Regency Tales Series by Beverley Eikli

In nineteenth-century France, a young woman is caught in a treacherous web of spies, intrigue, and dangerous romance.   During the final years of the Napoleonic Wars, desolate Emily Micklen has few options after her loving fiancé, Jack, dies in battle. With child, she is sure to face ruinous scandal, rejection from her Puritanical father, and absolute poverty should she be cast out. Her only escape is to accept the proposal of a scarred and taciturn soldier... moreIn nineteenth-century France, a young woman is caught in a treacherous web of spies, intrigue, and dangerous romance.   During the final years of the Napoleonic Wars, desolate Emily Micklen has few options after her loving fiancé, Jack, dies in battle. With child, she is sure to face ruinous scandal, rejection from her Puritanical father, and absolute poverty should she be cast out. Her only escape is to accept the proposal of a scarred and taciturn soldier.   Emily is Major Angus McCartney’s chance for escape as well—from the loneliness and haunting grief over the sins of his past and the tragic death of his mistress. Then, as Napoleon cuts a swath across Europe, Angus is sent to France to snare a notorious female French spy. But neither he nor Emily is prepared for where the mission will lead them—straight into a trap of family betrayals and deadly secrets. Now, in a time of war, Emily and Angus will discover that their hard-won love could be the only thing that can save them. less

A respectable lady with a secret past struggles to keep up appearances, in this novel of love, intrigue, and secrets in the Regency era.   About to secure his seat in the House of Lords, Tristan Leeson is a model of diplomacy, high morals, and self-control. An attentive and considerate husband, he’s even managed to curb his carnal impulses at the behest of his emotionally fragile wife, Adelaide... moreA respectable lady with a secret past struggles to keep up appearances, in this novel of love, intrigue, and secrets in the Regency era.   About to secure his seat in the House of Lords, Tristan Leeson is a model of diplomacy, high morals, and self-control. An attentive and considerate husband, he’s even managed to curb his carnal impulses at the behest of his emotionally fragile wife, Adelaide.   Steadfastly in love, yet wary of a man’s touch, Adelaide longs to prove herself to the man whose offer of marriage was a rescue. After all, she had been at low ebb. Or so she claims—because there’s more to the chaste Adelaide than Tristan knows.   With Tristan’s career rising, the adulation of the ton stirs something thrilling in Adelaide she hasn’t felt in years. So does an unexpected visitor—Tristan’s boyhood friend, the sensationalist writer Lord James Dewhurst, a man with whom Adelaide shares a scandalous past. Now, as it comes to light, Adelaide discovers that the high cost of deception includes the trust of the husband she loves. And she’s willing to risk more than her reputation to win it back.   Shortlisted for a Favorite Historical Romance Award by the Australian Romance Readers Association, The Maid of Milan is “quite the page-turner . . . Certainly not your run-of-the-mill historical romance” (Romantic Historical Reviews). less