Lorraine Heath

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Lorraine Heath
  • Bibliography:
    62 Books (16 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1994
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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About the Author

The daughter of a British beauty and a Texan, Lorraine Heath has enjoying weaving both her heritages into her historical and contemporary romances. She received her BA degree in psychology from the University of Texas. This foundation in understanding of human emotions and motivations helps her create believable and lovable characters. She is an award-winning author of bestselling books for adults and teens. In 1998, Laura Bush, then First Lady of Texas, invited Heath to serve on a romance panel at the Texas Book Festival.

Heath is a carousel and carousel horse enthusiast. She never misses an opportunity to ride one when she’s at an amusement park.

Full Series List in Order

The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction

1 - The Counterfeit Scoundrel (Feb-2023)
2 - The Notorious Lord Knightly (Jul-2023)
3 - In Want of a Viscount (Feb-2024)

Daughters of Fortune

1 - The Outlaw and the Lady (Oct-2001)
2 - To Marry an Heiress (Sep-2002)
3 - Love With a Scandalous Lord (Jun-2003)
4 - An Invitation to Seduction (May-2004)

English Rogues in Texas

1 - A Rogue in Texas (Apr-1999)
2 - Never Love a Cowboy (Apr-2000)
3 - Never Marry a Cowboy (Feb-2001)

Hard Lovin'

1 - Hard Lovin' Man (Nov-2003)
2 - Smooth Talkin' Stranger (Apr-2004)

Hellions of Havisham

1 - Falling Into Bed with a Duke (Nov-2015)
2 - The Earl Takes All (May-2016)
3 - The Viscount and the Vixen (Dec-2016)
3.5 - When the Marquess Falls: A Novella (Apr-2017)

London's Greatest Lovers

1 - Passions of a Wicked Earl (Nov-2010)
2 - Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman (Dec-2010)
3 - Waking Up With the Duke (Jul-2011)

The Lost Lords

1 - As an Earl Desires (Apr-2005)
2 - A Matter of Temptation (Oct-2005)
3 - Promise Me Forever (Apr-2006)

Lost Lords of Pembrook

1 - She Tempts the Duke (Feb-2012)
2 - Lord of Temptation (Sep-2012)
2.5 - Deck the Halls with Love (Feb-2013)
3 - Lord of Wicked Intentions (May-2013)

Once Upon a Dukedom

1 - Scoundrel of My Heart (Jan-2021)
2 - The Duchess Hunt (Oct-2021)
3 - The Return of the Duke (Jan-2022)

Rawley Cooper

0.5 - Texas Legacy: A Novella (Jan-2019)

Rogues and Roses

1 - A Duke of Her Own (Nov-2006)
2 - Just Wicked Enough (Sep-2007)

Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James

1 - When the Duke Was Wicked (Feb-2014)
2 - Once More, My Darling Rogue (Sep-2014)
3 - The Duke and the Lady in Red (May-2015)
4 - An Affair with a Notorious Heiress (Jun-2017)
4.5 - Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses: A Novella (Aug-2017)
5 - A Tempest of Desire (Dec-2024)

Scoundrels of St. James

1 - In Bed With the Devil (Jun-2008)
2 - Between the Devil and Desire (Jan-2009)
3 - Surrender to the Devil (Jul-2009)
4 - Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel (Nov-2009)
4.5 - The Last Wicked Scoundrel: A Novella (Jan-2014)

Sins for All Seasons

1 - Beyond Scandal and Desire (Feb-2018)
2 - When a Duke Loves a Woman (Sep-2018)
3 - The Scoundrel in Her Bed (Feb-2019)
4 - The Duchess in His Bed (Aug-2019)
5 - The Earl Takes a Fancy (Apr-2020)
6 - Beauty Tempts the Beast (Jan-2020)

Stanwick Brothers

1 - Beauty Tempts the Beast (Jan-2020)
2 - Scoundrel of My Heart (Jan-2021)
3 - The Return of the Duke (Jan-2022)

Texas Trilogy

1 - Texas Destiny (Jun-1997)
2 - Texas Glory (Apr-1998)
3 - Texas Splendor (Jan-1999)
3.5 - Texas Legacy: A Novella (Jan-2019)

Multi-Author Series List

Sons and Daughters

1 - The Ladies' Man (Jun-1995)

Book List in Order: 62 titles

  • Sweet Lullaby

    Jove: Homespun

    A family is forever... REBECCA The daughter of a prosperous rancher she became pregnant -- and was abandoned by the father of her child... JAKE A ranchhand on the Lazy A, he dreamed of starting a life on his land in Texas -- if he could fi...

  • Parting Gifts

    Jove: Homespun

    They fulfilled a promise for tomorrow -- with a tender vow of love... MADDIE Desperate for food and shelter, she came to a Texas brothel, knowing what she had to do to survive... CHARLES A widower with three children, he knew he wanted more...

  • The Ladies' Man

    Sons and Daughters - 1

    In the heart of Texas lives a family as big and bold as the state itself The Daltrys are as different as they come, each with his or her own strengths -- and weaknesses. Every time a Daltry turns twenty years old, they are presented with a task by th...

  • Always to Remember

    The story of one man whose quiet strength in his convictions makes an entire town believe -- and of one woman who rebuilds a shattered life and a broken heart. Of one person fighting to forget the past. And one vowing... ALWAYS TO REMEMBER Refu...

  • Texas Destiny

    Texas Trilogy - 1

    SHE WAS HIS BROTHER'S BRIDE... Arriving on the Fort Worth train, Miss Amelia Carson, mail-order bride, had never met Dallas Leigh, the Texan she promised to marry. The tall cowboy at the station wasn't Dallas. He was Houston, Dallas's brother, sen...

  • Texas Glory

    Texas Trilogy - 2

    SHE WAS GIVEN TO A STRANGER Cordelia McQueen was a virtual prisoner in her father's house. Until everything changed when she was shamelessly traded in a battle for land and water rights, and thrust into an unfamiliar world as the bride of Dallas...

  • Texas Splendor

    Texas Trilogy - 3

    The moving tale of Austin Leigh, the brother whose shackled heart will finally be set free.... Five years in prison for a crime he didn't commit -- that's how long Austin Leigh has waited to clear his name, and to be reunited with his belo...

  • Long Stretch of Lonesome // The Gunslinger

    in To Tame a Texan

    Four Texas authors render tales of the long, tall Texan male and the women who lasso their hearts... Journey to Texas, where the passion is hotter than a branding iron and the men are as rugged as the land they work. Join four beautiful and courageou...

  • A Rogue in Texas

    English Rogues in Texas - 1

    A duke's son, Grayson Rhodes was a maverick who had left London's suffocating upper class world to earn his own fortune. So he seized the chance to work Abbie Westland's land... and from the moment he first saw Abbie, he was determined to use his ar...



  • Never Love a Cowboy

    English Rogues in Texas - 2

    "I would not make a good husband. I do, however, make an excellent lover..."Harrison Bainbridge, the second son of an English earl, left his home seeking a scandal-free life away from society's stuffy restraints. Then he arrives in Texas, never expec...

  • Never Marry a Cowboy

    English Rogues in Texas - 3

    From the moment Kit Montgomery walked into Ashton Robertson's life, she knew her heart would always belong to the dashing English rogue. Years later, her brother is determined to see Ashton married to Kit in order to fulfill her greatest dream. And t...

  • The Outlaw and the Lady

    Daughters of Fortune - 1

    Innocent Angela Bainbridge's dreams of a fairy-tale wedding and finding pleasure in a man's embrace can never come true. So when she's swept into the arms of -- and kidnapped by -- notorious renegade Lee Raven she's both righteously angry ... and cur...

  • Samantha and the Cowboy

    Avon True Romance - 1

    SAMANTHA When she manages to get herself hired for the cattle drive, all of Samantha's prayers seem to be answered. The hundred dollars she'll earn will pull her family's Texas farm out of ruin and pay off their debts. But keeping the cowhands foole...

  • To Marry an Heiress

    Daughters of Fortune - 2

    A MOST CONVENIENT MARRIAGE The breathtakingly handsome Earl of Huntdon is determined to take a bride, and equally determined that his marriage to Miss Georgina Pierce will be a business arrangement only--after all, he has been wounded in love befo...

  • Amelia and the Outlaw

    Avon True Romance - 10

    Amelia With a strict, eagle-eyed judge for a father and two older brothers to back him up, Amelia Harper is doted upon and protected within an inch of her life. She's not even allowed to have a sweetheart until she's seventeen, for example. Amelia ...

  • Love With a Scandalous Lord

    Daughters of Fortune - 3

    Of all the eligible noblemen in London, husband-seeking Lydia had to lose her heart to the scandalous Marquess of Blackhurst. BEST LAID PLANS GONE SCANDALOUSLY AWRY Clutching her well-worn copy of Blunders in Behavior Corrected Miss Lydia Westl...

  • Hard Lovin' Man

    Hard Lovin' - 1

    When Kelley Spencer moves back to her hometown of Hopeful with her sister, she hopes desperately to protect sixteen-year-old Madison from the trouble that seemed to find her in Dallas. Almost immediately, a brush with the law reveals that the police ...

  • Smooth Talkin' Stranger

    Hard Lovin' - 2

    USA Today bestselling author Lorraine Heath pens the simmering story of two star-crossed souls who find a passionate love under the expansive Texas sky. Serena Hamilton has never had a one-night stand, but the supreme loneliness she feels after t...

  • An Invitation to Seduction

    Daughters of Fortune - 4

    SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOR Kitty Robertson knows what is required of women of her station--and so she has accepted the marriage proposal of the Marquess of Farthingham, a most suitable gentleman in-deed. All would be perfectly well if she hadn't happened...



  • As an Earl Desires

    The Lost Lords - 1

    To Wed for Duty? The seventh Earl of Sachse has only recently gained his title, but he already knows his duty: to wed one of the debutantes thrust under his nose at every turn. But he is interested in one woman only: coolly beautiful, maddeningly ...

  • A Matter of Temptation

    The Lost Lords - 2

    For years, Robert Hawthorne, the Duke of Killingsworth, was kept a prisoner by his scheming twin brother. A daring escape turns the tables and restores his birthright to him, without anyone the wiser. He can finally enjoy everything that was stolen f...

  • The Reluctant Hero

    in My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

    Those deep-brimmed Stetsons. Those faded jeans. And that's just the beginning. Cowboys are everything a fantasy man should be--tall, tough, and oh so handsome. In this sexy new collection of original stories, meet three men of the American West who k...

  • Promise Me Forever

    The Lost Lords - 3

    On the outside, Lauren Fairfield appears the very picture of cool, contained nobility and blueblood British sophistication. Inside, however, she longs for Tom, the charming rogue she loved -- and lost. Now a sinfully handsome would-be gentleman ha...

  • A Duke of Her Own

    Rogues and Roses - 1

    Lady Louisa longs to marry for passion and love -- but will she find happiness in the arms of the duke? Lady Louisa Wentworth knows she will never marry well -- her family's impoverished estate has ensured as much. Resigned to spinsterhood, ...

  • Just Wicked Enough

    Rogues and Roses - 2

    What will she bid? Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of value--his title--to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last woman he had in mi...

  • In Bed With the Devil

    Scoundrels of St. James - 1

    "I've always been of the opinion that a woman would be far more satisfied lying in bed with a devil than with a saint." -- Lady Cathy Mabry They call him the Devil Earl--a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. ...

  • Between the Devil and Desire

    Scoundrels of St. James - 2

    London's most notorious rogue--decadent, depraved, forbidden The ladies of the ton won't stop whispering about deliciously wicked Jack Dodger--once a thieving street urchin, now the wealthy owner of London's most exclusive gentleman's club. There's...

  • Surrender to the Devil

    Scoundrels of St. James - 3

    A Devilish Duke on a Quest for Pleasure... Frannie Darling was once a child of London's roughest streets, surrounded by petty thieves, pickpockets, and worse. But though she survived this harsh upbringing to become a woman of incomparable beau...

  • Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel

    Scoundrels of St. James - 4

    She sought revenge but discovered desire. On a quest to avenge her sister's death, Eleanor Watkins never expected to fall for the man following her through pleasure gardens and into ballrooms. But soon nothing can keep her from the arms of the...



  • An Invitation to Scandal

    in The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance

    From some of the biggest names in Regency historical romance, 25 wickedly witty, lusciously romantic and sublimely sensual short stories. Stories replete with oversexed aristocrats, posturing courtesans and feuding dukes and duchesses tell of a beaut...

  • Passions of a Wicked Earl

    London's Greatest Lovers - 1

    Known throughout London for his prowess in the bedroom, Morgan Lyons, the 8th Earl of Westcliffe, cannot forgive an unpardonable affront to his honor. Discovering his young bride in the arms of his brother was a staggering blow -- so he banished the ...

  • Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman

    London's Greatest Lovers - 2

    As the black sheep second son of an earl, Stephen Lyons has gained a reputation in the art of seduction, but when his wicked ways result in scandal, he joins the army to redeem himself. On the battlefield, he proves courageous...until he is seriousl...

  • Waking Up With the Duke

    London's Greatest Lovers - 3

    They are masters of seduction, London's greatest lovers... Renowned for his bedchamber prowess, Ransom Seymour, the Duke of Ainsley, owes a debt to a friend. But the payment expected is most shocking, even to an unrepentant rake -- for he'...

  • She Tempts the Duke

    Lost Lords of Pembrook - 1

    Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped -- to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle -- awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright. Sebastian Easton always vowed he would avenge his stolen youth a...

  • Lord of Temptation

    Lost Lords of Pembrook - 2

    Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped -- to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle -- awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright. Once upon a time, he was Lord Tristan Easton -- now he is Cri...

  • Deck the Halls with Love

    Lost Lords of Pembrook - 2.5

    A Lost Lords of Pembrook Novella Christmas is a time for miracles ... and second chances at love. In her dazzling first Season, Lady Meredith Hargreaves gave her heart to Alistair Wakefield, the Marquess of Chetwyn, only to have it shattered wh...

  • Lord of Wicked Intentions

    Lost Lords of Pembrook - 3

    Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped -- to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle -- awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright... Lord Rafe Easton may be of noble blood, but survival taught ...

  • The Last Wicked Scoundrel: A Novella

    Scoundrels of St. James - 4.5

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lorraine Heath brings us the eagerly awaited final story in the Scoundrels of St. James series. William Graves is the last of Feagan's scoundrels. A onetime grave robber turned royal physician, h...

  • When the Duke Was Wicked

    Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James - 1

    They are England's most eligible bachelors, with the most scandalous reputations. But for the right woman, even an unrepentant rogue may mend his ways . . . Lady Grace Mabry's ample inheritance has made it impossible for her to tell whethe...



  • Once More, My Darling Rogue

    Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James - 2

    They are England's most eligible bachelors, with the most scandalous reputations. But for the right woman, even an unrepentant rogue may mend his ways . . . Born to the street but raised within the aristocracy, Drake Darling can't escape his sordi...

  • The Duke and the Lady in Red

    Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James - 3

    Sparks fly in the finale of the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James Place series, as the last wicked rogue meets his match. When Rosalind Sharpe gains the attention of the deliciously wicked Duke of Avendale, she’s torn between her distracting att...

  • Falling Into Bed with a Duke

    Hellions of Havisham - 1

    In the first in a dazzling new series, New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath introduces the Hellions of Havisham -- three charismatic rogues destined to lose their hearts... After six unsuccessful Seasons, Miss Minerva Dodger chooses sp...

  • The Earl Takes All

    Hellions of Havisham - 2

    One summer night, Edward Alcott gives in to temptation and kisses Lady Julia Kenney in a dark garden. However, the passion she stirs within him is best left in the shadows as she weds his twin, the Earl of Greyling. But when tragedy strikes, to honor...

  • The Viscount and the Vixen

    Hellions of Havisham - 3

    Love begets madness. Viscount Locksley watched it happen to his father after his cherished wife’s death. But when his sire arranges to marry flame-haired fortune hunter Portia Gadstone, Locke is compelled to take drastic measures to stop the stunni...

  • When the Marquess Falls: A Novella

    Hellions of Havisham - 3.5

    The long-anticipated and utterly extraordinary tale of the Mad Marquess that proves love truly does last forever The Marquess of Marsden always follows the rules. Expected from birth to adhere to decades of tradition, he plans to marry a proper yo...

  • An Affair with a Notorious Heiress

    Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James - 4

    The son of a duke and an infamous mother, Alistair Mabry, Marquess of Rexton, fought his way to respectability. Now, the most eligible bachelor in London, marriage-shy Rexton will take only a wife with an impeccable reputation, good breeding, and a p...

  • Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses: A Novella

    Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James - 4.5

    Lord Andrew Mabry, the second son of the Duke of Greystone, has no desire to marry. As the spare, he has no obligation to provide an heir and he rather enjoys spending his days and nights in play with the demimonde. But more and more of late, he find...

  • Beyond Scandal and Desire

    Sins for All Seasons - 1

    At birth, Mick Trewlove, the illegitimate son of a duke, was handed over to a commoner. Despite his lowly upbringing, Mick has become a successful businessman, but all his wealth hasn’t satisfied his need for revenge against the man who still wonâ€...

  • When a Duke Loves a Woman

    Sins for All Seasons - 2

    Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger’s kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door -- or the alleyway by her tavern -- Gillie...



  • Texas Legacy: A Novella

    Rawley Cooper - 0.5
    Texas Trilogy - 3.5

    For as long as he can remember, Rawley Cooper has loved Faith Leigh. But the cruelty of his childhood haunts him and he knows he’s undeserving of Faith. When she comes to him on the night of her nineteenth birthday, they both give into temptation. ...

  • The Scoundrel in Her Bed

    Sins for All Seasons - 3

    The bastard son of a nobleman, Finn Trewlove was a shameful secret raised by a stranger. As Finn came of age, he had secrets, too -- the clandestine nights spent with an earl’s daughter. But her promise of forever ended in betrayal. Driven by a ...

  • The Duchess in His Bed

    Sins for All Seasons - 4

    For a duchess with practical desires, falling in love is an inconceivable part of her plan… As owner of the Elysium Club which caters to women’s fantasies, Aiden Trewlove is accustomed to introducing adventurous ladies to sin and vice. But he...

  • Beauty Tempts the Beast

    Sins for All Seasons - 6
    Stanwick Brothers - 1

    Lorraine Heath ends her bestselling Sins for All Seasons series with the hero readers have been waiting for! She wants lessons in seduction Althea Stanwick was a perfect lady destined to marry a wealthy lord, until betrayal left her family penn...

  • The Earl Takes a Fancy

    Sins for All Seasons - 5

    New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath pens another richly satisfying romance in her Sins for all Seasons series. She’s looking for a nobleman to wed… Though born out of wedlock, Fancy Trewlove is determined to fulfill her motherâ...

  • Scoundrel of My Heart

    Once Upon a Dukedom - 1
    Stanwick Brothers - 2

    Lorraine Heath begins an exciting new series with a breathtaking romance about a young woman who must marry a titled gentleman to obtain her inheritance and the unsuitable man she begins to fall madly in love with She is desperate to wed a duke…...

  • The Duchess Hunt

    Once Upon a Dukedom - 2

    New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath continues her Once Upon a Dukedom series with this lush love story of a duke who discovers what he desires in a wife may not be what he needs… Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in ne...

  • The Return of the Duke

    Once Upon a Dukedom - 3
    Stanwick Brothers - 3

    In the thrilling third book in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath's Once Upon a Dukedom series, the dashing son of a disgraced duke teams up with a sultry beauty to thwart an assassination plot against Queen Victoria. When his fa...

  • Girls of Flight City

    Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who trained the British Royal Air Force, by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath. 1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career ...

  • The Counterfeit Scoundrel

    The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction - 1

    New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath begins a compelling new spin-off series, The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction, centering around three heroes -- Knight, Bishop, and Rook -- who play to win at any cost. Born into an aristocratic fam...

  • The Notorious Lord Knightly

    The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction - 2

    Who is the villainous Lord K? New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s next novel in The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction series where revenge is best served hot… A scandalous book by an anonymous author takes London by storm, and eve...

  • In Want of a Viscount

    The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction - 3

    How far would an abandoned son go to get revenge? New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s next novel in The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction series where the price is always high… American Leonora Garrison has come to England in desp...

  • A Tempest of Desire

    Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James - 5

    New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath returns to the fan favorite series, The Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James, with the story of a viscount who has retreated to a small, secluded island only to have a mysterious and beautiful woman ...

Award-Winning Books by Lorraine Heath

Always to Remember
1997 Rita Award -- Short Historical Romance
Just Wicked Enough
2007 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- British Isles Historical Romance
Once More, My Darling Rogue
2014 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romance Of The Year
The Outlaw and the Lady
2001 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best American Historical
Promise Me Forever
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- British Isles Historical Romance
A Rogue in Texas
1999 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best American Historical
Texas Glory
1998 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best American Historical
Waking Up With the Duke
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Innovative Historical Romance


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The first book by Lorraine Heath, Sweet Lullaby, was published in March 1994.

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