Valerie Bowman

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2012
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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About the Author

Valerie Bowman’s debut novel was published in 2012. Since then, her books have received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. She’s been an RT Reviewers’ Choice nominee for Best First Historical Romance and Best Historical Romance Love and Laughter. Two of her books have been nominated for the Kirkus Prize for fiction.

Valerie grew up in Illinois with six sisters (she’s number seven) and a huge supply of historical romance novels. After a cold and snowy stint earning a degree in English Language and Literature with a minor in history at Smith College, she moved to Florida the first chance she got. Valerie now lives in Jacksonville with her family including her rascally rescue dog, Roo. When she’s not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV and PBS.

Full Series List in Order

Austen Hunks

1 - Hiring Mr. Darcy (Sep-2020)
2 - Kissing Mr. Knightley (Apr-2024)

The Footmen's Club

1 - The Footman and I (Jun-2020)
2 - Duke Looks Like a Groomsman (Jul-2020)
3 - The Valet Who Loved Me (Aug-2020)
4 - Save a Horse, Ride a Viscount (Mar-2021)
5 - Earl Lessons (Oct-2021)
6 - The Duke is Back (May-2022)

Love's a Game

1 - The Duchess Hunt (Oct-2024)
2 - The Duke Dare (Nov-2024)
3 - The Marquess Match (Apr-2025)

Playful Brides

1 - The Unexpected Duchess (May-2014)
2 - The Accidental Countess (Nov-2014)
3 - The Unlikely Lady (May-2015)
4 - The Irresistible Rogue (Nov-2015)
4.5 - The Unforgettable Hero (Feb-2016)
5 - The Untamed Earl (May-2016)
6 - The Legendary Lord (Nov-2016)
7 - Never Trust a Pirate (May-2017)
8 - The Right Kind of Rogue (Nov-2017)
9 - A Duke Like No Other (May-2018)
10 - Kiss Me at Christmas (Nov-2018)
10.5 - Mr. Hunt, I Presume (Feb-2019)
11 - No Other Duke But You (Apr-2019)

Secret Brides

1 - Secrets of a Wedding Night (Sep-2012)
1.5 - A Secret Proposal (Jan-2013)
2 - Secrets of a Runaway Bride (Apr-2013)
2.5 - A Secret Affair (Jul-2013)
3 - Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage (Oct-2013)
3.5 - It Happened Under the Mistletoe (Oct-2013)

The Whitmorelands

1 - The Duke Deal (Nov-2022)
2 - The Marquess Move (Apr-2023)
3 - The Debutante Dilemma (Jul-2023)
4 - The Wallflower Win (Oct-2023)

Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Secrets of a Wedding Night

    Secret Brides - 1

    First comes love, then comes scandal... HOW TO STOP A WEDDING Young, widowed, and penniless, Lily Andrews, the Countess of Merrill,has strong opinions on marriage. When she spots a certain engagement announcement in The Times, she decides to ta...

  • A Secret Proposal

    Secret Brides - 1.5

    After reading a scandalous pamphlet entitled SECRETS OF A WEDDING NIGHT, Miss Amelia Templeton cried off from her engagement. But her mother is set on seeing her daughter land a peer before the end of the Season. Amelia will do her duty. This time sh...

  • Secrets of a Runaway Bride

    Secret Brides - 2

    THE THRILL OF ESCAPE Miss Annie Andrews is finally free to marry the man she loves. With her overprotective sister out of the country on her honeymoon, nothing can prevent her flight to Gretna Greene -- nothing, that is, but an abduction by the wr...

  • A Secret Affair

    Secret Brides - 2.5

    Miss Frances Birmingham has set her cap for the charming, dashing Mr. Charles Holloway. She and her best friend, Annie, have the most clever idea. They've arranged a bachelor auction for charity. The proceeds will go to the Royale Society for the Hum...

  • It Happened Under the Mistletoe

    Secret Brides - 3.5

    When Oliver Townsende escapes to his friend's house for a Christmas party, he intends to avoid the hordes of marriage-minded misses who have been dogging his steps in London ever since he inherited a dukedom. He soon learns a bit of Yuletide peace an...

  • Secrets of a Scandalous Marriage

    Secret Brides - 3

    A duchess awaiting trial for her vile husband’s murder is the most delicious gossip the ton has heard in years. But for Kate Townsende, the woman in question, it could be a matter of life and death. And when a shrewd and handsome nobleman offers to...

  • The Unexpected Duchess

    Playful Brides - 1

    IN THIS BATTLE OF WITS Lady Lucy Upton’s tongue may be too sharp to attract suitors but her heart is good, and when her painfully shy friend Cassandra needs help she devises a brilliant scheme to help her discourage an unwanted suitor, the Duke ...

  • The Accidental Countess

    Playful Brides - 2

    CAN A SCANDALOUS CHARADE For seven long years, Lady Cassandra Monroe has waited for the man of her dreams to return from the war. Unfortunately, he happens to be engaged to her flighty cousin. What Cass wouldn’t give to take her cousin’s place! ...

  • The Unlikely Lady

    Playful Brides - 3

    FOR THE BACHELOR AND THE BLUESTOCKING… Certain that no man wants a bluestocking for a wife, Miss Jane Lowndes is careful to wield her books and her spectacles as weapons against matrimony. Convincing her ambitious mama that she's content to ...



  • The Irresistible Rogue

    Playful Brides - 4

    A PROPOSAL FROM A SCOUNDREL Daphne Swift has not laid eyes on her devilishly charming husband, Captain Rafferty Cavendish, in quite some time. As a matter of fact, she wants the rogue to annul their brief marriage so that she can marry the reliable ...

  • A Very Matchmaker Christmas

    What do you get when you have four despairing mamas with four unwed daughters? A very matchmaker Christmas, of course! This delightful holiday anthology features 4 novellas written by 4 authors, all revolving around the same fun plot involving a Rege...

  • The Duke And Dutchess Trap

  • The Duke and Duchess Trap

    in All I Want for Christmas Is a Duke

    The holidays are a time for dining, dancing, and of course -- dukes! Celebrate the Christmas season with this enchanting collection of historical romances featuring the most eligible bachelors of the ton… A childish prank may have reunited the D...

  • The Unforgettable Hero

    Playful Brides - 4.5

    To escape a forced marriage to her loathsome, social-climbing cousin, Cecelia Harcourt banks on selling a romantic novel. But when she's hit by a coach on the way home from meeting a potential publisher and loses her memory, the accident leads to an ...

  • The Untamed Earl

    Playful Brides - 5

    AN INDECENT PROPOSAL Lady Alexandra Hobbs, the daughter of the Duke of Huntley, has intended to marry Lord Owen Monroe since she first glimpsed him from the window of her bedchamber, back when she was just a girl. But the duke has already chosen A...

  • The Legendary Lord

    Playful Brides - 6

    THE MAKING OF A LEGEND When Christian Forester, Viscount Berkeley, flees the stuffy ballrooms of London for his Scottish hunting lodge, the last thing he expects to find ensconced before his fire is an incredibly beautiful woman. But the plight of ...

  • Never Trust a Pirate

    Playful Brides - 7

    The rules of engagement were never so scandalous... A rumored pirate and the scurrilous black sheep of his well-to-do family, Cade Cavendish relishes his world of rebellion, deception, and seduction. Nothing and no one can hold him to be the duty-...

  • The Right Kind of Rogue

    Playful Brides - 8

    Can two star-crossed lovers come together―until death do they part? Viscount Hart Highgate has decided to put his rakish ways behind him and finally get married. He may adore a good brandy or a high-speed carriage race, but he takes his duties a...

  • A Duke Like No Other

    Playful Brides - 9

    First comes love, then comes marriage. Unless it’s the otherway around... General Mark Grimaldi has sacrificed everything for his military career, working his way through the ranks without the benefit of a nobleman’s title. Now, his years of d...



  • Kiss Me at Christmas

    Playful Brides - 10

    A spirited lady facing spinsterhood. A common man with a noble mission. And a surprise that just might be waiting for them under the mistletoe... Bow Street Runner Daffin Oakleaf abhors Christmas. Carol singing and holiday cheer only remind him of...

  • Mr. Hunt, I Presume

    Playful Brides - 10.5

    The Playful Brides novels are:“Wholly satisfying.” -- USA Today“Smart and sensual.” -- RT Book Reviews“Delicious.” -- Kirkus ReviewsHe never forgot her…When General Collin Hunt is ordered to take a much-needed holiday, he resigns himse...

  • No Other Duke But You

    Playful Brides - 11

    A lady with a love potion. A Duke who takes it by mistake. Romance and mischief ensues when plans go awry in No Other Duke But You by Valerie Bowman. SINGLE LADY SEEKS DUKE Lady Delilah Montebank has her marital sights set on the Duke of Branvi...

  • The Footman and I

    The Footmen's Club - 1

    She thinks he's a footman. He's really an earl. Hijinks ensue. Let the games begin . . . Every fortune-hunting female in London is after the newly titled Earl of Kendall, but he’s intent on finding a wife whose heart is true. So, whil...

  • Duke Looks Like a Groomsman

    The Footmen's Club - 2

    He’s posing as a groomsman. Rhys Sheffield, the Duke of Worthington, has bet his friends an ungodly sum of money that despite his loftiness, he can pass himself off as a servant at the house party of the Season. But when his clever ex-flame arri...

  • The Valet Who Loved Me

    The Footmen's Club - 3

    When a marquess goes under cover as a valet to catch a traitor, a sassy lady's maid gets suspicious. He's on a top-secret assignment. All of London knows Beau Bellham as the Marquess of Bellingham, but only a trusted few know he also wo...

  • Hiring Mr. Darcy

    Austen Hunks - 1

    She 's hiring...Meg Knightley is a history professor with a little OCD and a lot of competitive spirit. When her similarly nerdy history professor boyfriend tosses her over for a starlet on the eve of the Jane Austen Festival and Games, she needs a n...

  • Save a Horse, Ride a Viscount

    The Footmen's Club - 4

    His best laid plans...Ewan Fairchild, Viscount Clayton, has been busy ticking off the boxes for a bright future. Become a rising star in Parliament? Check. Find a lady he intends to marry? Check. Make his stables the envy of every man in London? Chec...

  • Earl Lessons

    The Footmen's Club - 5

    He never wanted a titleFresh off the battlefield, Captain David Ellsworth has returned home to discover the shocking and unwelcome news that he's the new Earl of Elmwood. Though David had no idea he was in line for a title, he and his sister must now...

  • The Duke is Back

    The Footmen's Club - 6

    A wedding is in her futureMiss Sophie Payton might be engaged, but she's not in love. The only man who ever captured her heart was Phillip Grayson—a soldier who was slain a year ago. But when her stepmother decrees that Sophie will marry Phill...



  • The Duke Deal

    The Whitmorelands - 1

    She wants a favor. He has ONE condition. The honeymoon is over… When Veronica said “I do” to Sebastian Sinclair, Duke of Edgefield, she thought all her dreams had come true. He was dashing and doting, and she absolutely adored him -- unti...

  • The Marquess Move

    The Whitmorelands - 2

    She’s a maid with big dreams. A dutiful lady’s maid, Miss Madeline Atwood knows precisely what her future holds: countless nights of dressing her mistress in silk gowns, pinning her hair in elegant curls, and selecting the perfect pair of slippe...

  • The Debutante Dilemma

    The Whitmorelands - 3

    When a debutante with a plan… Lady Jessica Whitmoreland has always had a clear plan for her debut Season: find a suitable husband and secure her place in Society. Her sights are set on the catch of the Season, the Duke of Thornbury, Aiden Thornt...

  • The Wallflower Win

    The Whitmorelands - 4

    She’s a wallflower on a mission to win. Bookish Lady Elizabeth Whitmoreland has no interest in being a debutante. She’d rather immerse herself in the tranquility of a library than dance in a ballroom with some silly fop. But when she overhears a...

  • Kissing Mr. Knightley

    Austen Hunks - 2

  • The Duchess Hunt

    Love's a Game - 1

    She wants to find his match...Meredith Drake has sworn off marriage after her disastrous union with a much older man. But when her best friend returns from war, the young widow pledges to help him find his bride.He wants to win her heart...Griffin Br...

  • The Duke Dare

    Love's a Game - 2

    She took the dare.Lady Gemma Brooks was still in her awkward phase when a spiteful young woman dared her to ask the unattainable Duke of Grovemont for a dance. Gemma accepted, not for herself, but to protect the other wallflowers from malicious gossi...

  • The Marquess Match

    Love's a Game - 3

    She's a walking scandal.Clare Handleton was ruined ten years ago and has borne the consequences ever since. Branded as Scandalton by the ton, she has long since stopped caring about Society's fickle rules. Now, at twenty-eight, she's mastered the art...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Valerie Bowman has published 37 books.

The next book by Valerie Bowman, The Marquess Match, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Valerie Bowman, Secrets of a Wedding Night, was published in September 2012.

Yes. Valerie Bowman has 6 series.
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