A Rake's Guide to Seduction reissued, and the cover of My Once and Future Duke!

Ten years ago I sat down to write a book about a very fortunate young lady. Her mother spoiled her, her older brothers adored her; she was beautiful, kind, and fun-loving, the sort of girl who would expect to be swept off her feet by love at first sight and live happily-ever-after.

Well, that sounds like a fairy tale—too good to be true. Real relationships are built on not only the joy and love but also the hard times two people survive together. And so I knew Celia Reece would make a terrible mistake, as people often do when things are too good to be true, and marry the wrong man. Which is an odd way to begin a romance novel, but there it is. Celia never notices her brother's best friend, Anthony Hamilton, is in love with her, and he doesn't act until it seems too late.

This book is the story of how he wins her heart after all. Today it's back in print with a lovely new cover (but the exact same story as when it was first released in 2008).


In other exciting news, I have a cover to share with you for my next book! My Once and Future Duke, in which the Duke of Ware finally gets his story, will be the start of a new series called The Wagers of Sin, and it comes out February 27, 2018. You can pre-order it now, if you like to plan ahead.

And after hearing from my Facebook followers, I put together a boxed set of four of my novellas. The set is titled Scandalous Liaisons: Four novellas and includes A Study in Scandal; The Secret of My Seduction; A Fashionable Affair; and When I Met My Duchess. All of these are previously published and each is available on its own, but if you missed some and like package deals, this is for you.

I had to put on my sweatshirt this morning to take Puppy to the park, which means fall is edging into view. Even more astonishingly, I just delivered one of my children to college for the first time. Maybe I can blame my red, teary eyes on fall allergies, or a particularly poignant romance novel... Some of my favorite authors do have new titles coming out soon, especially:

Dark Embrace by Eve Silver, out today!!!
The Duke by Katharine Ashe, coming out September 26
It's Hard Out Here for a Duke by Maya Rodale, coming out November 28

Happy reading to all!

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