I read Mad about the Marquess while at RT 2016, and the book was so good that it left me having sweaty anxiety about wanting to hide and read and go to all the panels all at the same time. Fortunately I was among my people at RT so sweaty reading anxiety is something everyone understood. “Elyse! Why are you sweating and breathing hard?” “I AM CRAMMING AS MUCH READING AS POSSIBLE INTO EVERY SPARE … Continue reading Mad About the Marquess by Elizabeth Essex →
I picked up Scandal in the Night by Elizabeth Essex by accident. I was standing in line at the grocery store, waiting as the woman in front of me (who apparently traveled forward in time from 1991) finished writing her check, and it was sitting on an endcap next to me. I grabbed it and started to peruse and was hooked almost instantly. It also made me wax half my eyebrow off (more on that … Continue reading Scandal in the Night by Elizabeth Essex →
This review was written by Katherine This story was nominated in the Best Historical Romance category. The summary: Captain Hugh McAlden is working on a top-secret mission to bring down enemy spies living in England. After seeing a young woman perform a brilliant bit of pick pocketing on the London streets, he impulsively decides to hire her to help him. The only name she'll give him is Meggs, and she refuses to tell him anything … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge: The Danger of Desire by Elizabeth Essex →
A DUKE FOR ALL SEASONS! What’s better than a dashing duke? A dozen of them! In this case, a baker’s dozen—thirteen of your favorite historical romance authors have come together to bring you more than a dozen tantalizing novellas, with one per month, for a year’s worth of never-before-released romances. January – Duke in Winter by Alyssa Alexander — When the highwayman demanded that the Duke of Highrow stand and deliver, he didn’t know she … Continue reading Dukes by the Dozen →
A madcap plan to avoid marriages they do not desire, leads two women to romance and passion they don’t expect in a duet of novellas by bestselling authors Jess Michaels and Elizabeth Essex. A Lady’s Gift for Seduction by Jess Michaels Lady Evangeline is a Diamond of the First Water, but she fears her father will match her to his own advantage, not hers. She decides marrying a biddable groom is the only way to … Continue reading Betrothed by Christmas →
From bluestockings to scandalous heiresses, these strong-willed, unconventional historical romance heroines don’t let anything stand in their way when it comes to love and happily ever after. Featuring seven novellas and novels from award-winning and bestselling authors. The Pursuit of Pleasure by Elizabeth Essex Independent, politically-minded heiress Elizabeth Paxton has never wanted to marry, but longs for the freedom afforded to widows. The last thing she wants is dangerously attractive Captain Jameson Marlowe as a … Continue reading Historical Hellions →
A collection of previously published Christmas e-novellas… One Hot Scot by Suzanne Enoch Duncan Lenox lives surrounded by enemies, a MacLawry in a land of Campbells. But when an English beauty has nowhere else to turn, he feels obligated to help. Now that they must spend a night together in an abandoned cottage while a storm rages on, will their mutual passion save—or doom—them both? Once Upon a Christmas Scandal by Alexandra Hawkins Lady Ellen … Continue reading Christmas Brides →
From acclaimed author Elizabeth Essex comes the adventurous first book in the Highland Brides, a quartet of bold, brilliant lasses determined to make their own happily ever afters. WHEN A LADY TAKES TO THE ROAD TO PLAY ROBIN HOOD Lady Quince Winthrop has been robbing from society’s rich and giving to Edinburgh’s poor for years. But everything changes the day she can’t resist the temptation to steal from the Marquess of Cairn. SHE MUST BE … Continue reading Mad About the Marquess →
Here is a text transcript of Podcast 111- An Interview with Courtney Milan: Law, Books, and Recommendations. You can listen to the mp3 here, or you can read on! This podcast transcript was hand crafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. [music] Sarah Wendell: Hello and welcome to another DBSA podcast. I’m your host Sarah Wendell, and with me is New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan. In this episode, we talk … Continue reading Podcast Transcript 111. An Interview with Courtney Milan: Law, Books, and Recommendations →
Almost a Scandal by Elizabeth Essex is $2.99 right now. This is a historical romance about a woman who enlists in the navy disguised as a boy (obviously), and it's the first book in Essex's Reckless Brides series. Readers on GR really love the hero, too. Have you read this book? Bold, brazen, and beautiful, the Reckless Brides refuse to play by society’s rules of courtship. But—come hell or high water—they always get their man… … Continue reading Books on Sale: Gothic Holt, Duran Pre-Order Still On, and Linden and Essex Historicals →
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The RITA for Best Historical Romance goes to: Always a Temptress by Eileen Dreyer (Grand Central Publishing Forever; Amy Pierpont, editor) The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne (Berkley Publishing Group; Wendy McCurdy, editor) The Danger of Desire by Elizabeth Essex (Kensington Brava; Megan Records, editor) Heartbreak Creek by Kaki Warner (Berkley Publishing Group Sensation; Wendy McCurdy, editor) Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase (Avon Books; May Chen, editor) Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt (Grand … Continue reading RITA for Best Historical Romance →
