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Lauren Royal is a historical romance author whose books center on the Chase family and its extended circle, set in England during the Restoration and Regency periods. If you want to start reading her work, begin with When an Earl Meets a Girl, the first book in the Chase Family Series, then follow the series order or branch into the Regency and Sweet Chase Brides spinoffs depending on which era and tone you prefer.
What Lauren Royal Writes
Her website describes her catalog around four related series:
- Chase Family Series — the core family saga, set in Restoration England.
- Chase Family Series: The Regency — the same family line continued into the Regency era.
- Sweet Chase Brides — a connected series of bridal-focused romances.
- Sweet Chase Brides: The Regency — the Regency counterpart to the Sweet Chase Brides books.
The site's own keywords place the books in historical romance, romantic comedy, historical fiction, and love story territory, with settings spanning Restoration and Regency England, including London. The recurring thread across all four series is the Chase family, which is why the reading order matters more than it would for standalone romances.
Where to Start: The First Book
The site names the entry point directly:
Start with: When an Earl Meets a Girl London, 1666 — Colin Chase, The Earl of Greystone, finds his carefully planned life turned upside down when the Great Fire of London lands a lowly jeweler's daughter in his arms.
That gives you three things to decide with:
| If you want… | Start with |
|---|---|
| The chronological beginning of the family story | When an Earl Meets a Girl (Chase Family Series, London 1666) |
| Regency-era settings | Chase Family Series: The Regency |
| A bridal-focused romance thread | Sweet Chase Brides (or its Regency branch) |
| To follow the family across generations | Chase Family Series first, then the Regency and Sweet Chase Brides lines |
Because the series share a family tree, starting with the Restoration-era Chase Family books gives you the background that the Regency and Sweet Chase Brides books build on. If you already know you prefer Regency settings, the Regency lines are the more direct entry — just expect to meet characters whose family history is established elsewhere.
What's on the Website Beyond the Books
The site's own description points readers to a Book Extras section, which includes:
- Family trees — useful for tracking how the Chase family and its spinoffs connect.
- Real people and real places — background on the historical figures and locations behind the fiction.
- Recipes — food from the books, for readers who want the period detail off the page.
If you're deciding whether the series is for you, the family trees are the fastest way to see how the four series relate before you commit to a reading order.
A Practical Way to Choose
- Read the When an Earl Meets a Girl description on the site — it establishes the tone (romantic comedy inside a historical disaster) and the era.
- Check the Book Extras family trees to see whether you'd rather read straight through the Chase family or jump to the Regency branch.
- Pick your line: Restoration Chase Family, Regency Chase Family, Sweet Chase Brides, or Sweet Chase Brides: The Regency.
- If you start mid-family, keep the family tree open — the connections are the point, not background noise.
The main thing to know before you begin: these aren't standalone books. The Chase family is the throughline, and the series are branches of one story rather than separate worlds.