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Did you miss this?: I’ve written a book for Penguin!

I have written a contemporary romance for Penguin! It’s a celebrity fake dating romance packed with hilarious joy, found family, and of course, an outrageously hot hero and a heroine who isn’t quite sure what she wants…

What do you get when a celebrity and a fan meet on a dating app?

Meet Jessy and Patrick.

All Jessy wants is to figure out what to do with her life. She hates her job, lives in a crappy London apartment and her love life is non-existent. . .That is until her twin sister begs her to join her newly launched dating app, Butterflies.

Lead singer and front man of These Exiles, Patrick just wants a break after coming off tour. But when he’s mistakenly arrested, his record label insists on doing damage control. Their latest scheme? Getting Patrick on the dating apps and into a relationship.

When Jessy and Patrick match on Butterflies, neither plan to actually meet. . . but then they literally bump into each other and chaos ensues. With their faces plastered all over the internet, and Patrick’s record label jumping on the publicity, the two find themselves unexpectedly ‘dating.’

Can they keep up the farce in front of the whole world, or will they start to believe their own lie?

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Have you read my series ‘Never the Bride’?

I’ve been looking back at my publishing history and I cannot believe my first historical romance series with Dragonblade came out six years ago! The series follows a number of women who never ever expected to be brides – and the entire series is in Kindle Unlimited, so if you’re a member you can read all twelve books for free…

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, until one scandalous duke refuses to let her go.

Miss Tabitha Chesworth has been down the aisle three times, but only to watch others marry. At twenty-four, she’s had enough of being overlooked. She may be titled and well-mannered, but society still treats her as a permanent supporting role. That is, until a fiery clash with the scandalous Duke of Axwick changes everything.

Always the chaperone and never the bride, until one battle-worn duke refuses to follow the plan.

Lady Charlotte St Maur has accepted her fate. At over thirty, she’s no longer invited to balls as a guest but as a chaperone,a well-bred, well-mannered spinster who ensures others find love. But behind the composed exterior lies a woman who still yearns for something more…

Always the courtesan and never the bride, it’s a life she never chose… and one she may never escape.

Lady Honora Lennox hasn’t used her name in years, not since she was abducted at sixteen and forced into a life of shame. Now nineteen, hardened and hidden behind a new identity, she’s long stopped believing in kindness, let alone rescue…

And there are another nine books in the series – so click here to see them all!

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Have you read Regina?

One of my life’s goals was to write and have published a non-fiction historical book – I absolutely love reading them, and I’ve always wanted to write one! Last year my dream was brought to life, and Regina: The Queens Who Could Have Been was born. If you haven’t read it, you absolutely should!

What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? We may think of princesses as dutiful, marital conveniences to build alliances, wearing long flowing dresses, but the eldest daughters of our kings have been very different.

Political intriguers. Abducted nuns who demanded divorces. Murderers.

Our princesses have been mothers willing to risk anything for their children, wives who followed their husbands to the very ends of earth, and spinsters who demanded their intellectual and societal freedom.

This book explores what it meant to be royal, how sons came to be valued higher than daughters, and just how England might have looked under a royal matriarchy. The politicians we lost, the masterminds we see negotiating nunneries not armies, the personalities shining brilliantly even hundreds of years later: the Queens who should have been.

Let’s meet them.

Click here to order now!

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PRE-ORDER NOW: A Chance of a Lifetime

There’s nothing so fun to write as a heroine who knows far more about life and the world than the hero! That’s the dynamic that I’ve worked on for this book which I think you will absolutely love. Pre-order this book NOW – for just 0.99!

Michael Chance, future Viscount Pernrith, was emigrating. Secretly.

It wasn’t that he didn’t love his family, but he certainly didn’t love the expectations put upon him, or the boredom of Society, or the dull existence stretching out before him. He craved adventure, excitement, anything but another card party! So: emigrating it is.

Without telling his family. He couldn’t face the tears.

What he didn’t expect was discovering no ships in London were leaving for anywhere exciting for at least two weeks, or to literally run into a sea captain with a bosom to die for and a mouth that could curse better than his own.

Captain Phylis Seaton has known nothing but the sea. Raised by her father on the Dreamer before inheriting the ship, she lives a life on the move, going where the wind—and the work—takes her.

An unlikely friendship. A passion neither of them can deny.

But there’s just one problem: Michael is still determined to emigrate, and Phylis is just as determined to prove to him that the noble landlubber is not prepared for a life at sea.

And if someone was accidentally to get their heart broken in this debate, would it be the nobleman struggling to face his future, or the wild woman of the sea struggling to outsail her past?

Neither Michael nor Phylis are prepared for this chance of a lifetime…

This novel continues the highly anticipated Chance family drama, with sixteen cousins and triple the problems. Tropes include: found family, grumpy/sunshine, she’s the professional, secrets and lies, teach me (she’s the expert), and of course, Emily E K Murdoch’s tried and true method of sizzling, joyful romance.

This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.

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Did you know I teach?

One of the things I really miss about my old day jobs was the amount of teaching that they included.

Now, don’t get me wrong: I have the utmost respect for the people I would call ‘real’ teachers. The people who teach our children, young people, and adults through educational institutions. You are incredible!

But on a much smaller scale, I adore teaching. I love breaking down something complicated, teaching it to someone else, and seeing them get it – and then apply it themselves!

I used to teach a lot of workshops, speak at events, and mentor, and I’ve spent some time working out how I can bring those elements into my writing career.

First off, I’ve created two writing courses specifically for authors, based on my skills. You can find them here.

Secondly, I teach courses through the RWF throughout the year, based on my historical and craft specialties. You can always seen what courses are coming up here.

And thirdly, I offer developmental and line editing (separately and together!) for authors who want to up their game. Get in touch to talk with me about this, if this sounds interesting.

Thank you for reading!

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READ NOW: The Marquess’s Wagered Wife

An irritation to lovers, Brighton beach Regency romance continues my Unconventional Oliver Sisters series! A marriage gamble…worth the risk?! Make sure to read now!

A high society, enemies to lovers Regency romance

When irritatingly handsome Montague Donovan, Marquess of Laidley, challenges Calliope Oliver to a painting contest, the stakes are high. If he wins, Calliope must marry him, and if Calliope wins, then she will gain the artistic recognition she’s always craved—and knock the arrogant smirk off his face!

Having unexpectedly become guardian to his orphaned nephew, Montague finds himself in need of a convenient wife—fast. As their competition reaches fever pitch, and he and silver-tongued Calliope bicker their way to attraction, it’s more than the wager he stands to lose—but his heart too!

This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.

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Christmas in July boxset!

Happy Christmas in July!

If you’ve never celebrated this, it’s a wonderful chance to escape the heat (or snuggle up, if you’re Down Under!), and lose yourself in a wonderful Christmas historical romance.

I’m celebrating by launching not one, not two, but three Christmas Regency novellas in one steamy boxset. Make sure you grab it now – or read for free in Kindle Unlimited!

Plunge into the fourth boxset of Regency romances in Emily Murdoch’s bestselling Ravishing Regencies series – Christmas edition! Each of these books has spice at its heart and a heart ready to lose, heroes in pain and heroines acting out of the ordinary. There are no ballrooms here… This collected stories promises hours and hours of steamy hot reading…

Kidnapped with a Knight
A man disowned by his family and a woman with absolutely no interest in him – and their kidnappers have left them all alone…

Christmas with a Czar
A man who claims to be a prince and a woman forced to play along – but the real secret must be revealed before Christmas Day…

Advent with an Archduke
A man who disappeared a year ago – and the woman forced to welcome a stranger at Christmas…

These books are steamy forced proximity Regency romances with happily ever afters, no cliffhangers, and are a series that can be read in any order. It’s time to get ravished…

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READ NOW: Give Him a Chance

We often forget how many Regency and Victorian ladies were passionate campaigners for justice – and so I just had to write a historical romance with a wild heroine like that! Read this book NOW – for free in Kindle Unlimited!

Lady Lucy Chance is on a mission—earl’s daughter notwithstanding, she is going to change Britain’s justice system forever.

Which is why she’s protesting in a court room. What she hasn’t expected is for the judge to give her personal custody of her own criminal—a Mr. Bernard Dixon who’s too charming for his own good and surely a bounder to boot.

In fact, Mr. Bernard Dixon is no criminal—he’s a spy infiltrating Britain’s prisons to gain information for his handler Hovell, who inexplicably hasn’t arrived to save him. But that’s fine, because now he’s living with the Earl of Lindow and his remarkably beautiful daughter.

All Lucy has to do is reform the ‘criminal’ into a polite member of Society, and not fall in love with Bernard. All Bernard has to do is not let slip that he’s a spy, and not fall in love with Lucy.

But as passions rise and secrets become mingled with half-truths, danger comes to Lucy’s door and Bernard has to make a choice between facing his past, and revealing that he might just be in love with her after all…

And after a shock betrayal, will Lucy give him a chance?

This novel continues the highly anticipated Chance family drama, with sixteen cousins and triple the problems. Tropes include: mistaken identity, secret identity, spies, found family, secrets and lies, Pygmalion, and of course, Emily E K Murdoch’s tried and true method of sizzling, joyful romance.e.

This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.

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Did you know my books have been translated?

I’m so excited that many of my historical romances have been translated! Whether you speak French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, or Brazilian Portuguese, there are now Emily E K Murdoch historical romances that you can read in that language.

Here are the quick links for you to enjoy!

Thank you so much for your support. Without readers like you, I wouldn’t have the opportunities to have my books translated in more languages, in turn reading more readers. I am so fortunate!

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Have you read my series ‘The Gambling Dukes’?

If you adore a found family series set in the Regency era, then my series The Gambling Dukes is the one for you! The series revolves around two dukes and two duchesses, four friends who decide to make their own way in the world – and the entire series is in Kindle Unlimited, so if you’re a member you can read all four books for free…

Georgiana, Dowager Duchess of Cartice, is not a woman to underestimate.

And that’s exactly what he’s done. Fynn Monroe, investigative journalist, has decided that the gambling club I’ve founded with my three friends has to be stealing money from someone. So what do I do? Hide away, pretend scandal won’t destroy us? No. I’ve invited him to our country estate, where there are no secrets to find and just an irritatingly handsome journalist to entertain.

Peregrine, Duke of Markham, is not a man to trust.

And that’s exactly what my friends have done. The other three members of the Gambling Dukes, they trusted me—and now I’m thrown out, lost, alone, and desperate. So what do I do? Avoid the gossip sheets, hide from Society? No. I’ve found a beautiful heiress, certain that I can trick her into marriage and save myself from financial ruin. Precisely why I allowed Lady Briar Weatherford to get under my skin—and under my clothes—I couldn’t say…

Delilah, Dowager Duchess of Rotherwick, is not a woman to forgive.

And that’s exactly why when I see William Parry years after he betrayed me, there is absolutely no possibility of me allowing him back into my life. So what do I do? Give him the Cut Direct, refuse to meet his eye at Almack’s? No. I need his help to save the Gambling Dukes, the club I’ve formed with my three friends, and I’ll do anything—anything—to help my friends. Precisely why I’m allowing William Parry back into my life—and my heart—I couldn’t say…

And there is another book in the series – so click here to see them all!

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The summer is (finally!) here!

I don’t know about you, but after the last few months, I have really needed summer. I wanted warm mornings with bright sunshine, lazy humid afternoons sipping a gin and tonic in the shade, and balmy evenings around a BBQ with friends and family.

And readers: we are finally there!

I don’t want to jinx it, because I know how quickly English summers can suddenly become downpours, but I think we can finally enjoy some warm weather.

Which means we have some big decisions to make: what book to read next?

No matter how long your To Be Read (TBR) list is, I hope you’ll give one of my books a try. Whether you like steamy (look for Emily E K Murdoch) or sweet (read Emily Murdoch), there’s always a Murdoch romance for you.

Check out my full backlist here!

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Do you take books on the beach?

Okay, it’s a controversial question this week: do you take books onto the beach?

There will be some people who are adamantly against this. They loathe the idea that their books could get dirty or dishevelled in any way, and in the main, I have to be honest and admit that I am in this camp!

Books are precious. They become companions to me and accompany me on some of the most adventurous moments of my life…and they are the friends I can curl up with under a blanket when I don’t want to leave the house.

I wouldn’t allow my friends to get damaged!

…having said that.

I also have to admit that there is a very rich joy in reading on the beach. Sunshine, sand, the sound of the waves breaking on the shore…the only two things you need alongside that is a book and a cool drink of your choice.

When I was a child, my parents would buy me a book from a charity shop for every day of the holiday. Each morning I would wake up and there would be a new book waiting for me on the carpet. Being able to take it to the beach to enjoy was such a huge part of my childhood experience.

So: I guess I fall into book camps. Books on the beach, yes, but usually a duplicate copy if it’s a book I really love 😅

What about you – are you the sort of person who takes books to the beach?