Cheryl Bolen

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  • Bibliography:
    61 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1998
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Beresford Adventures

1 - Lady Mary's Dangerous Encounter (Aug-2021)
2 - My Lord Protector (Oct-2021)
3 - With a Little Help from My Lord (Dec-2021)
4 - Rescued by a Rake (Feb-2023)
5 - Vindicated by a Viscount (Jun-2023)
6 - Defended by a Duke (Sep-2023)

Brazen Brides

1 - The Counterfeit Countess (Jan-2005)
2 - One Golden Ring (Oct-2005)
3 - Oh What A (Wedding) Night (Mar-2016)
4 - Miss Hastings' Excellent London Adventure (May-2017)
5 - A Birmingham Family Christmas (Oct-2017)
6 - A Proposal of Marriage (Dec-2020)

The Brides of Bath

1 - The Bride Wore Blue (Jan-2002)
2 - With His Ring (Apr-2002)
3 - A Fallen Woman (Aug-2002)
3 - The Bride's Secret (May-2011)
4 - An Improper Proposal (Feb-2004)
4 - To Take This Lord (Oct-2011)
5 - Love In The Library (Apr-2014)
6 - A Christmas In Bath (Oct-2014)
7 - Once Upon a Time in Bath (Nov-2020)
8 - The Wallflower's Christmas Wish (Oct-2022)

Deceived

1 - A Duke Deceived (Mar-1998)
2 - His Lady Deceived (Sep-2019)

House of Haverstock

1 - A Lady by Chance (May-2000)
2 - Duchess by Mistake (Mar-2015)
3 - Countess by Coincidence (Jun-2015)
4 - Ex-Spinster by Christmas (Oct-2016)
5 - Countess by Christmas (May-2021)

The Lords of Eton

1 - The Portrait of Lady Wycliff (Apr-2018)
2 - The Earl, the Vow, and the Plain Jane (Jun-2018)
3 - Last Duke Standing (Jan-2019)
3.5 - One Room at the Inn: A Novella (May-2020)

Pride and Prejudice Sequels

1 - Miss Darcy's New Companion (May-2016)
2 - Miss Darcy's Secret Love (Jun-2016)
3 - The Liberation of Miss de Bourgh (Jun-2016)

Regent Mysteries

1 - With His Lady's Assistance (Nov-2011)
2 - A Most Discreet Inquiry (Aug-2012)
3 - The Theft Before Christmas (Oct-2013)
4 - An Egyptian Affair (Nov-2015)
The Regent Mysteries (Jun-2014)

Texas Heroines in Peril

Protecting Britannia (Feb-2012)
A Cry In The Night (Mar-2012)
Murder at Veranda House (Mar-2012)
Capitol Offense (May-2012)

Multi-Author Series List

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Miss Darcy's New Companion (May-2016)
Miss Darcy's Secret Love (Jun-2016)
The Liberation of Miss de Bourgh (Jun-2016)

Book List in Order: 61 titles

  • A Duke Deceived

    Deceived - 1
    Harlequin Historical - 406

    Was Beauty To Be Her Burden? The unexpected and overwhelming proposal of marriage by Richard Moncrief, the Duke of Radcliff, was a dream come true to dowryless Bonny Barbara Allan -- and her worst nightmare. For her reticent husband spoke endles...

  • A Lady by Chance

    House of Haverstock - 1
    Precious Gems Historical - 63

    Driven by fierce patriotism to England, the Marquess of Haverstock will do anything to reclaim the money his best friend lost at cards, money that was to purchase battle plans from a French official. The bewitchingly beautiful but illegitimate Anna D...

  • The Bride Wore Blue

    The Brides of Bath - 1
    Zebra: Ballad

    A Bargain Isn't A Bargain...Until It Is Sealed With A Kiss Lacking the funds for a London season--yet determined to see her headstrong younger siblings suitably matched--lovely widow Felicity Harrison establishes herself in Bath, a grand dame at t...

  • With His Ring

    The Brides of Bath - 2
    Zebra: Ballad

    He Married For Money, Not For Love. Fortunately, His Wife Did Quite The Opposite... Young and spirited Glee Pembroke had always been secretly in love with her brother's best friend, Gregory Blankenship. So when she learned that this dedicated bach...

  • A Fallen Woman

    The Brides of Bath - 3
    Zebra: Ballad

    SHE WAS SHROUDED IN SCANDAL Since her husband's tragic death in the Peninsula, Carlotta Ennis had hoped to attract a wealthy husband in Bath. Instead she made the ruinous mistake of loving a rake who was willing to seduce her, but not to marry her. ...

  • An Improper Proposal

    The Brides of Bath - 4

    A Most Particular Man Two years have passed since George Pembroke, Lord Sedgewick, lost his beloved wife. Though the fashionable beauties and heiresses of the ton have done their utmost to mend his broken heart, he has not remarried. Simply put, no ...

  • The Four-Leaf Clover

    in 4th of July Picnic

    Lucky--that's how Norman Sterling felt when he fell in love with beautiful Mildred Gresham. And the four-leaf clover he just found by their Fourth of July picnic blanket is a sign that their love was meant to be. He's waited six long years to propose...

  • The Counterfeit Countess

    Brazen Brides - 1

    Abandoned By A Scoundrel Maggie thought she was married to an earl...but it seems that her late and unlamented husband lied to her from the day they met. Now--penniless, stranded in London, and suspected of a most vile treachery against the crown--s...

  • One Golden Ring

    Brazen Brides - 2

    A FROSTY WEDDING Lady Fiona Hollingsworth never thinks of herself as particularly daring--until she learns that her beloved brother needs her help. But when Fiona approaches the powerful and enigmatic Nicholas Birmingham with a scheme in mind, she i...



  • The Bride's Secret

    The Brides of Bath - 3

    The Brides of Bath, Book 3(Previously published in mass market paperback and as an eBook under the title A Fallen Woman)Heat Index: Hot* * *"This emotional story of a woman's journey from despair to triumph has what we all want from a love story. â...

  • It Had to Be You

    A World War II love story for the ages. . . The time is 1937. Journalist Dianne Castle mixes with Hollywood's elite post-Prohibition hedonists at the popular Club Borneo, owned by handsome Japanese American, Johnny Honda. Amidst the threat of war and...

  • Lady Sophia's Rescue

    No longer available -rewritten with new middle and ending as Oh What A (Wedding) Night...

  • My Lord Wicked

    Winner Best Historical Novel in the 2012 International Digital Awards* * *What woman would dare make her home at eerie Marshbanks Abbey, perched on a stony hill in remote Northumbria? It is said its owner, the brilliant botanist, Lord Stacks, killed ...

  • The Earl's Bargain

  • To Take This Lord

    The Brides of Bath - 4

    To Take This LordBrides of Bath, Book 4(Previously published in mass market paperback as An Improper Proposal)Heat Index: HotLength: 82,000 words * * *George Pembroke, the Viscount Sedgewick, is a man bent on self-destruction. Even though it's be...

  • With His Lady's Assistance

    Regent Mysteries - 1

    The prince regent recruits Wellington's best spy, Captain Jack Dryden, to find out who's trying to murder him. But in order to mix in the highest echelons of English society, the exceedingly handsome spy must feign an engagement to the prodigiously p...

  • Protecting Britannia

    Texas Heroines in Peril

    Texas Heroines in PerilHeat index: hot* * *"Drawing on her real-life expertise as a dealer in British antiques, Cheryl Bolen pens a fast-paced, fascinating tale of modern-day romantic suspense...Protecting Britannia is a riveting read filled with rom...

  • A Cry In The Night

    Texas Heroines in Peril

    Heat index: hotThe child she gave up for adoption eight years ago is missing, and Ava Simpson is convinced his life is in danger. Only one person can help her find the boy: Blake Tranowski, the birth father of the child. If only she can forge the cou...

  • Murder at Veranda House

    Texas Heroines in Peril

    Murder at Veranda HouseTexas Heroines in PerilHeat Index: HotLovely young widow Annette Holcombe is forced to turn her Veranda House on Galveston Island into a B & B after the recent death of her husband, a man she'd known only a short time. Upon his...



  • His Lordship's Vow

    Heat Index: Sweet Short novel (approximately 31,000 words) * * * Bereft of beauty as well as fortune, the exceedingly plain Miss Jane Featherstone has failed to attract any suitor during her three Seasons. Rather than be a burden to her brother and h...

  • Capitol Offense

    Texas Heroines in Peril

    As speech writer to the Texas lieutenant governor, lovely Lacy Blair accidentally stumbles onto a high-level fraud involving state funds and masterminded by her boss. Since she can't risk snooping into the situation herself, she secretly consults wit...

  • A Summer To Remember

    A Summer to RememberAward-winning, multi-published author Cheryl Bolen turns her attention away from the British Isles to craft three achingly romantic tales set in nineteenth-century America.THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVERA Novella (23,000 words) 101 PagesOrig...

  • A Most Discreet Inquiry

    Regent Mysteries - 2

    Book 2 of The Regent Mysteries seriesHumorous Regency Romance MysterySensuality Level: SweetApproximate word count: 64,000It all started quite innocently when Lady Daphne Chalmers's duchess sister came to her sleuthing sibling for help in retrieving ...

  • Christmas Brides

    Three Regency Romance Novellas:"THE CHRISTMAS WISH"21,500 words (about 100 pages)Heat index: SweetTo grant her dying father his last Christmas wish, Miss Annabelle Pemberton proposes marriage to her father's former ward, the rakish viscount Lord Will...

  • Marriage of Inconvenience

    Love Inspired Historical - 158

    Proposing to the Earl of Aynsley seems a sensible -- if unconventional -- solution to Miss Rebecca Peabody's predicament. As a married woman, she will be free to keep writing her essays on civil reform. Meanwhile, the distinguished widower will gain ...

  • Falling for Frederick

    Her second day doing doctoral research in the basement archives of Siddley Hall, England's grandest Tudor home, American Antonia Townley stumbles upon the hall's curator with a knife plunged into his chest. Police suspect Antonia of being the killer ...

  • Texas Heroines in Peril

    As speech writer to the Texas lieutenant governor, lovely Lacy Blair accidentally stumbles onto a high-level fraud involving state funds and masterminded by her boss. Since she can't risk snooping into the situation herself, she secretly consults wit...

  • The Theft Before Christmas

    Regent Mysteries - 3

    When the theft of the Regent's Michelangelo has the potential to set off on international incident, he believes his best chance of recovering it before the donor's Christmas Eve visit is to bring in his favorite investigators: Captain Dryden and his ...

  • Love In The Library

    The Brides of Bath - 5

    The Beauty and the Scholar. . .The Brides of Bath are Back! Book 5 in The Brides of Bath series.Certain the "smart" Steffington twin is the person who can help her recover her late husband's nearly priceless stolen Chaucer manuscript, Catherine Bexle...



  • The Regent Mysteries

    Regent Mysteries

    FINALIST in the 2012 International Digital Awards contest for long historical* * *Description:Humorous Regency Romance MysterySensuality Level: SweetApproximate word count: 82,000***With His Lady’s Assistance is a delightful blend of humor, romance...

  • A Christmas In Bath

    The Brides of Bath - 6

    The Brides of Bath, Book 6Length: 20,000 words (about 75 pages)Heat level: sweetAll the characters from the first five Brides of Bath books will be serving up some Christmas cheer, while Glee Blankenship sharpens Cupid's arrow.Unbeknownst to scholarl...

  • Duchess by Mistake

    House of Haverstock - 2

    The House of Haverstock series, Book 2Another of Cheryl Bolen's classic marriage-of-convenience storiesAn innocent visit to the Duke of Aldridge's to request a donation for her war widows puts Lady Elizabeth Upton in the midst of a most shocking scan...

  • Countess by Coincidence

    House of Haverstock - 3

    Two staggering coincidences result in the marriage of the reckless young Earl of Finchley and Lady Margaret Ponsby, a shy duke's daughter who's worshipped him from afar. . .Countess by Coincidence is Book 3 in the House of Haverstock series (three co...

  • An Egyptian Affair

    Regent Mysteries - 4

    The Regent Mysteries, Book 4A fresh romance with each new mystery . . .While Captain Jack Dryden would lay down his life for the Regent, he draws the line at endangering his wife in the dark alleyways of Cairo-the place where the Regent's friend and ...

  • His Golden Ring

    Holt Medallion Winner"Not just a warm, toasty holiday tale, this novel is an emotionally touching romance." 4 Stars â€" Romantic Times"This has got to be the most PERFECT Regency Romance that I have read this year." 5 STARS â€" Huntress Reviews* * *L...

  • Oh What A (Wedding) Night

    Brazen Brides - 3

    SPECIAL NOTE: The sample pages of Oh What a (Wedding) Night may appear familiar. That's because they appeared in an earlier novella titled Lady Sophia's Rescue (no longer available). At readers' request, the story has been turned into a full-length n...

  • Miss Darcy's New Companion

    Pride and Prejudice Sequels - 1
    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

    As the Darcys are about to embark on their wedding trip to Italy, they lose the capable service of Miss Darcy's long-time companion. What will they do? They cannot leave dear Georgiana without a proper lady for a companion. Elizabeth Darcy's aunt com...

  • The Liberation of Miss de Bourgh

    Pride and Prejudice Sequels - 3
    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

    "This is one of Cheryl Bolen's classic marriage-of-convenience stories." Were it not for needing the funds to launch his sisters, Charles St. John, the Earl of Seaton, would never have agreed to Lady Catherine de Bourgh's proposal to marry her daught...

  • Miss Darcy's Secret Love

    Pride and Prejudice Sequels - 2
    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

    "This sweet Pride & Prejudice romance will have you laughing." Miss Georgiana Darcy's first season was a resounding success, judging from the eleven marriage proposals she received -- including one from the most sought-after bachelor in the kingdom. ...



  • Only You

    This is a novella from the anthology Ever My Love: Lore of the Lucius Ring (no longer available). The original prologue, written by Kathryn Le Veque, is included. Heat index for both stories: SweetLady Annie Childe is accustomed to her twin sister ta...

  • Ex-Spinster by Christmas

    House of Haverstock - 4

    Ever pragmatic, Lady Caroline Ponsby has given up hope she’ll ever receive a proposal of marriage from Christopher Perry, the wealthy man she’s adored for almost two years. She is determined to be an ex-spinster by Christmas. To that end, she has...

  • Miss Hastings' Excellent London Adventure

    Brazen Brides - 4

    Having never left Upper Barrington in her twenty years, orphan Miss Emma Hastings is overjoyed when the uncle she's never met invites her to come live with him in London. Everything about living in the Capital lures her. She doesn't even mind sharin...

  • A Birmingham Family Christmas

    Brazen Brides - 5

    Brazen Brides, Book 5When spinster Annabelle Lippencott is invited by her cousin, Emma Birmingham, to spend Christmas with the extended Birmingham Family, little does she expect to find Spencer Woodruff, the man who broke her heart eleven years earli...

  • The Portrait of Lady Wycliff

    The Lords of Eton - 1

    For the past decade Harry, the Earl of Wycliff, has worked feverishly to reclaim all that his father had lost. Only one item remains elusive: the Gainsborough portrait of his beloved mother. And the impossibly young, stunningly beautiful widow Louisa...

  • The Earl, the Vow, and the Plain Jane

    The Lords of Eton - 2

    Bereft of beauty as well as fortune, the exceedingly plain Miss Jane Featherstone has failed to attract any suitor during her three Seasons. Rather than be a burden to her brother and his obnoxious wife, Miss Featherstone vows to accept the first man...

  • Last Duke Standing

    The Lords of Eton - 3

    A Crowned Heart from InD' Tale Magazine"A wonderful mystery tale in the vein of Agatha Christie. Ms. Bolen does a masterful job creating suspects, then cleverly entwining their motives to keep her readers guessing whodunit. . .A lovingly crafted hist...

  • His Lady Deceived

    Deceived - 2

    Lady Sarah Milton’s spinsterhood is not because she hasn’t received proposals of marriage. Her beauty and dowry have attracted many. It’s just that the men who have proposed don’t appeal to her. One man who does, the sport-mad Alfred Wickham...

  • Winter Wishes: An Anthology Includes: One Room at the Inn

    A USA Today Bestseller!!

    New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen and USA Today Bestselling authors Bronwen Evans, Lana Williams, Bree Wolf and Collette Cameron are joined by Heather Boyd, Sasha Cottman, Samantha Gra...

  • One Room at the Inn: A Novella

    The Lords of Eton - 3.5

    What more can happen to lovely young widow Charlotte Hale? She has to sell her wedding ring to buy food. A heartless landlady evicts her and her children from their London lodgings on the coldest night in a generation. And now Charlotte's afraid ...



  • Mistletoe and Mayhem

    There's no Christmas like a Regency Christmas spent under mistletoe! New York Times Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen and friends invite you to discover true love in an all-new collection of steamy holiday romances.Countess by Christmas by Cheryl Bolen...

  • Once Upon a Time in Bath

    The Brides of Bath - 7

    Lord Appleton may be a bit of a rake but he's never been one to lose his head at the gaming tables. Yet he loses everything on a night of which he has no memory. How will he dower his sisters? Where will they live when the vile man who bought his deb...

  • A Proposal of Marriage

    Brazen Brides - 6

    The bespectacled, very bookish Miss Rebecca Peabody, who pens enlightening essays under the name P. Corpus, simply must marry. Since she abhors that disgusting bedchamber business, she decides Lord Aynsley is the perfect man to become her husband. At...

  • Countess by Christmas

    House of Haverstock - 5

    Inheriting Darnley Lodge from old Lord Paxton is the best thing that's happened to lovely widow Mary Milne, whose fondest desire is to remove her ailing little boy from London's noxious air.Why in the devil did his dead father request that Lord Paxto...

  • Lady Mary's Dangerous Encounter

    The Beresford Adventures - 1

    Lady Mary's traveling companion has disappeared and only one man believes she ever existed.Welcome to book 1 in the adventurous new series from USA Today Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen!Lord Stephen Stanhope, a duke's diplomat son who's traveling to ...

  • Christmas Kisses

    Heat up the holiday with ten dreamy regency rogues! Winter is a time of magic, promise, and unexpected romance. Anything could happen...and it all begins with Christmas Kisses.The Wallflower's Christmas Wish (Brides of Bath) by Cheryl Bolen: While pa...

  • My Lord Protector

    The Beresford Adventures - 2

    No one must know her true identity-especially not the handsome earl who's employed her.Welcome to book 2 from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen!On the most horrifying night of her life, Charlotte Robinson discovers the murd...

  • With a Little Help from My Lord

    The Beresford Adventures - 3

  • The Wallflower's Christmas Wish

    The Brides of Bath - 8

    At the age of four and twenty, Miss Diana Furness is a confirmed spinster. Not only is she possessed of a nondescript appearance, but a stepmother with two daughters of her own to launch has convinced Diana she's inconsequential. Only one thing has e...

  • Rescued by a Rake

    The Beresford Adventures - 4

    Her betrothed has gone missing and the only one who can help her find him is the one man to whom she could give her heart. . .After patiently waiting six years for her bridegroom, Miss Lucy Beresford finally comes to London to force him to the altar....

  • Vindicated by a Viscount

    The Beresford Adventures - 5

    As Georgiana Beresford begins to unravel a sinister plot, it may be too late to save her-and the honorable man who's offered her marriage.While walking down a London street, Miss Georgiana Beresford nearly has apoplexy when she catches a glimpse of a...

  • Defended by a Duke

    The Beresford Adventures - 6

    Duty to his country keeps him from the arms of the woman he craves with every breath-his bride.On the day he marries the woman of his dreams, Richard Harwood, the 6th Duke of Bentley, is summoned by his wife's cousin, who has been gravely injured. Th...

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Cheryl Bolen has published 61 books.

Cheryl Bolen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Defended by a Duke, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Cheryl Bolen, A Duke Deceived, was published in March 1998.

Yes. Cheryl Bolen has 9 series.
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