Vanessa Riley
A Gamble at Sunset (Betting Against the Duke)
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Georgie is the second daughter of a “Blackamoor” family, which has a debt-ridden coal business. Mark, shy third son of a marquess and ...Read Review
Murder in Drury Lane (The Lady Worthing Mysteries)
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1806: Lady Abigail Worthing, a baroness and woman of color, spends many pleasant evenings at the theatre, eager to find refuge for a few ...Read Review
Queen of Exiles
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Hayti (Haiti) became a sovereign nation in 1804, free of slavery, after defeating Napoleon’s forces. The formerly enslaved now rule the new nation. ...Read Review
Murder in Westminster (The Lady Worthing Mysteries, 1)
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Abigail Carrington, daughter of an English solicitor and a West Indian seer, secured herself a respectable name when she married explorer Lord Worthing. ...Read Review
Sister Mother Warrior
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Riley brings to life the Haitian Revolution through the lens of its two most important female protagonists in this thrilling and utterly engrossing ...Read Review
Island Queen: A Novel
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It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged, that history is written by the winning side – and traditionally our history has been ...Read Review
An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler
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Jemina St. Maur and her infant daughter are the sole survivors of a shipwreck, but she suffers from complete amnesia, and her mixed-race ...Read Review
A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby (Rogues and Remarkable Women)
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First in a new series, Rogues and Remarkable Women, this Regency opens with Afro-Caribbean widow Patience Jordan’s dilemma. Her husband, Colin, has ...Read Review