Shirley Karr Books In Order

Publication Order of Brazen Bluestockings Books

Publication Order of Scandalous Ladies Books

Shirley Karr is the author of many Regency novels, including the Scandalous Ladies series.

She has always loved Regency things, ever since she was a child. Her father was in the Air Force and his career took their family to England for four years. While they were there, they visited lots of museums, castles, and historic houses, while also living in housing that was centuries old themselves.

Shirley resides in the Pacific Northwest area along with her spouse, her husband who she met while on a blind date and five months later got married to him. They have a son and many different four legged family members.

To relax, she loves growing tomatoes, and making her own jewelry with gemstones and pearls. She also likes to go tent camping on the Oregon coast. She took a break from writing for over a decade but has returned to write light adventure stories and romance with some spice, of course set in Regency England.

What An Earl Wants is the first book in the Scandalous Ladies series by Shirley Karr. If you love Bridgerton or a good romance, check this story out!

Benjamin is the Earl of Sinclair, and he’s also living in chaos. He has a lot of servants, and a lot of them are pairing off and going off to be wed. So many that he’s started to get the nickname The Matchmaking Earl from his friends.

Luckily, he has a talented new secretary named J. Quincy. J. Quincy starts putting the household to rights. But then Sinclair is shocked when he finds out that the J initial actually stands for Josephine. The most valuable employee that he has and his favorite one is actually a woman!

Jo really needed this job, and she never technically lied about which gender she was. But she didn’t think that the Earl of Sinclair would figure her out so quickly. If more find out, it could spark a scandal that is devastating.

Jo only wants to stay long enough to earn the cash to get her sick sister away from London. Will she be able to do so before word gets out that she is a woman and both she and the Earl get impacted? After working with the charming and handsome Sinclair, will she be able to leave with an unhurt heart? Or is Jo destined for heartbreak? Read this romance to find out!

Kiss from a Rogue is the second book in the Scandalous Ladies series by Shirley Karr. If you loved the first romance, be sure to check this one out too!

Sylvia is widowed and bankrupt. So Lady Montgomery has no real choice but to lead the smuggling operation of her village. She doesn’t have the protection of her husband or his ship, so she has to deal with a dirty old sea captain.

Then the gang captures a handsome stranger who is asking way too many questions. They persuade him that he should pose as Lady Montgomery’s husband. What could go wrong?

Tony Sinclair aspires to be a rake. The gentleman is handsome and that has opened a lot of doors for him in life. When he sees the beautiful young widow at a seaside inn, he cannot believe his good fortune when she falls into his lap as his pretend wife to be.

She will be his first conquest and then he will move on from the poverty-stricken village which is beautiful but lacking riches. However, he didn’t count on Sylvia having so many men protecting her. They block his attempts to seduce her at every turn.

It started out as fun and games, but this lark gets dark quickly as danger comes in not only from the law but a rival smuggling gang. Tony finds himself fighting to win Sylvia’s heart as well as for his own life and that of the villagers’.

Sylvia has been let down by so many men already that it seems easy to not fall for this charming rogue. Even if his kisses are intoxicating. Will she give in, or is this widow too savvy to fall for this rogue’s tricks? Read this book to find out!