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Deborah Hale
BORDER BRIDE 8/2002 ISBN: 0373292198 For thirteen years he'd been a wanderer.... Now Con ap Ifan had returned, a tested warrior and a talented bard. But Enid of Glyneira remained unimpressed. No stolen kisses or honeyed promises that faded with the dawn could tempt her to abandon hearth, home, and betrothed --not even for the father of her cherished firstborn son! Con wanted Enid more than words could tell. But could he dally with her, now a widow with children, forever? For though she'd always been his heart's melody, his soul's rhythm, he knew the siren song of the wider world might break their passion's bond!
THE ELUSIVE BRIDE(#539) 12/2000 ISBN: 0373291396 To protect her home and people, Cecily Tyrell would marry the devil himself! And if rumor held any truth, she would mayhap do so! A royal command bound her to wed Lord Rowan DeCourtenay, a knight of some renown...but a widower of shadowed repute. Still, he was the warrior she needed - but was he the man she wanted? Headstrong, valiant, and dangerous she was, for Cecily Tyrell alone made Rowan DeCourtenay yearn to dismiss the guard around the citadel of his heart. Though would their love, born in disguise and adventure, survive when all his soul’s dark secrets were finally exposed?
THE LAST CHAMPION 5/2004. ISBN:0373293038 The Lady of Harwood was ruthless. Ruthlessly practical, most certainly, for Dominie De Montford swore she'd bed the devil himself to safeguard her people. Now all she held dear stood endangered, and the one man who could rescue them was the one man she despised - Armand Flambard, first to hold her heart...and first to break it! The warrior in Armand Flambard had died on the battlefield - felled by a terrible secret born of civil war. Should Lady Dominie glean even a hint of the truth, she would surely loathe him as much as she'd once loved him. But mayhap this new call to arms was a battle cry to rouse their long-slumbering desire...!
Elizabeth Hallam
ALURA'S WISH 8/1999 ISBN: 0515125660 In the fire opals of an ancient treasure live two djinn. Once freed from the stones, these immortal spirits will serve their master's commands. But these djinn also have another purpose - to bring the wearer a true and lasting love... Sir Connor Warrick had a reputation for ferocity both on and off the battlefield. Known as 'The Beast of Stavebrook,' he was haunted by his dark and mysterious past, as were all those who surrounded him - including his betrothed, lovely young Lady Alura de Gabin. Despite the knight's ill repute, he was heir to an impressive fortune...a fortune Alura's father had set his sight on many years earlier. Bound by her father's wishes and her own sense of honor, Alura reluctantly accepts 'the Beast's' proposal, and the exotic gift that accompanies it. Little does she know what awaits inside the brilliant opals of the exquisite slave bracelet: a magic unlike any she has ever imagined...and a love more rare than any jewel...
Constance Hall
MY REBELLIOUS BRIDE 6/1999 ISBN: 082176215X She vowed to refuse him... When spirited Lark Mandeville overheard a plot to kill a nobleman, she rode out to warn the innocent lord herself. But in the melee, the surprised target took her for one of his attackers - and held her prisoner. Determined to escape the darkly handsome man, the furious Lark discovers that he is the mysterious Black Dragon - and her sister's intended. But despite all taboos, his touch ignites a fire within her that she cannot deny. He vowed to claim her... Stoke de Bracy wanted only two things - a new bride and the identity of the person behind the repeated attempts on his life. Lovely Lark resembled no assassin he had ever encountered - and she aroused his passion as no woman had before. Intending to take revenge on this rebellious beauty by making her his wife, he instead found himself held hostage by desire....
Diana Hall
ANGEL OF THE KNIGHT 2/2000 ISBN: 0373291019 'Twas a hellish match - What else could Falke de Chretian call it when he was unwillingly betrothed to a woman of few attractions and many secrets? But the Lady Gwendolyn hid a golden self beneath a drab exterior, and his heart was soon divided 'twixt her and a nameless night angel - a woman both mysterious...and strangely familiar. Though dismissed as the homely 'Lady Wren,' Gwendolyn was the true guardian spirit of her rightful lands, ministering to the sick and helping the needy. Yet her soul slumbered in silent loneliness, until awakened by the earthly charms of devilish Falke de Chretian.
WARRIOR'S DECEPTION(#309) 3/1996 ISBN: 037328909X Love had no place in the life of Roen De Galliard, Knight of Normandy... For the past had taught him well the perfidy of women, and the beauteous Lady Lenora was likely no different. But now duty called for him to ferret out a traitor - by surrendering his very heart and soul! Fate had bound the free-spirited Lenora in marriage to Sir Roen, and thought he valorous knight believed not in love, he had stormed the walls of her resistance...and set her passion free!
Katrina Hamilton
MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE 11/1989 ISBN: 0843928662 Her ancestral home overrun by Royalist troops, her beloved father imprisoned, beautiful young Averil was suddenly alone in a land torn by conflicting passions and constant peril. Only one man could help her - the mysterious Tottman. A master of disguise, he appeared in the midst of his enemies, daring to spirit hapless victims out from under their very noses. Cloaked and masked, he sent a shiver of terror through Averil - and a thrill of desire. To gain his aid she must join his brazen exploits, but would he also demand her presence in his bed as a part of their moonlight masquerade.
Denise Hampton
MY LADY'S TEMPTATION 2/2002 ISBN: 0380815486 A Knight's Duty...When dashing Josce FitzBaldwin gallops into Knabwell in search of revenge, he never expects to find... a bride! The beauty and grace of Elianne du Hommet - the penniless daughter of the local sheriff - entices Josce as no woman's charms have ever done ... and renders weak a warrior renowned for his strength. But how can he submit to his desire when the maid he passionately craves is the daughter of the man he is sworn to destroy?... Is a Lady's Pleasure...With no dowry, Elianne is resigned to a life alone - yet this compelling stranger is tempting her to dream once again. A woman of pride and sensuality, she knows the fire that burns within her sears Josce as well, hut he is chained to a secret duty. Yet Elianne is determined to break down the harriers that prevent their love, no matter the danger. Because, though her name has made them enemies, she knows in the depths of her yearning soul their hearts are meant to be one .
THE WARRIOR'S DAMSEL 5/2001 ISBN: 038081546X She was destined to be a bride...Lady Katherine de Fraisney knows it's only a matter of time before her father sells her in marriage to the highest bidder. Her one solace: he'll never agree to the suit of his enemy Sir Rafe Godsol. But one kiss from the handsome, powerful warrior is enough to tempt her into a scandalous rendezvous. But when Rafe's plans for revenge come to light, Kate vows to fight him to her last breath, though her heart knows it's too late to resist the sensual attack of her enemy...her love. He was determined to make her his. Kate is the daughter of his sworn foe, but one glimpse of the beautiful young damsel and Rafe decides to kidnap and bind her into a marriage that will avenge the age-old feud. But Rafe never expected the valiant spirit and unclaimed passion hidden beneath Kate's proper demeanor to claim him body and soul. And soon he is prepared to defy any that stand in the way of this union, be it her father, the king...or even the lady herself.
THE WARRIOR'S GAME 1/2003 ISBN: 0060509104 Out of a Perilous Intrigue ... Proud, desperate Lady Ami will not be the plaything of powerful men! But without the aid of the warrior Michel, she will be forced to submit to her king -- who wants free entry to Ami's bedchamber by wedding her to a spineless court lackey. She must win the bold knight's loyalty and protection, and turn him against the liege he so ably serves. To this end she is willing to offer herself to the dark, handsome mercenary -- never dreaming his strength, fire, and unexpectedly tender touch would capture her heart in earnest. ... Comes a Passion Fearless and True From nearly first glance Michel is certain Ami is the wife and lover he has long sought. But danger swirls relentlessly around the exquisite Lady in this treacherous court of intrigues. Yet how can the knight deny this love that is his destiny -- even if it makes him the adversary of King John ... and come at the price of duty and honor?
Peggy Hanchar
LADY OF THE MIST 5/1997 ISBN: 044914867X After saving her from a crowd issuing rash cries of witchcraft, Thane Campbell is all that stands between Gillian and those who demand her death. But Gillian is a MacGregor, and Thane Campbell is her sworn enemy. Yet he infuses her with rapturous desire and sweeps her back to the home that was once hers--before a stroke of King James's pen had bestowed all MacGregor lands on the hated Campbells. She captured him in her spell, this bewitching ebony-haired beauty. He knows nothing of her past, except that she is an innocent and that she has stolen his heart. But soon Thane will be forced to choose between his love and promises made in blood. Somehow, he must harness the magic of love to claim this enchantress...
THE SCOTTISH BRIDE 3/1996 ISBN:0449148661 She answered the wild call of the Highlands and the traitorous yearnings of her heart . . . . The pawn in a game between greedy men, Lillias McGinnis had been abducted by a rival clan and made the child bride of the chieftain's rebellious son. Finally, after nine years in exile, Iain MacLeod, the Black Beast of Cullayne, had returned to inherit his lands--and claim his bride. Lillias vowed to hate the man for the murderous acts of his people. But MacLeod swore to make her his wife in more than name only. For he saw the desire in her eyes and knew she couldn't fight the longing that burned within her. But the Highlands were a cauldron of intrigue and feuding. As breathlessly as Lillias and Iain's passion blossomed into love, deceit and treachery threatened to destroy it all . . . .
Julia Hanlon
MY IRISH ENCHANTRESS 8/1999 ISBN: 0821762834 Lady Sabrina of Desmond Muir, a princess in medieval Ireland, slipped an ancient necklace around her neck. The next thing she knew she was in the back of a buckwagon in the middle of a place called Montana—in 1867! The necklace was supposed to bring her true love-and a champion to save Ireland. But the lean, muscular frontiersman demanding to know where the Hades she had come from didn't look anything like a knight in shining armor...Posing as a patent medicine hawker, army captain Neil Kenyon had one more mission to complete before he left the Army behind for good. He didn't need a complication like the beautiful woman he'd found in his wagon speaking some gibberish form of English he'd never heard before. Yet he couldn't deny his enchantment with this fiery Irish beauty. Each passing day convinced him that a powerful force had brought them together—a force that could overcome every obstacle standing in the way of their happiness even time itself.
Mollie Hardwick
I REMEMBER LOVE 1982 ISBN: 0312402651 They met first during the treacherous, turbulent times of the Wars of the Roses. They were inseparable until the cruel tides of war swept them apart. An adventure tale spanning three lifetimes and 400 years in Britain from the 1400's to 1800's Victorian London, as fate and destiny guides, unites, and reunites two lovers in a drama of two souls.
Karen Harper
THE FIRST PRINCESS OF WALES 1/2007 ISBN: 0307237915 The daughter of a disgraced earl, she matched wits with a prince. It is the fourteenth century, the height of the Medieval Age, and at the court of King Edward III of England, chivalry is loudly praised while treachery runs rampant. When the lovely and high-spirited Joan of Kent is sent to this politically charged court, she is woefully unprepared for the underhanded maneuverings of her peers. Determined to increase the breadth of his rule, the king will use any means necessary to gain control of France—including manipulating his own son, Edward, Prince of Wales. Joan plots to become involved with the prince to scandalize the royal family, for she has learned they engineered her father’s downfall and death. But what begins as a calculated strategy soon—to Joan’s surprise—grows into love. When Joan learns that Edward returns her feelings, she is soon fighting her own, for how can she love the man that ruined her family? And, if she does, what will be the cost? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
PASSION'S REIGN 1983 ISBN: 0821711776 With his masculine strength and skilled hands, William Stafford brought ravishing Mary Bullen a most exquisite torment she never dreamed existed. But their lives were not their own to lead. The radiant golden beauty was lusty King Henry VIII's prize gem in his opulent English court. She was his to control, his to bed - and his to marry off to one of his lords.
TAME THE WIND 1/1989 ISBN: 1557731322 Lady Gera knew the dangers of love. It ravaged the halls of King Henry VIII's court, unleashing a bloody turmoil of jealousy and deceit. And yet, in the powerful arms of Captain Edward Clinton, Gera was prepared to cast away her fears . . .
Emma Harrington
THE SKY LORD 8/1994 ISBN: 0061082031 Isobel was a MacDougall through and through, even though she didn't agree with her clan's allegiance to England. But when the handsome devil Dallas MacDonald took her prisoner, she vowed he would regret the day he called her a traitor. In all his years as a warrior, Dallas had never encountered such a worthy adversary as Isobel.
Cindy Harris
THE MAIDEN BRIDE 12/1999 ISBN: 0843946504 Sir Adrian Vale had earned his spurs at the battle of Crecy, as well as King Edward III's gratitude. But things had changed since that great victory. Branded a traitor, the knight was given a task he alone could achieve. Infiltration Oldwall castle was child's play, but plumbing its secrets required his most expert touch. While Philippa's duty required that she wed Lord Oldcastle and bear his children, nothing could prepare her for Drogo's monstrous plan--or for the fascinating stranger who would carry it through. Adrian's soft caresses electrified Philippa's virgin flesh, while the answers he sought filled her with dread. Who was this handsome warrior whose eyes held such fiery longing? This man had come for not only the lord of the keep, but the castle's maiden bride.
A MAN OF STEEL 12/2000 ISBN: 0843948078 Camilla knew she should be scandalized by the command to beguile Wickingham Castle's newest guest, but seeing as she'd already been pinned beneath the handsome knight's large body and felt his hot flesh pressed against her own, she could hardly muster up any indignation. And giving in to her desire for the man would result in a greater good. A Justice of the King's Bench, Sir Stevyn Strongbow had come to destroy a man whom Camilla knew to be a saint, a bishop who had saved her from perdition. If she could sway Stevyn from prosecuting the innocent priest, she would be doing God's will. But if the bishop was blameless, why had she been asked to resort to seduction and lies? Camilla knew she must learn for herself. And in her quest, the beauty feared that her greatest obstacle would be her greatest temptation: Sir Stevyn, a man of strong convictions.
Eleanor Harris
TO CLAIM A KINGDOM 3/1999 ISBN:0821763350 A Secret Birthright... When her dying mother gave her the dragon pendant that would prove her royal birthright, beautiful Vicentia journeyed to Fairdragon Castle in search of a father she had never known. But her hope for a joyful reunion was shattered when Saxons raided the castle and the fierce warrior Alaric made her his prisoner. Alone in an enemy stronghold, Vicentia dreamed of freedom - until the savage Saxon stole her heart... A Forbidden Passion... When Alaric found the lovely girl hiding in the war-torn keep, he wanted the spirited captive for his own. The proud Saxon never imagined that he would become prisoner to Vicentia's love or that a band of rebellious British knights would attempt to rescue his new bride. Now Vicentia and Alaric would battle their warring clans to claim a kingdom and save the passion that bound them together forever....
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
THE DARK ROSE 2/1981. ISBN:0354045946 Through birth and death, love and hatred, triumph and heartbreak, the Morlands continue to proudly claim their place amongst England's aristocracy.
THE FOUNDING. 4/1980. ISBN:0354044974 Set against the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses, this book tells the story of the arranged marriage of Robert Morland and Eleanor, ward of the powerful Beaufort family. Robert adores her, but her secret passion is for Richard, Duke of York.
Jillian Hart
MALCOLM'S HONOR(#519) 7/2000 ISBN:0373291191 Malcolm le Farouche felt his blood race at the thought. Yet, was rage or passion the reason? He knew only that though Elinore of Evenbough would share his bed by royal command, the warrior-trained beauty was not to be trusted..with his life or his heart! Le Farouche--'the Fierce.' The epithet added luster to Sir Malcolm's dark reputation as the greatest knight in the land. But how would Elinore refute his deep suspicions of an alliance with her treacherous father? For her soul called out that this man was her true mate born!
AN EXALTATION OF LARKS 6/2002 ISBN: 1590880846 (Medieval Fantasy) A princess, a knight and a rescue from the dark tower. It's not the fairy tale your mother read you. Perion Marrett of Canticle has always found more pleasure in filling her mind than her dance card. Taking the crown,however, means she must take a husband. Many men have asked for her hand, but only one makes her heart beat faster. When a witch's miscast spell sends Sir Barrett Llewellyn to Cimmerian, home to the Dark Sorcerer Mason, Perion journeys to rescue her knight. Will she marry him, or will she give her heart to the man she fears the most, Mason de Cimmerian?
Amanda Harte
SILVER THORNS 9/1996 ISBN: 0786003022 It was a marriage made in … let's just say that the pearly gates weren't part of the landscape. He was Richard the Lionheart's most powerful knight, a brilliant strategist who could win every battle save the one for a woman's heart. She was an heiress whose learning was as legendary as her beauty. Unfortunately, though she was well versed in how to run a barony and how to heal her people's ills, Marguerite de Mirail knew nothing of love save the troubadours' tales. And troubadours' tales, as Marguerite was soon to learn, were no preparation at all for dealing with a man like Alain de Jarnac. Like it or not, they were betrothed, bound to each other by a contract made on the battlefields of the Crusades. When Marguerite and Alain married, it was for all the wrong reasons, leaving each of them resentful of the fate that brought them together. With a beginning like that, there was no way they could find happiness ... or was there?
Geraldine Hartnett
RELUCTANT QUEEN 11/2004. ISBN:0709075618 Mary, the beautiful, younger sister of infamous English king, Henry VIII, was forced by her brother into marriage with the aged and sickly Louis XII of France. To encourage her agreement to the match, Henry promised that her next husband could be a man of her own choice. She resolved to keep him to his promise. She was deeply in love with the low-born Charles Brandon, her brother’s boon companion, and was determined to wed Brandon should King Louis die. At the French court, Mary is pursued relentlessly by the womanizing Francis, her aged husband’s son-in-law. His passion is given greater scope by Louis’ dismissal of most of Mary’s English attendants. The swarthy Francis’s passion for the beautiful, blonde Mary increased, and, with the death of her aged spouse and Francis’s elevation to the French throne, her situation becomes desperate. Unprotected, Mary is a captive prey to Francis’ lust for her.
Juliet Hastings
FORBIDDEN CRUSADE 9/1996 ISBN: 0352330791 (Black Lace) 1186, the Holy Land. Thibault of Lontjoie wants his sister Melisende to remain unmarried. But Melisende's heart is set on Thibault's castellan, Robert, whose handsome looks and prowess have made him all her heart desires. But Robert is too poor to make a suitable match for a noblewoman, and too honourable to take advantage. So the virgin Melisende must take on a challenging task and seduce Robert. Using her sensual body she sets about to do just that, no matter what fate confronts her: capture, exposure, betrayal and shame. Within her brother's castle and the Emir's harem, she employs her appetite for pleasure and exerts her resourcefulness to secure her forbidden prize.
WHITE ROSE ENSNARED 2/1996. ISBN:035233052X England, 1456. The young and beautiful Rosamund finds herself at the mercy of the powerful knight Sir Ralph Aycliffe when her husband, Lord de Verney, is killed in battle. Aycliffe will stop at nothing to humiliate Rosamund and seize her property. He will not rest until he has enslaved her beyond hope of redemption. Only the young squire Geoffrey Lymington will risk everything to save the honour of the woman he has loved for just one night. Against the Wars of the Roses, the battle for Rosamund unfolds. Who will prevail in the struggle for her body? Vicious knaves and noble gentlemen come to blows in this tale of courtly and not-so chivalrous love.
Robin Lee Hatcher
THORN OF LOVE 2/1985 ISBN: 0843921943 She vowed she would never surrender to the man who had shed her brother's blood… Wed to her enemy against her will, hatred warred with desire in Ranna's heart, until the blissful moment when passion overcame them both.
Kim Headlee
DAWNFLIGHT 10/1999 ISBN: 0671020412 After Caledonia's devastating loss in the battle of Aber-Glein against Arthur map Uther, Pendragon of Brydein, Chieftainess Gyanhumara ("Gyan") nic Hymar is obligated by treaty to marry a Brytoni nobleman. She chooses as her betrothed Urien map Dumarec, son of her clan's worst enemy, in hopes of bringing lasting peace to her people. Arthur must honor this arrangement, even though he knows that Urien, his arch-rival, will gain greater power from it. When Arthur and Gyan meet, the love that develops between them escalates to legendary proportions. But with her clan's future in her hands, Gyan would forsake her heart's bidding and go through with her obviously ill-fated marriage to Urien. For unless she and Arthur can avert the civil war that is sure to erupt, their love will be doomed to remain unfulfilled--forever.
Virginia Henley
BOLD CONQUEST 10/1983 ISBN:0380848309. When Guy de Montgomery's Norman army swept across the countryside, claiming all in its path, the fairest prize of all was the lovely Lillyth of Godstone Hall. But the gallant lord was so captivated by the green-eyed beauty with the flaming red hair, he knew he had to win her heart....
THE BORDER HOSTAGE 7/2001 ISBN: 038531826X Raven Carleton is every inch the English lady. But on this glorious morning, as she gallops along the seacoast -- her hair streaming behind her -- Raven is thinking about her freedom, not her imminent betrothal to aristocratic Englishman Christopher Dacre. Suddenly Raven is forced to draw rein when a man appears directly in her path. Silhouetted against the predawn sky, he is magnificent -- a darkly powerful stranger who will alter the course of her life. Heath Kennedy is a loyal Scot who will defend to the death those he loves. After narrowly escaping his own death at the hands of highborn conspirators, he awakens on the banks of the River Eden ... and sees a creature of infinite loveliness riding toward him. Knowing that this wild English beauty can never be his, Heath devises a plan of revenge against his royal enemies. Raven will be the ultimate bargaining tool -- his exquisite ransom. Yet from the moment he spirits her to his ancestral castle in Scotland, nothing goes as planned. Heath is irresistibly seduced by his headstrong captive, a woman who knows no fear and who calls him enemy ... even as desire flames between them. In a land divided, there is nothing more dangerous than falling in love. But Heath Kennedy is a man beguiled. Risking the wrath of two realms, Heath does the unthinkable: He offers Raven her freedom. He asks only one thing in return....
THE DRAGON AND THE JEWEL 12/1991 ISBN: 0440206243. With her sapphire eyes and silken dark hair, Princess Eleanor was a bewitching beauty made for a man's pleasure. But once a child bride widowed at a tender age, she swore never to marry again and took a vow of eternal chastity...until Simon de Montfort marched into England and set his smoldering dark gaze upon her. Bold, arrogant, and invincible, the towering Norman knight inspired awe in the bravest of men...and a reckless desire in Eleanor's untried heart. They called him the Dragon, but the most reared and dangerous warlord in all the land had one fatal weakness. Inflamed by Eleanor's incandescent loveliness and intoxicating innocence, he would pursue her with a passion that demanded unconditional surrender..a passion that would erupt in scandal and rock the embattled realm, staining the pages of history with blood and betrayal...igniting the pages of history with the rapture of all-consuming love...
THE FALCON AND THE FLOWER 9/1989 ISBN: 0440204291. Astride her white palfrey, surrounded by a nimbus of silver-blond hair, Jasmine was a vision to strike a man mute with desire. But the violet-eyed love child of King Richard's half brother had vowed that no man would ever rule her heart. Until she saw the face of the Devil himself in her crystal ball--the dark, brooding knight who would kill to make her his own. She would risk a dissolute court and a maddened, lustful king to keep destiny at bay, anything to keep her from the hypnotic eyes and burning caresses of...The Falcon. A wickedly handsome warrior who lived by blood and the sword, Falcon de Burgh wanted to wed no woman--until he laid eyes on the exquisite Jasmine, and he vowed to possess her, to teach her all the wondrous ways a man could love a woman, no matter what it might take to conquer her fiery, unyielding heart. Falcon knew only blind, reckless passion as he swore to tame, at the risk of his life...The Flower
INFAMOUS 7/2006 ISBN: 0451219112 Striking silver-gilt hair and pale green eyes give Marjory de Warenne the looks of an angel. The better to hide her willful spirit. In spite of every warning, the headstrong lady-in-waiting has given her heart to the notorious Guy de Beauchamp, the Earl of Warwick, a man feared on the battlefield—and in matters of seduction… But Jory’s guardians choose a more suitable husband for her, letting Jory believe that Guy has betrayed her. Yet, even as England’s bravest men ride off to put down the Welsh rebellion, Jory’s thoughts are with the one gallant knight she can never forget—and the passion that will one day be rekindled amidst the march of history…RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE MARRIAGE PRIZE 8/2000 ISBN: 0440222095 Rosamond Marshal was only a child when she was betrothed to legendary warrior knight Rodger de Leyburn. But when Rodger beholds the fair Rosamond, now blossomed into a lovely young woman, he is determined to posses her, to win her love, to make her want him as he wants her. Orphaned at a young age, Rosamond is the royal ward of Eleanor de Montfort, sister of King Henry III. Beautiful and proud, Rosamond is truly a marriage prize. But she is wary of love, fearful of fulfilling her betrothal to the dark and steely knight, unsettled by his powerful presence... until Sir Rodger takes her into his arms, slowly, gently, arousing passions Rosamond has never known before. And as civil war erupts around them, as Rodger is called to battle, Rosamond must face an impossible choice -- between the man who has stormed her reluctant heart , and the family who raised her as their own...
NOTORIOUS 5/2007 ISBN: 0451221052 The daughter of Jory de Beauchamp and friend to Queen Isabelle, spirited and stunningly beautiful Brianna de Beauchamp is betrothed to distinguished Lincoln Robert de Warenne, but she yearns for a deeper passion than she's yet experienced. When Brianna meets dark and dangerous Wolf Mortimer—a man who possesses the Celtic gift of second sight—she finds it impossible not to surrender her body to his fierce desire. And when Wolf's father—the queen's lover, Roger Mortimer—is imprisoned in the Tower of London, Brianna is swept on an adventure that not only puts her heart in peril, but jeopardizes the life of the man who could be her destiny....RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE RAVEN AND THE ROSE 7/1987 ISBN: 044017161X Her hair was black and silk against her ivory skin; her gray eyes burned with opal fire. The love child of King Edward IV, Roseanna was pledged to her father's most prized warrior. He was dark, strong, and commanding, and in the bedchamber, where he forced her to honor her marriage vows, she learned not to crave his intoxicating touch. And still she swore not to love him even as she surrendered to the dark rapture of...the Raven.
A YEAR AND A DAY 3/1998 ISBN: 0440222079 When Lynx de Warenne, Edward Plantagenet's most prized warrior, invaded Dumfries castle, he took possession of Jane Leslie's home--and soon wanted something more from the headstrong lass. Desperate for an heir, he proposed a handfasting: a Scottish custom whereby a man can lawfully take a woman into his bed, then, after a year and a day, the couple can either wed or part. Any child of that union is deemed legitimate. Jane had no choice but to surrender to the invader's knowing touch. . . . Fearless on the battlefield, Lynx was afraid to love. But Jane slowly stole into his heart. And as the fires of war raged around them, amid treacherous foes and brilliant intrigues, who would have thought that two such unlikely partners would fall in love--or that their breathless passion for each other would outlast . . .
Jill Henry
THE WEDDING VOW(#33) 10/1999 ISBN:0821764896 When the king decreed she marry the powerful knight known as Sir Bran the Fair, Gwyneth of Blackthorne swore she'd never obey her new husband. For how could she forget that he was the son of the blackguard who'd murdered her parents? But as the days passed, and Bran met her defiance with disarming kindness, Gwyneth found it impossible to hate him. Born the bastard son of a ruthless baron, Bran struggled to live a life that was honorable and true..only to find himself shackled to a fiercely stubborn maiden who blamed him for his father's sins. Stung, he vowed he'd teach his unwilling wife that men could be tender as well as strong. Yet when he finally drew her into his passionate embrace, he didn't know that Gwyneth kept a devastating secret--one that could catapult them both into danger--and threaten their newfound love.
Elizabeth Henshall
BETRAYED HEARTS 11/1998 ISBN: 0263150135 What kind of marriage was this? Lady Ghislaine de Launay resented having so few options in choosing a husband. She would rather join a convent than marry an arrogant and stuffy duke. Much to her shock, Guy de Courcy was anything but stuffy. In fact, he took her breath away, and Ghislaine was finding him impossible to resist. But resist him she must, for he stood accused of murder. Yet their mutual attraction was undeniable, and she found that despite the evidence mounting against him, she was beginning to believe that Guy de Courcy was an innocent man.
BETRAYED HEARTS - MADSELIN'S CHOICE - THE KING'S NEW MAN 12/2000
THE KING'S NEW MAN 7/1999 ISBN:0373303319 Maude De Vaillant had extraordinary skills and wanted nothing more than to protect the ones she loved. Even from the man she was hired to protect and fell in love with.. Geoffrey Gant had made it clear that if Maude ever wanted to see her brother again she must become Willaim de Rohan's bodyguard and Gant's spy.
MADSELIN'S CHOICE 2/1999 ISBN:0373303238 Would she choose love or honor?... The time had come for Lady Madselin de Breuville to marry, but she refused to shackle herself to some stuffy old duke, despite her brother's wishes. Thinking her cousin Richard, the head of the family, would give her leave to marry her beloved Hugh, she set out for her cousin's holdings, only to run headlong into the dashing but conceited Edwin, Richard's most trusted man. Though Edwin was a handsome charmer, he was also arrogant and opinionated. Yet Madselin was dependent upon his protection, and soon under his powerful spell. Now she would have to choose between the steadfast Hugh, and the darkly dangerous Edwin...
Anne Herries
BEWARE THE CONQUEROR 1985 ISBN:0263750787 Desperate to escape her arranged marriage, Elona, daughter of a Saxon lord, seeks out a sacred spot in the forest and offers a pagan prayer for deliverance. And deliverance comes - in the guise of the Norman soldiers who invade her village, and in Raoul do Bainwulf, cold-eyed liegeman to Duke William, who takes her captive. Elona expects cruelty, even death, at the hands of her enemies. But Raoul seems determined to conquer by force of love.
A KNIGHT OF HONOUR. 6/2005. ISBN:0263843726
A PERFECT KNIGHT. 4/2005. ISBN:0263843645
THE WOLF OF ALVAR. 2/1983. ISBN:0263741915
THE WOLF OF ALVAR 1983 ISBN: 0708939031
Georgette Heyer
THE CONQUEROR 1931 ISBN: 055324714X The epic novel of William, bastard Duke of Normandy, and his battle for the crown of England and the green-eyed Matilda of Flanders.
MY LORD JOHN 1975 ISBN:0370105923 The author's final novel which tells the dramatic story of John, the third son of England's King Henry IV.
SIMON THE COLDHEART 1925 ISBN:052520459 Set in the early 1400's amidst the colorful pageantry of the medieval world, here is the story of how Simon the Page became Simon the Lord and how none but the Lady Margaret could capture the affections of Simon the Coldheart.
Sandra Hill
THE TARNISHED LADY 9/1995 ISBN: 084393834X Lady Eadyth of Hawks' was barred from polite society because she had a child out of wedlock. Eirik of Ravenshire was England's most virile bachelor and dashing rogue....who soon finds his plans gone awry when he succumbs to the tarnished lady's love.
Martha Hix
HIS MOTHER'S GAUNTLET Short story in A MOTHER'S HEART 5/1998 ISBN: 0821758969 When Sir William de Granville gives orders, everyone obeys—except his mother, the warrior Dame Lois. And when he coldly weds the meek maid Cordelya, Lois decides to train her daughter-in-law in ways of war and desire, knowing her son will only surrender his heart to a lady who can best him on the field of love.
LAIR OF THE WOLF - Part 5 4/2000
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