Historical

The wait is finally over! Bridgerton has returned to our screens and we have spent the past week swooning over Kate and Anthony’s slow burning romance. We, like many many others, love Bridgerton for its refreshingly modern take on period dramas, as well as its feminist, sex-positive, and diverse imagining of society in the Regency … Read more

We’re delighted to be joined on our blog by Mills & Boon Historical author Laura Martin. Laura talks about her brand-new series that centers around a match-making agency in Regency London. * Every one of us has that friend, normally happily in a relationship themselves, who enjoys matching other people. An introduction here, a nudge … Read more

The Earl’s Inconvenient Houseguest by Virginia Heath is an enticing enemies-to-lovers romance set in the Regency era. Read on for an exclusive extract… * Rafe hovered outside the sickroom uncertain. As much as it felt wrong to intrude on another’s grief, it felt more wrong to leave Sophie to it all alone. Especially as she … Read more

We caught up with Catherine Tinley whose new book, A Laird for the Governess, is set in a remote Scottish island during the Regency period. Catherine, what inspired you to choose this setting? I often enjoy writing fish-out-of-water stories and, as historical readers will know, the Highlands and Islands of Scotland are a world away … Read more

Have you ever wondered where our historical authors get their inspiration from? Joanna Johnson tells us about how a day trip with her husband unexpectedly inspired her new book, The Return of Her Long-Lost Husband. * In early January 2020, shortly before the world imploded, my husband and I went down to visit Portsmouth’s historic … Read more

To celebrate Burn’s Night 2022, we’ve selected five brilliant historical romances featuring rugged Highlander heroes, stunning Scottish landscapes and fierce, enticing Lairds. Prepared to be swept away with these romances that burn brightly through the centuries. * The Highlander’s Substitute Wife by Terri Brisbin Ross MacMillan lifts his bride’s veil…and discovers it’s not the woman … Read more

If you’re a fan of Historical romances featuring rebellious heroines and the friends-to-lovers trope, you will love The Duke’s Rebellious Lady by Eva Shepherd. Read on for an exclusive excerpt… * He had rescued her from more scrapes and accidents than she cared to remember. In fact, all her memories of her childhood summers seemed to … Read more

The new Highland Alliances series by Terri Brisbin, Jenni Fletcher and Madeline Martin has all the elements that historical readers love: marriages of (in)convenience, Highlanders, kilts, mountains and islands and the sea, sexy and bold heroes, and smart and brave heroines. And, of course, romance! We’re DELIGHTED to be joined by the three fabulous authors … Read more

We’re delighted to be joined on our blog by Lauri Robinson who talks about the inspiration behind her new historical duet which takes place in the 1930s and 1950s. * Every century is full of amazing eras of feast and famine, peace and war, love and change, and every era is rich with people who … Read more

Read on for a sneak preview of The Viscount’s New Housekeeper by Lucy Ashford * ‘Am I to understand that you’re offering your resignation, Miss Bryant?’ ‘My lord, if you wish it I will leave my post straight away. I can only apologise for the state in which you’ve found us all on your arrival.’ … Read more