Included below are the authors of Historical Romance set in France, along with the novels and time period to help find those books you might enjoy.

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Last Updated: 05/31/2008

MISTRAL 6/1981 ISBN: 0385173903

CLASH BY NIGHT 2/1988 ISBN: 0373980595 (Regency) Lila Covington has a goal: independence. With a plan to escape the restrictions of 1820's London society and go to Paris to live as a writer, she seeks financial advice from Tristan Wyndam, a barrister her late father mentored. When he suggests that he escort her to France, she sees advantages for both her budget and her safety. The impropriety of the plan doesn't concern her. Raised with a male's education, she resents having a female's lack of freedom. She sees no reason a grown woman must be chaperoned. An honorable man with political aspirations, Tristan is concerned with propriety but he can hardly let his mentor's daughter risk traveling alone. During their journey together, attraction grows between them, multiplying their indiscretions, and in Paris her social circle draws them even deeper into recklessness...and love.

FOR THE LOVE OF LILA 5/2002 ISBN:084394997X

IN MY WILDEST DREAMS 1989 ISBN:0446354023 (Regency) Fiery-haired Rowena de Bernard had been exiled by Napoleon’s conquests from the luxurious French chateau of her birth to the snowy moors of Scotland. Then Captain Tarquin York, a handsome British cavalry officer, took her on a perilous journey back to France, matching her defiant spirit with a will of steel and claiming her heart with the all-consuming heat of his kisses. But Napoleon's armies, maddened with vengeance against the English, would turn their odyssey to the lush vineyards of Southern France into a flight from death. Soon Rowena would be caught up in the fight for freedom that would end at Waterloo. And amid the ravages of war, her innocence would end in flaming desire, and the passion of a hungry for everything love can bring.

DEVIL'S PRIZE 6/1995 ISBN:0312954786 (Regency) Damien, Lord Falon, made his ruthless proposal to Alexa Garrick at the gaming table, where he'd cheated the exquisite young heiress out of a fortune--one night with him would discharge her debt. Yet, as he claimed his prize, the handsome earl fought a craving for more than Alexa's body, and when a twist of fate turned seduction into matrimony, rapture and rage warred within him. How could he love the woman whose flirtations had destroyed his brother? Alexa knew of Damien's French blood, his scandalous liaisons, and the whispers that branded him a smuggler. Though she was playing with fire, the dark devilish earl's hungry embrace plucked at her heartstrings with a haunting song of desire. But was Damien spinning a web of deceit and treason, as he brought her to his surf swept castle?

GYPSY LORD 9/1992 ISBN:0312928785 (Regency) When tall, handsome Dominic sees one of his Romany band whipping a beautiful, flame-haired captive, he never dreams she is a pampered heiress stolen from the English court. To have her, he will pay a king's ransom and make himself her lord. Lovely Catrina forbids Dominic her bed, but her fiery temper is no match for his cool determination to take her as his lover. Still, she will not be passion's slave forever. She and her Gypsy Lord will meet again--in a glittering London setting, far from the rustic tent they shared. Will her desire for revenge overwhelm her natural urge to love?

THE LADY AND THE UNICORN 9/1999 ISBN: 0553581686 (Medieval) The year is 1470 and the legendary Wars of the Roses threatens to tear England apart. In the middle of the conflict is a most unlikely heroine. For Margery, the beautiful and spirited ward of Warwick the Kingmaker, freedom is the only prize worth having. But it is a prize that could cost her her life. Sent to France on a mission for King Edward IV, she finds herself the target of a man who may be one of the king's most dangerous enemies. Sir Richard Huddleston is bold, enigmatic, and devastatingly handsome. He is used to getting what he wants, and he wants Margery to be his wife. But what else does he want? Margery suspects that Richard has abandoned the king and the house of York and is conspiring with the rebel queen and the traitorous house of Lancaster. Caught between her role as a spy and a fierce passion that neither she nor Richard can deny, Margery finds her heart exposed to the ultimate danger: falling in love. Yet she cannot admit her real mission to Richard. For if she stays true to her noble cause, she'll save many men... and lose the one that matters most.

Connie Mason

THE PRICE OF PLEASURE 12/2007 ISBN: 084395745X The Black Widow...That was what she was called by the desperate prisoners incarcerated in Devil's Chateau. Young and beautiful, she was rumored to buy men for purposes both scandalous and secret. Whatever she did with them one thing was certain: Her unfortunate victims were never seen again. But when she whisked Reed Harwood out of the cell where he'd been left to die for spying against the French, he discovered the lady was not al she seemed. Fleur Fontaine was the most exquisitely sensual woman he'd ever met, yet there was an innocence about her that belied her sordid reputation. Though he'd been tortured and starved by his jailors, his body reacted eagerly to her nearness. Only a dead man would fail to respond to the sight of those ebony curls, the touch of those luscious lips. Reed was not head yet, but was he willing to pay... The Price of Pleasure RR@H's Novel Thoughts

Robin Maxwell

MADEMOISELLE BOLEYN 11/2007 ISBN: 0451222091 With her father ordered to spy on the French Court, the charming and sweetly innocent Anne Boleyn is delighted by the thought of a new adventure in a strange land. And she is not to be disappointed. For under her watchful, inquisitive gaze, her beautiful sister, Mary, fulfills her own mission: to uncover the secrets of the King of France by seducing him. As Mary turns the seduction into a challenge, collecting as many gorgeous jewels and private favors as the king will lavish upon her, Anne undergoes her own sexual awakening, each daring exploit taking her one step closer to the life that is her destiny... RR@H's Novel Thoughts

THE QUEEN OF NAPLES 6/1976 (Regency) The scandalous intrigues of Napoleon's beautiful sister to gain a queen's crown!

THAT SWEET ENEMY 2/1982 (Regency)

TEARS OF GOLD 4/1979 ISBN: 0380414759 (Victorian) Haunted by the memory of her aristocratic father's desertion of his mistress and children, Mara O'Flynn grew up despising men. She sought her livelihood in the theater, where, as a beautiful actress, she found vengeance in enchanting and discarding suitors, teasing them with subtle promises of ecstasy only to reject them with an air of finely tuned cruelty. It was an amusing sport...until the young Lord Julian—half mad with desire—shot himself. Then Mara, with her brother Brendan and his small son Paddy, departed for America. Brendan hoped to strike it rich in the California hills...Mara wanted only to forget young Julian's desperate act. She had no idea that Julian's uncle, Nicholas Chantale, was in pursuit. Dashing, reckless and rich, Nicholas Chantale had vowed revenge on the temptress who brought his nephew to such an extreme. Nicholas desired one thing—to win the affection of this evil beauty and then spurn her! Unsuspecting, Mara found herself in love, her long-suppressed passions awakened for the first time....by a man whose seductive allure concealed the hate in his heart!

BEYOND TEMPTATION 6/2005 ISBN: 0060593687 (Medieval) Beyond duty ...A proud yet haunted warrior, Sir Richard de Cantor left his past behind when he joined the secret brotherhood of Templar Knights. Now he is returning home to face a challenge greater than any he has ever known: a forbidden promise of ecstasy that dwells in the gentle heart of a fallen noblewoman. Beyond desire ...Lady Margaret Newcomb has paid dearly for her sins of long ago, her good name stripped away as she was forced into seclusion. Yet such torment is nothing compared to what she suffers when Richard de Cantor enters her world of penance. Here is a man, brave and strong yet tender, whose breathtaking masculinity tempts her to sin once more. To want him is dangerous and taboo. But to deny her passion is to deny life itself and the one chance for a love beyond limits, beyond rapture ...

FOR MY LADY'S HAND 4/1996 ISBN: 0440221633 (Medieval) She was a flame-haired beauty, a fiery adversary to the Norman warrior who invaded Stewart Castle, her demesne. Pledged to save her little brother, the clan's heir, Aylena Stewart sent six-year-old Ian to safety. Then she tried to escape, only to be set upon by savage rogues - and rescued by the enemy she'd fled. The great barbarian was her only hope, damn him! His touch seared her body; his kisses threatened her reason, the only weapon she still possessed...The greatest warrior in all Britain, Baron Thor Rodancott met his match in the spirited beauty who ignited his passion. For her he would do anything - but yield his right to the castle granted to him by the king. So he made a plan of conquest, a sweet, seductive siege that left her breathless with desire - and demanded of him near-total surrender to win her, body and soul...

LOUISIANA BRIDE 3/1999 (Georgian and Colonial) She promised him marriage... To escape her cruel stepfather, spirited Danielle de Bussy fled France for the untamed Louisiana Colony, where she hoped to seek shelter with her uncle - and hold on to her independence. But finding him meant a difficult journey through the wilderness, and when maddeningly arrogant plantation owner Rouen Beauvoir insisted on escorting her, Danielle found herself shaken by longing for her masculine guide... The son of a duke, Rouen had left his family's estate determined to shape his own destiny, ignoring his father's demands to return to France and wed a woman he had never seen. Rouen vowed to select his own wife - and fiery Danielle was a tempting choice. After her uncle's death, a marriage in name only would offer Danielle protection and provide Rouen with the wife he needed - until their desire became an undeniable demand...

AMANDA'S FOLLY 12/1991 ISBN:0821736043 (Regency) Domineering Devil...Penniless and abandoned by her family, Miss Amanda Waverly had no one to turn to but the mysterious highwayman who'd kidnapped her. Though Nick Malvern's elegant bearing seemed more suited to a gentleman than an outlaw, Amanda detested relying on this domineering devil for aid. Yet, when their unorthodox journey to Paris caused her temper to flare, his punishing kiss sparked much more than her tongue-lashing. Amanda was shocked to find herself attracted to the fair-haired Nick...lucky for her he seemed disinterested. For if he ever decided to pursue her, Amanda knew she'd have to summon up all her courage to keep him at bay! Maddening Miss...An often unscrupulous gentleman, Sir Nicholas Malvern had resorted to kidnapping Miss Waverly to fund his flight from a dangerous scrape. But when her family refused to pay then cast her out, Nick reluctantly decided to take her to Paris with him, never guessing the meek maid would become a rebellious vixen! Yet, as Nick bantered with the sharp-tongued, tawny haired Amanda, he found her increasingly intriguing and entirely too attractive. Once among the Parisian society, Nick resolved to marry her off quickly - for he feared being caught in any woman's web...though he wondered at the pleasures of being held in Amanda's waiting arms.

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