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Her Endearing Young Charms
A Regency Romance with Magic
![Her Endearing Young Charms - Merribelle Hales](https://heidikneale.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HEYC_small.jpg)
Miss Merribelle Hales spent years imbuing a silver locket with man-attracting charms. On the way to her first London Season, her locket is stolen–along with a kiss–by a highwayman. Her only clue to his identity: a pair of intense eyes. This vexes her. Without her best charm, how will she ever be able to compete on the Marriage Mart? It would be so much easier if she didn’t have to compete at all.
Lord Alexander Rochester, has worries aplenty. His ailing father’s estates are woefully in debt, so he must seek a wealthy wife. His courtship of Miss Hales goes terribly awry with a simple kiss that leads to his slapped face and an accusation of theft.
It’s a case of mistaken identity. Alexander knows and fears the real culprit. He faces the loss of his father, his estate and Miss Hales–whom he’s loved since childhood–at the hands of the Handkiss Highwayman.
For fans of Mary Robinette Kowal, Julia Quinn and Georgette Heyer.
Heat level: Sweet
Currently Unchaperoned
A Regency Romance with Magic
![Currently Unchaperoned - Felicity Anne Abbot](https://heidikneale.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CU_small.jpg)
Felicity Abbot is frustrated at yet another London Season denied her. So dreadfully unfair. When an opportunity arises to defy her parents and Society, she sneaks off—unchaperoned—to the neighbors’ party. Surely no one will notice her in the crowd. Now she can finally see what all the fuss is about.
Coerced by his desperate mother, Victor Wyndell is a reluctant guest at the Chesters’ gathering. He must find two things: a bride and something called The Agreement. If he fails, it could mean ruin for both his family and his chances for a decent marriage.
Instead, he finds the enchanting Miss Abbot. She is more than happy to help such an attractive gentleman, provided he assists her in navigating where she doesn’t belong. Together, they discover secrets, scandals, and maybe even love. But can they unearth the mysterious Agreement?
Heat level: Sweet
Just a Glimpse – A Soho Club Novella
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As a shy artist, Miss Charlotte White needed real experience when it came to sketching the human form. But how is she to find a willing model without causing scandal?
Spencer Desmond just wanted to be an ordinary guy. He was over being judged for his profession and what he wore. Can’t a guy dress up like a macaroni and relax?
When Mrs Skarsgard introduces them at the Soho Club, they believe they may have found just the right sort of non-judgmental companion. But just because a man takes off his clothes doesn’t mean he’ll reveal all his secrets.
When Mrs Skarsgard introduces them at the Soho Club, they believe they may have found just the right sort of non-judgmental companion. But just because a man takes off his clothes doesn’t mean he’ll reveal all his secrets.
Heat level: half-chili
Summer Strawberries – A Soho Club Novella
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The Honourable Katherine Hopewell loves a good tart. If only her mother would get off her back regarding her love of pastries and other culinary delights.
Lord Theo Welbourne would spend his every waking moment in the kitchen, knuckle-deep in pastry dough, if only Society wouldn’t consider it too beneath a lord.
Thank goodness for the Soho Club, where members can indulge in personal delights of many kinds…
Heat level: two chilis.
The Freedom of a Widow – A Soho Club Novella
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When her rather elderly husband dies, young widow Lady Lilias Hillsborough has no desire to get married again. Her marriage settlement will see her living comfortably for the rest of her life. What else does she need?
Passion, it seems. A marriage should have passion, or so she’s told. But what is that? Before she even considers the thought of a second marriage, she sets out to discover what it was she was missing.
At the Soho Club, Lord Endymion Cecil gives kissing lessons to sundry and all, under the pseudonym of Master Bisou. When a mysterious young widow approaches him, of course he takes her on.
But has he taken on more than he’s willing to give?
Heat level: two chilis.
Crossing the Floor
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Politics make strange bedfellows. A lady is much nicer.
When staunch Tory Lord Benjamin, aka the Brooding Baron, accidentally climbs into the carriage of a rival Whig, he meets Lady Melinda, a young woman with an avid interest in politics. While he thought it but a chance encounter, the lady has other plans.
When Lady Melinda Sommers learns the Baron’s broodiness is not so much a mood but an inability to see, she encourages him to wear his spectacles, and to see the world in a different light.
Can two people from different circles come to respect one another and maybe fall in love, or will their allegiances to different political parties tear them apart?
Heat level: Sweet.
Pretty Figures
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When Lady Christina Harrington steals a carriage in an attempt to escape the evil Mr Fawdon, she didn’t expect it to come with bonus baggage. When she discovers she’s absconded with Lord Anthony Southerland, she had no idea he came with a deep secret.
Lord Anthony’s secret life as the sculptor of the famously collectable Southern Figurines was about to come to a whimpering end. He’d feared inspiration had abandoned him, until his life was shaken up by Lady Christina, stirring him once more.
Yet a sinister force threatens to tear them apart when a powerful man threatens to spill Christina’s own dark secrets.
Heat rating: two chilis