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Spotlight on Barbara Dawson Smith By Cheryl Bolen
Over the past few years, Cheryl Bolen has been publishing a Spotlight series of biographical sketches of a number of romance writers at her web site. She has graciously allowed us to re-post those biographical sketches here at the Beau Monde blog.
Today, we begin with a biographical sketch of award-winning romance author, Barbara Dawson Smith …
A Romance Reader’s Pet Peeves: The 10 That Set Me On Edge Every Time! By Regan Walker
A Romance Reader’s Pet Peeves: The 10 That Set Me On Edge Every Time! By Regan Walker
All readers have their pet peeves and it’s why we love some romances and hate others.
I found it rather cathartic to set mine to paper. I wanted to speak for other readers whose reviews I see on the Internet (along with mine). Though I read primarily historical romance, these aren’t limited to that genre. Hopefully this will help authors who want to please their readers avoid some pitfalls.
Here are my top 10:
1. A cover that has nothing to do with the story. I realize the authors have little to do with this so it’s really a gripe at the publishers. But it is nonetheless valid. Real examples abound: A handsome pirate with black hair and dark eyes on the cover, but the hero has blond hair and silver eyes! A Victorian costumed woman on the cover of a Restoration romance. A Highlander in a plaid kilt on the cover but the story takes place centuries before they wore kilts. A heroine described as “plain and plump” but the cover shows her a beauty with a devastating figure. Please. Why is it the publishers think readers don’t notice? Well, we do and it’s irritating!
2. A title that doesn’t describe the story or cheapens it. I know the publishers are selling romance like the cable outfits sell sex, but when they use a dime store novel title just because it sounds like a book that is selling well, or they think the words “seduced,” “ravished,” or “in bed with” will make us buy it, to me it cheapens a serious historical romance. And don’t use words in the title that aren’t related to the story, like “pirate” if there’s no pirate in the romance (yes, I encountered one like that!), or “seduced” when there’s no seduction. The authors I’ve talked to hate it when publishers do this, though they have little say about it. That is sad, really. I have heard this from several authors, who I will not name for fear of getting them in trouble with their publishers, but still. Do the publishers think we readers would like the books any less if they used more honest, serious, worthy titles? (Like perhaps the one the author prefers?)
3. Not enough emotion to engage mine. Witty dialog, clever storylines and great hooks may be preferred by today’s publishers, but if you can’t engage my emotions, if you can’t make me care, I won’t be rating the book 5 stars. And it takes time to build characters, to tell me why I should love or hate them. Only some authors get my 5 star emotional rating: Penelope Williamson (a two-Kleenex box author), Kathleen Givens, Nadine Crenshaw, Marsha Canham, Virginia Henley, Betina Krahn and Iris Johansen, to name a few.
4. Simpering, whiny or weak heroines. Some people might like the weak, simpering females. Not me. I like my heroines with backbone. Not snippy or snarky, mind you. I’m talking about real character. Inspire me with courageous heroines who won’t be dictated to, who rise to meet life’s challenges and you just might make me a fan. A good example is Sarah in BROKEN ARROW by Judith James. Sarah is one of the best heroines out there: strong, compassionate—a unique individual who swims against the tide—and a woman who fights for the man she loves. Another is Fallon in PRINCESS OF FIRE by Heather Graham (aka Shannon Drake), who refused to be cowered by William the Conqueror. My reviews on Amazon that give romances 5 stars are replete with other examples. There is no quicker way to turn me off to a story than to make the heroine a whimpering, whiny female. (I could give you examples of those, too.) And it doesn’t make me happy if, later in the story, she suddenly becomes a Valkyrie. Not buying it. Mind you, I expect the heroine to cry for a valid reason. People do. But if she is constantly teary eyed and whimpering, I won’t finish the book nor read another by that author.
5. Contrived plot elements. I’m reading along, enjoying a great romance when suddenly, wham, out of nowhere something happens that just doesn’t fit—and isn’t believable. I know it’s romance, but it has to be natural…not contrived just to get the story moving in a certain direction. This is really important and can turn me off to an author quicker than anything. I have found that authors who engage in this do so again and again. I won’t mention names but suffice it to say these are the ones I’ve given 2 or 3 stars; and they are not on my lists of “Best” romances.
6. A research dump. I really appreciate it when the historical romance reflects the author’s thorough research. I can always tell and I give them high marks for it in my reviews. But don’t dump everything you learned into long passages in the story. If the heroine is a potter, I don’t need the encyclopedia version of everything there is to know about pottery—or fossils, or painting, or stone masonry, etc. I don’t need to go back to school. If I want more details, I’ll look them up. I can give you many authors who incorporate their research very well. A few whose names come to mind are Virginia Henley, Heather Graham (aka Shannon Drake), Nadine Crenshaw, Marsha Canham, Cynthia Wright, Elizabeth Stuart, Meredith Duran, Judith James, Joanna Bourne and Penelope Williamson.
7. Moral lectures disguised as romance. Yes, I know poverty existed in the past centuries (as it does now), and I don’t mind if this is reflected in the story, but don’t lecture me on the importance of being socially responsible. Don’t lecture me on the evils of slavery, natural healers that aren’t really witches, the benefits of vegetarianism, being charitable to the poor, etc. I get it. Reflect it, but don’t moralize. If you feel strongly, write an editorial, not a romance.
8. A character acting inconsistently. You know this one…a smart, savvy heroine who suddenly does something really stupid. In once romance I read, the heroine, who had been pretty smart up until this point, suddenly goes along with an abduction. Doesn’t scream, doesn’t fight. Nada. It was so disappointing it threw off my whole feeling about the story. Or, consider the hero who has always been a noble, forthright guy, who suddenly believes the worst about the heroine with no real evidence or provocation. Ugh!
9. Manufactured sexual tension. It’s gotta be real. It should come naturally out of the circumstances and the lives of the characters, but in some 2 and 3 star romances, it comes out of thin air. That will sour me on a story quicker than anything. You know what I’m talking about: arguments that should never have happened; misunderstandings any normal human being would clear up with one sentence—those things! I give highest marks to an author who has an intriguing plot that naturally develops and holds my attention, one who does not throw a wrench into the works merely to create conflict or separate the hero and heroine.
10. Love scenes that don’t match the characters or are the same in every one of the author’s books. If the heroine is an innocent virgin and suddenly she is seducing the hero with moves like a practiced courtesan (and especially the word “Please” as a euphemism for “do it now”), you just lost me. The love scene has to match the people involved and their experience. If you want a courtesan’s moves, then make the heroine an experienced woman of the night. A failure to match the love scene to the characters can be subtle. If the heroine is insecure and her past reflects bad experiences with men, she isn’t going to jump into bed with the hero and take the initiative in lovemaking. No way. It must seem like the kind of love scene these two people would share. And, please don’t make all your love scenes the same in every book you write—readers notice!
Regan Walker
(http://reganromancereview.blogspot.com)
TBM Forum Debut: Working on the Web
This month, the Beau Monde Chapter of the Romance Writers of America is pleased to announce the debut of a new section in the Chapters/Special Interest Groups area of the myRWA.org forum. This new section is entitled "Working on the Web." It is intended to be a place where Beau Monde members can come to learn, or to share, tips and tricks on how to enhance our outcomes when working on the Internet.
The World Wide Web is now a fact of life for most authors, but we all have different attitudes, needs and levels of experience as we work in the online environment. This new section of the myRWA forum will be devoted to discussing those issues so that members will have one place where they can come to ask questions, get information and/or share it. Thus, we can all better understand and maximize our usage of the Web to our mutual advantage and benefit.
Some of the topics in this new forum will include:
- Blogging: Tips and Best Practices
- eBook Publishing: Authors’ Advice and Experiences
- General Web-Related Topics
- Online Safeguards: Protecting Your Work & Safe Surfing
- Search Engine Optimization: Getting Found on the Web
- Social Media: FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter &c.
- Web Site Usability and Accessibility
This month, articles have been posted in the Working on the Web forum which explain the basic theory of search engine optimization (SEO) and how to select the necessary keywords in order to optimize your own web site. There is also an article which discusses the different digital denizens who inhabit the web and why each group tends to approach the use of the web in different ways. Visit the new Working on the Web forum to determine into which "digital" category you fall.
Next month, articles planned for the new forum include details on taking maximum SEO advantage of the single most powerful HTML tag on any web page, as well as a safe-surfing article on the whys and hows of constructing strong passwords to increase the security of your online accounts. In addition, all Beau Monde members are invited to drop in to this new section of the forum any time, to ask questions, or to share any information you have gleaned in your online travels and adventures.
If you are not yet a Beau Monde member, and would like to join us, please visit our Membership page for details.
What is Nielsen’s BookScan? By Cheryl Bolen
In today’s article, Cheryl Bolen, award-winning romance author, tells us about Nielsen’s BookScan, which tracks point-of-sale statistics on book sales at a number of retail outlets. This article was written in 2005, and sadly, some of those retail outlets have fallen to the economic pressures of recent years. Nevertheless, publisher’s do use this list to guide many of the decisions they make, including whether or not to acquire another book from one of their authors.
If you are not already aware of the importance of the Nielson BookScan, let Cheryl Bolen explain …
Sophia Nash – Featured Beau Monde Author
Sophia Nash is today’s Featured Author for The Beau Monde Regency chapter of Romance 
Writers of America.
Sophia Nash’s first three novels won eight national awards including the prestigious RITA Award and a spot on the American Library Association’s “Top Ten Romances of the Year.”
Sophia was born in Switzerland, raised in France and the United States, but says her heart resides in Regency England. Her ancestor, an infamous French admiral who traded epic cannon fire with the British Royal Navy, is surely turning in his grave.
Before pursuing her long held dream of writing Historicals, Sophia was an award winning television producer for CBS, a congressional speechwriter, and a nonprofit CEO.
Now writing for Avon/Harper Collins, Sophia’s back to back releases of her brand new Royal Entourage series are: Between the Duke and The Deep Blue Sea and The Art of Duke Hunting.
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Shannon Donnelly – Featured Beau Monde Author
Shannon Donnelly is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author. 
Shannon Donnelly’s writing has won numerous awards, including a RITA nomination for Best Regency, the Grand Prize in the “Minute Maid Sensational Romance Writer” contest, judged by Nora Roberts, RWA’s Golden Heart, and others.
Her writing has repeatedly earned 4½ Star Top Pick reviews from Romantic Times magazine, as well as praise from Booklist and other reviewers, who note: “simply superb”…”wonderfully uplifting”….and “beautifully written.”
Her latest Regency Historical Romance, Paths of Desire, can be found as an ebooks on Kindle, Nook and at Smashwords, along with her Regency romances, and her free novella, Cats Cradle. She has had novellas published in several anthologies, has had young adult horror stories published, and is the author of several computer games.
Shannon is a regular speaker at writing conferences, and will be speaking at the 2012 RWA National conference in Anaheim. She gives online workshops and is the author of Story Telling; Story Showing, an ebook that compliments her popular online class Show and Tell: An Interactive Workshop. She lives in New Mexico with two horses, two donkeys, two dogs, and the one love of her life.
Find Shannon at – sd-writer.com 
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Google+ as SdonnellyNM@gmail.com
New Release Books – March / April, 2012
New Release Books – March/ April 2012 
As promised, here are some more of the New Release Books from our wonderful Beau Monde members. Enjoy more great reading!
HOW TO RAVISH A RAKE by Vicky Dreiling 
Regency Historical
Grand Central Forever – 978-0446565400
April, 2012
Amy Hardwick has one last Season to shake off her wallflower image and make a love match. If she can’t, she’ll set aside her dreams of romance and return home to a suitor who can provide security-if little else. What she doesn’t count on is the inappropriate-and irresistible-attention lavished on her in a darkened library by rake extraordinaire Will “The Devil” Darcett . When Will is caught in a tryst with the ton’s shyest miss, he knows he must offer for her hand. Yet Amy is not the shrinking violet she seems to be. Passion lies beneath her prim exterior and Will is eager to release it. But winning Amy isn’t simply a matter of seduction; first, Will must convince her that he’s mended his wicked ways .
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My Elusive Countess by Carolynn Carey 
Historical Regency – March 22nd, 2012
Ellora’s Cave, Blush line - http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9927-my-elusive-countess.aspx
Although Amanda was born into the merchant class, she married into the aristocracy, a fact she would regret were it not for the son she bore to the Earl of Willowvale. Now widowed for two years, Amanda is attempting to protect her son from exposure to the vices of the nobility when her plans are overset by the unexpected appearance of a guardian for her son. Unknown to the countess, the Marquess of Blackbourne is guardian to her young son, and he intends to see that the boy is raised as befits his station, even if that means taking him away from his mother.
http://carolynncareyblogs.com/historical-novels-2/
HIS LORDSHIP’S VOW by Cheryl Bolen 
Short & sweet (sex-wise) novel of 31,000 words
Ebook at Amazon, B&N, Smashwords – March
Plain spinster Jane Featherstone helps lord she’s long loved woo an heiress to honor the deathbed vow he made to his father.
RUINED BY RUMOR by Alyssa Everett
Regency Historical
Carina Press, 978-14268-9378-0
May 21, 2012
After waiting five years for her fiancé to return from the war and marry her, Roxana Langley has been jilted! She may have longed for excitement, but this was not what she had in mind… Who could possibly throw over a woman as beautiful and vivacious as Roxana? Certainly not the Earl of Ayersley, who has spent years trying in vain to forget his unrequited love. When he learns she’s been abandoned by her cad of a fiancé, he finds himself offering a shoulder for her to cry on.
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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME by Alicia Rasley 
Regency Traditional - April 2012
Charity, everyone says, would make the perfect wife. But Charity wants more. She wants to be beloved. So when she meets the passionate half-Italian artist Tristan Hale, she thinks she’s found the man who can transform her life into one of brilliance and excitement. But then she finds out that all he wants is what every man wants, that competent Charity, the perfect wife. Against the backdrop of a village fete, Tristan must prove to her that he desires her as much as he esteems her, and to win her, he first has to defeat an evil playwright, paint a voracious whale, and seduce her by the midsummer moon.
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O’ROURKE’S HEIRESS by Blair Bancroft
Regency Historical – March 2012
Publisher – Kone Enterprises
Can the daughter of a jumped-up tradesman find happiness with a handsome and charming viscount, or does her destiny lie elsewhere? Perhaps with a man who isn’t trying to kill her?
Author website www.blairbancroft.com
Author blog http://mosaicmoments.blogspot.com
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MY FAVORITE MAJOR
by Ava Stone 
Regency Historical
Night Shift Publishing - March 2012 – 978-1466060807
Amazon, B&N, Smashwords
When her longtime fiancé returns home from the victory at Waterloo, Amelia Pritchard suspects he’s not the noble, upstanding gentleman she’s always believed him to be. After breaking their betrothal, she flees to London with the hope of starting her life over and putting the past firmly behind her. * Battle weary Major Philip Moore finds himself intrigued by the lovely Miss Pritchard. Though he’s recovering from a broken heart of his own, more than just his honor urges him to protect the lady when her nefarious ex-beau arrives in Town with the most wicked of intentions.
Honor’s Debt by Joan Vincent
Regency Historical (ebook)
PUBLISHER De Rigueur Press - ISBN 978-0-9852913-1-0
Month of release March 2012 A limited number of print copies will be available beginning in May
Maddie Vincouer conceals her father’s death in 1809 after promising to save her family from Cousin Sanford’s greed. A Riding Officer endangers this pretense with his insistent demands to meet her father. Then chance reveals her secret to the cruel French spy Donatien. Matters go completely awry when Maddie aids a wounded “free trader”. In a desperate attempt to save her Bellaport enlists the help of Baron de la Croix and rolls the dice on the fate of all their lives. If they survive will Maddie forgive his deceit.
Website http://www.joanvincent.net Blog: 6th of each month http://warawriters.blogspot.
Dedication by Janet Mullany 
Regency Historical - Loose-Id - 978-1-61118-557-7
April 17, 2012
Adam and Fabienne came of age and fell wildly in love during a revolution but times have changed. Now he’s a respectable country gentleman and she’s a powerful patroness of the arts and they have little in common … or do they? She’s falling in love as she exchanges letters with a reclusive female gothic novelist, and Adam can’t help responding–surely she knows who he really is, a man writing women’s books under a woman’s name? As their lives become entangled again after two decades apart, dark secrets and betrayals from the past are revealed, threatening them and others they love. A new version of the 2005 original, the only Signet Regency with two bondage scenes.
@Janet_Mullany
DAYS OF SPLENDOR, DAYS OF SORROW by Juliet Grey 
Random House (Ballantine) ISBN-13: 978-0345523884
Random House (Ballantine) ISBN-13: 978-0345523884
May, 2012
Historical Fiction (the second novel in Juliet Grey’s acclaimed Marie Antoinette trilogy)
A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen. From the early growing pains of marriage to the joy of conceiving a child, from her passion for Swedish military attaché Axel von Fersen to the devastating Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Marie Antoinette tries to rise above the gossip and rivalries that encircle her. (Juliet Grey is the historical fiction pen name of Leslie Carroll)
THE DUCHESS OF LOVE by Sally MacKenzie 
Regency Historical - e-novella
Kensington Zebra Books, ISBN-13: 9781420123203 – May 2012
The day was as hot as the pond was inviting. It’s not as if anyone in Little Huffington was going to happen upon a secluded vale on the Duke of Greycliffe’s lands. And Venus Collingswood didn’t want to get her shift all wet. It was the perfect setting in which to plan her lovely bookworm of a sister’s betrothal to the mysterious new duke arriving seven days hence. If only she had a suitable accomplice. Andrew Valentine, Duke of Greycliffe, never thought arriving at his own household a week early would cause so much trouble. The housekeeper thinks he’s his own cousin. Actually, the chance to not be the duke for a while is a pleasant opportunity indeed. It might even help him interrogate the delectable little nymph he’s discovered swimming in his pond–if he can manage to get a word in edgewise.
BEDDING LORD NED by Sally MacKenzie
Regency Historical – June, 2012
Kensington Zebra Books, ISBN-13: 9781420123210
Ellie Bowman is determined: during this year’s Valentine house party, she will choose one of the men the matchmaking Duchess of Greycliffe–aka the Duchess of Love–has invited for her. Unfortunately, that man will not be Lord Ned, the duchess’s second son. Ned is still mourning his wife and will never see Ellie as anything other than a childhood friend. Lord Ned has vowed to finally cooperate with his mother’s matchmaking efforts. He wants a family; he needs an heir. Ergo, he must get a wife–and this year’s candidate even looks like his lost love. But his old friend Ellie is behaving strangely, and Reggie, Mama’s cat, keeps bringing him a pair of shocking red drawers. This outrageous, alluring scrap of silk couldn’t be Ellie’s could it?
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The Last of Lady Lansdown by Shirley Kennedy 
Regency Historical
Publisher: Camel Press May 1, 2012, Available in both print and e-book format
Few mourn the sudden and shocking passing of the Earl of Lansdown. Certainly not Jane Elton, the young and beautiful widow whose life he made a misery. After her initial relief, Jane must contend with an unexpected and devastating reality: because she is childless, she and her family must descend several rungs down the social ladder. One hope remains. Could she be pregnant? Enter Douglas Cartland, a notorious rake with a tragic past. During these first months of widowhood, Jane’s conduct must be above reproach, but she cannot keep her distance. Especially when Cartland contrives to turn up everywhere she looks.
Website: www.shirleykennedy.com
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Elena Greene – Featured Beau Monde Author
Elena Greene is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author
Elena Greene grew up reading her mother’s Georgette Heyer novels, but it wasn’t until she went on an international assignment to the United Kingdom that she was inspired to start writing her own.
Her first Regency romance was published in 2000 and was followed by five more Regencies and a novella.
Her books have won the Desert Rose Golden Quill and Colorado Romance Writers’ Award of Excellence.
Her Super Regency, LADY DEARING’S MASQUERADE, won RT Book Club’s award for Best Regency Romance of 2005.
Elena lives in upstate New York with her stroke survivor husband and two daughters.
Website: Elena Greene
Blog: www.riskyregencies.blogspot.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElenaGreene
Grace Kone (Blair Bancroft) – Featured Beau Monde Author
Grace Kone (Blair Bancroft) is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author
Grace Kone’s Biography -
I began writing (as Blair Bancroft) later than most because my mother was the successful author of children’s books, and it never occurred to me we could have two writers in the same family.
When I did make the attempt, the Regency was closest to my heart. But since I truly believe variety is the spice of life, I also write Romantic Suspense, Thrillers, Mystery, Futuristic, and Steampunk.
My Tarleton’s Wife won a Golden Heart and The Indifferent Earl, a RITA finalist, was chosen Best Regency by Romantic Times.
In 2011 I went “indie” with my backlist and am thoroughly enjoying the renaissance of my traditional Regencies.
A new Regency novella, Mistletoe Moment, was published by Ellora’s Cave (Blush) for the holidays.
Grace Kone Orange blossoms & Mayhem
And in January 2012 I uploaded my first indie-published new work, the thriller, Orange Blossoms & Mayhem.
Website: www.blairbancroft.com
Blog: http://mosaicmoments.blogspot.com
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Deb Marlowe – Featured Beau Monde Author
Today’s Featured Beau Monde Author is Deb Marlowe.
Deb Marlowe
Deb Marlowe adores history, England and Men in Boots.
Clearly she was destined to write Regency Historical Romance. A member of RWA, the Heart of Carolina RWA and the Beau Monde for nearly 15 years, she’s won the Royal Ascot and the Golden Heart and has been nominated for a Rita.
She sold her first book to Harlequin Historicals in 2006 and her newest, Tall, Dark and Disreputable releases in March 2012. She is a director of the Raleigh/Durham satellite of Lady Jane’s Salon.
She lives in North Carolina where she spends her days with the people in her head and her evenings with her wonderful husband, her two charming, active and hungry boys and one spoiled cat.
blogging at The Lady Scribes http://ladyscribes.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DebMarlowe
New Book Releases – March / April 2012
More New Book Releases from authors at The Beau Monde Chapter
( Regency historical ) of Romance Writers of America.
March, 2012
THE RELUCTANT MARQUESS by Maggi Andersen
Regency Georgian romance, released March 8th,
Knox Robinson Publishing, ISBN 13: 978-1908483096
Amazon Regency bestseller re-issue in longer form - Four stars from RT Book Reviews.
Readers will love the delightful tale of love in an arranged marriage. As troubles buffet the new couple and their love is tested, readers will be rooting for them to make it through.
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Passion and Pretense by Susan Gee Heino
Passion and Pretense by Susan Gee Heino
Regency Historical, Berkley Sensation, Available March 2012, 978-0-425246986
From the national bestselling author of Temptress in Training… Miss Penelope Rastmoor has always been a bit of a troublemaker. Determined to thwart her brother’s plans to get her properly married, she decides what she needs is the most horrible, unsuitable fiancé ever imagined. Unfortunately, she never quite imagined Lord Harry!
Lord Harry Chesterton has his own reasons for agreeing to Penelope’s scheme. A man’s life hangs in the balance and Lord Harry needs what Penelope has—a mysterious Egyptian scarab. Yes, he’ll pose as her unsuitable fiancé and he’ll get his hands on her scarab. But will he be content with that, or will Lord Harry end up stealing something more precious?
THE WEDDING WAGER by Elena Greene 
Traditional Regency Novella, Ebook available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords
To convince his trustees he is responsible enough to manage his estates, rakish Julian Ardleigh, Viscount Debenham, plans to marry his childhood friend, Harriet. Since her one disastrous London Season, she has lived quietly in the country breeding horses and has no wish to marry. When Julian persists, she challenges him to prove he can be faithful, but neither gambles on losing their hearts! (2001 National Readers’ Choice Award, Best Novella Romance)
BETWEEN THE DUKE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Sophie Nash 
Regency Historical, On sale: February 28, 2012,>Avon, ISBN 978-0-06-202232-5
First book in the Royal Entourage series. Six Regency heroes—One royal hangover
An infamous night has been lost to memory. The scandalous Dukes of the Royal Entourage must make amends. The first step is a heroic rescue. One of England’s most disreputable peers, Alexander Barclay, Duke of Kress, has stumbled upon a perfect opportunity for redemption. Having been exiled to Cornwall by the Prince Regent himself, Barclay discovers lovely Roxanne Vanderhaven clinging to the edge of a cliff, stranded there by her murderous blackguard of a husband . . . just waiting to be rescued. Back on solid ground, Roxanne is desperate for a new life— once she’s retaliated for her husband’s despicable actions. Surprisingly, she finds herself drawn to her unlikely champion, certainly the last man in England she could count on. Yet, the infamous Duke of Kress isn’t quite the scoundrel he seems . . .
THE ART OF DUKE HUNTING By Sophia Nash
Regency Historical, On sale: March 27, 2012, Avon, ISBN 978-0062022332Second book in the Royal Entourage series.
The Hangover meets Regency England in RITA Award-winning author Sophia Nash’s wickedly clever and wonderfully sensual Royal Entourage historical romance novels. In The Art of Duke Hunting, the second in her series, the dashing Duke of Norwich—on the morning after a most extravagant royal bachelor party that he simple cannot recall—awakens on board ship and well out to sea…and in the arms of a stranger, an enchanting and most proper lady. The Art of Duke Hunting is funny, sexy, and wonderfully romantic, as fans of Karen Hawkins, Elizabeth Boyle, and Victoria Alexander will most assuredly agree. And unlike the members of the Royal Entourage, you will happily recall every delicious moment of it!
The Perfect Impostor by Wendy Soliman 
Regency Traditional, Carina Press, 2nd April, 2012, ISBN 978 14268 9354 4
The Perfect Impostor. When two friends change places for a week, what could possibly go wrong?
But Julia’s help comes at a price: Katrina must take her place at a house party. They look enough alike for the ruse to work…until Julia’s handsome former fiance arrives. Leo Kincade has been tasked with catching a traitor who steals from house parties to fund Napoleon’s armies. But when Leo intercepts her at the party, he finds an impostor who stirs an attraction stronger than anything he ever felt for Julia. He should expose her at once, but he’s too tempted to play along and see where her deception – and they passion – will lead …
Available from Carina Press http://bit.ly/zy9UH6 or Amazon.comhttp://amzn.to/AkLv76
The Hunter Files / Risky Business – Carina Press, June 2012
The Hunter Files / Risky Business – Carina Press, June 2012
Website: http://www.wendysoliman.com Blog: Confessions of a Writer- http://wendysoliman.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @wendyswriter Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/wendy.soliman.author
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The Storybook Hero by Andrea Pickens (aka Cara Elliott/Andrea Penrose) 
Out-of-print Regency romances from the old Signet line—including RITA finalist, available as e-books. Six available with more to come soon!
New website www.andreapickensonline.com to read excerpts
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DEVERELL’S DILEMMA by Kaye Calkins 
March 2012, Avalon, ISBN 978-0-8034-7462-8
Deverell Bromfield hasn’t trusted women since Ariadne threw him over for a viscount. Can he set aside his distrust of women to pursue the delightful and beautiful Alexandra Moreton? When his brother, Nat, is accused of murder Alexi’s father forbids her to see Deverell. Determined to save his brother and win her hand, Deverell sets out to find the real murderer only to discover the evidence points to Alexi’s brother. Deverell is on the horns of a dilemma.
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Tease Me, Take Me by Cynthia Moore. 
Smart, beautiful Amanda Clark is a customer service rep at a gift basket company. An avid historical romance reader, she doesn’t currently have a boyfriend but she does have a secret admirer. For three consecutive days, Amanda has discovered cards tucked inside her desk drawer at work with hot, sensual messages typed on them.
Just as Amanda begins to get a little concerned about the identity of her secret fan, she receives another note promising she’ll learn who the author is within the next few days. When the person who has been writing the messages is finally revealed, what follows is an evening full of teasing, flirting, laughing and, best of all in Amanda’s opinion, romance.
Just as Amanda begins to get a little concerned about the identity of her secret fan, she receives another note promising she’ll learn who the author is within the next few days. When the person who has been writing the messages is finally revealed, what follows is an evening full of teasing, flirting, laughing and, best of all in Amanda’s opinion, romance.
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Anna Small – Featured Beau Monde Author
Anna Small is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.
Anna Small
Anna is a PRO member of Romance Writers of America and according to her, it seems like she’s been writing romance forever!
Anna says….My western historical, TAME THE WILD WIND, was published by The Wild Rose Press in 2010 and a contemporary romance, TAKING A CHANCE ON FOREVER, was published in 2011 by Bookstrand.
My website is www.annasmallbooks.com.
Taking A Chance on Forever - now available from www.Bookstrand.com
Cheryl Bolen Reveals The Power? of the Golden Heart Award
With the entry period for Beau Monde’s Royal Ascot Contest now underway, many of us are polishing our manuscripts and daydreaming about what effect a win might have on our budding writing careers. In today’s article, Cheryl Bolen, award-winning published author of several historical romance novels, records her conversations with a group of Golden Heart award finalists. They share their thoughts on the impact which Golden Heart recognition had on their careers and their success in publishing their books.
Alicia Rasley – Featured Beau Monde Author
Alicia Rasley is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.
Alicia grew up as the oldest girl in a family of ten. She had a lot of responsibility early, but she is a self-admitted daydreamer. Books provided an escape from her routine life, and some of the books she read were the Regency novels of Georgette Heyer. "Suddenly there was a new world for me, far from the noise and chaos of a big family and school, a place of elegance and wit," she tells us. She was inspired to write Regencies, and after beginning a dozen, she finished her first when she was twenty-five. She wrote a half dozen Regencies, winning a Rita Award along the way.
But Alicia did not stay entirely faithful to Regency novels. She wrote a couple of women’s fiction novels and two non-fiction writing how-tos. But she has returned to the writing of Regencies once again, admitting that she has been seduced back into that elegant, exciting time and place. She likes rakish heroes, reckless heroines and elegant stories.
Regardless of all the romance she has read and written, Alicia says she has always been practical and is the most unromantic romance writer one would ever meet. She pours all her romantic notions into her writing. "Just ask my husband!" she says. "He’ll tell you he really gets off easy when it comes to anniversary and birthday gifts!"
Her most recent novel is The Year She Fell.
The Year She Fell - Alicia Rasley
Find her at Facebook — regencystories.wordpress.com/ — www.rasley.com
Lauren Smith – Featured Beau Monde Author
Lauren Smith is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.
Lauren Smith has been obsessed with writing since the third grade, when her teacher convinced her to submit her mystery thriller novella to a young writer’s conference in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ever since that fateful day, Lauren’s been a dedicated writer. Having grown up on classics and fantasy novels, she didn’t start writing romance until her second year of law school.
Lauren is currently an Intellectual Property attorney with both American and Canadian law degrees, but she stays up late to write by the flashlight app on her smart phone. She loves writing Regency and paranormal romances. In addition to the Beau Monde, she belongs to the Oklahoma Outlaws and Passionate Ink where she writes erotic romance under the pen name Emma Rochester. Lauren was a 2011 semi-finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. She was a quarter-finalist for the 2010 Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award.
Find her at Facebook — Twitter — theleagueofrogues.blogspot.com
New Book Releases – February / March 2012
More New Book Releases from authors at The Beau Monde Chapter,
( Regency historical ) of Romance Writers of America.
February/ March 2012
PATHS OF DESIRE by Shannon Donnelly
Paths of Desire by Shannon Donnelly
ISBN: 978-0-9831423-9-3 Copyright 2012
With too many secrets in her past, and too little future as an actress, Theodosia Newell wants one thing more than all else—security. She’s seen her mother abandoned, her younger brother die, and she’s vowed never to be poor. But then her path crosses that of a man who tempts her to abandon caution and all thought for the future for a passionate affair. Can she find the courage to break from her deepest fears? And will her love prove enough to save them both?
Born with a soul for adventure, David Llewellyn cannot resist a challenge—and his enthusiasm for life is as magnetic as his personality. But two women share his life, and only one can be his. Will his stubborn refusal to make a choice between them lead him to lose everything? Or will he find, in the journey to the lost city he dreams of discovering, a path to a deeper love than he thought possible?
For ten years, the affair between David and Thea goes from passion to love. Lives are changed. Secrets come out. Marriages end. And new ones begin. Through it all, the desire of two strong-willed people lead them to clash, and to eventually find their own path–to each other and to facing the need and love they share. From London to Italy to Syria, the Paths of Desire lead them on a journey they must make together.
On Amazon Kindle On BN Nook At Smashwords
To Dare the Duke of Dangerfield by Bronwen Evans
To Dare the Duke of Dangerfield by Bronwen Evans
Regency Romance long novella (39,000 words) released 14th February
Let the Wicked Wagers Begin…
Lady Caitlin Southall’s temper has finally got the better of her. She’s challenged Harlow Telford, the Duke of Dangerfield, the most notorious rake in all of England, to a wager. She wants her house back. The one her destitute father lost to Dangerfield in a card game. But if she doesn’t win their bet, she not only loses her home, she loses her dignity and pride and damn it all, maybe her heart… For the handsome Duke has decreed, when he wins, she must spend the night in his bed.
Harlow Telford is amused by his hellion neighbor, Caitlin, or Cate to her friends, who seem to encompass everyone on earth except him. When she bursts into one of his private gatherings, he mistakes her for the entertainment. Her slap across his face sets him straight and raises the absurd desire to seduce the unconventional beauty into his bed. When she issues her daft challenge to win back her father’s pile of rubble, the terms are set. And he’ll do anything to win—except fall in love…
http://www.bronwenevans.com/
Invitation to Ruin – RT Reviewer’s Choice - Best First Book Nominee 2011
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Alegra's Song by Alicia Rasley
Allegra’s Song by Alicia Rasley
Released March 2012 Publisher, ISBN Midsummer Books ISBN: 978-1-4659-2698-2
Type of Regency (Traditional, Regency Historical, Regency Paranormal) Traditional Regency
The warrior returns… but he never really comes home. Allegra has longed for the return of her soldier husband. But when the war ends, he is more distant than ever. After months of trying to reach him, she leaves to chaperone her husband-hunting younger sister at a duchess’s house party. Only then does Nicholas know that to win her, he must leave the war behind and truly come home to her for good.
Author website URL / www.rasley.com Author blog www.edittorrent.blogspot.com
Twitter / @RegencyTwisters Facebook Alicia Rasley
Tall, Dark and Disreputable by Deb Marlowe
March 20 release: 978-0373296866
Harlequin Historical
She must make a deal with the devil himself!
Portia Tofton has always yearned for brooding Mateo Cardea. His dark good looks filled her girlish dreams–dreams that were cruelly shattered when Mateo rejected her hand in marriage.
Now Portia’s home has been gambled away, and Mateo is the only man she can turn to. This time, however, she has in her possession something he wants–and she finds herself striking a deal with the devil himself.
Portia Tofton has always yearned for brooding Mateo Cardea. His dark good looks filled her girlish dreams–dreams that were cruelly shattered when Mateo rejected her hand in marriage.
Now Portia’s home has been gambled away, and Mateo is the only man she can turn to. This time, however, she has in her possession something he wants–and she finds herself striking a deal with the devil himself.
Deb is a Goddess! Guest post at The Goddess Blogs
Deb’s Web site - http://debmarlowe.com/index.shtml
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Wendy Soliman – Featured Beau Monde Author
Wendy Soliman is today’s Featured Beau Monde Author.
A British author who grew up on the Isle of Wight in southern England, Wendy was surrounded by historic buildings, castles and ancient ruins. With all that, she says it is little wonder that her first love is historical romance. So far, she has published nine Regency romances and has just started work on a new series which features the Forster dynasty.
Her most recent release from Carina Press is A Scandalous Proposition, featuring a handsome major in the Napoleonic wars and a Spanish heroine with links to the local house of ill-repute. Her next book, The Perfect Impostor, will be released in April, also from Carina Press. When two friends change places for a week, what could possibly go wrong?
Wendy is a member of the RWA, the Tampa Bay Chapter of the RWA, The British Romantic Novelists’ Association, and The British Society of Authors, Novelists Inc. She now divides her time between Andorra and Florida. She lives with her husband, Andre, and a rescued dog of indeterminate pedigree, named after the hero in one of her books, on the basis that they’re both handsome hunks, with independent spirits and naughty streaks.
Find her at Facebook — Twitter — wendysoliman.blogspot.com — www.wendysoliman.com
More New Book Releases – January 2012
More New Book Releases from The Beau Monde Authors for late January and early February
Enjoy!
ROYAL RENEGADE by Alicia Rasley
Royal Renegade
Publisher: Midsummer Books Released: January 2012
Regency Escapades by Alicia Rasley feature rakish heroes, reckless heroines, and elegant stories. Royal Renegade offers the reader the historical depth and romantic intensity of the best traditional Regencies.
Alicia Rasley is a RITA-award winning Regency author and e-book bestseller.
ASIN: B006MW3L8I - ISBN 978-1-4660-5880-4
Amazon buy page: http://www.amazon.com/
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/
The Story Within Plot Guide for Fiction Writers by Alicia Rasley
The Story Within Guidebook helps you explore your own story and connect your plot directly to your characters, and vice versa. Using the exercises, you’ll be working towards a more vivid and coherent plot, and vital and active characters. Now in Kindle format!
The Reluctant Lady by Alicia Rasley
Traditional Regency Romance
Is there such a thing as Platonic friendship? The rakish Earl of Tressilian and virtuous Lady Killeaven are determined to prove it’s true—a man and a woman can truly be just friends. In decadent Regency London, of course, their friendship proves more scandalous than any flaming affair.
MR. MONFORT’S MARRIAGE by Vonnie Hughes
Mr Montfort's Marriage by Vonnie Hughes
Musa Publishing, 978-1-61937-113-2
Regency Historical
www.vonniehughes.com
To be released 27 January, 2012 by www.musapublishing.com
Also available from amazon.com, All Romance Ebooks, Smashword, Bookstrand, Kobo, Diesel, Apple, Barnes & Noble
A Secret in Her Kiss by Anna Randol
A SECRET IN HER KISS by Anna Randol
Avon, 978-0-06-202580-7
Regency Historical from Harper Collins
www.AnnaRandol.com
Jan. 31, 2021
Coming in February 2012
AN INHERITANCE FOR THE BIRDS by Linda Banche
- An Inheritance for the Birds by Linda Banche
Back Cover Blurb
Make the ducks happy and win an estate!
Mr. Christopher “Kit” Winnington can’t believe the letter from his late great-aunt’s solicitor. In order to inherit her estate, he must win a contest against her companion, Miss Angela Stratton. Whoever makes his great-aunt’s pet ducks happy wins.
A contest: What a cork-brained idea. This Miss Stratton is probably a sly spinster who camouflaged her grasping nature from his good-natured relative. There is no way he will let the estate go to a usurper.
Angela never expected her former employer to name her in her will. Most likely, this Mr. Winnington is a trumped-up jackanapes who expects her to give up without a fight. Well, she is made of sterner stuff.
The ducks quack in avian bliss while Kit and Angela dance a duet of desire as they do their utmost to make the ducks–and themselves–happy.
Release date: February 1, 2012
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Linda Banche – All Regency comedy, all from The Wild Rose Press
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LADY ROSABELLA’S RUSE
by Ann Lethbridge
Harlequin Historicals, 978-0373296781
Regency Historical
None of the women at an “anything goes” house party catches Garth Evernden’s jaded eye. The only one worth noting is a covered-up lady’s companion with an intriguing hint of exotic beauty the eighth Baron Stanford would like to uncover…
Rose is in fact posing as a widow to find her inheritance—without it, she and her sisters will surely perish! The baron is known for his generosity, and he is so very handsome!
A new solution springs to Rose’s mind…surely becoming mistress to this rake would bring definite advantages?
http://www.annlethbridge.com http://www.regencyramble.blogspot.com @annlethbridgeAnnLethbridgeAuthorFebruary 2012
SWEET ENEMY by Heather Snow ( Veiled Seduction Book One)
Sweet Enemy by Heather Snow
Regency Historical Romance with a hint of mystery - NAL Signet Eclipse, 978-0451236104
Beakers and ball gowns don’t mix, so when a lady chemist goes undercover as a husband-hunter to investigate the earl whose family she thinks murdered her father, romance isn’t part of her formula. But it only takes one kiss to start a reaction she can’t control…
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February 7. 2012
MERELY A MISTER by Sherry Lynn Ferguson
Merely A Mister
Thomas Bouregy &Co./Avalon, ISBN-13: 9780803474611
Traditional Regency
I can be found at www.goodreads.com
Excerpt at www.avalonbooks.com
February 2012
SECRETS OF AN ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS by Jennifer Haymore
Secrets of an Accidental Duchess by Jennifer Haymore
Grand Central Publishing/978-0446573153
Regency Historical
http://www.jenniferhaymore.com
February 2012
SIMPLY CARNAL by Kate Pearce
Simply Carnal by Kate Pearce
Kensington Aphrodisia, ISBN 978-0-7582- 6945-4
Regency erotic romance
www.katepearce.com
February 2012
The Rogue's Reform by Regina Scott
THE ROGUE’S REFORM by Regina Scott
Love Inspired Historical, ISBN 978-0-373-82905-7
Inspirational Regency
Jerome Everard expected to inherit his wayward uncle’s estate. Instead, all has gone to a daughter his uncle never bothered to mention! Only by disproving his young cousin’s claim can Jerome save the family’s legacy for a schemer. So why would he find himself drawn to the girl’s lovely governess, Adele Walcott, the woman who holds the key to all his uncle’s secrets?
With Adele’s family fortune, and her marriage prospects, long gone, her goal in life is to secure her charge’s happiness, even if that means taking on her new cousin. Jerome is surely a rogue like his uncle, for he seems intent on charming her, and making her dream of love again. When she learns his true motives, will she be able to forgive his past and reform his heart, to make it hers forever?
February 2012
NOT WICKED ENOUGH by Carolyn Jewel
Not Wicked Enough by Carolyn Jewel
Berkley Sensation, 978-0425246603
Regency Historical
http://www.carolynjewel.com/index.php
Miss Hilary Schools a SCOUNDREL by Samantha Grace
Miss Hilary Schools A Scoundrel
Sourcebooks Casablanca, ISBN: 978-14022- 5831-2
Regency Historical
www.samanthagraceauthor.com
February 2012
WHEN A SCOT LOVES A LADY by Katharine Ashe
When A Scot Loves a Lady
A Falcon Club Novel, Book #1
A spinster fleeing society, a roguish lord bent on seduction, and a quiet little village covered in snow. What could be more deliciously scandalous? But things aren’t always what they seem…
February 28, 2012
Avon, ISBN 978-0062031662
http://www.KatharineAshe.com
The Angel and St. Clair by Diana Hussey
Angel and St Clair
The mission to France is a perilous venture, but the simmering desire is far more dangerous. A desire the English lord and the lovely young woman he rescues dare not acknowledge if they hope to succeed.
Book of the month for February. Available from: Pink Petal Publishing
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Welcome to 2012 and the new book releases from our members for January. Hope you enjoy them!
Katherine Ashe
WHEN A SCOT LOVES A LADY Avon Books ISBN: 978-0062031662
London gossips are asking: What use has society of an exclusive gentleman’s club if no gentlemen are ever seen to pass through its door?
After years as an agent of the secret Falcon Club, Lord Leam Blackwood knows it’s time to return home to Scotland. One temptation threatens his plans—Kitty Savege, who warms his blood like a dram of fine whiskey. But a dangerous enemy stands in the way of desire, and to beat this foe Leam needs Kitty’s help . . .
Kitty never wanted to spend her holidays in a wretched country village! With snow up to the windows, escape is nowhere in sight. A roguish Scottish lord, however, is. His rough brogue sends heat from Kitty’s frigid toes to her chilled nose, but she’s confident she can withstand that. What she cannot control is the reaction of her guarded heart when she discovers this beast is no beast at all . . .
Booklist‘s “New Stars of Historical Romance”
WHEN A SCOT LOVES A LADY February 28, 2012
CAPTURED BY A ROGUE LORD nominee Reviewers’ Choice Awards
Alix Rickloff
HEIR OF DANGER
Pocket Books, 978-1-4391-7038-0
Regency Paranormal
After seven years outrunning enemies, friends, and his own soul-crushing memories, Brendan Douglas is risking everything to thwart the evil mage Máelodor’s plans to unlock the past and reshape the future . . . unfortunately the precious treasure that is the key to success lies with a woman he jilted seven years before.
When her childhood hero abandoned her at the altar, Elisabeth Fitzgerald struggled to overcome her humiliation and loss. Finally, she has found a new fiancé and a comfortable future. Then, the one man she thought she would never see again appears—among her wedding guests. Brendan Douglas has returned.
It’s not just that Elisabeth is promised to another; Brendan knows he is drawing her into terrible danger. But he can’t resist the bewitching woman his youthful nemesis has become. He promised to sacrifice everything, but is he willing to sacrifice Elisabeth?
www.AlixRickloff.com
www.BlameItOnTheMuse.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alix-Rickloff/101434889914147
Read an excerpt here at www.AlixRickloff.com
Sabrina Jeffries
A LADY NEVER SURRENDERS
Pocket, 9781451642452
Regency Historical Romance
Lady Celia Sharpe has always been wary of marriage . . . but now her future depends on it.
With two months left to find a husband and fulfill her grandmother’s ultimatum, Celia sets her sights on three eligible bachelors. Becoming betrothed to one of these wealthy, high-ranking men will surely prove her capable of getting married, so hopefully the wedding itself won’t be necessary for Celia to receive her inheritance. Step two of her audacious plan is hiring the dangerously compelling Bow Street Runner Jackson Pinter to investigate the three men she’s chosen.
With Lady Celia bedeviling Jackson’s days and nights, the last thing he wants is to help her find a husband. And when she recalls shadowed memories that lead his investigation into her parents’ mysterious deaths in a new direction, putting her in danger, Jackson realizes the only man he wants Celia to marry is himself!
www.sabrinajeffries.com
January 24, 2012
Gaelen Foley
MY RUTHLESS PRINCE
Avon, 978-0-06-207591-8
Regency Historical
The Inferno Club: To London Society, they’re notorious for their scandalous pursuits. But in private, these warriors would risk their lives for king and
country…
His brother warriors fear Drake Parry, the Earl of Westwood, has turned traitor, but Emily Harper knows this is impossible for the man she has loved
since childhood…as impossible as a marriage between them could ever be—she, the gamekeeper’s daughter, and he, a bold and adventurous nobleman.
Driven by hatred and revenge, Drake is playing a deadly game of deception,
bent on destroying the enemy’s dark conspiracy from the inside, and he’s
furious when Emily plunges herself into danger for his sake. Forced into
close quarters, their long-suppressed desire explodes into all-consuming
passion. Emily knows her love can save him…but Drake is a man who
doesn’t want to be saved.
Read Chapter One now at www.gaelenfoley.com!
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Alicia Rasley
The Regency Escapades series, featuring award-winning classic novels by Alicia Rasley, updated and available again at Amazon, Smashwords, and bn.com!
The Wilder Heart, a Regency novella.
The Reluctant Lady, a Regency novel.
Royal Renegade, a Regency novel.
Book Video Trailer: The Year She Fell by Alicia Rasley
Alicia’s starting a Goodreads blog to chronicle the process of writing a new Regency (or two, going back and forth!). Come join the creative chaos!
http://www.goodreads.com/
Alyssa Everett 
A TRYST WITH TROUBLE Dorchester, 1428516425 Regency Historical
Dogged for years by painful gossip about his father’s homosexuality, the Marquess of Beningbrough—Ben, to his friends—has protected himself by
becoming the ultimate man’s man. Passed over by suitor after suitor in favor of her pretty but vapid younger sister, clever, forthright Lady Barbara Jeffords has reached the disappointing conclusion most men are shallow, boorish clods. When a philandering footman turns up dead, the two square off: he’s sure she’s determined to pin the crime on his hapless young cousin, while she
thinks he means the shift the blame to her sister. To find the real killer, Ben and Barbara must declare a truce that threatens to expose both their buried insecurities and their growing desire for each other.
http://alyssaeverett.com
www.twitter.com/Alyssa_Everett
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alyssa-Everett/225976490775474
Sara Ramsey 
HEIRESS WITHOUT A CAUSE – Muses of Mayfair #1
Spencerhill Associates, Ltd. / ePub: 978-1-937515-22-5 / Kindle: 978-1-
937515-23-2
Regency Historical
A proper chaperone by day who masquerades as an acclaimed actress by night, Lady Madeleine Vaillant will do anything to guard her secret talent – including becoming the mistress of the most notorious rake in London. But when the duke demands her heart, will she give up her dreams for a chance at love?
http://www.sararamsey.com
http://www.facebook.com/sara.ramsey
Selected as a NOOK First book — available on Nook
Elena Greene
SAVING LORD VERWOOD (e-book edition, Book #3 of “The Three Disgraces”) Available at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and Smashwords.com
Regency
Penelope Talcott distrusts Lord Verwood, a notorious rake who’s meddled in the lives of her friends. But she accidentally saves his life and becomes entangled in his affairs. Someone is trying to kill Verwood. Despite herself,
Pen is impelled to help. Scandal forces them to marry and return to his estate
in Cornwall, where Pen must solve the mystery of the tortured man she has
come to love.
www.elenagreene.com
www.riskyregencies.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ElenaGreene
Available January 1, 2012
Barbara Monajem
THE UNREPENTANT RAKE
Harlequin Historical Undone, 978-1-459-22011-9
Regency Historical Novella
Beatrix March chose to be a governess rather than let an overbearing husband rule her. Although she never intends to marry, it doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy a man’s…company — especially when tempted by notorious rake Simon Carling! But will flouting society’s tedious conventions force Beatrix to contemplate the unthinkable — marriage?
www.BarbaraMonajem.com
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@BarbaraMonajem
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Vonnie Hughes
On 16 December, Musa Publishing will release my Regency called THE SECOND SON. This is actually a prequel to an already released book, COMING HOME from Robert Hale Ltd. (On 31 January 2012, Robert Hale will release COMING HOME as an e-book).
THE SECOND SON (ISBN13: 978-1-61937-016-6) is about a man, twisted with guilt, who inherits a marquessate for all the wrong reasons, and a young disabled woman who teaches him to forgive himself.
John Trewbridge is destined for a life in the army, a prospect he dreads. His older brother, Spencer, has spent years crowing about how he plans to run things when he becomes head of the Trewbridge family. Now the lady John loves has become affianced to Spencer.
Marguerite Ninian has been crippled from birth. She has no prospects unless working as a drudge for her aunt could be called ‘prospects.’
When John and Marguerite meet, fur flies. John, unhappy and disillusioned, advises Marguerite that instead of feeling sorry for herself, she should remember the injured soldiers who have had limbs amputated. Not an auspicious beginning.
Then the Marchioness of Trewbridge tosses John a lifeline and Marguerite is presented with real prospects.
Cautiously John and Marguerite feel their way towards the future until Spencer implodes and smashes the family apart.
Marguerite Ninian has been crippled from birth. She has no prospects unless working as a drudge for her aunt could be called ‘prospects.’
When John and Marguerite meet, fur flies. John, unhappy and disillusioned, advises Marguerite that instead of feeling sorry for herself, she should remember the injured soldiers who have had limbs amputated. Not an auspicious beginning.
Then the Marchioness of Trewbridge tosses John a lifeline and Marguerite is presented with real prospects.
Cautiously John and Marguerite feel their way towards the future until Spencer implodes and smashes the family apart.
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Kate Pearce
Kate’s Regency romance ‘Educating Elizabeth’ was published on Christmas day, and is available on Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Smashwords and All Romance ebooks.
When Miss Elizabeth Waterstone encounters the enigmatic Duke of Diable Delamere in the most shocking of circumstances, she is determined to exploit his rakish expertise to the fullest extent. The duke agrees to teach her everything she needs to know, but in return expects to receive her unwitting cooperation to uncover an assassination plot against the monarchy. But Elizabeth is hard to deceive, and the duke finds himself needing more than her innocent skills in his bed. Together they must use their remarkable code breaking abilities, to thwart a villain, save the Prince Regent and accidentally and inevitably fall in love.
Website at http://www.katepearce.com
Ann Lethbridge
CAPTURED FOR THE CAPTAIN’S PLEASURE
Harlequin Historical 978-0373296736
Regency Set Historical
Captain Michael Hawkhurst relishes his fearsome reputation, for he lives only
to wreak revenge on the Fulton family, who so cruelly destroyed his own.
Spirited Alice Fulton knows a ship is no place for a lady, but she is
determined to save her father’s business….
When fate delivers him Fulton’s virginal daughter as his captive, Michael
faces a dilemma—should he live up to his scandalous name and find revenge
with sweet Alice, or will his honorable side win out—and win the girl…?
http://www.annlethbridge.com
http://www.regencyramble.blogspot.com
@annlethbridge
AnnLethbridge
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