Bøker av A N Horton

How far would you go to keep a promise?When twelve-year-old Oliver Ainsworth promised his life to Avery Hastings, she never believed him. After years apart, through war and tragedy, it seems even more likely that he's forgotten her entirely. And she's moved on as well.Haunted by their parents' gruesome murder and the overbearing debt they'd left behind, Avery and her sister both sell themselves into different trades to make their livings, to pay back the murderer before he comes for them too. As for Oliver? The war came for him just like it came for every other young boy in their village. Or so Avery thinks.Until her employment with a wealthy family in France forces their two worlds to collide once more and she learns there's far more to the boy she knew than she could have ever imagined.Bound by a contract neither of them ever signed, they must come together again after years apart, after being worlds away, after becoming different people. A contract which states that they are overdue for their own wedding. But, after a lengthy engagement, when Oliver gives Avery the chance to opt out... will she even want to?WINNER of the Watty 2022 Historical Fiction Award

Blackmail, Scandal, Murder. A murdered member of the nobility found slain on the street brings our favorite investigative duo back on the scene. But this victim's past brings their investigation shockingly close to Charlotte's own. Running out of time and threatened at every turn, Alexander Langley and Charlotte Porter continue their efforts to bring these villains to justice. But how can you investigate a man that everyone is too afraid to talk about? One name keeps coming up in their search. One name that even the police are all too aware of. Could it be that the source of all the pain, the suffering, the violence in the streets of London is a man? One man. Charlotte will stop at nothing to find out. Even when she must bleed to do so. Content warning: This story contains violence.

Charlotte Porter and Alexander Langley are back and, this time, they are investigating the strange disappearance of a wealthy man's son. When the facts of this case hit a little too close to home and their investigation of her father's creditors leads them down an unexpected path, Charlotte learns that there is a dark underbelly to London society accessible to the poor and the elite alike. Through shifting family dynamics, increasing investigative responsibilities, and a struggle to find her place within her new household, Charlotte may be drowning in new experiences. But her fierce independence and loyal dedication to her family keep her head above the water. Even when a couple of friends from Alexander's past show up on his doorstep and turn the Langley's carefully planned lifestyles on their head. Even though a certain ex fiance has made an unfortunate reappearance. And even despite the strange connection that she has with her employer which seems to be threatening to break the bonds of a normal working relationship every day. Content warning: This story contains themes of sexual assault and violence.