“I’m sure he didn’t,” she said. A soft smile crossed her lips when her glance rested on the straight broad shoulders of her beloved husband as he passed through the formal garden with its yellow roses and purple heart’s ease. She watched him mount the steps to the balcony across the back of the house and wondered just how long it would be before their visitors left them to their blue-canopied bedroom and the newfangled bathroom with its tub big enough for two in the chamber next door.
If the duke heard her happy sigh, he gave no sign.
Books by Ann Lethbridge
Secrets of the Marriage Bed
One Night as a Courtesan
Vampires in Vauxhall
Lady Sybill’s Vampire
Beresford Abby Series
Haunted by the Earl’s Touch
Captured Countess
The Duke’s Daring Debutante
The Gilvrys of Dunross
The Laird’s Forbidden Lady
Captured for the Captain’s Pleasure
Her Highland Protector
Falling for the Highland Rogue
Return of the Prodigal Gilvry
One Night with the Highlander
Unmasking Lady Innocent
Castonbury Park
Lady of Shame
Rakes and Rascals
Lady Rosabella’s Ruse
The Rake’s Inherited Courtesan
The Rake’s Intimate Encounter
Rakes in Disgrace
The Gamekeeper’s Lady
More Than a Mistress
More Than a Lover
Deliciously Debauched by the Rake
Royal Weddings Anthology
Princess Charlotte’s Choice
Wicked Rake, Defiant Mistress
The Laird and the Wanton Widow
Time Travel
In Bed with the Highlander
Christmas
Rake for Christmas
It Happened One Christmas
Novellas
Remember
The Governess and the Earl
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About the Author
An army brat born in England, Ann lived all over the UK in her youth. She grew up loving history, and her favorite part of any holiday is to visit an English country house, a castle or a museum. Now living in Canada with her husband and two lovely daughters, she has acquired a Maltese terrier called Teaser, who likes to sit on a chair beside the computer while she creates her award-winning romances.
After her first book was published in 2006, she began to write full-time and hasn’t looked back, with more than thirty titles published around the world. Ann loves reading and writing about the Georgian era, and within that, the period known as the long Regency. She also adores happy endings.
People often ask where she gets her ideas. Well—it’s magic. She sprinkles fairy dust over her computer every morning. If only that were true. Most of her ideas come from daydreams about things going on in the world and from her research into the era. From there, the what-ifs follow in quick succession and the idea for a story takes shape. After the dust settles, the ideas are wrestled into the shape of a novel about characters she hopes her readers will fall in love with.
Over the years, several of her books have won awards, including an honorable mention by Foreword magazine for No Regrets. Several of her books have been awarded the Romantic Times KISS (Knight in Shining Silver) designation. She is particularly proud of winning the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense in 2009. Who doesn’t love a bit of mystery and suspense mixed in with their romance?
Ann gives talks on the various aspects of publishing as well as workshops on the craft of writing, and blogs regularly about her research on her Regency Ramble Blog: www.regencyramble.blogspot.com.
You will find her stories in bookstores and online. If you would like to contact Ann, you can reach her by e-mail at [email protected]. You can also visit her website at www.annlethbridge.com, Facebook at www.Facebook.com/AnnLethbridgeAuthor, or Twitter @annlethbridge.
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