Jayne Fresina

Series

Bespoke
Victorian Mystery-Romances by Jayne Fresina
The Deverells
Author Jayne Fresina's Victorian Family Saga
True Story
Price: $4.99 USD.
Storm
Price: $4.99 USD.
Chasing Raven
Price: $4.99 USD.
Ransom Redeemed
Price: $4.99 USD.
Damon Undone
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Books

The Snow Birds
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 60,960. Language: English. Published: December 12, 2021 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » Victorian
Calamity and chaos have stalked Hazard Deverell for thirty-two years, although, as he would be the first to admit, his antics have often “seemed like a good idea at the time.” He’s trying very hard to fix his wrongs; to set himself upright at last and settle down. Unfortunately, well-behaved females rarely interest Hazard, and as much as he believes in fate, his own has not been very kind to him.
A Deadly Shade of Night
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 168,030. Language: English. Published: March 5, 2021 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Detective Inspector Ptolemy Deverell does not believe in mythical beasts or supernatural phenomena. He’s a quiet, unassuming, pragmatic fellow, who seldom falls prey to emotion. Nobody pulls the fleece over his eyes. But when the detective embarks upon three cases at once, he has no idea how tightly they are entwined, or that this tangle will lead him into the darkest part of Whitherward Fell.
The Crollalanzas
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 142,140. Language: English. Published: April 3, 2020 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Medieval
The Partially Comical and Oft-Times Tragical History of Three Sisters and a truffle pig, told with select examples of drollery, dignified into scenes by way of dialogue, arranged for the pleasure and benefit of all curious persons. Modernized, henceforth, in spelling and punctuation. The main of it translated, for better or worse. The like never before published
The Snowdrop
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 73,190. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2019 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
He was once a boy abandoned, left to make his own way in the world. She was a girl stifled by the demands of her family; a bird caged and without hope. Raised in two disparate worlds, with one fortune rising while the other tumbled, they might never have known each other. If they also find hope and love along the way, it will surely be a Christmas miracle.
A Loveliness of Ladybirds: A Bespoke Novel
Series: Bespoke, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 127,980. Language: English. Published: July 5, 2019 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
Detective Inspector Deverell is not fond of coincidences or the supernatural. But whatever is going on at ‘The Brindle Horse’, he’ll get to the bottom of it. Fortunately, he has the eager amateur sleuth and creator of remarkable cakes, Miss Lucy Greenwood, to help him out.
Bespoke
Series: Bespoke, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 116,300. Language: English. Published: February 20, 2019 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
It's late Victorian England and the world may be on the cusp of change, but is it quite ready for this pairing? They're not even prepared for it themselves. Nevertheless, some wayward kind of chemistry keeps drawing them together and it can't be blamed entirely on the cake. Or the corpse in the conservatory.
The Snow Angel
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 60,610. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2018 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
This Christmas will not turn out quite the way either Anne Follyot or J.P. Deverell, Esq expects, for when these two opposites collide, so do ghosts of the past, the present & the future. It will be a holiday season with all the usual fare—peril, pandemonium, family quarrels, mulled wine and bodily injury. Certainly a Christmas adventure never to be forgotten this time. At least, by one of them.
Slowly Rising
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 83,560. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2018 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
Despite their differences, there is one thing the house's residents have in common: they're brave souls who came on a long journey, ready for adventure. And if they are bold enough to ignore the warning scratched into the doorframe, the menacing sentry of crows, and rumors of a man once scared to death within, then they're welcome to stay a while. At their own risk.
The Peculiar Pink Toes of Lady Flora
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 101,060. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2018 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Regency
When a playful and blindfolded Lady Flora Chelmsworth collides, literally, with the arrogant and staid Duke of Malgrave— subsequently manhandling his person and mistaking him for a butler—it is not an auspicious beginning. Assuming she hasn't made the best of impressions, therefore, Flora is shocked and alarmed when he soon proposes marriage. And with her troubles, she can only decline the offer.
Slowly Fell
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 87,070. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2018 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
Sarah is not a young woman prone to fanciful ideas, but she loves a good mystery, and there is certainly something going on in Slowly Fell. She has begun to suspect that she's lived there before as certain sights are familiar-the house where a reclusive old woman resides, the pond where a family of witches met their deaths, and even that handsome bachelor blacksmith...
The Mutinous Contemplations of Gemma Groot (An Unlikely Romance)
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 101,570. Language: English. Published: November 15, 2017 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General
Gemma Groot grows up in the long shadow cast by an old sin, but she is about to step out of the dark and shine the light on a few startling truths about her family. With the help of a man who falls out of the sky, she will finally discover the strength she needs to revisit the past and unleash the spirit of a wronged woman. But will she find that some skeletons are better off left buried?
The Bounce in the Captain's Boots
Series: Ladies Most Unlikely. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 96,940. Language: English. Published: September 13, 2017 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Regency
When Emma Chance met her best friend's elder brother, she knew instantly that he needed somebody to put the bounce back in his boots. But it couldn't be her, of course. She wouldn't know where to start.
The Peculiar Folly of Long Legged Meg
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 88,740. Language: English. Published: June 28, 2017 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Regency
Josias Radcliffe is the one person who could expose the Dowager Marchioness of Holbrooke as a fraud. He knew her when she was Long-Legged Meg—a scullery maid who spun tall tales, and, so it is rumored, used her knowledge of herbs and plants to dispatch her enemies. Folk say she used those long legs to carry her away from the gallows. Have they carried her far enough?
Damon Undone
Series: The Deverells. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 93,850. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2017 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
When these two stubborn young people—Damon the "merciless shark" of a lawyer, who likes his world in order, and the utterly disorderly Miss Piper, a "despicable girl of whom nothing could be made" find themselves thrown together by mischievous fate, it's not just a battle of the sexes or even a comedy of errors… It's a chemical reaction that will change both their worlds forever.
Pumpymuckles
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 70,510. Language: English. Published: December 21, 2016 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
Ever Greene was just six years-old when she vanished into thin air from the end of Cromer Pier. Four months later, she reappeared, safe and sound, on the doorstep of her parents' house, more than eighty miles away. Her childhood was haunted by nightmares and plagued by mysterious events. Now, as a grown woman, she hopes to put all that behind her and lead a purposeful life...
The Danger in Desperate Bonnets
Series: Ladies Most Unlikely. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 86,420. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2016 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Regency
If only all the men in Melinda Goodheart's life would stop meddling, and insisting they know better, this "Lady Most Unlikely" might finally be able to get on with her own adventures. Especially the "dullest man on earth", Heath Caulfield, a Bow Street Runner who always seems to be rescuing her. Whether she needs it or not.
Ransom Redeemed
Series: The Deverells, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 86,130. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2016 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » General
"Infidele! Sans coeur! L'homme impossible!"— Belle Saint Claire (Mademoiselle), Stage Artiste of Popular Renown. "He is worse even than his father; a despicable scoundrel, a sybarite without conscience."— Anon. of Mayfair. "One (1) Brovver For Sale: Free to good howme. Or any howme."— Raven Deverell, (seven and three quarters), in a note left on park railings.
The Trouble with His Lordship's Trousers
Series: Ladies Most Unlikely. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 94,640. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2016 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Regency
Georgiana has no intention of falling into the conventional trap of marriage and motherhood. She has so much more to do with her life. In fact, she's already taken the first steps to carve out a career, by anonymously crafting a scandalous, satirical column, called His Lordship's Trousers. How much trouble can His Lordship's Trousers get her into? She's about to find out.
Last Rake Standing
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 26,220. Language: English. Published: February 14, 2016 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Historical/Regency, Fiction » Erotica » Historical » General
In Victorian London, Emma Hale leads two lives. As Le Petite Oiseau, in corset and pink feathers, she's the reigning queen of the music hall; offstage she's a meek theatre seamstress. For years these two women have shared one body out of necessity; now they share something else—forbidden love for a man who could end their masquerade for good.
Souls Dryft
Price: $4.49 USD. Words: 131,450. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2016 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Time travel
A struggling would-be writer who can't seem to get her life together, Grace avoids daily frustrations by disappearing into the pages of her book. There the characters she's created have become so real to her that she can no longer believe they're fictional.
Chasing Raven
Series: The Deverells, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 78,420. Language: English. Published: December 16, 2015 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
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Raven Deverell laughs her way through life - and through men - on a dare and a jest. She's having fun, never letting anybody too close, and thumbing her nose at the strict rules of society. Until a stray wink from the back of a horse brings her mischief to the disdainful attention of Sebastian Hale.
A Private Collection (Engraved, Entangled, & Enraptured)
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 111,620. Language: English. Published: October 28, 2015 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
When the estranged sons of wealthy eccentric Randolph Blackwood return home for his funeral and discover he has left them a private collection of three amateur oil paintings, they have no idea how this simple bequest will change their lives. In order to collect their share of Randolph's fortune, they must return— in person— the three scandalous, nude portraits to the women who once posed for him.
Storm
Series: The Deverells, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 76,870. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2015 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
All things considered, Storm has everything he wants, whenever he wants it, in his uncomplicated world. And even if life is a little quiet sometimes, at least it's predictable. Until a strange woman arrives to shatter his unchallenged bachelor tranquility.
True Story
Series: The Deverells, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 99,070. Language: English. Published: April 27, 2015 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Historical » Victorian
True Deverell has decided it's time to set the record straight. He means to dictate his memoirs to this little widow who, according to the instructions he sent to his solicitor, should merely be plain and have a neat hand. He doesn't want any distractions and has endured his fill of scandal. But when Mrs. Olivia Monday arrives on his doorstep, True realizes that perhaps his story isn't over yet.
The Savage and the Stiff Upper Lip
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 90,160. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2014 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Medieval, Fiction » Erotica » Historical/Medieval
(5.00 from 1 review)
When the bodyguard and the Earl's daughter are caught in a scandalous midnight tryst, they might claim it was a case of mistaken identity, but the Earl sees a chance to finally tame his stubborn daughter. Can Lance tame his Shrew and keep that perfect record of victory, as well as her maidenhead, intact? Or will Cate find a way to conquer his notorious stiff upper lip and seduce her husband?
Once A Rogue
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 88,980. Language: British English. Published: January 9, 2014 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Medieval, Fiction » Erotica » Historical/Medieval
Lucasta Collyer is about to resign herself to an arranged marriage. First, however, she wants one night of discovery, on her own terms, with a complete stranger. Surely three sovereigns should be enough to pay for his time and his discretion. But Lucy's plan for one rebellious night of anonymous passion is destined for trouble.
Seducing the Beast
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 87,980. Language: English. Published: December 27, 2013 by Twisted E-Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Maddy Carver is on a mission to save her cousin from exile. She will stop at nothing to clear his name, even if it means seducing the notorious Earl of Swafford. So what if he's known as "The Beast"? Maddy isn't frightened off easily. Tired of being lectured about the rules, she's ready to bend every one of them until they break.