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Her Endearing Young Charms
A Regency Romance with Magic
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
Also available in audiobook format, where you can listen to a sample.
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Currently Unchaperoned
A Regency Romance with Magic
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
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. Depicts nudity, and that’s it.
Summer Strawberries – A Soho Club Novella
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
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
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
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
Once Upon a Gilded Christmas: To All the Earls I’ve Loved Before
On a frosty December evening, Edward fell in love with the beautiful Lady Honora. As a second son, Edward had nothing to offer her but his heart. How could he compete with someone else’s title?
Alas, their love was torn asunder when Honora was sent off to an arranged marriage.
Decades later, at a Christmas party, he learns the love of his youth is now the Dowager Countess of Harwich. Could he win the heart of the Silver Belle he once thought lost to him forever?
To All The Earls I’ve Loved Before: a series of delightful Regency Romance novellas, each featuring an Earl or Countess and the promise of love.
Heat rating: sweet
A Well-Matched Pair
Every orphan dreams of family. Regina Oxford-Mortimer’s life changes in a moment when she learns not only is her mother still alive but is the Dowager Lady Berkshire. Yet the rosy light of this dream fades when she learns her mother has certain plans for her newly-rediscovered daughter–an arranged marriage that is beyond foolishness. Regina is illegitimate. No way is she at all suitable for what her mother has in mind.
Dallan FitzJohn has had a better life than most who were born on the wrong side of the blanket. While his noble father can never openly acknowledge him, he has promised Dallan and his mother positions for life in the Boulton family household. When he learns his best friend and half-brother Lord Charles is being matched up with a most unsuitable young lady, of course he steps in to help him escape.
In their efforts to thwart Lady Berkshire’s ill-planned matchmaking, Regina and Dallan may have discovered their true match after all, if only her mother would stop interfering.
In a time when a family’s reputation and social standing decided one’s fate, starting life as an orphan was a difficult social obstacle to overcome. Never fear, the sons and daughters of the Duke Street Orphanage love a challenge. They won’t let their inauspicious origins hold them back from finding their calling in life and discovering lasting love.
The Sweet Daughters of Duke Street is an emotionally satisfying series of romance novellas to entertain and delight. Each can be read as a stand-alone romance in any order.
Heat rating: Sweet
