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Bath Tangle
Bath Tangle
Series · 8 books · 2017-2020
By
Francine Howarth
Books in series
#1
The Runaway Duchess
2017
A Regency Romance (Steamy Content)Having dined with Napoleon, the Duchess of Rochester is en route back to British lines in southern France, her mission accomplished, but who is she truly spying for, and did Napoleon believe her explanation for having strayed into enemy territory? Thus despite a company of French troopers supposedly escorting her coach, she and the coachman finds themselves suddenly abandoned in the midst of blizzard conditions, the escort having vanished. In fear for her life, an unexpected encounter with a French Cuirassier officer is about to turn her secretive world topsy-turvy, for the life she must return to is not near as inviting as the life of a Runaway Duchess in the arms of Captain Jean-Marc Faber.
#2
Chloe's Destiny
2020
1817 A chance Encounter in Regency Bath, and six young women on a ghost hunt, thus Chloe de Boviere discovers myths surrounding Cleave House are not as imagined, nor is the owner. Back home on compassionate furlough, young Colonel Davenport, Lord Alexandre Davenport, is savouring respite from the heat and rigours of India. His military life has dictated brief affairs a necessity. He’s now damned by his inheritance and obliged by family duty to provide the requisite heir. Whilst in pursuit of pleasures amidst the young ladies of Bath, never did he expect to encounter one as enchanting as Chloe. But will thirst for adventure curtail notions marriage can ever be sufficiently satisfying for Alexandre? Thus in this Tangle novel it’s Chloe and the Colonel’s story. (Sensual content)
#3
The Favoured Guest
2020
She saw, she wanted, and she will have Major Harry Davenport, no matter the cost. Two years on from the end of Napoleon’s defeat, Harry is on long furlough from duty and looking to while time in good company. Whilst his brother’s newly inherited estate provides welcome respite, a young lady visitor incites unmentionable interest. Nonetheless, the Lady Octavia Courtenay has gained a reputation for shallow affections. Men are mere playthings, and notable incidents thus determine the titled madam is in need of a hard lesson learned, but her ardent interest in Harry is soon a threat to his sanity. The gauntlet thrown, the challenge accepted, he sets out to transform the wanton seductress into a woman who will love and respect him. Else he will walk away and never look back. Another book in the Tangle Series - that of Harry and Octavia’s story.
#4
April's Surrender
2020
Never did Lady April Courtenay imagine a ghost hunt at a country house would bring a naval lieutenant into her life, a man who appears utterly resistant to her younger sister’s immense allure. Lieutenant Christopher Courtenay is smitten by April and cannot believe his good fortune until, unexpectedly compromised by turn of events and another’s foolish action he’s suddenly labelled as a rogue. The reality of Christopher’s situation is dire, for honour and integrity mean a great deal to him. But can he win back his heart’s desire, or must he set sail for Gibralta a broken-hearted man with no hope of clearing his name?
#5
The Viscount's Desire
2020
Of a cavalier attitude Randolph Courtenay, Viscount Somerton, desires one young lady who seems outwardly attracted to him, she resists his initial advances at every turn of his manipulative screw. How to win her to his thinking is resolved with guile and secret trysts. But never having courted a young lady with any sense of permanent arrangement though sorely smitten, can Randolph stay the course or walk away and pray he will forget her? Another romantic dilemma from the Tangle Series!
#6
To Play for a King
2020
Lady May Courtenay is in love with music little knowing the playing of a grand pianoforte during a country house party will lead to greater things. Soon overwhelmed by life in Vienna and Venice, a renowned maestro’s castle becomes her sanctuary. But her heart remains at odds with reality until music and love mingle during a hedonistic moonlit dance with a shadow. On her return to English shores a truth must be revealed to her parents, for May is no longer the shy innocent of two years past. Thus another romance duly unfolds in the Tangle Series.
#7
An Admirable Suitor
2020
Margarite de Boviere at twenty-two years of age despairs her future as that of a maiden aunt. Equally, young Clarence Peters, Duke of Weare, is aware the past and its influence cannot be forgotten or excused. Thus he fears his disreputable behaviour a year past will precede him wherever he ventures. When he sets eyes on Margarite his heart sings, but will a woman from his past ruin their chance at happiness? Clarence fears the worst! This is not the last in the Tangle Series. Look out for A Woman of Substance.
#8
A Woman of Substance & Automata Doll Man of Bath
2020
“When torn between desire and moral integrity - heaven and hell vie for supremacy” ~ Heiress to a fortune Sophia Bowman has cast numerous suitors to the wayside, all absolute rogues and bent on securing access to her fortune. At 25 and despairing of a lonely spinster future, Sophia resorts to means a lady of quality would not normally offer to a friend in a bid to secure her heart’s desire. All the while her trusted business partner, Laurence Chambers, shunned by young ladies as an eccentric creator of automata dolls, is resigned to bachelorhood. Whilst Laurence has adored Sophia from afar, and has already curbed one of his secret vices, will he abandon another secret passion and agree to a new and more intimate business arrangement?
Author
Francine Howarth
Author · 20 books