Miss Darby's Debut - a Regency Romance

MISS DARBY'S DEBUT is a traditional sweet Regency romance novel that takes place in London in 1816. Miss Tessa Darby travels to England from America to escape the tyranny of a cruel step-father; and to do her utmost to reform the harsh child labor laws of her birth country. Harrison Belmour, the fifth Earl of Penwyck, and member of the House of Lords, is the very sort of influential gentleman Tessa wishes to meet with her impassioned plea. But a more self-righteous man Tessa has never met! The exasperating earl simply cannot tolerate a woman interested in politics! If only her narrow-minded nemesis were not also the most educated, principled, and desirable of men.

Harrison Belmour is having the devil of a time controlling the deplorable behavior of his mother's houseguest, the auburn-haired, spectacle-making Miss Darby. The stubborn Miss Darby simply will not take direction and the last thing the aristocratic Belmour family needs is another scandal! Still, the earl has to admit there is something refreshingly tantalizing about a beautiful woman who is also intelligent. But, he refuses to believe that he is falling in love with the willful American chit, even if he continues to reflect on what a perfect countess she would make!

"Another unusual plot from the talented pen of Marilyn Clay! I loved both Tessa and the Earl of Penwyck. Readers will laugh aloud at the dance lesson!" – Regency author, Melissa Frederick.

"Ms. Clay handles social reform issues in Regency England with aplomb! A perfect blend of romance, humor and captivating plot."–Red River Reviews.

Kensington Books published six of Marilyn Clay's Regency novels, all of which have been translated to foreign languages. If you enjoy the Regency Romance novels of Candice Hern, Barbara Metzger, Mary Balogh, Patricia Rice, Mary Jo Putney, and Emily Hendrickson, you'll enjoy Marilyn Clay's traditional sweet, clean and always amusing Regencies. Suitable for teens.

NEW! Just released! THE WRONG MISS FAIRFAX by Marilyn Clay, a traditional, sweet Regency! When Miss Emma Fairfax goes to London to sort out the details of her late father's will; she is instead coerced into funding her look-alike cousin Jemima's debut into Polite Society. When the handsome and wealthy Viscount, Lord Townsend calls on Jemma, it's Emma he meets . . . and loses his heart to. Can the puzzle be sorted out before Lord Townsend proposes to the wrong Miss Fairfax?

Two of MARILYN CLAY's recent historical romantic suspense novels are set in the New World in the early 1600s. DECEPTIONS: A Colonial Jamestown Novel was released in hardcover in July 2010 from Five Star Gale with a large-print edition released in December 2010. An e-book version of DECEPTIONS is available online. Catherine Parke travels to the New World colony of Jamestown in search of her betrothed, but what she finds is not at all what she expected.

Historical suspense novel DANGEROUS SECRETS was released in 2012 in hardcover. Four young English girls travel to the New World on a Bride Ship in search of love, a new life and the adventure of a lifetime. What they find instead is that someone in Jamestown wants one, or all of them, dead. Paperback edition is titled A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES.

BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY, recently released from Mayfair Mysteries, features American icon Betsy Ross, who sets out to discover who killed her beloved husband John Ross, but is instead drawn into Philadelphia's underworld of spies and double agents. Can Betsy bring down a notorious double spy before he kills her?

STALKING A KILLER, a contemporary murder mystery by Marilyn Clay is set in a Texas small-town; aspiring PI Amanda Mason is shocked when the first crime she must solve is the murder charge against her own father. But, can she trust the handsome man who has offered to help her find the real killer?

All of Marilyn Clay's non-fiction titles, 18th and 19th ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA, A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET and three books on REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE have attained Best-Seller status on Amazon. For additional information about author Marilyn Clay, visit Marilyn Clay Author.

For sixteen years, MARILYN CLAY published The Regency Plume Newsletter, an international newsletter covering all aspects of the English Regency. All back issues of The Regency Plume Newsletter are still available from The Regency Plume website.