Kate Pearce

Rodeo cowboy, Dakota Scott, seems to attract trouble. After his truck breaks down and leaves him stranded in a small New Mexico town, he meets a woman who desperately needs his help. Robyn Sparrow, washed-up celebrity, has hit rock bottom and promises him anything to get a ride to the West Coast. As Dakota unwittingly leads her back to the spotlight, can Robyn resist the lure of Hollywood…or will she give it up for love?

With a groan, Dakota stripped off his jacket and shirt and splashed lukewarm water over his grimy skin. The soap smelled of peaches but he didn’t care. At least he’d be clean again. He filled the basin with water and lowered his head. Behind him, the door opened and hit his ass shoving him face-first into the water.

In the latest installment in her highly successful, Regency-set House of Pleasure series, Kate Pearce—one of Aphrodisia’s most popular authors—pushes the boundaries of erotic romance with a sizzling tale of a very unconventional marriage.

Though Paul St. Clare’s experiences at the House of Pleasure have made him an expert at pleasing women, he is convinced he will never marry. That is, until his favorite relative, Lucinda St Clare, is abandoned by a vile seducer and asks Paul to save her reputation and marry her.

Lucinda is happy to settle for a marriage in name only with her best friend. But Paul vows to find her a man who can sexually satisfy her. Lieutenant-Colonel Constantine Delinsky is intrigued by Paul’s invitation to meet his new wife, and more than willing to engage in an affair. As passion deepens and Lucinda’s first lover threatens to expose the marriage as a sham, all three discover how much they will sacrifice to stay together…

HOUSE OF PLEASURE SERIES

• Book 1: Simply Sexual
• Book 2: Simply Sinful
• Book 3: Simply Shameless
• Book 4: Simply Wicked
• Book 5: Simply Insatiable
• Book 6: Simply Forbidden
• Book 7: Simply Carnal
• Book 8: Simply Voracious

This dazzling new historical collection delivers a trio of heroes who are bold, dashing, and unforgettable in every way…

“How to Seduce a Wife” by Kate Pearce

Louisa March’s new husband, Nicholas, is a perfect gentleman in bed—much to her disappointment. She longs for the kind of fevered passion found in her beloved romance novels. But when she dares him to seduce her properly, she discovers that Nicholas is more than ready to meet her challenge, over and over again…

“Beauty and the Brute” by Virginia Henley

It’s been three years since Lady Sarah Caversham set eyes on arrogant Charles Lennox—the husband her father chose for her to settle a gambling debt. Now Charles has returned, unaware that the innocent ingénue he wed is determined to turn their marriage of convenience into a blissfully passionate affair…

“Not Quite a Courtesan” by Maggie Robinson

Sensible bluestocking Prudence Thorn has been too busy keeping her cousin Sophy out of trouble to experience any adventures of her own. But when Sophy begs Prudence’s help in saving her marriage, Pru encounters handsome, worldly Darius Shaw. And under Darius’s skilled tutelage, Pru learns just how delightful a little scandal can be…

SIMPLY SCANDALOUS – February 2013
Kate Pearce, author of the successful Regency-set House of Pleasure series, returns with the eighth and final
installment, SIMPLY SCANDALOUS! This series is as hot as they come and focuses on less than noble lords and their
scandalous misdeeds.

Coming Fall 2013
I’m very pleased to tell you all that I’m going to be writing a series of Regency set mysteries for Kensington Publishing!

Here’s the announcement

A series of Regency mysteries set in the village of Kurland St. Mary from Kate Pearce, writing as Catherine Lloyd. A shy spinster and a bed-ridden hero from the Napoleonic Wars must work together to prove that a murder has been committed in their small peaceful village and then solve the case. In a three book deal by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Publishing.

I know it doesn’t tell you much, but the first book involves our feisty heroine, Miss Lucy Harrington, the Rector’s oldest daughter and Major Robert Kurland, late of the 10th Hussars, and heroically wounded at Waterloo. Major Kurland is stuck in bed with very limited mobility and it is Miss Harrington who has to do a lot of the sleuthing in the quiet little village attached to the manor house. Think of it as Rear Window meets a young Miss Marple, and you’ll get the idea.

But don’t worry if you still prefer romances to mystery. I won’t stop writing as Kate Pearce, complete with all the naughty bits!