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Royal Agents

by Connie Brockway

The Royal Agents series by Connie Brockway has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Promise Me Heaven (1994).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
1994
Status
completed
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Start here: Promise Me Heaven (1994) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Promise Me Heaven

Promise Me Heaven (1994)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Promise Me Heaven

    Novel

    Promise Me Heaven (1994) opens Connie Brockway's Royal Agents trilogy at 372 pages, pairing a headstrong American heiress with a British agent posing as a fortune hunter in Victorian-era Crown espionage. It's followed by All Through the Night (1997), written as a matched pair before Brockway returned to the series sixteen years later to close it out with A Touch of Scandal and No Place for a Dame.

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  2. All Through the Night

    Novel

    At 388 pages, All Through the Night (1997) is the longest of the three books, following a jewel thief recruited into espionage and matched against the agent sent to catch her.

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  3. No Place for a Dame

    Novel

    No Place for a Dame, the shortest of the trilogy at 278 pages, closed the series in December 2013 -- sixteen years after All Through the Night -- pairing an unconventional young woman with an agent hunting a vanished colleague.

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About the Royal Agents series

Royal Agents is Connie Brockway's Victorian-era spy-romance trilogy, following gentleman operatives working undercover in service of the Crown. Promise Me Heaven (1994) opens the series as a headstrong American heiress crosses paths with a British agent posing as a fortune hunter. All Through the Night (1997) follows a jewel thief recruited into espionage work who finds herself matched against -- and drawn to -- the agent sent to catch her. A Touch of Scandal, a novella published in 2013 as book 2.5, bridges the gap to No Place for a Dame (2013), which closes the series nearly two decades after it began, pairing an unconventional young woman with an agent hunting a vanished colleague through London's underworld.

The long real-world gap between books two and three -- sixteen years -- makes this an unusual series: Brockway effectively returned to a Victorian spy-romance premise she'd set aside since the late 1990s to give it a proper conclusion, rather than the trilogy being planned and written as one continuous project.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Royal Agents series?

Four: Promise Me Heaven (1994), All Through the Night (1997), the novella A Touch of Scandal (2013, book 2.5), and No Place for a Dame (2013).

Why is there a 16-year gap between the second and third books?

Connie Brockway wrote the first two novels in the 1990s and did not return to close out the series until 2013, when she published the bridging novella A Touch of Scandal and the concluding novel No Place for a Dame together.

Do I need to read A Touch of Scandal before No Place for a Dame?

It isn't strictly required, but the novella was published as book 2.5 to bridge the story going into the final novel, so reading it first is recommended.

Is Royal Agents connected to Brockway's other historical romance series?

No -- it's a standalone trilogy with its own cast of Crown operatives, unconnected to her McClairen's Isle, Rose Hunters, Bridal Stories or Braxton books.

Is a fifth Royal Agents book planned?

None has been announced as of August 2026; No Place for a Dame appears to be the series' intended conclusion.

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