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Linda Ladd
A LOVE SO FINE 1/1999 ISBN: 0451195094 Liberty Remington Thornhill, the daughter of Trinity and William, is twenty-six years old - and a widow. With her mother's spirit of adventure and her father's determination, she has forsaken her powerful family ties in England and built a life for herself in the Untied States. But when her best friend dies under mysterious circumstances, she travels to England to investigate and immediately finds a suspect. The dark and dangerous Julian Rainville, an artist, is one of London's most eligible - and notorious - bachelors. Libby soon discovers that he has as many secrets as he does admirers. And as the truth emerges, so does their passion...and a love so fine it can withstand even the ghosts of the past that threaten to tear them apart...
Rosalind Laker
NEW WORLD NEW LOVE 1/2003 ISBN: 0727859110. Daniel Lombard falls in love with Louise de Vailly on the day she arrives in New York. She soon finds work for her sister Delphine and herself in a hat factory, where she uses her talent and French flair for fashion to make herself indispensable. Though attracted to Daniel, Louise is determined that she will remain independent. Fatefully, she has made that mistake in the past...
THE VENETIAN MASK 2/1993 ISBN:0385421907 Eighteenth-century Venice is a place of splendour and grand ceremonies, rich in art and music, spectacular in its regattas and glittering pageantry. Yet there is a dark side and sinister side to the 'Serene City' . . .To young Marietta Fontana it is a magical world full of opportunities, despite the great sadness she suffers when she is left by her dying mother at the famed music conservatory for orphaned girls where Antonia Vivaldi once presided. One evening, singing at a concert, Marietta became aware of the penetrating gaze of a mysterious man in a gilded mask. This encounter is the beginning of her involuntary involvement in a vendetta three centuries old between the powerful Torissi and Celano families, whose deadly machinations lead to a terrible climax of murder and passion.
Arnette Lamb
BEGUILED 5/1996 ISBN:0671882198. At the wedding ceremony of her sister Sarah, Agnes MacKenzie leapt in the path of a speeding arrow, saving Edward Napier's life. For Agnes, it was a matter of instinct and training—all Scotland knew her fame as a bodyguard. Few knew the heartache that spurred her perilous course. Despite the towering rage of her father, Lachlan, duke of Ross, Edward Napier used his medical skills to tend Agnes's wounds. Owing her his life, the widower granted her request to accompany him and his children to Glasgow. But he had no intention of allowing this beautiful, foolhardy woman to search out his unknown assassin. Agnes had forsworn romance until she could right the wrong that burdened her, yet Edward's powerful intellect and easy grace drew her like a magnet. Her audacious ways provoked him to fascination - and occasionally to fury. Amid a new storm of poisoned arrows, they would yield to a love as sudden as it was joyous...a love to cherish and protect as fiercely as life itself...
BETRAYED 11/1995 ISBN:067188218X. Sarah MacKenzie believed herself to be the love child of Lachlan MacKenzie, duke of Ross. But the discovery that no noble blood ran in her veins left her devastated, and unable to trust MacKenzie's love. Sarah fled the Highlands for Edinburgh, and opened her heart to the city's orphans...to bury her pain and begin a new life. Estranged from his mother, whose affections centered around her eldest son, handsome Michael Elliot joined the East India Company. But years later a family crisis drew him home, to aid in his mother's scheme to seduce Sarah - and her generous dowry - into the impoverished Elliot family. Bound by his sense of honor, Michael set out to win Sarah's heart. Sarah, far from the family that loved her, slowly surrendered to his charms. Though ill-fated at the start, their alliance blossomed into a passionate union...and together they began to unveil the healing power of love..
THE BETROTHAL 6/1992 ISBN: 0671730029. In 1739, Blake Chesterfield stormed into Bath, England's most notorious playground, to claim the most beautiful woman who had ever adorned it. But Marjorie Entwhistle wanted no part of the dark, secretive nobleman...Locked in a contest of wills and bound by a blazing passion, Marjorie sough to discover the dangerous secret that imprisoned Blake's soul... Amidst the splendor and decadence of Bath, Marjorie and Blake wager all their tomorrows to foster a love born against all odds...
BORDER BRIDE 9/1993 ISBN: 0671779338. Lady Alpin MacKay despaired at the terms of her late guardian's will. In a sweeping move of tyranny, her childhood nemesis, the Scottish lord Malcolm Kerr, had stolen her property. Fiercely determined to reclaim her home, she stormed Kildalton Castle. Malcolm Kerr stared at the beautiful woman who dared to invade his sanctuary. Citing Scottish law, she announced she was now his possession, along with her guardian's estate. Gleefully, Malcolm smiled at the scheming little minx. She was right where he wanted her, under his roof, under his thumb, and eventually, under him...in bed
THREADS OF DESTINY 8/1990 ISBN:0445210362. Lady Suisan Harper couldn't take her eyes off the dangerously attractive Myles Cunningham. But handsome or not, Myles had ruined her family's business and stolen the patterns for their clan tartans--and now Suisan was willing to risk everything, even her honor, to get them back.
TRUE HEART 2/1997 ISBN:0671882171 Ten-year-old Virginia MacKenzie was determined to join Cameron Cunningham - her beloved friend, and now, formally, her betrothed - when he sailed to France. Arranging to join Cam's Highland Dream at sea, Virginia never suspected the captain of her ship would spirit her to America, selling her into vilest bondage... Desperately, Cameron had searched for his betrothed for years, when even the great Lachlan MacKenzie had given up his daughter for dead. Now Cam's only memento of Virginia was a tattered silk handkerchief with a faded hallmark...Virginia could scarce believe it when a near miracle finally brought Cam to her rescue. Longing to rush into his arms, yet afraid of losing him once more, she hid her past and retreated from Cam's sheltering embrace. Tenderly, Cam vowed to heal the wounds of the past, and win her heart once more...until she believed completely in the love that was their destiny...
Dinah Lampitt
AS SHADOWS HAUNTING 1/1995 ISBN:0451178653 Sidonie Brooks is a talented, modern-day musician who finds acclaim easier to come by than lasting love. Torn between her feelings for a dedicated Irish doctor and a mercurial Russian violinist -and forever fending off the advances of her ex-husband - she seeks solace in the diaries of Lady Sarah Lennox. Soon she is caught up in the scandals and intrigues of the gorgeous Sarah whose behaviour sets society alight in 1760. Arriving fresh from Ireland, Lady Sarah Lennox takes London by storm. To the delight - and envy - of the gossips, the Prince of Wales, the future George III, makes no secret of his obvious admiration. Sarah's relationship with George is to go beyond speculation however, beyond the point of no return - if only the prince's future was his own to decide. Redolent with Georgian wit and vigour, this is the compelling story of two vibrant, enchanting women who glimpse each other first in astonishment, then in affinity across the centuries.
Lydia Lancaster
HER HEART'S HONOR 1980 ISBN:0446817783 Beautiful spirited Damascus Faradine was sold into slavery. She was the wife Monsieur Jean de la Roche bought for her beauty, her breeding - and for his heir, to be sired by his perfectly formed brother Adrian. She was the future that a rich man bought for gold, but no man could purchase. He gave her everything but freedom..Damascus could trace her ancestry to the English nobility..From her father, Sir George Faradine..From her unwed mother..A legacy of life in Newgate prison.
Jane Lane
EMBER IN THE ASHES 1970 ISBN:0755108515
FAREWELL TO THE WHITE COCKADE 1961 The life during the period of Charles Edward (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from the time he escaped from Scotland after the battle at Culloden until his death 42 years later.
A WIND THROUGH THE HEATHER 1965 ISBN: 0755108418 A poignant, tragic story based on the Highland Clearances where thousands of farmers were driven from their homes by tyrannical and greedy landowners. Introducing the Macleods, Jane Lane recreates the shameful past suffered by an innocent family who lived to cross the Atlantic and find a new home. This wistful, historical novel focuses on the atrocities so many bravely faced and reveals how adversities were overcome.
Frances Lang
STRANGER AT THE GATE 6/1978 ISBN: 0373300123 The path of defiance led only to danger! Seventeenth-century France was a time of fear and persecution. A time when those who dared to defy the King's religion were mercilessly oppressed or sent into exile. And one of those was Edouard, Clemence's brother, forced ten years earlier to leave his beloved home and family. Now he was returning and Clemence's heart filled with terror..
Judith A. Lansdowne
JUST IN TIME 3/2003 ISBN: 0821774212 The Reverend Richard Dempsey accepts the comfortable living in the hinterlands offered him by the Duke of Berinwick. But when Dempsey arrives at St. Milburga's of the Wood, he discovers the church in ruins, his patron dead, and Berinwick's family threatened by a madman. Years ago, Richard Dempsey would have risked everything for Veronica Longwood. Now that she is the widowed Duchess of Berinwick, will he still risk all to protect her and her children from the consequences of an ancient rivalry? Behind a calm and commanding facade, Veronica Longwood Thorne hides a heart filled with grief and guilt. Haunted by memories of her one great sin and appalled by the multitude of sins that flowed from it, the Duchess of Berinwick wishes nothing more than to hide herself away from everyone. Until Richard Dempsey reappears in her life. Until this long-lost friend provides her with a solid arm to lean upon, a pair of practical eyes through which to see herself, and all the balm and strength she requires to overcome her own inadequacies, foil a villain, and seize a second chance at love...
Laurens-Quinn-Ranney-Dodd
SCOTTISH BRIDES 6/1999 ISBN:0380804514 Anthology featuring"Under the Kilt" by Christina Dodd; "Rose in Bloom" by Stephanie Laurens; "Gretna Greene" by Julia Quinn; "The Glenlyon Bride" by Karen Ranney.
Stephanie Laurens
THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 3/2005 ISBN: 0060505753 Gerrard Debbington is one of the chosen few -- the gentlemen who've learned their social and amorous skills at the feet of the masters. Handsome and wealthy, protégé and brother-in-law of Vane Cynster, Gerrard is part of the charmed Cynster family circle. One of the most eligible gentlemen in the ton, Gerrard is constantly besieged by offers from London's most sought-after beauties, but as the ton's foremost artistic lion, there's only one offer he wants to accept -- the chance to paint the fantastical but seldom-seen gardens of reclusive Lord Tregonning's Hellebore Hall. That chance is dangled before Gerrard, but to grasp it he must fulfill Lord Tregonning's demand that he also create an open and honest portrait of the man's daughter. Gerrard loathes the idea of wasting his time and talents on some simpering miss, but with no alternative, he agrees ...Only to discover that Jacqueline Tregonning inspires him as no other lady has. Certainly she is beautiful, but Gerrard is stunned by the deep emotions she stirs and is captivated by her passionate nature and innate goodness. He is soon convinced that Jacqueline is the soul mate he needs as his wife. But something is horribly wrong at Hellebore Hall. Evil lurks in the beautiful gardens and along the rambling pathways. And that evil reaches out to ensnare Jacqueline, trapping her in a web of insidious whispers -- whispers that paint her as a double murderess. The rumors are false, but someone is actively spreading them. Convinced that Jacqueline is innocent of all wrongdoing, Gerrard is confident his portrait will open others' eyes to the truth he sees, but when a long-dead body is discovered in the gardens, the campaign to blame Jacqueline escalates -- Gerrard and she are running out of time. The days they spend together lead to nights of sweeping passion -- and Gerrard vows to move heaven and earth to protect the woman who, for him, personifies the truth about love. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Edith Layton
BOUND BY LOVE 8/1996 ISBN: 0671535315 Five-year-old Della Kensington first saw the proud, half-starved bond boy who dared call himself a dispossessed earl on the docks of Virginia Colony. The moment she laid eyes on him she loved him. And from that day, in spite of all evidence, she believed his bizarre story; that he was truly Jared St. Andrew Bellington, Earl of Aveston -- nobly born, kidnapped, and sold into bondage. Della had grown into a woman wanting him. Jared had grown into a man burning for revenge. When at last he could return to his beloved Hawkstone Hall, he entered a world of bejeweled ladies and elegantly attired gentlemen, a world he intended to conquer -- no matter the cost to his life. Fashionable Georgian England dazzled sweet Della, but her eyes remained clear. She saw that if Jared gained everything he'd sought, she might lose him forever, and he might lose his chance at real happiness. She was ready to fight on this new terrain for his love -- dancing a quadrille of intrigue and desire, risking all, and challenging his elegant world with her irrepressible heart.
A TRUE LADY 11/1995 ISBN: 0671883011 With her sunset hair and flashing mocha eyes, Cristabel Stew is a rare jewel for any man. But for Old Captain Whiskey, the most notorious sea dog of the Caribbean, his daughter is more precious than the richest swag of gold and silk. When he brings back a proper English gent from his latest plunder, his plan for her future seems secure. The prized captive is none other than Magnus Titus Snow, Viscount of Camcen Hall, a blue-blood with wealth enough for a freebooter's ransom. In a hasty ceremony, Captain Whiskey weds the unwilling nobleman to his spirited brigand lass, making her Lady Cristabel Snow -- a TRUE lady. But Cristabel, too, has a scheme. Raised among cutthroats, she has vowed never to surrender to any man. She will sail back with her new spouse as far as London. Then she will bid him and her pirate life farewell, and seek her fortune as a free woman. But, in a moment's breath, the dream is dashed. For her reluctant husband reveals a secret of his own, a surprising and scandalous truth that will turn her father's heart as black as his sins... and draw her into the arms of a dangerously seductive man she will not, dare not, love...
THE WEDDING 5/1995 ISBN: 0671883003 Her father's ill-fated ventures land Dulcie Dawn Blessing in London's notorious debtor's prison. In a desperate scheme to win her freedom, she consents to marry a stranger...for a day. Down on his luck but ever a gentleman, Crispin West agrees to oblige a lady in need, even if it means playing the groom in a mock wedding. But flustered by the unexpected loveliness of his "bride," Crispin signs the marriage certificate with his true name, Viscount West of Darnley Hall. Then Crispin's fortunes are miraculously recovered, allowing him to proceed with his plan to marry Society's darling, Lady Charlotte Barrington. But the very night he is to ask for her hand, Dulcie appears at his doorstep. Their marriage certificate, legally binding with Crispin's signature, has disappeared and may have already fallen into the hands of rogues intent on mischief -- or worse. Now Dulcie and Crispin must race against time to retrieve the document... while an unbidden passion threatens to irrevocably alter their future...
Rebecca Hagan Lee
BARELY A BRIDE 7/2003 ISBN: 0425191249 On this, the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord 1793, we, the sons and heirs to the oldest and most esteemed titles and finest families of England and Scotland, do found and charter our own Fee Fellows League. The League is dedicated to the proposition that sons and heirs to great titles and fortunes, who are duty-bound to marry in order to beget the future sons and heirs, should be allowed to avoid the inevitable leg-shackling to a female for as long as possible...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Elain Leclaire
Ana Leigh
THESE HALLOWED HILLS 1986 ISBN: 0843927356 Elizabeth Scott, a lovely, spirited young maiden from the Scottish Lowlands is outraged to learn that she must leave the comforts of Ballantine, her ancestral home and journey to the remote and barbaric Highlands in order to honor a marriage contract with Robert Kirkland. The arrogant and handsome Laird of Ashkirk, her intended husband, is not only a notorious womanizer, but also a supporter of the hated Montrose in Scotland's Civil War. In Robert's wilderness fiefdom, antagonism flares between the bridal pair as Elizabeth resolves to flee both her husband and the Highlands at the earliest possible opportunity. But the heat of conflict ignites flames of passion, melting old grievances and fusing together their proud, rebellious hearts, until the man Elizabeth has vowed to despise becomes the man she cannot live without.
Petra Leigh
GARNET 1978 ISBN:0446827886 For the love of a man...she sheared her long, flowing hair and bound her curving body into the brass-buttoned uniform of a British ensign. No war would keep the headstrong Garnet Mallory from Edmund Challoner; Captain of the Dragoons. Disguised, she embarked for Spain with the troops, her true identity known to no man except-one who saw with the eyes of sympathy, another who leered with perverted desire, and one gifted with the insight of love. Across Spain and France she journeyed in her romantic quest, only to discover that hers was not the only disguise, that love itself often wears a mask.
Kim Lewis
LOVING BECKY 8/1996 ISBN: 0440222435 Desperate to recoup money lost at cards to the wily Squire Tallant, the dissipated Earl of Ruxton betrays his second son by wagering his hand in marriage to Tallant's young daughter. Alex and Becky are horrified to learn what their fathers have done to them, and having been manipulated into a betrothal that neither of them desires, the couple sets out to free themselves of the mess that their fathers have dropped them in. Their differences seem vast--the only common ground being their efforts to avoid the marriage that looms before them--until they realize that they are working against the very thing that they both want most.
Alice Chetwynd Ley
THE BEAU AND THE BLUESTOCKING 5/1977 ISBN:0345256131 Educated in the country, Alethea was unfamiliar with the haute monde, and when she went to stay in London, she found it difficult to play the romantic games that seemed to be all the rage. Haughty and determined, the beautiful young Alethea wanted more from a gentleman then lover or money...
THE GEORGIAN RAKE 1960 ISBN:034525810X 1750 England, and in this time of arranged marriages, reckless and seductive she defied the customs she was raised to honor to prevent her sister's wedding to the Georgian rake!
THE JEWELLED SNUFF BOX 1959 ISBN:0345258096
MASQUERADE OF VENGEANCE 1989 ISBN:0727817086
A REPUTATION DIES 2/1985 Lady Windlesham cares deeply about the success of her soirees, especially the one she is holding early in the London season of 1816.
Johanna Lindsey
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 11/2000 ISBN: 0380814811 Left to handle the rumors of her family's bankruptcy and impending eviction, Larissa Ascot's wishes for a merry Christmas seem to be in peril for the first time in her sheltered life. A charming would-be "benefactor," Vincent Everett, the Baron of Windsmoor, has offered to shelter Larissa and her your brother. But more than Yuletide spirit seems to have inspired the baron's generosity. From the moment he first set eyes on Larissa, the highborn rogue was bewitched. And now that she has taken up residence in his home, he aches with wanting her -- a most unfortunate state of affairs, since Vincent has sworn to seek a righteous vengeance on the Ascot family. But Christmas is a time of miracles, after all. And even two rival souls can be touched by the spirit of forgiveness in these magical days -- and showered with precious gifts of tenderness, love, and ecstasy unbound.
THE PRESENT 11/1998 ISBN: 0380804387 As the entire Malory family gathers at Haverston to celebrate the season, all is not well. Underlying tensions threaten to dampen the holiday spirit -- until a mysterious present that arrives anonymously is opened and shared by all. The gift is an old journal - a tender and tempestuous account of the love affair between the second Marquis, Christopher Malory, and a dark gypsy beauty named Anastasia, who seeks a love match with a non-gypsy in order to save herself from a pre-arranged marriage to a brute. Though the dashing English lord Anastasia sets her sight upon burns for the exquisite, exotic miss, Christopher could never consent to wed such a lowborn lady. But miracles have been known to happen in this season of peace and giving and love, as two extraordinary people separated by circumstance of birth begin a passionate dance of will and wiles. And in the miraculous blossoming of a glorious romance at a long ago Christmas time, there are wise and well-learned lessons that will enrich the hearts of the Malory descendants, and indeed, of everyone who has ever dreamed.
SILVER ANGEL 12/1988 ISBN: 0380752948 Abducted and sold into slavery, Chantelle Burke has been brought to the palace of a mighty Pasha. Vowing never to bow to this ruthless master's will, the young Englishwoman weakens within the silken splendor of his chambers, and after one glance into his piercing emerald eyes. The stunningly handsome Pasha is a powerful, muscular figure yet he caresses the lovely addition to his harem with a fond tenderness that only succeeds in driving her wild. But beneath his exotic eastern garb, the cryptic Pasha shrouds his true identity -- one that he finds difficult to conceal when he wants so much to surrender his heart and soul to the irresistible Chantelle.
Norah Lofts
THE HOUSE AT SUNSET 1962 ISBN:0340151846 Last book of a series that traces the fortunes of the men and women who lived through the Georgian, Victorian, and New Elizabethan eras: a fabulous house, the human drama, the sexual urges and passions, the conflicts and ambitions of the men and women who lived and loved within its sumptuous walls.
THE LOST QUEEN 6/1969 She came to the bridal bed half child, half woman, and looked with terror upon the king who barely troubled to mask his contempt for her. There had been whispers about the fledgling ruler of Denmark...about his dark moods, his murderous tantrums, his strange lusts. But no one could speak out against a marriage that united two such powerful kingdoms as England and Denmark. Bewildered, lonely, and hungry for affection, she turned to the one man who dared be her friend - the king's physician. He knew the truth, knew that without warmth and protection Caroline could not survive. He became her refuge...and her lover...and her greatest danger.
Claire Lorrimer
MAVREEN 11/1976 ISBN: 0851402518 She was the illegitimate daughter of an English aristocrat and a young and gentle governess. She was lovely, intelligent and had a quality that drew all men to her, ensnaring them fatally in her web of charm. Stubborn in her loyalties, passionate in her affections, her one flaw was her uncontrollable and tempestuous spirit- a spirit that precipitated her into a heady romance and carried her across the face of 18th century Europe.
Valentina Luellen
CASTLE OF THE MIST 01/1981 ISBN: 0263734331 A scandalous marriage to an impotent, elderly roué -- undertaken to pay her brother Malcolm's gambling debts -- has left Isabel de Riche cynical, her reputation ruined. When she returns in 1720, a widow, from the court of Versailles to her father's castle in Scotland, she finds that her name is a byword there as it has been in France. James Macleod believes the stories and treats Isabel as she thinks she deserves, yet finds himself falling in love with her: slowly, Isabel's frozen heart melts again. Then James learns that she is meeting another man in secret, as if she were the wanton he first thought her....
THE COUNTESS 2/1980 ISBN:0373745346 A plea for help from her sister Natasha brings Countess Alexandreya Romonova to St Petersburg - a city soon to be at the mercy of the new Czar, Peter the Mad. The old Czarina had died and now Russia was divided into two camps: those who supported the new Czar and those who had allied themselves with the Czar's powerful wife. Caught in the middle of the struggle was Alexandreya, an innocent young countess who'd become a pawn in the vicious game..
THE PASSIONATE PIRATE 8/1986 ISBN:0373302029 Beautiful and headstrong, Angelina Blackthorne was plunged from the licentious court of Charles II into a world of treachery and intrigue, as she roamed the high seas in a desperate bid to save her deceased father's business from ruin. Then her ship was raided and she fell into the clutches of the notorious Raven..
PRINCE OF DECEPTION 3/1982
Catherine Lyndell
STOLEN DREAMS 12/1989 ISBN: 0671646168 Raised in a perilous world of thieves and rogues, Gillie lived by her wiles and fiercely guarded her virtue. Then the delicate beauty encountered the handsome and gallant Baron Kinsale. When she boldly freed the rugged Scotsman from a band of cutthroats, she knew she would risk everything to possess him. Yet this wild sweet waif, this unpolished pearl, was still a lass...and Kinsale dared not yield to his desire. Instead he made her his ward, and sent her off to be schooled in the gentle arts and graces thus far denied her. Soon Gillie flourished into a ravishing woman, aching for a love to long forsaken. And Kinsale, unhappily pledged to another, swore at last to make her his own. Menaced by a deadly betrayal, they would test the power of their bond...and fight to claim the wondrous pleasure of their passion, forever!
Virginia Lynn
THE MOONRIDER 6/1994 ISBN: 0553296930 When a notorious highwayman accosted Rhianna and her father on a lonely country road, the evening ended in tragedy. Now, desperate for the funds to care for her bedridden father, Rhianna has hit upon an ingenious scheme: she too will take up a sword - and let the heartless highwayman take the blame for her robberies. But in the blackness of the night the Moon Rider waits, and soon this reckless beauty will find herself at his mercy, in his arms, and in the thrall of his raging passion...
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