Don’t hate me, but next week is my spring break. Once today’s office hours end, I’m free! As usual, I have a mountain of grading to get caught up on, but I’m taking some time off to celebrate my recently-completed Cambion Club trilogy.

The good news is, you’re invited to celebrate with me! I’m having a weeklong takeover in the Dragonblade Publishing Book Club, starting March 16. There will be games, chances to win prizes, and some fun trivia about the Cambion Club books. Drop in if you can.

P.S. - Garden Folly Magic will be FREE on Kindle during the event!

Releasing in April

In the northern hemisphere, the cozy winter months are winding down (we hope??), but some lovely historical romance releases will spring into life next month.

If you can’t get enough of the Cambion Club, grab a copy of the Dukes in Spring anthology, releasing April 26. My story, “The Dowager and the Wicked Duke,” features a middle-aged couple, a road-trip romance, and a pinch of magic.

While you’re waiting for that anthology, try Rachel Rowan’s The Viscount’s Victory, releasing April 8. Part of her “Regency Reputations” series, it’ll be available on Kindle Unlimited.

Impeccably handsome, rich, and well-bred, Sebastian Thorne, the Viscount Cotereigh, is proud to be society’s king. Now he needs a wife to rule by his side, but his chosen candidate demands proof of the only thing he’s rumoured to lack. A heart. How the devil does one prove that?

Enter Madelaine Ardingly, the bluestocking widow known as the Pretty Pariah. Her charity work has made her a social outcast, but popularity is immaterial when her heart desires only one thing: creating an organisation dedicated to ending cruelty to children. Now she needs men of rank to fill its board—men exactly like Sebastian Thorne.

Soon a wager is underway. If Sebastian can make the Pretty Pariah’s cause fashionable, then he can prove his softer side by pretending to care about her charity work. And as for Madelaine, she’s already suffered through much. If the haughty viscount’s influence is useful to her cause, she’s prepared to suffer him too.

What neither can predict is that by attempting to prove he has a heart, Sebastian might risk losing his—to the wrong woman. As it turns out, the only thing he wants to win is her. But the widowed Madelaine gave her heart away a long time ago. Can the viscount win it for himself?

A slow burn, open door Regency romance.

And if that’s not enough spicy historical romance for you, Jane, the conclusion to Carrie Lomax’s “Virtue & Vice” series, releases widely on April 30.

London, 1882.
Belladonna, once the most notorious courtesan in Mayfair, has clawed her way back from ruin. Now a countess with everything to lose, she has only one mission left: destroy the woman who nearly destroyed her empire of power and politics.

Standing between her and victory is Hawke, Queen Victoria’s most trusted spy and the man who shattered Bella’s heart. His final mission pits him against the same enemy Bella hunts. But to save his sovereign, Hawke needs the one woman who swore never to forgive him for his betrayal.

Together, they plunge into a shadowy world of treachery and deceit that threatens to topple the throne itself. Every kiss risks exposure. Every secret costs blood. And every choice might destroy the fragile trust they’re desperate to rebuild.

In a game ruled by betrayal and power, love is the most perilous gamble of all…

The exciting conclusion to the Virtue & Vice series! 

There are a LOT of good books coming your way this spring, and I hope you find some new favorites.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

If you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I wish you the luckiest of days. And if you’re looking for a short read set in Ireland, may I recommend Maria Edgeworth’s novella Castle Rackrent? Published in 1800, it’s the satirical history of an incompetent family who mismanages their Irish estate.

Edgeworth, an Anglo-Irish author, was an important educational writer in the Georgian era, but she could also be quite witty.

Okay, that’s enough of me talking like an English professor. Farewell, Rollins Readers, and remember: beware the Ides of March!