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Deborah Simmons
Deborah Simmons is the author of twenty-six historical romances and novellas, published by Avon, Berkley, and Harlequin.
A native midwesterner, Simmons graduated cum laude from Wittenberg University and was a journalist before turning to fiction. Her first book, Heart's Masquerade, was published by Avon in 1989 and was followed by a number of Harlequin Historicals, including a USA Today Bestselling anthology. Her 2003 release, A Man of Many Talents, was a launch title for Berkley's Sensation imprint.
Two of her books have been finalists in the Romance Writers of America's annual RITA competition for excellence: The Gentleman Thief in 2001 and A Lady of Distinction in 2005.
Simmons has sold two million books in North America, and her work has been translated and published in twenty-four foreign countries, including illustrated editions in Japan. She is a member of RWA, Novelists Inc., and the Author's Guild.
"I like to think of my stories as adventures," Simmons says. Most take place in Regency or Medieval England, such as her popular series on the thirteenth century de Burgh family. "But no matter what the setting, I hope you'll find interesting characters, humor, romance, and mystery."
Full Series List in Order
de Burghs
1 - Taming the Wolf (Sep-1995)2 - The de Burgh Bride (Feb-1998)
3 - Robber Bride (Apr-1999)
4 - The Unexpected Guest (Dec-1999)
5 - My Lord De Burgh (Oct-2000)
6 - My Lady De Burgh (Nov-2001)
7 - Reynold de Burgh: The Dark Knight (Aug-2009)
8 - The Last de Burgh (Feb-2013)
De Lacis
1 - The Devil's Lady (Oct-1994)2 - Maiden Bride (Sep-1996)
Marchants
1 - The Dark Viscount (Oct-2008)2 - The Gentleman's Quest (Feb-2010)
Regency Quartet
1 - The Vicar's Daughter (Feb-1995)2 - The Devil Earl (May-1996)
3 - Tempting Kate (Jul-1997)
4 - The Last Rogue (Sep-1998)
Multi-Author Series List
Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast
The Devil's Lady (Oct-1994)Book List in Order: 31 titles
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Heart's Masquerade
- Oct-1989
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LESSONS IN LOVE Catherine Amberly knows all too well how contemptuously Ransom du Prey secretly views women. As captain and cabinboy they lived together in easy intimacy, and the bold, buccaneering Ransom never suspected that his loyal "Cat" was a m...
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Fortune Hunter
- Jul-1992
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EASY PREY To save the family manor, Viscount Leighton Somerset was forced to snare a wealthy wife and the lovely Melissa Hampton was his target. Her coolness toward fortune hunters had earned her the title "Lady Disdain," but Leighton wasted no ti...
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Silent Heart
- Aug-1993
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France Was A Blood Bath Caught in the madness that gripped her homeland, Gabrielle knew that keeping her head meant keeping her secrets. There were few people she could trust, yet she found herself drawn to Alexandre Vestier, a man whose silence s...
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The Squire's Daughter
- Feb-1994
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The Worthington Curse Justin St. John would always remember the day his little pixie had ridden up to Worth Hall, her limpid eyes as big as saucers. But nothing could have prepared him to see Clare again, grown-up, beautiful--and nearly betrothed ...
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The Devil's Lady
- Oct-1994
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she could not escape his shadowy promise Piers Montmorency 'Twas whispered that the mysterious Red Knight was more than mortal. Perhaps he'd even struck a devil's bargain to assure his warrior prowess. Yet Aisley sensed that Pier&...
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The Vicar's Daughter
- Feb-1995
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Lord Wycliffe Had Finally Met His Match. With golden hair and eyes of springtime green, Charlotte Trowbridge was the toast of the London Season. "An incomparable goddess" her dazzled admirers proclaimed. But the earl of Wycliffe knew she ...
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Taming the Wolf
- Sep-1995
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Champion of Her Heart Though Marion Warenne's past was but a dim nightmare, her present held a vision of glory - the formidable Dunstan de Burgh. A fierce knight who was determined to win their battle of wills, all the while protesting mightily th...
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The Devil Earl
- May-1996
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Out of a Midnight Coach Stepped Ravenscar . . . The Perfect Gothic Mystery Man Dark and brooding and rumored to have done murder, the Devil Earl was everything Prudence Lancaster's imagination could conjure. But he was also flesh and blood, and in...
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Maiden Bride
- Sep-1996
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Gillian Hexham Soon Learned Her New Lord Was More Wedded To Revenge Than To Her For Nicholas de Laci had sworn to exact payment for the sins of her uncle. Why, then, did his eyes belie his words, speaking naught of retribution --- but promising ni...
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Tempting Kate
- Jul-1997
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A MEETING AT GUNPOINT A fitting start for such a dangerous attraction, thought Grayson Westcott, the Marquis of Wroth. And though he'd always prided himself on his infamous self-control, Kate Courtland's hoydenish charms had shattered his defenses...
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The Knights of Christmas: A Wish for Noel
- Nov-1997
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An orphan's Christmas wish comes true when she conquers the heart of her world-weary guardian....
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The de Burgh Bride
- Feb-1998
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Sleeping With The Enemy It was the last thing Elene Fitzhugh intended. She only prayed her array of sharpened daggers was ample protection against Geoffrey de Burgh's gentle coaxing and honeyed lies, for she was determined to be no man's bride-kin...
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The Last Rogue
- Sep-1998
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Raleigh Hadn't Gambled On Finding A Virgin In His Bed -- but when he awoke next to Jane Trowbridge, he knew all bets for bachelorhood were off. Now, instead of a love match, he'd gotten a sparring partner. Jane had never imagined herse...
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Robber Bride
- Apr-1999
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Simon de Burgh meets his match... Maiden -- Warrior -- Lover! This was the litany Simon de Burgh chanted whenever he gazed upon Bethia Burnel. Gifted with fighting prowess to rival any of his knights, the maddening woman had laid siege to h...
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The Unexpected Guest
- Dec-1999
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The head of the mighty de Burgh family finds his quiet reserve shattered by the seductive young widow who stays at his keep for the twelve days of Christmas!...
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The Gentleman Thief
- Jan-2000
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Botheration! Why her family had elected to spend an entire season in boring Bath, Georgiana Bellewether couldn't fathom. Nothing to stimulate her inquisitive mind ever happened here -- until the night Lady Culpepper's emeralds were stolen! Now, if...
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My Lord De Burgh
- Oct-2000
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He Was Like A Young God, Tall and Blessed With Startling Beauty. But Stephen DeBurgh appeared all too human to Brigid L'Estrange. Self-indulgent and too impressed with himself, the rakish knight seemed unworthy of his noble heritage. And yet...AND...
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The Companion
- Apr-2001
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Treat yourself to slow seduction and sweet surrender!-- with these outstanding tales of three English officers who fight their most challenging battle yet: winning the love of a good woman... Wounded on the field of battle, Captain Kit Armstrong, ...
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The Bachelor Knight
- Sep-2001
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Knights to remember... Fantasies are made of knights in shining armor. Men whose ferocity in battle was tempered by a code of chivalry ... whose passions brought them to their knees before the women they desired ... whose loyalty and honor never w...
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My Lady De Burgh
- Nov-2001
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His Whole Family Was Cursed! How else to explain this rash of marriages by the Brothers de Burgh? Robin de Burgh alone swore to remain unwed, despite ironic fate, which used foul murder to mate him with The One -- spirited Sybil, a damsel in dist...
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The Love Match: The Notorious Duke
- Mar-2002
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Pagan Penhurst is bored in Brighton until a friend wagers that he can find a woman who won't be swayed by Pagan's charms. But problems arise when the duke meets Scholastica Hornsby, a young bluestocking much too inexperienced for his usual methods of...
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A Man of Many Talents
- Jun-2003
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A MAN of MANY TALENTS ...and a woman with too much spirit. LOSING HIS SPIRIT Christian Reade, heir to the earldom of Westhaven, is tired of ghosts. It's his own fault for debunking a haunted house in Belles Corners as the work of two silly p...
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A Lady of Distinction
- May-2004
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A LADY OF DISTINCTION ...knows a treasure when she sees it. AN UNCOMMON OBSESSION Although an accomplished scholar of ancient Egypt, Lady Juliet Cavendish has accepted her womanly fate. Since she will never be allowed to venture to such an exoti...
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The Dark Viscount
- Oct-2008
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The Viscount and the virgin HIS HEART S BLACK AND HE TRUSTS NO ONE Thunder claps, lightning strikes and her imposing new mansion looms high, but Miss Marchant is not one to be afraid. Not willful, beautiful Sydony Marchant. If the house doe...
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Reynold de Burgh: The Dark Knight
- Aug-2009
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The "black sheep" of the de Burgh family is a title Reynold wears well. Outcast and injured, this knight is journeying alone. But his bitter pilgrimage is interrupted by a very determined damsel who holds him to his knight's vow--to protect and serve...
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The Gentleman's Quest
- Feb-2010
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He will protect her but at what cost? BROODING GENTLEMAN, DEFIANT DAMSEL! Christopher Marchant's mood matches the storm clouds that gather above his mansion. Yet when lightning illuminates a stranded beauty he must do as any gentleman would...
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Little Sad Face
- Dec-2010
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Little Sad Face is a unique children's book that helps address a very unspoken and unexpressed topic that many children have faced. Any kind of abuse should not be tolerated but many children are backed into a corner of secrecy and silence even past ...
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Glory and the Rake
- Jan-2012
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Miss Glory Sutton has two annoyances in her life. One: the precious spa she's determined to renovate keeps getting damaged by vandals. Two: Oberon, the arrogant Duke of Westfield -- the man assigned to help her find the perpetrators. Oberon ha...
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The Last de Burgh
- Feb-2013
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WHAT IS HIS DARK SECRET? Destined for the convent, Emery Montbard disguises herself as a boy and enlists the help of chivalrous knight Nicholas de Burgh. From a proud, dynastic family, Nicholas has a strong code of honor -- which is challenged ...
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It Had to Be You
- Oct-2014
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What if Cinderella didn’t want to go to the ball?
Wedding planner Paige Porter doesn't believe in fairy tales. She's seen too many bridezillas, randy grooms, and short-lived marriages. But would-be fairy godmother Beatrice Maitland has oth... -
The Notorious Duke
- Mar-2017
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The rake's wicked wager! Pagan Penhurst finds himself at a loose end in Brighton, until a friend wagers he can find a woman who can't be swayed by Pagan's notorious charms. The duke accepts -- only to find that his quarry is to be Scholastica H...
Award-Winning Books by Deborah Simmons
2001 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Anthology