Laura Lee Guhrke Books in Order: Every Series Explained

Laura Lee Guhrke is a USA Today bestselling author best known for smart, emotional historical romance set slightly later than the Regency — often in the glittering Victorian and Edwardian worlds of London society and its American heiresses. Her books are grouped into loosely connected series, each a set of standalones linked by friendships and recurring faces. Here is how they fit together, series by series.

The Girl Bachelors series in order

Her most cherished series, following four independent working women in London who never expected to fall in love. Warm, witty, and full of slow-burn tension.

1. And Then He Kissed Her (2007) — A publishing secretary and her exasperating employer. The boss-secretary slow burn that fans adore.
2. The Wicked Ways of a Duke (2007) — A milliner and a duke in disguise, with a Cinderella glow.
3. Secret Desires of a Gentleman (2008) — A cook and the aristocrat who returns to complicate her carefully built life.
4. With Seduction in Mind (2009) — A novelist and the critic who infuriates her. Banter-forward and delightful.

An American Heiress in London series in order

Transatlantic romance at its most swoon-worthy: rich American women and titled British men navigating marriages of convenience that turn into the real thing.

1. When the Marquess Met His Match (2013) — A marriage broker and the broke marquess she is meant to pair off. Enemies with history.
2. How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days (2014) — A marriage-of-convenience couple, estranged for years, forced back together. Devastating and tender.
3. Catch a Falling Heiress (2015) — A compromising scandal and a reluctant courtship on the ballroom floor.
4. No Mistress of Mine (2016) — A reformed rake, an actress, and a second chance neither planned for.

The Dear Lady Truelove series in order

Built around an anonymous advice columnist whose letters keep nudging the ton toward love. Guhrke at her most charming and modern-feeling.

1. The Truth About Love and Dukes (2017) — A duke storms in to unmask the columnist who printed his family's secrets, and meets his match.
2. The Trouble with True Love (2018) — An eavesdropped conversation, a fake courtship, and feelings nobody planned for.
3. Governess Gone Rogue (2019) — A widowed lord, his unruly twins, and the governess who upends the household. Cosy and heartwarming.
4. Heiress Gone Wild (2019) — A guardian, his late partner's grown daughter, and a road trip full of tension.

Where to start

For most readers, the perfect first Laura Lee Guhrke is And Then He Kissed Her — the boss-secretary romance is the book fans return to again and again, and it opens the beloved Girl Bachelors series. If you would rather start with a marriage in crisis, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days is a standout tearjerker within the American Heiress series. And if you love a light, contemporary-feeling voice, begin the Dear Lady Truelove books with The Truth About Love and Dukes. You cannot really go wrong.