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Amid the British Industrial Revolution, players are taking their positions, and new battles are beginning — between individuals and within families, companies and industries, generations and their ideals. Relationships and loves are lost, old ones galvanized, and new ones forged.
The past has never felt so present.
Modern heroines
Unconventional heroes
Meet the women of T.H.E.T.A.
Sweet and clean historical fiction with a modern twist
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Expanding Their Scope – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 1: Abigail
Lady Abigail St. Clare is wealthy, popular, and about to marry a rich, handsome nobleman. She is a star, and it seems the world is at her fingertips as she takes her place among high society as a beautiful and respected countess.
But Lady Abigail has a couple of secrets. When one is made public by an unknown enemy, it threatens to destroy everything she has endeavored to attain.
On the brink of completing her research into her first astronomical sighting of note, this mathematician has never been one to give up without a battle. When her best hopes of setting matters right involve working with the man who brought this predicament to the fore in the first place, it’ll take everything she has to be civil, let alone collaborate.
Lady Abigail’s faceless foe will test their ambitions and loyalties. Her sky may be falling, but it will expand
her world and talents beyond anything she had ever imagined.
Who is Madalene? – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 2: Hannah
Hannah Northrop never understood why her guardian, Lord Putnam, kept her in an orphanage for fifteen years only to bring her to his estate now when she’s twenty years of age. All she’s ever wanted was a place. A family.
Kenneth Barclay wants a place as well, and he’s just as convinced as Hannah that it’s not at Archer Hall. Always at odds with his father, Lord Putnam, he’s searching for an escape. But Kenneth is the heir, so he’ll have to find a way to make do…
Oliver Vaughan has deep roots as the earl of his large estate, but he’ll soon lose the last piece he regards as family.
Their lives are about to collide in a way that will leave them forever changed.
The Hunt – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 3: Rebecca
Miss Rebecca Tarleton takes her shot to beat the gentleman at her father’s annual hunt festivities. The event offers an unique occasion to showcase her archery and equestrian skills and the opportunity to make her peace with the forest, which nearly conquered her many years ago.
Before the games begin, the sudden arrival of a gentleman for whom Rebecca has long had affection gives her a chance to persuade him to see her as more than a childhood family acquaintance. Their never-ending propensity to argue with one another and her friend’s increasingly vexing presence puts her endeavors to the test. Rebecca finds herself stretched to the limit when the games lead to some intriguing and unusual business opportunities as she reins in a couple of the men of T.H.E.T.A.
In true Rebecca fashion, it’ll be a wild ride. If she’s to do a thing, she goes after it. Will Rebecca win the hunt? Or will the hunt conquer her?
Note: The Hunt contains spoilers to book 2, Who Is Madalene?
Sculpting His Likeness – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 4: Faye
When the Armstrong family moves into the beautiful garden estate of Oakes Hollow, their new neighbor declares they’ll be a breath of fresh air to the neighborhood. These Armstrongs tend to buck convention, and the Fitzpatricks are ready for the customary to be modernized. A model family with title and money, the Fitzpatricks are the embodiment of establishment, and they’re tiring of that mantle.
Fast forward twelve years, and an ugly form of jealousy and contention between Clive and Geoffrey Fitzpatrick emerges from the rock-like family ideal. Their sibling rivalry puts sculptress, Faye Armstrong, in the middle, and the ensuing courtship ruse takes some unexpected turns.
Can the brothers carve and shape a peace? Or will everyone be shattered?
Forge – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 5: Orelia
When Lady Orelia Maddox meets the blacksmith, Duncan Reid, at his family’s forge, neither one is aware of their families’ entangled past. All Orelia knows is she’s never met a man like Duncan, and he’s convinced a woman like her will land him in trouble. As an unlikely arrangement and partnership blossom into something more, a series of events test what each of them thought of their worlds and families and whom they should trust.
A disaster claims the life of one of T.H.E.T.A.’s own, forcing each member to question their ambitions, loyalties, and priorities. For some, it will lead to painful conclusions and decisions; others will plot new and decisive trajectories. But everyone must forge ahead in a way none of them had predicted.
T.H.E.T.A. is going through the fire. Will it be destroyed or galvanized into something stronger?
The Ruins – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 6: Mrs. Locke
Twenty-Two
The loss of those lives has irrevocably altered the community tied to Thurston, the estate of Garret Isham. The once dynamic marquess has become something of a recluse as he works tirelessly to develop a plan to heal those affected and assuage a guilty conscience.
Mrs. Locke is meeting the challenge of her life in the wake of the same disaster. She is determined to build a life for her family on her own terms and strengthen a community she has come to love.
T.H.E.T.A. will challenge both their resolves in unforeseen ways. Will those challenges take them in new and uncharted directions, helping them meet their goals? Or will the organization’s lost leader drag them into deeper darkness?
The stakes have never been higher for the women of T.H.E.T.A. Can the ruins be rebuilt? Or will the destruction continue?
Woven from Manipulation – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 7: Jocelyn
Who is the real villain?
Lady Jocelyn Grayson candidly admits she has not always made good decisions or behaved with the best intentions. As one who loves the theater, she used to relish real-life drama and was adept at creating it. The performances did wonders to hide her fears and insecurities.
Following the death of Jocelyn’s father, one of her greatest fears threatens once again, and an old friend encourages her to seek the assistance of a former suitor, Mr. Quentin Udayle. When the blackmailer ends up dead in her home, both are under heavy suspicion.
Tragedy and working together to clear their names brings Lady Jocelyn and Mr. Udayle closer together again. But difficult circumstances relating to family and T.H.E.T.A. create choices and emotions that could transform who each person is. Will it be into someone truly ugly or an unconventional hero and heroine?
Modern meets historical in this clean historical fiction mystery about two of the T.H.E.T.A. series antagonists.
Venge – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Book 8: Portia
Coming in 2026
Miss Portia Wyndham has just received an invitation to a house party from a man she dislikes with every fiber of her being.
Despite his obsession with order and efficiency, Richard Jarvis, the Duke of Hartwell, usually brings chaos with his impulsive nature, and the textile alliance he has founded, T.H.E.T.A., is about to implode. Having lost his ability to relax and think of things other than business and looms, Richard throws a house party in an attempt to bring together members of his business organization so he can save it. And in a misguided effort to try to win the heart of Portia, the daughter of a baron he has a business feud with, Richard invites her too.
Unbeknown to Richard, the feud is slowly ruining the baron’s estate, as well as his physical and emotional well being. It’s also affecting Portia, for she has been harboring deep resentment against Duke Hartwell that is turning her bitter. When others encourage Portia to go to the house party to try to end the business feud and make her peace with Duke Hartwell, Portia decides it’s worth a try.
But when she discovers, that Duke Hartwell is attempting to get their largest client to return to his alliance, Portia is outraged and vows to bring Duke Hartwell down as low as he has brought her father. She’ll hit him where it’ll hurt him most — cross him in love and deal him a blow in business by destroying his THETA. She has two women who are more than happy to lend her a helping hand.
Portia meets the members of THETA, and instead of a bunch of bumbling aristocrats, she finds they are a group of intelligent and creative people, who are at times mistaken, but in general, well meaning. She especially admires the wives, who are much like her, navigating spheres traditionally dominated by men. She even begrudgingly admires Duke Hartwell for including them so completely in his alliance.
As the party goes on, she finds other things she could appreciate about the duke. Perhaps she didn’t know him as well as she had believed. Her plan may endanger attaining a partnership she didn’t think possible — an alliance in marriage and business with a gentleman who truly understands her and will allow her to continue pursuing her interests as his wife.
Friend or foe? T.H.E.T.A. or no? Meanwhile, Richard must grapple with the realities his decisions have made and decide if he’s willing to make the sacrifices necessary to set things straight and achieve his most important goals. Welcome to a house party where everyone seems to have an agenda and even the best intentions can go seriously awry. It’s time to put the house of T.H.E.T.A. in order or suffer the explosive destruction of an alliance.
A conclusion to the series that will leave readers believing in the power of people to change for the better.
The Foreman – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Novella: Christiana
Prequel
The season in Bath is beginning and the hunt for a suitor continues. The man who arrests Christiana’s interest is the one her father won’t deem as suitable marriage material.
Mr. Edgar Locke is a foreman. A very talented and intelligent one for sure, as his work is undoubtedly a big reason why Lord Thurston’s mills are some of the most prosperous. But he’s definitely not the same station as the daughter of one of the country’s wealthiest gentlemen.
Christiana and Edgar have a choice— do they end a relationship before it has even begun because it seems doomed to failure, or do they charge on full steam ahead?
The Foreman is a prequel novella featuring the strong-willed and whole-hearted Christiana Yeatman as she sounds the opening battle cry for The Women of T.H.E.T.A. series.
Let it come. I’m ready.
The Imagination Room – The Women of T.H.E.T.A. Novella: Deanna
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Why be if you can’t be?
Lady Deanna Prescott— Dreamy. Expressive. Accident-prone.
Dr. Clinton Fiske— Neat. Orderly. Controlled.
What happens when Deanna’s older brother, Hayden Prescott, asks his friend, Fiske, to keep an eye on his sister during the Bath season while he’s away in London?
Chaos.
Lady Deanna brings disorder to Dr. Fiske’s order, makes his tidy existence a complete mess, and he loses control of everything. Will past enemies, fears, and insecurities keep them from a future better than Lady Deanna’s colorful musings?
The Imagination Room features Dr. Fiske from Expanding Their Scope. Laugh and get swept up as Lady Deanna’s imagination and reality meld into a heartwarming tale.
