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Elizabeth Bailey grew up in Africa, where her father worked in the then British colony of Nyasaland (now Malawi). Returning to England after a short period as a secretary (training which has come in useful ever since), Elizabeth went to drama school and trod the boards for some 17 years as an actress. Writing romance was a late development, however. Writing had always been there, as a hobby and a release. She has acres of poetry and half-finished stories from those years. In her 30s, and almost on a whim, Elizabeth began writing historical romance. Within a very short space of time, writing consumed her life and she realized that this was her true métier.A lengthy apprenticeship was at last rewarded with publication by Mills & Boon in the early '90s and Elizabeth has never looked back. In addition to writing historical romance, she taught drama for years and became producer and director of the school's theater company, writing and adapting plays for casts of over 70 students. Now she has given up teaching, but continues her involvement with the school's theater, creating productions twice yearly. She is also artistic director of a local arts festival held annually in August in Sussex, where she lives.
Full Series List in Order
Brides by Chance
1 - In Honour Bound (Sep-2016)2 - A Chance Gone By (Dec-2016)
3 - Knight for a Lady (May-2017)
4 - A Winter's Madcap Escapade (Oct-2017)
5 - Marriage for Music (Feb-2018)
6 - Damsel to the Rescue (Jul-2018)
7 - Widow in Mistletoe (Nov-2018)
Governesses
1 - Prudence (Apr-2005)2 - Nell (Jul-2005)
3 - Kitty (Dec-2005)
A Lady Fan Mystery
1 - The Gilded Shroud (Sep-2011)2 - The Deathly Portent (Apr-2012)
3 - The Opium Purge (Nov-2018)
4 - The Candlelit Coffin (Jan-2019)
5 - The Mortal Blow (Apr-2019)
6 - The Fateful Marriage (Mar-2020)
7 - The Dagger Dance (Apr-2021)
8 - The Unwanted Corpse (Apr-2022)
9 - The Vengeance Trail (Jun-2024)
10 - The Hanging Cheat (Jul-2024)
Multi-Author Series List
The Steepwood Scandal
2 - An Innocent Miss (Jul-2002)10 - The Captain's Return (Mar-2003)
Book List in Order: 50 titles
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Just Deserts
- Mar-1992
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Christopher, Baron Chiddingly, would have liked more money to fund his passion for horses, but he had no real urge to marry a fortune. Not until Miss Persephone Winsford, newly returned from India with a fortune from a nabob father, and reputedly as ...
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An Angel's Touch
- Oct-1992
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Miss Verity Lambourn found she had no choice about accompanying elderly Lady Crossens to Tunbridge Wells, but she didn't mind. Far from husband-hunting, Verity had other plans in mind which would make full use of her vivid imagination! But dreaming d...
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Sweet Sacrifice
- Mar-1993
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TRAPPED! Clementina Hythe fled her family to avoid a distasteful marriage to her gentle but half-witted cousin. She disguised herself as a London urchin, but Jake, Lord Sothern, uncovered her deception in short order. When she ran away again t...
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Friday Dreaming
- 1994
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The Fantasies of Miss Friday Friday Edborough dreamed of her very own Paris falling in love with her, a plain and bookish Helen of Troy. She couldn't have been more surprised when her father -- determined to see his daughter wed -- arranged a ...
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Adoring Isadora
- Aug-1995
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Grieving for her father, Isadora Alvescot faced the prospect of losing her home to Viscount Roborough, a distant family connection who had become her father's heir. The most she and her mother, plus assorted dependents, could hope for was to be a...
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A Fragile Mask
- Apr-1996
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Tunbridge Wells 1795 -- Miss Verena Chaceley was a mystery to her neighbours. She was stunningly beautiful, but so coldly calm that she held all at a distance. Only Mr. Denzell Hawkeridge saw a break in her façade, as she frolicked joyously with ...
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Seventh Heaven
- 2000
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After a year of wealthy widowhood, Lady Louisa Shittlehope prided herself on her skill at discouraging the attentions of greedy suitors. A skill that she was sure to find handy when she accompanied her ward to town for the season to find the girl a s...
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Hidden Flame
- 2001
- / Historical Romance
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Miss Theodosia Kyte knew she only had herself to blame for her present dire circumstances, but her only alternative was, she felt, totally closed to her. So as companion to the old tartar, Lady Merchistan, she mad the best of a bad job -- until Mr. B...
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An Innocent Miss
- Jul-2002
- / Historical Romance
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Harlequin Historical Subscription - 95
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
The Steepwood Scandal - 2
The Steepwood Scandal - 2
A YOUNG WOMAN DISAPPEARS. A HUSBAND IS SUSPECTED OF MURDER. STIRRING TIMES FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD. And in the midst of this mayhem, George, Viscount Wyndham, is in love. When his suit is rejected, he knows that something is amiss. Could it be true...
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The Captain's Return
- Mar-2003
- / Historical Romance
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Harlequin Historical Subscription - 111
Mills & Boon Historical (Australia)
The Steepwood Scandal - 10
The Steepwood Scandal - 10
In a village near Steepwood Abbey, a captain -- thought lost in the war -- returns to his home. But things are not quite what they seem.... Captain Henry Colton is stunned to find his lost love living the quiet life of a widow -- with a small dau...
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An Ardent Friendship
- Nov-2003
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Miss Timothia Dulverton had just finished mourning her dear departed father when she received a most unexpected proposal from her cousin, Mr. Leo Wetheral. Marriage? To Leo? Didn't they know each other too well for that? But Leo had a bargain for...
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Misfit Maid
- May-2004
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Lady Mary Hope, known as Maidie, refuses to allow herself to be pushed into marriage with a man she dislikes. So she presents herself to Laurie, Viscount Delagarde, and asks him to sponsor her for a Season. Laurie is flabbergasted -- as a bachelor he...
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Fly the Wild Echoes
- Sep-2004
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'Why do you stare from the window, Adelaide?' 'I am waiting, but he does not come.' Haunted by dread and shadows of tragedy, actress Fliss Gregory is driven to search for answers at a chateau retreat. Who is the strange Adelai...
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The Veiled Bride
- Nov-2004
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Wanted: One Wife Why does Anton, Lord Raith, need to advertise for a wife? As she walks down the marriage aisle toward this stranger, Rosina Charlton feels her pulse race at the very question. But the truth is revealed as her new husband turns ...
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The Count's Charade
- Jul-2006
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Discovering a seriously wounded Frenchman near her home, Grace Dovercourt makes the dangerous decision to take him in and nurse him back to health. Her attraction to Henri Rouselle grows stronger by the day, but she is under no illusion that such a f...
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A Trace of Memory
- Sep-2007
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When a bedraggled woman accosts Charles Clevedon, Earl of Wytham, in his woods, claiming to have lost her memory, his first cynical thought is that it's yet another ingenious matrimonial ploy. While he remains suspicious of her, he is safe. But he...
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A Matter of Time
- Sep-2009
- / General Fiction
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Indulge your love for reading with this fabulous collection of original stories. With over 40 stories to choose from, this stunning collection has something for everyone. Celebrating women's fiction in all its guises, take a look at the latest storie...
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The Gilded Shroud
- Sep-2011
- / Historical Mystery
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When the marchioness is found murdered at Polbrook mansion, the Dowager Lady Polbrook's new companion, Ottilia Draycott, finds herself in a house of strangers and every one of them a suspect. Only she can unmask and outwit a desperate killer and keep...
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The Deathly Portent
- Apr-2012
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Her charm and cajolery may fool the unwary. Unscrupulous and cunning, as dauntless as she is resolute, the incomparable "Lady Fan" is as ruthless as the killer she is tracking in... A violent murder has left the village of Witherley aghast. The l...
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A Lady in Name
- Feb-2013
- / Traditional Regency
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All familiarity overturned by a past shrouded in mystery.Bereft and grieving, Lucy Graydene confronts the author of her unorthodox origins. Instead she finds his heir. The autocratic Stefan Ankerville takes charge of Lucy’s life despite her protest...
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Mademoiselle at Arms
- Mar-2013
- / Historical Romance
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Secretive, mysterious, beautiful â€" and armed to the teeth. How can she be in danger?In a deserted mansion with a secret passage, Mademoiselle is searching. But for what? Gerald wants to know. She will not tell him. She is determined to play her gam...
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The Conqueror's Dilemma
- Apr-2013
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On the edge of social disaster. Impossibly attracted to a leader of fashion.Floundering in the unfamiliar rules of the Ton, Tiffany Felton is grateful to the sympathetic Conqueror. But her chaperon’s status threatens to undermine a promising friend...
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Fated Folly
- Oct-2013
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He is powerfully male and older. She is a mischievous delight.Clare beards the ogre in his den, and is instantly smitten with Rupert’s dynamic attraction. Her brother’s elopement ends with Clare compromised. She must marry Rupert’s cousin Ashen...
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An Undesirable Liaison
- Feb-2015
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A jewel. An abandoned wife. An honest woman.Florence must find employment. Escaped from one threat, she dives into another when chance throws her into dangerous proximity with the brooding Jerome. Violent attraction puts her at the brink of the abyss...
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The Viscount Besieged
- Feb-2015
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A family in jeopardy. Plots and counter-plots prevail. Who will outfox whom?Isadora’s secret plan to save her family is frustrated by the arrival of the Errant Heir. With plans of his own. Determined to thwart him, she is undermined by Roborough’...
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Silence of a Stranger
- Apr-2015
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Secrets, danger and an enigmatic stranger. Her car broken down, Bea goes for help and walks straight into hell. Three armed men and nobody is talking. Who is the fugitive Rad? Why is he so damned attractive? Held captive, strip searched, her dignity ...
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Out of the Desert Sands
- 2016
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Captured by brigands. Sold as a slave.Venturing into the Arabian desert in search of her fiancé, Millicent’s quest turns to nightmare when the caravan is attacked. Yet the marauding villains stop short of killing an Englishwoman, a prize worth kee...
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous
- Apr-2016
- / Contemporary Romance
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An infuriating man. A straight-talking woman. Sparks fly. Will they catch alight?Covering an exhibition, journalist Regina Templeton is shocked to find herself under siege by the arrogant artist himself. She counters with a brush-off but Dominic de L...
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In Honour Bound
- Sep-2016
- / Historical Romance
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Orphaned. Abandoned in a house of strangers.Forced into ladylike conduct. Berated for mistakes. Unhappy and lonely, Isolde turns to her guardian for support. Is Richard’s kindness enough?Struggling with his father’s legacy. Appalled to find his w...
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A Chance Gone By
- Dec-2016
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She dreams of him at night, in secret. It hurts to be only his friend. Justin’s engagement signals the end of hope. Marianne will never be his wife, though she runs his house like clockwork.Disaster strikes, scandal looms. Dare she seize her chance...
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To Catch A Thief
- May-2017
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Accused of theft and facing the sack.Can the infuriating Kenton Lane save Valerie from the machinations of her scheming Cousin Bianca? Or will she be driven nuts by his maddeningly teasing remarks?A frothy short detective story set in the twenties....
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Knight for a Lady
- May-2017
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Weakened by fever. Menaced by a man she loathes. Desperately in need of rescue. Chafed at losing his soldiering life. Burdened with an earldom he did not want.But when Niall discovers the vicar’s niece in dire straits, he is distracted into playing...
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A Winter's Madcap Escapade
- Oct-2017
- / Historical Romance
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A fugitive stranger with a shrouded past. Is she who she claims to be?The runaway hiding in Lord Dymond’s coach pitchforks him into chaos when he decides to protect young Apple from her own folly.How does the mysterious trust fit into her story? Wi...
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Marriage for Music
- Feb-2018
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A fortune at stake if he does not marry now. Almost anyone will do.Intrigued by the dissolute Lord Wintringham and with nothing but drudgery in store, Lily Daubney dares to contemplate his desperate offer. Sanity prevails. But Vincent’s persistence...
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Damsel to the Rescue
- Jul-2018
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A fugitive stranger and a frantic forest escape.Four years on the marriage mart have left Delia Burloyne resigned to life as a maiden aunt. Then fate takes a hand. Waylaid on the road to Weymouth, her life is turned inside out by the intrepid Giffard...
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Widow in Mistletoe
- Nov-2018
- / Historical Romance
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An overturned curricle. A vanished memory. A widow mistaken for a lost love.When Chloe takes in the injured lord, disrupting the peace of her household, she little suspects she will become his world. Everything Lance knew is gone, save the terrible a...
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Galumpher Saves the Day, or Rather the Night
A little story for Christmas, starring Galumpher, Santa, Reindeer, Elves, Dog and Cat. Oh, and Mrs Claus too.With Santa stuck down the chimney and reindeer sliding off the roof, the scene is set for mayhem. Can Galumpher save the day?...
