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Discover the enchanting world of Collette Cameron's Regency and Scottish Highlander romances! Explore her complete library today and see what's coming next from this USA Today bestselling author.
CHRONICLES OF THE WESTBROOK BRIDES
Unconventional characters, thrilling intrigue, and heart-pounding suspense weave together with soul-stirring romance as scandalous rogues and spirited women defy society's rules to find their soulmates and become the unforgettable Westbrook Brides!
· Midnight Christmas Waltz
· Mission at Midnight
· The Midnight Marques
· Holly, Mistletoe, and Midnight Snow
· The Wallflower's Midnight Waltz
· Minuet at Midnight
· Kiss a Rake at Midnight
· Unmasked at Midnight
· Memories Made at Midnight
· Once Upon a Midnight Dream
DUKES COME CALLING (SEDUCTIVE SCOUNDRELS)
Indulge in these captivating, emotion-laden and quick-read historical Regency romances sure to warm your heart and put a smile on your face.
· A Diamond for a Duke
· Only a Duke Would Dare
· A December with a Duke
· What Would a Duke Do?
· Wooed by a Wicked Duke
· Duchess of His Heart
· Never Dance with a Duke
· Wedding Her Christmas Duke
· The Debutante and the Duke
· Loved by a Dangerous Duke
· How to Win a Duke's Heart
· When a Duke Desires a Lass
· My Dearest Duke
FOR THE LOVE OF AN EARL
Enthralling Regency adventures brimming with intrigue, lovable scoundrels, strong heroines, and unforgettable, sigh-worthy romance.
· Earl of Wainthorpe
· Earl of Scarborough
· Earl of Keyworth
· Earl of Renshaw
HIGHLAND HEATHER ROMANCING A SCOT: CASTLE BRIDES
Pamper yourself with Scottish Regency historical romances packed with intrigue, smoldering passion, and page-turning surprises.
· Heart of a Highlander
· The Viscount's Vow
· The Highlander's Heiress
· The Earl's Enticement
· Triumph and Treasure
· Virtue and Valor
· Heartbreak and Honor
· Scandal's Splendor
· Passion and Plunder
· Wishes and Wonder
· A Yuletide Highlander
HEART OF A SCOT
Indulge in these captivating, emotion-laden, spicy Highlander suspense romances sure to warm your heart and put a smile on your face.
· To Love a Highland Laird
· To Redeem a Highland Rake
· To Seduce a Highland Scoundrel
· To Woo a Highland Warrior
· To Enchant a Highland Earl
· To Defy a Highland Duke
· To Marry a Highland Marauder
· To Bargain with a Highland Buccaneer
· A Christmas Kiss for a Highlander
LADIES OF OPPORTUNITY
Unconventional heroines dare to rewrite society's rulebook, taming roguish hearts and sparking love stories full of daring adventures, swoon-worthy intrigue, and a dash of irresistible mischief.
· The Wallflower's Wild Wager
· The Spinster's Secret Stake
· Better Not Bet a Bluestocking ~ Coming Soon!
· When You wager a Widow ~ Coming Soon!
SECRETS OF SCANDALOUS LADIES
Read these engaging, sweet romances featuring loveable rogues, scandalous secrets, a pinch of mystery, and a dash of humor for page-turning reads you won't soon forget.
· A Lady's Scandalous Kiss
· No Lady for the Lord
· Love Lessons for the Lady
· His One and Only Lady
· Never a Proper Lady
· Lady Tempts a Rogue
THE CULPEPPER MISSES
Read the Culpepper sisters saga for page-turning, humorous, and satisfying historical Regency romance romps you can't forget. Giggles guaranteed.
· The Earl and the Spinster
· The Marquis and the Vixen
· The Lord and the Wallflower
· The Buccaneer and the Bluestocking
· The Lieutenant and the Lady
THE HONORABLE ROGUES®
Are you ready for rousing, emotional, and romantic historical Regency romance quick-read capers you won't want to put down?
· A Kiss for a Rogue
· A Bride for a Rogue
· A Rogue's Scandalous Wish
· To Capture a Rogue's Heart
· The Rogue and the Wallflower
· A Rose for a Rogue
· 'Twas the Rogue Before Christmas
· A Rogue Worth the Risk
From the Back Cover
Excerpt - Wedding Her Christmas Duke
Bathhurst Hotel and Spa
Bath, Somerset, England
15 November 1810
Justina Farthington laughed as she and her widowed aunt, Emily Grenville, tried in vain to dodge the large, soggy snowflakes sifting from the pewter gray sky with the rambunctious abandon of a litter of kittens playing in a sack of spilled flour. The pathway to the hotel wasn't long, but the snow made walking difficult.
"It's a good thing we didn't plan on reaching home today," Justina said, tilting her head to better study the ominous sky. A plump snowflake plopped onto Preview her chin, and she laughed again. Grateful for her warm leather gloves, she swiped the moisture away. "We'd never have made it to Bristol in this weather."
"In all of my years, I have never known it to snow this heavily in Somerset in November," Aunt Emily declared, clutching Justina's hand for balance.
A good five inches of snow had already accumulated. Though it was scarcely an hour past one in the afternoon, steel gray blanketed the town so popular with the upper ten thousand, giving the appearance of early twilight. The pouting sky showed no signs of relenting in its unrepentant white onslaught upon the earth either.
Surely snow in Somerset wasn't so scarce.
"Yes, all thirty of them," Justina remarked dryly while concentrating on keeping snow from sneaking into her half-boots. "And because you're so well-traveled."
"Hush, Justina Madalene Honoria Farthington. Really. Reminding me of my advanced age and that I'm on the shelf is beyond the pale," Emily huffed good-naturedly, even as a frown puckered her brow.
Oh, my heavens. Auntie used my full name. She is in a fine fettle, then.
"Lest you forget, I am widowed and a decade your senior. And, I'll remind you, dear niece, that I have seen much more of this often-unforgiving world than you."
"Of course," Justina murmured demurely.
Aunt Emily wasn't done, however.
"You know full well I accompanied my brother on his diplomatic jaunts for several years. It simply does not snow several inches before Christmastide in our part of the world."
A touch of genuine concern had leeched into her usually tranquil tones.
Was her aunt worried they'd be stranded here?
What did it matter?
Their finances, though not abundant, were sufficient to accommodate an extended stay. No one except two doddering servants, well past their prime, awaited them at home in Bristol. And the Sutcliffes' Christmastide house party didn't begin until the twenty-second of December--a full month away.
In point of fact, Justina and her aunt were invited to come a few days prior. Nonetheless, they could while away for a fortnight in Bath, and no one would be the wiser, much less worried or concerned.
A grin played around the edges of Justina's mouth.
Oh, how she looked forward to the Sutcliffes' house party.
Her dearest friends--young women she'd met at the finishing school her widowed aunt had insisted she attend--were also invited. Genuine excitement that today's gloomy weather and the disruption to their travel plans couldn't diminish bubbled along her veins.
Clutching Justina's hand tighter, Aunt Emily clicked her tongue, reminding Justina very much of their elderly neighbor, Gertrude Howerton.
Nearly blind and well on her way to becoming deaf as well, Gertrude was forever fussing over something, tsking, clucking, and murmuring, "Mercy," or "God save me," while forcefully pounding her cane on whatever unfortunate surface she happened to be upon, or prodding the legs of whoever happened to be in proximity of the flailing stick.
She was precisely the type of eccentric old bird Justina hoped she'd be in her dotage.
Though still a beautiful woman, Aunt Emily dressed and acted like a seventy-year-old spinster. If a man so much as gave her a second glance, with her lips pursed, she turned her frostiest green-eyed star upon him. Usually, that was sufficient to send any would-be swains trotting hastily in the other direction.
She never--truly never--spoke of her marriage or dead husband, an officer in His Majesty's Navy.
Once that first year together, struggling to find the right words in her stilted English, Justina had dared ask Emily about her husband. Distress had ravaged her aunt's pretty features before she'd managed, "It is not something I ever speak of."
Justina had never poked her nose into Aunt Emily's personal business again. Somehow, she sensed it wasn't just grief that tied her aunt's tongue and caused the haunted shadows in her pretty eyes.
"It is most unfortunate that the Royal Arms Hotel suffered fire damage, and we are obliged to find lodgings elsewhere." Aunt Emily signaled the drivers to wait. "Richard always insisted we stay at the Royal Arms."
In truth, this was the third establishment the women had stopped at, seeking rooms for the night. Who would've guessed so many dratted people were traveling in November despite the awful roads?
With a wan smile, Aunt Emily allowed, "My brother was rather rigid and unyielding in his ways. A deeply devout man, Richard never stepped over the mark or outside Society's strictures."
Justina kept her response to herself. Whenever Aunt Emily mentioned Richard Farthington, Justina couldn't prevent her heart from cramping. Not over his death, for she hadn't known the man, but for all that had come afterward.
Could he really have been gone nearly a decade?
How well she remembered that day less than a month before her tenth birthday. The day after her beloved mother had died in their humble Viennese hovel and her cantankerous Austrian grandfather had presented Justina at Richard Farthington's doorstep, proclaiming she was his illegitimate daughter.
"I've no use for a uneheliches Kind" --bastard child-- "under my feet," grandfather had pronounced coldly in his German spattered, halting English. "Farthington impregnated my daughter, and he can deal with das Mädchen now that my Elsa is gone, ja?"
He hadn't even looked back but had left Justina standing bereft and teary-eyed with an equally confused and grief-stricken Emily Grenville. She'd buried her brother, Richard, a mere two days prior after he'd succumbed to lung fever.
Except for each other, Justina and Aunt Emily were indeed two women alone in the world.
As always, when reminiscing about her previous life, melancholy infused Justina.
She cut a sideways glance at the woman who'd become mother, sister, and friend to her in the ensuing years. The woman who'd accepted a child she neither knew nor could vouch for her paternity and brought that same frightened and sad little girl to England to be raised as a gentle-woman. The only person, save Wenzel Trattner, Justina's grandfather, who knew the secret of her birth and guarded it like the most precious of gems.
Aunt Emily had, however, changed Justina's given name from Friederike, giving her a feminine version of Richard Farthington's middle name, Justin. For that, Justina was grateful. Simply put, Friederike was a mouthful, and she would have had to continually explain her name's origin had she kept it. Although, in retrospect, she might've enjoyed being called Freddie.
The great-granddaughter of a viscount, Emily Grenville, had taken a grief-stricken child beneath her wing that awful afternoon when the charcoal grey Vienna sky had also been cloaked with grumpy clouds.
About the Author
USA Today Bestselling author Collette Cameron® is renowned for her captivating, humorous, and heartwarming Scottish and Regency historical romance novels. With over 65 published titles, over 1.6 million books sold around the world, and multiple writing awards to her credit, Collette is a well-known author in the world of romance.
Readers love her witty and relatable characters, including daring rogues, dashing scoundrels, and the strong and spirited heroines who capture their hearts. From the rugged highlands to the refined drawing rooms of Regency England, Collette's novels will transport you to another time and place, where love and adventure are just a page away.
Collette's Sweet-to-Spicy Timeless Romances® are the perfect escape for readers looking for romantic escape, poignant inspiration, engaging humor, and entertaining stories.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, Collette is surrounded by the lush greenery and rainy skies that inspire her writing. She dreams of one day splitting her time between the Pacific Northwest and Scotland. In the meantime, she indulges in her love of all things cobalt blue, dachshunds, chocolate, and of course, crafting her next romance.
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