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Mary Ann Gibbs
RENEGADE GIRL 8/1981 ISBN: 0449501981 Victorian
A YOUNG LADY OF FASHION 1/1978 ISBN:0449238431 Regency. Aged 18, Lucinda Crayne is charming, elegant and mischievous; a very different creature from the gawky schoolgirl whom Edward Chevening had met some years earlier. When, in the spring of 1821, Lucinda visits the Chevening family, she finds that it is Edward's madcap brother Vincent who is the darling of society. To her surprise, Lucinda finds herself seeking the company and approval of the serious Edward, and when circumstances change rapidly in an atmosphere of suspicion and mystery, Edward rises to the occasion.
Nancy Gideon
MIDNIGHT KISS 5/1994 ISBN: 0786000201 Regency. White Roses...They were a gift from her handsome new suitor. After a wretched Season in London, Arabella Howland was ripe for a real romance. But she soon discovered that the Marquis Louis Radman was no ordinary bachelor . . .Scarlet Secrets....A mysterious blood malady had brought Louis to Arabella's father. The celebrated Dr. Howland was his last hope--the only man alive who could break the spell that had tormented the nobleman for the past three centuries. . . .Dark Desires....But Arabella saw only a man--a tender, irresistibly seductive stranger whose burning touch sent her own blood racing. Yet even as she donned a wedding dress and vowed to love Louis forever, the past was reaching out to claim him, calling him back to a place of eternal lust and longing--and forcing Arabella to choose between her sunlit world and the dark ecstasy of a . . . Midnight Kiss.
Girard-Lansdowne-Quinto
A VALENTINE BOUQUET 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755773 Regency. Features "Cupid's Legacy" by Paula Tanner Girard; "The Valentine Victorious" by Judith A. Lansdowne; and "The Valentine's Day Husband" by Carol Quinto.
Paula Tanner Girard
CUPID'S LEGACY short story in A VALENTINE BOUQUET 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755773 Regency. The inheritance of a London townhouse gives spinster Delphinia Penn a fresh beginning and a new neighbor, Gregory Finch, a nobleman she mistakes for a handyman. Gregory doesn't care for domineering women, but he can't get this lovely lady out of his mind - or heart - as Cupid plays a role at the ton's most famous Valentine's Day Ball....
A FATHER FOR CHRISTMAS 12/1996 ISBN: 0821755242 Regency. Widowed Lady Millicent Copley rejoiced at the invitation for the Copleys in Devonshire: Christmas at their magnificent castle on the faraway moors. A visit to the remote estate was sure to distract her mischievous six-year-old son, Rupert, from an impossible yuletide wish. But how to get to Devonshire? The distance was great, the roads were snowy, and a highwayman was kidnapping noblemen for ransom. The a fellow guest, the Marquis of Wetherby, offered Millicent his coach and company. One of the most sought-after bachelors in London, the rakish Wetherby thought Millicent a perfect...mouse. Millicent thought him a handsome...gadabout. And Master Rupert thought the Marquis the answer to his prayers. Now this determined young boy was about to put into action an outrageous scheme to help him get his wish: a new father just in time for Christmas!
A HUSBAND FOR CHRISTMAS 12/1997 ISBN: 0821758144.Regency. Not A Waif, A Bandit, And An Abduction! Lady Caroline Cavendish is the ton's Incomparable-the greatest beauty of the Season, even if she is a charming schemer, and an irrepressible flirt. Alas, note of her shenanigans has gotten her the perfect beau for Christmas. Instead, she's been given a babe! Someone has left a darling baby girl named "Poppy" in her carriage, and Lady Caroline is enchanted. But fate soon puts them both in the clutches of the infamous Bandit King, a dashing kidnapper who wanted a young fop to hold for ransom, and instead got two exasperating hostages. If anyone can reform him, it's Lady Caroline; if anyone can capture her heart, it's this remarkable rogue. And with a little child to guide them, they may find what everyone needs for Christmas-the incomparable gift of love.
LADY EMELIA'S CHRISTMAS PARTY 12/1998 short story in UNDERNEATH THE MISTLETOE 12/1998 ISBN: 082176070X Regency. A raging snowstorm strands five strangers at Badger hall, where an eccentric old housekeeper playing the grande dame entwines the hearts of two reluctant lovers.
THE RELUCTANT GROOM 8/1999 ISBN: 0821762907 Regency. When William and Edward Hatcher learn their family manor has been left to a distant American cousin, Miss Calamatta McGannon, the brothers resolve to regain their rightful inheritance. Younger brother Edward-immediately dispatched to the wilds of Kentucky-is to marry the young lady as his brother's proxy and bring her home unsullied. So when a tall frontiers woman insists on kissing him-for practice-the warmth of Edward's response is tempered only when he learns she is Calamatta. To Calamatta, a whirlwind courtship and marriage to the handsome Englishman who shared a passionate kiss with her was as romantic as the novels she loved to read. But when she learned she had actually become his brother's bride, she dutifully attempted to transfer her affections to her new husband. Once in England though, Calamatta discovered how difficult it was to love William. Edward was kinder, more attentive-all a blushing bride could wish for in her groom. Now, instead of furthering her matrimonial education with husband William, the headstrong Mrs. Hatcher was determined to continue practicing her kissing with Edward!
THE SEVENTH SISTER 8/2000 ISBN: 0821766722 Regency. The youngest so seven girls, all of whom need to be wed, red-haired, freckle-faced Lady Margaret can’t be proper. Her sisters shop, primp, and search for husbands. But Maggie studies, dreams, and hunts for butterflies beetles, and six legged beasts! Her interests in entomology are sure to put her elder brother can convince an old friend to help. Captain Bixworth Hawksby is aghast. The proud beau of the lovely actress called Miss Diving, he is suddenly obliged to escort a chit who loves…bugs! He isn’t prepared for wriggly creatures in his pockets--of for Maggie´s charms. Her figure is heavenly. Her eyes are sparkling. And Miss Divine is jealous! Soon intrigue and trouble are brewing, and Maggie is planning a shocking act...one that may land a gentleman in her net, or in her arms...
THE SISTER SEASON 10/1998 ISBN: 0821760084 Regency. With his inheritance conditional on bringing out eight sisters, some of whom he's never seen before, Captain Daniel Durham faces an enormous task— sponsor eight young women for their first London season! Fortunately, many of his fellow officers, recently cashiered from Wellington's army, are in search of wives. All Daniel needs is a battle plan, and his campaign can begin. Yet the last thing Daniel expects is an ambush from Cupid! When he meets his "sister" Winifred, who is rumored not to be a relation at all, an arrow strikes, and Daniel is nigh well slain from wanting such eyes, such lips, such kisses! Unlike Daniel's other sisters, Winifred is not a twin, and she does not seem to resemble any of her kin. Daniel is determined to discover what secrets the pretty miss possesses. Will the truth prove they are equals in birth as well as wit, and matched in class as well as desire? Now, only fate can tell the fortune of these two daring hearts.
Kathleen Givens
KILGANNON 11/1999 Renaissance. Mary Lowell wasn't interested in marriage despite her aunt's determination to find her a husband by the end of the London Season. Then Alex MacGannon, Earl of Kilgannon, strode into the ballroom and commanded her heart. They called him a barbarian, a rough-hewn Scot--chieftain of the clan MacGannon. They said no woman could hold him, as he set sail on the high seas. But Alex returned to claim Mary Lowell as his own, to carry her off to Scotland, to his magnificent ancestral castle, Kilgannon. And as the Highlands are torn by rebellion, Mary will find passion--and danger--in the rugged land she would now call home.
Constance Gluyas
BORN TO BE KING 1974 ISBN: 0515042978 Renaissance. Liz Drummond was a pale and slender Scottish beauty - and the proud possessor of an indomitable, fiery spirit. Cunningly, she disguised herself in her brother's clothes to join the adored Bonnie Prince Charlie in his glorious campaign to reclaim the throne of England. Then she met Kit Moncrieff, a roguish soldier of fortune and the Prince's most trusted advisor - a man as compelling and perhaps as treacherous as the devil himself. Soon an unlikely and storm-tossed passion grew between them, in spite of what they pretended to be.
Parke Godwin
FIRELORD 10/1980 ISBN: 038517070X Celtic and Medieval. King Arthur, not as he might have been, but as he was -a real man of bone and blood, fire and dreams. Mighty warrior and passionate lover, great hero of the most magnificent saga of our age. All the enchantment of legend and powerful sweep of history are here--the bloody battles, the savagery and treachery of a nation forged of the crumbling ruins of empire. And stirring romance with the women who loved him and betrayed him: Guenevere the Queen, great love of his life who shared his triumphs and his tragedy. Morgana, lusty, earthy ruler of the Prydn, the Faerie-folk, taught him a simpler way of life close to the earth and the ancient gods, and gave him his war name, Belrtx Firelord.
Jo Goodman
CRYSTAL PASSION 8/1985 Georgian and American Revolution. Ashley Lynne had never expected kindness from her guardian, the cruel Duke of Linfield. But to be betrothed by him to an aging peer she hardly knew was unthinkable. Even worse was the cost of her resistance, for Ashley awoke from a drugged sleep to find herself in the bedchamber of a dark-haired, steel-eyed stranger. Sent to England on business, Captain Salem McClellan assumed the lovely young woman curled in his bed was only an evening's entertainment supplied by the Duke of Linfield. Ashley's terrified protests were proof of her innocence - and a powerful inspiration to rescue the young beauty from her guardian's clutches. From the gloomy docks of London to the lush green hills of Virginia, Salem and Ashley embark on a journey that plunges them into scandalous family secrets, and into the danger of the American Revolution. Together, they will fight for America's freedom, and the promise of being wrapped in each other's arms...forever.
MY RECKLESS HEART 2/1998 ISBN: 0821758438 Victorian. Decker Thorne's carefree ways have done little to impress his employer, Jonna Remington, the poised and unflappable owner of Remington Shipping. But when he captains her best ship on a record-breaking voyage and saves her life in the same day, their destinies are breathlessly intertwined. No man has ever made the violet-eyed beauty feel desired for anything other than her money or power. No man ever made her want to be kissed...or loved. And when an unseen enemy lurking in the shadows threatens Jonna's life, Decker will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means abducting her aboard Huntress, the ship she owns but he commands. Now, swept into a thrilling high seas adventure and into Decker's strong embrace, Jonna suddenly finds herself surrendering to reckless passion...and dangerously close to losing her heart.
Grace-Lowther-Moore-Mallin
A REGENCY QUARTET 6/1993 ISBN:0373312008 Regency. Anthology featuring Frozen Hearts by Janet Grace, A Singular Elopement by Elizabeth Lowther, Pride House by Gwyneth Moore and The Eccentric Miss Delaney by Gail Mallin.
Janet Grace
FROZEN HEARTS short story in A REGENCY QUARTET 6/1993 ISBN:0373312008 Regency
Susan Grace
ENEMIES OF THE HEART 8/2001. ISBN: 0821768603. Regency. Daughter of an infamous lady sea pirate and a swashbuckling nobleman, Diana Grayson is a free-spirited beauty who happily defies convention. But she never thought she'd find herself running from the law, until an accidental shooting sends her fleeing to her aunt's country estate. There she keeps her identity a secret from horse trainer Jared Devlin, a proud Irishman with a fierce hatred of the English aristocracy…and deep blue eyes that immediately draw her in. A fugitive in his native Ireland, Jared Devlin escaped hanging for a murder he did not commit. Though he believes he has no future to offer the feisty, fearless “Ana”, he cannot resist the pull of the steamy desire they share. Yet their passionate idyll is brief, for their secret pasts are fast closing in, turning lovers into adversaries. Soon danger and misunderstandings threaten to destroy all hope for a future together…unless enemies of the heart can become lovers for eternity.
THE RUNAWAY DUKE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821773739 Regency. Pressured to take a wife, Jonathan Carlisle has retreated to a rural hunting lodge to consider his options--only to be seized by kidnappers. Badly wounded in his escape, he awakens in the home of a country physician and his beautiful daughter Melanie. Uncertain of who his enemies are, Jonathan trusts no one and feigns amnesia, but he cannot deny the tender passion he shares with Melanie. And yet, despite their growing bond, he is unaware that Melanie is burdened by a damning secret, until she confesses the truth: she is wanted for the murder of her husband. Now Jonathan must prove his beloved's innocence by exposing a villain and solving a crime--before they are truly free to share a lifetime of love.
Anne Gracie
GALLANT WAIF 4/2001 Regency ISBN:0373291574 Kate Farleigh was absolutely stunned when her refusal to accept Lady Cahill’s offer of "charity" resulted in her being swept away in her sumptuous carriage. But the real reason behind the older woman’s antics became stunningly clear upon meeting Lady Cahill’s enigmatic grandson, Jack Carstairs. Wounded in the Peninsular War, disowned by his father, and dumped by his fiancée, Jack had shut himself up in his country estate, but Kate had no patience with such behavior. Suddenly, Jack found himself with a purpose, trying to steer clear of Miss Farleigh’s attempts to interfere with his chosen lifestyle. Why, if he wasn’t careful, Kate just might succeed in her attempts to make him want to rejoin the human race!
TALLIE'S KNIGHT 3/2001 ISBN: 0263168794 Regency. Miss Thalia Robinson, a destitute orphan, was fortunate that cousin Laetitia allowed Tallie to look after her adorable three children. Life was bearable because Tallie lost herself in daydreams, but the arrival of a house party to aid Magnus, Earl of D'Arenville, to find a wife, turned her world upside-down. Magnus's cold facade had been pierced by a delightful small girls, and he'd decided he wanted children. For that, he needed a wife. But things didn't go according to plan, for Magnus was so taken with Tallie's loving treatment of the children in her charge he ignored the debutantes and decided she was the one he would marry...
Heather Graham
FAIRY TALE Short story in LOVE'S LEGACY 1/1996 ISBN:084394000X Medieval
Laurie Grant
EMERALD FIRE 11/1990 ISBN: 0445210389 Medieval. An English noblewoman goes on pilgrimage to Walshingham, trying to decide between two very different suitors.
MY LADY MIDNIGHT 11/1996 ISBN: 0373289405 Medieval. Alain, Baron of Hawkswell, knew his children's winsome nursemaid was not all she seemed. Nay, beneath her serf's homespun lay a golden soul whose mysterious allure would change his life forever... Lady Claire de Coverly dared not reveal her Norman identity or her duplicitous mission to the imposing Lord of Hawkswell Castle, for to do so would destroy the joy she found with his children and end the exquisite passion she felt in his arms...!
Tracy Grant
RIGHTFULLY HIS 9/1998 ISBN: 0440225469 Regency. She begged him for help...Francis Storbridge was once her best friend--though he had always wished for more. But Charlotte de Ribard sent him away, accusing him of collaborating in her blackguard father's most terrible crime. Now, years later, Francis is a member of Parliament and Charlotte's only hope to save her family from disgrace. In desperation, she appealed to the man she tried to hate, prepared to risk anything--except her heart and the passion she'd buried so long ago. His price was marriage...To Francis's astonishment, Charlotte said yes--to a marriage of convenience. She would be his wife in name only, mother to his orphaned family. Suddenly everything he had always wanted was within his reach, yet beyond his grasp. Now it was his turn to earn her trust by honoring their bargain, to protect her from her powerful, ruthless father. Only then could he tempt her to the sweetest abandon of all, the kind only love can bring. . . .
Patricia Grasso
COURTING AN ANGEL 12/1995 ISBN: 0440220858 Renaissance. There was a familiar feel in the air. She knew it well. She knew exactly to whom that sensation belonged. But could it be? Could it really be him? He was the one man who set her soul on fire. He was also the husband that had abandoned her ten years earlier. Her name was Rob MacArthur. At the age of eight she married the fifteen-year-old marquess. Their time together was bliss, a fantasy world where true love and pure hearts were all they knew. He was her champion protector, slayer of all her fears and conqueror over all that could harm her until the day she was exiled from all of Scotland for bearing the devil's flower on her hand, a sure sign of witchery. Now he was back. Had her dreams come true years after she'd given up on dreams? The marquess' real name was Gordon Cambell and looking at her he thought his eyes were betraying him. Could this rapturous, voluptuous woman really be the little girl he had left behind? Could their love ever be restored? Would he finally be able to take her back to the highland home where they belong? Not as long as those bent on destroying her still remained. And they are everywhere.
HIGHLAND BELLE 3/1991 Renaissance. There is no other fiery beauty as defiantly lovely and dangerously charming as Brigette Devereaux. No other woman who is so deceivingly angelic possesses the seductive power to make a man's every desire come true. But it doesn't take any man for Brigette to surrender passionately to. She flees her savage Scottish husband to be in the company of the comely adventurous stranger, while Lord Iain MacArthur is determined to recapture the body and heart of his bonnie new bride and return to Dunridge Castle with her forever.
LOVE IN A MIST 12/1994 ISBN: 0440216699 Renaissance. Cast out of Wales at her mother's death, Keely Glendower clung to her magical dragon pendant and her mother's prophetic words as she faced Queen Elizabeth's enemy court. But there was no shield to protect her from the burning gaze of Richard Devereux. England's wealthiest earl vowed to claim her as his bride. Could he, with his emerald eyes and copper hair, be the king to capture her rebellious, pagan heart... She was the only woman ever to refuse him. Richard Devereux was determined to have this druid goddess, bastard child of an English peer, whose untamed raven tresses and flashing violet eyes kindled a passion he had never known before. But the enemies who sought to destroy him now had another target: the beauty who taught him how to love - even as she feared their marriage was a tragic mistake...
MY HEART'S DESIRE 1/1997 ISBN: 0440220866 Renaissance. Blythe hungered for his caresses, knowing only time and sweet seduction would win the hardened heart of Roger Debrett, Earl of Eden, the man she'd married--to save him from hanging for the murder of his first wife. She knew with her druid's instinct that they'd loved each other forever and that they were meant to be together, even when Roger vowed to annul their marriage once he found the real killer. Roger's blazing eyes devoured her, even as he spoke words that hurt. His touch burned even as he denied its power. Now Blythe prepared to conquer her husband--body and soul... Roger Debrett owed her his life. He tried to see her as the sweet child he remembered from long ago, but reality struck--with ebony hair, violet eyes, and a body he was driven to possess. He couldn't afford to love. Yet even as a killer stalked his every move, he was consumed by Blythe, the innocent temptress who stood in harm's way...
NO DECENT GENTLEMAN 3/1999 ISBN: 0440224349 Regency. He was a man no lady would dare to love, but no passionate woman could ever refuse... She was the perfect lady... How could this man, a virtual stranger, have such a profound effect on her? Sabrina Savage had never met Adam St. Aubyn. But when her eyes met his, she felt she'd known him all her life. Adam, Marquess of Stonehurst, was her savior. He helped Sabrina toll the bell for her beloved father, then promised to help her uncover the truth about his untimely death. But at the reading of the will, Sabrina learned that she'd been pledged to Adam since childhood. And he'd come to collect his bride. He dared her to be a woman... Refusing to be any man's prize, Sabrina challenged Adam to release her from their vows if she found a more suitable fiancee among London's ton. But try as she might, Sabrina couldn't resist the subtle seduction of the mysterious nobleman who shielded his secrets as closely as his heart, whose gaze pierced her soul. And nothing could have prepared Adam for Sabrina, whose innocent passions blazed with the same fine, rare fire as her titian hair. . .
TO TAME A DUKE 7/01 0821768719 Regency. She is Lily Hawthorne--the only daughter of a Boston tavern owner, a delicate raven-haired beauty with sapphire eyes and a daring spirit. But as the War of 1812 rages on, few know that she is also The Gilded Lily, Boston's most notorious spy-catcher…a patriotic young woman who daily risks her life to aid her country's cause. He is James Armstrong, the 14th Duke of Kinross--a rakishly handsome British nobleman determined to avenge his older brother's death at the hands of the Americans. He vows he will not rest until he has tracked down the one most responsible. But when James finally corners The Gilded Lily, he receives a huge shock, for his quarry is no rough-hewn soldier but a foolhardy young woman who refuses to be cowed. Now, lovely Lily is his prisoner to do with as he wishes. Yet when James sweeps her off to his gilded English estate, captor and captive alike will find themselves battling a blazing temptation…one that could endanger their lives, even as it joins their warring hearts...
TO TEMPT AN ANGEL 6/2002 ISBN: 0821768727 Regency. She is Angelica Douglas, the Countess of Melrose. Driven to poverty by the men who bankrupted her father, forced to support her family with skillful cheating at cards and dice, she yearns for revenge. And she is not above enlisting the aid of a chivalrous, handsome stranger to get it… He is Robert Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, heir to the Duke of Inverary. Intrigued to learn his own father is one of her intended victims, he decides to keep a careful watch on the enchanting Angelica. His desire for her is a most unwelcome complication, for the tragedies of his first marriage taught him all too well the damage that love--and its lack--can do. But when danger begins to stalk them both, he realizes that the best way to protect the stubbornly independent thief is to marry her. Now all that remains is to tempt an unlikely angel to be his bride…
VIOLETS IN THE SNOW 1/1998 ISBN: 044022408X Regency. He was her guardian, the duke of darkness-and desire. She tried to drive him away from Arden Hall. Instead, Isabelle Montgomery was charmed by the rakehell John Saint Germain, the handsomest--and most dangerous--man she'd ever met. He said she was his ward, and he'd come to sweep her off to London and a proper debut. Isabelle's guardian angel had promised a dark prince would be sent by destiny to save her. But Saint Germain's scorching appraisal suggested she'd need protection from him. No woman could refuse the dashing John Saint Germain, Duke of Avon, arrogant and dark as sin. Saint Germain had known betrayal and vowed no woman would claim his heart again. But he hadn't reckoned on the innocent beauty who slammed the door in his face. Much against his will, he'd agreed to become her guardian, to prepare her for London's marriage market. But now he was determined to claim her as his own, oblivious of the enemies he'd earned pursuing the woman who had become his heart, his soul, his destiny....
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