The Salon
Ruth’s Rendezvous! – A cozy retreat filled with fun and relaxation.
Step into my Salon, the ultimate for fans of historical romance to rendezvous! Here, you’ll find a delightful mix of fun, relaxation, and inspiration. Whether you’re looking to unwind with a jigsaw puzzle, challenge your friends with a Facebook game, or dive into the music that fuels my writing, this is the place for you.
Casie’s Charming Challenges
Putting the Pieces Together—One Story at a Time
Unwind and test your skills with these charming jigsaw puzzles featuring the covers of my most beloved books and series.
Love the artwork? Now you can piece it together, literally! Each puzzle offers a closer look at the cover art that brings these tales to life. Whether you’re racing the clock or savoring every connection, you’ll see each story from a new angle.
Click any image below to begin your puzzle challenge. Then let me know how long it took you to complete it. Bragging rights are encouraged!
💡 Tip: Want to challenge a friend? Share your puzzle link and see who finishes faster.
The Lyon’s Den – Enter the world of fierce alliances and romantic stakes.
The Ladies of Sommer-by-the-Sea – A coastal haven of wit, warmth, and second chances.
The Stelton Legacy – Time-crossed lovers and a legacy that defies centuries.
Barrington’s Brigade – From duty to devotion, these dukes do more than command hearts.
Welcome to The Soundtrack for Barrington’s Brigade
Every book has a heartbeat. In the Barrington’s Brigade series, music helps shape the mood, color the emotion, and breathe life into each romance. These playlists are carefully curated to echo the longing, laughter, tension, and triumph woven through every love story.
Whether you’re reading for the first time or returning to favorite scenes, these songs invite you deeper—into ballroom whispers, stolen glances, and the steady march of love against the odds.
So settle in, press play, and return to the world of Barrington’s Brigade, where every note carries a piece of the heart.
Two playlists. One love story.
Instrumental or lyrical, modern or timeless. These songs capture the emotions behind Juliet and Ewan’s journey, from guarded beginnings to unshakable devotion.
🎵 Listen Now:
– After Dark Playlist (Instrumental)
– Contemporary Playlist (Modern & Lyrical)
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💫 Track List
- Experience – Ludovico Einaudi
Juliet’s awakening, quiet defiance wrapped in longing. - Turning Page (Instrumental) – Sleeping At Last
Realization dawning. A slow walk toward trust. - Arrival of the Birds – The Cinematic Orchestra
The promise of something new—beautiful, fragile, uncertain. - Can’t Help Falling in Love – Benny Martin
Inevitable affection, despite every reason to resist. - The Night We Met (Instrumental) – Taylor Davis
Regret, reflection… and the ache of what might have been - Saturn (Instrumental) – Sleeping At Last
Timeless love, deep and devastating in its quiet. - Love Theme – [Artist Unknown]
A thread that connects them—always. - Divenire – Ludovico Einaudi
From allies to soulmates, one note at a time. - Comptine d’un Autre Été: L’Après-Midi – Yann Tiersen
A final breath of nostalgia, change, and hope - A Thousand Years (Instrumental) – The Piano Guys
A vow sealed in music, the quiet certainty of forever.💬 “No one threatens you without facing my retribution.” —Ewan
🕯️ Tip: Pair this playlist with a glass of wine, a flickering candle, and the soft ache of second chances.
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💫 Track List
- All I Want – Kodaline
A yearning for more, even when words fall short. - Poison & Wine – The Civil Wars
Love and fear, spoken in painful honesty. - Jealous – Labrinth
What’s left unsaid—heartbreak in its rawest form. - Say You Love Me – Jessie Ware
Juliet’s silent plea—be sure, or let me go. - I Get to Love You – Ruelle
Love as devotion. A vow wrapped in wonder. - Already Gone – Sleeping At Last
The ache of letting go… or nearly losing what matters. - From the Dining Table – Harry Styles
Bitterness and regret. Distance that shouldn’t be there. - The One (Live) – Kodaline
When you realize this was always the one who mattered. - Unsteady (Erich Lee Gravity Remix) – X Ambassadors
Their bond—fragile, unspoken, but fiercely real. - Turning Page – Sleeping At Last
The moment everything changes… quietly, forever.
💬 “You have no say in what I allow myself to be drawn into.” —Ewan
🎤 Tip: This playlist pairs well with rainy afternoons, whispered truths, and that final chapter reread.
🎼 A Dilemma for the Duke – Playlists
Two playlists. One guarded heart. One bold heroine.
Some songs whisper secrets. Some confess love too late. These carefully chosen tracks mirror Rockford and Lora’s journey through betrayal, redemption, and the ache of impossible choices.
🎵 Listen Now:
– After Dark Playlist (Instrumental & Atmospheric)
– Contemporary Playlist (modern & Lyrical)
🎧 A Dilemma for the Duke – After Dark Playlist
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📜 Track List
- Elegy – Lisa Gerrard, Patrick Cassidy
A lament of love unspoken. Deep, spiritual, haunting—Rockford’s soul laid bare.
2. Winter 1 – Max Richter
Fragile hope wrapped in stillness. Lora watching him from across a ballroom, holding her breath.3. Arrival to Netherfield – Dario Marianelli
Light footsteps on uncertain ground. The slow unraveling of defenses.4. Promise – Ben Howard
A vow neither could speak aloud—but both heard in the silence.5. Satellites – Mew
Orbiting one another, always near, never touching.6. The Night We Met – Lord Huron
What they lost. What they might still find.7. I Found – Amber Run
The moment she sees him again, not as a duke, but as her man.8. Love Like Ghosts – Lord Huron
A past that won’t let go, haunting every glance.9. Pieces – Andrew Belle
Everything broken—until it’s not.10. To Build a Home – The Cinematic Orchestra
What they didn’t believe they could have… until now.💬 “You think silence is safer than truth. But truth is the only way back to me.”
—Lora, in a moment she almost says aloud🕯️ Tip: Let this playlist play low and slow while you reread Chapter Nineteen. It’s a quiet storm of confessions, unresolved tension, and that one scene by the firelight when everything could have changed.
🎧 A Contemporary Playlist for Rockford & Lora’s Story
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📜 Track List
1. Let It Go – James Bay
Letting go of pride, fear, and the past.
2. Youth – Daughter
The innocence of their early bond, and how it was shattered.
3. Roslyn – Bon Iver & St. Vincent
Unspoken love tangled in quiet devastation.
4. Only Love – Ben Howard
The truth beneath the silence. A plea.
5. The Fear – Ben Howard
Rockford’s inner battle—vulnerability as strength.
6. Unfold – Alina Baraz
Lora becoming more than what they all assumed. Becoming herself.
7. The Archer – Taylor Swift
“I’ve been the archer, I’ve been the prey.” Her fears, finally named.
8. Say Something – A Great Big World
That single moment when it might all fall apart… or not.
9. Work Song – Hozier
Their bond. Hard-earned, soul-deep.
10. Found – Jacob Banks
Found—in defiance of everything that tried to keep them apart.
💬 “You were always worth the risk. I just forgot how to fight for you.”
—Rockford, after the rain
🎤 Tip: This playlist is perfect for a walk, a drive, or that last hour before sleep. Let it echo in the spaces between words—the kind that fill journals and haunt letters never sent.
Where in the World is Ruth? –
See where I am and what I’m writing
Come join me at these exciting events! Whether it’s a book signing, a speaking engagement, or an online chat, I’d love to see you and say hello.
- May 5, 2025: A Virtual Chat with Ruth A. Casie at the Wayne Library. romance anthology. An Amazon KU book
- May 16, 2025 – First Kiss Friday: Join me at Sherry Ewings’ Facebook page. We’ll be speaking with Lady Lora and Duke Rockford and hear about their first kiss!
- June 20, 2025 – Dukes All Summer Long – a Historical Romance Anthology: Find out the story behind Barrington and Mrs. Bainbridge and their plans for their future, in the novella, A Tidal Affair. Now on pre-order!
- July 19, 2025 – A Redemption for the Baron, Book 3 of Barrington’s Brigade: It’s a tale of devotion, betrayal, and second chances. In a world where alliances are everything, love becomes the most daring and unpredictable alliance of all. An Amazon KU book.
- July 21, 2025 – Takeover – Lady Catherine’s Salon! surprise so check my blog and my social media!
- July 23, 2025 – Takeover Cerise’s Tea Room I’ll be at Sherry Ewings today with Edythe and James
- July 25, 2025 – First Kiss Friday Join me at Sherry Ewings’ Facebook page. A Redemption for the Baron. Bridget never bends to be loved. Thomas never begs to be forgiven. They meet—across pain, across history, across pride—and they choose each other anyway. It’s powerful. Fierce. And unforgettable. So is their first kiss!.
- July 25, 2025 – Takover – Wicked Wallflowers Friday John and Christina Hartfield.
- November 28, 2024 – Tea with Duchess Haverford: As soon as her grace heard that Richard St. John and Christina Hartfield would be available, she snapped up the opportunity and invited, actually demanded, they come to tea!
Come slip into the pages of your next romantic adventure
Ruth A Casie
USA Today Bestselling Author
