In For a Penny

Gypsy magic gone awry. A dubious family legacy. When Penelope Darling's grandmother dies, Penny inherits much more than a used bookstore. With only clues from a stack of letters left by her great grandmothers, Penny must find her destined true love... in a book. Penny needs to convince her hero he's not an actual book character, while avoiding the book's determined villain. But convincing her knight in shining armor might not be enough to make a happily ever after. She also must decide if she's ready to fall in line with the family legacy, or go with the equally tempting (and totally non fictional) guy next door, and forget the man fated to be hers.

He thought her money was the end of his problems, but it was just the beginning... Young Lord Nevinstoke enjoys every moment of his deep-gaming, hard-drinking, womanizing life. Then his father is killed in a drunken duel, and Nev inherits a mountain of debts and responsibilities. He vows to leave his wild friends and his mistress behind, start acting respectable-and marry a rich girl. Penelope Brown, a manufacturing heiress, seems the perfect choice. She's pretty, ladylike, good at accounting, and looking for a marriage based on companionship and mutual esteem, not love. In fact, the only rash thing she's ever done in her life is accept Nev's proposal. When the newlyweds arrive at Nev's family estate, they discover that all the respectability and reason in the world won't be enough to handle a hostile next-door neighbor, mutinous tenants, and Nev's family's propensity for scandal. In way over their heads, Nev and Penelope have no one to turn to but each other-but to their surprise, that just might be enough.

Tripp promised Penny one more book. He didn't know it came with an unintended plot twist. In order to realign the plot toward their ultimate goal they invite their friends to come along for the ride. Tripp's sister and Penny's friends play supernatural roles in paranormal romance, Chase the Night. But gypsy magic is a stubborn foe and a plot, once published, is not easily turned. Will the right hero win the girl in the end? When Penny discovers Tripp's secrets, will she still want him? She's in for a penny, but is she in for a pound? Vampires, hunters, and werewolves, oh my! What's a girl to do?

Penny & Tripp got their happily ever after, but the gypsy magic isn't quite finished with the women in Penny's family. Their daughter, Mabel, is unlucky in love-repeatedly-but best friend, Sam, is always there to pick up the pieces. Corralled in the friend zone, Sam waits for Mabel to return his feelings. It might take an unexpected visit to the Wild West and a little magic for Mabel to see what's been in front of her the whole time. Unless the town's sexy sheriff lassos her heart before Sam can make his bid.