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July, 2022 Edition

 

    Summer reads, hot and sweet, and an article on one of the English Regency's eccentrics at RFW's The Quizzing Glass.

In this edition, fiction with a setting of 1780 to 1840...


 

Anthology, A Regency Summer Garden

Victoria Hinshaw, Summer Hanford, Arietta Richmond, Janis Susan May, Regina Jeffers, Olivia Marwood
Regency Fiction Writers members

Dreamstone
eBook

Traditional Regency Romance
Historical Fiction
Sweet

Release Date 07/12/2022
Six award-winning, best-selling authors present A Regency Romance Summer Anthology for your reading pleasure. In a hammock, at the pool or on the beach...or in a cozy reading nook, you'll escape to the English countryside to relax among the boughs and blossoms, scenes set perfectly for budding attachments.

This anthology includes:

The Scandalous Countess by Arietta Richmond

The Earl's English Rose by Regina Jeffers

Meadows and Mischief by Summer Hanford

To a Wild Rose by Janis Susan May

The Count Courts an Heiress by Olivia Marwood

Lady Laura's Curiosity by Victoria Hinshaw

Jacki Delecki,
A Dash of Disguise 

A Lady’s School for Spies 
Doe Bay Publishing 
Print & eBook

Regency Romance
Suspense
Spicy

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Release Date 07/2022 
She’s more than meets the eye.

Lady Perdita Tinley--Dita to her family and friends--grew up as did any well-bred young woman. Daughter of an earl, she had the best of everything. However, her perfect life suffered a crushing blow when the love of her life rejected her. Refusing to ever consider marriage, Dita decided to help with England’s fight against France--secretly, of course. She believes women can be the perfect spies to help in the war effort, and since her beloved brother is a key player in the fight against Napoleon, she feels it her duty to support his service. 

He’s gambling with her heart.

Dashiell West, Earl of Beldon, isn’t the marrying kind. After his father died, Dash withdrew from society and started spending most of his time in the gaming hells, turning his back on the ton, wallowing in his rakish ways. Except, this debauched lifestyle will offer Dash his one chance at salvation. He has made contacts with the seedy underground of traitors who use the gambling dens to sell out their government. So, when Dita’s brother--once Dash’s best friend--is taken hostage by the French, Dash knows he can help. Except it means being near the woman he can’t forget.

The stakes are too high.

Dita decides to set out on her own to find her brother. Instead, she finds the one man she wanted to forget. Worse, she must ask for his help, entering into a partnership with the infamous rake. Little does she know the danger they will both face. As they risk their lives, will either survive long enough to realize they still love each other?–– or that hearts should never be gambled with?

Ellie St. Clair,
Lady of Mystery 


Prairie Lily Press 
eBook

Regency
Spicy

Release Date 06/03/2022 
He’s predictable. She’s a mystery. Can love bridge all that separates them?

Raised to believe the world is open to her, Lady Phoebe Winters reads periodicals and newspapers with growing upset. Everything within her world is shaped by a man’s point of view. Why must women stand idly by, being told what to do and how to do it? It seems to be accepted within their society--until she decides to do something about it. Using her inheritance, she begins a small publication, written by women, for women. It’s a risk, but one for which she is willing to sacrifice.

Jeffrey Worthington, the Marquess of Berkley, has held a position of responsibility since the death of his father at a young age. He is a man who enjoys the constancy of life. Despite the fact that his four sisters and younger brother are forever demanding his time and attention, his maintains order and control of all other aspects of life.

The Women’s Weekly begins to cause a stir amongst women of the nobility, and the peerage determines it must be shut down before it causes consequences from which they could never recover. Jeffrey is tasked with finding the perpetrator and halting production of the publication. He reluctantly agrees, despite the fact that it will detract from his attempt to court the lovely Lady Phoebe, and causes growing controversy between the two of them. When he finally determines the publication’s owner, what will he put first--love or duty?

This is the second edition of Lady of Mystery, which was previously published. 

Alanna Lucas,
When We Dance 



A Waltz with Destiny Series
Sebastiani Press 
Print & eBook

Regency
Sensual (Mild)
Spicy

Release Date 06/14/2022 
Shall we dance?

Left at the altar, Artemisia Germayne’s humiliation is made twice as worse by the presence in the congregation of the man who’s the bane of her existence. Why does Nigel Rochefort take such pleasure in mocking her? As rumors of Artemisia’s abandonment--and also the sudden disappearance of Philippa, her younger sister--swirl about the ton, she flees to her elderly aunt’s home in the countryside.

Nigel has always taken his good fortune for granted, so when the woman for whom he has a secret tendre is about to marry his friend, the only logical thing to do is break up the wedding. But his reputation as a rake, together with his well-intentioned giving of solace to Philippa Germayne in a London park, have started yet more scandal brewing. Nigel must first clear his name to assure Artemisia’s affections. 

This is no simple country dance or game of seduction, but an unstoppable waltz of desire--and true love.

*Reissued in a new series with a beautiful new cover! 

Alexa Aston &
Kathryn Le Veque
Sin Like Flynn, 
A Regency Duet



Dragonblade Publishing 
eBook

Regency
Spicy

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Release Date 06/23/2022 
One Magic Night

Aidan Flynn isn’t a rogue, instead modeling himself after his grandfather, the Duke of Savernake, who will leave Larkhaven to Aidan--if he weds in the next two weeks.

Lady Larissa Warren’s amoral family has prevented her from making a suitable match. Now, her father has told her to find a husband at tonight’s annual Savernake Stag Ball--or she must wed the ancient Lord Langdon.

Aidan decides Larissa is the one, but she has no interest in marrying an infamous Sinning Flynn. Will Aidan convince Larissa he is nothing like his rakehell brothers and win the auburn-haired beauty’s hand?

*The second part of the duet is Kathryn Le Veque's The Sin Commandments. 

Evelyn Richardson,
Mistress of Music: Grace 

Ladies of Independent Means 
Camel Press 
Print & eBook

Regency
Sensual (Mild)

Release Date 07/12/2022 
Daughter of parents obsessively in love with one another, Grace Owen has seen how love destroyed her widowed father and resolves to avoid it at all costs, if such a thing as love even exists; besides she has her music and her dreams of becoming an opera singer to inspire her. It is only when she meets Maximilian Hawkesbury that she learns that hurting someone you care for is far more painful than love itself.

Lord Maximilian Hawkesbury, son of parents who only put up with one another and their family long enough to produce three children before returning to their profligate ways has never known anything but solitude and his own devotion to his diplomatic career until his young nephew becomes involved with the wrong sort of woman, the sort of woman who ruined his father, and then he is ready to do anything in his power to get rid of her, anything, that is, except fall in love, a love that threatens to destroy not only his career, but hers. 

Alanna Lucas,
Mistletoe Waltz 

A Waltz with Destiny Series
Self-Published
Print, eBook, eNovella

Regency
Sensual (Mild)

Release Date 07/12/2022 
 
Dancing into the arms of love?

Marcus, Lord Hawthorne, vowed never to fall in love, the past having taught him that marriage can only ever lead to heartbreak. So, how has he allowed himself to be tricked into being leg-shackled to Faith Whitworth, the daughter of a scheming businessman who wants entry to the ton?

Marcus’s solution for dealing with his unwanted wife is to keep her at Deer Park, his country estate, while he stays in London. But when he returns at Christmastime, he is surprised to find that not only does Faith revel in her role as his marchioness, she is sweet and lovely--and he desires her. This was never part of his plan. However, the arrival of relatives means he won’t be able to escape until the yuletide festivities are over.

As Twelfth Night approaches, Faith’s gentleness and beauty are growing on Marcus more and more. He realizes he wants to dance with her forever, in a marriage that’s more than in name only. He knows he can protect her from her ruthless papa and make her happy--just as long as he doesn’t have to give her his heart...

Abigail Bridges,
Nothing But a Rake

Ashton Park Series
Dragonblade
Print & eBook
     
Regency 
Spicy

Release Date 07/27/2022
He believes love is an unattainable goal. She is facing a marriage without it. But when their paths cross in a mud-drenched alley, both discover something neither thought possible--hope.

Four years ago, Lord Michael Ashton stood at a crossroads in Gretna Green, abandoned, penniless, and determined neither would happen again. The third son of the Duke of Kennet, Michael leaves his family for a life in the darkest streets of London. When his father delivers an ultimatum, however, Michael faces a steep climb out of the gutter.

Lady Clara Durham struggles as well to find her place in Society. She is too round and too smart to please most aristocratic gentlemen, and far too quick with her tongue. But with her father’s health declining, Clara agrees to marry the Duke of Wykeham, a prickly man with ulterior motives.

Everything shifts, however, when Clara’s kitten disappears down an alley. Clara darts after her, tripping headlong into a mudpuddle behind the Kennet stables. When Michael helps her up, he becomes fascinated by this woman who loves animals, talks about hunting, and is more interested in finding her cat than cleaning off the mud.

The sparks that fly leave them determined to help each other out. But their struggle to resist Society’s protocols explodes into a conflict that will result in a one-to-one horse race and a duel that could destroy them both.

Ruth A. Casie,
The Lady and Her Duke

The Ladies of Sommer by the Sea
Dragonblade Publishing
Print & eBook
     
Regency Romance     
Sweet

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Release Date 07/07/2022
Could she use her skills as a lockpick to crack open the secrets to the murder as well as unlock his heart?

Lady Katherine Thornton has no interest in men after an indiscretion at her disastrous Season in London. No man can be trusted. Instead, she indulges in her fascination for gears and all things mechanical. Her unique drafting skill is an asset to her uncle Bennett Sutton, who is automating his textile factory. She doesn't need anything else.
Lord Ian Wallace, the 4th Duke of Blackhall, is a retired military officer. An accidental duke after the deaths of his father and brother, he retreats from society and the clawing mothers and debutantes who stalk him. He’s focused all his energy on his partnership with Sutton. He’s satisfied and needs nothing else.

An oath to marry, a family legend to preserve, an uprising of the factory workers, and Sutton’s murder, throw Katherine and Wallace together to find a blackmailer and murderer. They also will find two things neither knew they were missing… each other and their happily ever after.

Ellie St. Clair, The Secret of the Dashing Detective

Remingtons of the Regency Book 2
Prairie Lily Press     
eBook
     
Regency
Spicy

Release Date 07/15/2022
Lady Juliana knows she is in danger. But does she really need a bodyguard?

One abduction and suddenly her brother, the Duke, begins treating her like a damsel in distress. Lady Juliana, however, is anything but--she is a woman who knows her own mind, and is determined to make a difference. But just how is she supposed to work for her secret society protecting animals when she is being followed around by a dashing detective?

Matthew Archibald has taken on many jobs in the past, but never did he think he would be playing nursemaid to the spoiled sister of a duke. Little does he realize, however, that there is much more to the fiery, spirited woman than he initially thought.

Matthew soon finds his focus wavering as he tries to determine just who is threatening the Remington family. But the closer he comes to Lady Juliana, the less he is able to stay professional. Will his growing feelings for her come to endanger them both?

This steamy Regency romance series is best read in order.

Alexa Aston,
Made for the Marquess

Second Sons of London
Dragonblade Publishing
Print & eBook
     
Regency     
Spicy

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Release Date 07/06/2022
 
A reticent army officer who loses a beloved brother. A personable beauty eager to make up for lost time. And one magical kiss that changes everything...

When Percival Perry’s brother drowns, the retiring Percy becomes the Marquess of Kingston. He longs for companionship even as he hides the nightmares he suffers from.

Araminta Nicholls’ come-out was delayed and the personable beauty is ready to make up for lost time. When she is meets a shy marquess--and kisses him--she knows he is the one.

Percy grows to love Minta but believes he’s damaged goods. But Minta is a fighter--and she isn’t going anywhere.

Can Minta convince Percy that opposites can make for a wonderful marriage--and that love can conquer any problem they face?

Marissa Doyle,
Turmoil on the Thames:
A Light-hearted Regency Fantasy

The Ladies of Almack's
Book View Cafe
Print & eNovella
     
Regency Romance
Paranormal
Fantasy or Science Fiction
Sweet

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Release Date 07/05/2022
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...

Shelley Adina & R.E. Scott,
The Prince's Pilot

The Regent's Devices
Moonshell Books, Inc.
Print, eBook & AudioBook
     
Regency
Fantasy or Science Fiction    
Clean

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Release Date 07/27/2022
Napoleon’s invasion of England is hidden in the clouds...

It is 1819, and Cornwall is agog at the daring of the two young lady aeronauts who, earlier in the summer, flew nearly to France and back in their homemade air ship. Much more is riding on Loveday Penhale and Celeste Blanchard’s new and improved vessel--they plan to win the Tinkering Prince’s prize, offered to anyone who can help England win the war against Napoleon.

To their dismay, they must take two local gentlemen aloft to report on the ship’s capabilities. While Captain Trevelyan and Emory Thorndyke are welcome in drawing room and ballroom, their presence on the air ship proves disastrous. Wildly off course, Loveday barely manages to bring the vessel down safely—in France! Now it is up to the gentlemen to keep the newly designed ship hidden while Loveday and Celeste secure supplies for its repair from Celeste’s former home, l’Ecole des Aéronautes in far-off Paris.

But much has changed since Celeste left the capital, and enemies lurk in its very walls. With her famous aeronaut mother dead in suspicious circumstances, and the flight school closed, there is only one thing to do--make up a story about her absence and approach Napoleon himself. He promptly makes Celeste his Chief Air Minister, and commands her to plan the invasion of England by air. Can she and Loveday stay alive in this nest of vipers long enough to help their stranded friends? Before they are unmasked as spies—and before their beautiful air ship is captured and used to attack England...

Liz Tyner, A Marquess Too Rakish to Wed

Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Print & eBook
     
Regency Romance
Sensual (Mild)

Release Date 07/26/2022
After a serious riding accident, the disreputable Marquess of Hartcroft is forced to think about his life, his future, and the one woman who appeared at his bedside, Lady Guinevere Chenowith.

A duke’s daughter, Lady Guinevere, has kept the secret that she can play several games of chess at once, winning without effort. She doesn’t want to risk a bigger loss in life by losing her heart and her freedom to a man who sees her as a conquest. The stakes are too high.

Guinevere challenges Hartcroft to demonstrate that he has more substance than a carved game piece, but Hartcroft believes his worth is proved in the daily duties he completes as Marquess.

Guinevere and Hartcroft have to decide if they're just playing games, or if they are ready to risk a bigger commitment than they've ever given anyone else.

Cerise DeLand, Lady, No More

Naughty Ladies
Dragonblade Publishing
Print & eBook
     
Regency Romance
Historical Fiction
Spicy

Release Date 07/05/2022
She’s through with love.

Lady Laurel Devereaux prided herself on her sterling reputation, even as she overlooked her two younger sisters’ foibles and their ailing grandfather’s little peccadilloes. She always adored frolicking in fountains and dancing before breakfast. But those were innocent delights compared to the one night she left a ballroom to play the piano alone—and a charming man joined her to play a duet that became a mad love affair. He quickly proposed and just as quickly jilted her. Now she'll marry only for friendship or security or children.

He’ll never give her up again.

Now Hadley, Viscount Grey, arrives in Brighton and vows to win Laurel back. But this time, his greatest problem is not overcoming his competition or challenging Laurel’s vow to remain a proper lady, but her decision to never love another man.

How can he convince her that she simply never stopped loving him?

Caroline Warfield,
The Upright Son

The Ashmead Heirs, Book 4
Dragonblade Publishing
eBook

Regency    
Sensual (Mild)

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Release Date 06/28/2022
A notorious will left David, the very proper Earl of Clarion, with a crippled estate and dependents. He’s the one left to pick up the pieces while caring for others--his children, his tenants, and the people of Ashmead. He cares for England, too. Now that the estate has been put to right, he is free to pursue his political ambitions. But loneliness weighs him down. Then he meets his new neighbor. Meanwhile his friends convince him a house party is just the thing.

Her uninhibited behavior stuns him. Why can’t he get her out of his mind?

Happily widowed Lady Delia Fitzwallace revels in her newly rented cottage, surrounded by flowers and the wonder of nature, thrilled to free her three rambunctious children from the city of Bristol and let them enjoy the countryside to the fullest. If only she can avoid offending her very proper neighbor, the earl, when their children keep pulling her into scrapes. Can she help him find the wife he needs?

She has none of the qualities he needs in a countess. Is she exactly what he needs as a man?

Emily Windsor, A Governess Should Never...Deny a Duke

The Governess Chronicles
Senara Press
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Spicy

Release Date 07/07/2022
“So tell me, Miss Beaujeu, why should I employ you as governess?”

A question to rouse fear within the breast of any prospective governess but for Isabelle, a sought-after governess with impeccable references and tightly pinned hair, it barely raises an eyebrow.

But this rugged duke of an employer is unlike any other: dubbed Mean, Moody & Mysterious in gossip columns, he’s known to scowl a path through London society, spurning come-hither glances. And why have three governesses fled his employ within the last twelvemonths?

With forbidden kisses on stormy nights, a house full of prospective brides, a scandalous rake of an heir, dragon folklore and cinnamon biscuits, the vocation of governess has never been so thrilling...

Maggi Andersen,
Never Trust an Earl

Book 3 The Never Series 
Dragonblade Publishing 
Print & eBook
 
Regency Romance
Mystery
Suspense
Spicy

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Release Date 06/17/2022 
Dominic Thorne, the Earl of Redcliffe, arrives in Redcliffe village in the far north of England, to view his inheritance. The estate, Redcliffe Park, is miles from a decent town, and in need of extensive renovation.

A rake, says the squire’s wife, who heard all about him from her aunt in London. Rumors of Dominic’s scandalous lifestyle have quickly spread. His uncle, the former earl, was disliked. He failed to pay his debts. And it’s assumed his nephew is cut from the same cloth, or even worse, will ravage all the ladies in the village. It’s suspected his uncle distrusted banks, and stashed his wealth in a secret place somewhere on the estate.

Dominic wants to restore order to the estate to lease or sell it, then return to London. But his extremely attractive and capable housekeeper, Miss Olivia Jenner, makes him want more than a well-run house. He wants her in his life, in his bed. But she has plans of her own and doesn’t trust him.

The attraction between them grows to fever pitch. Dominic wants her, but will the independent and practical lady who considers the disparity in their births an impossible hurdle to overcome, ever agree? 

Mae Thorn, Rebellious

Poisonous Passions Series
Dragonblade
Print & eBook

Georgian
Romance
Suspense
Spicy

Release Date 07/01/2022
Lynette Wolcott is bored.

Her call for adventure slams into her when her carriage is stopped by the notorious highwayman known as the Wyvern.

Maxwell Rycroft wants to be left alone. When the harpy, Lynette Wolcott, lands in his lap she’s nothing but trouble. He must return her to Briarwyck before she learns his secrets, or he may have to kill her.

What's a girl have to do to get a sword?

K. Lyn Smith, Jilting Jory:
A Sweet Regency Romance

Something Wonderful Series
Self-Published
Print & eBook

Regency Romance
Traditional      
Clean, Sweet

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Release Date 07/27/2022
An abandoned bridegroom, a reluctant bride and avenging relatives come together in this sweet seaside tale!

Bell tuner Jory Tremayne has never been more certain of anything than his love for Miss Anna Pepper, despite her fancy dresses and insensible footwear. But when he offered his heart five years ago, she ran off with it and left him alone beneath a midnight moon. Now, he’s finally resolved to stop mourning her loss and find a lass who will take him and his fish-scented dog.

Miss Anna Pepper has left a trail of jilted suitors behind her, but she’s never been able to forget Jory Tremayne. What began with one jilted fiancé has turned into a distressing habit. Now, shadowed by remorse over her poor treatment of Jory, Anna flees her latest fiancé and returns to Cornwall to learn Jory's fate. Perhaps if he’s well settled, she can shed this uncomfortable guilt and find her own happiness. There's just one tiny problem... In her hasty flight, she’s left behind a few things. Clothing. A maid. Money.

Unbeknownst to Anna and Jory, his hordes of relations have learned of her past betrayal, and they enact their own agenda. Without funds, Anna finds herself working as a common barmaid to avoid arrest, while Jory becomes her reluctant champion.

With each turn of the screw beneath his cousins’ well-intentioned hands, Anna and Jory are forced to face their past. Will they overcome doubts and betrayal to trust love again?

Katherine Grant,The Governess Without Guilt

The Prestons
Self-Published
eBook

Regency Romance
Spicy

Release Date 07/15/2022
One bored governess, one handsome doctor, and unlimited nighttime activities. What could possibly go wrong?

Sophia Preston wants adventure, excitement, and self-determination. She hired herself out as a governess to gain independence, and now she has it at Robin Abbey: every day, she gets to mind the Cosgrove children, eat the Cosgrove’s food, and live by Cosgrove’s rules.

When John Anderson arrives as accoucheur ahead of Lady Widlake’s next baby, Sophia immediately sees the potential for excitement. Who wouldn’t want to seduce the handsome young doctor who is guaranteed to move on once Lady Widlake’s baby is born?

John doesn’t mind flirting with the intriguing governess--as long as they aren’t caught. He has goals, and they don’t include ruining his reputation. Still, he must admit that Miss Preston is everything he ever wanted in a woman: smart, beautiful, unlike anyone else he has ever met...

When counterfeit bank notes surface in town, the authorities suspect someone at Robin Abbey is the criminal. Suddenly, both Sophia and John are put under the microscope. They have no choice but to band together to find the true culprit. The only question is: will they find true love, too?

Anna Harrington, A Remarkable Rogue

Lords of the Armory
SourceBooks
Print, eBook & AudioBook
     
Regency
Spicy

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Release Date 07/26/2022
A SIZZLING ATTRACTION THAT COULD BURN THEM BOTH

Sydney Rowland, the young widow of Baron Rowland, has spent a lifetime keeping secrets, one of them being her young son. Now that the husband she despised is dead, she'll do anything to get her son back and protect him however she can. And that includes risking her life when she's coerced into working for a revolutionary group determined to overthrow the government.

Captain Nathaniel Reed has heard of Sydney's involvement with Scepter. Though he quickly learns that Sydney is innocent, he's determined to keep the secretive widow at arm's length despite the attraction that burns between them. But when she turns to him for help, nothing will stop him from coming to her aid and showing her exactly what she means to him...

Jillian Eaton, 
The Rose and the Viscount

The Ravishing Rosewoods
Self-Published
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Spicy

Release Date 06/14/2022
Graham was married once before and it ended in disaster. He has no desire to repeat the experience, but he does require a mother for his two young children. Who better than a quiet, respectable wallflower that he can treat more as a governess than a wife? But even the best-conceived plans can come crashing down when the cold-hearted viscount finds himself falling in love...with his wife.

Elizabeth Rose,
Highland Silver

Highland Outcasts
Dragonblade     
Print & eBook
     
Romance    
Spicy

Release Date 07/22/2022
From admired warriors to outcasts in a blink of an eye, these rugged Highlanders are out to find redemption.

Gluttony, lust, pride, and greed, might sound like deadly sins. However, they are nothing compared to the wrath of Old Callum MacKeefe if you break his rules while drinking in his tavern!

The Accused: Highlander, North MacKeefe. His greed, wanting what he cannot have, is the cause of all his problems.

The Crime: Northhas broken Old Callum MacKeefe’s tavern rule number five: No one touches their chieftain, Storm MacKeefe’s, silver chalice.

The Punishment: Since it was North’s fault that the chalice was stolen when his twin brother accidentally set the tavern on fire, now North must pay dearly for his mistake. He’s burdened with the impossible task of finding and bringing the chalice back to the Highlands. When he follows a lead and ends up across the border at Montclair Castle, he’s lucky enough to find what he is looking for. The only problem is, Lady Matilda has the chalice attached to a chain that she wears around her waist.

The Border Lord’s Cousin: Englishwoman, Lady Matilda Montclair has seen her family killed by Scots when she was just a child. The silver goblet her father gave her on her sixth birthday was stolen, but now, she’s lucky enough to find it again. To keep it from being stolen during a masquerade dance held at the castle, she’s chained the thing around her waist for safekeeping. She’s a widow with a young son and a sullied reputation. If she is ever going to find another husband at her age, she’s decided to add this goblet to her dowry. However, a mysterious man shows up in her tower room one night, trying to steal the chalice from her.

Two people who should never fall in love both covet the same possession that can make or break their futures. Will love win over the need for retribution, even if the love interest is from the wrong side of the border?

Scarlett Scott,
The Millionaire Marquess

Unexpected Lords Book 3
Happily Ever After Books, LLC
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Burning (Hot)

Release Date 07/28/2022
A daring housekeeper meets her match in a sinfully seductive marquess in this scorching-hot addition to the Unexpected Lords series from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.

Ruthless businessman. Coldhearted cynic. Jaded rake.

The Marquess of Greymoor has possessed a great many titles in his life, but there is none he despises more than the one he unexpectedly inherited as a lad. Call him what you like, Grey has never fit the societal mold. Instead, he is unabashedly determined to live by his own set of rules. Which is why, when a mysterious and lovely housekeeper attracts his attention, he makes her the offer of a lifetime: one month of sin with him in return for a tidy fortune.

Secretly scandalous. Mysterious wallflower. Anything but a lady.

A dark past has ensured that Francesca Marsden is no stranger to secrets, lies, and living life from one moment to the next. While masquerading as the widowed Mrs. Beasley helped her to become housekeeper at a derelict country estate, she never expected to be noticed. She most definitely did not anticipate a dashing marquess making her a proposition she can’t afford to refuse.

When Grey has his enigmatic housekeeper exactly where he wants her, the passion burning between them is beyond his wildest imaginings. Despite his best intentions, his icy heart begins to melt for the spitfire he has taken under his wing. But Francesca promised one month only, and that is all she can give, even as her feelings for Grey grow. With her secrets bringing danger and ruin alarmingly near, she has to make a painful choice. But now that he has found her, Grey isn’t about to let her go. He’ll fight to protect the woman he loves.

Even if it means he has to save her from herself.

Tammy Andresen,
Earl of Spades

Lords of Scandal
Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Spicy

Release Date 07/12/2022
She’s a beauty beyond compare...

Ash can’t deny that her fragile beauty holds him captive. And then there’s the fact that he stands between her and the danger circling ever closer. What man doesn’t wish to save a woman like Lily? He’d protect her with his last breath even he can’t give her a future. They are worlds apart and deep down he knows that love isn’t for a man like him. Not even with a woman as perfect as Lily.

But when fate and chance conspire, can this earl learn to share his heart with the one woman who’s ever tempted him?

He’s a larger-than-life hero...

Lily knows an earl would never marry her, but as he protects her time again, a woman has to ask herself. How could she not fall in love with him? And when he inevitably leaves her life, how will she put the pieces of her heart back together?

Sofie Darling,
Lady Amelia Takes a Lover

Windermeres in Love Book 1
Dragonblade     
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Burning (Hot)

Release Date 07/28/2022
The last thing Lady Amelia Windermere needs is another family scandal. But how can she possibly resist the wild, passionate Duke of Ripon?

Welcome to book 1 in the electrifying new series Windermeres in Love by bestselling and award-winning author Sofie Darling.

A proper English lady...

A little time in beautiful Italy is just what Lady Amelia Windermere and her eccentric family need while their latest scandal dies down. Amelia is hard at work on their triumphant return to London society when she meets Lord Tristan Carteret, Duke of Ripon, a sculptor who is too wild for any proper lady.

Meets a dissolute Duke...

Tristan isn’t eager to let go of la dolce vita that he’s enjoyed in Florence--until he meets Amelia. She may appear to be one more uptight debutante, but he soon realizes that there’s a talented artist and a passionate woman just aching to emerge. If only she can forget what society says and concentrate on what she feels when she’s with him.

And that’s how Lady Amelia Takes a Lover...

Exploring their art leads to Amelia and Tristan exploring much more than stone or canvas. But Amelia knows that indulging her desire for the dissolute Duke comes with a price--more scandal! Tristan refuses to give up on the real Amelia just because of society’s rules, but can he sway her to make him her future?

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.

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Sabrina Jeffries, A Duke for Diana 
Regina Scott, Never Romance a Rogue
Kate Bateman, A Daring Pursuit 
Jane Maguire, Rumors and a Rake 
Bronwen Evans, The Seduction Of Lord Sin 
Elizabeth Rose, Highland Sky 
Tammy Andresen, Vacancy: Viscount Preferred 
Scarlett Scott, Sutton's Scoundrel 
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