Renee Bernard

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2000
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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About the Author

Renee Bernard is a retired Navy chaplain's daughter, who travelled all over the world during years. Today, she is a freelance writer and a contributor to Romantic Times Bookclub magazine. Her debut novel, A Lady's Pleasure, won an award from RT for "Best First Historical Romance of 2006". In 2007, she also wrote a story for the School of Heiresses anthology, which made the USA Today Bestseller List. Her novel, Madame's Deception, was nominated for "Best Sensual Historical of 2007" by RT and A Rogue's Game, the final installment in the Mistress Trilogy, received 4 ½ stars and a Top Pick from RT and is available now.

She currently lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California.

Full Series List in Order

Black Rose Trilogy

1 - Lady Falls (Jun-2014)
2 - Lady Rises (Jul-2014)
3 - Lady Triumphs (Aug-2014)

The Duchess Club

1 - The Wild Duchess // The Willful Duchess (May-2016)

The Eternity Gambit

1 - Devil to Pay (Aug-2014)
2 - Devil May Care (Mar-2015)

A Jaded Gentleman Novel

1 - Revenge Wears Rubies (Mar-2010)
2 - Seduction Wears Sapphires (Aug-2010)
3 - Ecstasy Wears Emeralds (Sep-2011)
4 - Passion Wears Pearls (Mar-2012)
5 - Obsession Wears Opals (Dec-2012)
6 - Desire Wears Diamonds (Jul-2013)

The Mistress Trilogy

1 - A Lady's Pleasure (Nov-2006)
2 - Madame's Deception (Sep-2007)
3 - A Rogue's Game (Apr-2008)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Blind Aphrodite

    A bold historical romance with characters unlike any others. Lady Claire Aylesbury is brave, beautiful and blind. When her twin brother, Edward, mysteriously disappears, she is forced to venture out alone to find him. Desperate to escape a limited fu...

  • A Lady's Pleasure

    The Mistress Trilogy - 1

    SEEKING REVENGE, SHE DISCOVERS HOW DELICIOUS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY CAN BE... Merriam Everett has always been regarded as a shy, docile creature. But for one night, Merriam the Mouse has become a temptress who will recklessly take her pleasur...

  • Mischief's Holiday

    in The School for Heiresses

    Inspired by New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries's School for Heiresses series, this delightful anthology features four young women who learn that there's nothing textbook about love. . . . "It is better not to marry at all than to ...

  • Madame's Deception

    The Mistress Trilogy - 2

    WHEN AN INNOCENT TAKES OVER A BORDELLO, CAN HER SEDUCTION BE FAR BEHIND? Jocelyn Tolliver believes that her mother's couture business financed her European boarding school education. Imagine her shock when she discovers that her dying mother i...

  • A Rogue's Game

    The Mistress Trilogy - 3

    DARING GAMES. DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS CONSEQUENCES. Lovely Eve Reynolds plays the role of a naive young debutante, but her demure appearance hides an experienced cardplayer who, at her uncle's instigation, is engaged in fleecing London aristocrats i...

  • Revenge Wears Rubies

    A Jaded Gentleman Novel - 1

    From an acclaimed author known for her "sinfully sexy" romances comes the first in a tantalizing new series of erotic passion set in Victorian London... Galen Hawke desires nothing but revenge against the woman who betrayed his dearly departed frien...

  • Seduction Wears Sapphires

    A Jaded Gentleman Novel - 2

    When Ashe Blackwell's grandfather challenges him to reform for a single social Season in London -- or forfeit his inheritance -- the rake agrees to the wager. But Ashe is assigned an unconventional chaperone: Miss Caroline Townsend, a young, inde...

  • Ecstasy Wears Emeralds

    A Jaded Gentleman Novel - 3

    From Renee Bernard comes the latest gem in her series of seductive gentlemen -- and the tempting women who entice them ... Like all the Jaded Gentlemen, Dr. Rowan West may have his secrets, but he's done his best to forgive the ghosts of his past ...

  • Passion Wears Pearls

    A Jaded Gentleman Novel - 4

    After the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah Hastings dreamt of returning to a world lush with color -- only to discover that years of imprisonment left his eyesight weak and failing. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor Beckett appear...



  • Obsession Wears Opals

    A Jaded Gentleman Novel - 5

    Darius Thorne has learned to use his wit and intelligence to strategize a better life for himself. He is the White Knight amidst the small secret circle of Gentlemen known only as the Jaded. The handsome scholar shields his heart by keeping a studied...

  • Desire Wears Diamonds

    A Jaded Gentleman Novel - 6

    "One of the freshest voices I've seen in ages." --Sherrilyn Kenyon, #1 New York Times bestselling author WHEN BETRAYAL IS THE ONLY PATH OPEN AND PASSION IS THE ONLY ENEMY HE NEVER ANTICIPATED . . . The shy soldier and self-appointed guardian of the J...

  • Lady Falls

    Black Rose Trilogy - 1

    Raven Wells is no ordinary girl. Plucked from an orphanage by a scheming earl, she has been raised like a thoroughbred, groomed for one purpose: Revenge. Unfortunately, the Earl of Trent never let her in on the plan, so when she meets the man of h...

  • Lady Rises

    Black Rose Trilogy - 2

    LADY RISES serves up the next relentless installment in the Black Rose Trilogy and leaves no doubt that Hell hath no fury like a woman wronged but when that woman is Raven Wells -- the Devil himself would rather keep out of her way. From the ashes of...

  • Lady Triumphs

    Black Rose Trilogy - 3

    LADY TRIUMPHS is the third book and grand finale in the unforgettable Black Rose Trilogy and does not disappoint for chills and thrills as Lady Serena Wellcott (formerly known as Raven Wells) at last turns her attention to settling an old score with ...

  • Devil to Pay

    The Eternity Gambit - 1

    Workplace comedy is always fun but when the company in question in H.E.LLc (Hades Enterprises LLc) and your job is being Lucifer, let's just say, there are some unique challenges beyond Casual Fridays and who keeps taking your lunch out of the break ...

  • Devil May Care

    The Eternity Gambit - 2

    DEVIL MAY CARE is the second book in The Eternity Gambit Series by USA Today Bestselling author, Renee Bernard. In this comic twist on paranormal romance, Heaven, Inc. and Hades Enterprises, LLc are nothing you’d expect them to be. “Office Spaceâ...

  • Beauty and the Buccaneer

  • The Wild Duchess // The Willful Duchess

    The Duchess Club - 1

    A new historical romance series from USA Today bestselling author Renee Bernard launches with this two-in-one novel! Both complete romances are intertwined to give the reader a double dose of The Duchess Club in this exciting introduction to a new se...

  • Mystified

    The Haunting of Castle Keyvnor, Book #3Greetings,In regards to the Matter of the un-entailed Estate of the late-Jonathan Hambly, 10th Earl of Banfield, be advised that your attendance is urgently required at the reading of his lordship’s Last Will ...



  • Lessons in Love: A Witches Ball Novella

    Part of the wonderful Witches' Ball Collection, this is a magical Regency-era story for any romance fan! Arianna Holt has never fit in anywhere and believes herself to be cursed. An illegitimate child taken in by a family that is ashamed of h...

Award-Winning Books by Renee Bernard

A Lady's Pleasure
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- First Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Renee Bernard has published 20 books.

Renee Bernard does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Lessons in Love: A Witches Ball Novella, was published in August 2023.

The first book by Renee Bernard, Blind Aphrodite, was published in October 2000.

Yes. Renee Bernard has 5 series.
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