Collette Cameron - An Author Interview in the HBS Author's Spotlight

Today our blog puts the Spotlight on Author Collette Cameron. She is a USA Today Bestselling Historical Romance author. Collette is the author of the Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper series and the Highland Heather Romancing a Scot series.

Author: Collette Cameron

Author Genre: Historical Romance

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Author Description:
USA Today Bestselling Author, COLLETTE CAMERON pens Scottish and Regency historicals featuring rogues, rapscallions, rakes, and the intelligent, intrepid damsels who reform them.

Blessed with three spectacular children, fantastic fans, and a compulsive, over-active, and witty Muse who won't stop whispering new romantic romps in her ear, she lives in Oregon with her mini-dachshunds, though she dreams of living in Scotland part-time.

Admitting to a quirky sense of humor, Collette enjoys inspiring quotes, adores castles and anything cobalt blue, and is a self-confessed Cadbury chocoholic. You'll always find dogs, birds, occasionally naughty humor, and a dash of inspiration in her sweet-to-spicy timeless romances.


SPOTLIGHT Questions and Answers with the Author

Congratulations on your book: Blaike: Secrets Gone Askew. Rumor has it that you have another book on the horizon called Seductive Surrender. Can you tell us the timeline for its release and give us a little tease?

Seductive Surrender is the sixth book in my Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series, and is due to release May 23rd. The hero, Dugall Ferguson was introduced in my very first novel, HIGHLANDER’S HOPE, but he had to wait until I wrote 20 other books to get his story told.

Here’s a short snippet:

“She should have more care,” Gwendolyn muttered as she trailed her forefinger down his bicep. The flesh bunched in delicious anticipation as she traced his arm. “She told me she needs her position. I still might kick a mud hole in her hind end and stomp it dry.”

“Pardon?” he managed around the grin splitting his face.

“Send her packing for her untoward behavior.”

Daring to draw Gwendolyn indecently nearer, Dugall flattened one palm against the small of her back and cradled her jaw in the other. Feathering a series of short kisses from her delicate ear, across her soft cheek, and to her sweet mouth, he breathed, “Are ye jealous, Gwenny?”

She stiffened, all outraged femininity, then sagged against him, and nodded, her hair brushing his chest.

“Yes.”

“Ye needn’t be, leannan. The only lass I have any interest in kissin’ is in my arms.”

You have a good following on twitter. Since you started before the social media buzz, what impact has social media relationships had on your current success? How did you build your following in your niche? How much has it changed your book launch process?

My social media of choice is Facebook in addition to regular posts on Twitter and Instagram. I also periodically post to Google+ and LinkedIn. I try to keep a ratio of at least five social posts to one promo posts, although during launch week, that doesn’t always happen.

On Twitter, my goals continues to be to find fellow-tweeters with common interests. Though a lot of my followers are authors and historical romance readers, I also have followers who share my love of dachshunds, Scotland, quotes, and a few other specific things. I try to be consistent in my branding, so that what I tweet or share on my Facebook author page reflects my author persona and my books.

However, readers LOVE getting little snippets into my personal life: hearing what antics my naughty dachsie Ayva is up to, what my latest embarrassing moment was (I seem to have them often), or maybe the latest thing to tickle my quirky sense of humor.

For me, building relationship is the primary goal, and I’ve been fortunate to cultivate super-readers who have become good friends as a result. Those readers then turn around and share content for me.

I do share book launches and pre-orders across all social media, with the heaviest emphasis on Facebook and my newsletter.

Do you do any book signings, interviews, speaking and personal appearances? If so, when and where is the next place where your readers can see you? Where can they keep up with your personal contacts online?

I do occasionally do book signing and so on. April 28th, I’ll be at the Jane Austen Tea and Faire in Aurora, OR, and I’m attending RWA National Conference in July where I’ll be participating in the literacy signing.

I always post where I’ll be in my VIP Reader group, Collette’s Chèris, on Facebook and usually on my author page their too. Oh, and I generally tweet about signings a week or two before hand and then a couple of days in advance as well.

You have great covers. They carry a theme and your brand with them. How does your book cover creation process work? Do you hand over the basic theme or do you have more of a hands-on approach? Do you get your readers involved in its development?

I’m a hybrid author which has made the branding of my covers a little trickier. I don’t have nearly as much input with my books published through my publisher as I do my self-pubbed books.

For my self-published books, I often use an exclusive image I’ve paid for, and then I tell my cover artists what emotion I want the cover to depict. Of course, I include physical descriptions of my hero and heroine and somewhere on the cover there has to be my branding cobalt blue. I use the same fonts as well.

I will ask readers what they like to see on covers and on occasion give them a choice of couples I’m considering using.

You have several great book trailers. (See links below.) They look very professional. Do you know how much impact they have had on your book’s success? Tell us about the process that you used to create your trailers?

I actually only have two professionally created book trailers, but I have several videos of me reading excerpts of my books. In fact, I need to get on that again. It’s on my to-do list, LOL.

As far as impacting book success, while I think the professionally created ones are nice and my readers have enjoyed them, I don’t believe they have impacted sales. I include the excerpts I read on my website on the specific book’s page, and I share them on social media when they are first created, but again, I don’t believe there is a significant impact on my books’ success.

I’ve hire out the professionally created ones. I provided the text, choose the music, and helped select the images. As far as the excerpt readings, I was simply having my daughter record me on my phone and then using the Capture app, uploading them to YouTube.

I’m going to be switching to reading the excepts while recording on my laptop for future trailers.

Many of your novels have been converted into audio books. What has been the impact on your regular sales? Has the audio books gained a new audience for you? How important has Audio Books been to your success? Do you recommend new authors going this route to get more exposure?

I started converting my books to audio books as a test, initially. To date, all of them are via ACX, although after the four I have in process are completed, I’m switching to Findaway Voices.

I haven’t seen an impact on the sale of my ebooks or print books as a result of my audio books. I have a few readers who really enjoy audiobooks as well as digital or print, but for my audience, there hadn’t been a lot of cross-over.

I think authors can only benefit by making their books available in as many formats as possible.

You are a part of a book of 14 Historical Romance excerpts called Romance Through the Eras. What was the impact on your other sales? What was the main objective of bundling your works with other romance authors? How did you put something like that together?

Those little teaser bundles are a fun way to introduce books to new readers. I had a nice bump in the sales of my contribution when Romance Through the Eras released, but that’s died down to a trickle now.

The main thing with offering free excepts and teasers is that readers need to know from the get go that they are only getting a snippet from each author. Otherwise, they get frustrated, having expected an entire novel.

In the case of the teaser bundles I’ve participated in, I was invited to do so. Usually one author heads up the process, we decide on a cover, title, and how we want to list our names. When the book is ready, we launch if with a bit of noise on social media.

What is your primary genre? What has been your best marketing approach to this group?

I write Regency and Scottish (Highlander) historicals. Most historical romance readers enjoy all historical genres, and they are voracious consumers of romances. Facebook has lots of genre-specific groups where authors can share new release and sales. I do that, but I also am part of a multi-author historical romance promotion group. We not only share new releases and sales, we host each other on blogs, share in our newsletters, and participate in various promotions together.

My readers also enjoy learning historical tidbits and being part of the writing process, so I will ask them to help name a character or even help select a title.

As far as direct marketing, I always share new releases to my newsletter. After all, subscribers are fans of the genre’s I write. When using Amazon Marketing Services or Facebook ads, I’ll use interests based ads as well as target specific authors, books, and series.

What has been your experience in giving your books away free? Have you been involved in any other type of giveaways and how did that work out? What was your main goal in doing this? Did you run into any obstacles?

I have two perma free books right now, A Kiss for Miss Kingsley, book one in my A Waltz with a Rogue Series, and Heart of a Highlander, the prequel to my Castle Brides Series. I also offer a free starter library to new subscribers to my VIP Reader Club.

Often readers are hesitant to try an author that is unknown to them, so I regularly offer one of my other books for free too. There’s no financial risk to the reader if they don’t like my book, but if they do, they might want to read the other books in the series.

I’ve run into two obstacles: the first is readers unhappy that a books wasn’t longer (I’ve I’ve put a novella up for free), and asking when I’m going to put the other books up for free. The second relates directly to the second part of the first issue; there are readers who never want to pay for a book, and expect authors to offer books for free all the time. I try to explain that writing is my full-time job now, and while I love to occasionally offer my books for free, I simply cannot afford to make them all free all of the time.

You have a great blog. You do a great job keeping readers informed, marketing your books and helping other writers gain exposure. What is your primary goal? And where in the world do you find the time to create great novels, take care of the social media and maintain your blog?

My blogging goals have changed over the years. When I first started, I wanted to really provide content heavy posts, blog several times a week, and have a huge following. My first blog did incredible well, but I was spending all of my time writing blog posts and researching for the.

I decided that I needed to concentrate on my writing but still wanted to support fellow historical romance authors, and that’s how my Friday feature, Bluestockings Book Shoppe came about. I feature one historical author and the book of their choice each Friday,

I also blog about my new releases, contests I’m participating in, and anything else I think my followers might be keen to know. On occasion, I’ll even share something I discovered while researching for my current WIP. My primary focus is writing the next book though, so while I’ll continue to blog, the lengthy posts I used to do are a thing of the past for me.

I’m very fortunate to have two amazing assistants. One gathers all the Friday featured authors’ information for me and the other creates the posts. I just go in an personalize the posts each week.



Author's Book List
Seductive Surrender - Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 6
Dalliances, flirtations, liaisons? Aye.
But marriage? Nae. Spies dinna wed.

Betrothed four times.

Gwendolyn McClintock has resolutely slammed the door on romance and marriage. Intent on beginning a new life, she sells her beloved familial home in America and totes her orphaned niece and nephew to Scotland’s Highlands. But the grand adventure she promised becomes a tangled muddle when her coach accidentally runs down a powerful laird’s much-too-attractive, far-too-brawny brother.

A covert agent.

A confirmed, carefree rogue, Dugall Ferguson comes perilously close to being trampled beneath horses’ hooves. And the remorseful, deliciously tempting woman responsible for nearly killing him isn’t even aware of the peril awaiting her at her new home. Gwendolyn desperately needs protection, and though he’s on the cusp of realizing his life-long dream, Dugall rashly offers to aid the fiery lass.

Their futures collide.

Forced together in order to oust a would-be killer, irresistible passion erupts between Gwendolyn and Dugall. Dare she trust her traitorous heart one last time, especially to a known rake? How can he choose between his love for Gwendolyn and his desire to be a spy?


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Passion and Plunder - Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 5
Would you sacrifice everything for the person you love, knowing you can never be together?

A desperate Scottish lady
Lydia Farnsworth--the sole surviving heir to the Laird of Tornbury Fortress--has lost nearly everyone she loves. Now her father lies on his deathbed. And as if this isn't dire enough, he's invited men from the surrounding area to a warrior's contest--the winner to claim Lydia as his bride.

A Scotsman dueling with his past
Alasdair McTavish, son of Craiglocky Keep's war chief, is a seasoned warrior in his own right. So when he's sent to Tornbury to train the Farnsworth soldiers, he's more than equal to the task.

A danger unseen
When a dangerous adversary makes a move against Lydia, a dastardly scheme comes to light, and Alasdair realizes only he can protect Lydia.


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Scandal's Splendor - Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Book 4
She can see the future. Dare she tell what she knows?

A determined Scottish lady
Seonaid Ferguson, a lady of Craiglocky Keep, is through with London's Marriage Mart. After learning she has the second sight, the haut ton attempts to exploit her abilities. Even though it means she condemns herself to spinsterhood, Seonaid sets a desperate course to rid herself of her gift turned curse. As she rushes home from England, a snowstorm strands her in a crowded inn with the last man she ever wished to see again. A handsome French baron who once thought her a courtesan. And just her misfortune, only he stands between her and certain harm.

An honorable French nobleman
Jacques, Monsieur lebaron de Devaux-Rousset, ventures to Scotland to oversee his new investment; a silver mine near Craiglocky. Only a handsome profit will save his family's destitute estate in France. But when the mine is beset with one problem after another, Jacques must instead search for an heiress to wed. He certainly should not be falling in love with the lovely, spirited sister of Laird Ewan MacTavish. A lass whose dowry is insufficient to restore his ancestral home. Nor should he consider, even for a moment, her risqué, but deliciously tempting scheme to rid her of the second sight.

A danger most dire
Matters are torn from their hands when a dangerous adversary vows to expose Seonaid as a witch, just as Jacques's problems at the mine escalate into deadly violence. Is it by chance, or a dark design, that both of them are beset at once? Dare Jacques and Seonaid throw caution aside and forge a future together?


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Heartbreak and Honor - Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 3
Would you risk your life to rescue a woman you don't know?

Abducted by a band of renegade Scots, Highland gypsy Tasara Faas blackens her rescuer's eye when the charming duke attempts to steal a kiss. Afterward, Tasara learns she's the long-lost heiress Alexandra Atterberry and is expected to take her place among the elite society she's always disdained.

Lucan, the Duke of Harcourt, promised his gravely ill mother he'd procure awife by Christmastide, but intrigued by the feisty lass he saved in Scotland, he finds the haut ton ladies lacking. Spying Alexa at a London ball, he impulsively decides to make the knife-wielding gypsy his bride, despite her aversion to him and her determination to return to the Highlands.

The adversary responsible for Alexa's disappearance as a toddler still covets her fortune and joins forces with Harcourt's arch nemesis. Amidst a series of suspicious misfortunes, Lucan endeavors to win Alexa's love and expose the conspirators but only succeeds in reaffirming Alexa's belief that she is inadequate to become his duchess.


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Virtue and Valor - Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 2
Can love unite a reluctant earl and a disenchanted beauty?

Bartholomew Yancy never expected to inherit anEnglish earldom and had no intention of marrying. Now, the Earl of Ramsbury and last in his line, he's obligated to resign his position as England's War Secretary, find a wife, and produce an heir. Only one woman holds the least appeal: Isobel Ferguson, an exquisite Scotswoman. Brought to Scotland to mediate between feuding clans, he doggedly woos her.

Disillusioned with men pursuing her for her attractiveness, rather than her unusual intellect, Isobel has all but abandoned any hope of finding a husband in the Highlands. Not only does she believe Yancy no different than her other suitors, he's a notorious rake. She's been told he's practically betrothed. Therefore, his interest in her cannot possibly behonorable, and so she shuns his attentions.

When Isobel is mistakenly abducted by a band of rogue Scots, Yancy risks his life to rescues her. To salvage her compromised reputation, her brother and father insist she marry him. Yancy readily agrees, but Isobel--knowing full well she's fated for spinsterhood by refusing his offer--won't be coerced into marriage.


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Triumph and Treasure - Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Book 1
Would you claim a by-blow to protect your family from devastation?

A disillusioned Scottish gentlewoman.
Angelina Ellsworth once believed in love--before she discovered he rhusband of mere hours was a slave-trader and already married. To avoid the scandal and disgrace, she escapes to the estate of her aunt and uncle, the Duke and Duchess of Waterford. When Angelina learns she is with child, she vows she'll never trust a man again.

A privileged English lord.
Flynn, Earl of Luxmoore, led an enchanted life until his father committed suicide after losing everything to Waterford in a wager. Stripped of all but his title, Flynn is thrust into the role of marquis as well as provider for his disabled sister and invalid mother. Unable to pay his father's astronomical gambling loss, Flynn must choose between social or financial ruin.

When the duke suggests he'll forgive the debt if Flynn marries his niece, Flynn accepts the duke's proposal. Reluctant to wed a stranger, but willing to do anything to protect her babe and escape the clutches of the madman who still pursues her, Angelina agrees to the union.

Can the earl and his Scottish lass find happiness and love in a marriage neither wanted, or is the chasm between them insurmountable?


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Blaike: Secrets Gone Askew - Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper Book 4
Captain Oliver Whitehouse has two goals: make the final payment on his ship and exact revenge for his grandfather’s murder. He certainly shouldn’t interrupt years of planning to rescue a damsel in distress and see her safely to England. Nor should he foolishly entertain romantic notions about a future with the impulsive beauty. Even if she is the loveliest creature he’s ever laid eyes on, and only she makes him forget his past.

Blaike Culpepper once craved adventure and excitement. Until her impetuousness nearly caused her ruin. Now shadowed by scandal, and pursued by a madman, she finds herself obligated to the darkly handsome Oliver Whitehouse. Though she saves the swashbuckling scoundrel’s life and enjoys a forbidden kiss, the infuriating man spurns her.

Dare Oliver risk everything to pursue Blaike, despite the vast difference in their social stations, or should he sail away? Leaving his heart behind?


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Brette: Intentions Gone Astray - Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper Book 3
He thought his adventures were over.

A rogue reluctantly turned rector, Alexander Hawksworth, prefers soirées to sermons and parties to prayers. Though impoverished, he seizes every opportunity to escape parish duties, preferring to hob nob with London’s finest–especially after the precocious and petite Brette Culpepper arrives in Town. When he unexpectedly inherits an earldom, he’s determined to make her his countess. Until he’s accused of murdering the previous earl.

Then she burst headlong into his life.
New to Society, Brette adores the whirlwind social scene, the stream of invitations, the slightly-sensual verbal sparring with the devilishly attractive, much too witty, and oh, so unsuitable Mr. Hawksworth. But her fairytale existence crashes to a halt when rumors circulate she’s a peer’s illegitimate granddaughter, and a newly appointed guardian emerges, intent on forcing her to wed an elderly degenerate.

Time is against them as Alex struggles to clear his name and deliver the woman he loves from an unthinkable fate.


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Blythe: Schemes Gone Amiss - Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper Book 2
Is his protecting his honor more important than winning her heart?

Intrepid and outspoken...
Dragged to London for a Season, Blythe Culpepper is dismayed to learn her guardian has enlisted the devilishly attractive Lord Leventhorpe--the one man she detests--to assist with her Come Out. Since their first encounter, hostile looks and cutting retorts have abounded whenever they meet. Still, she cannot deny the way her body reacts when he’s near. So perhaps it’s no surprise that upon overhearing another woman scheming to entrap Tristan into marriage, Blythe risks all to warn him.

Haunted by childhood trauma...
Tristan, the austere and controlled Marquis of Leventhorpe, usually avoids social gatherings. So why, against his better judgement, does he agree to aid his closest friend in presenting the Culpeppers to the ton? Might it be because one particular Culpepper stirs more than his interest? Blythe taxes him to his limits with her sharp wit and even sharper tongue. Yet, he cannot deny the beauty fascinates him.

However, when a past enemy comes calling, using Blythe to settle old scores, Tristan must decide if protecting his honor is more important than winning the heart of the woman he has come to love.


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Brooke: Wagers Gone Awry - Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper Book 1
Would you sacrifice everything to save your family?
Even your virtue?

Brooke Culpepper resigned herself to spinsterhood when she turned down the only marriage proposal she’d likely ever receive to care for her sister and cousins. After her father dies, a distant cousin inherits the estate, becoming their guardian, but he permits Brooke to act in his stead.

Heath, Earl of Ravensdale detests the countryside and is none too pleased to discover five young women call the dairy farm he won, and intends to sell, their home.

Desperate, pauper poor, and with nowhere to go, Brooke proposes a wager. Heath's stakes? The farm. Hers? Her virtue. The land holds no interest for Heath, but Brooke definitely does, and he accepts her challenge. Will they both live to regret their impulsiveness?


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Earl of Wainthorpe - Wicked Earls' Club
Could you ever love the unrepentant rake who won you in a wager?

He didn’t gamble on losing his heart when he won her at the gaming tables.

Pierce, the Earl of Wainthorpe has finally thwarted his worst enemy. Except he can’t revel in his victory after winning his foe’s ward in a winner-takes-all wager. If Pierce refuses to assume Bianca Salisbury’s guardianship, the fiery-haired beauty with a matching temper may very well find herself sold to the highest bidder.

The shameful secret she guards makes it impossible to love a rogue.

Desperate to escape her blackguard cousin, Bianca Salisbury ventures to London to find a husband or employment. Instead, she’s bartered to a notorious rakehell. She either risks being compromised and accepts The Earl of Wainthorpe’s protection, or flees him and her guardian. But without money and a place to go, she fears she’ll face the same tragic fate as her mother.


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To Love a Highland Rogue - Heart of a Scot Book 1
She’s determined to end her betrothal, but he must make her his at all cost.

A Scottish lass determined to end her betrothal.

As an infant, Mayra Findlay’s hand was pledged in marriage. So closely has her virtue been guarded, she’s never been permitted a beau—has never even flirted with a man. However, after a chance encounter with a dashing rogue who sets her pulse and imagination cavorting, Mayra initiates a scheme that’s sure to force her affianced to call off their union.

The laird who must make her his at all cost.

Until Logan Rutherford, Laird of Lockelieth Keep, inherited a near bankrupt estate, he had no intention of wedding the lass he was betrothed to as a wee lad. Now he needs Mayra’s remaining dowry to save his beloved Lockelieth. However, before they exchange vows, he’s determined to know just what type of woman he’s reluctantly taking to wife. So he assumes his cousin’s identity; a decision that soon has him snared in a tangled web of deceit.


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A Diamond for a Duke - Seductive Scoundrels Book 1
A dour duke and a wistful wallflower—an impossible match until fate intervenes one enchanted night.

A dour duke…

Jules, the Sixth Duke of Dandridge disdains Society and all its trappings, preferring the country’s solitude and peace. Already jaded and cynical since the woman he loved died years ago, he’s become even more so since unexpectedly inheriting a dukedom’s responsibilities and finding himself the target of every husband-hunting vixen in London.

A wistful wallflower…

Forever in her stunning sister’s shadow, Jemmah Dament has adored Jules from afar for years—since as children they were the best of friends. She daren’t dream she can win a duke’s heart any more than she hopes to escape the life of servitude imposed on her by an uncaring mother. Jemmah knows full well, Jules is too far above her station. Besides, his family has already selected his perfect duchess: a poised, polished, exquisite blueblood.

But one enchanted night…

A chance encounter reunites Jules and Jemmah, resulting in a passionate interlude neither can forget. Jules realizes he wants more—much more—than Jemmah’s sweet kisses or her warming his bed. He must somehow convince her to gamble on a dour duke. But can Jemmah trust a rogue promised to another? One who’s sworn never to love again?


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The Wallflower's Wicked Wager - A Waltz with a Rogue Book 5
He loved her beyond anything and everything—precisely why he couldn’t ever marry her.

A wounded hero.
Love—sentimental drivel for insipid, weak, feckless fools.
Since an explosion ravaged Captain Morgan Le Draco’s face and cost him his commission in the Royal Dragoons, he’s fortified himself behind an impenetrable rampart of cynicism and distrust. Now destitute and shunned by the very society that once lauded his heroics, he’s put aside all thoughts of marrying and having a family. Until he risks his life to save a drowning woman. At once, Morgan knows Shona’s the balm for his tortured soul, but as a wealthy, titled noblewoman, she’s too far above his humble station and can never be his.

An intrepid wallflower.
Love—a treasured gift reserved for those beautiful of form and face.

Scorned and ridiculed most of her adult life, Shona, Lady Atterberry believes she’s utterly undesirable and is reconciled to spinsterhood. She hides her spirited temperament beneath a veneer of gauche shyness, until a strapping, scarred stranger saves her life, and she can’t deny her immediate, powerful, and sensual attraction to him. Despite how ill-suited they are and innuendos that Captain Le Draco is a fortune-hunter, she cannot escape her growing fascination.

Two damaged souls searching for love.
Others are determined to keep them apart, and Shona is goaded into placing a wicked wager. One that sets her upon a ruinous path and alienates the only man who might have ever loved her. Is true love enough to put their pasts behind them, to learn to trust, and heal their wounded hearts?


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To Tame a Scoundrel's Heart - A Waltz with a Rogue Book 4
Could you give up what you’re most passionate about forever?

She had her whole life planned.
Katrina Needham intended to marry her beloved major and live happily-ever-after. Until he’s seen with another woman. Distraught, and needing a distraction, she agrees to assist the rugged, and dangerously handsome privateer, The Saint of the Sea, find a wife.

He loves everything about being a sea captain.
When Dominic St. Monté unexpectedly inherits a dukedom and the care of his young sisters, he reluctantly decides he must marry. Afterward, he can return to the sea-faring life he craves and leave his duchess to oversee his dukedom.

Nic enlists a family friend’s help in finding an acceptable bride and soon realizes Katrina possesses every characteristic he seeks in a duchess. However, he cannot ask for her hand. Not only is she promised to another, a man still determined to make her his, she has absolutely no interest in becoming a privateer’s wife. Can Nic and Katrina relinquish their carefully planned futures and trust love to guide them?


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Her Scandalous Wish - A Waltz with a Rogue Book 3
A marriage offer obligated by duty--an acceptance compelled by desperation.

Scarred from a fire, at two-and-twenty, Philomena Pomfrett is resigned to spinsterhood. But to ease her dying brother’s fretting, she reluctantly agrees to attend a London Season to acquire a husband. If she fails, when he dies, with no family and no money, her future is perilous. Betrayed once, Philomena entertains no notions of a love-match.

Newly titled, Bradford, Viscount Kingsley, returns to England after a three-year absence. When he stumbles upon Philomena hiding in a secluded arbor during a ball, believing she died in a fire he doesn't recognize his first love. Yet something about her enthralls him, and he steals a moonlit kiss. Caught in the act by Philomena’s brother, Bradford is issued an ultimatum—a duel or marry Philomena.

Bradford offers marriage, but Philomena rejects his half-hearted proposal, convinced he’d grow to despise her. Then her brother collapses, and she’s faced with marrying a man who deserted her once already.


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Bride of Falcon - A Waltz with a Rogue Book 2
When is love not enough?

After five Seasons, Ivonne Wimpleton has accepted she’s a haute ton undesirable. Her only suitors are men desperate to get their hands on her marriage settlement. Guarded and aloof, and always a bit ungraceful, she’s resigned herself to spinsterhood. She doesn’t mind her fate since Chancy Faulkenhurst, the man who once held her heart, left for India without an explanation.

Six years later Chance returns to England physically and emotionally scarred. His love for Ivonne remains just as strong, and when he learns she must choose one of the degenerates who've offered for her, he's determined that none should have her but him. Except, not only is she infuriated he made no effort to contact her in all their years apart, in Chance’s absence, his father arranged a marriage for him and fully expects Chance to honor the agreement.


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A Kiss for Miss Kingsley - A Waltz with a Rogue Book 1
Can a beautiful spinster trust love again? Especially if the same man asks?

Olivia Kingsley didn’t expect to fall in love and receive a secret marriage proposal two weeks into her first Season. However, one dance with Allen Wimpleton and her fate is sealed. Or so she thinks until her eccentric and ailing father announces he’s moving the family to the Caribbean for a year. Distraught at her leaving, and unaware of her father’s ill health, Allen demands she choose—him or her father.

Heartbroken at Allen's callousness, but thankful he’s revealed his true nature before she married him, Olivia turns her back on their love. The year becomes three, enough time for her broken heart to heal, and after her father dies, Olivia returns to England. Coming face to face with an embittered Allen, she realizes she never purged him from her heart, and once again the flames of passion ignite. But is it too late for their love?


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The Earl's Enticement - Castle Bride Series Book 3
Would you seek revenge against the woman who falsely imprisoned you?

She won't be tamed.
A fiery, unconventional Scot, Adaira Ferguson wears breeches, swears, and has no more desire to marry than she does to follow society's dictates of appropriate behavior. She trusts no man with the secret she desperately protects.

He can't forget.
Haunted by his past, Roark, The Earl of Clarendon, rigidly adheres to propriety, holding himself and those around him to the highest standards, no matter the cost. Betrayed once, he's guarded and leery of all women. Mistaking Roark for a known spy, Adaira imprisons him. Infuriated, he vows vengeance. Realizing her error, she's appalled and releases him, but he's not satisfied with his freedom. Roark is determined to transform Adaira from an ill-mannered hoyden to a lady of refinement.

He succeeds only to discover, he preferred the free-spirited Scottish lass who first captured his heart.


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Highlander's Hope: Enhanced Second Edition - Castle Brides Book 2
Knowing they’d hate you, would you deceive the person you love to protect them?

She neither wanted nor needed to marry.
Yvette Stapleton has no need for a husband. Ever. Possessed of a fortune, she’s determined to forge her own future without matrimony’s confining bonds. Besides, she’s yet to meet a man who doesn’t find her wealth more alluring than her. That is, until a dangerously handsome, oddly familiar lord, rescues her off London’s docks the very day she arrives back in England. After succumbing to his kisses, and on the verge of giving him her heart, she discovers he’s been misleading her. And his deception has drawn her into treacherous international intrigue.

Even after two years, he couldn’t forget her.
Dually titled, Ewan, Viscount Sethwick and Laird McTavish of Craiglocky Keep has one last mission before resigning his position as a covert agent: to oust a War Office traitor. He’ll stop at nothing to succeed. Except exploit the woman who captured his heart months ago—after a single waltz. As peril mounts, they flee to Scotland, the only place Ewan is confident he can keep Yvette safe. However, on the journey, he’s forced to declare her his wife to protect her from certain ravishment.

Incensed upon discovering the irregular marriage is legally binding under Scottish law, Yvette is determined to have the union annulled. Ewan’s just as resolute she’ll remain his wife.


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The Viscount's Vow - Castle Bride Series Book 1
What would you do if forced to marry the person responsible for your brother's death?

Part Romani, noblewoman Evangeline Caruthers is the last woman in England Ian Hamilton, the Viscount Warrick, could ever love--an immoral wanton responsible for his brother's and father's deaths.

Vangie thinks Ian is a foul-tempered blackguard, who after setting out to cause her downfall, finds himself forced to marry her--snared in the trap of his own making. When Vangie learns the marriage ceremony itself may have been a ruse, she flees to her gypsy relatives, declaring herself divorced from Ian under Romani law. He pursues her to the gypsy encampment, and when the handsome gypsy king offers to take Ian's place in Vangie's bed, jealousy stirs hot and dangerous.

Under a balmy starlit sky, Ian and Vangie breach the chasm separating them, yet peril lurks. Ian is the last in his family line, and his stepmother is determined to dispose of the newlyweds so her daughter can inherit his estate. Only by trusting each other can Ian and Vangie overcome scandal and murderous betrayal.


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