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Elizabeth Bailey
AN ANGEL'S TOUCH 12/1992 ISBN:0263779513 Miss Verity Lambourn found she had no choice about accompanying elderly Lady Crossens to Tunbridge Wells, but she didn't mind. Far from husband-hunting, Verity had other plans in mind which would make full use of her vivid imagination! But dreaming didn't stop her impetuous rescue of two small children, nor cause her to back down from their stern father. When she discovered his identity she did consider she ought to have been more circumspect, not knowing how her refreshing candor drew both children and father...
A FRAGILE MASK 6/1996 ISBN:0263795985 Miss Verena Chacely was a mystery to her neighnours. She was stunningly beautiful, but so coldly calm that she held all at a distance. Only Mr Denzell Hawkeridge saw a break in her facade, as she frolicked joyously with the local children. He realised there was a turmoil of feeling beneath her polite expressionless exterior. Shaken, Denzell knew that this time his flirting could hurt, and he determined to find the truth about Verena - falling in love with her wasn't part of the plan at all...
HIDDEN FLAME 10/1993 ISBN:0263782379 Miss Theodosia Kyte knew she only had herself to blame for her present dire circumstances, but her only alternative was, she felt, totally closed to her. So as companion to the old tartar, Lady Merchistan, she mad the best of a bad job-- until Mr. Benedict Beckenham arrived to visit his godmother. Because of his scandalous background, Benedict's aim was unqualified acceptance by Society, but for that he needed to marry money, and Theda did not qualify, despite his passion for her! Impasse -- until that arch manipulator Lady Merchistan put the cat among the pigeons...
SEVENTH HEAVEN 2000 ISBN:0373303602 After a year of wealthy widowhood, Lady Louisa Shittlehope prided herself on her skill at discouraging the attentions of greedy suitors. A skill that she was sure to find handy when she accompanied her ward to town for the season to find the girl a suitable husband. Louisa's arrival set the Berowne brothers scrambling for an introduction to the lovely widow, hoping for a profitable alliance. But in Septimus Berowne, seventh-born, and rock of the clan, Louisa found a man who made her feel like a woman. Yet could she trust that his love was for her alone and not her wealth?
SEVENTH HEAVEN - FRIDAY DREAMING - A FRAGILE MASK 6/2001
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RAKES AND ROGUES 6/1993 ISBN: 0451176391 When they're bad they're better....Here are men who are 'mad, bad, and dangerous to know' - sly Romeos, devious dandies, sexy scoundrels, and darkly forbidding heroes - all outlaws of the heart who are used to getting their way...until true love steps in. Contains "Hide-and-Seek" by Melinda McRae; "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" by Mary Jo Putney; "The Wrong Door" by Mary Balogh; "Cat's-Paw" by Maura Seger; and "Highway Robbery" by Anita Mills.
Mary Balogh
HEARTLESS 10/1995 ISBN 0425150119 Betrayed by his brother and rejected by his fiancée, Lucas Kendrick, the Duke of Harndon, fled to Paris, where he became the most sought-after bachelor in fashionable society. Ten years later, fate has brought him back home, to the rescue of the very people who had shunned him. Amused by the advice that a wife will make his takeover of both the title and the family estate smoother, Luke's amusement soon turns to desire once he sets eyes upon Lady Anna Marlowe...He soon finds, however that Anna, also no stranger to pain, can't be so easily overcome, not when her tormentor stalks her to the very doors of Bowden Abbey. Luke and Anna must learn to trust each other and their love if their relationship is to survive.
SILENT MELODY 8/1997 ISBN 0425158624 Lady Emily Marlowe has never forgotten Lord Ashley Kendrick, who went to India when she was very young and married someone else there. She is engaged to another man when Ashley returns, widowed and alone and desperately unhappy. Emily's love is revived, but Ashley harbors a deep, dark, dangerous secret, and she can neither hear not speak.
THIEF OF DREAMS 5/1998 ISBN: 0515122742 On the eve of her twenty-first birthday ball, Cassandra would finally be free. Free from mourning her father's death, and free to begin a new life as Countess of Worthing. Cass had no intention of marrying - not yet. Instead, she planned to rule her land and bask in her independence. Then the dashing Nigel Wetherby arrives at the ball - an uninvited guest on Cassandra's most magical day. To young Cass, he is the sweetest of passions. But Nigel has plans of his own. Plans that could break her heart, and defy their love. At once, he is both her worst nightmare - and her dream come true.
Iris Bancroft
RAPTURE'S REBEL 1980 ISBN:0523405219 A historical romance written against the tumultuous background of the Northern War of 1710.
Diana Bane
LOVERS OF THE GOLDEN DRUM 5/1994 Short Story TT. Love breaks free from the hands of time in four breathtaking tales wherein a vintage dress-shop owner travels to Medieval England, a woman's dreams reveal a secret love from the past, an engaged workaholic experiences a romantic deja vu, and a heroine plunges off the Cornwall cliffs and into a knight's arms.
Nina Bangs
MASTER OF ECSTASY 2/2004 ISBN:0505525577 Her trip back in time to 1785 Scotland was supposed to be a vacation, so why did Blythe feel that her stay at the MacKenzie castle would be anything but? The gloomy old pile of stones had her imagination working overtime, making helpful suggestions about every bump in the night: demon, considers you yummy take-out; really ugly gargoyle, wants to sleep in your bed. So she wasn't at all surprised when the first hunk she met turned out to be Mr. Dark-Evil-and-Deadly himself, an honest-to-goodness vampire. His voice was a tempting slide of sin, and his body raised her temperature way above 98.6°, but when Darach whispered, "To waste a neck such as yours would be a terrible thing," she decided his pillow talk left a lot to be desired. Dangerous? You bet. To die for? Definitely. Soul mate? Just wait and see. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Elaine Barbieri
AMBER PASSION 1/1985 ISBN:821715011 The last thing Melanie recalled was the dinner she had shared with her beloved Captain Worth Randolph. But when she awoke from her drugged sleep, their ship had been captured-and the magnificent auburn haired beauty lay helplessly bound hand and foot. "Forget your past, you belong to me now! " her jailer the traitorous Jason Marsh commanded. But even as his eyes raked hungrily over her voluptuous curves-even as his cruel lips left a trail of searing kisses that inflamed her senses-Melanie vowed she'd remain loyal to her one true love....The first thing Worth demanded when he opened his eyes was to see his adored Melanie. But his beautiful Oriental captor the cruel Sie-She had other plans for the arrogant captain. "The red-haired one finds consolation in the arms of another, " she sneered, caressing the rippling muscles of his tightly bound arms. Yet even as rage filled his heart at Melanie's betrayal-even as an animal pleasure spread irresistibly over his flesh at Sie-She's exquisite touch-Worth swore he'd never succumb to another woman's charms. He'd fight to the death for one last chance to claim Melanie as his own, for one last moment of Amber Passion.
AMBER TREASURE 1983 ISBN:0821712012 The last place Melanie Morganfield Young expects to fall prey to love is on the same sea that took her wealthy husband. Recently widowed, Melanie finds herself seeking solace with the captain of the very ship that was to have sailed her and her husband on a journey of discovery to the Orient. Melanie thinks she can never love again. But Captain Worth Randolph's passionate glances and surprising gentleness start to sweep away her defenses. Beneath his hard exterior, Melanie finds a compassionate soul. And gazing into his eyes, she finds the courage to finally let go of the past and surrender to the man who exposes the deepest treasures of her heart.
Elisabeth Barr
THE SEA TREASURE 2/1981 ISBN:0872167801 She was the sole survivor of the shipwreck, and the only witness to the murderous band who destroyed all those on board....A band of savage brigands contrive a shipwreck near Cornwall, plundering and murdering everyone aboard, except for one. A young woman escapes to the beach, suffering from amnesia, the only living witness to the crime. She is discovered and sheltered by the roguish squire Dominic Pengallion, who swears vengeance on the murdering bandits, and helps her piece her memory together.
Nina Beaumont
THE SHADOWED HEART 7/1998 ISBN: 0373290225 Luca Zeani had the face of a fallen angel...It was a face Chiara had never forgotten, for it belonged to the man who had ruined her sister - the man she had vowed to destroy. But though she burned with vengeance, Luca's passionate kisses ignited a hotter flame that made her his captive in body and soul. Could the whisperings of her wayward heart lead her to the light of truth, or was she forever destined to love a man of darkness?
Naomi Bellis
DRAW DOWN THE DARKNESS 4/2007 ISBN: 0451220951 In eighteenth century London, England’s most talented spy risks his honor—and his life—to rescue the one woman who could heal his heart... In order to save his family from ruin, Nicholas Saville, Viscount Redfern, has secretly pledged his sword to King George’s spymaster, Sir Alaric. Espionage suits him well, except that his duties take him far away from England and his betrothed. Heartbroken by her beloved’s long and unexplained absences, Helen Barrett breaks off their engagement. Soon she is courted by a powerful earl, a man well-versed in both magic and treason. He inspires Helen’s utmost distrust until he gives her a stunning sapphire necklace—a gift that traps her under his dark spell. Redfern’s mission is to stop the murderous Hellfire League, but he will risk that and more to save—and win back—the woman he adores. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
STEP INTO DARKNESS 9/2006 ISBN: 0451219384 At The Height Of The French Revolution, A Viscount's Daughter Enlists The Help Of A Man Who Turns Out To Be A Perilous Threat To Her Family....Sarah Leaford is desperate to rescue her father from the dungeons of Paris, and it seems that her success depends on one man: Gentleman Jack, the greatest thief in all of London. What she doesn't know is that Jack is already well acquainted with her father....Years ago, Lord Carleigh framed Jack for murder, leaving him a ruined man destined for the gallows. Now Jack has a chance for revenge—but to take it, he must resist falling for the beautiful noblewoman and her mysterious, untamed magic. Drawn together by a dangerous mission, they must not surrender to the passion that flares between them. Sarah and Jack are not simply a maiden and a thief, and more lives than theirs are in peril. So much is at risk that even the dead take notice.... RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Patti Berg
LOOKING FOR A HERO 12/1998 ISBN: 0380795558 Morgan 'Black Heart' Farrell can't believe that the honey-haired siren is telling him the truth: that he's sailed right into the twentieth century. He desperately needs to get back to his ship and his own time. But for now, the widowed Kate seems to need a man - a real man - who can protect and comfort her. Black Heart knows he may have brought danger with him from the past, but he can't seem to resist Kate's cupid-bow mouth with its fiery kisses. At first, Kate Cameron can't believe her eyes as they drink in the spectacular mystery man standing on an otherwise deserted beach. Never mind that he's wearing a cutlass and looks like he washed onshore from an off-Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance, Black Heart is the sexiest man Kate has ever seen. And she soon begins to believe that Morgan's heart may not be so black...but that he may be the hero she's been looking for.
Renee Bernard
BLIND APHRODITE 10/2000 ISBN: 0595120695 A bold historical romance with characters unlike any others. Lady Claire Aylesbury is brave, beautiful and blind. When her twin brother, Edward, mysteriously disappears, she is forced to venture out alone to find him. Desperate to escape a limited future and loveless marriage, she meets Captain Rutger Grayson--a man equally desperate to escape his own past and the demons of fate. Together they discover that true love is the only sanctuary left in Blind Aphrodite.
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STAR OF WONDER 10/1999 ISBN: 0515126535 Includes "Day of Wrath" by Jo Beverley; "Starlight Wedding" by Alice Alfonsi; "Last Kiss at the Loving Cup Saloon" by Tess Farraday; and "Joy to the World" by Kat Freiman.
Jo Beverley
THE DEMON'S BRIDE short story in MOONLIGHT LOVERS 9/1993 ISBN: 0451177223 Rachel Proudfoot has enough trouble resisting the temptation of rakish Lord Morden without supernatural intervention. When she plays the traditional role of the Demon's Bride, however, a mighty earth spirit wants to use them both to return to the world.
THE DETERMINED BRIDE short story in MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT 10/1996 ISBN:038078615X Tricked by a clever seducer, Kate Dunstable finds herself a pregnant army campfollower. She will not let her child be born a nameless bastard, however, and pursues the father into a battlefield, determined on marriage. There, however, she finds that her lover is dead. In despair, in labor, she accepts the offer of one of his fellow officers, a man who expects to die. But Charles Tennant does not die, and soon they discover that their midnight marriage has created as many problems as it solved.
DEVILISH 4/2000 ISBN: 0451199979 The Marquess of Rothgar has been haunted all his life by witnessing his mother turn mad and murder his baby sister. With such blood in his veins, he is resolved not to marry, but then he meets Lady Arradale. Diana, Countess of Arradale is that rarest of creatures, a peeress in her own right, holding extraordinary power and influence for a woman. To marry risks losing her independence, and yet when she meets the Marquess of Rothgar, for the first time she is tempted. She is tempted in a strictly physical way as well, and surely that might be safe when he is the one man in England who does not want to marry her wealth and power. Both decide it would be wiser to part, but then the king, alarmed by awareness of such a powerful woman loose in his realm, commands Rothgar to escort the countess to London.
A MOST UNSUITABLE MAN 3/2005 ISBN:0451214234 Damaris Myddleton never expected to inherit a vast fortune-but she's ready to use it to buy the most eligible title in England. In comes Mr. Fitzroger, the dashing but penniless adventurer who first saves her from social disaster, and then saves her life. Now, trapped in mystery, danger, and forbidden intimacy, Damaris fights not to surrender her freedom and her heart to a most unsuitable man.
MY LADY NOTORIOUS 3/1993 ISBN: 0380767856 To save her sister, Lady Chastity Ware hold up a coach. Unfortunately, instead of containing an elderly lord or a wealthy merchant, it holds Captain Lord Cynric Malloren, bored after time at home recovering from sickness. To her exasperation, he insists in helping her, regarding the whole thing as an adventure. While evading the villain who seeks to snatch her sister's child, and the military raised to search for all of them, Chastity and Cyn fall deep in love. But Chastity is a ruined woman whose father will never let her marry a Malloren, and Cyn's brother, the formidable Marquess of Rothgar, will surely not permit such a disastrous alliance.
SECRETS OF THE NIGHT 7/1999 ISBN: 0451408896 Lord Brand Malloren awakes from a drugged stupor to find he is the prisoner of a masked woman who wants sex in reward for saving his life. He comes to believe her but who, then, drugged him and abandoned him in a remote Yorkshire dale? And what does his mysterious, and rather awkward, lover really want? Rosamunde Overton wants only peaceful days in her quiet Wensleydale home, but if she doesn't have a baby her husband's estate and all who live there will fall into the hands of a ruthless religious sect. She finds the courage to sin, but can she find the courage to leave the man she has come to love? Especially as she must harm him to keep her dangerous secret. When she thinks she and her cousin have made everything safe, they discover that the Marquess of Rothgar is on hand, seeking his brother and intent on revenge against those who have harmed him.
TEMPTING FORTUNE 3/1995 ISBN: 082177347X Lord Arcenbryght Malloren is done with love, and if he marries it will be to get money to invest in his favorite scheme. But then he meets Portia St. Claire, and is soon entangled in her and her family's ruinous affairs. It doesn't take Bryght long to decide that Portia is the woman for him. It takes him a great deal longer to persuade Portia that she can safely link her fortunes to a man who appears to be a reckless gamester.
WINTER FIRE 11/2003 ISBN: 0451210654 Through no fault of her own, Genova Smith is in the precarious position of accompanying the Marquess of Ashart to the home of Lord Rothgar, his cousin and mortal enemy. Even more distressing, she and the infuriating rake have been caught in a passionate kiss, forcing her into the dangerous situation of pretending to be in love with the one man capable of stealing her heart. Caught in an unwanted betrothal, Lord Ashart plays the game to protect a lady's virtue while pursuing darker purposes of his own. To survive, he must confront his cousin and his past, but the passion that ignites between him and Genova threatens everything. With her, he realizes he's finally met his match-and if he isn't careful, their staged engagement may turn into something deliciously real. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Basil Beyea
THE GOLDEN MISTRESS 1976 She would use the only weapons she had, her beauty and her intelligence. The prize was the same as it had always been, the silver and gold that could buy what she wanted. Born Betsy Bowen, illegitimate daughter of a wharfside whore, she was seduced at the age of 10 by her Bible-toting guardian. By the time she was 15, she was one of the most accomplished prostitutes in the New England colonies. She rose to capture the heart of Aaron Burr, becoming the most famous courtesan of her day - the notorious and much envied Mme. Jumel.
NOTORIOUS ELIZA: A NOVEL ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED AARON BURR 1978 ISBN:0671224700 Continues the fictional story told in THE GOLDEN MISTRESS of Eliza Capet Jumel Burr.
Barbara Bickmore
THE MOON BELOW 1990 ISBN: 0821744542 Two men. And a land big enough to hold all their dreams... The daughter of a Newcastle coalminer, Hallie Thomas sailed halfway around the world to marry Chadwick Morgan, a man she'd never met. But on the ship bound for Australia, she met Dr. Tristan Faulkner, who awakened her heart to passion - and dared her to want more...Surrounded by purple mountains, silvery eucalyptus, and a primitive aboriginal culture, Hallie fought to carve a future from the exotic wilds of New South Wales. A woman of rare spirit and bold desire, she had a heart big enough to love two men - and to embrace all the tumultuous passion of a vast and bountiful land.
Olga Bicos
SWEETER THAN DREAMS 6/1995 ISBN: 0786001429 ....a quest for treasure, and a voyage into the unknown. Leydianna Carstair, bookkeeper and dreamer, meets nobleman Quentin Alexander Rutherford. Lord Ruthless, as she calls him, is handsome, wealthy unpredictable...and about to have his well-ordered life turned upside down by his mischievous new employee. It's the beginning of a wild adventure where anything can happen—and does—from kidnapping to kisses, piracy to passion.
Lisa Bingham
THE BENGAL RUBIES 8/1993 ISBN: 0671770950 Aloise Crawford's father had imprisoned her for years in a French academy before he ordered her back to George III's England for a scandalous reason: to auction her to any suitor who bid highest for her and her dowry of the fabulous Bengal Rubies. Even she didn't know those jewels had been stolen from the family of Slater McKendrick. And there had been other, darker crimes McKendrick could not forget. Now he waited on this lonely beach to abduct Crawford's daughter and get his revenge. But the girl surprised him by her courageous attempt to escape her father's scheme. As he pulled the wet, shivering beauty to her feet, he saw in her eyes a shattered soul that matched his own, and he felt a lightning stab of white-hot passion. What Aloise saw in Slater was her destiny - the man who could destroy her or save her, the man she dared not trust and yet had already begun so desperately to love.
Donna Birdsell
WOLF'S TEMPTATION 10/2006 ISBN: 0425212610 Out to prove he hasn't lost his edge, spymaster Ethan Gray—known as the Wolf—is on the hunt for a smuggler shipping arms to colonial rebels in America. Instead, he finds himself frustrated at every turn by a mysterious woman whom he can only recognize by the scent she leaves behind... Maris Winter, a spy who goes by the name Raven, has spent her life admiring Ethan Gray—the brave, dashing rake who once risked his life to try to save her father's. But when she's assigned to work closely with him, he turns from champion to rival. For it is of utmost importance that she protect the very man the Wolf is stalking, even if it means betraying her new partner, and her country. But it isn't long before she is forced to decide if her loyalty lies with her past—or with the man who has stolen her heart...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Sheila Bishop
BATH ASSEMBLY 5/1977 ISBN:0441048315 The English resort of Bath in 1766, its most glorious period, sets the stage for a young woman's first introduction to love.. and deception
CONSEQUENCES 9/1981 ISBN:0449502082 The beautiful Lavinia was happily married until her encounter with Captain Stephen Milroyd. She flirted outrageously with him, unaware that her husband James, the Earl of Keynsham, was watching quite carefully. But then, James had his own secrets. Still, Lavinia was not fool enough to become Stephen's mistress. Oh, he had asked that of her. But at the moment, she could not bring herself to take that step. Then a stranger came into their midst and set a daring intrigue in motion. An intrigue that threatened to destroy not only Lavinia's marriage, but England itself....
THE PHANTOM GARDEN 1/1974 ISBN:0449231135 Celia Greenwood knew she'd always have every luxury if she agreed to become Charles Stannard's mistress. But the stunningly beautiful singing sensation of Vauxhall Gardens wanted no part of the arrangement. She had no intention of becoming the dashing rake's latest conquest. Then suddenly Charles changed his tack. He decided he wanted to marry Celia. She told him no again. Celia knew he was dedicated to her happiness. But the terrible secret she carried locked deep in her heart would not permit her to accept his proposal. She thought that Charles would keep on trying. What she didn't realize was that his quest had just begun.
A SPEAKING LIKENESS 1978 Diana Pentland, a young widow, could hardly avoid befriending the miserable unwed girl she found on her doorstep. But when the girl refused to divulge her name, nor that of her seducer -- and the disappeared, leaving behind her new-born son -- Diana almost regretted her charity. An attorney persuaded her to adopt the boy, and in return an anonymous client would provide for them generously. Soon she came to love little "Hop" as her own. His identity and that of the mysterious benefactor remained secret, until a chance visit to Brandham Castle, when hop's incredible likeness to the heir led Diana to believe she had solved the mystery. As she found herself drawn deeper into the family secrets, she also found protection and love from a very unexpected source...
Charity Blackstock
OCTAVIA 1965
Catherine Blair
DEVIL WIND 8/1991 ISBN:0373286899 Danger was as close as desire. High on the cliffs overlooking the sea, Devil Wind castle loomed dark and foreboding. This was Rochella's new home - and she knew instantly that her husband, Lord Devlin, was equally unhappy with their arranged marriage. At first sight of his enchanting bride, Devlin longed to defy his name and its burdens. For Rochella's safety, he must keep their a marriage in name only. Yet, how long could he run from the need to love her as his heart demanded? Spellbound with desire Rochella would soon discover the dark secrets that cast their shadow on a man who had sworn never to love.
Jennifer Blake
SPANISH SERENADE 8/1990 ISBN: 0449146030 It would take a rare combination of hatred, daring, and curiosity to bring the notorious brigand El Leon to her moonlit veranda…and even more to lure him to accept her bold request. But beautiful, headstrong Pilar Sandoval y Serna will pay any price to escape the tyranny of her stepfather, Don Esteban. In desperation and fury, Pilar turns to handsome, moody El Leon, a nobleman impoverished by the evil of Don Esteban, for help. Hiding with his band of outlaws in the mountains, he, too, has sworn death to Pilar’s stepfather. And he will let nothing deter him from avenging his own family’s honor. Pilar offers to pay El Leon her fortune in gold if he will pretend to kidnap her and return her to her beloved aunt. But before the mission is complete, El Leon discovers that Pilar’s dowry is worthless and that death awaits them both at the hands of Don Esteban. El Leon will not settle for empty coffers. He swears he will get his money’s worth from her—in whatever way he pleases for as long as he pleases. And left without family or friend, Pilar knows she is at his mercy…
Cheryl Bolen
A DUKE DECEIVED 3/1998 ISBN: 0373290063 Was Beauty to be her burden? The unexpected and overwhelming proposal of marriage by Richard Moncrief, the Duke of Radcliff, was a dream come true to dowryless Bonny Barbara Allan - and her worst nightmare. For her reticent husband spoke endlessly of her beauty, yet never of his love. And her clandestine visits to help her cousin weren't easing matters at all...His obsession with the fair Bonnie Barbara Allan was ruining the duke of Radcliff's heretofore orderly life. But how could he trust his new bride - and vow his undying love - when she was secretly meeting another man?
Margo Bode
JASMINE SPLENDOR 1/1981 ISBN: 0671424319
Elizabeth Boyle
ONE NIGHT OF PASSION 7/2002 ISBN:0380820897 Georgiana Escott has one night to find the perfect man to ruin her and leave her with a tattered reputation so she can avoid an arranged marriage to an aging, despicable roue. With a misstep, she tumbles into the arms of the disgraced and dashing Lord Danvers. But Georgie doesn't know that the lover she has enticed to follow her into the night and the stranger she holds responsible for her misfortunes are in the same...When Lord Danvers find himself entangled with a tempting Cyprian, his secret mission to expose a dangerous spy goes awry. Yet once he starts to unmasked this bewitching lady, he realizes the seductress who claims his heart may be the traitor he seeks. Mistrust makes them adversaries in a perilous game -- but how can he dismiss his obsession with her when one night of passion entwined their lives forever?
Shelley Bradley
SWEET ENEMY 4/1999 ISBN: 0821763393 After his wife was brutally murdered and he was accused of the crime, Dominic Grayson's faith in humanity died--and a craving for revenge was born. To punish the man who framed him, Dominic vowed to claim the Duke of Dalmont's prized possession--his young fiancée's virtue. But when Dominic kidnapped lovely Victoria Tarrent, his ruthless scheme was shattered by the torment of desire... Victoria refused to believe in the deceit and violence Dominic swore Dalmont was capable of. After all, Grayson was the man all London knew as a murderer, and the same man holding her prisoner in a remote cottage. Yet her captor's brooding silences aroused her curiosity--just as his seductive touch aroused her untried passion. Escape was impossible, but suddenly Victoria feared falling in love was not..
Christianna Brand
STARRBELOW 1979 They called her Sapphire... A Venetian beauty of flashing radiance, Sofia Devigne was cast into the cynical splendor of English Society. Deceived and deserted in her marriage to Lord Weyburn of Starrbelow, the new Lady Weyburn stunned all of London with scandalous acts of public misconduct. but her untamed passion for revenge held grave consequences. Sofia -- now mother of young Nicholas and accused murderess of her good friend, Lady Christine Lillane Frome, soon stood before a hostile court in her "Trial by Society." But though scorned and ravaged, the stoic beauty courageously still held the burning truth deep within her tormented heart -- and throughout her dauntless quest for honour, she struggled to remain The Sapphire of Starrbelow......
THE BITTERSWEET BRIDE e-book Saria Despard is The Bittersweet Bride, the beautiful but fallen daughter of a Bristol Blue Glass manufacturer who reluctantly marries the Earl of Wroth, an arrogant nobleman of rakish reputation. Saria and Wroth share a brief secret past, one that has caused heartache, mistrust and unhappiness. Forced into a marriage neither wants, can Saria and Wroth overcome their past and a sinister family opposition to fall in love all over again?
A DEADLY ENGAGEMENT e-book ISBN: 158608135 It's 1763 and career diplomat Alec Halsey returns to London to the shocking news his estranged elder brother, the Earl of Delvin, has not only killed his best friend in a duel, but become engaged to the woman Alec had hoped to marry. The dead man's mother is convinced her son was murdered and wants Alec to prove it. Alec reluctantly attends a weekend house party to celebrate his brother's engagement, hoping to learn more about the suspect duel, when the house guests get more than they bargained for. A lady's maid is murdered, the bride-to-be is attacked, and a house guest is found shot dead in the shrubbery. Alec's investigations uncover a connection between these sinister acts, his brother's duel, a recently raided male brothel, and the wrongful hanging of a master apothecary. Alec is also forced to confront a cruel twist of fate that explains why his brother loathes him and will go to any lengths to discredit him in Polite Society.
AN IMPETUOUS BETROTHAL Widowed, and now known by his inherited title Lucian, Earl of Erskine-St. Merryn, Lord Erskine offers marriage to the Duke of Roxton's illegitmate ward, Maxine Fitzstuart. Is the betrothal an outrageous whim to give a beautiful girl social acceptability, or part of Lord Erskine's sinister plan to exact revenge on the Duke for allowing him to rot three years in a Continental prison?
THE NOBLE SATYR Paris and London: 1745. The Noble Satyr is about the Duke of Roxton and his ward, Antonia Moran whom he rescues from the clutches of the lascivious Comte de Salvan, who plans to wed Antonia to his drug-addicted son so he can take her as his mistress with honor. Can Roxton save Antonia from an arranged marriage, from the Comte and... from himself?
Brenna Braxton-Barshon
THROUGH ALL ETERNITY 5/1992 ISBN: 0061041041 From the steamy back streets of New Orleans to the glitter of London's titled society to the fury of the French Revolution, they were two hearts bound together by a single destiny. Desperate circumstances had forced her into a reckless life of danger and misadventure on the shadowy streets of New Orleans. Yet no man could tame lovely young Shawnalese Grenville's fiery spirit - or possess her wild, rebellious heart. Except one. He was her guardian, seductive Gayhawke Carrington, Duke of Foxridge - an enigmatic man of smoldering power and dark, seething passions. The moment she laid eyes on the irresistible nobleman, Shawny knew she would always belong to him - body and soul. Until his devastating betrayal. Years later, a dazzling beauty and the toast of Parisian society, she vowed to take her revenge. But even as she schemed and plotted, Hawke's bold sensuality enslaved her as never before. It wasn't until she nearly lost him forever that she found the love she had been searching for, a love destined to blaze...Through All Eternity
Leigh Bristol
HEARTS OF FIRE 1/1989 ISBN: 0446301752 Teach me to be a woman... Bold and beautiful, Storme O'Malley was a legend among America's privateers. Daring with her sword, defiant in her spirit, she was captain of the Tempest, the most dreaded pirate ship on the sea. But no man had ever kissed her honeyed lips or touched the secret places that transform a girl into a woman...until handsome, hard-muscled Simon York became her captive. A powerful Southern landowner, Simon vowed to despise the untamed she-cat who held him prisoner. Yet ignited by her sensuality, touched by her innocence, he couldn't resist her offer of freedom in exchange for a lesson in the art of love....nor could he let her perish when fate swept her toward the hangman's noose. Soon, wanted by authorities on both sides of the sea, Storme and Simon would find themselves fighting imprisonment and an implacable, unscrupulous enemy - for their passionate dreams and the fiery love they shared.
Connie Brockway
THE PASSIONATE ONE 7/1999 ISBN: 0440226295 He was a notorious rogue with a reputation for hell-raising and heartbreaking. But family secrets forced Ashton Merrick to do his ruthless father's bidding--and escort Rhiannon Russell back to McClairen's Isle. Ash suspected that his father intended to make the innocent beauty his fourth wife. But he didn't expect the passions she would ignite in his own wary heart.
THE RECKLESS ONE 2/2000 ISBN: 0440226279 Raine: The Reckless One...there was sin in his smile and wildness in his soul.... Raine Merrick's wild, reckless spirit had earned him time in a French prison. When a mysterious beauty gains his freedom only to betray him, Raine Merrick sets out for his father's castle on McClairen's Isle, seeking the treasure hidden within. But strange surprises await him in the Highlands. He never expected to find his deceitful angel masquerading as an honored guest. Or to want her with all the searing passion in his sinner's soul.
Brownley-Cantrell-Crenshaw-Kitt
FOR THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE 5/1996 ISBN:0312957912 Margaret Brownley's straight-laced gray-suited insurance detective is a bull in a whimsical Los Angeles chocolate shop and its beautiful, nutty owner wants him out - until she discovers his surprisingly soft center. Raine Cantrell carries you back to the Old West, where men were men and candy was scarce...and a cowboy with the devil's own good looks succumbs to a sassy and sensual lady's special confectionary. In Nadine Crenshaw's London of 1660, a reckless Puritan maid's life is changed forever by a decadent brew of frothy hot chocolate and the dashing owner of a sweetshop. Sandra Kitt follows a Chicago child's search for a box of Sweet Dreams that brings together a tall, handsome engineer and a tough single mother with eyes like chocolate drops.
Virginia Brown
CAPTURE THE WIND 12/1994 Vowing never to allow another woman into his heart after a past betrayal, a notorious pirate finds his will shaken by a passionate beauty fleeing high society.
Lolah Burford
EDWARD, EDWARD 5/1973 ISBN:0304293210 This mighty novel portrays in a complex tapestry the story of the tortured and inextricably entwined lives of the Earl of Tyne and his illegitimate, unacknowledged son, Edward. It is set in early 19th century England, a period notable for the excesses and depravity of the rich, for lawlessness and cruelty, and for the misery of the less favored. The novel is a tremendous achievement, a powerful and deeply probing study of Edward growing up from the age of six to maturity, during which time a great many warring elements shape his character.
VICE AVENGED: A Moral Tale 1971 ISBN:44901719125 A moral tale of the Marquis and his friends. In a pall of boredom, surfeited with gambling and other gentlemanly dissipations, the Viscount Lisle proposes a new game: the ravishment of a virgin of good family. The name of the maiden will be chosen by lot, and her deflowerer will be chosen by a round of cards. The stakes are high with proof of success demanded.
Mallory Burgess
BELOVED HEART 6/1997 ISBN: 082756699 The daughter of an Oxford professor, artist Callie Wingate has been confined by propriety to ladylike subjects--until she finds inspiration in the wilds of Scotland. He is a noble savage--a man who sets her heart soaring. Back home in England, Callie cannot forget him. Nor can she ignore Mick Harding, her father's new protege. Now, Callie will discover the truth about the man she has come to love.
Mary Burkhardt
BELOVED HEART 6/1997 ISBN:0821756699
HIGHLAND ECSTASY 4/1993 ISBN:0821741446 When his youngest brother fell on the field of battle—and King George stripped him of his title and lands—Ian Sinclair swore everlasting vengeance against the English crown. But first the enraged laird had to regain possession of his rightful home. So when Lady Myrtle Prescott showed up, the "Ghost of Kilmarock Castle" set out to scare the pampered heiress away. But nothing seemed to frighten the feisty lass...not even his spirited nightly visitations! Then Ian got his first captivating eyeful of her bonny charms, and it was he who was haunted—by the fiery passion she aroused with just one soul-stirring kiss! When her father died unexpectedly, Lady Myrtle journeyed to Scotland to claim her Highland inheritance. Yet from the moment she arrived at Kilmarock Castle, strange things began happening...like a late-night visit from a white-masked intruder with decidedly unghostlike ways! How else could the sensible beauty explain her all-too-real response to the apparition's amorous attentions? Seductive phantom or flesh-and-blood lover, Myrtle couldn't get enough of his clandestine caresses. Let him play the bold deceiver. She'd gladly join him in his midnight masquerade...for the promise of a lifetime spent in the unending ecstasy of his haunting embrace!
MIDNIGHT HEAT 11/1991 ISBN:0821735888 Outraged by the poverty and injustice all around her, Rosaleen rides out every night to rob any Englishman foolish enough to travel the roads of Irish Kinsale after dark. But when she holds up the Duke of Montrose, the fire in his dark eyes fills Rosaleen with a desire she must satisfy--even if she must risk her freedom.
THE PANTHER AND THE ROSE 12/1993 ISBN: 0821744151 Haunted by dark and disturbing memories, orphaned heiress Amy Stockwell lived the life of a recluse operating her successful import empire from her sprawling mansion along the stormy Bristol coast. Then a narrow escape from death swept her into the sensuous safety of powerful arms and found herself starring into the hypnotic green eyes of Count Toshiro Valerius, from the land of The Rising Sun.
Fanny Burney
CAMILLA: or, A Picture of Youth 1796 (contained in 5 volumes) The story deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people, Camilla Tyrold and her sisters, the daughters of a country parson, and her cousin Indiana Lynmere; and centers around the love affair of Camilla herself and her eligible suitor, Edgar Mandlebert. A story full of intrigues, contretemps, and misunderstandings. The book, especially in its earlier chapters, contains some of the comic situations and absurd characters in which Miss. Burney excelled.
CECILIA: or, Memoirs of an Heiress 1782 Cecelia was Burney's second novel to be published anonymously. This story revolves around the clause in Cecelia's uncle's will by which her future husband must take her name or she will forfeit her fortune.
EVELINA: or, A Young Lady'S Entrance Into the World 1778 The story of a young girl, fresh from the provinces, whose initiation into the ways of the world is frequently painful, though it leads to self-discovery, moral growth, and, finally, happiness.
Patricia Burns
THE MARRIAGE MART 1980 ISBN: 0708933068
Shirlee Busbee
SWEAR BY THE MOON 12/2001 ISBN: 0446609250 Haunted by tragedy and scandal, Thea Garrett guards her wounded heart by playing the role of notorious outcast for all it is worth, never giving a second thought to love. Then London's loveliest, wealthiest social pariah meets the brooding, handsome Patrick Blackburne, a man protecting wounds of his own-until he lays eyes on the remarkable Miss Garrett. Suddenly, Blackburne is willing to foreswear his famously wicked ways. But Thea can't take any man at his word, least of all Blackburne. Only a vicious circle of blackmail and murder that threatens to destroy them both can make her face her pent-up passion and hidden longings-and set them all free....
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