A mathematically skilled Scottish gentlewoman, navigating London society after a broken engagement, competes for the Longitude Prize alongside a scientific-minded viscount who must save his family from financial ruin.
First in a series: Loyalties and Conspiracies. Set in 1730s Edinburgh, London, and Bath.
2022 Winner, Put Your Heart in a Book Contest, New Jersey Romance Writers — First Place, Historical Romance.
A government spy falls in love with a radical playwright who is conspiring against the monarch.
Peggy Stewart, the eldest daughter in a prominent Edinburgh family of lawyers, judges, diplomats, and spies, is on a mission to transform society by contributing her feminist plays to a Jacobite uprising — until Tom Calderwood, a lowland baron and codebreaker for the Crown, uncovers the conspiracy and vows to stop it. A faux courtship that turns real, a masquerade that sparks scandalous rumors, and a London street festival that goes horribly wrong, make for an intimate but ill-fated pairing. When Tom’s aristocratic patron — the Prime Minister’s chief spymaster — opposes the match, the couple must decide whether duty or passion will hold sway.
Second in the series Loyalties and Conspiracies. Set in 1730s Cambridge, London, and Edinburgh. Based on the families who inspired Walter Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor.
2022 Put Your Heart in a Book Contest, New Jersey Romance Writers: Third Place, Historical Romance.
2021 RAMP Mentee: Selected for RWA’s Romance Author Mentorship Program. Mentor: Susana Aikin.
A free-thinking, impoverished Highland artist who has vowed never to marry is courted—on a wager—by a wealthy, strait-laced Lowland baronet who is her brother’s best friend. Set in 1740s Scotland.
Third in the series Loyalties and Conspiracies.
“Lush, lovely prose. … I would definitely read more.” - bestselling novelist
Second Place for Novel with Strong Romantic Elements in the Rose City Romance Writers’ 2019 Golden Rose Contest. Final judges: Tera Cuskaden and Ann Leslie Tuttle.
"Gorgeous writing, absolutely un-put-downable" - contest judge /senior editor
"In-depth historical knowledge at a detailed level, a knack for twining that detail into the story, and an ability to create characters true to their day." - New York Times bestselling author
"I love the opening. The writing in the pages is fabulous. I looked forward to each turn of the page." - contest judge /agent
Winner in Romance, 2013 Novel Rocket Launch Pad Contest.
First Place for Romantic Suspense in the 2012 Southwest Florida Romance Writers' Hold Me, Thrill Me Contest. Final judge: Leslie Wainger (Harlequin)
First Place for Romantic Suspense in the 2012 Valley of the Sun RWA's Hot Prospects Contest. Final judges: Deborah Werksman (Sourcebooks) and Elaine P. English.
First Place for Romantic Suspense in the 2012 Celtic Hearts Romance Writers’ Golden Claddagh Contest. Final judge: Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary and Media)
First Place for Historical Romance in the 2012 Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Award, sponsored by the Charter Oak Romance Writers. Final judge: Alicia M Dean (The Wild Rose Press)
Runner-Up in the 2013 Vivid Voices Contest, "Prepare to Scare!" Judge: Lucy Carson (The Friedrich Agency)
Second Place for Historical Romance in the 2012 Rose City Romance Writer's Golden Rose Contest. Final judge: Chelsey Emmelhainz (Avon/HarperCollins)
Second Place for Romantic Suspense in the 2012 Touch of Magic Contest, sponsored by the Central Florida Romance Writers. Final judge: Katherine Pelz (Berkley/Penguin)
Third Place for Romantic Suspense in the 2012 First Coast Romance Writers' Unpublished Beacon Contest. Final judges: Leis Pederson (Berkley) and Shana Smith (Harlequin Intrigue)
Third Place for Mainstream with Romantic Elements in the 2013 North Texas RWA Great Expectations Contest. Final judge: Emilia Pisani (Simon and Schuster)
Honorable Mention for Historical Romantic Suspense (“The Baron’s Bride”) in the 2012 Daphne Contest, sponsored by the Kiss of Death Romance Writers. Final judges: Laura Bradford (Bradford Literary Agency) and Megan Records (Kensington Press)
Writing regency romance as Cate Moyr