My two Regency romances are on the Kindle Bestsellers in Regency Romance List, and the Kindle Bestseller in Regency Historical Romances List!
The Duke's Downfall is #3 on the Regency Romance List, #4 on the Regency Historical List. Captain Rakehell is #6 on both lists! Look fast -- these lists update several times a day.
Thank you, Kindle readers! With all my heart, thank you!
I'm amazed and excited. Amazed because I wrote these books 20 years ago. Excited because it means there's still a market for short Regency romances. New York publishers gave up on them years ago, because they thought the readership was too small. Obviously Kindle readers disagree.
In the early 90's when I wrote Captain Rakehell and and The Duke's Downfall, Fawcett, Signet, Avon and Kensington (if memory serves) all published 4 to 6 short Regencies every month. These short novels were less than 60,000 words. I call them category romances for the ton; that's a Regency term for the British aristocracy.
I love the Regency period, and I love Regency romances. I've read zillions of them. Everyone who loves Regencies loves Georgette Heyer. My second favorite Regency author is Marion Chesney. My favorite of all her books is Deirdre and Desire.
I wrote Captain Rakehell first about Lord Lesley Earnshaw. The Duke's Downfall is the sequel about Lesley's older brother, Charles, the Duke of Braxton. I'd planned to write a third book about Charles and Lesley's youngest brother, Teddy, and then New York decided to throw in the towel on Regency romances.
That was then, and this is now so sometime this year I'll write that third book about Teddy. The title is The Terror of the Ton, which describes Teddy perfectly. I can't wait to get started!
Thanks again, Kindle readers! You're the best!
And thanks to the very talented Pati Nagle for the great covers.
2 comments:
Congratulations. That is wonderful news. I'm pretty sure I read Captain Rakehell back in the eighties along with hundreds of others; because the title appeals to me now, just as I'm sure it would have appealed to me then. It's nice to know that the more traditional Regencies are doing well as Ebooks, since they were always such a pleasure to read.
Thanks, Teresa. I'm excited, too, that readers are enjoying traditional Regencies, which are my favorites. I see that you wrote one, too, "A Very Merry Chase." Yea! Let's keep Regencies alive. I'll look for your book on Kindle.
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