[Free eBook] It Happened One Bite by Lydia Dare [Paranormal Historical Regency Romance]

It Happened One Bite by Lydia Dare, a joint pseudonym for the writing team of Tammy Falkner and Jodie Pearson, is the 1st novel in the Gentlemen Vampyres series of f/m paranormal historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

The series takes place in Scotland and England during the Regency era of the early 19th century, set in an alternate world where vampires and witches abound in high society.

This installment stars a vampire nobleman trapped for decades in an abandoned castle, which happens to be the ancestral home of an adventurous Scottish witch seeking the truth of her mother’s background, only to discover the handsome prisoner inside.

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[Free eBook REPEAT] Luck Is No Lady by Amy Sandas [Historical Romance]

Luck Is No Lady by Amy Sandas is the 1st novel in her Fallen Ladies series of f/m Regency historical romance, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

This series is centred around the underworld of Regency London, starring protagonists with shady backgrounds and/or scandalous situations.

This story pairs up the mathematically-talented daughter of a fiscally imprudent gentleman and an illegitimate nobleman’s son turned gambling venue owner as together, they fight crime! the former takes a dubious secret job as a bookkeeper to try and pay off her family’s debts.

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[Free eBook] Warwyck’s Wife by Rosalind Laker [19th C Family Saga Historical Romance]

Warwyck’s Wife by Rosalind Laker, a pseudonym for the late British author Barbara Ovstedal, an historical novelist whose American editor was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is the 1st novel in the Warwyck Trilogy series of f/m family saga historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1979 by Eyre Methuen under the title Warwyck’s Choice. The series (also known as the Easthampton Trilogy) is set in a small village in the English countryside and follows successive generations of a local family, spanning from the Regency to the Victorian Era.

This installment takes place during the Georgian Era, as inheritance issues between the two orphaned Warwyck brothers leads one to “buy” a wife at a bride auction in Brighton in order to gain the ancestral manor, then plan to discard her in favour of an aristocratic woman he longs for, who can further his ambitions to turn the village into a fashionable resort.

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[Free eBook] Meet the Earl at Midnight by Gina Conkle [Fairy Tale Retelling Historical Romance]

Meet the Earl at Midnight by Gina Conkle is the 1st novel in the Midnight Meetings series of fairy tale-inspired f/m historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

The series takes place in Regency England, starring strangers who initially meet under circumstances loosely inspired by assorted fairy tales, who must uncover the heart of the real person behind the mysterious encounter.

This one is a “Beauty and the Beast” riff, with a young woman packed off to live with a reclusive nobleman whose reputation in society seems to consist only of rumour and gossip, to pay off her family’s debts.

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[Free eBook] Sovereign’s Key by Rosalind Laker [Vintage Regency Historical Romance]

Sovereign’s Key by Rosalind Laker, a pseudonym for the late British author Barbara Øvstedal, an historical novelist whose American editor was former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is a vintage standalone f/m Regency historical romance novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press.

This was originally published in 1969 by Robert Hale.

The story is set in the English countryside during the Regency, starring a highwayman’s daughter fostered out to a farm in a rural area which rapidly grows over the years into an elegant resort town, and following her adventures as she rises from becoming a household maid to a lady of fashion against this changing backdrop and chooses between three suitors who will influence her destiny.

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[Free eBook] My Fair Lord by Wilma Counts [Regency Historical Romance]

My Fair Lord by Wilma Counts is the 1st novel in the Once Upon a Bride series of f/m Regency historical romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Kensington’s Lyrical Press imprint.

This is Barnes & Noble’s featured Free Fridays selection for the weekend. The series is centred around a group of women, friends since their schoolgirl days bonding over books, who each find their happily ever after.

The story is a reverse take on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (adapted as the musical My Fair Lady), starring an earl’s daughter who takes her stepsister’s challenge to transform a simple dockworker into a society gentleman for the marriage mart.

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[Free eBook] The Smile of the Stranger by Joan Aiken [Regency Gothic Romance]

The Smile of the Stranger by the late British author Joan Aiken, best known as an award-winning supernatural fantasy author who was awarded an MBE for her contributions to children’s literature, is the 1st novel in the Paget Family Saga series of f/m Regency historical romance with Gothic suspense elements, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

This was originally published in 1978 by Doubleday, and this reprint is based on the later Warner paperback edition. The series is apparently a hybrid of Regency romance and Gothic suspense, starring various members of a family either encountering or escaping danger even as they uncover various truths of the heart.

This one focuses on the Continent-crossing adventures of an expat Englishwoman fleeing her home in Italy, fending off unwanted advances before reaching the relative safety of her first Season in London, which may turn out to be the most dangerous situation of them all.

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