Swooning Virgins Society Historical Romance Book Series by Anna Bradley

The Virgin Who Ruined Lord Gray by Anna Bradley (2020)

Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Swooning Virgins Society series. Former Bow Street Runner and now earl Tristan follows a boy who was loitering on his neighbor’s roof, only to find a young woman who is one of the students at a school with a reputation for skirting the law. Sophia is an orphan who’s been collected by Lady Clifford at her school, now an adult, seeking answers regarding the wrongful imprisonment of her friend. Most of the book involves Tristan and Sophia completely at odds with each other, fighting their attraction for each other, and solving the crime that Sophia’s friend did not commit. Action-packed, with just the right amount of plot and mystery. Loved this intro to the series.

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The Virgin Who Vindicated Lord Darlington by Anna Bradley (2021)

Historical romance. Georgian-era England. Book 2 of the Swooning Virgins Society series. Cecilia has gone undercover, pretending to be a housemaid, to Darlington Castle to find evidence of whether the Marquess of Darlington murdered his wife (as rumors suggest). Overbearing Gideon senses that Cecilia is lying about being a housemaid, but is unsuccessful at dismissing her from service, especially when he realizes how good she is at caring for his niece. Meanwhile, there are mysterious happenings around the castle, with sightings of the ghost of the late Lady Darlington haunting the castle. As Cecilia gets closer to Gideon, she doesn’t believe that he’s capable of killing his wife, but there isn’t much evidence to prove his innocence. They’re both very much attracted to each other, but Cecilia’s keeping secrets, and Gideon’s engaged to someone else (besides also being Cecilia’s employer). This book is emotional and action-packed, especially when we find out who’s really haunting the castle.

Ebook and audiobook borrowed from my local library via Libby.

The Virgin Who Humbled Lord Haslemere by Anna Bradley (2021)

Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Swooning Virgins Society series. In the previous book, we’ve seen hints of some animosity between Georgiana and Lord Haslemere and we get to find out why in this one. Basically, Georgiana catches two girls from the school out at night involved in some footraces with Lord Haslemere, Benedict, and she instantly has a poor impression of him. Several months later, Benedict’s sister comes to the Clifford School to investigate the disappearance of her friend Clara, who’s been gone for six years, but has recently been sighted. We get a tangled knot of rumors when Georgiana shows up at a masquerade to investigate and Benedict eavesdrops on her conversations. He’s concerned about the rumors about his sister having an affair and basically inserts himself into Georgiana’s business. Everything is way more convoluted than we expect, and we get to see Georgiana and Benedict grow closer along the way. Super interesting and engaging plot.

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The Virgin Who Bewitched Lord Lymington by Anna Bradley (2021)

Historical romance. Georgian-era England. Book 4 of the Swooning Virgins Society series. Emma’s in disguise as the daughter of an earl to find out more information about the mysterious disappearance of several young women in the household of a marquess. The young and charming Viscount Lovell is the prime suspect, but Emma’s not sure that he’s the sinister type. Additionally, Lovell’s cousin Lord Lymington, Samuel, is super stern and protective and tries to warn the debutante Emma away from the man. But Emma’s keeping secrets and Samuel is a bit too perceptive and they’ve got that whole instant attraction thing going on. We get a fun mix of romance and mystery here as we slowly uncover what happened to those missing women. I definitely enjoyed this one and loved seeing it all come together.

Ebook and audiobook borrowed from my local library via Libby.

The Virgin Who Captured a Viscount by Anna Bradley (2022)

Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 5 of the Swooning Virgins Society series. We get a case of forgotten identity here when Daniel needs to be convinced that he really did grow up in a small town in Scotland and needs to go back there with childhood friend Mairi to make sure her grandmother doesn’t hang for his murder. He doesn’t remember Mairi or her grandmother, so he’s wary and skeptical throughout the road trip from London to Scotland, but she does seem to be able to convince him of her attraction to him. And when they get to the small town, there’s even more mystery to unravel regarding Daniel’s history and why someone wanted him dead twenty years ago. I enjoyed both the mystery solving and the romance aspect of this book and it was nice to see our strong and steady Daniel come to terms with his past.

Ebook borrowed from my local library via Libby.