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Last Updated: 10/10/2005

THE LAST ARROW 5/1997 ISBN: 0440222575. (Medieval Period) She caught him trespassing on her family's lands, the sensuous and mysterious knight who had come to Normandy to challenge her brother, Robin, in the tournament at Chateau Gaillard. Brenna Wardieu's well-honed instincts warned her that Griffyn Renaud was no ordinary mercenary. When she discovered he was the invincible Prince of Darkness, undefeated champion in three lands, she feared he had been hired to do more than just defeat Robin in the lists. She was Lady Brenna Wardieu, daughter of the legendary Black Wolf, and from the moment Griffyn found himself at the mercy of the magnificent lady archer, he suspected he had met his match. And when she offered him her body in exchange for her brother's life, it proved to be the instrument of his own defeat, for the passion he discovered in her arms threatened to shatter not only the armor surrounding his heart, but the peace of two kingdoms.

MLLE. CECIE 4/1980 ISBN:0449500381 (Regency) For so long Cecie had been merely a lovely child, to her cousin Peter a kind of little sister whom he had to protect. Now she was blossoming into a rare beauty and suddenly Peter found that his feelings were anything but brotherly. All might have remained respectable between them had not Cecie got it into her head that Peter was somehow mixed up in smuggling. Determined to confront him she stowed away on his boat and unexpectedly fell asleep. She woke to the sounds of gunfire and found herself in the midst of a strange and wild adventure....

BY LOVE'S COMMAND 5/1995 ISBN:821749013 (Medieval) From a remote castle in the Scottish highlands to the wine-drenched splendor of the French court to the intrigue-filled palaces of Elizabethan England, this is a tale of dangerous, irresistible love...Lady Jean Hamilton leaves Scotland and journeys to France to attend Queen Mary at court. Here, among the dazzling lords and ladies of Parisian high society, Jean meets English aristocrat Thomas Randolph, whose seductive touch holds peril...Entrusted with a dangerous mission for Elizabeth I, Thomas knows it is treasonous to desire this headstrong Scottish beauty. Yet he cannot quell the hunger that rages like a fever in his blood. And as a cunning enemy sweeps Jean into a game of treachery and intrigue, Thomas risks honor and life for the woman who has so completely captured his heart...

KNAVE OF HEARTS 1983 ISBN: 0399128107 (Georgian) Lottie, child of the passionate liaison between Zipporah and Gerard d'Subigne, had loved her ambitious cousin Dickon since childhood. But when Dickon marries an heiress she is forced to begin a new life with her aristocratic father's family in France. For the first time she meets her half-sister, Sophie, now engaged to the dashing Charles de Tourville. And when tragedy strikes her new family, it seems as if Lottie's destiny lies forever in France. But in Paris, the storm clouds of revolution are gathering.

ALONE IN PARIS 1979 ISBN: 0553125761 (Regency) On leaving the Italian convent in which she was educated, Una Thoreau set out for Paris to join her father in Montmartre. She arrives to discover that her father is dead. Alone in foreign city, her father's picture dealer, Philippe Dubucheron, befriends her and takes Una to a party at the Duke of Walstanton's. Una is unaware that her presence there is deviously planned. The Duke is to choose between two women - Una and Yvette Joyant, a sophisticated and notorious demi-mondaine.

THE HIDDEN EVIL 9/1971 (Medieval) A novel of passion and intrigue at the sophisticated Court of Henry II of France. Sheena McCraggan is sent to France to be a companion to the 14-year-old Mary Queen of Scots at the Court of Henry II. When she arrives, she finds a Court where moral standards have been long forgotten: where she herself is to be used as the bait in a vile plot to ensnare a King -- and where even the hideous rites of the Black Mass are put to use...

AN INNOCENT IN PARIS 1971 (Victorian) Alone in a wicked city that mocked her love and virtue, could she trust her heart to lead her to happiness?

LOVE AT THE RITZ 10/1993 ISBN: 0515112194 (Regency) At the elegant Ritz Hotel in Paris, Lady Vilma Dale is rescued from a wicked French Comte by a splendid English Marquis. The sheltered beauty could never have imagined that she would be the object of two men's affection . . . or the cause of a duel.

NO ESCAPE FROM LOVE 11/1977 ISBN: 0552107867 (Regency) When the Armistice between France and England came to an end in 1803 Napoleon in rage interned then thousand British tourists who were in France at the time. Many, to save being arrested, went into hiding, among them the wife and daughter of Sir Edward Waltham, who had died that winter. A year later Vernita was keeping her mother precariously alive on the money she obtained for making exquisitely embroidered lingerie for Napoleon's sister. Her Imperial Highness Princess Pauline Borghese. Vernita finds the shop is cheating them and disguised as a petite bourgeois she goes herself to the Princess with a negligee she has just finished. From that moment she is involved in complications with the Princess's lover, Count Axel de Storvik and with the Emperor Napoleon himself.

SIGNPOST TO LOVE 11/1980 ISBN:0553143603 (Victorian)

A VIRGIN IN PARIS 1966 (Victorian) Alone in a wicked city that mocked her love and virtue, could she trust her heart to lead her to happiness?

THE WINGS OF ECSTASY 1981 ISBN: 0515059552 (Regency) Young and beautiful, Princess Marie-Therese of Wiedenstein is alarmed when her father tells her she is to wed an English Duke - she believes the English to be cold, arrogant and insensitive. And when her twin brother the Prince also hears unpleasant news, the two escape to Paris, where the Princess finds her heart captured by a French Comte who seeks love, but not marriage.

PRIVATE MEMOIRS OF A KENTISH HEADMISTRESS 2/2003 ISBN: 03533763X Graceful young heiress Miss Abigail Swift founds a new academy to teach Kentish maidens discipline and ladylike manners. She meets the stern, lovely matron, already adept at the art of a young lady's correction; the untamed Walter, longing to become a lady; and the surly beauty Miss Rummer, who keeps the local gentlemen on their toes. Visiting Paris, Abigail learns from the voluptuous Comtesse de Clignancourt that English discipline makes for French pleasure, and triumphs at the masked ball in Dover Castle by introducing her perverse but well-tested methods to royalty.

THE CHAMPION 12/1998 ISBN: 0312192460 (Medieval) In the spring of 1193, seventeen-year-old Alexander de Montroi flees the monastery where he'd been training as a novice, and joins his soldier brother, Hervi, in Normandy. Alexander has ambitions to become a great knight among the men who earn their living by hiring their swords and taking part in jousting contests. For those who show exceptional talent, there are fortunes and hearts to be won, and Alexander soon proves himself adept at both. Monday de Cerizay is the only daughter of Arnaud, a friend of Hervi, and his wife, Clemence. Her parents are poor, but they work hard, and live a happy life. Monday, who is three years younger than Alexander, is smitten with the dashing younger soldier, but he is too busy pursuing his own career and glory to pay her much attention. Suddenly, Arnaud is killed, and Hervi becomes Monday's guardian, drawing her even further into Alexander's life. One night, after too much wine and too little self-control, Alexander and Monday lie together, but, proud and headstrong, Monday is determined not to become just another of Alexander's conquests. Pregnant, confused, and betrayed, she flees, determined to make a life for herself beyond the tawdry squalor of the tourney circuits. Alexander is devastated by Monday's sudden flight. When he and Monday meet once more it is as strangers. As they come to know one another again, they find themselves facing the wrath of a king, the ambitions of Monday's bitter grandfather, and the vengeful fury of an old foe from Alexander's younger jousting days.

CHILDREN OF DESTINY 1993 (See DAUGHTERS OF THE GRAIL)

DAUGHTERS OF THE GRAIL 8/1995 ISBN: 0345388402 (Medieval) Thirteenth-century France. Bridget has grown up mastering the mystical gifts of her ancestor, Mary Magdalene, whose unbroken female lineage has kept a legacy of wisdom alive for a thousand years. But the all-powerful Catholic Church has sworn to destroy Bridget for using her healing talents and supernatural abilities. Bridget's duty to continue the bloodline leads her into the arms of Raoul de Montvallant--a Catholic. But when the Church's savage religious intolerance causes Raoul to turn rebel, a terrible vengeance is exacted by Simon de Montfort, the unstoppable Catholic leader of a crusade against peaceful "heretics." As war rages on, it is the children of these passionate souls, Magda and Dominic, who must strive to preserve the ancient knowledge for future generations, and find the love and courage to endure....

CAPTIVES OF THE NIGHT 2/1994 ISBN: 0380766485. (Regency) Nine years earlier, lovely Leila Beaumont's criminal father died mysteriously. And now her cruel, profligate husband has been murdered--with innocent Leila suspected of the crime. Determined to uncover the truth, no matter how unpleasant, the beautiful portrait painter turns to the enigmatic Comte d'Esmond for help--a mesmerizingly handsome stranger who carefully hides an identity that would shock her...and a past that inextricably intertwines with her own. And though danger unites them, it is desire that chains their hearts--as d'Esmond's virility and bold, sensuous touch enflame Leila's blood...and draw her into the most irresistible intrigue of all: passionate love.

LORD OF SCOUNDRELS 1/1995 ISBN: 0380776162. (Regency) Tough-minded Jessica Trent's sole intention is to free her nitwit brother from the destructive influence of Sebastion Ballister, the notorious Marquess of Dain. She never expects to desire the arrogant, amoral cad. And when Dain's reciprocal passion places them in a scandalously compromising, and public, position, Jessica is left with no choice but to seek satisfaction..Damn the minx for tempting him, kissing him. and then forcing him to salvage her reputation! Lord Dain can't wait to put the infuriating bluestocking in her place --and in some amorous position, And if that means marriage, so be it! --though Sebastian is less than certain he can continue to remain aloof. and steel his heart to the sensuous, headstrong lady's considerable charms.

THE KING'S DOLL 12/1984 ISBN:0449200841 (Georgian) The Duke of Landsdale's mother's anger erupts when she is persuaded by the King of France to give asylum to his mistress, the Comtesse and her daughter, Tiri. She immediately begins her campaign of making the King's plaything and her bewitching daughter's lives miserable. But the Comtesse has other plans: marry off her daughter to the most wealthy and powerful bachelor in sight. When the Duke first gazes at Tiri's extraordinary beauty, he is captured. Against his mother's wishes, he has fallen in love with the enchanting woman. Tiri has also rebelled against her mother's plans, she has found a mouthwatering catch, but she has also fallen in love with him. Can their mutual love overcome the obstacles their mothers' have placed in their paths or are they doomed to entering into a passionless marriage with another?

TENDER JOURNEY 11/1992 ISBN:0373287488 (Victorian) On board a rattling train, hurtling headlong into the future, Julia Masonet was not looking back. Her girlish follies behind her, she knew her journey's end would be her life's beginning. Back there was her guardian, Richard, voice of English reason to her French impetuousness. Back there was the man she loved--whether she admitted it or not. A well-ordered life presented well-ordered choices: all simple, clear-cut, responsible. Of this, Richard Edmond, raised with proper English sensiblities, was certain. Or he had been certain, until an enchanting, unruly French girl became his ward. What compelling magic had Julia spun round his heart?"

FRENCH MANNERS 11/1997 ISBN:035233214X Gilles de la Trave persuades Colette, a young and beautiful peasant girl from one of his estates, to become his mistress and live the life of a Parisian courtesan. However, it is his son Victor that she loves and expects to marry. In a moment of passion and curiosity she follows him and confesses her sins to the local priest, unaware that the cure has his own agenda--one which involves herself and Victor.

DANGEROUS DESIRES 10/1993 ISBN:505519100 (Georgian and French Revolution) Indebted to a handsome stranger for her very survival, young Stephanie de la Riviere was miserable, homesick, and determined to do whatever it took to see her beloved father again. From selling the family jewels to masquerading as a highwayman, Stephanie's harebrained schemes might have succeeded if it weren't for her watchful custodian. When Nicholas took on the responsibility of caring for the exasperating Stephanie, he was determined to keep her out of harm's way. But that was easier said then done, considering the beautiful brunette's propensity for finding herself in the middle of outrageous scenarios. Nicholas knew that he would never have rest until he'd managed to tame his lovely ward - and match her fiery spirit with his own burning desire.

DARK DESIRE 1/1987 ISBN:0445202211 (Victorian) He was Nicholas Bertold...an arrogant & handsome wealthy nobleman, the man they called "the satanic Frenchman". From the moment he first touched her, Alain Daviot knew her fate was sealed. The hot waves of desire she felt in his arms overrode her fears-and her haunting suspicions that Nicholas Bertold had killed her brother for his land and title...Then,as his bride, Alain was swept from the English countryside to the gay salons of nineteenth century Paris, arriving finally at the magnificent, imposing Chateau Bertold. There, as ever, she was powerless against her hunger for this man accused of an unspeakable crime. And though her heart found paradise in the heat of passion, chilling - and terrible- possibilities troubled her mind. Did she really know the mysterious Nicholas Bertold...her lover, her husband, her master, the man who held her so utterly spellbound in a web of...Dark Desire.

MASQUE BY GASLIGHT 1970 ISBN:44152101 (Victorian) When Kitty Temple arrived from America to visit her godmother, the Comtesse Adele de Sens, she found the City of Light in the grip of a killer. But the murder of questionable young women - however shocking - was far removed from the beautiful, vivacious young heiress...until she too knew fear, and neither the handsome Inspector Giles Debray nor Colin Venner, the brooding actor who courted her, offered much protection. When the Comtesse's companion borrowed Kitty's hat and was subsequently murdered, the terrified young girl knew she was next...

MOURA 1959 ISBN:0441543804 (Regency) In the forbidding stone rooms of Chateau Moura, lovely Anne Wicklow finds herself enveloped in a world of danger and menace from which she is helpless to escape. She tries to convince herself that is the desire for the truth that roots her to the evil castle. But in her heart she knows it is Edmond, master of Moura, who has claimed her will to flee.

A PASSION FOR GLORY 1986 ISBN:0515087173 (French Revolution) Aimee DeChartres--Young, spirited and resourceful, the golden-haired beauty was forced into womanhood by the violent passions of the French Revolution-and the smoldering desires of the one man who could save her from her own turbulent destiny. Lucian Napier-- A startlingly handsome libertine and a brilliant spy, he lured her into the stormy embrace of love's sweetest rapture and a revolution's most savage danger..From the angry streets of Paris to the golden shores of New Orleans, from lush Virginian plantations to the hot bed of a new nation's capital, they led a life of intrigue and peril...fueled by the fiery hunger that rose between them... sparked by danger and heated by desire...exploding into a consuming passion that would carry them to ecstasy's highest realm.

FOLLOW THE MOON 9/1999 ISBN:0821763180 (Medieval) 1193 Brittany. Newly widowed Lady Johanna awakens to find a stranger in her bedchamber, his handsome face hidden in the shadows. He claims to be an assassin—sent to kill her. Instead, he promises her safety and help in fleeing deadly treachery at Castle Rochmarin. Though some instinct deep within her urges Johanna to trust this man, she dares to make her own escape—only to find herself wrapped firmly in his powerful arms...and spirited away. Payen accepted the murderous assignment, only to ensure that it fail. The fierce mercenary does not know who wants Johanna dead, only that she must live. For her untimely death will surely deny him what he covets most: his lost legacy—Rochmarin. While he vows to shield Johanna from the danger that surrounds her, Payen's motives have now changed. His heart has grown to desire more than his ancestral castle and its lands. He wants the lady of Rochmarin herself.

MY LADY EVIL 7/1975 ISBN: 0671680137 (Regency) The man was found floating in the Thames clutching a black journal to his body in a frozen death grip, seemingly bent on carrying the horror of his entries with him into his watery grave....It was not until the journal of Andre Laurent was restored that light could be shed on the terrifying story of the beautiful Lady Nina Hargrave, slave of the Russian 'mystic' Densiov.

FLIGHT OF FANCY 5/2002 ISBN: 082177350X (Regency) An Experiment In Passion…“New” money was about as acceptable in Manhattan society as last year's fashions, which was why Hannah Carrington, her four sisters, and their father's railroad wealth had been whisked off to Paris by Hannah's mother. Hannah was glad to explore the City of Light, but husband-hunting was another matter, for Hannah had a secret dream—the study of science. Marriage would put an end to all that—unless it was to a man as inclined to scholarly study as she was, namely Lord Benjamin Ramsey.…Or Proof Of Love? When he was arrested for conducting an experiment without a permit, Benjamin was surprised to meet another chastised scientist behind bars—especially such a lovely one. Yet Hannah seemed the answer to all his problems—her dowry would fund his impoverished estate and her thoughtful intelligence would make her the perfect woman to run his home while he ran his laboratory. But Hannah had other ideas, as dangerous as the chemistry sizzling between them. Would it lead to something far more potent—like love?

THE PALACE OF TEARS 1/2002. ISBN:0385334915 (Victorian) On a balmy autumn afternoon in Paris, in the year 1868, young winemaker Casimir de Chateauneuf wanders through the hollow arcades of the Palais Royal. Browsing in the a small shop filled with curiosities from the Orient, he spies a cache of fine miniature portraits. Above all others, an ivory-skinned beauty captivates him. Her eyes...one blue, the other yellow. That night they pursue Casimir in his dreams, as one burning question consumes him: Who is she? Thus begins Casimer's dizzying quest for the object of his obsession. Forsaking his family, his vocation, his country, Casimir sails from Marseilles to North Africa, plunging into a strange new world with blind faith in destiny. His journey leads him to Istanbul, "city of world's desire." There, in a deserted palace of the former sultan, is hidden the woman of his reveries, the woman with one blue eye, the other yellow. To touch her is forbidden. But in this city of passion, in a Palace of Tears, Casimir is about to discover what it will mean to make a dream real...and what awaits him when his lover is set free.

BLISS 4/1995 ISBN:0515115878 (Edwardian) Hannah Van Evan was a young American who wished to learn about the world and to make her way in it. She was determined to improve herself, but was often baffled by exclusive turn-of-the-century high society. Nardi de Saint Vallier was a gifted young Frenchman of noble blood who had given up his passion for sculpting. Hell-bent on self-destruction, he resigned himself to a life without beauty-and an engagement without love. Then Hannah came into his life. They met during a Normandy summer on the grounds of an old French chateau. Hannah was cautious, but intrigued by the somber Frenchman. Nardi thought the American girl hopelessly naïve. But slowly her indomitable spirit cast a ray of light upon the darkness in his soul-and opened both of their hearts to the infinite possibilities of love . . .

DANCE 3/1996 ISBN: 0515117633 (Edwardian) The dance of life is never danced alone… The woman, reaching for a dream, pulls away from her lover’s arms, still longing for his touch… The man, reaching out to rekindle the flame, desires her all the more… Dance is the extraordinary new novel by Judy Cuevas, the acclaimed author of Bliss and Black Silk. It is the emotionally powerful story of two people in turn-of-the-century Paris. A man and a woman drawn together by fate...but haunted by the brief moment of passion they shared in the past. Theirs was a dance of denial and attraction. Dreams and desire. Self-reliance and need. And each step drew them closer to the greatest sacrifice one heart can make for another...

MONIQUE 1979 ISBN:0515051136 (Georgian) From Gypsy camp to gilded court, she rode the wild tempest of passion - and revenge. Monique, love child of a gypsy princess and a French marquis, was stolen at birth by her mother's clan...Destiny made her a queen; passion, a rebellious slave..

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