Manda Collins is an author of
romance novel
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s. Most of her books are
regency romance
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s, but she has also written a contemporary
romance novels
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...
novella
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, ''Legally Yours.''
Her Wicked Widows series are Regency romance novels with an element of mystery, about women with unhappy first marriages who fall in love with better men after their first husbands have died.
Collins' first book, ''How to Dance with a Duke'', was nominated for an
RT Book Reviews
''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between ...
Reviewers' Choice Award for First Historical Romance.
Her novella ''The Perks of Being a Beauty'' was the winner of the 2014 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for Best Novella.
The second book in Collins' Studies in Scandal series, ''Duke with Benefits'', was named a Kirkus Best Romance of 2017.
Kirkus Reviews, 2017.
Books
Ugly Ducklings
#''How to Dance with a Duke'', St. Martin's Press
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, 2012
#''How to Romance a Rake'', St. Martin's Press, 2012
#''How to Entice an Earl'', St. Martin's Press, 2013
*''The Perks of Being a Beauty'' (novella), St. Martin's Press, 2013
Wicked Widows
#''Why Dukes Say I Do'', St. Martin's Press, 2013
#''Why Earls Fall in Love'', St. Martin's Press, 2014
#''Why Lords Lose Their Hearts'', St. Martin's Press, 2014
*''Once Upon a Christmas Kiss'' (novella), St. Martin's Press, 2014
The Lords of Anarchy
#''A Good Rake Is Hard to Find'', St. Martin's Press, 2015
#''Good Earl Gone Bad'', St. Martin's Press, 2015
#''Good Dukes Wear Black'', St. Martin's Press, 2016
*''With This Christmas Ring'', St. Martin's Press, 2017
Studies in Scandal
#''Ready Set Rogue'', St. Martin's Press, 2017
#''Duke with Benefits'', St. Martin's Press, 2017
#''Wallflower Most Wanted'', St. Martin's Press, 2018
#''One for the Rogue'', St. Martin's Press, 2018
Ladies Guide Series
#''A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem'', Forever, 2020
#''An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire'', Forever, 2021
Other works
*''Legally Yours'', self-published, 2012
References
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American women novelists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American romantic fiction novelists
Women romantic fiction writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Mobile, Alabama