Bøker av Michelle Willingham

A Victorian retelling of The Taming of the Shrew, full of emotion and spice!No gentleman can tempt herExcept the one who got away...Rejected by the man she thought she'dmarry, Evangeline Sinclair won't be fooled again. Instead, she'scultivating her reputation-as an indomitable shrew!

An Irish warrior who craves vengeance . . .After losing the woman he loved, Trahern MacEgan will stop at nothing to avenge her death. His body is honed for battle, his soul tortured-and he has sworn never to love again.A woman who has endured suffering . . .Morren Ó Reilly sacrificed herself for her sister's sake, but she holds her head high even as she recoils from a man's touch. When Trahern saves her life, their tentative friendship begins to heal the loneliness inside.A passionate redemptionCan Morren be the light to Trahern's darkness and be made whole again by her surrender?

Lily Thornton waited two long years for the return of her beloved husband, the Earl of Arnsbury. But the man she married in secret has no memory of her.After being tortured in India, Matthew Larkspur can hardly return to a normal existence. He cannot sleep at night, and he knows he is not the man Lily needs. A haunted darkness festers inside him, turning him into a beast who does not deserve the love of a beauty.But beneath his tormented scars lies the man Lily has loved all her life. And she refuses to give up on him, especially when his wildness stirs her blood...

Honora St. Leger would much rather wield a sword than a needle. But when her girlhood infatuation, Ewan MacEgan, returns to compete for her younger sister's hand in marriage, she's startled by the unexpected yearning the Irish warrior awakens. As a widow, she found no pleasure in the marriage bed, but she cannot deny the forbidden spark between them.All his life, Ewan struggled to become a fighter like his brothers and now, he's competing for land of his own. Despite his plans to wed a wealthy bride, he finds himself drawn to Honora-who continues to provoke him, just as she did when they were young.Honora keeps him at a distance for her sister's sake...yet she cannot deny the way Ewan makes her heart race...

After five unsuccessful seasons, Emma Bartholomew's stepmother threatens to auction off her hand in marriage. Horrified at the idea, Emma enlists the help of the School for Spinsters to help her find a husband quickly. But she knows that no man will want to wed her after he learns the secret she's hiding...that she's practically blind.Cormac Ormond, the Irish Earl of Dunmeath, is seeking a quick marriage because he desperately wants an heir. He knows he's dying, and it doesn't matter what sort of bride he finds, as long as she's willing to help him.After meeting Emma, Cormac plans to outbid every suitor...but will she marry a man whose time is running out?The School for SpinstersBook 1 - A Match Made in LondonBook 2 - Match Me, I'm FallingBook 3 - Match Me If You Can

When Irish healer Aileen Ó Duinne finds a wounded man on her lands, she will do anything to save his life. But after she sees the broken body of Connor MacEgan, it evokes memories of a stolen night of passion.Connor is grateful to the beautiful healer for saving his life, but he nearly died as punishment for another man's crime. His hands were crushed in a brutal attack, and he fears he may never lift a sword again.Aileen fights to help him regain his strength, but as their attraction grows, she's terrified of losing more than her heart...she fears losing the daughter Connor knows nothing about.

To the London ton, Cameron MacNeill is an awkward, wallflower of a man with no hope of finding a wife. But the Highland chief holds deadly secrets, and he uses his beggar-like appearance to remain unnoticed. He enlists the help of the School for Spinsters to help him find a wife who will agree to be married in name only-because he needs a mother for his son while he is away working on behalf of the Crown.Lady Ashleigh Pryor will do anything to escape the abusive household of her father-even marry a man she barely knows. But Cameron's lightning reflexes, the powerful muscles he hides behind ill-fitting clothing, and his mysterious manner suggest that he is not a beggar at all, but a man hiding a past he wants no one to know about.As she starts to uncover the pieces of Cameron's secret life, Ashleigh no longer wants a marriage in name only-she wants a true husband in her bed.But Cameron can't let himself fall in love-for if his wife learns the truth about who he is, his secrets might put her very life at stake.The School for SpinstersBook 1 - A Match Made in LondonBook 2 - Match Me, I'm FallingBook 3 - Match Me If You Can

Welcome to book one in the new series The School for Spinsters by award winning author Michelle Willingham.Violet Edwards is painfully shy with a terrible stutter. Despite her mother's threats to send her away, she has plans of her own to win a husband. She enrolls herself in the infamous School for Spinsters, where she hopes to be transformed from a wallflower into a breathtaking debutante.The only problem is that the headmistress hired a gorgeous, notorious rake to give her lessons.To the rest of the London ton, Damian Everett, the Earl of Scarsdale, is a charming gentleman seeking a wife. But his father's mountain of debts have left him with no choice but to wed an heiress. When he's offered a generous stipend to help a shy wallflower, he can't refuse. All he has to do is provoke Violet Edwards into finding her backbone.As their lessons turn sensual, Damian is captivated by Violet...and he's falling hard. But how can he turn his back on his family for the wallflower he wants to love?The School for SpinstersBook 1 - A Match Made in LondonBook 2 - Match Me, I'm FallingBook 3 - Match Me If You Can

Genevieve de Renalt will do anything to escape her betrothed-even if it means trusting her enemy.Irish warrior Bevan MacEgan cannot leave a lady in danger, but keeping her safe means endangering his own family. The king orders him to wed Genevieve to avoid bloodshed, but Bevan has sworn never to love again.He keeps Genevieve at a distance but, as she begins to melt his heart, a shocking secret forces Bevan to make a terrible choice-one that could mean losing her forever.

He was given a choice-wed a Norman bride or watch his people die.King Patrick agreed to wed the daughter of his enemy to save the lives of his people - though he swore he would never bed her. Yet Isabel de Godred has no intention of being cast aside by her new Irish husband...She tries to make the best of her marriage and find a place for herself among the MacEgans. But the tribe refuses to accept her as their queen, and neither will her proud warrior king.Despite Patrick's vow of celibacy, there is no denying the forbidden desire rising between them when they are alone. For if he dares to love Isabel, he risks his very throne...