The ballrooms of London high society are filled with eligible gentlemen, but none of them seem to notice Miss Heather Nottingham, the sensible daughter of a viscount. As her second Season drags on, Heather's anxious mother and overbearing aunt push her towards a match with the wealthy Mr. Avington, despite his reputation as a rake. But when Heather meets Mr. Avington's younger brother, the reserved and brooding Mr. Edgar Avington, she finds a kinship she never expected. And when her aunt's machinations land her in an unwitting compromise, her deliverance might just come from a man everyone else has overlooked. One Night in Beniton Hall is the first book in the Beniton Hall Series, a collection of moving, closed-door romances.

James Avington, the amiable yet oft-overlooked youngest son, possesses all the advantages of birth with no guarantee of sustaining them. If he pursues his mentor's daughter, he might earn a chance to advance in his profession, but is the pretty, aloof Miss Hastings really the bride a vicar needs? Or would his childhood neighbor Miss Westwood prove to be the unexpected true companion of his heart? Known by her whole village as the jilted spinster, Felicia Westwood dedicates her life to tending her ailing mother. But when the frail, boyish James Avington she used to know sweeps back into her life for the summer—now as a charming young man—Felicia is forced to walk the delicate line between her hard-earned contentment and an inconvenient desire for more. Childhood friends reconnect as lovers in a sweet story of self-discovery, family, sacrifice, trust, and love.

A duke, even a reluctant one, is duty-bound to marry and to sire his own heir. When the savagery of the marriage mart overwhelms the quiet, scholarly Duke of Burgess, he turns to a friend to help him repel the worst of the bunch. Newly emerged from mourning her father, the unassuming Rose Nottingham is much too realistic to harbor false matrimonial hopes. Instead, she lends her knowledge of the ton to helping her beleaguered friend Frederick St. John, the Duke of Burgess. But watching him court other, more eligible ladies turns increasingly harder the deeper her own feelings grow. It takes a rumor and a compromise, but Frederick soon discovers that the best choice for his duchess is already by his side.

The undisputed Incomparable of her first London Season, Violet Nottingham has the world at her feet. Her dance card is always full, her drawing room teeming. Every eligible gentleman on the marriage mart showers her with presents and praise - everyone, that is, except the handsome, unnerving Lord Rodworth. What does the viscount know about her to judge her so harshly anyway? His insult haunts her day and night, and Violet swears to prove the hateful man wrong. Clive Anderson, the newly minted Lord Rodworth, is resolved to be like his loyal, late father in every way except for one: He refuses to marry a beautiful woman who will inevitably break his heart. Trouble follows the fair, and he is determined to have none of it as he finds his footing in his new role. Now, if only the intriguing Miss Violet would leave his heart and mind alone. Book 2 in the Avington-Nottingham series, Becoming Lady Rodworth explores the story of two stubborn people coming to accept that maybe love lies...

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