Charlie Lane

In this friends-to-lovers Regency romance by Charlie Lane, an independent lady and a cautious earl must do the most daring thing of all—fall in love. A daring lady. A caring earl. And a Christmas house party that turns love into a dangerous game. The Earl of Abbington is not a daring man. Responsible for the care of an opium-addicted uncle, George’s life poses dangers to a bride that he’ll never risk. It’s why he avoided the independent and kind Lady Jane last year, despite her brother’s request he protect her during her season. His neglect no doubt led to Jane’s tattered reputation. In reparation, he’s sent pre-approved suitors to the house party to ensure she marries well, not to a man whose life is a nightmare. Lady Jane is done being daring. Her daring spirit ruined her reputation, her family’s social standing, and her brother’s marital prospects. But a Christmas house party attended by a coterie of willing suitors can put everything right. Plain of face and ordinary of intellect, Jane knows she’ll never find love. And she doesn’t want it anyway. Love is the most daring thing a woman can do, after all. Instead, she’ll develop a system to test her suitors and discover the best husband for a practical sort of marriage. Jane needs George’s help choosing a husband, but George soon realizes he can’t give it without betraying his own heart. Together, they must find the courage to face the dangers of love or lose the love of a lifetime.

He’s searching for approval, not love. She needs clients, not complications of the heart. They hide their own desires, until they can’t anymore. To prove himself a worthy heir to the Duke of Devonmere, Grayson Maxwell, Viscount Rigsby will marry the perfect lady. But first, he must recover the family’s heirloom necklace from his former fiancée, the unforgettably intrepid Miss Henrietta Blake. At the annual Stonefield house party, Henrietta hopes to woo the wealthiest and most respected clientele to her London dress shop. But the irresistible Grayson’s pleas for assistance threaten the pristine reputation she’s cultivated to win the goodwill of the ton. As Grayson searches for the necklace, he discovers something better: a second chance at love with the woman searching by his side. But can he convince Henrietta to give in to the desires of the heart she hides even from herself? The first full-length novel in the London Secrets series is a steamy, mad-cap Regency romp overflowing with heat, humor, and heart.

Miss Lucy Jones is all curves and covert operations.She escorts endangered women out of London in the dark of night, guiding them to safety. She’d rather face a sword point than hear a man say he loves her. She’s married to her cause and needs no other suitor, not even a terribly handsome stable hand who makes her laugh.Keaton Godwin, Earl of Ennis isn’t a stable hand.He didn’t even mean to pretend to be one. Things happen fast when whisky is involved. And he finds himself following a lush goddess wrapped in velvet out of London one dark midnight and to a house in the country. There he discovers a few uncomfortable He’s a nodcock.And he just might be in love.But a fool like him has no chance of winning a brave goddess like Lucy. Unless he lies a little. Hiding his identity seems his only opportunity to remain at the women’s refuge and learn how to be a better man. And to become better acquainted with the woman he can see himself marrying—her likes, her dreams, the taste of her lips…Love grows like a wild weed in the country, but can it survive the truth?

In this enemies-to-lovers Regency romance by USA Today bestselling author Charlie Lane, a lady who dares too much and a brute who dares too little engage in a battle of wits. Lady Sarah Hampton would rather sew up a wound than tend to her own heart. Or matrimonial prospects. When the small hospital she’s been volunteering at faces financial peril, she seeks to save them the best way she knows how—one dare, one wager, and one foolish rake at a time. No matter the risk to herself. If her friend’s irritatingly handsome and brutish brother doesn’t stand in her way. Xavier Evans, Viscount Flint may be known as the Dare King to his old chums, but to Lady Sarah, he’s the King of Brutes. He’d take offense if he weren’t so busy trying to be a better man, the type who rises above insult, never gives it, and protects his family. But when his sister’s happiness hinges on her friend’s safety, he’ll have to figure out how to keep the sharp-tongued and beautiful Lady Sarah—who hates him—safe, too. Sarah is willing to risk it all, and Xavier will do what it takes to stop her. As the game of dares draws them closer, it reveals a hidden threat, and these enemies must work together or hurt those they love… including each other.

In this Regency romance by Charlie Lane, a London season of scandalous dares forces a lady and her duke to see that perfect isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. A redheaded bluestocking in desperate need of a wealthy husband. A handsome duke looking for the perfect duchess. And a dare that shows that opposites may not only attract but can be so much more. Lady Tabitha Hampton has the memory of an elephant. Her sharp brain locks everything away tight as a trunk in an attic. But this talent fails to help the twenty-seven-year-old bluestocking attract the attention of a single wealthy suitor. And she needs one. With three sisters of marriageable age, a sickly father, and a series of bad investments draining their dowries, Tabitha’s marriage could save or ruin her entire family. The Duke of Collingford needs a wife, but not just any one will do. Arthur’s future duchess must be perfect in every way—fair of face, impeccable manners, with enough social influence to impact his parliamentary projects. When he joins the whirl of the London season, the duke finds an insufferable, redheaded wallflower instead. Tabitha insists she can be the perfect duchess, if he’ll only give her the chance. Arthur agrees to test her abilities, but she tests his control. And one taste of her lips is enough to make him embrace chaos. Opposites may attract, but can they cooperate? Or will they lose everything, including their hearts?

In this sizzling Regency romance by Charlie Lane, a cheerful viscount would rather have the grumpy chaperone than the daring debutante. If only the latter didn't prove to be quite so resistible. After the woman he loves rejects his marriage proposal, Edmund Crenshaw, Viscount Escher, has sworn off women. If he can’t marry Mrs. Katherine Brighton, he’ll marry no one. When he discovers a daring debutante in his coach, intent on seduction, he’ll do anything to protect his bachelorhood. He must remain uncompromised or doom himself and the lady to a loveless marriage. Because his heart always has, and always will, belong to only one woman—his Kat. Katherine must escape her younger sister’s insidious grasp. This Season, she has a heart of steel and a plan for independence. As the secret author of a popular out-of-print book, she will convince the publisher to reprint it and fill her coffers with funds enough to live on her own. The publisher agrees—if she writes a new book as well. But with every moment of her day spent helping her sister, she desperately needs a muse. And Lord Escher, the man whose marriage proposal she reluctantly rejected two years ago, sparks her imagination like no one else. To write her book, she must stay near Edmund. In exchange, he requires her help ridding himself of a persistent miss. They’ll solve both problems in no time. If they can keep their hands off each other. Can she protect her heart and her freedom, or will the cheerful viscount tempt her to say yes this second time around?

Unconventional debutante Lillian Clarke has put aside dreams of love — she’s happy helping other wallflowers find it instead. But when sparks fly between her and Lord Devon, they may well be irresistible… A charming enemies-to-lovers Regency romance! 🔥 Rags to riches 🩷 Enemies-to-lovers 🔥Working hero 🩷 Secret attraction 🔥 A Cinderella story 🩷 Forced marriage She’s risen like a Cinderella.He’s more charming than any prince.They shouldn’t be together, but fate can’t resist. A new year and a new Season means a new Lillian Clarke. She’s transformed herself from wallflower to incomparable. But she’s no Cinderella. She’s washed her hands of love and of Lord Devon, her own charming prince who barely knew she existed. She’d rather be the fairy godmother, helping invisible debutantes gain the attention they deserve on the marriage mart. But even though she’s booted Lord Devon from her heart, he’s not done with her. His sudden appearance at her home and inexplicable teasing threaten to distract her from her debutante dreams. Lord Devon, the second son of duke, has put self-pity and scandal behind him and found a new purpose. He’ll invent a machine that improves coffee, buy a coffeehouse, and be a self-made man. He’s determined to be more than the heir’s spare, privileged but kept in case of emergency. Unfortunately, he needs the assistance of Miss Clarke’s brilliant father. And he hates Lillian Clarke for speaking the truth about him. The delectable woman thinks she’s better than him. He’ll teach her she’s not. If he can ignore the way her courage makes him smile. When sparks in the workshop fly, Lillian and Devon invent a passion that’s more than they bargained for and complicate their paths to happily ever after.The Debutante Dares Series#1 Daring the Duke#2 A Dare too Far#3 Kiss or Dare#4 Don't You Dare, My Dear#5 Only Rakes Would Dare#6 Daring Done RightChristmas A Very Daring Christmas

A penniless widow. A baron in need of a bride. A marriage of convenience will save them or tear them apart. Sarah Pennington has just been sacked from her position at Hopkins’ Bookshop, and if she doesn’t fine a new position fast, she’ll know the pang of hunger. Again. When a famous adventurer enters the shop looking for a rare and priceless book, Sarah finds the key to her future—she’ll beat the baron and win the book for herself. Henry Cavendish, Baron Eaden returns home in search of a rare copy of Gulliver’s Travels. He expects to obtain his goal effortlessly. He doesn’t expect to compete against a lovely-eyed widow to win the book. Her determination and passion reveal a prize of greater value—the widow herself. Henry suggests a marriage of convenience. He’ll win the book, she’ll gain stability, and they’ll both find passion in one another’s arms. But for Sarah, stability isn’t enough. She wants the baron’s heart.

In this sizzling Regency romance by USA Today Bestselling author Charlie Lane, a lady with a secret runs from the gentleman who loves her. She’s not who she says she is. Shadows, secrets, and Jackson Cavendish—all things Miss Gwendolyn Smith runs from. She’s determined to live a life of obscurity, studying dusty tomes. Better that steady present than her haunting past or a future she cannot have. When a letter arrives that threatens her secrets and Jackson tells her he’s done waiting, she must choose—face her past and gain a future? Or continue running from both. He fell first, but he’ll win at last. Mr. Jackson Cavendish has chased Gwendolyn for six years but only caught her once. In Paris at midnight. He’ll never forget what she felt like in his arms. And he’s determined to repeat the experience. Every night for the rest of their lives. But how to convince the woman he loves to trust him with her secrets? He's tried seduction. He's tried retreat. Now he'll have to reveal his own fears and secret guilt. When these two scholars must dig into their own pasts, they’ll learn how to build a future from it or lose each other forever.

Richard Shaw doesn't need a woman.A good thing, too, since no one would marry him. A bastard with hands rough from work, women want him only for a good tumble. Until the one woman who's always set him aflame returns for his brother's wedding. The infuriating chit has pleasure on her mind. And revenge. He likely deserves her revenge, but he'd do anything to give her pleasure...Beatrice Bell needs no man.Unless it's to take a lover. And her friend's house party wedding offers the perfect opportunity to do just that. If she can escape the disapproving glares of Mr. Richard Shaw, her one-time friend and long-time enemy. He separated her sister from the man she loved, and Beatrice will never forgive him.Even if he does kiss her like she's sunrise itself.Even if he's good with children.And excellent at apologies.And has that lovely lock of hair curling right over one eye...Even if she enjoys arguing with him more than she enjoys a pleasant conversation with... anyone else. He seems to like it, too. And the old animosity sparks into something deliciously different. In this novella-length Regency romcom, hate is familiar, but love is so worth it.

A fellow should obey the rules of courtship. Unless he’s not a gentleman.Join the mischievous Lady Andromeda as she juggles a fake engagement and a secret lending library, where passion-filled novels spark more than just imagination. Will Tristan Kingston's courtship survive the chaos? 🔥Enemies to lovers 💛 Illegitimate hero 🔥Brother’s best friend 💛 Hero with ward 🔥Courtship lessons 💛Steamy Romantic comedy To protect his guardianship of his beloved younger brother, newspaperman Tristan Kingston turns to courtship and marriage. But the woman must be just right—maternal, proper, and unbothered by marrying an earl's bastard. Dreamy yet practical Lady Andromeda Merriweather seems like the perfect choice. But she’s already taken. Everyone thinks Lady Andromeda is engaged to a baron in Cornwall. She’s not. It’s a ruse to hide a bigger she runs an erotic lending library with her four sisters. When the confident Mr. Kingston swaggers in, announcing his intentions to court her, Andromeda’s in trouble. In every way possible. Because she’s got a secret, and he’s a newspaperman. Because he wants to marry her, and she’s fake engaged. Because he kisses her, and she wants more. He doesn't seem to care she’s unavailable. He doesn’t seem to believe it. And while his attentions threaten her secret, he’s a much bigger threat to her heart.

In this sizzling opposites-attract Regency romance by Charlie Lane, a lady of passion and an earl of logic commit to a fake courtship as rakish as it is daring. Lady Edith knows the sting of unrequited love, and now she wants only one thing—to marry a man who desires her or to never marry. But at the Season’s end, her father threatens to provide a husband if she cannot secure one herself. When a family friend saves her from the unwanted advances of one of their suitors, she falls a little bit in love. With his auburn hair and radical ideas about women, Griffin Paxton, the Earl of Eastern, is perfect. Except he doesn’t want her back. Griffin will not be distracted by Lady Edith’s diamond-eyed beauty. He needs a wife to fulfill his dying father’s wish, and he needs her to be a model of propriety to repair the family reputation his rakish father sullied. When Lady Edith calls herself a rake, he knows she’ll never do. He’ll have to guard his attraction to her fiery spirit and open heart behind thick ice walls and look elsewhere. But when Edith suggests they forge a fake engagement to appease both their fathers, Griffin can’t refuse. She needs his help, and he never ignores a damsel in distress. Will a fake courtship bring out their rakish desires, or will it offer a home to two hurting hearts?

Uncovering secrets can be dangerous. She has no other choice. Lady Maggie’s dowry is gone, her family’s estate is in disrepair, and each new work of art her parents purchase lead them closer to bankruptcy. They’re all headed for ruination unless she can use the yearly house party her parents host to discover secrets and spin them into gold. What’s a little bit of blackmail when it’s done to save your family? And the mysterious and gorgeous new guest, Mr. Tobias Blake, will prove the perfect first mark. Tobias is an expert at keeping secrets. From his clothing to his quips, everything about him is a carefully constructed costume. He’d rather the world see a fop and fool than risk getting hurt again. Keeping his secrets at the Waneborough house party should be as easy as breathing. Except his host’s observant and charming daughter sees right through his charade to the ambitious artist beneath. Maggie needs secrets to save her family, but Tobias won’t reveal his. Success, family, love—they’ll lose it all if they can’t learn to trust each other.

The ton thinks Hades is a rake. He’s not. Before the Brazen Belle’s gossip column named him February’s rake, Dr. Hades Jones was the ton’s most trusted doctor, proper in every way but for his family’s scandalous past. But the rake the Belle named wasn’t him. I t was someone wearing his distinctive silk-lined coat, which was stolen from him months ago. Now Hades is on the hunt for the coat thief, and what he finds in a Covent Garden alley is not what he expects—a woman with doe eyes, a steal spine, and a tart tongue he unexpectedly wants to taste. Everyone thinks she’s Hades. She’s just wearing his coat. Lady Ophelia Howard has one purpose in life—protect the women of London from rakes, scoundrels, and rogues. Unable to save her father’s mistress, she’ll do whatever she must to keep other women from suffering the same fate, including theft. She stole the devilishly handsome doctor’s coat to hide her identity while sneaking women to safety. She didn’t mean to smear his good name. And now he’s caught her, and he insists she help restore his reputation. Any way she can. Including marriage. But can marriage to an earl’s daughter bring the ton calling once more? Or will Ophelia’s radical secrets ruin them both? The Fake February Rake is book 2 in the multi-author series The Rake Review. If you enjoy watching some of London's most notorious scoundrels getting raked over the coals, then be sure to collect all twelve bachelors in The Rake Review!