Elise Clarke

One knight, one runaway heiress, one rollicking romance:  A breath of fresh air in Regency romance!

Proud and haughty, Lord de Waare is almost as medieval as his castle…until he accidentally abducts a governess, who turns out not to be a governess at all, and who shows this knight that his heart is not as armoured as he thought.

A girl with a dangerous past, Marina would happily disappear again, but since de Waare won't let that happen, then the least he can do is help her clear her name. But moving back into society is dangerous for her and for the stern man she's coming to love. She knows the rules of honour and society, and she won't allow de Waare to compromise the principles that define him.

But de Waare didn't become the Crusader by accepting defeat. Faint heart never won a fair lady, and de Waares always win.

A hilarious regency romance where truth is stranger than fiction...

Jack, Lord Darenth is London's favourite paragon, staggeringly handsome, always fashionable, and unshakeably single. But when The Conqueror, a smash–hit novel casts him as a thinly veiled, lovelorn Prince Charming searching for the perfect match, all of society loses their collective heads – and their hearts – and pandemonium breaks all over Jack's well–ordered life. 

Lady Herminone thinks Lord Darenth is handsome enough, when she bothers to think about him at all. For her, he is but the best friend of her own dear friend Sandy, the man she is considering for a husband. But when the sequel to The Conqueror is published featuring her as a drippy Cinderella heroine to Darenth's hero, she is galvanised into action. Ignoring the book doesn't work, so it's best to proceed as if it doesn't matter. Until life starts imitating art, and suddenly the possibility of a love story in truth becomes all too real...