10 Sabrina Jeffries Books Filled With Irresistible Romance Tropes

Welsh widow Catrin Price is haunted by a family death curse: Any man who marries into her family must first drink from an ancient Druid chalice sold by her ancestor long ago or risk certain doom. But when Catrin finds the chalice, its former owner ends up dead and everyone believes her to be the killer. Who will believe her innocent with the man’s treasure in her hands? 

Scholar Evan Newcome travels to Wales to confront the woman who apparently killed his friend. She turns out to be a stunning beauty who shares his love of Welsh mythology, and she truly believes in the curse of this mysterious chalice. Now, others are after the chalice and will do anything to get their hands on it. Can Catrin and Evan uncover the mystery and survive?

The first wedding night that Lady Juliana St. Albans spent with the brooding Rhys Vaughan was perfect, but then he disappeared the next morning. Soon thereafter, he was declared dead in a shipwreck, leaving Juliana to mourn the husband she barely knew. 

Six years later, she's ready to marry another man, but then Rhys Vaughan turns up on her door and wants to reclaim what is rightfully his. This Rhys is different: he's colder, bolder, and convinced his wife betrayed him. The passion is still there, but where is the trust? And what happened to him all those years ago?

The Sharpes: A quintet of hell-raising siblings cursed to be social outcasts thanks to a shocking family legacy. They're nicknamed the Hellions of Halstead Hall, and they've each been tasked with a daunting ultimatum - marry by year's end—or lose every penny of their inheritance. 

Oliver Sharpe, the Marquess of Stoneville, must settle down and wed, but he won't follow the rules. His plan? Bring home a fake fiancée from a brothel, just to spite his vicious grandmother! His scheme is derailed when he rescues Maria Butterfield, an American woman looking for her missing fiancé. But her engagement won't stop Oliver from getting what he wants.

Everyone knows that the brother of Maximilian Cale, the Duke of Lyons, is dead. So, why is it that an investigator leaving Max cryptic notes believes otherwise? Max seeks out Lisette Bonnaud, the investigator's sister, for answers. Tristan Bonnaud has gone missing, and Max needs answers. Lisette convinces Max to accompany her to Paris to jointly search for their loved ones. 

Posing as husband and wife, they must infiltrate French high society and find the truth. Can a disgraced English duke and the illegitimate daughter of a viscount find out what really happened, and what about the brimming tension between them that they can no longer ignore?

Edwin Barlow, the Earl of Blakeborough, has agreed to help his best friend's ward. Lady Clarissa Lindsey has no desire to be a mere wife and would rather carve out her own destiny. But she's got no other options, and a powerful French diplomat is stalking her. Edwin can protect her, although he's also been hunting for a wife, and he can't stop thinking about this sharp-minded beauty who defies all his expectations. 

When matters escalate with the diplomat, Clarissa and Edwin agree to a marriage of convenience between friends, nothing more. Their kisses, however, are more than friendly, and the stalker's threats cannot help but bring them closer together.

American artist Jeremy Keane wants to dedicate his life to his craft rather than return home and take over his father's business. Besides, there are far more fun things to do in London among the city's beautiful women. He's looking for the perfect model for his magnum opus. 

When he meets Lady Yvette Barlow, he realizes she is the most stunning woman he's ever seen and must commit her visage to the canvas. No stranger to scandal, heiress Yvette agrees to be Keane’s subject, but only if he can help her gain entry to the city’s brothels so she can find a missing woman and solve a long-hidden mystery. It's a very practical partnership... right up until it's not...

When Diego Montalvo moved next door to Charlotte Harris’s School for Young Ladies, his main goal was to find the long-lost granddaughter of a Spanish Marques and return her to his native Spain. He is convinced he's found her at the school. 

Lucy Seton fits the criteria, but there's only one way to confirm it. He'll need to see if she has a distinctive birthmark in a hard-to-see place. A quick seduction will do the trick, but it doesn't take long for the Spanish magician to find himself entranced by the spell of love...

This Restoration era romance, written under the name Deborah Martin, was first published in 1993. Marianne Winchilsea is running for her life from those whom she believes have attempted to kill the king. She can trust nobody with her fears, but especially not Garett Lockwood, the Earl of Falkham, who kicked her family out of their home after ten years of exile and seems intent on destroying them all. 

When he sees Marianne, he believes her to be a traveller woman of no importance, but he can't take his eyes off her. Is she a spy for his nefarious uncle? Or something far deadlier? In this world, treason is common and nobody can truly be trusted, but the passion between this pair is undeniable. 

Heiress Charlotte eloped with a dashing soldier and found herself broke and alone after he burned through her entire inheritance then got himself killed in a duel. She wants to make sure no other woman befalls the same fate, and so Mrs. Harris’s School for Young Ladies was formed. 

The School for Heiresses compiles four short stories inspired by Jeffries' series, with contributions by Liz Carlyle, Julia London, Renee Bernard, and Jeffries herself. Here, Carlotte helps to teach young eligible women to be independent and weed out selfish fortune hunters in favor of true love. If only it were that easy to find the perfect husband.

Jeffries contributed a short story to this collection of festive historical romances alongside fellow authors Karen Hawkins, Candace Camp, and Meredith Duran. Her tale is "The Heiress and the Hothead" and focuses on two strangers from vastly different worlds who meet one cold Winter's night and immediately find their passions inflamed. 

Lord Stephen seems like the polar opposite of American heiress Amanda Keane, but the more they butt heads, the more they realize that they might just be perfect for one another.