The Seductive Regency Romances
The Aloof Marquess
Can a cold and remote Marquess become a warm, loving and playful
husband? Unlikely, but not altogether impossible. Or is it? An arranged
marriage, an aloof Marquess, a sensual and determined bride. And a romance that
begins on their wedding night.
The Marquess of Telforn
has decided to take a bride. Now. In his matter-of-fact way, he heads to London
at the start of the Season, and within a week he makes his choice.
Lady Ellena Astonbury is
startled when after only the briefest of encounters with the aloof Marquess at
the first two events of the Season, he approaches her father with an offer, and
her parents are delighted to accept.
The Marquess requests an
almost immediate marriage, and within days, Ellena is a Marchioness. Knowing
little of the Marquess, she realizes that she will have no alternative but to
get to know her new husband after
their wedding.
Can her gentle and
sensual nature turn the aloof man she married into a real husband?
The Enigmatic Earl
Can a battle weary
lord preparing to head for the Season’s marriage mart find love in an
unexpected place?
When Richard Merilstone, the Earl of Surcliffe, and Drake
Warfield, Viscount Allum, ride up to their favorite haunt the Angel Fayre Inn
to escape an impending storm, they are dismayed to find it appears to be
closed.
But when they enter the quiet inn they find not only the
owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose, who are preparing for a family trip, but their
niece Miss Angela Lowry. Although the inn is closed for business, as old and
valued customers they are invited to join the family for dinner.
The Season is in full swing and both gentlemen must leave
for London in the following days to begin their search for a bride. It is time
to marry and neither is looking forward to it. They don’t expect to have the
same luck as their friend and neighbor James Ashburn, the Marquess of Telforn,
who despite his marriage of convenience was lucky enough to find love.
But under the tender auspices of the owner’s beautiful young
niece, one last night at the inn proves to be revealing in many ways for one of
them, and his life may never be the same.
The Volatile Viscount
Infuriated at being forced by his father into an arranged
marriage with a bluestocking, Drake Warfield, Viscount Allum, is determined to
get it over with and get on with his life. His gentle bluestocking, however,
has other ideas.
How can someone who looks so sweet, soft and well… alluring, be so bossy, irritating and
tempting all at the same time? She’s smart, practical, down to earth, curious
and inadvertently sensual. And she is driving him completely insane.
She wears round owlish looking reading glasses that make her
baby blue eyes look huge. Stargazes from her own library turret. Treats her
household staff like family, and as the apple of her father’s eye, she always
gets her own way. Until now. There are just a few things that Viscount Drake
Allum is determined to set straight. Exactly who is now boss in that household.
But will she listen? Unlikely.
This is the third in the Seductive Regency Short Story Series: The first is The Aloof Marquess, followed by The
Enigmatic Earl and The Volatile
Viscount.
The Curious Curate (and the Opera Singer)
When is a curate not a
curate? When he is a dashing rogue sent to assist his Reverend Uncle as penance
for his unruly behavior.
When the Marquess of Tyden learned of his youngest son, Lord
Aiden Renford’s, roguish behavior in Town—duels, fist fights, and gambling—he
knew there was only one solution for it. To send him to his uncle for a year.
Under the Reverend Matthew Renford’s gentle guidance, Aiden would learn
humility and to behave like a gentleman. The penalty if he refused? He would be
cut off, not only from his funds, but from his family and all access to the
family’s estates.
While the locals are happy to embrace the new temporary
curate and welcome him into their homes, Aiden soon discovers that although he
is counting the days until he regains his freedom, a year in Harelton is not
such a bad bargain, especially when an unexpected guest arrives at the vicarage
only a week before he is free to leave.
Miss Amelie Rouen is an opera singer, something many
Londoners unfortunately appeared to equate with being a Cyprian. While being
pursued by an ardent admirer, she takes refuge at the Harelton Parish Vicarage,
and finds herself in the care of an unusual curate with twinkling eyes and a
mischievous sense of humor, who looks like he belongs anywhere but there.
Can the attraction between the oddly matched pair lead to
anything but heartache?
Twin Rogues in Winter
A pair of identical twins, a winter house party, a
group of eligible young ladies, and the overwhelming temptation to switch
identities. What could possibly go wrong?
Gareth and Callum Renford are identical twins, only the most
discerning eye can tell them apart. Even their father gets them confused. But
one thing sets them apart in a most dramatic way. One is a future marquess, and
the other is not. So distinguishing one brother from the other is essential to
any lady seeking a titled husband.
The two have always played the ‘which twin is which’ game
and enjoyed confusing their friends and relatives. So when they are snowed in
at a winter house party, they cannot resist. Will the guests be able to tell
who is who? Not easily. And the mischievous pair are enjoying the game. Each
would like to be valued for himself, regardless of his future prospects. And
while love is the greatest prize of all, they don’t expect to find it.
But with a girl hiding under one twin’s bed and the sudden
reappearance of an old flame, the twins might get a little more than they
bargained for in this cheerful Regency romp filled with secret passages,
snowball fights, parlor games and a winter frost fair.
Midnight in the Garden with Eros
An eagle-eyed artist with a checkered past, a bored country Miss, a cat
called Artemis, caverns, and a ‘Greeks and Romans’ costume ball.
From humble beginnings to the height of fame, talented
painter and sculptor John Ivers Mason is the toast of London. Tall, lean,
handsome, and in possession of a pair of startling pale blue eyes and jet black
hair, he is sought after not only for his skill and artistry, but his
incredibly striking good looks.
But John’s lowly Newcastle background has made him cautious.
While he is invited to many ton events as a celebrated artist, he is not truly
a part of that world. Until he unexpectedly falls in love with a young woman
who is.
Asked by her father to paint the fiery Miss Diana Wilmington
at their country estate, he agrees—on one condition—that he be allowed to paint
her for his own gallery too.
Diana is no typical member of the beau monde. She is feisty,
stubborn, opinionated and definitely no shrinking violet. Almost perfect for
him in fact. Except that he swore he would never marry.
But rules are made to be broken. Aren’t they?
Assuming she is alone in the garden, Miss Diana Wilmington
is quite annoyed when in a rare whimsical moment she beseeches the newly
arrived statue of Eros for a love match, and is overheard by none other than
the statue’s amused sculptor himself. John Ivers Mason. The man is infuriating.
But intriguing.
Although she is not usually of a whimsical mindset, Diana’s
sister and several of her friends have recently married and she is feeling a
little left out. Her father is not a fan of going to Town, and prefers to
invite Town to him by creating his own entertainments at Wilmington Hall. And
while she has no intention of succumbing to ‘wedded bliss’ with one of the
stuffy, boring London fops who so often frequent their house parties, she
doesn’t want to become an aging spinster aunt someday either!
But now the infuriating artist will be staying to paint her.
And there is so much more to the talented artist than meets the eye.
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