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Diane Haeger
COURTESAN 3/1993 ISBN: 0671740652 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 in 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.
Deborah Hale
MY LORD PROTECTOR 3/1999 ISBN: 0373290527 Edmund Fitzhugh was willing to thrust his head back into the matrimonial noose to protect Julianna from her wicked stepbrother. But the maiden was betrothed to his nephew, gone at sea. So their forbidden union was secretly a marriage in name only. Yet, sharing his home with a much younger beauty fueled a passion he'd thought long buried...Julianna Ramsay was at sixes and sevens! Who would have thought that Edmund's gentle care could ignite in her a woman's ardor that far eclipsed her girlish fancy for his absent nephew? And what of the day when her fiance returned? Would she then have the courage to choose love over duty?
Laura Halford
SEASWEPT 10/1990 ISBN:0380757362 DANGEROUS WATERS-When her swashbuckling twin brother was imprisoned in Cuba, headstrong Sophie Tregarren vowed to rescue the young rakehell. Abandoning the safety of her family's opulent Devon estate, the beautiful British debutante secretly boarded the Caribbean-bound Redeemer-surrendering to the mercies of the perilous tides....and to the tender care of handsome Adam Bennett. At first, the dashing ship's officer was intrigued by the courageous, titan-haired enchantress and her bold adventure. But Bennett's fascination soon grew into a fevered, irrepressible desire-blossoming finally into a rapturous shared love that would set them both dangerously adrift on a turbulent sea of revolution, piracy, mutiny....and passion.
Gimone Hall
ECSTASY'S EMPIRE 8/1980 ISBN:0451092929 She was every man's dream of conquest.
Sylvia Halliday
THE RING 3/1996 ISBN: 1575660148 The ring. It was the symbol of all Prucence Allbright's hope - and proof that her beloved Jamie, the charming young viscount Lord Hartley - did indeed intend to return and marry her. But how would he find her? Banished from her home in the Cotswolds by her pious and vindictive grandfather, Prudence's only hope is to make her way to the Colonies and find Jamie. It is this wrenching dilemma that brings the innocent young Englishwoman to the London docks to mingle with the whores and doxies, selling trinkets and ribbons to earn her passage. But it is accident, not enterprise, that lands Prudence aboard a British man-o'-war en route to Virginia. And within hours, one ring has been exchanged for another. Caught between the lecherous gaze of a cruel sea captain and the cool appraisal of the ship's surgeon, she has little choice but to accept the widower's ring and pose as the wife of Dr. Ross Manning. Her search is daring, desperate, but doomed to failure. The long voyage forges deep bonds between Ross and Prudence. Yet even as she clings to Ross's loving support and dazzles colonial society with her ripening beauty, she cannot let go of her illusion and secrets, convinced that only Jamie can restore her happiness. Back in the Cotswolds of England, all secrets will be exposed to the harsh light of day and every illusion shattered, as Prudence faces the shocking, uncompromising truth. She must come a hairsbreadth from losing life itself to fully grasp the treasure that has been found, to seize the answer to all her dreams and longings and, finally, to embrace a love founded on the deepest trust...a love meant to last for all time.
SUMMER DARKNESS, WINTER LIGHT 5/1995 ISBN:0821749226 The year is 1724. After eight years as an indentured servant in the American colonies, Allegra Baniard returns to England sworn to destroy the powerful family that brought her to ruin. But the nobleman she finds at her ancestral home is not the man she has come to kill. He is Sir Greyston Morgan, the new owner of Baniard Hall...a man haunted by tragedy. By turns cruel and seductive, Morgan provokes fear, fury—are irresistible desire. But it is Allegra who shows him a love that will sweep them from the dark past into the bright light of tomorrow—a love that can redeem as well as destroy.
Debra Hamilton
DAMSEL 4/1997 ISBN: 0821756311 They had shared the hopes and dreams of childhood. As children they had played together-Hunter Kinshella, a groomsman's son and Tamasin Cullen, a beautiful peasant girl who longed to be a lady. Her desperate need made her the perfect pawn in a plot of vengeance that would banish Hunter from his beloved Ireland. Was their bond strong enough to withstand what must come? Now, ten years later, Hunter is no longer the tender boy Tamasin knew, but a wronged stranger whose anger-and desire-she fears. Yet Tamasin refuses to surrender, for surely this passion will destroy her dreams of a better life. SHe will give nothing of herself to Hunter...not even one secret, silent moment of regret. But the fires of rebellion soon spread across their homeland-inflaming a proud people to revolt and sweeping Tamasin and Hunter into a world of intrigue, danger-and undeniable love...
Violet Hamilton
A RAKE'S JOURNEY 8/1995 ISBN: 0821750496 Gwyneth Winword swooned - and then she slapped Major Giles Fitzalen-Hill. The handsome, haughty British officer seemed to think that one stolen kiss would make her breathless. Well, in truth, it did, but Gwyneth would sooner die than admit it. Never had the British noblewoman dreamed that an innocent visit to America's Fort Detroit would take such a fateful turn! And when Giles was chosen to escort her through the perilous wilderness to Montreal, Gwyneth knew her heart was in danger. What was a well-bred lady to do? Battle his manly embraces with feminine wit and wiles? Challenge his seductive words with sharp sallies? But when Giles turned up aboard the trans-Atlantic ship carrying her back to London - and her debut among the haut ton - Gwyneth feared she faced ruin on the high seas...unless she could turn this officer into a gentleman worthy of winning their passionate duel of hearts.
Melinda Hammond
AUTUMN BRIDE 1/1998 ISBN:0708952410 When Major Lagallan suggests to Miss Caroline Hetton that she should marry his young brother, she can hardly believe her good fortune, and at first sight Vivyan Lagallan seems to be the perfect bridegroom; young, charming and exceedingly handsome. Yet upon close acquaintance, Caroline is disturbed by his wild, restless spirit and discovers that he has a taste for excitement that eventually endangers not only his life, but hers too.
THE BARGAIN 10/2002 ISBN: 1032000087 'When I do not care for your fortune... what else could possibly aid your suit?' Fashionable London in the 1780s is a hotbed of vice and scandal, and the notorious Earl of Aldringham retreats to Bath in order to let talk of his latest affair die down. There, he meets Melissa Langham, a penniless but spirited orphan, who scorns his advances. Unable to resist such a challenge, the Earl is determined to win her affections, and finds himself battling with a protagonist every bit as strong-willed as himself. Will he succeed?
THE DREAM CHASERS 3/2004 ISBN:0709074492 When Vivyan Lagallan decides it is time to settle down, Fate has other ideas. One last adventure literally drops into his arms in the form of the spirited Miss Eustacia Marchant. Eustacia is determined to marry Rupert Alleyne, while Vivyan is engaged to the beautiful and highly respectable Helen Pensford. Into this volatile mixture comes Vivyan's adventuring colleague, Nathan MacCauley, intent on making a respectable alliance....
GENTLEMAN IN QUESTION 7/2006 ISBN: 0709080859 In the closing months of 1792, the terror of the French Revolution forces Camille, the young Comte du Viviere, to flee his homeland and seek refuge with his relatives in England. For Madeleine, the arrival of her handsome French cousin marks a change in her so-far uneventful existence and soon she finds herself caught up in a dangerous web of intrigue that also entangles Camille. But is he victim or villain? The author weaves a tale of romance, adventure and intrigue set during the final years of Georgian England. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE HIGHCLOUGH LADY 11/2004 ISBN:0709077025 Governess Verity Shore longs for a little adventure, then Rafe Bannerman arrives to carry her off to Highclough and Verity discovers that life can be a little too exciting! An estate the edge of the wild Yorkshire Moors, Highclough is Verity's inheritance, but she soon discovers that the land is coveted not only by her handsome cousin Luke but also by Rafe Bannerman and soon her very life is in danger…..
LADY VENGEANCE 5/2003 ISBN: 0709073894 England in 1753 is a dangerous place. King George II sits uneasily upon his throne, fearful of another Jacobite uprising and many noblemen play upon these fears in their quest for power. Among them is Guy Morellon, Marquis of Thurleigh, hated and feared, and almost unassailable, but when Madame Elinor de Sange returns to England, bent on revenge, he finds himself pitted against a dangerous adversary. For Elinor has the bloodstone, a fiery ruby that holds the key to his destruction and that of the other men who ruined her life eight years earlier. But revenge carries a high price, and Elinor finds she is no longer the Lady of Stone. She must learn to trust - and to forgive - if bitterness is not to destroy her.
SUMMER CHARADE 1997 ISBN: 0708951201 In Georgian England, arranged marriages were a practical way of repairing a family's fortunes, but when Miss Christine Harpollet learns she is to be sacrificed upon the matrimonial altar, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Christina's conduct plunges her into a series of adventures, from which she is finally extricated by the kindness of Lord Malshangar and his family, but even when she thinks herself safe, her erstwhile suitor is seeking a terrible revenge.
Danelle Harmon
THE WILD ONE 12/1997 ISBN 0380792621 Lord Gareth de Montforte is known as an irresponsible rake with a heart of gold. When he thwarts a stagecoach robbery, he is stunned to discover that the beautiful young woman he has heroically rescued, Juliet Paige, is his deceased brother’s fiancée, accompanied by her infant daughter. Despite his family’s refusal to acknowledge Juliet, Gareth is determined to do right by the courageous woman who crossed an ocean to give her baby the name she rightfully deserves. As a practical American woman, Juliet is wary of marrying this black sheep aristocrat, yet she is hopelessly charmed by the dashing devil. Never has she met anyone who embraces life so thoroughly, who makes her laugh, who loves her so well. And, even when it seems the odds are against them, Juliet has absolute faith that Gareth will go beyond the call of duty to give her and her daughter a home --and a love that will last a lifetime.
Madeline Harper
THE HIGHWAYMAN 9/1996 ISBN: 0373257015 Gabriel Stratton - Notorious highwayman. Robber of his heritage by evil noblemen, he hungers for revenge. But it takes a mysterious woman from the future to make him see that his quest for vengeance might be the death of him. When a quiet drive in the New York countryside turns into a time-travel trip from hell, Olivia Johnson knows her life will never be the same. First, she finds herself stuck in 1796 England! Then, to add insult to injury, she's taken for a serving wench and treated accordingly! But worst of all, Olivia can't help falling in love with the notorious Gabriel - a highwayman who will hang before the year is out...
Emma Harrington
FAIR EXCHANGE 7/1988 ISBN:0446351504 A charming story of a feisty southern beauty who stubbornly rebels against her arranged marriage to a British duke. Louisa devises an elaborate scheme to drive the Duke away--but not before love finds its way to her heart.
Kathleen Harrington
Lane Harris
THE DEVIL'S LOVE 1981 ISBN: 0440119154 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...
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
THE EMPEROR 2/1988 ISBN:0356150801 1795: the shadow of Bonaparte has fallen across Europe and touches each member of the far-flung Morland family. As the century draws to a close, Jemima Morland wearily acknowledges that her life is also nearing its end, but she has scant peace as her unpredictable children behave ever more incomprehensibly: James's marriage to Mary Ann is close to falling apart; Lucy's marriage of convenience to Chetwyn is in the balance - her affair with Lieutenant Weston an open scandal; Mary bears a daughter on board her husband's ship during the battle of the Nile; and William supports a mistress whose marriage cannot be dissolved. Jemima's death appears to unite the family but, as ever with the Morlands, the future holds more peril than hope.
THE FLOOD-TIDE 2/1986 ISBN:0356120465 1772: although George III reigns over a peaceful England, his colonies in the Americas are claiming independence and a tide of revolutionary fervour is gripping France. Allen Morland and his beloved wife Jemima work unstintingly to bring Morland Place back to its former glory. Their seven children often bring them heartache, but they are sustained by their love for each other. The Morland adventurer, Charles, emigrates to Maryland in pursuit of the heiress Eugenie, but finds himself in the midst of the American claim for independence. Meanwhile, Henri, the family's bastard offshoot, pursues pleasure relentlessly but pennilessly until he finds a niche for himself in the fashionable Parisian salons, whilst outside revolution creeps closer.
THE MAIDEN 2/1985 ISBN:0356103706 1720: political intrigue besets the kingdom as the Stuarts try to claim the throne occupied by the Hanoverians and the Morlands have to use all their wiles to keep their fortunes intact. Jemmy Morland, sole heir to his father's will, has no option but to marry the cold-hearted Lady Mary to secure Hanoverian protection and safeguard his inheritance. Then the rebellion of '45 and the bloody massacre at Culloden thrust his daughter Jemima into the spotlight as the saviour of the family. Intelligent, single-minded, and a rare beauty, Jemima is a capable caretaker of the Morland heritage. Although Morland Place and its lands suffer from the excesses of her dissolute husband, Jemima's quiet courage earns her an abiding love and loyalty.
THE ORANGE TREE PLOT 10/1989 ISBN:0283999667 Eugenie, cherished only child of the Comte de Talcy, is brought up amid the splendours and luxuries of the Ancien Regime. But in 1789 Paris erupts into revolution and terror. Her father’s untimely death alone cheats the guillotine and nineteen-year-old Eugenie is forced to flee for her life. Set down homeless and destitute by a small boat on the coast of England, Eugenie and her maid Marie set off on the long and weary walk to London. And when an arrogant gentleman in a sporting curricle heartlessly splashes them as he drives by, it is almost too much to bear. In London Eugenie is taken in by Lady Mary Berrington, an old family friend - only to discover that Lady Mary’s adored nephew and most eligible bachelor in England, the Earl of St Osyth, is that same heartless gentleman whom Eugenie has sworn never to forgive. Her new life is further disturbed when one of Robespierre’s agents in London recognises her. A plot is afoot to kidnap her and take her back to Paris and the guillotine. St Osyth might save her, but she will not ask him, and turns elsewhere for help. Not one, but two counter plots develop, with potentially disastrous results…
Catherine Hart
SPLENDOR 7/1993 ISBN: 038076878X The most feared pirate to prowl the waters, handsome Devlin "Devil" Kane is magically transformed by a bolt of St. Elmo's fire- and impelled by a strange irresistible force toward the Carolina Colonies...and the woman who is his destiny...Only the soft, sensuous touch of prim and lovely Eden Winters can banish the spell that is Devlin's curse...and his salvation. But unknown dangers await Eden in the arms of her mysterious "Ghost Captain"- sweeping the reluctant beauty into a wondrous, unexpected realm of rapturous passion, perilous adventure and love's sweet splendor.
Jeanne Hart
TRACE THE RAINBOW 5/2004 ISBN:1591051657 Intrigue and desperation overwhelm Rebecca Adams in her determination to save her uncle John Adams' presidency, until she meets politics' newest voyager: Shay Dukane. Was Shay sent to destroy everything? Dare she trust him? In a heedful alliance with Shay, Rebecca comes to believe he is the one man to unlock her tormented heart and free her to love again. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Michele Hauf
BETRAY ME NOT 9/2000 ISBN: 0821766791 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 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 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.
MY LADY MADNESS 8/1998 ISBN: 0821759817 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: 189252063X 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.
Kate Hawks
WATCH BY MOONLIGHT 7/2001 ISBN:006008443X On a storm-tossed British night in 1763, a fine gentleman rides up to an old inn and requests shelter. His name, he tells Bess, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, is Jason Quick, a man of wealth and honor. But there is blood on his sleeve. And his appearance is followed soon after by the arrival of the king's redcoats on the trail of a notorious bandit known as the Golden Fleecer. There is much about this bold, enigmatic stranger that frightens Bess, but there is something that draws her to him as well. And Quick himself is undone by the exquisite loveliness of this dark-eyed miss whose lustrous black hair cascades well past her waist. Soon there are no secrets between them, as Jason reveals the truth to the lady who has, in an instant, become his eternal love. It is he whom the redcoats seek, the daring highwayman, the most wanted man in Dorset.For Bess -- who long ago resigned herself to a life of toil and drudgery yet has never strayed from respectability -- the shock of Jason's revelations cannot dampen the fire that now burns in her breast. There is a tender heart within him, and a nobility to his criminal purpose. And no love in history has ever been more fated...or more dangerous.One more brazen robbery and Jason Quick can fulfill the sworn duty that has determined the course of his life. Then he and his lady can begin anew together in the far colonies, across a vast ocean. But treachery breeds in unexpected corners and dastardly traps are set in the shadows -- even as the highwayman sits astride his stallion beneath his true love's window and vows, "I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."
Lynne Hayworth
AUTUMN FLAME 4/2001 ISBN: 0821768832 On the bloody battlefield of Culloden, the mighty Scottish clans risked everything - and like their kinsmen, the Maclean family was destroyed. Torn apart by betrayal, the three brothers Maclean will learn the price of vengeance - and sweet freedom in a woman's love. To inherit the Virginia tobacco plantation where he worked as overseer, Diarmid Maclean had to take a wife immediately. In desperation, he bought a British bond slave as his bride - a fiery Gypsy pickpocket he'd tame into a lady, then free once his inheritance was assured. Passionate and beautiful, Lucy Graves stole Diarmid's heart and made him forget his vow to keep the marriage chaste - and temporary. But the last time he dared to love an Englishwoman, Diarmid's entire clan paid a terrible price. Now the banished Highland warrior must slay the ghosts of his past - before his beloved thief is taken from him forever.
SUMMER'S END 1/2001 ISBN: 0821768824 On the bloody battlefield of Culloden, the mighty Scottish clans risked everything--and, like their kinsmen, the Maclean family was destroyed. Torn apart by betrayal, the three brothers Maclean will learn the price of vengeance...and sweet freedom in a woman's love. When a drunken sailor accosted Clemency Cameron on the docks of Kittery Harbor, Maine, Jamie Maclean's first instinct was to protect her...his second was to claim her with a passionate kiss. From that moment on, the banished Highlander vowed to keep the delicately beautiful healer by his side forever--plunging them into a love born of stunning desire and shocking deception. For a devastating secret from the past threatens to destroy their fragile happiness, and Jamie must choose between fulfilling a debt of honor and losing the woman he cherishes.
WINTER FIRE 10/2001 ISBN:0821768840 No one knows why Lachlan Maclean turned traitor at Culloden. Now an outcast in his own land—and from his own family—he bears his wounds and his guilt in anguished solitude, Laird of his clan in name only. Then, from America, comes Fiona Fraser, a bewitching widow with a healer's touch and knowing eyes. What force draws her to Castle Duart—and what magic draws Lachlan into her arms? Unaware that the secret treasure Fiona seeks may be her salvation, Lachlan doesn't dare to hope that her love may bring about his own. Yet more than his fragile happiness is at stake. The future of the clan Maclean rests in their hands, if only they can see beyond the treachery that threatens their unexpected love.
Barbara Hazard
CALL BACK THE DREAM 1/1990 ISBN: 0451401786 His lips were warm, persistent, ardent, and the kiss went on and on. He held her so close she couldn't tell if the heart beating so furiously was his or her own... Beautiful and innocent Camille Talbot was the daughter of a stern country vicar, raised within the boundaries of the strictest propriety. Alexander Maxwell, Viscount Styne, was the son of privilege and power, raised in an aristocratic world of luxury and license. They should never have come together, but they did. And from that meeting flamed a passion that burned away all barriers between them. For in the greatest gamble a pair of lovers ever took - against a world of odds - they forged a love that would never again be denied...
Nancy Henderson
HEART'S BONDAGE 4/2005 ISBN: 0975588834 Believing she has killed Chance Stoker, the man who kept her in servitude for many years, Jessie McCrea flees to the frontier with her brother. Scarred both inside and outside, all she wants is a life of peace and solitude. A Mohawk warrior haunted by the past, his wounded heart closed to love, Shadow tries to keep his people from being destroyed during the War of Independence between the colonists and the English. Catching up with Jessie, Chance shoots her and then leaves her to die alone in the woods. Near death, she is found by Shadow who reluctantly takes her back to his village.... Can two wounded hearts find healing within love's web? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Virginia Henley
DREAM LOVER 2/1997 ISBN: 0440224225 After five long years on a prison ship, Sean O'Toole, Earl of Kildare, makes his escape in order to exact revenge upon the Englishman who killed his brother and framed him for the crime. But Sean cannot forget his enemy's daughter, Emerald, whose fiery beauty and bold spirit still captivate him.
ENSLAVED 1/1996 ISBN: 0440217067 Immersing herself in the past, Lady Diana browses through an antique shop and finds the helmet of a Roman centurion. When she puts it on, she is transported into the world from which it came, and her first sight of the powerful man who takes Diana as his slave. It could be worse, Diana realizes, she could fall in love with him.
SEDUCED 2/1994 ISBN: 044-211352 Shorn of her glorious raven tresses and dressed as a man, Lady Antonia Lamb became Lord Anthony Lamb, desperate to keep the property entailed to her twin brother, who is missing at sea. Trapped--and liberated--by her masquerade, Tony meets her new guardian, the devastatingly dangerous Adam Savage, who has returned from his plantation in Ceylon, determined to turn the innocent "boy" into a worldly man.
UNDONE 12/2003 ISBN: 0451210646 The Impostress...Though celebrated in Irish society for her extraordinary beauty, Elizabeth Gunning is just playing a part. The supposed daughter of Viscount Mayo is in fact a common woman of uncommon appearance. And if her domineering mother has her say, she is going to keep up the charade-and take London society by storm. The Duchess...With her golden hair and violet eyes, Elizabeth has men falling at her feet, but only one has captured her heart- John Campbell, the rakishly handsome Duke of Argyll. If she surrenders to his smoldering gaze and heated touch, she'll be playing with fire. Because only John knows her deepest secret-and knows just how to unleash the passion within her. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Julia Herbert
THE FORTUNE-HUNTER 12/1977 ISBN: 0373050054 She heard the waves roll in, roll in... 'Jeffrey! Jeffrey!' she sobbed, urging her pony down the steep cliffs to the sea. Gorse caught cruelly at her cloak and skirts, her petticoats flashed white. But Amy thought only of her desperate race against the incoming tide. Her breath caught in her throat. Was that not the dull blue of his riding coat against the sand? She shouted but no answer came. Only the savage waves mocked her. Yet somewhere, on this long stretch of shore, the man she loved was staked hand and foot to the beach, waiting for the seas to wash over him forever!
PRISONER OF THE HAREM 10/1978 ISBN:037374515X The Woman screamed in helpless terror...Men leaped out of the bushes. steel glinted in the darkness. Scimitars clashed. A cruel face, topped by a turban, loomed before Felicity. She struggled helplessly against the grip of powerful hands. Suddenly her strength was gone. She could fight no longer. Her cloak was torn away and pressed hard over her face, stifling her cries, suffocating her. Her last thought, before blackness engulfed her, was of her beloved Andre...and his betrayal!
THE RUNAWAYS 9/1977 ISBN:037305002X She was abducted by Lucifer himself! Georgina White felt no safer now that Richard Barr had rescued her from the powerful Duke of Quinton. And, as they fled, she realized she was confused by her own mixed up emotions. She knew too that for the first time in her life, she had crossed swords with a man she could not rule. When she clutched him, pressing herself against his strong, muscled back, she felt a strange desire. But for what? Was it love? Perhaps she didn't want to rule him. Perhaps she wanted to be ruled.
Anne Herries
DEVIL'S KIN 1981 To escape the unwelcome advances of her stepfather, Hester runs away to become mistress of a man she hardly knows. Posing as brother and sister in pre-Revolution Paris, she is blissfully happy with Beau Vane - until doubts emerge.
THE MARRIAGE CHESTS 1993 ISBN: 0708932193 A turbulent tale of star-crossed lovers, set in the 18th century.
Georgette Heyer
THE BLACK MOTH 1921 ISBN: 0373835582 Lovely Diana Beauleigh was under siege. The notorious Duke of Andover meant to have her--if not with her assent, then by force. But Diana was not about to surrender her virtue. She had already lost her heart to the man who rescued her from the Duke--a handsome mysterious highwayman.
THE MASQUERADERS 1928 Temporarily abandoned by their scapegrace father, Prudence and Robin Lacey are forced to masquerade as the opposite sex to avoid capture by their political enemies. Prue makes a devilishly handsome young man and her brother Robin is equally beguiling as her "sister." This, however, makes for some dangerous entanglements when Prue, as Mr. Merriot, falls in love with Sir Anthony, and her brother, posing as Miss Merriot, finds his heart struck by the lovely heiress, Letty Grayson .
POWDER AND PATCH 1923 Cleone Charteris has been Philip Jettan's favorite neighbor, his childhood friend. But when she returned from finishing school, Philip's romping playmate had gone forever and in her place was a Vision, the joy and despair of all the young men in the neighborhood. Cleone had every intention of marrying Philip someday, but though he was masterful and handsome, he was no slayer of hearts. His coats were fashioned solely for comfort and he'd never fought a duel. Cleone longed to be wooed with endearments and flowers, but would her plans to change Philip into an accomplished flirt ruin her plans for happiness?
THE TALISMAN RING 1936 A ravishing beauty, Eustacie de Vauban had been snatched from the excitement of the French Revolution to be sheltered in the dull safety of her grandfather's manor house in England...
Liz Curtis Higgs
FAIR IS THE ROSE 4/2004 ISBN:1578561272 A year has come and gone since Jamie McKie fled for his life and arrived at Auchengray in search of sanctuary and a bonny wife. Young Rose McBride, as fair as any lass in Scotland, dearly loves her handsome cousin, Jamie—but so does her older sister, Leana. Desperate to have Jamie all to herself, Rose is unwittingly aided by Lillias Brown, a wise woman—a witch, some say—still keen on the old ways. Leana cherishes her newborn son and clings to her hard-won sense of peace by a slender thread of faith. And Jamie longs to return home to Glentrool, yet is thwarted at every turn by his uncle Lachlan’s deceitful ways.
THORN IN MY HEART 4/2003 ISBN:157856512X Two brothers fight to claim one father’s blessing. Two sisters long to claim one man’s heart. In the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the Scottish Lowlands, two brothers and two sisters each embark on a painful journey of discovery. Jamie and Evan McKie both want their father Alec’s flocks and lands, yet only one brother will inherit Glentrool. Leana and Rose McBride both yearn to catch the eye of the same handsome lad, yet only one sister will be his bride.
WHENCE CAME A PRINCE 3/2005 ISBN:1578561280 To claim his inheritance, Jamie must first outwit his devious uncle, Lachlan, then confront the two men he fears most: Evan, the brother whose blessing he stole, and Alec, the father he once deceived. Jamie faces a perilous journey of the heart as well: The two women in his life, Leana and Rose McBride, each stake a tender claim on his affections. Quiet, gentle Leana is the mother of his firstborn, Ian. And Rose, her spirited younger sister, is expecting his second child. Honor and duty prevail but not without heartache.
Tammy Hilz
ONCE AN ANGEL 6/2001 ISBN: 0821768190 Grace Fisk's turbulent childhood made her certain of one thing: she would wed for security, even if it meant committing herself to a loveless marriage to a wealthy Boston merchant. But her plans quickly go awry when the ship carrying her to her intended is raided by pirates--led by the only man she's ever loved. Five years has passed since their days together as swashbuckling pirates, when Jackson Brodie had treated her as little more than a younger sister. Now he's smuggling goods for the Rebels in the American Revolution--and inspiring a shared passion as intense as the war that rages around them. Still, Grace has been promised to another--and she knows that her beloved pirate can never give her the security she yearns for. Now if only her heart would believe it...
ONCE A PIRATE 10/2000 ISBN: 082176697X Morgan the Scylla she was called, Satan's daughter, a pirate feared by sailors the world over. It's a reputation Morgan Fisk welcomed, but only because it enabled her to captain her ship in her quest to save her village from certain starvation. On the brink of victory and set to retire her pirating ways, she's unaware that one man has vowed to bring her to justice. The owner of a fleet of ships, Daniel Tremayne, the Earl of Leighton, believes Morgan is the heartless thief responsible for murdering one his captains. He's determined to see her hang; she's determined to escape him. Yet when passion flares between them, Morgan's heart is torn. She wants to prove her innocence to Daniel, only protecting her family must come first. But their impossible love and her uncertain fate isn't the only thing that complicates their lives. There is a malicious game at hand that neither are aware of... one that could destroy them both if it isn't stopped
ONCE A REBEL 2/2001 ISBN: 0821767798 Ever since they nearly destroyed her village, Joanna Fisk has nursed a burning hatred for the nobility. So when she encounters Nathan Alcott, a man who seems to represent everything she despises, she furiously fights the growing attraction between them. Then Jo learns that the handsome aristocrat secretly plans to transport a cache of gold to France. Commandeering the Sea Witch, she attacks his ship--stealing the gold and taking him as her prisoner. Now, as she and Nathan head into a dangerous adventure together, their passion can no longer be denied. And yet, must Jo admit that the man she calls her enemy is the same man who has captured her heart?
SHADOW OF THE SUN 1/2004 ISBN:0821774395 An Independent Lady... Traveling to Egypt alone and in disguise is perilous indeed for Lord Whitehurst's only daughter—but her father is at death's door. To save his life, Sarah must return a priceless treasure to a royal tomb hidden under the shifting sands of this ancient land. At the dock in London, the Phoenix is readied for the voyage, and Sarah's heart fills with joy to see the great ship's sails unfurl—until the man who was once her father's protege—and is now his bitterest enemy—strides on deck...Her Intrepid Lover... Jake Mitchell is a dangerous vision of manhood—tall and strong, with a hard edge to his jaw. Sarah remembers him well—as a young rogue, a thrill-seeker chasing adventure and glory in distant realms. He seems a driven man still, the intensity of his gaze and the magnetic power of his presence undiminished. She dare not forget the promise she made to her father - but Jake is a temptation that may well prove irresistible...
Jane Aiken Hodge
WIDE IS THE WATER 6/1981 ISBN:0698110803 The time is 1780 and the bloody War of Independence has ended, but the peace terms are still a matter of passionate debate. To the young lovers parted by the throes of war, the separation is not only one of miles but also of attitudes and heritage. Mercy Purchis is separated by the privateer-haunted waters of the Atlantic from her new husband, Hart Purchis.
WINDOVER 8/1992 ISBN:0312078846 Set in England at the time of the French Revolution. Mark Weatherby disappears after asking Kathryn Pennan's abusive, lecherous stepfather for her hand in marriage. A year later, she is forced to marry a wealthy young banker, a desperate act to save her family from poverty and to escape the advances of her stepfather. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Kathryn does her best to adjust to the situation. Falsely accused of murdering her husband, a pregnant Kathryn flees from her small town and settles in London, where she finds a world of opportunity and an unlikely change in her circumstances.
Anne Hodgson
TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH 12/1993 ISBN:0061081574 Escaping a world of loneliness and cruelty, Brianda Breedon's only source of comfort was her beloved stallion, Dakota. But when her cruel brother lost Dakota in a wager to John Fauxley, the Earl of Manseth, she was determined to get her horse back. Never did Brianda dream her visit to the Earl's manor would be forever. For after one glimpse of Brianda's exquisite face, the magnificent but arrogant John Fauxley was intent on making her his--even if it meant marrying her. From the tranquil English countryside, to the elegant rooms of London, to the beautiful mountains of Scotland, theirs is a love story about passion that could not be denied.
Cindy Holby
RISING WIND 8/2007 ISBN: 0843958650 Last of the Duncans. Leaving behind the Highlands for the New World at the tender age of ten, Connor Duncan quickly learned that only the fit and the fortunate survive. He was both, becoming a scout and an expert marksman.a man to be reckoned with. He knew his way through the backwoods as well as any Shawnee, but he was far less comfortable in the drawing rooms of Williamsburg. What was a rough-hewn frontiersman like he to do with a sheltered beauty like the governor's niece? But there seemed to be no way to avoid the "Virgin Widow," especially when she insisted on accompanying him on a dangerous mission through the wilderness to Fort Savannah. Neither capture, nor torture, nor the violent birth pangs of a young nation could keep them apart or stop the founding of a brand new dynasty of Duncans. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Sheila Holland
MAIDEN CASTLE 1978 ISBN:0872164640 The marriage was the talk of London. She had risen from serving girl to mistress of the manor. It appeared to be the Cinderella story come to life—but none knew that Sabine was with child.
SHADOWS AT DAWN 1978 ISBN:0872165353 Anna had never known a man like Dr. Charles Buccoult. So wild, so violent, so oddly gentle. He was a passionate revolutionary—and her family's hated enemy. Yet blindly, without understanding what was happening, her eyes dazzled, her heart hungry, she was falling in love with the last man who would ever return her feelings.
Mary Mayer Holmes
THE WHITE RAVEN 8/1988 ISBN: 0445206608 An innocent in love - with an armed and ruthless man... Beautiful but cloistered, Elisabeth St. Mary faced the unsettling prospect of marriage to a loutish, older man...in a match sanctioned by the grandfather she dared not confront. Then on a storm-swept Devon night, a handsome stranger held her in his strong arms, and Elisabeth trembled with ecstasy and fear. The thief-taker known all along the Cornish coast, Cain had been summoned to Bridestone Barrow to catch a village burglar. But how could Elisabeth tell her grandfather that the infamous, blade-wielding Cain had stolen her heart? And why did she, even as she yearned for him, feel she could not trust him? In her wildest dreams, Elisabeth could not have imagined the secret that had drawn Cain to her; a secret as mysterious as the white raven ring he coveted...as torturous as the torment that drove him...and as undeniable as the love that could unite them both in triumph.
THE WIND ROSE 1/1984 ISBN:0451126769
Hooper-Chastain-Krinard-Monk-Thornton
MY GUARDIAN ANGEL 3/1995 ISBN:0553569163 Anthology featuring Almost an Angel; Guardian of the Heart; Angel on my Shoulder; Saving Celeste; and The Trouble with Angels.
Howell-French-Faulkner
CASTLE MAGIC 8/1999 ISBN:0821762931 Anthology featuring "Tatha" by Hannah Howell, "Bride of the Red Wolf" by Judith E. French, "If Wishes came true" by Colleen Faulkner
Elizabeth Hoyt
THE RAVEN PRINCE 11/2006 ISBN: 0446618470 Widowed Anna Wren is having a wretched day. After an arrogant male on horseback nearly squashes her, she arrives home to learn that she is in dire financial straits. The Earl of Swartingham is in a quandary. Having frightened off two secretaries, Edward de Raaf needs someone who can withstand his bad temper and boorish behavior. When Anna becomes the earl's secretary, it would seem that both their problems are solved. Then she discovers he plans to visit the most notorious brothel in London for his "manly" needs. Well! Anna sees red—and decides to assuage her "womanly" desires ...with the earl as her unknowing lover. .RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Jillian Hunter
FAIRY TALE 4/1997 ISBN: 0671001574 Duncan MacElgin, of the devil's own reputation and sinful past, had been forced to return home to his crumbling Scottish castle - only to be ambushed by a woman! Worse, the tartan-clad female was impertinent, unrepentant, and beautiful....Convinced Duncan was the enemy, Marsali Hay ordered her bedraggled clansmen to attack the powerful chieftain. She never dreamed he was the infamous "Black Duncan," returning to bring his embarrassing clan of rebels under control. Determined to assert his authority, Duncan vows that Marsali will pay dearly for her mistake. The price for revenge, however, could be higher than he'd bargained for....Marsali and her eccentric clansmen have more than a few surprises in store for their unsuspecting laird - a meddling old wizard and apprentice witch among them. But when Marsali confronts danger, Duncan realizes that in order to regain control of his castle, he might have to fight the battle of his life...and surrender his hardened warrior's heart.
HAPPILY EVER AFTER 6/1999
HEART OF THE STORM 11/1985 ISBN: 0380899566 A young woman agrees to a betrothal to placate her gravely-ill father.
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