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The Malloren World The Malloren world appeared in print in 1993 with my first Georgian novel, My Lady Notorious. In that book, we first meet the head of the family, the inimitable Marquess of Rothgar, but he is not the hero of that book. He is in pursuit of his errant youngest brother, Lord Cynric Malloren. I began with the youngest, always planning to end with the oldest out of sheer perversity. Family series always seemed to start with the oldest and go down, which is, I have to admit, logical. This meant that I needed a reason why Rothgar hadn't already married, and of course the reason is his mother's insanity in murdering her second baby. Which meant that the rest of the family were half-brothers and sisters -- a subtle, but important distinction -- and also explained his extreme protectiveness. He hadn't saved baby Edith, so he must keep all the rest safe. Which is why he is pursuing Cyn, ready to do murder to anyone who has hurt him. Those strange Anglo Saxon names? The explanation is simple. When I started My Lady Notorious, I was still engaged in the previous book, Lord of My Heart, a medieval set just after the Norman Conquest of England, and my mind was still enthralled with Anglo Saxon culture. Why was Hilda happily married when the series began? Why lose the chance for another book? Well, that's my liking for reality clicking in. In a healthy, normal (after a fictional fashion) family, why wouldn't a woman in her mid to late twenties be married? Similar forces affected my Company of Rogues when I created them back in -- yes, indeed! -- 1977. And that, for me, is how imaginary worlds grow, piece by logical -- and sometimes whimsical -- piece. But that left me four brothers and one sister, fair game for a determined romance author. They can run, but they can't hide! Have a look at the Malloren family tree here. MY LADY NOTORIOUS 
RITA winner, Best Series Historical, Golden Leaf winner, Best Historical; Listed as one of the top 100 Historicals of all time by Affaire de Coeur.Avon, March 1993 0-380-76785-6 Reissue, July 2002, NAL. 0-451-20644-4 To save her sister, Lady Chastity Ware hold up a coach. Unfortunately, instead of containing an elderly lord or a wealthy merchant, it holds Captain Lord Cynric Malloren, bored after time at home recovering from sickness. To her exasperation, he insists in helping her, regarding the whole thing as an adventure. While evading the villain who seeks to snatch her sister's child, and the military raised to search for all of them, Chastity and Cyn fall deep in love. But Chastity is a ruined woman whose father will never let her marry a Malloren, and Cyn's brother, the formidable Marquess of Rothgar, will surely not permit such a disastrous alliance. "A fast paced, rip-roaring and most "delicious" read. This one is a keeper!" Romantic Times"Jo Beverley comes honestly by the praise bestowed on her lively characters and narrative gift.... a delicious 18th-century melodrama." Ottawa Citizen. "Storytelling at its best!" Rendezvous. LADY NOTORIOUS  A new edition especially for the UK romance reader. Find out more at the publisher's site here. Do you live close to my English tour spots? Check out the itinerary here. If you would like to receive a reminder e-mail when this book is arriving on the shelves in the UK, please sign up here. Click here for an excerpt from My Lady Notorious TEMPTING FORTUNE 
Zebra, March 1995, 0-8217-4858-0 Out of print.Reissue,Zebra, December 2002 0-8217-7347-X Lord Arcenbryght Malloren is done with love, and if he marries it will be to get money to invest in his favorite scheme. But then he meets Portia St. Claire, and is soon entangled in her and her family's ruinous affairs. It doesn't take Bryght long to decide that Portia is the woman for him. It takes him a great deal longer to persuade Portia that she can safely link her fortunes to a man who appears to be a reckless gamester. "Romance at its best," Publisher's Weekly."Intricately plotted, fast-paced, and delightfully wicked..." Library Journal "A fantastic novel. Jo Beverley shows again why she is considered one of the genre's brightest stars." Affaire de Coeur. Read an excerpt from Tempting Fortune Buy now from AMAZON.COM SOMETHING WICKED 
NAL/Topaz, June 1997 0-4514-0780-6Reissue, January 2005 0-451-21378-5 Lady Elfled Malloren is restless. She doesn't see why her twin brother should have adventures while her life is so dull. So she plans something wicked. But what she has in mind is a trip to a Vauxhall masquerade. What she gets is an encounter with treason, a brush with death, and a night of passion with her family's most dangerous enemy. Fortitude Harleigh Ware, Lord Walgrave has one purpose in life -- to destroy the Marquess of Rothgar. Until, that is, he meets an intriguing masked Frenchwoman called Lisette Belhardi.... "SOMETHING WICKED is a fantastic, fast-paced Georgian romance that is a masterpiece of writing as all of Jo Beverley's novels are. The story line is action-packed and loaded with intrigue, and the lead protagonists make a perfect "Romeo and Juliet"-like pair. Fans of English historical romance need to read this classy tale for a fabulous reading experience." Romex Reviews. Contact AMAZON.COMSECRETS OF THE NIGHT 
NAL/Topaz, July 1999 0-451-40889-6Reissue, March 2003 0-451-21158-8 Lord Brand Malloren awakes from a drugged stupor to find he is the prisoner of a masked woman who wants sex in reward for saving his life. He comes to believe her but who, then, drugged him and abandoned him in a remote Yorkshire dale? And what does his mysterious, and rather awkward, lover really want? Rosamunde Overton wants only peaceful days in her quiet Wensleydale home, but if she doesn't have a baby her husband's estate and all who live there will fall into the hands of a ruthless religious sect. She finds the courage to sin, but can she find the courage to leave the man she has come to love? When she thinks she and her cousin have made everything safe, they discover that the Marquess of Rothgar is on hand, seeking his brother and intent on revenge against those who have harmed him. Read an Excerpt.Order now from AMAZON.COM DEVILISH Named as one of Romantic Times best romances of the past 20 years. 
NAL/Signet, April 2000 0451-19997-9To be reissued, January 2006 The Marquess of Rothgar has been haunted all his life by witnessing his mother turn mad and murder his baby sister. With such blood in his veins, he is resolved not to marry, but then he meets Lady Arradale. Diana, Countess of Arradale is that rarest of creatures, a peeress in her own right, holding extraordinary power and influence for a woman. To marry risks losing her independence, and yet when she meets the Marquess of Rothgar, for the first time she is tempted. She is tempted in a strictly physical way as well, and surely that might be safe when he is the one man in England who does not want to marry her wealth and power. Both decide it would be wiser to part, but then the king, alarmed by awareness of such a powerful woman loose in his realm, commands Rothgar to escort the countess to London. Buy now from AMAZON.COMWINTER FIRE 
NAL/Signet, November 2003Trade paperback edition, December 2004 Reissue at $4.99, November 2007 The Marquess of Ashart has been raised to be enemy to his cousin, the Marquess of Rothgar because the Dowager Lady Ashart believes the Mallorens were responsible for the untimely death of her youngest daughter, Rothgar's mother. However, at Christmas 1763, events conspire to bring Ash into his enemy's lair -- in other words, to join a Christmas house party at Rothgar Abbey. Some of the events concern an unwanted baby and a beautiful adventuress called Genova Smith. She can't be as innocent as she claims to be, especially as passion flames whenever they touch. Read an Excerpt.You can read my discarded beginnings of Winter Fire here.. A MOST UNSUITABLE MAN 
NAL/Signet, February 2005Damaris Myddleton is very rich, but she doesn't belong in the glittering word of the aristocracy. She hopes to change that by marrying the Marquess of Ashart, and when he chooses another, her world falls apart. She is prevented from running away by Ashart's penniless friend, Fitzroger, who also helps her regain her foothold among the elite. Now she can plan another grand marriage, this time to a duke. Something about Fitzroger makes her uncertain of her plans, but he really is a most unsuitable man.... Read an Excerpt.Order now AMAZON.COM A LADY'S SECRET. 
April 2008 The nun on the run and the rake on the make! When Robin Fitzvitry, the fun-loving Earl of Huntersdown, encounters a cursing nun in a French inn, he can’t resist the mystery. He offers to help Sister Immaculata reach England, expecting only amusement on the tedious journey home from Versailles. Petra d'Averio is not exactly a nun, though she has spent years in an Italian convent with her widowed mother. Her mother’s death has left her in danger and she must find the only person who might protect her—her true father, an English lord who does not even know she exists. This gorgeous young aristocrat will be a dangerous ally, but she’s glimpsed her pursuers and must race to the coast. She will resist him, use him, and eventually escape him with virtue and secrets intact. She hopes…. You can read chapter one by clicking here THE SECRET WEDDING
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