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Lee Welch

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Lee Welch lives in a house on a hill in the windiest city in the world – Wellington, New Zealand. She shares the house with her partner, two kids and two cats. Hedgehogs visit occasionally, which makes her happy.

Lee wrote her first novel (an unpublished pastiche of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) when she was seven and has been writing on-and-off ever since.

She studied ancient history at Auckland University and creative writing at Birkbeck, University of London.

To pay the bills, she works as an editor and business communications adviser for a large government department. By night, she writes escapist fantasies, mostly m/m romances, usually with magic in them. She likes crumbling mansions, cavernous libraries, mysterious curses and han ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 6,199 ratings · 1,449 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Salt Magic, Skin Magic 4.07 avg rating — 3,277 ratings — published 2018 — 11 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
	Seducing the Sorcerer 4.03 avg rating — 1,556 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Mr Collins in Love 3.99 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Mended with Gold (Mended with Gold, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Out Loud (Mended with Gold, #1.5) 4.30 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2018	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 Spell for Master Vervain 4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2018	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
	Teacher's Pet, Volume Two by Lee Welch (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Coldwell (Goodreads Author), Elna Holst (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2018 — 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

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Audiobook giveaway to celebrate Mr Collins in Love making the New York Times ‘Best Romance Book of 2025’ list

Ahhhhhhhhhhwooooooooooo!

My little historical romance about Mr Collins from Pride and Prejudice falling in love with his gardener has been selected by New York Times romance reviewer Olivia Waite as one of the best romance novels of 2025!

I’ve yelled about this elsewhere, but wanted to celebrate on my website too.

Here’s an excerpt from her review:

“We’ve seen a lot of recent retellings starring the

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Lee Welch wrote a new blog post Audiobook giveaway to celebrate Mr Collins in Love making the New York Times ‘Best Romance Book of 2025’ list Ahhhhhhhhhhwooooooooooo!My little historical romance about Mr Collins from Pride and Prejudice falling in love with his gardener has been selected by Read more of this blog post »
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