Fawcett Crest, an imprint of Fawcett Publications, published a line of traditional Regency romance paperback novels from 1974 to 1998. This huge number of books can generally be separated into three main eras:
A January 1982 New York Times article quoted an industry insider calling the Coventry line "a disaster" in terms of sales. "We threw just a ton of money into it. We spent well over $1 million marketing the line, we promoted it heavily on television, we bought a lot of display racks that weren't well received by the trade, and we began issuing six books a month, compared with the two we had been publishing.'' Fawcett was purchased by Ballantine in 1982 and the series was replaced by Fawcett's "A Regency Romance" line, which is described below.
This current blog post, however, is all about the first Fawcett Regency line mentioned above -- the books published from 1974 to 1979. Below you will find my attempt at an index of them. Only books published between February 1974 and October 1979 are shown below, all of which have the line's uniform white border.
Before we begin, though, I want to provide some historical context and background for the launch of the Fawcett Regency line in 1974 -- since this stuff didn't occur in a vacuum.
Harlequin was the most successful publisher of category romance novels, adding the iconic Harlequin Presents line (which also had uniform white-bordered covers) to their monthly offerings in 1973. These were strictly contemporary romance novels, however, taking place in the present. (Harlequin Historical would not debut until 1977.) Other publishers jumped on the bandwagon with their own category romance lines, including Dell's Candlelight Romance, which by 1970 had begun adding Gothic and suspense stories to the line, and by 1972 Regency romances. (The first Regency in the Candlelight line was book #97, Heiress of Wainscotte by Betty Hale Hyatt, published in September 1972.) As the popularity of Gothic romances declined during this period, some authors transitioned from Gothics to historicals. Ace Books, who had been "first in Gothics" (as their covers proclaimed) began a Regency line in 1973.
Ace had published paperback editions of the novels of Georgette Heyer (1902-1974), considered the exemplar of the Regency Romance genre. Pyramid Books was regularly publishing historical novels by the prolific Barbara Cartland (1901-2000). In 1973, Bantam began their own monthly line of Barbara Cartland novels, with numbers on their covers (which encouraged readers to collect them all). In 1974, Signet Books began reprinting Regency novels by Clare Darcy (1914-1978) which would eventually lead to the Signet Regency Romance line that outlasted all the rest, finally ending in 2006.
The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (1939-2007) was published by Avon Books in April 1972, which became a massive bestseller and inspired more hefty historical romances like it. (In my own review of the book, I wrote: "I think that a large part of the book's appeal for its original audience was that it has an intense focus on the relationship of the couple, Brandon and Heather. A category romance would have a similar laserlike focus, but Woodiwiss' book is triple the length, giving an epic treatment to their romantic bond.")
Another difference was that such epic-length historicals had a higher heat level than most category romance novels, including the traditional Regency lines offered by Fawcett, Signet, etc. and the novels of Barbara Cartland. Instead of passion and sensuality, the Regency novels recreated a more refined time for modern readers, with attention paid to societal rules, amusing conversations and antiquated jargon. This restraint allowed the story's romance to blossom without explicitly sensual scenes. Although the sexual revolution of the early 1970s had resulted in more daring content in the rest of media, the popularity of the traditional Regency romance in that decade perhaps suggests a reaction against that development. These readers didn't want to read about sex; they wanted to read an old-fashioned romance.
In the September 3, 1979 issue of Publishers Weekly, an article about the impending launch of the Coventry Romances line explained how its direct predecessor -- Fawcett's "pre-Coventry" line (my name for it) -- came to be:
"During a London trip back in the 1970s, Fawcett vice-president and publishing director Leona Nevler picked up some British Regency romances and thought they might be fun to publish. Among the books she brought back was 'Romantic Lady' by Sylvia Thorpe, released by Fawcett in February 1974. By April 1977, these period romances (Regency, Edwardian, etc.) were a regular part of Fawcett's monthly publishing schedule.
"A now-familiar package design emerged for all these period romances, including lush colored paintings framed on the bottom half of the front cover. Nevler's description to PW of the jacket -- 'a pretty package with the right feel; it doesn't have lusty images and it portrays a quality look' -- was certainly borne out in all the subsequent market research. The only front-cover change under Coventry Romances will be prominent display of the new imprint.
"Since the publication of the first titles, Nevler told PW, these romances have sold 15-million copies. The printing of each title has averaged 120,000 to 125,000 copies; returns have been very low."
Numerous writers appeared in this "pre-Coventry" line, and I have provided a separate alphabetical list of the authors near the end of this post. By my count, there was a total of 123 novels that were part of the "pre-Coventry" line, written by 36 different writers.
The line's launch author Sylvia Thorpe appeared the most often, with 20 novels. Mary Ann Gibbs was the second-most prevalent, with 9 novels. She was followed by Joan Smith with 8 novels. (Smith's first novel, An Affair of the Heart, appeared here, and Fawcett would continue to publish her Regency novels regularly for the next 20 years.) Claudette Williams, was the fourth most prolific author, with 7 novels published in the line. The remaining authors had between one and six novels appearing in the line.
Some of the authors wrote under pen-names, such as Janet Louise Roberts (using the pseudonym Rebecca Danton), Brenda Castle (as Rachelle Edwards), Mary Linn Roby (as Georgina Grey) and David Guy Compton (as Frances Lynch). A few of the line's authors are still writing today, such as Claudette Williams (as Claudy Conn) and Maggie MacKeever; those links are to their current Facebook pages.
Most of the writers who had books in the "pre-Coventry" line would also have novels published in the subsequent Coventry Romances line -- including Lois Cole Taylor (as Caroline Arnett) who died in 1979 before the line's debut, but whose novel Christina was published as book #65 in 1980. (The five novels that she wrote for the "pre-Coventry" line also had the heroine's name as their titles.) Back in the 1930s, she had been instrumental in the publication of Gone With the Wind by her friend Margaret Mitchell.
Although many of the books were reprints of novels that had been previously published in hardcover (including U.K. publishers like Robert Hale and Hurst & Blackett), there were also several "paperback originals" in the line, such as the aforementioned Joan Smith (who nonetheless also had a few of her hardcover novels reprinted here). The previous publisher of the book would usually be acknowledged on the copyright page inside the books, and I have included that information in the index below when known.
I have called this a "line," although it may be useful to define our terms. A publisher's romance line would usually have a name and often its own clear numbering (book #1, book #2, etc.) for readers to follow. The "pre-Coventry" line has neither of those things. But like a category romance line, it has a uniform cover design and even an identifying symbol (the small crown on the covers). In a sense these books were single-title historicals that were simply marketed by the publisher using a shared cover design due to their similar subject matter, which eventually led to a recognized category line (Coventry Romances).
Muddling matters is that the Coventry line was treated as much like an imprint as a line, with the books said to be published by Fawcett Coventry rather than Fawcett Crest itself. In the November 13, 1981 issue of Publishers Weekly, Fawcett Crest executive editor Barbara Dicks said (somewhat inaccurately), "We began Coventry Romances as part of the Crest line in 1977," which more properly ought to be described as the Crest imprint, not line. "First we published one a month, then two a month, mostly Regencies, but also Victorians, Georgians and Edwardians." The writer of the article then notes that "Readers were eager enough for the fare to convince Fawcett to break them out and form a separate line."
So, it may be that the slow development of the line caused it to seem less like an actual line initially, which might explain Dicks' saying that it originated in 1977, due to its increased production by then. The first three books were released in early 1974, one per month, but the fourth book wasn't released until later that year. The line was revived in May 1975, adding the familiar crown symbol to the covers (absent from the 1974 books), with one or two published each month. Although a precise release schedule is not available, production eventually increased to three books per month by April 1977, all with the same cover design as before. For my money, that makes it a category line even without having its own distinct name and numbering.
As noted earlier, the "pre-Coventry" books were not numbered, aside from the company's serial numbers for their releases. In the early 1970s Fawcett Crest's serial numbers were a 4-digit number preceded by a letter such as M, P or Q. In 1976, the letter system was dropped, replaced by a 5-digit number (with an additional 6th digit at the end, so that the "book number" on the cover would match the last six numbers in the book's ISBN). At the very end of this post, I have arranged all the books in the "pre-Coventry" line in numerical order for the purpose of providing a (somewhat) chronological list of them.
Some of the books in the "pre-Coventry" line had multiple printings during this 1974-1979 period. If the new printing had a higher cover price than its previous printing, then it would be assigned a new serial number. So, for example, Romantic Lady by Sylvia Thorpe (the first book in the line) was released in Feb. 1974 as book number M2047 with a cover price of 95¢. It was subsequently reprinted as book number P2555 for $1.25. And then it was reprinted again as book number Q2910 for $1.50.
The P2555 and Q2910 editions look nearly identical to M2047 apart from the serial number and price. The publication dates for P2555 and Q2910 are not printed inside the books, but we can infer that P2555 was released in 1975 and Q2910 was released in 1976 based on the surrounding book numbers whose publication dates are known. Unfortunately, Fawcett stopped including month and year dates inside their books in late 1976, and didn't start including them again until October 1979 (the final month of the "pre-Coventry" line) so a precise timeline of release dates is difficult to establish. Every printing published between Feb. 1974 and Oct. 1979 which was assigned a new serial number has its own separate entry in the index below.
What makes indexing this line even more difficult, however, is that some of these "pre-Coventry" novels had 2nd and 3rd printings during the 1974-1979 period without a change in serial number or price to distinguish them from the 1st printing. We know that they are 2nd or 3rd printings by the omission of the "1" (or the "1" and "2" for 3rd printings) from the number-line on the copyright page inside the book. There may be other (very) subtle differences between the printings, such as the omission of the original printing's month and year from the copyright page, additions to the list of other (later) titles by the same author, or a different advertisement page at the back of the book. These various subtle reprintings are not shown in this index (I'm not that obsessed, honestly) -- although if I'm aware of another printing with the same book number as the one shown, I'll mention it.
The index of the "pre-Coventry" books is organized as follows:
First is the alphabetical list of titles, which shows the covers of each book, along with publication details. (Titles that begin with “A,” “An” or “The” are arranged under the next word that follows. For example, The Admiral's Lady is listed under A, not T.)
Each edition of each book has its own entry below, with the information about them sectioned into several lines such as "Date," "Copyright," "Book number," etc.
- The "Date" is the publication date as printed inside the book. (This is not to be confused with the Copyright date, since the book could have been written and copyrighted a different year than when it was actually published.) Keep in mind that the book actually may have been available in stores a month or two prior to the month of publication that is listed inside the book. If the publication date isn't printed in the book, then "None listed" is noted here, with any otherwise known or assumed publication date appearing in brackets.
- The "Copyright" is the copyright date and copyright owner as listed inside the book (usually the same name as the author, but not always).
- "Publication date per CCE" is the release date shown for the book in The Catalog of Copyright Entries. If the book is not listed there (or not found), then "N/A" appears in that space. The CCE seems to be the most accurate source for release dates and usually has priority over conflicting dates in this index. Release dates given by other sources appears in the "Notes" at the bottom of each entry.
- "Book number" refers to the publisher's serial number for that particular edition as shown on the front cover of the book.
- The "ISBN number" refers to the 10-digit number that identifies each book. (These days ISBN numbers are 13 digits, but not back in the 1970s. These older versions of the ISBN are referred to as "ISBN10" on sites like Goodreads.) The "449" at the beginning of the ISBN number is the publisher code for Fawcett Crest, and is the same on all of their books. The last six numbers of the ISBN are the same as the "book number" mentioned above. Prior to 1977, Fawcett had a very similar but different type of numbering system on the spines of their books, so for those books I have included the "Spine number" as well as the ISBN (when known). Incidentally, none of the books that appear below had a barcode printed on them, since Fawcett did not use them until after October 1979.
- The "Era" refers to the historical setting of the novel as listed on the cover of the book. (These were most frequently Regency novels, though not always.) For the novels that were described as simply "Historical Romance," a more specific era is provided in brackets, when known.
- The number of "Pages" in the book refers to all interior pages, not just those which contain text. When advertisements for other Fawcett books appear at the back of the book, that is noted here and included in the book's total number of "Pages." The majority of the books in this list were only 224 pages, typical of a traditional category romance, although a few of the novels listed here exceeded that limit by a few dozen pages.
- The "original cover price" refers to the price of the book as printed on the front cover. Generally the books began in 1974 with a 95¢ price, which was then raised to $1.25 by 1975, then to $1.50 in 1976, and finally $1.75 in 1978. This information can be useful in easily distinguishing between different editions of the same novel, as their covers may look identical with the exception of a higher price for a later printing.
- The "Dedication" quotes any dedication that the author might have included at the beginning of the book. If no "Dedication" line appears below, then no dedication was printed in the Fawcett edition. These dedications can be useful in providing personal insight about the author, since family and friends are usually mentioned. They also demonstrate that these novels were often crafted with intention and care, contrary to their reputation among critics who may dismiss them as ephemeral material.
- The "cover artist" line provides the name of the artist who painted the front cover illustration, when known. The majority of the covers were painted by Allan Kass, though not all. Sometimes the artist was credited on the back cover -- although in the case of Kass, his first name was spelled Alan in those credits. (I have ignored Fawcett's misspelling of his name in this index.) The signature of the artist may also be visible on some covers. The "Allan Kass, Illustrator of Book Covers" blog is also a major source for identifying his work. Other artists who painted covers for the line include Elaine Gignilliat, Kay Kane (wife of artist Morgan Kane), Lou Marchetti and Walter Popp.
- The "cover image source" refers to where the cover image shown in this post was obtained. 96 of the covers below are scans that I made from the books in my collection. For books and editions that I don't own, I looked online for the best-looking images of the covers that I could find (and usually did some quick photo-editing to improve them). Unfortunately there are some editions where I have been unable to find a cover image, and that is shown in the index by an "Image Not Available" icon.
- Additional information is located in a general "Note" at the end of the entry. This usually includes details about where the book originally appeared (if it was a reprint of another publisher's book) or possible release dates according to websites like ISBN Search, FictionDB and Goodreads. Goodreads usually shows the books being released on the 12th day of each month, which sounds unlikely, but I have included that info here anyway, just in case. (However, if the site shows a date that seems to me an obvious error or way off-base, then I simply ignore it instead of sharing the error here.)
This index is best viewed in desktop mode due to the placement of images. I have the covers of reissues located on the right side of the screen to make it easier to see at a glance which books are reissues. As noted previously, only editions or reissues published between Feb. 1974 and Oct. 1979 are included here. If the book got reissued again after Oct. 1979, that later printing is not shown.
At the end of this blog post, after the alphabetical list of titles, you can find a simplified chronological listing of the same titles. Because Fawcett did not list publication months inside their books at all for the 1977-1978 period, this attempt at a chronological list will rely on listing them in numerical order according to the "book number" on the cover of each edition.
If you find any errors or omissions in this post, please let me know in the comments section below. This post will be updated as more information becomes available. The most recent update to this post was on June 10, 2026.
The FAWCETT CREST "Pre-Coventry" (1974-1979) Index
(in alphabetical order by book title)
Date: December 1975
Copyright: 1974 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2658
Spine number: 449-02658-125
ISBN: N/A
Era: Victorian
Pages: 208
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Mason/Charter Publishers, Inc.
Original U.K. title was A Wife for the Admiral.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [November 1978?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3678-1
ISBN: 0-449-23678-1
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published in Nov. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [February 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Publication date per CCE: February 15, 1977
Book number: 2-3092-9
ISBN: 0-449-23092-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 240 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
Published on Dec. 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page and Dec. 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
Another edition (2nd printing?) with same book number has the phrase "The Canadian Georgette Heyer" printed below her name on the cover.
A paragraph "About the Author" is printed inside the book, which reads in full: "Joan Smith, a native of Canada, lives with her husband and three children in South Lancaster, Ontario. She has taught at St. Lawrence College in Cornwall, Canada. An Affair of the Heart is her first novel. She is currently working on another book."
Date: __ [January 1977]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: January 11, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 13, 1978)
Book number: 2-3081-3
ISBN: 0-449-23081-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 240? (last page is an ad?)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: The Fawcett edition published in Nov. 1976 according to ISBN Search site. Goodreads page has two release dates listed for this edition: Nov. 12, 1976 and Jan. 1, 1977 (the latter may be a stub for a general 1977 release date).
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [March 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3928-4
ISBN: 0-449-23928-4
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: N/A
Note: This paperback reissue (2-3928-4) was presumably the 2nd printing of the Fawcett edition listed above (2-3081-3).
This Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page and March 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [August 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Madeleine Robins
Publication date per CCE: August 11, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 13, 1978)
Book number: 2-3268-9
ISBN: 0-449-23268-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 256 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "For Karen Beecher, 1956-1973 / First audience, kindest critic, dear friend"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in the ad at back of book expires in June 1978.
Date: None listed [December 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Rebecca Danton
Publication date per CCE: December 13, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 22, 1978)
Book number: 2-3400-2
ISBN: 0-449-23400-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in the ad at back of book expires in June 1978.
Rebecca Danton was a pseudonym of Janet Louise Roberts.
Date: None listed [August 1978?]
Copyright: 1963 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3649-8
ISBN: 0-449-23649-8
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (per website)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: No mention of the book's original publisher inside on the copyright page.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Aug. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
A previous paperback edition published by Beagle Books, spine number 345-26557-2-095.
Date: None listed [March 1979?]
Copyright: 1979 by Denice Greenlea
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3914-4
ISBN: 0-449-23914-4
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: October 1975
Copyright: 1975 by Margaret Eastvale
Publication date per CCE: October 14, 1975
Book number: P2569
Spine number: 449-02569-125
ISBN: 0-449-22569-0
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett, Ltd.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1975 according to Goodreads page, and in Aug. 1975 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [November 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Joan Smith
Publication date per CCE: November 15, 1977 (copyright registered on Feb. 27, 1978)
Book number: 2-3378-2
ISBN: 0-449-23378-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 256 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page.
The coupons in the ads at the back of book expire in June 1978.
Date: None listed [May 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Maggie MacKeever
Publication date per CCE: May 12, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 7, 1978)
Book number: 2-3174-7
ISBN: 0-449-23174-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 240 (last 4 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page and in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in June 1978.
According to the book's CCE entry, Maggie MacKeever was a pseudonym of Gail Clark.
Date: None listed [February 1977?]
Copyright: 1953 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3091-0
ISBN: 0-449-23091-0
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: 240
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To Velvet, my cocker spaniel, whose place can never be filled"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published in Feb. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [July 1978?]
Copyright: 1959 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3607-2
ISBN: 0-449-23607-2
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: 256 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on July 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in July 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in January 1979.
Date: None listed [May 1978?]
Copyright: 1976 by Mira Stables
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3558-0
ISBN: 0-449-23558-0
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: February 1976
Copyright: 1958 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: Q2709
Spine number: 449-02709-150
ISBN: 0-449-22709-X
Era: Georgian
Pages: 208
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1976 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [May 1978?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3547-5
ISBN: 0-449-23547-5
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published in May 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [June 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Rebecca Baldwin
Publication date per CCE: June 22, 1979 (copyright registered on Sept. 12, 1979)
Book number: 2-4047-9
ISBN: 0-449-24047-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 5 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "To Blanche"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature partially visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
Date: None listed [November 1977?]
Copyright: 1967 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3418-5
ISBN: 0-449-23418-5
Era: Historical Romance [mid-1600s]
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in the ad at back of book expires in June 1978.
Date: None listed [October 1978?]
Copyright: 1977 by Audrey Blanshard
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3770-2
ISBN: 0-449-23770-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Oct. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in an ad at back of book expires in January 1979.
Date: None listed [June 1978?]
Copyright: 1977 by Meriol Trevor
Publication date per CCE: N/A (see note)
Book number: 2-3580-7
ISBN: 0-449-23580-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by E. P. Dutton. The CCE lists a publication date of Aug. 8, 1977, but doesn't mention Fawcett, so this must refer to its original hardcover edition.
The Fawcett edition published in June 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at the back of book expire in December 1978.
Date: July 1976
Copyright: 1976 by Caroline Arnett
Publication date per CCE: July 13, 1976
Book number: 2-2893-2
ISBN: 0-449-22893-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is blank)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Published by arrangement with Harold Ober Associates.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
According to the book's CCE entry, Caroline Arnett was a pseudonym of Lois Cole Taylor.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [March 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3930-6
ISBN: 0-449-23930-6
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: __
Date: None listed [August 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Caroline Arnett
Publication date per CCE: August 11, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 15, 1978)
Book number: 2-3647-1
ISBN: 0-449-23647-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page.
According to the book's CCE entry, Caroline Arnett was a pseudonym of Lois Cole Taylor.
Date: None listed [September 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Claudette Williams
Publication date per CCE: September 13, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 15, 1978)
Book number: 2-3664-1
ISBN: 0-449-23664-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 224? (last page is an ad?)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Internet Archive.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 1, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date stamp on page edge of copy found online was dated Sept. 5, 1978.
Date: None listed [February 1979?]
Copyright: 1977 by Freda Michel
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3842-3
ISBN: 0-449-23842-3
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [May 1979?]
Copyright: 1978 by Joan Smith
Publication date per CCE: N/A (see note)
Book number: 2-3968-3
ISBN: 0-449-23968-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Walker & Company in 1978. (No month given inside the book.) The cover illustration on the Walker hardcover is the same one used for the Fawcett paperback.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
The CCE gives May 20, 1980 as the publication date, although doesn't mention Fawcett.
Based on Fawcett's book numbering, the paperback edition was published in 1979 between her other novels Sweet & Twenty (#2-3818-0) and Talk of the Town (#2-4137-8).
Date: October 1979
Copyright: 1978 by Souvenir Press and Juque Ltd.
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4157-2
ISBN: 0-449-24157-2
Era: Edwardian
Pages: 288 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press, Inc.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in Oct. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Frances Lynch was a pen-name of David Guy Compton.
An ad on the last page announces the debut of the Coventry Romances line "beginning in November."
Date: None listed [March 1977?]
Copyright: 1976 by Rachelle Edwards
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3176-3
ISBN: 0-449-23176-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224? (last page is an ad?)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company; release date was Feb. 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page.
The Fawcett paperback edition was published on March 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in March 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
There is a 2nd printing (indicated on the copyright page by the absence of the "1" in the number line) with the same book number.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [February 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3890-3
ISBN: 0-449-23890-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224? (last page is an ad?)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: Goodreads page.
Note: This Fawcett edition published in Feb. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Third printing of the Fawcett paperback edition?
Date: None listed [June 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Joan Mellows
Publication date per CCE: June 25, 1979 (copyright registered on Sept. 12, 1979)
Book number: 2-4046-0
ISBN: 0-449-24046-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 4 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition was published on July 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [June 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Norma Lee Clark
Publication date per CCE: June 22, 1979 (copyright registered on Sept. 12, 1979)
Book number: 2-4048-7
ISBN: 0-449-24048-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 208
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "To my own Emily"
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition was published on July 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: __ [August 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4079-7
ISBN: 0-449-24079-7
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Walter Popp (signature visible)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and August 1979 according to FictionDB and ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [July 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by CBS Publications, The Consumer Publishing Division of CBS, Inc.
Publication date per CCE: July 12, 1977 (copyright registered on Feb. 27, 1978)
Book number: 2-3232-8
ISBN: 0-449-23232-8
Era: Regency
Pages: 240 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "In Memory of My Mother"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition was published on May 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1977 according to FictionDB page.
The coupon in the ad at the back of book expires in June 1978.
Date: __ [September 1976]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: September 14, 1976
Book number: 2-2967-X
ISBN: 0-449-22967-X
Era: Regency
Pages: 224?
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog) ("AK initials visible)
Cover image source: Amazon page.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on August 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and August 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [December 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Leonora Burton
Publication date per CCE: December 15, 1978 (copyright registered on Dec. 26, 1978)
Book number: 2-3754-0
ISBN: 0-449-23754-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "For Tony / with special thanks and affection to Ben Ross"
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Dec. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
According to the book's CCE entry, Leonora Blythe was a pseudonym for Leonora Burton.
Date: None listed [June 1977?]
Copyright: 1975 by Juque Ltd. and Souvenir Press Ltd.
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3269-7
ISBN: 0-449-23269-7
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press, Inc.
The Fawcett edition published in June 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Frances Lynch was a pen-name of David Guy Compton.
The coupon in the ad at back of book expires in June 1978.
Date: None listed [January 1977?]
Copyright: 1977 by Rebecca Danton
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3112-7
ISBN: 0-449-23112-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 272 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1977 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site.
Rebecca Danton was a pseudonym of Janet Louise Roberts.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [April 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3984-5
ISBN: 0-449-23984-5
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published in April 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [April 1978?]
Copyright: 1976 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3533-5
ISBN: 0-449-23533-5
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Goodreads page.
Note: Originally published by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett paperback edition published on April 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page and April 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [February 1977?]
Copyright: 1976 by Meriol Trevor
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3137-2
ISBN: 0-449-23137-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page and in Feb. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [September 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Denice Greenlea
Publication date per CCE: September 13, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 22, 1978)
Book number: 2-3301-4
ISBN: 0-449-23301-4
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last 4 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Lou Marchetti (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page.
According to the book's CCE entry, Denice Greenlea was a pseudonym for Denice Pipkin.
Unusually for this Fawcett line, a (small) photo of the author appears on the back cover, and a paragraph "About the Author" was printed inside. It reads in full: "Denice Greenlea was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and was raised in a small town in Bergen County near New York City. She attended Northwestern University, majoring in theater and creative writing, and there met her husband, a British student working for his doctorate in geography. She now lives in Albany, New York, with her husband, who teaches at the State University, and her two cats, Sylvie and Bruno. She is active in local dinner and community theater and finds acting a satisfying complement to writing. This is her first novel." (Presumably her cats were named after the children in the Lewis Carroll novel.) Greenlea would go on to write another book in this line, The Ardent Suitor (see entry above) as well as a few more novels in the subsequent Coventry line.
Date: None listed [March 1978?]
Copyright: 1974 by Audrey Blanshard
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3557-2
ISBN: 0-449-23557-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224?
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To my parents."
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Goodreads page.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in March 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: August 1975
Copyright: 1974 by Joan Mellows
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2530
Spine number: 449-02530-125
ISBN: 0-449-22530-5
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: __ (unknown signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy (damage on bottom left corner from sticker removal).
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1975 according to Goodreads page, and in June 1975 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [May 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Rebecca Baldwin
Publication date per CCE: May 12, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3559-9
ISBN: 0-449-23559-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To Felicia D'Onofrio for all those winters"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page.
According to the book's CCE entry, Rebecca Baldwin was a pseudonym for Helen Chappell.
A paragraph "About the Author" was printed inside, which reads in full: "Rebecca Baldwin was born and raised on Baldwin Chance Plantation, Chicksaw County, North Carolina. She studied art at the Sorbonne, read literature at Oxford University, and graduated from Radcliffe cum laude. With her boat designer husband, she currently lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she is an enthusiastic sailor and horsewoman. She lists her occupations as conceptual art, rose gardening, and writing. This is her first historical novel and her ninth book." Baldwin's next novel would be The Cassandra Knot (see entry above) and would subsequently write a few more novels in the Coventry line.
Date: None listed [October 1978?]
Copyright: 1978 by Jean Merrill
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3752-4
ISBN: 0-449-23752-4
Era: Edwardian
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1978 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site.
The coupon in an ad at back of book expires in January 1979.
Date: None listed [November 1976?]
Copyright: 1973 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3063-5
ISBN: 0-449-23063-5
Era: Victorian
Pages: 208 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Mason/Charter Publishers, Inc.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
My copy is a 2nd printing of the Fawcett paperback, according to the copyright page, presumably with the same book number as the 1st printing.
Date: None listed [August 1976?]
Copyright: 1956 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3006-6
ISBN: 0-449-23006-6
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: 240
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Lou Marchetti (per official website)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group, Ltd.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in Aug. 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [April 1977?]
Copyright: 1976 by Audrey Blanshard
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3210-7
ISBN: 0-449-23210-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To J.B.G."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published in April 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [June 1977]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: June 14, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 13, 1978)
Book number: 2-3209-3
ISBN: 0-449-23209-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224? (last 3 pages are ads?)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: Subtitled "A novel of early 19th-century England."
The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [November 1978?]
Copyright: 1977 by Rachelle Edwards
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3694-3
ISBN: 0-449-23694-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [June 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Georgina Grey
Publication date per CCE: June 14, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3582-3
ISBN: 0-449-23582-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To Bernd and Linn with love."
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (per website) (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy (damage on bottom corner from sticker removal).
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in June 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in an ad at back of book expires in December 1978.
According to the book's CCE entry, Georgina Grey was a pseudonym of Mary Linn Roby. This was apparently the first of her novels using that pen-name.
Date: None listed [November 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Norma Lee Clark
Publication date per CCE: November 15, 1978 (copyright registered on Nov. 22, 1978)
Book number: 2-3753-2
ISBN: 0-449-23753-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224?
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (per website)
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published in Feb. 1979 according to FictionDB page.
Date: None listed [January 1979?]
Copyright: 1962 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3695-1
ISBN: 0-449-23695-1
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by The Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1979 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [March 1979?]
Copyright: 1977 by Mira Stables
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3915-2
ISBN: 0-449-23915-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224?
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "For that canine Honey-pot Jai and her attendant court."
Cover artist: ______ ("G.J." signature visible)
Cover image source: Amazon page.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett paperback edition published in March 1979 according to ISBN Search site and FictionDB.
Date: None listed [March 1977?]
Copyright: 1961 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3175-5
ISBN: 0-449-23175-5
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Lou Marchetti (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Reprinted by arrangement with John Cushman Associates, Inc.
The Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in March 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
A previous paperback edition published by Beagle Books, spine number #8441-26502-5-095.
Date: None listed [September 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Joan Smith
Publication date per CCE: September 13, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 15, 1978)
Book number: 2-3663-3
ISBN: 0-449-23663-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 240
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: No mention of the book's original publisher inside on the copyright page.
Originally published in hardcover by Walker & Company on March 28, 1978 according to CCE. (No month given inside the book.) Library stamp on title page of a copy seen online was February 10, 1978. The cover illustration on the Walker hardcover is different than the one used for the Fawcett paperback. A Large Print hardcover edition of the novel was published by G. K. Hall & Co. in 1979.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [February 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Claudette Williams
Publication date per CCE: February 15, 1979 (copyright registered on March 8, 1979)
Book number: 2-3845-8
ISBN: 0-449-23845-8
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "To my cousin Cheryl with love."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog) (signature partially visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [March 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Joan Smith
Publication date per CCE: March 15, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3490-8
ISBN: 0-449-23490-8
Era: Regency
Pages: 222
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "With love to Vovo."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 1, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [April 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Leonora Burton
Publication date per CCE: April 12, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3534-3
ISBN: 0-449-23534-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "In memory of my mother and friend Evelyn Blythe Fairclough"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1978 according to ISBN Search site. Perhaps that refers to a later printing?
The coupon in an ad at back of book expires in December 1978.
According to the book's CCE entry, Leonora Blythe was a pseudonym for Leonora Burton.
Date: None listed [May 1979?]
Copyright: 1978 by Elizabeth Renier
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3970-5
ISBN: 0-449-23970-5
Era: Victorian
Pages: _
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Allan Kass blog.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and May 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: April 1974
Copyright: 1972 by Catherine Fellows
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: M2068
Spine number: 449-02068-095
ISBN: N/A
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: 95¢
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [May 1976?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-2897-5
ISBN: 0-449-22897-5
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page and in May 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [September 1979?]
Copyright: 1974 by Mira Stables
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4138-6
ISBN: 0-449-24138-6
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "For Alexa, Jessica, and Mira Joanne"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: January 1976
Copyright: 1975 by Maggie MacKeever
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2695
Spine number: 449-02695-125
ISBN: 0-449-22695-6
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1975 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1975 according to ISBN Search site.
Some online resources list the book's ISBN number as 0-449-24127-0, but that might refer to a later edition, since the ISBN Search site gives that ISBN's release date as Sept. 1979.
Date: __ [September 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4127-0
ISBN: 0-449-24127-0
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: __
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: __
Note: The Fawcett edition published in Sept. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [June 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3991-8
ISBN: 0-449-23991-8
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224? (last page is an ad?)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Bookscans site.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page and June 1979 according to ISBN Search site and FictionDB.
Date: None listed [January 1978?]
Copyright: 1978 by Sheila Bishop
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3458-4
ISBN: 0-449-23458-4
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Dec. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page.
Ordinarily I would date this as "December 1977?" based on the Goodreads date, but the fact that the book has a 1978 copyright date inside has forced me to put a "January 1978?" date instead (which I think is actually the correct date).
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in June 1978.
Date: October 1979
Copyright: 1978 by Audrey Blanshard
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4189-0
ISBN: 0-449-24189-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 4 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in Oct. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
An ad on the last page announces the debut of the Coventry Romances line "beginning in November."
Date: None listed [September 1977?]
Copyright: 1977 by Freda Michel
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3348-0
ISBN: 0-449-23348-0
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [July 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Norma Lee Clark
Publication date per CCE: July 12, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3608-0
ISBN: 0-449-23608-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 208 (page 203 is blank, pages 204-208 are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "For Patrick O'Connor who believed in me before I did."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on July 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in July 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in January 1979.
Date: None listed [February 1977?]
Copyright: 1975 by Mira Stables
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3142-9
ISBN: 0-449-23142-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "For Tom and Molly Gyte"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [March 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3929-2
ISBN: 0-449-23929-2
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published in March 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: September 1975
Copyright: 1975 by Caroline Arnett
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2547
Spine number: 449-02547-125
ISBN: 0-449-22547-X
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: Published by arrangement with Harold Ober Associates.
The Fawcett edition published on July 12, 1975 according to Goodreads page, and in July 1975 according to ISBN Search site.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [February 1978?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3477-0
ISBN: 0-449-23477-0
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: Amazon page.
Note: This Fawcett edition published in Feb. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [May 1979?]
Copyright: 1978 by Rachelle Edwards
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3992-6
ISBN: 0-449-23992-6
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)?
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Pinterest page.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1980 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site. However, based on the book's serial number, a release date of May 1979 seems more likely.
Date: None listed [August 1977?]
Copyright: 1976 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3300-6
ISBN: 0-449-23300-6
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Lou Marchetti (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Mason/Charter.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Aug. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in June 1978.
The original art and concept sketch for the cover can be viewed here.
Date: None listed [December 1977?]
Copyright: 1977 by Elizabeth Renier
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3460-6
ISBN: 0-449-23460-6
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Dec. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in the ad at back of book expires in June 1978.
Date: None listed [June 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Claudette Williams
Publication date per CCE: June 14, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3577-7
ISBN: 0-449-23577-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is blank)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To my parents, Lawrence & Doris Nissan who have given me everything I have ever needed to have -- love."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [August 1979?]
Copyright: 1970 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4080-0
ISBN: 0-449-24080-0
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: 192
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in Aug. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [March 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Maggie MacKeever
Publication date per CCE: March 15, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3491-6
ISBN: 0-449-23491-6
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 4 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in June 1978.
According to the book's CCE entry, Maggie MacKeever was a pseudonym of Gail Clark.
Date: None listed [January 1979?]
Copyright: 1969 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3771-0
ISBN: 0-449-23771-0
Era: Historical Romance [Regency?]
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: No mention of the book's original publisher inside on the copyright page.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
A previous paperback edition was published by Beagle Books in 1973, according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [January 1977?]
Copyright: 1974 by Sheila Bishop
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3113-5
ISBN: 0-449-23113-5
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by the Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1977 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [December 1977?]
Copyright: __ [1976?]
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3459-2
ISBN: 0-449-23459-2
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Goodreads page.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on Dec. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and Dec. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
An index of Irene Northan's novels can be viewed here.
Date: None listed [April 1977?]
Copyright: 1976 by Freda Michel
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3211-5
ISBN: 0-449-23211-5
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupon in the ad at back of book expires in June 1978.
Date: October 1979
Copyright: 1978 by Freda Michel
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4159-9
ISBN: 0-449-24159-9
Era: Georgian
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and Oct. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [March 1976?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2753
ISBN: 0-449-22753-7
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: The Green Capsule blog review.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1976 according to ISBN Search site, and March 1, 1976 according to Goodreads page.
Annabel Jones was a pseudonym of mystery writer Christianna Brand.
Date: None listed [August 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Helen Tucker
Publication date per CCE: August 21, 1979 (copyright registered on Sept. 12, 1979)
Book number: 2-4139-4
ISBN: 0-449-24139-4
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Dedication: "For Barbara Dicks" [who was the Fawcett Crest editor]
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [August 1977?]
Copyright: 1975 by Rachelle Edwards
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3302-2
ISBN: 0-449-23302-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Lou Marchetti (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published in Aug. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [August 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Alix Melbourne
Publication date per CCE: August 11, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 15, 1978)
Book number: 2-3650-1
ISBN: 0-449-23650-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 288
Dedication: "For Christine, Betsy, Nancy and Thais"
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Aug. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
According to the book's CCE entry, Alix Melbourne was a pseudonym of Ellendea Proffer. As noted in Proffer's Wikipedia entry (which contains links to a few YouTube videos about her), she is a university professor and an authority on Russian literature. As Alix Melbourne, she also contributed to the Coventry line, with book #180 (Double Wedding) in 1982.
Date: None listed [April 1978?]
Copyright: 1978 by Blanche Chenier
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3419-3
ISBN: 0-449-23419-3
Era: Regency
Pages: 256
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in April 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: March 1974
Copyright: 1963 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: M2055
Spine number: 449-02055-095
ISBN: N/A
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: 95¢
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: None listed [October 1975?]
Copyright: 1963 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2578
Spine number: 449-02578-125
ISBN: N/A
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover image source: ISBN Search site.
Note: The "March 1974" publication date is omitted from the copyright page inside this printing.
Date: __ [October 1977?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3426-6
ISBN: 0-449-23426-6
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Oct. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [November 1976?]
Copyright: 1957 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3041-4
ISBN: 0-449-23041-4
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [June 1976?]
Copyright: __ [1967 by Mary Ann Gibbs]
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2869
Spine number: 449-02869-125
ISBN: 0-449-02869-0
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Bookscans site.
Note: A previous paperback edition published by Beagle Books in April 1973.
The Fawcett edition published in 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: February 1974
Copyright: 1960 by Hurst and Blackett, Ltd.
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: M2047
Spine number: 449-02047-095
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: 95¢
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy (damage on bottom left corner from sticker removal).
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [September 1975?]
Copyright: __ [1960 by Hurst and Blackett, Ltd.?]
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2555
Spine number: 449-02555-125?
ISBN: N/A
Era: Regency
Pages: 224?
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover image source: Bookscans site.
ROMANTIC LADY by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue]
Date: None listed [March 1976? (see note)]
Copyright: 1960 by Hurst and Blackett, Ltd.
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: Q2910
Spine number: 449-02910-150
ISBN: 0-449-02910-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 224?
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: The "February 1974" date is omitted from the copyright page inside this later printing.
Based on the book's numerical proximity to Q2934, which two sites claim to be a March 1976 release, a similar date for this book sounds logical. However based on its 02910 number and $1.50 price, a release date in July or August seems more likely to me.
Date: None listed [December 1978?]
Copyright: 1978 by Sheila Bishop
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3819-9
ISBN: 0-449-23819-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by The Hutchinson Publishing Group.
Date: None listed [May 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Anna James
Publication date per CCE: May 23, 1979 (copyright registered on Sept. 12, 1979)
Book number: 2-3993-4
ISBN: 0-449-23993-4
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Walter Popp (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Presumably this Anna James is the pen-name of the writing team of Madeline Porter and Shannon Harper.
Date: None listed [November 1977]
Copyright: 1977 by Claudette Williams
Publication date per CCE: November 15, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 7, 1978)
Book number: 2-3371-5
ISBN: 0-449-23371-5
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "Dedicated to Gordon with my love"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover & signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page.
Date: July 1975
Copyright: 1952 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2478
Spine number: 449-02478-125
ISBN: N/A
Era: Georgian
Pages: 240 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy (damage on bottom left corner from sticker removal).
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
Previous Fawcett Crest books by Thorpe at the time of this book's release (as listed on interior page) were Romantic Lady, The Reluctant Adventuress, The Scandalous Lady Robin, The Silver Nightingale and The Scapegrace.
Subtitled on title page as "A Romantic Comedy."
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: July 1975 (as listed in book) [March 1976? (see note)]
Copyright: 1952 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: Q2934
Spine number: 449-02934-150
ISBN: 0-449-22934-3
Era: Georgian
Pages: 240 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
This Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in March 1976 according to ISBN Search site. Based on its 02934 number and $1.50 price, however, a release date in July or August 1976 seems more likely to me.
My copy of the Q2934 edition was the 3rd printing, according to the copyright page inside. Previous Fawcett Crest books by Thorpe at the time of this book's release (as listed on interior page) were Romantic Lady, The Reluctant Adventuress, The Scandalous Lady Robin, The Silver Nightingale, The Scapegrace, The Scarlet Domino, Captain Gallant, and Tarrington Chase.
An apparent 4th printing of this edition can be viewed online, which has four more Thorpe novels added to the above list.
Subtitled on title page as "A Romantic Comedy."
Date: __ [July 1978?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3622-6
ISBN: 0-449-23622-6
Era: Georgian
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover image source: Goodreads page.
Note: This Fawcett edition published in July 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: May 1975
Copyright: 1971 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: M2439
Spine number: 449-02439-095
ISBN: N/A
Era: Regency
Pages: 176
Original cover price: 95¢
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [December 1975?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2663
Spine number: 449-02663-125
ISBN: __
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover image source: Bookscans site.
Date: November 1975
Copyright: 1970 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2600
Spine number: 449-02600-125
ISBN: 0-449-22600-X
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1975 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1975 according to ISBN Search site.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: __ [November 1978? (see note)]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3220-4
ISBN: 0-449-23220-4
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The book number appears to be way out of sequence for a Nov. 1978 release, which would be more likely in the 2-3670 to 2-3770 range. The book's 2-3220 number puts it more in the June-July 1977 period.
Date: None listed [September 1978?]
Copyright: 1977 by Audrey Blanshard
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3666-8
ISBN: 0-449-23666-8
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: October 1979
Copyright: 1978 by Rachelle Edwards
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4233-1
ISBN: 0-449-24233-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Walter Popp (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
An ad on the last page announces the debut of the Coventry Romances line "beginning in November."
Date: October 1974
Copyright: 1974 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: M2312
Spine number: 449-02312-095
ISBN: N/A
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-84342
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: 95¢
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy (damage on bottom left corner from sticker removal).
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
Previous Fawcett Crest books by Thorpe at the time of this book's release (as listed on interior page) were Romantic Lady and The Reluctant Adventuress.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: October 1974 (as listed in book) [November 1975?]
Copyright: 1974 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2626
Spine number: 449-02626-125
ISBN: N/A
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-84342
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
This paperback reissue (P2626) was presumably the 2nd printing of the Fawcett edition listed above (M2312).
Previous Fawcett Crest books by Thorpe at the time of this (reissued) book's release (as listed on interior page) were Romantic Lady, The Reluctant Adventuress, The Silver Nightingale, The Scandalous Lady Robin, The Scarlet Domino and The Scapegrace.
An eBay auction for a later printing of the book, with the same P2626 book number, shows nine previous Thorpe titles listed instead of six (Captain Gallant, The Sword and the Shadow and Tarrington Chase are added to the list). That printing also omits the "October 1974" publication date from the copyright page.
Date: None listed? [June 1977?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3379-0
ISBN: 0-449-23379-0
Era: __
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover image source: __
Note: This Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in June 1977 according to both the FictionDB and ISBN Search sites.
Date: None listed [February 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Norma Lee Clark
Publication date per CCE: February 22, 1979 (copyright registered on March 8, 1979)
Book number: 2-3916-0
ISBN: 0-449-23916-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "To Dimitri, Σαγαπσ"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was presumably the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: __ [April 1976?]
Copyright: __ [1976 by Sheila Bishop?]
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: P2779
ISBN: 0-449-02779-1
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.25
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Goodreads page.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd. (I don't have the Fawcett edition to see if that info is mentioned on the copyright page, though.)
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: None listed [November 1976]
Copyright: 1976 by Claudette Williams
Publication date per CCE: November 11, 1976
Book number: 2-3025-2
ISBN: 0-449-23025-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 240 (the last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "dedicated to: my husband, Gordon, my parents, and my brother Bobby"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original. The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in Oct. 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
My own copy is a 2nd printing, which has the same book number as the 1st printing.
Date: None listed [September 1977?]
Copyright: 1965 by J. S. Thimblethorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3346-4
ISBN: 0-449-23346-4
Era: Historical Romance [mid-1600s]
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Sept. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Unlike the other books in this line, which have white back covers and spines, this novel has a pink back cover and spine.
The original art for the cover can be viewed here.
Date: None listed [March 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Rebecca Danton
Publication date per CCE: March 22, 1979 (copyright registered on May 7, 1979)
Book number: 2-3901-2
ISBN: 0-449-23901-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 256
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Rebecca Danton was a pseudonym of Janet Louise Roberts.
Date: None listed [January 1979]
Copyright: 1978 by Nora Hampton
Publication date per CCE: Jan. 15, 1979 (copyright registered on March 8, 1979)
Book number: 2-3772-9
ISBN: 0-449-23772-9
Era: Victorian
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Dedication: "For Caroline, Robin, and Helen, with love..."
Cover artist: _____ ("Marini" signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was presumably a 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1979 according to both Goodreads page and ISBN Search site.
According to the book's CCE entry, Nora Hampton was a pseudonym of Celia White.
Nora Hampton's next novel for Fawcett was The Heartbreak Triangle, which was book #1 in the Coventry Romances line.
Date: None listed [August 1979?]
Copyright: 1979 by Caroline Arnett
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4081-9
ISBN: 0-449-24081-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: _____ (unknown signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was presumably a 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Aug. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [April 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Helen Tucker
Publication date per CCE: April 12, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3535-1
ISBN: 0-449-23535-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)?
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: This edition was a 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1978 according to ISBN Search site. Perhaps that refers to a later printing?
Date: None listed [November 1977?]
Copyright: 1976 by Mira Stables
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3402-9
ISBN: 0-449-23402-9
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "For Jo"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on Nov. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Nov. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in June 1978.
Date: None listed [July 1978]
Copyright: 1977 by Freda Michel
Publication date per CCE: July 12, 1978 (copyright registered on Sept. 1, 1978)
Book number: 2-3609-9
ISBN: 0-449-23609-9
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: ______ (faint signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale Limited.
The Fawcett edition published on July 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in July 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in January 1979.
Date: None listed [December 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Blanche Chenier
Publication date per CCE: December 15, 1978 (copyright registered on Dec. 26, 1978)
Book number: 2-3820-2
ISBN: 0-449-23820-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog) (signature partially visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was presumably a 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Dec. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [July 1977?]
Copyright: 1977 by Claudette Williams
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3230-1
ISBN: 0-449-23230-1
Era: Georgian
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "For my husband, Gordon, and my daughter, Bambi, and my cousin Robin Nissan."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: This edition was a 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, in May 1977 according to ISBN Search site, and July 1977 according to FictionDB entry.
Date: __ [April 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3986-1
ISBN: 0-449-23986-1
Era: _
Pages: __
Original cover price: _
Cover image source: _
Note: This Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in April 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [January 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Joan Smith
Publication date per CCE: January 15, 1979 (copyright registered on March 8, 1979)
Book number: 2-3818-0
ISBN: 0-449-23818-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Walter Popp (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on Jan. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [March 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Maggie MacKeever
Publication date per CCE: March 22, 1979 (copyright registered on May 7, 1979)
Book number: 2-3902-0
ISBN: 0-449-23902-0
Era: Regency
Pages: 256 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Kay Kane (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was presumably a 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
According to the book's CCE entry, Maggie MacKeever was a pseudonym of Gail Clark.
Date: None listed [June 1976?]
Copyright: 1951 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-2945-9
ISBN: 0-449-22945-9
Era: Historical Romance [1600s]
Pages: 240
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group, Ltd.
The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page, and in June 1976 according to ISBN Search site.
My copy is a 2nd printing of the Fawcett paperback, presumably with the same book number as the 1st printing.
Date: None listed [February 1977?]
Copyright: 1957 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3136-4
ISBN: 0-449-23136-4
Era: Historical Romance
Pages: 240 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [June 1977?]
Copyright: 1974 by Mira Stables
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3270-0
ISBN: 0-449-23270-0
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "For Simon"
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover) (faint signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on June 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in June 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire in June 1978.
Date: None listed [August 1979]
Copyright: 1979 by Joan Smith
Publication date per CCE: August 21, 1979 (copyright registered on Sept. 12, 1979)
Book number: 2-4137-8
ISBN: 0-449-24137-8
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: No mention of the book's original publisher inside on the copyright page.
Originally published in hardcover by Walker & Company on June 15, 1979 according to CCE. (No month given inside the book.) The cover illustration on the Walker hardcover is the same one used for the Fawcett paperback. A Large Print hardcover edition of the novel was published by G. K. Hall & Co. in 1979.
The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
This was the final novel by Joan Smith to be published by Fawcett prior to the introduction of the Coventry Romances line in November 1979. She would have 18 more novels published in the Coventry line, five of those under the pen-name Jennie Gallant. After the demise of the Coventry line in 1982, she would continue to write regularly for Fawcett's traditional Regency line until its eventual cancellation in late 1998.
Date: May 1976
Copyright: 1968 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: Q2843
Spine number: 449-02843-150
ISBN: 0-449-22843-6
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog) (faint "aK." signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy (damage on bottom left corner from sticker removal).
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hurst & Blackett Ltd.
The Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1976 according to Goodreads page.
An eBay auction showed a photo of an interior page of this Q2843 edition as a 3rd printing on its copyright page (indicated by the absence of the 1 and 2 in the number line) and omitting the "May 1976" publication date. However I have had in my possession two copies of Q2843 which were both 1st printings (since the 1 and 2 were present in the number line). This suggests that there were 1st, 2nd and even 3rd printings of the novel using the same serial number.
This Fawcett paperback has more than one edition; see below.
Date: None listed [February 1978?]
Copyright: 1977 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3489-4
ISBN: 0-449-23489-4
Era: Georgian
Pages: 224
Dedication: "For Philip with my thanks"
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (per website) (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Mason/Charter Publishers, Inc.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [October 1977]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: October 11, 1977 (copyright registered on Nov. 22, 1978)
Book number: 2-3347-2
ISBN: 0-449-23347-2
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last page is an ad)?
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Kay Kane (signature partially visible)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on Sept. 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
According to the book's CCE entry, Caroline Arnett was a pseudonym of Lois Cole Taylor.
Date: __ [May 1979?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-4000-2
ISBN: 0-449-24000-2
Era: Georgian
Pages: 284?
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: Fawcett published other novels by Georgette Heyer in the 1970s, but as far as I know this edition was the only one that had the same white-bordered cover design as the "pre-Coventry" books, hence its inclusion here.
An Amazon page lists the release date of this Fawcett edition as May 1, 1979. Goodreads and another Amazon page has the release date as January 12, 1980, which seems too late. The International Heyer Society website has a release date of 1979.
Date: None listed [December 1977?]
Copyright: 1973 by Rachelle Edwards
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3401-0
ISBN: 0-449-23401-0
Era: Regency
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Pinterest page.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published in 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: __ [April 1979]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: April 23, 1979 (copyright registered on May 7, 1979)
Book number: 2-3969-1
ISBN: 0-449-23969-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 3 pages are ads)?
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Amazon page.
Note: The Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
According to the book's CCE entry, Georgina Grey was a pseudonym of Mary Linn Roby.
Date: None listed [April 1979?]
Copyright: 1979 by Sylvia Thorpe
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3900-4
ISBN: 0-449-23900-4
Era: Regency
Pages: 192
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Hutchinson Publishing Group (misspelled "Troup" here).
The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in April 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
The cover lacks the line's usual design trappings like the small crown symbol and curved lines above the illustration. As a result, this book could be seen as a single-title Sylvia Thorpe novel (like Fair Shine the Day) despite having the familiar white border of the "pre-Coventry" line.
Date: None listed [April 1978?]
Copyright: 1976 by Audrey Blanshard
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3420-7
ISBN: 0-449-23420-7
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 2 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.50
Dedication: "To Jan Petite My American pen-friend for over 30 years."
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Originally published in hardcover by Robert Hale & Company.
The Fawcett edition published on April 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in April 1978 according to ISBN Search site.
The coupons in the ads at back of book expire on June 1978.
Date: __ [October 1977?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3377-4
ISBN: 0-449-23377-4
Era: Victorian
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.50
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog) (signature partially visible)
Cover image source: Allan Kass blog.
Note: The Fawcett edition published in Oct. 1977 according to ISBN Search site.
Date: None listed [October 1978]
Copyright: 1978 by Sarah Carlisle
Publication date per CCE: October 11, 1978 (copyright registered on Nov. 22, 1978)
Book number: 2-3697-8
ISBN: 0-449-23697-8
Era: Regency
Pages: 224
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (signature visible)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: This edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Oct. 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page.
Date: None listed [February 1979?]
Copyright: 1978 by Mary Ann Gibbs
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3843-1
ISBN: 0-449-23843-1
Era: Regency
Pages: 224 (last 3 pages are ads)
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (per blog)
Cover image source: Scan of my copy.
Note: Presumably this edition was the 1st printing of a paperback original.
The Fawcett edition published on Feb. 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page, and in Feb. 1979 according to ISBN Search site.
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AUTHORS IN THE 1970s "PRE-COVENTRY" FAWCETT LINE
(listed alphabetically according to author's last name):
Caroline Arnett (Lois Cole Taylor):
CLARISSA
CLAUDIA
MELINDA
STEPHANIE
THEODORA
Rebecca Baldwin (Helen Chappell):
THE CASSANDRA KNOT
A GENTLEMAN FROM PHILADELPHIA
Sheila Bishop:
LUCASTA
THE PHANTOM GARDEN
THE RULES OF MARRIAGE
A SPEAKING LIKENESS
Audrey Blanshard:
THE CHELBECK CHARGER
THE FRENSHAM INHERITANCE
GRANBOROUGH'S FILLY
LUCETTA
THE SHY YOUNG DENBURY
A VIRGINIAN AT VENNCOMBE
Leonora Blythe (Leonora Burton):
FELICIA
LADY TARA
Sarah Carlisle:
WIDOW AUBREY
Mollie Chappell:
THE LOVING HEART
Blanche Chenier:
REGENCY ROW
SUMMER MASQUERADE
Norma Lee Clark:
EMILY
HESTER
MALLORY
SOPHIA & AUGUSTA
Rebecca Danton (Janet Louise Roberts):
AMETHYST LOVE
FIRE OPALS
STAR SAPPHIRE
Margaret Eastvale:
AS THE SPARKS FLY
Rachelle Edwards (Brenda Castle):
DEVIL'S BRIDE
A HASTY MARRIAGE
MIRANDA'S FOLLY
RECKLESS MASQUERADE
THE SILKEN NET
THE THIEF OF HEARTS
Catherine Fellows:
ENTANGLEMENT
LEONORA
Mary Ann Gibbs:
THE ADMIRAL'S LADY
THE APOTHECARY'S DAUGHTER
THE GLASS PALACE
HORATIA
A MOST ROMANTIC CITY
A PARCEL OF LAND
THE ROMANTIC FRENCHMAN
THE TEMPESTUOUS PETTICOAT
A YOUNG LADY OF FASHION
Denice Greenlea (Denice Pipkin):
THE ARDENT SUITOR
THE FORTUNE SEEKER
Georgina Grey (Mary Linn Roby):
THE HESITANT HEIR
TURN OF THE CARDS
Nora Hampton (Celia White):
THE STEADFAST HEART
Georgette Heyer:
THESE OLD SHADES
Anna James:
THE SAPPHIRE HILL
Annabel Jones (Mary Christianna Lewis, a.k.a. Christianna Brand):
THE RADIANT DOVE
Frances Lynch (D. G. Compton):
A DANGEROUS MAGIC
THE FINE AND HANDSOME CAPTAIN
Maggie MacKeever (Gail Clark):
A BANBURY TALE
LORD FAIRCHILD'S DAUGHTER
A NOTORIOUS LADY
SWEET VIXEN
Alix Melbourne (Ellendea Proffer):
REGENCY MISS
Joan Mellows:
A DIFFERENT FACE
A FAMILY AFFAIR
FRIENDS AT KNOLL HOUSE
HARRIET
Jean Merrill:
THE GIRL FROM THE DIADEM
Freda Michel:
COUNTER-PARRY
THE MACHIAVELLIAN MARQUESS
THE PRICE OF VENGEANCE
QUEST FOR LORD QUAYLE
SUBTERFUGE
Irene Northan:
PHYLLIDA
Elizabeth Renier:
LANDSCAPE OF THE HEART
THE MOVING DREAM
Madeleine Robins:
ALTHEA
Joan Smith:
AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
AUNT SOPHIE'S DIAMONDS
DAME DURDEN'S DAUGHTER
ESCAPADE
IMPRUDENT LADY
LA COMTESSE
SWEET AND TWENTY
TALK OF THE TOWN
Mira Stables:
THE BYRAM SUCCESSION
HONEY-POT
LISSA
MARRIAGE ALLIANCE
STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES
THE SWYNDEN NECKLACE
Sylvia Thorpe (June Sylvia Thimblethorpe):
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK
BELOVED REBEL
CAPTAIN GALLANT
THE CHANGING TIDE
A FLASH OF SCARLET
THE GOLDEN PANTHER
THE HIGHWAYMAN
NO MORE A-ROVING
THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURESS
ROGUES' COVENANT
ROMANTIC LADY
THE SCANDALOUS LADY ROBIN
THE SCAPEGRACE
THE SCARLET DOMINO
THE SILVER NIGHTINGALE
SPRING WILL COME AGAIN
THE SWORD AND THE SHADOW
SWORD OF VENGEANCE
TARRINGTON CHASE
THE VARLEIGH MEDALLION
Meriol Trevor:
THE CIVIL PRISONERS
THE FORTUNATE MARRIAGE
Helen Tucker:
A REASON FOR RIVALRY
A STRANGE AND ILL-STARRED MARRIAGE
Anna Wibberley:
WERE THIS WILD THING WEDDED
Claudette Williams:
AFTER THE STORM
COTILLION FOR MANDY
JEWELENE
MYRIAH
SASSY
SPRING GAMBIT
SUNDAY'S CHILD
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RELATED BOOKS:
During the same period as the "pre-Coventry" line indexed above, Fawcett Crest published a few single-title historical romance novels by authors who wrote for the line, but these particular books were not part of the line. For the sake of completeness, they are listed below. (Note that I'm not including the various Georgette Heyer books that Fawcett published. Joan Smith's Flowers of Eden is also not shown here since it was published in December 1979, during the Coventry Romances era, and therefore outside the scope of this index.)
Date: __ [March 1978?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3481-9
ISBN: 0-449-23481-9
Era: Regency?
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.95
Cover artist: __
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: This Fawcett edition published on March 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in March 1978 according to ISBN Search site and FictionDB.
Date: __ [March 1979]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: March 22, 1979 (copyright registered on May 7, 1979)
Book number: 2-3895-4
ISBN: 0-449-23895-4
Era: 19th-century England
Pages: 448
Original cover price: $2.25?
Cover artist: Elaine Gignilliat (per website) (signature visible)
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: This Fawcett edition published on July 12, 1979 according to Goodreads page.
Another historical romance novel by the author, titled Passion's Pride, would be published by Fawcett Crest in April 1980.
Date: __ [May 1977?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3229-8
ISBN: 0-449-23229-8
Era: 1600s
Pages: __
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Allan Kass (credited on back cover)
Cover image source: FictionDB page.
Note: This Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1977 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1977 according to ISBN Search site and FictionDB.
Date: __ [May 1978?]
Copyright: __
Publication date per CCE: N/A
Book number: 2-3555-6
ISBN: 0-449-23555-6
Era: Victorian?
Pages: 288?
Original cover price: $1.75
Cover artist: Kay Kane (signature visible)
Cover image source: Online seller.
Note: This Fawcett edition published on May 12, 1978 according to Goodreads page, and in May 1978 according to ISBN Search site and FictionDB.
Frances Lynch was a pen-name of David Guy Compton.
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FAWCETT CREST titles (in numerical order):
The numerical order below does not necessarily indicate a strict chronological release order, but is a general indicator of the time frame when the book came out. Given the lack of hard information about when most of the books were released, trying to list them all in perfect sequential order will result in some anomalies. (It's also possible that some of the books were actually released out of order for some unknown reason.)
Dates that appear in parentheses are the month and year as printed inside the book itself.
Dates that appear in brackets are based on online sources (or, in a few cases, deductions I've made based on the dates of surrounding books). Dates as listed in The Catalog of Copyright Entries are not accompanied by a question mark. If no CCE date is available, then instead I have used the most-likely date that I found on websites such as FictionDB, Goodreads and ISBN Search -- which are accompanied by a question mark (to distinguish them from the CCE dates).
I have added a parenthetical "actually" to several titles if I think the Goodreads, etc. date may be wrong -- offering my own suggestion (also accompanied by a question mark) for a more likely date instead. Since my "actually" is purely conjecture, however, I have not included most of those dating suggestions in the main index above.
The four "related" books listed above, plus Flowers of Eden by Joan Smith, appear below in brackets and italics.
M2047: ROMANTIC LADY by Sylvia Thorpe (February 1974)
M2055: THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURESS by Sylvia Thorpe (March 1974)
M2068: LEONORA by Catherine Fellows (April 1974)
M2312: THE SILVER NIGHTINGALE by Sylvia Thorpe (October 1974)
M2439: THE SCAPEGRACE by Sylvia Thorpe (May 1975)
P2478: THE SCANDALOUS LADY ROBIN by Sylvia Thorpe (July 1975)
P2530: FRIENDS AT KNOLL HOUSE by Joan Mellows (August 1975)
P2547: MELINDA by Caroline Arnett (September 1975)
P2555: ROMANTIC LADY by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [September 1975?]
P2569: AS THE SPARKS FLY by Margaret Eastvale (October 1975)
P2578: THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURESS by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [October 1975?]
P2600: THE SCARLET DOMINO by Sylvia Thorpe (November 1975)
P2626: THE SILVER NIGHTINGALE by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [November 1975?]
P2658: THE ADMIRAL'S LADY by Mary Ann Gibbs (December 1975)
P2663: THE SCAPEGRACE by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [December 1975?]
P2695: LORD FAIRCHILD'S DAUGHTER by Maggie MacKeever (January 1976)
Q2709: CAPTAIN GALLANT by Sylvia Thorpe (February 1976)
P2753: THE RADIANT DOVE by Annabel Jones [March 1976?]
P2779: A SPEAKING LIKENESS by Sheila Bishop [April 1976?]
Q2843: TARRINGTON CHASE by Sylvia Thorpe (May 1976)
P2869: THE ROMANTIC FRENCHMAN by Mary Ann Gibbs [June 1976?]
Q2910: ROMANTIC LADY by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [March 1976?] (actually August?)
Q2934: THE SCANDALOUS LADY ROBIN by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [March 1976?] (actually August?)
2-2893-2: CLARISSA by Caroline Arnett (July 1976)
2-2897-5: LEONORA by Catherine Fellows [reissue] [May 1976?] (actually July?)
2-2945-9: THE SWORD AND THE SHADOW by Sylvia Thorpe [June 1976?] (actually September?)
2-2967-X: A FAMILY AFFAIR by Joan Mellows [September 1976]
2-3006-6: THE GOLDEN PANTHER by Sylvia Thorpe [August 1976?] (actually October?)
2-3025-2: SPRING GAMBIT by Claudette Williams [November 1976]
2-3041-4: ROGUES' COVENANT by Sylvia Thorpe [November 1976?]
2-3063-5: THE GLASS PALACE by Mary Ann Gibbs [November 1976?] (actually December?)
2-3081-3: AFTER THE STORM by Claudette Williams [January 1977]
2-3091-0: BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK by Sylvia Thorpe [February 1977?]
2-3092-9: AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART by Joan Smith [February 1977]
2-3112-7: FIRE OPALS by Rebecca Danton [January 1977?] (actually March?)
2-3113-5: THE PHANTOM GARDEN by Sheila Bishop [January 1977?] (actually March?)
2-3136-4: SWORD OF VENGEANCE by Sylvia Thorpe [February 1977?] (actually April?)
2-3137-2: THE FORTUNATE MARRIAGE by Meriol Trevor [February 1977?] (actually April?)
2-3142-9: MARRIAGE ALLIANCE by Mira Stables [February 1977?] (actually April?)
2-3174-7: A BANBURY TALE by Maggie MacKeever [May 1977]
2-3175-5: HORATIA by Mary Ann Gibbs [March 1977?] (actually May?)
2-3176-3: DEVIL'S BRIDE by Rachelle Edwards [March 1977?] (actually May?)
2-3209-3: HARRIET by Joan Mellows [June 1977]
2-3210-7: GRANBOROUGH'S FILLY by Audrey Blanshard [April 1977?] (actually June?)
2-3211-5: THE PRICE OF VENGEANCE by Freda Michel [April 1977?] (actually June?)
2-3220-4: THE SCARLET DOMINO by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [Nov. 1978?] ((way out of chronological sequence))
[ 2-3229-8: FAIR SHINE THE DAY by Sylvia Thorpe ] [May 1977?] (actually July?)
2-3230-1: SUNDAY'S CHILD by Claudette Williams [July 1977?]
2-3232-8: ESCAPADE by Joan Smith [July 1977]
2-3268-9: ALTHEA by Madeleine Robins [August 1977]
2-3269-7: THE FINE AND HANDSOME CAPTAIN by Frances Lynch [June 1977?] (actually August?)
2-3270-0: THE SWYNDEN NECKLACE by Mira Stables [June 1977?] (actually August?)
2-3300-6: A MOST ROMANTIC CITY by Mary Ann Gibbs [August 1977?] (actually September?)
2-3301-4: THE FORTUNE SEEKER by Denice Greenlea [September 1977]
2-3302-2: RECKLESS MASQUERADE by Rachelle Edwards [August 1977?] (actually September?)
2-3346-4: SPRING WILL COME AGAIN by Sylvia Thorpe [September 1977?] (actually October?)
2-3347-2: THEODORA by Caroline Arnett [October 1977]
2-3348-0: THE MACHIAVELLIAN MARQUESS by Freda Michel [September 1977?] (actually October?)
2-3371-5: SASSY by Claudette Williams [November 1977]
2-3377-4: WERE THIS WILD THING WEDDED by Anna Wibberley [October 1977?] (actually November?)
2-3378-2: AUNT SOPHIE'S DIAMONDS by Joan Smith [November 1977]
2-3379-0: THE SILVER NIGHTINGALE by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [June 1977?] (actually November?)
2-3400-2: AMETHYST LOVE by Rebecca Danton [December 1977]
2-3401-0: THE THIEF OF HEARTS by Rachelle Edwards [December 1977?]
2-3402-9: STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES by Mira Stables [November 1977?] (actually December?)
2-3418-5: THE CHANGING TIDE by Sylvia Thorpe [November 1977?] (actually December?)
2-3419-3: REGENCY ROW by Blanche Chenier [April 1978?] (actually December 1977?)
2-3420-7: A VIRGINIAN AT VENNCOMBE by Audrey Blanshard [April 1978?] (actually December 1977?)
2-3426-6: THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURESS by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [October 1977?] (actually December?)
2-3458-4: LUCASTA by Sheila Bishop [January 1978?]
2-3459-2: PHYLLIDA by Irene Northan [December 1977?] (actually January 1978?)
2-3460-6: THE MOVING DREAM by Elizabeth Renier [December 1977?] (actually January 1978?)
2-3477-0: MELINDA by Caroline Arnett [reissue] [February 1978?]
2-3478-9: THE SCAPEGRACE by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [February 1978?]
[ 2-3481-9: BLADES OF PASSION by Claudette Williams ] [March 1978?]
2-3489-4: THE TEMPESTUOUS PETTICOAT by Mary Ann Gibbs [February 1978?]
2-3490-8: LA COMTESSE by Joan Smith [March 1978]
2-3491-6: A NOTORIOUS LADY by Maggie MacKeever [March 1978]
2-3520-3: TARRINGTON CHASE by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [May 1978?] (actually March?)
2-3533-5: A FLASH OF SCARLET by Sylvia Thorpe [April 1978?]
2-3534-3: LADY TARA by Leonora Blythe [April 1978]
2-3535-1: A STRANGE AND ILL-STARRED MARRIAGE by Helen Tucker [April 1978]
2-3547-5: CAPTAIN GALLANT by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [May 1978?]
[ 2-3555-6: STRANGER AT THE WEDDING by Frances Lynch ] [May 1978?]
2-3557-2: THE FRENSHAM INHERITANCE by Audrey Blanshard [March 1978?] (actually May?)
2-3558-0: THE BYRAM SUCCESSION by Mira Stables [May 1978?]
2-3559-9: A GENTLEMAN FROM PHILADELPHIA by Rebecca Baldwin [May 1978]
2-3577-7: MYRIAH by Claudette Williams [June 1978]
2-3580-7: THE CIVIL PRISONERS by Meriol Trevor [June 1978?]
2-3582-3: THE HESITANT HEIR by Georgina Grey [June 1978]
2-3607-2: BELOVED REBEL by Sylvia Thorpe [July 1978?]
2-3608-0: MALLORY by Norma Lee Clark [July 1978]
2-3609-9: SUBTERFUGE by Freda Michel [July 1978]
2-3622-6: THE SCANDALOUS LADY ROBIN by Sylvia Thorpe [reissue] [July 1978?]
2-3647-1: CLAUDIA by Caroline Arnett [August 1978]
2-3649-8: THE APOTHECARY'S DAUGHTER by Mary Ann Gibbs [August 1978?]
2-3650-1: REGENCY MISS by Alix Melbourne [August 1978]
2-3663-3: IMPRUDENT LADY by Joan Smith [September 1978]
2-3664-1: COTILLION FOR MANDY by Claudette Williams [September 1978]
2-3666-8: THE SHY YOUNG DENBURY by Audrey Blanshard [September 1978?]
2-3678-1: THE ADMIRAL'S LADY by Mary Ann Gibbs [reissue] [November 1978?] (actually October?)
2-3694-3: A HASTY MARRIAGE by Rachelle Edwards [November 1978?] (actually October?)
2-3695-1: THE HIGHWAYMAN by Sylvia Thorpe [January 1979?] (actually October?)
2-3697-8: WIDOW AUBREY by Sarah Carlisle [October 1978]
2-3752-4: THE GIRL FROM THE DIADEM by Jean Merrill [October 1978?]
2-3753-2: HESTER by Norma Lee Clark [November 1978]
2-3754-0: FELICIA by Leonora Blythe [December 1978]
2-3770-2: THE CHELBECK CHARGER by Audrey Blanshard [October 1978?] (actually December?)
2-3771-0: A PARCEL OF LAND by Mary Ann Gibbs [January 1979?]
2-3772-9: THE STEADFAST HEART by Nora Hampton [January 1979]
2-3818-0: SWEET AND TWENTY by Joan Smith [January 1979]
2-3819-9: THE RULES OF MARRIAGE by Sheila Bishop [December 1978?]
2-3820-2: SUMMER MASQUERADE by Blanche Chenier [December 1978]
2-3842-3: COUNTER-PARRY by Freda Michel [February 1979?]
2-3843-1: A YOUNG LADY OF FASHION by Mary Ann Gibbs [February 1979?]
2-3845-8: JEWELENE by Claudette Williams [February 1979]
2-3890-3: DEVIL'S BRIDE by Rachelle Edwards [reissue] [February 1979?]
[ 2-3895-4: CASSANDRA by Claudette Williams ] [March 1979]
2-3900-4: THE VARLEIGH MEDALLION by Sylvia Thorpe [April 1979?] (actually March?)
2-3901-2: STAR SAPPHIRE by Rebecca Danton [March 1979]
2-3902-0: SWEET VIXEN by Maggie MacKeever [March 1979]
2-3914-4: THE ARDENT SUITOR by Denice Greenlea [March 1979?]
2-3915-2: HONEY-POT by Mira Stables [March 1979?]
2-3916-0: SOPHIA & AUGUSTA by Norma Lee Clark [February 1979]
2-3928-4: AFTER THE STORM by Claudette Williams [reissue] [March 1979?]
2-3929-2: MARRIAGE ALLIANCE by Mira Stables [reissue] [March 1979?]
2-3930-6: CLARISSA by Caroline Arnett [reissue] [March 1979?]
2-3968-3: DAME DURDEN'S DAUGHTER by Joan Smith [May 1979?] (actually April?)
2-3969-1: TURN OF THE CARDS by Georgina Grey [April 1979]
2-3970-5: LANDSCAPE OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Renier [May 1979?] (actually April?)
2-3984-5: FIRE OPALS by Rebecca Danton [reissue] [April 1979?]
2-3986-1: SUNDAY'S CHILD by Claudette Williams [reissue] [April 1979?]
2-3991-8: THE LOVING HEART by Mollie Chappell [June 1979?] (actually May?)
2-3992-6: MIRANDA'S FOLLY by Rachelle Edwards [May 1979?]
2-3993-4: THE SAPPHIRE HILL by Anna James [May 1979]
2-4000-2: THESE OLD SHADES by Georgette Heyer [May 1979?]
2-4046-0: A DIFFERENT FACE by Joan Mellows [June 1979]
2-4047-9: THE CASSANDRA KNOT by Rebecca Baldwin [June 1979]
2-4048-7: EMILY by Norma Lee Clark [June 1979]
2-4079-7: ENTANGLEMENT by Catherine Fellows [August 1979?]
2-4080-0: NO MORE A-ROVING by Sylvia Thorpe [August 1979?]
2-4081-9: STEPHANIE by Caroline Arnett [August 1979?]
2-4117-3: A SPEAKING LIKENESS by Sheila Bishop [reissue] [September 1979?]
2-4127-0: LORD FAIRCHILD'S DAUGHTER by Maggie MacKeever [reissue] [September 1979?]
2-4137-8: TALK OF THE TOWN by Joan Smith [August 1979]
2-4138-6: LISSA by Mira Stables [September 1979?]
2-4139-4: A REASON FOR RIVALRY by Helen Tucker [August 1979]
2-4157-2: A DANGEROUS MAGIC by Frances Lynch (October 1979)
2-4159-9: QUEST FOR LORD QUAYLE by Freda Michel (October 1979)
2-4189-0: LUCETTA by Audrey Blanshard (October 1979)
[ 2-4210-2: FLOWERS OF EDEN by Joan Smith (December 1979) ]
2-4233-1: THE SILKEN NET by Rachelle Edwards (October 1979)
