Book One in Series
Historical Romance
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The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012
With the devil in charge … there could be hell to pay
She needs a
protector… Once seduced by whispered
promises of a faithless lover, Phoebe Scott is determined to make a name on the
Covent Garden stage, but after three years of bit parts, she realizes she'll
never achieve her goals on her own merits. Acknowledging her success is
dependent on a powerful patron, Phoebe is now resolved to find a protector to
secure her future. With this goal in mind, she seeks out the best prospects at London's
most notorious brothel.
He's avowed to
celibacy… Sir Edward "Ned"
Chambers has been lost and lonely since his wife’s death in childbirth.
Burdened with blame, he has sworn to a life of celibacy, but after three years,
he is inwardly edgy, irritable, and increasingly discontent. Perceiving the
cause behind Ned’s unhappiness, as well as the obvious cure, his best friend
and rake of the first order, "The Devil" DeVere, is hell-bent to
return Ned to the land of the living. DeVere's machinations result in an outrageous
wager that could lead Ned to a new love… or land them all in the Tower!
All bets are off
in in this racy Georgian romp! (romantic comedy with mature content)
Book Two in Series
Historical Romantic Comedy
Available at Amazon
The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012
With the devil in charge … there could be hell to pay
She needs a
protector… Once seduced by whispered
promises of a faithless lover, Phoebe Scott is determined to make a name on the
Covent Garden stage, but after three years of bit parts, she realizes she'll
never achieve her goals on her own merits. Acknowledging her success is
dependent on a powerful patron, Phoebe is now resolved to find a protector to
secure her future. With this goal in mind, she seeks out the best prospects at London's
most notorious brothel.
He's avowed to
celibacy… Sir Edward "Ned"
Chambers has been lost and lonely since his wife’s death in childbirth.
Burdened with blame, he has sworn to a life of celibacy, but after three years,
he is inwardly edgy, irritable, and increasingly discontent. Perceiving the
cause behind Ned’s unhappiness, as well as the obvious cure, his best friend
and rake of the first order, "The Devil" DeVere, is hell-bent to
return Ned to the land of the living. DeVere's machinations result in an outrageous
wager that could lead Ned to a new love… or land them all in the Tower!
All bets are off
in in this racy Georgian romp! (romantic comedy with mature content)
The Devil You Know
Book Three in Series
Historical
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The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012
Sometimes the Devil is Disguised as a
Gentleman...
In this third installment of the
award-winning Devil DeVere series,
DeVere is finally center stage when Ned, Annalee, and her cousin, Diana arrive
at DeVere’s estate for a weekend of horseracing. From the first meeting, DeVere
makes his interest in Diana acutely known. Although she sees no harm in a light
flirtation, she doesn’t intend to become another notch on his bedpost. Nevertheless,
DeVere fascinates her.
Ned
gave her a meaningful look. "I hope you'll take extreme care in any
dealings with him. He is ruthless and calculating when he chooses to be and has
a strong predilection to manipulate and exploit the vulnerabilities of
others—when it suits his purpose. He just can't help himself. It's not that
he's evil incarnate, or anything like that; it's just that he has low tolerance
for weakness, incompetence, or buffoonery."
Diana
lifted her brow. "You know I am no fool, dear Edward. I take full
responsibility for my actions and have already made clear what I am willing and
not willing to sacrifice."
Although DeVere is outwardly arrogant,
ruthless, unpredictable, and manipulative, the private man is quite another
creature—intensely loyal and fiercely protective of those few he cares about.
Diana also maintains a false front to the world. Her twelve year marriage is a
mockery and she feels unfulfilled and undesirable which makes her all too
vulnerable to DeVere’s dangerous charm. After events take an unexpected turn, Diana'
most erotic fantasies become reality when she seeks comfort and affirmation in the
devil's arms. But little does she know that the fire he ignites within her will
burn long after she leaves Woodcote Park.
The Devil's Match
Book Four in Series
Historical
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The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012
The devil is the true tempter of women
In this fourth installment of the
award-winning Devil DeVere series,
Diana has come to London as her goddaughter's chaperone. Wanting to avoid her
erstwhile lover at all costs, she nevertheless has no choice but to appeal to DeVere for help when Vesta
mysteriously disappears. Although once nearly consumed by her passion for
DeVere, four years has reduced the former inferno to bitterness and ashes.
Ludovic's
time abroad has only served to deepen his debauchery. He's become jaded,
world-weary, and bored. He also recognizes with
self-annoyance that the marks of his discontent have only increased upon a certain person's arrival in London. When Diana makes her
appearance in his den of iniquity in all of her glorious self-righteous fury,
he suddenly feels alive again.
"Damn you to
hell, DeVere!" she cried, jerking out of his hold. "Yes, I want you
now, but I would despise myself for it the moment we finished."
"Why?"
he asked, confounded.
"Why?
Because I once confused passion for deeper feeling. I won't make that mistake
again."
"But don't
you remember how it was between us? I can bring you rapture. You know that.
What harm is there?"
She scoffed, "Surely the same words the serpent
whispered to Eve."
While
DeVere is once more hell-bent to have Diana back in his bed, she will do
whatever it takes to bring him to his knees.
A Devil's Touch
Historical
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This
short erotic installment in the award-winning Devil DeVere series can stand alone as a complete story, but
also serves to bridge The Devil's
Match and Jewel of the
East (Salime and Simon's story).
In
her last month of pregnancy, Diana, Viscountess DeVere, has barely settled into
her new life and role as "the devil" DeVere's wife, when her
increasingly restless husband receives an urgent summons to London. When Diana
inadvertently discovers a message he received from a known courtesan with whom
he was formerly linked, she fears her marriage is over before it has begun.
They were barely
three months into a marriage that had begun on rather shaky ground. Was it
possible that for him, the novelty of it had already worn off? This had always
been Diana's greatest fear, for Ludovic was a man with a voracious sensual
appetite, one he had honed with years of endless variety and constant,
unrestrained indulgence. Diana, on the contrary, had known only one true lover—this
same perplexing man who was now her husband—the one who had made her heavy with
his child…and now left her alone in a cold bed.
Devil in the Making
Prequel #1 to Series
Historical
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Every Devil Has A Beginning...
In this first of
three prequels to the award-winning Devil DeVere series, we meet
Ludovic, Ned, and Simon as youths in this riotous Georgian romp written in the
tradition of Fielding's Tom Jones.
Since their first meeting at Westminster,
Ned, Simon, and DeVere had forged an iron-clad bond that had maintained them
through nearly six years. From the outset, Ludovic's scandalous family secrets
had set him apart from the other aristocratic scions as an
"untouchable." Deny it as he tried, the ugly truth remained that his
mother was indeed the biggest whore in England, and his presumed father, the
viscount, no less than a pox-ridden madman.
Likewise, Simon Singleton's poetic
proclivities had instantly made him the bullies' mark, and even Edward
Chambers' great size had served as little deterrent for the upper classmen's
taunts when accompanied by adolescent awkwardness and a broad North Country
drawl.
By the end of the first form, however,
DeVere's finely honed shell of arrogance, Ned's increasing brawn, and Sin's
rapier wit, had given birth to an unholy triumvirate that came to wreak
perpetual and unchallenged havoc upon Westminster School. Now, it appeared
their illustrious reign had come to an inglorious end.
Intent on serving up
revenge on their tyrannical schoolmaster, a prank with the king's lion goes
comically awry, leading to a startling chain of events.
The Trouble with Sin
Prequel #2 to Series
Historical
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The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012
This second prequel to the
award-winning Devil DeVere series is a comedic romp featuring aspiring poet,
Simon "sin" Singleton.
The Trouble
with Sin … Is the devil within… Sin has lived only for larks, laughter, and ladies of easy virtue, eluding
defying, and flouting all manner of authority until his impetuous misdeeds finally catch up with
him.
Ned asked,
"Are you not still bound for the clergy, Sin?"
Simon heaved a
deep sigh. "It is my dear Mama's fondest wish for me to join the church,
but I fear my nature is quite incompatible with a theological vocation. I have
searched deeply, and cannot seem to summon an inkling of pious sentiment, which
makes me an exceedingly poor candidate for the clergy."
"Even so,
why would you wish to dirty your hands with something like this?"
"The answer
is simple, Ned—I need the money."
"But you
receive a more than adequate allowance."
"That he
mostly squanders on women of easy virtue," DeVere drawled.
"Admittedly,"
Simon confessed, unabashed. "But now my father has reduced my quarterly
and demands a full account of every ha'penny. I tell you, it is humiliating in
the extreme! Unless I wish to live under such a yoke for the next three years—
which I positively do not— I must make my own living. If I must travail for my
bread, how better than by the fruits of my pen?"
"So you
seek to combine your love of poetry and lewd women by writing poetry about lewd women?" Ned replied
dryly.
Simon clapped
Ned on the back. "Precisely! Don't you see the ironic beauty of it?"
"What do
you suppose will happen when your dear, devout mama gets wind of this?"
Ned asked.
"I have
taken every precaution to ensure my anonymity." Simon retrieved the book
from DeVere. "My contribution to this little work is, and shall forever
remain, a well-kept secret."
The wage of
Sin… is twenty-five percent of the net! It seems a fantasy come true when Simon is offered an
independent income by combining his two great passions— poetry and lewd women. Unfortunately,
maintaining anonymity may be much harder than he thought…
Jewel of the East
Book Five in Series
Historical Romance
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The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal
Best E-Book Romance 2012
Maimed by Misfortune…
Healed by Love…
In the fifth installment of
the award-winning Devil DeVere series, DeVere once more plays the unlikely cupid by
bringing together Simon (The Trouble with Sin) and Salime (The Devil's Match), two
injured souls who find ultimate healing in each other's arms.
His wounds run deep…Having once lived his life
only for larks, laughter, and ladies of easy virtue, Captain Simon
Singleton has returned from war a shambles of a man. Although free from
six years of captivity, he's still fettered by fears that confine him to a life
of seclusion.
Her scars are well-hidden…Once the crowning jewel of the
most lavish brothel in London, the exotic Salime finds her reputation and
livelihood destroyed by a bitter rival. With a closely guarded secret
stripped away, she fears no man will ever desire her again. Seeking aid
from one who once saved her life, she accepts a proposition to become a
companion to his war-scarred friend.
But love is the eternal cure…When circumstance brings
these two damaged souls together, fate ignites a love story
worthy of the Arabian Nights. (mature
content warning).
Accolades and Awards.....
"The
“Devil DeVere” series is a variation on the rake’s progress, or the rake’s
reformation, except that is doesn’t start with said rake as the main
character—a device that is amazingly clever on Vane’s part and allows her to
circle in on DeVere without revealing too much at the outset… The series is
erotic and sexy, and sometimes you want to shake the characters until their
teeth rattle, but it is absolutely marvelous... This one should be read with
bonbons. And a fan!" --Marlene Harris for Library Journal
SERIES AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE
IND'Tale
RONE nominee
IRC
Reader Choice Best Historical Nominee
THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS
IND'Tale
RONE nominee
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
IND'Tale
RONE nominee
THE DEVIL'S MATCH
IND'Tale
RONE nominee
Two
Lips Reviews Recommended Read
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Thanks so much for the spotlight, Dawn!
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