Monica Burns
A multi-published author of erotic romance Monica Burns penned her first short romance story at the age of nine when she selected the pseudonym she uses today. Even then she knew that Burns was a great last name for an erotic romance writer who writes burning hot stories. A workaholic wife and mother, Monica is a 2005 Golden Heart Finalist, 2006 EPPIE finalist, 2005 CAPA nominee and a recipent of JERR’s Silver Star award. Here’s what industry insiders have to say about Monica’s books…
“No one sets fire to the page like Monica Burns.”
― Julie Bonello, eCataromance
“Wow. Just wow.”
― Michelle - Fallen Angel Reviews
“Reading sensual historical romance from Monica Burns is like savoring the taste of a very fine and rare wine..”
― Marilyn Rondeau, E-Romance Writers - A Romance Designs Community Website
“…Burns’ excellent love scenes and bold romance will have readers clamoring for more.”
― Faith V. Smith, Romantic Times BOOKClub
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Upcoming Release - Mirage | Excerpt) | Book Video
A man without a country…Half Bedouin, half English, the Viscount Blakeney has always been Sheikh Altair Mazir in his heart. A victim of prejudice from both cultures, he’s learned to trust no one. But a feisty American archeologist and the heat she ignites in him is about to change all that. And more.
An independent woman hunting for a Pharaoh’s treasure…
Alexandra Talbot is used to men questioning her intelligence simply because of her sex. But the mysterious Viscount isn’t like other men. He never questions her ability to find the lost city of Ramesses II, only her resistance to the sinful pleasure of his touch.
An ancient prophecy…
Bound by a Pharaoh’s prophecy, desire flares between them beneath the desert stars. But murder and betrayal turn their quest into a deadly game, pushing their fragile trust to the breaking point. Their survival hinges on rebuilding that trust.
Backlist
Obsession (read Excerpt | Book Video)
A woman of Victorian England teetering on the brink of sin…
Helen Rivenall is a woman bound to sin, according to her abusive uncle, but it is not until she finds herself drugged and auctioned off in a London brothel that Helen discovers a man who makes her believe that sin is a pleasure.
A man who values his iron-willed self-control…
The secrets of his past haunt Sebastian Rockwood, Earl of Melton, honing him into a man who values control above all else, but when he finds himself bidding on a woman in a private auction, he discovers even his iron will can not protect him from the ultimate obsession.
A Blue Stocking Christmas in the
Holly, Ivy and Me Anthology (read excerpt)
Miss Ivy Beecham is a bluestocking who has sworn off love, and she’s found the perfect place to hide from love. A library. Simon Carton, Viscount Wycombe, is an intellectual rogue who’s convinced all women can be bought.
What neither counted on was finding love amid a stack of dusty books. Determined to win the reluctant bluestocking nymph, Simon seduces Ivy with words and other sinful pleasures. But despite the passion between them, Ivy refuses to risk her heart—at least not until the ghost of her ancestor visits her on Christmas Eve and helps Ivy see that her choices will affect the rest of her life.
Forbidden Pleasures anthology
One Book, Two Illicit Pleasures
Love’s Revenge – 2006 EPPIE Finalist (read excerpt)
Quentin Blackwell, the Devil of Devlyn, wants revenge for a bitter betrayal, and Sophie Hamilton’s delicious curves give him that opportunity. At forty-one, Sophie is beyond just sitting on the shelf. However, despite his tender age of thirty-two, the Devil of Devlyn, is just the man to instruct her in the sinful delights of the flesh. Passion and pleasure in the arms of a younger man is one thing, but can love bridge the age difference between them.
Love’s Portrait (read excerpt)
When Julia Westgard commissions a nude portrait of herself, it puts her at odds with the Marlborough Set’s most notorious rake, Morgan St. Claire. From the first moment Morgan sees Julia’s portrait, he’s determined to have her. But the woman he meets is a far cry from the image on canvas. What starts out as a simple exercise in seduction quickly evolves into a quest to reveal the true Julia.
Rogue in Disguise in The Art of Pleasure anthology (read excerpt)
Ensnared by love, a Rogue in Disguise meets his match in a woman who gambles her heart away
When Ophelia Sheffield loses her home to the Earl of Rotherham, a notorious rake and lover, she’s refuses to relinquish it without a fight. In a daring gamble, she offers to become the earl’s student in the art of pleasure if he returns the deed to her family estate.
Charles Lynton is always saving his brother, the Earl of Rotherham, from cunning debutantes eager to be Countess Rotherham. When a sultry enchantress appears in his brother’s den of pleasure and mistakes Charles for the earl, she offers him a proposition he’s unable to resist. As Charles introduces Ophelia to the art of lovemaking, her heart is quickly ensnared in the rogue’s net. She’s not the only one trapped. Charles soon realizes he has no wish to let Ophelia go, but how does he explain he’s a Rogue in Disguise?