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THE STEADFAST HEART 8/1998 ISBN: 0505522713 Vincent Anthony Kimball sat watching the ballet, the young ladies of the ton falling at his feet, and tried to ignore the aching feeling inside him. Though it had been nearly ten years since his first and only love, Chantal, had disappeared, memories of her sweet face, of the passion they'd shared, still haunted him. Then, suddenly, he saw her at center stage, and was engulfed by waves of need and longing. But was she really his long-lost Chantal, or the prima ballerina Papillone? She claimed not to know him, but the way her slim body responded to his kiss told him otherwise. And Vince knew that, like the brave tin soldier of the fairy tale, he would do anything to return his true love to him, give anything to unite their hearts as one.
SURRENDER THE NIGHT 7/1992 ISBN: 0515107301 After rescuing lovely Katrina Lawson from a lusty group of notorious rakes, the devilish Devon Cavanaugh subjects her to his own brand of fiery seduction. He offers her all of London's treasures--save his love. But Katrina refuses to become any man's mistress--even one she adores beyond reason.
Juliette Shapiro
EXCESSIVELY DIVERTED, The Sequel To Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice 9/2002 ISBN: 1589392647 Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy begin their married life at Pemberley quite blissfully, but it is not long before the tranquility they relish is cut short by a series of traumas. The formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh makes little attempt to hide her disdain for her nephew's wife. She is joined by Caroline Bingley, as sharp tongued and resentful as ever, in the shared amusement of criticizing Elizabeth. But the new mistress of Pemberley soon has more pressing matters on her mind, the fact that she is carrying the Darcy heir being the most pleasant of them. The sudden return of her sister Lydia brings cause for concern. Alarming reports of a seduction, blackmail and the need to keep news of another's confinement secret dampen even Elizabeth's notoriously high spirits and Darcy shows his true character when faced with the most difficult decision of his life. Has he been softened by his love for Elizabeth or is his former remoteness about to be resurrected?
Alexandria Shaw
AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE short story in A REGENCY SAMPLER 10/1999 ISBN: 1929085001
Danielle Shaw
KINGHAM'S FOLLY 11/2004 ISBN: 0709077041 When news of Napoleon's escape from Elba reaches Woodfield Hall, it is only natural for Harriet's cousins to follow in their father's footsteps and enlist in Wellington's army. Alone and bereft at their departure, Harriet finds herself drawn to Kingham's Folly - the remote and sinister ruin perched high on the cliffs at Stoneleigh Marsh.
Francesca Shaw
THE ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER 2001 ISBN: 0373511698 A Marriage of Convenience? Never! A freak accident with an ancient rowboat launched Miss Helena Wyatt into the ocean, until a timely rescue by Lord Adam Darvell saved her. But Adam knew, if Helena did not, that he would have to marry her. Helena's quick wit and vivid little face appealed enormously, so it was a tremendous shock when his proposal was turned down flat! No one knew Helena had been with him, so she saw no reason to accept a duty marriage, particularly one to a man she found so utterly fascinating..
A COMPROMISED LADY 5/1999 ISBN:0373303262
A COMPROMISED LADY-THE UNCONVENTIONAL MISS DANE - THE ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER 7/2000 ISBN: 0263836649
MASTER OF WINTERBOURNE 1998 ISBN:0373303173
MISS WESTON'S MASQUERADE 1994 ISBN:037330384X The grim reality of a loveless marriage held no appeal for Miss Cassandra Weston and so, dressed as a scruffy lad, she fled to her godmother's place in London. Cassie wasn't prepared for the sight that met her at the door-the fiendishly handsome Nicholas, Earl of Lydford! With such a man, how could Cassie bear to disguise herself? He was charming and treated her with the respect she was due. When he offered to take her to her godmother, she happily followed him around Europe. But how would he react when he discovered that she had been deceiving him all along?
THE REBELLIOUS BRIDE 1/2003 ISBN:0263834913 A forced marriage…Travelling unchaperoned with the eligible Lord Hal Wyatt would seriously harm Sophia Haydon’s reputation - except that she already knew herself to be a ruined woman… When Hal heard the full story, however, he realized the beautiful, courageous Sophia wasn’t ruined so much as in disgrace with her family. But the two of them had spent days - and nights - alone together, so marriage now seemed inevitable. Sophia yearned to be Hal’s bride - but as he was only marrying her out of duty, not love, she was going to rebel every step of the way…
THE UNCONVENTIONAL MISS DANE 1997 ISBN:0373303645 A dashing neighbor and a stolen kiss…Antonia Dane had returned to her recently inherited family home, Rye End Hall, to discover that the house and surrounding grounds were in a horrendous state of disrepair. Her neighbor, Lord Marcus Allington, offered to buy the grounds, and Antonia was tempted--until he kissed her! She would not sell her precious land to such a man! But eccentric Antonia found herself having to accept Marcus’s support when she decided to rent her home--and put up with his relentless pursuit of her. But Antonia soon realized that she probably meant nothing to Marcus at all when lady Reed arrived in Hertfordshire…
THE YOUNGEST DOWAGER 9/2000 ISBN:0263823172 Lucian Southwood arrived from Jamaica bringing his young sister for a Season. Sighting an obituary for the third Earl of Radwinter, a family relation, he attended the funeral. He didn't expect that sight of him would cause the very young Dowager Countess to faint dead away! He hadn't known that he was the exact image of the late Earl - nor had he realized that, due to lack of any other family, he was now the fourth Earl. In amongst the upheaval this caused. Lucian knew that Marissa Southwood was someone who deeply attracted him - but it seemed she had buried her heart with her husband...
Leanne Shawler
DANGEROUS TO KNOW 4/2005 ISBN: 0821778293 Awaiting a welcome death after a duel, Lord Henry Langdon hides in a stable--and is discovered by a young gentlewoman. Despite his protests Miss Elisabeth insists on nursing him back to health, though as far as Lord Langdon is concerned, he is not worth saving. Jilted as a young man, he swore off love long ago and turned to a life of gambling, drinking and dissolute pleasures. To his surprise, Elisabeth's tender touch brings healing and hope. Lord Langdon is enthralled by her beauty--and ready to give his heart to her forever. But how can he explain his past? When Elisabeth discovers the dark scandal that shadows him, Henry must convince her that he has changed his ways--for a future filled with the love of one woman only...
TOUCHED BY TIME 2005 ISBN: 0821778307 Ramsay Chadwick has grown accustomed to the blurred ghosts that occasionally inhabit his bed. They're a minor inconvenience compared to the fact that his beautiful fiancée is flirting with another man. But the latest "ghost" to visit his room, Miss Jane Leighton, is nothing like the others. For one thing, a single touch turns her into a flesh and blood woman-revealing substantially more flesh than would be deemed proper by the ladies of Bath. For another, this lovely, spirited creature stays in his world from dusk till dawn.and suddenly, Ramsay finds himself waiting eagerly for evening. Jane treated herself to a vacation in Bath to escape from relationships-not to play matchmaker for the most intriguing, handsome man she's ever seen. And did she happen to mention that he lived two hundred years ago, and they can only meet at night? It's a decided complication.but falling in love is proving all too easy-and letting him go will be impossible.
Lillian Shelley
THE BELLE OF BATH 10/1981 ISBN:038517585X Charlotte Fanning was appalled at all the attention she was getting so soon after the death of her fiancé, but what's a poor little rich girl to do...?
THE SECRET HEIRESS 6/1982 ISBN:0385178360 Could a wealthy young heiress find love is she traveled to London incognito?
Adora Sheridan
THE SEASON 6/1979 ISBN: 0345277872 Lady Patrice Trevelyn was a dazzling charmer-in love with a man unacceptable to her family. Her sister Aurora Trevelyn, a girl whose beauty was as ethereal as her name, loved the enemy of a madman who desired her. Lady Lettice Trevelyn, their handsome, sensible eldest sister; tried to protect the younger two from their own frivolous judgments. But Lettice's motherly eye was not sharp enough, for Patrice had made the ill-fated mistake of running off to marry a man whose evil intentions she had not yet discovered... while Aurora's jealous suitor plotted to abduct her from the arms of his archrival.
THE SIGNET RING 1979 Lady Aurelia Courtenay was a vision of golden-haired perfection. Her only flaw - an impetuous tendency toward prankish adventure. Her close friend, Lady Gabrielle Standen, was an exquisite dark-eyed beauty, and an impulsive partner in Aurelia's mischief. On the way to London for their first Season, these young ladies of quality indulged in a frivolous masquerade. Disguised as men they rode -- unchaperoned -- into the lonely countryside. With unladylike daring, they rescued two handsome noblemen form armed, highway robbers and fled from the scene with their identities still a secret. But that dangerous escapade was only a tantalizing prelude -- to hazardous new violence, abduction and amorous intrigue in the glittering world of fashionable London........
Barbara Sherrod
DAUGHTER OF THE DREADFULS 1/1994 ISBN:0451178688 The Beautiful Duckling. Miss Emma Drenville was unskilled in all the social graces and prone to every imaginable kind of accident. To add to her utter unsuitability, she came from a family famed for their eccentricity and indifference to the latest fashion. On the other hand, Emma was strikingly beautiful, remarkably intelligent and totally honest. It was a combination that made her unique when she came to London for the Season. It was also what caught the eye and stirred the senses of Nicholas Hale, bored with the blandness of the belles who vied for his favor. But would Emma dare trust this man so accustomed to easy conquest and so adept at evading wedlock. For though she was wont to survive mishaps, falling in love with him could so easily break her heart....
GAMESTER'S LADY 9/1994 ISBN:0451179307 The Bad Bet. Surely no one had so little in common with Miranda Troy as did Charles Hastings despite their mothers' maddening insistence that they should wed. Deliciously beautiful Miranda adored her sheltered life on her family's country estate, where she could enjoy her passion for landscape gardening. The only gardening that interested the handsome Mr. Hastings was sowing wild oats as a womanizer and as the premier gambler of the London sporting set. Miranda did her best to resist parental pressure to join in wedlock with this unrepentant rake. But there was no defense against his subtle skill in drawing her into a game of dangerous deception. Still, Cupid would need to have a pack of surprises up his sleeve and play the most risky of tricks to turn this perfect mismatch into a love that could beat all the odds.
LADY DIVINE 9/1988 ISBN:0446347698 Young Rosa, actress and pickpocket, is an orphan who long ago stopped dreaming of a family. When she is asked to pretend to be a missing heiress, she falls in love with young Sir William Divine--and Sir William begins to suspect that Rosa really is the missing Rosalind.
MARY ASHE 7/1987 ISBN:0446344915 Beautiful Mary Ashe was altogether too independent and willful. She'd do almost anything to avoid marriage--it appeared that she wanted to be a spinster. But when she met Lord Hugo Mallory, a gallant officer with more charm than financial assets, she was faced with a true dilemma: saving the man she loved from a life of shameful debt could mean losing him altogether.
THE PLAYERS 3/1986 ISBN: 0446329304 Sparks will fly! When the four Sparks sisters met the Earl of Hammond, the handsome, wealthy lord who was heir to their father's estate, chaos was bound to ensue. Rescuing the four young beauties from the specter of genteel poverty, Hammond spirited them off to London, determined to find them suitable husbands among the cream of the ton. But the Sparks soon had London all ablaze with outrage: Martha writing poetry that delighted and scandalized the beau monde; Caroline mooning desperately over an unscrupulous fortune hunter; Muffin horsewhipping a lord in the park; and Irene, the dutiful eldest, enacting countless masquerades to save her sisters from ruin-and at the same time, hide from Hammond how totally he had conquered her heart.
Beverly D. Shippey
THE WIDOW AND THE WASTREL 2002 (ebook)
Deborah Simmons
THE COMPANION short story in THE OFFICER'S BRIDE 4/2001 ISBN: 0373834659 a destitute relative hired by the dowager countess of Hawthorne as a Companion is taken aback to discover her duties involve the earl himself, a veteran of Waterloo.
THE DEVIL EARL 5/1996 ISBN: 0373289170 Out of a midnight coach stepped Ravenscar...the perfect gothic mystery man... Dark and brooding and rumored to have done murder, the Devil Earl was everything Prudence Lancaster's imagination could conjure. But he was also flesh and blood, and infinitely more seductive than anything she had ever created. In his presence, the dreamy authoress became a sultry sleuth, hungry to solve the mystery of Ravenscar's missing brother and to save her beloved Devil Earl from his own wicked legacy...
FORTUNE HUNTER 7/1992 ISBN: 0373287321 To save the family manor, Viscount Leighton Somerset was forced to snare a wealthy wife, and the lovely Melissa Hampton was his target. Her coolness toward fortune hunters had earned her the title 'Lady Disdain,' but Leighton wasted no time in warming the girl up to the idea of wedlock. Though hard experience had trained Melissa to evade charmers like Leighton, the clever man had soon maneuvered her straight into matrimony. Accepting her fate, Melissa was now tempted to relax the careful guard around her heart. But someone was still stalking her - in deadly earnest - and it appeared to be her husband..
THE GENTLEMAN THIEF 1/2000 ISBN: 0373290950 Why her family had elected to spend an entire season in boring Bath, Georgiana Bellewether couldn't fathom. Nothing to stimulate her inquisitive mind ever happened here - until the night Lady Culpepper's emeralds were stolen! Now, if only she could keep her mind on the case of her hands off the enigmatic man in black - the beguiling Lord Ashdowne...! As the newly made, ever-responsible Marquis of Ashdowne, Johnathon Saxton bemoaned the lack of excitement now marking his days. But when quixotic, exotic Georgiana Bellewether literally tumbled into his arms, he knew he'd caught himself an armful. The woman was a disaster in the making!
HEART'S MASQUERADE 10/1989 ISBN: 038077562X Catherine Amberley knows all too well how contemptuously Ransom Du Prey secretly views women. As captain and cabinboy they lived together in easy intimacy, and the bold, buccaneering Ransom never suspected that his loyal "Cat" was a mere girl! Then the golden Catherine jumped ship and traded her breeches for ball gowns....When Ransom pursues her with arrogant ardor, she vows to teach him a lesson in love. Strangely familiar, yet utterly mystifying, she teases and tempts him until his blood runs as hot as any love-struck lad's. And as the sultry Barbados sun stirs their passion, Ransom swears to show his elusive sea-siren the consequences od playing with the fire of a man's desires!
A LADY OF DISTINCTION 5/2004 ISBN:0425196569 Although an accomplished scholar of ancient Egypt, Lady Juliet Cavendish has accepted her womanly fate. Since she will never be allowed to venture to such an exotic locale, she must make do with studying her father's acquisitions. But when the most recent shipment arrives in the care of the notorious Morgan Beauchamp, Juliet finds herself studying the undeniably attractive adventurer as much as his latest discoveries. Soon, working together to catalog the artifacts becomes its own misadventure. Piece by piece, Morgan begins claiming bits of Juliet's heart. And piece by piece, objects begin to disappear from the collection. Amid rumors and whispers of an age-old curse, Juliet and Morgan fall victim to a passion as dangerous as the mystery they have unwittingly unearthed...
THE LAST ROGUE 9/1998 ISBN: 0373290276 Raleigh hadn't gambled on finding a virgin in his bed.....but when he awoke next to Jane Trowbridge, he knew all bets for bachelorhood were off. Now, instead of a love match, he'd gotten a sparring partner. Jane had never imagined herself anyone's lawfully wedded wife, and now ironic fate had bound her to a hedonistic viscount who was a Tulip of the Ton. Still, could a man who only pursued pleasure find any pleasure pursuing her? And could she restrain her maidenly blushes long enough to let him....?
A MAN OF MANY TALENTS 6/2003 ISBN: 0425190706 Losing his Spirit... Christian Reade, heir to the earldom of Westhaven, is tired of ghosts. It's his own fault for debunking a haunted house in Belles Corners as the work of two silly pranksters. Now the practical 'ghost-hunter' - inundated with reports of apparitions - is trying to get away from it all with a long-overdue stay with his grandfather. Unfortunately, Christian's reputation has followed him. But this time, the request for his services is irresistible ... as it comes from the enigmatic Miss Parkinson of Sibel Hall. Winning her Heart... She claims that a phantom is disrupting her plans to sell her gloomy home. But upon Christian's arrival, he's met with all-too-human antagonism from the residents, from the servants, and-especially surprising-from Miss Parkinson as well. What dire predicament is really unfolding at Sibel Hall after the sun goes down? The intriguing puzzle - and the fetching beauty who wants it solved - have sparked more than curiosity in Christian. But first he must solve the mystery of the seductive Miss Parkinson herself...
THE NOTORIOUS DUKE short story in THE LOVE MATCH 3/2002 ISBN: 037329199X Pagan Penhurst is bored by Brighton until a friend wagers that he can find a woman who won't be swayed by Pagan's charms. Pagan takes up the challenge only to meet Miss Scholastica Hornsby, an unusual young lady with a mind of her own. Has "The Notorious Duke" met his Love Match?
THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTER 2/1994 ISBN: 0373288085 Although Justin St. John, the current marquis of Worthington, scorns The Worthington Curse and all else in his scandalous existence, his one-time neighbor is not so sanguine. The squire's daughter, all grown up and determined to rescue her former idol from he hedonistic ways, manages to engage his heart and unravel an old mystery, as well.
TEMPTING KATE 7/1997 ISBN: 0373289715 A meeting at gunpoint. A fitting start for such a dangerous attraction, thought Grayson Westcott, the Marquis of Wroth. And though he'd always prided himself on his infamous self-control, Kate Courtland's hoydenish charms has shattered his defenses and set fire to his soul! Kate Courtland is determined to wreak revenge upon the Marquis of Wroth, the man said to have compromised her sister, but when she waylays him at gunpoint, both the lady and the nobleman end up with more than they bargained for . . .
THE VICAR'S DAUGHTER 2/1995 ISBN: 0373288581 Wycliffe often said that had he known what awaited him that fateful day, he would never have entered the vicarage. Of course, everyone knew he was lying, and since Maximilian Alistair Wentworth Fortescue, Fifth Earl of Wycliffe, never lied, his statement was all the more astounding. But then everyone was astonished by what happened . . .
JoAnn Simon
HOLD FAST TO LOVE 11/1982 ISBN:0380809451 A Passion Across Centuries...New York career woman Monica Wagner was flying into London when suddenly, unbelievably, she found herself in a horse drawn carriage, riding through the cobbled streets to an unknown fate. Suddenly, she was living the life of a beautiful heiress, the Baroness Marlena van Mantz, amid the dazzling gaiety of Regency London--and the passionate attentions of her handsome guardian, Lord Justin Warringwood. But another man also pursued Marlena-- the dashing Marquis of Radford whose burning kisses left her confused and shaken. Marlena had found a love meant for eternity. She was still Monica Wagner, a woman from another century who might soon be returned to her own world. Yet she was destined to love the one man who promised her every happiness.
LOVE ONCE AGAIN 6/1983 ISBN:038083345X In a moment that defied time and place, Christopher Dunlap, a Regency Earl, and Jessica Lund, a 20th-century woman, found themselves living in the same world. And in that enchanted place their hearts became one forever. But the twist of time that had swept them into each other's arms was to wrench them apart with the same bewildering suddenness. The warmth of a Connecticut Christmas morning ends abruptly when Jessica finds herself huddled with her infant child in the cold of a small 19th-century farm cabin... while Christopher awakens in a New York City rooming house without his beautiful wife and young son. Tormented by memories of happier days, they both pursue new lives. Jessica survives in the servant's life she has been cast into, and Christopher builds a successful shipping business. But they know in their hearts that the love which has spanned the centuries will never die. That each day holds the promise that fate will once again bring them together....
LOVE ONCE IN PASSING 11/1981 Christopher Dunlap, a man of title and privilege in early nineteenth century England, and Jessica Lund, a thoroughly modern woman, suddenly find their lives mysterious entwined in Jessica's late twentieth century world. Neither understand how Christopher, a man who had been living a happy life nearly two hundred years in the past, is now flesh and blood in Jessica's present. They soon share a love for each other as deep as it is dangerous, for whatever has brought them together can just as easily tear them apart.
Sonia Simone
BRIMSTONE 10/1995 ISBN: 0061083763 The Earl of Brynstone had eyes that flickered like hot blue flames and a legendary dark tempter, but it was his wealth - and her desperate need of it - that put the seasoned sharp Katie Starr across from him at the gaming table. Brynstone, however, could not abide being cheated and felt duty bound to teach the silly American chit a lesson. Yet the closer he came to Katie's tawny-haired, emerald-eyed beauty the farther his thoughts of revenge receded - until the two were caught in a high stakes game in which they both would lose their hearts but gain a treasure far more enduring.
Sheila Simonson
APRIL WHEN THEY WOO short story in A REGENCY VALENTINE 1/1991 ISBN: 0802711316
THE BAR SINISTER 7/1986 ISBN:0821734563 The idea of two small, motherless children had wrung Emily Foster's heart. The pretty young widow had immediately agreed to take them in spite of her family's objections. Nevermind how odd it was that their father wasn't leaving them with his own family. Captain Richard Falk, one of the rudest gentlemen Emily had ever had the misfortune to encounter, obviously knew his own mind and far be it from Emily to question his motives. That he was also undeniably attractive, she coolly ignored.
A COUSINLY CONNEXION 1/1985 ISBN:0446354848 Miss Jane Ash ran her fingers through her lovely brown ringlets, and pondered her situation. She had come to the country to help her recently widowed aunt, only to find the hen-witted woman and her boisterous brood in utter turmoil over the arrival of the new Lord Meriden. Aunt Louisa was certain that her handsome stepson, now sole heir to the estate, was an ogre; Maria and Drusilla complained that he was not "romantical." No one counted on his being gallant and knowing--or that he would capture Jane's heart. Poor Jane assumed that any man who addressed her as "cousin" needed help from cupid, but never dreamed that cupid's mischievous helpers were all about. . . and drawing bows!......
LADY ELIZABETH'S COMET 6/1985 ISBN:0446300365 At 28, lovely Lady Elizabeth Conway was old enough to know what she wanted--most especially in the matter of choosing a mate. But now the independent Elizabeth found herself sorely perplexed. Her old beau, the incredibly handsome and wealthy Lord Bevis was eagerly seeking her hand. Though the viscount showed no interest in Elizabeth's passion for astronomy or other intellectual pursuits, the young woman had to admit she was ever so fond of him. Then there was Lord Clanross...
LOVE AND FOLLY 7/1989 ISBN: 082172715X The King's untimely death may have cheated the headstrong Lady Jean Conway out of her first season, but it had done nothing to curb her romantic imagination. To the dismay of her more sensible twin Margaret, Lady Jean proceeded to fall hopelessly in love with the silver-tongued, seditious poet, Owen Davies - and catapult her entire family into social ruin...Margaret was used to gentlemen falling in love with vivacious Jean rather than with her - even the handsome Johnny Dyott whom she secretly adored. And when Jean's foolishness led her into the arms of the notorious Owen Davies, Margaret knew she could count on Dyott to avert scandal. What she didn't know, however, was that her sweet sensibility was exerting a charm all its own. And that Dyott was no longer interested in Margaret's sister..
Donna Simpson
BELLE OF THE BALL 11/2001 ISBN: 0821770403 Arabella Swinley is in a most dreadful position. She has exactly one Season left to find a rich husband--and save herself from a lifetime of mended gowns, empty purses, and mountainous debts. But, alas, Arabella quickly discovers that desperation does not suit a lady. Bachelors who once would have swooned at her beauty now will not deign to ask for a dance. Arabella still entertains dim hopes for husband. That is, until she loses her heart to handsome Marcus Westhaven. Never mind that he's charming and deeply intriguing--he's simply a nobody. Even worse he's penniless. A match between them would be pure folly. But she can't stop thinking about the man who can offer her nothing...except a love that can last a lifetime.
A COUNTRY COURTSHIP 6/2002 ISBN: 0821771949 Lord Gerry Haven prefers the quiet beauty of his Yorkshire farm to the artifice of London and the marriage mart. Thus, his matchmaking family takes it upon themselves to find a suitable bride for him. But before he can meet (and reject) Miss Jane Dresden, she suddenly disappears. While joining the search for the missing heiress, Gerry becomes enchanted by a lovely provincial maiden who stirs him like no London beauty ever could…Broad-shouldered and strong, Gerry is the kind of rugged country farmer who makes "Jenny" want to forget she's a runaway lady desperate to avoid a match with a top-lofty lord of the manor. Unable to resist the attraction between them, she surrenders to his sweet kisses, knowing that this idyll must soon come to an end. For when Gerry discovers she is not the rural-born and bred Jenny, but Jane--a society miss gone missing--she is certain any chance of happiness in his arms will be lost!
A FATHER'S LOVE short story in A MATCH FOR PAPA 5/2003 ISBN: 0821775162 Unmarried by choice, Lady Theresa Barclay has always found “projects” to keep her from boredom. When a widower with two small children takes up residence at a nearby estate, she is intrigued. James Martindale is suspicious of her motives and highly protective of his offspring until she convinces him that she can help them all adjust to country life. But will she adjust to falling in love?
THE DUKE AND MRS. DOUGLAS 7/2004 ISBN:0821776193
THE GILDED KNIGHT 2/2005 ISBN:0821776207
LADY DELAFONT'S DILEMMA 8/2000 ISBN: 0821766740 Lady Emily Delafont wanted to be alone. For five years, she lived a solitary life in Yorkshire, finding serenity and almost forgetting him. Baxter. The Marquess of Sedgely. Her husband. She knew that their marriage had been stormy, but she never expected Baxter to abandon her for his trip to the Continent. Now nothing would have prompted Lady Emily to have seen him again...except a message that he was in danger. Attacks upon his person by a secret enemy had put his life in danger, but it was meeting Lady Emily again that truly put Baxter in peril. She was still completely kissable! But in his mind, only one thing stands in the way of full reconciliation--the dashing young Frenchman Bax believes to be his wife´s lover. Pride will not let him claim his wife is she prefers another man--yet passion will not let his soul rest until he has the only lady he has ever loved in his arms again...
LADY MAY'S FOLLY 2/2001 ISBN: 0821768050 When Lady May van Hoffen sets out on a ride across her country estate, she anticipates nothing more than a sentimental visit to the Gothic folly where she played as a child. Yet while the sight of a wounded man within its stone walls is quite shocking, what is more amazing is the man’s identity. For it is Etienne Delafont who lies bleeding in the cottage, the gallant Frenchman who helped May escape from a devious kidnapper--and the man both May and the ton have believed dead for months! With just one glance at the darkly handsome Etienne, May knows that her innocent tendre for him has survived, as well. Sheltering him may be a scandalous notion, but for once the risks don’t signify. And for May, the chance of danger is far less frightening than the idea that her greatest folly may be losing her heart...
LADY SAVAGE 6/2005 ISBN:0821778137 For Savina Roxeter, the voyage from Jamaica to England is the beginning of her future: a return to London to marry her intended, the estimable Lord Gaston-Reade, and the very proper business of household and heirs under the watchful eye of the ton's elite. But when a wild storm blows the ship off course, Savina, her father, her fiancé, and his secretary, Anthony Heywood, among others, are stranded on a Caribbean island as primitive and unpeopled as it is beautiful. Suddenly, it is survival that matters rather than Almack's vouchers or the fashionable cut of a coat. And it is Anthony who astounds Savina with his skill, his resourcefulness, and an elemental strength that makes her breathless with desire. In London, a match between a lady and a man who works for his living would be unthinkable. But in this verdant paradise, they are equals in every way.
LORD PIERSON REFORMS 3/2004 ISBN:0821776185 Love at first sight... An angel - that's what Dante Delacourt, Viscount Pierson, spies as he staggers home one foggy night. Admittedly, he is quite in his cups, but the blonde vision in the passing carriage is surely the archetype of goodness - moral compass to guide him away from his scandalous past. Pierson can hardly believe his luck when he encounters this paragon the next day, in the company of her chaperone, Miss Amy Corbett. Yet for all her physical loveliness, Lady Rowena Revington seems a touch...temperamental, and Pierson turns more and more to wise, warmhearted Amy for courtship advice and companionship. Could use some second thought... Amy has been charged with finding Rowena a husband by the end of the Season, and it is no easy task. In public, Rowena is the epitome of genteel maidenhood; in private, she's a spoiled harpy who despises men. While a marriage between Rowena and Lord Pierson might advance Amy's career, it could only end badly for the couple...and for Amy, too. For she has fallen head over heels in love with the dashing and witty lord - but will he ever be able to see the true and tender heart that is his for the asking?
LORD ST. CLAIRE'S ANGEL 12/1999 ISBN: 0821764497 Celestine Simons was past the age where a woman could hope to marry. Still, she counted herself blessed, for she held a good position as governess in the household of the Marquess of Ladymead. But when the Marquess's brother, the handsome Lord Justin St. Claire arrived for the Christmas season, Celestine's lonely heart caught fire. He was so sweet and understanding. Yet, a marriage proposal from a pleasure-seeking aristocrat had to be merely a cruel joke if not pity for a poor spinster…Love was a game for the devil-may-care Lord Justin St. Claire--until he met Miss Celestine Simons. Justin never thought he could be felled by cheerful good sense and intelligent conversation. He'd set out to give the plain, timid miss an innocent thrill under the kissing bough--becoming smitten with the gray-eyed beauty was the least of his intentions. But the more he denied his aching heart, the more he yearned to make Celestine his!
LOVE'S LESSONS short story in MY DASHING GROOM 6/2002 ISBN: 0821772600 With nowhere else to go, penniless Linnet Pelham took refuge with her sister in London only to find that her sister's betrothal to Lord Cairngrove was the scandal of the ton. Linnet was determined to see the wedding take place, which meant convincing Cairngrove's brother Nic Barton that the union was right. Two more different people had never lived, yet Linnet couldn't help imagining another ceremony, with Nic as her own groom…
A MATCHMAKER'S CHRISTMAS 10/2002 ISBN: 0821772899 The Greatest Gift Of All... Lady Elizabeth Bournard has decided that a spot of matchmaking would be a fitting and festive way to celebrate her eightieth birthday and the coming Yuletide. What better way to reward Beatrice Copland, her faithful companion of ten years, than to introduce her to Sir David Chappell, her dashing godson? Yet, unbeknownst to her, Beatrice and David already have a shared history - one that didn't end well...As a party of houseguests converge for an old-fashioned Christmas at a Yorkshire estate, the hijinks begin. Now Lady Elizabeth's carefully laid plans will go awry as Cupid joins the fray and Beatrice and David come face-to-face with the past amid holiday celebrations that will show them the true meaning of love...
MISS TRUELOVE BECKONS 6/2001 ISBN: 082177039X The joyous celebrations held in honor of his return from the war are wasted on Wycliffe Prescott, Viscount Drake--as are his mother's gentle reminders that he must now set up his nursery. How can he think of marriage when the horrors of Waterloo haunt his sleep each night? Yet when company arrives for the summer, Drake finds himself drawn to one guest in particular--and charmed when he hears her name: Miss Truelove Beckons. An innocent mistake, of course, for her surname is Becket--but Drake can't help feeling that she may be his only hope of healing...A vicar's daughter, True has come to Lea Park with her future vexingly undecided. A proposal of marriage from her father's curate might be the sensible course of action, but True can't resist the utterly impractical hours she spends with handsome, brooding Drake--especially when he seems soothed by her understanding words and gentle silences. By rights, a friendship is all she can hope for with a man so far above her station, yet as the warm summer days pass, True knows that she longs for something much sweeter...
NOEL'S CHRISTMAS WISH 10/2000 ISBN: 0821767585 When her carriage breaks down outside of Bath Lady Ann Beecham-Brooke, famously reserved beauty of the ton, has no choice but to take refuge at the home of strangers. But it isn't long before she finds Russetshire Manor's five-year-old lady of the house and her energetic kitten, Noel, thawing her frozen heart--and introducing her and Russetshire's owner, Lord Charles Montrose, to true love for all seasons.
PAMELA'S SECOND SEASON 2/2003 ISBN: 0821773941 Spirited Pamela Neville is quite certain that she is not cut out to be a lady, especially after the debacle of her first abbreviated Season. In fact, she has no intention of ever subjecting herself again to the glittering social whirl.until her grandmother lures her to London with an irresistible offer. The indomitable dowager promises to teach her everything she needs to know to elicit a proposal from Sir Colin Valens, the man Pamela has adored since childhood. .On The Second Try? Soon Pamela is learning how to walk, talk and dress.with beguiling results. But the green-eyed gamine can only be demure for so long. Fed up with all the restrictions, she takes a very unladylike ride in Hyde Park. Which brings her to the attention of Malcolm Bercombe, the darkly compelling sixth Earl of Strongwycke. Suddenly, Pamela is falling for a handsome bachelor who seems to find her entrancing just for being herself. Yet when Sir Colin turns up determined to woo her, will Pamela realize which suitor is worthy of her headstrong heart?
RACHEL'S CHANGE OF HEART 5/2003 ISBN: 082177395X Rachel Neville is the envy of the ton, possessing youth, extraordinary beauty, and a supremely 'suitable' fiancé. Yet despite the secure future that lies ahead, she is suddenly restless--bored with the amusements of the Season and with her future husband. Stranger still, she is preoccupied with thoughts of Colin Varens, the country gentleman whose suit she's rejected innumerable times. Though Colin seems content at last to resume the friendship they had as children, Rachel suddenly finds herself questioning everything--and everyone--she once thought important. ...It was far from easy to withstand Rachel's cruel rebuffs, but Colin's feelings have finally recovered. And his new interest in pugilism keeps both his body and mind engaged. But what of his heart? As he and Rachel spend time together as friends, he finds her once-haughty manner thawing into the warmth and vivaciousness that disappeared after the death of her father. Surely, he can be satisfied with nothing more than the platonic relationship they now have.or can he?
A RAKE'S REDEMPTION 2/2002 ISBN: 0821771930 Phaedra Gillian, spinster daughter of a rural vicar, has found an unconscious gentleman by the roadside. Taught to be a good Samaritan, she takes into her home the greatest temptation of her life! For Phaedra's patient is none other than Lawrence Jamison, Earl of Hardcastle. As London's most notorious rake, the Earl is a man who pursues pleasure--and women--with reckless abandon. Unfamiliar with the ton, Phaedra doesn't know the reputation of "Hardhearted Hardcastle"--only that this handsome stranger is charming, amusing, and able to send chills down her spine. Hearing about his wild ways leaves her shocked. And puzzled. Despite their passionate embraces and time alone in his bedchamber, Hardcastle has behaved honorably--so far. Is she a fool for believing a rogue can change? Or should she send him away before she loses everything, especially her belief in the power of love?
A ROGUE'S RESCUE Short Story in UNTAMEABLE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821774158
VALENTINE DREAMS short story in MY ONLY VALENTINE 1/2003 ISBN: 0821774360
WILD HONEY short story in VALENTINE ROGUES 1/2001 ISBN: 0821767720 Beautiful widow Lady Honey Hockley had given up on the idea of romance--until bedazzled rake Viscount Blackthorne set out to prove his love was forever.
Alberta Sinclair
COUSIN NANCY 7/1989 ISBN: 0373311052 Rules were one thing but love was another... Everyone loved Nancy Browne. Even though she was a penniless orphan, her natural enthusiasm and country charm engaged even the most crotchety heart. Or the most jaded. The Earl of Selbridge, returning to his country seat with a broken heart, found his spirits soon mended when he met the irrepressible Nancy. It mattered not to him that she was by Society's standards beneath his touch, but it mattered greatly to her. Gradually Nancy changed from the country miss he was so fond of the a proper lady who perplexed him. Selbridge had fallen in love with an angel. Now how in the devil was he going to get her back?
A HINT OF SCANDAL 4/1987 ISBN:0373310153 Alyssa Wentworth was shocked to learn that she must marry into a title within a year or lose both her considerable inheritance and her beautiful home to a particularly odious cousin. She knew her task would not be easy. But Alyssa had no intention of giving up without a struggle. Armed with a list of six eligible bachelors, she set off for London, determined to take the ton by storm. An unconventional encounter with the aloof Viscount Charles Brookmere forced Alyssa to agree unhappily to their betrothal - the price she had to pay to keep scandal from her doorstep.
Olga Sinclair
AN HEIR FOR ASHINGBY 11/2004 ISBN: 0709076290 1812. America and Britain are on the brink of war. American-born Sarah Dunthorne is visiting her grandmother, Lady MacKenna, in London. Sarah is compromised when she assists Corinne de Vere, ward of and heir to Colonel, Lord Wrenningham. He is determined the rebellious couple shall never inherit his estate at Ashingby. Physically attracted to Sarah, Wrenningham proposes but she will not marry without love. Grandmama is furious and sends Sarah home to her parents, on the same ship as Wrenningham who is taking reinforcements to Canada. Then war is declared. As the couple journey on through danger and difficulties, will they find love?
Susan Sizemore
MY OWN TRUE LOVE 2/1994 ISBN:0061082066 Accountant Sara Dayny feels a change the minute she slips the "magic" ring on her finger. A moment later she's swept from suburban Minnesota to Regency England and into a gypsy encampment where one man, Toma the Magnificent, sets out to make her his woman. Sara didn't have the heart to tell him he was 183 years too early for their date with destiny!
ON A LONG AGO NIGHT 5/2000 ISBN: 0380804190 He Vowed She Would Marry Him... Years ago, Honoria Pyne was forced to make a devil's bargain with a mysterious rogue. Now one of the ton's greatest heiresses, her world is shattered when the devil comes to claim his prize. Though she longs to scorn James Marbury, her body remembers too well his searing touch, and the seductive whisper of his voice spurs memories of one passion-filled night - when captor became willing captive, and prisoner became glorious accomplice...when he was all she desired. Once he'd owned Honoria body and soul, but his need for her was so great that he abandoned a lifetime of dreams for the chance to share with her the delights of desire. Now, restored to his rightful place as heir to an English title, James has returned to London to make amends and to marry his untouchable beauty - whether she wants him or not. Only Honoria is no longer his prisoner...and she had sworn to hate him forever. But some promises are made to be broken.
Gloria Dale Skinner
BEWITCHING 1/1995 ISBN: 0821748076 Unemployed governess Cheval Worthington believed in the power of miracles when wealthy shipowner Austin Radcliffe rescued her from the dockside streets of Baltimore. But she'd learned that no act of kindness comes without a price. In exchange for Radcliffe's protection, she was to care for a young child on a mysterious voyage to France. Cheval's heart went out to the little boy - even as she found herself dangerously attracted to his enigmatic guardian. Although destiny would soon sweep her into the stormy seas of betrayal and revenge, Cheval knew there was no turning back from the perils of a magical, once-in-a-lifetime love...
Melynda Beth Skinner
THE BLACKGUARD'S BRIDE 7/2003 ISBN: 0821774204 As companion to a lively spinster, Miss Julie Fitz has learned to expect the unexpected. Yet she hardly knows what to make of the confused young man who suddenly appears on her elderly employer's doorstep. He calls himself 'Christopher' because he cannot recall his own name, much less anything that preceded the accident that erased his memory. He is certainly a gentle soul, and his limited household skills indicate that he is, most likely, a gentleman. But why hasn't his disappearance been reported in the London newspapers? Surely, someone as kind and sweet-natured--not to mention handsome--as Christopher would be sorely missed. As far as Chris is concerned, his new home must surely be better than whence he came. After all, in his previous life, he didn't know Julie--and now it is difficult to imagine existing in a world without her. Somehow, he cannot shake the nagging suspicion that the events of his past were a great deal less pleasant than his current circumstances. But he knows that he must uncover his true identity, for Julie's sake as well as his own. How else to know whether he is worthy of her hand.or her heart?
THE BLUE DEVIL 8/2001 ISBN: 0821770497 No Mission Had Ever Been As Tempting... When Kathryn St. David arrives in London for a season under her formidable aunt Ophelia's patronage, her first surprise is a masked ball in honor of her arrival - and the second is dashingly handsome - and impossibly forward - Nigel Moorhaven, Marquis of Blackshire. Yet Kathryn has no chance to give the man more than an anonymous set-down in her disguise as a fairy queen. Aunt Ophelia has lost a diary containing scandalous secrets, and she intends to dispatch Kathryn to Lady Marchman's School for Young Ladies to find it! Kathryn's mission seems simple - until Nigel visits his resident niece and takes an interest in Kathryn instead. Covert operative Nigel Moorhaven - code name, the Blue Devil - has never seriously considered matrimony. And now that one spirited young woman has finally caught his eye, she's disappeared from society! But Nigel has no time to ponder his bad luck, for his investigation of a possible spy at Lady Marchman's academy must continue. Yet her newest pupil's impudent charm - so like the elusive fairy queen's - is a constant distraction! Determined to unravel the mystery of both identities, Nigel begins to suspect that he has lost his heart to just one very special woman.
LORD LOGIC AND THE WEDDING WISH 2/2003 ISBN: 0821774190 The granddaughter of a Romany gypsy, Miss Artemis Rose lives her life guided by signs. But she certainly couldn't predict that the ton would mistakenly believe she was the mistress of its most eligible peer, Orion Chase, Earl of Lindenshire. Or that she would have to pretend to be betrothed to the Earl in order to save their reputations. Now if only she can convince the relentlessly logical Orion that the signs-and the long-simmering attraction between them-mean their destiny is not only in the stars, but in their hearts. Orion has spent his life cultivating a proper image to hide his less-than-fashionable scientific pursuits. However, it's quite obvious that the impulsive and hopelessly impractical Artemis hasn't changed a whit since their childhood. Despite his better judgment, Orion finds himself playing along with the faux engagement-just to show the silly girl how utterly incompatible they are. But what will he do when her generous, passionate nature makes him start believing in a love he never thought possible?
MISS GRANTHAM'S ONE TRUE SIN 2/2002 ISBN: 0821771825 Marianna Grantham's status-hungry parents are bent on buying their way into Polite Society through their daughter's marriage to a peer--any peer. Marianna is ready to despair until she hears of Truesdale Sinclair, the Viscount Trowbridge. The last in a long line of aristocratic rakes and scoundrels, "Sin" is handsome, devil-may-care, and far up the River Tick. Surely, Marianna reasons, a sham engagement will keep her parents at bay long enough for her to meet her true love....Unknown to the ton, True Sin is a rake reformed. A family tragedy has left him both the guardian of his orphaned nieces and badly in need of money. Under ordinary circumstances, he would spurn Marianna Grantham's outrageous proposal, but he's desperate. When their charade throws them intimately together, True learns that Miss Grantham is not at all the social climber he took her for--and that beneath her prim and proper exterior is a passionate heart he longs to claim for his own.
Christina Skye
THE BLACK ROSE 8/1991 ISBN: 0440209293 Calling card of the infamous Romney Fox - Smuggler, scoundrel, probable traitor, and spy, he plundered the rich and gave to the poor. Men toasted him, women whispered his name like a prayer. Deserted and deceived, exquisite Tess Leighton, emerald-eyed temptress, would do anything to save her family estate - even masquerade as the Fox himself...A challenge to the Viscount Ravenhurst - Scarred by war, betrayed in love, Dane St. Pierre returned from Trafalger determined to wreak vengeance on Tess, the reckless, willful woman who had turned his heart to ashes yet still haunted his fevered dreams. Now he alone knew her dangerous secret and swore she'd pay the price...A summons to danger and adventure - In a storm of treachery and high treason, they would be swept into battle on enemy seas. From the rugged Sussex coast to the wave-swept isles of Brittany, a tender torment of remembered passion bound them, plunging them into a danger beyond imagining, a desire beyond restraining...into the dark, rapturous secrets of... Black Rose.
COME THE DAWN 9/1995 ISBN:0440216478 India, where the beautiful and headstrong sister of Come The Night's hero Luc Delamere, who falls in love with the rakish Devlyn Carlisle. They meet briefly and innocently as children, and again ten years later when, as adults, they fall deeply into a passionate affair. The Napoleonic Wars soon tear Devlyn away, but not before the two are joined in a secret wedding bond. When Devlyn is betrayed by a comrade in arms and presumed dead, India swears to continue her Iife alone, without the love that she prized above all else. Until one night a stranger with a familiar smile appears in a crowded ballroom, and India is plunged into a mystery to discover who betrayed Devlyn and to find a way to love again.
COME THE NIGHT 9/1994 ISBN:0440216443 He rides by moonlight, a masked highwayman with a gentleman's wit and a felon's cool aim. They call him the Black Lord, and all England trembles at his exploits, for in plunder and seduction he has no match. But now even Blackwood's armor has been pierced by a flame-haired hellion who will trade her honor and her very life in a desperate bargain to buy a rogue's aid....Emerald-eyed Silver St. Clair vows to reclaim her precious family birthright at any cost, but the secret formula for a rare fragrance coveted by all of fashionable London is long lost, hidden somewhere in the misty hills of Silver's Norfolk estate. Desperate, the stubborn beauty risks all - even if she must strike a wanton's bargain with Englands' most notorious highwayman, whose price will be her passion and her heart....Bound by love, blinded by desire, they meet amid the lavender-scented hills of an English country estate. From London's glittering salons to Norfolk's smoke-filled gaming clubs, they challenge their fate, becoming allies on the battlefield of love, even as a remorseless enemy stalks them both in a final stroke of revenge....
DEFIANT CAPTIVE 6/1990 ISBN:044020626X Captive…To a handsome Lord whose silver-flecked eyes glittered with anger as he snatched Alexandra from the London streets. Her fiery loveliness had ignited a case of mistaken identity but now there was no mistaking Hawkeworth’s naked passion. Captive…To her own heart when his teasing kisses unleashed a woman’s ecstasy she didn’t understand, but craved with a wanton’s desire… Captive…To the past which haunted them both, making her a pawn in a treacherous game that could crush her sweet dreams of midnight passion and wild, reckless love.
EAST OF FOREVER 8/1993 ISBN:0440208653 Like a cat, a beauty prowls London's night-dark roofs, stealing into the boudoirs of the rich and powerful in search of an ancient jewel-encrusted pillow book, an erotic treasure, to barter for her captive father. But neither her martial arts nor armored heart can protect violet-eyed Chessy Cameron from the man she tried to forget so long ago.
Bertrice Small
UNCONQUERED 1/1982 ISBN: 0345287126 Miranda. Strong-willed. Impetuous, Brilliant. Beautiful. Unconquered when she's forced to marry a stranger to keep her home - even though it's clear he's the only man for her... Unconquered when a savage Crimean slave breeder sees her golden beauty as the perfect match for his prize stud... Unconquered even by a terrifying capture and grueling trek to a tender reawakening of her bruised and battered body and soul... Unconquered because the woman in her wants only one man...
Alexa Smart
ROSES AT MIDNIGHT 9/1997 ISBN: 0786004320 Set against the teeming backdrop of 19th Century London comes the story of a free-thinking young woman who is stalked by a shadow killer - and thrust into a world of seduction, madness, and dark desire...Gifted painter Amaryllis Meeks believes in women's rights and free love, although she has yet to lose her heart. But she almost loses her life when she is attacked one night on a foggy London street. It is only pure luck that saves her from a dreadful fate - and a dangerous destiny that unites her with London's most notorious nobleman. Amaryllis knows she should beware of Victor Sayville, Earl of Blackstock, a man rumored to have murdered a young actress. Yet she cannot his darkly hypnotic lure... and is soon drawn into his lush, seductive world. But it is the earl's unconventional hobby - the cultivation of exotic roses - that holds Amaryllis in thrall. Red as blood, white as snow, they symbolize everything she has ever desired - and feared. For this sensual stranger who has unleashed her secret passion may also be a madman who can set free a savage force that haunts her dreams and threatens her life and love...
SHADOWS OF THE HEART 10/1995 ISBN:0786001836 While trying to rescue her brother from gambling, Marcella Hunnicutt is kidnapped by Wolf, the rakish owner of some of London's most notorious gaming dens, whose price for redeeming her brother's debts is Marcella's virtue.
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