The Early Years — Kathryn Kelly / Kathryn Kaleigh

Five standalone short stories that introduce new characters into best-selling author Kathryn Kaleigh's Southern Belle Civil War historical romance series. The Early Years. When the south was grand.  BEWITCHEDNathaniel Dumon returns from the war to find his father had made some changes to their family's landholdings.  Nathaniel worries about his father's sanity. But will he be pulled into his father's web? And if so, to what end? A standalone historical romance story set in 1761. THE WALTZRyleigh D'Artois attends the wedding of the season. Maybe even the decade. A wedding held at a plantation house on the untamed Mississippi River. Civilization encroaching on the wilderness. It would be an adventure for a weekend, but certainly not permanently.  However, she finds out something she never expected. Something that changes everything. Would her first social engagement be her last?  A standalone historical romance story set in 1761. THE FORTUNE TELLERAva D'Artois didn't have to wear black, the color of mourning. But she did anyway.  Mostly she wore black to protect herself from social engagements. Only this night, she wished she wore something more becoming. Had the fortune teller been right? A standalone historical romance short story set in 1761. CATCH MEFor Melanie Quinn, attending Saint Gabriella's academy for girls leaves her few options for her future. But Melanie chooses to make unconventional decisions for herself. Are her choices viable or will she be constrained by convention? A standalone historical romance story set in 1841. UNEXPECTED ARRANGEMENTSouthern Belle Addison Brooks longed to be an old maid. Anything other than wedding the man her father had promised her to. But today she would meet her betrothed for the first time. Desperate to find a way out of this betrothal, she enlists the help of a stranger.  A standalone historical romance story set in 1852.