Cynthia, thanks so much for hosting the cover reveal for The Secret Heart. It’s the first book in a series of historical romances I’ll be publishing starting next month, all set in England during the early Victorian period.

I’m calling the series No Better Angels because my characters, and my heroines especially, struggle to be good and rarely take the high road to get what they want.

Here’s the blurb:

Love is bitter. Victory is sweet.

Caroline Small is a young lady of modest means who wants a secure, comfortable life for herself. Which is to say, she’s a fortune-hunter.

She meets her ideal match on a visit to the country: the Earl of Bexley. He’s rich, handsome, and honorable enough to fall right into her trap.

Or he used to be, anyhow. These days, Bexley wants nothing to do with the gentlemanly virtues he was raised to uphold. Instead, he lives for nights of bare-knuckled boxing, for the match when he finally puts a bigger, stronger man down for the count.

Caro’s beauty tempts Bexley. Her scandalous passion for ballet dancing intrigues him. But he sees the naked ambition behind Caro’s charm, and he won’t be captured like prey.

Except that he just can’t resist an opportunity be alone with her….

I’ll be back next month with an excerpt from The Secret Heart and the cover for book two, The Lover’s Knot. You can find out more about the No Better Angels series at my website, or sign up for my newsletter for periodic updates about new releases.