22 Books by Joan Smith
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Overview: Joan Smith is a graduate of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Education. She has taught French and English in high school and English in college. When she began writing, her interest in Jane Austen and Lord Byron led to her first choice of genre, the Regency, which she especially liked for its wit and humor.
Genre: Regency Romance
Talk of the Town by Joan Smith
Daphne Ingleside’s visit to her Aunt Effie in London was meant to add a little spark to her placid country life. And it did–once the two women decided to write Effie’s memoirs. For Effie, a faded divorcée, had been the beauty of London in her day, and many of the town feared their misbehavior would be disclosed. The Duke of St. Felix, misinterpreting their project as a means of blackmailing his family, antagonized the sharp-witted, beautiful Daphne to his peril.
Bath Belles
IT IS HIGH TIME FOR BELLE TO FACE FACTS — HER FIANCE IS DEAD AND HER LIFE MUST GO ON.
When Belle Haley finally arrives to inspect the London house that her dead Graham bequeathed to her, she can scarcely wait to sell it and return home to Bath.
But when wealthy insurance tycoon Desmond Maitland shows an uncommon interest in her unimpressive abode, Belle makes some inquiries. It seems Graham was murdered after retrieving L10,000 of Maitland’s insurance money–a fortune that is still at large!
Is the money still in the house? As Belle, Maitland, and Graham’s relations search for clues, Belle learns she has been mourning a man she never really knew….
Madcap Miss
WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN DONS A GIRLISH DISGUISE, SHE DISCOVERS THAT LOVE IS NOT CHILD’S PLAY….
Poor Grace, having just lost her post as governess, had no friends, no money, and was indeed in dire straits. Her petite figure and clever disguise fooled the coachman into giving her a child’s fare to Wickfield, but what to do when she got there?
Handsome Lord Whewett, to whom our heroine desperately confided her predicament, had a suggestion. Would she pose as his daughter to appease his aging and very rich mother, while his real daughter remained in Scotland?
One hundred pounds for two days of skipping rope and reciting lessons seemed a tolerable antidote to her boring life and uncertain future. Unfortunately, Grace’s interest in Whewett was becoming anything but childlike….
A Kiss in the Dark
THERE WAS A GROWING AIR OF MYSTERY ABOUT THE HOUSE–AND ITS ENIGMATIC OWNER.
Cressida Charmsworth had only recently learned to savor the pleasures of the rich and unencumbered. Now, at the ripe old age of twenty-three, she was society’s premier Incomparable, having inherited more money than a green country girl could ever imagine.
Desiring a respite from London’s social whirlwind, she set her eye on a quaint summer cottage by the sea. But its owner, stuffy Lord ,Dauntry, refused to lend it to her. Cressida was convinced he used it to entertain his chere amie.
Forced to content herself with the house next door, she remained captivated by ghostly rumors that fueled her fertile imagination. But her brazen midnight snooping proved dangerous when she was swept into the lusty embrace of an attractive stranger–and plunged into the mysteries of the heart. . . .
Love’s Way
Chloe Barwick was struggling to run her impoverished family estate because her brother Edward wanted to become a poet. Suddenly Lord Carnforth’s wealthy nephew, Jack Gamble, came home from India and everything changed.
Jack began lending money to Edward to fix up the estate. He also got engaged to Lord Carnforth’s daughter Emily, whom Edward had once wooed.
Even so, Emily found herself daydreaming about Jack. Of course he was too disreputable to consider. Besides he had never made a move in her direction. Who would want to court a lady with a tongue of fire? Chloe never lost an opportunity to set him down.
And yet, in spite of everything, love has a way of creeping into young hearts…
Francesca
NO GOWN WAS TOO DARING, NO PARTY TOO DECLASSE, NO SPREE TOO WILD FOR FRANKIE DEVLIN.
It was after her husband’s untimely death, when she learned the shocking truth of his numerous infidelities, that a very disillusioned Lady Camden turned into a hellion, setting off on a spree that threatened to ruin her reputation as well as her health.
Lord Devane’s keen interest in an affair when he believed her to be a lightskirt piqued considerably upon discovering that Frankie Devlin was actually Lady Francesca Camden.
And though she was about to be ejected from her house, with her money greatly reduced and her reputation in ruins (thanks to a missing necklace), Frankie was hardly willing to accept Devane’s offer to become his mistress–no matter how much his nearness set her senses reeling….
Country Flirt
"YOU HAVEN’T CHANGED A BIT, MISS BRIGHT. STILL PLAYING THE COUNTRY BUMPKIN TO MAKE ME APPEAR A FOP." So said Lord Monteith during the usual repartee to which he treated Samantha when he stopped with his mama in the country. For her part, Sam had lived for Monty’s visits between Seasons as long as she could remember, knowing that she could expect little else from that jaded gentleman. But their innocent flirtation was about to be dashed from a quite unexpected quarter: Monty’s middle-aged–and debauched–uncle Howard was returned from India, laden with riches and ready to spend them on a pretty young wife. And when Howard set his cap for Sam, Monty suddenly found that he must protest too much–that is, for just an old and trusted friend….
Dangerous Dalliance
HOW COULD SHE GO SO FAR AS TO FORGET DUTY AND FALL IN LOVE WITH A SPY?!
Never did anyone look less like a spy than Heather Hume. But circumstances forced her to act when she discovered that her father’s recent death was, in fact, murder–and that he was a spy!
Heather’s father had been betrayed–and the most likely candidate was Snoad, Papa’s assistant. Dark, enigmatic, and quite unnerving, he dressed like a servant yet spoke like a gentleman and was rumored to be a good hand at whist. Surely he must be hiding something. And it was up to Heather to bring the rogue to justice.
But how could she capture him when she was continually struck anew by the splendor of his eyes and his intoxicating brand of danger. Surely, she could not be falling in love with a traitor…!
Escapade
Ella Fairmont, as the anonymous Miss Prattle, has taken the Duke of Clare to task regularly in her gossip column. The duke, unsuspecting, includes Ella and her aunt in his week-long country houseparty. He has also included the blue-blooded Lady Honor, the strikingly beautiful Miss Sheridan, and the multi-talented Miss Prentiss. How could one “ordinary” young lady with a sharp tongue compete with three sterling debutantes?
Kissing Cousins
Not only had Samantha Oakleigh’s brother run off with another man’s betrothed, he was also accused of theft! She desperately needed the help of her rather stodgy, but well-heeled, cousin to find the boy. Despite major misgivings, Edward, Lord Salverton puts both his career and his upcoming nuptials in jeopardy, and accompanies Samantha on her rescue mission. And somewhere along the way, he began to enjoy himself. His effort to remain a proper gentleman began to fade as his one ambition became gathering this delectable miss in his arms .
Lace for Milady
Priscilla Denver should be comfortably situated in the house her aunt sold her, but it turns out that her aunt was a trifle dishonest about what she was selling. Then there’s the rattling hearth to distress Miss Denver and her companion, Miss Slack. And the darkly handsome Duke of Clavering is suspiciously persistent in wanting Prissie to sell him the house. Hmm. Something is definitely afoot, and Priscilla is just the person to tackle the problem.
Romantic Rebel
Emma Nesbitt’s father left everything to his heir, trying to force her into marrying the man. In frustration Emma penned a diatribe against men which got her an invitation from a publisher in Bath, where she decided to settle with her companion. Lord Paton, critic for the Quarterly Review, got the wrong idea about Emma’s views… Originally published by Fawcett Crest
Winter Wedding
Clara Christopher had met Lord Allingcote several years previously at a houseparty, when he had chosen her as his flirt. But he’d disappeared from her life, and now reappeared escorting the outrageously beautiful Nel Muldoon to a wedding for his cousin. Though his lordship still had eyes for Clara, she had no intention of ignoring the troublesome Nel.
Minuet
Minou (christened Lady Celeste by her British father) escaped the Terror in France to reach safety and send assistance for her mother and brother, who were in danger of facing the guillotine. Frustrated by the lack of progress, she determined to return to France with her cousin Henri–but they are followed by the upright Lord Degan, who quickly learned he possessed none of their panache
Love’s Harbinger
Lady Faith Mordain’s fiancé is castigated in Guy Delamar’s Harbinger newspaper as a thief. She believes the social climbing editor must be wrong–though Lord Thomas apparently did take flight with the company’s funds. The race to retrieve the funds or the peer’s reputation is on–with Faith’s chaperoning aunt pulling some odd and unsettling strings.
Rose Trelawney
Sir Ludwig called her "Rose Trelawney" because she had no memory of who she was. Awaking in a ditch in a snowstorm, "Rose" had eventually found safe haven at Sir Ludwig’s home as his sister’s governess. But she found herself not unfamiliar with ordering servants about–or the physical desire she felt for Sir Ludwig. Did that make her a married woman or a harlot? Not knowing where she belonged in this dangerous game of kidnapping and art thievery could prove dangerous indeed.
An Infamous Proposal
SHE DESIRED NOTHING MORE THAN A BIDDABLE HUSBAND. . . .
Emma, having gone at seventeen directly from her papa’s home to her husband’s arms, is now widowed at age twenty-two–and quite naive in the ways of the world: in particular, how to find herself another match!
Thus, she proposes to Lord Hansard, eyeing him as a husband who would let her enjoy her freedom and discourage the presence of interfering relatives. His blunt refusal is both surprising . . . and oddly disappointing.
Nick, however, has taken it upon himself to procure a suitable man for this outrageous miss, though none of the candidates are nearly as qualified as . . . well, himself. Thus Emma begins to suspect that when it comes to a decent proposal, even a gentleman has the right to change his mind.
No Place for a Lady
Disappointed to find that the London house she has inherited from her grandmother is a slum, Catherine finds hope when she meets one of the tenants, the charming, attractive, and prosperous Mr. Alger.
Memoirs of a Hoyden
Marion Mathieson had spent her adult life traveling and having adventures, which her book, A Gentlewoman’s Memoirs of the Orient described. England seemed tame by comparison, until highwaymen stopped their carriage and stole something from each of the passengers. Lord Kestrel was playing a deep hand what with spies and smugglers–and Marion intended to share the excitement.
Prelude to Love
Vanessa Bradford’s disappointment at missing the military ball was enormous–and she scarcely believed her father’s insistence that her mission was one of uptmost secrecy and of the greatest importance to England. Then two handsome strangers both offered their assistance, and she feared one–or both–might be French spies?
Oh Miranda!
Miranda, widowed two years, accompanies her neighbors to London. Her intent is not to find a husband nor to find a less virtuous arrangement Lord Bolton’s reputation precedes him, the daughter of a clergyman knows to beware of such insidious wiles.
An Affair of the Heart
The Marquis of Claymore had been rejected by the Beauty of the Season and he was determined to marry the first beautiful woman he could find to assuage his pride. There were the Wanderley twins, with Wanda as gorgeous as could be, and her twin, Ellie, obviously not in the same class. But Wanda was almost engaged?
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