Nine best-selling, award winning authors bring you a limited time collection of full length, sexy stories of Regency Romance. Lose yourself in nine historical tales of passion, laughter, desire and intrigue, right along with a breathtaking group of scoundrels, rogues and libertine lords—and the spirited ladies who tame them. This box set includes: Ava Stone's A Scandalous Past, Rose Gordon's His Jilted Bride, Jerrica Knight-Catania's More than a Governess, Catherine Gayle's Twice a Rake, Deb Marlowe's The Love List, Julie Johnstone's Bargaining with a Rake, Claudia Dain's Much Ado About Dutton, Jane Charles's A Reluctant Rake, and Christi Caldwell's My Lady of Deception! |
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Featuring four of the TQ ladies, we bring you this delightful collection of Regency Christmas novellas...
After attending the funeral of an old school friend, six Regency gentlemen make a pact never to marry, convinced it will save them from meeting the same fate... COLLECTION 1: In Ava Stone's A BIT OF MISTLETOE, Everett Casemore, the very serious Marquess of Berkswell, returns home for Christmas, slightly shaken by the death of an old friend. Determined not to suffer the same sort of fate at the hands of a woman, Berks resolves himself to eternal bachelorhood. Unfortunately, both his resolve and his peace of mind are threatened by the arrival of a beautiful, thoughtful, but mostly unsuitable lady. * Miss Theresa Birkin knows better than most that an error in judgment can lead one down an unfortunate path. If only she'd been wiser when she was younger. If only she hadn't followed her foolish heart. If only she'd met Lord Berkswell long before now. In Jane Charles's LADY DISGUISED, Mr. Sebastian Stanwick never intended to marry. It was bad enough that his father gambled away everything they owned and then drank himself to death, leaving his mother broken until she could not go on. But the death of his good friend at the hand of the man’s wife only solidifies Stanwick’s decision to remain a bachelor. Women were simply unpredictable and unstable if not taken care of properly. * Hélène Mirabelle wants few things in life. One, is to perform on the stage, and the other, is to be out from under the roof of her overbearing new family: Lord Bentley and the Trent brothers. Since her mother’s recent passing, Hélène's desire to return to Milan and the stage has only grown. A husband could never fit into the plans because no decent man would take an actress as a wife. * One fateful night leaves Hélène questioning if being an actress is the only thing she wants, while Stanwick begins to wonder whether all women are truly prone to madness and if they are, he may never get Hélène off of his mind. In Catherine Gayle’s Thick as Thieves, David Hounslow, the Marquess of Preston, will not stand aside while those he loves are hurt. When it becomes clear his brother-in-law’s guest is up to no good, Preston determines to scrutinize every move of the would-be thief. Not that he minds such a task—Lady Frederica is as beautiful and intelligent as she is enigmatic. Considering her close relation to a wastrel brother and her current proclivity for the less-than-savory, Preston never expected to be won over to the lady’s charms. Yet she just might steal his heart. * Desperation has become Lady Frederica Bexley-Smythe’s constant companion due to her brother’s recent affinity for gambling and carousing. With the fate of both her mother and sister resting upon her shoulders, perhaps the time has arrived for Freddie to bend the rules. How else can she secure their future? Unfortunately, Lord Preston’s scrutiny is complicating her task. Far more perplexing than his perusal is his caring nature, which is distracting her from the treasures she intends to steal. But desperate times call for desperate measures… COLLECTION 2: In Jerrica Knight-Catania's ALL HE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS, Rowan Findley can't imagine a fate worse than what his friend suffered at the hands of his mad wife, so he's made the decision to remain a bachelor for all eternity. That is, until Olivia walks into his cousin's drawing room for a Christmas party. Her fiery red hair and sweet demeanor remind him of a night so many years ago that he would never forget. * Olivia Edwards can't quite believe her eyes when Rowan Findley waltzes back into her life, as handsome and charming as ever. It's been almost seven years since she's seen him, and the secret she's been harboring all that time has her on edge whenever he's about. Yet she can't deny that she's still drawn to him, nor can she deny the desire she's kept hidden in her heart these many years. In Aileen Fish’s CHASING LORD MYSTERY, Lord Northcotte is not in the holiday spirit when he joins his sister’s family shortly after the brutal death of a friend. Discovering a matchmaking scheme is afoot, he tells them he will never marry Lady Miriam or any other woman. Now if only his heart would listen. * Lady Miriam’s mother accused her of chasing Lord Mystery after a noble act by a handsome stranger six years ago became the measure of all other men. Now he’s staying at the home where she’d hoped to escape a summons from her grandfather, the Duke of Danby. Terrified Northcotte will recognize her and reveal the contents of the scandalous letter she wrote him years ago, she can’t decide which is the bigger threat: the duke armed with a special license, or Lord Mystery, who carries a secret she’d never live down. In Julie Johnstone’s ’TIS THE SEASON FOR SURRENDER, Lillian Lancaster would rather catch the plague than a husband. Unfortunately, her abusive, recently deceased father’s will stipulates her inheritance hinges upon her marrying a lord. With time running out, Lillian proposes to the guilt-ridden, marriage-adverse Lord Edgeworth after securing his agreement to a marriage in name only. * Edgeworth feels responsible for his former betrothed’s death and believes he doesn’t deserve love, which makes Lillian’s proposal oddly perfect. Commanded by his grandfather to marry by Christmas or become penniless, the obviously perfect choice is a woman who wants nothing to do with him. * When Lillian displays a brave and true heart and Edgeworth reveals his honorable, protective side maintaining a marriage of convenience becomes harder than these two wounded souls imagined. Now, Lillian and Edgeworth must decide if they are courageous enough to risk their hearts and surrender to love. Available now at the following retailers: Amazon Barnes & Noble iTunes: Collection 1 ; Collection 2 * WARNING ~ AVA STONE RANT TO FOLLOW * I might look a little mischievous, but I hardly look like a freakinâ terrorist. And â yet â there must be something about me that screams âSEARCH ME, FRISK ME, TEST MY HANDS FOR EXPLOSIVES!â because that is what I got on every leg of my last trip. You all know that I have a problem with authority figures. I donât like anyone telling me what to do. That goes for both cops and TSA agents, just to name a couple of groups. (Though Iâm sure Andrisâ police officer husband is perfectly nice in real life.) I have a pretty high IQ and Iâm a law abiding citizen. If you just leave me alone, weâll all be happy. Donât tell me what to do. Donât get me all riled up, because itâs just going to be unpleasant for all of us. Seriously. You might remember a while back, my teenage son and my scientist and I were all headed out westto see my family. For the most part, the trip was fine (if you consider being uninvited to your brotherâs wedding fine⦠which I do â as I saw that particular wedding as more of a funeral than a wedding, but thatâs another story for another day.) We started our journey leaving the Raleigh-Durham airport. My son in a âQuestion Authorityâ T-shirt (yes, heâs my son), the scientist with his thick German accent, and me in a happy, sparkly shirt. NOTE TO SELF â Do NOT wear happy, sparkly shirts through the security line. TSA agents donât like happy, sparkly shirts and theyâll get out their âwandsâ and wave it over the sparkles and then haul your tush a few feet away so they can swab your hands for bomb making materials. Iâm not even kidding. I couldnât leave until the machine the swabs went into said I was "safe". But THEN we were on our way to Chicago⦠where we misconnected and had to spend the night. I was fine with that, actually. It was a bonus night in a fabulous city we hadnât planned on visiting. We took the train into town and had pizza with an amazing view of the Hancock Building out our window. Lemonade from lemons. That was my motto thus far. Lemonade from lemons.
At least this time I hadnât worn a sparkly shirt, âcause heaven knows how TSA agents feel about THAT. No, this morning I had on a comfy maxi-dress that went down to my toes. But guess what? Yeah, thatâs right⦠TSA agents donât like maxi-dresses either. The grumpy old guy (who could have been Methuselahâs great uncle) says âWe gotta check this one out.â (Meaning ME). Iâm sorry⦠What? âYou could be hiding anything in that dress.â Are you freakinâ kiddinâ me? I said, âIâll happily take it off and go through naked if that would speed up the process.â Because â remember â weâre gonna miss our flight! (And I know that guy in Portland who stripped down to his birthday suit won in court against the SSâ¦erâ¦I mean the TSA. So I know the law is on my side in this). âThereâs no need for that attitude maâam.â Oh I beg to differ. There is EVERY need for my attitude, you sparkly-shirt-long-dress-hatinâ-power-hungry-blankety-blank (In my head there werenât blanks, but this is PG rated blog). âIâm going to miss my flight. I really will go through naked.âAnd I would have if this female TSA agent hadnât showed up when she did. She needed to pat me down. And she needed to explain everything she needed to do in excruciatingly slow detail. âOk. Iâm gonna run my hands over your bra.â Fine. Just do it. âOk. Now Iâm going to pat down your sides.â Yeah, yeah, just hurry the heck up! âOk. Iâm going run my hands along the inside of your thighs.â Just freakinâ molest me all ready, but hurry the heck up! Iâm going to miss my freakinâ flight!!!! Youâd think after I went through the pat down Iâd be done, but NOOOOO⦠I had to have my hands swabbed for bomb making materials. Again. I wish I was kidding. Apparently people who make bombs wear sparkly shirts and maxi-dresses. Who knew, right? We ran to our gate, just as they were getting ready to shut the door. We barely made it. And there was absolutely NO reason for all of the stress. No reason except for sparkly-shirt-long-dress-hating-power-hungry-blankety-blanks! To reduce our stress on our return trip, we got to the airport 3 hours before our flight. I didnât have on a sparkly shirt or a long dress this time. Just jeans and a T-shirt, but once again â the TSA agents felt that I looked like the sort who makes explosives in my basement. Not my scowling teen. Not my very German scientist. Not anyone in line around us. Nope. Just me. So once again â my hands got swabbed and I had to wait until the all-knowing machine said I was âsafeâ to continue on to my gate. But at least we didn't have to run to the gate this time. Now donât get me wrong⦠I want our skies to be safe and I donât want another attack on this soil. BUT come on! We take off our shoes because one jerk tried something with his shoes. We have to pour out our water because one jerk tried something with liquid in a bottle. I just wonder which terrorist got caught in sparkly shirts and maxi-dresses. I know youâve got travel horror stories⦠because...Well who doesnât? Tell me about your experiences flying the NOT-SO friendly skies. I hate to think I'm the only one who, apparently, looks like a terrorist. Amazon
This is your last chance to get the Timeless Collection for just $0.99! HURRY! Goes back to full price on June 1! Presenting 6 full-length novels in one collection for only $0.99! Her Reluctant Groom by Rose Gordon To Walk in the Sun by Jane Charles A Scandalous Pursuit by Ava Stone More than a Governess by Jerrica Knight-Catania The Devil's Daughter by Suzie Grant The Healing Tree by Amy De Trempe HER RELUCTANT GROOM ~ Marcus Sinclair, sixteenth Earl of Sinclair, has lived the last thirteen years as a recluse following an accident that left him heavily scarred. Though a recluse, Marcus has still managed to fall in love. The problem? The woman he’s taken with is none other than the sister of the lady he was once betrothed to! ~*~*~*~ TO WALK IN THE SUN ~ Hiding from a dangerous man, Tess Crawford thought The Wiggons’ School for Elegant Young Ladies would be the perfect place to disappear. Vincent Latimer, Viscount Atwood, is not a vampire and He wishes the book, Wake Not the Dead, had never been written. When a storm thrusts Tess into Vincent’s path and destroys the school, both of their pasts collide. ~*~*~*~ A SCANDALOUS PURSUIT ~ A very proper English lady has all her plans for the future disrupted when she innocently stumbles headfirst into a compromising situation with a very improper English duke. ~*~*~*~ MORE THAN A GOVERNESS ~ Becky Thorn has been keeping a secret for more than seven years. A secret that could destroy her. So before she gets too ensconced in London society, she accepts a position as a governess for a reclusive Viscount, far away from the ton. ~*~*~*~ THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER ~ A bounty hunter facing his past, Gade Ryder returns to Eden, Texas, after twelve years to investigate a gang of rustlers on the family ranch. Had he accepted the job out of misplaced family loyalty or was it the compelling mystery of the devil’s daughter keeping him in the one place he didn’t want to be? Confronted by the memory of his mother’s suicide and the father he blames for her death, Gade finds himself seeking comfort from the one woman he couldn’t trust. ~*~*~*~ THE HEALING TREE - Lady Lilian Bliant is determined to thwart her manipulative father’s plan to shackle her to a weak-willed man of the ton. Lord Maxwell Warrick is anything but weak-willed, yet Lily wreaks havoc on his heart. Will their differences be put aside and will Lily one day accept his faith as her own and Max as her husband. Amazon Enjoy this little video of some of your favorite authors, including Sabrina Jeffries, Jane Charles, Ann Lethbridge, Julie Johnstone, Samantha Grace and, of course, Ava Stone and Jerrica Knight-Catania of Romance Ramblings... Answer our question in the comments for a chance to win a $10 gift card to Starbucks! Jude Devereaux and Julie Garwood during an Author chat. I can't remember the moderator's name. She is the one in the middle. Julie Garwood, Catherine Gayle and Jane Charles Ava Stone and Jane Charles Ava Stone leading the Regency Feud game Best meal ever - lobster thermadore, garlic smashed potatoes and asparagus One of the many male models
In my haste to get up the Travel Tuesday post, I completely left off one of our TQ ladies in the RT lineup! Gah!
So, just in case you're at RT this week, here is where you will be able to find the lovely ROSE GORDON... Thursday 2 May Club RT @ 2pm & E-Book, Indie Publisher & Graphic Novel EXPO @ 4p-6p And to recap, here are where you'll find Ava and Jane as well... AVA: Thursday 2 May Lady Lavinia's Regency Bridal Shower @ 11:15a - 12:15p Friday 3 May Name that Playlist @ 11:15a - 12:15p Saturday 4 May Regency Feud @ 2:30p - 3:30p JANE: Thursday 2 May E-Book, Indie Publisher & Graphic Novel EXPO @ 4p-6p Saturday 4 May FAN-tastic Day Party @6:30p And remember, they're all walking around with FREE giveaways! So don't be shy! Get your SWAG on! :) As I write this, two of our very own TQ ladies are packing their bags, getting ready to head to Kansas City for the super fun Romantic Times Convention.
Ava Stone and Jane Charles will be partying the week away with readers and writers alike, celebrating romance novels and all the people who make them possible: authors, editors, agents, cover artists, cover models, etc... If you want to get up close and personal with Ava and Jane, just look in the bar. I promise at least one of them will be holding down the fort at all times ;) They have giveaways, too! So don't be shy! And if you want to spend even more time with them, here are their itineraries... AVA: Thursday 2 May Lady Lavinia's Regency Bridal Shower @ 11:15a - 12:15p Friday 3 May Name that Playlist @ 11:15a - 12:15p Saturday 4 May Regency Feud @ 2:30p - 3:30p JANE: Thursday 2 May E-Book, Indie Publisher & Graphic Novel EXPO @ 4p-6p Saturday 4 May FAN-tastic Day Party @6:30p If you're going to RT, have a wonderful time! And be sure to comment here so we can tell Ava and Jane to keep a look out for you! This last Wednesday evening, two of our very own TQ ladies, Ava Stone and Jerrica Knight-Catania, along with former member, Catherine Gayle, got together to dazzle the crowd at Lady Jane's Salon in Raleigh, NC with their readings from A Season to Remember. We missed having Jane Charles there to read from her own story, but she was there with us in spirit :) So, without further ado, here we are, reading from A Season to Remember... Catherine Gayle: To Enchant an Icy Earl Ava Stone: My Lord Hercules Jerrica Knight-Catania: A Penny for Your Thoughts Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Smashwords
We're skipping Thirsty Thursday this week to announce this new and exciting compilation from the ladies of Timeless Quills! Presenting 6 full-length novels in one collection for only $0.99! Her Reluctant Groom by Rose Gordon To Walk in the Sun by Jane Charles A Scandalous Pursuit by Ava Stone More than a Governess by Jerrica Knight-Catania The Devil's Daughter by Suzie Grant The Healing Tree by Amy De Trempe HER RELUCTANT GROOM ~ Marcus Sinclair, sixteenth Earl of Sinclair, has lived the last thirteen years as a recluse following an accident that left him heavily scarred. Though a recluse, Marcus has still managed to fall in love. The problem? The woman he’s taken with is none other than the sister of the lady he was once betrothed to! ~*~*~*~ TO WALK IN THE SUN ~ Hiding from a dangerous man, Tess Crawford thought The Wiggons’ School for Elegant Young Ladies would be the perfect place to disappear. Vincent Latimer, Viscount Atwood, is not a vampire and He wishes the book, Wake Not the Dead, had never been written. When a storm thrusts Tess into Vincent’s path and destroys the school, both of their pasts collide. ~*~*~*~ A SCANDALOUS PURSUIT ~ A very proper English lady has all her plans for the future disrupted when she innocently stumbles headfirst into a compromising situation with a very improper English duke. ~*~*~*~ MORE THAN A GOVERNESS ~ Becky Thorn has been keeping a secret for more than seven years. A secret that could destroy her. So before she gets too ensconced in London society, she accepts a position as a governess for a reclusive Viscount, far away from the ton. ~*~*~*~ THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER ~ A bounty hunter facing his past, Gade Ryder returns to Eden, Texas, after twelve years to investigate a gang of rustlers on the family ranch. Had he accepted the job out of misplaced family loyalty or was it the compelling mystery of the devil’s daughter keeping him in the one place he didn’t want to be? Confronted by the memory of his mother’s suicide and the father he blames for her death, Gade finds himself seeking comfort from the one woman he couldn’t trust. ~*~*~*~ THE HEALING TREE - Lady Lilian Bliant is determined to thwart her manipulative father’s plan to shackle her to a weak-willed man of the ton. Lord Maxwell Warrick is anything but weak-willed, yet Lily wreaks havoc on his heart. Will their differences be put aside and will Lily one day accept his faith as her own and Max as her husband. Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Smashwords |