Victorian

Prologue: His Grace Forsaken

Tammy Kirby Books, Victorian
His Grace Forsaken (Prologue)

His Grace Forsaken cover artTHE PROLOGUE TO THE HAVEN HOUSE SERIES

Warm-hearted, loving, Greyson Brennen, the Duke of Briarcastle’s heir, wants to prove himself to his father. He joins Her Majesty’s army and tears off to India. Little does he know, he will meet the one person who will upend his life and destroy the fragile peace of his mind. But Mara is lovely and exotic, and he must have her. So, he does.

What comes after is not pretty, and the idealistic boy who left London to conquer the world, comes home a beaten man with a heart filled with bitterness, and a new outlook for the rest of his life.

He will never allow a woman close enough to control him again.

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His Grace Forgiven

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His Grace Forgiven cover artworkBOOK ONE IN THE HAVEN HOUSE SERIES

An impoverished gentlewoman mistaken for a doxy. A jaded duke with an aversion to marriage. Can two broken souls find forgiveness and love among the shattered remnants of their pasts?

19th century England: Sexual slavery is abundant in the seedier areas of London. One woman vies to change this. Amidst her own private war of forgiveness and obedience to God, lives are changed and hope becomes a house of haven.

Mistaken for a doxy — ruined by an inebriated duke—sold by her only family. Miss Beth Darnley desires to forget the horror one fateful night made of her life. She’s always served God, but when her world is shattered, she wonders why her loving Father would allow such dreadfulness to befall her. The battle to forgive is a long journey and she struggles with it every time she is in His Grace’s presence.

Greyson Brennen, Duke of Briarcastle, is used to having things his way. Painful experience has made him cynical were women are concerned. They have their place and he’s always been a generous benefactor. Miss Elizabeth Darnley will fit perfectly in the position of his new mistress. He is doing her a favor. Her own house with a bevy of servants—clothing and jewels a queen would envy. It will be a far cry from the destitution she is used to. Pity she won’t yield.

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Joy to the Earl

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Joy to the Earl cover artBOOK TWO IN THE HAVEN HOUSE SERIES

Betrayed by the man she loves and the woman she calls friend. Can a heartbroken mother forgive them and accept the gift of Joy God has given her?

Forced to face his past mistakes. Can a heartbroken spouse stay true to his God and his child, at the cost of the woman he loves?

Miss Abbigail Thorne has no use for the Earl of Waverly. It’s his fault she’s been carted off to London to learn how to be a lady. She didn’t mean for him to be tossed into a mud puddle.

Blissfully unaware that her life is about to change, and that maturity approaches with indescribable pain, she remains oblivious and carefree, she believes herself to be a strong godly woman, but when heartache arrives in waves that continue to knock her to her knees, will she trust in God and the love of her husband, or will she give it all up to hold onto her hurt?

Chase Montclair, Earl of Waverly rides the fence spiritually. He goes to St. George’s sporadically, but he imbibes in spirits a lot. And the lovely ladies need companionship. Who is he to deny them? That is, until he admits his love for the woman who exasperates him beyond belief. Before he makes the decision to surrender to God and Abbi, in a fit of anger he has one last fling. He didn’t know it would bring him his worst pain and his greatest Joy.

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Vengeance is Mine Saith Mi’lord

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Vengeance is Mine cover artBOOK THREE IN THE HAVEN HOUSE SERIES

Forced into a peer’s realm. Devastated by the death of his beloved sister. With vengeance burning a hole in his heart, will a distraught brother see the damage he’s causing in time to prevent the worst mistake of his life?

Kidnapped for a crime she didn’t commit. Ostracized from society. Can a broken debutante find the peace she craves at Haven House, or must she face her monsters over a ballroom—again?

Nicolas Rutherford vows revenge against the man who murdered his sister. When the coward escapes, Nick discovers a way to flush him out. Never mind that what he proposes goes against everything he believes in.

Lady Piper Connor faces society’s whispers with her head high. When Captain Rutherford, the new Marquess of Blackwell, forces her to spend the night in his townhouse, she wants to hide in shame—for a moment. Is it wrong to feel relief when one is cast out of society?

Squaring her shoulders, she steps into the morning wearing the same clothes she’d worn to a ball the previous evening. Let them stare.God loves her unconditionally, and that is enough. If only a certain marquess didn’t plague her thoughts.

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Hunt for Grace

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Hunt for Grace cover artBOOK FOUR IN THE HAVEN HOUSE SERIES

Duncan Connor, English viscount and newly appointed Earl of Huntington, is unworthy. Past indiscretions keep him in turmoil. His only peace is found in the bottom of a bottle of spirits where he can forget what he did—for a time.

Now, not only is he saddled with a Scottish earldom complete with a castle in the highlands, he has become sole guardian to a precocious five-year-old female. In a matter of minutes, he finds his new ward has an uncomfortable way of cutting to the truth with her honest observations. On top of this, the governess his sister hired to train the child just happens to be the one woman his demons will never let him forget.

Marisa Douglas has found freedom at Haven House, though she longs for a true home. But that’s a pipe dream her past will never allow because she is unworthy. When she is offered a job in Scotland as governess to an earl’s ward, she is ecstatic. She will be able to leave her past behind in England and make a life where no one knows what she has been.

Her dreams of anonymity disperse like the highland mists under bright sunshine when she meets her new employer. Duncan Connor is the very man who aided her despicable uncle in her downward spiral into the dregs of society.

Can two people find peace in the present when faced daily with their pasts?

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Every Raven After His Kind

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Every Raven cover art

Every Raven cover artworkBOOK FIVE IN THE HAVEN HOUSE SERIES

Out of Control: One man’s battle to survive a broken childhood collapses around him in a haunted past he can no longer ignore. One woman’s battle to undo an unforgivable mistake rends the fabric of her new life.

Marcus Blackburn, Earl of Ravenwood, is the toast of the town. By evening, he is the perfect guest to London’s reigning hostesses. By night he is a hate-filled, sleep-deprived, warrior racing through London’s back alleys to save at-risk children. Can he overcome the spectres bent on destroying him, or will he self-destruct?

Miss Colleen Prentis, the most sought-after seamstress in London, has found redemption from a life of prostitution through Christ. One mistake in her past separates her from complete peace. Can she release the guilt, or will she allow unforgiveness to destroy the good God has wrought in her life?

But there is a catch…

If they win their wars, will society allow them a happily ever after?

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