Cheryl Ann Smith

Cheryl Ann Smith writes historical romance and is best known for the School for Brides books. The Scarlet Bride was published by Berkley in 2012 and follows Simon Harrington and Laura Precott through a Regency-era story that combines courtship with a mystery surrounding Laura’s former protector. Simon brings Laura to his cousin’s School for Brides, an institution created to help compromised women rebuild their prospects, and then works to establish her innocence when suspicion turns toward her. The connected School for Brides sequence includes the novel, alongside The School for Brides and The Accidental Courtesan. Smith’s publisher identifies her as a national bestselling author who began reading historical romance in her teens and later made Regency fiction her professional focus. Her work places romantic relationships inside plots driven by social reputation, legal danger, and family obligation. The Scarlet Bride is a representative example of that blend and of the series’ recurring institution.