Barbara Metzger Books in Order

Pressed to marry, Lord Alexander Carleton expects to choose some polished society beauty and instead falls for outspoken horse breeder Elizabeth Bething. Their quick marriage solves one problem and creates several more.

Noelle Armstrong takes her siblings and a basket of Maltese puppies to London, hoping a small inheritance can stretch into a proper season. Her plans collide with the somber Earl of Wrenthe, and sparks fly almost as fast as the gossip.

To save her foolish stepbrother, Lyndell Markham disguises herself as an innkeeper and sets out to uncover the real spy haunting a country road house. A sharp-eyed marquis and a stream of suspicious guests make the game far riskier than she planned.

Cristabel Swann goes to London expecting an inheritance and finds only debts, a sharp-tongued captain, and a house that is not what it seems. Her attempt to make an honest life out of a very improper one is pure Barbara Metzger fun.

Trying to outwit a blackmailing neighbor, spirited Jacelyn Trevaine kidnaps the wrong man and lands herself in a scandal. The victim, impoverished Lord Leigh Claibourne, proves more dangerous to her heart than any ransom note.

With war keeping her husband far away, Emilyann slips into an early marriage that is meant to be temporary and convenient. When Stokley returns to find his bride thriving without him, distance gives way to a real courtship.

Sydney Lattimore will do almost anything to finance a London season for her beautiful sister, even if her schemes are half madness. Viscount Mainwaring keeps rescuing her from disaster, only to fall for the troublemaker himself.

Melody Ashton is determined to protect her mother, a houseful of hidden children, and what little respectability they have left. Lord Coe arrives certain they are blackmailers, then discovers the truth and falls headlong into trouble.

A man changed by war returns to England with luck that feels as dangerous as it is useful. When he collides with a smart, independent heroine, Metzger mixes wit with a more poignant story about scars, reputation, and second chances.

Country-bred Sonia arrives in London with her beloved dog Fitz and very little interest in behaving properly. Her loyal companion leads her straight to Darius Conover, a war hero shunned by society and badly in need of saving.

Sir Adam Standish cannot seem to buy good luck, until a strange lucky coin starts granting every careless wish he makes. Holiday magic and a beautiful Christmas angel turn his season into a comic romantic muddle.

This seasonal anthology includes Barbara Metzger's Autumn Glory alongside stories by other Regency romance writers. It offers several brisk autumn courtships in one cozy volume.

A missing heiress hides in plain sight as a drab housekeeper while riding out in secret as the dazzling Lady in Green. The rakish lord in her borrowed home notices both women, without realizing they are the same one.

When the odious Duke of Denning dies, his widow Marisol becomes the center of a storm of gossip and suspicion. Lord Kimbrough is drawn into the scandal, and into Marisol's orbit, whether he likes it or not.

Lucinda is promised heaven only if she can turn one determined rake toward goodness. Saving the Earl of Stanford proves harder than she expected, especially once affection complicates her very heavenly assignment.

The Duke of Ware thinks he needs an heir, not a family, until a soldier's widow and her mischievous twin boys overturn his careful plans. Christmas gives this Regency extra warmth, mischief, and heart.

A wedding should be Lady Whilton's biggest problem, until a dead body threatens to stop the festivities cold. Metzger turns the effort to hide both corpse and scandal into a brisk Regency comedy with a mystery at its center.

Lisanne Neville can see fairies and heal with herbs, but magic alone will not save the woods she loves from a duke's debts. Her bold offer of marriage to the Duke of St. Sevrin begins a tender, strange, and thoroughly enchanted romance.

Lord Chase wants a respectable wife, but London's gossip has mistaken his chastity for something far more embarrassing. Hiring governess Kathlyn Partland to pretend to be his mistress solves one problem and creates several better ones.

A lively family Christmas brings daughters, admirers, and festive confusion together under one roof. This warm Regency leans into matchmaking, family comedy, and romance arriving in the middle of holiday uproar.

Viscount Knowle expects to inherit his aunt's cottage, not lose it to her beloved dogs and loyal companion, Angelina Armstead. Their battle over house, money, and responsibility turns into a stubborn, funny courtship.

This holiday anthology gathers five Regency Christmas romances, including Barbara Metzger's Three Good Deeds. It is a cozy mix of seasonal mischief, courtship, and happily-ever-afters.

Viscount Hartleigh's carefree life changes overnight when an old mistress leaves a baby on his doorstep. The only person who can help is practical Carissa Kane, a woman with troubles of her own and no patience for charming rakes.

Believing she is dying of influenza, impoverished Rosellen Lockharte writes a fierce bundle of letters to the people who helped ruin her life. Those letters set off a rescue, a scandal, and a wonderfully tangled romance.

After losing their money, Miss Treadwell and her mother survive by passing the mother off as a psychic. Maylene's real talent is sharp-eyed detection, and a skeptical earl learns that her instincts may be the key to finding a missing daughter.

Aurora McPhee's wedding collapses when her groom is exposed as a serial bigamist, and the Earl of Windham rashly steps in to save her from scandal. Their sudden marriage opens into family secrets, comic chaos, and a love neither expected.

Publicly jilted once too often, Lord Galen Woodbridge decides the fastest way to outrun gossip is a reckless new marriage. His plan pulls him toward Margot Montclaire, a stage singer with troubles of her own and far more heart than society allows.

Ada Westlake finds a purse of coins in her orchard and refuses to treat it as her own, no matter how badly her family needs the money. Viscount Ashmead knows more than he can say, and must win both her trust and her heart.

The Duke of Caswell secretly paints women, and one night his imagination gives him a portrait who seems to speak back. As the painted lady needles him toward the truth, a real woman, Miss Lilyanne Bannister, becomes impossible to ignore.

Major Lord Tyverne survives the war because George Croft does not, and he comes home determined to repay that sacrifice. His honorable plan to marry George's intended collides with Delia Croft, family troubles, and the uncomfortable truth that duty is not the same as love.

Young widow Minerva, Lady Sparrow, expects only paperwork after her dreadful husband's death. Instead she uncovers missing money, hidden children, and a chance to build a better life while danger and romance close in.

Heiress Torrie Keyes escapes a dressmaker's fire and decides she will marry the man who rescued her. Unfortunately for Viscount Ingall, he wants no part of society's plans, and he suspects the blaze was no accident.

Ruined viscount Stoney Wellstone turns his looks and manners into a scandalous living as London's most reliable escort. When sharp-tongued heiress Ellianne Kane hires him to help find her missing sister, their uneasy partnership drifts into murder and love.

Stood up at the altar and suddenly broke, Louisa retreats to a shabby summer cottage to start over. There she clashes with a gruff neighbor she mistakes for a handyman, and finds a quieter, warmer second chance.

Alexander Endicott has somehow acquired three determined fiancées, so fleeing London feels like common sense. In the country he resumes the search for his missing half-sister and finds mystery, chaos, and an unexpected match in Nell Sloane.

When the Earl of Marden accidentally wounds a sickly boy during a duel, he brings the child and his sister under his roof to save them. One scandal leads to another as duty, guilt, and attraction push a reluctant pair toward marriage.

Fresh from war, Jack Endicott opens a fashionable gaming club to fund the search for his missing half-sister. A prim schoolteacher, a homeless child, and Jack's own battered heart make the job far more complicated than cards and profit.

Raised far from the family she lost, Queenie returns to England disguised as a French dressmaker and carrying the truth about the Endicotts' missing child. Her alliance with Lord Harry Harkness begins as business and slides toward love amid secrets and stolen jewels.

After centuries serving as Death, Sir Coryn wins one brief chance to live as a man again. Cast into England after Waterloo with six months to recover his lost hourglass brooch, he meets a pregnant widow and discovers that humanity is harder, and sweeter, than he expected.

Amanda Carville is found holding the gun that killed her hated stepfather, and no one believes her claims of innocence. Scarred war veteran Viscount Rexford does, and his uncanny family gift for hearing the truth pulls them into murder, scandal, and romance.

Penniless governess Simone Ryland is desperate enough to consider selling the last thing she owns, her reputation. Then spymaster Harry Harmon asks her to pose as his mistress at a dangerous house party, and the performance becomes far more real than either expects.

A childhood marriage contract finally comes due thirteen years later, just when the intended bride has decided she wants none of it. Forced together at last, she and a viscount must untangle mistrust, family pressure, and feelings that arrived far too late.

Daniel Stamfield can hear the truth in other people's lies, but that gift did not save Corisande Abbot when she fled her brutal father years earlier. Their uneasy reunion during a London season brings old resentment, danger, and a hard-won chance at love.

When Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford, finds his neglected son in a widow's care, he assumes the worst and ends up proposing a practical marriage instead. Alissa Henning may be the answer to his family troubles, if pride and old habits do not ruin everything.

This collection gathers three Barbara Metzger novellas, Autumn Glory, The Management Requests, and A Match Made in Heaven, or Hell. It is a compact sampler of her wit, mischief, and Regency romance.

Five holiday stories, including Greetings of the Season, Three Good Deeds, and Little Miracles, fill this festive collection. It is a warm, funny visit to Barbara Metzger's Christmas side.