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Browse all Jess Michaels books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, reading order help, and easy tips on where to start with her Regency romances.

Last updated: July 7, 2026

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Sins Mistress

by Jess Michaels

2006

A woman meant to remain safely on the margins becomes central to a very dangerous man's desires. Their affair burns hot, but the real trouble begins when neither wants it to end.

The Sweetest Sin

by Jess Michaels

2006

This Regency romance turns forbidden desire into a dangerous temptation with real emotional bite. The sweeter the pleasure becomes, the harder it is to pretend the stakes are only physical.

Wager of Sin

by Jess Michaels

2006

A wager meant as play opens the way to very serious consequences. Pride, attraction, and risk build together until one reckless game begins to look like the start of love.

Another Door

by Jess Michaels

2007

A single choice opens another door, into desire, danger, and a future neither character expected. Michaels keeps the setup intimate and steamy, with emotional consequences close behind.

Everything Forbidden

by Jess Michaels

2007

Miranda Albright agrees to a shocking bargain with her notorious neighbor in order to save her sisters. Three months of surrender should be a transaction, until feeling and power start to shift.

Just One Taste

by Jess Michaels

2007

One taste is enough to upset every careful boundary in this early, sensual romance. What starts as temptation quickly becomes a problem neither lover can dismiss or forget.

Something Reckless

by Jess Michaels

2008

A reckless choice opens the door to a passion that will not stay casual. Family need, social danger, and a hero who is far too tempting turn one bad idea into a life-changing one.

Fallen Angel

by Jess Michaels

2009

London's most notorious madam hires a disgraced Bow Street Runner to protect her from a stalker. Guarding her proves easier than resisting her, especially once the threat turns real.

Taboo

by Jess Michaels

2009

Some attractions are dangerous long before anyone acts on them. In this steamy Regency story, desire pushes against every line society has drawn, and the cost of giving in could be everything.

The Lover Hunt

by Jess Michaels

2009

This fast, sensual historical romance turns the search for a lover into a much more dangerous pursuit. Attraction makes the hunt irresistible, but it also makes escape impossible.

Nothing Denied

by Jess Michaels

2010

Passion leaves no safe middle ground in this boldly sensual historical romance. What starts as indulgence becomes a test of how much two people are willing to risk for a life that feels fully their own.

Seven Nights

by Jess Michaels

2011

Seven nights are all they are meant to share, which only sharpens every glance and every touch. Temporary pleasure proves far more dangerous once feelings start asking for an eighth.

The Desires of a Countess

by Jess Michaels

2011

A countess with private longings and a world full of political danger makes a volatile heroine. Love arrives in the middle of secrets, where desire may be the one thing she cannot safely hide.

The Secrets of A Lady

by Jess Michaels

2011

Audrey Jordan is no ordinary Regency lady, she is a spy with unfinished feelings for Griffin Berenger. A dangerous investigation forces them together again, with politics and passion equally close.

The Temptation of a Gentleman

by Jess Michaels

2011

This Jordan romance mixes temptation with espionage, asking how much trust can survive when danger keeps pulling lovers in opposite directions. The heart and the mission are rarely on the same side.

An Introduction to Pleasure

by Jess Michaels

2012

Desperate Lysandra turns to famous courtesan Vivien Manning for help and ends up in the care of widower Andrew Callis. What starts as instruction in seduction becomes a tender, dangerous education in love.

For Desire Alone

by Jess Michaels

2012

Two people who have lived too long inside friendship and restraint finally step over the line. What was meant to be desire alone soon proves far harder to contain.

Her Perfect Match

by Jess Michaels

2013

Courtesan and matchmaker Vivien Manning is ready to leave London behind, until unfinished business brings her back to Benedict Greystone. One last encounter may become the future she never let herself want.

Pleasuring the Lady

by Jess Michaels

2013

Portia slips into a notorious masquerade and ends up discovered in the arms of Miles Weatherfield. Their forced marriage begins as a bargain, but desire quickly exposes far more than either expected.

Taken by the Duke

by Jess Michaels

2013

A long feud between powerful houses has poisoned lives for years. When passion cuts across those lines at last, love has to fight family history, scandal, and revenge to survive.

A Matter of Sin

by Jess Michaels

2014

Widowed Isabel thinks she wants only a discreet lover after years of duty. A scandalous book, a country house party, and the host who catches her interest soon make restraint look impossible.

A Measure of Deceit

by Jess Michaels

2014

Pleasure is easy to promise and much harder to keep separate from the truth. In this final reckoning, deception and desire become equally powerful threats to a hard-won happiness.

A Moment of Passion

by Jess Michaels

2014

A supposedly temporary affair flares into something much more dangerous when old feelings and new longing collide. One reckless moment may be enough to change the course of two carefully managed lives.

Beautiful Distraction

by Jess Michaels

2014

What begins as a distraction meant to serve someone else's scheme turns unexpectedly intense. Betrayal lurks close, but so does the possibility of a love neither lover saw coming.

Beauty and the Earl

by Jess Michaels

2014

Scarred recluse Liam has hidden from the world for years when courtesan Violet is sent into his orbit on a secret mission. What begins as deception becomes the one thing capable of saving them both.

A Christmas Kiss

by Jess Michaels

2015

Amelia is tricked into spending Christmas with the husband who once made her feel unwanted. Stephen intends to use the holiday to win back far more than her attention.

A Marquis for Mary

by Jess Michaels

2015

Mary Quinn is running out of safe choices when scandal throws her together with Edward, Marquis Woodley. Their sudden engagement looks like rescue, but his haunted past may still wreck everything.

Deceived

by Jess Michaels

2015

Secrets set this romance in motion, and the truth threatens to end it. As deception peels away, two people already skirting scandal must decide whether trust is still possible.

Forbidden

by Jess Michaels

2015

A love that should never have room to grow does exactly that. Class, reputation, and old loyalties all stand in the way, but wanting each other is the one thing neither of them can deny.

Lady Waverly's Lovers: Part One

by Jess Michaels

2015

The first part of this steamy serial drops Lady Waverly into a web of desire, secrecy, and dangerous possibility. It is a setup built for scandal, with plenty more still to come.

No Gentleman for Georgina

by Jess Michaels

2015

Georgina has spent years trying to become the dutiful wife her family wants, until she meets Paul Abbot and wants more. A single outing and a single kiss could change both their lives.

The Notorious Flynns

by Jess Michaels

2015

This collection gathers the opening Flynn romances, from a duke saddled with an inherited bride to a proper lady drawn to a scoundrel and a broken man trapped in a disastrous wager.

The Other Duke

by Jess Michaels

2015

Serafina thinks her dead fiancé has set her free, until the next duke inherits her too. Rafe Flynn agrees to a cold arrangement, then discovers his new bride has reasons to fear far more than marriage.

The Scoundrel's Lover

by Jess Michaels

2015

Proper Annabelle Flynn follows her troubled brother into a shadowy world and meets the very improper Marcus Rivers. What starts as dangerous curiosity becomes the boldest thing she has ever wanted.

The Widow Wager

by Jess Michaels

2015

Crispin Flynn makes a drunken wager that ends in marriage to a scandal-shadowed widow. Neither wants the match, but desire proves easier than trust for two people with too much hurt behind them.

A Spring Deception

by Jess Michaels

2016

A fresh Season should offer new hope, but deception follows close behind. As attraction deepens, two wary people must decide whether truth can arrive in time to change both their futures.

An Affair in Winter

by Jess Michaels

2016

Widow Rosalinde wants to protect her sister and uncover the truth about her father. Winter travel, class tension, and a growing attraction put her plans, and her heart, in unexpected danger.

One Summer of Surrender

by Jess Michaels

2016

Summer heat turns a temporary surrender into something much harder to contain. Desire comes quickly, but the secrets around it threaten to make every stolen moment count.

Ruined

by Jess Michaels

2016

A ruined reputation leaves little room for caution and none for easy happiness. When passion collides with pride, both lovers have to decide whether they can build something stronger than scandal.

Seduced

by Jess Michaels

2016

Notorious criminal Jack Blackwood has no need for a widowed lady complicating his life, and Letty has no time to want him. Their battle of wills turns hot fast as trouble closes in from every side.

Tempted

by Jess Michaels

2016

In the Woodley circle, temptation is never just about desire. A dangerous connection grows between two people who should know better, while scandal and old wounds wait to make the price even higher.

Adored in Autumn

by Jess Michaels

2017

Felicity escaped a violent marriage, but her past is not done with her. The one man who may be able to save her is Asher, the boy she once adored and the man she never quite forgot.

Fascinated

by Jess Michaels

2017

A dangerous attraction takes hold in a world where reputation is already frayed and trust is in short supply. What begins as fascination quickly becomes a risk neither lover can take lightly.

Her Favorite Duke

by Jess Michaels

2017

Simon has loved Meg for years, even while she was promised to his best friend. One stormy scandal forces marriage, but love will still have to fight its way past guilt and fear.

The Broken Duke

by Jess Michaels

2017

Adelaide is a bluestocking by day and a celebrated actress by night. Graham is drawn to both women without realizing they are one and the same, until secrets and danger crash through the fantasy.

The Daring Duke

by Jess Michaels

2017

Emma only wants a fake courtship long enough to attract a real husband. James, Duke of Abernathe, agrees to help, then finds himself in a very real romance he never planned for.

The Silent Duke

by Jess Michaels

2017

Mute Duke Ewan has spent his life carrying scars from a brutal childhood. When longtime admirer Charlotte joins him for a snowbound Christmas, old affection and new danger leave no room for silence.

The Duke of Desire

by Jess Michaels

2018

Cold, restless Robert Smithton sets his sights on widowed Katherine, who blames him for the path that wrecked her life. Their battle of attraction and revenge threatens to become something much deeper.

The Duke of Hearts

by Jess Michaels

2018

A masked night at Donville gives grieving Duke Matthew and curious widow Isabel one blazing encounter. When she realizes who he is, and why her family hates him, desire turns dangerous.

The Duke of Nothing

by Jess Michaels

2018

Baldwin is a duke in name only, with debts closing around him and marriage looking like his only escape. The woman he notices may not be the heiress he expects, but she may be the one he truly needs.

The Duke Who Lied

by Jess Michaels

2018

Hugh forces Amelia into marriage to save her from a worse match, but he does it with a lie. Their growing passion is real, which only makes the truth more likely to destroy them.

The Last Duke

by Jess Michaels

2018

Newly titled Kit Collins inherits responsibility for a young half sister and the governess he would rather avoid. Caring for the same child draws him and Sarah together, just as old mistrust and new danger rise.

The Undercover Duke

by Jess Michaels

2018

Spy Lucas Vincent comes home badly wounded and furious at being sidelined. Diana, a healer who knows the costs of his work, helps mend his body while the past threatens to drag him away again.

A Seduction in the Stars

by Jess Michaels

2019

Under a glittering sky, a carefully managed attraction turns into a very real seduction. Michaels keeps the focus tight on chemistry, intimacy, and the trouble that follows both.

Guarding the Countess

by Jess Michaels

2019

Naomi has buried three husbands and fears the pattern is no accident. The two investigators she hires to protect her uncover danger, desire, and a three-way connection none of them can ignore.

Lady No Says Yes

by Jess Michaels

2019

Heiress Sophie agrees to say yes to courtship for one Season and instantly becomes a target. Rowan plans to use that opening for his own ends, until genuine feeling makes the lie much riskier.

My Fair Viscount

by Jess Michaels

2019

David Shaw goes from rookery thief to titled viscount overnight and needs help becoming presentable. Rose Higgins is the perfect teacher, but their lesson in manners quickly turns into something far more personal.

Stealing the Duke

by Jess Michaels

2019

Marianne is only trying to return one last stolen item and keep her family's disgrace contained. Instead she lands in the path of a scarred duke whose dangerous offer could ruin, or save, them both.

The House of Pleasure

by Jess Michaels

2019

Hannah goes to a hell determined to lose the innocence that has made her a bargaining chip. The stranger she chooses turns out to be her intended, and their very inconvenient marriage starts with a bang.

The Return of Lady Jane

by Jess Michaels

2019

Jane returns to London after her husband cast her aside following a shattering betrayal. Forced back into Colin's orbit, the two must decide whether passion can survive the hurt that broke them.

A Counterfeit Courtesan

by Jess Michaels

2020

Scarred and restless, Juliana Shelley goes to a notorious masquerade looking for one reckless night. The masked man she chooses is no stranger at all, and the truth between them is harder to escape than desire.

A Reckless Runaway

by Jess Michaels

2020

Runaway bride Anne Shelley expects scandal, but not abandonment on a remote Scottish island with a grim, tempting stranger. The farther she gets from home, the more complicated freedom becomes.

A Reluctant Bride

by Jess Michaels

2020

Thomasina Shelley only meant to stand in for her missing sister at one ball, not become the bride herself. Her sudden marriage to Jasper is charged from the start, with secrets and danger close behind.

Mismatched Under the Mistletoe

by Jess Michaels

2020

John Cavendish has loved his best friend's wife for years and never said a word. A Christmas house party gives widowed Emily and her oldest friend one last chance to stop pretending.

The Heart of a Hellion

by Jess Michaels

2020

Selina hides a dangerous secret, she is the jewel thief known as the Faceless Fox. Investigator Derrick Huntington is hunting her, and their charged cat-and-mouse game turns into something neither can control.

The Love of a Libertine

by Jess Michaels

2020

Rogue Morgan Banfield gets one last chance to straighten out his life, then falls for wary wallflower Lizzie Margolis. His past is never far behind, and love may ask more of him than charm ever did.

The Matter of a Marquess

by Jess Michaels

2020

Widowed Aurora arrives at a country gathering with scandal already nipping at her heels. What follows is a tense, sensual tangle of hidden motives, old longing, and danger that refuses to stay outside the door.

The Redemption of a Rogue

by Jess Michaels

2020

Imogen goes looking for a lover and witnesses a murder instead. Forced to hide with brooding club owner Oscar Fitzhugh, she finds that protection, and passion, may cost both of them dearly.

Earl's Choice

by Jess Michaels

2021

Thomas, Earl of Bramwell, is meant to marry a princess for duty, until he meets her lookalike stand-in, Sasha. As danger aimed at the royal family grows, so does the impossible pull between them.

Princes Ae Wild

by Jess Michaels

2021

Prince Remington agrees to help shy Lady Priscilla catch a king's eye, only to become the man she truly wants. Their flirtation turns serious fast, with family pressure and royal duty closing in.

The Defiant Wife

by Jess Michaels

2021

After her husband's death reveals a web of lies, Pippa is left navigating scandal, family secrets, and a man she should not want. The deeper the truth goes, the harder it is to protect her heart.

The Duke's Wife

by Jess Michaels

2021

Abigail has every reason to hate the Duke of Gilmore, but constant sparring gives way to irresistible chemistry. One scandalous moment forces marriage on two enemies who may understand each other too well.

The Unexpected Wife

by Jess Michaels

2021

Celeste thought she was living a quiet married life until an investigator arrives with shocking news: her husband was murdered, and he had two other wives. Solving the crime means stepping straight into scandal.

To Protect a Princess

by Jess Michaels

2021

Princess Ilaria is supposed to make a useful royal match during her London Season, not fall for Captain Jonah Crawford. When threats close in, her forbidden attraction to her bodyguard becomes impossible to resist.

100 Nights with the Duke

by Jess Michaels

2022

Years after losing each other, widowed Duke Edward and courtesan Sophia begin a carefully ruled affair. Passion is easy, but surviving the past, and the danger still shadowing them, is much harder.

The Queen’s Man

by Jess Michaels

2022

Queen Giabella and her devoted secretary Dash have spent years burying what they feel. A royal progress across Athawick forces them into close quarters, where old longing and old secrets finally demand an answer.

To Kiss a King

by Jess Michaels

2022

Newly crowned King Grantham is trying to hold his kingdom together when the sunny, sharp-tongued Lady Ophelia gets under his skin. Their clash turns hot just as unrest in Athawick becomes impossible to ignore.

No Dukes Allowed

by Jess Michaels

2023

After an abusive marriage, the Duchess of Gooding is pushed aside to Kent's Row, where inconvenient widows are meant to disappear. Instead, she finds danger, desire, and the chance to live again.

Not Another Duke

by Jess Michaels

2023

A woman who has had more than enough of titled men discovers that avoiding dukes is easier in theory than in practice. Attraction collides with caution in this sharp second-chance romance.

Not the Duke You Marry

by Jess Michaels

2023

The marriage everyone expects is not the one this heroine wants, or the one that may save her. Between duty, scandal, and desire, choosing the wrong duke could still lead to the right love.

Their Countess

by Jess Michaels

2023

Former courtesan Zara and her longtime partner Hux are caught thieving by a mysterious gentleman. One dangerous encounter becomes the start of a triad romance with secrets and threat at every turn.

Their Duchess

by Jess Michaels

2023

A duchess caught between duty and the love she was never meant to claim discovers that two men may understand her better than one ever could. Desire is only the beginning of the risk.

Their Marchioness

by Jess Michaels

2023

Merritt's husband gives her an astonishing birthday gift, a reunion with the first love she never forgot. What follows is a week of pleasure that asks whether three hearts can build one real future.

The Hellion's Secret

by Jess Michaels

2024

Phineas Blanchard is captivated by a mysterious woman and discovers she is the masked boxer known as the Hellion. Esme is hiding for good reason, and wanting her may put them both in greater danger.

The Wallflower List

by Jess Michaels

2024

A wallflower's private list of daring wishes stops feeling private when the right earl comes too close. Friendship, long-buried attraction, and social risk make every item on the list more dangerous.

Their Bride

by Jess Michaels

2024

Vanessa is left at the altar and offered an extraordinary choice between two men she has secretly desired for years. Their shared future looks impossible, until passion makes impossible look necessary.

Their Viscountess

by Jess Michaels

2024

Emilia's violent marriage turns deadly, forcing her back toward the two men she once loved. Reunited at last, the three must fight for safety, trust, and a life large enough to hold them all.

Once Upon a Courtesan

by Jess Michaels

2025

A courtesan who knows exactly how fragile security can be gets one more chance at happiness. Passion comes quickly, but building a life beyond arrangement and illusion is the real challenge.

The Accidental Countess

by Jess Michaels

2025

An earl who believes in lightning-bolt love meets a woman who has far less faith in easy endings. Their sudden connection may be real, but the complications around it are very real too.

The Courtesan's Protector

by Jess Michaels

2025

Former prizefighter Campbell Ripley has wanted Jane Kendall for years and knows better than to act on it. When danger forces them together, friendship and restraint finally stop being enough.

The Lady Once Known As

by Jess Michaels

2025

A woman with a changed name and a past she cannot quite outrun finds herself pulled back toward desire. The man in her path may offer a future, if the old life does not reclaim her first.

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Caroline's Courtesan

by Jess Michaels

2026

Widow Caroline has built a quiet, respectable freedom, except for the courtesan she cannot stop thinking about. Simone is just as independent, and just as shaken by how serious their affair becomes.

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The Trouble With Seduction

by Jess Michaels

2026

Courtesan Julia Comerford plans to leave her life by marrying her protector, until his serious younger brother interferes. Their old attraction flares back to life just as real danger closes in.

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When the Earl Was Wicked

by Jess Michaels

2026

An earl with a dangerous reputation meets the one woman who sees more than the scandal. Their attraction is immediate, but old damage and fresh threat make wickedness the least of their problems.

Where should I start?

If you want classic dukes and found-family romance: The Daring DukeHer Favorite DukeThe Broken Duke
If you want royal intrigue and forbidden attraction: To Protect a PrincessEarl's ChoicePrinces Ae Wild
If you want bolder, more openly sensual historicals: Everything ForbiddenAn Introduction to PleasureTaken by the Duke
If you want newer series with strong character hooks: The Wallflower ListThe Hellion's SecretThe Accidental Countess

Author bio

Jess Michaels was born just outside Philadelphia, but she mostly grew up in Idaho. That mix, East Coast roots and wide-open Western upbringing, sits nicely beside the worlds she writes now, Regency ballrooms full of rules, gossip, longing, and the people bold enough to break all three.

Writing became the center of her working life in 1999, after her husband encouraged her to pay attention to the thing that made her happiest. A few years later, in 2003, she sold her first novella, an erotic historical romance. Soon after that came her first full-length sales, and the career stopped feeling like a private dream and started looking very real.

She kept going.

Over time, Michaels built a big, varied backlist under more than one name. She has written as Jess Michaels, Jenna Petersen, and Jesse Petersen, moving between sensual historical romance and other corners of romance and fantasy. Even with that range, readers usually know what they are getting from a Jess Michaels book: Regency settings, sharp chemistry, emotional stakes, and heroines who are not content to sit quietly and wait for life to happen to them.

Books like Everything Forbidden, An Introduction to Pleasure, The Daring Duke, To Protect a Princess, and The Wallflower List show the lane she has made her own. Some readers come for the dukes. Some come for the courtesans, widows, spies, wallflowers, and stubborn women with plans of their own. A lot of them stay because Michaels likes pairing wounded or guarded people with partners who push them to be braver, kinder, and more honest.

That emotional directness matters.

Her stories often circle around familiar pleasures, found family, social danger, second chances, class differences, ruined reputations, secret identities, and marriages that start for all the wrong reasons before turning into something real. Even when the books are very steamy, there is usually a strong thread of vulnerability running underneath. The characters want desire, yes, but they also want safety, understanding, and a life that finally fits.

She began in traditional publishing, working with major houses and smaller presses, but in 2015 she made the move to full-time independent publishing. That shift gave her more control over her stories and schedule, and it helped her grow a huge catalog that now stretches well past one hundred books. For readers, it also means there is always another series to fall into.

Off the page, Michaels comes across as exactly the kind of pop-culture-loving writer many romance readers enjoy following. She has talked about loving Star Wars, Bob's Burgers, video games, cats, her dog Elton, Diet Coke, coconut, and cheese. She now lives in Oregon with her husband, tucked between the mountains and the coast, and keeps writing the kind of Regency romances that mix heat, heart, and just enough scandal.

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