Blackmoore

by Julianne Donaldson

From Julianne Donaldson—the #1 all-time best-selling Proper Romance author—comes a deluxe edition of Blackmoore, which includes a never-before-published bonus chapter.


At eighteen, Kate Worthington knows she should be getting serious about marriage, but her restless heart won’t let her settle down. To escape her mother’s meddlesome influence, she dreams of traveling with her spinster aunt to faraway India. But when the opportunity arises, Kate finds herself making a bargain with her mother: She will be allowed to go only if she spends a season at the family’s wealthy estate, Blackmoore, where she must secure and reject three marriage proposals.


Enlisting the help of her dearest childhood friend, Henry Delafield, Kate sets out to collect her proposals so she can be on her way. But Henry’s decision to help threatens to destroy both of their dreams in ways they could never imagine. Set in Northern England in 1820, Blackmoore is a Regency romance that tells the story of a young woman struggling to learn how to listen to her heart. With hints of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters, Blackmoore is a page-turning tale of romance, intrigue, and devotion.

Genres: Romance

304 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication September 22, 2026

About the author

Julianne Donaldson grew up as the daughter of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. She learned how to ski in the Italian Alps, visited East Berlin before the wall came down, and spent three years living next to a 500-year-old castle. After earning a degree in English, she turned her attention to writing. She writes historical romance when she is not busy with her four young children and husband. Edenbrooke is her first novel.