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A Misguided Devotion
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Expected 18 Aug 26An ambitious painter. A dutiful companion. A house full of dangerous secrets.
William Merry is desperate to make his name as a portrait artist. Nothing he paints satisfies him, but he’s confident all he needs is the right inspiration. When family duty threatens his ambitions, William flees to the coast and stumbles upon the muse he’s seeking. He refuses to let anything stop him from painting the beauty. Not even her annoying companion.
To fulfil her grandfather’s dying wish, Kitty Bruce travels to Weymouth to visit his sister. But the woman’s shocking revelations leave her reeling, and Kitty grasps the opportunity to become companion to the old lady’s granddaughter. She is determined to do her duty, protecting the beauty from Mr Merry’s unwanted attentions.
Desperate to paint the beauty, William becomes a guest in her father’s house. But all is not as it seems. As William and Kitty overcome their differences to work together to uncover the house’s secrets, more than their hearts are in danger.
Set in Hampshire and Dorset in 1813, this novel by the co-author of the popular Regency History blog is rich in historical detail and includes a glossary and historical notes.
This is a clean and wholesome, enemies to lovers, faith-based Regency romance, with witty dialogue, a Georgette Heyer-inspired plot, secret identities, smugglers, and prisoners of war.
The fourth book in The Merry Romances series, which can be read in order or as standalone romances with their own happily ever after.
William Merry is desperate to make his name as a portrait artist. Nothing he paints satisfies him, but he’s confident all he needs is the right inspiration. When family duty threatens his ambitions, William flees to the coast and stumbles upon the muse he’s seeking. He refuses to let anything stop him from painting the beauty. Not even her annoying companion.
To fulfil her grandfather’s dying wish, Kitty Bruce travels to Weymouth to visit his sister. But the woman’s shocking revelations leave her reeling, and Kitty grasps the opportunity to become companion to the old lady’s granddaughter. She is determined to do her duty, protecting the beauty from Mr Merry’s unwanted attentions.
Desperate to paint the beauty, William becomes a guest in her father’s house. But all is not as it seems. As William and Kitty overcome their differences to work together to uncover the house’s secrets, more than their hearts are in danger.
Set in Hampshire and Dorset in 1813, this novel by the co-author of the popular Regency History blog is rich in historical detail and includes a glossary and historical notes.
This is a clean and wholesome, enemies to lovers, faith-based Regency romance, with witty dialogue, a Georgette Heyer-inspired plot, secret identities, smugglers, and prisoners of war.
The fourth book in The Merry Romances series, which can be read in order or as standalone romances with their own happily ever after.
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Expected publication August 18, 2026
About the author
Rachel Knowles
10 books110 followersRachel writes faith-based Regency romance with rich historical detail.
Already addicted to happy endings, Rachel first read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the age of thirteen and fell in love, not only with Mr Darcy, but with the entire Regency period.
Since 2011, she has been blogging about her research on the Regency History blog. She writes historical non-fiction based on this research.
Rachel lives in the beautiful Georgian seaside town of Weymouth, Dorset, on the south coast of England, with her husband, Andrew. They have four grown-up daughters and a growing number of grandchildren.
Already addicted to happy endings, Rachel first read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the age of thirteen and fell in love, not only with Mr Darcy, but with the entire Regency period.
Since 2011, she has been blogging about her research on the Regency History blog. She writes historical non-fiction based on this research.
Rachel lives in the beautiful Georgian seaside town of Weymouth, Dorset, on the south coast of England, with her husband, Andrew. They have four grown-up daughters and a growing number of grandchildren.
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