I couldn't find Love in Excess in the Kindle Store, but I did find some other books by Eliza Haywood. I've downloaded The Fortunate Foundlings but haven't read it yet.
Post Script:
I've just finished The Fortunate Foundlings. It's a romance about the adventures of twin foundlings, left on the doorstep of a nobleman who becomes their guardian. The boy joins the army, is captured by the French, falls in love, is freed and joins the Swiss army, is captured by the Russians, is freed and returns to Paris. The girl runs away after her guardian falls in love with her, becomes a noblewoman's companion, falls in love, is pursued by a wicked nobleman, takes sanctuary in a convent, escapes, and walks to Paris looking for her lover. Their guardian finds them and reveals he is their natural father, they are reunited with their respective lovers, and marry.
This is a plot worthy of Mills and Boon. Eliza Haywood lived 1693 to 1756. In my favorite Regency romances, heroines are often found reading 'unsuitable' romances and I'm guessing they might well have been reading Eliza Haywood.
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