An Annotated List of Jo Beverley's

regency-set historical romances.

Except for Forbidden Magic below, these are all in the world of the Company of R
ogues. You can find out more about the Rogues here.
AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE
(RITA finalist; Reader's Choice Award; Romantic Times Best Regency Novel; Bookra
k bestseller.)
Ruined through her vile brother's schemes, Eleanor Chivenham is in despair until
she is offered rescue by marriage, but marriage to a charming rake with an infa
mous French mistress. Eleanor accepts, but she is determined to treat this arran
ged marriage with cool dignity. Once she meets Nicholas Delaney, however, her co
nfidence in her ability to do that is shaken. Not only does he stir her senses a
nd touch her heart, but she glimpses trouble and pain beneath the smooth exterio
r.
Nicholas is indeed troubled. Committed to serving his country by seducing secret
s out of a French spy, he is then persuaded by his brother to marry the woman th
e earl has ruined. Are even his fabled abilities with women up to this task? To
assist him, he gathers together again the schoolboy group he started years befor
e, the Company of Rogues, but even they cannot protect Eleanor and Nicholas from
the dark plots being woven around them. Plots that threaten not only their frag
ile marriage, but their lives.
In 1991 Romantic Times acclaimed An Arranged Marriage as "a splendid love story.
... This immensely appealing pair of lovers will utterly captivate readers, whil
e Ms. Beverley's commanding ease with the Regency period provides a veritable fe
ast of delight for the true connoisseur. Bravo!"
Zebra Regency, June 1991 Reissue, Dec 1999 0-8217-6401-2
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AN UNWILLING BRIDE
(Winner: RWA RITA Award, Best Regency; Golden Leaf Award, Historical:Best Regenc
y Romance, Romantic Times) Sensual
The Duchess of Belcraven committed a folly, and bore her husband another man's c
hild. Only a third son, however, so all was patched over. Then the two older boy
s drowned, leaving disaster. Now, over twenty years later, the duke discovers th
at he has a daughter, a child of his blood, and he compels the two to marry -- t
he arrogant ducal heir, devastated to learn for the first time that he is illegi
timate; and the independent schoolteacher raised in the principles of the Rights
of Women. Is there any common ground at all?
"Ms. Beverley is a storyteller par excellence, whose vivid and mesmerizing chara
cters totally engage all the reader's emotions...topnotch Regency reading pleasu
re." Romantic Times
Zebra Regency, Feb. 1992 0-8217-3669-8 Out of print
Reissue December 2000 0-8217-6724-0
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CHRISTMAS ANGEL (Reader's Choice Award, Best Regency. Waldenbooks, bestselling R
egency)
Leander, Lord Charrington has a problem. Raised to be a charming diplomat, women
fall in love with him. He, however, seems unable to fall in love with them. For
wife, therefore, he wants a woman he can live with on honest terms, and an impo

verished widow seems ideal. Judith Rossiter thanks heaven for this escape from d
isaster. But can she keep to the terms of their agreement and not fall in love w
ith her charming husband?
A "splendid new Regency novel by one of the genre's most gifted storytellers....
a beautifully complex love story that will become a treasured addition to every
Regency connoisseur's shelf." Romantic Times.
Zebra Regency, November 1992 0-8217-3976-X Out of print
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FORBIDDEN
Sensual. (Please note. There are references to the heroine's previous sexually a
busive marriage that some people may find disturbing.)
The death of her husband has freed Serena Riverton from life as an abused sex-ob
ject, but now her brothers plan to force her into another similar marriage. Flee
ing, she is helped by Francis, Lord Middlethorpe. A passionate encounter leaves
her pregnant, but no keener on marriage than before. He is virtually committed t
o marrying a sweet-natured lady. They marry anyway, and struggle to make somethi
ng of their lives amid the disapproval of all around them.
"Nobody does Regency better than Jo Beverley, and this latest tale adds to the a
rgument that she may just be the best." Rendezvous
"Ms. Beverley breaks just about every rule in the book and makes us beg for more
in this enthralling love story. A fabulous dreamspinner, Ms. Beverley is well o
n her way to becoming one of the great names of the romance genre." Romantic Tim
es.
Zebra Historical, March 1994 Reissue, November 1995 0-8217-4488-7 Out of print.
Reissue, December 2003 8-8217-7599-5 Buy now from AMAZON.COM
DANGEROUS JOY
Miles Cavanagh just wants to be in the Shires hunting, but instead he is unwilli
ng guardian to a twenty-year-old heiress. He hopes this will be merely a symboli
c position, but that's before he discovers that Felicity Monahan is hell-bent on
marrying a fortune-hunting wretch. And before he begins to fall in love with he
r.
Despite her own growing love for Miles, Felicity has excellent reasons for her c
hoice. Miles is determined to thwart her. Equal in will and ruthlessness, they a
re soon on a course that is dangerous indeed.
"...a smashing book: fast paced, tense and compelling, with a touch of Irish mag
ic." GEnie Romance Exchange
Nov. 1995 Zebra, 0-8217-5129-8
Reissue December 2004.
Excerpt from Dangerous Joy
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FORBIDDEN MAGIC
Left penniless after her parents' death, Meg Gillingham is in dire straits. Her
cruel landlord threatens to turn her and her siblings out of their home at Chris
tmastide -- unless she surrenders her young sister to his lecherous whims. Only
a miracle can save them: a magic statue that grants wishes -- for a price. Meg n
ever expected the statue to bring her a handsome earl offering marriage, and war
ily waits for the sting in the magic's tail. Soon, however, charming, eccentric

Sax is weaving magic of his own -- until the statue is lost and Meg is plunged i
nto danger of losing him, her family, and perhaps even her life.
NAL, November 1998 ISBN=0451408020
Reissued August 2005 ISBN=045121613X
Excerpt from Forbidden Magic
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THE DEMON'S MISTRESS(RITA finalist) a novella described on the novella page whic
h begins the Georges trilogy and is followed by The Dragon's Bride and The Devil
's Heiress below.
All three books will come together in June 2004 as THREE HEROES
THE DRAGON'S BRIDE(RITA finalist)
Con Somerford, Viscount Amleigh, is not pleased to have inherited the Earldom of
Wyvern and the monstrous house that goes with it. He's even less pleased when t
he first person he encounters there is Susan Kerslake with a pistol in her hands
. Susan and he have a past, a bitter one. The years in between, however, have be
en years of war. That must, surely, have armed him so he can resist her, and dea
l with the smuggling with which she is clearly involved.
NAL Signet, May 2001 ISBN=0-451-203585
Look for the reissue in January 2006.
Excerpt from The Dragon's Bride
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THE DEVIL'S HEIRESS
Major "Hawk" Hawkinvale has reluctantly returned home after ten years of war. He
longs for his ancient Sussex home, but his despised father is still alive there
. Upon his return, however, he finds matters are even worse. To pursue a family
title, Squire Hawkinville has mortgaged Hawkinville Manor to a wealthy industria
list who will soon own it, tear it down, and built a modern villa in its place.
There is one way out. The title his father has won at such cost is Viscount Deve
ril, and foul "Lord Devil" had died possessed of a fortune. It will go to pay th
e squire's debts if Hawk can prove that the inheritor, a trollop who had been pr
epared to marry Deveril, had played a part in his violent death. His investigati
ons reveal a very complex picture, however, threatening to hurt some of the peop
le he most cares for in the world. And soon one of them is Clarissa Greystone, t
he Devil's Heiress.
NAL Signet, August, 2001, ISBN 0-451-20254-6
Look for the reissue in January 2006.
Excerpt from The Devil's Heiress
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HAZARD
You may have met Lady Anne Peckworth in FORBIDDEN, being exquisitely polite afte
r being jilted. You may have heard about her in THE DRAGON'S BRIDE, being pitied
from afar because another suitor found a woman he truly loved. Anne may have be
en the perfect lady once, but twice is her limit! Now she's angry, and to tormen
t her further she has a mysterious, infuriating interloper called Race de Vere t
o turn her life upside down. And to tempt her to play hazard -- with dice, and w
ith her heart.

NAL Signet, May 2002 ISBN=0-451-20580

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ST. RAVEN
Tristan Tregallows, Duke of St. Raven is playing the highwayman. His plan is to
hold up one coach in order to prove that a man is prison is not the infamous Le
Corbeau. However, his target coach is carrying vile Lord Crofton and an obviousl
y innocent lady. Tris has to rescue her, no matter how reluctant she is. And the
n, of course, he has to help her on her quest, especially as it will take her to
an orgy. He is, he assures her, an expert guide to orgies.
NAL Signet, February 2003 ISBN=0-451-20807-2
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SKYLARK
Sir Stephen Ball is the quiet member of the Company of Rogues. The lawyer and Me
mber of Parliament whom the Rogues like to keep out of the action so he can act
in an official capacity if necessary. Stephen, however, would dearly love an adv
enture.
More than that, Stephen dearly loves Laura Gardeyne, who as Laura Watcombe was h
is sister's best friend and as close as a sister to him. He realized too late th
at his feelings weren't brotherly, and anyway, he was too young to think of marr
iage when she married the dashing Hal Gardeyne.
Now, however, Hal is dead and Stephen visits Laura to try again to woo her. She'
s in no mood for romance. Someone might have tried to poison her son and a dange
rous mystery hangs over the whole Gardeyne family. Stephen decides that the best
way to win his beloved would be to solve the mystery and ensure Laura and Harry
's safety. If his plan gets her alone with him in disguise in a small seaside to
wn, all the better.
THE ROGUE'S RETURN
Simon St. Bride, man of mystery! He's the Rogue who's hardly been mentioned in t
he previous books except to say that he's in Canada. Where in Canada? York, whic
h is now Toronto. What's he been doing there? Fighting in the War of 1812, then
attempting to tidy things up afterward. Now it's 1816 and time to return to Engl
and, but a duel and an unwanted wedding get in the way. Then someone really trie
s to kill him.
TO RESCUE A ROGUE
Lord Darius Debenham caught the attention of readers even from small appearances
in the earlier books, and the report of his death in An Unwilling Bride led to
a campaign of "Dare lives!" Well, he did, but was discovered frail from his woun
ds and ill-treatment and addicted to opium. As the author, I'd put him in that s
ituation and I had to rescue him and restore the joy in his life.
My assistant in this is Lady Mara St. Bride, sister to Simon St. Bride of The Ro
gue's Return. She has the St. Bride need to champion causes, and shares Simon's
tendency to plunge into action. She's always thought of Dare Debenham as a belov

ed brother, and she cannot let a beloved brother suffer. She soon finds, however
, that he is simply beloved.
"An exquisitely rendered story" Library Journal
"...well-crafted, delicious and wickedly captivating." Romantic Times
NAL Signet, September 2006 ISBN=0-451-22011-0
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LADY BEWARE
Lady Thea Debenham thinks her only problem is a stained ball gown, but in the de
serted corridors of her home she meets Vile Viscount Darien. Her life will never
be the same.
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The Company of Rogues
(For an annotated book list click here.)
The Company of Rogues and I go back a long time. All the way to 1976, in fact.
By then I'd been fiddling around with writing a romance for many years, and had
a few beginnings of Nicholas Delaney's story (though readers of An Arranged Marr
iage would not recognize most of it.) In 1976, however, we emigrated to Canada,
and my professional qualifications didn't translate. It seemed an excellent oppo
rtunity to pursue my dream seriously. Note, however, that it wasn't until eleven
years later that I sold my first novel, Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed, and anothe
r few years after that before An Arranged Marriage came out.
Over the next year I wrote what would become An Arranged Marriage, partly on a c
lunky little portable typewriter, and when I lost patience with that, in longhan
d. In the process I created the Company of Rogues, the group of friends Nicholas
gathers to help him with his tortuous task. At that point, Lucien, Marquess of
Arden, was not a member. He arrived when I wrote An Unwilling Bride many years l
ater, and I realized he'd make a great addition to the Rogues. As soon as I adde
d him, he created lovely threads to weave through. Lucien, after all, is the hei
r to a dukedom and thus one of the highest in the last. Nicholas is the younger
brother of an earl, and thus a commoner. Yet Nicholas is the undisputed leader o
f the Rogues. Lucien doesn't dispute it, but it doesn't always fit with his lord
ly view of life and underlying tensions always exist.
The Company of Rogues came about (fictionally speaking) when Nicholas and the re
st turned up at Harrow School. Schools in those days were almost anarchical plac
es. A few years previous, Byron had led an armed revolt against the masters, and
there was one incident of students blowing in a door to get at a tyrannical mas
ter. In addition to the master, always armed with birch and cane, the senior boy
s lorded it over the junior ones who had to act as servants, or fags. This often
moved into abuse such as dragging younger boys around, scorching them at fires,
and of course, beatings, since school chaos left the older boys in charge. Nich
olas took one look at things and decided to create a small area of civilization.
He gathered twelve new boys according to his own gifted whim, and formed a brot
herhood of protection. They were not to bully others, or avoid proper duties or
deserved punishment, but they would oppose oppression from all quarters. Most bu
llies and tyrants soon learned to leave them alone.
Whatever system Nicholas used to choose the Rogues, he did not pick boys of the

same sort. Knowing Nicholas, he deliberately sought variety, both for the richne
ss of the group and to provide useful skills and qualities later in life. From a
n author's point of view, this means that there is not a sameness to the novels
about them. Each Rogue shapes his story, from the baroque adventures of Nicholas
to the cut-throat high-society elegance of Lucien's marriage, and the wild Iris
h tale of Miles Cavanagh and his Felicity.
The twelve Rogues:
Nicholas Delaney, twin brother of the Earl of Stainsbridge. Eclectic thinker, tr
aveler, idiosyncratic collector. His story is told in An Arranged Marriage(Reiss
ued Nov 1999)
Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden, heir to the dukedom of Belcraven. A damn-your
-eyes Regency buck who conceals a keen brain and scholarly interests, until he m
eets his match in An Unwilling Bride(Reissued, Dec 2000)
Leander Knollis, Earl of Charrington, son of a diplomat and raised international
ly in the highest circles before arriving at Harrow. A linguist with impeccable
social skills, he has spent his time in the diplomatic service with a short spel
l in the Guards. He's looking for a bride, but it's dashed awkward the way impre
ssionable misses swoon at his feet when he can't seem to feel anything in partic
ular for them. He wants a woman who won't embarrass him with devotion. The "Weep
ing Widow" of a famous romantic poet seems just the ticket.Christmas Angel(Reiss
ue Dec 2001)
Francis Haile, Lord Middlethorpe, a gentle, sensitive man with a core of steel.
He lost his father at a young age, so has had responsibility most of his life, e
specially from knowing he is the dependence of his mother and sisters. He is on
the point of offering for the pleasant, thoroughly suitable Lady Anne Peckword w
hen he encounters scandalous Serena Rivington. His life will never be the same.
Forbidden (Reissue December 2003)
Miles Cavanagh, heir to the Earl of Kilgoran, a fiery opposer of Irish oppressio
n. He inherits the wardship of an heiress. He doesn't think it will be a dauntin
g task until he meets Felicity -- and the rotter Felicity is determined to marry
.Dangerous Joy (Reissue December 2004)
Con Somerford, Viscount Amleigh, heir to the Earl of Wyvern. He was a second son
who did not expect to inherit, but, like the good officer he is, he will do his
duty. He wishes that duty did not involve an encounter with Susan Kerslake, how
ever. They have a painful past. The Dragon's Bride(May, 2000)
(A connected book to this one, The Devil's Heiress,(August 2000)links into the R
ogues, because the heroine, Clarissa Greystone, is a secondary character in An U
nwilling Bride. The hero, Major George Hawkinville, is one of the "three guys ca
lled George". The other two are George Vandeimen and George Connaught Somerford.
) These three stories will be reissued in June 2004 in an omnibus trade paperbac
k edition called THREE HEROES
Sir Stephen Ball, lawyer and Member of Parliament. A quiet man, but clever. His
book is SKYLARK May 2004.
Major Hal Beaumont. Joined the army and lost an arm in Canada. He is in love wit
h Blanche Hardcastle, an actress who was Lucien's mistress before his marriage.
He wants to marry her, but Blanche thinks it more suitable to only be his mistre
ss. Their story is interwoven through the other books and will complete in Dare'
s book..
Simon St. Bride. The Rogue who's never appeared in a book, but who has been ment
ioned as being in Canada. I found him, wreaked havoc on his life and brought him

safely home in THE ROGUE'S RETURN. March 2006.

Lord Darius Debenham, younger son of the Duke of Yeovil. Dare was always a happy
soul, bringing cheer, amusement and endless kindness. And then I put him throug
h hell. He's restored to happiness in TO RESCUE A ROGUE, which has been moved up
to September, 2006.
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Two members were already dead when book time started in 1814. Since this was a t
ime of war, and many younger sons of the upper class joined the army or navy, it
seemed unrealistic to have them all alive.
Lord Roger Merrihew, son of the Marquess of Edenbridge, joined the army and died
in Spain.
Allan Ingram, joined the navy and died at sea.
Will Dare's book be the last of the Rogues? Yes in a way, as he's the last to ma
rry, but no in all other ways. The Rogues' world is now my Regency world and I'l
l continue to write spin-off stories. I'm currently working on one about Lady Th
ea, Dare's sister. I'm hoping to weave in some of the characters from my old tra
ditional regency romances. Kevin Renfrew, for example, still needs a story.
I hope that if you've read the Rogues books thus far you have enjoyed them. If y
ou are new to them or just thinking about it, I hope you will give them a try. I
have come to realize that though I didn't know it at the time I have written a
story within a story. It started when the wicked Therese Bellaire returned to Ni
cholas Delaney's life in An Arranged Marriage, creating ripples of disaster that
have run through many of the books, and which will not truly be over until Dare
is healed.
LORD SAMHAIN'S NIGHT in ALL HALLOW'S
THE DEMON'S BRIDE in MOONLIGHT LOVERS
A MUMMER'S PLAY in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS
FORBIDDEN AFFECTIONS in A SPRING BOUQUET
A GIFT OF LIGHT in THE CHRISTMAS CAT
THE LORD OF ELPHINDALE in FAERY MAGIC
DAY OF WRATH in STAR OF WONDEr
THE WISE VIRGIN in THE BRIDES OF CHRISTMAN
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COMPLETE BOOK LIST

Jo Beverley's romance titles
Click on any highlighted title below to go to the details in the annotated list.

Regency Historicals (Mostly in the world of the Company of Rogues)

For more details about the Rogues.
AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE,1991
(Reissue November 1999)
AN UNWILLING BRIDE, 1992
(Reissue December 2000)
CHRISTMAS ANGEL,1992
(Reissue October 2001)
FORBIDDEN,1994
(Reissue December 2003)
DANGEROUS JOY,1995
(Reissue December 2004)
FORBIDDEN MAGIC, 1998
THE DRAGON'S BRIDE, May 2001
THE DEVIL'S HEIRESS, August 2001
See also the novella THE DEMON'S MISTRESS in IN PRAISE OF YOUNGER MEN,2001
The three above will be reissued, June 2004 in THREE HEROES.
HAZARD, May 2002
ST. RAVEN, February 2003
SKYLARK, May 2004
Georgians -- The Malloren world, ruled over by the Marquess of Rothgar
MY LADY NOTORIOUS,1993
(reissue, July 2002)
TEMPTING FORTUNE,1995
(reissue, December 2002)
SOMETHING WICKED,1997
SECRETS OF THE NIGHT,1999
(Reissue, March 2004)
DEVILISH,2000
WINTER FIRE, November 2003
A MOST UNSUITABLE MAN, February 2005
Medieval Romances
LORD OF MY HEART,1992
(reissue, October 2002)
DARK CHAMPION,1993
(reissue, January 2003)
THE SHATTERED ROSE,1996
LORD OF MIDNIGHT,1998
Traditional Regencies
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te with news of reissues.
LORD WRAYBOURNE'S BETROTHED,1988
THE STANFORTH SECRETS,1989
THE STOLEN BRIDE,1990
IF FANCY BE THE FOOD OF LOVE,
A novella in A REGENCY VALENTINE, 1991
EMILY AND THE DARK ANGEL,1991
THE FORTUNE HUNTER,1991
DEIRDRE AND DON JUAN,1993
Romance novellas
TWELFTH NIGHT in A CHRISTMAS DELIGHT,1991
Reissue, October 2000 in FIVE GOLDEN RINGS
LORD SAMHAIN'S NIGHT in ALL HALLOW'S EVE,1992
THE DEMON'S BRIDE in MOONLIGHT LOVERS,1993
A MUMMER'S PLAY in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS,1995

FORBIDDEN AFFECTIONS in A SPRING BOUQUET,1996

THE DETERMINED BRIDE in MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT,1996
A GIFT OF LIGHT in THE CHRISTMAS CAT,1996
THE LORD OF ELPHINDALE in FAERY MAGIC,1998
DAY OF WRATH in STAR OF WONDER, 1999
THE WISE VIRGIN in THE BRIDES OF CHRISTMAN, 1999
THE DEMON'S MISTRESS in IN PRAISE OF YOUNGER MEN,2001
Reissue, June 2004 in THREE HEROES.
Science Fiction.
THE FRUIT PICKER in WRITERS OF THE FUTURE IV and BEST OF WRITERS OF THE FUTURE,2
001
THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES in IRRESISTIBLE FORCES, NAL/ROC, February 2004
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