Regency Cozy

After an unsuccessful season in London, Miss Mary Mifford has returned to the village of Plumpton, determined to be the most upstanding spinster the Cotswolds have ever seen. Not even the arrival of the elusive Duke of Northcott can distract Mary from her plan; until the local rector is found bludgeoned to death and Mary is named as the prime suspect.

In the heart of Regency London, where the gulf between the opulent upper class and the squalid streets is as wide as the Thames, Zoe Demas, a young French woman entangled in two worlds, finds herself at the center of a chilling mystery. When her lady's maid, Lucy, is found dead in the notorious district of Whitechapel, Zoe refuses to accept the verdict of a tragic accident. Determined to uncover the truth, she enlists the help of Quinton Huxley, a man whose expertise lies in navigating the murky waters between legality and the underworld. Alongside a cast of characters as diverse as they ...

Enjoy 11 sweet regency romances in one touching box set! Follow the stories of Lords and Ladies as they delve their way into the heart of society and lose their hearts along the way!' This Box Set Includes: The Viscount in Hiding The Reluctant Viscount Threatened by a Lord The Widow and the Lord Alex & Harriet An Everlasting Love A Healing Love Lady of His Dreams The Heart of a Lady The Memories of Duke A Heart’s Return

Twelve sweet Regency Christmas romance stories to make you fall in love this holiday season. Christmas Mystery of the Heart Escaping her past, Lady Sarah Sayers seeks a simple life as a governess. Her world is turned upside down when she meets the Duke of Huntington. Together, they must solve a mystery, but will they also find love in this troubled time? A Duke for Christmas Isabella did not want to end up on Charles’ doorstep, but it might be exactly what both of them need… A clean, Regency romance to warm your heart Christmas Masquerade Ball A Christmas tale of mystery and love from ...

Traveling to the ancestral Matlock estate with her husband, Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, is finally able to confront her greatest foe: the pinery. Forced to endure an endless parade of pineapple-inflected dishes early in her marriage, she has devised a scheme to sabotage the despised fruit, which she can now carry out at long last. Good gracious, no. Bea does not really mean the plants any harm, and approaching the building on a summer morning, she is struck by how lovely it is, with its elegant portico and high arching windows.

Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, will not do the bidding of Hell and Fury Hawes. It does not matter how difficult it is to find new murder mysteries to investigate, especially ones where the victim was stabbed with a chisel. She absolutely refuses to lift a finger to help him figure out who killed one of his associates.

This sparkling box set includes all four full-length novels in Claudia Stone’s Regency Murder and Marriage series—a delightful blend of cosy mystery, romantic mischief, and sharp-tongued heroines who always find trouble… and often find love along the way.

During a spring visit to Kent, Elizabeth Bennet expects nothing more than polite society and the quiet duties of friendship. She does not expect to encounter Fitzwilliam Darcy, nor to discover how deeply time and reflection have altered them both. At Rosings Park, where pride once prevailed, chance meetings beneath April’s budding trees awaken feelings neither has forgotten. Darcy is determined to earn her good opinion; Elizabeth is determined to guard her heart. Yet as Easter approaches and restraint gives way to renewal, hope begins to blossom where doubt once lived. When Darcy speaks ...

I survived five Seasons as a chaperone without a single scandal. Then a werewolf bit me in the hedge maze. Invisibility is the greatest asset a spinster chaperone can have. But while searching for a straying debutante in the dark gardens of a masquerade ball, I stumble upon a massive, terrifying wolf. Instead of eating me, the beast pins me to a stone statue, nuzzles my throat, and gives me a sharp, stinging bite right on the collarbone. The next morning, the most notorious rake in London, Lord Loxley, arrives at my door. He isn't here for my young charge. He is here for me. Suddenly, ...

Lady Frederica knows she needs to stay away from the Earl of Wetherby. However, she cannot seem to remove thoughts of him from her mind. The London Season has just begun, and one of the first gentlemen Lady Frederica meets behaves most improperly, indeed! The Earl of Wetherby’s social blunders keep happening and her own reputation is at risk. Percy, the Earl of Wetherby, is embarrassed by his own behavior and mistakes. However, most of the mistakes are not his fault. Someone is out to get him. He does not understand why a mysterious woman is trying to force his hand in marriage. Lady ...

As much as Beatrice Hyde-Clare relished the challenge of figuring out who murdered a fellow guest during a house party in the Lake District, she certainly does not consider herself an amateur investigator. So when a London dandy falls dead at her feet in the entryway of a London Daily Gazette, she feels no compulsion to investigate. It was a newspaper office, after all, and reporters are already on the case as are the authorities.

After refusing to become his partner in life, she never imagined becoming his partner in the pursuit of justice. Miss Elizabeth Bennet expected the morning after rejecting Fitzwilliam Darcy's proposal to be awkward. She did not expect to discover a dead woman hidden inside Lady Catherine de Bourgh's hedge maze. Lady Catherine wants the matter settled quietly. Since the victim appears to have died without violence, the coroner is willing, but Elizabeth refuses to believe the contrived cause of death. Armed with little more than keen observation, relentless curiosity, and a determination to ...

Mysteries abound in this sweet collection of historical regency romances. Susanna's Secret Susanna is keeping a secret. Can she risk telling the truth? Prudence's Mystery A marquess and a lady must avoid rumors and scandal while solving a great mystery. Josephine's Truth Is there a chance of reconciliation between Lady Josephine and Lord Farrington? Lucinda's Freedom Miss Williams is in great danger. But, what can Lord Wiltshire do to help her when she is so determined to stay away from him? If you love sweet, Regency romances with strong heroines, suspense, and cozy mysteries, then you ...

Having long abandoned any hope of making a match, 26-year-old Beatrice Hyde Clare finds herself a little overwhelmed by her engagement to the Duke of Kesgrave. Cloying society matrons clamor for her attention while her aunt reels off an endless list of servants she will have to oversee. Even the most intrepid female would quake at the prospect of managing eight footmen! Fortunately, Bea knows the perfect distraction - an intriguing mystery - and pays a call on the Countess of Abercrombie, who had promised her that very thing only the evening before.

Twenty-six-year-old Beatrice Hyde-Clare is far too shy to investigate the suspicious death of a fellow guest in the Lake District. A spinster who lives on the sufferance of her relatives, she would certainly not presume to search the rooms of her host's son and his friend looking for evidence. Reared in the twin virtues of deference and docility, she would absolutely never think to question the imperious Duke of Kesgrave about anything, let alone how he chose to represent the incident to the local constable. And yet that's exactly what she does.

What if Elizabeth first met Darcy while traveling with the Gardiners, not as Bingley’s proud friend, but as Colonel Fitzwilliam’s reserved and aggravating cousin? Thus begins The Colonel's Cousin... Elizabeth is traveling with her aunt and uncle when they meet the cordial Colonel Fitzwilliam after an accident on the road. He is kindly and a gentleman, and pleasant company too. But when he is joined a day later by his dour cousin, Elizabeth is unimpressed—but little does she know, she has impressed Mr. Darcy. Will Darcy and Elizabeth find their HEA? Read on to find out in Hailey Jones'...

Setting: Regency Mayfair in the middle of a very talkative Season, where rain slicks the cobbles, tea tables become evidence, and Brook Street drawing rooms fight desperately to remain respectable. Hook: A dead stranger on a countess’s carpet would be inconvenient enough, but the note in his hand names Lady Helena Foxe as a threat, which is rude, alarming, and possibly accurate. Promise: A low-heat historical romantic mystery with a sharp happy-for-now spark, a clue-and-consequence investigation of letters, leverage, and lies, and a resolution that feels socially logical rather than ...

An inherited estate. A hostile steward. A corpse in the forest—and a past that refuses to stay buried. Newly married and eager to begin their life together, Zoe and Quinton Coleville arrive at Cedarbrook, Quinton’s ancestral estate. But the welcome is anything but warm. Two days later, a body is found near the crumbling shell of the old manor house hidden deep in the woods. A shadowy figure seen in the West Wood only fuels the local legend of a Coleville ghost watching the estate, protecting its secrets, unable to rest. With their friends on the way to visit—and quickly drawn into the...

What if Mr. Wickham never came to Meryton before the Netherfield Ball? With no charming lies to poison her opinion, Elizabeth Bennet begins to see Mr. Darcy differently—and Darcy finds himself with one less reason to stay silent. A rainstorm, a broken carriage, and one unforgettable dance draw them into a warm, low-angst romance full of longing, tenderness, and a sweeter path to happily ever after. Mr. Wickham’s Absence is a cozy Pride and Prejudice variation with a romantic mid-steam simmer and a satisfying Darcy and Elizabeth HEA.

In the second installment of the Q&Z Regency Mystery series, Quinton and Zoe must take on their most complex and chilling case yet. When the savage murder of a dressmaker bears a striking resemblance to a series of murders spanning two decades—including Quinton’s own mother—Zoe Demas and Quinton Huxley join forces again to unmask the killer. As the two of them draw closer to the truth, as well as each other, things take a dark turn when one of their friends is arrested for the present killing. Now they, alongside the diverse cast of characters they’ve come to rely on, must race ...