My Favorite Book Couple with Vanessa Kelly

Vanessa Kelly is an award-winning author who was named by Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association, as one of the "New Stars of Historical Romance." Her sensual, Regency-set historical romances have been nominated for awards in a number of contests, and her second book, Sex and The Single Earl, won the prestigious Maggie Medallion for Best Historical Romance. Vanessa's next series, The Renegade Royals, is due to hit the shelves on Nov. 26 with Lost in a Royal Kiss. Book one in the series, Secrets for Seducing a Royal Bodyguard, will release in January, 2014.

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My favorite book couple isn’t found between the pages of a romance, but in a historical mystery series by Elizabeth Peters. Amelia Peabody is an indomitable young Englishwoman who inherits a fortune and decides to spend it adventuring in Egypt. Once there, she meets the formidable archeologist, Radcliffe Emerson, who she describes as “the most distinguished Egyptologist of this or any other era.” Emerson is also handsome, relentless in the pursuit of archeology, and possessed of a famously fierce temper which has earned him a hilarious but affectionate nickname among Egyptians—Father of Curses. But Emerson meets his match in Amelia—she’s not the least bit intimidated by his temper or his intellect, and she soon has him eating out of the palm of her hand. Together, they embark on a series of adventures that span most of their lives and nineteen books. When their son, Ramses, is born, things get even more entertaining.

The Amelia Peabody Mysteries are hilarious, intelligent, and tons of fun. I love the depiction of these two larger than life characters who are fiercely in love and devoted to each other, but who have no problem maintaining their independence and wonderful personalities. It’s a fantastic depiction of a flawed but loving relationship and marriage that only grows stronger as time passes.

Amelia Peabody, indomitable Victorian, embarks for Egypt armed with confidence, journal, and umbrella. Enroute to Cairo, she rescues dainty Evelyn, abandoned by her lover. They sail up the Nile to the archeological dig of the Emerson brothers - irascible but dashing Radcliffe and amiable Walter. A lively mummy, visitations, accidents, kidnap attempts - evil is afoot.

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ONLY ONE WOMAN IS WORTHY OF HIS SECRETS...

Some men are born into scandal. Others pursue it with a passion. Griffin Steele, secret son of the Duke of Cumberland, is guilty on both counts. Yet somehow London’s most notorious scoundrel has been saddled with an abandoned baby boy—and with the unflappable, intriguing spinster summoned to nurse him…

Justine Brightmore may be a viscount’s niece, but she’s also a spy’s daughter, determined to safeguard the infant when his suspected royal parentage makes him a target. Yet how to protect herself from the rakish Griffin? Marriage might shield her reputation, but it can only imperil her heart, especially with a groom intent on delicious seduction…

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