Barbara Metzger

Barbara Metzger is a historical romance author best known for writing Regency romances. She has written more than a dozen novellas and more than three dozen novels in her long career that she launched in 1981 with her novel “Bething’s Folly.” Apart from her career as a fiction author, she has also worked as an artist, editor, greeting card verse writer, and proofreader. Her novels which are usually set in England during the Regency period have won a ton of awards including the Madcap award for humor in romance writing, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and a RITA from the Romance Writers of America.

The best place to start is the House of Cards series, the earliest of Barbara Metzger's multi-book series: it opens with Ace of Hearts (2005) and runs to 3 books across 2005–2006, ending with Queen of Diamonds (2006). Barbara Metzger's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Barbara Metzger has 59 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2017. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the House of Cards series with 3 books — and 53 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Barbara Metzger's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are House of Cards (2005–2006, 3 books) and Royce Lie Detectors (2007–2009, 3 books).

This guide splits Barbara Metzger's 59 books into 2 named series and 53 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: House of Cards (3 books, 2005–2006); Royce Lie Detectors (3 books, 2007–2009).