Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Christmas Conquest | 2022 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 2 | The Masquerade of the Marchioness | 2022 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 3 | The Widow’s Wager | 2023 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 4 | The Hellion’s Heart | 2024 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 5 | The Bluestocking’s Bargain | 2024 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 6 | The Duke’s Desire | 2025 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
The Ladies’ Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction is Claire Delacroix’s most active ongoing Regency series, six books published from 2022 through 2025 with a shared premise built around a scandalous guidebook that circulates among women who need advice on navigating love.
The premise has a self-aware quality that suits Regency romance — the fictional guide is itself a commentary on the limited options available to women in early nineteenth-century England, and each heroine’s relationship to its advice tells us something about her situation and character. The Christmas Conquest and The Masquerade of the Marchioness in 2022 set the tone, and the subsequent titles — covering widows, hellions, bluestockings, and dukes — move through the full social spectrum of the Regency world.
At six books across three years, the series is still growing and represents Delacroix’s current active work in Regency romance.