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A lady smuggler, an escaped slave, a maiden in a gold-mining boom town and a gothic story of a forced marriage and wicked relativesHand-Turned Tales is designed so that readers can try Jude's story-telling before they buy her other books. Or, if you already like her books, enter her fictional world again in four different situations.In The Raven's Lady, Felix returns home in disguise after 13 years. He plans to catch a smuggler then take up hi...

Scarred by life, they have abandoned dreams of romance. Until love's kiss awakens them.Life is richer than he expected.John Forsythe abandons London for the furthest reaches of England after a series of betrayals leave him with the shame of a very public divorce, a poor opinion of Society ladies and a heart armored against love. Protected from intruders by his servants, the Thornes, he spends his days with his daughter and in a workshop where ...

The abducted bride, the upright earl. The only place they match is over the chess board.Lady Osbourne's famed matchmaking skills may not be enough to find a match for Miss Amaryllis Fernhill, who was abducted right out of the church in front of her groom and has been no one knows where for six years.Nathan Belvoir, Earl of Hythe, wants a countess that will live up to his illustrious name and embellish his diplomatic and political career. Miss ...

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A fallen woman, she dreams of landing on her feet, until unexpected news threatens disaster Becky is the envy of the courtesans of the demi-monde - the indulged mistress of the wealthy and charismatic Marquis of Aldridge. But she dreams of a normal life, one in which her daughter can have a future that does not depend on beauty, sex, and the whims of a man. Finding herself with child, she hesitates to tell Aldridge. Will he cast her off, send ...

The beauty known as the Winderfield Diamond hides a ruinous secret. Society's newest viscount holds the key.Sarah Winderfield has refused every offer of marriage she has received since Nathaniel Beauclair convinced her to run away with him seven years ago, and then disappeared without a word or a trace. But now she needs a husband. She has a child to love and to protect, and the child needs a father.She does not expect to meet Nate also on the...

He thought he had buried his heart with his children. He was wrong.Hidden from the earl who hunts them, Anne and her sisters have been accepted into the heart of a tiny rural village. Until another earl comes visiting.Rede lives to avenge the deaths of his wife and children. After three long years of searching, he is closing in on the ruthless villains who gave the orders, and he does not hope to survive the final encounter. Until he meets Ann...

The whole world knows Aldridge is a wicked sinner. They used to be right.The ton has labelled Charlotte a saint for her virtue and good works. They don't know the ruinous secret she hides.Then an implacable enemy reveals all. The past that haunts them wounds their nearest relatives and turns any hope of a future to ashes.Must they choose between family and one another?

Prue's job is to uncover secrets, but she hides a few of her own. When she is framed for murder and cast into Newgate, her one-time lover comes to her rescue. Will revealing what she knows help in their hunt for blackmailers, traitors, and murderers? Or threaten all she holds dear? Enquiry agent David solves problems for the ton, but will never be one of them. When his latest case includes his legitimate half-brothers as well as the woman who ...

Sparks flew a year ago when the Granite Earl kissed the Ice Princess. In the depths of another winter, fire still smoulders under the frost between themCan the Ice Maiden Soften the Granite Earl?Her scandalous birth prevents Matilda Grenford from being fully acceptable to Society, even though she has been a ward of the Duchess of Haverford since she was a few weeks old. Matilda does not expect to be wooed by a worthy gentleman. The only man wh...

Ruth Winderfield is miserable in London's ballrooms, where her family's wealth and questions over her birth make her a target for the unscrupulous and a pariah to the high-sticklers. Trained as a healer, she is happiest in a sickroom. When a smallpox epidemic traps her at the remote manor of a reclusive lord, the last thing she expects is to find her heart's desire.Valentine, Earl of Ashbury, was carried home from war three years ago, unconsci...

Everyone knows James needs a bride with impeccable blood lines. He needs Sophia's love more.James must marry to please his grandfather, the duke, and to win social acceptance for himself and his father's other foreign-born children. But only Lady Sophia Belvoir makes his heart sing, and to win her, he must invite himself to spend Christmas at the home of his father's greatest enemy.Sophia keeps secret her tendre for James, Lord Elfingham. Afte...

James yearns to end a long journey in the arms of his loving family. But his father's agents offer the exiled prodigal forgiveness and a place in Society - if he abandons his foreign-born wife and children to return to England.With her husband away, Mahzad faces revolt, invasion and betrayal in the mountain kingdom they built together. A queen without her king, she will not allow their dream and their family to be destroyed.

Escape to another place and time just long enough for a lunch or coffee break in 11 short stories... Nine Regency plus one colonial New Zealand and one medieval Scotland. Multiple tropes, catastrophes and barriers on the way to a happy ending.

In this 2017 box set, you'll find Jude's four published Christmas novellas plus two Christmas-themed stories from her lunch-length reads collections. All together in one 97, 500 word volume for your holiday pleasure.Candle's Christmas Chair (A novella in The Golden Redepennings series)They are separated by social standing and malicious lies. How can he convince her to give their love another chance? Gingerbread Bride (A novella in The Golden R...