Midsummer Night / Twelfth Night / Bonfire Night

Lady Julia Grey #3.5, 5.6, 5.7

by Deanna Raybourn

Don’t miss any of the Lady Julia Gray stories! Rediscover the mystery and romance of Deanna Raybourn’s bestselling series in these novellas, together in one collection for the first time.

Midsummer Night

Belmont Abbey is overflowing with guests awaiting Lady Julia and Nicolas Brisbane’s wedding day. Combine the close-knit chaos of village life, pagan traditions bursting through staid Victorian conventions, and the congenial madness of Lady Julia’s family, and you get an unforgettable wedding. What could go wrong? But add in a dangerous past nemesis who has come to wish them not-so-well, and their day to remember just might take a fatal turn…

Twelfth Night

The eccentric March family have assembled at Belmont Abbey to perform the Twelfth Night Revels for their sleepy English village. But when an infant is found abandoned, and the only lead is the local legend of a haunted cottage, Lady Julia and Nicholas take up the challenge to investigate. When the source of the mystery is revealed, they’ll be faced with an impossible choice—one that will alter the course of their lives forever.

Bonfire Night

Nicholas Brisbane has inherited a country house—but only if he and his family are in residence from All Hallows’ Eve through Bonfire Night. Neither Lady Julia nor Nicholas is likely to be put off by local legends of ghosts and witches, and the eerie noises and strange lights that flit from room to room simply intrigue them. Until a new lady’s maid disappears, igniting a caper that will have explosive results…

Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery

186 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 27, 2017

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Deanna Raybourn is a 6th-generation native Texan. She graduated with a double major in English and history from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Married to her college sweetheart and the mother of one, Raybourn makes her home in Virginia. Her novels have been nominated for numerous awards including two RT Reviewers’ Choice awards, the Agatha, two Dilys Winns, a Last Laugh, three du Mauriers, and most recently the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She launched a new Victorian mystery series with the 2015 release of A CURIOUS BEGINNING, featuring intrepid butterfly-hunter and amateur sleuth, Veronica Speedwell. Veronica has returned in several more adventures, most recently AN IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSTOR, book seven, which released in early 2022. Deanna's first contemporary novel, KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, about four female assassins on the cusp of retirement publishes in September 2022. (Please note: Deanna is not active on GR.)

Reviews

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The novellas in the Lady Julia Grey series are interesting enough for fans of the books, but there’s not that much to them. Don’t bother unless you’ve read the series and want to spend a little more time with the characters. That said, they are sweet and charming, and I was glad to find out a little more about the Brisbane household.

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm glad to have even a short wrap up of some open storylines from this series. I wish, however, that the publisher had backed more novels, as the series really hit its stride in book 5. There's a lot here that gets summed up in a paragraph that would have been excellent in a novel with proper exposition.

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read them ALL!

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2 - entertaining fan service if you have been craving a bit more of Julia and Brisbane.

[Harlequin Historical]

Miniseries: A Lady Julia Grey Mystery

[Maren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light novella confections for some of her earlier characters.