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If you love Jane Austen, then you will thoroughly enjoy ‘Curricle and Chaise’. Filled with Austen-esque characters and rich historical detail, this is a ‘feel good’ ‘Regency Romance’ with all the elements that readers of this genre particularly enjoy.

A dashing young gentleman, two pretty widows and a dark secret set in the omnipresent, all-seeing society of a Regency Cotswold village. If you enjoyed the gentle arcadianism of ‘Not Quite a Gentleman’ you will doubtless enjoy ‘The Delightful Mr Drummond’ – but prepare for a surprise towards the end.

Lies, deceit, selfishness, thoughtlessness – all such evils can be overcome by love. But will love save our heroine – or will she be left to pay the price of a choice she’ll regret for the rest of her life?

‘Maggie was a governess. She had not been born to be a governess. There had been no overarching destiny which demanded that she become a governess. She didn’t even particularly want to be one, although, at least as far as she was concerned, she was putting every effort into doing a good job. But a governess she was, whether she wanted to be or not, and a governess she now expected to remain...’ But will Maggie be able to hold on to what becomes an increasingly tenuous position within a family which, for various different reasons, poses real and potentially ruinous threats to her ...

If you enjoyed ‘Curricle and Chaise’, ‘A Devilishly Difficult Decision’ or ‘Mr Forster’s Fortune’ then you should certainly enjoy ‘A Dashing Sort of a Blade’, with its handsome young hero, its procession of memorable characters, and some sparkling conversations which move the storyline along. After the rather quirky ‘Sovereigns’ Summer’ we return, in ‘A Dashing Sort of a Blade’ to the more mainstream approach of ‘traditional’ Regency romances in which the hopes and fears of everyday life are played-out in a world long-since gone.

Rachel Forster has always been ‘just Lord Barnham’s sister’ – quiet, dutiful – and totally frustrated. But now Rachel is thirty-one years’ old, newly independent - and at a crossroads in her life. It is time for her to emerge from out of her grand relations’ shadows and decide on where she really wants to go. But how can she possibly take command of her own life after so many years in a dependent role? Who ever might she find to assist her? In this stand-alone Regency romance which also forms the final book in the ‘Lord Barnham’ trilogy Rachel surprises herself – and ...

What happens when a pretty young village girl, romantic, trusting and naive, catches the eye of a gentleman at the ‘big house’ nearby? What is life like for the villagers and gentry in the England of 1803? In this charming ‘Regency’ romance the worlds of villagers and gentry converge unstoppably in a dreamy summer countryside of birdsong, fields and scents, and the outlooks of all the characters are subtly shaped and tested by the results of these events.

A betrothal is one thing. A marriage is another, where things can get quite choppy for a while. The Napoleonic wars have finally reached their conclusion. Cause for celebration, no doubt – but is everyone equally delighted by the onset of peace at last? And how can people whose lives have been defined by the exigencies of more than twenty years’ of war adapt to the harsh new realities they face? Note that although this book forms the final of the three ‘Weymouth’ novels, it can equally be enjoyed as an independent, stand-alone Regency romance. It is a gentle novel full of rich ...

This intense, completely compelling novel will totally envelop you in a wave of powerful emotions, from the spine-tingling heights of elation to the absolute depths of despair. This is no ordinary, light-hearted Regency romance – though romance it most certainly is. Rather, it is a deeply involving and rewarding experience, in which the intensity of an all-pervading, all conquering devotion will cocoon you from the hustle and bustle of the twenty-first century and take you, instead, to the life-and-death immediacy of 200 years ago. Note that although this novel forms the first of the ...

Dreamy, sepia-coloured, yet crystal-clear recollections of childhood in the 1920s as described over several years - poignant, charming and amusing - from a world that's now long gone.

The three books which form 'The Weymouth Trilogy' - 'The Body on the Beach', 'An Indelicate Situation' and 'A Devilishly Difficult Decision' - follow the lives of a number of characters during the period of the Napoleonic wars. Although all three books share some glorious descriptive passages and touches of gentle humour each one has its own particular character and slant, with 'The Body on the Beach', in particular, featuring some harsh topics as well as some rich and attractive characterisation. Each book can be enjoyed on its own and is available separately on Kindle, but readers of all ...

In many ways the years of the Regency were remarkably similar to our own – huge inequalities of wealth, political unrest, economic turmoil. In other ways they were completely different – the choices available to women of ‘quality’ were few, and unattractive; social rules and etiquette were restrictive, travel and communication slow. This charming, ‘traditional’ Regency Romance, echoing the work of Georgette Heyer, explores all of these similarities and differences through the experiences of one young lady in a Regency London full of character, humour and surprise. Note that ...

The year is 1811. Lady Cecily Seymour, travelling with her maid to stay with some relatives in Bath, comes across an intriguing young gentleman who is snowbound in an isolated wayside inn. It is the start of a heady romance through which both Cecily and Mr Forster discover some surprising secrets – secrets about other people, and secrets about themselves. Note that although this novel forms the first of the three ‘Lord Barnham’ books, it can equally be enjoyed as an independent, stand-alone Regency romance.

It is the summer of 1814 - the summer in which the Allied Sovereigns visited London to celebrate a peace which they thought would be permanent – and the summer in which Londoners came out in force to welcome them. Anna Sausmarez, certainly, was determined to welcome them – despite an awkward secret that was gnawing at her heart... This is a ‘traditional’ Regency romance - one to be enjoyed whilst whiling away the hours between lunch and dinner on a palm-fringed beach, or snuggled-in, with a cup of tea, one rainy winter’s evening – a book which will immerse you in the elegance, ...

‘Aye. She’ll be out tonight, says I… The spectre of the night...’ Joanna’s curiosity is piqued at once, and, in this spooky twist on a ‘traditional’ Regency romance, with a ruinous pile, a dim-witted bloodhound and romantic young people who are looking for love – what could possibly go wrong?

These three books – ‘Mr Forster’s Fortune,’ ‘The Girl from Red Lion Square’ and ‘Mr Halliwell’s Mission’ – follow the lives and loves of several young people from the privileged English upper class during the nine years of the Regency, 1811 to 1820. Whilst each of the novels has its own particular ‘feel’ and perspective, all of them are packed full of period detail, rich characterisation and some startling parallels between the world of 200 years ago, and today. If you enjoy elegant writing, subtle humour, evocative descriptions and characters who are deeply human ...