In The Duke of My Dreams, by Grace Burrowes, banker's daughter Anne Faraday is cast into the company of Elias, Duke of Sedgemere, at house party in the Lakes. She accepts an invitation from her sister, Christine, Duchess of Bewcastle, to attend a Bedwyn houseparty, never dreaming the summer curriculum might include stolen kisses and true love. The life of a dedicated educator offers many rewards and much meaning-but also more loneliness than Eleanor anticipated. In Another Dream, by Mary Balogh, Miss Eleanor Thompson has found satisfaction as the director of a respected school for girls. Mary Balogh and Grace Burrowes team up to create a pair of Regency novellas each set at a summer house party.

In this small town of big-hearted misfits, can Britt-Marie find a place where she truly belongs?. Most alarming of all, she's given the impossible task of leading the supremely untalented children's soccer team to victory. She finds herself being drawn into the daily doings of her fellow citizens, an odd assortment of miscreants, drunkards, layabouts.

Employed as the caretaker of a soon-to-be demolished recreation center, the fastidious Britt-Marie has to cope with muddy floors, unruly children, and a (literal) rat for a roommate. She begins her day at 6 a.m., because only lunatics wake up later than that.She is not one to judge others - no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be.When Britt-Marie walks out on her cheating husband and has to fend for herself in the miserable backwater town of Borg. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. A novel about finding love and second chances in the most unlikely of places.

The Detective's Wife by Joanne Clancy