New Romance Release - The Last Bride Standing

An arranged marriage between a sniper and a romantic. A cottage on Long Island. A leaky roof, a rat and yet only one thing will tear them apart.

Delphine Butterwick is the last of the four friends who grew up together in Brooklyn Foundling Home to be married off, and this time the bride is wed to a man she barely remembers. Captain Thomas Morrow has turned up to grimly do his duty and go through with the marriage arranged for them when they were children.

For Delphine who lives and breathes romance, Morrow is not what she had in mind when she declared a knight-in-shining armor was coming to whisk her away. 

Tom is equally unimpressed with his future bride. He's a serious soldier with a great purpose and she is an insensible dreamer who believes everything will simply work out.

To Have and To Hold, the last in the Foundling Brides of Brooklyn Series is available on Amazon (0.99) and in Kindle Unlimited. 

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Foundling Brides of Brooklyn - New Release!

 

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 1, 2022

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I TAKE THEE 

A girl on the brink of ending it all. A surgeon in need of a miracle. A marriage of convenience unites them until a secret divides them.

A Gilded Age novella series from Constance Kent:

Claire Jefferson was the least likely of the Brooklyn Foundling Home orphans to find a husband. Suffering debilitating pain, she's finally had enough when Dr. Benjamin Braithwaite arrives to examine her. Braithwaite is a brillant surgeon who failed spectacularly when a patient died during a surgical procedure viewed by a packed theater of observers. Claire submits to his experimental surgical technique and falls in love with the tall, quiet widower. 

When Braithwaite proposes marriage for the sake of her full recovery and to provide a mother for his young son, Claire enthusiastically enters into a marriage of convenience, believing she knows everything about her new husband. 

ALSO IN THIS SERIES:

COMING JUNE 8, 2022

FOUNDLING BRIDES OF BROOKLYN:

Set in 1890, New York's Gilded Age, four young women raised in Brooklyn Foundling Home are joined in matrimony for a variety of reasons to four handsome, clever and complex men, and find love against all odds. Lovers of Gilded Age romance will enjoy this warm, romantic  novella series. 

Foundling Brides of Brooklyn Historical Romance Series

RELEASE DATE: MAY 11, 2022

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THEE I DO WED

Book One

 A Marriage in Name Only Romance

She wants to find her parents. He wants to save the family estate. Neither wants marriage, but in 1890 New York, it is the only choice they are given.

A Gilded Age novella series from Constance Kent:

Lilly Gryce has been a thorn in the side of Brooklyn Foundling Home for seven years. So when wealthy Julius Thorley comes seeking a bride in name only to protect his assets from bankruptcy, Lilly is put forward as a candidate.

Julius wants a bride, yes, but the headstrong hellcat he is shown--though she is beautiful--won't pass muster in old New York society. Lilly is equally unimpressed by the pedigree of her future husband--though he is remarkably handsome. 

Julius makes her a deal. He will reunite Lilly with her long-lost parents if she can pass for a society debutante long enough to save the Thorley estate. 

Lilly will give anything to see her parents again. She did not expect the price would be her heart.

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Foundling Brides of Brooklyn is set in 1890s New York, the Gilded Age. Four young women raised in Brooklyn Foundling Home are joined in matrimony for a variety of reasons to four handsome, clever and complex men, and find love against all odds. Lovers of Gilded Age romance will enjoy this warm, romantic  novella series. 

NEXT IN THE SERIES: DUE FOR RELEASE MAY 18, 2022

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Hot Medieval Romance Book Launch Day!

 Revealed in the Mist

The final installment in the Mortain and Bedwyr Trilogy

The shifter is no more. Sir Edryd Mortain has destroyed the potion that unleashes the beast he has within. When Isabelle Grey learns that her guardian Mortain has returned from France with his betrothed, she accepts her friend John Havoc's proposal of marriage. 

A chance, highly sensual, encounter brings Isabelle and Mortain together and a difficult choice is made. But when an unforeseen threat to Isabelle's life arises, Mortain must bring Bedwyr to life once more and in doing so, he risks losing his beloved forever.

Set in 1209 Wales, Revealed in the Mist is the final novella in a steamy trilogy about the noble Welsh knight, Sir Edryd Mortain and his alter ego, the depraved shifter Bedwyr, and their forbidden love for one girl. 

A short steamy read to warm up your lunch hour this October.

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Erotic Medieval Romance available for Pre-order!

 Mortain and Bedwyr Book Two

Whispers in the Fog

Release Date: September 20,2021

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The shifter knight, Bedwyr, will risk everything to keep Isabelle Grey from harm, a passion that has tragic consequences for his alter ego, Sir Edryd Mortain. 

To protect his children, the noble knight drives his ward from the castle and from all hope of securing his love. At the home of Sir Hugo Blackwell, Isabelle tries to forget Mortain and his seductive darker self until Sir Hugo requests her assistance to open a mysterious casket from a dead monk. 

The monster that is released has an evil plan in mind for Isabelle, never realizing that Isabelle has a monster of her own.

Set in 1209 Wales, Whispers in the Fog is the second novella in a steamy trilogy about the noble Welsh knight, Sir Edryd Mortain and his alter ego, the depraved shifter Bedwyr, and their forbidden love for one girl. 

Whispers in the Fog

New Release! Erotic Medieval Romance in Kindle Unlimited!

 Hidden in the Shadows

She is forbidden. Chaste. The convent-raised daughter of his only friend and fellow knight, Isabelle Grey is also his ward. The nobility of his birth, the chilvaric code and his own tormented conscience constrains Sir Edryd Mortain from bedding her as much as the scarring on his face.

He cannot escape her. The girl has come of age and without a suitor, she must join Mortain's household. He is cold to her, repels her overtures of kinship, and watches her from the shadows. 

Unaware of the desire he harbors within, Isabelle wanders into her guardian's hidden apothecary one night after the household is abed. There she encounters the depraved shifter knight known as Bedwyr who reveals Mortain's secret. He has drank an elixir that has the power to overcome his conscience and deliver him his heart's desire. If Mortain cannot love Isabelle as a man, he will seduce her as a beast. 

Set in 1209 Wales, Hidden in the Shadows is the first novella in a steamy trilogy about the noble Welsh knight, Sir Edryd Mortain and his alter ego, the depraved shifter Bedwyr, and their forbidden love for one girl. 

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Look for Book Two: Whispers in the Fog - Due for release SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Look for Book Three: Revealed in the Mist - Due for release OCTOBER 4, 2021

Sweet, Sizzling Freebie this August

 

Free on Amazon! August 11 - August 15. 

Three linked romances of passionate young love set in the Gilded Age. 

(Think Downton Abbey with naughty bits.)

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Edwardian Romance Novellas

Catherine Lloyd’s Edwardian Lovers Trilogy explores the intertwined fates of three families affected by a murder three years earlier. Set in a charming English village at the start of the “Gilded Age,” high society was controlled by strictly defined rules governing interaction between the sexes. Rules that are no match for three determined young lovers. Inspired by the hit television series, Downton Abbey, the trilogy contains warm love scenes written for a mature audience.

The Killer's Son  Find it on Amazon for Sale (0.99) or in Kindle Unlimited until February 2019

Disgraced Eden Mowbray arrives in Hertfordshire to spend the summer at her family’s country estate after exposing herself to gossip in London. As the son of a convicted killer, Wulfric Chaucer, her brother’s best friend, is even more of a social pariah. With everyone they know still in London for the Season, Wulf and Eden are thrown together and complicate matters even further by falling in love. With her parents strongly against a union with the son of a killer, Eden is faced with giving up a life of wealth and privilege, or giving up the love of her life.

 The Vicar's Son Find it on Amazon for Sale (0.99) or in Kindle Unlimited until February 2019

Toller Lawton has something Isolde Chaucer wants—a plan to get rich in the Yukon gold fields. The vicar’s son drinks too much, is rude and reckless but she’d put up with a lot to escape England and her family’s disgrace. However, Toller doesn’t agree his best friend’s sister is the sort of woman who can handle the wild lifestyle of the Klondike. She’s too prissy. She’d probably faint if she saw a man in his long underwear. When the vicar's reprobate son accidentally compromises Isolde’s reputation, she seizes the opportunity to convince Toller that she’s exactly the sort of woman who can handle wild men—beginning with him.

The Earl's Son Find it on Amazon for Sale (0.99) or in Kindle Unlimited until March 2019

Perdita Pollicott has few choices open to her in life when she arrives in Hertfordshire and meets the Earl’s son, Nash Mowbray. She’s going to marry a missionary and Nash Mowbray—well Mr. Mowbray can go to the very devil for all she cares. A sentiment they both agree on until Perdita is asked to read to the soldier who suffers from headaches since his return from the Boer War. Locked in with his private demons, Nash is shut down physically and emotionally until one night, caught in a lightning storm with Miss Pollicott, the Earl’s son crosses the line.

New Release! Sizzling Elizabethan Romance

Whew! The newest release in Catherine Lloyd's My Guilty Pleasure Series had us *ahem* chasing down our husbands....

THE TUDOR PRINCE

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Avery Weller is a player who flouts the law that forbids women on the stage. Her nemesis is Lord Nicholas Blackstone, Master of the Revels, a soulless bureaucrat who wields royal power over London’s theaters and has been hunting her for months. His pursuit is driving her into the poorhouse, until one day the handsome lord makes her an astonishing offer: fifteen pounds in exchange for becoming his brother’s companion.

Nicholas Blackstone has a stunning secret living in his attic at Blackstone Hall. His adopted brother, Sir James, is the last Tudor prince, grandson of Henry VIII and heir to Queen Elizabeth’s throne. A royal lineage so explosive, that Blackstone has been keeping James from society, waiting for the moment to announce his claim. But as his twenty-first birthday approaches, James is becoming restless. Driven by ambition, Nicholas takes an extreme step to bind the Tudor prince to him—offering up the girl he has secretly admired for months—Avery Weller.

FUN FACTS: A pound in the Elizabethan era was worth approximately four hundred dollars in today’s currency, and punishments for relatively minor crimes in Elizabethan England were horrendous and impossible to exaggerate!

Fantasy Romance for Mother's Day

Historical Fantasy Romance at an Introductory Price for Moms!

Sale ends May 30th. Do not delay downloading your copy of The Maiden Bride for this limited time offer of only 0.99! (Reg retail price is 2.99 and Free to Read on Kindle Unlimited)

The Maiden Bride

Endicott heirs have always taken Stark maidens for their brides. 

A blood oath forged eight centuries ago promised Helen Stark to Lord Weathersky Endicott in marriage from the day she was born. A poor girl with few prospects, the sinister implications of the ancient alliance are lost on Helen. The nineteen-year-old orphan bride-to-be arrives at Cragmoore Castle eager to meet her betrothed, sensibly trading love for the security of an arranged marriage.

Weathersky has other ideas—and a secret power. The handsome and brilliant Endicott heir is a warlock who has mastery over everything but love. He craves unlocking its secrets but he never will if he enters into a loveless marriage. The warlock has been studying arcane texts, seeking to break the oath and escape his fate. 

But eight hundred years of supernatural rule is not easy to overthrow. Weathersky finds he is drawn to Miss Stark to the point of passion. Is what he feels when he is alone with the maiden bride love or mere magic? Their wedding is in three days and Helen becomes more desirable with each passing hour. The blood oath is calling to him....

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The Maiden Bride is the third title in Catherine Lloyd’s My Guilty Pleasure series, standalone historical romances of emotionally-charged forbidden love. The novel contains scenes, language and themes intended for a mature audience. 

Heat Level: Warm to Spicy 

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My Guilty Pleasure Series Titles

The Pirate Lord     The Dark Regent

Kindle eBook Sale for St. Patrick's Day!

We have our green on all this week!

And to celebrate, The Dark Regent is on sale March 15 to March 22 on Amazon.com for $0.99! (reg. price $2.99) This is a Kindle Countdown Deal that you won't want to miss.

A forbidden love more powerful than either of them.

Eighteen-year-old Fawn Heathcote resisted her uncle’s advances for as long as she dared. Captain Crispin Wolfe, the rakish half-brother of Fawn’s aunt, became obsessed with his niece-by-marriage from their first meeting. From the moment he moved into the London mansion, he’s had one aim in mind—to bed her. Night after night, the captain visits her bedchamber, in the hope of being admitted. Fawn has always refused. Until one night, Wolfe arrives to deliver a devastating message and she realizes only her tormentor can save her. Fawn’s resistance to Crispin’s seduction gradually breaks down under his protection and, caught in his web, she soon discovers a secret side to her captor.

The Dark Regent is the second title in Catherine Lloyd’s My Guilty Pleasure series, standalone historical romances of emotionally-charged dark forbidden love. The novel contains scenes, language and themes intended for a mature audience. Sensitive readers are strongly cautioned.

Sizzling Historical Romance

Announcing the My Guilty Pleasure Collection

Here is what the reader can expect:

1. Standalone novels that don't require a commitment to a long series--one and done. 
2. Emotionally intense historical fiction. Addictive (betcha can't read just one)
3. A variety of settings and situations to explore those oh-so-familiar romantic tropes we adore. 
4. Great price. 2.99 or read it in Kindle Unlimited (KU)
5. Page-turning (not door-stopping) plots. 
6. Heroines who are neither feisty nor passive but real women who have a major problem on their hands.
7. Heroes who are neither alpha nor beta but real men who were doing just fine until she came along.

My Guilty Pleasure Titles

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More to come in 2018! Happy Valentine's Day and good reading!

What's in a Book Cover?

Victorian Villains Saga

With genre fiction, the cover plays an important role in telling a reader instantly what they are going to get. Cover design is truly tricky. The Victorian Villains Saga got the bum's rush the first time around. It was time to give the covers a little more thought and pull the look together. Finding historical models is incredibly difficult. But then so is establishing a Gothic tone without veering off into vampire territory. 

In the end, we opted to go for the classic Gothic Romance look from the paperbacks our moms used to buy at the supermarket checkout. A softer patina, red lace at the corners and a uniform font pulls the set together. 

Victorian Villains will be available at Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo and Smashwords in May. We look forward to introducing the series to new readers.

Thank you to all of the readers who have followed along for the past year and emailed their comments and kudos. Catherine will be back with a new sizzling historical romance just in time for summer.

Man of the House Trilogy

If you haven't done so already, check out Evelyn Ellis's Man of the House Trilogy in Amazon Select until June. All three Victorian Erotic Romances are for sale at 0.99 or for borrow through Kindle Unlimited.

The trilogy is a hot variation on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. What would you do if your kind employer turned into a lascivious beast every night and you were the only one who could control him? Furthermore, what would you do if you were in love with your employer and the only way to be with him was through the beast? Molly Knight, a nineteen-year-old governess is about to find out....

The Man of the House

The Man of the House Pays a Call

The Man of the House Returns

New Release! The final episode....

The Master of Cliff House Trilogy

Book Three ~ Love Conquered

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The fourth and final book in the Victorian Villains Saga: WRACKER'S COVE will be released early December as a full-length novel. Emily, an amnesiac victim of a shipwreck falls in love with her mysterious, troubled rescuer, Connor Black, who has managed to escape his father's curse. Until now.

Why do we love romance novels?

It's a regular question that comes up in the book industry and it really, really bugs us. Why does no one ask why Penthouse is popular? Or where did Hustler find its market? Or what's up with all those military thrillers?

What is the big deal if millions and millions of women love to read romance novels? And we're just as bad, enabling the unspoken criticism by making excuses to justify our reading habits. "I don't want to think after a hard day." "I just like a good story." "I have enough worries, I want to live a fantasy for awhile."

You know what? This is the only answer anyone needs to hear: WE LIKE IT. We read it because we like it. As a literary genre, it is a way of understanding our world, our relationships and ourselves. Romance can be a safe place to delve into some dark issues and see there is light at the end of the tunnel. Falling in love is fun and terrible. It is endlessly fascinating as a theme. Oh, and we like happy endings! We could go on and on but the short answer is: WE LIKE IT. Now let's put a fork in that query and get back to reading what we love.

Glory, August is HOT! Bundled Releases in Victorian Villains Saga coming at you just in time for the dog days of summer. 

 WINDEMERE HALL

Shy, stammering Clara Hamilton is shocked when her father announces her betrothal to a cousin she barely knows. Her uncle’s stepson, Branson Hamilton is handsome, avaricious and rumoured to be unstable. Nineteen-year-old Clara, anxious for her father’s approval, agrees to the union unaware of what is at stake. A sinister family secret surfaces and Clara soon discovers that master of Windemere Hall has a dark revenge in store when she enters into his power.

Windemere Hall launches Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Saga. Four villainous men, cursed by their fathers, follow their legacy of greed, murder, lust and pride. Set in 1867 England, the saga is written in the classic gothic romance tradition of Victoria Holt and Phyllis A. Whitney. Originally released as a novella trilogy (“Betrothed” “Betrayed” “Beguiled”), the novel, Windemere Hall contains scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.

Available in Kindle Unlimited and in Print

MARK OF CAINE

Laura Mayhew is the only witness to a sex scandal at Windsor Castle and is committed to Gateshead Insane Asylum to discredit her story. Tanner Caine, a cold, solitary and emotionally damaged ex-naval officer is tasked with silencing the girl permanently. Laura has the gift of second sight and she has been expecting an assassin for months but Tanner insists he’s only there to help. Haunted in her dreams by a baby’s cries, Laura decides to trust the dangerous Mr. Caine to escape the asylum and find the missing royal infant. When she is compelled into marriage to obtain her release, Laura discovers Tanner Caine is the one man whose thoughts she cannot read. And it is possible she has married her assassin.

Mark of Caine is the second novel in Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Saga. Four villainous men, cursed by their fathers, follow their legacy of greed, murder, lust and pride. Set in 1867 England, the saga is written in the classic gothic romance tradition of Victoria Holt and Phyllis A. Whitney. Originally published as a novella trilogy (“Hidden in the Shadows” “Whispers in the Fog” “Revealed in the Mist”) Mark of Caine contains scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.

Available in Kindle Unlimited and in Print

Early Bird Special: Preorder Book Launch!

Windemere Hall by Catherine Lloyd

Preorder your copy of the full-length novel until July 27 at the Early Bird Special price of $2.99 $0.99 (reg $3.99) Gothic Victorian Romance that grabs the reader and does not let go until the last page. 

Shy, stammering Clara Hamilton is shocked when her father announces her betrothal to a cousin she barely knows. Her uncle’s stepson, Branson Hamilton is handsome, avaricious and rumoured to be unstable. Nineteen-year-old Clara, anxious for her father’s approval, agrees to the union unaware of what is at stake. A sinister family secret surfaces and Clara soon discovers that master of Windemere Hall has a dark revenge in store when she enters into his power.

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Windemere Hall launches Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Saga. Four villainous men, cursed by their fathers, follow their legacy of greed, murder, lust and pride. Set in 1867 England, the saga is written in the classic gothic romance tradition of Victoria Holt and Phyllis A. Whitney. Originally released as a novella trilogy (“Betrothed” “Betrayed” “Beguiled”), the novel, Windemere Hall contains scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.

Not your mother's historical romance.

Mark of Caine Book Two Released!

Whispers in the Fog is the second book in the Mark of Caine Trilogy.

Haunted by a curse and a dark past, Tanner Caine struggles to control his growing feelings for his mark, Laura Mayhew. Meanwhile, Laura is plagued by dreams of a sobbing child sealed up behind a brick wall and remains determined to find him. Dangerously drawn to the mysterious man she was compelled to marry, Laura succumbs to a night of heated passion in his bed--a night that pushes Caine to the brink, forcing him to make a hellish decision. 

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Revealed in the Mist,  the third and final book in the trilogy will be released in early June. 

Dear readers, Mark of Caine will end the serial format of Victorian Villains. It has been fun but Catherine's Lloyd's "frozen shoulder" injury scared the pants off of us, wondering if she would be mobile enough to finish the serial.

 

Victorian Villains Saga will continue in July and August with two new releases that will be full books. They'll be priced at 3.99 and available through Kindle Unlimited. 

Thank you for reading!

Mark of Caine - Hidden in the Shadows

Hey ladies! (and gents ... we know you're out there...)

We picked up a copy of Lost Island by Phyllis A. Whitney, published in 1970 in its original jacket from a used book sale. It now has a prominent place in the office to remind us of what we loved so much about this romance sub-genre. Good writing, skilled plotting and a breathtaking love story. She was the master!

The first installment of Mark of Caine hits the shelves on May 2nd. An Amazon exclusive! Do not let the length dismay you. It is about 2 chapters shorter than originally planned because Catherine Lloyd suffered a shoulder injury during the writing and was forced to shorten the first installment to do physiotherapy. 

BUT! We've read the next two episodes and they more than make up the difference. Trust us. This complex love story will keep you up at night. 

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Have a great May!

Victorian Villains ... the story continues!

Mark of Caine Trilogy

Book One: Hidden the Shadows

Laura Mayhew is the only witness to a sex scandal at Windsor Castle and is swiftly dispatched to Gateshead Insane Asylum. But the girl won’t stop babbling about a stolen baby and the Princess Louise and her mad tale is beginning to attract attention. Queen Victoria summons Tanner Caine to deal with the problem. The brilliant, solitary and emotionally damaged ex-naval officer is tasked with silencing the girl, but first he must break her out of the asylum and win her trust. Laura Mayhew has been expecting a man like Tanner Caine for some time and she has her own agenda for the ruthless Mr. Caine—if she can just stay alive long enough to see it through. 

Mark of Caine is the second book in Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Gothic Romance Serials, gothic romance novels set in 1867 Victorian England. 

Preorder it on Amazon for 0.99!

Release Date: May 2nd. 

Fans of Victorian Villains Windemere Hall Trilogy will be drawn in by Tanner Caine and his mysterious connection to Laura Mayhew. Catherine Lloyd's most passionate love story yet.

Hot New Release!

Revisit the good old days when everything was forbidden. Three stories of three young women “losing it” in a time when nice girls saved it for marriage. The collection is part of Evelyn Ellis’s Historical First Time Forbidden Series, short stories and novellas of taboo couplings and lost innocence.
~ Satisfy Me ~ Tempt Me ~ Release Me 
Available on Amazon only until February 4, 2016
Buy it here: CHERRY POP

January Release: 
The Storm and Doctor Dixon
Lucy Dixon is locked out of the house after returning home from a disappointing evening in London’s West End. Her stepfather, the eminent Doctor Joel Dixon is fortunately still awake despite the late hour, to admit her. A fierce storm has the city in its grip and Dr. Dixon is on the brink of a breakthrough in his research. With his wife away, he asks Lucy to assist him in his laboratory. He has an experiment he would like to perform on her. The nature of her stepfather’s work has always been a mystery to Lucy, but it is midnight, they are alone and she is willing to learn. What she discovers transforms her forever. A Victorian Seduction and Surrender Novella