Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaming Hell Christmas | 2021 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 2 | Gaming Hell Christmas: Volume 2 | 2022 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 3 | The Front Side of the Christmas Shilling | 2023 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 4 | Gaming Hell Christmas: Volume 3 | 2023 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
| 5 | Gaming Hell Christmas: Volume 4 | 2025 | Kathy L. Wheeler | Buy |
The Gaming Hell Christmas series packages Regency holiday romance into anthology volumes, each one set around the festive season in a Regency gaming establishment. Kathy L. Wheeler has published volumes annually from 2021 through 2025, making this one of her more active ongoing series.
Regency gaming hells — private clubs where members gambled, drank, and conducted discreet business — make for a useful romance setting: they’re exclusive, slightly scandalous, and full of people with secrets and money. Wheeler uses the location to bring together characters who might not meet through conventional Regency channels.
The seasonal format means each volume arrives around Christmas, which gives the series a built-in reading occasion. The 2023 entry The Front Side of the Christmas Shilling sits alongside the numbered volumes, suggesting Wheeler occasionally uses the setting for standalone novellas as well.