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Linda Ladd
MOONSPELL 9/1985 ISBN: 0380896397 Jillian Devlin and all her lands become the property of an English lord; she was a prize of war but only the passion of his love could win her heart.
Arnette Lamb
CHIEFTAIN 4/1994 ISBN:0671779370. After seven years in the Tower of London, the infamous Highland Chieftain Drummond Macqueen saw his prison door swing open. He swore to seek revenge on the faithless bride who had betrayed him. Yet the wife he encountered seemed like a stranger -- defiant, lovely, and inexplicably changed. At the death of her twin sister, Johanna Benison had begun a journey of no return. Now, the unexpected arrival of Drummond, the domineering Chieftain she'd believed executed long ago, threatened her precious independence. But soon her fear gave way to a soul-deep longing for the lover who stormed her castle and claimed her heart. Through harmonious days and impassioned nights, Johanna and Drummond reveled in their happiness...until the vengeful King Edward II delivered an unholy ultimatum. Obeisance to his royal command could engender only disaster, setting a shattering price on a woman's honor and the future of their love...
HARK! THE HERALD Short Story in A HOLIDAY OF LOVE 11/1994 ISBN:0671502522
MAIDEN OF INVERNESS 3/1995 ISBN: 0671882201 A Woman Born to Greatness In a time of war, Meridene is just an innocent child, yet she is also the revered Maiden of Inverness, ordained by birth to place the ceremonial sword of Scottish rule in her husband's hands, But Edward I. King of Britain, cunningly betroths her to a lowly butcher's son.... A Man Destined to Rule Of common blood, yet noble in his dreams of a united Scotland, Revas MacDuff accepts his destiny-while his enraged in-laws would rather kill his young bride than honor such a marriage. Only retreat to an English nunnery saves the young Maiden's life, leaving a boy alone with his vow to one day win her back...
Jeanne Lancour
THE ARMOR AND THE VEIL 7/1982 ISBN: 044000327X Self-willed, independent, the ravishing Adrienne is renowned throughout Aquitaine for her grace and beauty. But a pilgrimage lies before her, a treacherous path of hardship leading to a dangerous land...where slave traders from the black kingdoms of southern Sahara barter for high-priced virgins to exchange in trade. Adrienne is pursued by the man who loves her, a man who follows the sun-tortured trail across the blood-soaked desert...to a land so barren that gold is traded for salt...to the black kingdoms of Ghana where vengeful rules wait...ready to wreak their vengeance with a bared scimitar. Tested to the limits of her endurance, trusting in the power of an anguished love, Adrienne sacrifices everything for the man whose courage endures...only to discover, at last, the terrible truth about him...borne on the lips of a dying woman.
THE MACE AND THE PLUME 9/1982 ISBN:0440064570 Defenders of England and knights of Leauville, they spilled their blood for a woman's proud love. A courtly saga of love and triumph in the era of knights and kings, this is the powerful story of two young, proud women who share a common ancestry.
THE STORM AND THE SWORD 5/1982 ISBN: 0440085268 From the days of knights in armor, the powerful epic of a woman's love and a man's quest for honor and glory.
Juliet Landon
THE GOLDEN LURE 8/1995 ISBN: 0263144216
THE GOLDSMITH'S JEWEL 2000 ISBN:0373303610 Oriane of York was only helping her uncle manage his goldsmith's shop when a band of outlaws threatened her family's livelihood. When she traced the misdeeds to the outlaws' commander, Sir Euan Fitzhardinge, Oriane confronted the maddening man, only to be dismissed. Little did she know that her beauty and fighting spirit had a dazzling effect on the warrior. Sir Euan felt compelled to wed his love - none other than Oriane herself! Could he persuade her to give in to her secret passion and join forces with him on an adventure that neither of them would soon forget?
THE KNIGHT'S CONQUEST (#673) 9/2002 ISBN: 0373292732 Proud and beautiful, she would be no man's prize! To the victor the spoils…Offered as the delectable prize at a jousting tournament by the King, the proud and beautiful Lady Eloise Gerrard is far from gaining the freedom to command her own destiny that she so ardently desires. Shocked to discover the King has every intention of winning the prize for himself, Eloise turns in desperation to the challenger. Sir Owain of Whitecliffe had once awoken all her youthful passions…and then heartlessly deserted her. Can she truly now wish to see him the victor – the conqueror laying claim to his prize?
KNIGHT IN WAITING 10/1998 ISBN: 0263145255 Though Sir Geraunt threatened to use her secrets against her unless she became his mistress, Lady Aletta found herself strangely exhilarated by his presence. What's more, she was about to discover that he had a secret of his own.
THE KNIGHT, THE KNAVE AND THE LADY 4/1999 ISBN:0373303254. Marietta swore she would never marry until she fell for Lord Alain of Thorsgeld. He seduced her into marriage and as Marietta began to relax, she realized that she was playing second fiddle to his dead wife!
THE MAIDEN'S ABDUCTION 6/2001 ISBN: 0263168972 Isolde Medwin’s decision to throw herself on the mercy of Silas La Vallon, a long-term enemy of her father, had ended with her being compelled aboard his ship to Bruges. She was in potential danger, so why should she suddenly find herself fighting a growing attraction for her abductor?
A MOST UNSEEMLY SUMMER 10/2001 ISBN: 026382750X More than a guardian! Sir Leon Gascelin is a frustrated man! Unprepared for Lady Felice Marwelle’s arrival to oversee the final preparations to her family’s new home, the surveyor knows he has to take drastic steps to prevent her distracting his workforce – and generally getting underfoot! Capable, determined Felice has had to learn how to protect and care for herself. So it comes as a shock when Sir Leon forces her to accept him as her temporary guardian. Is it to stop tongues wagging because they are living under the same roof, as he claims? Or, more disturbingly, has she deliberately been sent to this dangerously attractive man to be well and truly tamed?
THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM 6/2000 ISBN: 026316473X
Sandra Landry
THE LAST BRIDE 8/2005 ISBN: 0425204448 (Time Travel) A modern woman seeks her past...Claire Peltier is convinced that the man who haunts her dreams was her lover in a past life. Determined to unravel the mystery surrounding him, she follows her instincts to France, where she walks a labyrinth at the heart of a magnificent cathedral. But at its center, instead of answers, she suddenly finds herself transported back to the Middle Ages and face-to-face with the man of her dreams... A medieval warrior seeks his future...Aiden Delacroix needs a wife and heir, or else after his death his lands will go to his enemy. But no woman in all of Christendom will consider becoming his bride, because they believe he's haunted by the ghost of his former mistress. Desperate, he undertakes a pilgrimage to Chartres in search of some divine guidance--and encounters a woman so alluring he impulsively finds himself proposing marriage...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
A PERFECT LOVE 8/2000 ISBN: 0515128856 Present Day, England. Nadine du Monte, informed of her parents' tragic death, rushes to get back home. Distraught, she boards a ferry to cross the English Channel, but accidentally falls overboard, only to awaken in a time long past--eight centuries past, to be exact...Twelfth Century, England. Faulk Brookstone is a knight whose outward strength conceals a broken heart born of the ultimate betrayal. Faulk owes it to his father's memory to continue his bloodline, but according to prophecy, there is only one woman who can bear him children--and he has no idea how to find her...While riding on the beach, Faulk discovers a beautiful young woman washed ashore and clinging to life. She has golden hair, amber eyes, and the mark of the rose on her shoulder--as foretold. Nadine is drawn to Faulk, and determined to understand their connection. But though he wants Nadine as his wife, can Faulk welcome her as his love for all time?
Jennifer Landsbert
KNIGHT'S MOVE 10/2000 ISBN: 0373304315
Ruth (Ryan) Langan
THE BETRAYAL(#666) 7/2003 ISBN: 037329266X Born of highland magic, she had witchcraft in her soul. But Grant MacCallum had need of Kylia Drummond's power. How else could he expose the traitor in his clan? Yet journeying with the beauteous sprite summoned an unexpected breed of magic, stirring longings for love everlasting with Kylia by his side! Kylia had always known he would come — a young laird with need and sorrow warring in his eyes. Her Sight was true; their connection, Fate. So when Grant MacCallum proposed his dangerous quest, she readily agreed. But would leaving the paradise of the Mystical Kingdom be a hellish mistake — or would she find sweet heaven in his arms?
HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS Short story in ONE CHRISTMAS NIGHT 12/1999 ISBN:037329087X
THE HIGHLANDER 7/1994 ISBN:037328828X. Kidnapped. Torn from the safety of her father's castle, Leanora Waltham steeled herself against the blood-racing charisma of her Scots captor. For Dillon Campbell, though a compelling giant of a man, was but a Highland savage. A figure out of nightmare. The Lady Leonora Waltham was Dillon Campbell's surety that his beloved brothers would be set free. Yet his beauteous hostage soon proved a fierced-hearted lioness who could charm the very devil out of hell. And topple the walls of his own imprisoned heart..
HIGHLAND HEAVEN(#269) 5/1995 ISBN:0373288697. The Campbells and Lamonts were enemies sworn... For the sake of his twin, Shaw Campbell would storm the gates of Hell. Yet his brother was not in the hands of the devil, but of Merritt Lamont, a female firebrand who would defend her family's honor to the death...and readily take Shaw with her! In these vengeful times of clan warfare, Merritt knew there were few men she could trust. Yet there was something in the eyes of Shaw Campbell that spoke of a man of peace. A man who could all too easily capture her troubled heart!
HIGHLAND SWORD(#654) 4/2003 ISBN: 0373292546 A Witch, A Warrior And The Wilds Of Scotland...!'Twas like a quest out of legend, Merrick MacAndrew knew, but he would risk anything to save his dying son-even kidnapping Allegra Drummond, whose mystical healing talents ran apace with her power to set his heart ablaze! What enchantment, this? A giant of a Highland lord had torn Allegra Drummond from idyllic seclusion to do his bidding! No matter that his reasons were noble, rousing her compassion and concern. Merrick MacAndrew had used a life-transforming magic of his own to bind her to him forever-heart, body and soul!
Langan-Navin-Stone
ONE CHRISTMAS NIGHT 12/1999 ISBN: 037329087X Anthology featuring Highland Christmas by Ruth Langan, A Wife for Christmas by Jacqueline Navin, and Ian's Gift by Lyn Stone.
Julia Latham
THRILL OF THE KNIGHT 3/2007 ISBN: 0061235156 A Lady's Deception. Lady Elizabeth Hutton will never succumb to the ambitions of a neighboring lord—even after his soldiers imprison the newly orphaned heiress in her own bedchamber. Ever resourceful, the proud beauty has devised a strategy to escape the devil who's determined to possess her and her great wealth: she will switch roles with her loyal maid so that she can save herself and her people. A Knight's Rapture. Sir John Russell's love of adventure has always carried him to far-flung places and dangers—and now he must ride to the rescue of the noblewoman he hasn't seen since boyhood. However, it is not his bride-to-be but her bewitching servant who enflames his passion—and Sir John's desire for the fiery beauty threatens to undermine his sacried, sworn oath, forcing a noble knight into the most devastating choice of his life: between duty and honor... or ecstasy and disgrace.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Stephen R. Lawhead
THE IRON LANCE (The Celtic Crusades Book 1) 4/2000 ISBN: 0061051098 Scotland, 1095. While his father and brothers follow Pope Urban II's call to win Jerusalem from the infidels, Murdo Ranulfson stays behind to guard his family's interests. But when his home is confiscated by greedy usurpers, Murdo is forced to follow the Crusades himself. Hoping to find his father and redeem his family's land, Murdo sets off on a journey that leads him to the Mediterranean -- the heart of civilization now threatened by barbarian hordes -- and on to the fabled city of Constantinople and beyond, to the Holy Land. Amidst brutality and ambition, Murdo discovers what he seeks -- and obtains a relic that will guide him and his descendents for centuries. Rich in heroism, treachery, and adventure, The Iron Lance begins an epic trilogy of a Scottish noble family fighting for its existence and its faith during the age of the Crusades -- and of a secret society whose ceremonies will shape history for a millennium.
Ann Lawrence
LORD OF THE HUNT 1/2003 ISBN: 084351397 The thrill of the hunt? What man does not savor it? Whether the chase was for savage boar, political prize or beautiful heiress, a knight worth his spurs threw himself into it once his blood was up. And if Adam Quintin was to succeed at the secret task given him by the king, he must pursue all three. But never did he imagine he might become the quarry himself--unhorsed by a wild boar, betrayed by political enemies, seduced by a simple maid with no claim to power or position. As daughter to the keeper of the hounds, Joan Swan was no stranger to the hunt. Like the legendary Diana, she slipped through the moonlit woods with her dogs, her loveliness as irresistible to Adam as the goddess herself. Hunter and hunted, lover and beloved, they would come together in a moment as impossible to escape as it was full of ecstasy.
LORD OF THE MIST 7/2001 ISBN: 0505524430 Forgive the sins of my wife," he prayed. "Forgive the winter cold of my heart." For as he knelt in the darkened chapel by his wife's lifeless body, he knew the babe she had birthed could not be his. The scent of spring--blossoms, wet leaves, damp earth--preceded the alluring woman into the chapel. As she honored his dead wife with garlands, she seemed to bring him fresh hope, just as she nourished the little girl his wife had left behind. Even though she was not his, could it be wrong to reach out for life, for love? As he watcher her nurse the child in the walled courtyard where his wife had met her lovers, he could not deny his longing for her lush kiss, could not ignore her urging to turn away from yesterday's sorrows and embrace tomorrow's sweetness.
VIRTUAL DESIRE 8/2000 ISBN: 0505523930 His silver blond hair blew back from his magnificent face. His black leather breeches hugged every inch of his well-muscled thighs. He was every woman's fantasy; he was the virtual reality game hero Vad. And Gwen Marlowe found him snoring away in her video game shop. She knew he must be a wacky wargamer out to win the Tolemac warrior look-alike contest. But the passion he ignited in her was all too real. Swept into his world of ice fields and formidable fortresses, Gwen realized Vad was not playing games. On a quest to clear his name and secure peace in his land, he and Gwen must forge a bond strong enough to straddle two worlds. A union built not on virtual desire, but on true love.
VIRTUAL HEAVEN 5/1999 ISBN: 0505523078 The warrior loomed over her. His leather jerkin, open to his waist, revealed a bounty of chest muscles and a corrugation of abdominals. Maggie O'Brien's gaze jumped from his belt buckle to his jewel-encrusted boot knife, avoiding the obvious indications of a man well-endowed. Too bad he was just a poster advertising a virtual reality game...Maggie had always thought such male perfection could exist only in fantasies like Tolemac Wars. But when the game took on a life of its own, and she found herself face-to-face with her perfect hero. Now it would be up to her to save his life when danger threatened, to gentle his warrior's heart, to forge a new reality they both could share....
Edith Layton
THE CRIMSON CROWN 12/1990 ISBN: 0451402278 Handsome adventurer Lucas Lovat was an instrument of the King's will. And the King was Henry VII of England, who would do anything and destroy anyone to keep his hold on the scepter of power. Beautiful Lady Megan Baswell did not know that Lucas was commanded to use his sensual charms to make her his pawn. Just as he did not dream that she was unlike any of his countless conquests. But as they played a dangerous game of desire and deception with each other, they were swept up in unexpected passion beyond control...and caught in a tug-of-war between their opposing loyalties and overwhelming love...
Sandra Lee
FALLING FOR HER 11/2000 ISBN: 0553580116 He was her enemy--and her destiny...Lady Roscelyn of Cyning, proud daughter of a Saxon earl, will do anything to protect her people from the Norman invader who plans to take possession of her fief. Yet the fierce warrior who thunders into the village is nothing like Roscelyn imagined. No barbarian, Varin de Brionne is a powerfully vibrant man who charms the village--leaving Roscelyn doubly determined to see him vanquished. And she is certain she has the means to do just that--Roscelyn is the bearer of a secret scroll that could change the course of history. But the village's ancient witchwife sees another future for the mighty Norman and the enticing lady. Though each struggles against it, they are bound to one another, destined for an impassioned love neither can deny--and that no enemy can destroy.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 2/1999 ISBN: 0553580086 Last in a line of Celtic mystics, Golde learned early that witchcraft is lucrative. Since no man dares marry into her family, she tells fortunes and mixes potions to support herself--even though in truth she has no powers at all. But lately it's been harder to take the commoners' money, for Golde has developed an inconvenient sympathy for their plight. Fortunately, the rich, arrogant Baron of Skyenvic is a different story. Suddenly struck blind, he will surely grant an ample reward for a remedy...and she won't mind taking him for all he's worth. Now all she has to do is fake a cure and be gone before he realizes her ruse. Yet Golde's plans go awry when she arrives at the castle to meet the imposing lord and is assailed by both unsettling visions--and unexpected passion. Soon it seems her deception will have a far greater cost than she'd dreamed...for Golde is swiftly losing her heart to a dark, tempestuous man who has even more secrets than she.
Helene Lehr
WHITE HEATHER 6/1995 ISBN: 0843937955 She was a fiery clanswoman who could wield a sword like a man, a sharp-tongued beauty with the courage to protect her people. But when rival clan leader Thornton MacKendrick took Diana captive, nothing could protect the young beauty from the sinful pleasure that awaited her. Although Diana was determined to return to her beloved Highlands, her heart betrayed her will, and she found herself drawn to the rippling, tartan-clad body of her captor. But it would take more than Thorn's heated caresses to make Diana his own. Only with a love as powerful as her pride could he hope to win her trust, to conquer her heart, to make her his love's captive.
Barbara Leigh
FOR LOVE ALONE(#254) 1/1995 ISBN: 0373288549 Convent-reared and innocent. With a beauty eclipsing legend. So Mistress Bess appeared in the eyes of Griffith Beaufort, cousin to Henry VIII. The gentle woman risked much on his behalf. And for her, he would dare the unthinkable. He would defy his king! Griffith Beaufort was the most princely man Bess had ever beheld. The very air about him crackled with forbidden secrets, and wisdom warned her this noble lord was not for such as she. But her passionate heart refused to listen...!
FOR LOVE OF RORY(#297) 12/1995 ISBN: 0373288972 Lady Serine vowed to nurse her prisoner back to health because only he could help her find the children snatched from the arms of the mother of Sheffield. But the avenging angel hadn't counted on nursing her own traitorous heart. For Rory McLir, whose desperate deed should have fired her hate, had instead ignited her eternal love.. Driven by a curse upon his people, Rory McLir sailed forth from Ireland's mist and found himself drowning in the beauty of Serine, a veritable sea nymph who held the secret of new life for his land. He was her prisoner fro the first stolen kiss, but would the tide turn when they set sail.
TO TOUCH THE SUN 10/1991 ISBN: 0373286988 To be a knight, chivalrous in deed and courageous in battle, was all that Drue had ever wished for. Dubbed Sir Drue, she had sworn to serve her king and seek revenge against her enemy, Connaught. She had vowed to slay the treacherous knight, yet one look into the depths of his fire-blue eyes and she knew she could never kill him. Though she had captured him fairly on the field of battle, it was Drue who was completely in his power, and she shuddered to think what the proud Connaught would do when he discovered that the 'lad' who had defeated him was nothing more than a woman.
Susannah Leigh
GLYNDA 1979 ISBN: 0451085485 Glynda was an outcast of society, the bastard daughter of a lascivious lord - and the object of desire of every man who laid eyes upon her.
Tamara Leigh
BLACKHEART 4/2001 ISBN: 0843948558 Desperate to put an end to the humiliating rumors surrounding his lack of an heir, Lord Bernart Kinthorpe orders his virgin wife to the bed of his sworn enemy, Lord Gabriel de Vere. Though Juliana expects to feel revulsion and pain in the arms of the blackheart responsible for her husband's impotence, she discovers a man of passion and honor. When Gabriel de Vere learns that the sensual lover who had come to him in darkness is the wife of his enemy, he vows to take back the child stolen from him. Yet something about the woman he abducts turns him from vengeance. But the flower of their love will have to be carefully nurtured if they are to triumph over Lord Bernart and raise the child of their love as fate has intended.
MISBEGOTTEN 7/1996 ISBN: 0061084476 Tricked out of his rightful inheritance by his treacherous half brother, baseborn knight Liam Fawke swore to contest the claim of the young nephew who has now heir. But he soon found himself at dangerous odds with Lady Joslyn, the boy's beautiful, spirited mother, as well as with the fiercely passionately hunger she aroused in him. Dangerous Desire. Lady Joslyn was determined to protect her son from Liam's vengeance. But her resolve was no defense against the heated desires the ruggedly handsome warrior ignited, or the forbidden love no duty and honor could make her deny.
PAGAN BRIDE 3/1995 ISBN: 0553565354 She was his fiery temptation--And his innocent captive... Bound by the chains of slavery in an exotic land, Lucien de Gautier has only one chance of escape. In exchange for his freedom, he pledged to smuggle a virtuous young woman out of a harem and onto a ship bound for England. But Lucien couldn't know that the real danger would lie not in the long voyage ahead but in his dazzling charge: a ravishing innocent whose flame-red hair and emerald eyes would unleash his most sensual desires... No man, not even her betrothed, has dared look at Alessandra the way her bold new bodyguard did. And though is handsome face and virile strength filled her with yearnings she could not name, she vowed to put the reckless Englishman in his place. But Lucien was playing a part, biding his time until he could steal her away from the only life she'd ever known. Only after his deception was revealed would Alessandra discover what she'd suspected all the time: that she was the true captive, hostage to his pleasure, slave to a flaming passion she could never deny...
SAXON BRIDE 1/1996 ISBN: 0553565346 Once Maxen Pendery was a man of God. Then he was told that his brother had been murdered by a lying saxon wench, and he knew he could not rest until he took revenge. Yet when he finally captured Rhiannyn of Etcheverry, something unexpected stirred within him. True, she was breathtakingly lovely, but never once did she use her woman's wiles to battle him, only her sharp tongue and strong will....leaving Maxen torn between his duty and an agonizing truth: he would do anything to conquer this golden-haired maid, even if the price were his very soul....With strong arms and smoldering eyes, Maxen held her close. Yet Rhiannyn swore she would never accept this Norman blackguard as her lord, vowed she'd never tell him the dark truth about his brother's death. But just as Rhiannyn began to believe she could hold out, she discovered a different side to the fiercely handsome warrior...one that could fan the passion that lurked beneath her Saxon pride - one that could put her innocent heart in peril...
UNFORGOTTEN 3/1997 ISBN: 0061084484 Catherine had dreamed that she would die, cut down by her castle's attackers. So who was this mysterious stranger before her now who cheated fate by stopping the mortal blow? And how did he manage to lay siege to her heart, which she had always believed far more securely guarded than her precious home?... In the twentieth century, Collier's mistake had cost him the love of his life. Yet now he found himself in a medieval battle, face-to-face with a beautiful woman who was the image of his beloved. Was he somehow being offered an opportunity to redeem his error...and regain his heart's desire?
VIRGIN BRIDE 10/1994 ISBN: 0553565362 Lady Graeye Charwyck was desperate to escape the fate her father had planned for her, to spend the rest of her life in a convent, so she chose to lie with the first man who came along--who also turns out to be her father's mortal enemy!
WARRIOR BRIDE 4/1994 ISBN: 0553565338 Ranulf Wardieu was furious to discover his jailer was a raven-haired maiden garbed in men's clothing and skilled in combat. But when her hand and will wavered as she held him at sword point, he saw the woman's heart within the fierce fighter. And he vowed then that he would storm her defenses with sweet caresses, besiege her with kisses that set her aflame, and make his captivating enemy his... After four long years of planning revenge on the warrior who'd stolen her future, Lizanne Balmaine had the blackguard at her mercy. Yet something about the onyx-eyed man she'd abducted and taken to her family estate was different - something that made her hesitate at her moment of triumph. Now she was HIS prisoner...and even more than her handsome captor she feared her own treacherous desires...
Mary Lide
ANN OF CAMBRAY 11/1984 ISBN: 0446325554 Celts and Normans fight over borderlands. The orphaned Lady Ann is sent to bide with her liege lord, where she grows to beauty, unnoticed.When her father's and brother's assassins come to find her, she seeks help from Lord Raoul, winning, instead, his anger-- and desire.
COMMAND OF THE KING 1990 ISBN: 0312063199 Set in sixteenth century England in the time of Henry Tudor, a strange meeting takes place between King Henry of England and a simple peasant woman who is blessed by the gifts of sorcery and prophesy. A story of her fortunes and how they cross with the king.
A ROYAL QUEST 1987 ISBN: 0446513628 In the mist-shrouded valleys that cover the treacherous border between England and Wales, we meet the three heirs of Ann of Cambray and Raoul of Sedgemont, the Norman scions of a noble house whose fates will be inextricably and terribly meshed with their sovereign, Henry II, and his scheming queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Here, amid the boundary clashes of Normans and Celts, Robert, Hue, and the beautiful Olwen begin their journey to a destiny so significant that a kingdom may be lost by the legacy they leave. Robert is the proud eldest, stamped in his Norman father's image. the victim in his youth of a cruel plot, he will be forever scarred and fearful of a woman's touch. Soon his loyalty, his heart - and perhaps his flesh - will be promised to dashing Prince Richard, second son of Henry, the king who is both ruler of the Sedgemonts and their sworn enemy. Hue is the middle child, a young man tormented by an uncontrollable temper and haunted by rumors about his birth and his father's coldness. His inseparable friendship with the King's heir, Prince Henry, will make him a crucial link in a chain of deceit, revolt, and treason - and the bait for Queen Eleanor's vicious plans for a family's destruction. Olwen is the high-spirited daughter, afire with ancient myths and legends of heroic adventure. She finds her glorious dream incarnate in a Celtic prince, Taliesin, her enemy by blood, her lover by fate. Caught in the roiling tide of war, they will be swept into stirring deeds of battle and the heart as they fight the royal plots and ancient hatreds that threaten their love and their lives. Now, as Castle Cambray's gates swing open and the hoofbeats of knights on horseback thunder against the earth, a saga of remarkable reality begins.
Johanna Lindsey
DEFY NOT THE HEART 1989 ISBN: 0380752999. Reina seethes with rage over her fate: taken captive by the knight Ranulf -- a golden giant of a man -- who has pledged to deliver her to the nuptial bed of the despised Lord Rothwell. She will never accept such bondage -- and Reina offers herself to her kidnapped instead, offering to make Ranulf a great lord...if he agrees to wed her. But the brave knight desires much more than a marriage of convenience from this proud, headstrong lady who treats him with scorn yet makes his blood run hotter than liquid fire. She must come to him of her own free will -- or Ranulf will take her. For the passion that consumes them both cannot long be denied -- even though gravest peril surely awaits them on the heart's trail to a destines and turbulent love.
SO SPEAKS THE HEART 5/1983 ISBN: 0380814714 Born a wealthy French heiress but betrayed into bondage, Brigitte de Louroux swears she will never be any man's slave. Rugged and powerful Rowland of Montville sees only a beautiful enchantress in peasant's rags -- a wench to serve his every need. Defenseless against his unbridled passions, Brigitte is forced to yield her innocence to desires the warrior lord arouses in her heart. But her surrender will vanquish the handsome knight -- awakening within him a love as mighty and relentless as his conquering sword.
UNTIL FOREVER 6/1995 ISBN: 0380762595 Prim and beautiful professor Roseleen White clutches and her new prized profession -- a thousand-year-old Scandinavian sword. And suddenly, a dream stands before her -- a magnificent Viking warrior sworn to satisfy Roseleen's every desire. Accursed for untold centuries, might Thorn is now enslaved to a woman. Yet it is Roseleen who is the true prisoner, held willing captive by a handsome barbarian who sweeps her back to the ancient past on a journey of sensual discovery. But only by banishing him from her life forever can Roseleen free Thorn from immortality's chains -- forcing her to make a devastating choice that will either imperil their future or preserve a love more powerful than time.
WHEN LOVE AWAITS 1986 ISBN: 0380897393 Once Lady Leonie cursed "the Black Wolf" --handsome Rolfe d'Ambert, the mercenary Lord of Kempston--for his bloody deeds and cruelty to the local peasants. And now she must marry the magnificent blackguard to bring peace to the land. Young, innocent, possessing a rare and exquisite beauty, Leonie would be a prize for any man -- yet Rolfe seeks the match solely for revenge. But her sensuous kiss ignites within him the fiery need to claim her -- and an irresistible desire to unite their warring hearts in glorious love.
Josie Litton
DREAM ISLAND 2/2002 ISBN: 0553583891 Lady Joanna Hawkforte spent her childhood reading about the wondrous beauty of Akora. But now the country of her dreams has become a symbol of her worst nightmare. Nine months ago her brother embarked on a dangerous journey to find the mythic land - and Joanna never heard from him again. Believing he is being held captive in Akora, she is compelled to devise a desperate plan to find him.... The son of an English lord and an Akoran princess, Lord Alex Darcourt has spent months in England on a secret mission. Now he has set sail back to the land of his youth - and to an unknown fate in a nation fraught with unrest. But Alex's discovery of a secret stowaway has thrown his voyage into turmoil. A bold, honey-haired beauty, Joanna has no idea of the danger she's placed herself in. As Alex's ship enters its home port, he hopes he can protect her in a world where she is unwelcome. But his greatest challenge proves to be protecting Joanna from his own smoldering desire - a forbidden passion that could put both their lives in jeopardy.
Morgan Llywelyn
FINN MacCOOL ISBN: 0312854765 Somewhere in the shadowy borderland between myth and history is the territory of Finn MacCool. Mightiest of the Irish heroes, leader of the invincible army of Fianna, he was a man of many faces: warrior, poet, lover, creator, destroyer.
LION OF IRELAND 1979 ISBN: 0812553993. King, Warrior, Lover - Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than all other men -- the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, he emerged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. His women were as remarkable as his adventures. Fiona, the druidess with mystical powers. Deirdre, beautiful victim of a Norse invader's brutal lust. Gormlaith, six-foot, read-haired goddess of sensuality. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this is a story rich in truth and legend -- which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled.
PRIDE OF LIONS 3/1995 ISBN: 0812536509 LION OF IRELAND was the breathtaking chronicle of Brian Boru, the Great King who led the bickering chiefs of Ireland to unity under his reign. He overthrew traditions, reformed society, and became the Irish Charlemagne. The Ireland of 1014 was a dream Brian Boru had dreamed and brought into being . . . Now, with all the fire and brilliance for which her writing is known, Morgan Llywelyn takes us there, to the battlefield where Brian died. His fifteen-year-old son, Donough, is determined to make the High Kingship of Ireland his own, but he must contend with his own mother, Gormlaith, a voluptuous and treacherous woman whose lust for life and for power remains undiminished by age.
RED BRANCH 1989 ISBN: 080410591X In a land ruled by war and love and strange enchantments, Cuchulain -- torn between gentleness and violence, haunted by the croakings of a sinister raven -- fights for his honor and his homeland and discovers too late the trap that the gods have set for him in the fatal beauty of Deirdre and the brutal jealousy of King Conor.
THE WIND FROM HASTINGS 1979 ISBN: 0812555023 Romantic and searingly convincing, this novel from the days of the Conquest is based on a real woman and a real mystery. In 1066 william the Conqueror defeated Harold of England at Hastings, changing the course of Western civilation. This is the story of Harold's wife Edyth, who witnessed the battle and then vanished completely and forever , taking with her the legitimate heirs to the thrones of England and Wales.
Norah Lofts
THE HOMECOMING 1976 ISBN: 0708985033 A rich tapestry of love, war, and passion spun out against the backdrop of 15th century England...The new adventures of Sir Godfrey Tallboys and the two women who love him.
THE HOUSE AT OLD VINE 1961 ISBN: 0891902260 Set amidst the richly colorful pageant of life in sixteenth-century England, this is the story of the town house and the descendants of Martin Reed.
THE KING'S PLEASURE 1/1969 ISBN: 0449237184 She was Henry VIII's first wife. The others would live in her shadow. A novel of Katherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII of England.
KNIGHT'S ACRE 1975 ISBN: 0449226859 Sybilla's husband was home at last. With another woman. Sir Godfrey Tallboys, that reckless but endearing young knight, left his family and half-finished home to go to Spain for a tournament which promised great wealth. He had thought he would be gone months. He was away for six years. Six long years. His lovely wife, Sybilla, was convinced that he was dead. Until he came riding home one day with a wild young beauty at his side.
THE LONELY FURROW 1977 ISBN: 0385116497 Set in fifteenth century England and Spain, the time of Moors and the Crusades, this volume follows the children of Sir Godfrey and his lady.
THE TOWN HOUSE 6/1940 ISBN: ISBN: 0891902309 First in the series, it contains Old Agnes' tal' Anne Blanchfleur's tale, Maude Reed's tale and Nicholas Freeman's story.
Sasha Lord
BEYOND THE WILD WIND 2/2006 ISBN: 0451217853 Beautiful, brave, and wildly impetuous, Istabelle O’Bannon is the daring captain of her own ship, a ‘Robin Hood’ who protects coastal villages from those who raid them. She calls no port home and does as she pleases. But now she is desperate to reclaim one of her most precious treasures from a vicious outlaw named Horik—and she trusts only one man to help her... That man isn’t the warrior Ruark Haagan—even though she’s under the mistaken impression that he is. And now it’s too late for Ruark to explain his deception and reveal his true identity. All he can do is help the untamed beauty triumph in this brutal clash—even as he resists succumbing to the fiery passion Istabelle has ignited in him...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
IN MY WILD DREAM 2/2007 ISBN: 0451220641 She is Kassandra, a "wild child" raised in a magical forest, a fey dreamer who is innocent of society's rules and too reckless to follow them anyway. In her nighttime visions, she sees a powerful Scottish laird with whom she is destined to share passionate bond.... if she can save him from a hooded murderer. For him, she will travel to the king's court, risking ridicule and confronting treachery in her quest to claim the man of her dreams... He is Cadedryn, battle-hardened and emotionally scarred, a man driven to regain the title and honor his father threw away in the name of love. No redheaded firebrand will stop him from making a favorable political marriage for himself, no matter how persistent her warnings or how irresistible her allure. But when Kassandra's dire predictions begin to come true, Cadedryn must face the truth: Violence threatens him on all sides... and Kassandra holds the key to both his survival and his very chance for happiness.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Merline Lovelace
HIS LADY'S RANSOM 7/1995 ISBN: 0373288751 Ian de Burgh was a North Country warrior sworn to keep safe those entrusted to his care, including Madeline de Courcey. But the jewel-eyed vixen was skilled in courtly games of love... and Ian was determined to break the chains of desire that bound her to him. The Lady Madeline was much whispered about in the corridors of England's castles. For her flashing eyes and sparkling charm ensnared the heart of many a knight. Except for Ian de Burgh, the one man to whom she would willingly surrender.
THE ROGUE KNIGHT short story in RENEGADES 8/1995
SWEET SONG OF LOVE(#230) 7/1994 ISBN: 0373288301 A mountain of a man was Sir Richard FitzHugh. Tall. Dark. Fearsome in every aspect. Formidable in battle. Yet Mellisynt of Tremont saw not the warrior but her wedded lord. A man of gentle compassion. Who could free her spirit - and blazingly awaken her long-slumbering desire! What an enigma was Mellisynt of Tremont, Richard FitzHugh declared! For beneath shapeless widow's weeds, his new-wed lady wife was a creature of boundless passion and generous soul. He'd made his brideclaim with a pledge of honor and an eye to ambition. But could she capture his very heart in her own campaign d'amour...?
Elizabeth Lowell
Elizabeth Lowther
THE RANSOMED BRIDE 2/1990 ISBN: 0263767264 A small brown wren in the midst of a golden family, Sabrina had always known that her brother Giles was a fool. What she hadn't expected was for that fact to affect her life so drastically. The periodic skirmishes between England and France had led to Giles Corbyn's capture in Brittany by Ronan Guennec, the Seigneur de Plou-Aven. Now in 1405, after two years of negotiation, Sabrina found marriage to Ronan and her dowry were part of the ransom deal. But Giles had described a golden sister, and this wet bedraggled girl on his doorstep was not Ronan's idea of a wife…
Valentina Luellen
MADELON 3/1978 ISBN:0373050097 Beauty and innocence were rare qualities in a woman in the turbulent times of eleventh-century Spain, but Madelon del Rivas y Montevides possessed both. Although desired by many men, she had fallen in love with the dashing Valenin Maratin.
Catherine Lyndell
TAPESTRY OF PRIDE 9/1987 ISBN: 0671623281
FALCON'S DESIRE 2/2003 ISBN: 0373292457 Emboldened by grief, Lyonesse of Ryonne had done the impossible by ensnaring the infamous Rhys of Faucon, the blackguard who had shattered her dreams. But now imprisoned in her castle's tower, the Mighty Falcon posed an even greater threat, for his slightest touch made her heart take wing and sent her soaring...straight into his powerful arms! The Devil Faucon, they called him, yet Rhys was pleased, for it kept his enemies at bay. Unfortunately the lovely Lyonesse counted herself among them, despite the desire that flared between them. And their uneasy truce would soon be destroyed when she learned a newfound alliance bound her to him as his bride.
Virginia Lynn
LYON'S PRIZE 10/1992 ISBN: 0553296914 fiery vixen…a savage knight…a passion born of fury…and unquenchable desire...King William has decreed that Brenna Marwald must marry one of his own men, strong-willed Rye de Lyon. But the spirited beauty, who has vowed to kill any man who attempts to win her hand, meets her match in de Lyon.
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