The Boscastles

Scandals … Secrets … Seductions … Savoir faire …

It’s all business as usual in the family where love conquers all – one at a time.

At the end of 2002 Ballantine Books approached me about writing a Regency series.  I had never written a series before, and I mulled over many ideas before I wrote a synopsis for the one that felt right - the one that begins with a high-society wedding that goes all wrong.  The Seduction of an English Scoundrel is the story of Grayson Boscastle, the fifth Marquess of Sedgecroft, patriarch of an infamous family of rogues.  Grayson has courted scandal all his life.  He never expects to face his first moral dilemma at his cousin's wedding.

As soon as I wrote this scene, which includes most of the original London Boscastles, everything else started to fall into place.  Characters, plots, and even titles for the next trilogy.  The best part about writing a series is that with each book the characters build history.  The worst part is that a writer can’t go back and change that history to fit her current story.

I finished The Seduction of an English Scoundrel early in 2003.  The name Boscastle comes from a quaint Cornish village.  It is pronounced Boss-castle.  My first published historical romance was also set in Cornwall, as was my novella Ruined, and Abandon, my tenth book, takes place on a mythical island off this beautiful land.

The Boscastle family are a big-hearted, sexy and unconventional brood.  I have tried to make each of their books stand alone.  Rumors, of course, are still cropping up about their misadventures.  But I have it on good authority that “Regency England’s most scandal-prone society clan” are honored to continue their love affair with their readers.

And so am I.
Thank you.

Jillian

THE SEDUCTION OF AN ENGLISH SCOUNDREL Book One in the Boscastle Series Grayson and Jane Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Ivy Books (April 26, 2005) ISBN-10: 0345461215 ISBN-13: 978-0345461216
THE LOVE AFFAIR OF AN ENGLISH LORD Book Two in the Boscastle Series Chloe and Dominic Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Ivy Books (May 31, 2005) ISBN-10: 0345461223 ISBN-13: 978-0345461223
THE WEDDING NIGHT OF AN ENGLISH ROGUE Book Three in the Boscastle Series Heath, Julia, and the notorious Lady Hermia Dalrymple whose nude painting club and Greek Deities collection causes our hero-spy endless embarrassment Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Ivy Books (June 28, 2005) ISBN-10: 0345461231 ISBN-13: 978-0345461230
THE WICKED GAMES OF A GENTLEMAN Book Four in the Boscastle Series Drake and Eloise Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Ivy Books (September 26, 2006) ISBN-10: 0345487605 ISBN-13: 978-0345487605
THE SINFUL NIGHTS OF A NOBLEMAN Book Five in the Boscastle Series Devon and Jocelyn Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Ivy Books (October 31, 2006) ISBN-10: 0345487613 ISBN-13: 978-0345487612
THE DEVILISH PLEASURES OF A DUKE Book Six in the Boscastle Series Emma and Adrian Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Ballantine Books (July 31, 2007) ISBN-10: 0345487621 ISBN-13: 978-0345487629
WICKED AS SIN Book Seven in the Boscastle Series Gabriel's story Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Ballantine Books (June 24, 2008) ISBN-10: 0345503937 ISBN-13: 978-0345503930
A WICKED LORD AT THE WEDDING Book Eight in the Boscastle Series Sebastien and Eleanor Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Ballantine Books (September 22, 2009) ISBN-10: 0345503945 ISBN-13: 978-0345503947
THE WICKED DUKE TAKES A WIFE Book Nine in the Boscastle Series Harriet and Griffin Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Ballantine Books (October 27, 2009) ISBN-10: 0345503953 ISBN-13: 978-0345503953

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