Elizabeth Boyle Books in Order
Browse Elizabeth Boyle books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy tips on where to start with her witty historical romances.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
30 books
Brazen Angel
by Elizabeth Boyle
1997
Sophia d’Artiers lives a dangerous double life as London’s masked thief, the Brazen Angel. When the Marquess of Trahern is sent to marry her and instead starts hunting her, desire and danger collide fast.
Brazen Heiress
by Elizabeth Boyle
1998
Lily Copeland steps into the role of a missing heiress while chasing secrets that could change everything. Working undercover as her fiance, Webb Dryden is supposed to stay focused on the mission, not fall for her.
Brazen Temptress
by Elizabeth Boyle
1999
Maureen Hawthorne, a condemned pirate, can save herself only by exposing a notorious privateer at a glittering ball. The problem is that the man in disguise is Julien d’Artiers, the husband she thought she had lost forever.
No Marriage of Convenience
by Elizabeth Boyle
2000
Mason St. Clair inherits a title, crushing debt, and three awkward nieces who need husbands. When the mysterious Madame Fontaine agrees to coach them in society, Mason discovers he may be the one in greatest danger of falling.
Once Tempted
by Elizabeth Boyle
2001
Major Robert Danvers has a mission to protect, a dangerous secret, and every reason to keep Olivia Sutton at arm’s length. But hidden identities and unfinished history make that impossible, and the cost of one mistake could be deadly.
One Night of Passion
by Elizabeth Boyle
2002
To escape a monstrous marriage, Georgiana Escott seeks ruin in the arms of a stranger. A year later, war, suspicion, and secret work throw her back together with Colin Danvers, and one reckless night starts to look like fate.
Stealing the Bride
by Elizabeth Boyle
2003
The Marquess of Templeton thinks chasing a runaway heiress should be easy, until the bride is Lady Diana Fordham. Their road to Gretna Green turns into a fast, emotional pursuit full of old hurt and renewed temptation.
It Takes a Hero
by Elizabeth Boyle
2004
Rebecca Tate never meant her wildly popular Miss Darby novels to unsettle half of London. Sent to unmask the scandalous author, Rafe Danvers finds a clever woman whose secrets and spirit are far harder to resist than expected.
Hero, Come Back
by Elizabeth Boyle
2005
This Regency anthology brings together novellas by Elizabeth Boyle, Christina Dodd, and Stephanie Laurens, all built around absent heroes returning at the wrong and right time. Boyle’s contribution also extends the Danvers family world.
Something About Emmaline
by Elizabeth Boyle
2005
Alexander Denford invented a wife to keep marriage-minded mothers at bay, and it worked perfectly, until a very real Emmaline appears. She wants a place in society, he needs his lie protected, and both are headed for trouble.
This Rake of Mine
by Elizabeth Boyle
2005
Years after Jack Tremont ruined Miranda Mabberly with one careless kiss, she crosses his path again under a new identity. Old injury, fresh attraction, and a dangerous plot make this reunion anything but simple.
His Mistress By Morning
by Elizabeth Boyle
2006
A lonely spinster makes one reckless wish and watches her carefully ordered world come apart. With a notorious rake, a magical ring, and plenty of romantic chaos, Boyle gives this Regency romance an unusual spark.
Love Letters From a Duke
by Elizabeth Boyle
2007
Felicity Langley has spent years expecting to marry a duke she knows only through letters. When he finally arrives and she mistakes him for a servant, a charming hidden-identity romance begins to unravel both their plans.
Tempted By the Night
by Elizabeth Boyle
2008
Lady Hermione Marlowe refuses to believe the scandalous stories about Lord Rockhurst, but his nights are more dangerous than anyone knows. As secrets close in, attraction pulls them into a romance shaped by risk and deception.
Confessions of a Little Black Gown
by Elizabeth Boyle
2009
Thalia Langley knows at once that the handsome new vicar is no saint. She is right, because Lord Larken is really a master spy on a dangerous hunt, and Tally may be the one complication he cannot outmaneuver.
How I Met My Countess
by Elizabeth Boyle
2009
The Earl of Clifton once fell for Lucy Ellyson, the improper daughter of a spymaster, and lost her. Years later he returns needing help from a mysterious dowager, never realizing she is Lucy herself.
Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress
by Elizabeth Boyle
2009
Lady Philippa Knolles has never forgotten Captain Dashwell, the dangerous man she once loved and lost. When he returns bitter, haunted, and impossible to ignore, old betrayal and buried feeling ignite all over again.
Cynders & Ashe
by Elizabeth Boyle
2010
In this short, Cinderella-flavored Regency romance, Ella Cynders switches places with her charge for one masked night and loses her heart to Viscount Ashe. Five years later, one last ball gives them a chance to find each other again.
Mad about the Duke
by Elizabeth Boyle
2010
Lady Elinor Standon needs a duke if she is going to protect her younger sister, so she hires a shabby solicitor to help. Unfortunately for her plans, the solicitor is actually a duke, and a dangerously tempting one.
Lord Langley Is Back in Town
by Elizabeth Boyle
2011
When blackmail closes in, serious widow Minerva Sterling finds herself engaged to the most notorious rake in London. Lord Langley means it as a solution, until fake courtship turns perilous, inconvenient, and unexpectedly real.
Along Came a Duke
by Elizabeth Boyle
2012
Tabitha Timmons is ready to make a practical marriage if that is what it takes to claim her inheritance. Then the Duke of Preston arrives and decides she deserves love, never guessing he may be the real answer.
The Brazen Trilogy
by Elizabeth Boyle
2012
This collection gathers the first three Brazen novels into one sweeping set. Expect the d’Artiers family, hidden identities, spies, pirates, and romances that run straight through danger and political upheaval.
And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake
by Elizabeth Boyle
2013
Practical Daphne Dale answers a newspaper ad and starts corresponding with the perfect sensible gentleman. Too late, she learns the man behind the letters is Henry Seldon, her family’s enemy and the last person she should want.
Have You Any Rogues?
by Elizabeth Boyle
2013
The Dales and the Seldons have been feuding for centuries, but Crispin Dale and Henrietta Seldon have a far more personal problem. One night trapped together in a wine cellar forces them to face what they have always denied.
If Wishes Were Earls
by Elizabeth Boyle
2013
Harriet Hathaway is certain her longtime crush, the Earl of Roxley, is finally about to propose. Instead she finds herself pulled into a far more complicated story of old feeling, hidden danger, and love that cannot stay tidy.
The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane
by Elizabeth Boyle
2014
Louisa Tempest arrives in Mayfair, chases her unruly cat into a neighbor’s house, and meets a wounded viscount who wants nothing to do with society. Her cheerful interference may be exactly what his battered life needs.
Mad About the Major
by Elizabeth Boyle
2015
Arabella Tremont slips away for a taste of freedom and finds London far less simple than she imagined. Paired with a thoroughly unsuitable major, she lands in a lively Regency adventure full of mischief, sparks, and hard-won affection.
The Knave of Hearts
by Elizabeth Boyle
2016
After a disastrous debut, Lavinia Tempest’s bright future looks finished. Then Alaster Rowland wagers he can make her the most sought-after woman in London, only to discover he is the one most completely undone.
Six Impossible Things
by Elizabeth Boyle
2017
One compromising kiss forces secret agent Roselie Stratton into marriage with her childhood friend, Lord Rimswell. She means to keep working for the Home Office anyway, but danger and love have other plans.
O Little Town of Bethlehem
by Elizabeth Boyle
2024
After a snowy accident, Madeline Drake slips from modern life into turn-of-the-century Bethlehem, Wyoming. To find her way home, she must help two other women untangle long-buried pain before Christmas arrives.
Where should I start?
If you want wit and chaos right away: Something About Emmaline → Love Letters From a Duke → The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane
If you want adventure and spies: One Night of Passion → Stealing the Bride → This Rake of Mine
If you want a village-based series to sink into: Along Came a Duke → And the Miss Ran Away with the Rake → If Wishes Were Earls
If you want a touch of magic: His Mistress By Morning → Tempted By the Night
If you want her newer, warmer side: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Author bio
Elizabeth Boyle writes historical romance with a real taste for motion. Her books love a disguise, a misdelivered letter, a ruined plan, and the exact wrong man showing up at the exact right time. Readers come to her for wit, secret identities, stubborn heroines, and love stories that usually have at least a little danger mixed in.
She was telling stories long before she was published. In interviews, Boyle has talked about being the kind of kid who made things up for the sheer fun of it, and later about living an ordinary family life while also slipping away to write about lords, ladies, spies, and scandal.
That double life suits her.
Before she wrote fiction full time, Boyle worked as a paralegal and later in anti-piracy for Microsoft. That job put her in the orbit of counterfeit cases, investigations, and law enforcement in the United States and Canada. It is not hard to see how that background found its way into the books. Again and again, her stories turn on secrets, hidden motives, covert missions, and people who are never quite what they seem.
Her big break came with Brazen Angel. The manuscript won Dell's Diamond Debut contest, and the novel went on to win the RITA Award for Best First Book. Boyle has told the story of scrambling to finish that manuscript after learning she was a finalist, which feels very on brand for a writer whose novels so often run on nerve, timing, and a bit of beautifully managed chaos.
A few books later, she had built the kind of backlist readers love to wander around in. Something About Emmaline takes a fake wife scheme and turns it into comic disaster. Love Letters From a Duke has all the pleasure of mistaken identity done with a straight face and a wink. One Night of Passion and This Rake of Mine lean more toward adventure and romantic suspense, with spies, old wounds, and fast-moving plots pushing the couples together.
She can be very funny.
But the comedy is only part of the appeal. Boyle is also good at giving her characters bruises, both literal and otherwise. The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane pairs a wounded hero with a determined neighbor and one unforgettable cat. The Rhymes With Love books widen her world into a whole village of women from Kempton, where friendship matters just as much as courtship. Even when the setup is playful, the emotional stakes are real.
She also likes to stretch the edges of historical romance. The Marlowe books bring in a touch of magic. O Little Town of Bethlehem moves into time-slip territory while holding onto the things Boyle clearly enjoys most, warm human connections, second chances, and women figuring out what they want from life. Across all of it, the voice stays recognizable: lively, inviting, and never too grand to enjoy the mess.
When she is not writing, Boyle has said she likes baking, knitting, gardening, and travel. She lives in Seattle, in that rainy corner of the Pacific Northwest that clearly feels like home.
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