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Published on June 22, 2022 00:32

June 15, 2022

Coming Together is live

Coming Together

Coming Together is live at all retailers

To escape her loveless fate, she’ll succumb to a rogue…or two.

Lady Katherine Wilcox is desperate to avoid marriage to the aging earl her father has chosen for her hand. Thrice her age, the lascivious man who may well squash her on their wedding night fills her with dread at the sight of his sweaty bulk. Her only hope is to win herself another husband, and it appears she’s indeed caught someone’s interest. Though destitute, the wicked Lord Standish could be her salvation…if she could only ignore her equally strong attraction toward his identical twin brother. Both gentlemen set her pulse to racing and whisper of endless pleasure to be found in their arms. Of course, having them both is impossible, but could she ever choose between them?

This sexy menage short story was previously published under the pen name Vivian Bliss.

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Published on June 15, 2022 02:07

June 1, 2022

Yours Until Dawn Cover Reveal

Happy June.

I’m so happy to report that I’ve reached the halfway mark writing the first draft of Yours Until Dawn, the next Distinguished Rogues novel. I’ve got June to get it done and I’m sure I will meet that deadline. Also today, I have even more exciting news to share…

Yours Until Dawn Cover Reveal!!!!

I’m so pleased with the way this image turned out for the cover. You might not realize this, but I have designed all of my own covers since I began indie publishing a dozen years ago. It’s something I’m quietly proud of. Each cover design is a fun challenge I set myself to create.

Yours Until Dawn is about Drew, Lord Sullivan, who made his first appearance in the series in Lord of Sin. He was a client of the Hillcrest Academy before it closed and he’s giving me lots of lovely surprises as he pursues a bride with a determination far beyond previous Distinguished Rogues heroes. He wants what he wants and he’s willing to make sacrifices to keep love in his life. The heroine of Yours Until Dawn is Aurora Hillcrest. A woman with a past she’d rather not reveal to our bride hunting hero. I’ll share more after the story goes through edits in early July, but its a wild and sexy ride so far. Yay!

Yours Until Dawn is available to preorder now. I will be updating the retailer, Goodreads, and Bookbub sites with the new cover this week. Book description still to come AND I’ll share more of Yours Until Dawn in the coming months.

A new old short story: Coming Together

The next publishing project from me though is Coming Together, a story I wrote under the pen name Vivian Bliss. Coming Together was removed from sale years ago with the intention to republish under my own name quickly. Unfortunately, that took longer than planned so it has been re-edited and updated for re-release this month. Coming Together is a menage short story regency romance. It’s definitely hot so I hope you like it!

COMING TOGETHER

JUNE 14, 2022

To avoid a marriage of convenience, Kate is willingly debauched by a rake…never dreaming she’d get two deliciously wicked men in the bargain.

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That’s it from me for now.

Cheers and stay safe,
Heather

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Published on June 01, 2022 01:08

March 7, 2022

Let it Snow is Live

Weary from dodging wandering hands, Yvette Valiant escapes yet another scandalous house party and her brother’s dubious protection, fleeing into a snowy landscape, intent on returning home to Bath for Christmas. One stranded coach later, she’s rescued by the biggest rogue of them all—her brother’s best friend.

A scoundrel he may be, but even Luc Ayles is capable of love. What else would have him chasing a woman who seemingly detests the very sight of him? When Yvette foolishly puts her safety and reputation in jeopardy, Luc rushes to her aid, despite knowing his affection is the last gift Yvette could ever want for Christmas.

Then again, it’s the season of giving…and if Yvette would only give him her heart, it could be the happiest holiday ever.

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Published on March 07, 2022 23:19

February 21, 2022

Let it Snow Excerpt

“Lord Middleton, you’re giving me no choice but to strenuously refuse your advances again,” Yvette Valiant said to the gentleman holding her just outside the ballroom door, before kicking his shins and scurrying back into inside to the smothering warmth and stench of the house party guests.
Not that anyone seemed to have noticed she’d just had to save herself from being imposed upon by a scoundrel.
Here, that was a frequent occurrence.
She took a deep breath, pasted on a smile that should fool everyone but her best friend, and weaved through the crowd, looking for her brother, her chaperone at this wicked house party.
For heaven’s sake, she had just wanted one gulp of fresh air, not immediate molestation! Why her brother dragged her from Bath for this depraved amusement, she didn’t know. Did he want to have her ruined and married off to someone she would hate for all her days?
She searched for her brother and found him propping up a marble pillar on the far side of the room. She returned to the dubious safety he offered, hoping no one questioned where she’d been. But she couldn’t miss another opportunity to point out his shortcomings.
“Where were you when I needed you?” she hissed to Rhys, head of the family now and all-around annoyance since her birth. He was three years older and ought to know better than to leave her unchaperoned here.
When he didn’t answer, she noted the direction of his attention was upon the other side of the ballroom. Given the way he was smirking, the one relation she ought to be able to place her faith in for the protection of her virtue was much too busy considering how to rob another young lady of the very same thing. She deliberately stepped on his right foot. “Rhys.”
“I haven’t moved all night, Yvette,” he protested with a brief glance at his abused foot. “You’re the one who keeps running off.”
“I danced, and since I was thirsty, followed Lady Pillsbury to the refreshment table since you refused to accompany me.” She stared at him in vexation. “Do you even care to know what became of me after that?”
Rhys patted her shoulder. “I trust you,” he said with calm unconcern before smiling at a different lady as she promenaded past.
She failed to prevent her hands from curling into fists. “There are too many scoundrels here,” she hissed, and then looked around guiltily.
Being around her brother for any duration tended to bring out her shrewish side, unfortunately. It was all she could do not to strangle him some nights.
“There are scoundrels everywhere, or so you insist,” he noted. “If I thought the company of my friends so dangerous, I’d never take you anywhere. Besides, you’d never let a scoundrel actually catch you, so why should I worry, too?”
He is so right about not letting myself be caught by any scoundrel.
Yvette was most definitely keeping her virtue for marriage by any means possible. There would be no hushed-up scandalous marriage like some of her cousins had engineered for themselves. Someone in her family needed to adhere to a higher moral standard.
It constantly disappointed her that the family reputation was not the best, despite her brother’s promises to reform. She had no hope that the rest of her family could ever change.
She’d been well aware of the family scandals even before she’d come out. Her late father had kept two mistresses before his untimely demise at the hands of an overwrought half-plucked goose and a garden pond. The goose, desperate to escape the cook’s knife, had charged at her father and his lover. Father had, by all accounts, gallantly put himself directly into the path of the goose and borne the brunt of the unprovoked attack, but in doing so toppled them all into the pond. Father hit his head on the marble pond surround and had drawn his last breath with his face nestled between his lover’s ample breasts.
And if that was not enough shame to bear in her first season, there was her widowed mother—kicking up her heels on the continent with the family gardener as her new lover.
She shuddered. Her brother, as much as she’d worshiped him growing up, seemed determined to break hearts left and right—including hers.
Given the disreputable reputations of her illustrious relatives, society stalwarts had viewed her with a wary eye when she made any overtures of friendship. It had taken all of her first season just to prove herself someone worth acknowledging and to make just one true female friend.
And despite her rigid adherence to decorum, ignoring all scoundrels and rakes, unfortunately, a good marriage had proved elusive. But the number of scoundrels circling her each night of this dreadful house party had continued unabated. She could not wait to leave tomorrow morning.
“How long must I stay here?” she asked in a whisper, but Rhys was already bored with talking to her and was looking elsewhere.
She considered stomping on his toe again.
“Where would you rather be, Miss Valiant?” a deep-voiced gentleman asked instead.
Yvette straightened her spine as Mr. Luc Ayles, her brother’s longtime friend, moved to stand at her side. She wished good manners didn’t dictate that she had to look at him to give a response. He was alarmingly handsome and the most dangerous scoundrel that might ever have lived. With his pale hair too long and rakishly falling across one gray eye, she could easily see why he appealed to a certain type of woman.
But not to her.
Yvette was immune to rakes and scoundrels and any man without honorable intentions. Luc Ayles certainly did not have those.
“Right here,” she lied, wishing with all her might that Mr. Ayles would single out another woman to attempt a seduction. He’d followed her around too often at this house party for her to have any patience left for him. “I am afraid I have somehow turned my ankle,” she murmured.
“Probably happened when you kicked Middleton in the shins just now,” Ayles muttered quietly, eyes flashing with mirth.
If anyone heard Middleton had almost caught her, or that she’d assaulted him to free herself, she’d have everyone thinking that she was to blame. “I did no such thing!”
“He undoubtedly deserved it.” Ayles nodded. “A pity you cannot dance. I had persuaded our hostess to play another waltz. You enjoy twirling, don’t you?”
She did. She shrugged to hide how sorely disappointed she was. “I will have to wait until next season.”
“I was afraid you’d say that,” he murmured, eyes full of laughter still. “Perhaps next year.”
“Perhaps,” she murmured without looking him in the eye. Yvette tried to avoid committing herself to dancing with any scoundrel, especially Luc Ayles, though he was remarkably persistent in asking again and again. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Rhys drifting away without her. “Good night, sir.”
Ayles held her back a moment. “I was hoping you would allow me the privilege of your company for sledding tomorrow.”
Hell could freeze over before she shared a sled with Mr. Ayles again. The first week of the house party, he’d tried to steal a kiss, and with her brother just twenty feet ahead of them. Rhys hadn’t heard the slap she’d been forced to administer to the scoundrel standing with her now.
Yvette fluttered her fan before her face, as if she was blushing, but in truth she was fed up with Ayles’ dogged pursuit. She had tried to make her disinterest in him plain and painless from the start, but obviously he could need a hammer applied to his head before the message sunk in. “Perhaps we’ll meet again at another winter party some other year.”
“Yes,” he drawled, and then he laughed. “I thought you’d say that, too.”
She was about to leave him, but the thing was—and it pained her to admit—she could not be mean to him without feeling bad after.
“Happy Christmas, Mr. Ayes,” she said with a broad smile, holding out her hand to him.
The scoundrel sidled closer and looked down at her outstretched fingers. After a moment, he clasped her hand and attempted to bring it to his lips. She resisted.
“Happy Christmas, Miss Valiant. I hope our paths cross again soon.”
Not if I can help it.

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Published on February 21, 2022 14:00

February 14, 2022

Let it Snow Pre-Order

So excited to share the cover for the re-release of Let it Snow, my standalone Christmas romance novella, and the pre-order too. I adored making this cover. Don’t they look utterly into each other? But they certainly were not at first. This novella was first published in the Christmas Kisses Anthology last year and I’m now able to release it as a single title. Who doesn’t love a stranded in a snowstorm trope, eh? Probably better reading about it than living it.

What’s a woman to do when trapped in a storm with a handsome scoundrel?

Weary from dodging wandering hands, Yvette Valiant escapes yet another scandalous house party and her brother’s dubious protection, fleeing into a snowy landscape, intent on returning home to Bath for Christmas. One stranded coach later, she’s rescued by the biggest rogue of them all—her brother’s best friend.

A scoundrel he may be, but even Luc Ayles is capable of love. What else would have him chasing a woman who seemingly detests the very sight of him? When Yvette foolishly puts her safety and reputation in jeopardy, Luc rushes to her aid, despite knowing his affection is the last gift Yvette could ever want for Christmas.

Then again, it’s the season of giving…and if Yvette would only give him her heart, it could be the happiest holiday ever.

Let it Snow is a standalone steamy regency novella previously published in the Christmas Kisses Anthology.

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Published on February 14, 2022 14:00

December 7, 2021

Release Day for Seduced in Secret

It’s release day for Seduced in Secret!
The banns have been called, the date is set, but he’s falling fast and hard for the wrong woman.

When her parents announce they intend to break their promise to remain in London society for another year, Charlotte Waters is also given an ultimatum—make a suitable match immediately or start packing her trunks. Since leaving England is the last thing she wants, Charlotte puts aside her foolish longing for love and throws herself into the hunt for any proposal of marriage with the help of her good friends. However, her persistent infatuation for an engaged earl proves a great distraction when it becomes clear that his life is in peril…and Charlotte is the only one who’s noticed.

Winston Bell, Earl of Hurlston, has his position in society, a loving mother, loyal friends, and an arranged marriage he’s willing honor for duty, if not love—until a sweet, brave, and normally blushing wallflower puts herself in danger to save his life. His gratitude slowly blossoms into an attraction to a woman he shouldn’t long to seek out at every turn. But when another attempt is made on his life, Charlotte Waters is fighting right by his side again, transforming attraction to deep desire. Can he prevent falling further under the spell of a woman he shouldn’t want?

Seduced in Secret is a full-length regency historical romance. It’s the eighteenth book in the steamy Distinguished Rogues series but can be read as a stand-alone.

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Published on December 07, 2021 00:30

October 1, 2021

Seduced in Secret Cover Reveal

Hi peeps,

The year is really flying by isn’t it? So much has changed and there’s still so much to do. Good thing I love my job: writing and publishing. This month is all about the upcoming release of the Christmas Kisses Anthology. October 12 is the date. Mark your calendars. There’s still plenty of time to pre-order your copy at 99c, too. You can find links to pre-order on this page. My story, Let it Snow is last but hey…someone has to claim that spot.

Now onto something new from me and the purpose of this post…to let you know about the next Distinguished Rogues novel

Seduced in Secret: Cover Reveal

The banns have been called, the date is set, but he’s falling fast and hard for the wrong woman.

When her parents announce they intend to break their promise to remain in London society for another year, Charlotte Waters is also given an ultimatum—make a suitable match immediately or start packing her trunks. Since leaving England is the last thing she ever wants, Charlotte puts aside her foolish longing for love and throws herself into the hunt for any proposal of marriage with the help of her good friends. However, her persistent infatuation for an engaged earl proves a great distraction when it becomes clear that his life is in peril…only he doesn’t see it.

Winston Bell, Earl of Hurlston, has his position in society, a loving family, and an arranged marriage he was looking forward to—until a sweet, brave, and normally blushing wallflower put her own life in danger to save him from a dangerous horseman. But gratitude slowly blossoms into an awkward attraction to a woman he should have no desire to seek out at every turn. The banns have been read, the date is set, and when another attempt is made on his life, Charlotte Waters is fighting right by his side again. Can he prevent falling further under the spell of the only woman who’s ever made him blush and save his life, too?

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Until next time,
Take care

Heather B

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Published on October 01, 2021 03:06

September 1, 2021

It’s Spring again

It’s spring again! I love the start of warmer weather.

Spring usually means more sunlight for me—going in holidays, date nights. But I’m living under stay at home orders right now. Going out is not allowed unless for essentials like food shopping and doctors appointments—not that I needed that last one. In good news though, I finally got my first Pfizer vaccination in my arm and the second one is about a week away. Yay for me.

You would think these conditions would mean more words down—more writing done. But it actually hasn’t worked that way for me. I had no idea how much I needed to go out until I couldn’t do it. I always thought I was more introvert than social butterfly. Isn’t it great to learn new things about yourself every year?

But it wasn’t all bad on the work front in August. I did manage to do some long overdue tasks.

I updated a few book covers:

• The Wedding Affair, Rebel Hearts book one, has been out for a while and I decided it needed a new cover designed. I’m really happy with the new couple and over all cover and the rest of the series have had a couple of minor tweaks as well as you can see below.

• I also changed all the art for the covers on the Wild Randall series. The e-books should have updated on retailers by now and you can refresh your kindle app manually if you need the new pretties. The other vendor’s should push through the new covers to your reading device so you’ll probably find them in your Ereader already. The print cover changes for Wild Randalls are coming later in the year.

And last but not least…

The next Distinguished Rogues novel for pre-order has been set up on all retailers. No cover yet and no blurb either. I’m still writing the story, but I’m closing in on the end. You can find the pre-order links on the Seduced in Secret book page if you want to order in advance.

Well, I think that’s it for me this month. Of course the Christmas Kisses Anthology is coming out next month and I’ll talk about that more next month. But the stories are wonderful. I can’t wait for you to read them.

Till next time.

Cheers and stay safe.

Heather B

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Published on September 01, 2021 01:00

July 6, 2021

New Release Pleasures of the Night!

New Release: PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT

So excited that it’s finally time to share my new release Pleasures of the Night… another Distinguished Rogue has met his match.

Thaddeus Berringer has reconciled himself to a future of great riches, but also unceasing responsibility as the Duke of Exeter’s only heir. He’s in no hurry to be leg-shackled, despite his cousin’s urging. But he’s keenly interested in bed sport with a certain spinster who’s proven more wanton than wallflower. Eugenia Hillcrest’s passions and expectations for a brief fling match his own completely, delighting him in every way. But just as he’s considering the advantages of a lasting connection with her, he’s stunned to learn his perfect lover was never his to kiss in the first place.

Eugenia has for years lived as a spinster, and is certain she’ll remain one. So it was with little hesitation that she begins a thrilling affair with the Duke of Exeter’s handsome heir, Mr. Berringer. She revels in every stolen kiss and caress, but expects to lose him to a wife one day. Never in a million years did she imagine she’d lose him to a husband. Her deadhusband back from the grave. Confused and unconvinced, Eugenia is willing to do anything to keep control of her life—even if it means leaving her life and the man she loves more than she’d dreamed possible.

*** Pleasures of the Night is a full-length steamy regency historical romance. It’s the sixteenth book in the Distinguished Rogues series, but it can be read as a stand-alone.

What reviewers are saying…

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – “This book was a delight it was all twisty and unexpected…I highly recommend this book!” ~ Crystal, Amazon reviewer

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – “The twist in the plot definitely had me turning the pages.” ~ Jabeen S, Goodreads reviewer

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – “…just the right amount of historical feel without throwing an anchor around the plot.” ~ Bin Blogs Books

★ ★ ★ ★ – “Equal parts sweet and wicked…too intriguing to put down.” ~ Betty Loo’s Reviews

★ ★ ★ ★ – “Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series! It has all the drama of society, the Ton, and much more scandalous!” ~ Alys C, Negalley reviewer.

★ ★ ★ ★ – “This book has a little bit of everything (mystery, sex, romance….) and it perfectly delivers it all.” ~ Candice B, Netgalley reviewer.

★ ★ ★ ★ – “Looking for smexy times, check out this book.” ~ Angela D, Amazon reviewer.

★ ★ ★ ★ – “If you loved Bridgerton – this is right up your street!” ~ Maria M, Netgalley reviewer

Thank you so much to my ARC team too for reading and reviewing this novel so quickly. You’re the best!

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