Last Updated: 10/10/2005
Charity Blackstock
GENTLEMAN ROGUE 1975 Regency
THE MOONLIGHTERS 1966 Regency
OCTAVIA 1965 Georgian
Lawana Blackwell
THE MAIDEN OF MAYFAIR 1/2001 ISBN: 0764222589 Regency. An orphanage in the slums of London is the only home young Sarah Matthews has every known, But she is suddenly whisked away form poverty to live as a wealthy widow's ward in the prestigious Mayfair district of the city. Sarah can't fathom why this elderly woman, a stranger to her , would desire her company but Dorthea Blake has reasons she isn't willing to reveal. As Sarah blossoms into a young woman , the secret Mrs. Blake harbors threatens to break her hear and make both of them outcasts among London's social elite. When a visitor to the Blake mansion unknowingly stumbles on the the truth Will the mystery of Sarah's birth remain buried forever?
THE WIDOW OF LARKSPUR INN 2/1998 ISBN:1556619472 Regency. Julia Hollis had enjoyed an easy life in her London townhouse, with servants to attend her every need and a nanny to help raise her three children. But when her husband passes away, she is told by his bankers that he gambled away their fortune, and that the only remaining property is The Larkspur, an old abandoned coaching inn in the quaint village of Gresham. Julia decides to move her family there and to turn the dilapidated inn into a lodging house. When a new vicar moves to the village, he and Julia are drawn to each other. But will their children succeed in keeping them apart?
Blair-Clare-Solomon
HIS BRIDE TO BE 5/2000 ISBN:0821766104 Regency. Anthology featuring The Rebellious Bride by Catherine Blair; The Impossible Bride by Cathleen Clare; and The Brambleberry Bride by Hayley Ann Solomon.
Blair - Huntington - Simpson
UNTAMEABLE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821774158 Regency.
Annette Blair
LADY FAITH 8/1999 ISBN: 0821765019 Regency. Faith Wickham stepped into a dark, despairing place when she entered Killashandra Hall to care for the gravely injured Justin Devereux, Duke of Ainsley. The handsome, dark-haired man lay unconscious, and soon Faith wondered if someone at Killashandra conspired to hasten his death. Faith's duty was to heal him, but when he called for her from tormented dreams, she answered with her heart. From the depths of his drugged sleep, Justin felt an angel had come near to help him. For he thought all was lost: his wife had betrayed him, his daughter had been killed, and his brother had plotted to take his title. But now a beautiful young woman was fighting to bring him back to the land of the living ... where danger lurked, a stunning revelation waited, and desire could damn, or save, them both.
AN UNFORGETTABLE ROGUE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821773844 ISBN: 0821773844 Regency. Young and insecure, Alexandra Huntington had married the man she'd adored since childhood—and said goodbye to her war-bound groom on the steps of the church. Of course, Bryceson Wakefield, Duke of Hawksworth, was always too aristocratically elegant for his own good—apparently far too much so to survive Waterloo. As his widow, Alex is penniless because the charming roué neglected to provide for her in his will. Now she is on her way to the altar once more, hang the fact that her groom is Bryceson's enemy, the Viscount Chesterfield. But the ceremony is halted by none other than Bryceson himself—limping, bearded, and all the more dear to Alex for it. Though she secretly rejoices at his return, she will not fall into his arms so easily. She intends to show him that she is a grown woman with real passions who will demand that her husband prove his loyalty…and his love.
Catherine Blair
ATHENA'S CONQUEST 3/2001 ISBN: 0821768735 Regency. Athena Montgomery is perfectly happy being the bluestocking chaperon of her beautiful younger sister, Cassiopeia. Why should she care if handsome Frenchman Dominic Solage--rumored to be a spy--prefers a silly young girl like Cass to a serious-minded woman like herself? If Athena is to marry at all, better to accept the offer of the decidedly average Charles Wellborne. . . even if her heart refuses to forget Dominic. Dominic Solage never thought the starchy town of Bath would offer such a tantalizing prospect of romance. Athena Montgomery is clever, funny, and favored with the most remarkable grey eyes. But their union is impossible--at least as long as he is in the secret employ of the foreign minister. But when Athena's life is placed in peril, Dominic can no longer remain silent. Now, he must undertake the most daunting task of his career as he sets out to prove to Athena that she is the only woman he will ever desire. . . .
THE BLACK KITTEN Short Story in MAGICAL KITTENS ISBN: 0821766910 10/2000 Regency. Lord Jonathon Griffith lays a bet that by All Hallows' Eve he'll win the hand of the formidable Miss Lorna Harrington, whose Egyptian antiquities he covets. But he will need the help of her kitten Imp, to woo her and make her his forever.
A FAMILY FOR GILLIAN 9/2001 ISBN: 0821768743 Regency. Miss Gillian Harwell was sure that getting caught in a compromising position would thwart her family's scheme to marry her off for money. However, her plan worked all too well--with her reputation ruined, her only recourse was to wed Viscount Prescott Avery, a lonely widower with three unruly children. And it wasn't long before Gillian found her attempts to help her new family sparking a most surprising romance.... Prescott had agreed to this hasty arrangement strictly for his family's sake. He never expected that his new wife would be so spirited and outspoken. Nor did he imagine that her caring ways would not only work wonders on his children, but would also break through his carefully cultivated reserve, provoking a passion he thought long dead. Now, amid past hurts and misunderstandings, he must prove his love to Gillian--for if she leaves his home, she takes his heart with her...
TTHE HERO RETURNS 12/1999 ISBN: 0821764489 Regency. Amelia Harrow has worshiped Viscount Hunter Westhaven since the schoolroom. Now, after three long years fighting Bonaparte, the famed hero has returned to claim his bride. But he is strangely changed. The charming idol of Amelia's youth has now been replaced by a somber, restless, and enigmatic man. An afternoon of honeymoon passion, stormbound in a moorland cabin, prove Hunter far from insensible to Amelia's charms. Yet his ardor, she fears, does not touch his innermost spirit. And what "business" keeps him away so often in London, while she pines for his caress? Hunter would sooner face the most savage enemies on the battlefield than the secrets of his own soul. How can Amelia ever understand how much the war has changed him? He knows he must lay the past to rest if he is ever to find happiness with his lovely wife-even if it means traveling to London alone to search for the families of his comrades who fell in battle. But when Amelia finds him and discovers a secret from his past she cannot forgive, Hunter may have lost her forever: unless an unexpected blessing teaches them both the true meaning of love.
THE REBELLIOUS BRIDE Short Story in HIS BRIDE TO BE 5/2000ISBN: 0821766104 Regency. Though her parents have already arranged her marriage to Lord Trevlan, an impoverished viscount who is willing to marry into trade in exchange for her dowry, Diana Quinlan isn't about to enter into a loveless marriage with an aristocratic stranger simply to please her social-climbing mother. Instead she offers Trevlan a bargain--a guaranteed match with her cousin Hypatia in exchange for her freedom. But during her matchmaking machinations, Diana discovers that perhaps she isn't so willing to give away her intended after all!
THE ROGUE'S WIFE Short Story in UNTAMEABLE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821774158 Regency
THE SCANDALOUS MISS DELANEY 8/1999 ISBN: 0821762923 Regency. Who would have thought one waltz would be her undoing? Unless Madeline Delaney recieves an offer of marriage from the notorious Lord Lambrook, her reputation will be utterly ruined! When he fails to do so, the intrepid Madeline runs him to earth at his club only to be brutally snubbed. To add insult to injury, she is read a stinging lecture on propriety by the terribly proper and upsettingly handsome stranger who escorts her home. Never would she forget such humiliation! Devin Forth could not believe his eyes when the pretty hoyden he'd squired home in London descends on the country estate where he is a tutor. She has been sent to her uncle's home to escape one scandal, only to fall headlong into another. But this one is of his own making. He finds himself falling in love the the outrageous beauty. How could a poor tutor ever hope to win a lady of quality? When Lord Lambrook's reappearance and a surprise inheritance change everything, he and Madeline must be prepared to flaunt the rules and shock the ton to find true love.
A SCHOLARLY GENTLEMAN 8/2002 ISBN: 0821772309 Seven years ago, Miss Phoebe Granville had been the toast of the ton. Dazzled by her own success, she'd rejected the suit of Jordan Blakley DeVaux in favor of his dashing cousin Arthur DeVaux. When her glittering marriage is cut short by Arthur's untimely death, Phoebe moves to Cambridge--and promptly runs into Jordan, now a respected professor at the university. To her surprise, Phoebe realizes that Jordan ignites passionate emotions she never felt for Arthur. But can Jordan forgive her for spurning him in the past--for foolishly choosing a shallow alliance over true love? Having turned his back on Society and forged a new life for himself in Cambridge, Jordan Blakley DeVaux's peace is abruptly shattered when the widowed Phoebe comes to town. There's no one he despises more, Jordan tells himself. Yet he's stunned to learn that time hasn't lessened the force of his feelings for her--and that not only is Phoebe beautiful, she's brilliant too, something he hadn't appreciated during that fateful Season long ago. Soon a soul-stirring kiss shared with Phoebe in the library convinces Jordan that following his heart may be well worth the risk of having it broken yet again...
VALENTINE BRIDE Short Story in VALENTINE KISSES 2/2000 ISBN: 0821764640 Regency. Margaret Fitzpatrick is set to become the toast of Dublin on St. Valentine's Day. On that day she will marry the dashingly handsome Captain Spencer Weldon, the college friend of Austin Bourke, her childhood beau and dearest friend. When Austin appears at the Merrion Square townhouse on the morning of her wedding to announce that the captain has cried off and fled, he is left in the unenviable position of trying to excuse the cowardly fiance and pick up the pieces of Margaret's dashed hopes. How can he play the role of comforting friend when he has loved Margaret from afar for years?
Audrey Blanshard
CATHERINE 6/1981 ISBN:0449501892 Regency. Poor Catherine is forced into an unwanted marriage by her guardian.
GRANBOROUGH'S FILLY 1976 ISBN: 0449232107 Regency. 'You need not fear on my account, Madam. I am not in the habit of assaulting maidens in distress. Your virtue is quite safe.' Selina was something of a beauty - and very much a firebrand. But she was not prepared for the violent adventure that befell her when she was shipwrecked off the Cornwall Coast. Nor was she prepared for the handsome, enigmatic young stranger, Mr. Rufford, who was her sole companion in this seaside drama. What little she learned of Rufford appalled her. A gambler, a fugitive husband, and heaven alone knew what else. All this was forgotten, however, when she realized they were both in danger of being caught by the deadly ruffians who preyed on shipwrecks and their survivors. If she ever got out of this alive, she would give Mr. Rufford - whoever he was - a piece of her mind. He had something to tell her also...
LUCETTA 10/1979 ISBN:0449241890 Lucetta, beautiful spitfire daughter of the eccentric Lord Wintringham, fell in love so suddenly she could hardly believe it. She had turned down dozens of suitors and now there was Papa's guest, the dashing young Honourable Vere Dalvin, who unknowingly had made off with her heart without so much as a by-your-leave. But when Papa proposed that Dalvin marry Lucetta, his young guest fled. Lucetta was not dashed. She knew that sooner or later she would again encounter her runaway love-and snare him...
A VIRGINIAN AT VENNCOMBE 1/1976 ISBN:0449234207 Regency and War of 1812. From the moment she laid eyes on Thaddeus Forbes, spirited lovely Caroline Quenby of Venncombe Manor was in deep trouble. For in that instant she had fallen in love with the dashing prisoner of war who was an American naval surgeon...
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A MOTHER'S LOVE 4/1993 ISBN:0821741373 Regency. Anthology featuring A Singular Miss Marsh by Sara Blayne, Her Special Day by Teresa DesJardien, The Butterfly Net by Melissa Lynn Jones, Blissful Betrothal by Valerie King, Gifts of the Heart by Mary Kingsley, and Reversal of Fortunes by Nina Porter.
Sara Blayne
THE CAPTAIN'S BRIDE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821768344 Regency. A ravishing beauty with an irresistible air of innocence, Lady Violet Rochelle has no end of worthy suitors—not one of whom interests her in the slightest. For though seemingly demure, she harbors a secret yearning for adventure…and for a lover who is anything but proper...Captain Trevor Dane, lately of the King's navy, is a man known for his daring exploits and his victories in battle. But when, on a furtive mission of his own, he breaks into Violet's bedchamber and impudently avails himself of her kisses, he unleashes a passion that will soon seal both of their fates… Shadowed by intrigue and unrelenting danger, the last thing Dane needs is to be saddled with a wife. Yet when Violet vows to marry him, not to save her own reputation, but to save his, Dane finds himself up against a most formidable--and disarming--opponent: a raven-haired temptress who will not be denied! And now, as rumors swirl amid the ton that Dane is the elusive agent Le Corbeau, Violet sets out to show the world that they have the wrong man...making her a target of his implacable enemies, and leaving Dane desperately searching for a way to keep his lady wife safe…and safely in his arms…
THE CUPID'S ARROW 1/1996 short story in VALENTINE LOVE 1/1996 ISBN:082175199 Regency.
DARK SHADOWS 3/1997 short story in LORDS OF THE NIGHT 1997 ISBN:0821755935 Regency.
AN EASTER COURTSHIP 3/1995 ISBN:0821748742 Regency. When tragedy ends her engagement, Lady Jane Ashley leaves London to live in the country. Then a late spring snowstorm brings with it a handsome stranger named Danforth--the marquess she believes is responsible for her fiance's death. Perhaps Jane is ready for a London season after all.
AN ELUSIVE GUARDIAN 10/1994 ISBN:0821747266 Regency. A prim and proper miss is rescued by a masked privateer, only to find herself married to him before he disappears into the night. Charity goes from a spinster-on-the-shelf to the talk of the ton, thanks to the dashing pirate who rescues her by claiming her as his bride!
ENTICED 5/1999 ISBN: 0821762036 Regency. Born to an Indian mother and an English father, Chance True--Son Quincy Ridgeway, Duke of Rivenoak, was equally skilled at hunting as he was at pursuing the fashionable ladies of the ton. But when he received word from America that his parents had been murdered, he vowed to avenge their deaths. After hearing of Pandora Featherstone's reputation as an accomplished confidential inquiry agent, Rivenoak enlisted the services of the quick-witted beauty who summoned his most primitive passions...and threatened to unlock the bitterness surrounding his heart. With a talent for solving impossible conundrums, Pandora Featherstone was a woman who refused to follow convention. So when the Duke of Rivenoak asked her to pose as his promised bride to help him find his family's killers without arousing suspicion, she did not care about the scandal certain to tarnish their names if their secret mission was exposed. Now as Pandora and Rivenoak get closer to the truth- and to danger-they are enticed into each other's arms, and into a passionate love worth risking their lives for.
HIS SCANDALOUS DUCHESS 10/2000 SBN: 0821766945 Regency. Irrepressible Althea Wintergreen sacrifices her own reputation to save her sister’s by claiming to be the mother of her illegitimate niece. Shrouded in scandal, she has no illusions about the amorous intentions of the wholly disreputable and devastatingly handsome Lucius Keene, the Duke of Traherne. Tempted by the sweet promise of passion in Lucius’ kiss and her own secret desire to know love, Althea aids him wholeheartedly in her own seduction! Though Lucius Keene is a confirmed rake and dedicated bachelor, he is above all a gentleman. Determined to set matters right, he proposes marriage to the unconventional, delightful Althea, never anticipating London’s most eligible Duke would be turned down flat! Aware his own heart is becoming dangerously involved in the matter, especially as sinister doings are afoot, he vows to convince noble Althea that her “scandalous” past is no reason to deny them both a future of bliss in each other’s arms…
A NOBLE HEART 7/2000 ISBN:0821766538 Regency. Heiress Felicity Talbot´s heart raced every time she saw William Powell, Viscount Lethridge. Unfortunately he was so infatuated with her flirtatious cousin Zenoria, he never even noticed her. So Felicity had immersed herself in good works and dreams...until William was injured in a duel over Zenoria and brought to Felicity´s country house unconscious....William didn't know where he was or who he was. But he was being cared for by the most angelic creature. Her name was Felicity, and happiness she brought to him indeed. Yet what future could he promise her if he couldn't remember his own past? Somehow William resolved to regain his memory—and win the heart of the only woman he would ever have…
A NOBLE RESOLVE 6/1998 ISBN: 0821759124 Regency. Lady Josephine Powell was nineteen and not always in the best of health. And now, instead of a new ball gown and an exciting London come-out, she had doctor's orders to take the waters at a provincial spa. She never dreamed that an accident en route would tumble her into the strong arms of her rescuer, Devon Roth, Earl of Ravenaugh...Devon was called cold, harsh, incapable of romance. He was still very bitter about the tragedy that claimed his first wife. He was also called a man of honor. Never would he seduce an impish beauty twenty years younger than himself. Never would he reveal his growing tendre. No, the Earl nobly resolved to resist any impropriety...and any kisses. What could Josephine do? She resolved, quite mischievously, to prove age could not stop their love!
THE SINGULAR MISS MARSH short story in A MOTHER'S LOVE 4/1993 ISBN:0821741373 Regency.
Blayney - Parks - Raleigh
A HUSBAND FOR MAMA 4/2003 ISBN: 0821774913 Regency.
Mary Blayney
HIS HEART'S DELIGHT 1/2001 ISBN:0821771809 Regency. Morgan Braedon has plans for his future, and not one of them includes a wife. Yet his imperious father is demanding that he choose a bride from this Season's marriage mart—or lose his financial support. What Morgan needs are a few winning hands at the gaming tables, not a season of romantic entanglements! Maintaining the illusion of a courtship will be impossible, Morgan thinks. But that's before he meets lovely Christiana Lambert, a miss after anything but his heart.…Christiana can't deny that London will offer the kind of excitement the country sorely lacks, but she's determined to avoid attracting the attention of potential suitors. Yet, it's unquestionably sensible to pretend that she's entertaining the possibility of a romance, if only to please her parents—and handsome Morgan Braedon is quite conveniently prepared to help her. Yet when their staged flirtation becomes something far deeper, Morgan and Christiana cannot deny that love may have taken them both by surprise.
Nancy Block
ONCE UPON A PIRATE 4/1995 ISBN: 0061083666 Pirate and War of 1812. Zoe Dunham's annoying ex-husband was making her desperate for a vacation. Little did she expect to spend it aboard a privateer's ship engaged in the War of 1812! But that was exactly where she found herself, thrown at the feet of Captain Black Jack Alexander, otherwise known as Winn. From his velvet eye-patch to his white silk shirt, Winn was the image of a swashbuckling hero. And the sinfully handsome body beneath those sexy clothes was enough to make even a nun take notice. From the moment she met him, Zoe was hooked. But how could a beleaguered divorced mother from the twentieth century possibly dare to find love with a nineteenth-century pirate?
Leonora Blythe
CAROLINA 8/1981 ISBN:0449502058 Regency. When her father died in disgrace and financial ruin, Carolina devoted herself to picking up the pieces of her family's shattered lives. Still, Carolina could not forget the handsome young soldier she had once planned to marry. Nor could she forget Lord Pershore..
MIRANDA 5/1980 ISBN:0449500489 Regency. The lovely Miranda was as scandalous as she was beautiful. Young Lord Romford had his hands full as her guardian and right now he was at his wit's end. Only the night before Miranda had allowed the dashing Viscount Brynmawr to unmask her at a rout. Gossip spread like wildfire and impulsively Miranda announced that she was engaged to the Viscount. This, of course, appeared to make everything proper. Now a firm Lord Romford confronted her and told her she had to go through with this marriage. 'It might just be the making of you,' he said. Miranda's tears did not move her young guardian one whit. Or did they?
Cheryl Bolen
THE BRIDE WORE BLUE 1/2002 ISBN: 0821772473 Regency. Lacking the funds for a London season—yet determined to see her headstrong younger siblings suitably matched—lovely widow Felicity Harrison establishes herself in Bath, a grand dame at the tender age of twenty-four. However, her brother's gambling debts soon force her to accept a most unusual proposal from elegant nabob Thomas Moreland. He agrees to repay all markers provided she helps him gain social standing in Bath society. Though there is something oddly familiar about this gentleman, Felicity casts uncertainty aside and agrees to the arrangement. Having made a fortune in India, Thomas has returned home to win the heart of the woman who captured his own six years ago. Like an angel of mercy, Felicity came to his aid after a band of highwaymen left him for dead. Now, he's determined to convince this beauty still wearing widow's weeds that there's more to life than assembly rooms, matrons, and matchmaking. Showering her with ribbons of glorious colors, he'll awaken in her a desire to shed those weeds. But what Felicity doesn't know yet is that her greatest desire of all is to spend the rest of her life in Thomas' arms…
A DUKE DECEIVED 3/1998 Georgian. At her mother's deathbed, Bonny Barbara Allan weds the Duke of Radcliff in what Bonny perceives as a totally unequal match. Though she adores Radcliff, Bonny is embarrassed over her dowryless state and inadequate pedigree to be his duchess. To make matters even worse, she believes her enigmatic husband has married her out of compassion toward her dying mother. Nothing could be further from the truth. Radcliff fell in love with the incomparable Bonny the first time he saw her, but how can he reveal his love when his bride is secretly meeting another man?
A FALLEN WOMAN 8/2002 ISBN: 082177549X Life had indeed smiled upon Lord James Rutledge. A former soldier, his life was spared when his captain took the bullet meant for him. Then, after the war, he inherited vast wealth and a title from an uncle he never knew. Now he has come to Bath to make amends to his captain's beautiful widow and has won her hand in marriage. The lovely purple-clad, lavender-eyed widow's gratitude toward James quickly blossoms into a powerful love. But will her husband still cherish her when he learns she has been another man's mistress?
A LADY BY CHANCE 6/2000 Regency. Driven by fierce patriotism to England, the Marquess of Haverstock will do anything to reclaim the money his best friend lost at cards, money that was to purchase battle plans from a French official. The bewitchingly beautiful but illegitimate Anna De Mouchet agrees to give the marquess back the money she "won." On one condition: that he marry her. From this forced marriage rises a love as powerful as the canons of the war which tears them apart.
WITH THIS RING 4/2002 ISBN:0821772481 Young and spirited Glee Pembroke had always been secretly in love with her brother's best friend, Gregory Blankenship. So when she learned that this dedicated bachelor must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday or lose his inheritance, she boldly proposed a marriage of convenience, while secretly planning to win his love. Knowing of her new husband's reputation as a lover of loose women, Glee decided she must become “fast” herself—in order to capture his attention. Though marriage to Glee did seem a sensible solution to his dilemma, Gregory had no intention of giving up his rakish ways, and he certainly wouldn't tolerate his bride gallivanting about Bath like some wanton female. Her outrageous antics were causing him no end of aggravation—and strangely—inspiring a jealousy he was not used to feeling. When did he become so possessive about his wife? Surely, he was not succumbing to the one condition he had so studiously avoided…love?
Evelyn Bond
THE HEART'S INTRIGUE 8/1990 ISBN:0821731300 Regency. Lady Clarissa Tregallen preferred the windswept wilds of Cornwall to the jam-packed ballrooms and noisy routs of the London ton, but as the future bride of the tediously respectable Duke of Mainwaring, Clarissa would soon bid her beloved coast farewell....
Rita Boucher
A MISBEGOTTEN MATCH 11/1994 ISBN: 0380777142 Regency. When her employer and benefactor falls ill, Amanda Metcalfe reluctantly sends to Jamaica for Sebastian Armitage, the rakehell godson whom Lady Claire adores. However, both Amanda and Sebastian have secrets that they will guard at all costs; in spite of their mutual attraction, their deep suspicions of each other keep getting in the way. Witty and typically "Regency" in many ways, this story follows a current trend toward somewhat darker and more realistic characters and situations; it features a foundling hero with a tormented past and, somewhat uncharacteristically, an unwed mother heroine and a lame child.
THE POET AND THE PARAGON 1/1999 ISBN: ISBN 0451195787 Regency. Left sitting at the altar ten years ago, a beautiful shrinking violet devotes her life to writing short stories lauding the virtues of strict morality. But when a riot occurs during one of her public diatribes, she is swept away by a seductive stranger whose passion enthralls her to near-surrender. With tragic timing, her ex-fiancee renews his offer of marriage, which she hastily accepts. However, her heart belongs to her handsome savior, who is revealed to be the best friend of her betrothed!
Joanna Watkins Bourne
HER LADYSHIP'S COMPANION 3/1983 ISBN:0380815966 Regency. Beautiful Melissa Rivenwood was leaving Mrs. Brody's Seminary for the Daughters of Gentlemen for a new life. But when she accepted the position as companion to the formidable Lady Dorothy, spirited Melissa could never have envisioned what lay ahead...
Susan Bowden
TOUCHED BY THORNS 10/1991 ISBN: 0553298127 Renaissance. A high-born beauty determined to reclaim her heritage... For seventeen idyllic years, lovely, strong-willed Katherine Radcliffe had led a charmed existence on her family's estate in Yorkshire. Suddenly, in one night of shattering tragedy, her beloved Radcliffe Manor is lost to her and her betrothed betrays her. Vulnerable, frightened, and devastated by sorrow, Katherine swears a solemn oath to her dying grandfather, a fateful vow that will one day threaten all she holds dear. A dashing Irish soldier with a bold proposition... Betrayed, then imprisoned, she is rescued by the handsome, mysterious Captain Brendan Fitzgerald, a distant cousin and now rightful heir to Radcliffe Manor. Mesmerized by Katherine's uncommon beauty and fiery disposition, he falls deeply in love and strikes a marriage 'bargain' to which she reluctantly agrees, determined to regain Radcliffe at any cost. Slowly, almost against her will, she finds herself succumbing to Brendan's tenderness and the fierce passions she senses lie just beneath the surface of his gallant demeanor. But by joining their lives, they unwittingly become pawns in a dangerous game of intrigue between Queen Elizabeth and her deposed cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots - a deadly rivalry that forces Katherine to fulfill the terrible promise that has haunted her for so many years. Only Brendan can save his wife - and with her the house and land of Radcliffe Manor he has grown to love.
Elizabeth Boyle
BRAZEN ANGEL 8/1997 ISBN: 0440224128 Georgian and French Revolution. She was every man's fantasy–and most dangerous desire. One bewitching look, the whispered promise of unspeakable ecstasy, and London's richest and most notorious rakes followed the Brazen Angel like sheep–ready to be fleeced. All London was in her thrall as she waltzed from masquerade to masquerade, seducing and stealing with impunity–until she met her match in the dark and dangerous lord who vowed to unmask her. He raced through the streets after the sapphire-eyed beauty, determined to catch London's most audacious thief. Giles Corliss, Marquess of Trahern, had come home to honor his father's last request and marry a woman he'd never met, Lady Sophia D'Artiers. It was to be a marriage of convenience to beget an heir. But Giles had yet to discover that behind the fragile, ailing facade of his intended, Lady Sophia, lay the mistress of disguise–an irresistible brazen angel who was about to lure him into a reckless passion that threatened to destroy them both...
NO MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE 9/2000 ISBN: 0380815346 Regency. Mason St. Clair, the new Earl of Ashlin, has inherited a title for which there is no fortune, thanks to his spendthrift and scandalous predecessors. Steeped in debt, with three ungainly nieces to marry off, Mason knows he will have to wed a rich heiress to save his family from ruin. Mason certainly doesn't expect his salvation to arrive in the breathtaking form of Madame Riley Fontaine, a woman of questionable reputation and irresistible allure, who offers him an unthinkable solution to all his problems. What Mason needs is a respectable and wealthy bride, and seductive Riley is anything but. Yet one kiss from this impetuous lady and suddenly Mason's heart hungers for no marriage of convenience, but one of love.
ONCE TEMPTED 7/2001 ISBN: 0380815354 Regency. A notorious rake, the Marquis of Bradstone stole young Olivia Sutton's heart...and then ruined her life. For seven years she has been forced to hide her past behind a false identity. And now the dashing scoundrel has returned a different man: handsomer, more serious, more desirable...and far more dangerous than the cad who brought scandal and shame into Olivia's world.. . . Major Robert Danvers is living a lie -- but for a noble cause. Masquerading as his cousin, the late Marquis, Robert's secret mission for the crown has led him straight to the beautiful, scheming seductress he believes was responsible for his brother's death. But there is a gentle innocence about this Olivia that belies her murderous reputation -- and a passionate sensuality that makes him yearn to hold her in his arms forever. So while his loyalty to his mission tells him that surrender would be the worst sort of betrayal--once tempted, how can a man resist, when his heart tells him here is his one true love?
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