The Unhinged Historical Romance Collection Vol 1: The Early Disasters

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Respectability was attempted…and lost. 

What do you get when you cross a perilously dignified duke, a governess with alphabetical rage issues, a baby of mysterious origin, and a goose with delusions of legal authority?
Catastrophe. Twice before tea, three times before the scandal sheets hit the stands. All in one collection.

Inside this collection:
• The Duke’s Golden Catastrophe:

Dorian Blackthorn Ravenshade, Duke of Hawksmoor, has survived duels, scandals, and an inexplicable number of collapsing chandeliers. His life is a carefully cultivated exercise in dignified suffering—until Lady Seraphina Fawnwhisper plummets directly into his existence (and occasionally into his arms) with the destructive grace of a Regency-era hurricane.

She is chaos. He is order. And fate—assisted by a deeply malevolent goose—has decided they are to be very much in love. Between mysterious duels, catastrophic misunderstandings, and one very persistent waterfowl, Hawksmoor finds himself drawn into London’s most outrageous scandal yet. Can he survive Seraphina’s endless disasters? Or will he succumb to the most shocking fate of all—marriage? A Regency Romance Gone Terribly, Terribly Wrong. Features: Untrustworthy chandeliers, an unwanted pirate suitor, and an all-knowing goose.

• Rake & the Pearl-Clutcher:
Miss Prudence Fairweather has always believed in virtue, restraint, and the healing power of alphabetical order. But when three hellion sisters, a scandalous rake, and one wildly misused settee lead to a very public, very accidental engagement, she finds herself betrothed to the one man guaranteed to send her spiraling into sin: Lord Phineas Markham.

Phineas is a rake. Or he was. Or he’s trying not to be. It’s unclear—he’s working through it in a series of confusing, impassioned monologues. Each more dramatic than the last. And each featuring a tragic backstory with entirely new details. Again. Now Prudence must preserve her reputation, deny her increasingly indecent thoughts, and survive a fake engagement with a man who keeps taking his shirt off in emotionally symbolic ways. He’s chaos. She’s clinging to decorum by her petticoats. And somewhere in the hedges, a goose is watching. Judging.

• A Rake, A Lady, and A Baby:
One rake. One lady. One extremely confusing baby. Lady Honoria Culpepper has always done the proper thing—right up until the night she’s caught kissing a highwayman during a robbery. Now the ton believes she’s been abducted, ravished, and possibly married. Honoria would very much like everyone to stop talking about it. Unfortunately, the highwayman in question refuses to disappear quietly.

Gabriel “Dreadmoor” Everleigh is a rake, a scoundrel, and possibly a menace to society. He hadn’t meant to ruin anyone’s reputation—but since he has, he might as well seduce the lady in question. For justice. And fun. But when Honoria returns from a mysterious absence carrying a baby and absolutely no explanation, society loses its collective mind. Now there are wagers, duels, fainting debutantes, and a goose in the church rafters. Gabriel, for his part, is spiraling—emotionally, romantically, and possibly into fatherhood. She’s lying. He’s panicking. The baby is innocent (probably). And the goose? The goose has seen things

For fans of satirical, absurd romantic comedy parodies, old-school bodice-rippers, and books that refuse to take themselves seriously.

WARNING: Contains wildly dramatic prose, excessive cravat-related tension, and zero historical accuracy. Read at your own risk.