Barbara Metzger

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  • Bibliography:
    60 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1981
  • Latest Book:
    November 2014
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Full Series List in Order

Dimm

1 - A Suspicious Affair (Jul-1994)
2 - Snowdrops and Scandalbroth (Feb-1997)
3 - The Painted Lady (Jul-2001)

House of Cards Trilogy

1 - Ace of Hearts (Sep-2005)
2 - Jack of Clubs (Mar-2006)
3 - Queen of Diamonds (Jun-2006)

Royce Lie Detectors

1 - Truly Yours (Sep-2007)
2 - The Scandalous Life of a True Lady (Jun-2008)
3 - The Wicked Ways of a True Hero (Mar-2009)

Book List in Order: 60 titles

  • Bething's Folly

    RELUCTANT ROMANCE The chattering and giggling in a ballroom full of hopeful young debutantes had sent Lord Alexander hurrying for covers He had promised his father, the Duke of Carlyle that he would marry, but the fun-loving young lord was finding...

  • The Earl and the Heiress

    Noell Armstrong's father had been a delightful rake in his day, but when he died his only legacy was a mountain of debts and a houseful of puppies-the offspring of the exotic dog the Viscount had brought home to his wife during his days with the ...

  • My Lady Innkeeper

    IF A RAKE COULDN'T MAKE A GIRL'S HEART BEAT FASTER, HE WAS NO GOOD AT HIS JOB! A tempting package of wealth, lineage and beauty, Miss Lyndell Markham had managed to avoid every roguish expert with rakish ways. Men, she decided, were toads, especia...

  • Rake's Ransom

    Zebra Regency Romance

    MADCAP TOMBOY When the local magistrate jailed Jacelyn Trevaine's pet dog as a public nuisance, the country miss knew he meant to blackmail her into socializing with his nephew. High-spirited Jaceelyn decided to free her dog by kidnapping the...

  • Cupboard Kisses

    Lady or Lightskirt? Well-bred orphan Cristabel Swann tolerates her thankless teaching job--until her uncle dies unexpectedly. Arriving in London to claim her inheritance, Cristabel encounters something else entirely--a loutish naval captain who wo...

  • An Early Engagement

    MARRY HER VILE COUSIN, AND LOSE HER INHERITANCE AS WELL AS HER INDEPENDENCE? NEVER! Thus Lady Emilyann, a hellion with a nose for trouble, tracked down her childhood friend and insisted he honor the betrothal arrangement their fathers had made yea...

  • Minor Indiscretions

    IT WAS PROVING QUITE HARD TO SEDUCE A WOMAN WITH HER MOTHER NEARBY, MUCH. LESS A COOK AND NANNY! Though barely out of the schoolroom, Melody Ashton was determined to save her mother from scandal. Guardian of several "orphans" (in actuality...

  • The Luck of the Devil

    SHOULD SHE STRANGLE THE RAKE... OR AID HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN HER OWN SEDUCTION? Though Miss Rowanne Wimberly had come to be appreciated for both her charms and her sizable dowry, it was her innocent yet very public flirtation with the notorious a...

  • An Affair of Interest

    LONDON SEEMED THE PLACE TO FULFILL WINIFRED'S ROMANTIC DREAMS...AND SYDNEY'S MERCENARY ONES. Being one half-pay pension away from poverty, it was clear to the Misses Sydney and Winifred Lattimore that one of them must find a wealthy husband. Since...



  • Christmas Wishes

    SHE MADE A CHRISTMAS WISH FOR A CHARMING CAVALIER--AND MET THE MOST NOTORIOUS RAKE IN ENGLAND! Though granddaughter to one of the ancient regime, Juneclaire Beaumont lived without complaint as a poor relation at Stanton Hall -- until a family cris...

  • A Loyal Companion

    SPOILED AND UNGOVERNED, FITZ WAS NOT SUITABLE COMPANION FOR A LADY OF FASHION.... And certainly no proper chaperon. Fitz begged to disagree--after all, a dog was a true Incomparable as far as friendship, loyalty, and protection--and soon lovely Mi...

  • Lady in Green

    HER SITUATION IS ONE OF DISMAY, DISILLUSIONMENT, AND DIRE PERIL.... Annalise Avery would rather run away than marry the despicable man her stepfather has chosen for her. All he wants is her fortune anyway. Escaping with two servants, Annalise take...

  • Autumn Glory

    in Autumn Loves

    Headstrong and ungovernable, Irmagard was determined to save her sisters from the altar. With the unexpected help of a certain Lord Wingate, she conspired to thwart her parents' scheming -- in a most disruptive manner.......

  • An Angel for the Earl

    HE WAS A RATIONAL, CLEAR-THINKING RAKE - UNTIL AN ANGEL APPEARED TO SAVE HIS SOUL Due to the most unfortunate circumstances, Lucinda's life on earth had been cut short in a most scandalous and tragic manner. Now for penance the fates have given he...

  • A Suspicious Affair

    Dimm - 1

    MURDER AND IMPENDING MOTHERHOOD ARE HARDLY TWO CONDITIONS TO ATTRACT LONDON'S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR! Would a lady--especially a lady with child--commit cold-blooded murder after finding her husband in the arms of another woman? 'Twas hardly a cr...

  • Greetings of the Season

    in A Regency Christmas 1994

    When his secretary confused some cards and gifts, the Earl of Montravan found his Christmas goose cooked--with his fiancee, his mistress, and his mother! Only Petra found the whole incident quite amusing.......

  • Lady Whilton's Wedding

    BETWEEN A WEDDING AND A FUNERAL, SPARKS OF ROMANCE PROMISED JITTERS FOR ALL! Where was Uncle Albert? The day of Lady Whilton's nuptials was fast approaching, and the spiteful old lout had disappeared. Daphne Whilton, the bride's daughter, ...

  • Father Christmas

    HE DARED BELIEVE THAT HIS MONEY COULD BUY ANYTHING! A war hero's widow had few pleasures, especially when she was living under the miserly auspices of a stern father. But Graceanne had her beautiful three-year-old twin boys and that was joy enough...

  • Valentines

    BALD LIES Audrina is desperate to ensure that Lord Blanford not only notices her beautiful cousin but marries her as well. However, Max's head is beset by larger worries than matrimony--though he is curiously diverted by the antics of the flame-ha...



  • An Enchanted Affair

    She was a most unusual miss, to be sure! Lovely Lisanne Neville had always found solace in the verdant beauty of Sevrin Woods. But now the woods were about to be destroyed in order to pay off the gambling debts of the Duke of St. Sevrin. Clearly, ...

  • The Proof Is in the Pudding

    in A Regency Christmas Feast

    For your holiday pleasure, five star storytellers serve up their most delicious recipes for romance. MARY BALOGH tells of lost love found when a betrayed beauty and a jealous lord learn how hard it is to resist each other. SANDRA HEATH stirs up ember...

  • Snowdrops and Scandalbroth

    Dimm - 2

    JUST WHAT MUST A GENTLEMAN DO TO PROVE HE 'S A NOTORIOUS RAKE? Stranded in London at the mercy of strangers, Miss Kathlyn Partland was mistrustful of Lord Chase's sympathy, surprised by his hospitality... and positively shocked by his outrageous o...

  • The Primrose Path

    'TWAS MORE THAN JUST A BONE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORS! Seventh Viscount Knowle--a war hero, a rising star in politics, a nonpareil in tonnish circles-- has become a laughingstock. His legacy has gone to the dogs--literally. Primrose Cott...

  • The Christmas Carrolls

    A MERRY TALE OF CHRISTMAS BELLES--AND THREE VERY WISE MEN. If Lord Carroll had one wish, it was to see his lovely daughters--Joia, Hollice, and Meredith--happily wed. The problem was finding three suitable beaus. However, 'twas Christmas, a tim...

  • Miss Lockharte's Letters

    IF SHE MUST DIE, SHE VOWS TO CAST SOME BLAME ON A RATHER ATTRACTIVE HEARTBREAKER! Delirious with fever, Rosellen Lockharte summons all her strength to pen several letters from her attic deathbed. Soon all who set her willy-nilly on this path to p...

  • Three Good Deeds

    in A Regency Christmas

    Make the season bright with these original stories of Christmas love, written by five award-winning Regency authors. Heartwarming, celebratory, and romantic, each delightful story captures the essence of the Yuletide spirit - its loving good will and...

  • Lord Heartless

    A HEART IN HIDING The rakish, independent, and devilishly handsome Viscount Hartleigh needs no one in his well-ordered life - until he discovers a bundle of joy on his doorstep. Overwhelmed by his newly acquired title of' Father, the viscount ...

  • Miss Treadwell's Talent

    Signet Regency Romance

    Finders Keepers One-and-twenty and still unwed, Maylene Treadwell is a talent for finding people and things, but not husbands. High-spirited and unconventional, she is more a worthy adversary than a blushing bride--a fact made all too clear to the...

  • Christmas Wish List

    in A Regency Christmas Present

    The gifts of Christmas are priceless -- good cheer, warm hearts, and happy times with friends. And now five bestselling Regency authors have made a special present to you--five brand-new stories. High-spirited and humorous, heartwarming and romantic ...



  • A Worthy Wife

    Signet Regency Romance

    Love With A Perfect Stranger Aurora Halle McPhee, a girl of humble (some might say unconventional) background, cannot believe her luck when she is betrothed to the dashing, well-bred Harland Podell. Aurora soon learns, however, that the match is t...

  • The Management Requests

    in The Grand Hotel

    THE GRAND HOTEL... The most fashionable place to rest your head -- and warm your heart Brand-new and breathtakingly stylish, London's Luxurious Grand Hotel is the perfect setting for romantic rendezvous, glittering celebrations -- and Cupid...

  • Saved by Scandal

    Signet Regency Romance

    A Scandalous Proposal When his betrothed leaves him stranded at the altar. Lord Galen Woodbridge is more embarrassed than broken-hearted. Desperate to deflect attention from his humiliating plight, he decides to stir up a bit of a scandal-by weddi...

  • Little Miracles

    in A Regency Christmas Eve

    Celebrate the most joyous of seasons with these original stories of holiday romance from five of today's most beloved award-winning Regency authors. Each tale is set on Christmas Eve, capturing the season's true spirit of charity and goodwill, provin...

  • Miss Westlake's Windfall

    Signet Regency Romance

    For Love...or Money? Miss Ada Westlake doesn't consider herself a fool...but everyone else seems to. Though her family is nearly destitute, she has just turned down another proposal from the best catch in the county. Chas--otherwise known as Visco...

  • The Painted Lady

    Dimm - 3
    Signet Regency Romance

    A Private Sitting... Beneath Miss Lilyanne Bannister's starched facade was a wildcat who dreamed of wearing pink satin, dancing till dawn, and riding cross-country astride. But even Lilyanne wasn't daring enough to get involved with Kennard Cartl...

  • The Christmas Curse

    in Regency Christmas Spirits

    Give the gift of love this holiday season with this special collection of Christmas stories from five beloved and bestselling Regency authors. Each tale touches on the "spirit" of the season and conjures a little mistletoe magic to bring lovers toget...

  • A Debt to Delia

    Signet Regency Romance

    Passion Repaid In the heat of a battle in the war against Napoleon, Major Lord Tyverne is wounded and trapped behind enemy lines. Then a fellow redcoat comes to Ty's aid and insists the peer ride his horse to safety. Later, horrified to learn ...

  • Lady Sparrow

    Signet Regency Romance

    Spreading Her Wings Twenty-three-year-old heiress Minerva Caldwell has just buried her elderly husband, Harold Sparr, Earl of Sparrowdale--and she couldn't be happier. But when she starts rummaging through the old reprobate's account books...

  • A Home for Hannah

    in A Regency Christmas 2002

    Have Yourself a Regency Christmas Spend the holidays in Regency England this Christmas, courtesy of five beloved and bestselling authors who deliver heartwarming tales that will make you feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. ...



  • The Diamond Key

    Signet Regency Romance

    The Key to His Heart On the evening of her come-out ball, Lady Victoria Keyes received from her Father a gold key with diamonds and the admonition to find the heart the gift unlocked. But after three Seasons she is still unwed. Then a trip to a Lo...

  • The Lucky Coin

    in Regency Christmas Wishes

    A down-at-the-heels benefactor finds that a single penny-- his last--is worth more than riches when it brings him face- to-face with a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas angel, in "The Lucky Coin" by Barbara Metzger....

  • Wedded Bliss

    When Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford, receives word that a neighbor has taken his son, he hastily vows to enforce the kidnapping laws. But he quickly discovers that widowed Alissa Henning is no criminal. Instead she is exactly the kind of woman who...

  • A Match Made in Heaven -- or Hell

    in Wedding Belles

    Angel and Devil vie for an injured marquess who is both a rake and a war hero in Barbara Metzger's "A Match Made in Heaven--or Hell." They wager to let him live--and see if a heaven-sent woman can reform him....

  • Love, Louisa

    Louisa wrecks her fiance's car on the night of their engagement party and he stands her up at the wedding. She goes on the honeymoon, and ends up in a hospital, sunburned. Back home, she has no lover, no job, no apartment, and no money. She retreats ...

  • A Perfect Gentleman

    Viscount Aubrey "Stony" Wellstone is at the end of his rope--and at the end of his family's once-great fortune. Desperate, he tries his luck at the gaming tables, where an offer to exchange his debts for a gentlemanly favor leads to a profitable new ...

  • The Enchanted Earl

    in Regency Christmas Magic

    On the most magical night of the year, a practical young widow makes a wish. When fate sends her an old magician claiming to be The Enchanted Earl of her dreams--and wanting a kiss--she wonders if, just once, she should let herself believe in magic.....

  • The Duel

    If only he could go back in time. Then Ian, Earl of Marden, would not have dueled, and he would not have hit an innocent bystander -- a sickly lad, no less. And he certainly would never have brought the boy's sister, Athena Renslow, to stay at hi...

  • Ace of Hearts

    House of Cards Trilogy - 1

    Meet two brothers who learn that even when dealt an undesirable hand of it, wits and some good old bluffing can make anyone a winner in the game of love. Alexander "Ace" Endicott, the Earl of Carde, needs a woman who will beget him heirs t...

  • Wooing the Wolf

    in Regency Christmas Courtships

    For Christmas, two little angels hatch devilish plans to get an elusive lord to marry their beloved guardian in Wooing the Wolf......



  • The Perfect Fit

    in The True Love Wedding Dress

    Some brides make their dresses. But sometimes, the dress makes the bride.... By the flickering light of a kitchen fire, a modest servant girl creates the wedding gown of her dreams -- a glorious dress of ivory silk and delicate lace that she wou...

  • Jack of Clubs

    House of Cards Trilogy - 2

    Barbara Metzger deals a winning hand in her second House of Cards novel . . . in which a man determined to find his lost sibling learns that sometimes even the most desperate bluff can reap the greatest reward. . . . Years ago, Captain Jack Endico...

  • Queen of Diamonds

    House of Cards Trilogy - 3

    All bets are off in Barbara Metzger's latest novel. She raises the stakes as two brothers close in on finding their long-lost sister--and restoring order to the House of Carde. There's not a soul for miles who doesn't know the story of...

  • The Hourglass

    ANOTHER TIME... It seems a million years have passed since Imogene Macklin moved among society. A soldier's widow tending the wounded at Waterloo, Genie is no longer welcome among the officers' wives. She's too poor to afford rent--and too numb to m...

  • Truly Yours

    Royce Lie Detectors - 1

    The first book in the Royce Lie Detectors series TRUE COLORS Amanda Carville has no friends, no family, no dowry, no reputation, and no one who believes her innocent of murdering the man responsible for her misfortunes. Why should they, when sh...

  • The Scandalous Life of a True Lady

    Royce Lie Detectors - 2

    TRUE DECEIT Harry Harmon has already written his own obituary--that is, the obituary for the old spymaster Major Harrison, one of his aliases. After his alter ego's staged death, Harry's next assignment is to spy on enemies at a country house part...

  • The Wicked Ways of a True Hero

    Royce Lie Detectors - 3

    The third book in the Royce Lie Detectors series HONORABLE INTENTIONS Daniel Stamfield is invaluable to the British army for his ability to detect truth from lies. But after years of service, he finally takes a respite for some wine, wenches, a...

  • The Bargain Bride

    It was a match not made in heaven, but in pound notes-an arranged engagement between a girl of thirteen and a lord's younger son. Since then, thirteen years have passed, and as her betrothed has been sowing his wild oats, Penny has grown up, grow...

  • Kindred Souls

    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...

  • Greetings of the Season and Other Stories

    Celebrate the magic of the holiday season with a little Regency romance! Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these Christmas-themed novellas by legendary Regency romance author Barbara Metzger are in one vol...

  • An Enchanted Christmas

    Give the gift of love this holiday season with five romantic, magical Christmas stories -- and feel as if you've just been kissed beneath the mistletoe. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out of print for many years, these Christmas-th...

Award-Winning Books by Barbara Metzger

Cupboard Kisses
1990 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Regency Comedy
A Debt to Delia
2003 Rita Award -- Regency Romance
The Hourglass
2007 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Innovative Historical Romance
Jack of Clubs
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Love & Laughter
The Luck of the Devil
1991 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Regency Romance


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Barbara Metzger has published 60 books.

Barbara Metzger does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, An Enchanted Christmas, was published in November 2014.

The first book by Barbara Metzger, Bething's Folly, was published in June 1981.

Yes. Barbara Metzger has 3 series.
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