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Alissa Baxter

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Alissa Baxter wrote her first Regency romance, The Dashing Debutante, during her long university holidays. After travelling the world, she settled down to write her second Regency romance, Lord Fenmore's Wager, which was inspired by her time living on a country estate in England. A Marchioness Below Stairs, her third Regency romance, is the sequel to Lord Fenmore's Wager. Also the author of two chick lit novels, The Truth About Clicking Send and Receive (previously published as Send and Receive) and The Truth About Cats and Bees (previously published as The Blog Affair), Alissa currently lives in Johannesburg with her husband and two sons. Alissa is a member of RWA as well as ROSA (Romance writers Organisation of South Africa). ...more

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	The Earl's Lady Geologist (The Linfield Ladies, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 140 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord Fenmore's Wager 4.14 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wedding Season: A Collection of Romance Reads by Natasha Anders (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alissa Baxter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Marie Dry (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Marchioness Below Stairs 3.98 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Viscount's Lady Novelist (The Linfield Ladies #2) 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dashing Debutante 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth About Cats and Bees: A Secret Blogger’s Dating Debacles (The Truth About Series Book 2) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth about Clicking Send and Receive: A Romance Writer's Email Adventures (The Truth About Series Book 1) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Songs of Summer: An Anthology by Alissa Baxter (Goodreads Author), Francine Beaton (Goodreads Author), Lara van Lelyveld 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Baronet's Lady Biologist (The Linfield Ladies, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Baronet's Lady Biologist is now available for pre-order!

Butterflies bring them together but will love capture her heart?
Georgiana Linfield is a lady biologist who is determined to travel the world. Upon arriving in London for the Season, she decides the best way to fulfil her dreams is to find an amenable husband to indulge her every whim. Refusing to give up her interest in natural history for a dull domestic life, she sets out to forge a differen Read more of this blog post »

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The Linfield Ladies (2 books)
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The Truth About (2 books)
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Alissa Baxter wrote a new blog post The Baronet's Lady Biologist is now available for pre-order! Butterflies bring them together but will love capture her heart?Georgiana Linfield is a lady biologist who is determined to travel the world. Upon ar Read more of this blog post »
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Alissa Baxter liked Sutapa's review of The Viscount's Lady Novelist (The Linfield Ladies #2): "I loved the first book in this series, but this second one was even better! Great dialogue, wonderful interaction between the lead pair, interesting plot twists, and rich details of Regency society and history. The characters were more fleshed out, a" Read more of this review »
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Alissa Baxter and 53 other people liked Mimi Matthews's review of The Belle of Belgrave Square (Belles of London, #2): "BELLE is my homage to Victorian sensations novels with a dash of fairytale sweetness. It’s not a retelling of any one story, but it contains nods to several myths, legends, classic fairytales, and three historical novels I love (more on that in the s" Read more of this review »
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Alissa Baxter and 16 other people liked Grrrrace's review of A Dream Came True: "ADCT (1982) features one of Betty’s English ogre heroes, Professor (of endocrinology) Alexander Cator, who meets his match in mousey-but-mouthy heroine Jemima Mason. This is the one where the heroine gets snowbound in Scotland with her imperious empl" Read more of this review »
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Alissa Baxter liked a quote “You may be a bit presumptuous, Miss Woodhart, and may lack certain habits of good etiquette. But in dancing, you exceed many—and in loveliness, I have known no equal.” Hannah Linder
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Alissa Baxter rated a book it was amazing More Precious Than Gold by Renee Yancy (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
More Precious Than Gold is the second instalment in Renee Yancy’s Gilded Age series. Set during the 1918 Flu Pandemic, it is a gripping tale that captivated me from the very first page. Kitty has a strong mind and a tender heart, and she makes a fine ...more
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“Justice is not natural among people, but the struggle for justice is the most noble act in society. Because justice may not be possible, but as it’s the way toward the desired society for each one to live in, that’s why its struggle is noble and regard as the highest act.”
― Zaman Ali, GOVERNMENT Servant, Not Master

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“You may be a bit presumptuous, Miss Woodhart, and may lack certain habits of good etiquette. But in dancing, you exceed many—and in loveliness, I have known no equal.”
― Hannah Linder, Beneath His Silence

tags: dancing, historical, historical-romance, regency, regency-era, regency-romance, romance

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