These are contemporary paranormal romantic suspense novels. Unfortunately all the Deborah Nicholas titles are out of print and cost a pretty penny used. But you might get lucky, and if you do, you may enjoy them. They’re shown here from oldest to most recent.
In this brand new series, three lords, detained in France during the Napoleonic war, return home after years abroad in a prison camp to find that everything has changed, both in England and their families. It will take women of extraordinary talent and strength to teach them about love and help bring the person who betrayed them in France to justice.
A successful debut requires a smashing social event, and in the Designing Debutantes series, the key ingredient is Elegant Occasionsâ a talk of the ton trio of creative, enterprising young ladies who've rejected working as governesses to become party planners. And if they, and their wealthy clients, happen to find love along the way, it just makes their efforts more rewarding...
The Sinful Suitors series is centered around the newly formed St. George's Club, founded by a group of well-meaning gentlemen who conspire to keep their unattached sisters and wards out of the clutches of sinful suitors. Which works fine... except for when the sinful suitors are members!
Dominick Manton, the disinherited younger son of a viscount, refuses to let his lot in life ruin his future success. Instead, he opens Manton Investigations, specializing in finding missing persons, and employs his illegitimate half-sister, Lisette Bonnaud. When they take on the Duke of Lyons' case involving their other illegitimate sibling, Tristan Bonnaud, neither realizes they're beginning something extraordinary. Because the secrets they uncover will rock the dukedom and alter their own futures until the agency becomes, by popular acclaim... The Duke's Men.
When the Sharpe children lost their parents in a tragedy nineteen years ago, it sent them into free fall, which is where they've been ever since. Their rich maternal grandmother has been supporting Oliver (the Marquess of Stoneville), Jarret, Minerva, Gabriel, and Celia, but now she has issued an ultimatum: all of them must marry or all will be cut off. Now they're scrambling to decide what to do with their lives. Do they give in to Gran's demands? Or do they fight to thwart her somehow?
After heiress Charlotte elopes with a dashing soldier who runs through her entire inheritance before having the good sense to get himself killed in a duel, she vows to keep other young women from making her mistake. So, with the help of a mysterious and anonymous benefactor, she establishes Mrs. Harris's School for Young Ladies that caters to heiresses' discreetly. Her private Lessons for Heiresses are quite informative, and before long wealthy parents are scrambling to have their daughters admitted to what the gossips deem Mrs. Harris's School for Heiresses. The only trouble is, they probably wouldn't approve of everything their daughters are learning!
When The Pirate Lord kidnaps a shipload of convict women, little does he know he's about to meet a stepsister and stepbrother, Sara Willis and the Earl of Blackmore, who will alter his very future. Nor does he expect to find two friends in the earl and the Viscount St. Clair. These three men's stories form the Lord trilogy.
Set in Wales during the tumultuous late Georgian era and early Regency, these two books written under the Deborah Martin pseudonym center around one couple's story of betrayal and redemption, followed by the story of their protege and the love he finds with a shy, scholar of myths and folklore. Although the books have been reworked to improve the pace and sharpen the writing, they're still darker and more dramatic than the Sabrina Jeffries books, with more emphasis on the historical backdrop. But her characteristic sexual tension and some of her humor still shine through.
Set in the Restoration period of Charles II, when theaters were first using women actresses in female parts and men like the famous libertine Lord Rochester were swaggering about London, this two-book series was originally published under the Deborah Martin pseudonym. Although the books have been reworked to improve the pace and reflect Sabrina's changing interests, they still represent a different kind of work. Dark, dramatic, and emotional, they nonetheless still seethe with Sabrina's characteristic sexual tension, encapsulating an era she has always found fascinating.
In these short fiction selections, readers will find all of the romance, wit, and charm they have come to expect from a Sabrina Jeffries novel packaged in a read-all-in-one-sitting format. This selection of novellas, short stories, and e-book shorts will give readers a quick fix of Sabrina's storytelling when they're in between reading her novels.
Most of the books written as Deborah Martin are unavailable new, but you can still find copies in used bookstores and online used outlets (including Amazon and Barnes and Noble). For more info, go to my How to Find My Books page. The Deborah Martin historicals are denser and less humorous than my Sabrina Jeffries books, but if you are looking for sexual tension, both styles have plenty of it.
