Welcome to Dukes in Spring


Are you ready? Coming on April 24th, Dukes in Spring, the latest anthology from Dragonblade Publishing. It includes my take on family feuds, but with a happy ending.

Spring has arrived—and with it, dukes destined to fall.

As the world stirs from winter’s long shadow, London’s most powerful men emerge with darker desires and restless hearts. Beneath the gaiety of the Season linger brooding, dangerous dukes—men shaped by ambition, secrets, and passion—who are about to meet the women bold enough to challenge them.

From glittering ballrooms to intimate encounters behind closed doors, this vibrant spring collection brings together acclaimed historical romance authors in a celebration of heat, heart, and irresistible temptation. Leave the cold behind and surrender to tales of moody dukes and the women who awaken them to love.

Indulge in a season where romance blooms—and nothing is quite as it seems.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNNZJW78

April sale on ebooks all month

Jude’s April sale books are Gingerbread Bride, a novella in The Golden Redepennings, Hearts at Home, a collection of three regency novellas about returned warriors finding love, and The Darkness Within, book 4 in Lion’s Zoo.

Gingerbread Bride https://books2read.com/GingerbreadBride

Hearts at Home https://books2read.com/u/mgnKyq

The Darkness Within https://books2read.com/LionsZooTDW

A Giveaway Opportunity and some lovely books, including my Grasp the Thorn

Warning: may result in swooning, hopeless daydreaming, and your next favorite read. Air Affair Giveaway!

Leslie Vollard, the author of the book Air Affair, has a giveaway you’ll love.

One lucky reader will receive a grand prize book basket and historical stationery kit, while a second will enjoy a cozy book lover’s basket—perfect for late-night romance indulgence. Plus the “to-do’s” for the Giveaway involve historical romances from other authors, including yours truly.

📚 https://litring.com/giveaway/air-affair-historical-romance-giveaway/

My book in the promotion is Grasp the Thorn, and I’ve made it free until April 3rd. Since Chaos Come Again is on sale as part of my March sales books, this means you can get the first two Lion’s Zoo books for the rest of March at only $1.49. So run, don’t walk, to your favourite bookseller.

Get the rest of the series on sale–Golden Redepennings going cheap

To celebrate the release of book 6 in the Golden Redepennings series, the previous books are on sale until March 31st.

Farewell to Kindness–Free https://books2read.com/FarewelltoKindness

A Raging Madness–$2.49 USD https://books2read.com/ARagingMadness

The Realm of Silence–$2.49 USD https://books2read.com/TheRealmofSilence

Unkept Promises–$2.49 USD https://books2read.com/Unkept-Promises

The Flavour of Our Deeds $2.49 USD https://books2read.com/FoOD

March sale on ebooks 8th to 31st

Jude’s March sale books are Chasing the Tale: Volume II, a lunch-time reads collection of 10 stories, Chaos Come Again, the first book in the series Lion’s Zoo, and The Duke’s Price, a novella about a governess who must chose between two wicked dukes to save her pupil.

Chasing the Tale: Volume II https://books2read.com/u/4X8VGL

Chaos Come Again https://books2read.com/CCAgain

The Duke’s Price https://books2read.com/u/4A0gGK

Books half price in the Smashwords sale

I’ve put all books published under my Titchfield Press imprint into the Smashwords sale. That includes my series Lion’s Zoo, The Return of the Mountain King, and The Golden Redepennings. The sale runs from March 1st to March 7th. All novels and collections will be half price, and novellas that are normally priced at $1.49 will be free! Click on the link and scroll down to see the books.

Meet new Belle Aileen Fish

The Bluestocking Belles are thrilled to welcome three new members this week. Today, I’m introducing Aileen Fish.

Next is, Aileen Fish. Read her bio and discover her links and her books on the Belles’ website. Today, I have a list of ten things she’d like you to know about her. Which two are false?

  1. I can speak three languages fluently
  2. I am an only child
  3. I once worked as a grease monkey at a truck stop
  4. I’ve visited four continents
  5. I was the lead singer in a rock band in the 70s
  6. My favorite color is lime green
  7. My first job was at McDonald’s
  8. I went to the same high school as Kurt Russell and Michael Richards
  9. I once managed a dog boarding kennel
  10. I’m a grandma twice over

Meet new Belle Barbara Monajem

The Bluestocking Belles are thrilled to welcome three new members this week, and I’ll be introducing one a day for the next three days.

First up, Barbara Monajem. Read her bio and discover her links and her books on the Belles’ website. Today, I have a list of ten things she’d like you to know about her. Be warned! Two are false!

Ten things about Barbara

  1. I want to learn how to read Anglo-Saxon
  2. I have a stammer, which is sometimes embarrassing
  3. My favorite color is red
  4. I love walking in the rain
  5. My greatest culinary masterpiece is asparagus pudding
  6. I am in the ‘crone’ stage of life
  7. I participated in an archaeological dig when I was 12 years old
  8. My favorite food is baked beans
  9. My sunhat was stolen by monkeys in Swaziland
  10. I won first place in rope climbing when I was 13 years old

If you think you know which two are false, go to The Belles Brigade group on Facebook, and comment in the Ten Things post. All correct answers from all three introductions will go into a draw, and there’ll be a prize.

Repricing and Sale books in January

For those that missed the news in my newsletter, I’m taking some time this January for the long overdue repricing of all of the books published under the Titchfield Press imprint. It’s as slow a process as I expected, but by the end of January, I intend that novels will be between $4.49 and $4.99 in US dollars, novellas between $1.49 and $1.99, and shortstory collections between $1.99 and 2.99.

I’ll be putting three books a month on sale, and the first three have already had their prices changed at both distributors. So get them while the price is reduced! It’ll be over a year before it is their turn again

 

A Baron for Becky

A fallen woman, she dreams of landing on her feet, until unexpected news threatens disaster

Becky is the envy of the courtesans of the demi-monde — the indulged mistress of the wealthy and charismatic Marquis of Aldridge. But she dreams of a normal life; one in which her daughter can have a future that does not depend on beauty, sex, and the whims of a man.

Finding herself with child, she hesitates to tell Aldridge. Will he cast her off, send her away, or keep her and condemn another child to this uncertain shadow world?

The devil-may-care face Hugh shows to the world hides a desperate sorrow; a sorrow he tries to drown with drink and riotous living. His years at war haunt him, but even more, he doesn’t want to think about the illness that robbed him of the ability to father a son. When he dies, his barony will die with him. His title will fall into abeyance, and his estate will be scooped up by the Crown.

When Aldridge surprises them both with a daring proposition, they do not expect love to be part of the bargain.

Universal buy link: https://books2read.com/ABaronforBecky

A Raging Madness

Their marriage is a fiction. Their enemies want them destroyed before they can make it real.

Envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.”
François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Ella survived an abusive and philandering husband, in-laws who hate her, and public scorn. But she’s not sure she will survive love. It is too late to guard her heart from the man forced to pretend he has married such a disreputable widow, but at least she will not burden him with feelings he can never return.

Alex understands his supposed wife never wishes to remarry. And if she had chosen to wed, it would not have been to him. He should have wooed her when he was whole, when he could have had her love, not her pity. But it is too late now. She looks at him and sees a broken man. Perhaps she will learn to bear him.

In their masquerade of a marriage, Ella and Alex soon discover they are more well-matched than they expected. But then the couple’s blossoming trust is ripped apart by a malicious enemy. Two lost souls must together face the demons of their past to save their lives and give their love a future.

Universal buy link: https://books2read.com/ARagingMadness

A Suitable Husband

The cousin of a duke, however distant, can’t marry a chef from the slums, however talented. But dreams are free.

As the Duchess of Haverford’s companion, Cedrica Grenford is not treated as a poor relation and is encouraged to mingle with Her Grace’s guests. Perhaps among the gentlemen gathered for the duchess’s house party, she will find a suitable husband?

Marcel Fournier has only one ambition: to save enough from his fees serving as chef in the houses of the ton to become the proprietor of his own fine restaurant. An affair with the duchess’s dependent would be dangerous. Anything else is impossible. Isn’t it?

Universal buy link: https://books2read.com/ASuitableHusband