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She refused to become his duchess. Now she's fleeing into a frozen night with a sharp-tongued Scottish stable hand.
Edith Bromley is to marry the infamous Duke Valtravers, a man whose scandalous reputation precedes him by several counties, and whose bed is already occupied the very night before their wedding. So, Edith does the only sensible thing: she packs a carpet bag, pulls on her breeches, and runs.
What she doesn't plan for is Robbie Stewart — a broad-shouldered, infuriatingly perceptive Scotsman who sees through every excuse she offers and refuses to let her ride off alone into a December blizzard. He has his own reasons for needing to disappear, and now they're both fugitives — on foot, half-frozen, sharing a draughty barn and the kind of forced proximity that makes sensible people do very foolish things. He's quick with a laugh, quicker with a plan, and entirely too warm to stand beside when the wind howls.
Valtravers is not a man to accepts humiliation quietly, and every mile between Edith and the altar is a mile he intends to close. Can Edith outrun a duke's fury, her family's expectations, and her own inconvenient feelings for the man beside her — before the road north runs out?
Regency Runway Brides is a new multi-author series launching August 26. All titles can be pre-ordered now and will then be available in Kindle Unlimited for a short while.
My contribution is My True Love Fled With Me.
These are the first six titles. We'll be adding more soon. Titles with the green badge are sweet, and those with the red badge are steamy.
Get the whole series here and enjoy this festive collection of Regency romance with all your favourite tropes.
About Ebony
Ebony lives in Melbourne, Australia and used to be a journalist at several suburban newspapers. Then she turned her hand to writing romance and hasn't looked back.
Her earlier novels lean heavily into what these days is called Romantasy. Think The Princess Bride or My Lady Jane, that sort of thing. Fun and frolics, a little magic and mayhem, with lashings of sweet romance and true love.
The Ondine series is available in ebook and paperback bundles at a special discount to website visitors.
The Bookshop Belles are here
A charming new series from award winning authors Catherine Bilson and Ebony Oaten. The Bookshop Belles follows the adventures of four sisters left to manage the business while their father is in France rescuing rare books.
You can purchase the ebook or paperback of book 1: Estelle's Ardent Admirer now, and we're confident you'll love the rest of the books in the series.
When her father departs for France in search of rare books, Estelle Baxter is left to manage Baxter’s Fine Books—and her younger sisters—in the bustling town of Hatfield. Practical, determined, and far too busy to entertain notions of marriage, Estelle is focused on keeping the bookshop afloat and her family’s reputation intact. But her orderly world is thrown into disarray when an infuriatingly charming stranger waltzes into her shop.
Felix Yates, the rakish grandson of a local baron, has returned from his Grand Tour with little interest in settling down—until he meets the spirited Miss Baxter. Intrigued by her wit, resilience, and no-nonsense attitude, Felix finds himself drawn to the beautiful woman who seems determined to resist him at every turn.
As rumours swirl about Estelle’s father’s safety and a meddling cousin threatens to take the shop, Estelle and Felix find their lives increasingly intertwined. But can a woman determined to protect her independence trust a man who always gets what he wants? And is Felix ready to prove he’s more than just a wealthy aristocrat with too much charm for his own good?
With family loyalty, financial woes, and a mischievous cat named Crafty complicating matters, Estelle must choose between guarding her heart and risking it all for the one man who might just be her perfect match.
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To All The Earls I've Loved Before is a new linked series of sweet Regency novellas that Ebony worked on with several fabulous authors.
They are available in Kindle Unlimited to read for free or can be purchased separately.
Get them here and enjoy the earls.
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