This is a good old-fashioned (clean) Regency romance. It's got Bath, an earl, an impoverished companion with a practical bent, a wicked uncle, and a ball. Not to mention an abduction. Candice Hern always writes straightforward well-crafted books, and this is no exception. I ought to like it m...
Miss Lydia Bettride is desperate. Her Mama is after her to choose a husband but the man she loves doesn't love her back. Geoffrey Danforth is one of her brother's friends and treats her like a sister. What's a lovesick maiden to do? Enlist the aid of another friend of her brother's to play the su...
This was a very well researched historical romance. There was a lot of period detail woven into the plot and the descriptions which was nice and a lovely departure from the usual historical romances I've been reading lately. I've never read this author before, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but...
The widow of a famous bishop, Grace Marlowe is both shocked and intrigued by the amorous adventures of her fellow Merry Widows. Though she agreed to their pact, she can't imagine giving herself over to passion-until the most notorious libertine in London sets his sights on her. John Grayston, sev...
"A Bartered Lady" Lord James Harkness is shocked to discover a "bride sale" taking place in his small English village -- and surprised by the depth of his feelings for the unfortunate gentlewoman being auctioned off by a disreputable husband. But is it honor and nobility that compel James to outb...
Following In the Thrill of the Night, this entry in Hern's Merry Widows series finds Beatrice, Lady Somerfield, too busy overseeing her own daughters and niece to take a lover for herself. Until one night at a ball a masked stranger makes her realize the delights she's been missing. Original.
"The Busybody" counseled Eleanor Tennant's headstrong niece to "follow her heart"—sending the impressionable girl racing into the arms of a notorious rake. And Eleanor is furious! The fiery Miss Tennant wants satisfaction from the popular lady columnist who ruined young Belinda's life. But imag...
When two friends are found in a compromising situation, their marriage of convenience turns into something neither was looking for ... and something neither can live without. Nicholas Parrish wakes one morning to pounding at the front door of his London townhouse. Standing before him is the ira...
A Passionate Gamble It was bad enough when Anthony Morehouse thought he had won a piece of furniture in a card game, but when he learned that The Ladies' Fashionable Cabinet was actually a women's magazine, he couldn't wait to get rid of it. Then he sees beautiful Edwina Parrish behind the edit...
Having sacrificed her youthful opportunities to family obligations, mousy Miss Rosalind Lacey is finally ready to make the most of her long-postponed London Season -- starting with Max Devanant, rake extraordinaire....
It was new, built only in the last ten years, and contained all the modern conveniences, with well-fitted windows and floors that only squeaked a little and chimneys with impeccable draw. It was part of a row of terraced houses, with a neat little garden out back and smart marble steps with a blu...