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Regency Gothic

Series · 4 books

By Arietta Richmond

A young lady with a lifelong dream of writing, a novelist who is far more than he seems, a Duke who leads a double life, a noblewoman bent on revenge, a love born in fire and passion.******* FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED *******Miss Ella Radcliffe’s family is in desperate straights. And rather than marry the man her mother has chosen, she looks for work – hoping that her love of writing might help her save the family from starvation. When a mysterious offer of employment turns out to have come from her literary hero, she begins to hope that things may improve. But it soon becomes obvious that nothing is quite as it seems…Mr Oscar Harman is a celebrated author – with a problem. More than one problem, in fact. First, his inspiration has deserted him, and second, the spectre of old wrongs haunts him – rather literally. If he is ever to finish another book, he needs help – so he decides to hire a secretary. When the applicant for the job turns out to be a woman – and a woman who seems like the perfect composite of every heroine he has ever written, everything changes.The Duke of Shadowbrook has lived a double life for many years now, avoiding the public eye, and resenting the requirements of the title. Now, his great aunt has forced him to see that his double life is a trap. But how does one escape a trap of one’s own making?With Ella’s influence, for the first time in ten years, Oscar begins to consider changing – taking up responsibilities he has left abandoned, and mending long broken friendships. As the attraction between them blooms, the pressures of the past and the culmination of a vengeance declared bring them to the brink of disaster.Can Oscar overcome his stubbornness, and forgive the transgressions of the past?Can Ella trust her own instincts, and help him, or will she be driven away?Can they admit their love for each other in time, or will everything end in fiery ruin?Lovers of Regency Romance are RAVING about this series⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”A perfect romance!…Arietta Richmond is one of my authors for historical romances. This book had the perfect balance of romance and drama with a touch of the sinister thrown in for good measure…” – Goodreads Reviewer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”Enjoyable Read…I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The book was well written and the plot engaging… I would thoroughly recommend this book and I look forward to the next book.” – Goodreads Reviewer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”Wonderful Gothic tale with well-developed characters. The intrigue which flows through the entire book and culminates in the final chapters, keeps the reader thinking “what will happen next”…I loved how this book ended. Don’t miss this story…" – Goodreads Reviewer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”I enjoyed this regency with some mysterious aspects… I look forward to more in this series…” – Goodreads Reviewer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ”Great read…I would recommend this book[,] read it straight through

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Author

Arietta Richmond

Author · 62 books

Arietta Richmond has been a compulsive reader and writer all her life. Whilst her reading has covered an enormous range of topics, history has always fascinated her, and historical novels have been amongst her favourite reading. She has written a wide range of work, from business articles and other non-fiction works (published under a pen name) but fiction has always been a major part of her life. Now, her Regency Historical Romance books are finally being released. The Derbyshire Set is comprised of 10 novels (7 released so far). The ‘His Majesty’s Hounds’ series is comprised of 17novels, with the fourteenth having just been released. She also has a standalone longer novel shortly to be released, and two other series of novels in development. She lives in Australia, and when not reading or writing, likes to travel, and to see in person the places where history happened. Be the first to know about it when Arietta’s next book is released! Sign up to Arietta’s newsletter at http://www.ariettarichmond.com When you do, you will receive two free subscriber exclusive books - ‘A Gift of Love’, which is a prequel to the Derbyshire Set series, and ends on the day that ‘The Earl’s Unexpected Bride’ begins, and ‘Madame’s Christmas Marquis’ which is an additional story in the His Majesty’s Hounds series These stories are not for sale anywhere – they are absolutely exclusive to newsletter subscribers!