April Regency Reads

I’m starting a regular feature on my blog from this month to showcase new releases and pre-orders by other authors in the regency historical romance genre. I used to do this on Twitter but since I’m no longer posting there I’ll do it here once a month. Anyway, take a peek at the new books in this months April Regency Reads and perhaps you’ll find your next book boyfriend among them.


April Regency Reads Wendy VellaApril 1:

Detecting Danger
(Sinclair and Raven Book 11)
by Wendy Vella

He could no longer deny what was inside him…
Will she forfeit her happiness to keep him safe?

Legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic.

Available on: AMAZON


April Regency Reads Darcy BurkeApril 4:

Romancing the Heiress
(Lords in Love Book 3)
by Darcy Burke

Return to the annual Marrywell May Day Matchmaking Festival where childhood friends Leah and Phin are reunited for the first time in seven years. He’s looking for an heiress to save his botanical gardens, while she is intent on saving him from a horrible match.

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April 10:

Persuasions of an Earl’s Daughter
(The Duchess’s Investigative Society Book 9)
by Samantha Holt

She’s not about to let him steal anything else from her…least of all her heart…

Mystery, romance, and strong-willed heroines!

Available on: AMAZON


April 21:

Defying the Earl
(Lords in Love Book 4)
by Erica Ridley

Rather than meet her unwanted new guardian as instructed, she attends a ball and comes kiss-to-kiss with an adorably befuddled handsome lord instead. But the grumpy, sexy stranger turns out to be her new guardian, hell-bent on marrying her to someone else!

A fun, flirty guardian-and-ward forced proximity romp

Available on: AMAZON


April 27:

The Baron’s Return
(Landing a Lord Book 7)
by Suzanna Medeiros

She broke his heart once before. He won’t give her the chance to do it again.

Baron Cranston’s offer of a marriage of convenience could give the newly widowed Abigail the second chance she never expected to have with the only man she’s over loved. She just needs to convince the stubborn baron that his heart isn’t as closed off as he believes.

Available on: AMAZON  |  APPLE BOOKS  |  NOOK


There are many more of course, but it should be enough to fill a few hours. (Authors you can add your book in the comments sections below if you like, too)  😀

What other great reads have you found this month?

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A new anthology is headed your way

I’m really excited to share the news that A new anthology is headed your way. I’ve put together another regency romance Christmas anthology just for you. MISTLETOE AND MAYHEM releases on November 10 and features almost all the authors you loved reading in last years USA Today Bestselling Winter Wishes Anthology.
There’ll be print versions too for collecting for your keeper shelf and in time for Christmas gift giving as well.

But for now here’s your first look at the ebook edition…

A new anthology is headed your way

There’s no Christmas like a Regency Christmas spent under mistletoe! New York Times Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen and friends invite you to discover true love in an all-new collection of steamy romances this holiday collection.

Countess by Christmas by Cheryl Bolen

Silver Bells by Heather Boyd

Convincing the Countess by Alina K. Field

Rescued By A Rake by Wendy Vella

Unwise but not Dishonorable by Barbara Monajem

Meet Me at the Mistletoe by Donna Cummings

While You Were Roguish by Samantha Grace

Wedded to the Welsh Baron by Sasha Cottman

Once Upon a Kiss Gone Horribly Wrong by Bree Wolf

A Rogue and Some Mistletoe by Lana Williams

The Duke’s Christmas List by Bronwen Evans

If you adore steamy Regency romance, you’ll devour this new anthology!


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Free Books: Regency Romance

The following books are available free to read today. Enjoy!

Chills: Distinguished Rogues book 1

Jack, Marquess of Ettington, is at his wits’ end dealing with his twin sister’s distress. Under her name, he’s summoned Constance Grange, his vexing former ward, to London to act as his sister’s companion for the season. Although Pixie’s debt-ridden state comes as a complete surprise, what disturbs him more is his sister’s plan to find her a wealthy husband to pay off her overwhelming debts. And—despite his availability, wealth and title—he’s shocked to be overlooked for the position of Pixie’s husband.

With a nickname like Pixie, Constance Grange should be used to disasters, but debt collectors pounding on the Marquess of Ettington’s door demanding payment is beyond mortifying. Given the precarious state of her finances and the previously unknown loss of her family estate, her choices are either incarceration in debtors’ prison or turning fortune hunter to secure a wealthy husband. Yet the man who comes to her rescue more times than she cares to think about is unavailable, betrothed, and her former guardian Jack—the cold-hearted marquess.

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Engaging the Enemy: Wild Randalls book 1

A lady should be the image of elegance and calm, but those words have never applied to Mercy, Duchess of Romsey. A widow and mother, Mercy is lonely and floundering to keep the estate afloat. When she discovers the existence of Leopold Randall, her husband’s estranged cousin, Mercy immediately offers to help him locate his missing siblings if he helps her return the estate to order.

Leopold has returned to Hampshire for only one purpose—to learn the fate of his missing siblings. Unfortunately, the current duchess is clueless and out of her depth. Her struggle tugs at Leopold’s sense of duty and her bold nature tempts him unbearably. When Leopold discovers their lives are forever entwined, he vows to protect Mercy and her innocent son.

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One Wicked Night: short regency romp

For one wicked night…

Benedict Abernathy, an untitled but wealthy gentleman visiting London, is heartily sick of his celibate existence. Determined to leave his shattered heart behind and move on with his life, he accepts an invitation for a night of debauchery in the arms of London’s infamous courtesan, Lottie Townsend.

…she will indulge his every desire.

Lady Charlotte Goodchild has fallen far from privilege and longs for one night of pleasure with the man she loves. But Benedict must be spared the truth of her ruin at all costs. Posing as Lottie Townsend, a notoriously discriminating courtesan and old friend, she disguises her identity and invites Benedict to share the night of passion that fate denied them.

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Also… a word about reviews

Reviews are important to me. I am always grateful when a reader takes the time to comment on what they like about my stories. Quotable reviews ones make my day. Thank you! But in the last week I’ve learned that Amazon.com has changed the requirements for leaving reviews on products in a big way. See for yourself:

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You can read the full conditions for leaving a review here.

If this change affects you, and the reviews you’ve written have disappeared, I’m sure you’re frustrated. You may have won books as prizes during the year, or been given gift cards at Christmas or birthdays or even from Facebook parties. You should be able to have your say about them if you want to. And I’m positive it has been possible to be a avid reader in the past without once using a credit card at Amazon.

Despite the annoyance though, always remember there are other places happy to take your review without making you use your credit card first: Apple iBooks, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, All Romance Ebooks, and Goodreads. Amazon is not the only place that sells books…its just the place most people talk about first.

As always, whenever or wherever you leave a review, I hope you enjoy my stories.

Cheers!

Out Today: To Kiss a Rake by Barbara Monajem

 

To Kiss A Rake
by Barbara Monajem
Series: Scandalous Kisses, #1
Genre: Regency Historical Romance
Release Date: July 29, 2015

 

 

WHEN A LADY IS ABDUCTED BY MISTAKE…

Melinda Starling doesn’t let ladylike behavior get in the way of true love. She’s secretly helping with an elopement, when she’s tossed into the waiting coach and driven away by a notorious rake.

REVENGE REALLY DOESN’T PAY.

Miles Warren, Lord Garrison, comes from a family of libertines, and he’s the worst of them all—or so society believes. When Miles helps a friend to run away with an heiress, it’s an entertaining way to revenge himself on one of the gossips who slandered him.

Except that he drives off with the wrong woman…and as if that wasn’t scandalous enough, he can’t resist stealing a kiss.

 

Setup: Miles and Melinda have just been united in a marriage of great inconvenience which neither of them wished. They haven’t consummated the marriage yet (for a reason Melinda would rather I didn’t mention here). Miles is taking advantage of the next few days to work up to it, though.

Miles guided the greys between two wagons. “Putting on an act, pretending to be madly in love, worked well enough in a pinch, but now that we’re married, we should take a different approach.”

“Which is?” asked Melinda.

“We should get to know one another,” he said.

She huffed. “Obviously we’ll do that.”

“By means of flirtation.”

That delicate flush arose in her cheeks again. “I beg your pardon?”

“Think about it. If I were courting you, we would flirt.” He paused to let her absorb the notion. “Wouldn’t we? You must have flirted with many men.” His heart beat painfully at the thought that she might continue to do so.

“Only if I knew they weren’t serious,” she said. “The moment they got that intent expression in their eyes, as if they wanted to steal a-a kiss…” Her eyes widened. For a hushed second, her gaze hovered on his lips. Abruptly, she looked away. “I wouldn’t let them.”

“Ah.” He suppressed a smile. “That privilege fell to me, and I seized it most unfairly.”

She took a deep breath. Did she realize how it made her bosom rise and fall? “And if it seemed they were on the verge of making an offer, I stopped flirting straightaway.”

“But that was then and this is now, and you’re already married to me. Think of the next few days as our courtship. We’ll drive in the Park, we’ll perhaps have ices at Gunter’s, we may even get invited to a ball or two, and…”

“We’ll flirt.” She glanced at him from under her lashes—at his mouth again—and away.

“But it will be much different from before. Instead of stopping at the first sign of serious intent, you’ll carry on as if your interest is as genuine as mine.”

She chewed on her bottom lip. She toyed with the fingertips of her glove.

“As if it’s leading somewhere,” he said.

Melinda knew perfectly well that he meant the consummation of their marriage, but why must she blush so easily? She’d mentioned that kiss, and all of a sudden she couldn’t keep her eyes away from his mouth. “Which it is,” she said gruffly. There wasn’t much room on the seat of the curricle—enough for the two of them, but very little space between. She’d never flirted with a man in such close proximity before. It certainly added spice to the experience.

“So there’s no reason to shy away or give me the cold shoulder or whatever you did to those fellows,” he said. “You may indulge your natural enjoyment of flirtation as much as you like.”

She bristled at that. “Who told you I enjoy flirting?” Then she remembered. “Is it something Lord Bottleford said? He was forever reprimanding me for being too friendly, and saying a lady should maintain a proper distance at all times. To him, that meant ignoring everyone else and listening enraptured while he prosed on and on. And on.” She rolled her eyes. “And on.”

His lips twitched. His eyes gleamed. Something inside her did a strange little flip.

She pulled herself together. He disconcerted her without even saying a word. “Who, then? My grandmother?”

“No, I didn’t mean you in particular, but rather one’s natural tendency to flirt with members of the opposite sex. It’s quite primitive, I think—rather like mating rituals of birds or beasts.”

Primitive. What an odd word to use of flirting, which had always seemed a highly civilized behavior until now. And yet…how very enticing.

She wanted him to kiss her again.

 

 

 

Winner of the Holt Medallion, Maggie, Daphne du Maurier, Reviewer’s Choice and Epic awards, Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. She published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. When they grew up, she turned to writing for grownups, first the Bayou Gavotte paranormal mysteries and then Regency romances with intrepid heroines and long-suffering heroes (or vice versa). Some of her Regencies have magic in them and some don’t (except for the magic of love, which is in every story she writes).

Barbara loves to cook, especially soups, and is an avid reader. There are only two items on her bucket list: to make asparagus pudding and succeed at knitting socks. She’ll manage the first but doubts she’ll ever accomplish the second. This is not a bid for immortality but merely the dismal truth. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Wicked Night Wordle

I’ve rediscovered some fun: The Wordle. Simply pop your text into the site, get a pretty graphic back of the words most often used and voila. This week’s wordle is brought to you by my first every published short regency short story – One Wicked Night. If you’ve read Chills you might recognize one of Pixie’s suitors as the hero of this book…

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For one wicked night…

Benedict Abernathy, an untitled but wealthy gentleman visiting London, is heartily sick of his celibate existence. Determined to leave his shattered heart behind and move on with his life, he accepts an invitation for a night of debauchery in the arms of London’s infamous courtesan, Lottie Townsend.

…she will indulge his every desire.

Lady Charlotte Goodchild has fallen far from privilege and longs for one night of pleasure with the man she loves. But Benedict must be spared the truth of her ruin at all costs. Posing as Lottie Townsend, a notoriously discriminating courtesan and old friend, she disguises her identity and invites Benedict to share the night of passion that fate denied them.

This short story was first published in 2010.

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