(Dark Ages to Early Medieval)
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CALL HOME THE HEART 12/2004 ISBN: 0843954752 Bewildered and terrified after her bridegroom put a pistol to his head and pulled the trigger, lovely young Muireann Caldwell was faced with two options: She could return to her stifling parents in Scotland and the sheltered existence she once knew, or take a chance and make a new life for herself on her husband’s estate, Barnakilla. She refused to go running home in defeat, and besides, her late husband's darkly handsome estate manager promised that together they could make something worthwhile of her inheritance. For the first time she felt safety in a man's arms, saw respect in his eyes. Lochlainn Roche could no longer stand by and watch the people of Barnakilla suffer. It was his boyhood home, and the lush greens of Ireland called him back. Now with Muireann’s pluck and resourcefulness to aid him, he was sure that they could succeed in restoring Barnakilla to its former majesty. As they fought side by side against the ravages of the Potato Famine, the seeds of love are planted in their tender hearts. But would the unveiling of secrets test the strength of a bond formed in tumultuous times, or would two lost souls finally feel that they had found their way home? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE 8/1999 ISBN: 0821765043 Marriage to the vile Thane Morcar of England was Lady Cyndra’s destiny from the day the barbaric Vikings had stormed her family's home --until handsome Brenwyn of Manor Darburgh rescued her from that cruel fate. In Brenwyn, Cyndra believed she had found a warrior worthy of a lady's love, not realizing that her rugged protector was none other than a Viking himself --and her family’s mortal foe. Honor had driven Brenwyn to steal Morcar’s bride, but it was fierce passion that drove him to seduce sweet Cyndra, though he knew she was forbidden to him. Now, as he held her in his arms, Brenwyn hoped that she would see the man beneath the enemy armor. For only if he won her heart, could he truly claim this noble beauty for his own.
THE IRISH ENCHANTRESS 3/2001 ISBN: 0821768301 Banished from her home, Fionna O'Donnel is powerless to intervene when mercenary English knight Raymond DeClare is awarded GleannTaise Castle. An outcast among her clan and her gift of enchantment feared, Fionna cannot stand idly by as her people come to harm at the hands of a man whose life she once saved--a man who holds her kin's destiny beneath his sword while offering dangerous temptation with his searing kisses...The cost of DeClare's reward for valiant combat is twofold--he must safeguard GleannTaise, and take an Irish bride. Yet he can do neither with Fionna's bewitching presence haunting him at every turn—and he will not accept her faith in magick to restore the castle to its former glory. But as passion burns like a flame between them, the cloak of Fionna's secrets and shame is torn away, and DeClare must choose between the dictates of pride and the love of a woman who has enchanted his heart...
THE IRISH PRINCESS 6/1999 ISBN: 082176201X With invaders at her gates, Siobhan O'Rourke, Princess of Donegal Keep, is determined to see that her people not suffer--even if she must sacrifice herself. When the legendary warrior, Gaelan PenDragon demands her surrender and her oath, Siobhan refuses. In a clash of wills and customs, her enemy's vengeance comes gently and passionately--crumbling her barriers and weakening her resolve. But vanquishing her body does not give Gaelan her heart, for the price of loving the enemy could destroy Donegal forever. His sword for hire and undefeated in combat, love is a luxury Gaelan has never known. Yet the flame-haired Princess of Donegal inspires dreams he never dared have. Siobhan's proud defiance baits him, her smoldering desire lures him, and before the ghosts of his past can butcher the passion neither can deny, he vows to possess the Celtic beauty—at any cost. But when suspicion, lies, and a web of betrayal tear Siobhan from his arms, Gaelan vows to wage the battle of his lifetime...and capture the woman who has laid siege to his immortal soul.
THE IRISH DEVIL 2/2000 ISBN: 0515127493. Celtic Period. The Beauty and the Barbarian Ireland in the Middle Ages-a land of both heavenly landscapes and hellish warfare. It is in this world that Lord Eric of Shankill is both feared and revered. His unstoppable rage on the battlefield has made him known as the "Irish devil." Little did he know that his greatest battle would be fought in his own heart... Faith, daughter of Lord Terra is a healer who lives on the edge of society. Shamed by a cruel act of injustice, cast out by her father, she is the last one anyone would choose for a wife...But when the "Irish devil" is given his choice of Lord Terra's daughters, he demands Faith's hand in marriage. Against all obstacles, they struggle to overcome the pain of their pasts and realized the passion which both have desired-and denied-for so long...
IRISH HOPE 4/2001 ISBN: 0515130435 Hope is a privileged ancestor of the high king, but she's impetuous and adventurous to a fault. Rather than settle for an arranged marriage, she strikes out on her own, disguised as a young boy, desperate to experience life and love - no matter the risk... It falls to Colin of Shanekill to find Hope. He can best any man in battle and charm any woman in bed - but he has never known true love. During his search he takes a young boy under his protection, never realizing that the woman for whom he searches walks beside him. As they travel, Hope comes to love Colin as no woman has. Desire tests her resolve and her deception becomes more difficult to maintain. Now, as she approaches her destination, she faces a choice: reveal her true self to Colin, or deny her passion - and risk losing her only chance at love...
Roberta GellisIRISH MAGIC 3/1995 ISBN:1575660024 Anthology featuring The Trysting Hour by Susan Wiggs, Galway Bay by Morgan Llywelyn, Rarer Than a White Crow by Roberta Gellis, and The Harper's Daughter by Barbara Samuel.
RARER THAN A WHITE CROW short story in IRISH MAGIC 3/1995 ISBN: 1575660024 A beautiful warrior named Caer finds a lover to cherish--and to fear--when she meets Prince Angus Og.
DRAGON OF THE ISLAND 11/1994 ISBN:0786000678 510 A.D. Maelgwn the Great is the Dragon of the Island, a Welsh warlord who has been rampaging through the British countryside with his invincible army. Aurora is the princess of the Roman outpost Viroconium, who offers herself to Maelgwn in exchange for sparing her city. Independent, intelligent, and used to getting their own way, Aurora and Maelgwn are thrust together by circumstance - and by an attraction both physical and emotional. Beset by enemies, divided by treachery, they're epic characters in a love story that will take your breath away.
THE DRAGON PRINCE 1/2002 ISBN: 0821773038 The son of famed Welsh warlord Maelgwyn the Great, Rhun has the ruthless blood of a warrior in his veins. A soldier who has never flinched in his dedication to King Arthur's cause, Rhun can't imagine that one moment of kindness will alter the course of his future--and the destiny of his people. For as the Britons struggle to maintain supremacy over the invading Saxons, he encounters Eastra, a breathtaking Saxon princess who presents a powerful temptation to his masculine desires. But when Eastra, both enemy and treasure, offers herself as a sacrifice in the battle between the warring tribes, Rhun will test the limits of valor and the reaches of his heart to uphold his duty…and claim a love for all time.
DRAGON'S DREAM 3/1996 ISBN: 0786002387 It is the sixth century A.D. Maelgwn, the Dragon of the Island, is celebrated for his feats of heroism. But now he has been defeated: The tragic loss of his beloved Aurora has left him grieving and alone. But Maelgwn has a duty to his people--and his realm. As the king, he is expected to marry again. What begins as a political union with a red-headed Celtic princess rapidly becomes much more. Possessed of mystical powers, beautiful, sensuous Rhiannon tempts him beyond reason...and adores him beyond measure. In her tender arms, Maelgwn's sorrowing heart begins to heal. But treachery is never far from the royal throne, and soon Maelgwn must fight as he has never fought before--to save his honor, his sons, and the woman he never dreamed he could love.
STORM MAIDEN 7/1997 ISBN:0786004142 Fiona of Dunsheauna, the beautiful daughter of an Irish chieftain, rebelled at the idea of wedding a man she despised. And, trapped in her father's dark, oppressive dungeon, she found a way to avoid her fate. She would allow a captured Viking to ravish her and render her unmarriageable. But the rugged golden-haired warrior refused to take her body. Instead, he captured her soul... Delirious with fever, Dag Thorsson thought that the ethereal woman was a fairy come to enchant him. Instead she tended his wounds, saved his life...and proceeded to seduce him! If his brother had not raided her father's land and rescue him, he might have surrendered to Fiona's bewitching touch. But now he made her his prisoner and spirited her away... Suddenly, Fiona was in the hands of the enemy...a man she also knew to be capable of tenderness. Suddenly, she was trapped in a raging landscape of betrayal and treachery, fighting against her own heart and unable to resist a passion that promised the hope of a world where love could reign supreme...
Parke Godwin
BELOVED EXILE 6/1985. ISBN:055324924X The sequel to FIRELORD. In the wake of Arthur's death, Guenevere tries desperately to hold the fragmented kingdom together with the aid of a few loyal knights. Ultimately betrayed, she finds herself impressed into a life of servitude under a bold Saxon lordling who is unaware of her identity.
FIRELORD 10/1980 In Godwin's story, set in the 5th century amid the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain, we discover a painfully mortal Arthur, flawed and fallible with a sympathetic distaste for the necessary cruelties of war.
THE LAST RAINBOW 7/1985 ISBN: 0553341421 He was a headstrong young priest, sent to preach the word of God in distant Britain. She was the passionate young queen of the ancient Celtic race called Faerie. Here, in this land of pagan twilight, she taught him the powers of the earth and the pleasures of love. Together, they discovered a miraculous destiny in the enchanted realm that lay beyond the Last Rainbow.
Deborah Hale
BORDER BRIDE 8/2002 ISBN: 0373292198 For thirteen years he'd been a wanderer.... Now Con ap Ifan had returned, a tested warrior and a talented bard. But Enid of Glyneira remained unimpressed. No stolen kisses or honeyed promises that faded with the dawn could tempt her to abandon hearth, home, and betrothed --not even for the father of her cherished firstborn son! Con wanted Enid more than words could tell. But could he dally with her, now a widow with children, forever? For though she'd always been his heart's melody, his soul's rhythm, he knew the siren song of the wider world might break their passion's bond!
DAWNFLIGHT 10/1999 Celtic/Medieval Period. ISBN: 0671020412. When Arthur and Gyan meet, the love that develops between them escalates to legendary proportions. But with her clan's future in her hands, Gyan would forsake her heart's bidding and go through with her obviously ill-fated marriage to Urien. For unless she and Arthur can avert the civil war that is sure to erupt, their love will be doomed to remain unfulfilled -- forever.
HEARTS ENSLAVED 1/1994 ISBN:821744291 Torn Apart By War: He was the enemy, a conqueror whose cruel countrymen had destroyed her village, killed her family, and left her for dead. Somehow, Rhyca had managed to survive...but now the tide had turned! This savage Roman stranger was her chattel, to do with as she pleased. Though she swore never to trust him, Rhyca found herself drawn to his proud, dark looks, commanding presence and virile strength. She vowed never to love him, but she longed to run her hands over his well-muscled body, touch her lips to his, and taste the liberating passion this enslaved warrior awoke in her...with just one kiss! United By Love: In order to keep the peace between the Romans and the Celts, Galen Mauricius had allowed himself to be captured by the Ordovician tribe. But he hadn't expected to become a prisoner of the fair-haired Rhyca. Though his freedom was at stake, he couldn't resist the alluring temptress whose golden beauty masked a sorrowing heart. And though their future could never be, he burned to possess this proud and defiant woman whose tender caress had conquered his very soul!
OUTCAST 2/2002 ISBN: 0821772570 Though she's never laid eyes on him, flame-haired Erica of Clan MacQuarrie is defiantly proud that her father was a Viking Jarl. Around her neck she wears the garnet pendant he gave to her mother, and vows someday to follow her Viking destiny. That day comes sooner than she imagined when powerful Nordic warrior Torin drops anchor. An emissary of her father, Torin has come in search of the Jarl's eldest son, "Eric."Erica is only too happy to correct a shocked Torin's mistake…and boldly demands that he take her to her father. After discovering the son he'd come in search of is a daughter--worse, a spitfire hellion--Torin prepares to leave Scotland to find the Jarl's two sons. But vengeful clansmen have taken him prisoner. His only hope lies in the beautiful, brazen Erica, who promises to aid his escape provided he take her with him. He cannot anticipate the peril that lies ahead--or the relentless desire that will lead them to a grand empire…and glorious love.
THE KINGMAKING 1/1996 ISBN:0312135335 Book One of her excellent Arthurian trilogy.
PENDRAGON'S BANNER 12/1996 ISBN:0312135335 The second book in this ambitious and authentic trilogy retelling the story of Arthur.
SHADOW OF THE KING 1997 ISBN:043400233X The third book of the trilogy, which took the author ten years to write.
CHRISTMAS IN CAMELOT 10/2002. ISBN:082177297X The Greatest Gifts . . . Are always unexpected . . .There was a king – King Arthur of Camelot. There was a knight – Sir Nicholas the Dragon. There was a wager that each swore he would win . . . Lady Noelle has no intention of marrying just to save her family’s castle. She feels nothing for Sir Gavin, the man who will become her husband on Christmas Day. Then she spies Camelot’s newest knight, the notorious Sir Nicholas the Dragon, a champion as renowned for his prowess in the beds of Camelot’s maidens as for his skill in battle. Noelle’s heart has found the man she longs for, even as her hand is promised to another. Christmas may never come to Camelot.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE OAK KING 1991 ISBN: ISBN: 06717304032 The first book in the story of Dragon's Heirs, based on the legends of King Arthur.
THE WITCH OF THE NORTH 1992 ISBN:0671734067 The second book in the Dragon's Heirs trilogy, containing the story of Morgan le Fay, half-sister to King Arthur.
LEGEND Short Story in anthology IN OUR DREAMS 10/1998 ISBN 0821759973
EMBERS 12/2004 ISBN: 0373770170 Alina, Princess of the Picts, had betrayed Brand — and earned his undying hatred…Their reckless affair had once cost him all he had called his own. Now, restored to his former wealth and power, duty demanded that Athelbrand of Northumbria abduct the fugitive princess from a nunnery. With his country on the brink of war, Brand must deliver Alina to his king before he can have his revenge. Their love was burned by loss and treachery, yet as danger gathers around them, their passion once again bursts into flame. This time would the sacrifice be too great for Brand to bear…or would love finally be his ultimate redemption?
FORBIDDEN 3/2004 ISBN: 0373836295 England, 716 -- a time of power and passion, corruption, courage, violence and vengeance . . .He was for sale -- a slave forced to do the bidding of others. Dangerous . . . and fascinating, but no more than a thrall in chains. She was a lady, a woman bent on vengeance. A woman in need of help. Not the ordinary kind of help. What she wanted to do, what she had to do, did not require commonplace skills. It required courage that took no account of either the odds or the risks. Her idea was every bit as reckless as the slave's bravery . . . and in all probability just as doomed. No matter the cost, she would never be at the mercy of anyone's will again. They were worlds apart. And anything between them was . . .forbidden . . .
LOVE'S BLAZING ECSTASY 1984 ISBN:0451133277 Beautiful Wynne knew she was lost when she saw the glint in Valerian's eyes. Even though she was a Celt and he was a Roman soldier.
VEILS OF TIME 7/1999 ISBN: 0425169707 Anthology featuring And the Groom Wore Tulle by Lynn Kurland, The Con and the Crusader by Maggie Shayne, A Bride Most Common by Angie Ray, and Conyn's Bride by Ingrid Weaver.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 2/1999 ISBN: 0553580086 Last in a line of Celtic mystics, Golde learned early that witchcraft is lucrative. Since no man dares marry into her family, she tells fortunes and mixes potions to support herself - even though in truth she has no powers at all. But lately it's been harder to take the commoners' money, for Golde has developed an inconvenient sympathy for their plight. Fortunately, the rich, arrogant Baron of Skyenvic is a different story. Suddenly struck blind, he will surely grant an ample reward for a remedy...and she won't mind taking him for all he's worth. Now all she has to do is fake a cure and be gone before he realizes her ruse. Yet Golde's plans go awry when she arrives at the castle to meet the imposing lord and is assailed by both unsettling visions - and unexpected passion. Soon it seems her deception will have a far greater cost than she'd dreamed...for Golde is swiftly losing her heart to a dark, tempestuous man who has even more secrets than she.
FOR LOVE OF RORY 12/1995 ISBN: 0373288972 Lady Serine vowed to nurse her prisoner back to health because only he could help her find the children snatched from the arms of the mother of Sheffield. But the avenging angel hadn't counted on nursing her own traitorous heart. For Rory McLir, whose desperate deed should have fired her hate, had instead ignited her eternal love.. Driven by a curse upon his people, Rory McLir sailed forth from Ireland's mist and found himself drowning in the beauty of Serine, a veritable sea nymph who held the secret of new life for his land. He was her prisoner fro the first stolen kiss, but would the tide turn when they set sail.
FIRES OF WINTER 1980 ISBN:0380757478 Lovely and dauntless, abducted by invaders from across an icy sea, Lady Brenna vowed vengeance--swearing no Viking brute would be her master..no barbarian would enslave her noble Celtic heart. Yet Garrick Haardrad, the proud and powerful son of a ruthless Viking chieftain, claims her with a primitive abandon that leaves her breathless, igniting fires of passion that blaze through the cold Nordic nights and forge the unbreakable bonds of a fiery, eternal love.
SURRENDER MY LOVE 6/1994 ISBN:0380762560 Wrongly branded a spy, the dark and handsome Viking lord Selig Haardrad suffered greatly in the dungeons of Lady Erika of Gronwood. And as he hung in chains, his magnificent body wracked with pain and fever, one thought sustained him: revenge! Now Destiny's great wheel has turned--and Selig's exquisite, hone-haired tormentor has been delivered into the Norseman's hands. Now it is Selig who is the master, bound and determined to break the proud spirit of his captive "ice queen" and to conquer her with passion's sword -- never dreaming that his own heart will be vanquished by sensuous desire. . .and victorious love.
BELIEVE IN ME 10/2001 ISBN: 0553584367 Saxon Lord Hawk, brother of Cymbra, seeks to strengthen the alliance by wedding a Norse noblewoman. But Lady Krysta arrives bearing many secrets --including her gift for seeing what others cannot. And as an unexpected love ignites, only Krysta can sense the looming danger that threatens the peace --and Hawk as well..
COME BACK TO ME 10/2001 ISBN: 055381643 The most feared Viking to come out of the Northlands in a generation or more, Dragon Hakonson, brother to Lord Wolf and friend to Lord Hawk, hopes to steal a few days away by himself before entering into an arranged marriage with a Saxon bride. But instead of tranquility, Dragon finds intrigue and passion when he has a chance encounter with a beguiling beauty disguised in boy's garb. It is clear that the fiery-haired, fiercely willed Rycca is running away from something ... or someone. Dragon is determined to uncover Rycca's reasons for escape and see her safely to her destination. Yet rather than surrender herself to Dragon's care, Rycca dares to defy him, disarm him, and even enchant him. For Rycca has a secret gift that Dragon cannot see. Stalked by the tragic past, struggling to fulfill the promise of peace, only when it is too late does Dragon discover the truth: that the temptress who has stolen his heart is none other than the woman destined to become his reluctant bride....
DREAM OF ME 10/2001 ISBN: 0553584367 Viking leader Wolf Hakonson embarks on a mission to kidnap the Lady Cymbra, a legendary beauty Wolf mistakenly believes is the cause of war. Instead he discovers that she is a gifted healer who will challenge him to confront his deepest yearnings --and together they will become soul mates who forge a future blessed by peace.
DREAM OF ME/BELIEVE IN ME 10/2001 0553584367 In DREAM OF ME we meet the Viking leader Wolf Hakonson as he embarks on a mission to kidnap the Lady Cymbra, a legendary beauty Wolf mistakenly believes is the cause of war. Instead he discovers that she is a gifted healer who will challenge him to confront his deepest yearnings - and together they will become soul mates who forge a future blessed by peace. The drama continues in BELIEVE IN ME, when the Saxon Lord Hawk, brother of Cymbra, seeks to strengthen the alliance by wedding a Norse noblewoman. But Lady Krysta arrives bearing many secrets - including her gift for seeing what others cannot. And as an unexpected love ignites, only Krysta can sense the looming danger that threatens the peace - and Hawk as well.
ALENA 5/1994 ISBN:0373288204 The wild heart of a warrior beat in the breast of Alena, daughter to a queen and mother to a king. A Celtic princess, she resolved never to bend to the invader's rule. But how could she foresee that the iron fist of Rome would stroke her soul with a velvet glove of passion? The glory that was Rome was embodied in Marcus Valerius. Prefect of the VIIth Legion. Intrepid commander of heroes. Now newly come to Britain, he would ensure the peace for his emperor. Relentlessly. Completely. And despite the wiles of a tall and tawny barbarian goddess with witchcraft in her lips!
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