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Series · 5 books · 2024-2025

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#1

Never Woo the Wrong Lady

2024

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.
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How to Romance a Rogue

2024

How to romance a rogue: kiss him, court him, drive him mad. 💙 Frenemies to lovers 🔥Childhood friends to lovers 💙 Enemies to lovers 🔥Alpha hero 💙 Smirking viscount 🔥Romantic comedy A single kiss ruined him. How’s a rake supposed to please the ladies if he’s incapable of kissing anyone but her—Lady Charlotte Merriweather, the thorn in Quinton Chance, Viscount Noble’s backside. He should never have kissed her. But what else is a man to do when a beautiful woman cries? Now the one woman who makes him feel weak is the only woman he wants. And he promised his father on his deathbed to never show weakness. A proper society marriage will help him focus on his duties as a peer and banish Lottie’s kiss forever. A single kiss awakened her heart. Lottie has been in love with Quinton since he kissed her the day of her parents’ funeral. But he apologized and ran, and now all he gives her is smirks and snide remarks. That’s why she’s determined to forget him, to choose a husband from the many men courting her. But none of them kiss like Quinton, and when she discovers his barbs hide softer feelings for her, she knows she can’t give up. She’ll do her best to romance a rogue and prove loving is no weakness. The Duke of Clearford’s Guide to Courtship will help Quinton woo a tepid bride, but Lottie will use it to romance her rogue. If these warring lovers can quit arguing long enough, perhaps they’ll see that happily ever after begins with a kiss.
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#3

Between Courting and Kissing

2024

To win her heart he’ll have to convince her he’s truthful. Unfortunately, he’s not. 💜 Opposites attract 🔥 Bearded hero 💜 Cinderella Regency romance 🔥 Hot & spicy 💜 Open door romance 🔥 American hero A prim lady with mischief in mind. An American rogue with ink on his hands. A house party where everything that’s hidden will come to light. Order should be Lady Prudence’s middle name. Unfortunately, it’s Anna, but that doesn’t stop her from making sure the little naughty lending library she helps run is perfectly organized. She’d be a happy spinster keeping everything just so if her brother would stop shoving eager suitors in her direction. Including the appallingly messy Benjamin Bailey, whose confidence would be… appealing if his beard weren’t so unkempt. American Benjamin Bailey’s future name is Baron Brightly, but he’d rather not talk about that. He’s too busy running his printshops and trying to remember his schedule. When the Duke of Clearford offers to sell his shares of Ben’s favorite shop if he’ll pretend to court his sister, and discover her secrets, Ben agrees. Why not? The prim little lady couldn’t possibly cause any trouble. But when fake courtship becomes real kissing at a house party for ladies who like their books slightly scandalous, Ben must decide what he wants more—a printshop that reminds him of home, or the love of a lady who makes him a better person.
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#4

First Comes Courtship

2024

She's naughty. He's nice. But he's willing to change his ways. It’s his pleasure to please her. Liam Fletcher, Viscount Norton didn’t mean to ruin Miss Cora Eastwood. (He used to be a vicar, for goodness sake!) He’d meant to test the theory in the Duke of Clearford’s Guide to Courtship that kissing reveals the heart. The theory—true. The outcome? Compromised. Not a good beginning, but he’s determined to please the passionate lady he now calls wife in every way he can. If he can find her. It’s her desire to desert him. Who needs a husband when there’s erotic poetry to write! Cora is determined to prove that sentiment true as she bounces from house party to house party, always fleeing before Liam catches up to her. But when he finally hunts her down, he makes an excellent argument for trying something new—a truce of passion, just her and him and an empty house in the country. It takes two to heal a marriage, and if the pessimistic bluestocking and jolly former vicar can see eye to eye, they might also help each other heal their broken hearts.
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#5

Court a Lady with Care

2025

"Every once in a while you find the perfect combination of thrill, sizzle and laughs, and this was it!" Hotel Hades seeks pretend Persephone; ladies need not apply. Lady Isabella Merriweather hoards gossip like dragon’s gold, especially now that her brother’s happiness is at stake. She’ll do anything to ensure he marries the right woman, even donning a maid’s uniform and challenging a mysterious hotelier who wants her to be his wife. Rowan Trent needs a pretend bride, not a real one. That would require him to join society, and he’d rather not. Especially when he’s busy buying a new inn, a deal in danger when the owner refuses to sell to a bachelor. Rowan must marry, but why do that when he can simply hire help? He knows the perfect woman for the job—beautiful and cunning and no maid at all. She needs the gossip streaming though his hotel halls. And he needs a beautiful pretender. A tenuous partnership, a fake marriage, and a searing attraction both real and inconvenient. They’ll need each other to regain control of their lives, but they risk losing their hearts.

Author

Charlie Lane
Charlie Lane
Author · 31 books
Charlie writes Regency romance that's lighthearted and hot. Her books have a little bit of angst, a lot of laughs, and a whole lot of heart and heat.
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