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The Beresford Adventures series
My latest series, the Beresford
Adventures, combines the Regency period we all love with a bit of mystery in
each book. And each of these mysteries is solved by a member of the wealthy
Beresford family—all while falling in love. The Beresford Adventures traces its
roots to Cheryl’s Oh, What a (Wedding) Night, in her popular Brazen
Brides series. In that book, we met Lady Sophia Beresford, whose powerful
brother, Lord Devere, gets his own love story in the new series. Read on to
discover the six novels. (The series concludes with the short story in A Duke
by Any Other Name.)
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Daphne du Maurier Finalist
Book 2 (My Lord Protector) in the series was a finalist for Best
Historical Mystery in the competition for the 2022 Daphne du Maurier
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Lady Mary's Dangerous Encounter (Book 1)
Lord Stephen Stanhope, a duke's diplomat son who's
traveling to the Congress of Vienna, agrees to protect his friend's
wayward sister on Stephen's journey to Austria. Lady Mary Beresford has
impetuously set off on her own for Vienna.Vexed with the headstrong
woman he's yet to meet, Stephen despairs of ever catching up with the
maddening lady. Theyeventually meet at an inn in the Alps, where the
guests' progress has been impeded by two matters: a blizzard-and Lady
Mary's refusal to leave until she's found an elderly fellow traveler who
has disappeared.
Mary's infuriated that everyone at the inn is in a conspiracy to deny
the woman ever existed and to imply Mary invented her. Just when every
person at the inn is against her, the handsome Lord Stephen arrives and
becomes her champion.
Stephen doesn't tell her he's been sent by her brother, nor does he
actually believe her preposterous story. Until there's an attempt on her
life. . .
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My
Lord Protector (Book 2)
On the most horrifying
night of her life, Charlotte Robinson discovers the murdered body of the
mysterious woman who's engaged her as a companion at a remote Cornish
manor house. Then, in her bedchamber, Charlotte finds the hidden note
from the dead woman that tells her to flee, to change her name, to not
trust anyone or she, too, will be killed. Along with the note is her
employer's journal. She speedily packs a valise, the money she's saved,
and the dead woman's journal and sets off in the dark of night. She
eventually arrives in London using the name Caroline Rutherford and
manages to secure a position as a companion to the youngest sister of
the Earl of Devere.
London's most sought-after bachelor, Devere has never met the woman with
whom he wants to be shackled, but for reasons he cannot understand, he
becomes obsessed with his sister's companion, the quiet Caroline
Rutherford,
a woman of mystery. So many things about her don't add up, but nothing
he says or does will loosen her tongue-not even his stolen kisses which
he knows she enjoys as much as he.
When she narrowly escapes a murderous plot, the terrified woman
confesses all to him, and together they set out to learn the identity of
the murderer of her former employer . . . if only they can stay alive. |
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With a Little Help From My Lord
(Book 3)
An innocent trip to the book store propels Lady
Harriett Beresford into danger when a stranger tells her there's a plot
against the regent, and she must warn the Fat Man. The stranger then
collapses on her doorstep. Dead. She rushes to find aid, and when she
returns, the dead man is gone. No one believes her.
Her brother, who's gone on his wedding trip, has persuaded his closest
friend, Alex Muir, Baron of Rockingham, to watch out for his
sister while he's away. Alex, who has known Lady Harriett all her life,
refers to her as Bitsy. When Bitsy turns to him for help, he's
skeptical. The exuberant young lady has always had a flair for the
dramatic. But when someone attempts to kill her, his protective
instincts kick in.
Together they set off to find the Fat Man, save the regent, and perhaps
just fall in love along the perilous journey.
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Rescued by a Rake (Book
4)
Her betrothed has gone missing and the only one who
can help her find him is the one man to whom she could give her heart. .
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After patiently waiting six years for her bridegroom, Miss Lucy
Beresford finally comes to London to force him to the altar. But when
she arrives, her prospective husband is nowhere to be found. Lucy then
enlists the services of her betrothed’s closest friend, Lord Montague,
to help find her missing fiancé.
Monty doesn’t like to let on how worried he is about his absent friend,
especially to the man’s fragile fiancée. Nevertheless, he consents to
help the lady in her quest to find the man she’s betrothed to. The more
time Monty spends with this lady, the more he realizes his friend was a
fool not to marry her, and the more he realizes the shy persona Miss
Lucy Beresford reveals to others conceals a woman of vast appeal.
Their search—and the subsequent investigation, which takes them across
England and to the highest levels of government—places them in danger
and makes Monty vow to do everything in his power to protect his
friend’s future wife. |
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Vindicated by a Viscount (Book
5)
As Georgiana Beresford begins to unravel a
sinister plot, it may be too late to save her—and the honorable man
who’s offered her marriage.
While walking down a London street, Miss Georgiana Beresford nearly has
apoplexy when she catches a glimpse of a woman she thought was dead. She
whips around—which results in her falling into the muddy street and
injuring herself. To her mortification, an exceedingly handsome man
whisks her into his arms and insists on carrying her home.
Charles, Viscount Churston, had not been able to remove his eyes from
the beautiful woman he was only too happy to assist. He delivers her
home and learns she’s a Beresford, the sister of an Eton friend. When he
calls to check on her the next day, Charles learns that his misguided
act of chivalry has ruined her name. A malicious attack upon her has
appeared in that morning’s London Gazette. There’s only one honorable
thing to do. He must offer her marriage. Georgiana cannot deny her
attraction to the handsome Lord Churston but laments that he’s only
offering for her out of his sense of honor.
Once they’re joined together in a loveless marriage, he assists his
bride, who’s obsessed with learning the identity of the woman who looks
exactly like a one who perished in a fire.
The closer they get to finding out who the mysterious woman is, the
more peril they face—and the closer the two become . . . in every way. |
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Defended by a Duke (Book 6)
Duty to his country keeps him from the arms
of the woman he craves with every breath—his bride.
On the day he marries the woman of his dreams, Richard Harwood, the 6th
Duke of Bentley, is summoned by his wife’s cousin, who has been gravely
injured. The cousin, the powerful and wealthy Earl Devere, believes the
attempt on his life is tied to his fledgling investigation into a
potential stock fraud endorsed by men at the highest levels of
government. If the stock scheme is as corrupt as the cousin suspects, it
could bankrupt the kingdom. The Duke of Bentley is taxed with
determining the legitimacy of the stock offering. But he must tell no
one of his suspicions, not even his bride.
In her first Season, lovely Emily Beresford, has the good fortune to win
the heart of the kingdom’s most sought-after matrimonial catch, the
handsome Duke of Bentley. From the moment they met, the two have been
hopelessly in love. So why does this man she adores abandon her on their
wedding night?
Bentley’s inquiries keep stealing him away from this woman he craves
with every aching breath, his wife. These same inquiries endanger
him—and his adored duchess.
Will he have to choose between his country or his wife? |
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