Included below are the authors of Historical Romance set in France, along with the novels and time period to help find those books you might enjoy.
Last Updated: 07/18/2008
Bronte Adams, Trudi TateTHE SPY'S BRIDE 5/2003 ISBN: 0821775618 (Regency) Trained in military intelligence since he could walk, James Meyer should have avoided the treacherous plot that resulted in his capture by the French. That the betrayal came from the woman he loved, a beautiful Austrian countess, nearly destroyed him. Bitter, yet still obsessed with the woman who deceived him, James retreats into an arranged marriage with Eloise Bernal, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy Jewish couple, though he’s certain she’s carrying another man’s child. With a price still on his head, he agrees to accompany his new wife into the heart of Paris for a chance to find the countess he cannot forget...Eloise is shocked at James’s ferocious behavior towards her—and his assumption that she is with child. Though she needs his protection to visit her gravely ill grandmother in France, she intends to dissolve the union as soon as they return to London. Now, with powerful enemies all around them, Eloise will have to rely on the one man she cannot trust—and face a passion she can no longer deny...
Elizabeth AdlerTHAT KIND OF WOMAN 5/1992 ISBN: 0881848530 ...an essential collection, draws together twenty-six stories by influential women writers. Many of these writers were American and English expatriates caught up in the artistic revolt of Paris between 1890 and 1940; others, who ventured forth in imagination only, drew on innovative spirit. Many refuted traditional concepts of gender and sexuality; all challenged restrictive definitions of femininity.
Joan AikenLÉONIE 1985 ISBN: 0394547004 (Victorian and Edwardian) With only her exotic beauty, seductive innocence, pride, and fiery spirit, Leonie came from the provinces to find her future in Paris. From the shame of music halls, she rose to international fame singing songs of love and longing, straight from the heart. From Paris to the Cote d'Azur, from New York to Brazil, from Cuba to Cairo, she moved in a dazzling world of money, passion, and power--a world darkened only by the relentlessly hunger of one man's obsession--a man determined to possess her . . . a man who could never love her, never let her go . . . .
PEACH 4/1987 ISBN: 0385295359 (WWII) Peach de Courmont -- Wild child, teenage temptress, exquisite woman. The adored granddaughter of Leonie and heiress to the de Courmont dynasty, she grew up in luxury, used to having life -- and love -- on her own terms. Noel Maddox -- Raised in an Iowa orphanage, used to the mean streets of Detroit, he fought his way from the assembly line the pinnacle of power. Peach --and the automobile empire she commanded -- were part of the dream he meant to have... at any price. From wartime Paris to the dazzling Cote d'Azue... from the frenetic boardrooms of Detroit and the palatial homes of Grosse Pointe to the stately English countryside, their indomitable wills collide in a saga of consuming passion and raw power played out against the backdrop of a rich and reckless world.
THE SMILE OF A STRANGER 1978 ISBN: 038513634X (French Revolution) Story set at the beginning of the French Revolution, taking place in Italy, France and England, where tossed from one seemingly uncaring relative to another, Juliana finds herself at the mercy of an inheritance she does not understand, and the attentions of some menacing strangers who understand it all too well.
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Ashley AllynHER GENTLEMAN PROTECTOR 4/2005. ISBN:0263843637 (French Revolution) A masterful hero to her rescue! In the scrimmage of people trying to catch the ship bound for England, Miss Emma Lynton was left behind. Now she was stuck in France, in the middle of a revolution, without her family! Handsome aristocrat Simon Avedon came to her rescue and vowed to escort her home. But Emma began to find Simon’s orders rather irksome – until his friend told her of his past. How could a man who had never been shown love understand how to win her heart unless she showed him she cared? Emma was brave in helping other people; now she had to be brave for herself – for the prize of gaining Simon’s love was worth any risk…
THE SWEET CHEAT 12/1995 ISBN:026379461X
Evelyn AnthonyCHANNING HALL 12/1987 ISBN:0425104982 (French Revolution) Two Hearts Forged in the Flames of Intrigue and Rebellion. Daphne Barkham. A sweet, violet-eyed debutante whose shy dreams of romance were shattered by the searing touch of a man she despised. Count de la Brocher. A darkly mysterious and utterly magnetic aristocrat whose fierce passion demanded her surrender. He Was Her Enemy. He Was Her Destiny. From the opulent splendor of London's ballrooms to the raging flames of a French uprising, their fates were bound to an epic struggle for freedom. Their desires were locked in a tangled web of danger. And love–tender, glowing love–was their only salvation.
Jane ArborTHE FRENCH BRIDE 1964 ISBN:0451076834 (Georgian) Sequel to Clandara....She was Anne de Bernard, a beautiful, sheltered girl, and the richest heiress in France, to be given into a marriage of convenience.
NO RESISTANCE 9/2004 ISBN: 0727861107 (WWII)
VOICES ON THE WIND 6/1985 ISBN: 0399130675
Anne AshleyKINGFISHER TIDE 9/1965
Mollie AshtonBELOVED VIRAGO 8/2003 ISBN: 0263180093 (Regency) A dangerous game of spies and seduction...Spirited Katherine O’Malley, sent to France to flush out a traitor, is prepared for discomfort, fear, even danger in her country’s service. She isn’t prepared to work with handsome rake Major Daniel Ross posing as his wife! Katherine knows all about his womanizing ways and she’s determined to resist his charms no matter how strongly they affect her. But when Napoleon’s escape from Elba forces the pretend couple to flee across hostile France, Katherine has to trust Daniel absolutely. Even if that means letting him get intimately close
Violet AshtonTERMS OF SURRENDER 5/1990 ISBN:0373286465 (Regency) In Napoleon's Paris, deception and greed were a way of life. Sebastian had made a devil's bargain with Julie's husband..to seduce Julie-and give her husband an heir. But soon he falls in love....Julie Farroux had escaped the guillotine by marrying a withered old man who desired her only for her inheritance. Their loveless union had left her believing her heart was as shriveled as his, until she found the warmth of desire in another man's arms...
LOVE'S REBELLIOUS PLEASURE 1978 ISBN: 0449139794 (Regency) She was wild and beautiful--like the Louisiana countryside where she had come to live. Not even her beloved Sheffield could tame her. He had brought her from Paris--a bride eager to face a new world.
LOVE'S TRIUMPHANT HEART 1977 ISBN:0449137716 (Regency) A story of passion, temptation and betrayal set amid the glittering intrigues of Napoleon's Paris.
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