

USA Today bestselling author Meara Platt brings this Regency era family saga to its emotional happily ever after as the last of the Croft siblings finds love and redemption in the arms of the woman who has always held his heart. Annie Whitcomb often helped out her father in his medical practice in their quiet seaside village of Torquay, and his worst patient without doubt was Major Peter Croft. His surly disposition and abuse of opium to ease the pain of his battle injuries left him fit company for no one. Yet, when her father unexpectedly passes away, leaving her destitute and with nowhere to turn, it is Peter who comes to her with a startling proposition...marry him. The injuries Major Peter Croft sustained while battling Napoleon’s armies had left him a shell of a man, but he found his salvation in the form of Annie Whitcomb, the beautiful angel who nursed him back from the brink of death. Now having recovered his health and his dignity, it is up to Peter to come to the rescue of Annie. He has always loved her, but never felt himself worthy. When she finds herself in difficulty, Peter steps forward to offer her a marriage of convenience. But he hopes for so much more. Will Annie ever find it in her heart to love him? Previously published in the anthology, The Young and the Ruined: Compromised