Laura Lee Guhrke

Author Information
Laura Lee Guhrke
  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1994
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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About the Author

Boise State University graduate Laura Lee Guhrke held a business degree before she became a writer. She spent seven years in advertising, tried her hand at catering, and managed the offices of her parents’ business prior to making the decision to write. She has written over twenty-five historical romances. Her books have been on the USA Today and New York Times bestsellers lists. She has been the recipient of the Romance Writers of America RITA award.

When she’s not busy creating stories, she skis, wakeboards and fly fishes in her home state of Idaho. She recently contributed her personal story of real-life romance to the Fall in Love Live a Romance Writer

Full Series List in Order

Abandoned at the Altar

1 - Wedding of the Season (Jan-2011)
2 - Scandal of the Year (Jan-2011)
3 - Trouble at the Wedding (Dec-2011)

An American Heiress in London

1 - When the Marquess Met His Match (Nov-2013)
2 - How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days (May-2014)
3 - Catch a Falling Heiress (Feb-2015)
4 - No Mistress of Mine (Sep-2016)

Dear Lady Truelove

1 - The Truth about Love and Dukes (Apr-2017)
2 - The Trouble with True Love (Feb-2018)
3 - Governess Gone Rogue (Jan-2019)
4 - Heiress Gone Wild (Sep-2019)

Girl-Bachelors

1 - And Then He Kissed Her (Mar-2007)
2 - The Wicked Ways of a Duke (Jan-2008)
3 - Secret Desires of a Gentleman (Oct-2008)
4 - With Seduction in Mind (Aug-2009)

Guilty

1 - Guilty Pleasures (Feb-2004)
2 - His Every Kiss (Oct-2004)
3 - The Marriage Bed (Jul-2005)
4 - She's No Princess (Jun-2006)

Scandal at the Savoy

1 - Bookshop Cinderella (Jun-2023)
2 - Lady Scandal (Jun-2024)
3 - Bad Luck Bride (Aug-2025)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Prelude to Heaven

    FLIGHT TO FREEDOM While life with her volatile husband had always been nearly unbearable for Tess Ridgeway, it was not until the well-being of her unborn child was at stake that she found the courage to fight back. Terrified, Tess fled to the s...

  • To Dream Again

    AN UNCONVENTIONAL WOMAN Beautiful widow Mara Elliot had little time for shining promises -- or impractical dreamers. If she couldn't save her small London factory, she would lose the chance of security she'd worked so hard to gain. But fro...

  • Conor's Way

    A COURAGEOUS WOMAN In the aftermath of the Civil War, beautiful and stubborn Olivia Maitland was determined to save her family and their near-bankrupt Louisiana plantation no matter what -- even if it meant taking in cynical ex-boxer Conor Braniga...

  • The Seduction

    WHEN AN HEIRESS AND A ROGUE MEET... Although her father sent her to England to fin a titled husband, beautiful and headstrong Margaret Van Alden rejects every fortune hunter she meets. The only man who does excite her is Trevor St. James, an unsenti...

  • Breathless

    Award-winning author Laura Lee Guhrke steps back to a time of Southern propriety -- and passion -- in this thrilling page-turner laced with heated sensuality. A lawyer is reunited with an unforgettable lady from his past -- and together, they step in...

  • The Charade

    Honor, freedom, liberty...those were mere words to Katie Armstrong, a savvy thief and indentured servant on the run in colonial Boston. For the sake of survival, she agreed to a British lord's bribe: unmask the identity of the patriot known as Jo...

  • Not So Innocent

    Sophie Haversham would give anything not to have the gift of foresight. After all, her "talent" has already cost her one fiance. And reporting a crime that hasn't happened yet is no easy task -- especially when the future victim turns out to be the t...

  • Guilty Pleasures

    Guilty - 1

    Every woman has her Guilty Pleasures ... For prim and shy Daphne Wade, the sweetest guilty pleasure of all is secretly watching her employer, the Duke of Tremore, as he works the excavation site on his English estate. Anthony hired Daphne to resto...

  • His Every Kiss

    Guilty - 2

    Notorious man... Everyone knows about Dylan Moore -- his brilliant talent and his pleasure-seeking ways -- but no one knows the torment that lies beneath his reckless veneer. Only one woman gets a glimpse of the forces that drive Dylan's soul,...



  • The Marriage Bed

    Guilty - 3

    A marriage of deception It was love at first sight for Lady Viola the night she met the dashing Viscount John Hammond. Swept into a whirlwind courtship, it wasn't until after their vows had been spoken that Viola learned the shattering truth:...

  • She's No Princess

    Guilty - 4

    A Royal Pain... The illegitimate daughter of a prince and a notorious courtesan, Lucia has been confined to schools and convents for most of her life. But that hasn't stopped her from causing one scandal after another. Exasperated, her royal ...

  • And Then He Kissed Her

    Girl-Bachelors - 1

    Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to share her etiquette expertise with London's readers, and as secretary to Viscount Marlowe, Emma knows she's in the perfect position to make her dream come true. Marlowe might be a rake with a preference for ...

  • The Wicked Ways of a Duke

    Girl-Bachelors - 2

    She thought she was the luckiest woman in London . . . Surviving on a seamstress' income and a steady stream of fantasies, Prudence Bosworth has always longed for love and romance. Then she inherits a fortune from the father she's never seen, wit...

  • Secret Desires of a Gentleman

    Girl-Bachelors - 3

    Once Upon a Time . . . Maria Martingale was going to elope. But Phillip Hawthorne, Marquess of Kayne, put a stop to those plans when he learned his younger brother intended to marry a cook's daughter. Now, twelve years later, Maria discovers that ...

  • With Seduction in Mind

    Girl-Bachelors - 4

    Her proposition... London Society is harsh for a young woman with no family connections who has to work for a living. But when Daisy Merrick is sacked from yet another job, the feisty and outspoken miss comes up with a plan that could give her a futu...

  • Scandal of the Year

    Abandoned at the Altar - 2

    One tryst was all she wanted... From their very first meeting, Julia knew that Aidan Carr, the oh-so-proper Duke of Trathen, had a bit of the devil in him, a devil who secretly yearned for what he could not have, a devil who harbored a desire for he...

  • Wedding of the Season

    Abandoned at the Altar - 1

    Abandoned at the altar... Lady Beatrix Danbury had always known she would marry William Mallory. She'd loved him forever and she'd never doubted he loved her, too. But when she made him choose between their life together or his lifelong drea...

  • Trouble at the Wedding

    Abandoned at the Altar - 3

    Annabel is about to marry the perfect man... The last thing Miss Annabel Wheaton desires is true love. She learned the hard way that love makes a woman foolish and leads only to heartache. That's why she agreed to marry an earl who needs her m...

  • When the Marquess Met His Match

    An American Heiress in London - 1

    In the first of a dazzling new series, USA Todaybestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke introduces London's most renowned matchmaker -- and a scoundrel intent on seducing his way to the altar. She's the matchmaker . . . Lady Belinda Feather...



  • How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

    An American Heiress in London - 2

    From USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke comes the story of a bargain, a marriage of convenience . . . and the chance for love to last a lifetime They had a deal . . . From the moment she met the devil-may-care Duke of Margrave, Edie...

  • Catch a Falling Heiress

    An American Heiress in London - 3

    She's an American heiress. He's a devilish earl. When these two collide, the sparks ignite a shocking scandal in USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke's unforgettable Victorian-era romance. Linnet Holland wants nothing to do with fortune h...

  • No Mistress of Mine

    An American Heiress in London - 4

    When it comes to romance, some men just can’t get a break. Back in his wilder days, Lord Somerton fell madly in love with Lola, the most infamous dancer of the Paris cabarets, but though he was ready to defy his family, society, and all the world t...

  • Something Blue

    in Four Weddings and a Sixpence

    Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lu...

  • The Truth about Love and Dukes

    Dear Lady Truelove - 1

    Dear Lady Truelove... I have fallen in love, truly and completely in love, for the first time. The man whom I hold in such passionate regard, however, is not of my station. He is a painter, a brilliant artist. Needless to say, my family would not app...

  • The Trouble with True Love

    Dear Lady Truelove - 2

    Dear Lady Truelove, I am a girl of noble family, but I am painfully shy, especially in my encounters with those of the opposite sex . . . For Clara Deverill, standing in for the real Lady Truelove means dispensing advice on problems she herself...

  • Governess Gone Rogue

    Dear Lady Truelove - 3

    Dear Lady Truelove... My twin brother and I need a new mother, though Papa insists he’ll never marry again. Must be nice, brainy, and fond of cats... Lady Truelove may be London’s most famous advice columnist, but James St. Clair, the Earl ...

  • Heiress Gone Wild

    Dear Lady Truelove - 4

    Dear Lady Truelove, My ward is driving me crazy. I have to marry her off and get her out of my life. There’s just one problem… When Jonathan Deverill promised a dying friend he’d be guardian to the man’s daughter, he envisioned a girl i...

  • Bookshop Cinderella

    Scandal at the Savoy - 1

    Fans of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn will adore this opposites-attract romance featuring a dashing duke, a shy bookshop owner, and a wager that will change their lives forever. Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest...

  • Lady Scandal

    Scandal at the Savoy - 2

    From a New York Times bestselling author comes a dazzling Victorian romance featuring a haughty businessman and the headstrong event planner who steals his heart -- perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Amalie Howard! Delia Stratham is an...



  • Bad Luck Bride

    Scandal at the Savoy - 3

    In this dazzling Victorian romance that "will appeal to fans of Julia Quinn and Amanda Quick," one unlucky lady believes her fate is finally changing until the rake that broke her heart returns to town (Publishers Weekly on Lady Scandal).  ...

Award-Winning Books by Laura Lee Guhrke

And Then He Kissed Her
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Heroine
Conor's Way
1997 Rita Award -- Long Historical Romance
Guilty Pleasures
2004 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- British Isles Historical Romance
No Mistress of Mine
2017 Rita Award -- Historical Romance: Long
The Wicked Ways of a Duke
2008 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- British Isles Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Laura Lee Guhrke has published 30 books.

The next book by Laura Lee Guhrke, Bad Luck Bride, will be published in August 2025.

The first book by Laura Lee Guhrke, Prelude to Heaven, was published in January 1994.

Yes. Laura Lee Guhrke has 6 series.
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