Guest Authors for August 2020

Three Regencies for August featuring lords, ladies, commoners, gamblers, and gossip. Enjoy!

A Fall from Grace by Jennie Goutet

Jennie Goutet cover A Fall from GraceShe needs a champion. He needs one less person to worry about.
Selena Lockhart comes with neither fortune nor connections, and she knows better than to expect Society to give her a welcome—especially after her father gambled away his fortune, precipitating the family’s sudden fall from grace and Selena’s betrothed to break off the engagement. It therefore comes as no surprise that her new neighbor, Sir Lucius, treats her with disdain. Why should he look beyond appearances when her own promises so little?

Sir Lucius Clavering is not married, but he may as well be, considering he is expected to escort his widowed mother to watering holes, round out the numbers at his married sister’s dinners, and come to the aid of his scapegrace younger siblings. It doesn’t help that single women and matchmaking mamas jostle each other for his face, fortune, and title so that he’s left without a moment’s peace.

When Selena shows up at Lucius’s doorstep looking for help, he is sure it’s another ploy aimed at cutting up his prized bachelor existence. Although his prejudice does not last long, Lucius fears his first reaction might have ruined his chances with her. How can he save her from Society’s teeth when she continues to hold him at arm’s length?

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Her Lady’s Whims & Fancies by Jen Geigle Johnson

Jen Johnson cover Her Lady's Whims and FanciesShe has a secret to hide. He has a hurt to cover. But they both start having too much fun to notice.

Miss Kate is full of spontaneity and dreams of fashion. Put her in a room with Ackerman’s fashion plates, the makings of a new bonnet, and a strong cup of tea, and she would be happy for hours. But she is not your typical Regency miss. No one knows that she is the designer behind London’s famous fashion section, the woman who knows every fashion trend before it happens.

Lord Dennison, the ton’s best most brightly dressed dandy, the prodigy of Beau Brummel himself, is often the subject of Her Lady’s Whims and Fancies, a gossip column in the Morning Star newspaper. He moves in circles with the most fashion conscious set. But he hides a deep hurt and doesn’t plan to ever ask another girl to marry him…ever again.

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A Foolish Game by Laura Beers

Laura Beers A Foolish Game

Lady Isabella Beauchamp is beautiful, clever and rich. But she is not happy with the restrictions that Society has placed upon her. She is determined to prove that she can be so much more than what people expect her to be, even if it means that she is destined to become a spinster.

Lord Ewin Colborne has been in love with Isabella since they were little children, but she only seems to hold contempt for him. When Isabella’s brother bets him that he won’t be able to find a suitor for his sister by the end of the Season, he jumps at the chance, giving him the perfect opportunity to spend time with her.

When Isabella gives him a list of impossible demands for a potential suitor, Ewin knows that he needs to beat her at her own game. As he attempts to distinguish himself as the perfect suitor, nefarious forces work against him, determined to see him fail. Will he be able to convince Isabella that her love is greater than her fears, or is he destined to lose her forever?

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