Regency Romance Books by Kelly Bowen for Bridgerton Fans

August Faulkner is famous for his business prowess, and infamous for his playboy ways. He buys up failing companies, sells them off at a massive profit, and cashes in every time. Nobody should stand his way. But Clara Hayward isn't afraid of any old Duke. As the headmistress of the Haverhall School for Young Ladies, she's used to dealing with disobedience. She's not ready, however, for what happens when she reunites with August ten years after she was last in his arms. Even though her head knows that he is only back in her life to take over her family's business, her heart has other ideas.

Elise deVries is a legend of the London stage, enchanting theater goers every night. By day, however, she has a secret life as a master of disguise, working for Chegarre & Associates, an elite agency known for its discreet handling of messy social scandals. Her latest mission: to find the missing Duke of Ashland. Noah Ellery left the glamour of the London aristocracy to pursue a simpler life in the country. He's managed to avoid drama and questions of his identity, but once he lays eyes on Elise, he knows that things are about to get a lot more complicated.

Lady Viola Hextall is bored and alone on an ocean voyage  from London to New York. She is in desperate need of a distraction, preferably one of the "handsome and single duke" variety. While looking for a worthwhile diversion, she strikes up a conversation with the ship's gorgeous surgeon, Nathaniel Shaw. He's immediately taken by Viola's adventurous spirit. Maybe he can convince her to abandon a life of high society in favor of thrills on the high seas.

William Somerhall has no desire to give up being a rogue. It's made him rich, popular, and free. Why swap a life of gambling and seduction for anything else? Well, now he's moved back in with his mother, and the Dowager Duchess of Worth has high plans to meddle in her son's life. First, however, he must deal with Miss Jenna Hughes, his mother's social companion and an independent beauty he cannot ignore. Jenna and her boss have been in the "redistribution business," taking from the rich and giving to the poor. It was all going well until William came back. If he thinks he can out-rogue her, he has another thing coming.

Alexander Lavoie runs his club with an iron fist. He should have thrown out the mysterious and bewitching blonde stranger at the vingt-et-un table when he saw her counting cards. But he cannot help but be drawn to her instead. He wants her in his bed, but first, he'll have to devise a proposition she can't turn down. Angelique Archer was desperate and needed the money. Cheating in a gambling den was a bad idea, but now, the club owner has offered her a deal to come work with him. Refusing him means facing starvation, but she's not sure how long she'll be able to stay sensible around Alexander… especially if he keeps looking at her like that.

Captain Maximus Harcourt is not your typical duke. He's more comfortable at sea, traversing tropical storms and fighting pirates, than he is with the trappings of high society. But now he's returned home, only to find a dead and naked earl tied to his missing sister's bed. There's only one person he can turn to in his quest for answers: Miss Ivory Moore of Chegarre & Associates, London's best detective and fixer of scandals. 

Max has never met anyone quiet like Miss Moore: she's strong, confident, and utterly in control. He's enraptured by Ivory, but is he ready to give himself over to her? And what of the naked earl? Is it a sign that someone wants Max dead?

Many years ago, Gisele Whitby disappeared to escape her abusive husband. Now she lives a quiet life under a new name. But she must risk it all to save another innocent girl from the same fate, and she'll need assistance. Jamie Montcrief is a disaster magnet who's far too used to waking up confused and naked with no idea of how he got there. But this is the first time he's done so and been offered a job. Gisele needs his help to save a woman at risk, and how can he say no to something this exciting, or a woman this intriguing?

After Waterloo, Eli Dawes, Earl of Rivers, was presumed dead. If it were up to him, he would have kept it that way. But he's alive, scarred both physically and mentally, and all he wants to do is hide away from the world in his secluded country house. But when he returns home and tries to sneak into his old bedroom in the middle of the night, he's shocked to find someone already there. 

Rose Hayward never expects to see Eli in her room at the house currently rented by Haverhall School for Young Ladies. She's still mad at him for convincing her late fiancé to betray her, but there's also a tension between them she can't deny. There's something about him, scars and all, that ignites a passion in her to paint, and to love, if only he'll let her.

Lady Charlotte Beaumont has spent her whole life being ignored by the world, including her own parents. Being sidelined gave her the freedom to develop her painting skills, but no artistic institution will let a woman beyond their doors. She wants to be accepted into the Royal Academy, and a connection at the Haverhall School for Young Ladies gets Charlotte her dream commission. So what if she has to disguise herself as "Charlie" to make it happen? 

Flynn Rutledge rose from a lowly upbringing to become a beloved artist. He needs this new commission to secure his future, but this Charlie person keeps getting in the way. Nothing can prepare him for the truth of their identity, and the spark they ignite in one another.

Heath Hextall has never been interested in his duties as an earl. He'd rather focus on his businesses, but now he needs to find a wife and get an heir sorted out as quickly as possible. Lady Josephine Somerhall also has no desire to marry. While she has always loved Heath, she loves the freedom of single life. But Heath is both irresistible and has a mystery he wants her to solve involving an encoded file given to him by a dying man. Perhaps the reluctant earl and the chaotic adventurer can bring out the best in one another.