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ROSES AT MIDNIGHT 9/1997 ISBN: 0786004320 Regency. Set against the teeming backdrop of 19th Century London comes the story of a free-thinking young woman who is stalked by a shadow killer - and thrust into a world of seduction, madness, and dark desire...Gifted painter Amaryllis Meeks believes in women's rights and free love, although she has yet to lose her heart. But she almost loses her life when she is attacked one night on a foggy London street. It is only pure luck that saves her from a dreadful fate - and a dangerous destiny that unites her with London's most notorious nobleman. Amaryllis knows she should beware of Victor Sayville, Earl of Blackstock, a man rumored to have murdered a young actress. Yet she cannot his darkly hypnotic lure... and is soon drawn into his lush, seductive world. But it is the earl's unconventional hobby - the cultivation of exotic roses - that holds Amaryllis in thrall. Red as blood, white as snow, they symbolize everything she has ever desired - and feared. For this sensual stranger who has unleashed her secret passion may also be a madman who can set free a savage force that haunts her dreams and threatens her life and love...
Smith-Metzger-Lynn-Gallant
A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1994 ISBN; 0449222675 Regency Includes "The Christmas Ball" by Leslie Lynn; "Love à la Carte" by Joan Smith; "Greetings of the Season" by Barbara Metzger; and "Home for Christmas" by Jennie Gallant.
Joan Smith
BABE 2/1980 ISBN:0449211428 Regency. Even while she was growing up, she always looked like a woman. No awkward teen stage for the notorious Lady Barbara whose beauty was as unforgettable as her madcap adventures. Although dozens of eligible suitors pursued her, she cared for none of them. There was only one man who piqued her interest---the dashing Lord Clivedon who had unexpectedly become her guardian. Suddenly this turn of events had all the makings of a marvelous scandal…
BATH SCANDAL 10/1991 ISBN:0449219488 Regency. How much mischief could anyone get into in Bath? At the insistence of his high-minded fiancee, Lord Southam had dispatched his unruly tomboy of a sister, Gillie, to an acquaintance in bath. Mrs. Beatrice Searle, an elegant widow, could surely smooth the girl's rough edges. But when rumors of Gillie running free with a reckless gambler reached Southam, he wondered if Mrs. Searle was still the unexceptional lady he knew years ago. Determined to see how matters stood, Southam was unprepared for the charming, beautiful, and somewhat fast-living Beartrice Searle. And with his wild oat-sowing days about to end, how could he ignore the charms of a merry widow?...
BLOSSOM TIME 7/1997 ISBN:0449287939 Regency. One of those dashing rogues too attractive to ignore, Lord Harwell featured largely in Rosalind Lovelace's fantasies. But she had too much common sense to let dreams color her reality. Harwell was a friend and neighbor -- and destined to marry some Incomparable. However, she was quite aware of his budding interest in her now that her poetry had won the attention of literary lion Lord Sylvester, whose own presence bestowed a grand dose of spring fever on Apple Hill. Love was in bloom. Most passionately in the heart of a rake who never fully appreciated the rose that had blossomed quite literally under his nose!
COUNTRY FLIRT 12/1987 ISBN:0449214249 Regency. "You haven't changed a bit, Miss Bright. Still playing the country bumpkin to make me appear a fop." So said Lord Monteith during the usual repartee to which he treated Samantha when he stopped with his mama in the country. For her part, Sam had lived for Monty's visits between Seasons as long as she could remember, knowing that she could expect little else from that jaded gentleman. But their innocent flirtation was about to be dashed from a quite unexpected quarter: Monty's middle-aged-and debauched-Uncle Howard was returned from India, laden with riches and ready to spend them on a pretty young wife. And when Howard set his cap for Sam, Monty suddenly found that he must protest too much-that is, for just an old and trusted friend. ...
DAME DURDEN'S DAUGHTER 1/1978 ISBN:0449239683 Regency. From his earliest years, "that Helver Trebourne" has set tongues wagging in the sleepy town of Tisbury....She had loved him since she was a child, would he ever see her as a woman? The daring young boy pretty Edith Durden had known all her life was now a Duke. And though most people tried to forget what a hellion Helver had been, Dame Durden still thought him a most improper companion for her innocent daughter, Edith....
THE DEVIOUS DUCHESS 10/1985 ISBN:0449207773 Regency. The Penny-Pinching Duchess Plan A Birthday Do For Her Brother? That Was Odd Indeed! Deirdre Gower and her dashing fiancé, Lord Belami, found it most peculiar that the Duchess's decrepit brother Dudley should be so honored. But that was nothing compared with the next shock they received: Dudley was dead!
ENDURE MY HEART 6/1980 ISBN:0449500519 Regency. She was gentle born and very much a lady. In fact, so much a lady that no one in town guessed she had become the cherished leader of a band of young smugglers.
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BALL 11/1993 ISBN:0449221466 Regency. In translating from German what she believed to be a sordid love letter, Miss Cathy Lyman uncovered top secret information on Napoleon. With little but gothic novels to add excitement to her somewhat tedious life, she plunged into the world of high espionage with eager anticipation-especially since the devilishly handsome Lord Costain led the way. His lordship had no choice but to tell the inquisitive Miss Lyman that he suspected there was a traitor among them. She insisted on joining in the intrigue, deception, and danger-though it became hard to ignore her own suspicion that Lord Costain's intentions might not be altogether honorable....
A HIGHWAYMAN CAME RIDING 5/1998 ISBN:0449287920 Regency. The penny-pinching duchess, determined not to pay for another night's lodging, insists her coach travel the perilous roads outside London, all but begging for the unwanted attentions of a roving thief. It is her companion, Marianne Harkness, who first hears the pounding hoof beats, and who boldly meets the gaze of the handsome Highwayman Captain Jack....
IMPRUDENT LADY 9/1978 ISBN:081616746X Regency. The lady author thinks herself quite safe from romance--until she reads the Book of Love. Bored with her decidedly dull country life, Prudence Mallow dashes off three delightful novels and suddenly finds herself a London sensation. Hobnobbing with the literary lions and the high society swells, the only celebrity who stuns her is the dashing poet, Lord Dammler. But the handsome rake-about-town sees in Prudence only a shy country miss whose future spinsterhood is assured. So he confides in her his most romantic and dishonorable exploits, seeking her advice and challenging her modest ways. Though the waggish lord is far above her station, Prudence, careful as her name suggests, still can't help falling in love with the rogue.
THE KISSING BOUGH 11/1994 ISBN:0449223310 Regency. Jane Ramsey was thrilled to receive an invitation to spend a country Christmas with Nicholas, heir to Lord Goderich, who was -- by his own proclamation -- ready to settle down at last. Yet her hopes of a proposal fell flat. The house party was being held in honor of his angelic bride-to-be! Since it was high time Jane chose a husband and Nick's friend Pelham seemed as good as any, she accepted his attentions while avidly regarding Nick and his Incomparable as the most blatant mismatch of the season. And if the jealousy in Nick's eyes weren't proof enough of his hidden affections for her, then his embrace under the kissing bough had surely upset everyone's best laid plans....
LARCENOUS LADY 1/1988 ISBN: 0449212610 Regency. 'You've put the wedding off three times already. It's now - or never.' When Lord Belami posed this dilemma to his lovely fiancee, Miss Deirdre Gower, that lady was truly torn: could she marry the man she loved while her aunt, the Duchess of Charney, languished with the ague? Deirdre decided that family duty must come first - and Belami stalked off in a huff! The honeymoon that would have been soon drew them both - quite separately - to Italy, where they ran smack into each other and a band of notorious counterfeiters! Belami smelled a case and proceeded to pursue the gang - and Deirdre - in a mad dash across the continent. But all was not as it seemed, and the deceptions spelled danger for Deirdre and Balami both...
LITTLE COQUETTE 7/1998 ISBN:0449001539 Regency. Murder is an inauspicious beginning for romance. Young bluestocking Lydia Trevelyn and her notable neighbor Lord Beaumont had managed to thwart all matchmaking schemes. However, fate conspires to bring them together through a most unfortunate means: murder. For when Beaumont finds a body in a local river, Lydia is shocked to discover that the deceased was, in life, her father's mistress. Shaken by the truth about her father and by the murky circumstances of his paramour's death, Lydia sees Beaumont as an ally in solving the mystery. Amid much bickering, the unlikely pair plumbs London's seamier side, exposing themselves to unbidden danger -- not the least of which is the peril of losing their hearts...to love!
LOVER'S VOWS 9/1982 ISBN:0802706916 Georgian. Lord Dewar visits St. Alton's Abbey, his ancestral estates, infrequently, preferring the cultural atmosphere of London, for the handsome young landowner is a great devote of the arts - music, painting, and especially the theatre. It is left to his manager and to the eccentric old dowager, his mother, to see to the concerns of the farmlands and the Kent village where his acres lie. When Lord Dewar announced he would direct a production of Romeo and Juliet, Holly thought it a lot of frippery. but the sensible Miss McCormack learned there was more to life than a new roof for the church. Such as fun, camaraderie - and love!
LOVE á LA CARTE short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1994 ISBN:0449222675 Regency
MADCAP MISS 1/1990 ISBN: 0449216950 Regency. When a young woman dons a girlish disguise, she discovers that love is not child's play... Poor Grace, having just lost her post as governess, had no friends, no money, and was indeed in dire straits. Her petite figure and clever disguise fooled the coachman into giving her a child's fare to Wickfield, but what to do when she got there? Handsome Lord Whewett, to whom our heroine desperately confided her predicament, had a suggestion. Would she pose as his daughter to appease his aging and very rich mother, while his real daughter remained in Scotland? One hundred pounds for two days of skipping rope and reciting lessons seemed tolerable antidote to her boring life and uncertain future. Unfortunately, Grace's interest in Whewett was becoming anything but childlike...
MEMOIRS OF A HOYDEN 5/1988 ISBN:0449213293 Regency. You are certainly a lady who knows her own mind-and everyone else's! " After one had savored the starry dusk of Constantinople, raced camels across the Syrian desert, and been chased by Arabian bandits, England seemed quite dreary indeed! But for famed author and adventuress Marion Mathieson, it was-momentarily-home. Here to lecture on her new book, A Gentlewomans Memoirs of the Orient, she had no choice but to obey the ludicrous restrictions placed on "civilized" ladies. Truth to tell, many considered her exploits quite unladylike!
THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY 5/1990 ISBN:0449217841 Regency. Sara had never chased after a man--but then she'd never met one so addlepated! Though far from the heartbroken miss whose betrothed had disappeared six years ago, Sara Wood saw no need to reveal her secret contentment. Peter would have made a wretched husband, and in truth, she had never loved him. But as May bloomed and hearts turned to love, who should reappear but Peter, now a widower with two young sons and a vulgar sister-in-law in tow! Worse, Peter's handsome brother, Haldiman, was playing cupid, hoping to reunite the "lovebirds." A frustrated and infuriated Sara soon wished that cupid would pay less attention to such a disastrous match and turn to a more promising one of his own--with herself!.....
PERDITA 4/1981 ISBN: 0449501736 Regency. Whatever could a poor, orphaned young lady do? Willful, capricious Perdita, after shaking her golden curls, stamping her foot, and flatly refusing to marry the aged Mr. Croft, was hastily packed off to her aunt's house to avoid future scandal. Moira, her poor cousin and companion, tried to keep the little vixen out of mischief on the journey. But the girl would have her way - and ended up shamelessly singing in a dance hall under an assumed name! And to make matters monstrous, in the audience for their scandalous performance was Lord Stornaway, a rake and a bounder, who rescued them from an overly boisterous audience. But who would rescue them from their unscrupulous, lecherous rescuer?
PETTICOAT HALL short story in AUTUMN LOVES 11/1993 ISBN:0449222241 Regency
PRELUDE TO LOVE 3/1983 ISBN:0449200922 Regency. Deception is the key to Vanessa Bradford's secret mission. Entrusted with a letter of utmost importance to England's security--even survival--she encounters two handsome strangers...
REPRISE 4/1982 ISBN:0449502848 Regency. Some issues remain between Prudence Mallow and Lord Dammler. Is he indeed a rake and immoral hedonist? Is she a prudish, intolerant stick-in-the-mud? His play is a roaring success--but so is her "anonymous" book mocking the folly of London society--and him. Did the marquis induce Uncle Clarence to set up an atelier with Dammler's former mistress as model? Did Prudence actually hurt herself in a fall from a mule? Despite their deep attachment, perhaps these lovers are too different to make a lasting pair...
ROMANTIC REBEL 2/1991 ISBN: 0449216608 Regency. Behind her enlightened words beat the heart of a true romantic... Left penniless and betrothed against her will, Emma Nesbitt vented her pique in a blast of purple prose that became the toast of emancipated women everywhere. And though she secretly yearned to pen Gothic romance, it seemed money and glory lay in spirited attacks on male arrogance! Literary life in Bath was a strange affair indeed...save for Lord Paton, the evercharming critic for the prestigious Quarterly Review. His smile could lure birds from a tree, and Emma found herself quite smitten. That is, until she discovered the cad assumed her liberal ideas extended to sexual matters! High time Lord Paton became acquainted with the truth about the celebrated lady author, who, unbeknownst to her audience, pined for a Prince Charming of her own...
ROSE TRELAWNEY 10/1980 ISBN:0449501051 Regency
ROYAL REVELS 7/1985 ISBN: 0449206378 Regency. She would sacrifice anything for her betrothed - anything but his heart! Nothing could dampen Miss Deirdre Gower's spirits now that she was betrothed to the only man she had ever loved - the handsome, wealthy aristocratic Lord Belami. So she felt only mild chagrin to find her marital bliss briefly postponed. For the Prince Regent himself summoned her beloved to his raucously royal service, requiring Belami's detective work to bedevil a blackmailer, a charmer of a chit and Prinney's recently jilted mistress. And the Prince's court beseeched Belami's aid in exposing a questionable long-lost son whom Prinney now yearned to name as his regal heir. Facing conundrums to confound the most deft detective, Belami found his loyalties fretted: for the young lady under investigation (too beautiful for a blackmailer!) proved worthy of much closer scrutiny.
THE SPANISH LADY 1/1993 ISBN:0449221415 Regency. Although Lady Helena's cousins and heritage were in London, her heart belonged to her beloved Spain. And though the idea of matrimony was not unappealing, she would marry only for love -- passionate and endless -- and if those heartless, mercenary, and dull English men she'd been introduced to were typical of the candidates, she'd pass, gracias. Edward's first error was to take Helena for a milliner, causing her to unleash her flashing look and fiery words upon him. Though her luminous eyes and flirtatious manner were tempting, Helena would not find him an easy victim. Still, if it was a grand match she wanted, he would introduce her to all the great men of England. Better they than he to acquire this headstrong miss with no sense of propriety. Cupid, however, had other plans....
THE WALTZING WIDOW 4/1991 ISBN: 0449217299 Regency. Had her innocent masquerade come to this - a proposal of mistress-ship? Convinced that Lucy Percy was a mere fortune hunter throwing her cap at his twit of a nephew, Tony Carlton, Lord Avedon was trying to buy her off - with his own charms! The whole charade had begun when Lucy fell in love with a man who merely cherished her fortune. Posing as a widow of modest means to avoid other money-hungry scoundrels, she left the tattlebaskets of London for the gentry of Kent. And though she didn't encourage Tony Carlton's puppy love, she had half a mind to marry him just to teach Adrian Avedon a lesson! And surely her pounding her heart and weak knees were the product of her outrage at Avedon's schemes to be rid of her, not anything as unspeakable as love...?
WIFE ERRANT 10/1992 ISBN: 044922015X Regency. With Mama dashing scandalously about Bath playing the young flirt to avenge Papa's improprieties, Tess Marchant realized that neither she nor her younger sister stood a change of any sort of entree into polite society. Deciding that Mama could use a taste of her own medicine, Tess found someone to play the part of an ardent paramour. But, when did the acting stop and the love begin?
WILES OF A STRANGER 7/1982 ISBN: 0449502988 Regency
Barbara Dawson Smith
CANDLE IN THE SNOW short story in CHRISTMAS ROMANCE 12/1990 ISBN: 0380762056 Victorian. An English schoolteacher faces the holiday return of her long-lost, devilishly handsome husband.
DREAMSPINNER 5/1990 ISBN: 0380759217 Victorian. To exact revenge on her father, a powerful duke lures an innocent girl into marriage.
FIRE AT MIDNIGHT 9/1992 ISBN: 0380762757 Victorian. An outcast nobleman must prove that the woman he loves did not murder her husband.
FIRE ON THE WIND 1992 ISBN: 0380762749 Victorian.The flames of revolution sweep ruthlessly through India, threatening the life of free-thinking Sarah Faulkner. Fleeing the impending holocaust, the sheltered Victorian beauty is irresistibly drawn to Damien Coleridge, the renegade son of an English duke - a handsome and powerful man who hides from her the painful secrets of his tormented past.... But an undeniable passion will bind them together as their world explodes - as two yearning hearts seek sanctuary from chaos in the rapturous promise of a bold and magnificent love....
HER SECRET AFFAIR 5/1998 ISBN: 0312965079 Regency. She was an innocent in a world of scandal... The only child of a notorious madam, Isabel Darling will risk anything to find the man who murdered her mother - even if it means blackmailing her way into the exalted world of London society. Even if it means indulging her forbidden dream to take her place among the aristocracy. And even if it means battling Justin Culver, the Earl of Kern - the one man who can ruin her quest for justice. Arrogant and powerful, Lord Kern vows to stop Isabel. Yet, as they engage in a clash of wills, the fiery commoner threatens to breach the wall around his hardened heart. She alone can make him neglect duty and decorum; she alone can cause his downfall. And she alone can bring him to the heights of true love...and the depths of betrayal.
NEVER A LADY 11/1996 ISBN: 0312959362 Regency. A vision brought traveling preacher's daughter Mary Sheppard to the wicked city of London - she saw the image of her runaway identical twin Josephine, bloodstained and begging for help. But Josephine has vanished and is wanted for the murder of her nobleman lover. And his brother Adam, the haughtily elegant Duke of St. Chaldon, has sworn to see her hang. The only way to clear Josephine's name is to find the real culprit, so shy Mary devises a scandalous ruse. Dressed as a courtesan, wearing gems as heavy as sin, and tutored in the arts of a temptress by the duke, she will enter the gilded salons of Regency society. But soon Mary's passion and spirit arouse in Adam the dark heat of desire. And as he coaxes her to delicious abandon in a decadent game of deception, Mary finds herself living the life and the lie of a privileged lady - the lady she knows she can never be...
ROMANCING THE ROGUE 9/2000 ISBN 0312975112 Regency. When Michael Kenyon, the Marquess of Stokeford, finds his grandmother having her palm read by a gypsy beauty, he's convinced that Vivien Thorne is a fortune hunter. Michael is determined to expose her as a fraud--and Vivien is equally determined to claim her rightful heritage. Yet neither foresee the desire that turns their battle into a daring game where to surrender is unthinkable...impossible...and altogether irresistible.
SILVER SPLENDOR 8/1989 ISBN: 0380757311 Victorian. An arrogant English earl is the only man who can save an unconventional American sculptress from a mysterious stalker.
TEMPT ME TWICE 9/2001 ISBN: 0312979495 Regency. A rogue shrouded in mystery, Lord Gabriel Kenyon returns from abroad to find himself guardian of Kate Talisford, the girl he had betrayed four years earlier. Now sworn to protect her, he fights his attraction to the spirited young woman. Although Kate wants nothing to do with the scoundrel who had once scorned her, Gabriel is the only man who can help her recover a priceless artifact stolen from her late father. On a quest to outwit a murderous villain, she soon discovers her true adventure lies with Gabriel himself, a seducer whose tempting embrace offers an irresistible challenge-to uncover his secrets and claim his heart forever...
WITH ALL MY HEART 9/2002 ISBN: 0312982208 Regency. The shot came out of nowhere. Stunned to see his dueling opponent fall, Lord Joshua Kenyon is even more shocked to discover that his injured foe is a beautiful woman in disguise. Who was that cloaked man fleeing on horseback? And why did he seek to kill Miss Anne Neville? Fearing the answer could be linked to his scandalous past, Joshua vows to find out. Anne despises the seductive war hero who has proven himself a rogue. Yet with her life at stake, she must join forces with Joshua and enter society to unmask the culprit. Posing as a courting couple will be difficult enough, but dancing with Joshua by candlelight, feeling his strong arms against the bare silk of her skin, may be impossible for Anne to resist. Against all reason, she finds herself in danger of losing her heart
Bobbi Smith
CAPTURE MY HEART 8/1992 ISBN: 0821738437 Regency. Captured in boyhood by Barbary pirates, raised among them, and renamed Serad, Lord Alexander Wakefield thought of women as mere booty - ornaments for his harem to be owned and enjoyed. Until he captured British heiress Victoria Lynn Lawrence, on her way home to England. Once he swept her from the deck of her ship, carried her to his cabin, and tasted the magic of her luscious lips and silken skin, Alex knew he would forfeit any ransom to keep the seductive temptress for his own. And though Tori was determined to be no man's plaything, she soon felt her defenses crumble under Alex's fiery touch. Though she must escape the harem where he would keep her as love's slave, Tori could never escape the firestorm of desire that captured her heart in the arms of her bold and demanding pirate lover.
TIME-STOLEN LOVE short story in LOVE BEYOND TIME 7/1994 ISBN: 0380775409 Victorian
Haywood Smith
DANGEROUS GIFTS 3/1999 ISBN: 0312968833. Medieval. England, 1097. Alone, penniless and desperate, Claire finds sanctuary with an aging village healer, Nonna, who recognizes in Claire a kindred spirit who shares the powerful gift for the healing arts. Claire's newfound peace is shattered when Palmer Freeman, Nonna's long-lost son, returns from the Crusades, bitter and broken in body and spirit - only to find a mother who no longer recognizes him...and a "wife" he never knew existed. Mistrustful and wary, Palmer and Claire agree to share the one place they both call home, as they are drawn together in unexpected ways. But Claire's tragic past and Palmer's ceaseless torment threaten the love they most desire, until a bold act of courage offers love's greatest miracle -- the gift of healing.
SECRETS IN SATIN 4/1997 ISBN: 0312961596 Renaissance. He thought she was as cold as ice.... With her pale face and black mourning gown, Elizabeth, Countess of Ravenwold, was completely emotionless as she stood over the body of her dead husband. But Edward Garrett, Viscount Creighton, had no idea of the passion behind her mask of ice - or the dark secrets hidden in her guarded heart. She thought he was a careless rogue... Garrett's reputation preceded him, so Elizabeth hardened herself against his ruthless charms. But when a royal command forced her to marry the knave, their lives were drawn together into a dangerous game of intrigue...and a passionate contest of wills. Amid the turmoil of a dying monarchy, Garrett and Elizabeth discovered a love haunted by the past and challenged by an uncertain future. But can this love survive, or will it be wrenched away by a twist of fate...or the hand of a king?
ANNA AND THE DUKE (Young Adult) 5/2002. At the very least, anyone else in Anna Welsley's position would be satisfied. Anna is to inherit a fortune, and after a glittering London debut last Season, she is now engaged to a duke's son. Anna herself does not understand the vague feeling of dissatisfaction. While her mother industriously plans Anna's wedding, Anna herself reads poetry and wonders if what she's in is love or just an arrangement. As the estranged Scottish son of an English duke who has just died, Ewan MacLaughlin is the reluctant heir to his father's title. Arriving in London, he must face his father's widow, half sister, and half brother, Richard, who was fully expecting to become the duke himself. While acquainting himself with his newfound relations, Ewan finds himself more and more often in the company of Richard's fiancee, the beautiful Anna. When it becomes clear that Richard is conspiring against Ewan, Anna is compelled to warn Ewan. But what begins in innocence soon becomes betrayal as Anna finds the answer to the question in her heart -- in Ewan.
ELUSIVE PASSION 4/2001. ISBN: 0380816105. Who is the mysterious Varya? On the surface she's a woman who tempts men beyond reason, but no one has touched the heart of the elusive creature...that is, until now Miles Christian, the Marquess of Wynter, never expected to be abducted at gunpoint and accused of murder - and certainly not by a woman! When he discovers his would-be kidnapper is the elusive Varya, a beauty courted - and desired - by most of the men in London society, he is doubly shocked ... and enthralled. Obsessed with this seductress, Miles is determined to keep her by his side as they hunt for the true culprit, even if it means putting them both in danger. For Varya the danger lies in Miles's very touch, and though she's far from ready to trust the dashing rogue, she cannot deny the attraction that flares between them. But when they are caught in a compromising position, Varya reluctantly agrees to pose as Miles's mistress, even as she resists his potent efforts to woo her into his bed. For none could guess that her bloodlines are as pure as any English aristocrat's or that behind her public mask lies a woman determined not to relinquish her hard-won independence to a man's desire--unless she ensnares his heart as well.
NAUGHTY OR NICE.11/2001. ISBN: 0312981023. Anthology. Garrett Maxwell, Viscount Praed had given up all hope of ever finding the woman who stole his heart 8 months earlier. Elizabeth Vail had rescued him from a French prison and gave him a night of passion he'll never forget before disappearing from his life. Now, as he joins his family for the holidays, Garrett discovers that the only thing he truly wants for Christmas is the woman he cannot have. Elizabeth Vail turned her back on her future the night she walked away from Garrett Maxwell, but she has never forgotten the way he made her feel. Invited to spend Christmas with friends, Elizabeth is astonished when Garrett joins the festivities. And as Elizabeth learns that the most important part of Christmas is spending it with those you love, she must deal with the fact that the man she loves most belongs to another.
A SEDUCTIVE OFFER 1/2002. A proposal of marriage she could not refuse... Lord Braven has saved Rachel Ashton's life twice, it seems -- when he snatched her from the icy Yorkshire river...and when he offered to marry her. Now the desperate miss will be rid forever of the repulsive husband-to-be her horrid stepfather has "sold" her to. But thought both agree their marriage is in name only, Rachel finds she cannot dismiss her burning need to taste the sweet kiss of her dashing benefactor. A passion they could not resist. Having a real wife is unthinkable, since Braven must never love again. And as long as this sham marriage is not consummated, his heart will remain safe -- and his secret can go untold. But the exquisite beauty tempts the haunted lord unmercifully with her deep lavender eyes and full sensuous lips. How can he resist this most perilous desire, when his heart swears it would be more dangerous still to deny himself the ecstasy of true love?
Hayley Ann Solomon
THE BLACK CAT short story in ENCHANTING KITTENS 10/1999 ISBN: 0821763598 Regency. One moonless night, Lord Guy Santana meets a lovely young woman carrying a black cat. "I am your destiny," she cries, then vanishes. His lordship is certain this strange encounter must have been a dream. But when Guy wins the cat in a wager, it leads him back to the mysterious beauty...and he knows he must do anything to make her his bride.
THE BRAMBLEBERRY BRIDE short story in HIS BRIDE TO BE 5/2000 ISBN: 0821766104 Regency. Will a thorny tumble from an apple tree mean a change of partners for two noble brothers and their lovely ladies?
BY WAY OF A WAGER 11/2000 ISBN: 0821767232 Regency. Though her brother was presumed dead at Waterloo, Miss Cassandra Beaumaris was determined to escape her lecherous guardian and find him. Sheer desperation forced her to accept shelter from the eighth Duke of Wyndham only to have the handsome nobleman insist she marry him to salvage her reputation! And so Cassandra proposed a game of chance. If she won, she would have her freedom. And if she lost, she would place her future--and her heart--in his hands. Years ago, the duke had been charmed by Cassandra's carefree innocence and sweet smile. Now she had fallen on desperate times, and his reputation as society's most eligible and elusive bachelor seemed in jeopardy as well. For something in the lovely Miss Beaumaris brought out the chivalry in him, and he would not rest until she was under his protection…and in his arms.
MADRIGALS AND MISTLETOE 11/1999 ISBN: 0821763067 Regency. Seraphina Camfrey, newest darling of the ton, is angelic in both name and face. Alas, the same can scarcely be said for her singing. And now she fears her off-key notes have sentenced her to yet another fussy old tutor. But Captain Argyll, though arrogant, proves irresistible! So the scampish Seraphina cares nothing for plans to match her with a duke at a country Christmas. Starry-eyed amid the snow and sugar plums, she hears only her heartstrings—strummed by her handsome music master. ...Frederick Argyll is all set to fund his musical composition by teaching. No doubt his pupil will be some dreary wallflower. But Seraphina's hair flames as bright as the yule log and her spirit crackles as cheerily. Can Frederick mold her into the star of the Christmas pageant, and—despite a medley of misunderstandings—accompany her in holiday harmonies of love?
RAVEN'S RANSOM 6/2001 ISBN: 0821767828 When sensible Miss Primrose Chartley discovered that her eccentric--and quite wealthy--grandfather had publicly announced the future disposition of his fortune, it explained why she and her penniless sisters had been abducted, proposed to, and showered with morning callers--all of the male persuasion. The reason was Raven's Ransom: an indecent amount of money to be settled on one of the girls--but only after all three of them were wed! Yet the sly old scamp had created a more vexing predicament than he intended, for now Daisy had fallen for a gambler with a dubious title, and young Lily for a highwayman! It would all come right in the end, Primrose was sure--if only she could be certain that her own surprising tendre for Lord Gareth Rochester would win her the only prize she longed for...his love.
A SCANDALOUS CONNECTION 5/02 ISBN: 082177235X Regency. "Do not come home…I have a perfectly clever plan up my sleeve…" Those words, penned by his sister Caroline, are precisely what prompts Demian, Duke of Darris, to ride like the devil from London back to his ancestral estate. For Caro's "plans" tend to go awry in the most creative--and unfortunate--ways. Now, with the family property in arrears, there's no telling what well-meaning mischief the minx might get up to. Demian arrives home not a moment too soon--to find his sister hosting a gaggle of well-to-do spinsters--and himself forced to pose as none other than his own butler! On the brink of engagement to a stiff-rumped society heiress, Demian can hardly afford to playact, and intends to quash Caro's harebrained scheme posthaste. That is, until he sets his eyes--and his heart--upon Miss Amy Mayhew. One glimpse of her fiery spirit and unconventional beauty is enough to make him risk both fortune and reputation…for a chance at her love.
SEDUCING LORD SINCLAIR 6/1999 ISBN: 082176229X Regency. Alistair Raoul Griffin Sinclair wanted nothing to do with Miss Marianne Spencer-Pultney. Until he learned the little minx was to be forcibly wed to his curmudgeonly cousin, the aged Lord Sinclair. Quickly, a deal was struck. Marrying young Lord Sinclair would ensure Marianne's inheritance. Marrying a well-bred young woman would satisfy Raoul's mamma. It was a bargain both ways--as long as neither bride nor groom foolishly fell in love with the other! But Raoul could not resist this dark-haired beauty. And though Marianne yearned to become Raoul's true wife, pride bade her resist a husband she believed didn't love her. Never had Lord Raphael Delware and Lady Amber Sinclair seen two people more needlessly miserable. If the urbane marquis and the intellectual lady could admit their undying love for each other, anyone could. The only way to help Amber's brother and his wife end the awful charade of wedded stalemate was to play a little game of their own--and set Marianne the pleasurable task of seducing her own husband. Cupid was never more clever in bringing kindred spirits together in wedded bliss!
SEEKING CELESTE 6/2000 ISBN: 0821766295 Regency. Miss Anne Derringer had failed miserably as a lady. Her passion for astronomy had labeled her a bluestocking. She'd plunged her fortune into a ship named Polaris--which sank. Penniless, she was forced to accept a position as a dowager's companion, only to lose her way on her first day. Now she'd come face to face with the arrogant Lord Edgemere, who mistook her for his siblings' new governess…and produced an entirely wanton effect upon her senses. Lord Edgemere immediately wanted to seduce this clever beauty who arrived out of nowhere. Her response to his bold kiss was a sigh, a shiver--and a stinging slap. Soon he was being blackmailed into an engagement with a lady of the ton, yet he was moonstruck whenever he looked at Anne, whom he nicknamed "Celeste.'' Unless he devised a plan, the love sparkling between them might prove as impossible as catching a falling star.
VISCOUNT VICTORIOUS 11/1998 ISBN: 0821760483 Regency. Miss Clementine Devereaux was on her way to her new position as governess to the ward of the Earl of Inglewood when she found herself abducted by a sinister brigand. But to her relief, the brigand's plans were suddenly thwarted by a handsome highwayman who stopped her stagecoach and freed her from her captor's clutches. So when he needed assistance, Miss Devereaux was eager to help this mysterious man in any way she could. Surely, she owed him something in return. It started as a gentleman's wager, the perfect route to revenge. For Randolph de Lacey, Viscount of Trent, stealing from his wicked brother, the Earl of Inglewood, and giving to the poor was the one way to erase the false charge of forgery that clouded his past. But he never expected to meet the fetching Miss Devereaux in the Inglewood coach, or to find in her a willing accomplice. Now, as they work together to restore his reputations, a sweet burning desire is ignited-and a love that will join them in body and soul is kindled.
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