Anna St. ClAire
Usa Today Bestselling Author
Sweet & Sassy Historical Romance
Rogue Hearts
Scandal Beneath the stars
A shocking discovery…
After years abroad, Slade Mason, the Earl of Drake returns home to discover his father is dead and his brother is severely wounded in a carriage accident. His suspicions on high alert, Slade embarks on an investigation to root out the killer.
A secret love…
Lady Bella Stewart is in London for her first Season, but she can’t help compare every potential suitor to her brother’s best friend, Slade, who went abroad years ago to seek his fortune. When Bella bumps into Slade at a bookshop in town she’s not only surprised to see him, she’s shocked at the tragic circumstances surrounding his return. Despite her deep feelings of attraction to Slade, Bella vows to help him with his investigation.
As Slade and Bella risk their lives to uncover the deadly truth in Slade’s family will they dare risk their hearts to discover true love?
Also featured in the Christmas on Scandal Lane Anthology (2021 RONE Finalist).
the duke's golden belle
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He needs a duchess…
Michael Ballard, the seventh Duke of Clarence hates being a duke, a title that was supposed to belong to his older brother Daniel if he hadn’t died in a reckless riding accident just weeks after their father’s passing. And thanks to a marriage contract signed by their father, Michael now finds himself betrothed to Lady Isabelle Griffith. It’s not that Michael is opposed to the idea of marriage, just being forced into one. Not only is Lady Isabelle his sister’s best friend from childhood but she was meant to marry Daniel. How in the world is Michael supposed to see her as his future wife?
She needs a miracle…
Ever since her twin brother Marcus went missing when they were children, Isabelle has felt physically ill in crowded places and the thought of attending Society functions, let alone hosting her own, makes her shake with dread. Isabelle has no choice but to accept this marriage agreement and become Michael’s future wife, but how in the world will she manage her fears?
An arranged marriage forces them together, but secret fears might drive them apart. Can the Christmas season work its magic with the golden glow of love?
(Originally part of the Christmas Wallflowers group author series.)
a widow's perfect rogue
She wants to forget their past…
Miss Francesca (Frankie) Wickersham’s impulsive tryst with Viscount Thomas Latham was unknowingly witnessed by Society’s worst gossip, leaving her family no choice but to force a wedding. But when Thomas could not be found, Frankie was married off to a much older man. Now, wealthy and widowed, Frankie craves something she never experienced while married — love. But after a chance meeting with Thomas, the man she thought she loved all those years ago, whose conspicuous disappearance ruined her reputation, Frankie wants nothing to do with him.
He wants to believe in their future…
Five years ago, his business obligations forced Thomas away, with barely enough time to send a message to Frankie, the woman he loved. When he returned to find her married and out of his reach, shock and hurt sent him reeling. Despite that pain, no woman has compared to her since. After an accidental meeting reveals she is now a widow, Thomas has renewed hope. But first, he must convince her of his heart and intentions, even though his roguish reputation says otherwise.
Can Frankie and Andrew break through the pain of the past to catch a second chance at love?
A Wicked Widow's League Romance (Book 11)
kissed by a scoundrel
COMING 8.6.24
Sometimes fate can bring together two people who were never meant to meet…
Marriage is the one thing he avoids…
Lord Sebastian Soren, known as Slice to his friends, earned his nickname on the battlefield during his stellar military service. Now a successful security expert, Sebastian is quite content traveling the world and enjoying pleasurable liaisons with delectable widows. Marriage is the last thing on his mind. After all, as the second son of a duke, he has no need for the parson’s mousetrap. But when Sebastian agrees to protect his friend’s sister while she’s in London for the Season, his entire life is turned upside down.
Marriage is the one dream she lost…
Katie Latham has spent the past year in mourning after the tragic death of her fiancé during a robbery. Carrying a burden of guilt and grief, Katie develops a fear of leaving her house. When her family finally convinces her to re-enter Society, she realizes that to conquer her fears, she must learn to protect herself, and who better to teach her than the man everyone calls Slice?
Drawn to each other from the first moment their eyes meet across a glittering ballroom, Katie and Sebastian discover how they truly feel when danger threatens to destroy everything they hold dear.
Originally part of the Peers & Parasols anthology.
a scoundrel all the way
COMING 10.8.24
A Wicked Widows’ League Romance (Book 19)
What happens when the ton’s most infamous rogue meets the ton’s most infamous wallflower?
No man adores women more than Rowan Garrison, the newly minted, seventh Earl of Sexton …
Known as “The Scoundrel,” Rowan was the Crown’s top agent in France until his assignment ended abruptly thanks to his most recent contretemps—due to a few stolen kisses with the wife of a powerful general. When Rowan finds out that he’s just inherited an earldom from his late great-uncle, he gets some stern but valuable advice from his beleaguered mentor. “Run your estates, get married, and start making babies before another husband calls you out with pistols at dawn.” Hoping to relax before he settles into his new obligations, Rowan accepts an invitation to a house party in Middlesex from his friend, Viscount Thomas Latham. It would be among friends, far away from those scandals on the Continent. What could possibly go wrong?
No woman avoids men more than Lady Lucy Jeffreys…
Known as “unlucky Lucy,” after “tossing up her accounts” all over the ballroom floor at her very first ball, and then falling for and eloping with a criminal imposter, she is widowed practically before the ink is dry. Lucy vows to avoid another disaster and shuns ton events. Besides, she prefers spending her time rescuing animals and hopes to convince her grandfather to invest in an animal sanctuary—her latest idea. But when her best friend, Lady Katie Latham, invites Lucy to spend Christmastide at her brother Thomas’s estate, Lucy agrees, thinking it would be nice to spend the holiday among friends. Besides, what could go wrong?
With the help of a few Wicked Widows and a little Christmas magic, Lucy and Rowan find out that the last thing they want might be the one thing they need most of all.