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Olivia Drake
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Shortly after graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in journalism, Barbara Dawson Smith sold her first historical romance novel only two weeks after sending it to a publisher. She is a member of Romance Writers of America since 1981. Her books have won the Golden Heart Award from RWA, and Best Historical Romantic Suspense and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She has been a finalist for the National Readers’ Choice Award, Romance of the Year by Affaire de Coeur magazine, the Golden Quill, and the Booksellers' Best Award. She has also been a five-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award, and realized a lifetime dream in 2002 when she won the award for TEMPT ME TWICE.
Barbara now lives in Houston, Texas in a cozy cottage with a loving husband, and two wonderful daughters who still come back whenever they want a home-cooked meal. Surrounded by pets and who knows how many neighbor children running up and down the stairs. When she's not finishing a chapter or teaching a seminar on writing, she enjoys browsing in her collection of over a thousand research books.
Full Series List in Order
A Cinderella Sisterhood Novel
1 - If the Slipper Fits (May-2012)2 - Stroke of Midnight (Jun-2013)
3 - Abducted by a Prince (May-2014)
4 - Bella and the Beast (Nov-2015)
5 - His Wicked Wish (Jun-2016)
6 - The Scandalous Flirt (Nov-2017)
An Heiress in London Novel
1 - Seducing the Heiress (Dec-2009)2 - Never Trust a Rogue (Sep-2010)
3 - Scandal of the Year (Mar-2011)
Unlikely Duchesses
1 - The Duke I Once Knew (Jan-2019)2 - Forever My Duke (Jan-2020)
3 - When a Duke Loves a Governess (Aug-2021)
Book List in Order: 15 titles
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Seducing the Heiress
- Dec-2009
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SHE VOWED TO RESIST HIM Her wealth and beauty have made Miss Portia Crompton the catch of the season. Secretly determined to wed the maharajah's son she left behind in India, Portia ignores the money-hungry bucks who ply her with bouquets and bonbons...
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Never Trust a Rogue
- Sep-2010
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Olivia Drake continues the dazzling adventures of the Crompton sisters, who are causing a stir in Londons high society -- and in the hearts of its most eligible bachelors... A DEVIL IN DISGUISE... The wealthiest heiress of the season, Miss Lin...
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Scandal of the Year
- Mar-2011
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AN UNEXPECTED LOVE The youngest of the Crompton heiresses, Blythe yearns to marry into the aristocracy to bolster her family's place in society. The widowed Duke of Savoy seems to be the perfect choice, yet it's another man who sets her heart to poun...
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Dream Spinner
- Apr-2012
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The Duke of Radcliffe’s young wife met a tragic early death, providing fodder for the local gossip-mongers…who intimated foul play must have been at hand. Though that was long ago, scandal seemed to follow the dark and enigmatic Kent Deverall,...
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If the Slipper Fits
- May-2012
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IS THIS LOVE REAL? Raised in a girls’ school, Annabelle Quinn longs for the world outside the walls of the academy. When she’s hired as the governess to an orphaned duke, Annabelle never expects the child’s breathtakingly handsome guardian to ...
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Too Wicked To Love
- Apr-2013
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He is Ethan Sinclair, the Earle of Chasebourne, the most notorious rogue in all of England. She is Miss Jane Mayhew, the keen-witted spinster Ethan had never even noticed. But when Jane discovers his love child abandoned on her doorstep, she is deter...
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Stroke of Midnight
- Jun-2013
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The infamous Laura Falkner has returned to Regency London society in disguise. Determined to clear her father’s name, she becomes a companion to elderly Lady Josephine -- only to learn the woman’s nephew is none other than Alexander Ross, the dev...
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Abducted by a Prince
- May-2014
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She's not waiting for her prince. He's not looking for a bride. But sometimes the most unlikely love stories end in 'happily ever after'... SHE WAS STOLEN AWAY Ellie Stratham gave up her childhood dreams of a fairy tale romance ...
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Bella and the Beast
- Nov-2015
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Even a confirmed bachelor can meet his match. Because sometimes fairy tales do come true... OF ALL THE FABLED TREASURES Bella Jones feels like a fish out of water in civilized England. Raised abroad by her explorer father, she's amused by the...
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His Wicked Wish
- Jun-2016
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MARRIAGE TO A NOBLEMAN? NOT IN HER WILDEST DREAMS... The daughter of a disgraced woman and a common actor, Madelyn Swann has been shunned by the nobility. No proper lady would traipse about on a Covent Garden stage, let alone sell herself at aucti...
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The Scandalous Flirt
- Nov-2017
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Scandal begins with just one kiss... Aurora Paxton was once the belle of the ball, the most sought-after debutante of the season―until a scandalous mistake ruined her. Shunned by her family, Rory was banished to the country to live in disgrace. ...
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The Duke I Once Knew
- Jan-2019
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When two childhood sweethearts find themselves together after years apart, does their romance have a chance to be rekindled now that he’s a duke and she’s a governess? Olivia Drake’s new Unlikely Duchesses series begins with THE DUKE I ONCE KNE...
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Forever My Duke
- Jan-2020
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“I find Miss Fanshawe to be quite charming―for an American.”―The Prince Regent Hadrian Ames, the Duke of Clayton, needs a bride. He even has the perfect one picked out. That is, until he meets the lovely, free-spirited Natalie Fanshawe. Sh...
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When a Duke Loves a Governess
- Aug-2021
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A stunning new Regency from beloved author Olivia Drake, When a Duke Loves a Governess...! Tessa James has worked and planned tirelessly to open her own millinery shop. All she needs now is a loan from the lord who sired and abandoned her. The onl...