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February 21, 2022
Free Excerpt of DANCING WITH LOVE
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February 14, 2022
INFAMOUS is on sale for $2.99 for ONE DAY only!
A mean girl reformed . . .
Once the reigning beauty of her social set, Celia—whom the newspapers dubbed Lady Infamous—has fallen on hard times and is practically destitute, her reputation in shreds. When Celia is forced to attend a society wedding as a companion to an elderly guest, she must confront the clique she once commanded; the gentleman she’d once hoped to marry—who is now wed to a girl Celia relentlessly taunted; and the powerful man who ruined her life a decade before—and is threatening to do so again. . . .
A hero transformed . . .
Then there is Richard, the studious boy Celia used to ridicule, who is now gorgeous, wealthy, and
more-than-a-little famous. As a youth, Richard was infatuated with Celia. He still seems intrigued, but Celia has acquired a shocking secret along with her hard-won humility. Will it put an end to the love blossoming between them? Does she have the courage to find out?
“Readers will be delighted.”
—Publishers Weekly
Oh, and DANGEROUS is also on sale for $1.99, although I have NO idea how long that sale will last…
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January 8, 2022
Win a signed print copy of THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
Greetings on the second Saturday of 2022!
I’m giving away an autographed print copy of my newest book, THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE on my website.
It’s super easy to enter, all you have to do is tell me which of my secondary characters you’d like to have their own story.
I had this same question in my last newsletter, the prize in that case is a print copy of THE FOOTMAN. If you enter my website giveaway I’ll put your name in for both prizes.
When/where will this secondary character story appear?
I’m writing a novella for an anthology that will come out next November, called DUKE IN A BOX (more deets on that soon!)
Don’t worry, the character doesn’t have to be a duke–which is a good thing since my only secondary character who is a duke is the villain from INFAMOUS.
Anyhow, here is the link to the MONTHLY GIVEAWAY page on my website, with instructions for how to enter.
May the best secondary character win!
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January 1, 2022
Book Launch & Please help me choose the couple for my next novella!
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a fun and safe NYE. I made it until about 11:15, which is pretty good for me. But then I woke up at 11:59, which was serendipitous. Our power went out a few times but came back on, THANKFULLY. We were out for several days in mid-December and because we are on a well and septic no power means no water or sewer or heat or light. Luckily we have some fireplaces, which we kept going around the clock as the temps had dropped into the minus digits. What a year!
We had about a foot of snow overnight. Shoveling is not-so-welcome, but the precipitation is extremely, desperately needed since we are in a drought.
I am asking for help choosing one of my secondary characters to feature in a novella. I often get request or questions about various characters and now is your chance to vote on who you’d like to read about. Either drop a comment on my website or you can email me at: minervaspencerauthor@gmail.com.
Also.. THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE, book 4 in THE ACADEMY OF LOVE series came out yesterday. It’s on Amazon KU and you can also grab print copies.
Here is the link to Amazon: READ NOW!
Book 4 in THE ACADEMY OF LOVE Series!
She’s not who he thought she was.
But he’s not who he’s pretending to be, either…
Annis Bowman lost everything when she trusted the wrong man. Now, she needs money, and she needs it fast. Finding a wealthy husband is her only viable option. It’s just her wretched misfortune that the only man who truly interests her is poor as a church mouse.
Henry Singleton, the new Earl of Rotherhithe, is ready for desperate measures. He’s tired of not knowing if women are interested in him—or his wealth. Switching identities with one of his employees is the perfect solution. So, imagine his disappointment when the lovely Annis turns out to be a heartless fortune hunter…
When a series of unfortunate events—and a huge coincidence—trap them in a marriage neither expected, can Annis and Henry overcome the misunderstandings, lies, and suspicion that stand between them? Or is their chance for a happily ever after doomed from the start?
Get ready to meet your newest book boyfriend. This steamy and sexy marriage of convenience story will give you all the feels on your way to a happily ever after.
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November 1, 2021
Happy Monday and Hello November!
I hope everyone had a happy Halloween yesterday. We’ve never once had trick-or-treaters (do kids even still do that?!) in the fifteen years we’ve lived here. For the first few years I was prepared with bags of candy and lots of Halloween decorations. Now I skip the decorations, turn off all the lights, and Mr. Spencer and I share the candy while watching scary movies.
That’s actually a lie …
I dont’ actually watch scary movies. I usually keep a blanket over my head and ask repeatedly, “What’s happening now?” (I’m not kidding)
Anyhow, I’m VERY pleased to share the final “recovering” of my series THE SEDUCERS.
For whatever reason, I recovered these books out of order, so the last cover is for MELISSA AND THE VICAR, which is really book 1 in the trilogy.
I am in love with this cover!
I think the red-orange (roarange?) color perfectly fits the spirit of this steamy, racy story of redemption and second chances. Melissa is a world-weary brothel owner who falls in love with a country clergyman. This smart and sexy historical romance has lots of humor and tons of steam. And yes, there is some of my signature angst to keep you turning pages.
I’ve included the blurb below the image and also a link to Amazon, which has exclusive rights to the ebook version of MELISSA AND THE VICAR.
Melissa Griffin is quite literally sick and tired. She’s the owner of one of London’s most exclusive brothels, but her failing health is telling her she can’t continue to keep working at her current pace. A relaxing stay in the country is exactly what she needs. Falling for the small town’s gorgeous young vicar—a virgin, no less—was never part of her plan. Their love is scandalous, forbidden…and everything Melissa never knew she wanted. Denying her feelings is unthinkable. Avoiding devastation when her past inevitably drives them apart? Impossible.
Magnus Stanwyck never resented his vow of celibacy…until meeting Melissa. As beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside, the mysterious woman captures his heart in a way he never could’ve anticipated. No matter what stands between them, no matter the cost, he’ll do whatever it takes to possess her—heart, body, and soul.
By day, they’re opposites who were never supposed to be together. By night, their passion threatens to overtake them. When all is said and done, can Melissa and Magnus overcome the obstacles (and enemies) that stand between them? Or will fate deny them their happily ever after?
MELISSA AND THE VICAR is a steamy, full-length romance novel with elements of taboo love, marriage of convenience, and opposites attract. If you love older woman and younger men stories with lots of sizzle and heat you’ll adore Melissa and Magnus’s love story.
This is book 1 in THE SEDUCERS series, a Regency romance trilogy that explores life on the wild side!
This book contains adult themes and is for adult readers who are not easily offended or shocked.
Apparently ‘Tis the Season to be adding new books for pre-order, because I’ve gone and added ANOTHER book …
In fact, I’ve got an entirely new series coming up and it’s called THE BELLAMY SISTERS. Here’s the blurb for PHOEBE Book 1:
PHOEBE book 1 in THE BELLAMY SISTERS is a sensual, sexy, and heartwarming love story about the girl next door and the powerful, wealthy stranger who changes her world forever.
Meet the Bellamy sisters, five young women who will do anything to save their siblings and keep the wolf from the door.
Lady Phoebe Bellamy will do anything to save her family from ruin—even marry the devil himself…
The Bellamy family has only four months before they’ll lose the very roof over their heads. While Phoebe’s older sisters venture out into the world to earn the necessary funds, Phoebe herself—plain, levelheaded, and responsible—stays home to care for her younger siblings and parents. But then she meets Viscount Needham, a fabulously wealthy, brand new peer, and everything changes.
When Phoebe learns that her father is determined to marry one of his daughters to Needham, she knows it’s time to act. She certainly can’t imagine saddling any of her beloved sisters with the brutally handsome upstart. So, she does the unthinkable and proposes to Viscount Needham herself…
Paul Needham attended the best schools, belongs to all the proper clubs, and can buy and sell half the House of Lords and still have money to spare. And yet the ton still treats him with disdain. Marrying one of their own is the fastest way to legitimize his place in society. But that doesn’t mean that he has to like his bride. He certainly won’t ever love her. Their marriage will be nothing but a mutually beneficial business arrangement.
Except it doesn’t feel like a simple transaction when Phoebe is in his arms…
They are complete opposites with nothing in common. Class differences and prejudices divide them. Is love enough to bridge their two worlds—or are they destined for heartbreak?
PHOEBE is the wickedly witty and sensually steamy first book of a five-book historical romance series. Each story in THE BELLAMY SISTERS stands alone.
That’s it for today, but I’ll be sending out a newsletter sometime this next week, so if you’re not on the list for that, sign up for a chance to win some cool swag and get exclusive excerpts.
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October 24, 2021
Happy Sunday!The “re-covering” of my SEDUCERS series cont...
The “re-covering” of my SEDUCERS series continues and I’m thrilled to unveil the new cover for HUGO AND THE MAIDEN.
I loved the pink of the first cover so much that I asked my cover designer to keep it for this one. Like the new cover for JOSS AND THE COUNTESS, this is substantially sexier.
Hugo is one of my favorite characters and this cover does an excellent job of depicting the powerful body I imagined for him. And of course he is dressed in his signature black.
HUGO AND THE MAIDEN is available in print from all booksellers and in ebook exclusively on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited.
Here’s a link to Amazon: 
If you have enjoyed my historical erotic romance series VICTORIAN DECADENCE, then you’ll be pleased to hear that I have two new books up for pre-order in the series: HER BEAST & THEIR MASTER.
HER BEAST is a character you won’t have met in the other books. Malcolm Barton popped up in Smith’s book (THEIR MASTER) and captivated me so utterly that I immediately started writing his book and finished it before Smith’s.
HER BEAST:
The beast only wins the beauty’s heart in fairy tales. In real life, he destroys it…and her.
Malcom Barton is what the man who murdered his wife made him—a beast. Scarred and broken in mind, body, and spirit, he lives his life in the shadows.
Until he sees her.
Julia Harlow is the only light and warmth to shine into his cold, dead heart for years. Wild, spirited, and free, she’s…everything.
She’s also the daughter of the man who burned his life to the ground.
Kidnapping Julia and keeping her prisoner to his dark, deviant desires seems like the perfect way to destroy his enemy.
He never expected her to enjoy her captivity.
It’s not long before she makes him want things he thought he’d never have again. He wants her.
But if the cost of his much-deserved revenge is a happily ever after with Julia, is it a price he’s able to pay?
Her Beast is a full length historical romance with elements of BDSM, power exchange, and ménage. If you are easily triggered by violence or unconventional sexual situations you should not read this book.
Yes, Smith’s book is finally up for pre-order. As some of you might know, this book has been a real wild ride to write. It’s no surprise that Smith’s story is different. This is my first ménage story and it was so much fun to write a polyamorous love story!
You’ll get to learn what made Smith the way he is and, yes, you’ll learn his real name. I don’t think anyone will be expecting Smith’s story …
THEIR MASTER
Mr. Smith has lived his entire adult life with one goal in mind: Revenge.
Thanks to the wealth and power he has amassed over the years, that goal is almost within reach.
The only other thing that he’s ever wanted is a child of his own. But with his lifelong plans finally coming to fruition, now would be a terrible time to start a family …
Besides, finding a woman who is willing to tolerate his voracious and adventurous appetites is extremely unlikely. Until Moira Dunsmore—a far too mysterious and intriguing courtesan—enters his life. Striking a bargain with Moira to bear his child is too appealing an opportunity to pass up.
Smith never imagined that Moira would be so open to his unconventional lifestyle—or so accepting of his live-in male lover. And he certainly never expected to feel anything for her.
But she is…
And he does …
Love is something Smith has had precious little experience with in his life. Can he trust in love—and Moira? What if the price of their happily ever after is his long-awaited revenge?
Their Master , book 5 in the VICTORIAN DECADENCE series, is a sensual and emotional historical romance novel featuring a mysterious, bisexual hero, a heroine who is far more than she claims to be, a gorgeous and oh-so-eager body servant, and a polyamorous HEA that none of them ever saw coming.
Get ready to fall in love with the most unconventional lovers that Victorian England has ever known.
THEIR MASTER contains plenty of hot f/m, f/m/m, m/m, ménage action with lots of spicy bedroom scenes. This book is for adult readers who are not easily triggered or offended.
So, that’s all the news I have today. I hope to be sharing the new cover of MELISSA AND THE VICAR with you soon.
I’m also scheming away on another series, this one about five sisters forced to take drastic measures to save their family from losing everything–including the roof over their heads.
I’ve got a series title: THE BELLAMY SISTERS, and I’ve got titles for the books: PHOEBE, HYACINTH, SELINA, KATHRYN, & AURELIA … now I just need to get them out into the world.
Until next time, happy reading!
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October 14, 2021
DANGEROUS is on sale for $1.99 on Amazon…
Don’t ask me for how long, because I’m always the last to know.
Anyhow, this is the book that started it all! It is #1 in THE OUTCASTS series, which feeds directly into my new series, THE REBELS OF THE TON. You can look at these two series as one big 6 book love fest!
Here is the affiliate link to DANGEROUS
Or you can just click on the pretty book cover below and it will take you there.
Here is the blurb and some nice things that people have said about the book:
“Spencer is my new auto-buy!”
—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt
What sort of lady doesn’t make her debut until the age of thirty-two? A timeless beauty with a mysterious past—and a future she intends to take into her own hands . . .
Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn’t been free in seventeen years—since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably curious public, and her first Season. Worst of all is her ashamed father’s ultimatum: marry a man of his choosing or live out her life in seclusion. No doubt her potential groom is a demented octogenarian. Fortunately, Mia is no longer a girl, but a clever woman with a secret—and a plan of her own . . .
Adam de Courtney’s first two wives died under mysterious circumstances. Now there isn’t a peer in England willing to let his daughter marry the dangerously handsome man the ton calls The Murderous Marquess. Nobody except Mia’s father, the desperate Duke of Carlisle. Clearly Mia must resemble an aging matron, or worse. However, in need of an heir, Adam will use the arrangement to his advantage . . .
But when the two outcasts finally meet, assumptions will be replaced by surprises, deceit by desire—and a meeting of minds between two schemers may lead to a meeting of hearts—if the secrets of their pasts don’t tear them apart . . .
“Minerva Spencer’s writing is sophisticated and wickedly witty. Dangerous is a delight from start to finish with swashbuckling action, scorching love scenes, and a coolly arrogant hero to die for.”
—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt
“Readers will love this lusty and unusual marriage of convenience story.”
—New York Times bestselling author Madeline Hunter
“Smart, witty, graceful, sensual, elegant and gritty all at once. It has all of the meticulous attention to detail I love in Georgette Heyer, BUT WITH SEX!”
—RITA-award winning author Jeffe Kennedy
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October 8, 2021
New cover for JOSS AND THE COUNTESS
I love this new cover!
Why did I decide to change the look of this book (and THE SEDUCERS trilogy)?
Well, as much as I love the covers, I think they didn’t communicate the spiciness of the books. I figure these stories deserve the “Shirtless Dude” treatment.
So, here is cover number one. I’m not sure why I didn’t start with the first book in the series, MELISSA AND THE VICAR, but the way things are going it will be the last one to get changed.
I’ll post the updates as they come along …
If you’ve read this book, what do you think? Which do you like better, the old cover or the new one?
Here is the old for comparison:
I would really like your opinion, let me know in the comments below!
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October 7, 2021
Yay! OUTRAGEOUS, INFAMOUS, & THE ARRANGEMENT …
Greetings Gentle Readers:
Not one, not two, but THREE books in Target!
Here are Infamous, Outrageous, and The Arrangement for sale in Target.
This week my mom is visiting and we decided to take a longggg road trip to Colorado Springs to check out one of the fantastic Asian food markets (there are at least 8 of them in The Springs!)
I highly recommend the Asian Market, which we spent almost two hours browsing and could have spent oodles more time exploring.
Anyhow, we also did some other shopping and because I LOVE Target (even before they carried my books, but now I love them even more) we popped into one of the Targets in CS. And there were my lovely books!!
Did I squee and smirk? Yes, I did …
I think the Target employee who was stocking books must have thought I was the most out-of-control shopper he’d ever met.
So, what have I cooked with the load of Asian groceries I hauled home? So far I’ve made yellow curry, massaman curry, Vietnamese egg rolls, and pad Thai. Today will be green curry day. Do I like curry? Yeah, just a wee bit.
Here is a pic of the pooches, who are growing by leaps and bounds:
Here are Spot and Rover. Do they look guilty? They should. They just chewed up their dog bed…
And here is a #booksandshoes picture! Yes, I have more shoes to show off.
Here are my lovely Rebels of the Ton and a favorite pair of Chuck Taylors
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September 28, 2021
INFAMOUS and an interview with John Charles!
Yay! It’s another book birthday.
This is book 3 of THE REBELS OF THE TON, which you can think of as book 6 in THE OUTCASTS series as it features the twin sons of Hugh and Daphne from BARBAROUS. Lots of fun cameos with characters from other books.
This is a holiday romance and a “two-fer” love story featuring Richard and Lucian and their love interests Celia and Phyllida.
I just had an interview with John Charles of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore, if you’d like to listen/watch, here is the LINK
I always love talking with John and we chat about books, trends in the romance world, and of course a bit about chickens and dogs, too!
Here is a picture of me on Unboxing Day with Spot and Rover.
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