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Where to start with Emily E K Murdoch’s books?

Okay, I have a lot of books out – and I receive quite a few emails from people asking where they should start. Which is a great question!

There is no perfect way to read my books, but I thought I’d put a few ideas here for you so that you can consider where you want to begin.

If you love sweet romances: you can read my medieval sweet romances here, and my Regency sweet romances here.

If you love Christmas romances: I have a whole Christmas series here!

If you love governesses: yup, I’ve got a whole series on them!

If you love steamy romances: I have an interconnected series, lots of friends, here – and a forced proximity linked series here!

If you love family saga: I have a multi-generational family saga here.

Hopefully this will help you to enjoy some of my books with a little more knowledge of what you’re getting into my books. There are so many, and if you find that one isn’t for you, then there are plenty of others for you to dive into!

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Make sure you PRE-ORDER: Strike While the Duke is Hot…

Remember that my books are always 0.99 when on pre-order, but go up to full price in launch week – so if you want to have the best possible deal, you want to pre-order now!

Henry Everleigh, Duke of Dulverton, is determined to discover who’s ruining his sister’s reputation.

That’s why he’s in the middle of nowhere, attempting to convince a blacksmith to take him on as an apprentice—undercover, of course.

He’s tracked down the source of the lying gossip to this forge, and Henry is not prepared to find a woman at the anvil.
A woman blacksmith. What on earth next?

Minny Banfield doesn’t exactly expect respect, but she’s never had a strange man march into her smithy and demand to be taken on and trained. If she didn’t need the money, she could firmly ignore him.

Him, and his handsome face, and broad shoulders.

But the secret messages she’s been passing have taken a toll and she needs work. So if this Henry Everleigh appears to be running from the law, what harm can it do to keep him around?

Sparks fly as Henry and Minny clash, both of them keeping secrets they are certain will destroy them—as the heat builds between them, a fiery desire that soon neither of them can deny…

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.

Free in Kindle Unlimited!

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I’m sick – again!

With the emergence of spring comes the emergence of all the coughs and colds!

Yes, I’m sick again – and honestly, it is frustrating. Being a full time author means that if I get sick, then…nothing gets done.

There’s no one else who can write my books! That means that they’re just waiting there for me, hoping that I feel better again soon so that I can get my characters to their happily ever after.

Being essentially self-employed of course has its benefits: I can take time off when I want, if I need to pop to the Post Office in the middle of the day I can go out, and if I end up travelling for research, I can write from anywhere, as long as there’s a power socket.

But there are downsides.

I am always writing a little ahead for just this sort of situation. I hate the idea of being late on a deadline, and so being slightly further ahead of my deadlines means that I can take a few days off to recuperate.

But what would be better? Not getting sick 😅

If you have any recipes for things I can eat or drink to help with a very bad head cold, please let me know in the comments!

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Happy Val/Gal-entine’s Day!

Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day with a loved one, or Galentine’s Day with your besties, I hope that this week has been incredibly kind to you!

Falling in love is something that I have made my business. I want you, my wonderful readers, to fall in love with my heroes and heroines every time you open up one of my books.

It’s so important to me that I reflect as many facets of love and romance as possible, and I am so grateful that my loyal readers enjoy so much of my books, time after time.

I know times are tight for a lot of people, so thank you so much for your support 🥰

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Is spring here yet?!

Anyone who knows me well knows how much I adore summer, and loathe winter.

Okay, maybe loathe is a strong word! But I love the warmth of summer, the long evenings, the excuses for gin and tonics. I love hanging out with people in the sunshine, sunbathing, and reading a good book in the shade as birdsong fills the trees.

But winter?

Ugh. Winter! It’s so cold, it plays havoc with my skin, and I cannot tell you how many times I have slipped over on the ice 😅

But at the same time, I can’t deny that winter gives me the excuse to write a huge amount more. I don’t want to go out, so I stay in!

My Dukes in Danger series has really brought me joy in these colder months, and I’m really hoping that they are keeping you warm. It will be spring and summer before we know it!

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NEW PRE-ORDER: Strike While the Duke is Hot…

I’m so excited that book 2 in my Dukes in Danger series is now up for pre-order!

My editor at Dragonblade has described it as her favourite of my books so far 🥰

You can grab this pre-order for just 0.99, so make sure you snap it up before it goes up to full price…

Henry Everleigh, Duke of Dulverton, is determined to discover who’s ruining his sister’s reputation.

That’s why he’s in the middle of nowhere, attempting to convince a blacksmith to take him on as an apprentice—undercover, of course.

He’s tracked down the source of the lying gossip to this forge, and Henry is not prepared to find a woman at the anvil.
A woman blacksmith. What on earth next?

Minny Banfield doesn’t exactly expect respect, but she’s never had a strange man march into her smithy and demand to be taken on and trained. If she didn’t need the money, she could firmly ignore him.

Him, and his handsome face, and broad shoulders.

But the secret messages she’s been passing have taken a toll and she needs work. So if this Henry Everleigh appears to be running from the law, what harm can it do to keep him around?

Sparks fly as Henry and Minny clash, both of them keeping secrets they are certain will destroy them—as the heat builds between them, a fiery desire that soon neither of them can deny…

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.

Free in Kindle Unlimited!

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(Delayed) New Year’s Resolutions!

Okay, okay, I know I am massively late on this…but I was so excited about my new book, Don’t Judge a Duke by His Cover, that I almost forgot to tell you about my New Year’s Resolutions!

I don’t always make them, because sometimes it’s easy to get frustrated if you don’t manage to hold them. It’s like making impossible goals that you never meet, and then get all despondent about them.

But first, let’s look at what New Year’s Resolutions I made for 2022…

  1. From August onwards, have a book published every other month. It’s a big goal, but now I am a full time author, I should have the time.
  2. Plan and launch a super secret pen name! I have so many ideas and I am so excited to get them out there in the world.
  3. I will get my newsletter up to 10,000 readers who love my books. It means so much to me to know that people are out there reading and loving my books, and I want to collect them together!

So, how did I do?

Well, I did have a book published every other month from August onwards – huzzah! Though I can’t claim all the credit, because it was thanks to my publishers, the amazing Dragonblade, that this was possible.

You can see all the books I have published here.

And I did plan, and soft launch, a secret pen name! This is in a different genre so I didn’t want the branding to get all confused with my gorgeous historical romance. This pen name has a book in the world, and two more on pre-order. Maybe one day I’ll reveal who it is…👀

And in a way, I did get my newsletter up to 10,000 readers…but just recently, I realized that there were over 2400 people who hadn’t opened my emails in over a year.

They must have wanted to sign up once, but obviously I was no longer a priority. And that’s okay! I sent them a quick email and asked if they wanted to stay on my mailing list, and if they didn’t, then I removed them.

So I’m back to 7600 subscribers…which is where I started the year.

On the surface, that looks like a disaster–but my open rate has gone up from 18% to 45%, and that is a huge achievement. One, I think, I’m probably more proud of than I would have been keeping the numbers to 10k!

So, that was 2022. What about 2023?

Well, here are my new New Year’s Resolutions.

  1. Sell a non-fiction book! I now have an agent, Kate Walsh with United Agents, and we’ll be going out on submission with a non-fiction book in the coming weeks. Watch this space!
  2. To continue to diversify my publishing income. I love everything I do right now, but I never want to be so dependent on one source in case that collapsed.
  3. I want to improve my editing skills. It’s something I’ve really been working on recently after such useful insight and feedback from my publishers, so I want to write even cleaner manuscripts for them.

What are your New Year’s Resolutions – or have they already fallen by the wayside?! Let me know in the comments!

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Did you spot my article?

Hello lovely readers!

Just a quick reminder, in case you haven’t already seen it, that I have had an article published recommending some of the best historical romances to fall in love with EVERY time you read them.

Sometimes you read a book that just makes you fall in love…but the next time you read it, it’s a bit ‘eh’.

Not so with these books!

I’ve recommended some of the books I adore from authors who are my friends – but don’t worry, I was only biased the first time I read them 😅 I have gone back to these books over and over again because they are just so good!

You can read the article and see which books I have recommended by clicking here.

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Happy birthday to meeeee

Happy birthday to me!

Yup, this week is my birthday. After thirty I stopped counting (okay, it wasn’t that long ago), but one of the joys of getting older is that I care less about the number, and what my age is giving me.

Joy.

Happiness.

Contentment.

All the books.

I know that so many of my readers want to celebrate my birthday with me, and of course, I’m totally up for that! If you want to say hi to me, find me on Facebook or Twitter. And if you want to support me, you can buy any of my books here!

🥰

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NEW SERIES: Don’t Judge a Duke by His Cover…

After so many Christmas historical romances, it’s almost (!) a relief to be launching a new series!

I asked many of my readers what sort of books they’d like me to write next, and I heard the same thing over and over again: they loved dukes. They loved danger. They loved smart heroines who sometimes knew just as much, or even more, than their hero.

And so that’s precisely what I’ve done.

DUKES IN DANGER is a series that follows dukes who don’t behave like dukes should. They love danger, aren’t afraid of enemies, and are singlemindedly focused on–what, who is that? She’s so beautiful…

I adored writing this series opener, packed full of punches, sensuality, and of course, a duke in disguise…

Lawrence, Duke of Penshaw, is undercover and getting punched on a daily basis.

Devastated by the murder of his brother by a traitor to the Crown, Lawrence agrees to leave his identity as Duke behind to go undercover at an illegal boxing ring in London. He’s waiting for the killer to return from France, and absolutely must not get distracted. Especially by a beauty from Society who absolutely should not be here.

Julia Dryden knows her mother would be scandalized by her presence at the boxing matches—it flies in the face of their agreement for her to choose a husband by Easter. After all, she isn’t getting any younger.

But her eye is caught by a tall, handsome man who gives everything in the ring and seems to have no fear of danger.
From two different worlds—but not the ones she thinks—Julia has no idea the man she’s falling in love with is not a common rogue.

And Lawrence has to keep it that way for if he loses focus, just for a moment, he may lose everything.

The chance to catch a killer, put a traitor behind bars, revenge his brother…and Julia’s heart.

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.

Free in Kindle Unlimited!

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Happy New Year’s Eve

It’s that time again!

The time of year when we all look back on the year that we have already lived, and we start to look at the future of the year to come.

It’s been hard the last few years. COVID has turned upside down a huge amount of our plans, and it has personally been quite challenging to start planning what I want my year to look like, when I had no idea what the year was actually going to look like.

But now that I am officially a full year through being a full time author, here’s what I’ve done.

I’ve had almost 20 books published.

I’ve secured a literary agent for my historical non-fiction.

I’ve worked with some incredible authors for line editing, proofreading, and transliteration.

I’ve seen more and more independent authors grow and succeed, which has been such a joy.

I’ve worked on contemporary romance, sweet romance, and historical fiction – none of which (so far!) has been published.

And I’ve been healthier, happier, and more joyful than I think I have been in a long time.

So. What’s my plan for next year?

Honestly, right now: I don’t know! There are so many things that I want to achieve, but I am starting to learn that there is no point in trying to plan out too far in advance. The more I try to control the future, the harder it is to keep on track.

So for now, I want to wish you a happy New Year for 2023, and that all your dreams – all those that will benefit you – will come true 🥰

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NEW RELEASE: Two Calling Birds (Christmas Regency series)

You know what: I can hardly believe it.

Today is the launch of the last (YES THE LAST) book in my popular Twelve Days of Christmas series.

Yup, after twelve weeks, a book published every Friday for twelve weeks, the series is at an end. Sob! I can’t hardly believe it, to be honest. I have poured so much of myself into this series, particularly my love of big families.

I am myself from a large family, a large number of cousins in particular, and I think you can tell that from this series. There’s so much love, squabbling, joy, and confusion and misunderstandings – precisely what I have experienced in big families.

This series is super spicy so you should definitely not read at work 👀 but hey, they are perfect for that commute home!

A Partridge in a Pear Tree may be the end of this series, but I hope it’s not the end of your experience reading my books! Remember that you can read a huge number of them by clicking here.

Welcome to the exciting new holiday series from USA Today Bestselling author Emily E K Murdoch.

It’s 1819, and Isabella is not going to look at her pear tree again…

Isabella Fitzroy should never have been there. The lane in Bath was a completely random accident, as was the vicious attack she witnessed.

But when the man who defended himself so powerful steals a kiss and then appears in the pear tree by her bedchamber window that evening, Isabella knows she’s in trouble. After all, Guy Partridge is not the sort of man she should be associating with. No family, no title, no name—but fingers that know precisely how to tease and please…

Swiftly losing her innocence but unable to say no to the man who is swiftly stealing her heart, Isabella knows precisely what she wants from Guy…though he has a secret or two which may stop her in her tracks.

A Partridge in a pear tree and Christmas will never be the same again…

This novella is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series which can be read in any order – but follow the numbers down for the best reading experience!

Meet the Fitzroy family: twelve cousins falling in love over Christmastime!

This novella is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series which can be read in any order – but follow the numbers down for the best reading experience!

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.

Read Free in Kindle Unlimited!