Lucinda Elliot
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Lucinda Elliot was brought up in a series of great, isolated old houses which her parents were renovating in an era before it became fashionable. Many of them would make ideal locations for Gothic novels, and perhaps that is why she writes historical gothic novels.
She loves a laugh above anything, and after living in London for many years, now lives in Wales.
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That Scoundrel Émile Dubois: Or the Light of Other Days
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Historical Gothic, Dark Humour
A dashing highwayman on the run from Bow Street Runners and a dowager countesses' virtuous companion are caught up in a Gothic adventure, with vampires and time travel. Sophie de Courcy, living as companion to an elderly countess in an isolated mansion on the mountains in North Wales, dreams of romance and adventure, but despairs of having any. Meeting their sinister neighbour Kenrick, with his wild talk of the legends of Transylvania and of what the Countess calls his 'Mischievous Experiments', hardly counts as an adventure. But when Sophie's long term hero, the rascally Émile Dubois, comes with his confidential manservant (rumoured to be his companion in crime) on a suspiciously hasty visit to his aunt the Countess, Kenrick's machinations draw him, and Sophie too, into a world of man vampires and time distortions. It is lucky for Sophie that she has a staunch ally in her lady's maid Agnes, who combines common sense with a talent for Tarot reading. Winner of the coveted BRAG medallion for outstanding self-published fiction. 
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Where Worlds Meet (That Scoundrel Émile Dubois Part Two)
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Historical Gothic, Dark Humour
Kenrick the time travelling vampire, returns from the place beyond time, where he was forced to retreat when he lost a fight to the death with his sworn enemies, the rascally Émile Dubois and his right hand man Georges. Now he is obsessed by revenge on his killers, as well as reunion with his late wife. Émile is set on protecting his own wife Sophie and their family. Kenrick needs Émile to work with him. He brings back with him a group of monster men and a sinister siren to force his hand. Can Sophie - who has been dong some investigations into time travel of her own - prevent another bloodbath? Written as a sequel to 'That Scoundrel Émile Dubois' and 'Ravensdale' and winner of the BRAG medallion for outstanding self-published fiction, 'Where World's Meet' can be read as a stand alone novel.
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A Vampire in Time
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Historical Gothic, Dark Humour
In a remote mansion in North Wales in the savage winter of 1794, two vampires – a cold fish inventor and his siren wife – join in an uneasy partnership to change the past. Kenrick has come to a standstill in his calculations. The only mathematician skilled enough to solve the problem is the villainous young émigré Frenchman Émile Dubois, staying with relatives nearby. Kenrick has used his experiments to record images of Émile's violent past, living undercover in Paris as a robber, and later in London as the highwayman Monsieur Gilles. Knowing his savage wife's liking for violent men, Kenrick entertains her with these images, and send her to to win him over. Ceridwen has no objection: she already has taken her coachman for a lover, amongst others. The only obstacle is Émile's feelings for his aunt's young companion, Sophie de Courcy... A short story taster for 'That Scoundrel Émile Dubois'.
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Ravensdale
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Historical Gothic, Dark Humour
When the disgraced earl turned highwayman Reynaud Ravensdale becomes fascinated by the hoydenish Isabella Murray, she agrees to elope with him, on the condition that he helps her to become a highwaywoman. Isabella's parents want to marry her off to Ravensdale's cousin, the next in line to the title, while she suspects that he knows more about the killing which led to Reynaud Ravensdale's disgrace than he cares to admit. Isabella plans to carry out a few Robin Hood type raids with Reynaud, and then to escape abroad. That is, if it proves hopeless to clear his name of the old murder charge first. Meanwhile, the forces of law and order are closing in... This hilarious spoof uses vivid characters and lively comedy to bring new life to a theme traditionally favoured by historical novelists – that of the wild young Earl, who, falsely accused of murder by the machinations of a conniving cousin and prejudged by his reputation, takes up life as an outlaw. ‘Ravensdale’ is written as a prequel to the author's first novel,‘That Scoundrel Émile Dubois' . It follows the adventures of Émile Dubois' cousin, prior to the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, and can be read as an independent novel.
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The Villainous Viscount Or The Curse of the Venns
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Historical Gothic Comedy
Just as Lord Venn is making a passionate proposal to the sixth heiress on his list, a hooded spectre appears in a flash of lightning. This hereditary curse is becoming inconvenient - particularly as Venn is next on the list to come to a terrible end. Clarinda Greendale has other reasons for rejecting Venn besides the curse: - such as his being a wild, brawling social outcast and a fortune hunter. Harley Venn dismisses the history of the curse as a series of conjuring tricks. Clarinda would like to help Venn fight the curse if she could; only she does not want to marry him and take on his outrageous household in the haunted Stoke Castle. Besides, wholly unlike the rackety Venn, Clarinda is spiritual and serious minded, and wishes to keep her independence. They make an incongruous pair, though the wicked Venn has always set off unmaidenly tinglings in Clarinda. Meanwhile the curse closes in. Can the drunken charlatan Venn hires to help him prove that it is all a hoax be of any use at all? A winner of the coveted B.R.A.G medallion for outstanding self-published fiction, this historically accurate and sensual spoof of classic Gothic should delight readers with a lively sense of humour. 
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Georgian Romance Revolt
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Historical Gothic Comedy
Elaine Long is trapped in the body of the heroine in a warped cyber version of an historical romance. Something is wrong, with the characters talking and acting outside the script. Her coachman is exactly like one of the author’s Golden and Reckless hero types. Worse, the disgraced earl turned highwayman anti-hero - by contrast one of the author's Dark, Mean and Moody hero types - steals the heroine’s betrothal ring. This just happens to be Elaine’s escape device. Elaine had been eager to escape from everyday life. She was tired of being taken for granted by her part-time boyfriend, and dreamed of entering the romantic world of her favourite author. Now she isn’t even confident that this version can guarantee a happy ending. At least she has three hero types, all vying for her favours... What has caused this? Could it be Charlotte Cray, the 'Grande Dame of Georgian Romance' herself? For readers who enjoy a spoof of the tropes of historical romance and those who enjoy adventures in alternative dimensions, 'Georgian Romance Revolt' is another darkly comic piece by Lucinda Elliot, four times winner of the BRAG medallion for outstanding self-published fiction. 
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The Peterloo Affair: A Tale of the St. Peter's Field Massacre
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Historical Coming of Age Fiction
Young Joan Wright knows exactly what she wants: to escape with her friend Marcie from domestic drudgery in her poor village of Lancashire cotton workers, and to make a living using their healing skills. They have sworn to have nothing to do with men. But when roving, rascally, magnetic Sean McGilroy comes on a visit to his relatives, Joan finds herself attracted to him despite her plans and his bad reputation as a 'light o' love'. Appalled by the poverty all about, McGilroy joins Joan's father and the local Radicals in organising a protest march to St. Peter's Field in Manchester to hear the famous Radical orator Henry Hunt. Joan and Marcie organise a group of women to march with the men. Irresistibly drawn to McGilroy, Joan finds that she must choose between the dreams of independence she has shared with Marcie, or in taking the risk of trusting the beguiling but notoriously fickle McGilroy. But meanwhile, McGilroy has made powerful enemies among those who have the support of the government to surpress the Radicals... 
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