The Governess's Guide To Marriage - Liz Tyner

A prim and proper governess...locked in with a duke!

Believing her grandmother is gravely ill, governess Miranda Manwaring takes leave to care for her, but instead finds herself captive in a rundown cottage with a powerful stranger. Shock number one — the man is the eligible Duke of Chalgrove. Shock number two — their captor is Miranda's eccentric grandmother, looking to guide Miranda to a titled husband! Miranda refuses to trick him into marriage, but her grandmother's meddling can't possibly work…can it?

The Silk Merchant's Convenient Wife - Elisabeth Hobbes

A convenient marriage. An inconvenient passion…

His parents' loveless relationship has left silk merchant Jonathan Harcourt suspicious of marriage. But in order to expand his mill and have an heir, he must marry his neighbour Aurelia Upford. Even more surprising than finding himself with a clever, beautiful society wife is the unexpected passion that flares between them, and the unsettling emotions it leads to. Sharing a bed was part of their arrangement, but can Jonathan risk sharing his heart, too?