Members’ Regency Fiction Releases For December 2023

On the 1st of each month, Regency Fiction Writers publishes our FREE online newsletter, The Regency Reader, to anyone interested in Regency Fiction (1780-1840). The publication features author interviews, tidbits about the Regency era, and a listing of new titles from members and non-members. Members’ releases also appear here on the blog. New books are then posted on Quizzing Glass, generally on the second Monday of the month. Submit your January Regency-set Fiction Release or Regency Author Article by December 24th, to appear in the January issue. Information submitted after December 24th will appear in the February issue. (Subscribe now!)

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Suzanna Medeiros

A Rogue for Christmas
Series: Christmas Scandals
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Suzanna Medeiros
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/30/2023
Author Website: https://www.suzannamedeiros.com

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If he was a better man, he’d stay far away from Iris Rowland. But no one had ever accused the Earl of Wentworth of being a good man.

After saving Iris from certain ruin the unthinkable happens. He becomes obsessed with the memory of the young woman he rescued at the end of the season.

There is only one thing to do. Secure an invitation to the Christmas house party she’ll be attending. But instead of putting his curiosity about Iris to rest, he is shocked to discover that his inconvenient attraction might be something more.


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Sandra Sookoo

Magic for Christmas
Series: Diamonds of London #4
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: New Independence Books (indie label)
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/07/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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Anyone can benefit from finding magic for Christmastide; it’s just a matter of believing…

Miss Clarissa Folgerton isn’t best pleased. She makes her living as a seamstress due to reduced circumstances, and it matters not that this is her busiest and most profitable time, for she has been summoned to northern Buckinghamshire. A dying earl wishes to see his illegitimate eight-year-old daughter—her niece. Years ago, he’d had an affair with her sister, and though her sister passed, Clarissa needs to see the girl’s future settled. If that means giving her up, she’ll have no choice, for she’s a spinster without means.

Colin Haversham—Viscount Lambert—is perhaps weeks away from becoming the new Earl of Biddleton, for his ailing father has summoned him to Biddleton Castle to spend this last Christmastide season together as well as take his apparent half-sister on as his ward. To say nothing of the fact that if he doesn’t wed, he won’t inherit any of the family coin. Annoyed and not wishing to forsake the life he’s already made for himself, what he needs is a false fiancée for the holidays. Above all, he doesn’t wish to be married again. It hurt too much the last time.

As the whole Haversham family assembles at the castle, bitterness, anger, and jealousy comes out in the disparate group, but when Colin takes Clarissa aside and offers her a fake engagement with a hefty monetary settlement promised after Twelfth Night, the dynamic shifts. Over the course of the ill-advised holiday get together, the unlikely pair find they have much in common beyond yearning for family, and when romance creeps in, they’ll need to decide if they have the courage to make love a reality despite battered hearts and differences in stations.

…and finding a diamond in the rough.


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Regina Scott

Never Hire a Hero
Series: Fortune’s Brides: Guarding Her Heart
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: Edwards and Williams
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/11/2023
Author Website: http://www.reginascott.com

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A former elite soldier, Stephen Roth was trained to be ruthless as he served as bodyguard for kings and princes. So why would his English patroness, Lady Belfort, and her cat, Fortune, arrange for him to take a position as the tutor to the heir of Alldene Castle and the boy’s siblings? And why does the children’s mother, Lady Alldene, look at him with shining eyes, as if he could be some sort of hero? This was not the sort of challenge he bargained for!

A peer in her own right, Thea, Countess of Alldene, was raised in Alldene Castle and taught how to rule over it. But nothing prepared her for the death of her husband and the villainy of the man he appointed as guardian for her children. If a tutor with a razor-sharp gaze will prevent that man from taking her sons away from her, she’s willing to put up with Roth’s rough-shod ways.

But the castle holds a secret that may prove Thea’s undoing. When danger threatens, she turns to the one man who might be able to keep them all safe. Could a marriage of convenience over Christmas prove that heroes can turn up in the least likely places?


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C.H. Admirand

The Merry Wife of Wyndmere (The Lords of Vice)
Series: The Lords of Vice
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/16/2023
Author Website: https://www.chadmirand.com

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Two lives pledged…two hearts breaking… Will true love conquer all?

The Merry Wife of Wyndmere, features Jared and Persephone, The Duke and Duchess of Wyndmere from The Lords of Vice series. What happens after the Happily Ever After?

Persephone, Duchess of Wyndmere still has the weight she gained carrying her babes. She started to lose it and then a few months later she started gaining it back–worse still she’s exhausted again! The terrifying kidnapping attempts on her precious babes, coupled with her weight and exhaustion, have her moods shifting from happy to dark.

Jared, Duke of Wyndmere is still surly, preoccupied. Although he is concerned about his wife’s health and that of their babes, he is more concerned with hiring extra guards in London to widen his web of protection around his family. When he announces his plans to hie off to London, her reaction has him keeping the reason for the trip from her.

Persephone is devastated when he leaves, believing she has pushed him to leave with her highly emotional state. She sends two urgent missives to him—one verbal, one written, to arrive in London before the duke.

When the duke hears of her recent dinner guests, he is concerned for her reputation and his own and returns to Wyndmere Hall to settle matters between them.

Can the interference of the duke’s guard, and their faithful staff, bring the duke and his duchess back together, or will their plans backfire and force them further apart?


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Kate Bateman

Second Duke’s The Charm
Series: Her Mahesty’s rebels #1
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: St Martin’s Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 12/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.kcbateman.com

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Meet Her Majesty’s Rebels: three brilliant women who run King & Co., London’s most exclusive investigative agency. . .

A virgin Duchess. A cynical new Duke. A Passionate Marriage of Convenience . .

The wedding night death of her much older husband left Tess Townsend the Dowager Duchess of Wansford—and still a virgin. Now she and her two best friends investigate London’s most scandalous crimes, and while Tess longs to experience physical pleasure for herself, she can’t risk losing her treasured independence. . .

Cynical shipping magnate Justin Thornton never expected to become the new Duke of Wansford, but he’ll do his duty. He’ll marry some suitable chit, set the duchy to rights, and return to his old life within the year. When the Dowager Duchess turns out to be the same masked beauty he kissed at a party, Justin sees an obvious solution: a marriage of convenience that will suit them both.

But the passion that sparks between them is anything but convenient. As Tess works on a new case at the request of Queen Charlotte, her increasingly suspicious behavior makes Justin question her motives—and her past. The infuriating woman clearly can’t be trusted, but Justin doesn’t believe in love, so there’s absolutely no danger of him falling for his own wife . . . is there?


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Laura A. Barnes

The Wishful Governess
Series: False Rumors
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Laura A. Barnes
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.lauraabarnes.com

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How many wishes must one make for a dream to come true?

A lady who dreamt of the impossible. A gentleman tempted by fate’s calling. Would destiny show this couple the love they hold for one another?

Grace Penrose fled to Scotland to avoid the vicious rumors circulating about her in London. Though they were false, they forced her to accept a position with an insufferable Scottish lord. She thought he didn’t share her feelings until one rainy night under the Scottish moonlight. Did one kiss change her luck?

Calum Lockhart spent his days attempting to keep his siblings out of trouble. With the grand idea of a governess to keep them in line, his mother foiled his attempt by hiring a lady embroiled in her own set of conflicts. Calum was unsure when the governess consumed his every thought. Soon he spent his days waiting for her smile. Could he convince Grace their love prevailed against all rumors?

One foolish incident led Grace and Calum toward a ripple effect of scandal. With his protection, Calum offered Grace security against their harmful enemies. Was their destiny within their grasp? Or was a wish just a wish?

The Wishful Governess is the second book in the False Rumors series. If you love governess romances, then you’ll love how Calum falls for Grace’s charms.

Treat yourself to The Wishful Governess


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Nicki Pascarella

The Captain Claims His Temptress
Series: The Eatons of Trent
Genre: Regency Traditional
Publisher: Nicki Pascarella
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/28/2023
Author Website: https://www.nickipascarella.com

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Widowed American heiress, Madalene Spencer leaves behind her scandalous reputation to embrace the lavish life of British society. Love hits hard the second she meets the handsome war hero spending a week at her uncle’s estate. However, she is forbidden to go near the captain unless she agrees to spy on him.
Captain Stephen Eaton always chooses duty over pleasure until he spends a sennight with a seductive beauty. How in deuces can he concentrate on his mission, or the nefarious plot against him, when she tempts him at every turn?
When Stephen and Madalene embark on a cross-country trip, they must fight both their scorching chemistry and their enemies to clear the captain’s name and save him from the gallows.


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Andrea K Stein
Louisa Cornell

Dominating the Duke
Series: Sex, Lies, & Forbidden Desires Book 6
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Muirgen® Publishing, LLC
Content Rating: Burning (Hot)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/31/2023
Author Website: https://www.andreakstein.com/

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Captain El Goodrum has many secrets, but this one could destroy her
Perseus Whitcombe, Duke of Chelmsford, has never married and is hell bent on molding his younger brother into a suitable heir. The only woman he ever loved disappeared suddenly from his life, and for all he knows, she’s probably dead, lost at sea long ago. But he refuses to look back.

Captain Eleanor Goodrum can’t stop looking back. She remembers each excruciating detail of her life as the thirteen-year-old daughter of a tavern keeper in a small village near Bath. Her life since then has taken on mythic proportions as the infamous Captain El Goodrum, smuggler extraordinaire, spy, and owner of the most notorious club of pleasure in London.

The arrogant Duke of Chelmsford meets his match in a dangerous woman from his past
Whitcombe was not the heir to a dukedom back then. He and his father, a minor baron, hatched a bold plan to rescue young Eleanor from her drunken gambler father and send her safely to the home of friends in America. A plan which went horribly wrong when her ship was taken by a French privateer.

What will happen when these two confront the ghosts from their connected pasts? Will Whitcombe be able to loosen up and become more tolerant of the woman El’s become? Will El be able to meet the man she’s always secretly loved on a middle ground where each of them must give up something?

Will these two strong, stubborn people sacrifice who they are today to reclaim the love of the ghosts of who they were years ago? Reserve your copy today so you don’t miss the ending of this blazing series…


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Janna MacGregor

Under the Marquess’s Mistletoe
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Janna MacGregor
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/17/2023
Author Website: https://www.jannamacgregor.com

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Tristan Fitz-James, the Marquess of Bridebourne, has been in love with his best friend, Lady Sophia Rowan, his entire life. He’s about to propose at Christmas when fate cruelly pulls the lovers apart. Two years later, when they meet again at the same holiday house party, they’re enemies. Tristan has earned a reputation as a London libertine, and Sophia wants nothing to do with him. He broke her heart once, and she vows it’ll not happen again.

When they’re locked together in a room during a festive game of hide and seek, secrets and passions flare in the dark until they’re discovered by other guests. There is only one solution that’s honorable. Marriage.

Tristan is determined to win back Sophia even though she would rather throw away her reputation than marry the man who stole her heart then stomped on it. Undeterred, he vows to find a way to show her how good they are together.

It’ll take more than mistletoe and holiday goodwill to mend these broken hearts and bring the two of them together again. Yet, Tristan has always believed in Christmas miracles. He just has to show Sophia that Christmas present and the promise of Christmas future will overcome their past.


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Alissa Baxter

The Lord and the Lady Astronomer
Series: The Grantham Girls
Genre: Regency Traditional
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.alissabaxter.com/

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Can wishing upon a star ever come true?

Abigail Grantham has always taken a keen interest in astronomy since her brother Sir John Grantham enlisted her aid as a young girl to keep records of his astronomical discoveries. Abigail is delighted when her uncle, Lord Longmore, invites her to stay at Longmore Hall in Buckinghamshire as he needs her assistance to compile a star chart.

When Abigail arrives at the Hall, her Aunt Longmore introduces her to local society. However, Abigail also spends a great deal of time in her uncle’s observatory, viewing the night skies alongside her uncle’s neighbor, fellow astronomer William, Viscount Rochvale.

Lord Rochvale is intrigued by Abigail, and when he discovers that they share an interest in ancient buildings and Roman history, he contrives to become better acquainted with her away from her uncle’s observatory, taking her to places of archaeological interest with a view to winning her heart. But the astronomical project they are working on makes courtship difficult, and William’s plans are further frustrated by his rakish cousin Gerald Burnby, who becomes a frequent visitor to Longmore Hall, seeking out Abigail too.

After a valuable Roman urn disappears from Longmore Hall, a series of mysterious occurrences unravel, presenting a puzzle Abigail has no idea how to solve. However, when events escalate into peril, Abigail discovers that it is the night sky that holds the secret to the missing urn—as well as to her stolen heart.

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Gail Eastwood
Jayne Davis

Writing Regency England
Series:
Genre: Regency Research/Nonfiction
Publisher: Verbena Books
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print
Release Date: 11/03/2023
Author Website: https://gaileastwoodauthor.com

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From pitfalls to perfection – your essential Regency writing companion

Are you writing stories set in Regency England? Do you want your characters and settings to feel authentic? Then this is the book to help you escape common pitfalls and breathe authenticity into your writing.

Writing Regency England is the only guidebook tailored specifically to help you to avoid the most commonly seen errors in Regency fiction. All historical authors face the challenge of not having lived during the time they are describing, and also share the problem of “you don’t know what you don’t
know.” No one gets everything right! But non-British authors writing about England also have the disadvantage of not being steeped in the language, geography, culture and history of the country from living there. While some readers don’t care about accuracy as long as a story is good, others do
and if you get too many things wrong, they may leave bad reviews and put you on their ‘authors to avoid’ list.

British author Jayne Davis and American author Gail Eastwood combine their perspectives and meticulous research to offer invaluable insights into Regency language, setting, and society. Expanded from a presentation given at the RFW conference in 2021, this indispensable guide illuminates common
pitfalls but also can spark creative ideas rooted in the authentic details of Regency life.


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Rebecca Leigh

A Duke Is Always Dangerous
Series: A Duke Always
Genre: Regency Romance Suspense
Publisher: self
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/03/2023
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Abigail Bailey longed for adventure. After living a sheltered life as the daughter of a vicar in the small village of Somerset, the excitement of London called to her. While traveling to McDonough Castle in Scotland after the death of her father to visit her lifelong friend Emma, she inadvertently crosses paths with ex-spy Camden Davenport, Duke of Stafford. Camden was handsome, mysterious, and unlike any man she had ever met before, but she was not prepared for the risky escapade they were about to embark upon, and it makes her question whether she has the strength to endure it, not to mention the power to withstand the charms of her new guardian.
When Miss Bailey overhears a plot that puts both of their lives in danger, Cam finds the attractive young lady thrust upon him, and in order to keep her safe, they must embark upon a journey that will test both of their limits. Cam’s attraction to Abigail only grows stronger the more time he is with her and when a dangerous villain from his past threatens them both, he realizes how far he will go to keep her safe.
A love story filled with passion, peril, intrigue, and espionage. This London season will be filled with more than just balls, gossip, and Lady Weatherby’s bad poetry, because A Duke is Always Dangerous, especially when the woman he loves is threatened.


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Katherine Grant

Three Nights With Her Husband
Series: Northfield Hall Novellas
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Katherine Grant
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 11/09/2023
Author Website: https://katherinegrantromance.com/three-nights-with-her-husband/

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On this road trip, one bed is never enough…

For Double and Mary Shayler, a road trip to London should be the perfect holiday away from Northfield Hall. Married for 25 years, they are on their way to visit their son and get some much-needed quality time.

The only trouble is that Mary is mad at Double. Still. And as much as he tries to apologize, he only seems to make things worse instead of better.

As they get farther and farther away from the comfort of their home, Mary and Double have to face the fears swirling behind their every interaction: do they still love each other enough to stay together?

Enjoy this one-hour read from award-winning author Katherine Grant!


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Janna MacGregor

Kisses by Candlelight
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Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Janna MacGregor
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/24/2023
Author Website: https://www.jannamacgregor.com

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ROMANTIC REGENCY SHORTS

Four delightful, short, and sexy Regency holiday romances by best-selling author Janna MacGregor.

Titles include The Earl’s Christmas Bride (previously published in the holiday anthology ‘Tis the Season), Red Ribbons and Rogues, Never Enough Mistletoe Kisses, and Kissing Boughs and Pampered Pugs.


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Sandra Sookoo

Charming Miss Standish
Series: Willful Winterbournes #6
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/09/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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When being a rake wears thin… Edmund Ashdowne—Viscount Evermore—has been accustomed to getting by on his handsome face and his scandalous reputation, but now that he’s been ordered to reform by his brother, he’s rebelling. Again. Tired of the restrictions and judgments of the beau monde, he needs an escape. When he meets a woman who isn’t charmed by his looks or anything else he represents, his interest is piqued, and a new idea takes hold.

One doesn’t need sight to see it’s time for a change… Miss Anna Standish is an heiress in her own right. As the only living child to a wealthy baronet, her existence has been lonely, but what she longs for is love. Much in demand of fortune hunters, the fact she is mostly blind sours many potential suitors. Well, they can all sod off. In order to meet the goals she has for her life, she will take a chance on an unconventional offer. For freedom.

When marrying in haste doesn’t exactly go to plan… As their Christmastide nuptial trip to Brighton gets underway, Edmund realizes his marriage of convenience won’t be as easy—or as convenient—as he thought once confusing emotions come into play and troubling accidents dog their steps. Challenges arise between the unlikely pair that go deeper than initial attraction, and when Anna suddenly goes missing on Christmas night, everything comes into sharp focus. If they wish to have a real marriage complete with love, they’ll need to fight for it, and a Christmas miracle wouldn’t be amiss either.


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Katherine Bone

Christmas for Ransome
Series: Christmas for Ransome
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Seas the Day Publishing, LLC
Content Rating: Sweet Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook
Release Date: 11/15/2023
Author Website: https://www.katherinebone.com/

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Captured heroes. Skilled pirates. Risky rescues. Strong heroines. And a blizzard for the ages.

While war rages on the Continent, Lieutenant Christmas Astley-Milne must return to sea, but he wants nothing more than to return to the woman he has always loved and left behind in, To Sir Christmas, With Love.

From the workhouse to the British army, then captivity courtesy of Napoleon’s men, Lieutenant Daniel Barrett has never known the warmth or safety of a real home until he kisses a woman under the mistletoe in, Yule be Home for Christmas.

Captain Ansell Ransome is determined to get to Whitstable to meet his wife, Cassia before they journey onto Canterbury to spend the Yuletide. However, as a renowned smuggler and barterer of British prisoners of war and contraband, he will have to be nimble and dodge the revenue riders and other smugglers, all of whom long to capture him in, The Pirate’s Yuletide Treasure.

Three books in one box set! Three adventurous men! Three courageous women!


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Cerise DeLand

You Made Me Love You
Series: Matrimony!
Genre: Regency Romance Suspense
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/17/2023
Author Website: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKY5R3HF

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Love does not advertise. Love extracts no price.

When a young widow wishes to marry again, will the man she grows to love ask more than she can give?

Mrs. Tynley Wallingford yearns for a comforting marriage to a man whom she can respect. She’ll go to any lengths to find the best candidate who can respect her, in turn. Even correspond with one fellow at length before she agrees that Kendryck Hollens is the man whose words awaken her desire for a husband she might grow to love.

Tynley takes a risk and sails to Wales with the best intentions. She finds in Kendryck a man with a noble ambition—and a family filled with age-old conflict and despair.

Kendryck Hollens returns home to Wales after fifteen years abroad, a stranger to his cantankerous family. He assumes his rightful title as baron of the legendary house of Strade and attempts to change the dastardly reputation of his ancestors, and put his siblings on the right path to a purposeful life.

Thrilled that Tynley has come to his home, he notices that her presence creates challenges among those in his family. But he feels assured she can help him obtain what he wants most in this world.

When a tragedy threatens to ruin his ambition and his family, he fears the price of endurance will ruin Tynley’s personal objective too—and drive her from him.

How much can one ask of one whom they love? Are any prices too high?


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Ellie St. Clair

A Very Merry Regency Christmas Box Set
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Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Prairie Lily Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 11/17/2023
Author Website: https://elliestclair.com

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Indulge in the magic of Christmas with this enchanting anthology featuring three captivating love stories that unfold beneath the mistletoe.

In Christmastide with his Countess, Scarlett, the Countess of Oxford, finds her icy barriers melting amidst a snowstorm that traps her and her estranged husband, Hunter, Earl of Oxford. Will the magic of Christmas bring them back together, or will past wounds keep them apart forever?

In Merry MIsrule, Joanna Merryton, scarred by the pranks of her youth, is forced to confront her past when Lord Elijah Kentmore, a war-weary soldier, returns home. With memories muddled by war, he seeks redemption in the one woman he wronged. Can he win her forgiveness and find love under the mistletoe?

In Her Christmas Wish, Lord Charles Blythe, Earl of Doverton, devises a plan to thwart an unwanted inheritance by pretending to marry. When he chooses Emily Nicholls, a governess, as his fake bride, unexpected desires flare between them. But duty and love stand at odds. Will they choose passion or obligation as they celebrate a Christmas that could change their lives forever?
Let these heartwarming tales of love, forgiveness, and second chances fill your holiday season with warmth and cheer. Discover the power of love beneath the mistletoe in this festive collection.


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Alexa Aston

Investigating the Duke
Series: Suddenly a Duke
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/21/2023
Author Website: https://alexaaston.com/

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A serious clergyman whose brothers die, leaving him an unexpected duke. A woman who is making her way as a Bow Street runner. An investigation that leads them to the truth—and each other . . .

Jasper Lincoln is happy tending to his congregation when news arrives of his brother’s death in battle. Jasper’s father, ailing for several months, slips away, unable to bear the news. And on that same night, Jasper’s brother, Lord Sutton, drunkenly falls down the stairs, dying instantly, making Jasper a sudden duke. He harbors lingering suspicions about these two deaths and seeks help at Bow Street.

Orphan Shelby Slade grew up on the cruel streets of London, surviving as a pickpocket until being rescued by Mr. Franklin, head of the Bow Street runners. Shelby finds her purpose, becoming the only female agent at Bow Street. She is assigned to the Duke of Edgehaven’s case and fights the growing attraction she feels for the solemn clergyman-turned-duke.

As her inquiry proceeds, Shelby believes the previous duke was poisoned with arsenic and that the new duke’s niece, who has suddenly turned mute, may have witnessed her own father’s murder. Together, with Edgehaven’s help, she searches for answers, wanting to uncover the truth regarding both deaths.

Will Shelby’s investigation lead to discovering the killer’s identity—and will she live long enough to claim happiness with Jasper?


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Elizabeth Cole

Lady in Ruby
Series: Secrets of the Zodiac
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance Mystery
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 11/21/2023
Author Website: https://elizabethcole.co

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Do you want to build a nobleman?

Once upon a December, best friends Caroline and Estelle brave the cold English winter and build a snowman in the woods. Caroline playfully shapes him into her ideal suitor, narrating all the qualities a man would require to catch her attention. Later that day, a stranger knocks on the door: Lord Snowdon, a dashing gentleman dressed in blue and white, bearing an invitation to the family’s holiday festivities. The next day, Caroline walks back to where she built her snowman…only to discover that it’s gone!

Is it Christmas magic at work, or is something less innocent going on? Caroline senses that Lord Snowdon is not exactly what he seems, and more than one guest has a hidden agenda. When vital documents are stolen from the house, it’s crystal clear that someone is up to no good. Can Caroline uncover the plot threatening to ruin the holiday joy and keep her heart from breaking?

Lady in Ruby is a whimsical, wintry novella set in the Secrets of the Zodiac world of Regency-era spies. You can read this story as a standalone, or at any time while you go through the rest of the series!


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Jennie Goutet

A Brilliant Match
Series: The Earl’s Sisters
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Millefeuille Press
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 11/21/2023
Author Website: https://jenniegoutetbooks.com

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A love match would not do. She would make an advantageous match—a brilliant match!

At the age of nineteen, Lady Dorothea Rowlandson was practically on the shelf. Had she not suffered her father, the earl’s, untimely death months before last year’s season, she would surely by now be a married lady—the established wife of an illustrious peer. With such a regrettable delay, time was ever more of the essence if she wished to secure her own future and that of her sisters.

Miles Shaw holds an encumbered estate. It is only logical, therefore, that he commence the London Season on the hunt for a well-endowed wife. His personal code of honor requires he be upfront about this goal, so that he deceives no one. And as he fully intends to love and cherish the wife of his choosing, he will naturally bring as much to the union as he receives. After all, he is a landed gentleman with no shortage of charm.

When chance forced Miles and Dorothea to partner one another for the first dance of the first crush of the season, Fortuna could only have been in a funning mood. To have fostered so unsuitable a connection was nothing short of absurd. For what could a peer of the realm’s daughter and a gentleman of no consequence, with his pockets to let, possibly have in common?


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Kathy L Wheeler
Amanda McCabe

Gaming Hell Christmas: Volume 3
Series: Gaming Hell Christmas
Genre: Georgian Romance
Publisher: Chisel Imprint
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild) Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/05/2023
Author Website: https://kathylwheeler.com

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Mysteries swell in London’s snowbound Hell
The Other Face of the Christmas Shilling – Kathy L Wheeler
Lady Thomasina Staunton takes refuge in an abandoned house as far from London, her friends, and her family, as she can get. But her ruse of an absent husband fighting the French backfires. Horribly so.

When Florentine Comier, former Duc of Bouchard, returns unexpectedly from months of travel, he is shocked to find a stranger living in his home, claiming to be his wife.

Despite the deception, Florentine cannot help being drawn to the beautiful and rebellious Lady Thomasina, and soon discovers a love he never believed possible. But danger looms on the horizon as not everyone believes decent Frenchmen exist on England’s shores.

A Christmas Ha’penny’s Worth of Love – Amanda McCabe
Lady Elizabeth Rathburn hates being apart from her Miss Greensley’s Girls and being forced to stay at her bullying father’s cold, lonely estate. She hopes she might at least find her old friend, a handsome young man she only knew as “Mick,” but he no longer appears in their old meeting spot by the river.

Until she finds out “Mick” is actually Lord Michael Hamilton, the son of her family’s old enemy! Worse—her father insists she must marry Lord Michael to seal a new business deal and end the enmity. Feeling betrayed, Eliza runs to her beloved La Sous Rose at Christmas time, only to be trapped in a snowstorm with Michael, the one man she despises—and desires. The man who declares he has loved her all this time, but how can she trust him now?


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Maeve Greyson

To Steal a Duke (The Sisterhood of Independent Ladies Book 1)
Series: The Sisterhood of Independent Ladies
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/28/2023
Author Website: https://maevegreyson.com/

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In “To Steal a Duke,” the enchanting first book in The Sisterhood of Independent Ladies series, Cecilia, the brilliant twin sister of Charles, the imaginary Duke of Hasterton, takes center stage. Born in Germany and raised to safeguard her family’s title and wealth, Cecilia conceals her true identity, masterfully upholding the illusion that her brother is real. Yet, when her mother’s health deteriorates and she longs for a final visit to London, Cecilia cannot deny her.

To ensure their intricate deception remains intact, Cecilia poses as her mother’s companion, the captivating Miss Celia Bening, in the bustling London society. Amid this charade, she catches the eye of Lord Elias Raines, a skilled solicitor. As Elias delves into the peculiarities surrounding the Duke of Hasterton, a passionate and at times heartbreaking romance ignites between him and the intriguing Miss Celia.

Secrets and desires collide, forcing Elias to make a monumental decision—assist Cecilia in safeguarding her crafted world or expose her illegal scheme that could result in her imprisonment. “To Steal a Duke” is a delightful and passionate Regency tale filled with intrigue and suspense, where love and honor intertwine, and a lifetime of secrets threatens to unravel their carefully constructed lives.



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Aubrey Wynne
Dawn Brower
Collette Cameron
Meara Platt
Aubrey Wynne
Cecilia Rene
Rachel Ann Smith

Rakes and Reticules
Series: The Lords and Ladies of St. James
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Penford Publishing
Content Rating: Sweet Sensual (Mild) Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 12/12/2023
Author Website: https://www.aubreywynne.com

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Rakes and Reticules
A collection of six new exclusive novellas by your favorite historical romance authors all featuring Rakes and Reticules.

They say…
A lady should never leave the house without her reticule
Six rakes…
Discover why.

Grab your copy of Rakes and Reticules today and discover the fabulous titles below:
Book 3 – Rakes and Reticules

How to Charm an Earl by USA Today Bestselling Author, Dawn Brower
Kiss a Rake at Midnight by USA Today Bestselling Author, Collette Cameron
A Love Letter in Amelia’s Reticule Today Bestselling Author, Meara Platt
Pads, Purses, and Plum Pudding by USA Today Bestselling Author, Aubrey Wynne
A Reticule for a Kiss by Cecilia Rene
Banking on a Bluestocking by Rachel Ann Smith


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Nicki Pascarella

The Duke Beneath Her Mistletoe
Series: The Eatons of Trent
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/18/2023
Author Website: https://www.nickipascarella.com

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Under royal command, William Harrington, the Duke of Astleyshire, investigates a notorious writer stirring up trouble among the lower classes. Never one to back down from a challenge, he also makes a bet to bed a known man-hating lady. There is no way Georgiana Eaton will spend another season paraded in front of the ton’s eligible bachelors. She has more important things to do, like secretly writing chapbooks that support workers’ rights. When a roguish duke invites himself to her family’s holiday celebrations at Trent Castle, Georgie fights back. Never mind their intense attraction, the duke and the lady despise each other.
Believing that Winkentattle is one of Georgie’s brothers, a disgruntled William follows her to a protest where all hell breaks loose. Now William and Georgie must appease the Prince Regent, save themselves from the gallows, and make it back to Trent Castle before Twelfth Night.


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Nicki Pascarella

The Earl Kisses A Thief
Series: The Eatons of Trent
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Nicki Pascarella
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/21/2023
Author Website: https://nickipascarella.com

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Lady Evangeline Morgan escaped the lecherous marquess only to nearly meet her demise under the wheels of an arrogant gentleman’s carriage.

The Earl of Trent has been determined to escape marriage, but the angelic-eyed beauty lingering in his thoughts detests him. Even more disconcerting, she is being chased by dangerous men. But, if Alistair can keep her safe, maybe he can convince her to warm his bed the way she heats his temper.


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Darcie Wilde

The Secret of the Lady’s Maid
Series: The Useful Woman Mysteries
Genre: Regency Mystery
Publisher: Kensington Books
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 12/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.darciewildeauthor.com

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The resourceful and intrepid Rosalind Thorne, a heroine after Jane Austen’s heart, has a scandalous mystery to solve within Regency-era high society, in the latest novel in this nationally bestselling historical series.

Rosalind Thorne’s quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London’s haut ton. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind’s sanctuary, and the reputations in danger include her own.

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for November 2023

On the 1st of each month, Regency Fiction Writers publishes our FREE online newsletter, The Regency Reader, to anyone interested in Regency Fiction (1780-1840). The publication features author interviews, tidbits about the Regency era, and a listing of new titles from members and non-members. Members’ releases also appear here on the blog. New books are then posted on Quizzing Glass, generally on the second Monday of the month. Submit your December Regency-set Fiction Release or Regency Author Article by November 24th, to appear in the December issue. Information submitted after October 24th will appear in the January issue. (Subscribe now!)

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Janna MacGregor

Under the Marquess’s Mistletoe
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Janna MacGregor
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/17/2023
Author Website: https://www.jannamacgregor.com

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Tristan Fitz-James, the Marquess of Bridebourne, has been in love with his best friend, Lady Sophia Rowan, his entire life. He’s about to propose at Christmas when fate cruelly pulls the lovers apart. Two years later, when they meet again at the same holiday house party, they’re enemies. Tristan has earned a reputation as a London libertine, and Sophia wants nothing to do with him. He broke her heart once, and she vows it’ll not happen again.

When they’re locked together in a room during a festive game of hide and seek, secrets and passions flare in the dark until they’re discovered by other guests. There is only one solution that’s honorable. Marriage.

Tristan is determined to win back Sophia even though she would rather throw away her reputation than marry the man who stole her heart then stomped on it. Undeterred, he vows to find a way to show her how good they are together.

It’ll take more than mistletoe and holiday goodwill to mend these broken hearts and bring the two of them together again. Yet, Tristan has always believed in Christmas miracles. He just has to show Sophia that Christmas present and the promise of Christmas future will overcome their past.


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Alissa Baxter

The Lord and the Lady Astronomer
Series: The Grantham Girls
Genre: Regency Traditional
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.alissabaxter.com/

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Can wishing upon a star ever come true?

Abigail Grantham has always taken a keen interest in astronomy since her brother Sir John Grantham enlisted her aid as a young girl to keep records of his astronomical discoveries. Abigail is delighted when her uncle, Lord Longmore, invites her to stay at Longmore Hall in Buckinghamshire as he needs her assistance to compile a star chart.

When Abigail arrives at the Hall, her Aunt Longmore introduces her to local society. However, Abigail also spends a great deal of time in her uncle’s observatory, viewing the night skies alongside her uncle’s neighbor, fellow astronomer William, Viscount Rochvale.

Lord Rochvale is intrigued by Abigail, and when he discovers that they share an interest in ancient buildings and Roman history, he contrives to become better acquainted with her away from her uncle’s observatory, taking her to places of archaeological interest with a view to winning her heart. But the astronomical project they are working on makes courtship difficult, and William’s plans are further frustrated by his rakish cousin Gerald Burnby, who becomes a frequent visitor to Longmore Hall, seeking out Abigail too.

After a valuable Roman urn disappears from Longmore Hall, a series of mysterious occurrences unravel, presenting a puzzle Abigail has no idea how to solve. However, when events escalate into peril, Abigail discovers that it is the night sky that holds the secret to the missing urn—as well as to her stolen heart.

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Gail Eastwood
Jayne Davis

Writing Regency England
Series:
Genre: Regency Research/Nonfiction
Publisher: Verbena Books
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print
Release Date: 11/03/2023
Author Website: https://gaileastwoodauthor.com

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From pitfalls to perfection – your essential Regency writing companion

Are you writing stories set in Regency England? Do you want your characters and settings to feel authentic? Then this is the book to help you escape common pitfalls and breathe authenticity into your writing.

Writing Regency England is the only guidebook tailored specifically to help you to avoid the most commonly seen errors in Regency fiction. All historical authors face the challenge of not having lived during the time they are describing, and also share the problem of “you don’t know what you don’t
know.” No one gets everything right! But non-British authors writing about England also have the disadvantage of not being steeped in the language, geography, culture and history of the country from living there. While some readers don’t care about accuracy as long as a story is good, others do
and if you get too many things wrong, they may leave bad reviews and put you on their ‘authors to avoid’ list.

British author Jayne Davis and American author Gail Eastwood combine their perspectives and meticulous research to offer invaluable insights into Regency language, setting, and society. Expanded from a presentation given at the RFW conference in 2021, this indispensable guide illuminates common
pitfalls but also can spark creative ideas rooted in the authentic details of Regency life.


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Rebecca Leigh

A Duke Is Always Dangerous
Series: A Duke Always
Genre: Regency Romance Suspense
Publisher: self
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/03/2023
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Abigail Bailey longed for adventure. After living a sheltered life as the daughter of a vicar in the small village of Somerset, the excitement of London called to her. While traveling to McDonough Castle in Scotland after the death of her father to visit her lifelong friend Emma, she inadvertently crosses paths with ex-spy Camden Davenport, Duke of Stafford. Camden was handsome, mysterious, and unlike any man she had ever met before, but she was not prepared for the risky escapade they were about to embark upon, and it makes her question whether she has the strength to endure it, not to mention the power to withstand the charms of her new guardian.
When Miss Bailey overhears a plot that puts both of their lives in danger, Cam finds the attractive young lady thrust upon him, and in order to keep her safe, they must embark upon a journey that will test both of their limits. Cam’s attraction to Abigail only grows stronger the more time he is with her and when a dangerous villain from his past threatens them both, he realizes how far he will go to keep her safe.
A love story filled with passion, peril, intrigue, and espionage. This London season will be filled with more than just balls, gossip, and Lady Weatherby’s bad poetry, because A Duke is Always Dangerous, especially when the woman he loves is threatened.


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Katherine Grant

Three Nights With Her Husband
Series: Northfield Hall Novellas
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Katherine Grant
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 11/09/2023
Author Website: https://katherinegrantromance.com/three-nights-with-her-husband/

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On this road trip, one bed is never enough…

For Double and Mary Shayler, a road trip to London should be the perfect holiday away from Northfield Hall. Married for 25 years, they are on their way to visit their son and get some much-needed quality time.

The only trouble is that Mary is mad at Double. Still. And as much as he tries to apologize, he only seems to make things worse instead of better.

As they get farther and farther away from the comfort of their home, Mary and Double have to face the fears swirling behind their every interaction: do they still love each other enough to stay together?

Enjoy this one-hour read from award-winning author Katherine Grant!


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Janna MacGregor

Kisses by Candlelight
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Janna MacGregor
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/24/2023
Author Website: https://www.jannamacgregor.com

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ROMANTIC REGENCY SHORTS

Four delightful, short, and sexy Regency holiday romances by best-selling author Janna MacGregor.

Titles include The Earl’s Christmas Bride (previously published in the holiday anthology ‘Tis the Season), Red Ribbons and Rogues, Never Enough Mistletoe Kisses, and Kissing Boughs and Pampered Pugs.


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Sandra Sookoo

Charming Miss Standish
Series: Willful Winterbournes #6
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/09/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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When being a rake wears thin… Edmund Ashdowne—Viscount Evermore—has been accustomed to getting by on his handsome face and his scandalous reputation, but now that he’s been ordered to reform by his brother, he’s rebelling. Again. Tired of the restrictions and judgments of the beau monde, he needs an escape. When he meets a woman who isn’t charmed by his looks or anything else he represents, his interest is piqued, and a new idea takes hold.

One doesn’t need sight to see it’s time for a change… Miss Anna Standish is an heiress in her own right. As the only living child to a wealthy baronet, her existence has been lonely, but what she longs for is love. Much in demand of fortune hunters, the fact she is mostly blind sours many potential suitors. Well, they can all sod off. In order to meet the goals she has for her life, she will take a chance on an unconventional offer. For freedom.

When marrying in haste doesn’t exactly go to plan… As their Christmastide nuptial trip to Brighton gets underway, Edmund realizes his marriage of convenience won’t be as easy—or as convenient—as he thought once confusing emotions come into play and troubling accidents dog their steps. Challenges arise between the unlikely pair that go deeper than initial attraction, and when Anna suddenly goes missing on Christmas night, everything comes into sharp focus. If they wish to have a real marriage complete with love, they’ll need to fight for it, and a Christmas miracle wouldn’t be amiss either.


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Katherine Bone

Christmas for Ransome
Series: Christmas for Ransome
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Seas the Day Publishing, LLC
Content Rating: Sweet Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook
Release Date: 11/15/2023
Author Website: https://www.katherinebone.com/

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Captured heroes. Skilled pirates. Risky rescues. Strong heroines. And a blizzard for the ages.

While war rages on the Continent, Lieutenant Christmas Astley-Milne must return to sea, but he wants nothing more than to return to the woman he has always loved and left behind in, To Sir Christmas, With Love.

From the workhouse to the British army, then captivity courtesy of Napoleon’s men, Lieutenant Daniel Barrett has never known the warmth or safety of a real home until he kisses a woman under the mistletoe in, Yule be Home for Christmas.

Captain Ansell Ransome is determined to get to Whitstable to meet his wife, Cassia before they journey onto Canterbury to spend the Yuletide. However, as a renowned smuggler and barterer of British prisoners of war and contraband, he will have to be nimble and dodge the revenue riders and other smugglers, all of whom long to capture him in, The Pirate’s Yuletide Treasure.

Three books in one box set! Three adventurous men! Three courageous women!


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Cerise DeLand

You Made Me Love You
Series: Matrimony!
Genre: Regency Romance Suspense
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/17/2023
Author Website: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKY5R3HF

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Love does not advertise. Love extracts no price.

When a young widow wishes to marry again, will the man she grows to love ask more than she can give?

Mrs. Tynley Wallingford yearns for a comforting marriage to a man whom she can respect. She’ll go to any lengths to find the best candidate who can respect her, in turn. Even correspond with one fellow at length before she agrees that Kendryck Hollens is the man whose words awaken her desire for a husband she might grow to love.

Tynley takes a risk and sails to Wales with the best intentions. She finds in Kendryck a man with a noble ambition—and a family filled with age-old conflict and despair.

Kendryck Hollens returns home to Wales after fifteen years abroad, a stranger to his cantankerous family. He assumes his rightful title as baron of the legendary house of Strade and attempts to change the dastardly reputation of his ancestors, and put his siblings on the right path to a purposeful life.

Thrilled that Tynley has come to his home, he notices that her presence creates challenges among those in his family. But he feels assured she can help him obtain what he wants most in this world.

When a tragedy threatens to ruin his ambition and his family, he fears the price of endurance will ruin Tynley’s personal objective too—and drive her from him.

How much can one ask of one whom they love? Are any prices too high?


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Ellie St. Clair

A Very Merry Regency Christmas Box Set
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Prairie Lily Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 11/17/2023
Author Website: https://elliestclair.com

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Indulge in the magic of Christmas with this enchanting anthology featuring three captivating love stories that unfold beneath the mistletoe.

In Christmastide with his Countess, Scarlett, the Countess of Oxford, finds her icy barriers melting amidst a snowstorm that traps her and her estranged husband, Hunter, Earl of Oxford. Will the magic of Christmas bring them back together, or will past wounds keep them apart forever?

In Merry MIsrule, Joanna Merryton, scarred by the pranks of her youth, is forced to confront her past when Lord Elijah Kentmore, a war-weary soldier, returns home. With memories muddled by war, he seeks redemption in the one woman he wronged. Can he win her forgiveness and find love under the mistletoe?

In Her Christmas Wish, Lord Charles Blythe, Earl of Doverton, devises a plan to thwart an unwanted inheritance by pretending to marry. When he chooses Emily Nicholls, a governess, as his fake bride, unexpected desires flare between them. But duty and love stand at odds. Will they choose passion or obligation as they celebrate a Christmas that could change their lives forever?
Let these heartwarming tales of love, forgiveness, and second chances fill your holiday season with warmth and cheer. Discover the power of love beneath the mistletoe in this festive collection.


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Alexa Aston

Investigating the Duke
Series: Suddenly a Duke
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/21/2023
Author Website: https://alexaaston.com/

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A serious clergyman whose brothers die, leaving him an unexpected duke. A woman who is making her way as a Bow Street runner. An investigation that leads them to the truth—and each other . . .

Jasper Lincoln is happy tending to his congregation when news arrives of his brother’s death in battle. Jasper’s father, ailing for several months, slips away, unable to bear the news. And on that same night, Jasper’s brother, Lord Sutton, drunkenly falls down the stairs, dying instantly, making Jasper a sudden duke. He harbors lingering suspicions about these two deaths and seeks help at Bow Street.

Orphan Shelby Slade grew up on the cruel streets of London, surviving as a pickpocket until being rescued by Mr. Franklin, head of the Bow Street runners. Shelby finds her purpose, becoming the only female agent at Bow Street. She is assigned to the Duke of Edgehaven’s case and fights the growing attraction she feels for the solemn clergyman-turned-duke.

As her inquiry proceeds, Shelby believes the previous duke was poisoned with arsenic and that the new duke’s niece, who has suddenly turned mute, may have witnessed her own father’s murder. Together, with Edgehaven’s help, she searches for answers, wanting to uncover the truth regarding both deaths.

Will Shelby’s investigation lead to discovering the killer’s identity—and will she live long enough to claim happiness with Jasper?


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Elizabeth Cole

Lady in Ruby
Series: Secrets of the Zodiac
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance Mystery
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 11/21/2023
Author Website: https://elizabethcole.co

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Do you want to build a nobleman?

Once upon a December, best friends Caroline and Estelle brave the cold English winter and build a snowman in the woods. Caroline playfully shapes him into her ideal suitor, narrating all the qualities a man would require to catch her attention. Later that day, a stranger knocks on the door: Lord Snowdon, a dashing gentleman dressed in blue and white, bearing an invitation to the family’s holiday festivities. The next day, Caroline walks back to where she built her snowman…only to discover that it’s gone!

Is it Christmas magic at work, or is something less innocent going on? Caroline senses that Lord Snowdon is not exactly what he seems, and more than one guest has a hidden agenda. When vital documents are stolen from the house, it’s crystal clear that someone is up to no good. Can Caroline uncover the plot threatening to ruin the holiday joy and keep her heart from breaking?

Lady in Ruby is a whimsical, wintry novella set in the Secrets of the Zodiac world of Regency-era spies. You can read this story as a standalone, or at any time while you go through the rest of the series!


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Jennie Goutet

A Brilliant Match
Series: The Earl’s Sisters
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Millefeuille Press
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 11/21/2023
Author Website: https://jenniegoutetbooks.com

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A love match would not do. She would make an advantageous match—a brilliant match!

At the age of nineteen, Lady Dorothea Rowlandson was practically on the shelf. Had she not suffered her father, the earl’s, untimely death months before last year’s season, she would surely by now be a married lady—the established wife of an illustrious peer. With such a regrettable delay, time was ever more of the essence if she wished to secure her own future and that of her sisters.

Miles Shaw holds an encumbered estate. It is only logical, therefore, that he commence the London Season on the hunt for a well-endowed wife. His personal code of honor requires he be upfront about this goal, so that he deceives no one. And as he fully intends to love and cherish the wife of his choosing, he will naturally bring as much to the union as he receives. After all, he is a landed gentleman with no shortage of charm.

When chance forced Miles and Dorothea to partner one another for the first dance of the first crush of the season, Fortuna could only have been in a funning mood. To have fostered so unsuitable a connection was nothing short of absurd. For what could a peer of the realm’s daughter and a gentleman of no consequence, with his pockets to let, possibly have in common?


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Kathy L Wheeler
Amanda McCabe

Gaming Hell Christmas: Volume 3
Series: Gaming Hell Christmas
Genre: Georgian Romance
Publisher: Chisel Imprint
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild) Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/05/2023
Author Website: https://kathylwheeler.com

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Mysteries swell in London’s snowbound Hell
The Other Face of the Christmas Shilling – Kathy L Wheeler
Lady Thomasina Staunton takes refuge in an abandoned house as far from London, her friends, and her family, as she can get. But her ruse of an absent husband fighting the French backfires. Horribly so.

When Florentine Comier, former Duc of Bouchard, returns unexpectedly from months of travel, he is shocked to find a stranger living in his home, claiming to be his wife.

Despite the deception, Florentine cannot help being drawn to the beautiful and rebellious Lady Thomasina, and soon discovers a love he never believed possible. But danger looms on the horizon as not everyone believes decent Frenchmen exist on England’s shores.

A Christmas Ha’penny’s Worth of Love – Amanda McCabe
Lady Elizabeth Rathburn hates being apart from her Miss Greensley’s Girls and being forced to stay at her bullying father’s cold, lonely estate. She hopes she might at least find her old friend, a handsome young man she only knew as “Mick,” but he no longer appears in their old meeting spot by the river.

Until she finds out “Mick” is actually Lord Michael Hamilton, the son of her family’s old enemy! Worse—her father insists she must marry Lord Michael to seal a new business deal and end the enmity. Feeling betrayed, Eliza runs to her beloved La Sous Rose at Christmas time, only to be trapped in a snowstorm with Michael, the one man she despises—and desires. The man who declares he has loved her all this time, but how can she trust him now?


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Maeve Greyson

To Steal a Duke (The Sisterhood of Independent Ladies Book 1)
Series: The Sisterhood of Independent Ladies
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/28/2023
Author Website: https://maevegreyson.com/

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In “To Steal a Duke,” the enchanting first book in The Sisterhood of Independent Ladies series, Cecilia, the brilliant twin sister of Charles, the imaginary Duke of Hasterton, takes center stage. Born in Germany and raised to safeguard her family’s title and wealth, Cecilia conceals her true identity, masterfully upholding the illusion that her brother is real. Yet, when her mother’s health deteriorates and she longs for a final visit to London, Cecilia cannot deny her.

To ensure their intricate deception remains intact, Cecilia poses as her mother’s companion, the captivating Miss Celia Bening, in the bustling London society. Amid this charade, she catches the eye of Lord Elias Raines, a skilled solicitor. As Elias delves into the peculiarities surrounding the Duke of Hasterton, a passionate and at times heartbreaking romance ignites between him and the intriguing Miss Celia.

Secrets and desires collide, forcing Elias to make a monumental decision—assist Cecilia in safeguarding her crafted world or expose her illegal scheme that could result in her imprisonment. “To Steal a Duke” is a delightful and passionate Regency tale filled with intrigue and suspense, where love and honor intertwine, and a lifetime of secrets threatens to unravel their carefully constructed lives.



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Aubrey Wynne
Dawn Brower
Collette Cameron
Meara Platt
Aubrey Wynne
Cecilia Rene
Rachel Ann Smith

Rakes and Reticules
Series: The Lords and Ladies of St. James
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Penford Publishing
Content Rating: Sweet Sensual (Mild) Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 12/12/2023
Author Website: https://www.aubreywynne.com

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Rakes and Reticules
A collection of six new exclusive novellas by your favorite historical romance authors all featuring Rakes and Reticules.

They say…
A lady should never leave the house without her reticule
Six rakes…
Discover why.

Grab your copy of Rakes and Reticules today and discover the fabulous titles below:
Book 3 – Rakes and Reticules

How to Charm an Earl by USA Today Bestselling Author, Dawn Brower
Kiss a Rake at Midnight by USA Today Bestselling Author, Collette Cameron
A Love Letter in Amelia’s Reticule Today Bestselling Author, Meara Platt
Pads, Purses, and Plum Pudding by USA Today Bestselling Author, Aubrey Wynne
A Reticule for a Kiss by Cecilia Rene
Banking on a Bluestocking by Rachel Ann Smith


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Nicki Pascarella

The Duke Beneath Her Mistletoe
Series: The Eatons of Trent
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/18/2023
Author Website: https://www.nickipascarella.com

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Under royal command, William Harrington, the Duke of Astleyshire, investigates a notorious writer stirring up trouble among the lower classes. Never one to back down from a challenge, he also makes a bet to bed a known man-hating lady. There is no way Georgiana Eaton will spend another season paraded in front of the ton’s eligible bachelors. She has more important things to do, like secretly writing chapbooks that support workers’ rights. When a roguish duke invites himself to her family’s holiday celebrations at Trent Castle, Georgie fights back. Never mind their intense attraction, the duke and the lady despise each other.
Believing that Winkentattle is one of Georgie’s brothers, a disgruntled William follows her to a protest where all hell breaks loose. Now William and Georgie must appease the Prince Regent, save themselves from the gallows, and make it back to Trent Castle before Twelfth Night.


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Nicki Pascarella

The Earl Kisses A Thief
Series: The Eatons of Trent
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Nicki Pascarella
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 12/21/2023
Author Website: https://nickipascarella.com

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Lady Evangeline Morgan escaped the lecherous marquess only to nearly meet her demise under the wheels of an arrogant gentleman’s carriage.

The Earl of Trent has been determined to escape marriage, but the angelic-eyed beauty lingering in his thoughts detests him. Even more disconcerting, she is being chased by dangerous men. But, if Alistair can keep her safe, maybe he can convince her to warm his bed the way she heats his temper.


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Darcie Wilde

The Secret of the Lady’s Maid
Series: The Useful Woman Mysteries
Genre: Regency Mystery
Publisher: Kensington Books
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 12/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.darciewildeauthor.com

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The resourceful and intrepid Rosalind Thorne, a heroine after Jane Austen’s heart, has a scandalous mystery to solve within Regency-era high society, in the latest novel in this nationally bestselling historical series.

Rosalind Thorne’s quick wits and discretion have proved invaluable to London’s haut ton. But now trouble has infiltrated Rosalind’s sanctuary, and the reputations in danger include her own.

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Elizabeth Cole

Lady in Opal
Series: Secrets of the Zodiac
Genre: Regency Traditional Suspense
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 10/10/2023
Author Website: https://elizabethcole.co

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Miss Sabrina Bellamy loved her Grand Tour of Europe, but her impending arranged marriage means it’s time to go home. So she sets sail for London, expecting a dull voyage leading to an even duller future. But all is not as it seems on the ship. When Sabrina’s traveling companion, the sweet and elderly Mrs. Browning, goes missing, everyone else aboard claims that the old lady was never there!

The only person who seems to believe Sabrina is a teasing, tempting, lock-picking, multi-lingual Scotsman named Jamie MacLachlan. Oh, and he can kiss. Wait! Just who is Jamie MacLachlan, and what sort of madcap, dangerous plot has Sabrina stumbled into? To find out, Sabrina must trust the increasingly hard-to-resist Jamie as they search the ship to recover the lost lady and the secrets she holds. If they fail, they might never step ashore again.

This slightly steamy novella is a romantic spy adventure that’s part of the Secrets of the Zodiac series. It can be read at any time in the series, or as a standalone.



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Blair Bancroft

The Indomitable Miss Lacey
Series:
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Kone Enterprises
Content Rating: Clean
Format: eBook
Release Date: 10/12/2023
Author Website: https://blairbancroft.com

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Miss Madeline Lacey—world traveler and spinster—is a far cry from the other young ladies making their debut in London society. Yet, to everyone’s surprise, she quickly attracts the attention of an earl and a wealthy country gentleman. Except one lacks an adventurous spirit and the other is allegedly betrothed to the daughter of a marquess. And then there is the problem of what to do with the artifacts her father accumulated during eighteen years of exploration, as well as the deep, dark secret that Miss Lacey is not as penniless as society assumes. Disaster looms as sheer stubbornness on the part of both hero and heroine threatens the possibility of Happily Ever After.


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Valerie Bowman

The Wallflower Win
Series: The Whitmorelands
Genre: Regency
Publisher: June Third Enterprises, LLC
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 11/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.ValerieBowmanBooks.com

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She’s a wallflower on a mission to win.
Bookish Lady Elizabeth Whitmoreland has no interest in being a debutante. She’d rather immerse herself in the tranquility of a library than dance in a ballroom with some silly fop. But when she overhears a wager being placed on a game of chess, she sees her chance to challenge the ton’s smuggest rake. If he loses, he’ll have to pretend to court her for the entire Season to fend off her relentless mama.

He’s a rake who’s never been beat.
Christopher St. Clare, the Marquess of Claremont, is a man who staunchly avoids the debutante scene and marriage altogether, confident that his brother will carry on the family line. But when a spirited debutante challenges him to a chess match, he can’t resist. He’s always been unbeatable, but his world is turned upside down when he faces an unexpected loss. Now, he must play the role of a devoted suitor for the entire Season.

In a game that quickly turns to seduction, the stakes have never been so scandalous.
Lady Eliza might be beautiful, clever, and witty, but she’s still a debutante. One playing a dangerous game when she begins tempting him beyond all reason by asking him to kiss her. Despite their undeniable chemistry, Christopher remains resolute. He will not touch her. But when Eliza steps up her attempts to seduce him, how long will he be able to resist the undeniable attraction between them?


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Courtney McCaskill

The Duke’s Dark Secret
Series: The Astley Chronicles
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Hazel Grove Books
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/09/2023
Author Website: https://courtneymccaskill.com/

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Secrets, Lies, and a Lock

Ever since her father’s unexpected death, Cecilia Chenoweth has felt like the heroine of a bad Gothic novel. In addition to leaving her alone and destitute, her father made a deathbed confession that it was no mere fever that took her mother’s life some twenty years ago. Then he pressed a sinister key into her hands, bidding her to go forth and uncover the truth. If only she knew where to find the lock that will open to the mysterious key…

Cold, Bold, and Dangerous to Know

There is one man who recognizes the black key bearing the emblem of a snake: Marcus Latimer, the newly minted Duke of Trevissick. Now that his abusive father is rotting in hell where he belongs, Marcus is eager for his life to stop resembling a bad Gothic novel.

No one would ever have thought to pair the dangerously handsome duke with the meek little rector’s daughter. But as he helps Cecilia on her quest, Marcus discovers a well of passion hiding behind her sloe eyes that may just be a match for his own.

Two Hearts on a Perilous Path

But Cecilia’s search for the truth about her mother’s death unearths dark secrets from Marcus’s past, secrets that will destroy the new life he has built for his beloved sister and condemn one of the few people he cares about to death. What will he do when he is forced to choose between loyalty… and love?


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Anastasia Hayward

Miss Locke’s Christmas Secret
Series: Christmas Miss
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Anastasia Hayward
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.anastasiahistoricals.com

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She has a secret…

Three years ago, a rake stumbled into Amelia’s bedroom, forcing her to cover up the scandal and hide it even from her family. Now at a Christmas party hosted by none other than said rake, Amelia is torn between staying the proper wallflower with a secret or blooming into the woman she was on that fateful night so long ago.

He is an open book…

Lord Sudbury, a recently reformed rake, knows that the quiet woman in the drab dress hides a fierce personality. Partnered together in a contest at his Christmas party, he is determined to figure out more than just the mystery game’s clues.

Not everyone is as they seem…

Together again, their personalities clash and the closer they get to winning the game, the more Amelia worries that a rake’s curiosity will lead to her ruin.

A Regency romance novella.

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for October 2023

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Elizabeth Cole

Lady in Opal
Series: Secrets of the Zodiac
Genre: Regency Traditional Suspense
Publisher: SkySpark Books
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 10/10/2023
Author Website: https://elizabethcole.co

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Miss Sabrina Bellamy loved her Grand Tour of Europe, but her impending arranged marriage means it’s time to go home. So she sets sail for London, expecting a dull voyage leading to an even duller future. But all is not as it seems on the ship. When Sabrina’s traveling companion, the sweet and elderly Mrs. Browning, goes missing, everyone else aboard claims that the old lady was never there!

The only person who seems to believe Sabrina is a teasing, tempting, lock-picking, multi-lingual Scotsman named Jamie MacLachlan. Oh, and he can kiss. Wait! Just who is Jamie MacLachlan, and what sort of madcap, dangerous plot has Sabrina stumbled into? To find out, Sabrina must trust the increasingly hard-to-resist Jamie as they search the ship to recover the lost lady and the secrets she holds. If they fail, they might never step ashore again.

This slightly steamy novella is a romantic spy adventure that’s part of the Secrets of the Zodiac series. It can be read at any time in the series, or as a standalone.



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Blair Bancroft

The Indomitable Miss Lacey
Series:
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Kone Enterprises
Content Rating: Clean
Format: eBook
Release Date: 10/12/2023
Author Website: https://blairbancroft.com

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Miss Madeline Lacey—world traveler and spinster—is a far cry from the other young ladies making their debut in London society. Yet, to everyone’s surprise, she quickly attracts the attention of an earl and a wealthy country gentleman. Except one lacks an adventurous spirit and the other is allegedly betrothed to the daughter of a marquess. And then there is the problem of what to do with the artifacts her father accumulated during eighteen years of exploration, as well as the deep, dark secret that Miss Lacey is not as penniless as society assumes. Disaster looms as sheer stubbornness on the part of both hero and heroine threatens the possibility of Happily Ever After.


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Valerie Bowman

The Wallflower Win
Series: The Whitmorelands
Genre: Regency
Publisher: June Third Enterprises, LLC
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 11/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.ValerieBowmanBooks.com

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She’s a wallflower on a mission to win.
Bookish Lady Elizabeth Whitmoreland has no interest in being a debutante. She’d rather immerse herself in the tranquility of a library than dance in a ballroom with some silly fop. But when she overhears a wager being placed on a game of chess, she sees her chance to challenge the ton’s smuggest rake. If he loses, he’ll have to pretend to court her for the entire Season to fend off her relentless mama.

He’s a rake who’s never been beat.
Christopher St. Clare, the Marquess of Claremont, is a man who staunchly avoids the debutante scene and marriage altogether, confident that his brother will carry on the family line. But when a spirited debutante challenges him to a chess match, he can’t resist. He’s always been unbeatable, but his world is turned upside down when he faces an unexpected loss. Now, he must play the role of a devoted suitor for the entire Season.

In a game that quickly turns to seduction, the stakes have never been so scandalous.
Lady Eliza might be beautiful, clever, and witty, but she’s still a debutante. One playing a dangerous game when she begins tempting him beyond all reason by asking him to kiss her. Despite their undeniable chemistry, Christopher remains resolute. He will not touch her. But when Eliza steps up her attempts to seduce him, how long will he be able to resist the undeniable attraction between them?


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Courtney McCaskill

The Duke’s Dark Secret
Series: The Astley Chronicles
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Hazel Grove Books
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/09/2023
Author Website: https://courtneymccaskill.com/

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Secrets, Lies, and a Lock

Ever since her father’s unexpected death, Cecilia Chenoweth has felt like the heroine of a bad Gothic novel. In addition to leaving her alone and destitute, her father made a deathbed confession that it was no mere fever that took her mother’s life some twenty years ago. Then he pressed a sinister key into her hands, bidding her to go forth and uncover the truth. If only she knew where to find the lock that will open to the mysterious key…

Cold, Bold, and Dangerous to Know

There is one man who recognizes the black key bearing the emblem of a snake: Marcus Latimer, the newly minted Duke of Trevissick. Now that his abusive father is rotting in hell where he belongs, Marcus is eager for his life to stop resembling a bad Gothic novel.

No one would ever have thought to pair the dangerously handsome duke with the meek little rector’s daughter. But as he helps Cecilia on her quest, Marcus discovers a well of passion hiding behind her sloe eyes that may just be a match for his own.

Two Hearts on a Perilous Path

But Cecilia’s search for the truth about her mother’s death unearths dark secrets from Marcus’s past, secrets that will destroy the new life he has built for his beloved sister and condemn one of the few people he cares about to death. What will he do when he is forced to choose between loyalty… and love?


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Anastasia Hayward

Miss Locke’s Christmas Secret
Series: Christmas Miss
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Anastasia Hayward
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 11/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.anastasiahistoricals.com

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She has a secret…

Three years ago, a rake stumbled into Amelia’s bedroom, forcing her to cover up the scandal and hide it even from her family. Now at a Christmas party hosted by none other than said rake, Amelia is torn between staying the proper wallflower with a secret or blooming into the woman she was on that fateful night so long ago.

He is an open book…

Lord Sudbury, a recently reformed rake, knows that the quiet woman in the drab dress hides a fierce personality. Partnered together in a contest at his Christmas party, he is determined to figure out more than just the mystery game’s clues.

Not everyone is as they seem…

Together again, their personalities clash and the closer they get to winning the game, the more Amelia worries that a rake’s curiosity will lead to her ruin.

A Regency romance novella.

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Robyn Chalmers

A Talent for Trouble
Series: Spirited Spinsters
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Robyn Chalmers
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/11/2023
Author Website: https://robynchalmers.com

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Could love be the most alluring game of all?

Harriet Truchard’s parents are the black sheep of the Ton. Exiled for her father’s notorious duels and cheating, they are back in London, and they have plans for their brilliant daughter.

She can either use her talent with cards to win them a fortune, or she can marry a man of their choosing. Which is out of the question since their choice is nothing but a well-dressed thug.

Until a chance encounter with Viscount Beaufort gives her the chance to escape…

Left with a crippling debt by his late father, Leo Astley, Lord Beaufort opened London’s most elegant gambling house in a desperate effort to keep a roof over their heads. He’s willing to flirt with scandal to save his family, but after a run of strange losses leaves the bank stripped of funds and threatens everything, he needs expert help, and fast.

As they join forces to hunt down the cheats threatening all he holds dear and try to avoid the repercussions of Harriet’s past, Leo and Harriet start to learn that admitting to the spark between them might be the biggest risk of all. Because what’s at stake are their hearts….


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Mary Alexander

A Most Iniquitous Affair
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Humble Blessing Press, Delaford Publishing
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/15/2023
Author Website: https://www.maryalicealexander.com/

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Beautiful Jane Bennet, dutiful daughter, and devoted sister, has finally found a man she might wish to marry. Charles Bingley, handsome, amiable, and scattered, fell hard for Jane. Jane’s mother, a tough woman at best, has decreed that Jane must marry one of two men, neither of whom is Mr Bingley.
Jane must decide whether she will obey her mother’s command or face an unknown future. Bingley, unsteady and irresolute, and burdened with a controlling sister must take charge of his life and become the man Jane deserves. Will Bingley persevere, break from his sister’s control and find Jane?
This 90K word novel follows the story of Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley, with Elizabeth and Darcy in supporting roles. “A Most Iniquitous Affair”


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Nina Jarrett and others

Authors: Nina Jarrett
Pamela Gibson
Sara Adrien
Edie Cay
Jemma Frost
Tanya Wilde

The Grand Mistletoe Assembly
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Rogue Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/25/2023
Author Website: https://ninajarrett.com/

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Can the festive ball of the Season bring these couples together in time for the holidays? A collection of Regency romances with star-crossed lovers, fast-paced plots and timeless connections …
Cuddling under mistletoe, fine lace, snowy linen, and true love to be found in the flickering light of a hundred gas lamps. Pearler House is bedecked for the holidays and everyone is attending the event of a lifetime. Experience the joy of the season with six all-new tales of passion. Some are sweet, some are spicy, all will capture your heart.


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Andrea Penrose

Murder at the Merton Library
Series: A Wrexford & Sloane Historical Mystery
Genre: Regency Mystery
Publisher: Kensington
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 09/26/2023
Author Website: http://andreapenrose.com/

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Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford only to find the reclusive university librarian has been murdered and a rare manuscript has gone missing. The only clue is that someone overheard an argument in which Wrexford’s name was mentioned.

At the same time, Charlotte—working under her pen name, A. J. Quill—must determine whether a laboratory fire was arson and if it’s connected to the race between competing consortiums to build a new type of ship—one that can cross the ocean powered by steam rather than sails—with the potential to revolutionize military power and world commerce. That the race involves new innovations in finance and entrepreneurship only adds to the high stakes—especially as their good friend Kit Sheffield may be an investor in one of the competitors.

As they delve deeper into the baffling clues, Wrexford and Charlotte begin to realize that things are not what they seem. An evil conspiracy is lurking in the shadows and threatens all they hold dear—unless they can tie the loose threads together before it’s too late . . .


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Janna MacGregor

The Duchess of Drury Lane
Series: The Scandals and Scoundrels of Drury Lane
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Janna MacGregor
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.jannamacgregor.com

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She plays a part in society. He’s convinced she’s been miscast.

Raised to be a future duchess, Celeste Worsley must marry the duke her grandfather chooses for her. That means staying away from Malcolm Hollandale, one of the infamous self-made Millionaires of Mayfair. The only problem? He’s irresistible, completely unacceptable to her family, and she’s been in love with him since the first time she saw him.

On his hands and knees and covered in his newest attempt to varnish the Drury Lane stage, chemist Malcolm Hollandale tries to ignore the enticing woman everyone calls The Duchess. Celeste is everything he can’t have, but when she needs his help to right a wrong, he can’t refuse her or her plush red lips. A stolen moment leads to a forbidden love that neither can walk away from, but fate has other ideas. Yet, Malcom can’t stop thinking that perhaps this bold, passionate woman might be the perfect formula for achieving all his dreams.


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Suzanna Medeiros

Courting the Earl
Series: Landing a Lord
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Suzanna Medeiros
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/28/2023
Author Website: https://www.suzannamedeiros.com/

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Eleanor Pearson is distressed by the forbidden attraction she feels for her cousin’s betrothed. But she vows to ignore her fascination with the attractive earl and do whatever she can to ensure her cousin’s marriage takes place.

The Earl of Hargrove has no intention of marrying anytime soon. He sets out on a mission of his own to end the surprise arrangement his father revealed to him only on his deathbed.

It doesn’t take him long to realize that Eleanor could be the key to convincing the younger woman to end the betrothal. But his attraction to her threatens his determination to remain a bachelor.

COURTING THE EARL is book 8 in the Landing a Lord series.


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Ally Hudson

The Baker and the Bookmaker
Series: Most Imprudent Matches
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Busy Nothings Books
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/03/2023
Author Website: https://www.Allyhudson.com

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The moment Augustus “Augie” Ainsley met Anna Hudson at four years old, he was lost to her sunset curls and flour-dusted nose. But why would Anna want a future footman when she could have the son of a viscount?
To win her affections, Augie needs to make her bakery dream a reality, but that will take a fortune he doesn’t possess. When life takes a turn, Augie follows his friend to the city, and the glittering distractions of London cause him to lose sight of what is most important. Then fate brings him crashing back into Anna’s life, and he’s devastated to learn that his ambitions may have cost him the woman he loves.
Anna is unwilling to abandon her life of contentment for an inconstant suitor. Desperate to convince her that he is the man she needs, Augie resolves to prove she can depend on him. He must find a way to balance his unending work with his undying love or risk losing Anna forever.
The Baker and the Bookmaker is a heartwarming coming-of-age novella by Ally Hudson. If you enjoy Regency romances about friends who become lovers, you will relish this tender and charming story of friendship, first love, and raspberry tarts.


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Suzan Lauder

The Reluctant Chaperon
Series: Cecilia’s Mismatches
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Meryton Press
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/10/2023
Author Website:

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The beautiful and perfect widow Lady Reddener lives an admirable life. With an estate in the country, a house in town, and a considerable fortune, the former Miss Cassandra Hales has no need for a husband to complicate her days. Why does she need a man? She has her mama and sisters, as well as her best friend and neighbour, Marcus Brand, Lord Broadmead. One and all proclaim Cassie the very picture of serenity.

However, Cecilia, Lady Hoxley, matches Cassie’s vibrant and argumentative sister Miss Alexandra “Lexie” Hales with Cecilia’s own brother, the gentle yet charming Mr. Reeve Charington. Thus, Cassie finds herself in the position of chaperon while they court. What is she to do when their constant interactions draw her towards Reeve’s allurement?

Meanwhile, Lexie wishes for a husband who will challenge her in debate, and Mr. Charington seeks harmony. A problem indeed!

When Marcus and Reeve go missing, Cassie’s calm world collapses, and she’s faced with her true passion for Reeve. But could it be too late?

If Reeve and Marcus are found, Cassie must discover whether Reeve shares her admiration. Can Cassie allow herself love when she has sworn herself to a life without a man? What will Cecilia say if another of her matches goes awry?

Book Two of the Cecilia’s Mismatches series is a stand-alone novel.


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Sandra Sookoo

One Thing Led to Another
Series: Singular Sensation #6
Genre: Regency Romance Suspense
Publisher: New Independence Books (indie label)
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/11/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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Digging for the truth requires a person to dirty their hands, but it might also set them free.

Graham Islington—Viscount Aldren—is no stranger to life’s foibles. After being given his title from the Regent for heroic services to the Crown during the war, he’s used his retirement from the military as an excuse to find scandal and sin in the beau monde. But when a rare bejeweled parasol handle once belonging to Louis XVI is discovered in his bed—along with the dead body of a courtesan—he regrets his careless lifestyle.

Lady Caroline Marlowe—sister to the duke of Lockwood—just turned nine and twenty. She suffers from boredom and is sick to death of London, as well as her brother’s rules, and needs excitement to relieve ennui. Everything changes when the man she’s harbored a secret tendre for shows up at her house in the middle of an autumn night trailing gossip, bloodied hands, and quite possibly murder. He demands her brother’s assistance, but with the duke busy with his new life, the responsibility lies with her.

As the two are thrown into a sticky web of revenge, forced proximity leads to forbidden desire between the viscount and Caroline. With reputations at stake, society matrons cutting them to ribbons with gossip, and trouble nipping at their heels, they will need to prove their mettle, especially when the madman grows desperate enough to put Graham’s life into jeopardy. If she wants a romance for the ages, Caroline will have to ignore familial expectations as well as her own doubts and risk everything for that chance… providing they both survive.


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Alexa Aston

Training the Duke
Series: Suddenly a Duke
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/12/2023
Author Website: https://alexaaston.com

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An army officer who has returned to his childhood home. An earl’s daughter forced to earn her own living. Two damaged souls who find friendship . . . and love . . .

Lieutenant-General Cyrus Cressley’s head wound leaves him blind in one eye and unsuited to lead men into battle. Selling his commission, Cy returns to Melrose to find his father long dead and his distant brother, who is in poor health, the new Duke of Margate. Cy is given use of the hunting lodge on the estate, where he seeks to find his purpose in life after being forced from the military.

Lady Finola Honeyfield’s come-out was ruined when a cruel trick was played upon her, leaving her to trust no one but her dogs. She retreats to the country and becomes one of England’s premier trainers of English springer spaniels, having found a way to earn her keep, even as she is lost in loneliness.

Thanks to her Honeyfield spaniels, Finola has a chance meeting with Cy. Soon, a friendship springs up between them, with Cy even helping Finola train her current litter of pups. But these two keep secrets from one another and when Cy suddenly finds himself the Duke of Margate, Finola washes her hands of him.

Can Cy convince Finola they are meant to be together and forge a path as the Duke and Duchess of Margate—or will her mistrust of gentlemen of the ton keep them apart forever?


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Cora Lee

Authors: Cora Lee
Ann Chaney
Shannon Donnelly
Courtney McCaskill
Charlotte Russell
Regina Scott
My Fair Regency: Tales From Holidays Throughout The Year
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: More Than Words Press
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eBook
Release Date: 10/12/2023
Author Website: https://coraleeauthor.com

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Celebrate Regency romance all year long with this collection of short stories set during holidays and festivals throughout the four seasons! Fans of sweet romance will enjoy stories set from May Day all the way to Twelfth Night, featuring some of your favorite tropes—enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, forbidden love, friends-to-lovers, and more!


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Katherine Grant

It’s In Her Kiss
Series: Northfield Hall Novellas
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Katherine Grant
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eNovella
Release Date: 10/12/2023
Author Website: https://www.katherinegrantromance.com/its-in-her-kiss/

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No good deed goes unkissed…

Spencer Chow’s life at Northfield Hall is simple. He lives with his family, works at the Northfield Hall carpentry shop, and eats delicious meals at the dining hall. Until one day, he stumbles across a sobbing newcomer Harriet Hill – and changes the course of his life with one good deed.

Harriet Hill is determined to make her new life at Northfield Hall work. When Spencer Chow helps her find a new position – instead of turning her out on the street – Harriet decides to return the favor. Even if the only thing she has to offer the inscrutable Mr. Chow are kissing lessons.

With secrets from her past threatening to emerge, Harriet and Spencer are both surprised by how a simple attraction can grow into complicated feelings.

Enjoy this one-hour read from award-winning author Katherine Grant!


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Andrea K Stein
Louisa Cornell

Tutoring the Bookseller
Series: Sex, Lies, & Forbidden Desires Book 5
Genre: Erotic
Publisher: Muirgen® Publishing, LLC
Content Rating: Burning (Hot)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/17/2023
Author Website: https://www.andreakstein.com/

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Bookish Lord Whitcombe makes a bold request of ‘The Insatiable Lady’
Lord Daedalus Whitcombe, owner of the most wicked bookshop in London, has been named a scandal and a disgrace by most of good society. A title he revels in as it sells more books and annoys the very devil out of his haughty brother, the duke. His brother’s efforts to close the bookshop become secondary to Lord Whitcombe’s fascination with the shop’s new, in-demand book, A Feast of Fantasies, by The Insatiable Lady. His quest to discover the author’s identity becomes an obsession, for he has a singular request to make of the lady.

Miss Perriton never expected a bookseller to look like Lord Whitcombe
Miss Cordelia Perriton, the very pattern-card of a genteel young lady, has a reputation for her charitable works. Her endeavors on behalf of the fallen women of Seven Dials are lauded, though a bit daring for an unmarried woman of good family. If only society knew she’s The Insatiable Lady, and those fallen women are providing the erotic tales in her sensational book. She means to use the sales to gain financial independence and to establish a home for women who wish to retire from the streets of Seven Dials.

When Lord Whitcombe demands Cordelia submit her next book in person, her irritation moves to fury. The man she’d pictured as an elderly bookish type is instead a sensuously handsome lord. The connection between them is immediate and incendiary when he shocks and intrigues her with a bold request. Her response stuns him to his core.

But when Cordelia’s Seven Dials friends begin to disappear, the couple’s erotic adventure turns deadly. Are they ready to abandon their dreams to save wheat they have or will their nightmares part them forever?

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Sandra Sookoo

The Lyon’s Redemption
Series: Lyon’s Den Connected World
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 10/25/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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In need of redemption… Thomas Prestwick, Viscount of Ashbury, has left the thought of love and romance behind. Never again will he allow himself that vulnerability and has, instead, kept himself busy with various vices every fine gentleman of the beau monde indulges in. If only he’d stayed away from the tables at the famed Lyon’s Den gaming hell that night, he might not have been caught up in fate’s unfortunate web, which brought him face-to-face with the past.

In want of vengeance…Miss Olivia Rose Jameson wants nothing to do with men—whether related to her or not. With her parents dead and her worthless brother losing everything of value at the gambling tables, she’s incensed when her hand is bartered for his freedom. That complication will not help her cause of having revenge on the man who killed her best friend, until chance matches her with the object of her ire.

Forgiveness has a way of changing everything… With no choice but to wed at the order of the mysterious Mrs. Dove-Lyon, the pair ushers in the Christmastide season as a married couple. No matter that Ashbury’s heart is locked away and Olivia wishes to carve it from his chest, more than compassion and secrets are shared between the enemies-to-lovers one snowy evening in the viscount’s library. As desire gives way to romance, fate once more intervenes. For one terrible night, everything hangs in the balance, and nothing short of a miracle—or love—can save them.

Because doesn’t the house—and Mrs. Dove-Lyon—always win?

A Successful Evening

The host must be delighted by the turnout!

May 6th 1818 caricature by George Cruikshank

I won’t be able to forget this when describing a crowded ball or reception! The clothing is particularly interesting. Compare the lady on the right in white (a demure debutante?) and the one on the left with the train (rather less respectable, I think). The description in Wikimedia: “Shows a crowded royal “drawing room” reception (in a London palace). The woman at the left (whose train is being stepped on) is wearing the old-fashioned hooped “court dress” (abolished 1820), while the man in the door is wearing formal breeches (many of the other men are wearing military uniforms). The moustache of the man on the right had connotations of foreign (Continental) and/or military dandyism at the time.”

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases For August 2023

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Heather Moll

Book Title: Loving Miss Tilney
Author Name: Heather Moll
Release Date: 08/01/2023
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Loving Miss Tilney
Series:
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Excessively Diverted Press
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 08/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.heathermollauthor.com/

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She’s forbidden to wed a nobody. He’s nothing in society’s eyes. Will their desperate schemes backfire before they find a way to be together?
Northanger Abbey. Eleanor Tilney can’t bear her lonely life any longer. Distraught when her tyrannical father throws her friend out of the house because the girl lacks an inheritance, the long-suffering general’s daughter decides anything is better than a future all alone. So in a frantic bid for freedom, she puts aside her tender feelings for a man of no standing to pursue a wealthy husband.

Philip Brampton understands that fortune is against him. And he tries gallantly to bury his distress and support his lonely beloved, even after she starts pursuing an arrogant buffoon. But when he catches the fellow about to kiss her, their resulting harsh words cause a heartbreaking rift.

Stiffening her spine in a world that refuses to acknowledge her value, Eleanor attempts to navigate the impossible situation without quashing her desires. And though his shy nature abhors a scene, Philip braces himself for a confrontation with her cruel and abusive patriarch.

Do these childhood sweethearts have any hope of achieving lasting happiness?


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Elizabeth Donne

Book Title: Tales of Timeless Romance: How Do I Love Thee?
Author Name: Elizabeth Donne
Release Date: 08/02/2023
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Tales of Timeless Romance: How Do I Love Thee?
Series:
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: eBook
Release Date: 08/02/2023
Author Website: https://elizabethdonnebooks.com

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Spinster is such a loathsome word. But—Miss Sophia Grant has to confess—this is what she has become. With the first strands of greying hair, and lungs weakened by childhood illness, she does not expect to become anyone’s wife anymore. Sophia does not mind it too much. After all, she has her many siblings around her. And her writing, of course. Her days are full of everything that matters. That is, until the letter comes.

Tobias Mannerly is entirely smitten with the written word. It fills every corner of his thoughts and imagination. Perhaps that is why he has not yet found love—no woman can reach his heart the way poetry does. Words are his passion, especially those in the latest poem by a certain Miss S. Grant. How they speak to him, call to him! He must write to her. She must know what power she wields on the page.

What begins as a simple letter by an ardent young literary admirer soon develops into genuine affection. Two modest souls appear to have found their match. But how can Sophia tell her beau that she can never marry? If her father even suspected her feelings, he would be furious! Losing his wife has made him fragile. Clinging to his remaining family has made him unreasonable. It seems an impossible situation. It is just the sort of challenge love is made to overcome, if only Tobias can convince Sophia she deserves it.


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Alissa Baxter

Book Title: The Baron and the Lady Chemist
Author Name: Alissa Baxter
Release Date: 08/03/2023
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The Baron and the Lady Chemist
Series: The Grantham Girls
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/03/2023
Author Website: https://www.alissabaxter.com/

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Dorothea Grantham has always been fascinated by chemistry and spends most days conducting experiments in her laboratory at Grantham Place, staining silk with gold, silver, and other metals using chemical processes.

Thea embroiders the beautiful gold and silver silk shawls she creates and enjoys wearing them, but her grandmother, Lady Longmore, advises her not to reveal to anyone outside the family circle that she has created the fashion items herself, concerned her granddaughter might be seen as an oddity.

When Thea enters Society, her shawls attract a great deal of attention and become the talk of the town. James, Lord Castleroy, takes a particular interest in her work, having inherited a share in his grandfather’s silk mill in Macclesfield.

Eager to invest in the ailing silk industry, the baron studies Miss Grantham’s silks with an admiring—and increasingly suspicious—eye, believing the fabrics to be smuggled imported silk. As he spends more time with the enterprising young lady, however, his interest in her quickly extends beyond his business affairs to engulf his guarded heart.

But Lord Castleroy isn’t the only person in London interested in Thea’s exquisite creations. And when a silken web of intrigue entangles her in real danger, Thea must trust the devotion of a man she never expected—or intended—to fall in love with.

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Alexa Santi

Book Title: Austen Tea Party
Authors Names: Alexa Santi, Amanda Faye, Angela Kady, Anja Raney, Bianca White, Carrie DiRisio, Catherine Bilson, Catherine Stein, Cecilia Rene, Charlie Lane, Christina Alexandra, Clyve Rose, Deborah E Pearson, Debra-Ann Kummoung, Ella Hazard, Elle Linder, Gabbi Grey, JKLycke, Katy Rose, Kenna Campbell, Michaela Brent, Sharon Michalove, Stacey Jaine McIntosh, Tabetha Waite, Tanya Wilde, TL Clark
Release Date: 08/09/2023
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Austen Tea Party
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Romance Cafe Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/09/2023
Author Website: https://www.alexasanti.com

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Take care not to spill the tea (literally) while we share the latest on-dit (aka dish the dirt) about the Ton, who is courting, and who has been compromised in this collection of Austen-inspired romance stories.

Join us for a turn around the room in stories from USA Today best-selling and award-winning romance authors curated by the New Romance Café featuring cameos from some of Jane’s most memorable characters (and some we’d like to forget). ALL proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.


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Anne Rollins

Book Title: The Solitary Rose
Author Name: Anne Rollins
Release Date: 08/14/2023
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The Solitary Rose
Series:
Genre: Fantasy or Science Fiction Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/14/2023
Author Website: http://www.annerollins.com

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Henry Dawson, sorcerer and apothecary assistant, works to support his mother and younger siblings after his father’s investments and consequent death leave them penniless. Invited to woo a reclusive heiress with magical empathy, he reluctantly accepts, despite a preference for earning his own way.

Emma Ainsworth fears smallpox scars and her hypersensitivity to others’ thoughts make her ineligible for marriage. Sheltered by her aunt and uncle, she has withdrawn from most social life and wears a veil whenever she must go out.

When a serious injury confines Henry to Emma’s estate for the summer, a verbal duel ensues—Emma wants to test her empathy in a sexual relationship, not marry him. What neither admits is their fear that passion might burn them both.


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Andrea K Stein
Louisa Cornell

Book Title: Claiming the Chess Mistress
Author Name: Andrea K Stein
Release Date: 08/15/2023
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Claiming the Chess Mistress
Series: Sex, Lies, & Forbidden Desires Book 4
Genre: Erotic
Publisher: Muirgen® Publishing, LLC
Content Rating: Burning (Hot)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/15/2023
Author Website: https://www.andreakstein.com/

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The loss of Col’s damning journal pages is about to turn deadly;
The forfeit of Charlotte’s closely guarded secrets might destroy her;
Will their mutual quest for justice bring them together, or tear them apart?

By night, she’s a masked chess mistress who challenges and trounces all takers; by day, she’s the ethereal white-blonde beauty who volunteers at the children’s refuge in Seven Dials — Charlotte Smythe lives a luxurious double life of ease as the mysterious chess genius at Goodrum’s House of Pleasure..

After spending years as a gifted investigator extricating others from their peccadillos, dedicated Bow Street runner Archer Colwyn has landed in a suds of his own making. The light-hearted journal of sensual exploits he and his school chums kept while students at Cambridge has gone missing, and the secrets within his particular pages, if revealed, could set off deadly consequences.

The dangerous Captain El Goodrum, proprietress of the most infamous house of pleasure in London, holds the key to their retrieval. In exchange for her cooperation, she demands he run a gauntlet of secrets to deliver a master criminal to justice. His only path to the damning pages is the inscrutable chess mistress who not only resents his attempts to romance away his journal pages, but seems to relish his dread and panic at the prospect of the pages becoming public knowledge.

Charlotte craves the kind of refuge she provides to the orphans she rescues from London’s stews. The respite she seeks away from the world in her St. John’s Wood villa with her two house companions is all that keeps her sane, but sometimes, late at night, she needs something more, something even she cannot name.


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Vanessa Kelly

Book Title: The Highlander’s Kilted Bride
Author Name: Vanessa Kelly
Release Date: 08/22/2023
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The Highlander’s Kilted Bride
Series: Clan Kendrick
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Kensington Books
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 08/22/2023
Author Website: https://www.vanessakellyauthor.com

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The irresistible Kendrick clan returns in the latest Scottish-set historical romance from the USA Today bestselling author—a witty, sensuous and adventure-filled romp that will delight Regency fans and readers of Sabrina Jeffries and Victoria Alexander. Charlotte “Charlie” Stewart would rather don a kilt and ride her horse than simper in a ballroom. But with her younger sister about to be wed, she can’t escape the pressure to be next. A husband has been chosen, and Charlie’s fate seems set. Until an afternoon gallop sends her horse colliding with Kade Kendrick, the broad-shouldered Highlander who was once her childhood pal . . .


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Cerise DeLand

Book Title: THE LYON’S PERFECT MATE
Author Name: Cerise DeLand
Release Date: 08/23/2023
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THE LYON’S PERFECT MATE
Series: The Lyon’s Den
Genre: Regency Georgian Romance Historical Fiction
Publisher: Dragonblade
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/23/2023
Author Website: https://cerisedeland.com

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Can two people who have learned how to fight for all they want and win push pride aside to save their love and their marriage?

Miss Priscilla Taunton has little to commend her. No looks, no titled family, no savoir faire. But her fortune can buy her a husband if she’s brave enough to use it.
Cilla has struggled to make a new life for herself. Years of ridicule and suppression at the hands of her parents mean she has had to live down the scurrilous reputation her elders cast upon her. But after creating herself anew, Cilla needs a husband of good cheer and spotless reputation. To make that a reality, she’ll use her money, all of it, if necessary, to hire Mrs. Dove-Lyon—and ask for herself only one special reward.

Captain Valerian Anderleigh has always won every battle. Hailed by his superiors as honorable, revered by his men as heroic, he is a legend.
When Val returns home from the wars to assume his family’s title, he meets challenges for which no battlefield prepared him. His estate is flooded. His stepmother and her two daughters spend every penny. His younger brother runs wild.
Val will do anything to resurrect his family’s pride. Even enter the Lyon’s Den and assume a terrible burden. Surprisingly, marrying a lovely, lonely woman becomes not a challenge but a greater joy than he anticipated.

Losing the love of his life in defeat is not an option.


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Alexa Aston

Book Title: Love Blooms with the Duke
Author Name: Alexa Aston
Release Date: 08/31/2023
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Love Blooms with the Duke
Series: Suddenly a Duke
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 08/31/2023
Author Website: https://alexaaston.com/al

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Xander Hughes, London’s biggest rake, suddenly becomes the Duke of Brockbank and guardian to two nieces he has never met. He decides he must turn over a new leaf and become a sober, responsible duke and starts by hiring a Miss Fennimore, a governess for the girls. Soon, Xander wonders if she might make for an even better duchess.

Willa’s parents were the toast of London’s theater world until Theodosia Fennimore murdered her playwright husband and leaped to her death. Not wishing to become an actress like her mother, Willa supports herself as a companion and governess, finding her latest post is to instruct a duke’s two unruly nieces.

As Willa falls in love with the orphaned girls, she finds herself also tumbling into love with the Duke of Brockbank. She’s been warned that the duke was a wild rogue before he inherited his title, but Willa only knows the caring man who meets his duties head on and spends an inordinate amount of time with his nieces, who aren’t so terrible after all.

After Brockbank offers marriage to Willa, she dreams of a new life filled with love and happiness. The only thing standing in her way is the secret of her past. If Willa shares her background, she fears she might lose Xander forever.

Will Xander reject Willa when he learns of the scandal involving her parents—or will this rule-breaking duke flout the rules of Polite Society yet again and make a most inappropriate woman his duchess?


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Cheryl Bolen

Book Title: Defended by a Duke
Author Name: Cheryl Bolen
Release Date: 09/01/2023
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Defended by a Duke
Series: The Beresford Adventures
Genre: Regency Mystery
Publisher: Dragonblade
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.cherylbolen.com/

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On the day he’s to wed the woman of his dreams, Richard Harwood, the 6th Duke of Bentley, is summoned by the Prince Regent. The prince and Britain’s Home Secretary suspect the family of his prospective bride, the powerful Beresfords, of plotting to overthrow the government. Bentley is encouraged to go ahead with the wedding but to say nothing to his wife about her traitorous relatives. He’s to quietly investigate.
In her first Season, lovely Emily Beresford, has the good fortune to win the heart of the kingdom’s most sought-after matrimonial catch, the handsome Duke of Bentley. From the moment they met, the two have been hopelessly in love. So why does this man she adores abandon her on their wedding night?
Bentley’s inquiries keep stealing him away from this woman he craves with every aching breath, his wife. These same inquiries point to a plot so sinister it threatens everything he loves, especially his duchess. . .


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Elizabeth Essex

Book Title: Mad Rogues & Englishwomen
Author Name: Elizabeth Essex
Release Date: 09/05/2023
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Mad Rogues & Englishwomen
Series: Highland Brides
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/05/2023
Author Website: https://www.elizabethessex.com

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A thing of beauty can be a joy forever.

But beauty lies…

Lord Archie Carrington knows a beauty when he sees one. Barmaids and countess alike fall beneath the charm of the youngest-ever editor of Edinburgh’s sharpest political and literary quarterly. So when he sets out to write an exposé on the new Lord Advocate, the clever Scotsman devises a plan to charm his opponent’s shy portraitist daughter out of her smock—and her family secrets.

in the eyes of the beholder.

But Maisie Conway knows a rogue when she sees one and although she agrees to paint Lord Carrington’s portrait, she rebuffs all of Archie’s attempts at flirtation and familiarity. That is, until Archie offers to pose nude as a life drawing lesson and Maisie cannot resist the opportunity to uncover all of his manifest charms. Posing leads to passion, but soon they find themselves working at cross purposes. As Archie and Maisie follow the dictates of their desire, will they learn to trust one another, or will the dark secrets surrounding them cost them their only chance to achieve true love?


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Sandra Sookoo

Book Title: Catch Her if You Can
Author Name: Sandra Sookoo
Release Date: 09/12/2023
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Catch Her if You Can
Series: Diamonds of London #3
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: New Independence Books (indie label)
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/12/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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When a lady snubs love and romance in favor of being ruined, all hell will break loose.

Lady Katharine “Kitty” Gibson is the youngest child of the Earl of Armestead. At six and twenty, she wants no part of living a fairytale and desires love even less. She has dreams for her life that do not include romance, but tolerating a man long enough to be ruined would be a lovely addition and might allow her past society’s dictates that domestication and a good match is all she should aspire toward.

Mr. Reginald Healy made his first fortune with the East India Company and his second importing beautiful silk fabric and selling it first to ladies in American then to the beau monde in London. All he has ever wanted is to be respected as a gentleman instead of the “earl’s fool” he’s been nicknamed. When he purchases a rundown manor house in the countryside and furthers his acquaintance with a winsome blonde who is not in his usual style, his dream shifts to include a wife and possible family.

While Reginald tries his best to be more to Kitty than a gentleman with benefits, she thinks him endearing and a tad embarrassing. He’s not much changed from when he’d proposed to her ten years prior, but the longer his clumsy attempt at wooing continues, romance creeps in to mar her lovely no-strings-attached affair. Terrified and confused, she sets out one night to flee into obscurity, but as Reginald gives chase, unexpected peril on the road makes them both face their biggest fears and has the capacity to show them both that falling in love can be whatever they need it to be.


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Sylvie Sinclair

Book Title: Earl of My Dreams
Author Name: Sylvie Sinclair
Release Date: 09/18/2023
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Earl of My Dreams
Series: Romancing the Rogue
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Sylvie Sinclair
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/18/2023
Author Website: https://www.sylviesinclair.com

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All Miss Sophie Everett wants is to see her beloved cousin happily married to the man she loves, and she’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen. When a prime opportunity for matchmaking presents itself in the form of a country house party, she contrives to spend the week sowing the seeds of romance…until a fellow guest arrives with ideas of his own. Soon Sophie finds herself butting heads with the most stubborn man she’s ever known. A man who once owned her heart…

James Halloran, the Earl of Dearborn, is in need of an heir, but first he must find a wife. He thinks he’s found precisely what he wants: a girl possessed of both beauty and breeding, one who will make few demands and never touch his heart. The perfect countess. Unfortunately, the girl’s cousin—the maddening Miss Everett—does not share his enthusiasm for the match, and vows to prevent it, no matter the cost…

As their feud turns to friendship, sparks fly and passions ignite. But secrets, long kept hidden, threaten to destroy their future before it’s even begun…


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Katherine Grant

Book Title: The Hellion of Drury Lane
Author Name: Katherine Grant
Release Date: 09/19/2023
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The Hellion of Drury Lane
Series: The Scandals and Scoundrels of Drury Lane
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Katherine Grant
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: eNovella
Release Date: 09/19/2023
Author Website: https://www.katherinegrantromance.com/the-hellion-of-drury-lane/

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Behind the scenes, drama cuts both ways…

For Samantha Billings, nothing can go right. Ever since she inherited her father’s business as head carpenter for Drury Lane Theatre, she has been fighting off problems from creditors to unending rain. When an inspector of the carpentry guild announces he will stop her work unless she hires a master carpenter, Samantha fears she may lose everything – but she resolves to overcome, one way or another.

For Oliver Chow, nothing can go wrong. In London for the first time ever, he is celebrating his new status as a master carpenter and looking for the adventure of a lifetime. When he happens upon a woman carpentress in distress, he is happy to help – even if it is in name alone.

Thrown together to thwart the guild’s inspector, Samantha and Oliver discover that sometimes, a little drama behind the scenes can have a surprisingly happy outcome.


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C.H. Admirand

Book Title: The Duke’s Defender (The Duke’s Guard, Bk 6)
Author Name: C.H. Admirand
Release Date: 09/22/2023
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The Duke’s Defender (The Duke’s Guard, Bk 6)
Series: The Duke’s Guard
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/22/2023
Author Website: https://www.chadmirand.com

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The Duke’s Guard: The men in black who have sworn an oath to protect the Duke of Wyndmere and his family from enemies that would stop at nothing to discredit and destroy him!

“Lass, ye need to trust someone in yer hour of darkness…let it be me.”

Aiden Garahan is tasked with protecting the duke’s new ward. He promises to protect her with his life. The lovely young woman, with auburn hair and quiet gray eyes is no child, but a petite, curvaceous beauty. His reaction to her is unexpected and unwanted.

Miss Emily Montrose may be small in stature, but she is no shrinking violet! When a runaway carriage tragically cuts her father’s life short, she is thrust into chaos as the duke’s ward. Her life is turned upside down when rumors and a wager challenges all comers to win her hand. Emily’s life is threatened as the wager increases and unscrupulous men see her as a prize.

Aiden must cut through the lies to the truth. He guards her valiantly and vows to protect her to the last beat of his heart, while she steals it away, one glance at a time…one caress at a time. Aiden faces a battle he never imagined…one that pits his heart against his honor!

Danger stalks in the night, but it will have to challenge The Duke’s Defender before he will let harm come to those he has sworn to protect with his strength, his honor, and his heart.


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Louise Mayberry

Book Title: A Radical Affair
Author Name: Louise Mayberry
Release Date: 09/22/2023
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A Radical Affair
Series: The Darnalay Castle Series
Genre: Regency Georgian Gothic Romance Suspense Historical Fiction
Publisher: Louise Mayberry
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/22/2023
Author Website: https://www.louisemayberry.com

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What harm could one night of pleasure do?

Cybil Bythesea is imprisoned in a marriage that ended ten years ago. That’s when she fled the cruelty of her husband, Lord Falstone, and took refuge at her father’s estate in Northumberland. Since then, her family’s money has kept the villain at bay, and she’s been able to pursue her creative passion—writing. But freedom, true freedom, has been beyond her grasp.

Except for her clandestine liaisons with Will.

Will Chisolm is haunted by the past, the tragedy of his family’s eviction from their ancestral Highland farm, then his own foolish descent into political radicalism. Even now that he’s gained wealth and respectability as the manager of a set of spinning mills in Glasgow, he’s burdened with more responsibility and guilt than anyone knows.

But there’s something about Cybil—a lightness, a kinship that, at least temporarily, makes all Will’s troubles fade away. It’s a dangerous game. Cybil is his employer’s sister, the wife of his political enemy and for the last four years, his lover.

She’s also with child. Will’s child. And their world, their lives, will never be the same.


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Heather Redmond

Book Title: Death and the Sisters
Author Name: Heather Redmond
Release Date: 09/26/2023
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Death and the Sisters
Series: Mary Shelley Mysteries
Genre: Regency Mystery Historical Fiction
Publisher: Kensington
Content Rating: Suspense
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 09/26/2023
Author Website: https://www.heatherredmond.com

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London, 1814: Mary Godwin and her stepsister Jane Clairmont, both sixteen, possess quick minds bolstered by an unconventional upbringing, and have little regard for the rules that other young ladies follow. Mary, whose mother famously advocated for women’s rights, rejects the two paths that seem open to her—that of an assistant in her father’s bookshop, or an ordinary wife. Though quieter and more reserved than the boisterous Jane, Mary’s imagination is keen, and she longs for real-world adventures.

One evening, an opportunity arrives in the form of Percy Bysshe Shelley. At twenty-one, Shelley is already a renowned poet and radical. Mary finds their visitor handsome and compelling, but it is later that evening, after the party has broken up, that events take a truly intriguing turn. When Mary comes downstairs in search of a book, she finds instead a man face down on the floor—with a knife in his back.

The dead man, it seems, was a former classmate of Shelley’s, and had lately become a rival. What was he doing in the Godwins’ home? Mary, Jane, and Shelley are all drawn to learn the truth behind the tragedy, especially as each discovery seems to hint at a tangled web that includes many in Shelley’s closest circle. But as the attraction between Mary and the married poet intensifies, it sparks a rivalry between the sisters, even as it kindles the creative fire within . . .


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Sandra Sookoo

Book Title: Dashing Through the Snow
Author Name: Sandra Sookoo
Release Date: 09/27/2023
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Dashing Through the Snow
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: New Independence Books (indie label)
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 09/27/2023
Author Website: https://www.sandrasookoo.com

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When two disillusioned people accidentally meet, finding a common bond in scandal will give them back hope.

The Honorable Laurence Bannerman lingers in London to avoid joining his family at his father’s country estate in Surrey to celebrate Christmastide. As the third son and a fourth sibling, nothing was ever expected of him, so his behavior has been quite scandalous. That is until he meets a woman who makes him long for a wife and wish for a change… but dogs don’t change their spots, do they?

Miss Eleanor Comerford hasn’t exactly been a darling of the beau monde. Though Christmastide brings with it naught but guilt and regret, there is the glimmering hope her family might forgive her past transgressions and take her back into their fold. Pretending to be someone she’s not is tiring, but when her path crosses that of a stranger, a plan begins to form… for she still dreams of belonging.

Forced to share the same traveling coach, when Eleanor asks Laurence to enter into a fake engagement with her to lend legitimacy to her story, he agrees merely to protect her and see her safely home. Perhaps a friendship would stave off loneliness during the journey north. As they come to know each other, hurts and secrets from their pasts bubble to the surface, and with acceptance comes a budding romance. Only with a holiday miracle will they have the chance to realize they never needed lies or proper images to grasp love… for they were worthy of it all along.

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Alexa Aston

Book Title: Fashioning the Duke
Author Name: Alexa Aston
Release Date: 07/20/2023
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Fashioning the Duke
Series: Suddenly a Duke
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/20/2023
Author Website: https://alexaaston.com/

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A career army officer who never has known love . . .

The bastard daughter of an earl who owns a millinery shop . . .

A growing passion that could turn Polite Society on its ear . . .

Major-General Nigel Foxwell has spent his entire adult life at war. When he receives word that his much older half-brother has died, Fox inherits not only the title Duke of Abington—but he becomes the guardian to his two nieces who are on the verge of making their come-outs.

Miss Delaney Colebourne lost her beloved father and suffers the wrath of his heir. The new Lord Kinnison tells members of the ton if they frequent Delaney’s Designs, he and Lady Kinnison will give them the cut direct. His edict causes Delaney’s business to evaporate overnight.

A chance meeting at a solicitor’s office has Fox pleading with Delaney to help him manage his nieces’ come-outs. She agrees to design the young ladies’ wardrobes and has her former employees help her in making up gowns for the pair. An attraction grows—and Fox and Delaney act upon—but she refuses to marry him.

Will this newly-minted duke convince Delaney that she can maintain her independence and still love him—or will her mistrust of Polite Society prevent her from a lifetime of love?

Find the answer in Alexa Aston’s Fashioning the Duke, Book 5 in Suddenly a Duke.
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Book Title: The Debutante Dilemma
Author Name: Valerie Bowman
Release Date: 07/25/2023


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Valerie Bowman

The Debutante Dilemma
Series: The Whitmorelands
Genre: Regency
Publisher: June Third Enterprises, LLC
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook AudioBook
Release Date: 07/25/2023
Author Website: https://www.valeriebowmanbooks.com/

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When a debutante with a plan…

Lady Jessica Whitmoreland has always had a clear plan for her debut Season: find a suitable husband and secure her place in Society. Her sights are set on the catch of the Season, the Duke of Thornbury, Aiden Thornton. But when he offends Jessica during their first encounter, she writes him off as rude and arrogant.

Meets a duke with an attitude…

Aiden is a rake who shudders at the thought of settling down. He prides himself on crushing the dreams of hopeful debutantes. But when he realizes he’s offended a Whitmoreland, he has no choice but to make amends, and quickly. Only Lady Jessica isn’t interested in his apology. She wants nothing more to do with him, leaving Aiden feeling frustrated—and more than a little intrigued.

Sparks are bound to fly.

Aiden can be exceedingly charming and persistent, however, and despite Jessica’s initial reluctance to forgive him, they become unlikely friends. But when she resumes her search for the ideal husband, Aiden realizes he’s feeling more than friendship for the quick-witted beauty. Her sensuous kisses tell him she feels more too. Passion is never in short supply when they’re together, but this is not the perfect courtship Jessica imagined. Can they let go of first impressions for a chance at lasting love?
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Book Title: BECAUSE OF YOU
Author Name: Cerise DeLand
Release Date: 07/21/2023


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Cerise DeLand

BECAUSE OF YOU
Series:
Genre: Regency Romance Mystery Suspense Historical Fiction
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/21/2023
Author Website: https://cerisedeland.com

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BECAUSE OF YOU, MATRIMONY! #2
Love does not advertise. Love is not proud.
But when a young woman has nothing left but pride, she places an ad and hopes for a husband to treasure.
Miss ‘Daisy’ Molyneaux is desperate. All her family is dead. Her home in Normandy, attacked by mobs. Now that the little general has abdicated, she has a chance to gain back her lands. But she needs a husband who will help her regain her rights. So she pays to post an advert for a husband.

When the man who answers is not one she could ever love, but his nephew could be, can she accept his proposal?
Garrick Ruxton appears to her like a golden-haired hero, a handsome creature who saves her from an imperfect marriage. Garrick vows to accompany Daisy to France and, in the bargain, solve his own problem. His shipments, meant for British forces on the Continent, constantly go missing. He knows not who or how or why the thieves steal his goods. Worse, someone has attempted to kill his uncle. Daisy, too.
Garrick must find all those guilty before he is accused of treason. Before Daisy loses all hope of regaining her rights. And before they both lose the one chance they have to find happiness together.
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Book Title: The Lady Behind the Masquerade
Author Name: Diane Gaston
Release Date: 07/25/2023


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Diane Gaston

The Lady Behind the Masquerade
Series: A Family of Scandals
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Harlequin
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/25/2023
Author Website: https://dianegaston.com

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The ton’s newest member
Is not all she seems…
Diplomat Marcus Wolfdon can’t forget the alluring woman he met in Paris, the passionate night they shared or that she stole his money and disappeared! A year later, Wolf meets Juliana again in Brighton, seemingly a member of the ton. She begs him to keep their former liaison secret, and the emotion in her eyes compels him to agree. Desire still flares between them, but first Wolf must uncover the lady behind the masquerade.
From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
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Book Title: Clever Lass, A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Author Name: Mary Alice Alexander
Release Date: 07/01/2023
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Mary Alice Alexander

Clever Lass, A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Series:
Genre: Regency
Publisher: self
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/01/2023
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Clever Elizabeth Bennet’s world is imperilled by the unjust entail which looms over her beloved family estate, Longbourn. Her father’s ailing health only exacerbates the urgency of their predicament. Determined to ensure that the odious Rev William Collins never inherits her home, Elizabeth embarks on a courageous journey to end the entail once and for all.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, an arrogant scion of wealthy lineage, accompanies his rich tradesman friend, Charles Bingley, to survey the Netherfield estate. Caroline Bingley, a woman of calculated ambition, sees Darcy as the ultimate prize. Her plans are threatened, however, when Bingley becomes captivated by the gentle Jane Bennet. Caroline’s jealousy and resentment know no bounds.
Darcy finds himself irresistibly drawn to the spirited and independent-minded Elizabeth Bennet. As their paths intertwine, Darcy’s conviction that she is beneath him in fortune, connections, and station, is challenged by her character and wit. Charles Bingley, deceived by his conniving sister, must overcome societal expectations, and find the courage to follow his heart.
Elizabeth’s audacious hope to thwart Collins and preserve Longbourn for her family leads her to an unexpected ally, and perhaps even love, amidst the chaos. Darcy and Bingley must confront their own shortcomings and reassess what truly matters in life.


Book Title: Never Admire an Adventurer
Author Name: Regina Scott
Release Date: 07/17/2023

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Regina Scott

Never Admire an Adventurer
Series: Fortune’s Brides: Guarding Her Heart
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: Edwards and Williams
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/17/2023
Author Website: http://www.reginascott.com

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A pretend engagement puts her life and his heart on the line.

Kristof Tanner grew up dreaming of glorious adventures far beyond the little kingdom of Batavaria. He’s followed his king and crown prince across Europe to England, but he never expected his first position there to be guarding the daughter of a wealthy businessman, who doesn’t seem to have a care in the world. Still, it’s hard not to see adventure calling in Julia Hewett’s warm brown eyes.

Julia has been fretting under her father’s demands for years. She won’t allow him to dictate a husband, especially when he insists no less than a duke will do. So, when her father refuses to listen to her pleas, she concocts the most unsuitable engagement she can imagine—to her bodyguard. If the charming Tanner plays along, they might both get what they want.

But it soon becomes apparent that someone is stalking Julia, intent on her downfall. Tanner and Julia must work together to uncover the culprit and save her reputation and his. In doing so, they may discover that the greatest adventure of all is falling in love.

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Book Title: Good Duke Gone Hard
Author Name: Eliana Piers
Release Date: 07/01/2023


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Eliana Piers

Good Duke Gone Hard
Series: The Good Dukes
Genre: Regency Romance Historical Fiction
Publisher: Free Mind LS
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild) Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/01/2023
Author Website: http://www.elianapier.com

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She remembers everything, the love, the loss, the pain…
He remembers nothing.

Can love find two separated souls a second time?

Lady Margaret is a restless soul staving off love until she finds a purpose in life that can fulfill her in more ways than a husband can. She’s had love and lost it with her brother’s best friend who went missing after they shared a summer of passion. When he shows up unannounced on her doorstep three years later, she’s not convinced that giving him a second chance will have a different outcome.

Jonathan, the Duke of Somersby, has amnesia. When he wakes up remembering the name Chatsworth, it takes him to the one woman who holds the key to unlocking his deepest memories and possibly opening his hard heart.

But how can he convince the woman who wants to hide his secrets to finally share them?
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Book Title: Intrigue At Longbourn: Elizabeth Bennet’s Secret Investigation & Mr Bennet’s Audacious Plan: A Pride & Prejudice Prequel
Author Name: Gill Mather
Release Date: 06/24/2023


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Gill Mather

Intrigue At Longbourn: Elizabeth Bennet’s Secret Investigation & Mr Bennet’s Audacious Plan: A Pride & Prejudice Prequel
Series: The Elizabeth Bennet Series
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance Mystery Historical Fiction
Publisher: Inquisitor Books
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 06/24/2023
Author Website: https://www.gillmather.com

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…Imagine how it was before Netherfield is let.

Elizabeth Bennet enjoys a lively six months before Netherfield Park is let at last. She is appalled to learn that a pregnant teenage kitchen maid, Alice, was dismissed from Longbourn House eight or nine years earlier with no thought for her welfare or that of her unborn child.

Unable to involve her family on the occasion, she approaches the recently arrived young rector of Longbourn parish, the handsome and charming Mr Wilde, and he agrees to assist her in secret. Their apparently clandestine association is noticed and misinterpreted by some.

Meanwhile, to secure the family’s future, Mr Bennet embarks on a complicated, high-risk scheme which is ultimately in danger of spiraling out of control.

Holidays provide welcome diversions and the social scene is enhanced by a young scientist named Julius Fairweather.

Nevertheless, father’s and daughter’s separate manoeuvres inevitably clash, stoked up by a jealous mischief-maker, as the summer races inexorably towards Michaelmas of 1797 when a young man of large fortune named Bingley first enters the neighbourhood.

…Become better acquainted with the characters in Jane Austen’s magnificent ‘Pride & Prejudice’ and prepare yourself for the sequel, ‘Menace At Pemberley’…

…Witness the first encounters between Elizabeth and Darcy…

…Read the first chapter of ‘Menace At Pemberley’ which begins immediately after Elizabeth and Darcy marry and continues with a large Christmas family gathering at Pemberley as foretold in ‘Pride & Prejudice’…

Written in a classic, easy-to-read, literary style, ‘Intrigue At Longbourn’ is a well-researched account of life in the late eighteenth century for the landed gentry and others and is a tribute to literary icon Jane Austen.

Featured Member for June: Diana Lloyd

Quizzing Glass is pleased to interview Diana Lloyd today.

Diana Lloyd, the mother of gingers, writes stories with kissing and cravats. Diana lives in Michigan, USA surrounded by the shark-free waters of the Great Lakes. Diana has loved books since the moment she first tasted one. She loved them even more when she learned how to read. Diana writes stories with heart and humor where characters fight together against injustice and create their own happily ever after. Find out more at https://www.dianalloydbooks.com/

QG: What is your favorite thing about the Regency – what do you like to write about?

I grew up with stern parents in a restrictive household, books were my refuge. What initially drew me to historical romance was the way the characters had to navigate the many rules of the era and the scrutiny of Society in order to weave their way to their happily ever after. I found their struggles and ultimate victories inspiring.

QG: What is your all-time favorite movie or series set in the Regency era?

I love the Jane Austen adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Matthew MacFadyen is my Mr. Darcy and Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are forever Edward and Elinor. The only Persuasion movie that counts stars Ciaran Hinds, and Anya Taylor-Joy made a credible Emma.

QG: What advice would you give to writers just starting out?

The common advice “Write what you know” is absolute garbage. Write what you want to know. Write what interests you. It’s okay to push yourself. Research is a writer’s best companion. If you, like me, have no relationship with commas—learn the rules or hire an editor. A good editor is worth their weight in gold. Never let family/besties be your beta readers. They are too close to you to be truly objective. They either LOVE everything or are hyper-critical (soul-crushing) to show how seriously they are doing their job. Don’t do it. The best beta readers are other writers.

QG: Tell us about your current project or latest release.

My latest release, Last Lord Standing, is book three in my What Happens in the Ballroom series. In this book, I experimented with the notion of the hero also being the villain. The hero, Kerrigen Northam, agrees to do the wrong thing for all the right reasons. Of course, it all comes back to bite him in the butt once his heart is on the line. My next project is a standalone Regency that I’m calling Lord of Last Resort. This book has been fun to plot and will feature Benedictine Atwater, my most feisty heroine yet. Bene may be down, but she has the cunning and determination to fight for her happily ever after.

QG: What comes first, plot or characters?

For me, it’s the characters. Sometimes a name pops into my head. Sometimes it is a particular character trait. Once I have that stuck in my head I start to think about situations. Whether it’s the meet-cute or the dark moment, that’s where I start building the plot elements until I have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

QG: What is your favorite beverage when reading? What is it the rest of the time?

Unlike most writers, I don’t drink coffee. I’ve tried it but, no, hot bean water is not for me. I drink either water or a Frozen Coke from the local gas station. I got hooked on Frozen Coke when I was going through chemotherapy and my mouth was full of painful sores. Frozen Coke was the only thing that soothed the ache and didn’t taste like metal. I’m hooked now.

QG: What music do you play when writing?

I’ve created a writing playlist I call Whoaman which is a curious mix of sad/wistful songs, baroque music, and female power anthems. I balance that with another playlist I’ve named Angry Girl Singing. Lots of Alanis Morrisette, Beyonce, Rhianna, Pink, and Taylor Swift in there. Each book I write has one particular song that resonates with the mood/theme of the plot. For Last Lord Standing, it was Poison & Wine by The Civil Wars. To me, the line, “I don’t love you, but I always will” summed up Libby and Kerr’s relationship. For the first book in the series, How to Train Your Baron, the song was The Blower’s Daughter by Damian Rice. For book two, About an Earl, I was inspired by Aimee Mann’s Save Me.

https://www.dianalloydbooks.com/

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases For May 2023

On the 1st of each month, Regency Fiction Writers publishes our FREE online newsletter, The Regency Reader, to anyone interested in Regency Fiction (1780-1840). The publication features author interviews, tidbits about the Regency era, and a listing of new titles from members and non-members. Members’ releases also appear here on the blog. Submit your June Regency-set Fiction Release or Regency Author Article by May 24th, to appear in the June issue. Information submitted after May 24th will appear in the July issue. (Subscribe now!)

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Sanna Brand

Book Title: The Bond
Author Name: Sanna Brand
Release Date: 05/15/2023
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The Bond
Series: The Secret Tales
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Afterworld Publishing
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook .PDF
Release Date: 05/15/2023
Author Website: https://www.sannabrand.com

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Lady Rosamund Fielding hides a secret so terrible it could ruin her, her family, and Major General Lord Rhys Lansdowne, the man she loves. Rose and Rhys were inseparable in childhood—their friendship the one shining light in Rose’s dark upbringing.
Yet when Rhys proposes, Rose refuses, for he can never know her shameful truth.
Returned from the Napoleonic wars and now the Marquess of Ravenscroft, Rhys is determined to uncover the reason behind Rose’s rejection and win her hand and heart once and for all.
Meanwhile, Rose’s father, Earl Fielding, demands Rose accept Brigadier Viscount Pennworth’s marriage proposal, threatening dire consequences if she does not obey.
Time is of the essence as Rose faces this difficult crossroads, where she is forced to confront past demons and choose a path.
Should she marry Rhys, deceiving him, and forever be branded a liar in his eyes? She cannot.
Wed Pennworth? Never.
Or flee? Away from Rhys, away from her father, and away from all she holds dear.
Rose has faced many dangerous choices in her life. Will this final one destroy her?

 


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Cerise DeLand

Book Title: If I Loved You
Author Name: Cerise DeLand
Release Date: 04/20/2023
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If I Loved You
Series: Matrimony!
Genre: Regency Traditional Romance Mystery Suspense Historical Fiction
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 04/20/2023
Author Website: https://cerisedeland.com

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Love does not advertise. Love counts no wrongs.
But when a young woman needs to escape, she’ll take an ad to find a man she can adore.
Verity Carr wants a new life in a new town far from her old home—and the vile threat to her body and soul. She comes from a fine family, has a good education and a bold ambition to become a portrait artist. She’s ready to live her life with a man who will value her. A husband she can can respect—and in time, hopefully love. Yet valiant though she is, she questions if she can escape her past and one who will not let her go.

Can a gentleman to whom great wrong was done, build a new life with a true wife and leave the past behind?
Miles St.John Armstrong never should have wed his first wife. He vows to select a new one with logic and careful investigation—via advertisement. The young lady he selects is Verity Carr who is no ordinary woman. She has charm, wit and a beauty that sears his soul. No wonder theirs is a relationship built quickly on admiration and trust. No wonder their marriage becomes one built of mutual mad passion.
But devoted as they are, their past comes to call.
And it asks of them the ultimate question: Can their love withstand the tempest and survive the terror?


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Diana Lloyd

Book Title: The Last Lord Standing
Author Name: Diana Lloyd
Release Date: 05/15/2023
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The Last Lord Standing
Series: What Happens in the Ballroom
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Entangled
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 05/15/2023
Author Website: https://www.dianalloydbooks.com/

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Always the rogue and never the gentleman, Kerrigan Northam doesn’t worry about anything beyond his own pleasures. But lately, his noble friends have been considering marriage—specifically, the charms (and generous fortune) of the refreshingly pert Lady Olivia Liberty Chalford. Now they want Kerr to keep her from considering any other eligible suitors…by courting her himself!

Libby is averse to the very idea of marriage. Why be auctioned off when she has a far more enticing—if scandalously modern—plan for her future? So when she’s rescued by a wickedly dashing gentleman who claims to be something of a scoundrel, Libby thinks she’s found the perfect partner in crime…

It’s the perfect ruse. Libby gets a secret accomplice and Kerr’s in the uniquely coveted position of being able to kiss the comely, spirited Libby as thoroughly—and as often—as possible. But as their courting charade continues, Kerr’s gone from wondering how long until she discovers his secret…to how long until he’s madly in love with her.


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Jean Luntz
Danielle Dabbs

Book Title: The Bequest
Author Name: Jean Luntz
Release Date: 05/23/2023
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Genre: Regency Traditional Romance Historical Fiction
Publisher: amazon kdp
Content Rating: Clean Sweet Suspense
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 05/23/2023
Author Website: https://jeanluntz.com

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Rivals to their uncle’s fortune, Harwood and DeFrose have seven days to meet the stipulations of Uncle Edgar’s will or face disgrace, financial ruin, and death instead of a lifestyle of position and comfort. Harwood must marry, DeFrose must prevent it. Soon, the cousins are rivals not only for the money, but also for Rebecca – Harwood’s chosen bride. However, they do not know that another, lurking in the shadows, stands to gain if they both fail. What will happen by the time the dust clears and the inheritance is resolved at midnight on the last day?


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Alexa Aston

Book Title: Designs on the Duke
Author Name: Alexa Aston
Release Date: 06/08/2023
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Designs on the Duke
Series: Suddenly a Duke
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 06/08/2023
Author Website: https://alexaaston.com/

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A twin back from war, his brother dying in his arms. A woman who has traveled the world and learned from those travels. Two people who don’t fit into the constricting rules of London’s Polite Society . . .

Major Elijah Young never met his father, the Duke of Bradford, who believed his young wife betrayed him and gave birth to twin sired by another man. Now, two deaths have changed the trajectory of Elijah’s life—and he is the new duke. Elijah vows never to wed and father children, wanting the ducal line to end with him.

Miss Abigail Trent lost both her parents and spent a decade with her guardian, journeying to exotic countries around the world. Abby takes her experiences and begins Trent Furnishings, sketching furniture influenced by her travels and having craftsmen bring her visions to life. The ton is who can afford her designs, and so she enters Polite Society to bring notice to her business.

Neither Elijah nor Abby want marriage—and love is out of the question—yet their attraction grows as she accepts his commission to furnish his entire London townhouse.

Will this unlikely pair admit their feelings for one another—or will their lack of communication prevent them from finding lasting happiness?

Find the answer in Alexa Aston’s Designs on the Duke, Book 4 in Suddenly a Duke.


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Ally Hudson

Book Title: Courting Scandal
Author Name: Ally Hudson
Release Date: 07/04/2023
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Courting Scandal
Series: Most Imprudent Matches
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Busy Nothings Books
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild) Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 07/04/2023
Author Website: https://www.allyhudson.com

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Lady Juliet Dalton is not a romantic. She needs to escape her tyrannical father’s clutches, and marriage to a charming, conveniently rich duke will suffice. But, when she overhears an argument between her father and a mysterious stranger, she learns the horrifying truth. Her father wagered and lost their entire fortune, her dowry included.

Juliet is furious at her father and terrified of the fiancé willing to marry her penniless. She knows the future holds more of the same, cruelty and drudgery. But when that stranger, Michael Wayland, crashes into her life and refuses to leave, her days become anything but dreary. The handsome, enigmatic owner of a notorious gaming-hell, Michael owns her father’s debts. And, to Juliet’s astonishment, is winning her heart as well.

Unable to stay away, Juliet must decide whether the love she never expected is worth the wrath of her father and the contempt of the ton. When the temptation of Juliet’s bright eyes and alluring smile proves too much, Michael must make his own choice whether to bet on love.

Courting Scandal is a captivating and heartwarming debut novel by Ally Hudson. If you like Regency romances with witty, jaded rakes, and self-reliant heroines, then you’ll love this sweet and steamy story of found family, healing, and unexpected love.


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Aubrey Wynne

Book Title: Earl of Griffith
Author Name: Aubrey Wynne
Release Date: 06/01/2023
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Earl of Griffith
Series: Once Upon a Widow #6
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Plato Publishing
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print eBook AudioBook .PDF
Release Date: 06/01/2023
Author Website: https://www.aubreywynne.com

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Sorrow and Regrets…
Lady Helen was a young, naïve girl when she gave up everything for a charismatic Irishman and eloped. Finding herself a widow after a few short years, she is disillusioned with love and raising a three-year-old daughter alone. Her homecoming will be bittersweet as she faces her family, asking forgiveness for the lies and the worry she has caused. But her first encounter in England isn’t a family member. Helen’s brother has sent a handsome Welshman to fetch her, and he soon charms both her and her daughter.

An unexpected ray of sunshine…
Conway, Earl of Griffith assumed his title and Welsh estate at birth. His world is gray, full of responsibility, and lonely. Griffith agrees to help a friend, escorting his sister from Bristol to London. At first sight, Lady Helen illuminates his dull world, and her daughter adds laughter to his life. But he senses the woman’s haunted eyes are not only from grief and wonders what secrets she holds close to her heart. As his affection turns to love, Griff must find a way to convince the beautiful widow that love is worth another chance.


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Andrea K Stein
Louisa Cornell

Book Title: Savoring the Chef
Author Name: Andrea K Stein
Release Date: 05/31/2023
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Savoring the Chef
Series: Sex, Lies, & Forbidden Desires Book 3
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Muirgen® Publishing, LLC
Content Rating: Burning (Hot)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 05/31/2023
Author Website: https://www.andreakstein.com/

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Will secrets destroy them or ignite the love of a lifetime?

Lionel Carrington-Bowles, wealthy gentleman with a reputation for scandalous behavior and even more scandalous friends, is on every ton hostess’s invitation list. He is devilishly handsome, delightfully charming, and the sort of man who dances with all of the ladies, even the wallflowers. When the journal in which he and his friends have entered their erotic exploits since their days at Cambridge disappears, he has far more reason than his three friends to track down his pages and destroy them. Should Society discover his preference in bed partners his life would move from scandalous to dangerous. When he discovers a cook at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs has his pages, he is determined to do whatever he must to retrieve them.

Nathaniel Charpentier arrived in London at sixteen with a bit of money, a small dog, a letter of recommendation, and some quite unique kitchen skills. Ten years later he is the chef de cuisine for Club Ambrosios, one of London’s most exclusive private clubs. His talents have made the club a huge success and has secured his future for the first time in his life. He derives his latest inspiration from the purchase of an erotic journal from London’s leading pornographer. His own amorous adventures, however, have taken a sinister turn with the arrival of a series of threatening notes. He fears his past has come to London to find him.

The spark between Lionel and Nathaniel is a roaring fire from the moment they meet and gives both good reason to keep their secrets for fear of ending the consuming passion between them. Once revealed, their secrets may destroy them or may be the very reason to take a chance on the love of a lifetime.


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Cheryl Bolen

Book Title: Vindicated by a Viscount
Author Name: Cheryl Bolen
Release Date: 06/02/2023
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Vindicated by a Viscount
Series: The Beresford Adventures
Genre: Regency Mystery
Publisher: Cheryl Bolen
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 06/02/2023
Author Website: https://www.cherylbolen.com

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While walking down a London street, Miss Georgiana Beresford nearly has apoplexy when she catches a glimpse of a woman she thought was dead. She whips around—which results in her falling into the muddy street and injuring herself. To her mortification, an exceedingly handsome man whisks her into his arms and insists on carrying her home.

Charles, Viscount Churston, had not been able to remove his eyes from the beautiful woman he was only too happy to assist. He delivers her home and learns she’s a Beresford, the sister of an Eton friend. When he calls to check on her the next day, Charles learns that his misguided act of chivalry has ruined her name. A malicious attack upon her has appeared in that morning’s London Gazette. There’s only one honorable thing to do. He must offer her marriage. Georgiana cannot deny her attraction to the handsome Lord Churston but laments that he’s only offering for her out of his sense of honor.


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Rebecca Leigh

Book Title: A Duke Is Always Intrigued
Author Name: Rebecca Leigh
Release Date: 06/06/2023
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A Duke Is Always Intrigued
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Self
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 06/06/2023
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Ian McDonough, Chieftain of Clan McDonough, and Scottish Duke of Sunbridge, has grown tired of the hassles of the London season, and his mother’s insistence that he find and marry an English bride was wearing thin. Of course, there was a time when he enjoyed all the frivolities the London season had to offer, but the responsibilities of his clan were waiting for him back at McDonough Castle in the Highlands of Scotland, and he determined it was time for him to take those responsibilities more seriously.
But thoughts of returning to Scotland fled his mind when he caught sight of a flash of blue silk at Redfield’s ball. He watched as the precocious lady skirted along the edge of the ballroom and he was instantly intrigued.
The lady, Emma Presley, niece of Viscount Yelverton, was visiting London with her uncle and aunt. Upon meeting Miss Presley, Ian was instantly drawn to her, but Emma was not going to make things easy for him.
Emma had never been to London before and knew because of her circumstances, it was unlikely that she would ever visit again. So, she was determined to make the most of the season.
The woman was as exasperating, impulsive, headstrong, and beautiful. But regardless of the trouble she caused, Ian knew that she belonged to him, and he would do anything to keep her and take her back to Scotland as his duchess. No matter who objected, even Emma.

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Geraldine Burrows

Book Title: Wit and Witchery
Author Name: Geraldine Burrows
Release Date: 05/01/2023
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Genre: Regency Fantasy or Science Fiction Romance
Publisher: Glenarvon Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 05/01/2023
Author Website: https://geraldineburrows.com

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Annis Fulton is a wellborn young widow and a descendant of one of England’s oldest hereditary witch families. Trained in her secret heritage by her elderly nurse, Annis’s hedge witchery can’t save her from marriage to a cruel, much-older man in order to recover possession of her family’s ancestral estate.

Now happily widowed, she matches wits with Lord Nicholas Ryder with whom she has a long-standing quarrel. Ryder is determined to seduce her, for no other woman has aroused his ire and desire the way she has. Annis is equally determined to thwart his desire, and the two of them wage their private duel against the glittering backdrop of the London Season.

But they soon must join forces against a common enemy—Belle Barlow, proprietress of Covent Garden’s most decadent brothel and secretly the Red Queen of blood magic in London. She and Annis are born enemies, for white magic must always contend against the blood-fed red. But Annis is weakened in London, where she is cut off from the natural forces of hedge witchery and where her growing love for Ryder could prove her undoing.

And now Belle Barlow’s acolytes are readying a sacrificial altar for the white witch from the country who would dare to defy London’s Red Queen.


Isabella Thorne

Book Title: Searching for My Love
Author Name: Isabella Thorne
Release Date: 04/28/2023
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Series: Spinsters of the North
Genre: Regency
Publisher: Self
Content Rating: Sensual (Mild)
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 04/28/2023
Author Website: https://isabellathorne.com

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Miss Peggy Williams is no wilting flower. She does not need or want a man in her life.
Baron Whitefall wants to protect the love of his life and give Peggy all the luxuries she has missed
He just must convince her that he is everything she needs…and wants.
A slow burn proper Regency Romance.


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Louise Mayberry

Book Title: Swept Into the Storm
Author Name: Louise Mayberry
Release Date: 05/05/2023
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Series:
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Louise Mayberry
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 05/05/2023
Author Website: http://www.louisemayberry.com

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Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, 1824.

Sometimes storms can unearth the most precious treasure. . .

Ever since he unexpectedly inherited his father’s earldom in the Scottish Highlands, Cameron Dunn’s been searching for something, anything, to bring meaning to his new life—a search that reaches an abrupt end when he’s washed up, alone, on a deserted beach in Mexico.

Or at least the beach should be deserted. There’s no village for hundreds of miles. So who’s that beautiful woman walking toward him over the sand?

Letty Monro has a business to run, a plan for her future. Rescuing a shipwrecked earl wasn’t on the agenda. But the man’s desperate, so of course she’ll bring him to the British Settlement—for fifty pounds. And his signet ring for collateral. She’s even prepared to look past the fact he’s a peer, part of the system of oppression she despises.

As they begin their journey, sailing south through the Caribbean sea, Cameron finds himself falling for this guarded, stubborn businesswoman, and the heat smoldering between them threatens to burst into flame. Keeping her distance from the Earl of Banton will prove one of the greatest challenges Letty has ever faced. Especially when she notices, in the distracting warmth of his brown eyes, the one thing they have in common . . . How lost they both truly are.


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Sandra Sookoo

Book Title: Guarding the Widow Pellingham
Author Name: Sandra Sookoo
Release Date: 05/12/2023
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Series: Willful Winterbournes #4
Genre: Regency Romance Suspense
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook
Release Date: 05/12/2023
Author Website: http://www.sandrasookoo.com

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Scandal is devastating… Graham Ashdowne—Marquess of Grantley—is gobsmacked. At the age of forty-one, he’s avoided society, but now that he’s decided to his duty to the title and the crushing reality the coffers are nearly empty, an acquaintance comes to call bearing outrageous news that has essentially upended his entire existence. Life is daunting at best and doesn’t help his stutter while in public. A distraction is most definitely needed despite the gossip dogging his footsteps.

Avoiding fun is wretchedly dull… Wealthy and independent, Mary Pellingham objects to the direction her life has taken. Widowed three years from a rather horrid marriage which she was glad to escape, she is thoroughly enjoying society but is not looking for another union. However, when a rejected suitor won’t leave her alone, she has no choice but to avoid the beau monde and accept the unlikely and quite accidental protection of an inexperienced but endearing marquess.

An accidental engagement can reverse unsavory circumstances… As Graham and Mary learn how to navigate the obstacles blocking their paths, unexpected desire flares hot, leading her to teach the shy lord a few carnal tricks, and that forced proximity leads to a surprising friendship. When the idea of romance sneaks in, the pair balks. Unless they acknowledge their feelings and give into the help of unexpected family, everything they’ve ever longed for will be lost, especially when a peer won’t take no for an answer.


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Regina Scott

An Engagement of Convenience
Series:
Book Title: An Engagement of Convenience
Author Name: Regina Scott
Release Date: 03/23/2023
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Genre: Regency Traditional Romance
Publisher: Edwards and Williams
Content Rating: Clean Sweet
Format: eBook eNovella
Release Date: 03/23/2023
Author Website: http://www.reginascott.com

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Chaperone Kitty Chapworth has foiled five elopements, four proposals of ill intent, and the worst first kiss in history, so she isn’t about to believe a gentleman’s silken promises. That is, until charming rake Quentin Adair returns to her life. Ten years ago, Kitty was instrumental in causing the poor fellow to be exiled to Jamaica in a tragic case of love gone wrong. When he requests her help to prevent his father’s ruin, she cannot refuse, even when helping requires her to pretend she is engaged to the handsome rogue at a summer house party.

Quentin has spent the last ten years becoming the man his father always hoped. Now he will not allow an old enemy to harm his family. Kitty is the perfect conspirator–sharp, witty, and fearless. But as danger threatens, Quentin finds that his priorities changing. Can a reformed rake convince the perfect chaperone to overlook propriety for love?

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 08/2022

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Marissa Doyle

An Event at Epsom: A Light-hearted Regency Fantasy
Series: The Ladies of Almack’s
Genre: Regency Paranormal Fantasy or Science Fiction
Publisher: Book View Cafe
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print | eNovella
Release Date: 08/02/2022
Author Website: https://www.marissadoyle.com

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Young widow Annabel Chalfont, Countess of Fellbridge, has two small sons to raise, a mountain of her late husband’s debts to pay off, and a secret: she’s a shadow-shaper, able to manipulate shadow as anyone else might clay. She and six other high-born ladies with equally extraordinary abilities defend England against supernatural crime—but the world knows them only as the Lady Patronesses of Almack’s, Regency London’s most exclusive social venue.

It’s June, which means that the fashionable of London are off to Epsom for the annual race meet. A newcomer is favored to win the Oaks Stakes—a mysterious filly who came from nowhere to win the spring races left and right. It will be up to the Lady Patronesses to discover her identity—while Annabel discovers what her true feelings are for Lord Quinceton…

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 07/2022

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Marissa Doyle

Turmoil on the Thames: A Light-hearted Regency Fantasy
Series: The Ladies of Almack’s
Genre: Regency Paranormal Fantasy or Science Fiction Romance
Publisher: Book View Cafe
Content Rating: Sweet
Format: Print | eNovella
Release Date: 07/05/2022
Author Website: https://www.marissadoyle.com

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Young widow Annabel Chalfont, Countess of Fellbridge, has two small sons to raise, a mountain of her late husband’s debts to pay off, and a secret: she’s a shadow-shaper, able to manipulate shadow as anyone else might clay. She and six other high-born ladies with equally extraordinary abilities defend England against supernatural crime—but the world knows them only as the Lady Patronesses of Almack’s, Regency London’s most exclusive social venue.

Annabel is off to Eton to visit her sons for the annual celebration of the King’s birthday, observed with a picnic and boat race on the Thames–neither of which happen in quite the way they should. Thanks to Annabel and the Marquis of Quinceton, tragedy is averted, but the Ladies of Almack’s are worried about what happened on the river, and what else might occur…

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 05/2022

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Suzan Lauder

The Barrister’s Bride
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Meryton Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print eBook | AudioBook
Release Date: 05/02/2022
Author Website: http://suzanlauder.merytonpress.com/

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A pact that will change their lives forever…

Fitzwilliam Darcy is a successful young barrister with a bright future. His late uncle has guided his career, made him his heir, and even selected a bride for him—sight unseen— whom he’ll meet and marry upon her majority. Who could have predicted that making the acquaintance of Miss Elizabeth Bennet in Meryton would throw those careful plans into disarray?

Elizabeth Bennet doesn’t know what to make of “Fitz” Darcy, who intrigues and draws her notice like no other. Despite Fitzwilliam’s warnings, she allows Mr. George Darcy, Fitzwilliam’s older brother and master of Pemberley, to charm her. Little does she know that she, too, has been promised in marriage by her late father—to an unknown barrister, no less. What is she to do when her hopes to marry for love disappear in the blink of an eye?

Is George Darcy’s suit in earnest? Can this mysterious bridegroom of her father’s choosing become the husband of her dreams? With the danger of duels and deceit, what will come of the initial attraction between her and Fitzwilliam? Will she become the barrister’s bride?

Note: contains scenes with adult content.

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 04/2022

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B. R. Lynch

Returnings
Series: Liberty Bodleigh
Genre: Traditional Regency Romance, Historical Fiction
Publisher: B. R. Lynch
Content Rating: Clean
Format: Print | eBook
Release Date: 04/01/2022
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Returnings

The Blue Devil, war hero Ronan Trevelyan, returns to Boscawden with his fiancee, Miss Bodleigh, and a cold. Returnings, unlike most romantic novels, begins with a wedding. Courtship and conflict filled the previous novels in the Liberty Bodleigh series and continues in the third.

After a bucolic interlude, Devil returns to the military. Liberty joins him in Belgium where they join in the social pleasures before the battle of Waterloo. Liberty wishes to see her friends, Peggy and Edith happily married and watches their relationships with interest. Then the great battle changes everything.

Waterloo brings tragedy to friends and family. They move on to Paris, then London and, finally back to Boscawden in new positions. The continue to meet new chalenges with aplomb. Can one not like a lady who calls a scondrel a cabbage-headed son of a cucumber?

252 pages

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 03/2022

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Laura A. Barnes

How the Lord Married His Lady
Series: Matchmaking Madness
Genre: Regency Traditional Inspirational Romance
Publisher: Laura A. Barnes
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print | eBook
Release Date: 03/01/2022
Author Website: https://www.lauraabarnes.com/

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One cannot force love, but must wait for the perfect moment to make their match.

The love she held for him was a burden she carried in her heart. His family’s legacy kept him from opening his heart to her love. Can they overcome their doubts and share a lifetime of love?

Abigail Cason was a dreamer. When she met her knight in shining armor, her heart only bowed to him. The friendship she shared with him led her to believe he would ask her to become his bride. With each stolen kiss, she eagerly anticipated his proposal. However, his request turned out to be an offer of obligation. She spent a lifetime as an obligation and she refused to spend her marriage in the same fashion. No matter how much she loved him. Will she ever be worthy enough for his love?

Lucas Gray felt the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. His heart pulled him in the opposite direction of where he must stand. But the tempting lure of sweet kisses drew him to seduce the lady who haunted his every desire. Abigail made him dream of the impossible. Can he form a new legacy with the love he holds for her?

Destiny demanded for their two souls to intertwine. A family who risked everything to make the match a success. Will Abigail and Lucas allow their doubts to keep them apart? Or will they make their dreams a reality?

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 02/2022

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Courtney McCaskill,
Tracy Sumner, Tabetha Waite, Charlie Lane, Sadie Bosque, Cara Maxwell, Diana Bold, Fenna Edgewood

The Brazen Belles Anthology
Genre: Regency Romance, Georgian
Publisher: The Brazen Belles
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 02/01/2022
Author Website: https://www.courtneymccaskill.com

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Looking for a blissful sleepless night? For lovers of historical romance, get ready to stay up late reading with this introductory collection of Georgian, Regency, and Victorian pieces by a group of highly acclaimed, award-winning authors! From gaming hells to ballroom belles, these standalone stories—including many first-in-series—will have you wishing for a time machine! This collection includes stories from Tracy Sumner, Tabetha Waite, Charlie Lane, Sadie Bosque, Cara Maxwell, Diana Bold, Courtney McCaskill, and Fenna Edgewood.

P.S. Make sure you have a fan with you! This is a STEAMY romance collection (various steam levels), so there will be heat! Happy endings guaranteed.

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 01/2022

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Renee Wilde

Sweet Transgression
Series: Bloomsbury Brides
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Literary Wanderlust
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print | eBook
Release Date: 01/01/2022
Author Website: http://www.reneewilde.com

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He’s a soldier who can’t remember who he is; she’s a nurse who’d rather forget who she was. One tender night in Chelsea Hospital is all they allow themselves, but when they meet again in the ballrooms of London, can they forget their Sweet Transgression?

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 12/2021

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Kathy L Wheeler Amanda McCabe

Gaming Hell Christmas
Genre: Georgian Romance
Publisher: Chisel Imprint
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: eBook
Release Date: 12/01/2021
Author Website: https://kathylwheeler.com

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A Gift for the Duke’s Illegitimate Daughter – Kathy L Wheeler

Miss Alexandra Blessing, the Duke of Winsome’s illegitimate daughter longs for anonymity and a home of her own where her younger half-siblings don’t commandeer every moment of her day. Escape is imminent—right after her family’s annual Christmas fete.

But Alexandra is missing from the ball, and Theodore Millburn must find her before he loses something important: his chance for love.

The Merry Widow’s Christmas Adventure – Amanda McCabe

Annabelle, Lady Ranstruther, after a year of lonely widowhood is ready for new love—and she knows exactly who she wants—her wild friend, the gorgeous William, Lord Deansley. She fears he doesn’t want her, until they meet again at the exclusive, discreet gaming hell la Sous Rose, at Christmas.

Will it mean a future of love—or the end of all her dreams?

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Mistletoe Myths

Christmastime in Regency England began on Christmas Eve—it was considered bad luck to decorate any earlier, a tradition lost in this very commercial modern world. Decorations included holly with its prickly green leaves and bright red berries, green ivy and fragrant rosemary, evergreen boughs, laurel and bay leaves, and—of course—mistletoe. In the countryside, this could be collected, and in the city, it could be purchased, and many an enterprising young person might gather the greenery to sell and raise some money.

This image is from the early 1800s and shows a couple about to kiss underneath a bough of mistletoe. Others sit around them and another couple waits their turn.

Jane Austen also mentions cutting out ornaments from gold paper and silk to pin onto the greenery. The decorations would stay in place until Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, when it was said the three kings or magi visited baby Jesus, and Twelfth Night cake would be served. It would be bad luck to leave it up any longer, and so the greenery—now dry—would be burned.

The custom of kissing under the mistletoe—or kissing bough—was in place in Regency England, but its exact origins are lost.

Mistletoe was prized by the ancient Greeks, and included in marriage ceremonies. Romans used the plant as a symbol of peace. The Norse considered it a symbol of peace as well, with a myth about the death of Baldur, killed by a spear of the plant, and after that the goddess Frigg declared the mistletoe to instead be a symbol of love. The Druids thought the plant, which grows upon other trees, had magical and medicinal powers and brought good luck. It was usually found on apple trees, but was considered a divine plant when found upon oak trees. The Druids used mistletoe to cure infertility, but mistletoe was a herbal remedy used for centuries to treat arthritis, epilepsy, hypertension, headaches, and menopausal symptoms.

Its modern name comes to us from Old English mistiltan, which in turn comes from the old Saxon words mistel, a word of uncertain origins, and Proto-Germanic word tan, meaning “twig” (which in turn traces back to the Old Saxon and Old Frisian word ten, and the Old Norse teinn).

While decorating with mistletoe in winter dates to pre-Christian times—it was a custom in Wales to decorate the house with mistletoe—Mark Forsyth in his book A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions traced the tradition of a kiss under the mistletoe to starting up somewhere between 1720 and 1784 in England. Forsyth notes mention of mistletoe in print in 1719 and 1720 books by John Colbatch. The apothecary and physician wrote on the superstitions and customs associated with mistletoe, but without a mention of kissing. That could be due to him being more interested in its medicinal properties. Forsyth also mentions stories from the 1700s depicted women “using the mistletoe excuse to elude possessive husbands and parents”—so it seems to have been a way to break some rules.

The tradition holds that a man is allowed to kiss any woman—or a woman may kiss any man—standing beneath a sprig of mistletoe, or a kissing bough made by weaving the mistletoe into a ball. If the kiss is refused, bad luck befalls that person. When a kiss is taken, a berry is plucked off the mistletoe, and after the last berry has been taken, no more kisses can be stolen.

But a Regency Christmas was not just about stolen kisses. The Reverend William Holland, who served at the vicarage of Overstowe in Somerset, kept a diary of his life there from 1799 to 1818. Not only did he hold the traditional Christmas Eve service, with its church bells calling the faithful to attend, he and his family would be woken early on Christmas by wassailers who sang for their traditional drink. Holland then opened his house to these folks and the villagers for food and drink, showing the custom in Regency England of goodwill and charity at Christmastime. Let us hope he also had some mistletoe in the house.

For more reading:
https://www.95th-rifles.co.uk, A Regency Christmas
https://randombitsoffascination.com, Kissing Boughs and Mistletoe
https://janeaustensworld.com, Gathering Mistletoe

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 11/2021

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Laura A. Barnes

How the Lady Seduced the Viscount
Series: Matchmaking Madness
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Laura A. Barnes
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print | eBook
Release Date: 11/01/2021
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When one believes in love, they will embrace …

Jacqueline Holbrooke refused to become the latest match in her uncle’s mad matchmaking scheme. She watched her sisters and cousins fall victim to his madness. Yet, if she were honest with herself, they weren’t victims, but just as mad as their uncle. Madly in love. An emotion Jacqueline fought to keep from embracing. However, the dashing viscount she shared scandalous trysts with kept breaking down the barriers guarding her heart.

Griffen Kincaid carried on an affair with an innocent lady for the past three years. With every secret rendezvous, she wrapped her spell tighter around him. He waited with patience for Jacqueline to accept his offer. However, every time she rejected his suit. When her family learned of their affair, he must prove himself worthy of her love. Griffen set out to woo Jacqueline, enticing her into a scandalous bet to win her affections.

A lady who allowed her fears to keep her from finding happiness. A gentleman whose past behavior could ruin his chance at winning his true love’s heart. Will Jacqueline and Griffen allow the obstacles in their path to tear their fragile love asunder? Or will they embrace the seduction of their love?

If you enjoy scandalous romances filled with stolen kisses and unwavering love, then you’ll love Jacqueline and Griffen’s seductive love affair.

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 10/2021

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Sandra Sookoo

The Look of a Storme
Series: Storme Brothers #3
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print | eBook
Release Date: 10/05/2021
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Fear can be a bully unless one beats it back to chase adventure and love.

Captain Francis Hildebrand Storme—Brand to those closest to him—didn’t come out of the Navy unscathed. Though he’s lost an eye in the Battle of Grand Port, that doesn’t stop him from playing the rake to the hilt. Life’s too much fun to settle down or act like a proper gentleman. Doesn’t matter that he might secretly wish for more.

Miss Elizabeth Hayhurst is recuperating at the seaside town of Ipswich for her health. Though her lungs are weak from a respiratory disease, she plans to depart for India in a month to keep house for her brother who is a missionary. Wearied from the war that took a suitor from her, she’s anxious to put heartbreak behind her, but when she receives an unexpected kiss from a dashing, randy Navy man while at the market, she might just change her mind.

While Brand’s not used to women rebuking his overtures, Elizabeth isn’t accustomed to having a man desire her. Though he’s been dared by friends to seduce the innocent miss, something about her draws his interest beyond winning the wager. He and Elizabeth spend three glorious weeks together, exploring, talking, and creating scandal as the seduction plays out. But reality intrudes and rips at the seams of their happiness. It’ll take courage and determination to mend hurt feelings in order to walk a new path together.

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Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 09/2021

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Emily Windsor

The Rake of Hearts
Series: A Lady to Suit
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: Senara Press
Content Rating: Spicy
Format: Print | eBook
Release Date: 09/01/2021
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By his own admission, Lord Ernest Brook is a rake. With sapphire gaze, sinfully handsome looks and a duke for a brother, the pleasures of London have come with ease…apart from one.

Ever since the gauntlet of her first wintry dismissal was thrown, the widowed Hebe Lock has stirred his deepest desires, but just what would it take to woo such a woman?

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