featuring well-spoken and intriguing heroes and Darcy, Clare Ashford, Jane heroines. They are often warmly affectionate and A Regency Trio What the Duke Doesn’t Know and others although the plot may throw difficulties in their

way, they demonstrate that love will conquer all Dare, Tessa Balogh, Mary misunderstandings. Dare’s passionate historical romances often set in Balogh is best known for her Regency romances Too Hot to Handle and others Regency . Featuring independent-minded that, while heartwarming and upbeat, explore the single women with strong wills, either of low birth dark side of the Regency era and portray flawed Bradley, Celeste or from the aristocracy, who initially refuse to be characters that maintain their dignity and discover Typically set in the Regency era, Celeste Bradley's swayed by love, her fast-paced novels are often redemption through love. These insightful stories historical romances feature quirky heroines finding sexy and steamy. reflect complex desires and emotions, as well as Do You Want to Start a Scandal and others social mores and issues. adventure and true love.

Bedwyn Saga series Fallen and others Enoch, Suzanne Simply Quartet series Enoch's evocative language is a prominent feature Huxtable Quintet series Brockway, Connie of her storytelling, and particularly welcome These compelling novels offer some dark and where her protagonists visit less well-visited Beverley, Jo dangerous heroes. historical locales. Vivid characters, complicated relationships, and No Place for a Dame and others Taming an Impossible Rogue and others sizzling sexual tension are hallmarks of Beverley's page-turning stories. Camp, Candace Heyer, Georgette Merely a Marriage Camp brings to life a range of characters from One of best known of all the Regency writers and Company of Rogues series Victorian nobles to Regency royalty through richly the standard-setter for the genre. Her historicals Malloran Chronicle series detailed descriptions of village and castle life. are remarkable both for the extent of her research The Marrying Season and others and the consistency with which she portrayed her Bowen, Kelly settings, bringing them to life with carefully Canadian author Kelly Bowen is known for her Carlyle, Liz chosen details. The wit and style of her characters steamy Regency romances set in Great Britain No one is ever quite what they seem in a Carlyle and lightness and humor of her plots combine with featuring beautiful, strong-willed women and novel. Her novels are both suspenseful and the vividly-portrayed settings and a touch of seemingly disreputable noblemen and sensual. suspense. businessmen. Never Romance a Rake and others Lady of Quality and others. Between the Devil and the Duke and others

Chase, Loretta James, Eloisa Boyle, Elizabeth Lord Perfect and others The romantic relationship that develops between Danger, deception, and desire are the primary James's smart, strong-willed heroines and her sexy ingredients in Boyle's sexy, fast-moving historical Chesney, Marion heroes always forms the heart of her stories, but romances. Set during the Regency era, her books Marion Chesney fashioned dozens of Regency these historical romances also explore the other deftly use the politics and history of the time Romances before writing mysteries as M.C. relationships in a woman's life, such as those period. Beaton. In her fast-paced and humorous stories, between sisters and friends. Six Impossible Things and others Chesney often writes about characters from the Born to Be Wilde and others middle and lower classes.

Burrowes, Grace My Dear Duchess and others and others

Best known for her Regency romances, Grace

Burrowes writes sensually evocative stories

Jeffries, Sabrina Putney, Mary Jo Jeffries calls herself the “Queen of the Sexy Putney writes in many different genres and time Regency Romance.” periods, but originally made a name for herself in Regency The Pleasures of Passion and others the areas of Regency romance and . Laurens, Stephanie Once a Scoundrel and others Laurens writes steamy Regency Romances Romances featuring strong family connections and Quick, Amanda compelling characters. Stories are told from male Amanda Quick writes engaging historical romantic characters' perspectives, unusual for this genre. suspense novels typically set in Motivated in all they do by love, these heroes are . Quick excels at creating realistic settings intense, protective, and family-focused. Heroines of Regency England and well-plotted, fast-paced are determined and self-aware of their own power tales that blend both suspense and romance. to act, and of their power to influence others. Wicked Widow and others The Cynster series and others. Quinn, Julia Lindsey, Johanna Julia Quinn writes humorous, character-driven Perhaps best known for her Malory-Anderson Regency romances. While Quinn's romances are family saga set in Regency England, Lindsey has set firmly within the Regency time period, the written dozens of romances, mostly historical. relationship between the hero and heroine is Malory-Anderson series and others definitely more than the "kisses only" of a

traditional Regency romance. MacLean, Sarah When He Was Wicked and others Regency romances are set in England between 1811 Sarah MacLean writes Regency romances for adult and 1820, when George III was the King and his son, and young adult audiences. MacLean's relatable Veryan, Patricia George IV, ruled as Prince because his father and appealing protagonists fall in love as they try Veryan writes intriguing, action-filled Regency had become insane. These stories are bright, light- to shape their lives to suit themselves, rather than romances. hearted comedies of manners that focus on the English follow society's expectations blindly. The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake and others aristocracy whose world is filled with country manors, The Rogue Not Taken and others London town homes, balls, and dazzling costumes. The novels are often lively, sometimes mysterious, and full Metzger, Barbara of humorous situations and people: fops, blades, Metzger’s highly popular Regencies are light, dandies, belles, and -stockings. Traditionally, Regencies were light-hearted romantic reads – elegant witty, and liberally laced with humor. and not explicit – evoking the world of . The Bargain Bride and others However, in recent years, a new generation of writers has been pushing the edges of the genre writing “racy” Michaels, Kasey Regencies with more sensual and societal elements. High adventure, intrepid heroines, and dashing heroes are the hallmarks of this author. How to Tame a Lady and others Ridgefield Library January 2019

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