Darcie Wilde. Berkley Sensation, $7.99 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-0-425-26555-0
Wilde’s strong and spicy debut reveals the vulnerability of the Regency era’s women. When Lady Caroline Delamarre learns that she is the sole beneficiary of a trust from her mother, she decides to move to London against the express wishes of her...
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Darcie Wilde . Berkeley, $7.99 mass market (336p) ISBN 978-0-425-26556-7
Wilde’s second Regency novel (after Lord of the Rakes) puts a delicious twist on the familiar abduction plot. Leannah Morehouse Wakefield, a young widow, is determined to stop her younger sister from marrying a most unsuitable man. When she learns...
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Darcie Wilde. Berkley Prime Crime, $15 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-425-28237-3
Rosalind Thorne, the protagonist of this impressive first in a new Regency series from Wilde (Lord of the Rakes), lost everything when she and her mother were abandoned by her profligate father. Yet the resourceful Rosalind has managed to maintain a
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Darcie Wilde. Berkley Prime Crime, $15 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-425-28238-0
In Wilde’s entertaining sequel to 2016’s A Useful Woman, her Regency-era characters—particularly the well born—are extremely good at keeping up appearances, but behind closed doors, their lives are just as scandalous, confusing, and chaotic as those
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Darcie Wilde. Kensington, $26 (348p) ISBN 978-1-4967-2086-3
Set in Regency England, Wilde’s captivating third Rosalind Thorne mystery (after 2017’s A Purely Private Matter) finds Lady Melbourne in need of some discreet help recovering letters regarding Lord Byron, the notorious poet, that were apparently...
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Darcie Wilde. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-2087-0
Wilde’s spirited fourth Regency mystery (after 2019’s And Dangerous to Know) takes Rosalind Thorne, who offers society women discreet investigations, to England’s fen country to help plan her friend Louisa Winterbourne’s wedding. Louisa’s titled...
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Darcie Wilde. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-2088-7
Rosalind Thorne, a disgraced nobleman’s daughter who discreetly helps society ladies with their more delicate problems, has her hands full in Wilde’s meticulously crafted fifth Regency mystery (after 2020’s A Lady Compromised). She’s assisting Mrs....
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Darcie Wilde. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3801-1
In Wilde’s well-crafted sixth Rosalind Thorne mystery (after 2021’s A Counterfeit Suitor), Rosalind again gracefully navigates the snares of the haut ton of Regency London to resolve a problem rooted in family secrets. When Rosalind’s old friend...
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Darcie Wilde. Kensington, $27 (416p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3803-5
Wilde follows up The Secret of the Lost Pearls with another lively, well-researched mystery centered on intrepid amateur sleuth Rosalind Thorne. In 1820 London, Rosalind and her dear friend Alice Littlefield have recently moved in together, and...
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