Shirley Marks

Shirley Marks publishes with Amazon.com's Montlake Romance line. "Shirley Marks" is the pen name/pseudonym of Shirley Schneckloth She was born in California and currently lives in Silicon Valley with her software engineer husband, Mark Schneckloth, of Google. Shirley loves spending time at home reading, writing, and gardening.
She was an author for Avalon Books from 2006-2012 until it was acquired by Amazon.com.
Published Works
Geek to Chic

Honeymoon Husband

Miss Quinn's Quandary

An Agreeable Arrangement

His Lordship's Chaperone

Lady Eugenia's Holiday

Just Like Jack

The Suitor List

Perfectly Flawed
A Grand Deception
The Duke Dilemma
Contemporary Romance
Geek to Chic
When Silicon Valley engineer Nicholas Atwood donates two years’ salary to charity, he is unwillingly thrust into the limelight. Aware of his social awkwardness and terrified of publicly disgracing his upper crust family, he seeks the help of a highly recommended image consultant. Maybe she can turn him into the perfect son, ideal brother, and articulate, gregarious foundation spokesman.
Doctor Kate O’Connor has transformed dozens of nerds into self-confident, socially successful men. Her foolproof method takes months, sometimes even years to work its magic, but Nick has just one week. Kate knows she’s accepting the biggest challenge of her career to take on a project of this magnitude on such short notice, but as she helps uncover Nick’s inner-hunk, can she handle the challenge to her heart when her feelings for him turn personal?
Honeymoon Husband
Hannah Roberts is always a bridesmaid and never a bride, until the day she wins an all-expenses-paid Hawaiian honeymoon. The free trip convinces her reluctant fiancé to take the plunge, but he abandons her during a layover, and Hannah arrives on Maui single and alone.
Strangely relieved by this turn of events, she tries unsuccessfully to break the news to the contest organizers, who expect to feature the happy newlyweds in a story and full color photos in the next issue of their magazine.
In the meantime, Hannah encounters astronomer Jeremy Gordon one romantic island evening and love blossoms in the balmy paradise. When Jeremy discovers Hannah is staying in the honeymoon suite, he assumes she’s married and his universe is turned upside down. Hannah seems destined to be alone, but perhaps her happiness with Jeremy is written in the stars.
Just Like Jack
Megan Donnelly is searching for Mr. Right. Jack Meredith would be perfect except he’s her best friend. She shares her secrets, her dreams, even her dating catastrophes with him. She’s not his type and he’s never shown that kind of interest in her. A romance with her is not what he wants.
Jack knows Megan is the only girl for him but he hesitates-once he crosses that platonic line there’s no going back. If she’s as tired of serial dating as he thinks, it’s time to make his move even if it risks their friendship.
Will Megan ever realize she doesn’t need someone “just like Jack” when she can have the real thing?
Regency Romance
Miss Quinn's Quandary
Larissa Quinn travels directly from Miss Simmons’ Seminary to the wilds of Westmoreland to care for her elderly aunt. After the day-long journey, the only place for the weary travelers to sleep is the barn of an over-booked inn with only a single vacancy.
Larissa, who has no intention of sleeping on a pile of straw, steps forward, claiming to be newly wed to Sir Randall Trent, baronet and unwitting accomplice in Larissa’s scheme for adventure, in order to claim the last empty room.
Convinced they will never see one another again and that no one will be the wiser about their little white lie, Larissa and Sir Randall part ways, though not before Sir Randall can bestow upon Larissa a passionate kiss that sends her reeling. Both are surprised to be thrown together again so soon in London for the season.
When their secret is discovered, Larissa and Sir Randall are forced to band together in the face of a crime spree in which Sir Randall is implicated. Life is about to offer Larissa an adventure unlike any she had ever imagined.
An Agreeable Arrangement
Lady Cassandra Phillips’ terms for her inheritance are simple—marry the man her father has chosen and she can keep her fortune and her family estate. However, if Cassie refuses to comply, she will lose everything she has come to know and treasure as her own.
Julian, the elder brother of the estimable Stewart family, which Cassie’s father had mandated she will marry into, values family duty and honor above all else. He can wield a pen in business matters and keep his respected, long-established family financially secure, but he knows nothing of love. He will ensure that Cassie adheres to the marriage agreement proposed by their fathers, though it means uniting her with his capricious younger brother, Edward.
Dashing Edward Stewart has the charm and talent to win the heart of any woman he chooses. The arrangement between the two families seems happily settled, but Cassie’s misplaced affection makes her believe that it will be impossible to have both her heart’s desire and the man she loves.
His Lordship's Chaperone
Robert, the Marquess of Haverton, desires a chaperone to keep him from falling prey to the married, widowed, and single ladies of London. The Duchess of Waverly is sympathetic to her son’s predicament and agrees to help him find a suitable female to fill the position.
Miss Catherine Hayward accepts this unusual job. She is surprised to find that the need to keep her new charge from being compromised is genuine. However, it isn’t long before her sympathetic and protective feelings give way to pleasant, fanciful notions of sharing his company.
Soon Catherine finds herself falling for her employer, the Marquess, which makes her the exact type of woman from whom he needs protection.
Lady Eugenia's Holiday
Even though she missed her London Season debut, Lady Eugenia Abbott’s dreams of attending exciting parties and meeting dashing young gentlemen comes true as she travels with her aunt to the seaside city of Brighton for some post-Season gaiety.
Lady Eugenia becomes a social success, making the acquaintance of a handful of new close friends and befriending an eccentric Austrian musician. She even catches the attention of an elusive duke, whose curious behavior causes her to question his intentions.
In her pursuit of the duke, Lady Eugenia stumbles upon a deadly plot that places her life and that of the man she loves in danger. Given time, Eugenia can forgive the duplicity, but it’s quite another thing to forget the betrayal of her heart.
Gentlemen of Worth Series
The Suitor List
Lady Augusta Worth, eldest daughter of the Duke of Faraday, will not settle for anything less than love. When she arrives in London late in the Season, she has high hopes of making a match. She has already attracted a long list of potential suitors, all of whom have noteworthy prospects. To help in making the difficult decision, she invites them all to a Country House party just after the Season’s end.
But before any future husband of Lady Augusta’s can approach her for her hand, he must also gain the approval of her family. And that may prove to be more difficult than expected, as one by one, whether self-implicated, aided by another, or by sheer circumstance, each of her suitors discredit themselves. It will take a true Gentleman of Merit to capture Lady Augusta’s heart.
Perfectly Flawed
Finding a husband proves difficult for Lady Charlotte Worth, second daughter of the Duke of Faraday. Charlotte has every desirable attribute of a young Regency miss making her entrée into society. Eligible gentlemen cannot wait for her to make her London debut and arrive at her country house, Faraday Hall. They all speak to her of their undying love and promise a lifetime of devotion. But for Charlotte, who sees the good in everyone, this makes the decision all the more difficult.
Lady Muriel, the youngest Worth sister, is not convinced by words alone. She plans to put these gentlemen to the test, hoping there is one among them who is worthy of her sister’s affection. It will take a true Gentleman of Quality to look beyond Charlotte’s exterior perfection and treasure her for her inner beauty.
A Grand Deception
When Lady Muriel Worth, the Duke of Faraday’s youngest daughter, travels to London to enter the Marriage Mart, she is more interested in academic than matrimonial pursuits. Certain she can juggle the society schedule and suitors, she plans to steal away for lessons with her Latin tutor.
All goes as Muriel expects until the Earl of Amhurst arrives. London gossips link their names and it causes complications not only for her reputation but for her heart.
It will take a proper Gentleman of Circumstance to become more important to Muriel than conjugating Latin verbs. To her dismay, the new Earl of Amhurst just may do that.
The Duke Dilemma
With his three daughters finally married, Edward, Duke of Faraday, prepares to settle into a quiet bachelor life. His family, however, has other plans. Concerned that the handsome widower will grow lonely without their company, the young ladies and their brother scheme to find Edward a new duchess—whether he likes it or not.
Suddenly the Duke is London's most eligible gentleman, caught up in a swirl of parties and balls designed to place Society's loveliest widows in his path. His only solace is a quiet garden hidden amidst the hustle and bustle of the city, where an intriguing stranger captures his imagination as no woman has before. But is she a kindred spirit? Or is he fated for solitude after all?
Japanese Manga
The Prince One Day (Geek to Chic)
Honeymoon Rhapsody (Honeymoon Husband)

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