Historical Romantic Comedies
Never Duel a Damsel
The School for Scandalous Women Book One
New Girl meets Bridgerton in this Regency-era historical romantic comedy with a knife-sharp feminist twist from the fresh debut voice, Rebekka DeReu.
A steamy romp perfect for fans of Alexandra Vasti, Martha Waters, Virginia Heath, and Erica Ridley.
Scarlett Halloway asks for only one thing in her third season: if she must marry, let it be to a man she can at least tolerate. Love? That’s a falsehood. As a student of philosophy, Scarlett does not tolerate falsehoods. Or the pretenses of unwanted suitors in London ballrooms. However, because ladies aren’t permitted to fence, she can’t very well use her sword to fend them off and risk her reputation—again. A fabricated connection to a soldier is the only logical escape.
Recently returned from his service on the Continent, Tate hasn’t the time for anything but his search for work as an architect. Luckily, the glamorous ladies of the Ton ignore him in favor of his trimmer elder brother. Except one beguiling stranger who approaches him as if they’ve met a thousand times before. With the sure-footed Scarlett waltzing in his arm, he soon finds himself in danger of falling for her to distraction.
When Scarlett’s father promises her to the worst possible man, Tate’s brother, Scarlett and Tate must stop the union while preventing their undeniable attraction from becoming their ruination. When his brother’s mysterious agenda thwarts their every move and Tate goes missing, Scarlett fears she must pick up her sword again. Will she win their freedoms but risk her heart in the process?
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Never Excuse a Marquess
The School for Scandalous Women Book Two
When there’s only one barn to weather the storm, a frost between ex-lovers thaws in this delightfully steamy Regency rom-com. Perfect for fans of Martha Waters, Erica Ridley, and Virginia Heath.
From mistress to milkmaid, country lass Camilla Bertram has fallen so far for her dastardly rakish neighbour the Marquess Richard Langley that she’s landed herself, ruined and possibly pregnant, in a barn. As far as hideouts go, her uncle's dairy farm should properly separate her from Richard. She certainly won’t give him a second chance. Not after last time . . .
Upon losing a duel to his pesky ex-fiancée, Richard Langley faces a rude awakening: love is a fickle mistress, and that mistress's name is Camilla. Armed with nothing but the knowledge she may be carrying his heir, he hires a farmhand to spy on her—the very same man who poses as her suitor.
The year without summer, however, conspires against their schemes. With Camilla’s condition uncertain and nature taking no pity on their plight, they find it impossible to solve their differences—not while he's busy thinking with his “rifle” and she’s buried in her book on herbalism. Can their love blossom again, or will his misguided efforts shoot down any chance they have at happiness?
Coming September 22nd, 2026 to KU and Paperback