The Courtship Dance: A Regency Romance

Candace Camp

Apr 2019 · Sold by HQN Books

About this ebook

A fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, originally published in 2009.

Lady Francesca Haughston has given up on romance for herself, finding passion instead in making desirable matches for others. So it seems only fair, when she learns she’d been deceived into breaking her own long-ago engagement to Sinclair, Duke of Rochford, that she now help him find the perfect wife.

Of course, Francesca is certain any spark of passion between them has long since died—her own treatment of him saw to that. The way Sinclair gazes at her…well, that’s merely practice for when a younger, more suitable woman catches his eye. But soon Francesca finds his lessons in love scandalously irresistible—and a temptation that could endanger them both.

Ratings and reviews

The Courtship Dance is book four in the Matchmaker Series by Candace Camp. I loved this book. The main character is the matchmaker herself - Lady Francesca Haughston. Living on the edge of poverty, Lady Francesca uses her skills as a matchmaker to keep her little household afloat financially. But what happens when the man she is trying to find a match for awakens a deep desire in her own heart? The Duke of Rochford is a wonderful hero. I think he is one of my favorite romantic characters. “It was Rochford, all right, effortlessly elegant in formal black and white, and easily the most handsome man in the room. His thick black hair was cut into an artfully casual style that many copied but few could achieve, and his lean, tall figure was perfectly suited for the close-fitting trousers and jacket that were the current fashion. There was nothing ostentatious about him-the only decoration he wore was a stickpin anchoring his cravat, the head of which was an onyx and dark as his eyes - yet no one, seeing him, would have thought him anything less than an aristocrat.” I really enjoyed this entire series. I loved how Lady Francesca appears in each book like a fairy godmother. And to have her own story was the best for the end of this series.

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About the author

Candace Camp is a New York Times bestselling author of over sixty novels of contemporary and historical romance. She grew up in Texas in a newspaper family, which explains her love of writing, but she earned a law degree and practiced law before making the decision to write full-time. She has received several writing awards, including the RT Book Reviews Lifetime Achievement Award for Western Romances. Visit her at www.candace-camp.com.