(Dark Ages to Early Medieval)
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INTIMATE ENEMIES 7/2000. ISBN:0553581996. Celtic Period. An exquisitely emotional, beautifully written novel about two warring clans on a Scottish isle united by a fragile pact... and the hearts of two unforgettable lovers.
THE LAST MERMAID 6/2004 ISBN: 0553584979 531 a.d.: The tiny island of Kell is said to be enchanted, inhabited by an extraordinary creature who comforts shipwrecked sailors passing into the next world. Prince Aedan of the Isles believes in no such nonsense—until he awakens on Kell itself and meets the sensuous siren who rescued him from the sea. 1721: Ronan MacMhuirich, Earl of Kell, is the target of an unlikely assassin: Leila, a mysterious woman from an exotic land. But his irresistibly beautiful would-be slayer is in just as much danger as Ronan when she falls for this man with a magic of his own. 2004: What do you do when you inherit a Scottish island you never knew existed—and find yourself pursued by a handsome stranger who wants to buy it from you? That’s what happens to Ruri Kell when she accepts Iain MacInnes’s invitation to visit her birthright, and listens to a proposition as sinfully tempting as everything else about him.
A KISS AT MIDNIGHT 3/2000 ISBN: 0553580574. Celtic Period. Ancient law proclaims that, as the year 999 draws to a close and the new millennium begins, the land of Alderich will be wrested from the Rune family by the clan of Leonhart. But when Rafael of Leonhart takes Serath Rune hostage, intending to force her grandfather, the Lord of Alderich, to surrender his land, the old man refuses. Before long, Rafael is falling under the spell of his fiercely beautiful captive -- and the conquest he desires most is her defiant heart.
BELIEVE 7/1998 ISBN: 0505522675. Tessa St. James thinks as little of love as she does of the Arthurian legend--it's a myth. But when an enchanted tome falls into the teacher's hands, she finds she must rethink her philosophy. Suddenly in Merlin's Camelot, Tessa will learn that the legend is nothing like she remembered.
THE AMULET 10/1995 ISBN: 0352330198 It is Roman Britain. York has been left unprotected by the withdrawal of the Roman soldiers and the British tribes are gathering in the hills. A Britain, Catrina, falls for a Roman, Alexius, but he betrays her and she vows revenge. But pagan rituals and endless orgies prove to be a distraction.
Cornelia Amiri
DANGER IS SWEET 8/2004 ISBN: 1587493969 From ancient druid lore, springs the tale of a mysterious, dark warrior, a fiery Pict Princess, and the shadowy secret standing between them. Bethoc, a Pict Princess, looses her father and her betrothed in the massacre of McAlpin's treason. After a failed attempt to slay the Scot King, Kenneth McAlpin, she is forced to wed the king's cousin, Malcolm. Malcolm must somehow forge a strong enough friendship with the Pict princess to get her to help him guard the Scot's greatest treasure, the Stone of Destiny, as they carry it to Scone. For Kenneth means to be crowned in Scone on the jewel of destiny. Both Malcolm and Bethoc's friendship soon turns to love. But just when their relationship develops to the point where Bethoc declares her love for Malcolm, he reveals an unbelievable, dark secret. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE FOX PRINCE 1/2002 ISBN:1587492695 In the year recorded in the Saxon chronicles as 449 AD, sixteen-year-old Prince Tryffin leads a band of warriors home after their first battle with the Saxons. They are filled with blood lust when Saxons (ten-year-old Aelfrida, her mother, and father) cross their path. The band slays her parents and she takes to the woods. When they meet again, seven years later, Tryffin's guilt turns to love for the silvery-haired beauty. Then Aelfrida's foster father attacks the prince. Tryffin spares the man's life for Aelfrida's hand in marriage. When she marries Tryffin to save her foster father's life, her plans to avenge her mother and father must be delayed. As her trust for Tryffin builds, Aelfrida must choose again and again between vengeance or love
HEARTSPELL 1/1992 ISBN:0446361992 Amid the green hills of ancient Ireland, beautiful black-haired Grania chose to follow the old ways and live as a healer...but a warrior of the king who decreed Grania's people outcasts finds Grania, becomes her lover and seals her country's fate.
DEFY THE EAGLE 7/1986. ISBN: 0373288077. Rome/Celtic. Enemies by birth. Lovers by destiny. Jilana had come to Caddaric in a dream, with a whisper of ethereal beauty that vanished when he awoke. Even as the bold warrior battled to save his beloved land from the roman invaders, he searched for the woman who haunted his every waking moment. Until the brilliant morning he finally saw his violet-eyed angel -- and realized that his torment had just begun. For Jilana was one of the hated enemies Caddaric had vowed to destroy.
ENCHANTRESS 12/1996 ISBN:082175520X A foundling daughter of Camelot, Moriana yearns to be mistress of the conjuring arts and practices her magic in an isolated hamlet where she has been sequestered for reasons unknown to her. Determined to return to Camelot, she casts a spell to summon forth a knight of the Round Table. But her novice talents call forth instead a Saxon warrior--who claims her for his own...Believing this wraithlike vision has been bestowed upon him by the Gods, Penawulf carries her off to his village and denies her attempts to escape. Though she is weakened by her traitorous desire for this strong, virile barbarian, she cannot deny her visions of Camelot. Finally, with the help of Sir Lancelot, she escapes, only to fall prey to dark forces plotting in Arthur's court--and those who will exploit her magic to destroy the King. But Penawulf cannot relinquish the woman he loves, and vows to fight for this enchantress who has claimed his heart...with the magic of love.
DAY OF WRATH short story in STAR OF WONDER 1999 ISBN: 0515126535 When her childhood friend and love marries another, Wulfhera of Froxton enters a nunnery, but Viking raids and the coming of the millennium cause her to flee home. There she finds Raef a widower, but intent only on despair and suicidal vengeance. Then, on the shortest day of the year, she finds a precious jewel in the belly of a fish. Is it the fabled Star of the Magi? Can it really help her to bring peace, and save the life of the man she loves?
A PURRFECT ROMANCE 9/1995 ISBN:0061083852 Anthology featuring Out of the Dark by Jennifer Blake, A Wish and a Prayer by Robin Lee Hatcher,and Belling the Cat by Susan Wiggs.
BEGUILED 1/1997 ISBN:0451191889 Sequel to Devoted; A pagan woman and a young Bishop have found their destinies in each other, and their forbidden love has triumphed over brutal Viking onslaughts. But now a new danger looms, as a vicious Norseman threatens their special union...and the future of their unborn child!
DEVOTED 9/1995 ISBN:0451403967 he marriage of Owen, the Bishop of Chatalon, and Elin, a woman of the Forest People, represents a bridge between the old ways and the new. When Owen is captured, it is up to Elin to defend their town and rescue Owen.
ALCHEMY OF FIRE 7/2004 ISBN:0727860976 Constantinople, 672 AD. Ex-concubine Anna makes a living manufacturing perfume and attempts to raise her daughter well, while trying to keep it secret that Theodosia is really a prince's daughter. But as an Arab invasion threatens and Kallinikos – an alchemist working on a secret weapon to use in the siege – comes into their lives, her daughter's secret is forced into the open.
LEGACY OF SHADOWS 8/1987 ISBN:0446329541 She first beheld him in a dream and her emerald eyes blazed with desire. He was tall and bronzed, with hair the color of gold, and he moved with all the swagger and dash of a conquering hero. Morgana's young heart wept with longing, yet she knew one day that they would meet, for hers was the legacy of seeing beyond...And now in the wet green grass of an Irish meadow she knelt by his side...the sable-haired girl who served the druids and the Viking prince wounded in battle against her...
THE BARBARIAN PRINCESS 1978
AS IF THEY WERE GODS 1987 Saga ISBN:0345341155
DEFIANT CAPTIVE 5/1998 ISBN:0821732641 At just seventeen, reckless young Glynis MacPherson could out shoot, out-ride, outmaneuver most men- until she met her match in Robert Forbes, a proud, strapping clansman who dismissed her as a child. Enraged, Glynis married another as Robert joined the rebels to restore Bonnie Prince Charles to the throne. Yet even as she took the holy vows, she dreamed of the man who had inspired a womanly desire deep within her, a man she was destined to love. Glynis was too alluring, too troublesome, too young for Robert Forbes, until she ran to another man's arms. Now she belonged to her husband in the sight of God and man - a line Robert could not cross. But when Glynis saved his life on the barbarous battlefield of Culloden, she ignited a raging passion not even divine law could deny, as together they were swept into the winds of war.
LILY FAIR 11/1999 ISBN: 0671028227. Celtic Period. Caitlin of the Lilies was born to a terrible prophecy -- one day she would destroy Crom the Ever Truthful, the revered Irish chieftain. For his own protection, Crom sends her to be raised in a far-off convent. Knowing nothing of her destiny, Caitlin awaits the bridegroom Crom has promised her -- and at last, a handsome warrior arrives to escort her home. Caitlin wonders if this proud, silent man is to be her husband. Niall of the Seven Betrayals has lived for Crom, the king who dared to offer Niall a new beginning. But while traveling with Caitlin, Niall learns of Crom's secret orders, and faces an unimaginable test of his loyalties: kill the innocent maiden who trusts herself to his protection or betray his king....
THE PENDRAGON 1978 ISBN: 0394501055 The glorious life and death of Arthur, King of Britain, recounted by Bedivere, his friend since boyhood, his fellow knight and companion-in-arms.
BY LOVE ENSLAVED 11/1989 ISBN:0446355933 Fiery-tempered Dana's violet eyes blazed with fury. Of all the male slaves on the Viking isle of Fyn, none was more insolent than tawny-haired, breathtaking Brendan. Now, naked and splendid, he awaited her punishment. Yet even locked in the farm's dark storehouse, the arrogant Celt triumphed; grinning ruggedly, he agreed to obey his beautiful pagan captor...if she would take him as her lover.
DIANA BY THE MOON 2000 ebook. A haunting tale of two lives touched by the coming of King Arthur, and two hearts and souls struggling to come together against odds as great as those against Britain itself. Only together will they survive, or else be sundered...forever.
LORD OF FALCON RIDGE 3/1995 ISBN: 0515115843 When Chessa is kidnapped by Ragnor of York, Cleve sets out to rescue her. After all, he's the one who negotiated her marriage to William of Normandy, and his word is on the line. When a storm blows Chessa and her kidnappers onto Hawkfell Island, outrageous complications set in. In the third novel of this Viking trilogy, Cleve of Lord of Raven's Peak and Chessa of Lord of Hawkfell Island first meet when Chessa is the princess of Ireland and Cleve has no memory of the time before he was a slave. When vivid dreams kindle memories of his native Scotland, Cleve's goal becomes to return to Lock Ness to claim his inheritance.But first, there is Chessa to be rescued and handed over to her rightful groom. When Cleve arrives at Hawkfell Island, he learns that Chessa not only refuses to marry Ragnor of York, she won't consider William of Normandy either. She wants to marry him! Her strategies to bring this about anticipate Machiavelli by 600 years. Chessa and Cleve may be bullheaded, but they're no match for Ragnor of York, who will have you laughing at his abominable antics. One thing about Ragnor, he never knows when to say when
ONCE UPON A KISS 7/1998 ISBN: 0515123005 When Baird Beauforte buys a remote Scottish castle to add to his chain of resort hotels, he's sure he's just recognized a perfect business opportunity. Little does he know that an unfulfilled destiny from a forgotten past life is really at the root of his decision. Fortunately for their entwined fates, Princess Aurelia (who has slumbered twelve centuries waiting for Baird) has no qualms about setting him straight - even if she has to invade his dreams to do so.
Elizabeth Cunningham
MAGDALEN RISING 4/2007 ISBN: 0976684322 In this Celtic wonder tale, young Maeve and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Born to eight warrior-witches on a magical isle, Maeve heads for druid college with high hopes of meeting the Mysterious Other she has glimpsed only in visions and dream. From the start, Maeve and Esus, as the druids call him, are sparring partners, by turns delighting and outraging each other with their opposing views on just about everything. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve’s past. He also becomes obsessed with Esus as a perfect victim for the most sacred druid rite. In a daring scheme, Maeve risks everything to save the life of the one she loves. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Claudia Dain
TO BURN 4/2002 ISBN: 0843949856 Celtic. He had sworn to battle the empire wherever he found it, and an isolated Roman villa in Britainnia seemed the perfect target for his revenge. He and his fierce Saxon warriors would sweep through it like an inferno, destroying all in their path. From the moment he saw her, he knew she embodied all that Rome stood for: pride, arrogance, civilization...beauty. She was a woman like no other, fighting with undaunted spirit even as he made her his slave. And as he gazed into her glittering golden eyes, he realized he could not leave until he had satisfaction from her. She called him barbarian, called him oaf, called him her enemy. Yet when he took her in his hard-muscled arms, her body trembled with excitement. But would the fire flaring between them conquer him or her? Was the passion that burned in their souls born of hatred, or of love?
FIRE HAWK 7/1997 ISBN: 0451407628 In a Wales surrounded by mist and magic, Hawk Glade was once a place of peace and happiness. Now burying her fallen brother, Jenna fears her home and her clan are doomed by an enemy who has made her the last to bear the name of Hawk. She has only one hope to save her people - to find the magnificent warrior called Kane....High in his mountain refuge, Kane is as the legends describe him, tall and broad and strong, his eyes as cold as granite, his face as hard as flint. Though his past is scarred by betrayal and mistrust, Jenna comes to beg him to fight for her; instead desire springs unbidden between them....If Kane returns to a world of war, a prophecy foretells he will perish. So he has vowed to be a man of peace. But no man can escape his fate, and Jenna is his - a woman to fight for, to protect, to cherish. But Jenna's destiny, writ in another book, says she must save Kane with a woman's indomitable courage and a love that is strong enough to make eternity theirs....
THE SORCERER'S LADY 7/1995 ISBN: 0505520370 Victorian debutante Laura Sullivan couldn't believe her eyes. Aunt Sophie's ancient spell had conjured up the man of Laura's dreams - a half-naked Barbarian Sorcerer who was also casting about for his own Soul Mate!
DAUGHTER OF CAMELOT 7/1999 ISBN:0821762559 Orphaned by the only mother she had ever known, the fiercely independent Rianne had grown to womanhood outside Camelot's circle of wealth and power--unaware that she was heiress to a legacy of magic forged in the mists of Avalon. But when a commanding young knight came in search of her, arousing longings she had never known, he awoke her potent immortal gifts and set in motion a destiny that would shape Britain for years to come. Sworn in service to his king, Tristan was prepared to join the battle against the warlord who threatened Camelot's peace. But bound by loyalty to serve the woman who had raised him, he answered her request to find the daughter she had sent out of Avalon as an infant. What Tristan found was a passionate creature with the powers of light strong within her--a fair lady whose magic held the key to Camelot's future. and held his heart spellbound to her perfect love.
DAUGHTER OF FIRE 1/1996 ISBN:0821751875 The magic of the ages flows through her blood. She is Vivian of Amesbury, secret daughter of the great sorcerer Merlin. Possessed of the gift of second sight, she is haunted by an ancient curse that prevents her from ever knowing love. Then, in a vision, she sees a magnificent Norman knight riding across a battle-scarred England. And she trembles in fear. And desire. Rorke FitzWarren has come to Amesbury to find the celebrated healer whose powers could save his wounded sovereign, William, Duke of Normandy. Although fate has made Rorke and Vivian enemies, from the moment they meet, an unquenchable passion flames to life. On a quest that takes him to a hidden world beyond the mists, Rorke will begin a search for a legendary sword--and battle the forces of darkness to claim Vivian for his own.
DAUGHTER OF LIGHT 1/1997 ISBN: 0821755498 She possesses a strange and mystical power--a gift of prophecy that allows her to move freely through time and space. She is Cassandra of Tregaron, the third daughter of Merlin, fabled sorcerer and great friend to King Arthur. Blue-eyed, beautiful, and deeply lonely, Cassandra heals the sick in the Welsh hills at the edge of Avalon. For long ago she shunned the legacy that is her birthright and that she alone can claim: the lost Oracle of Light. He is Stephen of Valois--a true son of William the Conquerer and a valiant knight who must prove himself in battle by defeating the malevolent warlord Malagraine. Struck by a luminous vision of a woman in flowing blue robes, he cannot know that she will become his destiny--and his only desire. Drawn together on a quest that takes them to the crumbling ruins of an enchanted realm, Stephen and Cassandra must overcome the forces of darkness that threaten the mortal world--for a love stronger than Excalibur, more powerful than the Holy Grail...and as everlasting as time itself.
DAUGHTER OF THE MIST 7/1996 ISBN: 0821753479 Caught between the worlds of reality and enchantment, she could be lost forever...unless one man sets her free with the power of his mortal passion. The bastard son of a Byzantine aristocrat and a Norse sea captain, Tarek al Sharif has come to Scotland to claim lands promised him by William the Conqueror. When he spies the tawny-haired creature on a misty battlefield, the fierce-eyed warrior thinks he is dreaming. His lovely savior is not a vision, but a woman who enflames his heart with forbidden desire...who forces him to choose between avenging his past and fighting for the future as they journey to a place of myths and dragons, ancient treasure--and a love stronger than magic.
DAWN OF CAMELOT 9/1998 ISBN: 0821760289 On the Island of the Mists--enchanted, changeless Avalon--Meg grew to power among the immortals, a rare and beautiful creature with a fierce inner strength. She was also Merlin's sister, gifted with a power and a will to match those of the great sorcerer. She longed to know the mortal world, where the sorrow of death was balanced by the joys of life and love. And so, one day between darkness and dawn, she took on human form and stepped from the safe haven of Avalon into the strife and war that divided ancient Britain...where a fierce warrior cast a passionate spell on her soul. Since childhood, Connor of Lyonesse fought to preserve Britain for Arthur, the boy-king who had fled his kingdom fifteen years before. The loyal knight had no use for myths and fairytales. He was a soldier, a man who lived by the sword and would someday die by it. Little did Connor know that the sweet maid nearly slain by his own hand one dewy morning was a living legend who would work a shattering change on his embittered life. Nor did he have ever imagined that her gentle love commanded strong magic that would grant his heart's desire.
SHADOWS OF CAMELOT 10/1997 ISBN: 0821757601 Truan Monroe was raised as an orphan on an isle in the Irish sea, but there is a secret side: he is also a deadly warrior and sorcerer of awesome powers. Now a startling vision of the past sends him through a doorway in time to a place of mists and castles where knights meet at a round table and where a legendary magician called Merlin has been banished for all eternity...Bound to Truan's fate by shimmering threads is Amber, a woman of luminescent beauty. They have met, kissed, and shared their hearts. Unwilling to lose him, she follows him across the centuries into a world of danger, wonder, and a passion that cannot be denied. Here Truan, armed with the sword Excaliber, the Holy Grail, and the Prophecy of Cassandra, wages war against Malagraine, Lord of Darkness. But Malagraine is setting a cruel trap that could separate Truan and Amber forever unless a miracle brings together a father and son to fight death itself--for love...
LOVE, REMEMBER ME 3/1997 ISBN:0505521830 In 1st century AD Scotland, Cairn and Brynna lead their clan to victory against the Romans, but Brynna is mortally wounded in combat. Dying in her beloved's arms, she tells him their souls will be reborn but she will not remember him. When Cairn vows to wait forever for her, Heaven gives him an angel's form to survive his long quest. Brynna becomes Brenna Sirin, a skeptical journalist in present-day Washington D.C. Assigned to write a magazine story on angel sightings, dreams of a long-lost lover trouble her. She doesn't believe, but can't shake, the sense that this rugged warrior is searching for her. Now Heaven's time limit is up and the Lord of Darkness has found Cairn, claiming his status violates the Rules governing Heaven and Hell. If Cairn fails in his last effort to reawaken Brenna's love, he will lose her forever, risking death and damnation for them both.
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