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Linda Ladd
A LOVE SO FINE 1/1999 ISBN: 0451195094 Georgian. Liberty Remington Thornhill, the daughter of Trinity and William, is twenty-six years old - and a widow. With her mother's spirit of adventure and her father's determination, she has forsaken her powerful family ties in England and built a life for herself in the Untied States. But when her best friend dies under mysterious circumstances, she travels to England to investigate and immediately finds a suspect. The dark and dangerous Julian Rainville, an artist, is one of London's most eligible - and notorious - bachelors. Libby soon discovers that he has as many secrets as he does admirers. And as the truth emerges, so does their passion...and a love so fine it can withstand even the ghosts of the past that threaten to tear them apart...
A LOVE SO SPLENDID 12/1997 ISBN: 0451408284 American Revolution. Trinity Kingston believes in the American Revolution despite its terrible price. Now with her father imprisoned and their magnificent plantation seized by the British, Trinity wants nothing to do with Lord William Remington, the arrogant English aristocrat who is her betrothed. William and Trinity were children when their fathers joined their fortunes by promising them in wedlock. Now with the redcoats occupying Charleston, William comes to claim his family's holdings—and Trinity. Against a world torn by war, they are swept up in a dangerous passion that will challenge their honor, and force them to choose between loyalty and...a love so splendid.
Janis Laden
BEWITCHING MINX 1988 ISBN:0821742337 Regency. When a Marquis discovers that the brazen young lady who resisted his advances is the niece of his family's oldest friend, he finds himself worried about her reputation . . . and his heart.
MOONLIGHT VEIL 8/1991 ISBN:0821734954 Regency. Could this Lady's warm innocence melt a rake's cold heart?
Rosalind Laker
BANNERS OF SILK 1981 ISBN:0451115457 Victorian. Louise Vernet. Raised in the slums of Paris. Coming of age amid the splendor and corruption of the Second Empire. She ruled the world of fashion,clothing the most fabled woman of title and of pleasure in a society where even sin had to have style. She took as her lover a nobleman she could never wed....
CLAUDINE'S DAUGHTER 1978 ISBN:0385147597 Victorian. Lucy Attwood di Castelloni was born in Italy to English parents. A beautiful and independent young widow, she traveled alone to the English seaside resort of Easthampton. As an exotic stranger, she was viewed suspiciously by the Easthampton women, but the town's most eligible bachelors avidly sought her company. Still, no one guessed Lucy's secret. What had drawn the recently widowed foreigner to England? Only Lucy knew that in the misdeed of the past lay the key to her future.
THE JEWELLED PATH 1985 ISBN:0413582302. Edwardian. A romantic novel of the dazzling world of Paris, London, and Monte Carlo, at the turn of the century, the daughter of a London jeweler is intrigued by the Art Nouveau styles of Lalique, Tiffany, and Faberge and becomes a successful jewelry designer in her own right. One man showed her passion -- the other taught her love. There was something besides beauty that set Irene Lindsay apart from all other women. She had an alluring sensuality that seemed to beg a possessive caress. Though Irene never lacked for male attention, she yearned for the perfect romance to quench the fire in her blood. Then she met two very different men -- and each one wanted to make her his own. Ultimately, the spirited young woman had to make a decision -- between the one man who had shown her unparalleled ecstasy and the other who had taught her enchanting love!
Arnette Lamb
THE BETROTHAL 6/1992 ISBN: 0671730029. Georgian. In 1739, Blake Chesterfield stormed into Bath, England's most notorious playground, to claim the most beautiful woman who had ever adorned it. But Marjorie Entwhistle wanted no part of the dark, secretive nobleman...Locked in a contest of wills and bound by a blazing passion, Marjorie sough to discover the dangerous secret that imprisoned Blake's soul... Amidst the splendor and decadence of Bath, Marjorie and Blake wager all their tomorrows to foster a love born against all odds...
THREADS OF DESTINY 8/1990 ISBN:0445210362. Georgian. Lady Suisan Harper couldn't take her eyes off the dangerously attractive Myles Cunningham. But handsome or not, Myles had ruined her family's business and stolen the patterns for their clan tartans--and now Suisan was willing to risk everything, even her honor, to get them back.
Jill Marie Landis
THE ORCHID HUNTER 3/2000 ISBN: 051512768X Victorian. An exotic tale that takes readers from a steamy jungle isle to London's drawing rooms. The irrepressible daughter of an orchid hunter comes to terms with the missing pieces of her past when she meets the twin sister she never knew she had--and the one man who makes love blossom in her eyes....
Allison Lane
THE BELEAGUERED EARL 2/2000 ISBN: 0451199723 Regency. Maxwell Longford resides in London to avoid the overbearing criticisms of his father, who believes his son to be nothing more than a notorious rake. Actually, Maxwell's ambitions lie in agriculture and estate management, but his father would never trust him with such a responsibility. So when he wins Redrock House and its tenant farms while gambling, he seizes the opportunity to make his dreams come true. Hope Ashburton has had her own dreams dashed time and again by the machinations of her cruel uncle. But she is still taken aback when she learns he's gambled away her home to a disreputable earl. However, Longford seems genuinely interested in restoring the ruined estate to productivity. And Hope soon finds her mistrust of men melting away, as her desire for Longford ignites in a passion she has never known before. ..
A BIRD IN HAND 4/1999 ISBN: 0451197909 Regency. A daring young lord, seeing a young woman floundering in an icy river, immediately dives to her rescue. But in saving her life, he almost loses his own! When he comes to, he finds himself alone with the mysterious lady in a small country cottage. And though he had successfully avoided the marriage-minded maidens of the "ton" for years, he felt honor-bound to propose to his beautiful benefactor. After all, they had spent the night alone, and the scandal would be unbearable. But the woman vehemently refuses, and disappears. But the young lord finds himself not so willing to let go of her, and the chase is on.
A CLANDESTINE COURTSHIP 1/1999 ISBN: 0451197445 Regency. After an absence of many years, a strapping young man returns to England to assume the responsibilities of an earldom after the murder of his twin brother. Despite his grief, he succeeds his brother honorably, and vows to bring the killer to justice. The only joy to be had upon his return is the opportunity to see his former love, now a Baron's widow. But the reunion is a cold one, as the lady's feelings toward him are laced with scorn and mistrust, the result of the legacy left by his brother. Despondent and brokenhearted, he nonetheless refuses to deny his overwhelming love for her.
DEVALL'S ANGEL 8/1998 ISBN: 0451195868 Regency. With money scarce, Angela Warren was all too aware that her family could afford just one London Season for her to make a match. A single misstep would destroy her chances; an entanglement with a social outcast like Devall Blackthorn, a reputed scoundrel and womanizer, would be a disaster. Yet from the moment Angela spied Blackthorn giving aid to the poor, she believed the ton had grievously wronged him. His tender, heartfelt kisses soon had her convinced. Then she began to be courted by dashing widower Gabriel Atwater, society's darling and a most magnificent catch. Now, amid balls and routs, Angela was being swept into a dangerous crosscurrent of passion, torn between social acceptance and her heart, and forced to face a shocking truth that could bring her ruin...or a lifetime of glorious love.
DOUBLE DECEIT 10/1999 ISBN: 0451198549 Regency. Aspiring antiquarian Alexandra Vale is more interested in digging up ancient artifacts than she is in landing a husband, but her diabolical father wants her married off-the sooner the better! And when he wins Sir Linden's vast estate in a dice game, he's sure that his troublesome daughter will soon be out of his life for good-with such a hefty dowry, eager suitors will be clamoring for her hand. First in line is Sir Linden's son, Tony, who's hatched a devilish plot to win back his inheritance....Rumor has it that Tony's nothing more than a rascally rabble-rouser, and to protect herself from his notoriously roguish ways, Alex devises a cunning plan of her own. She and Tony both rely on clever accomplices to effect the ultimate deceit-but the two schemers discover that even in the most complex charades, the heart will always find the truth.
THE EARL'S REVENGE 4/1997 ISBN: 0451191234 Regency. She has already fled once from the Earl of Bridgeport--at the altar no less--and now he has found her in the remotest corner of England. She has heard the stories of his increasingly infamous womanizing, but will she be able to yield to his irresistible, seductive wiles, even when the revenge he seeks is so sinfully sweet?
THE IMPOVERISHED VISCOUNT 7/1996 ISBN: 0451186818 Regency. Young and inexperienced Lady Melissa Stapleton was adrift in a world of deception and desire. Lord Heflin, the most rapacious rake in England, had her brother in his debt and Melissa at his mercy. She had to flee his odious advances-only to find herself in greater danger. Lord Charles Rathbone was far more charming and seductive than the horrific Hef1in. Yet Rathbone was as infamous a rake as he was irresistible. Now Rathbone chose Melissa as the woman he wanted-and not merely to satisfy his lust. He needed her to pose as his bride-to- be, and with Helf1in hot on her trail, she had to agree to the monstrous masquerade. She was not only a stranger afraid in this realm of devious deception, but also an imperiled innocent when it came to denying Rathbone his rising desire and masking her own.
LORD AVERY'S LEGACY 2/1998 ISBN: 0451191587 Regency. Penelope Wingrave was extraordinary-from her flaming red hair to her scheme for raising ostriches. Alas, she was also on the shelf, too highborn to marry down, too poor to marry nobility. Her sister, on the other hand, was being courted by the late Lord Avery's haughty son-a matter that worried Penelope mightily. Especially when the speeding curricle driven by another member of that arrogant clan landed her in a ditch. Not only did he blame her for the mishap, he impetuously took her into his arms! New trustee Richard Avery had rushed to rural Devon to keep his cousin from marrying an upstart Wingrave. Instead he collided with fate-in the form of Penelope Wingrave. Soon they were sharing a romance made perilous by a family secret, a lurking stranger, and a rampaging ostrich... and made irresistible by a wondrous love.
THE MARRIAGE STAKES 10/2000 short story in LITTLE MIRACLES 10/2000 ISBN:0451201671 Regency
THE NOTORIOUS WIDOW 11/2000 Regency. When the Earl of Rockhurst agrees to investigate the rumors swirling around a friend's widowed sister, he doesn't realize that she is the same woman he insulted unforgivingly only the day before. Nor does he realize that his friend's real purpose is to match him with a younger sister in desperate need of a husband. Catherine Parrish knows that redeeming her reputation is impossible -- a powerful neighbor is depicting her as the greatest sinner of all time -- but her brother gives her no choice. Somehow she must bare her soul to this intriguing stranger without risking her heart. Sparks fly as they fight to save her family from ruin. Can Rockhurst turn a sinner into a saint?
THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER 11/1996 ISBN: 0451186826 Regency. Amanda Morrison ignited her father's fury when she eloped with dashing Jack Morrison. She dared to follow her gallant husband when he went off to war, and mourned him when he fell at Waterloo. Now the beautiful and impoverished young widow was forced to come home to a different kind of war-with a father who would neither forget nor forgive her defiance. Her father laid down the law with a vengeance. She was to live in seclusion, never to disgrace the family name again. And above an she would keep out of the way of the haughty Duke of Norwood, lest she ruin her stepsister Emily's chances of snaring the catch of the marriage mart. Amanda had no trouble agreeing. She heartily disliked the arrogant duke at first sight. The trouble was, she could not seem to keep her eyes off this infuriating man-and the more she saw of him, the harder it was to fight the battle between her duty as a daughter and her desire as a woman. ...
PROMISES TO KEEP 6/2000 short story in THE GRAND HOTEL 6/2000 ISBN: 0451200365 Regency
SECOND CHANCE 11/1998 short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1998 ISBN: 0451197356 Regency
THE SECOND LADY EMILY 5/1998 ISBN: 0451191868 Regency What an absurd fight of fancy! could a tumble have rendered Cherlynn Cardington unconscious during a visit to Broadbanks Hall, only to awaken in 1812 as Lady Emily Fairchild? Yet right before her stunned eyes stood a handsome man, the living image of a portrait hanging over the downstairs mantel. He was Drew, Sixth Marquess of Broadbanks, and Emily's secret suitor. Cherlynn had read about the Broadbanks family, and the curse that brought tragedy to them for generations. It began after Lady Emily's sudden death for Drew's hasty union with an utterly wicked woman. Now Cherlynn had been sent back in time to stop Drew's wedding and to give Emily and Drew a second chance. But could she be a convincing Regency lady, dancing the intricate steps of social manners, flirtations, and irresistible seductions? Would she feel Drew's burning love for Emily, taste its fire on her lips, only to be parted from him forever?
TOO MANY MATCHMAKERS 10/1998 ISBN: 0451197062 Regency. Lovely, independent widow Diana Reynolds vowed she would never love again-even as she witnessed the matchmaking of London's Season from her salon. Then Nicholas Barrington walked into her parlor, and set long- buried feelings alight. As an innocent girl of seventeen, she'd loved Nicholas-until harsh words tore them apart. Now the handsome man of society-and sworn bachelor- had returned to London to enjoy his comrades' adventures in courtship.. But the amusements of the ton turned serious. Scandal threatened their friends-and forced Nicholas and Diana to free them from a trap of arranged marriages, gossip, and most improper motives of love! But as they struggled to help others find their hearts' desires, Nicholas and Diana discovered that they could not deny their own. ...
THE UNSCRUPULOUS UNCLE 11/1997 ISBN: 0451191595 Regency. Catherine Braxton had adored Damon ever since she was a little girl, and Damon was her older brother's best friend. But that was long ago. Her brother was gone now, slain in war. Catherine herself was an orphan in a household of rapacious relations who had reduced her to shocking servitude. And Damon had become the Earl of Devlin, engaged to the most beautiful belle of the ton. Why then had he come to see her after eight years? Why did he claim he wanted to wed her, when it was clear he passionately loved another? Was Damon paying a secret debt to her brother at cruel cost to himself? Or was he intent on making a fortune by taking Catherine to be his wife? Catherine had to find the answer-even though it might break the heart she had long ago lost to him. ...
Elizabeth Lane
MY LORD SAVAGE 7/01 ISBN: 0373291698 Renaissance. Black Otter, Lenape chieftain, swore he'd return to his children, his land, his life. There was little to value in the white man's realm - except for one regal, openhearted woman of courage. Rowena alone gave him strength and hope - and awakened the possibility of love. Rowena Thornhill knew nothing of passion, her days being filled instead with study and family duty. But when she joined her fate with that of "her" captive, Black Otter, her proper English life became a whirlwind of danger and desire.
Ruth Ryan Langan
BLACKTHORNE (#435) 11/1998 ISBN: 0373290357 Renaissance. A world of darkness and mystery... That was what Olivia St. John discovered when she arrived at Blackthorne to serve as governess. But she was determined to uncover the secrets that haunted the estate of Lord Quenton Stamford, and bring the enigmatic nobleman out of his self-imposed gloom. Quenton Stamford had vowed that he would never trust a woman again. Until Olivia St. John came into his life. Her determination to overcome her own hardships had woken him from a long and lonely nightmare. But could he ever follow her example and learn to live - and love - again?
DECEPTION(#196) 11/1993 ISBN: 0373287968 Renaissance. Shane Driscoll was in desperate need of a woman - though not for the obvious reasons. The dashing lord was actually quiet the ladies' man, but when capricious King Charles decided to marry him off, Shane came up with his own choice: the enchanting Lady Claire... Claire had certainly picked the wrong sheep to fleece this time! Caught red-handed, she had no option but to play her part in the nobleman's bizarre scheme. Yet acting her way through the opulent charade was surprisingly easy compared to hiding her heart from the irresistible Shane.
THE SEA NYMPH(#545) 1/2001 ISBN:0373291450 Renaissance. One stolen kiss, and Bethany Lambert lost her heart to the highwayman known as Lord of the Night. She'd give up everything if she could see past the mask to the dangerous charm that lay underneath.
Emma Lange
THE BEST GIFT OF ALL short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1992 ISBN:0451173414 Regency
CHRISTMAS MAGIC short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS VI 11/1994 ISBN:0451182545 Regency
THE FALSE FIANCÉE 5/1987 ISBN:0451148118 Regency. What the Duke of Clarendon demanded was insufferable, unthinkable, impossible. Miss Catherine Spenser should go to London with him and pretend to be his fiancée! True, the duke did think Catherine to be an actress named Nancy Wright, and everyone knew that actresses would do anything for the sum of money he offered.
Tania Langley
DAWN 6/1980 ISBN: 0449500497 Regency. For beautiful Madeleine Ardingly, Laycott Manor provided refuge from the taint of scandal she left behind in France. The master of the grand English manor, Janus Chilcote, hungered for her, offered her marriage - and turned her dream of rapture into a nightmare of jealousy and torment. Not even the luxury of Laycott Manor could disguise Janus' unpredictable behavior ... the shattering news of war in France ... and Madeleine's obsession with the past - a past that darkly shadowed Janus' and Madeleine's new love.
Catherine Lanigan
SEDUCED 4/1996 ISBN: 0843939427 Regency. Even amid the spectacle and splendor of the carnival in Venice, the masked rogue was brazen, reckless, and dangerously risque. As he stole Valentine St. James away from the costume ball at which her betrothal to a complete stranger was to be announced, the exquisite beauty reveled in the illicit thrill of his touch, the tender passion in his kiss. But Valentine learned that illusion ruled the festival when, at the stroke of midnight, her mysterious suitor revealed he was Lord Hawkeston, the very man she was to wed. Convinced her intended was an unrepentant scoundrel, Valentine wanted to deny her maddening attraction for him, only to keep finding herself in his heated embrace. Yet was she truly losing her heart to the dashing peer - or was she being ruthlessly...Seduced.
Judith A. Lansdowne
AMELIA'S INTRIGUE 7/1995 ISBN: 0821750135 Regency. Miss Amelia Mapleton felt certain that Mr. Anthony Talbot possessed a hidden flaw. If all the doting mothers of the ton called him a catch, why had no one caught him? He was certainly the handsomest man in Almack's ballroom and, she would soon discover, the most elusive. Anthony was captivated by this minx with the sparkling eyes and lips that simply asked to be kissed. Unfortunately, he had other plans for his London visit - and they didn't include getting leg-shackled. Now his friends were in a muddle and of a like mind: they were determined to lead this lonely lord to wedded bliss. But they didn't know of Anthony's mysterious mission in town...a mission that could ensnare an unwitting Miss Amelia in a tender trap of candlelight, danger, and thrilling romance!
ANNABELLA'S DIAMOND 6/1999 ISBN: 0821762281 Regency. Lady Annabella Faire's shyness had made her a wallflower all through her first Season. Now she must endure another. This time, though, her lifelong neighbor and country friend--the astonishingly handsome and accomplished Duke of Derrinham, known to the ton as The Diamond--was determined to make the young bucks perceive her charms. Even if it meant his own return to a London house filled with haunting memories. Enlivened by The Diamond's company at every modish affair, Bella was soon piercing gentlemen's hearts by the score. But, in his zeal to find her a husband, the Duke had overlooked something: the fact that her merry chocolate eyes and sweet smile had long owned his heart. And that it required only one kiss to possess hers...
THE BEDEVILED DUKE 4/1996 ISBN: 0821752960 Regency. Miss Olivia Willburton-Smythe was beautiful, proper, and on the shelf. The Duke of Abbercombe was handsome, proper, and a confirmed bachelor. She was the soul of charity; he was rumored to have caused the ruin of many a young miss. And when Olivia agreed to introduce Abbercombe's two lovely young daughters to society, she discovered that he didn't have one set of twins...he had four! But soon, as eight lively charges began to reveal a decidedly different view of the devilish duke, Olivia decided to take a leap of faith: she asked Abbercombe to help find her missing brother. Now, in an adventure fraught with danger, duels, and deception, Olivia could very well create a scandal of her own...or uncover the truth about the man she secretly cherished--a man who was not at all what he seemed....
A CACHE OF MAGICAL KITTENS 10/2000 short story in STOCKING STUFFERS 10/2000 ISBN: 0821767585 Regency. Rebecca, Lady Wraithstone, had almost given up hope that her ailing young son would ever be restored to his former self. Neither she nor her son's new tutor, eccentric peer C. Archibald Pope, ever expected that a mysterious cat and her litter might prove a holiday charm for her son--and for Rebecca and Archie's own lonely hearts.
A DEVILISH DILEMMA 1/1998 ISBN: 0821758268 Regency. When Miss Minerva Potts cried off her engagement to the self-absorbed Lord Whithall, she vowed not to marry at all, or if she must, she would choose as the gentlemen obviously did--for comfort, prestige, and convenience. Then she met Chadwick Brunfield, Earl of Rossland. Known as the Devil's Delight, the charming earl had a reputation so scandalous, Minerva was certain she could never lose her heart to him. So when the much-maligned earl asked for her assistance in a delicate family matter, she agreed. But soon, the unthinkable happened. Minerva fell in love with Lord Rossland--a man the town had condemned as a murderer!
THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE short story in ONCE UPON A KISS 5/1999 ISBN: 0821762109 Regency. The ducal estate of Julius Caesar Crofton was overrun with visiting young ladies and their matchmaking mamas. But Julius didn't believe in love....until an enchanted nightingale gives him a change of heart.
FASCINATION short story in NOTORIOUS AND NOBLE 7/1999 ISBN: 0821762664 Regency. Fascination is the only word to describe beautiful heiress Miss Priscilla Pritkin's emotion after her first encounter with the scoundrel, Lord Hawksworth. If spirit is what it takes to tame a black sheep, then the Hawk has met match and his mate.
LORD NIGHTINGALE'S DEBUT 8/2000 ISBN 0821766716 Regency. Nicholas Chastain, the Earl of Wickenshire, is in dire straits. His inheritance included three crumbling country estates, one tumble--down London townhouse, and a coach full of debts. His one hope for coming up with cash is to fulfill an outrageous and seemingly impossible condition in an old aunt's will. He must teach Lord Nightingale to sing. When a distant relative inherits her father's title, serendipity is at her lowest ebb. She hasn't a shilling to her name and now her home is lost to her as well! She and her sister, the delightful Delight will end up on the streets unless Serendipity finds employment. Providing singing lessons for the ward of the handsome Earl of Wickenshire seems perfect--until she discovers her pupil is the incorrigible Lord Nightingale. Now Wickenshire´s future depends on striking the right note.
LORD NIGHTINGALE'S LOVE SONG 9/2000 ISBN: 0821766880 Regency. No one can make the Marquess of Bradford smile...except his favorite horse. He avoids dancing at London balls. He scowls at marriageable misses in drawing rooms. And his gruffness scares shy Miss Eugenia when she meets him on a dark balcony...before an instant attraction between them lights up the night. But she is off to Kent for the summer to care for the irascible Lord Nightingale and her young cousin Delight, and she never expects to see him again...In fact, Miss Eugenia's London season had been a disaster for she had neither a great fortune nor great beauty. So she has resigned herself to spinsterhood when the Marquess of Bradford appears on her Kent doorstep--covered in mud and quite enraged. Of course she suspects Lord Nightingale is behind Bradford's complaint! But she also believes a secret sadness had made him a curmudgeon. His horse knows the truth...and so may Lord Nightingale. But can Eugenia change his tune...and win his heart?
LORD NIGHTINGALE'S TRIUMPH 10/2000 ISBN: 0821767046 Regency. Peter Winthrop, once a fine gentleman, has turned to a desperate act that can send him to Newgate goal. He has been hired to kidnap Lord Nightingale! But even the best laid schemes can go terribly wrong. For Lord Nightingale will prove more than a handful, and Mary Butterberry, a parson’s beautiful daughter, is determined to save Peter from himself...even if it means her reputation’s ruin. From the tip of her charmingly nose to her dainty slippered feet, Miss Butterberry is adorable...and irrepressible. She knows a terrible secret shadows Peter Winthrop’s past, and she defiantly sneaks out of the rectory to find him. Now with the irascible Nightingale in tow, she joins Peter in a dangerous flight--toward kisses she cannot resist, a discovery no one suspects, and a surprise sprung by Lord Nightingale, which can turn tears into triumph...and discord into a sweet melody of love.
THE MAGNIFIKITTEN short story in CHRISTMAS KITTENS 12/1997 ISBN: 082175792X Regency. The plainest kitten in the world is at the center of a lady's quest to rescue an injured lord in a season where the greatest gift of all is love.
MUTINY AT ALMACK'S 11/1999 ISBN: 0821763881 Regency. From the moment Melody Harriman was declared a bore by the snobbish dandies at Almack's, the Season was a torture. Until she met Lord Stoneforth, whose humble manner touched Melody. If only Lord Stoneforth’s younger brother Tobias hadn't already declared his undying love for her! Adam Gregory Attenbury, Viscount Stoneforth, wondered if all of England had gone mad. Having lived longer in the midst of war than in Society, the former colonel was puzzled by the exceedingly odd behavior of the ton. Only one lovely, young lady at Almack's appeared the sort of woman who might wed a man made more for the comforts of home than the silly rules of the beau monde. But as fate would have it, his brother had discovered this priceless jewel first. True love seemed doomed--until Melody’s beautiful cousins, the Lange triplets, conspired to bring together two destined hearts…
THE MYSTERY KISS 4/2001 ISBN: 0821770160 Regency. A shipbuilder’s daughter forced into marriage with a cruel Viscount, Fleur has always been an outcast in society. Now a widow, she returns to London for the Season to present her stepdaughter. For Althea’s sake, she endures the cutting remarks, the cruel snubs--until she discovers an ally, a mysterious gentleman who lingers in the shadows whispering words of encouragement. Soon, she is a woman of confidence and poise--and the talk of the ton! Fleur is now determined to uncover the identity of the man who has captured her heart. Intrigued by spirited Fleur and angered by her treatment at the hands of his peers, Atticus Charles Howard, the Earl of Hartshire, becomes her secret protector. Always nearby when bitter tears are her sole companion, he shares his worldly wisdom and watches with pride as Fleur blossoms. And a magical kiss is all it takes to convince this man who has loved and lost before that he wants much more than stolen whispers in the evening shadows…
RAPUNZEL short story in ONCE UPON A TIME 9/1998 ISBN: 0821759957 Regency. When the fetching Miss Rachel Garden had the misfortune to be imprisoned in a magical London tower, she sang of the handsome nobleman who would some day rescue her. And the chivalrous Sir George Carmadie knew he was just the knight for the deed. But Rachel's captor was a consummate witch who'd stop at nothing to thwart the joining of two true hearts.
RESCUING ROSEBUD short story in WINTER KITTENS 1/1999 ISBN: 0821761064 Regency. Having lost his wager, his intended bride, and his favorite horse, Lord Carrington is in no mood to be enchanted by the sweet kitten that tumbles down his chimney. Rosebud's mistress, Miss Winifred Bittle, finds Carrington's coldness a great puzzle. Why should such a handsome gentleman rebuff all company? She's not even certain she wishes to further the acquaintance. But Rosebud soon has them both under the cat's paw...
A SEASON OF VIRTUES 1/1999 ISBN: 082176103X Regency. The Earl of Whitshire cared nothing for polite society, being quite dedicated to his secret pastime: the investigation of baffling murders. So when he unexpectedly found himself playing host to Sir Loyal Virtue's two marriageable daughters and their young brother, it was an inconvenience that complicated his present work of detection. For their arrival heralded the most hair-raising events--from a runaway circus artiste to a Hyde Park prowler to phantoms in the attic. Of course, such goings-on did have the merit of throwing "Whit" together with Miss Honor Virtue, the eldest of his accidental wards whose gleaming topaz eyes and wry smile made him want to take her in his arms and keep her there forever. But Honor--though captivated by the irrepressible Earl--knew no woman of sense would tolerate a hazardous hobby like his. Unfortunately, her own sense seemed to be swept away in the whirlwind of sinister secrets and intriguing romance that made this a Season never to be forgotten...
THE VALENTINE VICTORIOUS short story in A VALENTINE BOUQUET 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755773 Regency. It is love at first sight when the Earl of Wheldon meets Anne Fairfax. But Anne is certain he prefers her far more beautiful sister, so she prepares to accept another proposal...unaware that the smitten earl is about to make a decision that will send him galloping toward disaster...or breathtaking romance.
Shirley Larson
OUT OF THE FIRE 8/1992 ISBN: 0843932007 American Revolution. Shunned by her cold and distant father, Caroline Devonshire longed for the affection denied to her since her mother’s death. But when the new overseer on her family’s Virginia plantation aroused her innocent heart, she didn’t dare give in to her impulsive desires. For, as the threat of revolution grew, it was dangerous for a young colonial woman to trust a mysterious Englishman like Alexander Clairmount. Far more refined than any foreman Caroline had ever know, Clairmount had to be more than he pretended—but was he a British spy? Torn between passion and patriotism, Caroline yearned to surrender to Alex’s virile charms, yet feared doing so would betray all she had ever loved.
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