Order of S.M. LaViolette Books

S.M. LaViolette is a pen name of Minerva Spencer, who writes historical romance under this pen name. She writes the Academy of Love series, Bellamy Sisters series, and Victorian Decadence series.

S.M. LaViolette debuted under this pen name in 2019 with The Music of Love. The novel also began her Academy of Love series. Below is a list of S.M. Laviolette’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of The Academy of Love Books

Publication Order of The Bellamy Sisters Books

Publication Order of The Masqueraders Books

Publication Order of The Seducers Books

Publication Order of Time Control Books

Publication Order of Victorian Decadence Books

Publication Order of The Hale Family: Americans in London Books

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S.M. LaViolette Synopses: The Music of Love is the first Academy of Love novel from novelist S.M. LaViolette. Discovering her husband’s bigamy didn’t devastate Portia Stefani; she held her head high as she forced him out of her life. However, losing her beloved music school due to his gambling debts nearly broke her. The only way to make ends meet now is to accept a well-paying tutoring position in remote Cornwall. What Portia didn’t anticipate was the life-changing impact her mesmerizing new employer would have on her.

Stacy Harrington learned the hard way to keep people at a distance. Playing the piano is the only joy in his solitary life, and he won’t let his albinism take that away from him. Hiring a private music tutor is disruptive, but it’s the only solution. Yet nothing could have prepared him for the intense attraction he feels toward his fiery new employee.

A shared passion for music soon develops into something infinitely deeper. But as ghosts from the past and dark secrets threaten their bond, Stacy and Portia must confront their challenges. Can they continue to make beautiful music together, or will their happily ever after end on a painful, discordant note?

Phoebe by S.M. LaViolette is the first book in the Bellamy Sisters series. The Bellamy family has only four months before they lose their home. While Phoebe’s older sisters venture out to earn the necessary funds, Phoebe—plain, levelheaded, and responsible—stays home to care for her younger siblings and parents. But when she meets Viscount Needham, a fabulously wealthy, new peer, everything changes.

Learning that her father is determined to marry one of his daughters to Needham, Phoebe knows it’s time to act. She can’t imagine saddling any of her beloved sisters with the brutally handsome upstart, so she does the unthinkable and proposes to Viscount Needham herself.

Paul Needham attended the best schools, belongs to all the proper clubs, and can buy and sell half the House of Lords with money to spare. Yet, the ton still treats him with disdain. Marrying one of their own is the fastest way to legitimize his place in society, but that doesn’t mean he has to like his bride. He certainly won’t ever love her. Their marriage will be nothing but a mutually beneficial business arrangement.

Except it doesn’t feel like a simple transaction when Phoebe is in his arms.

They are complete opposites with nothing in common. Class differences and prejudices divide them. Is love enough to bridge their two worlds, or are they destined for heartbreak?

The Footman is the first Masqueraders novel by S.M. LaViolette. Lady Elinor wants nothing to do with love. Her arranged marriage—and one glorious but ill-fated kiss with a handsome footman—cured her of any romantic notions she’d ever entertained. Now a widow, all she plans to do is rebuild her life—without a man in it. She certainly has no intention of falling for the charming and entirely too tempting American who seems so determined to win her favor.

Stephen Worth is no longer the impoverished footman who lost everything because of the impulsive actions of a reckless young lady. Having reinvented himself long ago, his sole focus now is revenge. He’ll do whatever it takes to exact a pound of flesh from all who wronged him so long ago. And if that means ruining the lovely Elinor in the process? So be it.

But it’s not long before Elinor finds herself drawn to Stephen despite her best intentions—and before Stephen starts to wonder if maybe a life with Elinor is worth more than his revenge. Can Stephen and Elinor overcome their painful pasts and take a second chance on love? Or is the cost of trust simply more than they’re willing to pay?