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Jeanne Kalogridis
THE BORGIA BRIDE 6/2005 ISBN: 0312341385 A story of romance and courage, of danger and desire, set against the rich terrain of Renaissance Italy-for the readers of The Birth of Venus and The Other Boleyn Girl... Vivacious Sancha of Aragon arrives in Rome newly wed to a member of the notorious Borgia dynasty. Surrounded by opulence and corruption, she befriends her glamorous and seductive sister-in-law, Lucrezia Borgia, whose jealousy is as legendary as her beauty. Some say she has poisoned her rivals, particularly those to whom her handsome brother Cesare has given his heart. So when Sancha falls under Cesare's irresistible spell, she must hide her secret or lose her life. Caught in their sinister web, she must summon her courage and use her cunning to outwit them at their own game. The Borgia Bride is based on a true figure and weaves real history and fiction to create a tale seething with conspiracy, sexual intrigue, and drama. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Annelise Kamada
BANNER RED AND GOLD 8/1980 ISBN:0446950823 Set in 1316 England, this is a tale of turbulence and passion - of a man who wanted everything and a woman who wanted only him.
A LOVE SO BOLD 12/1978. ISBN:0446816388 In 14th century England, such a love was doomed, but this is the story of a love that would not surrender…
Elaine Kane
TEMPTED 5/1994 ISBN: 0821745778 ISBN:0821745778 The impetuous daughter of a French nobleman, Catherine de Tralle was only twelve when Hugh Vougnet rode across the drawbridge of her ancestral castle in Avingnon. Despite her innocence she loved the handsome warrior-knight with a woman's heart. But when he returned from the Crusades four years later, Catherine was not free. About to be forced into a loveless alliance with a German duke, she would risk everything for the passion she could find only in Hugh's embrace... Dreaming of glory, he'd ridden off to war...conquering his savage Saracen enemies and returning to France a hero. Though honor-bound to wed another, Hugh had never forgotten the high-spirited, sparkling-eyed Catherine. Only in the warmth of her tender kisses would he find sweet salvation...even if their love cost him his very soul.
Pamela Kaufman
BANNERS OF GOLD 1986. ISBN:0517561336 Alix is home at her beloved estate on the Scottish border when King Richard’s soldiers march into her castle and demand to take her to the Continent with them. King Richard has been captured while on Crusade, and Alix is among the nobles whose lives will be collateral for the king’s ransom. But when she’s delivered to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard’s mother, she is dumbfounded to learn that the queen has other plans for her. King Richard needs an heir, Eleanor tells Alix. Repulsed by his queen, a homely religious fanatic, he has told his mother that the only woman he wants is the one he met on Crusade, when she was disguised as a boy. Richard wants Alix to be his mistress and the mother of the next Plantagenet king. Now a beguiling and irrepressible young woman, Alix faces more tribulations—and romance—on this trip to Europe, where affairs of the state and affairs of the heart are intricately intertwined.
SHIELD OF THREE LIONS 1983 ISBN: 0446324191 When knighthood was in flower and troubadours sang, when men fought long bloody crusades and women obeyed, a stout-hearted young girl cut her golden locks and rode as a boy. From her English castle to the battlefields of the Holy Land to the bed of the king himself, mingling with bawds and minstrels, courtiers and soldiers, she hid her true sex and noble ancestry, sought to regain her lost lands and - in spite of everything - to become a woman.
Linda Kay
TO CHARM A KNIGHT 11/2001 ISBN: 0821769901 Victoria Desmond is incensed to find her eccentric employer, billionaire Walter Harrington, has secretly transported them both back to 13th-century England. But things go from bad to worse when her boss is kidnapped, and Victoria, a newcomer in a bygone world, must figure out how to save him. Though she is more than capable in her own time and place, Victoria has no idea how to survive in the Middle Ageslet alone rescue Walter from a deadly knave like Sir Ranulf of Darkvale. What she needs is the help of a knight in shining armor. What she gets is the rather bedraggled and unkempt cavalier named Sir Garrett. Handsome Garrett of Avondel has disguised himself as a down-on-his-luck knight in order to seek revenge against Sir Ranulf, who had seized his lands and killed his parents when Garrett was just a boy. When the mysterious Victoria thrusts herself into his life, she complicates his quest driving him to distraction with her strange ideas and petal-soft lips. But nothing will sway Garrett from his objective. He is determined to defeat Ranulf at all costsand win the heart of this extraordinary enchantress at the same time
Catherine Kean
DANCE OF DESIRE 1/2005 ISBN: 193281535X Desperate to save her brother Rudd from being condemned as a traitor, Lady Rexana Villeaux must dance in disguise at a feast for the High Sheriff of Warringham. Her goal is to distract him so her servant can steal a damning missive from the sheriff's solar. Dressed in the gauzy costume of a desert courtesan, dancing with all the passion and sensuality in her soul, she succeeds in her mission. And, at the same time, condemns herself. Fane Linford, the banished son of an English earl, joined Richard's crusade only to find himself a captive in a hellish eastern prison. He survived the years of torment, it's rumored, because of the love of a Saracen courtesan. The rumors are true. And when he sees Rexana dance ...Richard has promised Fane an English bride, yet he desires only one woman - the exotic dancer who tempted him. Then he discovers the dancer's identity. And learns her brother is in his dungeon, accused of plotting against the throne. It is more temptation than Fane can resist. The last thing Rexana wants is marriage to the dark and brooding Sheriff of Warringham. But her brother is his prisoner, and there may be only one way to save him. Taking the greatest chance of her life, Rexana becomes the sheriff's bride. And learns that the Dance of Desire was only a beginning . . .RR@H's Novel Thoughts
A KNIGHT'S VENGEANCE 8/2006 ISBN: 193281548 A quest for revenge . . .Geoffrey de Lanceau is a knight, the son of the man who once ruled Wode. His noble sire died, however, branded as a traitor. But never will Geoffrey believe his father betrayed their king, and swears vengeance against the man who brought his sire down in a siege to take over Wode. A quest for love . . .Lady Elizabeth Brackendale dreamed of marrying for love, but is promised by her father to a lecherous old baron. Then she is abducted and held for ransom by a scarred, tormented rogue who turns out to be the very knight who has sworn vengeance against her father. A quest for truth . . .The threads of deception sewn eighteen years ago bind the past and present. Only by Geoffrey and Elizabeth championing their forbidden love can the truth - and the lies - be revealed about . . .A Knight's Vengeance. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
MY LADY'S TREASURE 4/2007 ISBN: 1932815783 The Treasure of Love . . . Facing the tall, brooding rider by the stormy lakeshore, Lady Faye Rivellaux clings to her goal—to rescue the kidnapped child she vowed to protect. At all costs, she must win back the little girl she loves as her own. When the stranger demands a ransom she can never pay, Faye offers him instead her one last hope—a gold cup. Brant Meslarches is stunned to see the chalice. Worth a fortune, it's proof a lost cache of wealth from the legendary Celtic King Arthur does exist, as Brant's murdered brother believed. Brant can't return the little girl to the lady whose desperate beauty captivates him. Yet, now that he's seen Lady Faye, he can't let her escape his grasp; she is the key to his only means of redemption. The last thing Faye wants is an alliance with a scarred knight tormented by secrets. But, she has no other way to rescue the child. Risking all, she joins Brant's quest. And finds some things are more valuable than gold. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Susan Kearney
CONQUER THE MIST 10/1998 ISBN: 0843944374 Princess Dara O'Dwyre held her claim to the misty lands of her ancestors with fierce determination. So when Strongheart, Britain's foremost Norman knight, rode into Ireland declaring he'd help defend her castle, she swore she'd never yield to the warlike outsider. But as the enemy drew closer to seizing her home, Dara realized only when she learned to trust him, could they unite in bliss and together . . . Conquer the Mist.
Anne Kelleher
A ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE 12/1998 ISBN: 0515124095 England, 1994. When Richard Lambert's beloved wife dies, he thinks he will never find love again. Until, while exploring a medieval tower, he falls from the steps--and into another time... England, 1214. When he wakes, he's in the body of his ancestor, who is near death from battle. As his wife nurses him back to health, she finds he is not the cruel man she knew. And he discovers a second chance--with his one and only love...
Jocelyn Kelley
A KNIGHT LIKE NO OTHER 3/2005. ISBN:0451214382 In twelfth-century England, St. Jude's Abbey is no ordinary holy sanctuary: it trains young women in the knightly arts. When Avisa, the most skilled of them, is asked by the Queen to safeguard her royal godson, the honor is both dangerous and seductive.
MY LADY KNIGHT 1/2007 ISBN: 0451220099 In twelfth-century England, St. Jude’s Abbey is no ordinary sanctuary of prayer and ritual. Established by Eleanor of Aquitaine, it trains young women in the knightly arts. In times of trouble, these formidable women are called upon to protect the royal family and England....Isabella de Montfort’s talents lie not in the knightly arts, but in science and alchemy. So she’s surprised when Queen Eleanor assigns her the task of retrieving some incriminating papers that could destroy the prince and start a brutal war. To help Isabella on her journey, the abbess sends along her nephew, Jordan le Courtenay, a knight who lost his lust for battle when his best friend was killed in a joust. But soon Isabella inspires in Jordan a passion for the world around him—and a dangerous longing for her… RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Sherrilyn Kenyon
DAEMON'S ANGEL 5/1995 ISBN: 0505520265 Cast to the mortal realm by an evil sorceress, Arina had more than her share of problems. She was trapped in a temptress's body, tormented by untested passions, and doomed to lose any man she desired. Yet even as Arina yearned for the safety of the pearly gates, she found paradise in the arms of a Norman mercenary. The villagers said Daemon was the devil's son, but he was only a man plagued by strange dreams--visions of a tantalizing beauty who enchanted him like no other, Then the enticing stranger appeared in the flesh, and he vowed nothing between heaven and earth would keep them apart. But to savor the joys of his very own angel, Daemon would have to battle demons--within and without--and risk his very soul for love.
DRAGONSWAN Short Story TAPESTRY 8/2002 ISBN: 0515133620 Dr. Channon MacRae wanted to unravel the mystery of the Dragon Tapestry. What she never expected to uncover was an entire society that is older than time. A secret society that has existed as part of the world and yet apart from it. Sebastian Kattalakis has come forward in time to reclaim the tapestry he sold years before. The last thing he expects is to find a woman whose intellect and charm captures his animal attention. But he is a man on the run, outcast and ostracized, he can offer her nothing except a heart that was broken by circumstances four hundred years ago. Channon doesn't see the outcast. She sees only a man who is noble and brave. But will the kiss of the dragon free her or will it bind her to his side forever?
Susan King
THE ANGEL KNIGHT 4/1996 ISBN: 0451406621 ISBN:0451406621. Lady Christian MacGillean lay dying in an iron cage, a prisoner of the English. She refused to reveal where the ancient treasure of Kinglassie was hidden. She defied the invaders by burning her home and fleeing into the heather wreathed hills. Unable to escape those she so deeply hated, she discovered that the price of her silence was her life. Rage coursed through Sir Gavin Faulkener at King Edward's cruel punishment of the Highland lady. He demanded to wed her, claiming her ruined castle as his own. And when he lifted her from her prison, Christian thought the archangel himself was taking her to heaven. His touch brought healing and restored her strength and shining beauty. But she enclosed her heart in a prison that could only be opened with the gift of love.
THE BLACK THORNE'S ROSE 9/1994 ISBN:0451405447 Stripped of her land and forced to marry a ruthless earl, Emlyn de Ashbourne flees into the woods, where she falls in love with a mysterious outlaw named Black Thorne, never realizing that he is her husband.
LADY MIRACLE 9/1997 ISBN: 0451407660 ISBN:0451407660. Lady of Mystery - She had a golden light in her hair - and heat and magic in her hands. She was called "Lady Miracle," possessed of a gift that made her feared by the superstitious Scots of her homeland. No one knew of the secret sorrow in Michaelmas Faulkener's past. Yet for one man, she was his only hope...Lady of Desire - It was on a battlefield that Diarmid Campbell first saw the lass who could cure the sick with just a touch. Even after she seemed to vanish into the mist, he couldn't forget her. Now he needed her - more than ever. Sworn not to lose her again, the powerful laird would fight kinsmen and kings for the radiant beauty who could heal his wounded soul...and open his heart to a miracle called love.
LAIRD OF THE WIND 8/1998 ISBN:0451407687. James Lindsay was once a noble Scottish knight. Now he is an outlaw, unjustly accused of betraying his leader. He wants his good name back -- and the vulnerable, lovely seeress called Isobel of Aberlady is his only weapon. From the moment the stranger emerges from the shadows to spirit her away, Isobel Seton knows she will give up her heart at the cost of her freedom. But their love becomes the one shining light, the one source of hope, the one destiny that is foretold... and forever.
THE STONE MAIDEN 3/2000 ISBN: 0451199707. Alainna MacLaren is the last hope of her Highland clan. According to the legend of the Stone Maiden, the ancient enchantment that protects her people will fade - unless Alainna weds a man who is willing to adopt her name...Sebastien le Bret is a hardened knight with noble aspirations. He agrees to help Alainna in exchange for her land, and will fight to protect her people - but he has no intention of forsaking his name to marry her...Amid Scotland's wild, majestic beauty, the two are about to discover that true love is the greatest legacy of all.
THE SWAN MAIDEN 1/2001 ISBN: 0451202139 Juliana Lindsay has always lived among Scottish rebels, surrounded by rumors of enchantment as the Swan Maiden. Captured by the English and forced to wed a knight, she is escorted back to Scotland in chains. Her family and her home are threatened, and she must try to save what she has lost. Yet she never expects to lose her heart.... Gawain Avenel, sworn to the English crown, has vowed never to reveal his true heritage and his secret Scottish blood. He must prove his loyalty to his king or risk all. But he takes custody of a beautiful rebel willing to risk her life to teach him the true meaning of honor.... Torn between opposing loyalties, bound by an impossible passion, Juliana and Gawain face the ultimate test of loyalty and devotion in the most courageous battle of all...that of the heart...
THE SWORD MAIDEN 10/2001 ISBN: 0451204336 When tragedy strips Eva MacArthur of her heritage and leaves her clan dispossessed, she is desperate to reclaim her island fortress. Now she must turn to the only man who can help her, the only man she ever loved.... Swordsmith Lachlann MacKerron, who holds the secret of the Sword of Light, has sworn never to craft another weapon--and never to love Eva again. Caught once more in her spell, he is inspired by her spirit while fire blazes between them.... Bound by a common enemy, inspired by love reborn, they discover a passion as brilliant as the legendary sword they both seek....
Laura Kinsale
FOR MY LADY'S HEART 12/1993 ISBN: 0425140040 The beautiful and mysterious princess came to the young knight's rescue - and bestowed upon him two precious emeralds. From that day, she was his sworn lady. Though Melanthe had saved the handsome Englishman, she could not save herself. She was a pawn in a court of intrigue and secrets. But the man she had saved would return to her - as the legendary Green Knight... He would take up his sword in her honor - and risk his life for the love that burned between them...
 SHADOW HEART 4/2004 ISBN: 042516232X Readers were first introduced to Allegreto, the elegant assassin, in For My Lady's Heart. Now, he is a charismatic, dangerous man who will stop at nothing to regain his rightful place in the rich Italian principality of Monteverde. And the perfect tool has just fallen into his hands, in the lovely form of Lady Elena—the long-lost Monteverde princess. Only she can solidify his claim...but the dark passion that grows between them is more dangerous than any treachery mortal men could devise. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Helen Kirkman
EMBERS 12/2004. ISBN:0373770170 Alina, Princess of the Picts, had betrayed Brand — and earned his undying hatred…Their reckless affair had once cost him all he had called his own. Now, restored to his former wealth and power, duty demanded that Athelbrand of Northumbria abduct the fugitive princess from a nunnery. With his country on the brink of war, Brand must deliver Alina to his king before he can have his revenge. Their love was burned by loss and treachery, yet as danger gathers around them, their passion once again bursts into flame. This time would the sacrifice be too great for Brand to bear…or would love finally be his ultimate redemption?
FORBIDDEN 3/2004. ISBN:0373836295 England, 716 -- a time of power and passion, corruption, courage, violence and vengeance . . . He was for sale -- a slave forced to do the bidding of others. Dangerous . . . and fascinating, but no more than a thrall in chains. She was a lady, a woman bent on vengeance. A woman in need of help. Not the ordinary kind of help. What she wanted to do, what she had to do, did not require commonplace skills. It required courage that took no account of either the odds or the risks. Her idea was every bit as reckless as the slave's bravery . . . and in all probability just as doomed. No matter the cost, she would never be at the mercy of anyone's will again. They were worlds apart. And anything between them was . . . forbidden . . .
A MOMENT'S MADNESS 8/2003 ISBN: 0373292694 Their passion could not be denied - but could their love transcend all that had gone before?
Kathleen Kirkwood
HIS FAIR LADY 2/2001 ISBN: 0451202368 Sir Royce de Warren is a man haunted by memories. He can still see the ravaged village from when he was young - the ground strewn with bodies, the smoke rising from burning buildings. He remembers the beautiful orphan he delivered into the arms of a peasant couple who promised to love her as their own. And he cannot forget the look in the child's emerald eyes when he handed her his own silver cross ....Returning to England after fighting in the Crusades, Royce discovers that he made a terrible mistake on that long-ago night The young girl he saved was not a commoner, but a noble heiress - and he inadvertently robbed her of her birthright. To right this wrong - and fulfill her dying grandfather's last wish - he sets off to find her .... The stunning, saucy Lady Juliana Mandeville does not believe Royce's story. But she still has the silver cross - and though she cannot remember his face or his name, she has never forgotten the brave young man who saved her so long ago ....
A SLIP IN TIME 10/1998 ISBN: 0451407598 After a long captivity in England, dashing tartan-clad Rae McKinnon returns to Dunraven Castle expecting to find a land torn by war, and a family divided by rivalries - not a mysterious woman who claims to be from a far-off time . . . the nineteenth century! An orphaned gentlewoman of marriageable age, Julia Hargrove has accompanied her aunt to a gala house party in Scotland. But her bedchamber in a castle reputed to be haunted becomes a place of disturbing dreams and wanton imaginings as a rugged Highland warrior suddenly materializes out of the shadows. Irresistibly drawn into the centuries-old secrets of Dunraven, Julia believes she has slipped through a portal to the long-ago past. Now she searches for the key to this strange destiny, determined to embrace a man and love stronger than ancient rivalries, treachery, and all the rules of time . . .
Kirkwood (Valerie)-O'Donnell-Werner
BLUSHING BRIDES 6/1998 ISBN: 082175906X Anthology featuring That Barlow Woman by Kirkwood, The Bride and the Brute by O'Donnell and A Bride for Gideon by Werner.
Jennie Klassel
 GIRL ON THE RUN 6/2004 ISBN: 0505525968 Seventeen-year-old Lady Kaia was gong to throw Lord Eben from the battlements if he called her "little one" again. And if her father bleated for the thousandth time that "a man does not want learning in a wife," he was going over as well. MEn could be so thickheaded! But Kaia controlled her destiny: She was headed to the distant land where women were educated and could marry the man of their choosing. When Lord Eben finally caught up to Lady Kaia, he was confounded by the chaotic feelings she evoked in him. Why in heaven's name did he kiss her senseless? And when had his childhood playmate turned so desirable? As Kaia slipped from his grasp once more, Eben realized that to capture the lady would take more than wisdom. He would offer his heart—and hope she chose to stop running and start loving. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
SHE WHO LAUGHS LAST 8/2003 ISBN:0843952318 The first time they meet, Prince Jibril captures Lady Syrah's thirteen-year-old heart. The second, nineteen-year-old Syrah kidnaps and deposits the prince in a coffin. And that is just her first trick. Odorous bedpans, clever disguises, fainting maids, gold coins: All are part of Syrah's daring and brilliant strategy to restore her family's wealth and honor. Tantalizing kisses, forbidden embraces, and heartfelt promises (and her brother's overzealous tall tales!) are not. Who's laughing now? So she frees Jibril. Then the prince vows to discover and marry his outrageous abductress, and Syrah knows at last they'll laugh together.
 THE LADY DOTH PROTEST 3/2005. ISBN:0843953926 The ladies of the keep fear for Lady Megge when she refuses the king’s edict to marry. They fear for their lives when she asks them to help defend Castle Rising. And they laugh in delight when she reveals her plan: for each woman to deny her man sexual favors until he surrenders. The men aren’t laughing. To reclaim the castle, they recruit the formidable knight Sir Olyver, for whom the challenge of laying siege to a supposedly unassailable citadel is exceeded only by laying siege to its impenetrable mistress. Lady Megge is someone who can match his feints and thrusts move for move—and he even hoped she would. But who will strike the blow that finds the other’s heart? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Elaine Knighton
THE ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER 2/2005. ISBN:0373293429 Isidora Binte Deogel had lost her father to alchemy, only to see Sir Lucien de Griswold willingly tread the same dangerous path. And now a cruel irony had made him her soul's desire and her the agent of his doom! But did Providence have a different fate in store for him? He looked upon Isidora and saw not the daughter of his loremaster nor the guardian of great mysteries, but the only woman who could transform the leaden pain in his heart into golden joy!
BEAUCHAMP BESIEGED(#665) 7/2003 ISBN: 0373292651 The blood of her people stained his hands, yet Ceridwen, daughter of Morgan, ached for his touch. Though Lord Raymond Beauchamp sparked fear throughout the Marches, her woman's heart knew that this dragon of a man nursed secret wounds in his soul. And she must wed this enigma. She shuddered - but was it from darkest dread - or deepest desire? Raymond Beauchamp saw no advantage in wedding Ceridwen. Her very presence raised unwelcome ghosts of memory, and marriage to anyone would only interfere with older, darker vows he'd made. Yet he feared 'twas already too late! For his blood, once hot for revenge against his barbaric brother, now burned only for her!
FULK THE RELUCTANT 7/2004. ISBN:0373293135 Fulk de Galliard was sore dismayed. A man of dark secrets and dangerous prowess, he was unfit to be any noblewoman's spouse, even such a one as Jehanne of Windermere, who lived by her own knightly code. But now that the ambitions of a duplicitous earl had forced them into a betrothal, would this Iron Maiden be tempered by his touch? Sir Fulk had been the subject of many a fearsome rumor, Jehanne recalled. Now this enigmatic, overwhelming knight would be master of her keep by strength of royal command…and keeper of her heart by virtue of her own unchecked desire!
Candice Kohl
DESTINY'S DISGUISE 8/1997 ISBN: 1573430064 Lord John, the earl of Farleigh--his giant frame scarred by battles fought as a mercenary knight--returns home to England to claim his unexpected inheritance. But now he must battle against the wicked baron Elwood of Eye, and a woman with an inner strength to match his own who dares to love him. Lady Gwyneth--her willfulness and deceit borne not of treachery--determines to wed the new earl in her sister's stead. Expecting nothing but cruelty at her husband's hand, she is surprised to find herself the recipient of that which she has so often given but never received: love. But Gwyneth has dark secrets that will inevitably be revealed, secrets that will test the strength of their love.
A KNIGHT'S PASSION: The Kinsmen 11/2000 ISBN: 0821767143 When Lord Raven of Stonelee learned that King Henry had decreed he and his twin must marry Welsh heiresses to secure the borderlands, he could not refuse. At least his betrothed was an obedient lass. Now it fell to Raven to fetch the defiant Roxanne of Bittenshire, his brother Peter's runaway bride, and bring her back to the alter, no matter how loudly she protested. Yet somehow, when he saw the passion flashing in her violet eyes and felt his own simmering desires, he realized that his brother's intended was all the woman he'd ever wanted..
A KNIGHT'S VOW 9/2000 ISBN: 0821766813 Sir Lucien long planned vengeance on the man who had stolen his birthright as the lord of Eynsham Keep. But a passionate tryst with a peasant wench changed all that when he discovered that the lovely Adrienne was his enemys granddaughter. Escorting her home was only graciouseven if it was an opportunity to reclaim the lands he had been denied. But though Lucien had strength and courage beyond measure, he had no defense against his growing desire to claim Adrienne instead
for all eternity.
Betina Krahn
THE HUSBAND TEST 11/2001. ISBN:0553583867 She vowed never to be married.... Sister Eloise was perhaps the most well intentioned novice at the Convent of the Brides of Virtue — and the one always in the most trouble. Headstrong and earnest, she was determined to surprise her frustrated abbess and succeed in her latest role as the convent’s new husband judge. But to do so this modest beauty, who had forsaken all carnal pleasure, must judge a warrior whose mere presence exuded a dangerous, unpredictable, and totally male sensuality. He’d do anything to be a husband....Peril, earl of Whitmore, needed a virtuous wife in the worst possible way. And he could think of no way worse than taking a stubborn, opinionated young novice back to his blighted estate and proving he was husband material. But in the days and nights to come he finds that the one test he can’t pass is resisting this maddeningly irresistible woman. And as the dark secret of the Whitmore estate is revealed and their passion ignited by a single forbidden touch, they find that the perfect match is often made in a far more sensuous place than heaven.
THE MARRIAGE TEST 5/2004. ISBN:0425196453 Griffin de Grandaise will do anything to make Julia of Childress his personal chef--even keep his vow to return her to the Convent of the Brides of Virtue in one year...with her virtue intact. But nothing prepares him for Julia's sumptuous meals--or for the maddening way she drives him wild with desire. To make matters worse, it's obvious Julia is determined to get him to propose a more lasting arrangement--and it will take every ounce of Griffin's willpower to resist the feisty beauty.
THE PRINCESS AND THE BARBARIAN 8/1993 ISBN: 0380767724 Lovely, tempestuous and devoted to her subjects, Princess Thera must marry before she can be crowned Queen of Mercia. But her reluctant search for a husband has plunged her into gravest peril - and into the arms of a handsome barbarian. Powerful, hot-blooded, as cunning as he is untamed, Saxxe Rouen rescues Thera from a band of savage mercenaries - only to demand as his reward three nights of pleasure in the royal beauty's bed. Even as all Mercia falls victim to Saxxe's raw, beguiling charm, the proud princess vows to resist the scoundrel who has breached the battlements of her sheltered world. But a passionate, irresistible yearning entreats Thera to surrender her heart and kingdom to this sun-bronzed warrior who would vanquished her enemies to win her steadfast love.
THE WIFE TEST 7/2003. ISBN:0425190927 Hoping to discover her true parentage, Chloe of Guibray poses as a nun and steals onto a convoy headed for England with the four maidens chosen as brides for King Edward's nobles. But one man threatens to make the journey intolerable: Sir Hugh of Sennet, an infuriating sergeant whose masculine presence stirs her most primal marital urges.
Kathryn Kramer
DESIRE'S MASQUERADE 1987 ISBN: 044011876X A traveling minstrel woman travels from England to Venice finding love along the way
LADY OUTLAW 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755714 Lady Rowena has nothing but scorn for Kendrick de Baron, a once-great knight hoping to reclaim his former glory under the treacherous rule of Prince John. De Baron is an infuriating scoundrel who stirs her passion even as his politics make her blood boil. For Rowena's dedication to injustice runs deep; by night, dressed as a lad, she prowls the countryside, helping Robin Hood perform his deeds of daring...Rowena's unparalleled skill at archery will win her secret entry into Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood's forbidden world--as she wields her bow and arrow in fealty to Richard the Lionheart. Yet she cannot resist the thrill of de Baron's caress, as she discovers that he is not the enemy she despisesbut the man who will win her heart with a love destined to triumph over impossible odds.
Krinard-Shayne-Higdon-Saunders
BEWITCHED 10/1997 ISBN: 0515121576 Anthology featuring Saving Sirena by Susan Krinard, Everything She Does is Magic by Maggie Shayne, To Mend a Spell by Lisa Higdon, and A Spell of Mist and Roses by Amy Elizabeth Saunders.
Kurland-Potter-Simmons-Cambell
A KNIGHT'S VOW 9/2001 ISBN: 0515131512 Anthology featuring Lynn Kurland's The Traveler, Patricia Potter's The Minstrel, Deborah Simmmons' The Bachelor Knight, and Glynnis Campbell's The Siege.
Kurland-Shayne-Ray-Weaver
VEILS OF TIME 7/1999 ISBN: 0425169707 Anthology featuring And the Groom Wore Tulle by Lynn Kurland, The Con and the Crusader by Maggie Shayne, A Bride Most Common by Angie Ray, and Conyn's Bride by Ingrid Weaver.
Lynn Kurland
AND THE GROOM WORE TULLE short story in VEILS OF TIME 7/1999 ISBN: 0425169707
ANOTHER CHANCE TO DREAM 12/1998 ISBN: 0425165140. With neither title nor land, Rhys could not win the hand of Gwennelyn of Segrave. But he would always have her heart. The two are kindred souls...Rhys, a knight with far too many notions of chivalry for his own good. And Gwen, a lover of minstrel tales, waiting to be swept away. But Gwen is betrothed to another man, and Rhys fears he will lose her forever. Until a surprise offer comes his way - bringing Rhys and Gwen a second change at love and another chance to dream.
A DANCE THROUGH TIME 12/1996 ISBN:051511927X. Scotland, 1311. James MacLeod was the most respected-and feared-laird in all of Scotland. he loved his men like brothers and his land with a passion. And he allowed no women to cross the threshold of his keep... New York City, 1996. With an indifferent fiancé and a stalled writing career, Elizabeth Smith found passion and adventure only in the unpublished romance novels that she wrote. Until a Scottish hero began calling to her.
DREAMS OF STARDUST 3/2005. ISBN:0515139483 Jack...Jake Kilchurn travels the world to unearth exquisite stones for this one-of-a-kind creations, but it is during an unexpected side trip to Seakirk castle that he meets a cadre of ghosts discussing a timeless beauty who lived centuries ago. Amanda...Amanda de Piaget is busy doing what she does best—fending off suitors—when she stumbles on a different kind of man. He is unconscious, dirty, and oddly clad. But unlike the other men who find themselves at Artane, Jake knows nothing about her—and Amanda finds herself strangely drawn to him. Artane...Time has brought them together to the safety of its walls, but only time will tell if they'll escape those who would try to tear them apart..
A GARDEN IN THE RAIN 9/2003 ISBN: 0425192024. Patrick MacLeod is haunted by his past, by events he had no control over and wishes desperately he could change. He hasn't the heart for love, nor the time for rescuing maidens in distress of their own making . . . until he sees a woman who touches his heart and stirs his soul . . . and makes him believe love might be possible after all. For Madelyn Phillips, Scotland is the land of dreams, filled with magic, romance, and handsome Highland lords. Unfortunately, the reality of her dream vacation is no car, no luggage, and a pesky ex-fiancé determined to shadow her every move. She thinks her dreams are in vain . . . until she sees a man standing on a windswept moor, a Highlander full of secrets and longing, and Madelyn knows she has seen her destiny. But the past isn't through with either of them, and it will take all the love each possesses to make their dreams come true . . . RR@H's Novel Thoughts
FROM THIS MOMENT ON 10/2002 ISBN: 0425186857 Colin of Berkhamshire knows two things - the pleasure of warring and that brides do not want him. Two years ago his bride-to-be, Alienore, fled and hasn't been seen since. Yet his father keeps foisting prospects on him. The latest seems to do nothing but faint. Alienore of Solonge knows two things as well - that fleeing not only Colin but also her scheming stepmother was the right thing to do. Yet as a knight in disguise she constantly fears discovery. At this point, she's not sure whom she fears more, the Butcher of Berkhamshire or her evil stepmother. Through a bizarre twist of fate, she ends up journeying with her charge - Colin's latest intended - to England, where Alienore finds herself not only in the Butcher of Berkhamshire's garrison, but being made over into a knight by him personally. She thinks her life cannot worsen. Until she begins to fall in love with him...
THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS PAST short story in LOVE CAME JUST IN TIME 6/2001 ISBN: 0425179664
IF I HAD YOU 10/2000 ISBN: 0425176940. Artane...a majestic keep on the edge of the sea. Artane...the foster home of Anne of Fenwyck and the legacy of Robin de Piage. Warring had kept Robin far from home for so long, Anne had all but given up hope he would ever return. But now Robin has returned to Artane - to the enchanting young woman who leaves him breathless with longing...and to treachery that places them both in terrible danger. Then as the past threatens their future, he realizes that he wants nothing more than to have her - forever.
LOVE CAME JUST IN TIME 6/2001 ISBN: 0425179664 Anthology featuring The Gift of Christmas Past, The Three Wise Ghosts, And the Groom Wore Tulle and The Icing on the Cake.
THE MORE I SEE YOU 10/1999 ISBN: 042517078. A wish upon a star transports the luckless-in-love Jessica Blakely back in time to the thirteenth century. But her desire for a fair and gallant knight yields the fearsome Richard De Galtres. Though wary of Jessica's mysterious ways, Richard protectively harbors her in his castle by the sea. Though her stubborn will nearly drives him mad, the very sight of her puts a smile on a face that has know too few. And when Jessica's tender desire pierces the armor around his heart, Richard fears he may never be able to recover - or resist.
THIS IS ALL I ASK 8/1997 ISBN: 0515121398. Set near the Scottish border at a rugged castle on the edge of the sea, this is the story of a courageous lord who lost everything he held dear. Of a strong young woman willing to sacrifice everything for happiness. Two lost souls who find in each other a reason to live again, to laugh again, and to love for the first time.
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU 4/1998 ISBN:0515122610. Alexander Smith had found success in the world of corporate takeovers--but not happiness. That had always escaped him...along with true love. Then, at the MacLeod Keep in Scotland, he found a pirate map that miraculously answered his yearnings--with a journey to another time. And when he was captured in Medieval England by Margaret of Falconberg, a fierce beauty hidden in knight's armor, he rediscovered his own chivalrous--and passionate--heart.
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE 3/2007 ISBN: 0515142964 Nicholas de Piaget is finished with demoiselles more interested in
his riches than his heart. He is certain he'll spend the rest of his
life in his leaky castle, watching others enjoy wedded bliss, until he
stumbles upon a flame-haired maiden in distress. His honor demands that
he help her return home—if only his heart would allow it. Jennifer McKinnon is convinced that there are no more knights in shining armor—at least not in Manhattan. Then a chance trip to England leaves her wondering if a happily ever after might be in her future. Little does she know that a hero of legendary chivalry awaits her. . . eight hundred years in the past. But desires of the heart and dangerous secrets threaten to tear them apart, and only time will tell if true love can lead them to a fairy-tale ending. . .RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Maureen Kurr
DECEPTIVE HEART 5/1988 ISBN: 0843926236 He was the long lost son of an earl - she was his father's virginal bride - together they were bound by desire, torn asunder by deceit, and reunited by love.
SWORD OF THE HEART 4/1987 ISBN: 0843924675 Betrothed to Julian de Saines, young Alix Beaucamp knew his brother Philip had no place in her heart. Yet in his arms she had tasted forbidden love.. and in his high and lonely tower, she would learn to pierce his armored heart.
Barbara Kyle
A DANGEROUS DEVOTION 7/1995 ISBN: 0451179331 After the death of Henry VIII of England, cruel carnage swept the realm and no one was safe. Caught in the maelstrom, young Isabel Thornleigh had to rescue her beloved father from prison chains and brutal death...if she dared trust the hard-muscled soldier-of-fortune with her hopes and her heart....if she dared unmask the mysterious traitor out to destroy her family...if she dared pit all the power of love against an unholy reign of terror...
A DANGEROUS TEMPTATION 1994 ISBN: 0451179323 It was an age of ambition, greed and excess, when King Henry VIII of England let no law of God or man stand in the path of his desires. This was the time, the place, and the royal court where young Honor Larke was lady-in-waiting to the queen Henry would move heaven and earth to divorce in favor of his sultry mistress, Anne Boleyn. This was the struggle in which Honor had to take sides, as she moved from being a pawn to being a player in a game of power, passion, and perfidy...a dangerous game in which a single mistake would mean certain and fiery death. This is her story, a spellbinding romantic adventure that will transport you to a time when a woman's fate depended upon her sharp wit and indomitable courage in a world gone mad...
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