Regency books
James Winderfield, exiled third son of the Duke of Winshire, is back to inherit the ducal title.
In 1812, high Society is rocked by the return of the Earl of Sutton, heir to the dying Duke of Winshire. James Winderfield, Earl of Sutton, Winshire's third and only surviving son, has long been thought dead, but his reappearance is not nearly such a shock as those he brings with him, the children of his deceased Persian-born wife and fierce armed retainers, both men and women.
The Duke of Haverford, his one-time rival in love, sets out to destroy him, and his children with him, but Sutton is no longer the friendless, open-hearted youth that was exiled for his temerity. Even inheriting his father’s title won’t stop his enemies from trying to kill him. But no one, his people whisper, ever wins against the King of the Mountains.
As the new Duke of Winshire’s four older children and his twin nieces navigate society to find acceptance and a love of their own, Winshire rekindles his acquaintance with the influential and beloved matriarch, Eleanor, Duchess of Haverford. Their time is long past; their friendship, though, is golden.
Paradise Regained (prequel novella)
James yearns to end a long journey in the arms of his loving family. But his father’s agents offer the exiled prodigal forgiveness and a place in Society — if he abandons his foreign-born wife and children to return to England.
With her husband away, Mahzad faces revolt, invasion and betrayal in the mountain kingdom they built together. A queen without her king, she will not allow their dream and their family to be destroyed.
To Wed a Proper Lady — The Barbarian and the Bluestocking (novel 1 in the series)
Everyone knows James needs a bride with impeccable blood lines. He needs Sophia’s love more.
James, eldest son of the Earl of Sutton, must marry to please his grandfather, the Duke of Winshire, and to win social acceptance for himself and his father’s other foreign-born children. But only Lady Sophia Belvoir makes his heart sing, and to win her, he must invite himself to spend Christmas at the home of his father’s greatest enemy: the man who is fighting in Parliament to have his father's marriage declared invalid and the Winderfield children made bastards.
Sophia keeps secret her tendre for James, Lord Elfingham. After all, the whole of Society knows he is pursuing the younger Belvoir sister, not the older one left on the shelf after two failed betrothals. Even when he asks for her hand in marriage, she still can't quite believe that he loves her.
(This book was first published as a novella, and has been extensively rewritten to make it a novel. The novella was in the Bluestocking Belles' collection Holly and Hopeful Hearts.)
A chef from the slums, however talented, is no fit mate for the cousin of a duke, however distant. But Cedrica Grenford can dream. (novella)
To Mend the Broken-Hearted — The Healer and the Hermit (Novel 2)
Trained as a healer, Ruth Winderfield is happiest in a sickroom. When she's caught up in a smallpox epidemic and finds herself quarantined at the remote manor of a reclusive lord, the last thing she expects is to find her heart's desire. A pity he does not feel the same. She must return to London’s ballrooms, where the wealth of her family and the question over her birth make her a target for the unscrupulous and a pariah to the high-sticklers.
Valentine, Earl of Ashbury, is horrified when an impertinent bossy female turns up with several sick children, including the two girls he is responsible for. He hasn’t seen his niece and his daughter—if she is his daughter—since his faithless wife and treacherous brother died three years ago. He reluctantly gives them shelter. Even more reluctantly, he helps with the nursing.
When Ruth goes, she takes his heart with him. When jealous relatives lie about their time together, Val must face his past and win her back, not just for himself, but for the children he has come to love.
Melting Matilda (A novella in the Bluestocking Belle’s collection, Fire & Frost, published as stand-alone in May 2021)
Sparks flew a year ago when the Granite Earl kissed the Ice Princess under the mistletoe. Matilda Grenford is a lady and the ward of a duchess, but the daughter of a famous courtesan. Charles, Earl of Hamner, seeks a countess of impeccable bloodlines, not one whose scandalous birth would offend every noble ancestor back to the Norman Conquest. But neither of them can forget that kiss.
To Claim the Long-Lost Lover — The Diamond and the Doctor (this book)
Sarah Winderfield has refused dozens of marriage offers since Nathaniel Beauclair convinced her to run away with him eight years ago, and then disappeared without a word or a trace. But now she needs a husband. She has a child to love and to protect, and the child needs a father.
She does not expect to meet Nate when she ventures back into the marriage mart. Should she let him explain why he deserted her? Can she believe him?
Dragged back to England to feed his father's pride in family, Nate refuses to give into the man's demands that he take a wife. But his father mentions Sarah Winderfield, he rushes to London. Those who beat and abducted him insisted that she was to be married within the month, but she is still single. Surely they can find again the promise they believed in when they were young?
Through a labyrinth of old rumours and new enemies, two long-lost lovers must decide whether or not to claim one another, and win the bright future they both desire.
Coming in September 2021
To Tame the Wild Rake — The Sinner and the Saint
The Marquis of Aldridge doesn't want to yearn for the sister of a friend from his raking days. Especially since she has rejected him in no uncertain terms. Charlotte Winderfield, niece of the Mountain King, keeps a secret that bars her from marriage, but even if she found the courage to trust, she would never trust a rake.
The Golden Redepennings series
True love is rare and elusive, but they won’t settle for less.
Candle’s Christmas Chair (A novella in The Golden Redepennings series)
They are separated by social standing and malicious lies. He has until Christmas to convince her to give their love another chance.
Gingerbread Bride (A novella in The Golden Redepennings series)
Mary runs from an unwanted marriage and finds adventure, danger and her girlhood hero, coming once more to her rescue.
Farewell to Kindness (Book 1 in The Golden Redepennings series)
Love is not always convenient. Anne and Rede have different goals, but when their enemies join forces, so must they.
A Raging Madness (Book 2 in The Golden Redepennings series)
Their marriage is a fiction. Their enemies are all too real. Uncovering the truth will need all the trust Ella and Alex can find.
The Realm of Silence (Book 3 in The Golden Redepennings series)
Rescue her daughter, destroy her dragons, defeat his demons, return to his lonely life. How hard can it be?
Unkept Promises (Book 4 in The Golden Redepennings series)
Mia hopes to negotiate a comfortable marriage. Jules wants his wife to return to England, where she belongs. Love confounds them both.
Other Regency books
She was a fallen woman. How could the men who loved her help set her back on her feet?
His rose thief bride comes with a scandal that threatens to tear them apart.
One wealthy merchant's heiress with an aversion to fortune hunters. One an impoverished earl with a twisted hand. Combine and stir with one villainous rector. (novella)
As spy and enquiry agent, Prue and David worked to uncover secrets, while hiding a few of their own.
The Beast Next Door (A novella in the Bluestocking Belles collection Valentines from Bath)
In all the assemblies and parties, no-one Charis met could ever match the beast next door.
Lunch-length reads: story collections
Hand-Turned Tales and Lost in the Tale
A double handful of short stories and novellas. Hand-Turned Tales is free from most eretailers. Try the range of Jude’s imagination one bite at a time, in a lunch-length read.
A repackaging of six published Christmas stories: four novellas and two novelettes. Because nothing enhances the magic of Christmas like the magic of love.
Five stories all set in New Zealand: two historical and three contemporary suspense. All That Glisters has been published in Hand-Turned Tales. The other four have all been published in multi-author collections, but never before in a collection of Jude Knight stories.