If you love a good second chance romance like I do, be sure to check out these recommended Regency romances that all include a second shot at winning over the love of their lives!
Some rebels deserve a second chance. Not this one, though…
Miss Maisie Beaufort has no intention of running away ever again. She’s more than ready to return home after a decade in the midst of society and take charge of her life as a spinster businesswoman. Nothing will distract her. Especially not her first love, the rebel who destroyed her young heart…
Apollo Everly always knew Maisie was too good for small town life…and for a spare heir like him. He never stopped wanting her, though. Not that it matters. Even though he’s reformed and a viscount, his lingering reputation is still a threat to her. He should stay away. But fate—and Mother Nature—seem to have other ideas…
If Maisie and Apollo want to rebuild their village after a devastating flood, they’ll need to work together. The only question now is whether they can trust each other when it matters most. And if they can avoid heartbreak this time around…
A match most unsuitable. A love that’s undeniable.
Catherine, the widowed Lady Rosemont, is considered a most unsuitable countess by polite society. Whispers about her checkered history follow her wherever she goes. Was she once a courtesan? Is her young son really the late Earl of Rosemont’s child or a by-blow? And worst of all, is she a murderess? Despite the scandalous rumors, Catherine navigates high society’s treacherous waters with her head held high. For the sake of her beloved son, Louis, she must never sink. But when she receives threatening letters and young Louis’s life is endangered, she desperately turns to a past paramour for help…the man who once left her heartbroken. The far-too-honorable Earl of Dalton.
Adam St Clair, Lord Dalton, has always been one to adhere to family duty no matter the cost. Five years ago, he set aside his all-consuming desire for his mistress, the beautiful and mysterious Catherine Delacourt, and took a conventional ton bride. Now, newly widowed, fate decrees he should cross paths with Catherine once again. When she shares a stunning secret and implores him for protection, Adam is torn. With danger lurking around every corner, keeping Catherine and her son safe is undoubtedly the right thing to do. Nevertheless, Adam must decide whether he’ll risk his reputation—and his family’s—for the only woman he’s never been able to forget… The one woman who might just steal his heart…
When a governess has unusual experience, there is only one place she belongs: the Governess Bureau.
That’s the trouble when you wake up with no memories from the last ten years: what do you do? For Miss Rachel Herriot, she has only one option – to be sent to a quiet manor house with one charge, Violet, to care for. A little governessing and recuperation, that’s all she needs.
Unfortunately, that’s not what she’ll get. Waiting for her at Quintrell Hall is not the idyllic quiet country life she was promised, but a gentleman called Timothy Astor. Mysterious, frequently absent from his home, and kissing her passionately in corridors with no introduction, Mr. Astor is not what Rachel expected.
And that’s the trouble with losing one’s memory, isn’t it? As Timothy watches the woman he knew and loved attempt to recognize him, there’s nothing for him but to quietly pretend their clandestine love affair – and their completely illegal adventures in France never happened.
But the past is looming and about to collide with the future. As preparations for Miss Violet Quintrell’s entrance into Society are threatened by Timothy’s refusal to reveal Rachel’s own past, there’ll be more than one unusual experience for this governess…
Theirs was a love that defied the rules, sizzled with passion…then fell apart spectacularly….
Katya Marlowe, the Countess of Stanhope, was forced into a loveless marriage when she was only eighteen, became a mother of three before she was twenty-three, and a widow by the age of twenty-four, and before she hit thirty, she developed a reputation as a siren and a woman of power. But as clever and seductive as she has been painted to be, her heart has only belonged to one man.
Malcolm Campbell has been a fighter his whole life, willing to go to extreme lengths to support the causes he believes in. Ruthless, arrogant, and ferocious, he has dedicated his life to eradicating anyone who harms women, particularly the villainous Lord Shayles. But for all his fight, his heart aches for the one woman who he has never been able to secure, Katya.
When Katya and Malcolm team up in a final campaign to bring down Shayles for good, old passions and old wounds bleed to the surface. But can they keep their burning desire for each other in check? Can they put their differences aside long enough to work together, or will the fire of everything that has smoldered between them for nearly twenty years consume them? Will they learn to forgive the stings of the past and come together at last?
As she races to uncover the traitor, she can hide from him no longer…
Perpetually vexed by his misbehaving niece, the Marquess of Camden and Spymaster to the Crown is putting his foot down once and for all. If Evie wants to participate in the hunt for the traitor, she will do so under the auspices of Captain Anthony Browne… the man who once asked her to be his mistress after she seduced him. Not that she ever told her uncle about the encounter. But now the captain knows her true identity and there’s going to be a passionate price to pay for her trickery.
After much confusion and frustration, Captain Anthony Browne has finally learned the identity of the mysterious tart who saved his life in a French brothel four years ago. But the last place he expected to find the lovely lightskirt with whom he shared a single night of pleasure is at the Marquess of Camden’s side, where she is announced as the Spymaster’s niece.
Evie has no intention of marrying, even if the domineering Captain is the one man she has never been able to forget. Her only wish is to beat him and everyone else to the traitor. Though the competition between them is fierce, their attraction is even more powerful, and temptation is becoming harder and harder to resist.
Being the second son of a Viscount comes with the knowledge that no matter what he achieves; Freddie Rosemount won’t be the first member of his family to have done it. With good looks, wealth and his father’s townhouse at his disposal, Freddie decides it is time to head to London and create a few firsts of his own.
Caught up in the endless whirl of elegant parties and political games, Freddie soon falls in with the wrong crowd. The Bachelor Board is a club for young men who wish to leave their mark on London society. Entry can only be secured by meeting a series of secret challenges, each more scandalous than the last.
Eve Saunders is a well-bred daughter of the House of Strathmore, but beneath her English skin beats a passionate French heart. The lust for danger runs in her family’s blood. As Eve helps Freddie to secure his position on the Board, passion, and love ignite between them. But the final, secret challenge for Freddie to secure his seat on the Bachelor Board comes with a shocking price.
When his furious father cuts off his money, Freddie’s life quickly spirals downward. He soon comes to see the terrible truth of what he has done to the girl he loves. Determined to do whatever it takes to win Eve back, Freddie is dismayed to discover that Eve is not sitting at home crying over him.
When Eve begins to play her own series of sexy and dangerous games, Freddie is left with no other option but to take Eve on at her own game. Only at the very last challenge, does Freddie see what he is risking and that Eve is playing for keeps.
Funny how romance can complicate even the simplest plans…
Now that his time with the British Navy is done, Will Slater has only one mission. He will find Lady Barbara. They only had one night together before he left London, but his heart will always belong to her. So, he’ll discover why she disappeared from Society—and from his life—if it’s the last thing he ever does…
Barbara needs help, not love. Banished and destitute, her prospects are bleak. The last person she expects to come to her rescue is Will. She lost faith in him long ago. How could she possibly forgive the man who ruined and abandoned her?
Meanwhile, Will’s lookalike bastard brother has issues of his own. Stephen had been more than happy to charm the ton in his brother’s name while Will chased Barbara. But then he meets the lovely Victoria and everything changes…
As Will fights for a second chance with Barbara, and Stephen wonders if Victoria will want him when she discovers who he really is, only one thing is certain. The path to happily ever after will not be an easy one.
A perfect lady. An impeccable duke. A past betrayal that changes everything.
Elizabeth Moreland is seen as the perfect lady, the epitome of grace and propriety. Yet she yearns for the opportunity to work in the world of which she is enamored, a world seemingly reserved for men — banking. When her beloved grandfather passes away, she is both devastated and shocked when the reading of the will reveals that he left all — his inheritance, as well as his senior partnership in the bank — to her.
Gabriel Lockridge, the Duke of Clarence, has everything a man could want, yet is continually bored with life and always in pursuit of a challenge. He is intrigued by the latest fortunes of Lady Elizabeth Moreland, a woman he wronged many years ago. When her cousin requests his help in destroying her reputation and new-found position, Gabriel agrees, though he has other motives in mind.
Elizabeth must learn to fight in order to uphold what she believes in and fulfill the wishes of her grandfather. She has little time to determine the true intentions of the man she once thought she loved, but he is slowly beginning to find his way back into her life. Among all the adversaries against her, will Elizabeth choose to open herself up to the risk of love or heartbreak, or will she remain determined to keep her heart closed forever?
Secrets. Lies. And a second chance at love…
Torn from the only man she’d ever loved by a tragic secret, Mara Miller has traveled a long and difficult road. From poverty and the workhouses, she’s finally made a life for herself as the owner of a small haberdashery in London. With her companion, Big B, an African slave she’d helped escaped from a Brazilian slaver, she’s made a fresh start. But when the past walks into her shop – in the form of the ever-handsome Roarke Garrott, Viscount Eversleigh – Mara feels her whole world crash to her feet. Thrust back into a web of lies, deceit, and manipulation, Mara is forced to face the one man she’d sworn to forget.
For the past seven years, Roarke had sequestered himself in India to mourn Mara’s death. Vowing to move on and put the past behind him, he returns to London, only to find himself gazing into those beautiful green eyes he believed he’d never see again. Now he’s found her – alive and trying to deny who she was. A million feelings wash over him. Joy. Fury. Heartbreak. He would have the truth from her – of where she’d gone, and why — but when trouble from the past finds Mara and Big B, the truth becomes secondary to saving Mara’s life. After just learning that the woman he’d loved is alive, Roarke is not about to lose her again…
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The Earl of Fennington has a secret identity—that of Mr. Pepperidge, editor of London’s premiere gossip rag, The Tattler.
When he meets and falls in love with an earl’s daughter, the attraction is mutual, for despite knowing better, Lady Emelia allows him to kiss her behind a hedgerow. Who will know but them?
When the earl asks permission to marry Emelia, her father denies him, requiring him instead to court Emelia for two months. He’s only allowed to see her once each week, however. Desperate to spend more time with her, Fennington devises a scheme in which he’ll be able to do just that, but in disguise. Emelia will have to meet Mr. Pepperidge in the park once a week to provide him the on-dit she hears whilst paying calls in Mayfair parlors. That, or he’ll print the news of her kiss with Fennington in The Tattler!
In other news, Jane is considering a move to the Continent—a year of mourning after a loveless marriage has left her wanting something more. When her long lost love Andrew appears at Lord Weatherstone’s ball and informs her he’ll be spending the evening—and hopefully the rest of his life—with her in London, the future is suddenly looking bright. That is, until The Tattler prints a report of Andrew kissing another woman. Now hurt and angered, Jane sets out to discover the truth while Emelia is about to discover one of her own—all while a new Gossip Goddess shares news of philandering fake aristocrats.
With mistaken identities ruling the reports in The Tattler, is it any wonder the members of the ton love to hate gossip? Or do they really love The Gossip of an Earl? The Tattler knows!
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