Martha Farabee: 5 books

Orphaned OrnLeah lives on the charity of the King, working in the castle kitchen and serving the folk who visit. When Prince Mardrian arrives to pay court to the king’s daughter, she never expects he'll notice her. But Mardrian repeatedly rescues her from the clutches of an evil pervert. Threatened...

Cecily never expected to capture a husband. She’s almost six feet tall and weighs fifteen stone. But when Anse Dettrick finds her in tears over an insult from her dance partner, pity overcomes judgment and he comforts her with a kiss.But they’re discovered by her uncle, the local squire—and the parson. To his unmitigated fury, he’s forced to marry her.

Amethyst Lansdowne doesn’t want or need another tall, dark and dangerous man. She's desperate to reach the home her rich and powerful great-aunts. Only there will her abused niece Peridot be safe from pursuit. Country-dweller and wealthy orchard owner Carne Durban feels suspicious of the two women...

A husband! That was the last thing Damaris wanted. her previous experience in husband-hunting had left a bad taste in her mouth, and since then she's been too busy nursing her grandfather, worrying over her step-brother's failing heart and trying to keep the manor from falling abouttheir ears to consider...

Carolinne's alwasys been mystified by her effect on men. They've pursued her since she reached her teens, but she loves only one man. A dark secret prevents her from wedding him, and brokenhearted, she accepts his much older brother, heir to an earldom. Lord Develon is obsessed with her beauty, but...