Historical Romance
Victorian Entertainments
Step into the entertaining world of the Duke of Trentham and friends with a new three-book closed-door Victorian romcom series.
Miss Delancey’s Tragicomedy
Book 1
The best laid plans of dukes and heiresses often go… haywire.
She’s a Gilded Age American heiress in London who is NOT there to snare an aristocrat. He’s a duke with a healthy fortune of his own, but a bankrupt reputation. A match between them serves no practical purpose—but when has love ever been practical?
Miss Ophelia Delancey, a beautiful but bumbling American heiress with a passion for music, has come to London to visit her sister, the new Countess of Lynchford. And ONLY to visit her. Ophelia has absolutely no plan to marry for a title herself. But a fortnight into her visit, Ophelia sneaks out to a musicale hosted by the Duke of Trentham, who may or may not be a notorious rake. To her horror, she appears to be the only guest. Unchaperoned at night in a bachelor duke’s home? No! The last thing she wants is to bring scandal upon her sister and new brother-in-law.
Robin Wormsley, the seventh Duke of Trentham, is working hard to overcome the mistakes of his past. Mistakes that led him to flee Britain and spend six years in Canada before his father’s death brought him home. Despite the passage of time, and his recent attempts to behave impeccably, there are still houses in which he is not received. He has one last-ditch plan to earn back the acceptance of his peers: he will court the plain, bluestocking daughter of an impoverished marquess. He’ll use his fortune to prop up the marquess’ estates. The lady’s respectability will redeem his own. The last thing Trentham wants is to bring a new scandal upon…himself.
But when Miss Delancey stumbles into Trentham’s life—out his window—and into his heart, it may be time to make some new plans.
Mr. Cameron’s Duet
Book 2 coming November 17, 2026
Oh, love is like the melody that’s sweetly played… off-key?
He is a master pianist whose music is unfailingly seductive. She is the tone-deaf assistant of a prima-donna opera singer. Falling in love shouldn’t be this ridiculously difficult.
Piano virtuoso Mr. Elias Cameron has just returned to England after a triumphant American tour. But success feels hollow. He’s lonely. He’s tired of strange women throwing themselves at him. He wants to meet someone who can look beyond his fame and see him. Still, he needs to work, and fortunately, London audiences are clamoring to hear their native son perform. But when his new talent agent gets him a 6-week engagement at a London theater, Eli is tricked into serving as the accompanist to the outrageously spoiled soprano, Adriana Tebaldi. For Eli and Adriana, it is hate at first sight. Nevertheless, to build upon their celebrity, their agent pressures them into faking a torrid affair. Eli would gladly walk away, if not for Adriana’s intriguing cousin, Miss Sofia Tebaldi.
As Adriana’s long-suffering assistant, Sofia is used to living in her cousin’s shadow. She doesn’t mind. In fact, she relies on it for the backstage access it affords her. Her secret talent, doodling outlandish cartoons mocking popular performers and selling the prints (under a man’s name) gives her the last laugh—as well as much-needed income—as long as no one finds out. But when she is coerced into lampooning the sham affair, cartooning is no longer funny. Especially since Sofia fears she may be falling for the handsome, amusing pianist.
Eli thinks that Sofia may be the woman he’s been searching for. The fact that his music doesn’t leave her swooning (but why not?) makes her unique. But maddeningly, wooing her is out of the question. If ever he catches that devil of a cartoonist who has convinced all of London he is sleeping with her cousin….
Lady Townes’ Second Act
Book 3 coming March 25, 2027
Should old acquaintance be forgot…?
She is a wealthy aristocratic widow determined to make the most of her newfound freedom. He is her new neighbor, a gentleman who used to tutor her sons. Engaging in a clandestine affair should be a simple matter—shouldn’t it?
Lady Felicity Townes is anxious to conclude the obligatory year of mourning for her philandering, abusive, and, thankfully, deceased husband. Knowing what it is to be trapped in a loveless marriage, she’s determined never to give up her freedom again. However, she is ready for a discreet affair. Will it be with a rakish viscount who pursued her decades ago and wants to renew the chase? Or with her new neighbor, a handsome, good-humored, bicycle enthusiast, who, fortunately or unfortunately, is no stranger. Once upon a time, he was her employee.
Mr. Archie Keeler is a gentleman by birth, but an impoverished one who had to make his own way in the world. Nearly twenty years earlier, while he worked as a tutor to Lady Townes’ sons, he developed a terribly inappropriate crush on her. Well-hidden, he hoped. Now, having inherited property, he lives practically next door. To his embarrassment, he’s as smitten as ever. A romantic, Archie has always wanted to wed, but has never had the means to support a wife. And still doesn’t. What he does have is too much pride to chase after a wealthy widow, and too much respect for propriety to consider an affair with a lady he…loves?
A lady who won’t marry but wants to experience a love affair; a gentleman who won’t engage in an affair but wants to marry—but can’t; and a rakish viscount who wants the lady for reasons of his own… The curtain opens on Lady Townes’ Second Act!