Bøker av Chasity Bowlin

At Nightleigh Hall, danger lurks in every corner... from the living and the dead. Tess Parker has traveled far from London and the Darrow School to accept a position as companion to a frail, elderly woman. But Nightleigh House is not at all what she anticipated and her less than warm welcome by the master of the house, Maximillian Nightleigh, the Earl of Finmore, leaves her questioning that decision. Immediately, it becomes apparent that there is more going on at Nightleigh House than meets the eye. Secrets. Unseen threats... and a chilling presence that leaves her both frightened and determined to discover the truth. Maxim resisted his grandmother's wishes for a companion, not because he doubted her need of one, but because inviting strangers into Nightleigh House never went well. But the moment he meets Tess Parker, he knows she's not the sort to run screaming into the night. Unreasonably and unwisely drawn to her, they are caught in a compromising situation that prompts him to propose. As they work together to uncover the secrets that hide without the shadows at Nightleigh Hall, they soon find that they face dangers from both sides of the grave. (Note: This story was first published as part of the Dragonblade Publishing Anthology, A Midnight Requiem, October 2022)

Madame Sabine de Roussard has become one of the most fashionable modistes in London, but she's hiding a terrible secret. Or several. First, she isn't really French. Second, her name isn't actually Sabine de Roussard. Third, she fled her home in Yorkshire to vanish in the cosmopolitan city of London because she had, albeit inadvertently, killed her abusive husband, Lawrence Russell... except now she isn't so sure he's dead because she might have seen him in Hyde Park. And now she's in love with an earl who wants her to be more than his mistress. Lord Edmund Grayson, Earl of Winburn, has fallen madly in love with his dressmaker mistress. He's so in love with her, he doesn't even mind her atrociously fake French accent. What he does mind is that she suddenly to be terrified. Fearful and secretive, it's no great leap to determine that her past has caught up her. Then a brute of a man claiming to be her husband comes knocking at his door. But he doesn't want to reconcile with his wife. He wants to see her hang. Can Gray manage to win Sabine's freedom and her heart? Or will he lose her to a man who never deserved her just because the law says it's his right?

He felt as if he'd been born to want the woman before him, as if desiring her was simply his destiny.On a whim, the Hound of Whitehall saved widowed reformer, Honoria Blaylock, from a terrible fate... and in so doing, sealed his own.Fierce, beautiful, willful, maddening and completely irresistible to him; each and every interaction with her pokes and prods at his temper while shaking his resolve to keep her at arm's length. Then the unthinkable happens. Honoria's sister is kidnapped-a crime that occurred on his streets, without his sanction. So they strike a bargain. He'll help Honoria save her sister, and in return, she'll come to his bed for as long as he wants her there.Honoria has little use for men as a general rule. Her father was a miser and social climber while her late husband was a cruel and vicious wastrel who made her life a misery. She's never known temptation before. Not until him. Vincent. The Hound of Whitehall. The King of London's underworld. The bargain he offers her is terrifying, not because she fears him, but because she fears herself and the complicated tangle of feelings he stirs within her.With her sister missing and a monster prowling the dark alleys of London's worst rookeries to prey on its most vulnerable habits, she'll have to set her fears aside and put her trust in the same criminal who once saved her.But can she give him her body while still protecting her heart?The Hellion ClubA Rogue to RememberBarefoot in Hyde ParkMaking Spirits Bright (Novella)What Happens in PiccadillySleepless in SouthamptonWhen an Earl Loves a GovernessAll I want for Christmas (Novella)The Duke's Magnificent ObsessionThe Governess DiariesA Dangerous PassionThe Lady ConfessesHas Anybody Seen My Earl?A Scandal on Park LaneStrangers on a TrainAll About EmilyA Hellion Without A Cause

Love lost and found...As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life. Forfeiting the notions of having a husband and children of her own, she poured her heart and soul into the Darrow School-her creation. It was a place for girls like herself... the illegitimate and often forgotten children of noblemen. She would rear those girls, teach them to fend for themselves, to retain their dignity and independence in a world of men.Years later, fate brings Nicholas back into her life. Now the only surviving son, he is the heir to the dukedom, he's also a master spy, working to protect the crown from threats foreign and domestic. Unable to resist the beautiful girl who has now grown into a remarkable and fascinating woman, Nicholas finds himself once more under Effie's spell. All his efforts to protect her from his father's wrath by ending their association have failed. But his father is now on his deathbed and freedom lies ahead-freedom to finally pursue the life he's always dreamed of... a life with Effie.But the course of true love can never run smoothly. Confronted with evidence that Nicholas has done the unforgivable-fathering a child, Alexandra, and abandoning her to the horrors of the workhouse-Effie rejects him. When the scheming of his enemies places him at death's door, Effie must accept that her feelings for him, despite her hurt, are as deep as ever. But Nicholas' enemies will do whatever it takes to destroy him and anyone who is close to him.With Effie and Alexandra in danger, he must move heaven and earth to keep them all safe... and to prove that he is worthy of her.The Hellion ClubA Rogue to RememberBarefoot in Hyde ParkMaking Spirits Bright (Novella)What Happens in PiccadillySleepless in SouthamptonWhen an Earl Loves a GovernessAll I want for Christmas (Novella)The Duke's Magnificent ObsessionThe Governess DiariesA Dangerous PassionThe Lady ConfessesHas Anybody Seen My Earl?A Scandal on Park LaneStrangers on a TrainAll About EmilyA Hellion Without A Cause