Book 1

The Unexpected Duchess

by Valerie Bowman

Published 29 April 2014
Lady Lucy Upton's tongue may be too sharp to attract suitors but her heart is good and when her painfully shy friend Cassandra needs help she devises a brilliant scheme to help her discourage an unwanted suitor, the Duke of Claringdon. Lucy knows just what to tell Cass to...Read more

Book 2

Accidental Countess

by Valerie Bowman

Published 24 October 2014
Lady Cassandra Monroe is about to see the man of her dreams for the first time in seven years. He may be nearly betrothed to her cousin, but that doesn't stop her from admiring Captain Julian Swift from afar. Cass soon learns that her cousin has invented a fictitious...Read more

Book 3

The Unlikely Lady

by Valerie Bowman

Published 5 May 2015
Miss Jane Lowndes is a confirmed bluestocking. She's convinced that if she can wait out her parents' demand that she marry, someday she can be a confirmed spinster and hold intellectual salons, her fondest dream. No man wants a bluestocking for a wife after all. And that's exactly the...Read more

Book 4

The Irresistible Rogue

by Valerie Bowman

Published 3 November 2015
Lady Daphne Swift comes from a family with two brothers who have proudly served the Crown. She may be a female but she's willing to do whatever it takes to prove that she's as useful to the war effort as her brothers. She even went so far as to...Read more

Book 5

The Untamed Earl

by Valerie Bowman

Published 3 May 2016
1816. Lady Alexandra Hobbs, the daughter of the Duke of Huntley, has intended to marry Lord Owen Monroe since she first glimpsed him from the window of her bedchamber, back when she was just a girl. But the duke has already chosen Alexs infamously spoiled elder sister, Lavinia, for...Read more

Book 6

The Legendary Lord

by Valerie Bowman

Published 1 November 2016

Book 7

Never Trust a Pirate

by Valerie Bowman

Published 2 May 2017
Valerie Bowman continues her Playful Brides series with Never Trust a Pirate: a delightful twist on The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mr. Cade Cavendish is a ne'er do well, a rumoured pirate, and a man with too many false identities to count. In fact, Cade's a spy for the English government,...Read more

Book 8

The Right Kind of Rogue

by Valerie Bowman

Published 31 October 2017
Meg Timmons is without a dowry, and with a family steeped in scandal, she's a spinster in the making. It also doesn't help that she's been in love with her best friend's brother, Hart Highgate, for years. But when Meg learns that Hart has decided to choose a bride,...Read more

Book 10.5

Mr. Hunt, I Presume

by Valerie Bowman

Published 8 February 2019

Book 11

No Other Duke But You

by Valerie Bowman

Published 30 April 2019

A Duke Like No Other

by Valerie Bowman

Published 1 May 2018
General Mark Grimaldi is devoted to his service for the Crown, risking his life and giving up everything for his career. The political promotion he’s always wanted is now within his reach, but he needs to convince his estranged wife to return to England and play the role of...Read more

Kiss Me at Christmas

by Valerie Bowman

Published 1 November 2018
It’s the Christmas season, and the Playful Brides series embraces holiday cheer, and forbidden love, with a dash of mystery!

The aristocrats in Regency London are shaken by a series of crimes plaguing them during the holiday season. The chill in the air isn’t just from the first...Read more