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Mary Daheim
DESTINY'S PAWN 4/1984 ISBN: 0380868849 Medieval. Morgan's topaz eyes flashed fury, and the flush on her lovely young face was rage..not the passion Francis chose to believe he had inspired. But despite Morgan's denial, a flame had been ignited. Swept up in the intrigues of the Royal Court of Henry VIII, Morgan is denied her own desires when she is forced to marry Francis's brother. But despite the raging conflicts that sweep the land and leave her life in turmoil, Morgan never relinquishes her romantic dreams....or the memory of the forbidden ecstasy that had taken her innocence and awakened the tormented longings of a woman born to love...
IMPROBABLE EDEN (#87) 8/1991 ISBN:0373286872 Renaissance. Eden Berenger grew up an unwanted orphan in a loveless household, until the Earl of Marlborough claimed her as his flesh and blood-hours before his imprisonment for treason. To spare her father's life, Eden was forced to obey the wishes of a Flemish nobleman as enigmatic as he was attractive. When Prince Maximilian undertook the grooming of the unsophisticated Eden for her game of court intrigue, he never anticipated the lessons he would be learning! The idea of a future with Eden was pleasing, but it seemed almost as impossible as the success of their desperate scheme...
Claudia Dain
TO BURN 4/2002 ISBN: 0843949856 Celtic. He had sworn to battle the empire wherever he found it, and an isolated Roman villa in Britainnia seemed the perfect target for his revenge. He and his fierce Saxon warriors would sweep through it like an inferno, destroying all in their path. From the moment he saw her, he knew she embodied all that Rome stood for: pride, arrogance, civilization...beauty. She was a woman like no other, fighting with undaunted spirit even as he made her his slave. And as he gazed into her glittering golden eyes, he realized he could not leave until he had satisfaction from her. She called him barbarian, called him oaf, called him her enemy. Yet when he took her in his hard-muscled arms, her body trembled with excitement. But would the fire flaring between them conquer him or her? Was the passion that burned in their souls born of hatred, or of love?
THE HOLDING Medieval 3/2001 ISBN: 0-8439-4858-2 Medieval It was done. She was his wife. Wife of a knight so silent and stealthy, they called him "The Fog." Everything Lady Cathryn of Greneforde owned -- castle, lands and people -- was now safe in his hands. But there was one barrier yet to be breached...There was a secret at Greneforde Castle, a secret embodied in its seemingly obedient mistress and silent servants. Betrayal, William feared, awaited him on his wedding night. But he had vowed to take possession of the holding his king had granted him. To do so he must know his wife completely, take her in the most elemental and intimate holding of all.
THE MARRIAGE BED 11/2002 ISBN: 0843949333 Medieval. It starts with a kiss, an explosion of longing that cannot be contained. He is a young knight bent on winning his spurs; she is a maiden promised to another man; theirs is a love that can never be. But a year's passing and a strange destiny brings them together again. Now he is a monk desperately fleeing temptation, and she is the lady of Dornei, a woman grown, yearning to fulfill the forbidden fantasies of girlhood. They are a couple with nothing in common but a wedding night neither will ever forget. Eager virgin and unwilling bridegroom, yielding softness and driving strength, somehow they must become one soul, one purpose, one body within the marriage bed.
THE WILLING WIFE 10/202 ISBN: 0843951117 Medieval. It starts with a kiss, an explosion of longing that cannot be contained. He is a young knight bent on winning his spurs; she is a maiden promised to another man; theirs is a love that can never be. But a year's passing and a strange destiny brings them together again. Now he is a monk desperately fleeing temptation, and she is the lady of Dornei, a woman grown, yearning to fulfill the forbidden fantasies of girlhood. They are a couple with nothing in common but a wedding night neither will ever forget. Eager virgin and unwilling bridegroom, yielding softness and driving strength, somehow they must become one soul, one purpose, one body within the marriage bed.
Elizabeth Daish
A ROSE CALLED MIDNIGHT 1/2003 ISBN: 0727859129 Regency. Charmian finds her father, Lord Altone, murdered. Rather than leave Hornbeam Manor and its estate to Charmian’s manipulative step-mother, Lord Altone had made his daughter his heir. She is now susceptible to the machinations of villains with their eyes not only on her creamy bosom but also on her fortune
Jacquie D'Alessandro
THE BRIDE THIEF 4/2002 ISBN: 0440237122 At six-and-twenty, Samantha Briggeham knew her marital prospects were fading by the season and she was pleased by the thought. She had no intention of being betrothed--especially against her will--to a man she did not love. She had a plan...and it didn't include being swept into a pair of powerful arms and spirited away by a masked rider. News of Sammie's heroic rescue from undesired wedlock turned her into the toast of the ton, wooed by suitors far and wide. But she couldn't forget the swashbuckling brigand who'd abducted her--something about him intrigued her completely. Then she met Eric Landsdowne, the dashing and seductive Earl of Wesley. His exploits were legendary, his life filled with danger. He was the elusive Bride Thief, who had his own reasons for helping young women escape the unhappy fate of arranged marriages, and whose true identity was a scrupulously guarded secret. But from the moment he rescued Sammie--only to discover she'd already managed to get herself un-betrothed--Eric knew he couldn't lose her a second time. Marriage was out of the question. Which left only one option: A clandestine affair that might lead to scandal, social ruin, and the unmasking of a love-bested legend...
RED ROSES MEAN LOVE 9/1999 ISBN: 0440235537. Regency. She dreamed of roses Orphaned and abandoned by her fiancé, Hayley Albright is determined to care for her younger siblings even if it means having to give up her own dreams. She doesn't expect to ever find love or get married...until one moonlit night when she saves the life of a mysterious stranger. ....And he wants only to make her dreams come true Lord Stephen Barrett woke up gazing at the face of an angel. He was alive. And safe, for now, from the killer stalking his every move. Allowing Hayley to believe he is just a tutor of modest means, Stephen stays on for reasons of his own, never anticipating the passions Hayley would stir in his cold, wary heart. Her innocence is pure seduction. Her touch is sweet temptation. And suddenly the man who has everything is willing to risk it all--for a woman who has nothing to give...but all her heart....
WHIRLWIND WEDDING 10/2000 ISBN: 0440235510. Regency. Austin Randolph Jamison, Ninth duke of Bradford, met the uncanny beauty at the ball at Bradford Hall. And from that first moment, he was stunned. How could this unsophisticated female, who climbed a tree in a ball gown to rescue a kitten, know secrets that could ruin his family, and speak of danger that threatened them all? Who was she, this American bluestocking who knew too much, whose innocence shone in her eyes even as her full lips tempted sin? Suddenly the duke knew he could not afford to let her go.... Some called it a gift. To Elizabeth Matthews, however, her visions were a responsibility that bound her to protect others from danger, no matter that the gossipmongers whispered she was chasing the duke to the alter. She vowed to use her powers to protect Austin at any cost, reckless of the passions that drove her into his arms., the need that made her his bride, never expecting marriage to turn into a love match that would become the ton's most delicious scandal....
Pamela D'Arcy
HERITAGE OF THE HEART 6/1980 ISBN:0515051993 Georgian. Could she stoop to conquer a haughty lord—and keep her heart her own? Among the charmed Ten-Thousand, no one would dispute that Hendon Hall was a plum of a place. And no one could fathom why the new master, Lord Fleetwood, intended to have it razed. Least of all, Miss Melesse Brandon...
THE HIRED HEART 5/1978 ISBN:0425037681
Emily Dalton
A COUNTRY CHIT 8/1990 ISBN: 0373311311 Regency. The battle of the century concluded on the field of love... 'Kitty' Whitchurch was the epitome of a high-spirited young filly whose energy and independence constantly provoked the upper ten thousand. Despite her extreme reluctance, Kitty had decided the time had come for the dreaded step of marriage. Her impoverished situation demanded it - she deplored the very idea. Nevertheless, with her resourceful wit and all the determination at her disposal, she engaged to find herself a husband. Lord Nathan Hatherleigh, with his wicked ways and provoking manner, became the fly in Kitty's ointment. When he calmly suggested that she could no more land a husband than a fish, she promptly took up the challenge with excess enthusiasm. She was more determined that ever. Little did she know that Lord Hather was just as determined to succeed in keeping her singularly unattached!
Megan Daniel
THE AMERICAN BRIDE 9/1983 ISBN: 0451124812 Regency. It was on a storm-tossed Atlantic crossing that young American Abigail Dawson found herself clinging for more than life to Charles Lydiard, the handsome Englishman supposedly tutoring her in proper behavior. Only with the greatest difficulty did Abigail manage to suppress the decidedly improper impulses he aroused. But an even harder test awaited Abigail in London in the elegant person of Lord Reginald Longford. She was due to marry Longford in a union of her fortune with his title, and he clearly wished to seal their bargain with more than a kiss. Abigail was not used to English ways, Regency wiles, and the manners and morals of rakish lords. All she had was her frontier spirit to guide her in a world where faithlessness was all the fashion and marriage could be a mockery of love.
Marjorie Daniels
THROUGH SERENA'S EYES 8/2000 ISBN: 1584955031 Regency. Beautiful, willful Serena has battles all her life to overcome the twin handicaps of a lame foot and a withered hand. She's devastated when handsome Lord Clairmont scorns her and marries a woman who's perfect in every detail. When Clairmont returns from Waterloo, crippled and scarred, his appearance revolts his wife, who rejects him. It's Serena who challenges and goads him to break free of his self pity, conquer his handicaps and regain his zest for life. But Clairmont's jealous cousin, cheated of his chance to inherit the family estate, plots to prevent Clairmont's recovery. He blackmails the estranged wife, who's hiding her own dark secret, into assisting his deadly plan. Serena's quick wits and Clairmont's courage ignites to a passion that consumes them both.
Lee Ann Dansby
FOREVER, MY KNIGHT 12/1995 ISBN: 1573430072 Medieval. It is 1067 and Cameron d'Aberon, a Norman knight in service to William, came to England's shores for one purpose only--to conquer. This fierce Medieval knight conquers not only a fortress but the heart of the strong-willed Lady Kaela of Chaldron. At first she dislikes him almost as much as her evil and lustful Saxon cousin, Broderick. But, as the King's ward, she soon finds herself married to the Norman. Cameron's wounded heart does not want her love and his greatest fear is to feel love. Yet he would enter the fires of hell to keep Kaela by his side. And, when Kaela's life is threatened, Cameron realizes he just might have to.
Rebecca Danton
AMETHYST LOVE 11/1977 ISBN:0449234002 Regency. "I promised solemnly that I would take care of you, Valerie," Malcolm said. "Promised! And I'm not old enough to be your father. And I can't look after a young lady like you unless I marry. So it's got to be marriage, Valerie." Valerie could hardly refuse him. Life with Malcolm had to be better than being a governess. He was dashing, charming and, most of all, convincing. But it didn't take long for Valerie to discover her new husband was a rake and a gambler. He was also unfaithful. Valerie knew it was only a matter of time before she'd lose him. And though she was sure she hated him, she began to wonder if she could live without him...
THE RUBY HEART 11/1980 ISBN:0449501124 Regency. Lovely Lesley Dalrymple had quite convinced herself that she detested all men. It was not that she lacked for suitors, but she was sure most were after her vast fortune. When she discovered to her horror that her nephew and godchild was being abused by a greedy relative, she was determined to take action! But the only solution was for her to get married and legally rescue the poor lad..
Clare Darcy
ALLEGRA 1974 ISBN: 0451078519 Regency. All society was scandalized by the shocking behavior of Miss Allegra Herington. It was common knowledge that her distant cousin, wealthy, handsome, impeccably groomed Sir Derek Herington, had offered this virtually impoverished young lady his much-sought-after hand in marriage - and Allegra refused! But still more unlikely events soon followed. Who but an obviously mad girl would desert the delights of Regency London for the dangers and intrigues of Brussels on the eve of Waterloo? Who but Allegra would shamefully neglect her own interests while arranging a most splendid match for her younger sister? And who but the captivating Allegra would once again find herself in the arms of Sir Derek - as pride warred with passion, and true love chose a most unlikely route of conquest...
CECILY 1972 ISBN: 080270381X Regency. Proper young ladies did not go on the stage. Cecily did. In society's eyes, she was damned to eternal disgrace. And in the eyes of Robert Ranleigh, Regency London's reigning gallant, Cecily was quite beneath notice and beyond contempt... until Cecily, with maddening impertinence and startling success, began trading life on the wicked stage for love in the highest circles...
GEORGINA 1971 ISBN: 155817379X Regency. When Georgina refuses the hand of the eligible but tediously dull Mr. Smallwoods, her grandmother packs her off to Ireland in disgrace. The first person she meets there is Mr. Shannon, who had eloped with Georgina's cousin, and now owns the family estates. Mr. Shannon is wild and rakish, and his wife's early death is still the subject of speculation among the County families; certainly he is the last person who should b permitted to pay his addresses for the second time to an heiress. But Georgina's charm and high spirits soon prove a match for all the family and the local gentry -- and even the scandalous Mr. Shannon himself.
LYDIA 1973 ISBN: 45176059 Regency. A most shocking young lady... Who but a young lady from America would dare arrive in Regency London at the height of the season - and promptly announce her express intention of marrying wealth and position? Who but this outrageous beauty could keep two of the most eligible bachelors in the realm on tenterhooks, while defying the wishes of the arrogant, incomparably attractive, immensely rich Lord Northover himself? Who is quite the most captivating heroine of this or any other season? Who else, but - Lydia...
Victoria Dark
SNOWFLAKES AND KISSES short story in SNOW ANGELS 11/1999 Regency
Betty Davidson
HEART OF A WARRIOR 7/01 ISBN: 0515131016 Medieval...David D’Aubere, Earl of Lynchburg, is Earl in title alone. His lands were taken during the War of the Roses. Allying himself with the Lancastrians he swears his allegiance to Henry VI, who promises the heiress daughter of the Earl of Cornwich to the Earl in return. But upon David's arrival at his new estate, he meets a Yorkist spy...Riley Snowden has sworn to kill the entire Cornwich clan, something the Earl cannot allow. But neither can he sentence this fierce, ravishing beauty that he finds himself falling in love with, to her death.
Davidson-DesJardien-Holden-Linton
AN EVENING AT ALMACK'S 9/1997 ISBN: 0821757571 Regency. Four acclaimed Regency romance authors give us a personal invitation to Almack's. In Donna Davidson's 'Katie and the Captain,' a hoydenish beauty decides to take the wind of the sails of a haughty but irresistibly handsome sea captain. Teresa DesJardien's 'Scandalous' lady just might get a reluctant bachelor to the altar with a clever but shocking scheme. Isobel Linton's 'A Last Waltz' could mean a misstep at Almack's and the social ruin of a vicar's beautiful daughter. And Alice Holden's 'Lady of Intrigue' sends a former Bow Street Runner on the intrigue-laden trail of pilfered jewels - until he finds a lasting treasure in a lady he's determined to woo and win.
Donna Davidson
ELIZABETH'S GIFT 4/1994 ISBN: 0451180089 Regency. Miss Elizabeth Wydner knew her own mind--and what she knew about her mind was remarkable. For Elizabeth had the power to read the thoughts of others, no matter how they masked them. She saw into the future as well, spotting lurking dangers and hidden snares. Elizabeth felt herself immune to falsehood and safe from surprise--until she met Nathan, Lord Hawksley...
LORD KINGSFORD'S QUEST 3/1995 ISBN: 0451180070 Regency. Taryn Burnham had been little more than a child when she fell in love with her distant cousin Woolfe despite the warnings of her guardians. Then Woolfe vanished from her life, fleeing punishment for an angry act of violence. When he returned, Taryn had become a beautiful young woman who was about to inherit a vast fortune and wed a man who had been carefully selected to be her proper mate. There certainly was no room in her perfectly planned life for a handsome, reckless, ruthless adventurer who would stop at nothing to get the money he needed and the woman he wanted. But there was no denying the danger not only of Woolf's desire but of her own, as Taryn found there was room in her heart for him-as well as in her arms.
LORD LANGCLIFFE'S LADY 5/1998 ISBN: 0821759035 Regency. Cambria Thorne was at sixes and sevens. Her latest suitor, the village vicar, had mysteriously left for a posting in India. And Cambria had to be married soon or forfeit the Thorne estates to the hated Langcliffes. The families' feud began centuries before when the first Thorne woman was seduced by a Langcliffe lord. Worse, an indefinable attraction had made history repeat itself, again and again-a fate Cambria vowed would never be hers. Obtaining the Thorne land was Lord Riordan Langcliffe's-the town's most heartless businessman-fondest wish. He schemed, he plotted, and then he met Cambria. With one look, he was lost; with one sign, he was desperate; with one flash of insight, he decided to drive away every suitor from her door...until he was the only match she would ever consider. In truth, Cambria thought him a dashing rogue, but knew if she didn't resist him she would lose everything-including her heart...
Megan Davidson
ROAD TO THE ISLE 5/1995 ISBN: 0786001313 Georgian. It's Scotland, 1715. Widowed and desperate, Abby Fields is facing her first night in a house of ill repute...when a man suddenly appears in her room. He is Claum Og MacDonald, a soldier who needs her help in escaping the English army that's after him. Abby agrees, but only if he'll take her with him.
Sandra Davidson
THE ENCHANTING 10/1997 ISBN: 0821757628 Medieval. No man can resist her bewitching spell. But Lady Raena Caldwell has been raised among people who would never accept her special gifts. Taught to hide her sensual powers, she is suddenly called upon to captivate and wed Sir Valor Godwin in order to fulfill her father's dying wish, One look at the violet-eyed enchantress, and Valor knows he is lost. But he wants to bed the exquisite Raena, not wed her...Yet the stalwart knight must yield-or lose the enchanting woman who drives him mad with desire. No sooner are they wed, when Raena vows to release her reluctant groom from her spell. She is too proud to keep him against her will. If Sir Valor returns, it must only be for a love he can no longer deny...the love that can set them both free...
ROSEFIRE 6/1992 -ISBN: 0821737856 Renaissance. Disguised as a boy at her adoptive parents' behest, Arianne works as a falconer's apprentice, never guessing that she is actually the daughter of the imprisoned monarch, Mary Queen of Scots.
Juliana Davison
COUNTESS BY CONTRACT 8/1981 ISBN:044694789X Regency. His first wife had been a beauty! She still dominated the home of the Earl of Cumberland. Her turquoise eyes shone from the portrait in the entrance foyer and from the faces of the children she left behind when she died after so brief a life. Could Felicity become mistress of that home, win the love of those small children and give their father cause to love again? She had his name and his trust, but she wanted his heart. She wanted to be more than a Countess By Contract.
Geralyn Dawson
THE BAD LUCK WEDDING NIGHT 4/2001 ISBN: 0671034499 Victorian. Every woman remembers her wedding night, even if she wishes she didn't. Sarah, Lady Weston, tries not to recall how her husband wooed, wed, and deserted her in the name of duty almost a decade ago. She is successful and content in her role of professional wedding designer, but for all her attention to detail, she neglected one important item. Sarah never had her marriage annulled. Isn't it just her bad luck that Nick now finds himself in need of a wife? No man would ever forget a wedding night like the one Nicholas, Lord Weston, endured. But his years as a spy in service to the Crown have taught him the virtue of patience, among other things. Now back in Britain, his sisters' weddings on the horizon, and haunted by a woman he never truly left behind, he is ready to tackle the most dangerous and daunting task of all - seducing his skeptical bride.
SIMMER ALL NIGHT 12/1999 ISBN: 0671034103 Victorian. A chili queen in England... Independent daughter of socially prominent Texans, Christina Delaney stirs up scandal along with her spicy Texas Red when she's crowned Chili Queen of San Antonio. Her family reacts to this culinary coronation by packing her off to live with her grandfather on his English estate, hoping to transform Chrissy from Chili Queen to countess. Never mind the fact that what she longs for is a modest home and loving family deep in the heart of Texas. A Texan with a craving... Born British but reared Texan, Cole Morgan would do anything for the Delaney family, even escort the incorrigible Christina to England. Besides, he has his own agenda abroad: to locate the missing copy of the Republic of Texas' Declaration of Independence. But when a viscount offers Christina marriage, Cole is forced to see that the girt he grew tip with is now a woman whose fiery passion - and love - he craves. So he sets out to win her, and in the process proves that only he can make the Chili Queen......Simmer All Night.
Katherine Deauxville
THE AMETHYST CROWN 5/1994 ISBN: 0821745557 Medieval. She is Constance, England's richest heiress. A radiant, silver-eyed beauty, she is a player in the ruthless power games of King Henry I. Now, a desperate gambit takes her back to Wales where she falls prey to a ragged prisoner who escapes his chains, enters her bedchamber...and enslaves her with his touch. He is a bronzed, blond Adonis whose dangerous past has forced him to wander Britain in disguise. He will escape an enemy's shackles - only to discover a woman whose kisses fire his tormented soul. His birthright is a secret, but this wild, burning love is his destiny....
THE CRYSTAL HEART 8/1995 ISBN: 0821749285 Medieval. It was a time of pomp and pageantry, illicit desire...and secret love... Emmeline gave herself to a sensual stranger in a night aglow with candlelight and mystery. Then she sent him away. Wed by arrangement, Emmeline desperately needed to provide her aged husband with an heir. But her lover awakened a passion she kept secret in her heart...until he returned and rocked her world with his demands and his desire. Niall fitzJulien had been a wild, hellraising knight when he entered a lady's bedchamber for a secret rendezvous that left him with burning dreams he couldn't forget. Now, ten years later, King Henry II has awarded him an impoverished earldom on the war-torn Welsh border. Waiting there is his destiny: the exquisite widow who possesses the riches he needs, the son he yearns for...and the passion he hungers to reclaim. But only with love can he win...The Crystal Heart..
ENRAPTURED 6/1999 ISBN: 0843945400 Regency. The twelfth duke of Westermere was enjoying a peaceful drive, until an Amazonian beauty with disheveled golden-brown curls tossed herself into his coach. That alone would not have flummoxed Sacheverel deVries, but when the strange woman in the threadbare cloak babbled about equal rights and social justice, ripped open her dress, and claimed he had attempted to ravish her, there was only one thing he could do. Suddenly betrothed, Marigold Fenwick began to regret her impulsive actions. At least she was able to put her education to use and aid the eager young criminologist with his research. But while her mind was occupied with Westermere's intellectual pursuits, her body succumbed to his more sensual experiments. And when Marigold Fenwick began to regret her impulsive actions. At least she was able to put her education to use and aid the eager young criminologist with his research. But while her mind was occupied with Westermere's intellectual pursuits, her body succumbed to his more sensual experiments. And when Marigold sought to seduce the esteemed duke into an enlightened social consciousness, she hardly knew what she was getting into, for the aftermath would leave her thoroughly....Enraptured.
Celeste DeBlasis
WILD SWAN 7/1985 ISBN:0553249371 Regency. The story of a woman's life and the generations of two families interwoven by fortune and fate; a novel that spans continents and generations to tell the epic story of one passionate woman, and the many faces of love.
Patricia DeGroot
PROMISE FOREVER 11/1998 ISBN: 0821761714 Victorian. Although Jade Kendell was desperate to escape her stepfather's rundown tavern to make a life for herself and her sister in London, she was not desperate enough to steal. But when Karr Alexander arrived looking for his brother, he discovered a pouch full of Alexander jewels in her bedchamber. Taken as his unwilling hostage, Jade resolved to prove her innocence--and vowed to escape the darkly handsome duke who threatened to steal her heart...For Karr, his younger brother's disappearance was simply another indication that he had neglected family duty for too long. Determined to set right whatever scrape Thane had stumbled into, Karr dragged the captivating Jade into the search--and found himself torn between his desire for her and the ducal obligations that stood in the way of their love...
Claire Delacroix
THE HEIRESS 9/1999 ISBN: 0440225892 Medieval. No woman can resist the charms of Rowan de Montvieux. But the dashing rogue is in no hurry to marry - until his family dares him to find a bride ...or risk losing his inheritance. So Rowan sets out on a Bride Quest vowing to wed only. But his journey is interrupted when a slave merchant offers to sell him a ragged peasant girl who carries herself like a queen. Intrigued and never imagining she is the sought-after Bronwyn of Ballyroyal, an heiress in disguise, Rowan buys her, offering her his protection if she will lead him to the bride he seeks. Never has he met a woman so proud, so beautiful, so defiant. He suspects she is no commoner and vows to uncover her secrets and melt her fiery resolve. But the perilous voyage to Ireland kindles passions that risk both their lives, as the slave girl who would not be mastered slowly takes possession of his wary heart...
MY LADY'S CHAMPION 7/1996 ISBN: 037328926X Medieval. She swore never to welcome him to her bed. Yet when Melissande d'Annossy looked upon the rugged face and form of the knight she'd been forced to marry, her resolve melted.For Quinn de Sayerne stirred her in the most unexpected ways,and therein lay the danger -for succumbing to desire meant losing everything she held so dear!
THE TEMPTRESS 12/2001 ISBN: 0440236401 Medieval. "I will not wed a man who thinks to own me." Furthermore, Esmeraude of Ceinn-beithe declares that she will alone will name the winner of her heart. To the knights gallant who ride from afar to do her bidding, she issues her own challenge: a riddle that is both quest and test. And then she flees, daring her suitors to follow. Thus begins the Bride Quest of Bayard of Villonne, to capture the hand of a woman he has never seen...Newly returned from the Crusades, Bayard has tried to warn his family of a pending attack upon the family estate. When they pay no heed to the knight known for his rebelliousness, he swears to gain possession of the holding himself and protect them from their own folly... even if the price is a marriage of convenience. It seems a simple matter to win the hand of a rural maid in a barbarian contest - until the chase begins. Esmeraude's challenge makes her far more intriguing than Bayard has dared to hope. He knows his legendary good luck has held when he rescues his own damsel in disguise and she offers her innocence as his prize. But not even a passion that sears both their souls can win this demoiselle's hand. For Esmeraude will settle for nothing less than total surrender of the crusader's worn and wary heart... a treasure which Bayard is determined to keep shielded forever.
Diana Delmore
CHANCE ENCOUNTER 9/1991 ISBN: 1557735859 Regency. An arranged marriage...and a runaway heart... Sybilla's guardian uncle had the marriage all planned out for her - but Sybilla had plans of her own. Hungry for freedom and adventure, she set off for London, a young lady on her own...but disguised as a boy to avoid unnecessary complications. Complications, indeed! Fainting in the streets, Sybilla was rescued by the dashing Joshua Waring - who was so amused by the girl's charade that he introduced her to London society as his new young protege! Then Joshua's neglected fiancee came to town... Now Sybilla must surrender her boyish disguise - and unmask the true and tender feelings in her heart.
Edith dePaul
THE VISCOUNT'S WITCH 8/1981 ISBN: 0440193214 Regency. A young woman healer, disguised as a male, is hired by a viscount to groom his injured horse, then as his personal page.
Dah-DeP DesJ-Dev Dic-Dor Dou-Dur
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