Regency Romances by Lana Williams
To Bargain with a Rogue
Book 3 of Wicked Widows’ Leage (written with other historical romance authors)
A widow strikes a bargain with a rogue and gets much more than she expected!
Alicia Radcliff, Countess of Hawthorne, spent a decade married to a man she didn’t like, let alone love. Now that she’s a wealthy widow and a suitable mourning period has passed, she’s determined to pursue happiness, beginning with finding a lover on her terms.
Matthew Ashton, Earl of Slayton, is in desperate need of a miracle. His recent inheritance consisted of a title, holdings that require repairs, and piles of debt. If it weren’t for the need to help his sister make her debut, he’d turn his back on it all. Instead, he’s searching for an heiress to marry. Quickly.
Alicia is struck by Matthew’s gentle care of his sister as well as his handsome ruggedness, so different than other lords. A dance with the earl confirms he is the one for her.
Intrigued by the lovely widow and her fortune, Matthew proposes only to be shocked when Alicia counters with an offer of her own. A night of passion convinces him that she’s meant to be his. Can he persuade her to change their bargain to one of love?
This Wicked Widows novella is also tied to The Rogue Chronicles by Lana Williams.
Be sure to check out the other stories in the Wicked Widows series!
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The Rogue Chronicles
Set in the Regency era, this series shares stories of rogues who find their lives forever changed when they meet a woman they can’t forget.
A Rogue’s Redemption, a Short Story
Book 10 of The Rogue Chronicles
A sweet, enemies to lovers short story.
Solicitor Kenneth Banfield arrives at his office bleary-eyed after a late night to find the lady he’s been searching for the past three months waiting for him. He’d nearly given up hope of finding her so he could apologize for the grievous error he made that ended her betrothal. But she isn’t there to renew their acquaintance, only to aid a friend. Even worse, she doesn’t want to hear what he has to say.
Ester is dismayed to discover Kenneth is the solicitor her friend hired to aid her defense case. She doesn’t care to hear Kenneth’s apology. Not when his actions upended her life. With her reputation sullied, she has set aside her dream of marrying and having a family and now works as a paid companion, determined to be a success in her new life.
Kenneth is struck anew by Ester’s beauty and kind heart. Her loyalty to her friend is a testament to her honor. He manages to apologize but soon realizes he needs to do more to redeem himself. Will the lady give him a chance not only at forgiveness but to win her heart?
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A Rogue’s Christmas Kiss
Book 9 of The Rogue Chronicles
Will a Christmas kiss give them a second chance for love?
Mary Adams works as a seamstress, doing her best to forget the terror of her experience upon arriving in London a year and a half ago. A letter from home, advising of her mother’s illness and requesting she return home for Christmas, fills her with angst as she lacks the funds for the trip. But the arrival of an old flame from her village whose suit she rejected years ago upends her world.
Arthur Reeves is stunned to see Mary Alice behind the counter at the dressmaker’s shop–the woman who broke his young heart. Now he’s known as the rogue solicitor with a successful career specializing in assisting clients with difficult tasks. He thought he put the past behind him–buried it with roguish behavior–and has no desire to rekindle their relationship, risking heartache again.
When Mary finds the courage to ask if Arthur will help her make the long journey home, he reluctantly agrees. They soon realize they’ve both changed but not their feelings for one another. Mary can’t bring herself to tell Arthur what happened to her, certain he’ll turn away. But a snowstorm and some heated kisses might just be what they both need to heal old wounds.
Will a rogue’s Christmas kiss give them a second chance for love or will the past emerge to keep them apart?
Note – Previously published in the Christmas Kisses Regency Holiday Romance Anthology
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A Rogue’s Autumn Bride
Book 8 of The Rogue Chronicles
Can these two wounded souls find happiness together?
Sarah Ramsey set aside her hopes and dreams after her disastrous arrival in London nearly two years ago that left her ruined in Society’s eyes–and her mother’s. She’s grateful for her position as a companion with a kind employer, though her new life falls short of her expectations. Her dull existence is upended when she’s asked to plan a charity ball and meets the handsome man assigned to aid her.
Captain Harry Clarke enjoys his work with a charity for wounded soldiers, especially since he lost a leg in the war, which makes him a greater burden to his family. Though he feels unqualified to plan a ball, spending time with lovely Sarah is certainly no hardship. After a passionate kiss, he’s eager to spend more time with her as she makes him feel whole.
Given her ruined reputation, Sarah knows nothing can come from her attraction to Harry, even if it reawakens her dreams. Yet how can she resist the heroic captain? His compassion for others stirs her even as she tells herself that he deserves someone with more to offer than her with her tattered reputation.
Harry quickly falls for Sarah’s quiet beauty and gentle soul, and he longs to claim her for his own. But when disaster strikes, can they cast aside their doubts to work together and claim a chance for happiness?
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A Rogue Meets His Match
Book 7 of The Rogue Chronicles
Sometimes the person right in front of you is who you’ve been looking for all along…
Despite longing for a love of her own, Margaret Gold has no intention of marrying as she’s needed at home to help care for her ailing father. However, she can’t resist offering her opinion to her best friend’s brother when he wades into the Marriage Mart. But there is more to the handsome if irksome rogue than she realized. Much more. She soon finds herself hoping for his kiss and wishing her future’s course wasn’t already set.
Edward Adley, the new Earl of Wynn, is determined to put his roguish ways behind upon his father’s death. The debt he inherited in addition to the title require him to marry an heiress, and the sooner the better. But he intends to choose with care to avoid an unhappy marriage like that of his parents. He certainly doesn’t need advice from his little sister’s best friend on potential brides. Yet Margaret’s intelligence and wit, not to mention the passion she stirs in him, have him reconsidering what he wants.
Margaret tries to set aside her blossoming attraction for Edward and suggests the perfect debutante for his consideration. Yet her heart aches for more. Edward knows marrying Margaret won’t solve his financial woes, but it would allow him to follow his heart. If only he can convince her to consider him. Will one misstep steal their chance for a happy future?
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To Dare A Rogue
Book 6 of The Rogue Chronicles
Lady Charlotte Wynn is determined to gather a few memorable adventures before her father selects her future husband. Given Lord Wynn’s grumpy demeanor and lack of regard for her feelings, she is certain she’ll dislike the man. Yet she must accept his choice in order to help keep peace between her parents. Her carefully laid plans are threatened by the return of her brother’s best friend. The handsome, somber man is nothing like she remembers, but his rugged appeal proves irresistible.
James Crosby, Viscount Redmond, has yet to find peace since his return to England six months earlier. He tries to bury his painful memories of the battlefield with drinking, gambling, and women, but those do little to fill the holes in his soul. His carousing is interrupted one evening when he finds his best friend’s little sister somewhere she shouldn’t be, making him realize the young girl he once knew is all grown up.
When James orders Charlotte to end her adventures, she boldly dares him to escort her on the next one. After all, if he’s so determined to protect her reputation, it’s the least he could do. Now, if only she could find a way to chase the shadows from his eyes while continuing to smooth her parents’ tumultuous marriage.
Charlotte’s beauty is more than James bargained for. Toss in her quest to enjoy life, and it’s all he can do to remember to protect rather than ravish. One magical kiss and his world is upended. She fills him with the hope that he isn’t as broken as he thought. But her father has already picked her husband, and nothing will change his mind. Can the pair find their happily ever after or will fate deny them the chance?
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A Rogue and Some Mistletoe, A Christmas Novella
Book 5 of The Rogue Chronicles
Lucy Gray lost everything just after her sixteenth birthday—her parents, her home, and her future. Since that terrible time, she’s lived with her great aunt in the quiet countryside. But an invitation from her cousin, Emma Waverly, to join their Christmas house party, along with a request to help Emma choose between several suitors, proves irresistible, even if it brings forth bittersweet memories of Christmas past.
Hugh Raybourne is pleased to be invited to a holiday house party at the fabulously wealthy Waverly’s country estate. The time has come to set aside his roguish ways and marry. Emma’s fortune would more than provide the money he needs to make his dream of breeding horses a reality. But meeting her cousin Lucy, with her quiet beauty and true heart, cause him to rethink his future and the man he wants to be.
Lucy soon realizes she’s falling for Hugh, but she has no fortune to offer him, and she’s too frightened of losing everything again to reach for a chance at happiness. With the help of some mistletoe, can Hugh convince the lady to take a chance on him?
Note – Previously published in the Mistletoe and Mayhem Regency Holiday Romance Anthology
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A Rogue to the Rescue
Book 4 of The Rogue Chronicles
Suddenly alone in the world without a penny to her name, Beatrice Linfield, a vicar’s daughter, arrives in London in search of a new life and a position. But her circumstances go from bad to worse when she’s drugged and tossed in a brothel. She might not know where she belongs, but a brothel isn’t it. Despite her fear, she manages to escape in the night, hoping for a miracle.
Daniel Walker wonders if he’s come upon a ghost when he sees a form dressed in white drifting toward him on a dark street. To assist a desperate lady in need of rescue seems an answer to his deepest secret–to prove himself worthy of doing something meaningful.
Beatrice quickly realizes the handsome rogue who rescued her could easily steal her heart. But there’s no denying the fact that she’s now ruined in Society’s eyes. He is not for the likes of her. Yet a heated kiss makes her wonder if love is possible after all.
Daniel sees the beauty in Beatrice, inside and out, and vows to do all in his power to help her find a new life. As he works with her to halt the terrible scheme that trapped her and other women in its web, he begins to hope her new life could be with him. Can he bring the villain to justice or will doing so risk everything he now holds dear?
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A Rogue No More
Book 3 of The Rogue Chronicles
Thomas Raybourne is tasked by his eldest brother to set aside his roguish ways and make a profitable endeavor out of the publishing company their father, the Earl of Carlington, started prior to his death. Bleary-eyed and reluctant, he takes on the assignment, surprised to realize the company’s bestseller is a gritty mystery written by A. Golden. Now he need only convince the author to write a second bestseller so he can turn around the company and help replenish his family’s finances. But discovering the talented author’s true identity upends his world.
Annabelle Gold has carefully guarded the fact that she writes under the name of A. Golden, but when her editor doesn’t return her inquiries about publishing a second book, she is forced to visit Artemis Press. She’s stunned to discover Thomas behind the desk—the very man who tempted her to steal a kiss on a dark terrace months ago. Despite that unsettling moment, she intends to focus on her career, not marriage.
The pair strike a deal to publish Annabelle’s second book, but soon discover a murderer is copying scenes from her first book. Now, they must identify the killer before he strikes again. Thomas knows he’s out of his league, both with Annabelle and the investigation, but he finds an unexpected ally in her and can’t resist exploring the passion he finds in her arms. Her belief in him makes him think he might be more than the worthless bounder his father always called him. Annabelle wonders if Thomas is more than a rogue as his courage and cleverness—not to mention his kisses—make her reconsider her plans for the future.
Not only are their hearts in danger, but their very lives. Can they stop the killer before he strikes again with one of them as the next victim?
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A Rogue’s Reputation
Book 2 of The Rogue Chronicles
Blame it on the mistletoe…
As the new Earl of Granger, Benjamin Wright is determined to put an end to his family’s reputation of roguish behavior, beginning with his own. When he arrives in London to claim his inheritance, he quickly realizes his plan will not be as simple as he expected.
Lady Louisa Felton is appalled to learn her mother wrote love letters to the recently deceased earl. Fearing another scandal will cast her mother from Society, leaving her crushed along with Louisa’s hopes for a future, Louisa attempts to retrieve the letters before the new heir finds them.
Discovering a lady dressed in lad’s clothing attempting to steal from him is a surprise to Benjamin, but not as much as his attraction to the reckless lady. Though he vows to keep his distance, the lovely Louisa refuses to stay out of his life. One kiss is all it takes to know she has the power to make him forget his plan to reform.
Benjamin is the exact type of man Louisa’s mother would fall for, making him the sort Louisa intends to avoid. If only she can convince her willful heart of that.
Fate refuses to cooperate with their plans, and what happens at Christmas will change this rogue’s reputation forever.
Romancing the Rogue
Book 1 of The Rogue Chronicles
One enchanted evening.
One irrevocable moment.
Two lives forever changed.
Caroline Gold is desperate to save her family from financial ruin with a proposal from a wealthy duke. But one misstep has her betrothed to the wrong man–Richard Walker, the Earl of Aberland, a handsome but cynical rogue with barely a farthing to his name.
Richard spies for the Crown under the guise of a rogue but is intent on revenge. Offering for the beautiful Caroline creates an unwelcome distraction. Yet the desire he finds with her makes him wonder if a life–and love–after he claims justice is possible.
Caroline quickly sees there is more to Richard than she expected, and his kindness toward her ailing father melts her heart. But marrying him won’t save her family despite the surprising passion she discovers in his arms.
A French spy posing as an English lord is on the loose. Can Richard unveil the man’s identity and stop him before he destroys all Richard holds dear, including Caroline?
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The Marriage Maker Series
Set in the Regency era, the Marriage Maker Series by series by Scarsdale Publishing features stories involving the famous matchmaker of Edinburgh. Each story can be read alone.
A Match Made in the Highlands
Captain Logan Graham hoped to find peace and solitude at Blackstone Abbey, but painful memories from the battlefield, along with his lingering injuries, refuse to let him rest. He’s not fit for polite company let alone a wife, especially not one as beautiful as the lady who arrives at his door at the behest of the Marriage Maker.
Fiona Ainsley is out of options. Desperate to find a way to keep herself and her brother out of a workhouse, she spends their last few coins to venture to the ruins of a remote abbey to meet her potential husband. But the grim man who greets her isn’t what she expected. Nor does he want her there. Yet the pain in Logan’s eyes draws her closer and makes her wonder if this Highlander could be her perfect match.
One kiss and Logan realizes there might be hope for a future after all, but only if he reveals a terrible secret that will surely send Fiona fleeing. Does he dare risk losing her for a chance at love?
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