Hello Romance Readers,

Winter weather has me curled up on the couch. Due to freezing rain, the kids missed two days of school and we took advantage of the time together playing board games, doing puzzles, reading and binge watching Netflix. I hope you are staying warm or if you are across the ocean keeping cool.

My alter ego - Rachel A. Smith is releasing a book tomorrow. It's a contemporary office romance. HeartThrob Next Door.

Hit reply and let me know if you only read Historical Romance or if you read both Contemporary and Historical. If you read both, you will be entered to win a contemporary mystery reader box. Winner will drawn on Feb 21st, and be announced in my Feb 22nd newsletter.

Book News

A BIG thank you to Carol, Sonia, Jessica, Lesley and Pamela for posting reviews for Gambling a Gentleman - I appreciate your time and honest opinions.

Here is a list of books I have up for preorder in case you have missed any:

English:

March 16th: Gambling on a Gentleman

May 30th: Stealing a Scoundrel's Heart

Oct 17th: Lords & Lace

Nov 14th: Earls & Pearls

Dec 12th: Rakes & Reticules

Jan 10th, 2024: Dukes & Diamonds

German:

22nd June: Die Entlarvung des Schurken 

22nd August: Die Versuchung des Gentleman

2nd October: Die Liebe der Witwe

February Featured Author and Freebie:

When Ardor Blooms by Felicity Niven

The first love story in The Lovelocks of London series.

Even a pragmatist wants a prince.

Mary Lovelock makes her debut, and every bachelor in London wants a dance with the rich beauty. But how can she know if a suitor is grasping or genuine?

David Vaughan, the extremely proper Viscount Tregaron, wants a wife with blood so blue, it’s indigo. It is unforgivably disappointing that the most remarkable of the Season’s debutantes is Mary Lovelock, a common heiress.

When his rogue brother lays a despicable challenge before him—which one of them will bed Mary first—the viscount is compelled to act as Mary’s protector. But will he be willing to protect the lovely Mary from himself?

When Ardor Blooms is the prequel novella (Book Zero) of the open-door Regency romance series The Lovelocks of London.  However, it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story. It has a happily-ever-after ending and no cliffhanger.  Meet Harry, Catherine, and Arabella Lovelock before they start their own love stories.

Content warnings: steamy sexual material, coarse language.

Books by author friends:

Wishing you a wonderful week.

Happy Reading!

Rachel Ann