Fortune's Brides Books in Order
Part ofRegina Scott Books in OrderExplore the Fortune's Brides books by Regina Scott in order, with summaries, reading tips, and background on this matchmaking Regency series.
Last updated: July 3, 2026
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Fortune's Brides books in publication order
11 books
Never Borrow a Baronet
by Regina Scott
2018
Patience Ramsey is stunned when her employer presents her as the bride-to-be of Sir Harry. Their fake engagement is meant to help a spy's mission, but scandal, danger, and real feeling quickly get in the way.
Never Doubt a Duke
by Regina Scott
2018
Jane Kimball takes a governess post through the Fortune Employment Agency and lands in a duke's troubled household. What begins as a practical placement soon looks a great deal like matchmaking, especially to Fortune the cat.
Never Envy an Earl
by Regina Scott
2018
Hiding from danger, Yvette de Maupassant poses as companion to an earl's ailing mother. Working beside Gregory, Earl of Carrolton, soon feels far riskier than the trouble she was fleeing.
Never Vie for a Viscount
by Regina Scott
2018
Lydia Villers wants a future in natural philosophy, not a return to old heartbreak. But the only man willing to help is Viscount Worthington, and their shared experiments stir more than chemistry.
Never Kneel to a Knight
by Regina Scott
2019
Charlotte Worthington is asked to teach Society's rules to former boxer Matthew Bateman, the man she has quietly loved for years. As enemies circle, they must decide whether affection can survive class, reputation, and danger.
Never Marry a Marquess
by Regina Scott
2019
Shy Ivy Bateman agrees to a marriage of convenience with the grieving Marquess of Kendall so she can help care for his baby daughter. What starts as duty slowly becomes a chance to heal them both.
Always Kiss at Christmas
by Regina Scott
2020
At her mother's Christmas Eve party, Mary Rose is determined to make her old friend Julian Mayes finally notice her. When a threat to her future appears, one holiday kiss may change everything.
Never Court a Count
by Regina Scott
2022
When Lady Calantha overhears a plot against Count Montalban's family, she steps in to warn him. A fake engagement meant to uncover the truth soon puts both their hearts at risk.
Never Love a Lord
by Regina Scott
2022
Petunia Bateman unexpectedly gains a title and an old love comes calling at the worst possible moment. Surrounded by intrigue, she must decide whether Lord Ashforde deserves a second chance.
Never Pursue a Prince
by Regina Scott
2022
Lady Larissa is drawn to the captain of the Batavarian Imperial Guard, never guessing he is really a prince in disguise. Their growing attraction threatens both propriety and a good many secrets.
Never Romance a Rogue
by Regina Scott
2022
Lady Belle Dryden means to match the mysterious Owen Canady with someone else entirely. But the gentleman pauper with a talent for deception proves far more tempting, and far more vulnerable, than she expected.
Fortune's Brides books in chronological order

Never Doubt a Duke
by Regina Scott
2018Fortune's Brides, Book 1
Never Borrow a Baronet
by Regina Scott
2018Fortune's Brides, Book 2
Never Envy an Earl
by Regina Scott
2018Fortune's Brides, Book 3
Never Vie for a Viscount
by Regina Scott
2018Fortune's Brides, Book 4
Never Kneel to a Knight
by Regina Scott
2019Fortune's Brides, Book 5
Never Marry a Marquess
by Regina Scott
2019Fortune's Brides, Book 6
Always Kiss at Christmas
by Regina Scott
2020Fortune's Brides, Book 7
Never Pursue a Prince
by Regina Scott
2022Fortune's Brides, Book 8
Never Court a Count
by Regina Scott
2022Fortune's Brides, Book 9
Never Romance a Rogue
by Regina Scott
2022Fortune's Brides, Book 10
Never Love a Lord
by Regina Scott
2022Fortune's Brides, Book 11
Series background & context
Fortune's Brides is one of Regina Scott’s most playful Regency setups. In these books, the mysterious Meredith Thorn runs the Fortune Employment Agency, helping gentlewomen who need respectable positions. Her greatest ally is not a clerk or a patron. It is her cat, Fortune, who seems to have a remarkable gift for steering people toward the exact assignment, and the exact spouse, they did not know they needed.
That idea gives the series its charm right away. One woman takes a governess position and ends up changing a duke’s household in Never Doubt a Duke. Another is pushed into a fake engagement with a baronet who spies for England in Never Borrow a Baronet. Later books pair a woman in hiding with an earl, a would-be natural philosopher with a viscount, a former boxer with the woman teaching him Society’s rules, and a shy baker with a grieving marquess who needs help caring for his child.
Fortune the cat never seems to miss.
Even with the matchmaking gimmick, the series stays grounded in the practical problems facing its heroines. These women need work, safety, standing, or a way to support themselves. Scott uses the agency to put them in unusual situations, but the emotional pull comes from watching them discover they are capable of more than the world has allowed them to believe. The men, for their part, usually have households in disorder, reputations to manage, or hearts already bruised by loss or betrayal.
The tone is warm, witty, and lightly suspenseful. There are false engagements, hidden identities, scientific ambitions, complicated families, and just enough danger to keep the stories moving. The Christmas prequel, Always Kiss at Christmas, also helps explain the web of relationships that feeds into the later romances.
Readers should expect a strong sense of connection from book to book. Characters reappear, families overlap, and what begins as one cat’s uncanny knack for romance grows into a whole corner of Regency England where jobs turn into courtships, and courtships turn into surprisingly sturdy futures. If you like sweet Regencies with humor, matchmaking, and a little household chaos, this is one of Scott’s friendliest places to start.
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