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Lisa Cach
 COME TO ME 9/2004 ISBN: 0505525208 Samira was the lowliest creature of the Night World: a mere succubus, a winged spirit bringing dreams of passion to sleeping men. She knew every wicked wish that lurked in their hearts, and yet she had never felt the touch of a man's loving hand. Nor had she wanted to... until now. Shattered by war and banished to a crumbling fortress, Nicolae turned to the dark, forbidden arts. When his conjuring summoned Samira, he sought to use her as a tool to oust the invader from his lands and regain all that he had lost. But when she arrives on his doorstep the next night in human form, all her powers stripped from her, he thinks he has no use for her whatsoever. A creature of Night and a ruined prince: one called and the other came. What happened next would change their worlds forever. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
GEORGE AND THE VIRGIN 6/2002 ISBN: 0505524899 (Time-Travel) The medieval village of Markesew was besieged, its virgins demanded in tribute, so when St. George the Dragonslayer arrived from modern times --- in his silver pants and lace-up boots -- his quest was clear. Being a professional wrestler didn't qualify him for the task, but a sword and imagination were all he needed.... or so he thought, until he came up against the mysterious mistress of Devil's Mount. Twelve years ago Alizon had been sent to die in the jaws of the serpent. Too tough for dragon teeth then, she'd never surrender to some foreigner in shiny hose now. She feared first for the secret world she'd built atop her mountain.... but as the hero approached, Alizon realized it was not the dragon's armor he'd come to pierce, but the scales around her own ferocious heart.
Linda Cajio
KNIGHT'S SONG 1/1996 ISBN: 0821751948 The abbey was her haven.... The village of Audham lay on England's borderland - a wild savage backwater where Welsh raiders roamed, heedless of royal law. But to widowed Isobel Bayeux, the abbey at Audham was a refuge from a cruel world. She felt safe within its cloistered halls, where no man could control her life or her lands. .....until a mysterious knight invaded the sanctuary of her heart. Then the magnificent Sir Hugh appeared, claiming Audham as a reward from the king. He promised no disruption to the abbey, only peace and protection. Yet even he was powerless to control the unrest that simmered beyond the gates - or the passion that would plunge Isobel into a dark web of treachery and peril. Was he the loyal and tender lover he seemed to be? Or would Isobel's world be rocked by betrayal...and the perilous temptations of her own yearning heart?
Pamela Caldwell
KNIGHT'S BELOVED 12/1993 ISBN: 0821744143 Magnificent in battle, Aymer de Valence, Earl of Godric, was a knight without equal until the cruel defeat of the English army at Bannockburn left him broken in body and spirit. Only one woman dared to come to his aid - headstrong, independent Phillippa le Hope. Forced by the ravages of war to seek refuge in the forest, the flame-haired armorer found herself irresistibly drawn to the wounded soldier - then bound to him by a desire that defied all reason... Together, they fought for justice and their very survival...the embattled nobleman sworn to reclaim his stolen birthright and the beautiful commoner who'd risk her life to save his. In a world of brutality and bloodshed, treachery and searing betrayal, Aymer and his beloved would gamble everything on a heart-stirring passion - and a love destined to triumph against all odds!
Gayle Callen
THE DARKEST KNIGHT 1/1999 ISBN: 038080493X Trained as a knight, yet sworn to the monastery, Reynold Welles had always lived by a strict code of honor. The night he rescues beautiful Lady Katherine Berkeley from a treasonous kidnapper, he is captivated by her innocent sensuality. Yet a secret sin already torments his soul, and his desire for Katherine only increases his anguish. Reynold is duty bound to bring the lady to the king, whose life may depend on the secret she holds. Yet when the dark knight discovers that Katherine is to be married, he is torn between doing his duty...or claiming Katherine as his own.
A KNIGHT'S VOW 9/1999 ISBN: 0380804948 He was her father's enemy, and now he was her husband by the king's decree. But that didn't mean Lady Isabel Atherstone planned on honoring James Markham, Earl of Bolton, with her love. She only hoped that her hasty marriage would bring her closer to the revenge she sought and finally restore her family's name. But then, the willful new bride hadn't counted on what would happen when her handsome husband took her to the marriage bed. James Markham was thunderstruck. Though an age-old family rivalry kept his new wife at arms against him, she quivered with desire beneath his touch. Now the newly married earl wondered if his passion would be his undoing. For though the lady swore she'd never love him, her eyes told another tale - one that made the earl vow to possess her completely.
MY LADY'S GUARDIAN 6/2000 ISBN: 0380813769 Lady Margery Welles has the uncommon privilege of choosing her own husband-but it's a decision she has no desire to make, and the king wants an answer soon. Pursued by noblemen eager for a wealthy bride, Margery finds unexpected aid when Gareth Beaumont, her childhood friend, suddenly appears. Except her early champion is no longer a boy, and his strength and virility are more temptation than any noble suitor. But Margery hides a secret that makes her determined never to marry-and not even her sworn knight can safeguard her from it. He Promised To Protect Her...Years ago in the midst of battle, young Margery's protection was entrusted to the twelve-year-old Gareth. Sworn to defend her in all things, Gareth has returned years after his family curse forced him to flee England, to be her champion once again. Convinced of her imminent danger, he poses as Margery's devoted suitor until she is safely married, never imagining their ruse could become a passionate reality. For she has become a spirited beauty-and the lady's guardian now desires to become much more...
Caryn Cameron
KING'S MAN 12/1991 ISBN: 0373287062 Lord Nicholas Spencer feared no man. Empowered by King Henry's royal might, he set out to uphold the king's justice. Wiping out a nest of pernicious smugglers would be no trouble for his stalwart troop. As for himself, he longed to come face-to-face with the brawny seaman rumored to be their leader..Widowed Rosalind Barlow plotted to win at a man's game. By day, she ran a quiet inn; by night, she defiantly captained a band of smugglers. Rosalind had sworn to outfox the king's man, only to find her woman's heart had played her false..into the arms of her enemy.
Cameron (Stella)-French-Miller-Stuart
TO LOVE AND TO HONOR 5/1993 ISBN: 0380771594 Anthology featuring Bargain Bride by Stella Cameron, The Bride of Wildcat Purchase by Judith E. French, Store-Bought Woman by Linda Lael Miller, and The High Sheriff of Huntingdon by Anne Stuart.
Candace Camp
EVENSONG 4/1995 ISBN: 0061080306 When medieval dancing girl Aline accepts a job to impersonate a noblewoman, she soon finds herself falling in love with Sir James, the man she was meant to deceive. He, in turn, wishes to marry Alina, but only out of revenge against his sworn enemy.
Glynnis Campbell
MY CHAMPION 12/2000 ISBN: 0515130486 Duncan de Ware has sworn to defend those who cannot defend themselves. So when the lovely Linet de Montfort publicly humiliates a notorious sea reiver, Duncan disguises himself as a gypsy and appoints himself her protector. Linet doesn't believe her life is in danger, nor does she wish to associate with a common peasant - no matter how handsome he is. Impressed by Linet's courage as he is by her beauty, Duncan continues to shadow her despite her protests. But when the reiver abducts her, Linet realizes that her only hope may be to trust the mysterious gypsy with her life -- and her heart.
MY HERO 7/2002 ISBN: 0515133337 Unlike his two elder brothers, Garth de Ware has chosen a monastic life over war. Pious Garth is appointed as chaplain of the le Wyte castle, where temptation tortures him in the form of the beautiful and gracious Lady Cynthia le Wyte. Now is the true test of his vocation, he fears. But Lady Cynthia is determined to open his eyes to a whole new world.
MY WARRIOR 10/2001 ISBN: 0515131539 As one of the fiercest knight in King Edward's service, Holden de Ware has gained increasing favor with the king, and he's been entrusted to form an alliance with the Scots clan of Gavin, and secure the border. But treasonous forces have slain the laird of the Gavin, and Cambria, the laird's daughter and now the leader of the clan, blames Holden for her father's death...As proud as any knight, Cambria has vowed to avenge her father and plans to fight the English herself if she cannot find a warrior who will champion her cause. Determined to stop her before she can incite even more rebellion along the border, Holden is as intoxicated by her beauty as he is challenged by her spirit. Despite all that divides them, he cannot ignore the desire that ignites at the slightest touch--she will be his, no matter the cost....
Marsha Canham
MY FOREVER LOVE Falling from grace…Ciaran Tamberlane was once an honored warrior—until the day he lost his faith in both church and crown, and was branded a traitor by his fellow countrymen. Only Ciaran's noble lineage kept him from execution. Now, surrounded by dark rumors, he lives in self-imposed exile, responsible only for the peasants who live on his land…and into her arms. Amaranth de Langois was once an obedient wife—until she escaped her husband's brutality and took refuge in a small village. But his men tracked her down. And it was only through Lord Tamberlane's timely intervention that Amie was spared. Now, it's his obligation to return her to her husband, a man who would see her dead. But as long as Amie resides within his castle, Ciaran will protect her from harm. He has nothing to lose should he defy his duty—and everything to gain should he risk his heart for her love…RR@H's Novel Thoughts
 IN THE SHADOW OF MIDNIGHT 4/1994 ISBN: 0440206138. Niece to the powerful Marshal of England, Lady Ariel de Clare was as skilled with the broadsword as any knight - a fierce, headstrong beauty determined to disobey the King himself rather than marry by decree. No man would ever command her. And no man did - until she met the legendary warrior pledged to see her safely to Wales, the bastard son of a nobleman who challenged her untamed soul. She was a complication Eduard FitzRandwulf d'Ambroise could ill afford, the ravishing redhead disguised as a squire in his ragtag band, a pawn in a dangerous plan to rescue Princess Eleanor from the unspeakable evil of King John. There was no room for error - or for wildfire passions raging out of control...
 THE LAST ARROW 5/1997 ISBN: 0440222575. Medieval Period. She caught him trespassing on her family's lands, the sensuous and mysterious knight who had come to Normandy to challenge her brother, Robin, in the tournament at Chateau Gaillard. Brenna Wardieu's well-honed instincts warned her that Griffyn Renaud was no ordinary mercenary. When she discovered he was the invincible Prince of Darkness, undefeated champion in three lands, she feared he has been hired to do more than just defeat Robin in the lists.
 THROUGH A DARK MIST 11/1991 ISBN: 0440206111 (Reissue 12/94) As the misty forest quivers with the deadly flight of arrows, a tale of revenge and fated passion unfolds. An outlaw known as the Black Wolf of Lincoln dares to stand before the slender, golden loveliness of Lady Servanne de Briscourt - and in one swift, trembling moment, the future of a kingdom is changed. Betrothed to Prince John's champion, the Dragon Lord of Bloodmoor Keep, Servanne becomes the unwilling pawn in a treacherous game...and the defiant love of a dangerous rogue whose secrets can rock a throne. Together they will be swept into the rich pageantry of royal power, throwing wide the huge gates of Bloodmoor to unleash the fury of a thousand armored knights. All the ancient hatreds spawned by a family's sins are revealed, threatening the lives - and the reckless love - of the Black Wolf and the only woman who can tame his bold, wild heart.
Emily Carmichael
LAIR OF THE WOLF - Part 4 3/2000
SURRENDER 6/1988 ISBN: 0446352004 Alaine's beloved father had died, and the defense of his Castle and lands fell to her. Now her skills would be tested well, for from the South came Rorik Valois, a vengeful, handsome warrior who dared to claim her domain, and its Mistress, for his own!
Robyn Carr
THE BLUE FALCON 1981. ISBN:0316129720 The flaxon-haired Chandra watched with love as de Corbney grew to manhood, his hair as black as deep night, his fierce blue eyes shining with the victories of the jousting fields that won him the name heralded throughout England: the Blue Falcon. He is knight of the King now, his prowess with sword and lance a legend in the fields of war. And in the bold, sweet gaze of the beautiful Lady Chandra, the Falcon meets his equal in will and destiny, and discovers - at last and too late - the simple and fatal truth of love. For around them, a fine and deadly web of cunning, greed and cold deceit is tightening...And between them lies the secret power of their promise...and the trials they must endure to claim their triumphant and timeless love.
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. 7/1987. ISBN:0316129798 In 15th century England, the Wars of the Roses cruelly divides families, friends, and lovers. Beautiful Anne Gifford finds she must enter a loveless marriage in order to save herself and the child of the man she truly loves, Dylan de Frayne. Separated by treachery and warfare and years of heartache, these two lovers triumph over their adversaries.
BY RIGHT OF ARMS 6/1986. ISBN:0316129690 Set in 14th century England and France, in the time of Edward III, a knight is given the chance to take a castle estate in France, along with the lady of the castle, by right of arms.
THE TROUBADOUR'S ROMANCE 5/1985. ISBN:0316129763
Helen Carras
BY LOVE'S COMMAND 5/1995 ISBN: 0821749013 From a remote castle in the Scottish highlands to the wine-drenched splendor of the French court to the intrigue-filled palaces of Elizabethan England, this is a tale of dangerous, irresistible love... Lady Jean Hamilton leaves Scotland and journeys to France to attend Queen Mary at court. Here, among the dazzling lords and ladies of Parisian high society, Jean meets English aristocrat Thomas Randolph, whose seductive touch holds peril... Entrusted with a dangerous mission for Elizabeth I, Thomas knows it is treasonous to desire this headstrong Scottish beauty. Yet he cannot quell the hunger that rages like a fever in his blood. And as a cunning enemy sweeps Jean into a game of treachery and intrigue, Thomas risks honor and life for the woman who has so completely captured his heart...
Laurie Carroll
A WAR OF HEARTS. 7/2002. ISBN:1893896803 A war-weary knight...Sir Jeremy Blaine, dispirited from countless battles on foreign soil, returns to England with hopes of retiring to a life of peace. But the bastard brother of Jeremy's duke has stolen lands intended as Jeremy's reward for service, and he finds himself once again fighting. This time for his legacy. A deathbed vow...The finest healer in the north of England, Alicen Kent swore an oath at her dying mother's bedside to remain neutral in any conflict and minister to all in need of her. But when Jeremy Blaine brings to her door the critically wounded, rightful Duke of Tynan, Alicen is forced to harbor a central figure in the conflict ravaging her shire. Totally dedicated to her calling, Alicen wants no husband who would demand she give up healing to attend him alone. But the potent amulet she wears has a spiritual mate—the dagger carried by a knight wary of women, particularly female healers. A powerful spirit...Kaitlyn O'Rourke's shade guides her daughter's healing hand. But can she guide Alicen's heart? Kaitlyn has brought Jeremy Blaine to Alicen's door. Now, can she help him overcome his distrust and help Alicen realize the healing power of love? Two lonely souls will find fulfillment if they can only win...A War of Hearts.
Anne Carsley
LADY DEFIANT 11/1988 ISBN: 0517008289 Luisa of Marmoor is rescued from an attack by marauding highwaymen by the mysterious outlaw Marcus Lenley, who then claims her as his own. She vows not to trust him but soon finds she cannot resist the fire of his touch.
THIS RAVISHED ROSE 9/1980. ISBN:0671412930 She endured the bruising passions of a man she tried to hate.... She defied the evil lust of another who schemed to corrupt and control England....Daughter of a nobleman exiled by Edward IV, Katherine Hartley's flashing beauty and hot-blooded pride took her from dire poverty to the dangerous glamour of Westminster Court. Threatened by royal intrigue, forced into satanic sacrificial cerel1Jonies, Katherine finally discovered why her father had been labeled a traitor. And. at last, when the one man who might claim her soul. as totally as he had captured her flesh was freed of his haunted past, she would know the glorious ecstasy of passion's wild fulfillment.
Laura Cassidy
MAIDEN COURT 2001 ISBN: 0373303874 Bess Latimer knew when she married Harry that most of his life would be spent at court, and she was afraid that the wild court of Henry VIII would seduce Harry away from her. Much as she loved their home, Bess could no longer bear to be away from her husband, though when she arrived at court, everything seemed to go wrong. Bess felt she was losing her husband. And their love was tested as misunderstanding turned to separation. When the crown interfered and ordered the couple to return, it was finally time for Harry and Bess to rediscover the love they had lost along the way.
Megan Castell
QUEEN OF A LONELY COUNTRY 1980 ISBN:0671827324 As a young girl, Gillian had traveled the roads with her father, the minstrel Howel Arawn. From the Severn to the Wye they had gone singing the glory that was Wales before the English invasion. But now her father is beheaded and her maidenhood stolen...
Castle (Jayne)-Beard-Foster-Wilks
CHARMED 10/1999 ISBN: 0425171299 Paranormal anthology featuring Bridal Jitters by Jayne Castle(Jayne Ann Krentz), Man in the Mirror by Julie Beard, Tangled Dreams by Lori Foster and Pandora's Bottle by Eileen Wilks.
Linda Lea Castle
BY KING'S COMMAND 11/2000 ISBN:0821771272
EMBRACE THE SUN 11/2002 ISBN: 0821772686 He was a man without a memory
she was a woman who denied her past
When Lochlyn Armstrong awakes wounded in a strange cottage, he has no idea what has happened to him--and little memory of who he is. One thing he's sure of--the proud lass who shelters him is a mystery he longs to solve. Alone in the woods with a babe to raise, claiming no clan and no husband's protection, all Glencoura has is wee Jamie--and a fierce determination to keep her secrets to herself. Vowing to be her champion, and soon enough the man she will wed, Lochlyn is astounded to discover that his own past is full of secrets--and that the future may bring a dangerous confrontation with the man who sired Jamie, and divided a clan. Gaining Glencoura's trust is only the first step in the battle to save her life
and win her love.
PROMISE THE MOON 2/2002 ISBN: 082177266X Held captive by Thomas de' Lucy, the man who destroyed her family and betrothed against her will to his son, Rowanne Vaudry is doomed to a life of misery. Then fate -- in the tall powerful form of Brandt Le Revenant -- steps in, rescuing her as she journeys to meet her fiance. How can Rowanne know that Brandt, a knight newly returned from the Crusades has his own reason for helping her? That he is the baseborn son of Thomas de' Lucy and that he burns to avenge himself for the cruelties he endured as a child? Now on a quest for reprisal, Rowanne and Brandt strike a devil's bargain and together find themselves caught in an overwhelming tide of passion -- one that can doom them both...or sweep away every obstacle in their path.
SURRENDER THE STARS 6/2002 ISBN: 0821772678 Desmond Vaudry du Lac is appalled when King Henry III commands him to wed Aislinn, who's been dubbed the Poison Flower of Seven Oaks, having buried four husbands in five years. But Desmond is loyal to his king and vows to do his bidding, only to find that his fiancee refuses to see him. He doesn't guess that the mysterious and beautiful lady he encounters nightly in the garden is his bride-to-be, or that she has fallen in love with him. When by royal decree they are married, Desmond is stunned to discover Aislinn's true identity. And while the passion he shares with her is pure bliss, dark, secret forces swirl around them. Now, it will take all of their courage - and trust - to triumph over the danger that threatens their lives - and their love.
Elizabeth Chadwick
THE CHAMPION 12/1998 ISBN: 0312192460 In the spring of 1193, seventeen-year-old Alexander de Montroi flees the monastery where he'd been training as a novice, and joins his soldier brother, Hervi, in Normandy. Alexander has ambitions to become a great knight among the men who earn their living by hiring their swords and taking part in jousting contests. For those who show exceptional talent, there are fortunes and hearts to be won, and Alexander soon proves himself adept at both. Monday de Cerizay is the only daughter of Arnaud, a friend of Hervi, and his wife, Clemence. Her parents are poor, but they work hard, and live a happy life. Monday, who is three years younger than Alexander, is smitten with the dashing younger soldier, but he is too busy pursuing his own career and glory to pay her much attention. Suddenly, Arnaud is killed, and Hervi becomes Monday's guardian, drawing her even further into Alexander's life. One night, after too much wine and too little self-control, Alexander and Monday lie together, but, proud and headstrong, Monday is determined not to become just another of Alexander's conquests. Pregnant, confused, and betrayed, she flees, determined to make a life for herself beyond the tawdry squalor of the tourney circuits. Alexander is devastated by Monday's sudden flight. When he and Monday meet once more it is as strangers. As they come to know one another again, they find themselves facing the wrath of a king, the ambitions of Monday's bitter grandfather, and the vengeful fury of an old foe from Alexander's younger jousting days.
CHILDREN OF DESTINY 1993 ISBN: 0718135474 A story of passion and religious strife, rich in historical detail and facts, covering the period 1207 through 1242.
THE CONQUEST 8/1997 ISBN: 0312154976 In 1066 England, Saxon widow Ailith grieves over the deaths of her husband and infant son, but soon finds solace with Norman warrior Rolf de Brize. But her newfound happiness is suddenly threatened when Rolf's Norman wife and daughter arrive unexpectedly, and she also learns that Rolf had been responsible for the deaths of her beloved brothers at the Battle of Hastings.
DAUGHTERS OF THE GRAIL 8/1995 ISBN: 0345388402 Thirteenth-century France. Bridget has grown up mastering the mystical gifts of her ancestor, Mary Magdalene, whose unbroken female lineage has kept a legacy of wisdom alive for a thousand years. But the all-powerful Catholic Church has sworn to destroy Bridget for using her healing talents and supernatural abilities. Bridget's duty to continue the bloodline leads her into the arms of Raoul de Montvallant--a Catholic. But when the Church's savage religious intolerance causes Raoul to turn rebel, a terrible vengeance is exacted by Simon de Montfort, the unstoppable Catholic leader of a crusade against peaceful "heretics." As war rages on, it is the children of these passionate souls, Magda and Dominic, who must strive to preserve the ancient knowledge for future generations, and find the love and courage to endure....
 THE FALCONS OF MONTABARD ISBN:0312332084 8/2004 Barfleur, 1120. Sabin FitzSimon, bastard son of an earl, has acquired a reputation for wildness and trouble only matched by his abilities as a warrior. But when he is caught seducing the King's favorite mistress, not even his fighting skills can save him. Beaten by the King's soldieries and left behind in the Norman port, it seems that his notoriety has finally gotten the better of him. Upon his eventual return to England, Sabin is given the opportunity to rebuild his career and salvage his reputation: The knight Edmund Strongfist is leaving for the Holy Land to offer his sword and services to the King of Jerusalem, and he wants Sabin to join him. Accompanying Strongfist is his young, beautiful, convent-educated daughter Annais. Sabin, he warns, is to keep away from her. Being grateful for the chance that Strongfist has given him, Sabin does so, but not without a feeling of regret as he observes her spirit and courage, and enjoys her beautiful harp playing. The Holy Land brings its own shares of trials for Sabin. If he succeeds in keeping his distance from Annais, he has less success with Strongfist's new wife, and the consequences prove to be painful. The land is suffering from constant warfare and following the capture of the King, Sabin is forced to take command of the fortress of Montabard and marry its recently widowed chatelaine. Now there is all to play for...and all to lose. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
FIRST KNIGHT 1995 ISBN: 0671535323 All the colorful characters and events of fabled Camelot come vividly to life in this unique new account of the legendary King Arthur, Lancelot du Lac, and Guinevere, Lady of Leonesse. Here is a Lancelot never before revealed - a fearless drifter who sold his sword for money until he found something truly worth the battle. Here, too, is a different Guinevere, a warrior queen...and wise King Arthur Pendragon, who would go to any length in order to save his people. Lancelot was First Knight - until his love for Guinevere tested his loyalty for his king. Thrill as this chivalrous trio defends the Round Table from the murderous rogue Malagant in a fantastic rendition of an enduring tale, written with all the fire and passion of the period.
THE LEOPARD UNLEASHED 6/1993 ISBN: 0312093233 Part of the Ravenstow saga, this story centers on the heir to the earldom, Renard, who becomes entangled in the Welsh civil war and must choose between his wife and a dancing girl.
LORDS OF THE WHITE CASTLE 4/2002 ISBN: 0312288271 A violent quarrel with Prince John, later King John, disrupts Fulke FitzWarin's life ambition to become 'Lord of the White Castle'and leads him to rebel. There are perilous chases through autumn woods, ambushes and battles of wit as Fulke thwarts John at every turn. No less dramatic is the dangerous love that Fulke harbours for Maude Walter, a wealthy widow whom John wants for himself. Negotiating a maze of deceit, treachery and shifting political alliances Fulke's striving is rewarded, but success is precarious. Personal tragedy follows the turbulence of the Magna Carta rebellion, culminating in the destruction of everything for which Fulke has fought. Yet even among the ashes, he finds a reason to begin anew.
THE LOVE KNOT 12/1999 ISBN: 031224407X In the summer of 1140, Oliver Pascal returns home from a long pilgrimage to discover England ravaged by civil war and his family lands forfeit to the conflict between Henry I's daughter Mathilda, and her cousin Stephen of Blois, who has seized the crown at her expense. Riding to the Earl of Gloucester's keep at Bristol, Oliver stumbles upon the aftermath of a mercenary attack on an isolated village. Among the survivors are Richard, an illegitimate royal son and half-brother to the Earl himself, and the boy's young nurse Catrin. Widowed, stubborn and proud, she has much in common with Oliver, a man still grieving for a wife lost in childbirth. At Bristol, Catrin meets Ethel, a wise woman and midwife, who begins to train her in the healing arts and is instrumental in bringing Oliver and Catrin together as lovers. But the endurance of that love is threatened by the perils of injury in battle, the danger of childbirth, the upheaval of continuing civil war, and the risk of loving in exchange for nothing but heartbreak. In the end Catrin must decide where her true loyalties lie.
THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER 8/2000 ISBN: 0312264917 Unwanted and unloved, Miriel Weaver finds herself forced into a closed convent by her violent stepfather. Outside, the civil war of 1216 rages through the English countryside, throwing into jeopardy all that its people hold dear. As the turmoil outside reaches a peak, Miriel itches to break free from her life inside as a religious novice. She plots to escape but her plans screech to a halt when a soldier of fortune, a half-dead Nicholas de Caen appears at the convent door. Once held captive by royalist troops, he has managed to escape their clutches with part of the royal regalia, but his flight has sapped all life from him. Miriel nurses him with the vigor she has had suppressed in her imprisonment, and revives Nicholas, in whom she recognizes her own stubborn pride and independence. He is not only her kindred spirit, he is also her only way out. So upon his recovery and release, Miriel coerces her former patient into taking her with him. Never one for nostalgia, Miriel has only seen Nicholas as a means of escape, and once out of the convent, the two part on bad terms. From this point forward, misfortune will plague Miriel's life until she runs into a new Nicholas, this time a famous soldier and merchant. Can the two now see past their pride and into each other's souls, formerly one and the same? Or have the ravages of a bloody war clouded their sight?
THE RUNNING VIXEN 3/1992 ISBN: 0345380983 Set in 1126. When Adam de Lacey returns to his home in Wales, he soon rediscovers his love for his stepsister Heulwen. However, Heulwen is set to marry Warrin de Mortimer, a man involved in a plot against the king and Adam's hated enemy.
SHIELDS OF PRIDE 8/1994 ISBN: 0345388399 The year is 1173. King Henry's efforts to crush his rebellious sons ignite bloody border skirmishes throughout the land. Yet it is a time of triumph for mercenary Josceline de Gael, bastard son of the king's most trusted ally. Victorious on the battlefield, de Gael suffers sweet defeat when his heart is conquered by the lovely Linnet de Montsorrel. But their love will find its greatest challenge as the torments of jealousy, suspicion, pride -- and an enemy from beyond the grave -- threaten all they hold dear. The passionate telling of a woman's courage, a man's pride, and a love that must overcome the fiercest of challenges
THE WILD HUNT 9/1991 ISBN: 0312064918 When Judith of Ravenstow weds the roguish Guyon, Lord of Ledworth, in order to protect both their lands from her ruthless uncle, she at first is terrified of their marriage bed-- until Guyon shows her the pleasures that married life can hold.
Janet Chapman
CHARMING THE HIGHLANDER 2/2003 ISBN: 0743453069 A feisty beauty tempted by a bold highlander's touch...When a plane crash strands brilliant scientist Grace Sutter on an icy mountaintop in Maine, she finds herself alone in the wilderness with the only other surviving passenger -- Greylen MacKeage,a sexy, medieval warrior who's been tossed through time to find the woman he's destined to love. Forced together to survive the harsh, wintry landscape, neither expects the fierce passion that flares between them. But Grace is not used to letting her heart take control, and Greylen will settle for nothing less than her heart's surrender....
LOVING THE HIGHLANDER 5/2003 ISBN:0743453077 A tempestuous passion begins with a battle of wills... When Sadie Quill comes upon an unbelievably gorgeous man lying naked beside a lake, she can't resist taking his photo -- and is quickly trapped in a passionate confrontation with the fierce stranger. Discovering the identity of this irresistible warrior will complicate Sadie's search for a legendary gold mine. For he is Morgan MacKeage, a medieval highlander in modern-day Maine, a man with the fury of the untamed wilderness pounding in his veins -- and the power to unlock Sadie's fragile heart.
WEDDING THE HIGHLANDER 10/2003 ISBN: 0743453085 A runaway beauty finds love in the brawny arms of a handsome stranger. Talented surgeon Libby Hart is fleeing to Pine Creek, Maine, when her car spins out of control and crashes into a pond. She is rescued by Michael MacBain, a medieval highlander trapped in the modern world by a wizard's spell. Wounded in love once before by a modern woman, Michael wants nothing to do with Libby, but he can't resist the intense desire she stirs within him. Can this proud warrior pledge his heart to a woman whose secret threatens to change their lives forever?
Susan Charnley
A TRUE AND PERFECT KNIGHT 12/2001 ISBN: 0843949449 Why would King Edward I of England order a marriage between his most true and perfect knight and a woman suspected of treason? Baron Haven De Sessions knows a hundred reasons not to marry the widow Dreyford. She is entirely too independent, and a suspected traitor. Worst of all, shed been married to his best frienda man Haven arrested for plotting against the king. Haven believes the treacherous widow should have been the one to lose her head, not his dearest friend. Now, an oath to that same friend forces Haven to protect a woman he does not want and cannot trust. Genvieve Dreyford has her own reasons not to marry De Sessions. Shes been married and didnt like the experience one bit. The man is far too handsome, and his reputation as the kings most true and perfect knight has swelled the barons head. Worst of all, Gennie believes he betrayed his friendship with her husband to seek favor with the English king. Now, because of the Baron, Gennie has lost her home, her title and nearly everything she held dear. How can she pledge herself to a man she fears and mistrusts?
Linda Ciletti
DRAEGON'S LAIR 9/2000. ISBN:1892520435 She was running from a nightmare and found herself in the arms of a man who hid beneath a cloak of mystery and a past of shadows. Regardless of what the future held, she knew she'd never want to leave his arms again...
Denée Cody
THE CONQUERED HEART 7/1995 082175002X When her father is dethroned by a usurper, Eve MacMurrough, Princess of Leinster, is forced to wed Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke. Cursing her fate, she vows never to give her heart to the despised Norman baron who may be her destiny but will never be her desire. One of the most powerful noblemen in Wales, deClare has lost his prized lands to satisfy King Henry II's insatiable greed. Now dispatched to Ireland to help MacMurrough regain his realm, de Clare is determined to reclaim his own pride and riches...never dreaming that the conquest of land will pale beside the rapturous passion his new bride awakens in his soul.
THE COURT OF LOVE 8/1996 ISBN: 0821753762 When Julianna Devereux, Countess of Rosmar, refuses to wed her young cousin, the willful beauty is banished to the court of England's Eleanor of Aquitaine. There she is to await papal orders to marry. But Eleanor's is an enlightened court founded on the ideals of courtly love...and Julianna vows that she will settle for nothing less. One of Henry II's fiercest and most devoted knights, Stephan de Mandeville, desires Julianna from the moment he beholds her. But he is a man tormented by a dark and unforgiving past....and Julianna has been promised to another.
THE GOLDEN ROSE 6/1998 ISBN: 0821759086 She is Catherine Avery, the Lady of Rosmar, mistress of the castle once owned by the disgraced Mandevilles and lost as the spoils of war. But her comfortable existence is about to end as she meets her sworn enemy, who disrupts her life with scandal and conquers her wary heart. Burning with anger and driven by his need for revenge, Andrew Mandeville lives only to restore the Mandeville name and reclaim Castle Rosmar, his ancestral home. But his driving ambition is shattered by a dark family secret that drives him to anarchy against the king--and into the arms of the beauty he vowed to destroy.
QUEEN OF THE MAY 6/1997 ISBN: 0821756680 She lives among the outlaws of Sherwood Forest, a beauty as ethereal and fathomless as the Wildwood itself. Yet not even her faithful friends Robyn and Marian, can shield Giselle from the harsh laws of King John, or the secret enemy determined to take her life. One of the late King Richard's most trusted companions, Alexander de Mandeville, has left the court of the corrupt King John to claim the lordship of Wolfhurst. But the barony bequeathed to him is near ruin. Its lush forests are inhabited by bandits--and the ravishing Giselle, who lures him into her lawless world, where desire is their only common ground, and where danger haunts their every embrace.
Nicole Cody
LOVE AND MAYHEM 4/2006 ISBN: 0451218108 Try getting married when your betrothed can wield an iron pot with deadly accuracy, her mad uncle thinks he’s William Wallace, and her two maiden aunts can’t finish a sentence—or a thought—on their own…Such are Sir Iain Armstrong’s travails when he sets out to wed Lady Marion, a convent-raised spitfire. All Iain wants to do is fulfill their fathers’ wishes, appease two royal courts, and do what is best for the future of Scotland by putting an end to all the troubles in his part of the Borders. All Lady Marion has to do is agree to marry him, which is the last thing on her mind when Iain arrives at the convent. She won’t be taken without a fight. And even when she realizes that Iain is a man of courage, intelligence, and seductively powerful shoulders, will her eccentric family do what her temper tantrums, willful ways, and pride have so far failed to do—and drive him away forever? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Elaine Coffman
THE BRIDE OF BLACKNESS CASTLE short story in OUTLAW BRIDES 6/1996 ISBN: 0373833156
Linda Cook
FOLLOW THE MOON 9/1999 ISBN: 0821763180 1193 Brittany. Newly widowed Lady Johanna awakens to find a stranger in her bedchamber, his handsome face hidden in the shadows. He claims to be an assassin--sent to kill her. Instead, he promises her safety and help in fleeing deadly treachery at Castle Rochmarin. Though some instinct deep within her urges Johanna to trust this man, she dares to make her own escape--only to find herself wrapped firmly in his powerful arms...and spirited away. Payen accepted the murderous assignment, only to ensure that it fail. The fierce mercenary does not know who wants Johanna dead, only that she must live. For her untimely death will surely deny him what he covets most: his lost legacy--Rochmarin. While he vows to shield Johanna from the danger that surrounds her, Payen's motives have now changed. His heart has grown to desire more than his ancestral castle and its lands. He wants the lady of Rochmarin herself.
NIGHT FIRES 11/1998 ISBN: 0821760432 For years Alyse Mirbeau remained in a crumbling fortress in Cornwall, protecting Eleanor of Aquitaine's cache of hidden jewels. She was waiting to be freed from her lonely vigil when a dashing knight arrived to claim the gems--and Alyse--in payment for his service to the Queen. Raimond de Bauzan was everything Alyse had ever dreamed of. But she never expected to feel the irresistible desire he ignited deep within her. But Alyse still could not trust Raimond enough to tell him the jewels' hiding place. Filled with the anguish of divided loyalty, she tried to escape to a convent, but Raimond claimed her, along with land promised by the Queen. Yet even as she whispered words of love, Alyse knew in her heart that she was betraying Raimond, as long as she kept her secret. Left with the agonizing burden of truth, she had to find the courage to place her faith in a tempestuous love that could shatter her life--or bring her the sweetest bliss.
SILVER WIND 2/2001 ISBN: 0821768700 A hostage in Normandy for five long years, Adeline of Caerdoc, the daughter of a rebellious Welsh Chieftain, has been granted her freedom
at a terrible price. She is condemned to spy on Simon of Taillebroc, a traitorous Norman knight. But in her dangerous attempt to learn his plans, Adeline finds herself faced with a new sort of peril, as the darkly handsome warrior kindles a longing that threatens her very soul. Simon has lost everything--his honor, his land, his freedom--while earning the undying enmity of the Crown. He knows that the enticing green--eyed lass has been sent to spy on him, and yet, he cannot stay away. When she contrives to see them wed to further her schemes, Simon takes her as his bride, knowing that he may be condemning himself. For there is nothing he wont do to possess the daring beauty who holds his fate--and heart--in her hands.
A TWILIGHT CLEAR 10/2002 ISBN: 0821773437 He Would Sacrifice Her Trust. After three long years fighting for his king, Henry Plantagenet, the time has come for Gideon de Macon to return home to the raven-haired wife whose face has haunted his every dream. But their reunion will not be a joyous one, for Gideon comes bearing a burden: Henry's pregnant mistress whom he must keep hidden from Welsh spies. Desperate to keep his beloved wife and daughter safe, he must conceal the truth about the woman, even if it costs him the love and trust of the wife he yearns for. .To Save Their Love As the wife of a warrior, Catherine de Macon has endured many hardships, but this is far too much. How dare her husband return from war with his pregnant mistress in tow and demand to keep the woman in Catherine's own manor! She can hardly turn out a woman with child, but she does not have to yield to Gideon's passionate caresses. And yet, as Christmas draws near, the passion she feels for her husband cannot be denied. Now, as treachery closes in, it will take all of Catherine's cunning-and love-to save the man she cannot forsake.
THE WIDOW THIEF Short story in ALWAYS A BRIDE 6/1999 ISBN: 0821762222 The widow Constance of Lanmartin must pay a high price to her lord to remain unmarried. But before their deal is made, she is stolen by Guyon de Burgh and taken to England. When her angry lord wants retribution, the courageous knight will make his greatest sacrifice to keep the beautiful Constance in his arms forever...
Katy Cooper
LORD SEBASTIAN'S WIFE 12/2002. ISBN:0373292384 He had broken every promise he had ever made her.... And her heart with them! A reckless promise, made in the glow of first love, now bound Lord Sebastian Benbury to the Lady Beatrice. But though her beauty still stirred his inner fires, nothing could burn away the far-off memory of her with another man! I do not hate you, he said. Liar, she said softly. Her mouth trembled as though she might start crying, but her eyes were cold, colder than he had ever seen them. Their chill bit through him. I do not hate you, he said again. He was angry with her, angrier than he had yet been, and he did not know why. I despise you. The words hung in the air - he could not snatch them back. She caught her breath and then nodded. So. She opened her hand, and rose petals fell to the ground like snow. We are good company after all. You cannot despise me as much as I despise myself. Beatrice. He had not meant to say he despised her. That was too simple a name for what he felt...!
PRINCE OF HEARTS 8/2000 ISBN: 0373291256 Rank has its privileges -- except when it came to marriage..Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset is a king's son, constrained to marry where politics bid; Cecilia Coleville is an earl's daughter, with a duty to her bloodline and honor to protect. When they fall in love, it's hopeless: she's not well-born enough to be Edmund's wife, but she's too well-born to be his mistress.
Tracy Cooper-Posey
HEART OF VENGEANCE. 4/2004. ISBN:0974363979 A woman in hiding. In order to find her father's killer, Helena of York is forced to play the most dangerous game of her life. The Saxon noblewoman, now an outlaw, must adopt a false identity and pose as a Norman in the courts and great halls of Richard I's England. Should she be unmasked, her life will be forfeit. But Helena is willing to pay any price for her revenge. A man shunned. Stephen, Count of Dinan, once Richard's greatest friend and most able knight, finds himself an outcast from the court for reasons shrouded in mystery. Now known as the 'Black Baron', he finds himself a friendless outcast in a glittering world he has come to despise. Two dangerous destinies. The only goal in Stephen's life is to restore his honor and once again serve his king. The only desire in Helena's life is to kill the man who destroyed her father and her future. Then the 'Black Baron's' suspicions draw him into Helena's web of deceit and, together, they find themselves entangled in a greater conspiracy that threatens the throne of England itself and two embattled hearts that have allowed themselves to be touched by love.
Susan Coppula (aka Susan Carroll)
SHADES OF WINTER 1/1989 ISBN: 0449131696 A wonderful, full-bodied saga of passion, witchcraft, and politics revolving around Genevieve de Macy, daughter of Sir Jaufre and Melyssan during the reign of Henry III.
WINTERBOURNE 5/1987 ISBN: 0449458768 In the harsh, turbulent Middle Ages, lovely Lady Melyssan remains as she always has been - sweet, timid, and content to be alone. But in a desperate move to resist the advances of the dreaded King, she claims to be married to his worst enemy, Lord Jaufre de Macy, the legendary Dark Knight. Seeking temporary shelter in Jaufre's abandoned castle, Winterbourne, she is unprepared for the fierce, angry warrior who returns to confront her. He is a man as rough and unforgiving as the Welsh borderlands he rules - and she is as gentle and innocent as a new day. But neither Jaufre's dark heart nor Melyssan's innocent one can resist the love that is their destiny - nor protect them from the danger drawing ever closer.....
Catherine Coulter
CHANDRA 1/1984 ISBN: 0451158814 Chandra de Avenell might look like a golden princess, but she fights like a warrior, dreams a warriors dreams, and wears a warriors pride like a suit of armor. She wants to be strong, independent, and free. She has no use at all for a husband. Enter the man her father has selected for her. Jerval de Vernon takes one look at Chandra, and he wants her. After he saves her from a very bad situation, he sets himself to wooing her not an easy task. How does a man convince a woman he coerces into marriage to become a wife? To give him her loyalty and her trust? Love is something he would like her to consider as well. But what if the wife has no intention of cooperating? Does her break her or finally give up on her?
EARTH SONG 9/1990 ISBN: 0451402065 Meet Philippa de Beauchamp - daring, impulsive, guilty of thinking with her feet and not with her head whenever she's in a bind. Philippa flees her father's castle when she hears she's to be married to the revolting Baron de Bridgport. But her daring escape in a wool wagon becomes a disaster when she winds up at the castle of St. Erth, whose owner, Dienwald de Fortenberry, is a rogue, as smooth and bold as Aquitaine wine, and poor as a church mouse. What is he to do with a girl who won't tell him who she is, who is as tall as he is, and so beautiful it makes his teeth ache just to look at her?
FIRE SONG 12/1985 ISBN: 0451402383 Lord Graelam de Moreton....was a warrior, a man both hard and ruthless, a man who took what he wanted and never looked back. He was, and still is, a very bad boy. But things change and Graelam finds himself in a situation he never anticipated: he has gotten himself a wife through no fault of his own. Kassia de Lorris of Brittany is gentle and yielding, untested in the ways of men. She cheats death only to find herself wedded to a stranger. When the two meet as husband and wife at Graelam's castle of Wolffeton in Cornwall, Kassia is prepared to give obeisance to this man he father chose for her. Graelam is willing to accept her as she appears - a lady as innocent and guileless as rainwater flowing through his fingers. But things change again. Graelam comes to believe she has betrayed him. It's time for Kassia to prove her mettle.
THE PENWYTH CURSE 1/2003 ISBN: 0515134368 Dear Reader, How would you like to be eighteen and four times a widow? If you live with a curse, sometimes things like this happen. And so they did. We have two sets of heroes/heroines; one set is in the present (A.D. 1278) and the other set is, quite simply, sometime else. We have both over- and underlapping stories, a dynamite mystery, lovers underfoot (visit with Dienwald and Philippa from Earth Song) and mega-doses of magic and mayhem. Come back to the present, and maybe even further back than that. I hope you have lots of fun, and smile until your jaws lock.
ROSEHAVEN 8/1996 ISBN: 039914143X Come back to England in the year 1277 and meet Hastings of Trent and Severin of Langthorne, two strangers joined in marriage. Hastings is an heiress and Severin is the warrior whom the dying Earl of Oxborough has selected to assume his title, properties, possessions, and his daughter. It is Severin's duty to sire children, to bring strong new blood to the line, and keep Oxborough powerful. Hastings thinks he's cold-blooded, severe, merciless. Severin doesn't smile, he looks capable of cruelty, he inspires fear. Then a marten appears over the top of his tunic. Now, who can be afraid of a man who carries a marten in his tunic? ...As for Hastings, Severin believes she should be obedient, submissive, malleable. She should speak softly and do whatever he wants, immediately.
SECRET SONG 2/1991 ISBN: 0451402340 You met Roland de Tournay in Earth Song - a handsome man with a subtle wit and quick tongue who was variously an actor, an adventurer, a master of disguise. Now in Secret Song he meets his destiny when he must rescue Daria of Fortesque from a Welsh stronghold. He's as daring, as clever, as talented as he is. What's a man to do? The link between them is as unbreakable as the fine forged steel of Roland's sword, but being obstinate, mule-headed - in other words, a man - he resists with all his might. You'll see characters from Earth Song and Fire Song stick their oars in to assist this beset pair, with varying degrees of success.
WARRIOR'S SONG 3/2001 ISBN: 0451198948 Originally CHANDRA. Chandra de Avenell might look like a golden princess, but she fights like a warrior, dreams a warriors dreams, and wears a warriors pride like a suit of armor. She wants to be strong, independent, and free. She has no use at all for a husband. Enter the man her father has selected for her. Jerval de Vernon takes one look at Chandra, and he wants her. After he saves her from a very bad situation, he sets himself to wooing her not an easy task. How does a man convince a woman he coerces into marriage to become a wife? To give him her loyalty and her trust? Love is something he would like her to consider as well. But what if the wife has no intention of cooperating? Does her break her or finally give up on her?
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THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS 11/1998 ISBN: 0505522837 Anthology featuring Jack of Hearts by Emma Craig, The Shepherds and Mr. Weisman by Annie Kimberlin, The Yuletide Spirit by Kathleen Nance and Twelfth Knight by Stobie Piel.
Catherine Creel
WILDSONG 10/1996 ISBN: 0449183203 In the embrace of a passionate enemy, one woman challenges her heritage and dares to listen to the song in her heart. . . .Drawn by a haunting melody, Sir Brian Devereux, knight of the realm, leaves the cold stone walls of Ballymorna Castle in search of the strange music that stirs his dreams. Into the lush Irish countryside he discovers an emerald-eyed temptress playing her harp. From the moment they gaze at each other, their eyes lock in silent combat. Ceara Brennan knows that this man is the English king's warrior sent from across the sea to break the spirit of her people. And Brian knows that to touch the lovely Irish Ceara is forbidden. But the temptation is too much to resist. . . .Surrendering to a Celtic passion beyond her control, Ceara is possessed in body, in spirit, and in marriage by her greatest enemy--and her only love. Together they must face the king Brian has defied, the village Ceara has betrayed, and the scorned man who makes a blood vow to claim Ceara as his own.
Tanya Anne Crosby
ANGEL OF FIRE 4/1992 ISBN: 0380767732 Devastated by the murder of her father, Norman noblewoman Chrestien de Lontaine vows to become a nun, but while traveling to the convent, she is abducted by the handsome English warrior who killed her father.
LION HEART 7/2000 ISBN: 0380785757 The illegitimate daughter of a penniless English baron, Elizabet is determined never to relinquish her cherished independence by becoming some man's "property." But when she is kidnapped by a rugged clansman in the Scottish highlands, her sensations are awakened as never before. Broc of the McKinnons is only interested in doing what is best for his clan, even if it means holding an enchanting, high-spirited Englishwoman hostage in order to avert a feud. But his growing passion for the exquisitely kissable Elizabet could be his undoing. For keeping her poses a serious risk to Broc's future, while letting her go poses an even greater risk to his heart.
LYON'S GIFT 6/1997 ISBN: 0380785714 Piers de Montgomerie, known as "Lyon" for his fierceness in combat, accepts the challenge of the Scottish king, agreeing to quell a troublesome highland feud and to accept the disputed lands as payment But his battle skills are no match for the flashing eyes and barbed tongue of "Mad" Meghan Brodie-the spirited wench he now holds hostage, who fires his blood with her heart-stirring beauty. Distrustful of men and feigning madness, in truth Meghan is cunning as a fox-and far too loyal to her clan to be swayed by her arrogant captor's honeyed words and virile charms. She will make the Lyon pay dearly for the "gift" he has so brazenly stolen-even as her own traitorous heart begs her to surrender gladly to the one great love that can heal an injured land. Piers de Montgomerie, known as "Lyon" for his fierceness in combat, accepts the challenge of the Scottish king, agreeing to quell a troublesome highland feud and to accept the disputed lands as payment But his battle skills are no match for the flashing eyes and barbed tongue of "Mad" Meghan Brodie-the spirited wench he now holds hostage, who fires his blood with her heart-stirring beauty.
THE MacKINNON'S BRIDE 6/1996 ISBN: 0380776820 Outraged by the Scottish sovereign who has kidnapped his young son, Highlands chieftain Iain MacKinnon retaliates by abducting his enemy's tempestuous daughter Page and falls in love with her when his plan backfires.
ON BENDED KNEE 1/1999 ISBN: 0380785730 In her dreams, a hearth and a husband... With hair shiny black as a moonless night and luscious green eyes as luminescent as a cat's, Seana has been whispered to be a child of the brownies. But not even a little spritely magic can help her claim what she really wanted-a home and a marriage to a particular handsome clansman who is blind to her wiles. To win his attentions, she will have to strike a bargain with another man: a wickedly handsome rake. Yet, even knowing better than to trust this irrepressible charmer, she finds she is quickly falling under his spell. In her heart, a rake and a rogue... Colin Mac Brodie has the tawny good looks and potent magnetism that leave women weak with anticipation. So when a mischievous beauty asks for his help to woo hiss best friend, Colin is intrigued. And though it is in his blood to dally with many, once Colin feels the pulse of true love he cannot bear to let another man have Seana. Now he is determines to kneel before this budding temptress who neither cares for nor trusts him-and convince her to be his. ..from this day forward.
Susan Lynn Crose
ENCHANTRESS 10/1993 ISBN: 0671739239 The Dream. With her raven hair tossed by the gale that shrieked over Wales from the north, Morgana shivered violently as she saw the vision that had come to her. Now she was certain a dark rider would bring death to her ancestral home at Tower Wenlock unless she could convince her father that her dreams were real... unless she found a way to change the destiny coming to ravage all she knew. The Danger. Garrick Maginnis, Baron of Abergwynn, strode, fierce with rage, into the clearing where the green-eyed maid sat praying. Someone had stolen his son, cruelly snatching the boy away as death had snatched Garrick's wife at the boy's birth. Garrick's last hope was Morgana, rumored to be a sorceress, who now faced him dagger in hand... with a defiant beauty that took his breath away. The Passion. With her family forfeit if she failed to find Garrick's child, Morgana wanted to hate this fearsome lord, not meet his bold desire with a passion so intense it held her spellbound and caught them both in a bond of love neither the treachery of a traitor nor the steel of war-swords could break...
KISS OF THE MOON 7/1994 ISBN: 0671739247 With hair black as the raven's wing and eyes the blue of midnight, Lady Sorcha of Castle Prydd bore the birthmark called 'The Kiss of the Moon.' The common folk whispered she was the one chosen by the old gods to save them. For that reason - and for her beauty - the laughing, mischievous Sorcha was called a dangerous woman by her own brother, who would betray her, and by a man whose face haunted her dreams. His eyes gold as a lion's, his anger burning as white heat, Lord Hagan of Erbyn rode home from war to find his twin, Darton, had committed a grievous act - he had tried to kidnap Sorcha of Prydd and snatched her younger sister Leah instead. Now, a pretty she-cat, dagger in hand, had entered his bedchamber in a rescue attempt, and when his strong hand closed over hers and his lips claimed her mouth with a man's brazen hunger, he knew that Sorcha, with her Kiss of the Moon, was his sun, his fate.
OUTLAW 12/1995 ISBN: 0671885340 Stealthy and dangerous as the name he bore, Wolf, outlaw knight of Abergwynn, had no quarrel with the struggling young beauty in his arms. He had come to Tower Dwyrain to take his revenge against her bridegroom, a brutal nobleman Wolf had sworn to dishonor. Through this woman, Wolf thought he could carry out a carefully wrought, vengeance. Instead, he found a different fate - a lady to fight for and ennoble his dark, wayward soul. Megan of Dwyrain had been haunted by a sorcerer's prediction that her castle would be destroyed, her arranged marriage doomed, and her enemy made her beloved. Now, in the iron grasp of the abductor who invaded her wedding, she beheld eyes that glittered not with hate but with devilment and spirit. She would challenge him, try to escape him, and yet find in him a Wolf she hungered to tame - a knight who inspired a love that nothing, not dungeons dark nor the risk of death itself, could end.
Charlene Cross
DEEPER THAN ROSES 3/1992 ISBN: 0671738240 Kristiana Harcourt, fleeing from Edward MacHugh, her parents' murderer, seeks shelter and safety with gypsy Logan Chandler and his family.
EVERLASTING 7/1995 ISBN: 0671794337 Alana of Llangollen rejoiced the moment she was widowed.. but her jubilation swiftly turned to fear. Proudly Welsh, she had married Gilbert Fitz William, one of King Henry II's Norman vassals, to safeguard the land that was her birthright, thus ensuring peace for all her kinsmen. The union proved disastrous. With Gilbert dead through his own treachery, the threat of vengeance from King Henry loomed before Alana. She was forced to live with the knowledge of his vassal's death, knowing that if she ever divulged the truth it would destroy them all...
LORD OF LEGEND 1993 ISBN: 0671738259 The hawk swooping after a female sparrow near her castle sent a chill of foreboding through lovely Chandra Morgan, Lady Lochlaigh. Legend said the ladybird would feel the hawk's talons in her heart as he carried her away. Chandra, young chieftain of the Morgans, felt her fears growing for her cherished heather-covered land with its warring clans, and the omen of the hawk began to haunt her soul... Cold and wet to the bone, Alexander Hawke, Lord Montbourne, cursed his misfortune at being sent to the godforsaken Northern Highlands. The king himself had appointed Aleck guardian of Lady Lochlaigh and ordered him to find her a husband loyal to the Crown. Now, as Castle Lochlaigh stood gray and hostile before him, his infamous temper ignited at the clansmen barring his entrance, but far hotter feelings quickly flared when he beheld Chandra Morgan's flashing eyes.
SPLENDOR 1/1995 ISBN: 0671794329 Her abductor's name was Rolfe de Mont St. Michel, and Lady Catherine hated him. Already, with each stride of his horse, everything she had ever known was fast disappearing into the morning mist. Today she was to have married in a perfect match, uniting two eminent families. Instead she heard her betrothed berated as a coward, was carried off by a mysterious knight...and became an unwilling pawn in a royal game of power. From the magnificent island abbey that bears Rolfe's name, Catherine sees the road of destiny opening before her. Each step of the way she tries to escape. But unexpected, unbidden desire soon makes her a prisoner of her own heart - bound by love to this man whose true parentage remains a secret, whose loyalties make him a traitor, and whose passion makes her feel cherished and adored. Still, every change in the tides brings increasing desperation, for she knows that one day she must flee his embrace....
Claire Cross
THE LAST HIGHLANDER 8/1998 ISBN: 0515123374 Scotland 1314. After the Scots reclaim Edinburgh Castle, Alasdair MacAuley only wants to celebrate. but the revels are interrupted by an old crone who claims the castle's true owner is the legendary witch Morgaine le Fee. Dared by his fellow warriors to go meet the witch, Alasdair heads down a flight of stairs - and tumbles right into another century...Scotland 1998. American Morgan Lafayette is in Scotland to enjoy the history, not to ogle men in kilts. So when she stumbles upon a brawny man in a kilt, she is less than enthralled. She is certain he's drunk for he claims Morgan is a powerful sorceress who has brought him to her magical kingdom. Despite her reluctance, she is intensely drawn to this handsome Highlander and the mystery surrounding him, a mystery that has the power to alter history - and her heart - forever.
THE MOONSTONE 10/1999 ISBN: 0515126543 North England 1395. Falsely accused of witchcraft, ever-optimistic Viviane is sure the truth will set her free. But when her execution is imminent, only a wish on a unusual moonstone pendant bequeathed by her father offers any solace. Thinking it harmless, and sympathetic to her plight, the knight escorting her to the execution grants her request - and is shocked when Viviane vanishes...Salt Spring Island, British Columbia 1999. Suddenly, Viviane finds herself in a wondrous realm she believes is the legendary Avalon. Befriended by some rather eccentric locals, she quickly finds the warmhearted island community happily compatible with her sunny disposition. But the hand of justice soon reaches across time and space to bring her back. The hand, however, belongs to the same handsome knight responsible for her freedom. And soon this powerful man, devoted to upholding the law, finds himself caught between duty and a far more powerful emotion...
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