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Louisa Darling
Steamy Regency romps for readers who love Big Feelings Books
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About Me
Louisa Darling is the girl who, at age six, thought The Secret Garden would’ve been much improved by Mary and Dickon kissing. After discovering historical romance at age eleven, she grew up into a voracious romance reader who has written more than a dozen contemporary romances under other names. She has finally come home to her first love, writing steamy, Regency-set historicals featuring smart, strong-willed heroines who follow their passions…straight to the sexy, smitten heroes who can’t get enough of them.
With an editorial background that she now taps for revisions on her own books, Louisa makes her home in Austin, TX with her husband, their daughter, and an adorable floof of a kitten named Luna.
Dukes in Disguise
The Dukes in Disguise Series are a set of sexy Regency-set romps that explore what happens when three different dukes need to hide their true selves from the world–and especially from the women of their dreams.
Book 1
Don’t Let Your Dukes Grow Up To Be Scoundrels
July 1, 2024
“Stunning, sexy—I couldn’t put it down!”
New York Times Bestselling Author Sarah MacLean
A LADY FORTUNE HUNTER
Lady Gemma Lively’s life as the darling of London’s fast set was carefree and fun, filled with exciting friends, daring fashions, and scandalous parties. But when the death of her father leaves her family with nothing but a dilapidated coaching inn at the end of the Earth, it’s up to Gemma to change their fate. She needs a rich husband immediately—but the only bachelor in sight is a devilishly distracting barkeep who doesn’t know the peerage from a pint glass.
A DUKE IN DISGUISE
When Hal Deveril meets the new owners of Five Mile House, he sees right away that they’re Trouble. The eldest Lively sister is an unabashed fortune hunter, so Hal hides his true identity in the first place he can find—behind the bar of his local pub. He doesn’t have time for Gemma’s wild scheme to entice eligible gentlemen to the inn and seduce one into marriage—he’s too busy trying to rebuild his crumbling estate.
AN IMPOSSIBLE MATCH
Except Hal can’t seem to resist seducing Gemma himself. Every sizzling argument, every tempting touch, every secret kiss draws them closer together, but while he might not be the barkeep she thinks he is, he’s also not the wealthy Duke she’s hoping for….even if he wants to give her everything he has, including his heart.
Drake Family Novellas
The Drake Family Novellas follow the three Drake siblings as they fall in love, break their hearts, and learn how to live happily ever after. Set in the same universe as the full-length Dukes in Disguise novels (coming soon), these stories are shorter–but no less sexy and heartfelt!
Book 1
The Matrimony Trap
April 19, 2024
“Get ready to laugh, sigh, and fall in love.”
New York Times Bestselling Author Sophie Jordan
She’s the beauty and the brains…
Miss Caroline Quick is desperate to escape London for the freedom of the wilds and her career as a naturalist—but she must get her widowed mother married before she can go. It’s a simple enough idea; track down Mama’s first love and engineer a meeting…with the help of the gentleman’s alarmingly charming son.
He’s just Fitz.
The bored, scapegrace younger son of a disapproving Earl, Fitzwilliam Drake is no stranger to madcap schemes, but the proposition put to him by the delectable Caroline is the wildest he’s ever heard. Of course, trapping his father into marriage is better than tumbling into the pit himself, but Fitz will need to exercise caution around Caroline, who is too tempting by half. Unfortunately, Fitz has never been the cautious type…
They might make the ideal match…
From “surprise” encounters in the park to scandalous country house parties, Caroline’s plans quickly spin out of control. But Fitz is there to help…and to drive her to distraction with his irresistible kisses and strong embraces. Because Fitz may not be a genius, but he’s smart enough to see that with a woman like Caroline, matrimony is no trap—it’s the start of the grandest adventure of them all.
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