As you may have guessed from my books, I've been an avid romantic-suspense reader for decades, starting with Mary Stewart and Georgette Heyer. A lifelong Jane Austen fan as well, I'm fascinated by the often serene, often rowdy world of two hundred years ago.

 

Traveling in the footsteps of my mother's ancestors, I've fallen in love with many wonderful spots in England, from Brighton to London to Haworth. (Still looking forward to Bath!)

 

As I learned more about the Regency era I was surprised to discover how widespread British influence (and conflicts) reached around the world. I became fascinated with this ambitious sea power's forays into the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and beyond. My spicy Regency Rakes & Rebels series grew out of the real history of that adventure-filled period, in which ladies and gentlemen were liable to find their assumptions about right versus wrong —  and their very identity — tested by the rough demands of brigands and pirates.

 

It's been my very good fortune to collaborate with the gifted actress Stevie Zimmerman as the audiobooks narrator of this series. Click on the link under each book to take a listen!

 

Lady Annabelle's Abduction: Regency Rakes & Rebels, Book I

In one week, Lady Annabelle Chatfield will marry the Earl of Brackenbury to save her desperate family. But oh, if her brother Stephen had to die in debt, couldn't he have picked a younger, handsomer creditor? Annabelle soon regrets her selfish wish, when a ruthless stranger climbs into her chamber at midnight and carries her off. Thus begins a nightmare which will blossom into romance and adventure, turning Annabelle from a girl into a woman and changing her life forever.

E-book $2.99 on Amazon (FREE with Kindle Unlimited)
Audiobook $6.95 on Amazon, Apple Books/iTunes, Audible (FREE with membership)

 

Lady Barbara & the Buccaneer: 

Regency Rakes & Rebels, Book II

Before she leaves Louisiana for London, Lady Barbara Poole slips out with her cousin Frank to celebrate Mardi Gras with "gentleman pirate" Jean Laffite and his band. But Frank sneaks off to gamble, and Barbara finds herself alone with a masked buccaneer.

 

Who is this charming stranger? Through a wild night of revelry he lights up her heart. When she wakes on a pirate ship wearing a wedding ring, Barbara echoes Frank's question: Was it all a dream?

E-book $2.99 on Amazon (FREE with Kindle Unlimited)

Audiobook $5.99 on Amazon, Apple Books/iTunes, Audible (FREE with Kindle Unlimited)

Lady Caroline, the Corsair's Captive:
Regency Rakes & Rebels, Book III

 

Lady Caroline Grantby's wedding in Tunis to Jerome Sarratt was the happiest day of her life. But when they set sail for London, Jerome orders separate staterooms. Why?

 

As Caroline struggles to make sense of this unexpected surprise, their ship is attacked by the dreaded Barbary corsairs. The legendary captain Barbarossa informs the Sarratts he intends to sell them for a lucrative profit at Algiers. Jerome will be tortured by his political enemies. Caroline will be welcomed into the harem of a pasha with a taste for English virgins.

 

The newlyweds have only one card to play: Lady Caroline's chastity. Can she seduce Barbarossa into saving their lives by persuading him to accept a ransom? But if her dangerous game succeeds, how can she save her marriage?

 

Many alarming twists and turns lie ahead for the captives--and also for their captor--before this battle on the high seas reaches its shocking climax and heart-wrenching finish.

E-book $1.99 on Amazon 
Audiobook $13.99 on Apple Books/iTunes, $.99 on Amazon for Audible members