Is a promise made…

Eva made a vow to her dying friend that she would deliver CeCe’s infant daughter to her family in Cottonwood, Montana. But when Hunt Strauss, CeCe’s brother, slams the door in her face, Eva realizes she and baby Lily must go it alone. Only, after a hotel fire destroys everything she owns, she’s forced to set her pride aside and go back to the arrogant, handsome Mr. Strauss and ask for a job…

a promise kept?

At first, Hunt is skeptical, certain that Miss Eva Kenward is nothing but a schemer intent on draining his family’s coffers. But once he sees Lily’s likeness to CeCe, and the sincerity in Eva’s beautiful eyes, he defers to his aunt’s suggestion that Eva stay to help out with the Cottonwood Christmas festival. As the days go by and he and Eva grow closer, Hunt’s desire for her grows too. But what about his past and its secrets that weigh heavy upon him? Surely, they’re reason enough for him to fight his feelings and not get involved…

After years of being treated as a little more than a servant, Portia Lamont overhears her half-siblings plotting to send her to Town and marry her off. Since she has a paltry dowry and little else to offer a prospective husband, she wonders if she'll even find a half-decent match, someone who'll share her love of intellectual pursuits.

Titus Beaumont, Lord Ravensworth, is an unwilling participant in this year's Season. All his adult life, he's managed to avoid marriage, becoming a seasoned rake because he dares not risk his heart again. However, at his aunt's insistence, he must attend for his cousin's entrance into Society.

In the ton's hectic marriage mart, Portia is considered a wallflower, an experience made even more vexing when she catches sight of Titus, her beloved childhood companion—the boy who once told her, I will always be your friend, no matter what happens. But when she was sent away after her father's death, she never heard from him again. And time, a ruthless master, has not improved her circumstances. It seems he still wants nothing to do with her.

Except at a masquerade, when he doesn't recognize her behind her mask and kisses her…

Sometimes the best revenge is just being yourself.