As the search for the missing Duke of Westfield intensifies, architect John Lascar rescues Westfield’s ward, Faith Harper, from ruination by the duke’s villainous uncle.  But his success triggers public retaliation, threatening Faith’s reputation and John’s livelihood.  Only the duke can counter the villain’s claims.  Desperate to protect Faith’s reputation, John searches the duchess’s diary for clues to the duke’s location.  Desperate to rescue John’s career, Faith seeks evidence to expose the villain.  But threatening him could cost them their lives.  Can they find the duke and admit their love before it is too late?

THE RAKE'S RAINBOW
Winner ~ Romantic Times Award, Best First Regency of 1996
January 1996

Only the most bizarre accident could wed Miss Caroline Cummings, an innocent vicar's daughter, to Thomas Mannering, a notorious rake whose debauchery has expelled him from polite society. But accidents can happen, and do. Now Caroline's happiness lies in the hands of a libertine who is besotted with another man's beautiful wife. How can she defeat such an Incomparable to win Thomas's heart?

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THE IMPOVERISHED VISCOUNT
July 1996

Lady Melissa Stapleton is adrift in a world of deception and desire. The evil Lord Heflin has her brother in his debt and Melissa at his mercy. She flees in terror, only to find herself in greater peril. Lord Rathbone is far more charming and seductive than Heflin, yet he is as infamous a rake as he is irresistible. Now he wants Melissa -- and not just to satisfy his lust. He demands that she pose as his bride-to-be, and with Heflin in hot pursuit, she can only agree. But deception imperils her reputation. Can her innocence survive Rathbone's growing desire -- and her own?

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THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
Winner ~ Holt Medallion, Best Regency of 1996
November 1996

Amanda Morrison infuriated her father when she eloped with the dashing Jack Morrison and chose to follow the drum. But his death at Waterloo left her an impoverished widow. Now she faces a different war -- with a father who will neither forget nor forgive her defiance. He lays down the law with a vengeance. She must live in seclusion and never disgrace the family name again. Above all, she must stay away from the haughty Duke of Norwood when he comes to court her half-sister, for so proper a peer would never ally himself with a family that contains so improper a daughter. Amanda readily agrees, for she has met the duke and heartily dislikes him. The trouble is, she can't keep away from the infuriating man -- and the more she sees of him, the harder the battle becomes between the duties of a duaghter and the desires of a woman.

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THE EARL'S REVENGE
Finalist ~ Award of Excellence Contest, Regency Category
Finalist ~Affaire de Coeur Reader/Writer Poll, Historical Category
April 1997

When the Earl of Bridgeport catches up with Elaine Thompson, the insignificant chit who left him standing at the altar, he plots the perfect revenge. But she won’t cooperate, initiating a battle of wits that threatens to destroy them both. Will she discover his deepest secret? Will he discover hers? Who will win this war of wills?

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THE UNSCRUPULOUS UNCLE
Winner ~ Laurel Wreath Award, Best Regency of 1997
November 1997

When Lord Devlin marries his childhood friend Catherine Braxton, rescuing her from life as a poor relation, it seems like a real Cinderella story. But happily ever after doesn’t follow. He had been poised to wed the beautiful Lady Hermione. Rumors accusing Catherine of tricking him grow more lurid when he continues to live in Hermione’s pocket. Can the unsophisticated Catherine defeat the worldly beauty to win his love? When she discovers the truth behind his proposal, she fears not.

LORD AVERY'S LEGACY
Finalist ~ Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, Regency Category
Finalist ~ 1998 Holt Medallion, Best Regency
Finalist ~ National Readers' Choice Awards
February 1998

When Lord Carrington is called in to save his ward from an unscrupulous fortune hunter, it sounds like a routine job for this dutiful head of the family. But that was before his carriage ran down Penelope Wingrave. Penelope wants only to raise her siblings in peace, but Carrington has other activities in mind. Despite her protestations of virtue, he can’t leave her alone. And when they become embroiled in the mystery surrounding Lord Avery’s life and death, the sparks really begin to fly. Join Penelope and Lord Carrington as a family secret, a lurking stranger, and a rampaging ostrich put them on a collision course with fate. How will they resolve the family feud that has raged for so long?

THE SECOND LADY EMILY
May 1998

Not until after novelist Cherlynn Cardington buys the Marquess of Broadbanks’s title does she discover that it is cursed. By then it’s too late, and she finds herself in regency England, temporarily occupying Lady Emily’s body. To break the curse, she must save Emily’s life and rescue Drew -- Lord Broadbanks’s heir -- from a dangerous betrothal. But it isn’t easy. Drew’s fiancée will do anything to stop her; the dutiful Emily’s family is appalled by her sudden independence; and she is falling in love with Drew. What should she do? Success will return her to her own time, but failure will condemn them all to death.

DEVALL'S ANGEL
Winner ~ Golden Quill Contest, Best Regency 1998
3rd Place ~ Laurel Wreath Contest
Finalist ~ 1998 Holt Medallion, Best Regency
Finalist ~ 1998 National Readers' Choice Awards, Best Regency
Finalist ~ Bookstores That Care Award, Best Regency 1998
August 1998

Angela Warren has an ideal suitor -- handsome, titled, wealthy, and the darling of the ton. So why do her eyes keep straying to the Marquess of Blackthorn? He is a man ostracized for seducing innocents, jilting his fiancée, abducting a countess, and fleecing a lord; a man suspected of killing several people. Yet the shivers he inspires arise from passion rather than fear. Can he really be as black as rumor reports? Can an innocent find happiness with a scoundrel of the first water?

TOO MANY MATCHMAKERS
October 1998

Nicholas, Marquess of Woodvale, has two purposes -- wooing Lady Bounty and assisting a cousin whose parents are forcing her into an unsuitable alliance. But Lady Bounty resists his charm, for Woodvale is the same libertine who shattered her heart ten years ago. She wants only to help a friend break an unwanted betrothal. The marriage mart never saw such scheming as everyone's plots run amok. Parents, matchmakers, even the participants pull strings to arrange the matches they believe are ordained. With so many fingers in the pie, is it any wonder that disastrous mésalliances result? Can anyone straighten out this ridiculous mess?

SECOND CHANCE
2nd Place ~ Northern Lights Novella Contest, Best Historical
originally published as a Novella in the anthology A REGENCY CHRISTMAS
November, 1998

Alice Walford and Jeremy Caristoke had planned to marry, but fate forced them apart, sending Alice to America, where she wed and was widowed. Now she is back in England, working as a governess to Jeremy's cousin. Can they rekindle an old desire?

Now available in Allison Lane's CHRISTMAS COLLECTION (E-Book)
Includes SECOND CHANCE (from A Regency Christmas), HEART'S DESIRE (from A Regency Christmas Present), and THE MARRIAGE STAKES (from A Regency Christmas Eve).

A CLANDESTINE COURTSHIP
January 1999 - in stores early December

When James, the new Earl of Ridgeway, returns home to investigate the murder of his elder brother, he discovers that his childhood sweetheart still lives in the area. Mary Northrup is now a widow, but she has mixed feelings about seeing James again. He left her heart in pieces when he disappeared ten years ago. And his brother was the bane of her existence for most of her life. She also has no intention of ever wedding again. But her determination does not deter James. He draws her into his investigation as an excuse to see her often. But he hadn't counted on the killer striking back. Will they live long enough to admit their love?

A BIRD IN HAND
Winner ~ Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence, Best Regency 1999
Finalist ~ Golden Quill, Best Regency 1999
April 1999 - in stores early March

A raging flood, a daring rescue, an inadvertent night alone with Lady Elizabeth. What can make this springtime journey worse? Randolph, heir to the Duke of Whitfield, discovers the answer when fate forces him to pose as a lowly scholar while his closest friend, Lord Sedgewick Wylie, masquerades as the duke’s heir. But greedy schemers pluck at his heels as he pursues his quest to satisfy honor and his own growing desire. Can he protect Sedgewick and avoid his own entrapment long enough to convince Elizabeth that her aversion to marriage should not apply to him?

BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Finalist -- Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards, Best Regency 2000
July 1999 - in stores early June

When Lord Sedgewick Wylie, London’s most influential dandy, discovers that his brother is courting Miss Joanna Patterson, companion and chaperon to a society widgeon, he is appalled. She is the same bespectacled moron he has already rescued from danger twice. Rumors denigrating her breeding and character abound. But shock turns to horror when he accidentally compromises her. How can society’s premier arbiter of fashion cope with a wife who stutters, who trips over her own feet, who blurts out embarrassing truths whenever she is nervous? And how can any man accept a wife who is in love with his brother?

DOUBLE DECEIT
Winner of 3rd place in the Laurel Wreath Contest, Best Regency 1999
October 1999 - in stores in October

Talk about tangled webs! To recover the estate his father lost to a cheat, Tony Linden must wed the cheat’s daughter. But Tony's reputation is the most scandalous in the realm, despite being entirely false. He can only succeed by hiding his identity until he wins her heart -- which will require the help of his vicar cousin. Alexandra Vale is appalled to discover her father’s crime. The only way to atone is to marry -- something she vowed never to do. But Tony’s reputation makes her doubt that she can go through with it. To protect herself while she makes up her mind, she exchanges identities with her companion. Even a notorious rakehell will not seduce a cripple. Her plan might have worked if fate had not kept her charade going. But truth has a way of intruding at the most awkward moments …

HEART'S DESIRE
originally published as a Novella in the anthology A REGENCY CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Finalist ~ RWA RITA, Best Novella 1999
Finalist ~ Northern Lights Novella Contest, Best Historical
October, 1999

Can a gift from a stranger help a war-weary cynic and a homeless widow find the happiness they so justly deserve? Join Captain Craig Curtiss and Emma Fairlawn in a heartwarming Christmas tale of love and hope.

Now available in Allison Lane's CHRISTMAS COLLECTION (E-Book)
Includes SECOND CHANCE (from A Regency Christmas), HEART'S DESIRE (from A Regency Christmas Present), and THE MARRIAGE STAKES (from A Regency Christmas Eve).

THE BELEAGUERED EARL
3rd Place ~ National Readers' Choice Awards, Best Regency 2000
Finalist ~ Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards, Best Regency 2000
March 2000

Can a house divided really prosper? Euphoric at winning an estate that will allow him to test his agricultural theories, Maxwell Longford, Earl of Merimont, plans a celebratory house party, not realizing that the estate is already occupied - not that it matters, for an argument with his father has left him no other home. Hope Ashburton is appalled when Merimont turns up on her doorstep, and she is incensed that he brought several rakes and courtesans with him. She cannot leave, for her invalid mother is too sick to move. Besides, she shouldn't have to. She has a lifetime lease on the place. The only solution is to share, but even partitioning the house can't protect her modesty for long. And frail barriers cannot prevent all contact, especially the dangerous kind…

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PROMISES TO KEEP
June 2000
originally published as a novella in the THE GRAND HOTEL Anthology

A deathbed vow sends Maggie Adams from America to England despite the war raging between the two countries. Her purpose is to meet the family she's never known, but only Marcus Widmer, a distant cousin, welcomes her. Others revive the plots that drove her father from the country all those years ago. But this time, she is their target. Can she survive such scheming with her own secrets intact? Keeping this promise may have been a fatal mistake ...

 

Now available in TWO BEAUX AND A PROMISE, Allison's Novella Collection (E-Book)
Includes For Richer or Poorer, The Three Beaux, part 2; The Ultimate Magic, The Three Beaux, part 3; and Promises to Keep

THE MARRAGE STAKES
originally published as a Novella in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS EVE Anthology
2nd Place ~ National Readers' Choice Awards, Best Novella 2000
October 2000

Family custom requires that the Earl of Westlake announce his betrothal on Christmas Eve, but he can't decide which candidate will make the best wife. Pressure mounts and strife threatens to tear the family apart -- until the day he rescues Sophie Landess and her very pregnant sister from a carriage accident. Is Sophie the peacemaker who can smooth the rifts in his contentious family and help him choose the best countess?

Now available in Allison Lane's CHRISTMAS COLLECTION (E-Book)
Includes SECOND CHANCE (from A Regency Christmas), HEART'S DESIRE (from A Regency Christmas Present), and THE MARRIAGE STAKES (from A Regency Christmas Eve).

THE NOTORIOUS WIDOW
2nd Place ~ Laurel Wreath Awards, Best Regency 2001
November 2000
(Book 1 of the Seabrook Trilogy)

When the Earl of Rockhurst agrees to investigate the rumors swirling around a friend's widowed sister, he doesn't realize that she is the same woman he insulted unforgivingly only the day before. Nor does he realize that his friend's real purpose is to match him with a younger sister in desperate need of a husband. Catherine Parrish knows that redeeming her reputation is impossible -- a powerful neighbor is depicting her as the greatest sinner of all time -- but her brother gives her no choice. Somehow she must bare her soul to this intriguing stranger without risking her heart. Sparks fly as they fight to save her family from ruin. Can Rockhurst succeed in turning a sinner into a saint?

THE RAKE AND THE WALLFLOWER
1st Place ~ Holt Medallion Award, Best Regency 2001
Finalist ~ Golden Quill Contest, Best Regency 2001
October 2001
(Book 2 of the Seabrook Trilogy)

When shy, stammering Mary Seabrook ducks behind a screen of palms, she doesn't expect to run into the most notorious rake in the realm. She is surprised that she can speak naturally to him and shocked that he shares her interest in ornithology. Too bad his reputation makes friendship impossible. Lord Grayson knows he should avoid innocents - too many are after his fortune. Yet he can't avoid Miss Seabrook. She is everywhere - uncovering his secrets, saving his life, and deflecting a plot by a scheming miss. And when he suffers an odd string of accidents, she forces him to admit that someone is trying to kill him. Mary holds the key to the stalker's identity. Can they unmask the villain before Grayson suffers one accident too many?

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THE PURLOINED PAPERS
Winner ~ Orange Rose Contest, Best Regency 2002
2nd Place ~ Write Touch Reader's Awards, Best Regency 2002
April 2002
(Book 3 of the Seabrook Trilogy)

When Captain Andrew Seabrook returns home after Waterloo, he recognizes his sister's companion as the woman he wronged eleven years ago. Now danger threatens her and her family as a villain seeks to recover papers that can send him to the gibbet. Can Chloe and Andrew find him before it is too late?

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