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Last Updated: 10/10/2005

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 heros 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.

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