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BEAU BARRON'S LADY 3/1981 ISBN:0312070578 Bess Hathaway was little more than a street urchin when the dashing Beau Barron seduced and then abandoned her. But her boundless love and fierce ambition lifted her at last to the same courtly world in which Barron traveled. A twist of fate brought them together at the start and now another twist of fate throws them together again. But their stormy passions and desperate pride threaten to ruin the love that is their mutual destiny.
CRYSTAL 11/1987 ISBN: 0312010281 Crystal Yorke is cruelly forced to flee from St. Giles, the lowest and most vile of London's slums. Because of her startling beauty, hidden under layers of London soot, a kindhearted shopkeeper takes pity on Crystal and welcomes her into his home. It is under Basil Coory's care that Crystal is lavishly provided with love and other comforts unheard of in the slums.
EMERALD 6/1983 ISBN:0312901739 It was a man of careless morals and heartless lust who sullied the reputation of the lovely Emily Tregellan and forced her to flee her home on the Cornish coast - into a life of a scullery maid. But her uncommon gift with a needle and thread were soon apparent to her kindly employer who established her among the local gentry as Madame Emerald, dressmaker to the aristocracy. In no time her fashions were all the rage, and fortune seemed to be smiling, especially in the eyes of the dashing young Viscount Asterly, who swept her off her feet. But an old disgrace quickly cast a new threat, and the man she now loved as much as life itself revealed a sudden violent temper that all but dashed her dearest hopes. Could fortune be so fickle - or would Madame Emerald yet find her future the bright jewel she dreamed of?
GARNET 7/1985 ISBN:0312317271 She Was Bound To His Passion. It took only a moment for Garnet Bradley, the violet-eyed beauty and dashing Jonathan Heathcote, Earl of Derebrook, to spark a passion that would burn brighter than the stars. Although Jonathan must marry another to provide Derebrook with a proper heir, their love blossomed despite all obstacles of class and circumstances. That is, until Jonathan's future wife, the vain, spiteful Frances, plots a revenge that would destroy their happiness . . . and their lives. And though she succeeds in driving them apart, she could not destroy Garnet's fierce courage and pride. Nor prevent her from regaining her heart's most precious treasure.
THE LOVING HIGHWAYMAN 5/1983 ISBN:0449208737 When Alistair, Marquis of Lingard, is challenged to spend a month living the rough life of a highwayman, he is loath to refuse. After all, hasn't he the family notoriety to uphold...
THE MARQUIS AND MISS JONES 6/1982 ISBN:0312515472 Although the Marquis of Rothwell, son of the Duke of Waveney, and Lady Martina Howe have never met, their fathers arrange for them to marry. But Martina's dying father, the Earl of Summerscale, insists that she not be told the name of her future husband until the marquis has accepted the proposal..
THE MICHAELMAS TREE 11/1982 ISBN:0312532253 From the Michaelmas Eve when gallant Patrick Kinnersley rescues young Caroline from a fall down a hillside, there is an unmistakable attraction between them, despite the hostility between their families.
MIDSUMMER MORNING 4/1984 ISBN:0312531869 Joanna, a cooper's daughter and the Marquis, a man who has just lost his fiancee and is bound by duty to produce a proper heir, meet and fall desperately in love -- consumed by a desire they can barely restrain.
OPAL 7/1986 ISBN:0312585918 Born in the slums of London and educated as a pickpocket, blond and lissome Opal Shannon dreams that a far more glamorous destiny awaits her. The moment she saw him, Opal knew she would always love Edward Adare, the young Earl of Kynston. But then cruel fate tore them apart, casting Opal into the grim horrors of the workhouse.
PEARL(Jewel Series #3) 2/1985 ISBN:0312904711 At eighteen, poor but hardworking Pearl Cartwright possessed a golden beauty that became her curse. For the impudent and philandering Bruce Sackville vowed to have her graceful form, and cleverly planned her seduction. Desperately, innocent Pearl fought his unwelcome advances... but to no avail. Crushed by the experience, she bears his son. Worse, she discovers she has fallen in love with her attacker's brother, James, who is scheming with his father -- grieved by Bruce's death -- to blackmail Pearl into handing over the child. Furious over his heartless manipulation, she engineers a deception that rouses him into a towering rage. Their violent anger turns into a searing passion. But will fate shine down on their love?
REGENCY ROGUE 3/1982 ISBN:0312669003
RUBY 10/1984 ISBN:0312695373 The beautiful, raven-tressed Ruby Travers is only nineteen when he life is forever changed by calamity: the deaths of her mother, housekeeper of Waterfields, and Sir Askwith, the kindly lord of the manor. Suddenly, she is the surprised inheritor of the ancestral home, and the object of the dark ministrations of villainous Lionel Whitcombe, who will go to any means to secure Waterfields as his own. And even as Ruby wrestles with her dilemma, she and the dashing Sebastian, Earl of Stratton, are falling desperately in love - only to have their love thwarted by a vow that bounds Sebastian to another. But, while the reprehensible Lionel Whitcombe and Ruby's rival, the Lady Annora, plot against the innocent pair, a long-buried secret of Ruby's past is rising to save her chances at happiness.
SAPPHIRE 12/1985 ISBN:031269962 She was trapped by poverty - and only one man could set her captive heart free. Beautiful raven-haired Sapphire Grant was but a penniless parson's daughter in a poor mining village. Yet her loving spirit and laughing eyes were treasured jewels money could never buy. Devoted to teaching reading and writing to the poor children of the mines, she happily accepted the Earl of Stonehurst's handsome offer for her services in tutoring his son, Ashton Howard, and his pretty sister, Arminta - unaware that fate had cast its die for all three young hearts. For the innocent Sapphire had blossomed into a breathtaking beauty Ashton could not resist. But his title and position were his prison... and poverty was hers. And it is only after cruel violence bestows its wrath and terrible tragedy strikes... that Sapphire finds love in the arms of the only man who can claim her heart.
TOPAZ 6/1987 ISBN:0312006950 Topaz Chilcott cast her fortune to the harsh moor winds when she ran from the gypsies who raised her and landed in the arms of a dark and dashing Lord.
Jane Ashford
THE BARGAIN 10/1997 ISBN:0553575783 It's more than ridiculous, it's damned embarrassing and inconvenient...for a scientist with his reputation to be called in to get rid of a ghost. But when the prince regent summons Lord Alan Gresham to London to solve the mystery of a haunting, he has no choice. At least the task shouldn't take much time. He will uncover the perpetrators of the hoax and then return with speed to his experiments. Or so Gresham thinks, until he finds his calm, logical investigation disrupted by a maddeningly forthright beauty....Ariel Harding has her own reasons for wanting to catch the ghost. Yet when she slips into Carlton House uninvited, she never dreams she'll end up locked in a closet with an arrogant, opinionated, yet undeniably attractive scientist...or that she'll wind up making a perilous bargain with the very same man. They agree to exchange information - and nothing more. But neither plans on the most confounding of scientific occurrences: the breathless chemistry of desire...
BLUESTOCKING 10/1980 ISBN: 0446905097
BRIDE TO BE 8/1999 ISBN:0553577743 The daughter of free spirits who routinely outraged the haut ton, Emily Crane longed for a less scandalous life. Now she's the toast of society...and she couldn't' find it more tedious. Until, in the midst of yet another ball, she suddenly comes face-to-face with the darkly sensual stranger she once rescued from footpads...
CACHET 8/1984 ISBN:0449126811
CHARMED AND DANGEROUS 10/1998 ISBN:0553577735 Gavin Graham works alone, trusts no one, and never ever gives his heart. But the spy may have met his match in an ex-governess. Laura Devane had been handpicked to fulfill an important mission: distracting him from the deceptive charms of a Russian Countess. Once, years ago, she defiantly rejected his marriage proposal. Now she meets his cool mockery and sensual advances with a maddening self-possession. And she plunges headlong into a perilous investigation that leaves him fearing her safety...
FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1984 ISBN:0708917542
FIRST SEASON 1/1984 ISBN:0451126785 Lady Anabel Wyndham was in a most unusual situation for her first London season. Beautiful, witty, and still young, she nonetheless was a widow with three small and very lively children. Thus she could not claim to be an innocent in love--no matter how little experience she had with the ways and wiles of the fashionable world. And so when she caught the loving, attentive eyes of charming Christopher Hanford, and then aroused the impassioned interest and hunting instinct of Sir Charles Norbury, a handsome, notorious rake.
GWENDELINE 2/1980 ISBN:0446942472 Gwendeline, just 18 and totally unsuited to earn her own way in the world was to be evicted from her country estate. Then the butler ushered in a tall, rather arrogant visitor, Lord Merryn. He had, it seemed, been a friend of her late parents, who had lived too well and too briefly--squandering their fortune and then meeting death in a carriage accident. But Gwendeline was an older orphan than Lord Merryn had expected; she was a young lady and must be introduced to London society. Quickly, he invented a "group of her parents' friends" to finance her debut. Never must she learn that he alone was her benefactor--nor why.
THE HEADSTRONG WARD 1983 ISBN:0451122674 Lady Anne Tremayne has left the safety of her sequestered school life and has come to London for her first season. Her trio of guardians are concerned about her ability to 'fit in' to London society and even more afraid when they see how beautiful she has become while away from them!
THE IMPETUOUS HEIRESS 6/1984 ISBN:0451129687 The moment that Lady Alicia Alston first encountered Ian Cairnyllan, she could see that this imperious lord from the wilds of Scotland had a great deal to learn. He clearly did not appreciate that Alicia was a most sought-after beauty, with swarms of suitors. He had even less understanding of the pleasures his younger sister wished to pursue in her first London season. And he absolutely refused to mask his contempt for the dictates of society and for the behavior of its leading lights. Lord Cairnyllan might be high and mighty now, but Alicia vowed that before she was finished, he would bow to the ways of the civilized world, And as she pitted her wiles against his iron will, Alicia discovered that at the end of her cleverly conceived maze of intrigue was the the pitfall of love....
THE IRRESOLUTE RIVALS 2/1985 ISBN:0451135199 The first sight that Miss Susan Windham and Miss Marinne MacClain had of each other was enough to make their eyes blaze. For both were arriving at the first grand ball of the season at the same time...in identical gowns. But even this flurry of fury paled beside the emotion that each young lady felt when she saw the gentleman who stepped in to make peace between them. He was Randal Kenyon, Baron Ellerton, the most supremely handsome, charming, elegant, and eligible lord in London. And far from making peace, he sparked a battle between a pair of dazzling young beauties who had always had everything they wanted, and who now wanted only him.
MAN OF HONOUR 4/1981 ISBN: 0446947970 Eliott saw his duty-and married Laura. What else could a gentleman do when they had been snowbound together at an inn--unchaperoned? The fact that Laura was beautiful, gentle, and completely suitable as a wife made his behaving as a man of honour very easy. But Laura was not satisfied with such a meager basis for marrying. And the once docile young bride soon began a rebellion that had all the ton agog--and her husband forgetting about honour and listening instead to his heart....
THE MARCHINGTON SCANDAL 7/1982 ISBN:0451116232 Even a young lady as independent as Katharine Daltry had to admit she needed help. Alone, she could not defeat the notorious Countess Standen, who sought to make a love-besotted fool of young Tom Marchington, the bridegroom of Katharine's country cousin Elinor. Katharine knew of just one person in London who could lure the Countess away from her cruel sport. That person was Lord Oliver Stonenden. But Katharine dreaded to think what might be asked in return by this heartless and hatefully handsome aristocrat who, although he had the pick of society's beauties, perversely desired only her...
THE MARRIAGE WAGER 11/1996 ISBN:0553575775 Lady Emma Tarrant watched her husband gamble his life away and when she saw another young man following the same path, she was determined to save him. So she challenged the scoundrel to the one thing that he would not refuse--another game. The prize? Herself....After eight years of war, Lord Colin Wareham had returned home a changed man. Still handsome, still wealthy, but weary, impatient, restless. Then a furious beauty with pale gilt hair dared to accost him, and Wareham found himself suddenly intrigued.and aroused. So he named his stakes: a loss and he'd surrender the debts. A win, and the lady must surrender herself..
MEDDLESOME MIRANDA 1/1989 ISBN:0451158067 Miss Miranda Dennison was a properly brought-up young lady with an improper appetite for adventure. She found it in abundance on the isolated estate of Baron Philip Highdene. There was the darkly handsome, brooding baron himself, married to Miranda's sister and clearly keeping her prisoner. There was his friend, Alan Creighton, whose shocking reputation as a rake did not stop Miranda's heart from beating faster in his company. And there were mysterious threats to Miranda's safety that chilled her blood. Miranda had fallen head over heels in love. She had also plunged over her head into danger. And now, through a mystifying maze of romance and intrigue, she must somehow find her way to a happy ending...
A RADICAL ARRANGEMENT 1983 ISBN:0451125150 Sir Justin Keighley was everything that repelled Margaret Mayfield in a man. He was shocking in his opinions, arrogant in his manner, rude in his actions, and completely without respect for the common decencies of civilized society. Margaret was everything that Sir Justin detested in a woman. She was shy, retiring, obedient to her parents, almost embarrassed by her own beauty, and ignorant of virtually every phase of real life in the real world.
THE RELUCTANT RAKE 5/1987 ISBN:0451148088 Miss Julia Devere was the most innocent and sheltered of young beauties. Her doting parents had succeeded in shielding her from exposure to the more sordid facts of life in society, and now both they and she were delighted with her coming marriage to the handsome and wealthy Sir Richard Beckwith, the very model of righteous rectitude. Therefore when Julia spied the paragon of moral perfection in the arms of a young woman who clearly did not give a fig for the proprieties, Julia was more than shocked. She was awakened to the fact that the game of love could be played by very different rules than hers.... And unless she could beat Sir Richard's new light-of-love at her own game, Julia stood to lose all that she suddenly discovered she wanted....
THE REPENTANT REBEL 10/1984 ISBN:0451131959 Miss Diana Gresham was only 17 when she was lured by the scheming Gerald Carshin into making a ruinous misstep, only to be abandoned by that handsome scoundrel. Now she is 25, beautiful, wealthy, vibrantly intelligent, but embarrassed.
RIVALS OF FORTUNE 11/1981 ISBN:0446909696 Joanna swore her heart had been broken when Peter Finley married someone else. Then two gentlemen came to call. Sir Rollin Denby, handsome, tailored in the height of London fashion, flirted with her outrageously...and seemed to be the beau of her dreams. Mr. Jonathan Erland, an engaging adventurer who had just inherited the property adjoining hers, asked her to ride with him...and held out the lure of an honest-to-goodness adventure. It appeared that his eccentric uncle had hidden the family fortune somewhere deep within the Erland Estate. Now, between the excitement of dress parties and picnics, Joanna began to dig for clues. But what the spirited lass could not foresee was the outcome of her search...for soon she would turn up life's most precious treasure, the glory of love....
THE THREE GRACES 3/1982 ISBN: 0451114183 The Hartington sisters were three of the most captivating young ladies in the realm--and suddenly among the most impoverished. The demise of their spendthrift father and the passing of their generous aunt left them with only their wits, wiles and beauty to fend off disaster--and forced them to go their separate ways. Aggie, the eldest, became a governess. Thalia, the literary one, became a schoolmistress. Euphie, the musical one, became companion to an aristocratic old lady. And all of them saw the future of their hopes and the men of their dreams slipping out of their reach until they discovered that three Hartington heads were better than one when it came to playing a winning hand in the marriage game...
Anne Ashley
BELOVED VIRAGO 8/2003 ISBN: 0263835189 A dangerous game of spies and seduction. Spirited Katherine O'Malley, sent to France to flush out a traitor, is prepared for discomfort, fear, even danger in her country's service. She isn't prepared to work with handsome rake Major Daniel Ross posing as his wife! Katherine knows all about his womanizing ways and she's determined to resist his charms no matter how strongly they affect her. But when Napoleon's escape from Elba forces the pretend couple to flee across hostile France, Katherine has to trust Daniel absolutely. Even if that means letting him get intimately close
EARL OF RAYNE'S WARD 1/1999 ISBN:0373303181
LADY JANE'S PHYSICIAN 8/1999 ISBN: 0373303742 Lady Jane Beresford was happy to accept an invitation to stay with her cousin, but meeting Dr. Thomas Carrington ruined her enjoyment. Though intriguing and handsome, Thomas had little patience with social etiquette, and he irritated Jane out of her own good manners! No sooner had Thomas sworn off the shallow Lady Jane than she sought his aid during a friend's illness, and he saw Jane's warmth and goodness firsthand - not to mention her arresting beauty. He knew that he loved her, but so lovely a jewel was beyond his touch. Would his darling Jane have the courage to cast aside convention and follow her heart?
LADY KNIGHTLEY'S SECRET 11/2001 Miss Elizabeth Beresford had become an heiress upon her grandmother's death. Her sister, Evadne, thought she was very clever when she engineered that Elizabeth would be trapped overnight in the cellars with Evadne's brother-in-law. Except that the plot misfired and it was Sir Richard Knightley who became entrapped with Elizabeth! Richard was not unwilling to marry, for Elizabeth had changed beautifully from the young girl he remembered. It was Elizabeth who was reluctant, for she loved him and there was something she couldn't tell him.
LADY LINFORD'S RETURN 2/1999 ISBN:0373303203
LORD EXMOUTH'S INTENTIONS 4/2002 ISBN: 0263828530 Swept from Steepwood vicarage to London Society . . . Robina attracts the attention of a Lord. Demure vicar's daughter, Robina Perceval, has relished her Season in Town - a definite change for the better after her somewhat straitened circumstances at home. But what is she to make of Daniel, Lord Exmouth? A widower, with two daughters to raise, it would appear that he's in the market for a wife. Discovering that she has more spirit than she realized, Robina holds back from encouraging her potential suitor. How can she be sure he hasn't buried his heart with his beautiful wife?
THE MASTER OF MOOR HOUSE 12/1999 ISBN: 0263164160 For Megan Drew, the arrival of 1800 brought Christian Blackmore back into her life, when he became guardian to her niece, Sophie. Megan had expected to marry Christian, only for him to marry an heiress - though within a year his wife was dead and Christian had left for India. Both of them had changed but if Megan were truthful with herself one thing had never changed - her feelings for the man she had loved beyond words.
MISS HARCOURT'S DILEMMA 5/1998 ISBN: 0373303327 Was it possible to love two men? Though Verity Harcourt had reluctantly agreed to a Season, there was nothing she wanted less than a husband. The memory of the heartache she had suffered over Brin Carter was still too fresh. But the last thing she had ever expected was to become involved in efforts to unmask a spy - or that the spy might possibly be Brin Carter!
THE NEGLECTFUL GUARDIAN 12/1997 ISBN: 0373303300 Miss Sarah Pennington had taken matters into her own hands! If her guardian, Mr Marcus Ravenhurst, was not prepared to acknowledge her existence, then she would leave Bath and stay with her old governess. For propriety she became Mrs Armstrong, but her travels were cut short by snow and she found herself stranded in a wayside inn! She did not know that Marcus was hot on her trail. he might not have visited his ward, but he had provided for her every need. Then the weather foundered him too, and he walked into the sane inn, unaware that the delicious young widow called Mrs Armstrong was his missing ward -- or that she had a marked propensity for getting into trouble...
A NOBLE MAN 10/2001 ISBN:0263828476 Spirited, bright and witty, Lady Sophia Cleeve is the talk of the Season. But let fortune-hunters beware...Sophia has a low opinion of the pampered, empty-headed men her father would have her take as husband. To discourage any more proposals, she puts out a rumour that she would rather marry a good and worthy man - outside of her privileged class! When Benedict Risely, Duke of Sharnbrook, arrives home from Jamaica, he is drawn to the wayward Sophia. On discovering her supposed predilection in men, he embarks on an act of deception. Divesting himself of his trappings of wealth, he takes a job in her family home - as Sophia's personal groom...
THE RELUCTANT MARCHIONESS 3/2002 ISBN:0263831124 Runaway bride returns…Julian Stapleford, Marquis of Wroxham, is confounded when his estranged wife reappears from an eight-year absence. After being caught in the arms of another man, Lady Jennifer vanished from his life without a trace. Julian is surprised to find that Jennifer, far from being the naïve girl he’d married, is instead a genteel lady of integrity with a son who is unquestionably his. Could there have been more to the scandal than had first appeared? Julian finds himself instinctively drawn to his newfound fatherhood, but he will certainly not make the mistake of falling for the same woman again…
TAVERN WENCH 1/2003 ISBN: 0-263-83490-5 A lady in the kitchens…Alone in the world and too proud for charity, vicar’s daughter Emma Lynn earns her living by cooking – in a tavern! But her independence has a heavy price – a tavern wench isn’t fit to mix with the gentry, and Emma has turned her back on the Polite World. Mr. Benedict Grantley, amateur sleuth and baronet’s heir, isn’t going to let Emma’s principles stand in his way. As Ben uncovers the startling truth about a series of murders Emma is thrust into Society…thrown into danger…and plunged into love!
Jennifer Ashley
THE CARE AND FEEDING OF PIRATES 2/2005 ISBN:0843952814 The Woman: Honoria Ardmore was as prim and proper as they came. Her sole moment of indiscretion was four years ago, when she fell for the sinful smile of a roguish pirate. But he had died, and their secret marriage went to the grave with him. At least, that's what she assumed-until the night he showed up in her bedroom, eager to pick up where they had left off. . . .The Man: Christopher Raine had managed to cheat death, and he believed life owed him his just rewards. So he set out to reclaim the woman of his dreams. With her apple-green eyes and luscious figure, Honoria looked good enough to eat. And this insatiable pirate was not one to let a trivial detail like her fiance get in the way of dessert. The Deal: Despite her undeniable desire, Honoria claimed she could not be with a man she did not truly love. And so they struck a deal: She would allow Christopher to seduce her every night of their voyage across the Atlantic. If by the end of their journey he had failed to navigate his way into her heart, she was free to leave. In the cozy confines of their cabin, Honoria was about to learn that a woman should never doubt the cunning ways of a pirate with a plan. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE MAD, BAD DUKE 12/2006 ISBN: 0843956070 Meagan Tavistock could easily see how Alexander had earned the nickname Mad, Bad Duke. His deep blue eyes promised sinful pleasure, his touch burned through the silk of her dress, and his rich voice intimated that as soon as they were skin to skin, he’d fulfill desires she didn’t even know she had. When a love spell missed its intended target, Meagan could no longer resist the temptation... until the magic wore off, leaving the pair in a most compromising position. Their only option was a marriage that thrust Meagan into a new world of high danger, dark secrets, and a passion so intense she couldn’t help wondering: Was it the lingering power of the spell or true love at last? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE NEW YEAR'S WISH TANGLE short story in THE WINTER HOLIDAY SAMPLER 11/2000 ISBN:
PENELOPE & PRINCE CHARMING 4/2006 ISBN: 0843956062 His blue eyes beguiled. His muscular form could have satisfied any fantasy. He had a delicious foreign accent—and to top it off, he was royalty! What woman would dare refuse the most sought-after lover in Europe? Miss Twice-a-Jilt Penelope Trask, that's who. And, unfortunately for Damien, marrying Penelope was the only way to inherit his kingdom. Good thing this enchantingly infuriating woman didn't seem completely immune to his many chars. The passionate way she returned his kisses told Damien he wasn't the only one head over heels. But wooing was difficult amid assassination attempts, wild magic, and desire so strong it threatened to overwhelm him every time they touched. Why had no one mentioned the road to happily-ever-after was so difficult? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE PIRATE HUNTER 5/2004 ISBN: 0843952806 Widowed by an officer in the English navy, Diana Worthing was tired of self-important men. Then the legendary James Ardmore had the gall to abduct her, to demand information. A champion to some and a villain to others, the rogue sailed the high seas, ruthlessly hunting down pirates. And he claimed Diana's father was the key to justice. She refused to tell him what she knew. Too furious to be intimidated, Diana threw a loaf of bread and an entire tureen of soup at him. James retaliated with more persuasive weapons: passionate kisses and seductive caresses. Most potent of all, though, were his honorable intentions, for they made Diana forget reason. They made her long to believe she'd finally found a man she could trust, a man worth loving—a true hero who could rescue her marooned heart. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE PIRATE NEXT DOOR 10/2003 ISBN:0843952776 Love And Looting in Mayfair-What was a proper English Lady to do when a Pirate moved in next door? Add the newly titled Viscount to her list of possible suitors? Take his wildly eccentric young daughter under her wing? Let the outlandish rogue kiss her with wild abandon? As everyday etiquette offered no guidance, Alexandra Alastair simply set aside her tea, peeled off her gloves, and followed her instincts-whether that involved rescuing her new neighbor from hanging, fending off pirate hunters, plotting against aristocratic spies, or succumbing to a little passionate plundering. Forget propriety! No challenge was too great and no pleasure too wicked, for Grayson Finley promised the adventure of a lifetime! RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Mellyora Ashley
A LADY IN DISGUISE 8/1990 ISBN:0821731076 A Woman of Quality Knows When to Say Yes...Lady Briana Rosewynn secretly hoped to be the first in her rustic village to encounter her reclusive new neighbor, the Duke of Brocco. Instead, it was merely a handsome servant by the name of Darnier who came upon her in her favorite woodland glade. Disappointment rapidly gave way to fascination, however, when the silver-tongued underling offered her an escapade...a tour of the London demimonde...in disguise. And when she learned that her new acquaintance served the duke, and that His Grace was old and ugly, Lady Briana decided to enjoy the unexpected masquerade wholeheartedly.
Rebecca Ashley
THE ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT 1/1982 ISBN:0440102928 She brought herself up short. All this daydreaming was pointless. She, Daphne Brown, the virtually penniless daughter of a late Devonshire squire, had come to London to seek employment, not high society.
AN AWKWARD ARRANGEMENT 10/1992 ISBN:0449220877 Molly Mills planned to return to her native Ireland. She bought the heirloom furniture for her uncle, never dreaming it was stolen, and refused to return it to the handsome, overbearing stranger at her door!
FEUDS AND FANTASIES 1/1991 ISBN: 0449218902 She had not matured to seven-and-twenty without learning that romance was a fleeting thing... If only she had not developed a tendre for William Haversly - her fierce enemy since the duel in which he shot her brother. To make matters worse. Fiona learned that her sister had developed an attachment to William's younger brother! Short of leaving London, there was little chance of escaping the presence of the man she loathed - a feeling all the more heightened because there was so little about his outward appearance with which to find fault. So intent was she upon separating the two young people, Fiona scarcely noticed the flutter of her heart at William's nearness - or the crumbling of her own stubborn pride...
INTREPID ENCOUNTER 1982 ISBN:0440142334 When Caroline Norton sped to Dorset to comfort her recently widowed niece, Melissa, she never imagined she'd encounter the devil incarnate in Melissa's own brother-in-law, the arrogant earl of Devlon...
AN INTRIGUING INNOCENT 11/1980 ISBN:0440102588 Her father was a roguish vagabond. She had been educated by a highborn strumpet, and for as long as she could remember, she had lived with old Mrs. Worthing, the housekeeper of Meadowacres. Until....
LADY FAIR 3/1990 ISBN:0449217175 Had her husband led a secret life full of danger and spies...? Though a widow of only four months, Lady Cornelia Devenish vowed to carry on the grand tradition of her husband's magnificent estate. But the sudden appearance of Edwin Sorrels, and his strange inquiries about her husband, left Cornelia disillusioned. Had she really know the man she married? Sad and heartbroken, a Season in London seemed the best medicine. But imagine her shock when she was introduced to Lord Taveston, only to discover he was no stranger! Pledged to keep his secret, Cornelia knew she must make a second pledge to herself: not to spend too much time thinking about the mysterious - perhaps even dangerous - gentleman who might topple her calm widow's life completely.
A LADY'S LAMENT 2/1988 ISBN:0449214087 It was land she prized most dearly...only to find that love made the grass grow greener. Really, it was quite shocking, Wexham Farm was a discredit to the countryside and ruined the effect of Cynthia Thornbury's carefully tended land next door. It was, in short, too wild and uncivilized, as was her insufferably stubborn new neighbor, Giles Blenhurst. Drat the man! He seemed amused by her offer to purchase. Indeed, he was more than amused by this headstrong beauty hiding behind the prim and proper attire of a spinster. He was intrigued. Truth to tell, Cynthia feared she'd formed a tendre for her dashing neighbor. But her heart was prisoner of her past. Did his love hold the key?
A MISS WITH A PURPOSE 5/1993 ISBN:0449220885 Though fate had made them co-inheritors of a mill in Manchester, Arabella Fairingdale's plea for funds to improve the appalling working conditions met with Lord Ridgeton's deaf ears.
THE RIGHT SUITOR 2/1989 ISBN:0449215474 As much as Priscilla Springton longed to remain in India, her parents insisted on a proper English marriage. They'd even picked the groom! Priscilla, however, wanted no man, least of all a somber Englishman who didn't know a Brahmin from a Bengal tiger. Lord Knole, on the other hand, had no intention of marrying the daughter of a nabob with no entree into society. But he did own Springton. Perhaps he could teach the chit some proper accomplishments to land a gentleman who was not so particular. Resigned to her fate, Priscilla was quite aghast to discover her tendre for Lord Knole. Perhaps England would not be so dreary after all!
RUINS AND ROMANCE 11/1991 ISBN:0449219739 Although some considered her spinster life dull, Elinor Wentworth was quite comfortable designing ladies' fashions, attending a London rout or two, and listening to the latest on-dits. Still, she couldn't refuse a desperate request from her dear friend Victoria to join her in the country. At the family estate, Elinor discovered quite a few things about the upper-class company who had been invited by Victoria's brother. Despite their airs and manners, some were not all they pretended to be. A case in point was handsome Sir Nicolas, whose flattering attentions Elinor thought she could learn to enjoy -- until she saw him in the constant company of his ex-fiancée. Elinor saw enough to believe her eyes, but she might be surprised to discover how deceiving appearances could be....
A SEASON OF SURPRISES 2/1981 ISBN:0440182816 Ever the spitfire, never the wife. Just as well, too, for Miss Julia Weston, in all her 24 years, had never found a man she wanted to spend 10 minutes with, let alone a lifetime. So what in the name of heaven was she doing at Grayhall...
A SUITABLE ARRANGEMENT 1987 ISBN:0449211851 Wed and widowed by a wastrel, she was all alone in the world... The last person Katie Marshall expected to meet at Belham Manor was Lord Wellesy, the man she had rejected to marry her rakehell husband. Bitter yet still strangely attracted to Katie, Wellesy so far forgot himself as to offer Katie his 'protection' as his mistress - and a humiliated Katie escaped him once again. But he would have her, and Katie's ensuing problems made Wellesy's offer most tempting. If only she didn't want his love, finally and forever...
A WILLFUL WIDOW 9/1981 ISBN:0440191777 She'd married in haste, repented at leisure, and now she was widowed withal. Beautiful auburn-haired Alamina Wilson could have set the ton on its ear, but she was done with the business of love--until dashing Lord Arvelly took her life in his hands, determined to make her his own. As the only heir to her late husband's estate, the brash marquis controlled her purse strings--and was determined to conquer her heart. How could she say no when it was clear she must marry for money? How could she say yes to this unspeakable rake?
Mollie Ashton
A DEBT OF HONOR 7/1983 ISBN:0373310013 Her family was scandalized! In Regency London, a young lady of aristocratic birth did not work for a living. But Miss Jamaica de Bowen was too independent to worry about that! And, determined to save her family from ruin, she made a bargain with her aunt: she would work as a governess for a year, and if the family fortunes hadn't improved by then, she'd marry a rich old marquis she detested. But then two other men burst into Jamaica's life: one who though he wanted her, and one who thought he didn't. With her dreaded marriage fast approaching, one of the two young men was to teach Jamaica a stunning lesson: a young woman doesn't always know what's right and what's wrong for herself.
THE NOBLE IMPOSTER 5/1984 ISBN: 0451129156 Verity knew very well that her father's wealth made her the target of every fortune hunter when she bravely left the comforting protection of her family's country estate for her first season in London society. When she encountered handsome, charming, overwhelmingly attractive Patrick Tarkington, it was distrust at first sight-and the more she learned about him, the greater her distrust grew. How could she believe anything about this man who lied about his birth, was rumored to have fathered a child with a woman not his wife, and gave every indication of being in desperate need of funds to stave off disaster and disgrace? But how could she deny the maddening feeling that she was falling in love with him?
TERMS OF SURRENDER 5/1990 ISBN:0373286465 In Napoleon's Paris, deception and greed were a way of life. Sebastian had made a devil's bargain with Julie's husband..to seduce Julie-and give her husband an heir. But soon he falls in love....Julie Farroux had escaped the guillotine by marrying a withered old man who desired her only for her inheritance. Their loveless union had left her believing her heart was as shriveled as his, until she found the warmth of desire in another man's arms...
Violet Ashton
LOVE'S REBELLIOUS PLEASURE 1978 ISBN: 0449139794 She was wild and beautiful like the Louisiana countryside where she had come to live. Not even her beloved Sheffield could tame her. He had brought her from Paris, a bride eager to face a new world. Bur her outspoken French ideas shocked her husband's friends, and endangered them both. She was too young to understand discretion. Then the recklessly handsome rogue Valcour de Marigny fell madly in love with her, and swore he would take her from her husband
LOVE'S TRIUMPHANT HEART 1977 ISBN:0449137716 Here is a turbulent tale of love and betrayal, set against the savage glitter of a France just emerging from its revolutionary bloodbath. Delphine was only fifteen when she was forced into a marriage with an elderly, despotic aristocrat....Not even her affair with Napoleon himself could banish (American) Sheffield from her memory.
Adele Ashworth
MY DARLING CAROLINE 10/1998 ISBN: 0515123692. Regency Period. Lady Caroline Grayson had always wanted to study botany - and had already bred a rare lavender rose - but as a woman in nineteenth century England, her intelligence and talents were ignored. Caroline was determined to see her dream become a reality - even if it meant masquerading as a man to be accepted at a university. But when her father arranged for her to marry, she agreed - knowing she could not become a conventional wife. Yet marriage wasn't what she thought it would be. Her attractive new husband gave her the freedom she never expected - and the respect she had always deserved. AT first she tried to resist his admiration, his love..and especially his touch. But soon she was surprised and overcome by her husband's - and her own - passion. Now Caroline might have to make the most difficult choice of all - between her lifelong dream and the depth of her love for an extraordinary man..
Kathryn Atwood
THE LAWLESS HEART 11/1984 ISBN:0515077437 By day, Irenee Carlton was a modest, eminently respectable lady of London society. By night, she masqueraded as Lady Ardis, bewitching queen of early eighteenth-century London's demimonde. Desired by every lord, she wanted only one - the notorious maverick Brice Manning. He had rescued her once, only to enthrall her forever with his brawny embraces, his burning kisses, his hypnotic tawny eyes. But just when she surrendered, when her desire flamed to ecstasy, she learned of his treachery - that the man who claimed her lawless heart was the very man who had destroyed what she cherished most.
MY LADY ROGUE 1986 ISBN:0515086703 Ariel de Juliers Greystone...beautiful, clever...a woman of many talents, she was London's leading actress -- and she was about to assume the most important role of her life...as a spy against Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France. Lord Christopher Drake...sweeping back into her life after five years, with his intriguing offer of money and adventure...he was just as handsome, just as captivating, just as infuriating as ever. Together they stepped into the glitter of the French court. The stage was set -- without curtains or props -- but with danger. And Ariel entered a world where deceit lay behind the most charming faces...where bitter jealousy turned to deadly treachery...and the smoldering embers of passion -- burning, aching, demanding -- consumed her in the flames of ecstasy.
Jane Austen
EMMA 1814 In it, we have her two greatest comic creations -- the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintessential bore, Miss Bates. In it, too, we have her most profound characterization: the witty, imaginative, self-deluded Emma, a heroine the author declared "no one but myself will much like," but who has been much loved by generations of readers.
MANSFIELD PARK 1814 Fanny Price, the poor relation of a wealthy family, posses only natural goodness to aid her against a dazzlingly witty and lovely rival as they compete for the man they both love.
NORTHANGER ABBEY 1818 Catherine is mistakenly invited to an isolated, quite mysterious, country manor and falls in love with the young man of the house.
PERSUASION 1818 Takes place in a similar setting to Northanger Abbey. Seven years before, Anne Elliot refused a proposal by Captain Wentworth, a man she loved, because a trusted friend convinced her he was too far below her social station to be a suitable match. Now, her beau reenters her life.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 1813 Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these -- the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy -- irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 1811 Two sisters, Elimore and Marianne, after the death of their
father, are left without fortune and to pursue their lives in their own different ways.
Austen-Coates
THE WATSONS 1958 ISBN:0451075226 Jane Austen's unfinished novel concluded here by John Coates.
Janet Aylmer
DARCY'S STORY (From Pride and Prejudice) ISBN: 0952821028 1996
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