Descendants [Johns]

Lt John Holdsworth, an injured veteran from Waterloo, is now steward for a large estate in Scotland. Catriona Craig is the adopted daughter of Lord Craig, whose only interests lie in growing herbs and healing people. Can two unlikely friends find healing together? Can he overcome the shadows of his past and accept her love? 

Forced to leave the girls' school where she has spent the past six years as an orphan, Christelle Clement tries to find work in Paris. When her mother’s reputation as a high-paid courtesan precedes her, Christelle decides to go to England in search of the father she has never met. A humble gentleman, Dr. Seamus Craig is in search of a wife who can provide him with the family he longs for. An accident brings Christelle and Seamus together, but will their romance withstand reality?

Maili Craig finally has the London Season she has always wanted, but finds it is not what she dreamed. As the orphaned daughter of a country gentleman, she does not rank high enough for the gentlemen, and her forthright manner earns her criticism. At the last ball of the season, she meets a stranger, who claims to be her aunt and invites Maili to visit. Hugh Dickerson, Duke of Cavenray, has finally agreed to wed in order to provide an heir. However, he is none too interested in his mother’s choices and finds himself tempted by a beauty of lower birth.

Lady Charlotte Stanton was officially on the shelf. Her first offer to be a chaperone had sealed her fate at the advanced age of eight-and-20. Yet, one magical evening, a mysterious gentleman took pity on her and danced with her clandestinely under the stars. He refused to tell her who he was - other than unsuitable. Sir David Douglas, known to many as Captain Deuce, the infamous smuggler, regardless of having changed his ways and made his fortune away in the Indies. His past was destined to follow him forever.