Duchess of York launches book club with Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon is launching a historical romance book club with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

It will launch on 5th November, and each month the Duchess will select one Mills & Boon historical romance title. She will announce her pick each month in a video on her social channels, sharing information about the book throughout the month to encourage her followers to read along. At the end of the month, she will give her thoughts on the chosen book.

The Duchess' own historical romance novel, Her Heart for a Compass, co-written by Marguerite Kaye, was published by Mills & Boon earlier this year. Her second historical romance novel will be published next year. Mills & Boon said it would "build on the world of Her Heart for a Compass".

She said: "I am so excited to launch a historical romance book club with my publisher Mills & Boon. Like them, I’m passionate about telling women’s stories, giving those who have been silenced a voice and promoting women’s literacy. Too often, women’s lives can be overlooked by history. In my debut novel Her Heart for a Compass, I brought one such woman—my great-great-aunt Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas-Scott—to life. Now I want to celebrate other authors who are telling women’s stories. I hope that the book club readers will be entertained, enlightened and empowered by the novels that we are going to read together." 

Mills & Boon added: "Sarah, Duchess of York is an authority in historical research and in telling the stories of women’s lives. The success of Her Heart for a Compass, co-written with Marguerite Kaye, proves her passion and expertise in historical romance. We’re delighted to partner with her on this book club and know it will bring new readers to the novels and writers that the Duchess has selected."