Virginia Henley

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Virginia Henley
  • Bibliography:
    39 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1982
  • Latest Book:
    October 2018
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About the Author

Virginia Henley was born in Bolton, England in 1935. She holds a degree in History which she puts to use in her writing. Her historical romances are well known for their degree of period detail. She married Arthur Henley in 1956. The couple moved to Ontario, Canada where Henley spent her days as a housewife. She was inspired to write after reading Kathleen E. Woodiwiss’ “The Wolf and the Dove”. Henley’s first book, “The Irish Gypsy” was bought by Avon Books in 1982. She was a friend of Woodiwiss as well as other prominent writers. She has written over eighteen novels and has received many awards, including the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award.

Full Series List in Order

Clan Kennedy

1 - Tempted (Feb-1993)
2 - The Border Hostage (Jul-2001)

The de Warenne

1 - A Year and a Day (Feb-1998)
2 - Infamous (Jul-2006)
3 - Notorious (May-2007)

Medieval Plantagenet

1 - The Falcon and the Flower (Aug-1989)
2 - The Dragon and the Jewel (Nov-1991)
3 - The Marriage Prize (Jul-2000)

Peers of the Realm

1 - The Decadent Duke (Nov-2008)
2 - The Irish Duke (Mar-2010)
3 - The Dark Earl (Sep-2011)

Scandalous

1 - Scandal By The Ton (Aug-2013)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • Irish Gypsy // Enticed

    INNOCENT TEMPTATION TORMENTED PASSION BLAZING, RECKLESS LOVE Her flashing eyes taunted him, her sensuous lips tempted him, and the wild black curls dancing around the dark exotic beauty of her face drove him wild with desire. She was barely more t...

  • Bold Conquest

    The Avon Romance

    His courage led men to victory. But his heart surrendered to her love. HE CONQUERED HER LAND, BUT WAS FORCED TO FIGHT FOR HIS HEART When Guy de Montgomery's Norman army swept across the countryside, claiming all in its path, the fairest prize ...

  • Wild Hearts

    The Avon Romance

    A bold abduction made her a rogue's captive...but love soon made them both passion's slave. WHAT RANSOM FOR LOVE? Surrounded by the glitter and gold of a lavish Renaissance palace, beautiful Tabby Lamont was given in marriage to the wealthy old...

  • The Raven and the Rose

    HER BEAUTY WAS THE SPARK... Her hair was black silk against her ivory skin; her gray eyes burned with opal fire. The love child of King Edward IV, Roseanna Castlemaine was pledged to her father's most prized warrior. Baron Ravenspur was dark, strong...

  • The Hawk and the Dove

    THE DOVE -- She'd been bought for a strip of land then abandoned: a bartered bride, married by proxy, determined to wreak revenge. As innocent Sara Bishop she'd paid dearly for freedom from her cruel, mocking family. As flame-haired jade-eyed Sabre W...

  • The Falcon and the Flower

    Medieval Plantagenet - 1

    Promised to him in marriage, she vowed not to surrender her body or her soul. AN ANGEL WITH HELLFIRE IN HER HEART Astride her white palfrey, surrounded by a nimbus of silver-blonde hair, Jasmine was a vision to strike a man mute with desire. Bu...

  • The Pirate and the Pagan

    A HELLCAT BEAUTY SCHEMING FOR LOVE Wild as a pagan goddess, Lady Summer galloped her stallion along the Cornish coast. She had dabbled in the smuggler's game to save her family estate, but a wealthy marriage would better serve her purpose now. Lor...

  • The Dragon and the Jewel

    Medieval Plantagenet - 2

    He would sell his warrior soul to possess her forbidden innocence. HE WAS HER FOLLY AND HER PASSION. With her sapphire eyes and silken dark hair, Princess Eleanor was a bewitching beauty made for a man's pleasure. But once a child bride widowed...

  • Tempted

    Clan Kennedy - 1

    All men lusted for the firebrand they called Flaming Tina, famed for the molten fire in her hair -- and for the hot temper running fierce through the noble Scots blood of Lady Valentina Kennedy. Forced into marriage with the fearsome warrior of an en...



  • Seduced

    Shorn of her glorious raven tresses and dressed as a man, Lady Antonia Lamb became Lord Anthony Lamb, desperate to keep the property entailed to her twin brother, who is missing at sea. Trapped -- and liberated -- by her masquerade, Tony meets her ne...

  • Enticed // Irish Gypsy

    Through famine holds her beloved Ireland in its deadly grip, young, innocent Kitty Rooney is a survivor. An exotic gypsy lass with cascading curls of ebonysilk and eyes of brown velvet, Kitty vows that someday, somehow, the riches of the earth will b...

  • Desired

    "YOU HAVE BELONGED TO ME, BODY AND SOUL, SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME." Mesmerized by the dark knight's turquoise gaze, Lady Brianna of Bedford tried to turn away. After all, she was betrothed to Robert de Beauchamp. And now this total stranger, Christ...

  • Christmas Eve

    in A Gift of Joy

    Snowbound on Lake Michigan, a devout feminist discovers that a macho firefighter has something to teach her about the wonder and joy of being a woman... in love....

  • Letter of Love

    in Love's Legacy

    Imagine a book - a love story - so hauntingly romantic, so emotionally powerful that it changes the lives of all who read it. Eleven of the greatest romance writers in the world have envisioned such a tale and brought it to life, creating a heartfelt...

  • Enslaved

    WHERE ARE ALL THE REAL MEN? SHE WONDERED.... For Lady Diana Davenport, they existed only in her books and dreams. There she could lose herself, becoming the licentious Diana, goddess of the hunt -- far from the rigid restraints of eighteenth-century...

  • Love and Joy

    in A Christmas Miracle

    LOVE AND JOY by Virginia Henley whisks us back to the reign of King Charles II, as a beautiful governess discovers unexpected passion and learns a lesson in love....

  • Dream Lover

    He came upon her as she swam in her secret crystal cave, the rugged stranger who stole her heart, then haunted her dreams when he disappeared. Emerald FitzGerald Montague thought her life was over when she was forced to marry another man, a man she d...

  • A Year and a Day

    The de Warenne - 1

    When Lynx de Warenne, Edward Plantagenet's most prized warrior, invaded Dumfries castle, he took possession of Jane Leslie's home--and soon wanted something more from the headstrong lass. Desperate for an heir, he proposed a handfasting: a Scottish c...

  • A Woman of Passion

    Young Bess Hardwick knew that the only way to escape a commoner's life was to serve in a noble family and marry well. So the headstrong beauty set out for London and the Tudor court, the arena for the richest, most ambitious men, none more powerf...



  • The Marriage Prize

    Medieval Plantagenet - 3

    Rosamond Marshal was only a child when she was betrothed to legendary warrior knight Rodger de Leyburn. But when Rodger beholds the fair Rosamond, now blossomed into a lovely young woman, he is determined to possess her, to win her love, to make her ...

  • The Border Hostage

    Clan Kennedy - 2

    1514. Raven Carleton is every inch the English lady. But on this glorious morning, as she gallops along the seacoast, Raven is thinking about her freedom, not her imminent betrothal to aristocratic Christopher Dacre. Suddenly Raven is forced to draw ...

  • Ravished

    All her life, flame-haired Alexandra Sheffield has been expected to marry the wealthy Lord Christopher Hatton -- a man whose title and inheritance make Alex the envy of all London. But desperate for a life filled with adventure and passion, she is in...

  • Undone

    THE IMPOSTRESS Though celebrated in Irish society for her extraordinary beauty, Elizabeth Gunning is just playing a part. The supposed daughter of Viscount Mayo is in fact a common woman of uncommon appearance. And if her domineering mother has her ...

  • Insatiable

    THE SPITFIRE A dress designer for Queen Elizabeth, Catherine Seton Spencer is cursed--or is it blessed?--with unbound impulsiveness. Secretly venturing into the heady streets of London, she casts off the reins of propriety in a search for excitement...

  • Unmasked

    Thirteen years ago, Alex Greysteel Montgomery, an Earl and double agent -- now working to restore King Charles II to the throne -- was betrothed to the impetuous Velvet Cavendish. Their parents saw the engagement as a business opportunity -- and alth...

  • Infamous

    The de Warenne - 2

    In the England's High Middle Ages the glorious life in a tale of a woman like no other.... Striking silver-gilt hair and pale green eyes give Marjory de Warenne the looks of an angel. The better to hide her willful spirit. In spite of every wa...

  • Notorious

    The de Warenne - 3

    The daughter of Jory de Warenne and lady-in-waiting to Queen Isabelle, the spirited Brianna de Beauchamp is betrothed to the distinguished Lincoln Robert de Warenne, but yearns for a deeper passion. When she meets the dark and dangerous Wolf Mortimer...

  • The Decadent Duke

    Peers of the Realm - 1

    Lady Georgina's four sisters have all married prominent dukes or earls, and much to her dismay and frustration, she is expected to make an even better match. Georgina's mother has no doubt who her daughter should marry: Francis Russell, Duke of Bedfo...

  • Smuggler's Lair

    in Lords of Desire

    There is always a time for love . . . Victoria Carswell will not be bound by society’s dictates, least of all the clothes that constrict her. But while brazenly skinny-dipping in view of her beloved Bodiam Castle -- abandoned for many years, or...



  • The Irish Duke

    Peers of the Realm - 2

    Lady Louisa scoffed when Lord Abercorn of Ireland first asked for her hand. She will be the mistress of her own destiny and no man can change that. As the greatest young beauty in all of England, she is pursued by every titled bachelor in the land, a...

  • Beauty and the Brute

    in Lords of Passion

    It's been three years since Lady Sarah Caversham set eyes on arrogant Charles Lennox -- the husband her father chose for her to settle a gambling debt. Now Charles has returned, unaware that the innocent ingenue he wed is determined to turn their...

  • Hot As Fire

    Hot As Fire is a far more fitting title than the original "Christmas Eve" for this anthology-length story.Real estate agent Eve Barlow, a devout feminist, finds Clint Kelly, a macho firefighter, irritating beyond belief. When they become snowbound a...

  • The Dark Earl

    Peers of the Realm - 3

    When Lady Harriet Hamilton and Viscount Thomas meet, Thomas finds her outspoken, and yet, quite a beauty. But Thomas is committed to restoring the family holdings, not chasing a wife. If only Harry wasn't making herself right at home......

  • Master Of Paradise

    Master Of Paradise is a Plantation Novel; A Southern Family Saga.This is an original book, never before published.When Nicholas Peacock is cheated from his inheritance of Peacock Hall in Kent, he sails to South Carolina. He buys land, clears it, and ...

  • A Rough Wooing

    After Scottish beauty Douglas Elliot takes advantage of a raid on English Border Warden, Sir Lancelot Greystoke, to steal his thoroughbred horses and his antique mirror pendant, only a pardon from the new king can effect a union between these two rec...

  • Scandal By The Ton

    Scandalous - 1

    Scandal By The Ton is a witty, entertaining Regency romance by the New York Times Bestselling author Virginia Henley.When Viscount Nicholas Royston, a British diplomat, sees his name in the infamous gossip column 'Scandal by the Ton', he sets out to ...

  • Lord Rakehell

    Some men thrive on scandal. Lord James Hamilton, heir to the Duke of Abercorn and newly appointed attendant to the young Prince of Wales, is in no rush to find a wife and take on a more responsible life. A lover of all things pleasurable, James ha...

  • RT Booklovers: The Haunted West, Vol. 2

    In this two volume collection, written especially for RT Booklovers Presents: The Haunted West, best-selling and award-winning authors take you on a time-traveling, spellbinding journey through America's sprawling West.


    Over twenty all ne...

  • The Irish Gypsy

    INNOCENT TEMPTATION, TORMENTED PASSION, BLAZING, RECKLESS LOVE.Her flashing eyes taunted him, her sensuous lips tempted him, and the wild black curls dancing around her dark beauty drove him wild with desire. She is barely more than a girl...when swe...



Award-Winning Books by Virginia Henley

The Dragon and the Jewel
1993 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Fictionalized Biography
The Falcon and the Flower
1989 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Sensual Historical Romance
The Hawk and the Dove
1988 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Tudor Romance
The Pirate and the Pagan
1991 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- British Isles Historical Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Virginia Henley has published 39 books.

Virginia Henley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Irish Gypsy, was published in October 2018.

The first book by Virginia Henley, Irish Gypsy // Enticed, was published in August 1982.

Yes. Virginia Henley has 5 series.
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