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MY LADY'S DESIRE 4/1998 ISBN: 0373290098 (Medieval) She'd only herself to offer, but Gabrielle de Perricault hoped 'twas enough to entice the courageous Yves de Sant-Roux to champion her cause. Though should he pledge his sword to her, a greater danger awaited, for this knight could easily breach the wall that surrounded her heart! Sworn to escape the taint of his birth by the valor of his deeds, Yves de Sant-Roux forsook any binding ties. Then Gabrielle de Perricault, a lady of rare sense and subtle beauty, promised something he'd never wanted, yet found he couldn't resist - a home, a family...and her!

PEARL BEYOND PRICE 4/1995 ISBN: 0373288646 (Medieval) Black Wind, the Mongols hailed him. Swift, fierce and proud. Yet Kira looked upon Thierry de Pereille and saw, not a man marked by legend, but a warrior who had taken her from the life she knew... to a place of passion beyond her wildest dreams. The woman was a witch. Truly, who else could make pearls drop from her mouth? Or ensnare a man with nothing more than a touch? Yet, even as he fought the power that bound them together, Thierry knew he could not deny that the gentle Kira was his destiny..

ROMANCE OF THE ROSE 3/1993 ISBN: 037287666 (Medieval) Armand d'Avigny would always associate Alexandria de Fontaine with the smell of roses. Indeed, the knight had carried the memory of the beautiful healer with him to the Crusades. Now, as he looked upon that same sweet face once more, he vowed that never again would she be taken from his side. Alex's heart soared when she recognized the green-eyed gaze of her would-be rescuer. Yet even as they sped to safety, she knew that she could not accept the promise of Armand's love. For to do so would expose him to the danger of her enemy. And as long as Pierre de Villiers remained alive, Alexandria de Fontaine would never be free.

UNICORN BRIDE 6/1994 ISBN: 0373288239 (Medieval) For generations, legend had stalked the battlements of the fortress Montsalvat. And now Alienor de Perpignan found herself promised in marriage to the man at the heart of the oft-whispered tales: Dagobert, Count de Pereille. A near-mythic being rumored to be a beast by day - and more than a man by night! That Alienor was his true-destined bride, Dagobert de Pereille had no doubt. Indeed, with her exotic beauty and blade-bright spirit, she could be none other. But could he who bore the mark - and the curse - of ancient kings ever trust her enough to open his heart?

UNICORN VENGEANCE 11/1995 ISBN: 0373-28893X (Medieval) Genevieve de Pereille's music echoed in the hollows of Wolfram's heart, pulling him into an unfamiliar world where his knightly vows faded to a distant murmur. The secret heir to an ancient legacy, she held him fast with the timeless power of love. With silver hair and fierce pale eyes, Wolfram stirred something raw yet beautiful deep inside Genevieve's very being. Yet the handsome warrior was responsible for her brother's death, and she swore he would never escape her righteous vengeance!

PAST ANTERIOR 12/1997 ISBN: 1551973561 (Georgian and Colonial)

THE DUCHESS 10/1991 ISBN:0671689711 (Victorian) Claire Willoughby was a modern American girl of the late 1800s - fresh, practical, energetic, and wide-eyes with curiosity. A clause in her grandfather's will said that she must wed an 'acceptable' man to keep her millions, and blond, handsome Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, was perfect. He owned an historic castle, he looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Their engagement was quickly announce, and Claire - her future as a duchess assured - set off with her entire family to meet the Montgomery clan in Scotland. Bramley Castle was a damp, chill place, overflowing with eccentric Montgomery relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a curious, brooding man of great mystery who lived in secret in the most ancient part of Bramley. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry. Trevelyan was the most exasperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating..

VELVET ANGEL 12/1983 ISBN:0671454064 (Medieval) She came to him as a precious gift, a naked angel rolled in a rug. Once he gazed into her green eyes, saw her tangle of honey blonde hair, he was undone with passion. Elizabeth would never surrender. He was a hated Montgomery -- she was a Chatworth -- and the blood war between their families raged on, a wildfire of rape, murder, and betrayal. Elizabeth vowed to fight the handsome lord, to resist the burning desire in his eyes -- no matter how great the temptation.

LADY SCANDAL 7/2004 ISBN: 0821774123 (Regency) For his love she would risk everything...Alexandria, the beautiful young widow once know as Lady Scandal among the ton of London, is trapped in France when war breaks out once more. Returning to England with her niece will be a dangerous journey indeed, and one that must begin under cover of darkness. When she climbs into her coach, Alexandria is shocked to find that her maid has been replaced by a man she knows only too well. Though she has not seen Paxten Marsett in nearly ten years, she recognizes her former lover's voice immediately. It is as deep as midnight and tempting as sin...With French soldier in hot pursuit, there is not a second to spare if they are to reach the coast and safety. Paxten is wounded and his fever is rising, and they are all at risk of capture, imprisonment, and worse. Soon they have no choice but to abandon the coach and travel in disguise, sleeping under the stars or in humble country inns. Despite the danger, his dearest wish is to have one night alone with her--one last chance to rekindle the passion they once knew. And Alexandria cannot say no...

BLUE HEAVEN, BLACK NIGHT 7/1986 ISBN:0515086371 (Medieval) She is called Elise. As lovely as a knight's dream, she conceals a shocking secret heritage: she is the illegitimate daughter of Henry II. He is Sir Bryan Stede. Known as the Black Knight, the fierce and magnificent warrior follows no law but his own...until he beholds the exquisite Elise. His reluctant prisoner, she will become his most cherished bride. Against the pomp and pageantry of Medieval England, this is the passionate story of a man and a woman bound by a tempestuous love...a love that all the forces between hell and heaven cannot rend asunder...

THE KING'S PLEASURE 4/1998 ISBN: 0821758578 (Medieval) Danielle D'Aville was the ward of Edward III, sworn to obey the King's order to marry her enemy Adrien MacLachlan, the legendary Scot who masterminded the fall of her beloved home. Suddenly she was the arrogant knight's reluctant wife, pledged to a marriage neither desired. But swept off to his castle in the Scottish highlands, and into his strong embrace, Danielle was soon possessed by a raging passion for the husband she had vowed to despise. Adrien MacLachlan couldn't afford to trust the emerald-eyed spitfire who carried the blood of French kings in her veins. Danielle's divided loyalties only inflamed the ware that raged between them. Still, he could not control the intense desire his bartered bride inspired, or make her surrender to his will, until he had conquered the headstrong beauty on the battlefield of love...

WHISPERS OF PASSION 1984 ISBN:0843921013 (Georgian and Colonial) Sweet, sweet Jasmine. The peaceful idyll of lovely Jasmine DuPre's youth is shattered when she is sent away from her beloved home in Virginia to France, where a brilliant marriage has been arranged. Torn from the arms of Barrett Paxton, the man she loves, Jasmine is desolate, though her mother holds before her the prospect of the great wealth and prestige that will be hers as the wife of the Marquis de Saint-Antoine. Jasmine discovers that her aristocratic husband-to-be is a cold, harsh man who has been banished from Versailles to his remote and dreary chateau. She soon becomes an innocent and helpless pawn in the debauched schemes of her lascivious mother, and, driven by loneliness and anguish, attempts to escape the chateau and return to Barrett. Her dazzling beauty makes her the focus of many men's desires and earns for her the undying enmity of the most powerful woman at the French court, a woman who is capable of destroying Jasmine's dreams of happiness with the one man who enflames her, body and soul, with whispers of passion.

CAMILLE 1852 (Victorian) The love story between Marguerite, beautiful, brazen and a courtesan of Paris and Armand, handsome, prominent and hopelessly headstrong.

MISS JACOBSON'S JOURNEY 9/1992 ISBN: 0802712150 (Regency) Having refused the man her parents chose for her, Miriam Jacobson finds herself smuggling gold across Napoleon's France to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive young men, both of whom detest her—and each other.

IRON LACE 2/1983 ISBN:0671460528 (French Revolution) Handsome Miguel Vidal de la Fuente assumed he could calm the seething resentment of his beautiful ward. What he didn't count on was her willfulness—or his passion. Monique's defiance begins as a game, amusing to her, vexing to him. But her reckless behavior puts both their lives in danger at the hands of a tormented padre who hopes to rekindle the fires of the Spanish Inquisition.

ROSE, ROSE, WHERE ARE YOU? 8/1978. ISBN:0698108698 (Gothic) A chilling tale of gothic suspense and supernatural terror, wherein the heroine is faced with unbelievable perils, which seemingly have no flesh-and-blood foundation.

THE ONLY SIN 7/1987 ISBN: 0373832893 (1920s) She went from illegitimate daughter of a nobleman to the head of a powerful cosmetics concern, roaring through the twenties and flourishing in the despair of the crash. Lilli Landau's desperate drive to build a cosmetic empire rivaling those of Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden and to satisfy the desires of her heart takes her through the boardrooms and bedrooms of the rich and powerful.

LORD LIBERTINE 1976 ISBN: 0449231704 (Georgian) The memoirs of a gentleman of pleasure, and his progress from London to Paris in 1792.

ILLUSION 9/1998 ISBN: 0425164470 Regency. The darkly handsome Nigel, Marquess of Rivaulx, ruthless master spy and code breaker. Damaged by years of intrigue in Russia and France, he craves only innocence. Yet, to uncover a traitor, he must win Frances for one wanton night of passion. Shielded by his cynical wit and wicked sense of humor, Nigel believes he is the man to defy her . . . but is he? Her trained sensuality shatters all his preconceptions, and deadly treachery awaits, threatening both life and sanity. As Nigel drags Frances into his dangerous world of conspiracy and adventure, where murderous hidden enemies plot England's downfall and Nigel's destruction, the war of nations is mirrored by their war of wit and desire. Soon these two brave souls are swept into a swirl of intrigue and fiery excitement, where courage, honor, and compassion may not be enough to prevent the heart's devastation. Yet nothing is as it seems. Intricate layers of deception and illusion must be uncovered before treachery and passion can lead to love.

BRAZEN WHISPERS 12/1990 ISBN:038076167X (Medieval) Growing up behind the impenetrable walls of an English fortress, young Magdalen does not know that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful English prince and his murdered French mistress - or that she has been a pawn in the struggle between England and France ever since she slipped from her dying mother's womb. All she knows is that she longs for excitement. And then one day, as if in answer to her prayers, the splendid figure of Guy de Gervais, a true knight in shining armor, rides into her cloistered world and spirits her away. For Magdalen it is love at first sight. The one and only love of her life. Yet Guy sees only his responsibility to keep Magdalen safe until she can be wed to his nephew and thus fulfill her political destiny. Then duty calls Guy to the bloody battlefields of France, and when he returns, time has transformed Magdalen into a stunningly sensual beauty. Suddenly the noble knight is fighting the fiercest battle of his life: against a searing desire for a woman he cannot have.

THE DIAMOND SLIPPER 2/1997 ISBN:0553575236 (Georgian) What comes to mind when you think of a diamond slipper? Cinderella, perhaps? That's what Cordelia Brandenburg imagines when her godparents arrange a marriage for her with a man she's never met - a marriage that will take her to Versailles, far from the rigid confines of her childhood home. The betrothal gift is a charm bracelet with a tiny, glittering diamond slipper attached...as befits a journey into a fairy tale future. But Cordelia - young, headstrong, and completely adorable - runs into trouble right away. Her escort to the wedding is the golden-eyed, sensual, teasing Viscount Leo Kierston. For Cordelia, it's love at first sight. Yet Leo seems to see only a spoiled child - perhaps it's the way she cheats at chess - and Cordelia is determined to show him the woman beneath. There is no escaping her arranged marriage. She's devastated to discover that her new husband is an utterly loathsome tyrant who will stop at nothing to satisfy his twisted desires. But her husband has a secret, one that will bring down the vengeance of Viscount Kierston and all who have reason to hate him.

LOVE'S CHARADE 1986 ISBN:0821718142 (Georgian and French Revolution) She called herself Danny. A runaway fighting to survive on the shadowy boulevards of Paris. A lady who concealed her beauty and her dangerous secrets beneath tattered rags as she waited to right a terrible wrong. He was Justin, Earl of Linton. An English aristocrat moved by compassion to save a wretched street waif from a life of hardship...only to discover a woman with much to offer - and so very much to hide...

SALLY 10/2001 ISBN: 0759903301 (Georgian) 13-year-old slave, Sally Hemmings, expects only a trip to Paris shepherding little Martha Jefferson, daughter of her master, Thomas Jefferson. When Sally finally sees Martha's father again, her heart knows he is a man she can love. She turns her back on an offer of freedom and chooses slavery to be with her love. Thomas loves her as well and he makes promises which he honors throughout their life together.

DRAGONFLY IN AMBER 9/1992 ISBN: 0385302312 A magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ...and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ....Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ...in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ...and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves....

VOYAGER 1/1994 (Georgian) ISBN: 0440217563. Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scott named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead at the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her...and her body still cries out for him in her dreams. Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion and pain awaiting her...the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland...and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can reunite - or forever doom - her timeless love.

DANCE WITH A STRANGER 9/1995 ISBN:0440221005 (Victorian) Ghislaine Nisbet soared into stardom as premiere danseuse of the Paris Opera even as she snubbed royalty from every corner of Europe. She soared into stardom in the Paris Opera, but the ravishing dancer scorned the jewels that were flung at her feet, yet she melted in her kidnappers arms....Polished, unshakable British secret agent Lucien Sachs planned to use France's premiere danseuse, Ghislaine Nisbet, as a pawn in his dangerous game. But three days in his chateau with the kidnapped enchantress makes him vulnerable as no enemy ever had before.

MOONRISE 5/1996 ISBN:0786002689 (Victorian) The City of Lights was all a-glitter the night Captain Jack Devlin strode into a Parisian salon to catch a glimpse of the lovely Pascale de Ravenault. The daughter of an eccentric French artist and the grandchild of an African princess the exotic Pascale dealt art for fortune with a cool head and an iron will. As unconventional as she was beautiful, she was a treasure Devlin longed to acquire. From the moment they met, an undeniable spark of passion was kindled...and a royal battle between two independent souls was waged. For Devlin had been charged to smuggle a legendary masterpiece into Spain. But that was before the painting attracted the attention of revolutionaries...before his ship was sabotaged...forcing Pascale and Devlin to make a choice between freedom and the love that had captured both their hearts...

THE CORNISH HEIRESS 1981 ISBN:0440115159

THE ENGLISH HEIRESS 1980 ISBN:0440121418 (French Revolution) Leonie de Conyers - Beautiful, aristocratic, her life shattered by a black night of bestiality, she lived in the shadow of the guillotine, stripped of everything she held dear..Roger St. Eyre - an English nobleman, he set out to save Leonie, unaware that in a world gone mad their fates would be forever linked.. Forced to serve a Royalist plot, sworn to free the doomed Marie Antoinette, Leonie De Conyers and Roger St. Eyre would be kidnapped, denounced and brutally separated. Driven by a passion that knew no bounds, they would surmount every obstacle to escape France and to return to England.

MIDNIGHT TEMPTATION 10/1994 ISBN:0786000546 (Regency) A sheltered beauty raised in the scenic French countryside, Nicole Radouix's world shattered the day she discovered her father's shocking secret. Desperate and afraid, she fled for her immortal soul. In the seething turmoil of post-revolution Paris, Nicole found a protector in handsome aristocrat Marchand La Valois. Yet even as their passion flamed into burning love, Nicole could not escape her dark fate.

HIGHLAND WHISPERS 1989 ISBN:0843927836 (Victorian) From the sweet-scented moors of the Highlands to the elegant salons of Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, beautiful Sheridan Sinclair was pursued by a madman. Obsessed by Sheridan's uncanny resemblance to her mother, he had vowed to possess her soft body, whether she was willing or not. Only one man could save her from a fate worse than death--Jeremy Mackenzie, the brash American who had taught her the meaning of love. In his strong arms she had discovered the soul-stirring bliss of fulfillment, but imprisoned by her fiendish seducer, she wondered if she would ever know the ecstasy of Jeremy's embrace again.

ANGÉLIQUE 1958 (Renaissance)

ANGÉLIQUE AND THE KING 1960 ISBN: 0553125311 (Renaissance) The dazzling mistress of rogues and royalty gambles her beauty for the favors of the most elegant libertine in all France...Louis XIV himself!

THE VALIANT HEART 8/1991 ISBN: 0515106429 (Medieval) By birthright she was Baronne de Valseme, but the black-haired maiden was robbed of her legacy by plundering Norsemen. Now she returns to her former home, to be offered against her will as a bride to the enemy... The powerful blond warrior of the North's passions were inflamed by her bold spirit and sensual beauty...But his aching desire to bed her will imperil both of their lives..

SHADOWS OF THE HEART 11/1996 ISBN 0440221611 (Regency) Like an avenging angel, he overwhelmed her attackers, leaving one dead and another running for his life. She awoke to darkness and terror, alone in a barn with a stranger named Paul, bloodied yet bandaged with her own tattered petticoats. She remembered nothing, not her own name, not that she was pregnant--only the smoldering brown eyes of Paul, who had killed to save her and was now a wanted man. Suddenly he was her universe, a stranger who would lie for her, die for her, share the same bed, the same passions as they plummeted into the dangerous secrets of her past.... She had no name but the name he gave her. She knew nothing about him save what he chose to tell her--and Paul Lescaut couldn't afford to tell her the truth. It was as if he were born to protect her, to hold her, as if this strange beauty were his fate. But only when he learns her true identity does he realizes the true dangers of their adventure. For he fears that when she remembers who she is--when she realizes who he is--she will no longer see him as a protector. She will see him as the enemy.

SHORES OF DESIRE 11/1997 ISBN 0440221684 (Regency) Emma Blair could not suspect the truth behind the English soldier who introduced himself as Robert Melton, Napoleon's enemy, Wellington's man. She couldn't know his secret mission, or the role she would unwittingly play. She knew only that he was irresistible--and dangerous--an officer who, like her own late husband, would put the call of the drum above all else. All he had was his wife's family ring and the memory of her brutal murder as he struck out to find the killer and uncover her shrouded past. Robert's obsession led him to Scotland, to the Blairs, to Emma, who stunned him with her resemblance to his dead wife, a woman she had never known. Here, in the midst of blood feuds and unspeakable family secrets, he would find his answers--even as he abandoned all caution for a love whose very enemy was truth....

THE CRESCENT MOON 7/1979 ISBN:0373300212 (Renaissance). Her heart soared as the king spoke At last, at long last, Perpetua (what a name huh?) was to have her heart's desire. Gaston, the man she loved, had just been granted permission to marry her. How wonderful the future looked now, Perpetua thought. Surely nothing could mar it! Yet barely had Henri II, King of France, bestowed his blessing when Diane de Poitiers, the King's beloved mistress, cried out in pain and slumped forward in her seat. Oh, no, oh, no! Pepetua cried inwardly. For Madame Diane had been poisoned, and it was Gaston who had handed her the goblet of wine...

THE GOLDEN RAINTREE 8/1990 ISBN:0373163533 (Edwardian and World War I). Innocence cloaked the sleepy Indiana town where Christine Brick enjoyed girlhood. The Quaker farm girl knew sun-dappled afternoons sitting under the Golden Raintree. Her heart follows James Warren to battle to the muddy trenches of France's western front.

COURTESAN 3/1993 ISBN: 0671740652 (Renaissance) Diane de Poitiers: her fear hidden behind her radiant beauty, Diane walked regally into the court where the King of France and his noblemen were gathered. After five years of exile, she had returned to face the whispers about her past. She never expected still to be the object of the King's desire...and she never would have guessed that her destiny lay with his handsome, hotheaded son. When she had last seen young Henri, he had been just a boy. Now, as his strong hand clasped her slender fingers, he was undeniably a man...whose touch told her that, as wrong as it was, their hearts were joined by fire and fate. Henri de Valois: Rage against a lifetime of his father's indifference lay like a shadow across his rugged face. Second to the throne, he had been forced to betroth a foreign princess when there was only one woman he desired - Diane de Poitiers, the lovely blonde widow whose blue eyes gazed into his troubled soul, and whose kiss aroused his first sweet taste of ecstasy. Her embrace was all he wanted in the world. But the rising tides of fortune were sweeping Henri toward the crown itself and leaving Diane with a perilous choice...to forget the powerful man she would give her life for, or risk everything for a magnificent, incandescent love.

LOVE AND SPLENDOR 1987 ISBN: 0380751585 When Dani Coltrane flees to Paris, she leaves behind heartache and pain, and vows no man will ever control her. But then the proud heiress to the Coltrane dynasty meets the dashing nobleman, Drake, and her determination is rocked. Banished from Imperial Russia to roam the glittering capitals of Europe, he has an eye for beautiful art and beautiful women. Dani Coltrane possesses both a painting he covets and loveliness he can't resist. Drake is determined to make these treasures his. From the sumptuous salons of Europe to the fabulous court of Russian Empire, from the dark cellars of a chateau in Monaco to a deserted danger ridden palace, Drake pursues the headstrong and illusive woman. And his cold obsession turns to soul-searing love, Dani's resistance melts...until they are swept toward a stunning confrontation with destiny and the triumph of a love dazzling with splendor.

LYSETTE 2/1983 ISBN: 0671461656 (Renaissance) She was the most willful exasperating , desirable woman he had ever met: Lysette, the Marquise de Ferrand, was young, widowed and penniless. In 1636, the French countryside was in turmoil as Lysette attempted to make her way to her brother's home and safety.

DARK ENCHANTMENT 1/2004 ISBN: 0553584219 (Renaissance) A shattering act of violence drives Catherine de la Fer to flee into the dark and deadly night. Now a hunted criminal, the wily French noblewoman enlists the services of English mercenary Jack Marstone to teach her the art of self-defense. But she has cast her lot with a man whose terrible secret plunges them into a world of depravity and deadly seduction. Their taboo desire takes them from the moon-shadowed highways of Paris to the treacherous palace of the Sun King—the prey of a highborn enemy with the mind-bending powers of a sorcerer’s dark arts. As day becomes endless night, as they enter a place of unimaginable pleasure, France’s most notorious swordswoman and her forbidden lover will attempt a daring act of rescue—one that could promise them eternity in each other’s arms…or damn them both forever.

NIGHT FIRES 12/2003. ISBN:0553584189 (Renaissance) Beautiful and damned, Simone de la Fer roamed the French nights as a vampire. A reluctant immortal, she thought she’d never again taste the bittersweet pleasures of mortal love—until she met an enigmatic human spy she found impossible to resist. Haunted by his own violent past, Michael Corday arrived from England on a secret mission. On a starlit highway he found his life changed forever by a creature of the night unlike any he’d ever encountered. Unable to deny their destiny, they traveled together through the Parisian underworld on a dangerously erotic journey to right a terrible wrong—even as they were stalked by a merciless hunter intent on destroying them. For theirs was a passion so taboo, it had been forbidden by human and vampire alike; so sinful, it could only be paradise. And they would risk eternal damnation to taste it just once again...

HOLY FOOLS 2/2004. ISBN:0060559128 (Renaissance) Britanny, 1610. Juliette, a one-time actress and rope dancer, is forced to seek refuge among the sisters of the abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer. Reinventing herself as Soeur Auguste, Juliette makes a new life for herself and her young daughter, Fleur. But when the kindly abbess dies, Juliette's comfortable existence begins to unravel. The abbey's new leader is the daughter of a corrupt noble family, and she arrives with a ghost from Juliette's past -- Guy LeMerle, a man she has every reason to fear and hate.

THE DEVIL'S LOVE 1981 ISBN: 0440119154 (Georgian) She Was A Fever Raging Through His Blood...Christina-untamed, unpredictable, utterly captivating. She was determined to live as free as the wind-yet fatally bound to the one man whose passion could imprison her forever....He Burned Like A Flame In Her Heart...Kade-a handsome privateer. The banished son of a Scottish earl, he roamed the seas thriving on danger and the intrigue of a turbulent age. From her lush Caribbean paradise, Christina fled to the dazzling salons of Paris. But Kade had vowed to pursue her across the world...to make her see that at the end of her perilous journey lay the ecstasy they were powerless to resist and a glorious destiny forged by...

DANCING IN THE RAIN 8/2003. ISBN:0803496060 (WWI) Everyone in Canela, Texas considers Carolyn Wentworth to be nothing more than a beautiful social butterfly. It, therefore, comes as a shock when in the fall of 1917 Carolyn goes to France as a nurse’s aide. If the men in her family can serve their country in this horrible war, so can she. Though she’s appalled by the conditions in the hospital, Carolyn will not admit that her impulsive decision may have been the biggest mistake of her life. Instead, she sets out to prove that humor can heal, even resorting to wearing a clothespin on her nose when she empties bedpans. Clothespin Carolyn, as she’s soon named, is a hit with the soldiers, a fact that annoys Dr. Dwight Hollins, the man who’s reputed to be unable to smile. Doesn’t she understand that war is serious? Someone needs to tell her that, and that someone is Dwight.

SILVER THORNS 9/1996 ISBN 0786003022 (Medieval) It was a marriage made in … let's just say that the pearly gates weren't part of the landscape. He was Richard the Lionheart's most powerful knight, a brilliant strategist who could win every battle save the one for a woman's heart. She was an heiress whose learning was as legendary as her beauty. Unfortunately, though she was well versed in how to run a barony and how to heal her people's ills, Marguerite de Mirail knew nothing of love save the troubadours' tales. And troubadours' tales, as Marguerite was soon to learn, were no preparation at all for dealing with a man like Alain de Jarnac. Like it or not, they were betrothed, bound to each other by a contract made on the battlefields of the Crusades. When Marguerite and Alain married, it was for all the wrong reasons, leaving each of them resentful of the fate that brought them together. With a beginning like that, there was no way they could find happiness ... or was there?

WHISTLING IN THE DARK 2/2004 ISBN:0803496362 (WWI) No one’s ever paid much attention to Emily Wentworth, but all that changes in the spring of 1918 when her twin brother is reported missing and presumed killed in what is supposed to be the war to end all wars. Emily’s convinced that Theo is alive and travels to France to find him. Since no one would let her go if they knew of her mission, she capitalizes on her ability to drive and repair a Model T and signs on as an ambulance driver. Emily is determined to reach Theo, even if it means allying herself with Grant Randall, a newspaper correspondent who writes beautifully but appears oddly unaffected by the war. Though Emily cannot understand how any man can be so cold, she enlists Grant’s aid, promising to keep his breakdown-prone Model T running if he’ll help her find her brother. For his part, though he’s intrigued by the beautiful woman who’s so skilled at what many would consider a man’s work, Grant knows better than to let himself from care too deeply about Emily’s mission. After all, caring is the road to heartache.

BETRAY ME NOT 9/2000 ISBN: 0821766791 (Georgian) Madeleine de Pellison has never lacked for courage. But now the aspiring actress is about to take on the most treacherous role of her life. To save an infant from an uncertain future, she must use her feminine wiles to seduce a suspected spy.  Yet when she brazenly kisses Armand Saint-Sylvestre in the perfumed gardens of Versailles, it is she who is caught unaware...by desire. Once a daring highwayman and a notorious rake, Armand Saint-Sylvestre wants the chance to put his wicked past behind him.  But when he agrees to spy for the crown, he has no idea of the danger that awaits...until he finds himself lured into a passionate tryst by the exquisite Madeleine.

DARK RAPTURE 1/1997 ISBN:0821755528 (Georgian) California dreamer Scarlet Rose has a secret: she has fallen madly in love with seductive Sebastian DelaCourte. But the dark, gypsy-wild rock idol whose ravenous kisses send Scarlet's blood racing also harbors a secret... a consuming secret that binds him to an unholy fate. Now, as a terrifying curse sweeps her back in time to 18th-century Paris, Scarlet finds herself in a desperate struggle to change her destiny. Unable to resist a passion that demands complete surrender, she knows her only hope of saving them both is to enter Sebastian's midnight world where desire never ends...and where undying love is the most dangerous fantasy of all...

ENCHANT ME NOT 2/2001 ISBN: 0821767763  (Georgian) Spirited Margot deVerona had travelled to the grand court of Versailles, not to marry as her family had planned, but to discover the natural wonders of the world. And yet, instead of a new plant or insect to snag her interest, it was Alexandre Saint-Sylvestre, the king's darkly handsome gardener, who fascinated her. Still, Margot knew that giving in to the temptation to know him better could only lead to heartache. For she had been promised to a man of money and title. For years, Alexandre guarded his emotions as carefully as he guarded a tragic secret...until beautiful Margot burst into his life. Rumor had it that she was a witch, but all he knew was that he had never been so entranced. Though Margot would soon be whisked away to a loveless marriage, Alexandre could not help but declare that his heart was hers for the taking. Now, he must risk everything to fight for a future with the woman who has shown him how to love.

HERE IS MY HEART 3/1999 ISBN: 0821761501 Renaissance. Set in 17th century Paris, and reminiscent of Cyrano de Bergerac...Josephine Lalique falls in love with Julien Delaroche, a man she has never met. But his love letters (addressed to Josephine's sister) speak of a passion Josephine yearns to have. So she begins a secret correspondence and promises her heart to Julien. But what of Matthieu Bouchet? He has promised his heart to Josephine, even knowing she loves another. Will true love prevail? 

MY LADY MADNESS 8/1998 ISBN: 0821759817 (Georgian) She is Sabine Bassange—an exquisite young woman with hair of gold and vivid amethyst eyes. But behind those striking eyes, lies a deep, painful secret. Many say she is "touched"—that a shocking, brutal tragedy drove her into a realm of fantasy and madness. He is Louis de Lavarac—a soldier so devastated by the blood he has spilled for the French king, he prays bitterly for his own death. Hoping to keep his brother occupied and save him from despair, Henri de Lavarac asks Louis to take over his monthly duty of looking in on Sabine Bassange and her ailing grandfather. When Louis sees Sabine dancing in the meadow by her castle, he becomes enchanted. Louis knows Sabine is not made but instead is frightened of the mysterious force that has haunted her since childhood. Vowing to protect her from whomever—or whatever—wishes her harm, Louis takes Sabine home. Now, he desperately hopes that with his love he can free her from her world of shadows, heal his own shattered heart, and bind them both together in a future filled with eternal ecstasy and desire.

SEND ME AN ANGEL 2/2001 ISBN:182059263X (Georgian) Angie Cornell is known as the Electric Angel, a new-age violinist. But her rapidly rising career takes a nose-dive after a tragic accident leaves her left hand virtually useless. A night of commiserating with friends, a little champagne, some cold pizza, and a witch's spell finds Angie literally dropped into eighteenth century France. She's arrived just in time for a wedding. Her own! Lucien Montfalcon doesn't want to marry, but if it will free him from his father's overbearing control and grant him the opportunity to embrace the music he so adores, he will say, "I do". The last person Angie wants to marry is a musician! And heck, this guy was born nearly three centuries before her! But this marriage will provide perfect cover until her friends can bring her back to the future. But will she want to return after discovering the beautiful music she and Lucien can create together.

TAME ME NOT 11/1999 ISBN: 0821763857 (Renaissance) Growing up in the shadows of her three outlaw brothers, Mignonne Saint-Sylvestre has lived a life of freedom and adventure. But now her siblings have plans to rein in her spirit by sending her off to a convent. Rather than give up her dream of becoming one of the king's musketeers, the headstrong Min disguises herself as a man and rides off to Paris. While stealing bread, Min is cornered by a dashing musketeer. Chevalier Chancery Lambert is shocked to discover that the skilled swordsman he fights is a swordswoman, and a lovely one at that! Though Chance is on a personal mission to capture a band of notorious outlaws, he finds himself enthralled by the raven-haired beauty. And when he reaches out to touch the fire in Min's soul, he takes her to the heights of ecstasy where life and love will never be the same.

DEVIL'S KIN 1981 ISBN:0263099733 (Georgian)

DEVIL'S CUB 1934 The sequel to THESE OLD SHADES. When saucy Mary Challoner practiced her bold deception upon the hot-blooded young Marquis of Vidal--substituting herself for the wench he had thought to carry off to France--she had little notion he would grimly hold her to her part of the bargain. Now he had left her, and she was alone, prey to the intrigues of glittering eighteenth-century Paris.

POWDER AND PATCH 1923 (Georgian) Handsome, manly Philip Jettan felt only contempt for sissified Regency dandies. Their elaborate wigs, powdered faces, satin clothes and mincing walks repulsed him. But pretty Cleone wanted no part of any man who wasn't in the very height of fashion. And Philip would do anything for her love--even beat the dandies at their own detestable game. The lilac satin of Mr. Bancroft's coat shimmered at Philip across the dinner table. All that foaming lace...suitable for a woman! The quizzing-glass...abominable affectation! The jewels...flaunting them in the country! The mincing, prattling puppy-dog! How could Cleone bear him so near?....And now she was drinking in his silly, smug talk. Now Bancroft flattered her with admiring gazes. Damn him! Only with difficulty could Philip fight the desire to fling his glass at his detestable rival.

THE TALISMAN RING 1936 (Georgian) It all began with the dying whim of that old tyrant, Lord Lavenham, whose last wish was to see his nephew, Sir Tristram, married to his capricious French refugee granddaughter, Eustacie.But Eustacie bristled at the idea and claimed she would rather embrace Mme. Guillotine than make such a marriage. She ran away in the night. To have an adventure, as she put it. And was captured by a smuggler. A very handsome smuggler. It was all wonderfully mysterious. Then she discovered the handsome smuggler bore the same name as her grandfather and the mystery deepened. Now Eustacie's adventure began in earnest....

THESE OLD SHADES 1926 (Georgian) When Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, rescues a beautiful orphan from life on the streets it is for one reason only--to use her to get revenge on his enemy Comte de Saint Vire. Sure that the street urchin is Comte's illegitimate daughter, Justin plans to present her to society, expose her past, and destroy her father in the process. However, what Justin did not count on was the fact that he would fall in love with her himself...

SCANDALOUS VIRTUE 6/1999 ISBN:006101379X Regency. Sheltered and more than a little naïve, Lady Nessa Haughton was raised to be a model of English virtue. But beneath the inexperienced young widow's prim yet exquisitely beautiful exterior beats a willful heart longing for a taste of wickedness that would shock her proper sister and the rest of London Society. The new Marquis of Foxhaven, dashing Jack Ashecroft, is England's most revered war heroes and its most notorious hellion. Though he's inherited his beloved grandfather's title, Jack must reform his rakish ways to gain his fortune. Vowing to earn respectability, he sets out to find a proper wife--a woman above reproach who can redeem his reputation. Irresistibly drawn together, Nessa and Jack each seem to be exactly what the other wants--or so they think. Will their mutual attraction lead to true love, or irreparable ruin for them both?

FIRST NIGHT 5/1989 ISBN:0449218570 (Regency) In the year 1802, two young women, American Martha and English Cristabel, set out across Europe to seek their fortune, in a world where the hazards of Napoleonic power politics mix with the glamour of early 19th century opera and culture. Banished by her father for refusing to marry, Lady Cristabel teams up with Martha Peabody and heads to Lissenberg to continue her opera career, becoming involved instead in political intrigues.

THE DEVIL ON HORSEBACK 1977 (French Revolution)

THE LANDOWER LEGACY 1984 I SBN: 0449207277 (Victorian) She had everything. Beauty. A title. An inheritance. And a secret that could destroy it all. Green-eyed Caroline Tressidor seemingly has her whole world before her - until the long-heralded occasion of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. When an exuberant Caroline views the magnificent royal procession with her mother and her handsome friend the dashing Captain Carmichael, she inadvertently becomes involved in a secret she blurts out to her father. From that moment on, nothing is the same. Caroline watches her promising future dissolve - without knowing why. Determined to discover the truth, Caroline begins a search that will take her from the grandeur of London's society to the wild moors of Cornwall, a quest that will pit Caroline against her shy, pretty sister and the rules of a stern Victorian society. An adventure that will propel her into the arms of the dark, mysterious Paul Landower, trapped in his own past, the man of her dreams who might very well turn out to have a legacy of murder...

THE SILK VENDETTA 1987 ISBN:0449215482 (Victorian) As long as she can remember, the exquisite Lenore Cleremont has lived at The Silk House, the luxurious English country estate of the wealthy Sallonger family. Neither a slave nor a servant, she has grown into a young woman who has shown promise as a dress designer. But she has also won the heart of the two charismatic Sallonger sons. Then tragedy strikes. And Lenore finds herself playing a central role in a drama that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.

A KISS IN THE NIGHT 7/1995 ISBN:0380775972 (Renaissance) Condemned as a witch, sensuous strong-willed Linness of Sauvage bravely faces her doom - until a gallant knight comes to her aid and rescues her from the flames. But after a night of magnificent passion, her dashing champion vanishes. And Linness must escape the still-pursuing mob by posing as a nobleman's betrothed. Banished from the realm for his heroic deed, Paxton Gaillard Chamberlain is haunted by the memory of the exquisite enchantress who claimed his heart on that rapturous, unforgettable eve. Now fate has called him home, where his beloved Linness dwells in the house of his powerful, despised brother - closer than Paxton dared to dream, yet more forbidden than ever...forcing the handsome knight to risk all in the sacred cause of a love magically destined and gloriously true.

PANDORA'S BOX 2/1977 ISBN:0440169208 (Regency) Lovely Emma Lucas's marriage had begun with a lie - and now it had turned into a nightmare. She had traveled from Regency England under an assumed name to marry a French nobleman she had never seen, Jules, Comte du Chaillard. And only after the ceremony was over did she begin to suspect what kind of a monster her bridegroom was, and what horror haunted his ancient chateau. Emma was the bride of a man for whom giving pain was the ultimate pleasure, and who exercised absolute power over every human being in his domain. Only Jules' handsome cousin, Piers Masterson, offered Emma any hope of escape from this terrible trap. Only Jules' fear-shadowed little daughter from a former marriage, Pandora, possessed the key to the mystery of his bizarre behavior. And only Emma herself believed she might find a way out of this maze of madness.

THE HIDDEN JEWEL 8/1997 ISBN:0843942916 (Regency) Dominique Chantal was already in mortal danger. She had been entrusted with the delivery of a precious medallion to a group planning to overthrow Napoleon. But her plight is ambushed, the medallion taken, and the lonely beauty captured by the emperors henchmen. To her dismay, she soon discovers that her sentence will be a sham marriage to Andre Montville, Napoleon's best spy.

BEAST 4/1997 ISBN: 0380786443. (Regency) An exquisite American heiress, Louise Vandermeer is beautiful, brilliant...and bored - which is why she has agreed to a daring adventure: to travel across the ocean to marry an aristocrat abroad. Rumor has it her intended is hideous - a grim prospect that propels her into a passionate, reckless relationship with a compelling stranger she never sees in the light of day. Though scarred by a childhood illness, Charles d'Harcourt has successfully wooed Europe's most sophisticated beauties. For a lark, he contrived to travel incognito on his own fiancée's ship - and seduce the young chit in utter darkness. But the rake's prank backfired. It was he who was smitten - while the hot-tempered Lulu, now his wife, loves only her shipboard lover, unaware it was d'Harcourt all the time! And Charles will never have her heart - unless he can open her eyes to the prince who hides within.

PETRONELLA'S WATERLOO 1977 ISBN:1853892440 (Regency) Impetuous Petronella Fanshawe took the job as governess to Madame de Courcy's children only to escape the domination of her formidable guardian, Mrs. Deeping. But when the de Courcys moved to Paris, Petra traded her governess garb for the dark ...

THE BELOVED SCOUNDREL 2/1994 (Regency) ISBN: 055329945X She was a hostage torn between passion and loyalty...Marianna Sanders realized she could not trust this dark and savagely seductive stranger who had come to spirit her away across the sea. She possessed a secret that could topple an empire, a secret that Jordan Draken, the duke of Cambaron, was determined to wrest from her. In the eyes of the world the arrogant duke was her guardian, but they both knew she was to be a prisoner in his sinister plot--and a slave to his exquisite pleasure. He was the fabulous rake they called the Duke of Diamonds...For years, brilliant, deadly Jordan Draken had schemed to destroy the emperor who threatened everything he valued most in the world. Now that he held this defiant woman who was the key to his final triumph, he felt a fierce sense of satisfaction...and the first stirring of desire. She was only supposed to be a pawn in his plans, but once alone with his captive, Jordan realized she was a prize he could never surrender.

STORM WINDS 6/1991 ISBN: 0553290320 (French Revolution) Eighteenth-century France, where cunning intellects and glittering gowns concealed treacherous hearts...where madness swept a nation, and the last sound many noblemen heard was the terrible song of the guillotine's blade...Brilliant and reputedly ruthless in business Jean Marc Andreas is haunted by the exquisite stature of the Wind Dancer, the heritage of his family. He will defy any force of man or nature to get it back. Juliette de Clement is a force of nature - a beautiful woman who will discover the firestorms of passion denied her by a cruel world. Both want the Wind Dancer...both are determined to wrest it from the hands of unyielding royalty. Together they will risk everything to get it, their quest taking them from stormy Paris to the tranquil gardens of southern France to the perilous mountains of Spain. And their passion for each other will grow to consume them as they are now consumed by their obsession for The Wind Dancer.

MAIDEN OF FIRE 8/2004 ISBN: 0821774786 (Medieval) Her Secrets Would Change Her Life...Raised in a convent, Claire of Foix has been secretly trained in spellbinding by a renegade Templar knight on the run from the heretical Cathers. It is she who has been chosen to stir up a revolt against the new lord of the French fortress, Aimery dei Conti di Segni. Claire believes it will be a simple task to entice him into her spell. Yet she is an innocent in the ways of love, and unprepared for the power of his seduction or the magic of his kiss...His Passion Would Alter His Destiny...A descendant of the Roman pope who began the Crusade against the Cathers, Aimery is drawn to the beautiful young novice, and he quickly moves her into the castle, prepared for an easy conquest. Instead, it is he who is captured by her purity, her strength and her intelligence. But when Claire’s true identity is discovered as fiery rebellion grips the French fortress, Aimery faces a harrowing choice: his sworn duty or his heart’s desire, his legacy—or a love that is destiny...

FORBIDDEN 9/1991 ISBN: 0553291254 (Victorian) From the majestic plains of Montana to the glittering ballrooms and bedchambers of 1890s Paris comes a sensual story of smoldering passion , and a love destined to break every rule...He was raised in the gilded lap of luxury: Etienne Martel, the magnificently virile Duc de Vec, notorious rake, expert sportsman- and the most celebrated lover in all of Paris. But from the moment he saw the incomparable Daisy Black, he knew he would never desire another. She was born half a world away: Daisy Black, a proud Montana Beauty, exotic and untamed-and determined to fight for the rights of women in a land ruled by men. Yet the instant she felt the heat of deVec's jungle-green gaze, she knew she was lost. Like some haunting promise of paradise he drew her in, fanning the flames of her desire until all she could think of was lying in his arms. Now, caught up in a dance as old as time, Etienne an daisy have eyes only for each other. But soon, they'll find their happiness threatened...by a society rocked by their scandalous love...by the woman Etienne calls wife.

TABOO 12/1997 ISBN: 0553572156 (Georgian) Married against her will to the brutal Russian general who conquered her people, Countess Teo Korsakova has never known what it means to want a man...until now. Trapped behind enemy lines, held captive by her husband's most formidable foe, she should fear for her life. But all Teo feels in General Andre Duras's shattering presence is breathless passion. France's most victorious commander, Andre knows that he should do the honorable thing, knows too that on the eve of battle he cannot afford so luscious a distraction. Yet something about Teo lures him to do the unthinkable: to seduce his enemy's wife, and to let himself love a woman who can never be his.

A TOUCH OF SIN 4/1999 ISBN: 0553578650 (Regency) Beatrix Grosvenor couldn't have been caught in a more compromising position: locked in a Parisian apartment with the body of a murdered man. She could only hope that the charismatic stranger who found her would believe her story of abduction and assassination, and free her to return to her young son in England. But Pasha Duras was not about to let her escape so easily. The renowned libertine didn't believe Trixi's fanciful tale, but there was no denying the temptation of her beauty. He would accompany her home, on a sensual journey that would begin with the most tantalizing of seductions--and end with a dangerous discovery. Trixi's enemies were real. Her child was at their mercy... and Pasha's newly awakened heart may prove to be his undoing.

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