The Lord Blackwood Regency Romance Series
By Arabella Sheraton
I had
written a few Regency romances already for my aged mum when my publisher asked
for a quick holiday romance novel for Valentine’s Day. Nothing too complicated,
they said, just a sweet easy to read romance. Easier said than done when
writing a romance. As I plunged into the ups and downs of love and the language
of flowers in the novella, I felt the backstory of the male lead, Lord
Blackwood, nagging at me. He had lost his fiancée, the ravishingly beautiful Letitia
DeVere, in a terrible accident while she had been on an art tour of Italy. But
was there more to it? of course there was, given that no body had been recovered
and so…could she still be alive? After two years? When NaNoWriMo came up in the
same year, I was besieged by the characters of the novella, begging me to
complete the story in a sequel called The Lady’s Revenge. NaNoWriMo was the answer
to me finding the time and I competed it with flying colors. The subsequent story
was worthy of any 19th-century melodrama. What the fair Letitia been
up to in those two years and why she returned home, miraculously risen from the
dead, was enough to make anyone blush. I found to my astonishment that the characters
had already planned and executed the story and all I had to do was be the scribe.
The devious twists and turns and almost malevolent plans of the spurned Letitia
had me typing furiously away at the keyboard. She truly was out for revenge and
to get back her fiancé, the somewhat naïve Lord Blackwood who soon fell back
under her spell – or had he? Stooping to subterfuge, blackmail, assault, and
even worse, Letitia looked as if she was going to win. But fate has a way of
righting wrongs and the truth, like water, always finds a way to rise to the
surface. I must confess that writing this series has been an extraordinary and unexpected
feat.
In this romantic traditional Regency novella, Patience Cherwell is resigned to a life of spinsterhood. Therefore, when her young friend, the lovely Lorna Hartley, comes to stay for a London season, she decides the eligible, charming Lord Blackwood is the perfect match for Lorna. Granted, Lord Blackwood, at forty, is much older than the vivacious 20-year-old Lorna, but Patience is determined to help her young friend make a good match. So why isn’t she happy when his lordship and Lorna seem to like each other’s company? The problem is that Patience is already madly in love with his lordship! An unexpected invitation arrives for Lorna and Patience to attend Lord Blackwood’s Valentine Ball. This is the perfect moment for him to propose to Lorna. Mysteriously, a corsage arrives from an anonymous admirer. Who is it for? And what will be the outcome for the wearer at Lord Blackwood’s Valentine Ball? Patience and Lord Blackwood’s enchanting story continues in The Lady’s Revenge.
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This engaging traditional Regency romance is the sequel to Lord Blackwood’s Valentine Ball. Miss Letitia DeVere decides that revenge is a dish best eaten cold when she returns to London after a two-year absence to find her former admirer Lord Charles Blackwood on the verge of proposing to Miss Patience Cherwell. Lord Blackwood’s Valentine Ball proved to be the turning point in his fledgling romance with Patience. Letitia is not the kind of woman who gives up easily, as Patience and Charles soon find out. She stops at nothing to achieve her aims. However, Letitia has a dark past, with secrets that threaten to return and destroy her newfound social success. When Charles proves less malleable than in the past, Letitia resorts to subterfuge, seduction, blackmail, and even violence to force him to propose. Will he see through her tricks and remain true to Patience, or will Letitia’s seductive wiles lure him back?
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Arabella Sheraton grew up reading her mom’s collection of Georgette Heyer novels, the queen of modern-day Regency romance, and of course, Jane Austen’s iconic Regency novels. Although Arabella’s literary background was in publishing and editing, she had never written a fiction book. Her first novel started out in response to her mom’s complaint that she had nothing new to read. That first Regency novel was The Dangerous Duke! Since then, Arabella has penned six more authentic Regency novels and a romance self-help guide to finding the right partner, with useful quotes by none other than Jane Austen. Arabella has branched out with a mash-up of genre in her latest work in progress. A murder-mystery, time travel, Regency romance coming soon!
Arabella Sheraton grew up reading her mom’s collection of Georgette Heyer novels, the queen of modern-day Regency romance, and of course, Jane Austen’s iconic Regency novels. Although Arabella’s literary background was in publishing and editing, she had never written a fiction book. Her first novel started out in response to her mom’s complaint that she had nothing new to read. That first Regency novel was The Dangerous Duke! Since then, Arabella has penned six more authentic Regency novels and a romance self-help guide to finding the right partner, with useful quotes by none other than Jane Austen. Arabella has branched out with a mash-up of genre in her latest work in progress. A murder-mystery, time travel, Regency romance coming soon!
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