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January, 2023 Edition

 

    Happy New Year! More stories to read and keep you warm, and the cold of winter in Regency England could be brutal and long. Read up on English winters at RFW's The Quizzing Glass.

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


 

Valerie Bowman,
The Duke Deal


The Whitmorelands
June Third Enterprises, LLC
Print, eBook& AudioBook
     
Regency
Spicy

Release Date 01/01/2023
The honeymoon is over...

When Veronica said “I do” to Sebastian Sinclair, Duke of Edgefield, she thought all her dreams had come true. He was dashing and doting, and she absolutely adored him--until he betrayed her trust, shattering their marriage, and her heart, into a million tiny bits. She hasn’t seen her husband in the two years since, and she’d just as soon make it twenty. But when she learns that her beloved grandfather’s dying wish is for her and Sebastian to attend the family’s Christmastide celebration, she swallows her pride and asks him a favor: to pretend they’re the happy couple they once were.

But the passion still simmers.

Sebastian is shocked to find his lovely duchess on his doorstep, but he’s ready and willing to play the part of a devoted husband for the Christmas season...if Veronica will grant him a favor in return. All he asks is that she share his bed every night. All night. And maybe even give him the heir he needs.

Could their love be the real deal?

Veronica must be mad to agree--especially since Sebastian seems intent on using every weapon in his arsenal to charm and seduce her. She knows it’s just pretend and yet, she can’t help but wonder if the falling snow and Christmas cheer will work a little magic. Maybe she and Sebastian will end up with more than either of them bargained for...

Sofie Darling, Nell and the Runaway Duke

Sin & Seduction Series
Oliver Heber Books
Print & eNovella
     
Regency Romance
Spicy

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Release Date 12/27/2022
Nell never dreamed she’d have a holiday romance...

Miss Nell Tait is nobody’s fool--at least not now. In her youth, a man had taken advantage of her and changed her whole life. Now she’s left the East End behind and is a successful modiste to the ton--and will never fall for another man’s lies.

And certainly not with an eligible Duke masquerading as a valet...

His Grace Lucas Kendall, the Duke of Amherst, hadn’t meant to lie to Nell. But he couldn’t miss the chance to know the smart, spirited woman who laughs at mishaps and asks after his injured horse. The woman who doesn’t know he’s a peer.

But anything can happen when it comes to true love...

When Nell learns the man she is falling for is a duke, she knows her dreams will never come true. But Lucas knows two things that Nell doesn’t. Despite his deception, she knows him better than anyone else--and dukes can do anything they like…

Sandra Sookoo,
One Tiny On Dit Later

Singular Sensation #3
New Independence Books (Indie label)
Print & eBook
     
Regency Romance
Suspense
Spicy

Release Date 01/05/2023
When a scandalous rumor sweeps society, what’s a girl to do except behave even more improperly to match her tattered reputation?

Edward Marlowe, 5th Duke of Lockwood, has struggled to put his time in the war behind him. Tired of hiding within the halls of the Rogue’s Arcade club, when he attends a society event with the intention of perhaps charming a lady into his bed, he’s caught off guard as a petite beauty in a hurry, plows into him, tumbling them both to the floor, seconds before she begs for his help.

When Miss Juliet Gillingham finds a diamond brooch the size of a pigeon’s egg in a hollowed-out book at her father’s book shop, she’s curious. Though her mind spins a few tales about its origin, three days later, she’s branded as a brazen jewel thief in the papers. She didn’t commit the crime, and she certainly won’t pay the penalty, especially if she can enlist the assistance of a handsome war hero who happens to be a duke...and a former thief himself.

They attempt to discover the rightful owner of the bauble while dodging the mysterious party who wants it--and them dead. With desire simmering between them, they’re forced to keep to the shadows throughout London in order to evade detection and danger. Only by taunting the original thief by bringing the diamond into the open will they have a chance at removing themselves from scandal, but by then, even love might not be able to save them.

Terri Brisbin,
The Lady Takes It All

Unexpected Heirs of Scotland
Dragonblade Publishing
Print & eBook
     
Regency Romance
Spicy

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(And click on "Excerpt" on the page)

Release Date 01/13/2023
Only inheriting an earldom protected Joshua Robertson from the secrets buried deep in his past. But now Arabella MacGibbon is searching for the truth about her father and her actions threaten to uncover all sorts of secrets--both hers and Joshua’s. As they grow closer, it turns out that the past and the truth might be inconvenient at best and dangerous at worst. When the lies are exposed, can love find the truth?

Regina Scott,
Never Beguile a Bodyguard

Fortune's Brides: Guarding Her Heart
Edwards and Williams
Print & eBook
     
Traditional Regency Romance
Inspirational
Suspense
Clean, Sweet

Release Date 01/16/2023
When elite soldier Finn Huber was released from his duties to his king and crown prince to start a new life in Regency England, he never dreamed his first position would be bodyguard to a governess whose sweet nature calls to him. He fell for a lady he was guarding years ago, with devastating consequences. He learned the hard way that bodyguards must be vigilant, valiant, and in control, always. Loving who they guard is strictly forbidden.

Governess Abigail Winchester beguiles her charges with warm smiles and gentle words, but her composure is hard won. Someone knows about her connection to a family scandal and is bent on destroying her. How kind of her benefactress, Lady Belfort, to hire Finn to keep her safe as she hides at the lady’s country estate. He is everything a lady might admire, but she cannot give in to her growing feelings for him. Finn’s honor and her past can never be reconciled.

But Lady Belfort and her cat, Fortune, are renowned for making matches--in employment and in romance. With their help, Finn and Abigail must uncover who is threatening her and stop the villain before it’s too late. In the end, will honor or love prevail?

Sandra Sookoo,
The Lyon's Puzzle

Lyon's Den Connected World
Dragonblade Publishing
Print & eBook
     
Regency Romance
Spicy

Release Date 01/25/2023
A dark and tortured soul... Montague Bassage--12th Earl of Pennington--wants nothing to do with romance or anything else, frankly. After the fickle threads of fate took his two fiancées, he retreated within himself. Over the years, he’s made himself into the worst man in London--a true beast. A rake to be sure. In his cups more often than not. Skilled at wagering, absolutely. Most of his time is spent at the Lyon’s Den gaming hell, where his only joy is winning at the tables.

Besieged by rumor and innuendo... Mrs. Adriana Roberts nee Stapleton, eldest daughter of Baron Kentwood, is a widow accused of killing her reprobate husband. In the scandal that followed his death, she returned home, only to dance attendance on her much younger and more beautiful sister, for the chit still has a chance of a good match. But when that sister’s hand is lost at a card table to the Worst Man in London, she has to do something.

The past has a habit of retaining a grip... When the owner of the Lyon’s Den arranges a devious marriage between them, they have no choice but to comply. As Montague acts like an enraged beast, Adriana vows to keep the union as a marriage of convenience despite the intense attraction present. But when understanding chips away at their defenses, romance might have a chance if they choose to trust after years of disappointment and hurt instead of locking themselves away into darkness.

Or else Mrs. Dove-Lyon will make certain they get exactly what they want...

Marissa Doyle, Marquis of Secrets: The Ladies of Almack's Omnibus No. 2

The Ladies of Almack's
Book View Cafe
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Fantasy or Science Fiction
Mystery
Sweet

Release Date 12/27/2022
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.

This volume includes the fourth, fifth, and sixth installments of the series:

The Cursed Canvases: Who is magically vandalizing the pictures at the Royal Exhibition? When art becomes artillery, the Ladies take notice.

Turmoil on the Thames: When the King’s birthday celebration at Eton is crashed by uninvited guests who threaten to eat the students, it’s a good thing that the Ladies of Almack’s are at hand...

An Event at Epsom: A horse is a horse, of course--or is it? Annabel and the Ladies must attend the races at Epsom to investigate a very unusual steed.

Anthology,
Gaming Hell Christmas Volume 2

Kathy L Wheeler & Amanda McCabe

Gaming Hell Christmas
Chisel
Print & eBook
     
Georgian
Spicy

Release Date 12/01/2022
The Thief Who Stole Christmas - Amanda McCabe
A man who has never broken the rules, and a woman who just might break his heart! But Christmas is always a time for second chances...

As one of Miss Greensley's Girls, a member of the exclusive club la Sous Rose, and famous author Lady L, Victoria Lanford moves easily through Society ballrooms. Few people know how her unhappy childhood and anxiety led her to pickpocketing (yet, she did return the jewels)! When she comes face-to-face with old flame Rhys Neville, Earl of Hammond, she knows the kind-hearted, straight-laced, devilishly handsome lord is not for her--especially once the past comes back to haunt them. Why, then, can't she stop thinking about their kisses?

The Kerse Who Saved Christmas - Kathy L Wheeler
Kerse: He, of the no nonsense approach, is stymied by She, a woman considered long past prime marriageability who needs a keeper more than he requires a wife. Yet the dreamy-eyed, impractical, and much too optimistic Philomena still manages to steal his heart despite her unrealistic beliefs and trust in fortune tellers.

Tammy Andresen,
A Bet with a Baron

Lords of Temptation Book 1 Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Print & eBook
     
Regency
Spicy

Release Date 01/10/2023
No one can play the game like her...

Though her title is lady now, Mirabelle Smith wasn’t always. Bastard daughter to the Earl of Easton, she grew up without any of her father’s wealth or power to protect her. Which is why when she determines to be the belle of next London’s season, she knows that playing fair won’t get her what she most desires. The only way to win is to use every trick she’s carefully stashed up her lace cuff. Because if growing up on the wrong side of London has taught her anything, it’s that cheaters often win, and gambling only works if you know how to play...

The problem? She needs the help of a certain baron. Partial owner of a new gaming hell, Hell’s Corner, Baron Boxby’s part of her dark world and the glittering ton that’s just past her reach... But how to convince a man who doesn’t want any entanglements to aid her quest?

A bet ought to do nicely...

In Last Month's Edition


C.H. Admirand, The Duke's Protector
Caroline Warfield, Duke in All But Name
Meredith Bond, In Lieu of a Princess
Meredith Bond, Princess on the Run
Treva Harte, The Surprise
Sandra Sookoo, Snowflakes for an Earl
Sandra Sookoo, She's Got a Duke to Keep Her Warm
Barbara Monajem, Lady Rosamund and the Plague of Suitors
Suzanna Medeiros, A Highwayman for Christmas
Gail Eastwood, Her Perfect Gentleman (Book 3 in the Tales of Little Macclow series)
Andrea K Stein, A Wallflower Takes a Duke by Candlelight
Andrea K Stein & Louisa Cornell, Dallying with the Diamond
Kate Bateman, A Wicked Game
K. Lyn Smith, Matching Miss Moon: A Sweet Regency Romance
Emily Windsor, A Gentleman Will Never...Forget a Lady
Rachel Ann Smith, King Takes Queen
Tammy Andresen, Wanted: Title of Countess
Scarlett Scott, Sutton's Secrets
Katherine Ann Madison, The Lord and the Marriageable Lady
 
 
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