Joan Smith

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Joan Smith
  • Bibliography:
    137 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1977
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

The Berkley Brigade

1 - Murder Will Speak (Jun-1996)
2 - Murder and Misdeeds (Oct-1997)
3 - Murder While I Smile (Jan-1998)
4 - Murder Comes to Mind (Apr-1998)
5 - Let's Talk of Murder (Apr-2012)
6 - To Mourn a Murder (Aug-2012)
7 - Murder at Newstead Abbey (May-2013)
8 - Murder's Sad Tale (Jan-2014)
9 - Murder on Charing Cross Road (Feb-2015)
10 - Shadow of Murder (Dec-2009)
11 - Murder Is Come Again (Dec-2015)
12 - Murder on Ironmonger Lane (Oct-2016)

Cassie

1 - Capriccio (Apr-1989)
2 - A Brush With Death (May-1990)

Lord Belami

1 - Midnight Masquerade (Dec-1984)
2 - Royal Revels (May-1985)
3 - The Devious Duchess (Aug-1985)
4 - Larcenous Lady (Jan-1988)

Romeo and Friends

1 - Babe (Feb-1980)
2 - Lovers' Quarrels (Sep-1989)

Multi-Author Series List

Written in the Stars

For Richer, for Poorer (Jan-1992)

Book List in Order: 137 titles

  • An Affair of the Heart

    • / Traditional Regency
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    Coventry

    Wanda was the beauty of the Wanderley family. And her twin sister, Ellie, was the shy one. So when Lord Claymore came to Sussex, everyone expected that he had come to propose to Wanda. And that was his intention. At first. But Wanda was only inter...

  • Aunt Sophie's Diamonds

    • / Traditional Regency
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    Coventry - 10

    "JUST LIKE THE OLD DEVIL TO TAKE IT WITH HER." Unloved while she lived, tight-fisted, tyrannical old Aunt Sophie took her revenge when she died. No one would get her diamonds. She would take them with her to her grave. Claudia had neve...

  • Escapade

    DANGEROUS GOSSIP No one knew young Ella Fairmont was Miss Prattle-the notorious London gossip columnist. The main object of Miss Prattle's attention was Patrick Beresford, Duke of Clare--the most sought-after and talked-about bachelor in town. ...

  • Dame Durden's Daughter

    From his earliest years Helver Trebourne, son of the Duke and Duchess of Saymore, had set tongues wagging in the sleepy town of Tisbury, and often with good reason. Only Edgitha Durden, his spirited next-door neighbor, enjoyed Helver's confidence and...

  • La Comtesse

    • / Traditional Regency
    • Buy Buy

    She scandalized every lady -- and delighted every gentleman... She Was Gorgeous, Flirtatious, Scandalous -- And Perhaps A Spy. La Comtesse was the talk of London. The gossips delighted in her every exploit. And in many she had no part. There...

  • Imprudent Lady

    PRUDENCE HAD SEEMED SUCH A PROPER NAME FOR HER... UNTIL SHE STARTED WRITING NOVELS AND BEGAN DREAMING ABOUT A LOVE AFFAIR WITH A WORLD-FAMOUS AUTHOR. Prudence had fallen in love with the celebrated and dashing Lord Dammler from the moment she read...

  • Sweet and Twenty

    When the unexpected death of Sir Gerald Monteith placed his wife Melanie and daughter Sara in financial trouble, their only hope was to quickly find a husband for Sara. They thought it would be easy, for she was as beautiful as could be. They hoped h...

  • The Talk of the Town

    Daphne's visit to her Aunt Effie was allowed with much misgiving. For Effie had once been the toast of London. Her beauty attracted men of all kinds --husbands, sons, brothers, fathers. Her first marriage ended in a scandalous divorce and the not...

  • Flowers of Eden

    THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS, ALL WANTING THE SAME MAN LOVERS ENTWINED VENETIA --She was the eldest, a copper-haired stunner who lusted after one man --and married another... MELLIE --She feared the embraces of the passionate young lord--but sh...



  • Babe

    Romeo and Friends - 1
    Coventry - 22

    Even while she was growing up, she always looked like a woman. No awkward teen stage for the notorious Lady Barbara whose beauty was as unforgettable as her madcap adventures. Although dozens of eligible suitors pursued her, she cared for none of ...

  • Endure My Heart

    Coventry - 47

    AN ENCHANTING TALE OF LOVE AND SECRET ADVENTURE She was gentle born and very much a lady. In fact, so much a lady that no one in town had guessed she had become the cherished leader on a band of young smugglers. Smuggling was the main source...

  • Rose Trelawney

    Coventry - 69

    BUT WHO ON EARTH WAS I? Sir Ludwig had rescued me after my "accident." But I remembered nothing about that--or myself. Now ensconced in Sir Ludwig's palatial home I had become the object of much gossip. I knew immediately that I was...

  • Aurora

    Coventry - 93

    Is the handsome, dashing man Aurora meets so unexpectedly in the woods really the long-lost Lord Kenelm Raiher? Or is he actually Kenelm's illegitimate half-brother, posing as the baron? Aurora, captivated in spite of herself, is determined to le...

  • Perdita

    Coventry - 105

    WHATEVER COULD A POOR, ORPHANED YOUNG LADY DO? Willful, capricious Perdita, after shaking her golden curls, stamping her foot, and flatly refusing to marry the aged Mr. Croft, was hastily packed off to her aunt's house to avoid further scanda...

  • Lace for Milady

    Coventry - 111

    HE CALLED HER A TERMAGANT. SHE CALLED HIM A RAKEHELL. And so it began--a tender and furious tale of love that would simply not keep to a straight line. A little deception here, a bit of smuggling there, and some unpleasant, pushy relatives keep Pr...

  • Valerie

    Coventry - 123

    VALERIE WAS A LIONESS! Tall, sandy-haired, with golden feline eyes. What better model could her eccentric aunt find for the heroine of her latest anonymous romance novel? But the plot of life proved far richer than fiction. For when Valerie ar...

  • Lovers' Vows

    Holly McCormack had no beauty but combined a beautiful voice with a witty tongue and a sensible approach to life. She lived with her aunt and beautiful cousin Jane near the Abbey, Lord Dewar’s home. He announced he would produce Romeo and Juliet, w...

  • The Blue Diamond

    Coventry - 141

    She was lovely, the German heiress, Maria. She had the grace of a swan and the face of an angel. But she found the Englishman, Lord Moncrief unsuitable. Fascinating, but unsuitable. Too bold. Moncrief, for his part, appeared to prefer the enchanting ...

  • Delsie

    Coventry - 159

    Even a schoolteacher is entitled to romantic fantasies. But Delsie Sommers was eminently practical. She never dared to dream of a wealthy, handsome and titled husband. Then one day fate turned her world upside down and flung her into a marriage with...



  • Reluctant Bride

    Coventry - 171

    "I think it is a mistake for a man of unstable temperament to marry. Don't you?" "To marry a timid lady, yes. You must find someone who is not afraid of your blustering, arm her with a stout club, and marry her." Elizabeth B...

  • Reprise

    Coventry - 182

    No one ever dreamed that Prudence Mallow, who wrote novels and was not London's most ravishing beauty, would ever capture the heart of the dashing Lord Dammler. The fact that he wrote poetry was, of course, a bond with his beloved. But he cherished h...

  • Love's Way

    THEY CALLED HIM "BLACK JACK" GAMBLE, AND CHLOE THOUGHT HIM THE VERIEST ROGUE. Chloe Barwick was struggling to run her impoverished family estate because her brother Edward wanted to become a poet. Suddenly Lord Carnforth's wealthy nephew, lack Gam...

  • Wiles of a Stranger

    Coventry - 195

    MAJOR MORRISON WAS DEVILISHLY CLEVER, A PERFECT GENTLEMAN, AND A LIAR. BUT ANNA WAS DESPERATE. SHE COULD TRUST NO ONE ELSE. Her beloved father had been arrested as a jewel thief! Now, the sudden need for a governess in the home of old Mr. Beaud...

  • Prelude to Love

    "WOMEN ARE BORN WITH A KNACK FOR DECEPTION. HOW ELSE COULD THEY EVER GET HUSBANDS TO MARRY THEM?" Deception is the key to Vanessa Bradford's secret mission. Entrusted with a letter of utmost importance to England's security--even survival--Vaness...

  • Lady Madeline's Folly

    HE WAS HER PROTEGE. BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR HER. "I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MY HEART SMASHED AND TOSSED OVER YOUR SHOULDERS LIKE THE OTHERS." So young Henry Aldred declared when his beautiful older cousin, Lady Madeline, decided to ...

  • Next Year's Blonde

    Silhouette Romance - 234
    Silhouette Romance UK - 234

    GLAMOR, LOVE AND POWER Tillie Brennan found more than just a stage experience when she joined a repertory theatre company. There she met Simon Cranston, and even the excitement of show business couldn't compare to the way he made her feel. But ...

  • Caprice

    Silhouette Romance - 255
    Silhouette Romance UK - 255

    SHE WAS A SEDUCTRESS! Jewels glittering at her throat and hands, "Lovely Laura" was the personification of glamour and desirability--or so thought Richard Bowden 's younger brother. But Richard, scion of British nobility, had other plans for hi...

  • Love Bade Me Welcome

    She stood to inherit a fortune but it was really a dangerous legacy... SHE WAS A STRANGER IN A STRANGE HOUSE. THERE WAS NO ONE SHE COULD TRUST. Davinia was too young to be a widow. She was also very beautiful, and she had come seeking sanctuary...

  • From Now On

    Silhouette Romance - 269
    Silhouette Romance UK - 269

    WEEKEND FIASCO The moment Polly entered the Chisholms' elegant garden party in her cut-offs, she knew the weekend was doomed. Polly didn't stand a chance of impressing her sister's future in-laws - especially Ben Chisholm, the authoritative older ...



  • Chance of a Lifetime

    Silhouette Romance - 288
    Silhouette Romance UK - 288

    HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE Kim Monk was determined to make it on her own as an interior decorator. Her roommate had no such scruples: Fannie was intent on marrying a millionaire. When John Balfour appeared on the scene it was the fair-haired Ki...

  • Best of Enemies

    Silhouette Romance - 302
    Silhouette Romance UK - 302

    IMMOVABLE OBJECT When the landmark Ewell Building was slated for demolition, Toni Ewell prepared for battle. She was determined to preserve the architectural heritage of the town named after her ancestors. But city planner jack Beldon's clear blue...

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Silhouette Romance - 315

    GARDEN OF EDEN A hopeless romantic, Lisa had transformed her old Pocono Mountains hotel into an idyllic spot for honeymooners. And when the charming, sophisticated David Spencer checked into her Paradise Inn, she let herself believe that romance ...

  • Future Perfect

    Silhouette Romance - 325

    PAST IMPERFECT Dolores Parker had never really believed that football hero Dutch Kampen could be serious about an egghead like her, so for years she'd tried to think of their college romance as a lighthearted diversion. Things hadn't changed mu...

  • Midnight Masquerade

    Lord Belami - 1

    HE WAS A PERFECT RAPSCALLION, BUT ALL HE STOLE WERE LADIES' HEARTS.... Lord Belami fancied himself a sleuth. So when the Duchess of Charney's diamond necklace was stolen during a midnight ball at his home, he knew he had to find it. He also fou...

  • Tender Takeover

    Silhouette Romance - 343

    A FARE TO REMEMBER Jerri thought there was something suspicious about Tony Lupino from the moment she picked him up in her cab. Why was he so secretive about his business? He even looked like a gangster. As a trained private eye, Jerri could te...

  • The Yielding Art

    Silhouette Romance - 354

    SWEET PROTECTOR Jasmine Forsythe had the perfect combination--large blue eyes, silky blond hair, the face of an angel, and the strongest snap kick in the Tiger's Eye Academy of the Martial Arts. No one would suspect that Dr. Nick Konover's beauti...

  • Royal Revels

    Lord Belami - 2

    WHEN A LADY'S BETROTHED SERVES THE RAKISH PRINCE REGENT, LOVE CAN BE A NATIONAL SCANDAL! SHE WOULD SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR HER BELOVED -- ANYTHING BUT HIS HEART! Nothing could dampen Miss Deirdre Gower's spirits now that she was betrot...

  • The Devious Duchess

    Lord Belami - 3

    A handsome nobleman must crack the case -- or lose his only love. THE PENNY-PINCHING DUCHESS PLAN A BIRTHDAY DO FOR HER BROTHER? THAT WAS ODD INDEED! Deirdre Gower and her dashing fiance, Lord Belami, found it most peculiar that the Duchess'...

  • True Lady

    Sometimes a young lady can be too smart for her own good... "OF COURSE A LADY MINDED HAVING A FLAT TIME, WHEN SHE HAD COME TO LONDON FULL OF IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS..." Living in town while her brother, Norman, trained his horse at Newmarket ...



  • Bath Belles

    Just when she's had enough of love and money, her comes along to confuse her... IT IS HIGH TIME FOR BELLE TO FACE FACTS -- HER FIANCE IS DEAD AND HER LIFE MUST GO ON. When Belle Haley finally arrives to inspect the London house that her dea...

  • The Infamous Madam X

    Silhouette Romance - 430

    CAUTION: HIGHLY FLAMMABLE! The last thing he saw before they splashed into the pool were green eyes spitting fire and"a pretty face blazing in anger. How did Brett Fletcher ever get himself into publicly wrestling this young hellcat? And Mila D...

  • Where There's a Will

    Silhouette Romance - 452

    A WILLFUL EMBRACE .. . Just who was Joshua Edwards, anyway? And why was he trying to outbid Kathryn Colby for a painting her father had done years ago? With his jet-black hair and dark, dangerous eyes, he looked suspicious--and mind-blowingly hand...

  • Strange Capers

    He had as many tales as tuppence, so how could she believe in his love? CONSTANCE ALWAYS KNEW AUNT RACHEL'S PINCHPENNY WAYS WOULD LAND THEM IN THE SUDS! And indeed they did. For Lord Aiglon, the owner of their home, paid a surprise visit a...

  • A Country Wooing

    "Don't get that idea, Mama. Alex never cared for me in the least." Truth to tell, Anne Wickfield was never partial to Alex Penholme either, and scoffed at her mama's suggestion of a match. It was the devastating charm of Alex's older brother that ha...

  • Love's Harbinger

    Lady Faith Mordain’s fiancé is castigated in Guy Delamar’s Harbinger newspaper as a thief. She believes the social climbing editor must be wrong--though Lord Thomas apparently did take flight with the company’s funds. The race to retrieve the ...

  • Letters to a Lady

    A HIGH STICKLER LIKE HARRUP WRITING LETTERS TO A LADYBIRD! 'TWAS SCANDAL IN THE MAKING! Having been his neighbor all her life. Diana Beechum thought little of delivering some documents to Charles, Lord Harrup in London, when he had requested a...

  • Country Flirt

    "YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT, MISS BRIGHT. STILL PLAYING THE COUNTRY BUMPKIN TO MAKE ME APPEAR A FOP." So said Lord Monteith during the usual repartee to which he treated Samantha when he stopped with his mama in the country. For her par...

  • Dear Corrie

    Silhouette Romance - 546

    A WORD TO THE WISE Corrie James, editor of a life-style column for a local newspaper, had a knack for solving other people's problems. "No commitment--no dice" was her motto on relationships. It always worked for her readers, but her own love lif...

  • Larcenous Lady

    Lord Belami - 4

    A lovesick lord and a love-shy lady -- 'twas a case of cross-purposes indeed! "YOU'VE PUT THE WEDDING OFF THREE TIMES ALREADY. IT's NOW -- OR NEVER." When Lord Belami posed this dilemma to his lovely fiancee, Miss Deirdre Gower, that lady was tr...



  • If You Love Me

    Silhouette Romance - 562

    'TIS THE SEASON Christmas was supposed to be a happy time. But for Robin Halton, returning home for the holidays--and her brother's wedding--would only conjure up dreams of what might have been. When she'd broken her engagement to Sean Blake three...

  • Memoirs of a Hoyden

    She followed adventure around the world -- only to find love at home. "YOU ARE CERTAINLY A LADY WHO KNOWS HER OWN MIND--AND EVERYONE ELSE'S!" After one had savored the starry dusk of Constantinople, raced camels across the Syrian de...

  • Destiny's Dream

    A Man of Honor. A Lady of the Night. A Dream of Everlasting Love... Lovely, titian-haired Flora Sommers was the talk of the ton, a woman shrouded in mystery and surrounded by whispers of scandal. She was sought after by the peers of London, but o...

  • By Hook or by Crook

    Silhouette Romance - 591

    MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Crouching in bushes and peeping in windows wasn't Shawna Cassidy's idea of a good time, but then, this wasn't supposed to be a dream vacation. She was at Spindrift Cottage on a mission. Kurt Slater had been stealing her uncle's...

  • Silken Secrets

    She thought there was honor among thieves, until one of them stole her heart... LARCENY AND LOVE-- THEY'RE CLOSER THAN ONE MIGHT SUSPECT Niece-by-marriage of an impoverished lord, lovely Mary Anne Judson was most satisfied with her simple c...

  • Drury Lane Darling

    THE THEATER IS NO PLACE FOR A LADY Pamela Comstock's semi-engagement to weak-kneed Nigel Raleigh interested neither party, not one whit. Luckily for all, Nigel's gaze wandered to the lovely dramatics of Flawless Fleur, the delightful French actres...

  • Emerald Hazard

    The Irish Rose Fresh from the lush green countryside, young Moira Dauntry enchanted all of London society with her exquisite beauty. But it was the enticing wildness of her spirit that lured James Raeburn to her side. Gowned in silk and satin, ado...

  • After the Storm

    Silhouette Romance - 617

    WHO WAS DAN OGILVY? That was the question aspiring writer Susan Knight wanted to answer. She'd come to Windmill Island for a relaxing vacation, not to boost her social life--and certainly not to play detective! But once Dan arrived, all of her goo...

  • The Hermit's Daughter

    FLIRT WITH THAT JACKDAW LORD MONSTUART? WHY, SHE'D RATHER COZE WITH A WEASEL! But Miss Sally Hermitage was hellbent on seeing her dear sister happily wed-even if it was to Monstuart's ward. No matter to her that the arrogant gentleman was ...

  • The Polka Dot Nude

    DANGER. DECEIT. AND DEATH... For biographer Audrey Dane, it was the chance of a lifetime. The legendary Hollywood star, Rosalie Hart, had selected Audrey personally to write the memoirs of her dazzling life and career. A visit to the great lady's ...

  • Silver Water, Golden Sand

    THE INCOMPARABLE LADY MELORA Titled, wealthy, beautiful, Lady Melora Worth had every qualification necessary to nab herself a good parti. For what prospective bridegroom could fail to appreciate her golden curls and pouting lips, to say nothing of...

  • Maybe Next Time

    Silhouette Romance - 635

    RETURN TO SENDER Ellie Waring couldn't believe her eyes! After she and law student Patrick Barron had parted company, she'd been brokenhearted. Now Patrick was standing on her doorstep, insisting she return some love letters he'd written to her. E...

  • Capriccio

    Cassie - 1

    Cassie Newton is spending the summer with her famous violinist uncle, Victor Mazzini. When he disappears before his concert, she is helped in her search by an American hardware store owner--or is he what he claims to be? A missing Stradivarius violin...

  • The Royal Scamp

    She vowed to catch a thief -- but found her heart stolen as well! SHE HAD HER PICK OF DASHING GENTLEMEN...BUT WAS ONE AMONG THEM A COMMON THIEF? Naturally, eyebrows rose when Esther Lowden, a day of quality turned her family estate into a count...

  • It Takes Two

    Silhouette Romance - 656

    IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO Wes Adler seemed to have it all--a high-powered career and his pick of the finest things life had to offer. Still, Wes was certain that something was missing--something he couldn't find. But when he met hotel concierge Jennie...

  • Thrill of the Chase

    Silhouette Romance - 669

    MYSTERY DATE Dawn Roberts decided to take a tour through Canada, hoping to meet the man of her dreams. But when her bus was searched at the border for stolen goods and gorgeous Nick Barnaby joined the group midway through the trip, Dawn knew her p...

  • Lovers' Quarrels

    Romeo and Friends - 2

    Her beauty was timeless...but on the marriage mart she was running out of time! Jane Halsey decided it was time to stop her firlish daydreams and face reality. She had to find a rich husband to end the financial woes plaguing her sister Belle and he...

  • Madcap Miss

    WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN DONS A GIRLISH DISGUISE, SHE DISCOVERS THAT LOVE IS NOT CHILD'S PLAY.... Poor Grace, having just lost her post as governess, had no friends, no money, and was indeed in dire straits. Her petite figure and clever disguise foo...

  • Sealed With a Kiss

    Silhouette Romance - 711

    A COMMON GOAL When the going gets tough, the tough gee going-that was resourceful Jodie Jones's creed If she had to hit the streets disguised as a teenager to find her runaway kid brother, that was what she would do. But why did her independent si...

  • A Whisper on the Wind

    Swept off her feet by dashing Fraser Audry, young Rosalie was dazzled by his suave good looks, disarming charm and lavish gifts. Their whirlwind courtship and the beautiful wedding in Paris seemed like a romantic dream come true. But upon returni...

  • The Merry Month of May

    SARA HAD NEVER CHASED AFTER A MAN -- BUT THEN SHE'D NEVER MET ONE SO ADDLEFATED! Though far from the heartbroken miss whose betrothed had disappeared six years ago, Sara Wood saw no need to reveal her secret contentment. Peter would have made ...

  • A Brush With Death

    Cassie - 2

    Cassie Newton anticipates the intrigue and romance of joining her husband, investigator John Weiss, as he travels to Montreal to crack an art forgery case, but the glamour turns to gore when a painter is murdered...

  • Follow That Blonde

    An artist targeted for death. An agent soon to be rich. A young woman caught in the middle. BEAUTY BLOOD. AND BULLETS... He looked just the way an artist is supposed to look. Eyes softly passionate, like black velvet. Hands long-fingered, lik...

  • Cousin Cecilia

    HER MATCHMAKING SKILLS WERE UNEQUALED -- YET SHE HERSELF HAD NO USE FOR MARRIAGE! Once a thriving place to land a husband, Laycombe had tuned into a marital desert with the arrival of Lord Wickham. The rake's corrupting influence had led all...

  • Her Nest Egg

    Silhouette Romance - 755

    LOST AND FOUND Kate Manning had come to North Rossie intending only to collect her inheritance, then put her aunt's house up for sale. But returning to big-city life after the fresh air and green pastures of this small town seemed oddly uninviting...

  • Winter Wedding

    IT WOULD BE PLACING TOO MUCH SIGNIFICANCE ON A BRIEF FLIRTATION TO SAY THE GENTLEMAN HAD FALLEN IN LOVE. But when Clara Christopher discovered that Lord Allingcote had been invited to the wedding she was busily planning for her cousin, she hoped ...

  • Romantic Rebel

    Behind her enlightened words beat the heart of a true romantic... Left penniless and betrothed against her will, Emma Nesbitt vented her pique in a blast of purple prose that became the toast of emancipated women everywhere. And though she secretl...

  • The Waltzing Widow

    HAD HER INNOCENT MASQUERADE COME TO THIS--A PROPOSAL OF MISTRESS-SHIP? Convinced that Lucy Percy was a mere fortune hunter throwing her cap at his twit of a nephew, Tony Carlton, Lord Avedon was trying to buy her off--with his own charms! The w...

  • Her Lucky Break

    Silhouette Romance - 795

    A RELAXING HOLIDAY That's what perky policewoman Cathy Auden planned for her visit to Toronto. She certainly had no intention of spending her vacation tracking down an elusive criminal. Yet when handsome investigator Matt Wilson charmed his way in...

  • The Notorious Lord Havergal

    NO LADY COULD IGNORE A CHALLENGE TO REFORM A HARDENED RAKE! Lord Havergal was in want of funds for gambling debts and other notorious pursuits befitting a dashing scoundrel such as himself. Though his tight-fisted financial guardian had refused hi...

  • Bath Scandal

    Traveling to Bath to investigate rumors that her sister is spending time with a gambler, the recently engaged Lord Southam finds himself falling for his sister's fast-living guardian, the widow Beatrice Searle...

  • Jennie Kissed Me

    THIS WAS NOT AT ALL THE WAY JENNIE HAD PALNNED TO BEGIN HER SEARCH FOR EXCITEMENT AND A HUSBAND.... With her new inheritance and her quick wit, the former headmistress--endeavoring to sweeten her astringent reputation--was en route to the London M...

  • For Richer, for Poorer

    Silhouette Romance - 838
    Written in the Stars

    CAPRICORN MAN Dairy farmer Adam Challow was a classic Capricorn, and his single-minded approach to life had made him a wealthy man. He applied that same no-nonsense attitude to love, too -- no silly socialite debs for him! So why was he falling for ...

  • The Barefoot Baroness

    AFTER ONE DISASTROUS SEASON, LAURA HARWOOD HAD NO DESIGNS FOR SNAGGING A HUSBAND... She hardly felt qualified to accompany her cousin Olivia, Baroness Pilmore, to London for her debut. However, Olivia's fears of social failure proved unfounded...

  • Dangerous Dalliance

    HOW COULD SHE GO SO FAR AS TO FORGET DUTY AND FALL IN LOVE WITH A SPY?! Never did anyone look less like a spy than Heather Hume. But circumstances forced her to act when she discovered that her father's recent death was, in fact, murder--and t...

  • Getting to Know You

    Silhouette Romance - 879

    PILLOW TALK Davida Sinclair was a woman with a mission. She'd come home, determined to save the family business if it was the last thing she ever did. Okay, so the place was a pillow factory, but people needed to sleep, didn't they? And there was ...

  • Francesca

    NO GOWN WAS TOO DARING, NO PARTY TOO DECLASSE, NO SPREE TOO WILD FOR FRANKIE DEVLIN. It was after her husband's untimely death, when she learned the shocking truth of his numerous infidelities, that a very disillusioned Lady Camden turned into a h...

  • Wife Errant

    "I HAVE NO INTENTION OF REALLY BEING A LOOSE WOMAN, YOU KNOW, LORD REVEL. I JUST WANT MAMA TO THINK SO." With Mama dashing scandalously about Bath playing the young flirt to avenge Papa's improprieties, Tess Marchant realized that neit...

  • The Savage Lord Griffin

    IT IS REMARKABLE IN POLITE SOCIETY, FOR A MAN TO RETURN FROM THE DEAD But Lord Griffin was alive and well, back from the jungles of Brazil to claim his fiancee--only to find her betrothed to another. He barely even noticed her younger sister, Alic...

  • The Spanish Lady

    SHE HAD BEEN SENT TO DREARY ENGLAND TO NAB AN EVEN DREARIER HUSBAND! Although Lady Helena's cousins and heritage were in London, her heart belonged to her beloved Spain. And though the idea of matrimony was not unappealing, she would marry onl...

  • Headed for Trouble

    Silhouette Romance - 919

    Wedding chaos The chef had fallen ill, the bride had run off and Uncle Jack was putting the moves on anyone wearing a skirt. But Laura Sheldon--hostess of the Stagecoach Inn--had everything under control ... until she laid eyes on Mark Sinclair. T...

  • Can't Buy Me Love

    Silhouette Romance - 935

    Just in thyme... Real estate developer Wilf Jameson had found the perfect location for his country club. All he had to do to close the deal was buy the farmland that sat smack in the middle of his future golf course. His partner claimed the owner ...

  • Gather Ye Rosebuds

    When Zoie Barron’s painting studio is being readied, a stolen necklace is discovered. She decides to return it on the sly, but Lord Weylin is suspicious, especially when the necklace is found to be fake. Seldom trusting each other, Zoie and Lord We...

  • John Loves Sally

    Silhouette Romance - 956

    Suspicious characters So the legendary secret agent known as the Silver Fox was back to his old tricks, was he? Well, CIA agent John McCallum intended to find out the truth about him--and the lovely young woman he claimed was his niece. Whoever Ms...

  • The Great Christmas Ball

    IT SEEMED FAR LESS DIFFICULT TO NAB A SPY THAN TO CAPTURE THE HEART OF AN ELUSIVE GENTLEMAN. In translating from German what she believed to be a sordid love letter, Miss Cathy Lyman uncovered top secret information on Napoleon. With little but go...

  • Petticoat Hall

    in Autumn Loves

    The marriage between Lord Rawden and Bonnie Campbell had been arranged. But the new butler, with his rakish dark eyes, elegant manner, and intimate knowledge of London style, behaved not a whit befitting his station.......

  • Poor Little Rich Girl

    Silhouette Romance - 972

    Husband-type? Not! Samantha Sherman's life had been sweet ever since she'd traded her glitzy society world for rural upstate New York. Faded blue jeans and a no-frills haircut concealed her privileged past. She'd even turned her favorite hobby int...

  • No Place for a Lady

    WHAT THE DEVIL WAS A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER DOING IN A HOVEL LIKE THIS? If Catherine had held any hopes that the London house she had inherited from her aunt would help her escape her despairing home life, they were dashed the moment she sale th...

  • Behold, a Mystery!

    THE HOLIDAYS HAD TAKEN ON A DECIDED CHILL THIS YEAR. When Jessica Greenwood's great-aunt Hettie was murdered in her sleep, suspicion fell on the four visiting nephews who would presumably inherit her fortune. But shock greeted those gathered when ...

  • Old Lover's Ghost

    LANDING A FLESH AND BLOOD HUSBAND WAS PROVING DIFFICULT FOR THE DAUGHTER OF A FAMOUS GHOST HUNTER! Although Charity herself did not share her papa's unusual power and had never seen any ghosts, she didn't doubt her father's skill in co...

  • Regency Masquerade

    Posing as Lady Crieff, a saucy, rich widow, Moira is closing in on Lionel March, the notorious thief who tricked her family out of their fortune--but Daniel Hartly has his own reasons for pursuing the scoundrel--and Moira. Original....

  • Never Let Me Go

    To find true love in the present, Belle must venture back to the past. SHE WAS HELD IN THRALL BY THE MAGICAL WARMTH OF HIS PHANTOM EMBRACE... Romance writer Belle Savage came to England looking for a hero -- the kind of rakish stranger women ha...

  • The Kissing Bough

    THE MISTLETOE HAD HEARTS IN TURMOIL THIS SEASON... Jane Ramsey was thrilled to receive an invitation to spend a country Christmas with Nicholas, heir to Lord Goderich, who was -- by his own proclamation -- ready to settle down at last. Yet her hop...

  • Love a La Carte

    in A Regency Christmas 1994

    The scathing reviews by the notorious food critic, Monsieur Bongoift, had all but ruined Cybele Leigh's dining establishment. Now she decided it was high time she turned the tables!...

  • Damsel in Distress

    LADY CAROLINE ATTRACTED TROUBLE LIKE MOTHS TO A FLAME! Her romantic antics provided society with a good many minor scandals--which didn't stop the incomparable Caro from catching the eye of Lord Dolmain, a dashing widower. But as was custom...

  • A Kiss in the Dark

    THERE WAS A GROWING AIR OF MYSTERY ABOUT THE HOUSE--AND ITS ENIGMATIC OWNER. Cressida Charmsworth had only recently learned to savor the pleasures of the rich and unencumbered. Now, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, she was society's premier In...

  • The Virgin and the Unicorn

    Miranda Vale had learned that Lord Rotham was a rake, when her sister’s heart was broken. But Miranda couldn’t resist being charmed by the man, who had such courage and daring. She and Rotham’s brother, Pavel, got caught up in the adventure Rot...

  • Kissing Cousins

    THE OBJECT WAS TO AVOID SCANDAL AT ALL COST Not only had her wayward brother run off with another man's chere amie, he was also accused of theft! Samantha Oakleigh desperately needed help to find the boy and clear his name, and hoped it would ...

  • A Tall Dark Stranger

    Amy Talbot enjoys doing watercolors of plants, but when her brother discovers a body in the water meadow she is dismayed. There are several strangers around Chilton Abbas, and Mr. Renshaw with his bamboozling tales of India, seems a rather suspect on...

  • Murder Will Speak

    The Berkley Brigade - 1

    Corrine deCoventry was the lone female in the Berkeley Brigade, a quartet of aristocrats who charmed the London ton. But when the lovely young widow wore the deCoventry pearls to a masquerade ball, and they were stolen by a masked Robin Hood -- the f...

  • Tea and Scandal

    Jane Lonsdale had been dismissed from her position at Miss Prism’s Academy because the music master had tried to kiss her. Jane went to her aunt, having no idea that the housekeeper had married Lord Pargeter, who promptly died. Neighbors at nearby ...

  • A Christmas Gambol

    The gentleman was a dyed-in-the-wool romantic. But he had mush to learn about love! At first, aspiring writer Cicely Caldwell was insulted to be asked to pose as the anonymous lady, the author of the vastly popular Chaos is Come Again, a horrid p...

  • An Infamous Proposal

    SHE DESIRED NOTHING MORE THAN A BIDDABLE HUSBAND... Emma, having gone at seventeen directly from her papa's home to her husband's arms, is now widowed at age twenty -- and quite naive in the ways of the world: in particular, how to find h...

  • Petticoat Rebellion

    WHY MUST SEDUCTION BE A SPORT ENJOYED SOLELY BY GENTLEMEN? For Abbie Fairchild, an art teacher and aspiring artist, the opportunity to spend a week at Penfel Hall with its grand art gallery is a dream come true. But the field trip takes a scandalo...

  • Blossom Time

    A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME; One of those dashing rogues too attractive to ignore. Lord Harwell featured largely in Rosalind Lovelace's fantasies. But she had too much common sense to let dreams color her reality. Harwell was a friend and neighbo...

  • Murder and Misdeeds

    The Berkley Brigade - 2

    Another mystery and, perhaps, another chance at love . . . Once again the indomitable Berkeley Brigade, a group of daring young aristocrats, returns to the scene of the crime--and to affairs of the heart. As the dashing Marquess of Luten and the beau...

  • Murder While I Smile

    The Berkley Brigade - 3

    Mystery and intrigue once again provide adventure for the Berkley Brigade -- the aristocratic foursome with a nose for the ton's most incriminating scandals... Headstrong Corinne deCoventry, dashing Lord Luten, dilettante poet Sir Reginald Pra...

  • Murder Comes to Mind

    The Berkley Brigade - 4

    The members of the Berkeley Brigade, London's most aristocratic and stylish foursome, find themselves once more enmeshed in mystery and romance.... Though Lady Corinne deCoventry and dashing Lord Luten are now officially engaged, their wedding is ...

  • A Highwayman Came Riding

    COULD LOVE SOOTHE THE SAVAGE THIEF? The penny-pinching duchess, determined not to pay for another night's lodging, insists her coach travel the perilous roads outside London, all but begging for the unwanted attentions of a roving thief. It is...

  • Little Coquette

    MURDER IS AN INAUSPICIOUS BEGINNING FOR ROMANCE Young bluestocking Lydia Trevelyn and her notable neighbor Lord Beaumont had managed to thwart all matchmaking schemes. However, fate conspires to bring them together through a most unfortunate mean...

  • Oh Miranda!

    Miranda has been widowed for two years when she accompanies her neighbors to London. Her intent is not to find a husband -- nor is it to find a less virtuous arrangement! Lord Bolton’s reputation precedes him and though he is rich and charming, the...

  • What Will Survive

    July 1997: Lebanon makes the British headlines when an Englishwoman dies in a landmine explosion near the town of Nabatiyeh.

    The dead woman is Aisha, a former model with an Egyptian mother, visiting the Middle East for the first time. Repo...

  • Shadow of Murder

    The Berkley Brigade - 10

    Corinne (Lady Luten) agreed to store the goods for the orphan’s charity ball which she was managing. Sir Reginald begged her to allow his rehearsals at Luten’s place while Coffen Pattle had taken on Corrie’s butler Black, the newest member of t...

  • Moon Love

    Lord Ravencroft expected to meet Lord Ashworth as his knowledgeable informant about counterfeit bills surfacing on the coast. He was more than dismayed when Ashworth’s daughter, Amy Bratty, offered herself as his accomplice. Amy, and not her senile...

  • Arabeth

    How does a young man uncover the secrets to his father's murder when the trail is 5 years cold Amcellon already has the key to his answers & when a big opportunity comes along he grabs it. He will confront fear, danger & betrayal. Who he...

  • Let's Talk of Murder

    The Berkley Brigade - 5

    A new Berkeley Brigade mystery! Not only Lord Luten, who is hors de combat, Corinne DeCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle but that charming rascal Lord Byron become involved in this murder. The Prince Regent wants it solved -- and he’s ...

  • Clouds of Deceit

    The full story of Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s has only recently begun to emerge. Here, for the first time, through interviews and eye-witness accounts from men who watched the mushroom clouds drift over Australia and the Pacific ...

  • To Mourn a Murder

    The Berkley Brigade - 6

    Regency ladies are being blackmailed for their most intimate secrets -- and for just the amount of money they can be expected to raise quickly. The Berkeley Brigade -- Lord Luten, his fiancé, Corinne deCoventry, Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle...

  • Murder at Newstead Abbey

    The Berkley Brigade - 7

    The Berkeley Brigade (Lord Luten, Corinne deCoventry, Coffen Pattle and Sir Reginald Prance) have come to Byron’s Newstead Abbey to celebrate Christmas. But Pattle finds a long-buried body on the estate’s island and the Brigade is intrigued. Susp...

  • Murder's Sad Tale

    The Berkley Brigade - 8

    The Berkeley Brigade undertakes an investigation for Mrs. Ballard, Lady deCoventry’s chaperone. Mrs. Ballard’s whist group played for pennies, but one of its members had been murdered. Not the Brigade’s usual challenge perhaps, until someone el...

  • Murder on Charing Cross Road

    The Berkley Brigade - 9

    The Berkeley Brigade -- Lord Luten, Corinne deCoventry (newly Lady Luten), Sir Reginald Prance and Coffen Pattle -- soon have a chance to aid their country by bringing a spy to justice. Their one clue, written by the victim in his blood, to the spyâ€...

  • Murder Is Come Again

    The Berkley Brigade - 11

    The Berkeley Brigade go to Brighton because Coffen Pattle has inherited a house there. But once again they’re involved in a mystery, as someone has been searching the house. Pattle is enamored of Mary, who wants to rent the house, but when she’s ...

  • Lady Lorna

    Kate Simmons and her mother, Lady Simmons, are amazed to find Lady Lorna, who has been missing for twenty years, on their doorstep. Though Kate was an infant when Lady Lorna disappeared, presumed to have been kidnapped by gypsies, her mother recogniz...

  • It Takes a Lady

    Lizzie Warwick was now a do-gooder who had mistaken Lord Carbury’s flirtation for the real thing five years ago. Now she solicited his help for his cousin Tommy, who had been accused of stealing a ruby necklace. Lizzie knew he hadn’t done it and ...

  • Murder on Ironmonger Lane

    The Berkley Brigade - 12

    When Sir Reginald Prance sets up an art studio on Ironmonger Lane, and a man dies, the Berkeley Brigade has an interest in finding out what happened. Lord and Lady Luten, along with Coffen Pattle and butler Black, uncover a nefarious plot to steal Ro...

  • The Peach Thief Linda

    This shimmering middle-grade debut set in 1850s Lancashire, England, explores longing, belonging, and the courage it takes to find your place -- and bloom. The night that workhouse orphan Scilla Brown dares to climb the Earl of Havermore’s garden w...

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