Regency Romance

Viscount in Hiding

Shortlisted for the Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award, 2024

 

Amelia is on her best behaviour to persuade her father she is worthy of a London season. Yet, when she finds the mysterious Josh Winter rifling through Viscount Frantham's papers, not only does she help him evade capture, she joins him in his investigations.

After several years in India, Josh returns home to find an impostor has taken his place. Convinced there's more to it than a stolen identity, he adopts a false name and sets about discovering what is happening.

The pair quickly fall for each other. But as they get nearer to the truth, they realise the stakes are far higher than they ever imagined. If they fail, it won't just cost them their hearts. It could cost them their lives.

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A Betrothal Agreement

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Sophie Wilson needs to marry well but she is a wallflower. Her brother persuades Kit Thomas to court her, in hopes it will attract other suitors. It soon becomes clear to Kit that there are people who do not wish Sophie's Season to be a success, and they will stop at nothing to get their way.

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The Smuggler's Daughter

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Adam Robinson is tasked with finding the traitor leading a smuggling gang in Rotherton, Sussex. Evidence implicates Walter Ashton, whose daughter, Catherine, Adam once courted. As he searches for proof, he finds himself falling for Catherine all over again.

Two years ago, Catherine was persuaded to give up Adam, the man she loved. Now he is back in her life and she is falling for him again. But he has changed, and she is no longer certain she can trust him. 

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The Earl Pretender

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Robert Carrow thought himself heir to an earldom until discovering he had an older brother. Born with developmental disabilities, Benedict disappeared at birth. Robert means to find him. Meeting Jane Winter and her brother, Ben, Robert suspects his search is over, but he’s injured by a runaway coach, the latest in a series of accidents. Jane nurses him and their feelings for each other grow.

To protect her daughter, unmarried mother Jane poses as a widow. Despite her attraction to Robert, she fears his enquiries may tear her family apart. Worse, whoever is behind his “accidents” may hurt Ben, too, thinking he’s the lost Carrow heir. Can they stay safe long enough to uncover whose brother is Ben? Hers? Or his?

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Seek her like gold

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On the trail of gold for the Government, Freddy Finch surreptitiously searches the area around Rotherton in Sussex. He is distracted by the attractive widow, Eliza Rawlins, who seems to be searching for something herself. Could she be after the gold, too?

Spinster Eliza's four year old niece has been stolen. Eliza must find her before she is taken abroad and lost forever. She poses as a widow to enable her to search without too many questions. She cannot allow her growing feelings for Freddy to get in her way.

With time running out, Freddy and Eliza must join forces to find their lost treasures, and ensure the forces of evil do not prevail. 

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Acting the Nabob

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Actor Ben Summersby must impersonate his wealthy cousin, Josh, in an attempt to flush out a gang of fraudsters in Shropshire. He sees this as a chance to redeem himself for past sins, and is keen to succeed.

Opera dancer Alice Buck needs to get out of London quickly. Her feckless brother has sold her to a vicious crime lord in payment of gambling debts. When she learns of Ben’s mission, she forces him to take her with him, as Josh’s wife.

As they travel across England, they get to know one another, and attraction grows between them despite misunderstandings. When Alice is abducted by the villain’s henchmen, how can Ben save her brother from murderers and still find her in time?

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The Battle of St Bartholomew's

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When the people of Rotherton are terrorised by a smuggling gang, impoverished baron, Tristan Leonard, organises them into a militia and trains them to fight back. 

After Diana Villiers' wealthy father refuses to allow a London crime boss to marry her and become his heir, he is murdered. Diana escapes and flees to Rotherton, hiding under an assumed name until the killers are caught. There, she meets Tristan, and they become close.

The killers track Diana to the village. They join forces with the smuggling gang, who plan to destroy the village as a warning to others. As the frightened villagers gather in St Bartholomew's Church, can Tristan and his militia defend them, defeat the gang, and keep Diana safe from the men who are hunting her? Or will they both lose everything to the forces ranged against them?

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