Sarah MacLean
Sarah MacLean
b. December 17, 1978 · From United States- Books
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Sarah MacLean is an American novelist, born in 1978 in Lincoln, Rhode Island. She published the young adult novel The Season in 2009 and made her adult romance debut the following year with Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, which reached the New York Times bestseller list.
Her historical romances are grouped into several Regency and Victorian series — Love By Numbers, The Rules of Scoundrels, Scandal & Scoundrel, The Bareknuckle Bastards and Hell's Belles — and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Historical Romance in consecutive years, for A Rogue by Any Other Name (2013) and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (2014). Her first contemporary novel, These Summer Storms, appeared in 2025.
MacLean has written about romance fiction as a columnist for the Washington Post and other outlets, co-hosts the weekly romance podcast Fated Mates, and is a founding board member of Authors Against Book Bans. She lives in New York City.
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Romance Regency Historical Romance Historical Fiction Fiction
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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
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Love By Numbers #1
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Ten ways to be adored when landing a Lord
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Love By Numbers #2
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A Rogue by Any Other Name
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The Rules of Scoundrels #1
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Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart
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Sarah MacLean is widely recognized for her historical romance novels, particularly those set in the Regency era, which often feature strong heroines and witty dialogue. She has received multiple RITA Awards for her contributions to the genre.
Sarah MacLean's books are primarily organized into distinct series, such as "The Rules of Scoundrels," "Scandal & Scoundrel," and "Bareknuckle Bastards." While each series can often be enjoyed independently, reading them in publication order within each series provides the intended character development and overarching narrative.
Sarah MacLean writes exclusively under her own name for her historical romance novels. She does not use any known pseudonyms.
As of my last update, there are no widely announced film or television adaptations of Sarah MacLean's historical romance novels.