Belgrave Dynasty Series by Calia Read

The year is 1919, and the Great War has ended. As everyone picks up the pieces of their lives, I have only copious amounts of alcohol and women keeping me together. Most of the men I went to war with didn’t make it home, including my best friend, Miles. I thought I knew everything about him until I discovered he made me the executor to his little sister Rainey’s dowry. Rainey Pleasonton is anything but pleasant... moreThe year is 1919, and the Great War has ended. As everyone picks up the pieces of their lives, I have only copious amounts of alcohol and women keeping me together. Most of the men I went to war with didn’t make it home, including my best friend, Miles. I thought I knew everything about him until I discovered he made me the executor to his little sister Rainey’s dowry. Rainey Pleasonton is anything but pleasant. Most men in Charleston found her wild and carefree ways to be terrifying, which explained why she was twenty-eight and still unmarried. I have sixty days to help her find a husband before she loses her inheritance, her family’s legacy, and I lose the last of my sanity. The only problem is, I’ve watched her go from a little girl who chased us around with a bow and arrow to the only woman in the South immune to my charm. And the men who were once scared of Rainey? They now find my le savauge beguiling, and I do not care for it one bit … less

I was just eight-years-old, looking up at the clouds, when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother’s best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating. I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us. I stopped being the little sister he’s always known me as and transformed into a lady... moreI was just eight-years-old, looking up at the clouds, when Asa Calhoun became my one true love. He was my brother’s best friend. He was stoic and solemn, and always believed everything in life had to be perfect. But I saw past his eccentric mannerisms. I found him fascinating. I was seventeen when I had my debutante ball. Throughout the years, there was a gradual shift between us. I stopped being the little sister he’s always known me as and transformed into a lady. By the end of that night, he found me fascinating. I was twenty-one when he first kissed me. My one true love became my soulmate. I was certain nothing would ever come between us. I married at twenty-three. But I wasn’t Mrs. Asa Calhoun. At the time I believed it was for the best, leaving Belgrave and my memories of Asa behind. I was twenty-eight when my husband died. The pain was swift and sharp. I saw what could have been and all that I let go of. Including Asa. Nearly seven months later I’m back in Charleston, because six years of a broken heart is too much for anyone to endure. Asa once told me he would always be my home, but will he still mean those words when I walk through the church doors and object to his marriage? less

NathalieWhen I came back to Charleston, I intended to take back my future and my one true love, Asa Calhoun.Life had different plans for me, but it seems it always did.As I try to move forward in my life, years of memories and passion between us refuse to stay buried in the past, leading me back to Asa.But, so do the dark, sordid memories of my married life. I came back home a different person, with good reason.Many things changed me over the past six years, including both love and betrayal... moreNathalieWhen I came back to Charleston, I intended to take back my future and my one true love, Asa Calhoun.Life had different plans for me, but it seems it always did.As I try to move forward in my life, years of memories and passion between us refuse to stay buried in the past, leading me back to Asa.But, so do the dark, sordid memories of my married life. I came back home a different person, with good reason.Many things changed me over the past six years, including both love and betrayal. If I don’t face these truths, I might lose myself, and Asa, forever. Asa When I married Juliet Breymas I tried to replace the one person I wouldn’t allow myself to have, my Nathalie.I never expected she’d return from Savannah.Throughout the years we would came together, only to drift apart. Sometimes by choice, other times by chance.But one thing always remained the same. I couldn’t seem to stay away from her, my one true love.Life should be different now. I have a wife and much to look forward to.Yet once again, it’s Nathalie I want. Nathalie who I keep turning to, Nathalie who allows me to be me.And the woman I married, who appeared so perfect at first, well, she isn’t what she seems.The longer I stay married to her, the more certain I am that Juliet has secrets she’s hiding.Many things have changed in my life, but if I don’t discover the truth, I risk losing Nathalie forever. less