Category: Victorian Romance

Bad Luck Bride by Laura Lee Guhrke

Posted July 30, 2025 by Marsha in Forever (Grand Central Publishing), Historical Romance, NetGalley, Series, Sexual Content, Victorian Romance / 0 Comments

Third time’s a charm? For Lady Kay Matheson, it had better be. Her first engagement was a failed elopement; the second was ruined by gossip about the first. Resigned to be a disgraced spinster, no one is more surprised than Kay when an American millionaire offers for her hand. Just when she’s convinced she will finally make it down the aisle, the scoundrel who broke her heart arrives with his own fiancée.

Devlin Sharpe has finally become a success. He has wealth, connections, and a lovely bride-to-be—and he won’t let an old flame derail all his hard work. But it turns out time has not dampened his grudge toward Kay—or the desire sparking between them. And one searing kiss threatens to ruin their wedding plans and their futures, and make Kay the bad-luck bride all over again.

Titles in the Scandal at the Savoy series include: Bookship Cinderella ~ Lady Scandal ~ Bad Luck Bride ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke

Posted June 21, 2023 by Marsha in Forever (Grand Central Publishing), Historical Romance, NetGalley, Regency Romance, Series, Sexual Content, Victorian Romance / 0 Comments

Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the biggest adventure an unmarried woman with no prospects could hope for. Until Maximillian Shaw, Duke of Westbourne, saunters into her shop with a proposition: to win a bet with his friends, he’ll turn her into the diamond of the season. The duke might be devilishly attractive, but Evie has no intention of accepting his ludicrous offer. When disaster strikes her shop, however, she’s left with little choice but to let herself be whisked into his high-society world.

Always happy to help a lady in distress, Max thinks he’s saving Evie from her dull spinster’s life. He’ll help her find a husband and congratulate himself on a job well done. But as shy Evie becomes the shining star he always knew she could be, she somehow steals his heart. And when her reputation is threatened, can Max convince her to choose a glittering, aristocratic life with him over the cozy comfort of her bookshop?

Titles in the Scandal at the Savoy series include — Bookshop Cinderella —♥—

This is an adult 18+ story that may contain language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

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The Unexpected Heiress by Kaitlin O’Riley

Posted August 17, 2020 by Marsha in Historical Romance, Kensington Books, NetGalley, Series, Victorian Romance / 0 Comments

The latest American sensation to grace London’s ballrooms, Meredith Rose Remington has beauty, wit — and a shocking secret.

At her aunt’s insistence, Meredith is posing as an oil heiress, but she is utterly destitute. In truth, Meredith would rather spend her time writing than trying to snag a wealthy husband. Yet the stranger who flirts so outrageously with her in Hamilton’s Book Shoppe surpasses even the heroes of her vivid imagination.
 
Phillip Sinclair, the Earl of Waverly, has seen ambitious heiresses come and go. Only the enchanting Meredith could make him curb his reckless ways and settle down. But jealous rivals and meddling gossips are far from the only obstacles that must be overcome if love is to secure a happy ending.

Titles in the Hamilton Cousins include — The Heiress He’s Been Waiting For – The Irish Heiress – The Unexpected Heiress –

This series is a spin-off (or the children of the couples in) the Hamilton Sisters series which included — When His Kiss Is Wicked – Desire in His Eyes – It Happened One Christmas – To Tempt an Irish Rogue – His by Christmas

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The Rake is Taken by Tracy Sumner

Posted July 10, 2020 by Marsha in Paranormal Romance, Series, Victorian Romance / 0 Comments

A gorgeous psychic. An unwanted betrothal. A tantalizing compromise.

An independent hellion, a thief of time, and the only woman who can capture his heart…

Lady Victoria Hamilton has a supernatural gift, a fiancé, and a guardian angel. She just never expected her protector to be the most dazzling man in England, a devilish scoundrel they call the Blue Bastard. Victoria has agreed to marry for duty, not love, but her unforeseen desire for her mystical angel threatens to destroy not only her plans for the future but the armor surrounding her susceptible heart.

A confirmed scoundrel, a mind reader, and the only man she desires…

The illegitimate son of a viscount and reigning king of London’s gossip sheets, Finn Alexander has spent a lifetime hiding his ability to read minds behind charming smiles and wicked behavior. No one knows the real man, and he likes it that way. Until he meets the lone woman who sees the man beneath the disguise—a blue-blooded temptress with the power to bring him to his knees.

As they embark on a journey of passion and friendship, Victoria and Finn must decide if they’re willing to risk everything for the promise of true, magical love.

Titles in the League of Lords series include — The Lady is Trouble – The Rake is Taken – The Duke is Wicked –

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Never Conspire with a Sinful Baron by Renee Ann Miller

Posted May 30, 2020 by Marsha in Historical Romance, Series, Victorian Romance / 0 Comments

Last season, Lady Nina Trent fell for a scoundrel. This year, she intends to choose more wisely…

When a duke more interested in fox hunting and sports than womanizing comes to town, Nina thinks him the perfect catch. Sadly, he doesn’t seem to notice her. But Lord Elliot Haverford, Baron Ralston, a notorious flirt, has a proposition: he’ll not only pretend to vie for her hand, hoping to draw forth the duke’s competitive nature, he’ll also give Nina lessons in seduction.

An aristocrat in possession of two dilapidated properties must be in want of a fortune. Elliot’s proposition is a subterfuge, for he hopes to capture Nina’s hand—and her dowry—by slyly seducing her himself. Though he feels guilty over his deception, their interludes, filled with dancing, flirtation, and increasingly heated kisses, are impossible to regret… until he realizes he has unwittingly placed Nina in grave danger.

What’s a scoundrel in love to do, except finally risk his heart for real?

Titles in The Infamous Lords series include — Never Dare A Wicked Earl – Never Deceive A Viscount – Never Kiss A Notorious Marquess – Never Conspire With A Sinful Baron –

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