Joan Smith: 117 books

Tess Marchant’s father was flirting with a lightshirt, and her mother had forced him to leave their rented house in Bath. Now Mrs. Marchant was attending parties with Lord James and there were whispers of divorce. Tess approached Lady Revel to get her son’s help in warning their cousin Lord James...

Lord Griffin disappeared five years ago into the wilds of Brazil, leaving a fiancée in England. Now he has returned to claim her, but she is betrothed to another. Though a beauty, Myra hasnt the spirit and charm of her younger sister, Alice, who has always treasured memories of Griffin. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

Moira Trevithick and her brother have been bilked of their family fortune by Lionel March, so they masquerade at a country inn as the vulgar Lady Crieff and her stepson, with a plan to take the scoundrel for everything he owes them. But theyre not the only ones interested in March, and they look very...

Constance Pethel had become accustomed to Lady Savages economies and begging letters to Lord Aiglon to provide money to refurbish his falling-down manor that they occupied. Arriving to discover this deceit, Aiglon decided to put the property on the market, depriving them of their home. But Constance...

My Lord Stornaway has every reason to believe that Moira (alias Molly) Greenwood, and Perdita Brodie (alias April Spring) are lightskirts traveling with an acting troupe. In actuality Moira is Perditas cousin and governess, and their trip to Aunt Agatha went alarmingly awry--thanks to Perditas high...

Marie Boltwood shared the neighborhood excitement about Napoleon being imprisoned aboard ship just outside Plymouth harbor. When two dashing gentlemen--the thoughtful Mr. Benson and the arrogant Lord Sanford--arrived to stay at Bolt Hall, she knew one was a British agent. But who was the other? With...

Jane Halsey and her sister Belle were living with an aunt in London--and Jane knew it was time to think seriously about marrying a rich husband. But handsome, eccentric and rich Lord Romeo, who extolled all things Greek, did not fit her notions of a proper husband. Now his brother, Lord Renfrew, on...

Anne Wickfield welcomed Alex Penholmes return from the Peninsular war, but it was his older brother shed given her heart. Charles was dead now, and as the evidence of his spendthrift ways mounted, Anne realized shed revered a spectacularly selfish man. But her growing love for Alex was still threatened...

Lord Ravencroft expected to meet Lord Ashworth as his knowledgeable informant about counterfeit bills surfacing on the coast. He was more than dismayed when Ashworths daughter, Amy Bratty, offered herself as his accomplice. Amy, and not her senile father, had discovered the problem, and she was determined...

Abbie Fairchild, an art teacher and would-be artist, was to escort three young ladies to Penfel Hall. Lord Penfel was supposed to be away, but his eccentric mother, the dowager, seemed delighted to have a circus set up on the estate. As Lady Penfel encouraged flirtation, the roguish circus master would...

Lady Madeline Fordwich, who acted as political hostess for her distinguished Tory father, each season acquired a protégé to advance socially and politically in London. Her former suitor, Lord Eskott, though a Whig, had become a dear friend. But Escott did not at all approve of Maddies newest protégé,...

When she learned about her late husband’s infidelities, Lady Francesca Camden went a little wild. Assuming her maiden name of Frankie Devlin, she encountered Lord Devane at a masquerade. He thought she was a lightskirt and pursued, but she was rescued by a friend. Now, about to be forced from her home...

Aunt Martha, noted for her matchmaking, and cousin Lillian Watters came to help Sir Gerald Monteith’s daughter find a husband. Sara was beautiful but penniless and witless, and Aunt Martha thought that Anthony Fellows, running in a by-election campaign for Parliament, would do for Sara. Whig campaign...

Eve Denver encountered Richard Dalton when she was fleeing an irate pawnbroker. Unsuspicious of Mr. Daltons offer to secure a summer house in Brighton, and conscious of his ability to introduce her to the polite world, she took her valuables with her. Only to find that Dalton was using her as bait...