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DARK BEFORE THE RISING SUN 5/1982 ISBN: 0380798484 Georgian. Lady Rhea Claire, fair and flawlessly beautiful daughter of a Duke, was stolen from her father’s house--and shipped to the Colonies as a slave. Dante Leighton, who squandered a Marquis’ inheritance in his dissolute youth, pursued his fortune at sea--and found his destiny in the amethyst eyes of a fascinating woman. They sailed the West Indian isles, discovering fabulous riches…and the raptures of a love more precious than treasure. On a secluded shore, in an idyll apart from the world, they surrendered themselves to ecstasy. But on returning to England, their joy was beset by a tempest of scandal, spite and murderous peril--which was the end of their happiness, or the dark before the radiance of their love.
DEVIL'S DESIRE 4/1975 ISBN:0380002957 Regency. Orphaned and imperiled by the cruel hand of fate, young innocent Lady Elysia Demarice was driven by sinister forces into the arms of the handsome rakehell known as "the devil." She swore Lord Alex Trevegne would never possess her in flesh and spirit...until the clashing of their wills set their twin passions gloriously ablaze with the white heat of desire and destiny.
WILD BELLS TO THE WILD SKY 11/1983 ISBN:0380843439 Renaissance. In the 1500's, Lily Christian was just an enchantingly innocent child of paradise when she fell in love with the sun-bronzed captain who came to take her home to England. But shamed by the resplendent ladies of the court, she bitterly despaired of ever being loved in return. As the years passed, and fortune's cruelty forced her into a life of adventure, the girl once forgotten became a ravishing beauty who tormented Valentine Whitelaw's heart. And as the royal treachery that had destroyed her family now threatened her, he became her champion. Drawn together into perilous adventure and intrigue, they crossed the world, won glorious reknown in the service of the Queen... and found their love's destiny past the ends of desire.
Ammanda McCabe
THE ERRANT EARL 6/2002 ISBN: 0451206290 After the untimely deaths of his estranged father and actress stepmother, Marcus Hadley returns home for the first time in years. Desperate to make amends for protesting the doomed couple's marriage, he has decided to take charge of the young stepsister he never knew. But Julia is not a child any longer. She and a group of her actor friends have been living on the estate Marcus once called his home-and she knows Marcus will not approve. After all, he despised her mother-and she was an actress. To save her friends from his scorn, Julia demands that they play new roles in her household - as servants. But when she discovers that Marcus is a changed man, she stops worrying about losing her home-and starts to wonder if she's losing her heart.
Mary Reed McCall
 THE CRIMSON LADY 6/2003 ISBN:0060097701 Medieval. Every man in England wanted her... She was called 'the Crimson Lady" But Fiona Byrne wants no part of the notorious life she was compelled to lead, adopting instead the disguise of a simple seamstress. Then she is discovered by Braedan de Cantor, a desperate and daring stranger who threatens to expose her. Never has there been one so dangerous to the peaceful life she'd fought to achieve. But the greatest peril of all lies deep in her heart. One man would have her... Robbed of his good name and fortune, and cast among England's criminals, he sought the legendary lady outlaw to save his sister. But the many tales of her extraordinary beauty and cunning did not do the Crimson Lady justice, and Braedan soon finds himself falling under her enchantment, even as he forces Fiona to re-enter the dark world she dreads. And though danger beyond reasoning awaits them, he will let no harm befall the passionate, incomparable woman who now so completely captivates his heart and his soul...and offers them both a future more magnificent than either dared to imagine. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Tammy Hilz McCallum
DARED TO DREAM 12/1997 ISBN: 1854879855 Medieval. Lauren Ferguson has always been fascinated with the portrait of Nicholas Kenward, The Black Knight, that hangs in Westbourne Castle in England. She longs to know why he seems so angry, yet so sad. Then one day she takes refuge from a rainstorm in a cave only to emerge in a strange and long ago land. Nicholas kidnaps Lauren, believing she's the daughter of the laird he has vowed to kill in revenge for murdering his family. But once he comes to know Lauren, he finds himself painfully torn between a growing love and a fading thirst for revenge. When Lauren watches the legend of the Black Knight's death played out in front of her eyes, she must return to the future, where an eerie surprise awaits her. And Lauren must rethink everything she has ever believed in.
Maria McCann
AS MEAT LOVES SALT 1/2003 ISBN: 015601226X Renaissance. Torn in two by a vicious Civil War, Seventeenth Century England was the scene of extraordinary violence. Among the soldiers travelling across the country from one deadly battle to another is Jacob Cullen, a former servant who dreams of baptizing himself with the blood of battle into a new life after the war. Only his brewing erotic obsession with a fellow fighter threatens his plans. A dark, erotic tale of passion and obsession,
Candace McCarthy
FIREHEART 6/2000 ISBN: 0821766228 Georgian and Colonial. Raised by the Lenni Lenape tribe, Joanna Neville returns to them after spending six years in England under the strict hand of her uncle. The carefree young girl known to her tribe as 'Autumn Wind' is now an heiress with the bearing of an English blue-blood. But her passion remains untamed as she is about to discover when she is reunited with a man from her past...Fireheart is no longer the lovestruck youth he once was when he knew Autumn Wind. Upon the village sachem's death, he will be the new leader. But beneath Fireheart's grim weight of responsibility lies a need that can be filled by only one woman - a woman whose prim and proper facade masks a spirit as wild as the wind...and a desire waiting to be unleashed.
Kelly McClymer
THE FAIRY TALE BRIDE 10/2000 ISBN: 0821766996 Victorian. Even though society thinks her all but unmarriageable, Miranda Fenster still believes in true love. She’ll do anything to advance its cause, even confront the man whose disapproval is all that keeps her dear brother from making a romantic match. But Miranda’s impetuous meeting with the Duke of Kerstone has a far different outcome than she intended. For when the cynical nobleman realizes she’s been compromised by their tryst, he insists on nothing less than marriage. Now suddenly, the champion of fairy tale endings finds herself a most unlikely bride!
THE NEXT BEST BRIDE 4/2002 ISBN: 082177252X Victorian. To Helena Fenster, the only thing worse than her twin sister marrying the man she herself loves, is having to tell him that his fiancée has jilted him. Rand Mallon's reaction, however, is quite surprising--he's prepared to marry Helena in her sister's place. Yet how can she marry the man she adores when it's obvious that, for him at least, one woman is as good another? Determined to persuade her into accepting, Rand gives her a searing kiss--witnessed by Helena's quite proper brother-in-law. Soon Helena and Rand are walking down the aisle, but Helena has an unusual set of vows in mind. Such as convincing her new husband that she is not simply a mirror image of her sister--and breaking down the barrier around the heart she longs to call her own...
THE STAR-CROSSED BRIDE 3/2001 ISBN: 082176781X Victorian. Three years ago, Valentine Fenster had tried to elope with Emily Weatherley, his heart's true love. Unfortunately, their plans were thwarted and Valentine, having compromised Emily's reputation, was forced to agree never to pursue her again. But when he learns that her title-conscious parents have betrothed her to an aging marquis who is an abuser of women, Valentine knows he can no longer stand aside. His passionate longing for Emily and his desire to protect her, leads him back to her arms. And yet, because there remains his solemn promise to stay away from her, Valentine knows he cannot make Emily his bride. Still, some promises are made to be broken.
THE UNINTENDED BRIDE: Once Upon a Wedding 8/2001. ISBN: 0821768247. ISBN: 0821768247. Victorian. Although her adorning sister assured her that she needn't marry for title or money, painfully she Hero Fenster longed for romance. Arthur Watterley, the man she'd lost her heart to years before, never knew her feelings. Nor would he--even as she agreed to help him search for a rare edition of Le Morte d' Arthur. At least she wouldn't enjoy the pleasure of his company. But when they found themselves accidentally locked in a bookseller's shop together, their innocent friendship suddenly became an item for the scandal sheets—and Hero found herself in a wedding gown! A marriage of obligation was hardly the romance she'd yearned for…unless Arthur could convince her that he was the dashing--and passionate--hero of her dreams.
Sylvia McDaniel
A SCARLET BRIDE 2/2000 ISBN: 0821764780 Pre-Civil War and Victorian. He Married Her For Money...Alexandra Thurston's opinion of the male species is as tainted as her reputation. Her husband disgraced her when he wrongfully accused her of infidelity, and then divorced her. Running from her shattered life, Alexandra spent five years in England vowing never to trust another man again. Now she's returned to Charleston, South Carolina, at her father's request, determined to reclaim her good name. But when she crosses paths with Connor Manning, the devilishly handsome plantation owner, she soon finds herself unwittingly caught in a compromising position...But Could He Win Her With Love? When he promises Alexandra's father he'll marry her for cold, hard cash, Connor's only wish is to save the family plantation. He never dreams that this spirited woman will capture his jaded heart, leaving him with a desire for more than a wife in name only. But he is all too aware that the glorious passion they share is built on the foundation of a terrible betrayal...unless he can convince her to forgive him for wedding her in deceit--and that his undying love is true.
Nelle McFather
LOVESPELL 1988 ISBN: 0843932031 Medieval. With hair as black as night, and eyes as blue as the summer sky...Crislyn-- Was the most beautiful maid in the village of Ravensbridge. The women whispered about her strange powers, but the men longed to possess her. Lord Blackheart--Was an infamous highwayman feared throughout the land, but his heart melted when he came across Crislyn in the woods. He opened her untried heart to the pleasures of love. James Linwood--The mysterious baron held the ancient secret of Bloodstones Castle deep in his heart along with an obsessive desire for Crislyn. He would stop at nothing until she was his alone.
MOONSPELL 7/1994 ISBN: 050551964X Regency. Legend says that the moonstone will bring love and good fortune to whoever possesses it. Just one touch of the magic stone sweeps Annabel back to an ancient English castle, where she is drawn to a virile nobleman whose secrets threaten untold peril - while his touch promised undreamed ecstasy.
Joanna McGauran
BY MY LADY'S HONOR 8/1994 ISBN: 0440213681 Medieval. She was a flame-haired beauty, a fiery adversary to the Norman warrior who invaded Stewart Castle, her demesne. Pledged to save her little brother, the clan's heir, Aylena Stewart sent six-year-old Ian to safety. Then she tried to escape, only to be set upon by savage rogues - and rescued by the enemy she'd fled. The great barbarian was her only hope, damn him! His touch seared her body; his kisses threatened her reason, the only weapon she still possessed... The greatest warrior in all Britain, Baron Thor Rodancott met his match in the spirited beauty who ignited his passion. For her he would do anything - but yield his right to the castle granted to him by the king. So he made a plan of conquest, a sweet, seductive siege that left her breathless with desire - and demanded of him near-total surrender to win her, body and soul...
May McGoldrick
THE INTENDED 3/1998 ISBN: 0451408063 Medieval. Lady Jaime MacPherson learned the meaning of betrayal on the Isle of Skye when her beloved Malcolm MacLeod wed another woman to save his inheritance. Her dreams of happiness crushed, she sought refuge in the elegant palace of the Duke of Norfolk. There, desire and intrigue mixed with the haunting music of the lute ..and the duke's treacherous son sought to make Jaime his. And there Jaime would find Malcolm again -- a prisoner in the castle dungeon ...
Gladys McGorian
THE PRINCE REGENT'S SILVER BELL 1987 ISBN: 0802709540 Regency. Katherine doesn't want her uncle's money-even though there is a considerable amount of it. She would rather be training racing horses. But the will demands she spend a year with her aunt, after which time the solicitors will decide if she has been a proper lady, and can inherit the money, which she needs to pay for medical care for her father. She soon learns that her cruel Aunt is bent on having the money for herself.
Meagan McKinney
THE FORTUNE HUNTER 4/1998 ISBN: 0821760378 Victorian. Lavinia Murphy fled a brutal St. Louis orphanage with four younger "siblings" and learned a spiritualist's ways from the carnies and gypsies she met on the road to New York City. Transformed as the mysterious Countess Lovanenya, she builds a safe haven for herself and her troubled family.
GENTLE FROM THE NIGHT 2/1997 ISBN: 0821758039 Victorian. Penniless after her father's death, Alexandra Benjamin strikes an unusual bargain with John Damien Newell, the darkly seductive master of Cairncross Castle. Hired to teach his troubled younger brother, Samuel, to speak, she soon discovers the castle harbors many terrible secrets. Secrets that lead Alexandra through a labyrinth of twisted lies and ancient mysteries, to where the answers lie waiting in the innermost chambers of the heart....
NO CHOICE BUT SURRENDER 10/1987 ISBN:0440164125 Regency. Lady Brienne Morrow returned to Osterley Park, her father's opulent mansion, only to discover that he had gambled it away. Penniless and alone, she was ready to admit defeat and face the new owner, Avenel Slane, an American with brooding looks and a barely leashed, mysterious anger. A pawn in Avenel's hidden plans for revenge, Brienne was now being held against her will. Brienne did not know what secrets brought him here, or what fate awaited her. She was certain of only one thing...that Avenel's tender kisses would soon make her yield to the scorching desire quivering within her.
WHEN ANGELS FALL 2/1990 ISBN: 0440205212 Victorian. It was five years since Elizabeth Alcester had laid eyes on her former stable boy, Ivan Tramore…five years since her world had collapsed in devastating ruin around her. Now, penniless and desperate, she finds herself at the mercy of a cruel, ruthless stranger--a man who vows to possess her, whose hot searing caresses fan the treacherous flames of her darkest desires. Tramore had returned home in triumph—the unwanted bastard was now Lord Ivan, eleventh Marquis of Powerscourt--the most powerful man in London. Yet one woman had sworn to defy him…the proud beauty whose touch had branded him forever. But when at last he holds Lissa trembling in his merciless embrace, his lust for vengeance suddenly explodes in a frenzied fever of passion. And now no power on heaven or earth can tear him from the innocent arms that hold him captive, or protect her from the rapturous moment…When Angels Fall.
Jenna McKnight
THE WEDDING KNIGHT 11/1998 ISBN: 0373440553 Medieval. The last thing she wanted--a hero! When Livvy Ravenwood's daughter wished for a knight in shining armor to come to their rescue, Livvy hadn't expected the wish to come true quite so dramatically! But the next thing she knew, Sir William Marsh was charging through her castle, complaining about the renovations! No matter what he claimed, the castle was now her bed and breakfast, and he'd been hired to provide entertainment for the wedding. Sure William had a real "lord of the manor" attitude, piercing gray eyes and a really great way of kissing, but Livvy wasn't about to fall for a man who rescued damsels in distress. She'd had enough of heroes ...hadn't she?
Barbara McMahon
BANISHED 2/1999 ISBN: 1582000867 Regency. Arabella, Countess of Waverly, was banished to the North of England four years ago by her irate husband. Falsely accused of scandalous behavior, she had no recourse but to acquiesce to his harsh decree. Now she's come into an inheritance which will enable her to return to London. Justin, Earl of Waverly was reported killed by Napoleon's troops in Spain. When he returns home unexpectedly on the eve of Arabella's return to London, the sparks fly. Scandal is one thing Justin refuses to allow taint his name. But his control over his wife has lessened in the intervening years and she is now capable of setting up her own home in London. Which would feed the gossip he is trying to avoid. They strike an agreement. He will lend his countenance if she will agree to behave with propriety and assist in launching his younger sister to the ton. Justin vows he will watch her every move. Arabella agrees, determined to find a way to clear her in her husband's eyes and prove once and for all she was innocent of the scandalous behavior he believes of her.
Kay McMahon
DEFY THE THUNDER 1/1991 ISBN: 0515104892 She wanted a taste of adventure. But rebellious Alexandra Pembrooke stepped into a world of danger - and found herself tangled in the steely arms of Christian Page. A man whose seeming brutality masked a secret purpose - and a secret passion. She tore herself from his heated embrace in time to save her virtue, and he and his criminal companions were sent to prison. But fate would bring Alexandra and Christian together once again, in the lush, untamed land of Australia...where Alexandra would finally taste true adventure - and the wild ecstasy of love.
Michelle McMaster
THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN 8/2000 ISBN: 0843947500 Regency. A golden-curled beauty hidden in a rubbish heap, clad only in a filthy nightgown, was the last thing Lord Beckett Thornby expected to stumble across in the dead of night, in a London back alley. But there she lay cold, wet and unconscious. Beckett felt compelled to rescue her, drawn to care for the mysterious angel who had fallen into his life. Bathed, changed and rested was the last condition in which Lady Isobel Hampton expected to find herself. Especially when shed awoken in an unfamiliar bed, next to an unfamiliar-- yet devastatingly gorgeous--aristocrat. And until a marriage of convenience became a meeting of two soul-mates, the last place they expected to find true love was in each others arms.
Suzanne McMinn
MY LADY IMPOSTER 5/2001 ISBN: 0821768751 Medieval. Upon his return from the king’s campaigns in France, Damon of Sperling found his father dead and his demesne ravaged by plague. Now he must restore order to his estate, and to the lives of his four orphaned sisters--a task that seems best accomplished by wedding Lady Lorabelle of Orrick, to whom he has long been promised. Damon has not seen the fair-haired beauty for many years, but when he finds her, she still wears his betrothal ring. Yet Damon senses something mysterious about his new bride--something that keeps her from embracing their marriage. Discovering the secret she hides proves as challenging as winning her wary heart. And yet, his own heart knows that he will do anything for the love of his lady “Belle.”
MY LADY KNIGHT 2/2003 ISBN: 0821768778 Medieval. She Could Fell Any Man With Her Sword… Could She Capture One With Her Kiss? As untamed as the wildflowers in the meadows beyond Castle Wulfere, Gwyneth knew that womanly pursuits such as embroidery and song suited her brother's new wife, Belle. Gwyneth preferred hunting with the castle's knights, and the solid power of a bow and arrow in her hands. Only one thing inspired a dream of femininity in her—Rorke of Valmond, a man who viewed her as a troublesome child. She never imagined that he would return from war after years away and see her as a child still, or that her rash behavior would hasten them to the altar. For Gwyneth wanted more than a husband in name only—and she vowed to be the woman who would steal Rorke's wounded heart.
Judith McNaught
ALMOST HEAVEN 4/1990. ISBN: 0671742558. Regency. Love and Dame Fortune have played havoc with beautiful Elizabeth Cameron. The impoverished orphan has survived a storm of scandal in London...and now her uncle, who holds her estate in trust, commands her to choose among three unlikely suitors. Only Ian Thornton, a bold, handsome rogue who has made his fortune from exploits on the high seas, captures her fancy. But passion must conquer pride - for he wrongly sees the lady as a frivolous flirt, and she mistakenly disdains him as a fortune-hunting gambler!
ONCE AND ALWAYS 1/1987. ISBN: 0671737627. Regency. Across the vast ocean sailed Victoria Seaton, a free-spirited American beauty left suddenly orphaned and alone. Eager to claim her long-lost heritage, she was amazed at the formal elegance of Wakefield, the sumptuous English estate of her distant cousin... the notorious Lord Jason Fielding. Sought after at plays, operas, and balls by London's most fashionable ladies, Jason remained a mystery to Victoria. Bewildered by his arrogant demeanor, yet drawn to his panther-like grace, she came to sense the searingly painful memories that smoldered in the depths of his jade-green eyes. Unable to resist her spitfire charm, Jason gathered her at last into his powerful arms, ravishing her lips with his kisses, arousing in her a sweet, insistent hunger. Wed in desire, they were enfolded in a fierce, consuming joy, free at last from the past's cruel grasp. Then, in a moment of blinding anguish, Victoria discovered the shocking treachery that lay at the heart of their love...a love she had dreamed would triumph...
UNTIL YOU 8/1994. ISBN: 0671880608. Regency. A teacher in a school for wealthy young ladies, Sheridan Bromleigh is hired to accompany one of her students, heiress Charise Lancaster, to England to meet her fiancé. When her young charge elopes with a stranger, Sheridan wonders how she will ever explain it to Charise's intended, Lord Burleton. Standing on the pier, Stephen Westmoreland, the Earl of Langford, assumes the young woman coming toward him is Charise Lancaster - and informs her of his inadvertent role in a a fatal accident involving Lord Burleton the night before. And just as Sheridan is about to speak, she steps in tot he path of a cargo net loaded with crates! Three days later, Sheridan awakens in Stephen Westmoreland's London mansion with no memory of who she is - only the hint of her past, the puzzling fact that everyone calls her Miss Lancaster.
WHITNEY, MY LOVE 1/1985. ISBN: 0671737643. Regency. Under the dark, languorous eyes of Clayton Westmoreland, the Duke of Claymore, Whitney Stone grew from a saucy hoyden into a ravishingly sensual woman. Fresh from her triumphs in Paris society, she returned to England to win the heart of Paul, her childhood love..only to be bargained away by her bankrupt father to the handsome, arrogant Duke. Outraged, she defies her new lord. But even as his smoldering passion seduces her into a gathering storm of desire, Whitney cannot, will not, relinquish her dream of perfect love.
Melinda McRae
HIDE-AND-SEEK Short Story in RAKES AND ROGUES 6/1993 ISBN: 0451176391. Regency. Miss Juliet Waldron, takes care of the illegitimate children of George Atwell, Viscount Belmont, the man she loves, and goes to a masquerade to meet him incognito.
A HIGHLY RESPECTABLE WIDOW 1/1992 ISBN: 0451171268 Regency. The superbly handsome Earl of Knowlton was a rake without equal. No woman, whether wanton or well-born, could resist him, just as none could satisfy him for long. But Knowlton had grown bored with easy conquests. He sought a sterner test of his powers of seduction to stir his jaded sense of sport. Then he met Katherine Mayfield. This widowed beauty with her air of unassailable virtue and flaming red hair provided the spark to set Knowlton's passion ablaze. Thus the struggle was joined between this licentious lord and a perfect lady who had to keep the infamous earl at bay and her own heart in check.
MISS CHADWICK'S CHAMPION 12/2000 ISBN: 0451198573 Regency. Lord Gareth would do anything to ensure that his family's eight-hundred-year-old castle survived. But as the walls fell down around him, and as Gareth's youngest brother incurred huge gambling debts, things did not look promising. The only way to restore the family fortune was to marry an heiress-a rare commodity in the dales of Yorkshire... Susanna Chadwick knew that being an heiress offered its share of problems. Her greedy cousin had already attempted to force her hand in marriage in order to obtain her inheritance. And now, after trudging through the mire and pouring rain to escape his clutches, she had ended up here-in this crumbling old castle, with Lord Gareth and his brothers watching over her. She wouldn't dare tell them her secret. And while she didn't want another suitor to steal her hand, she didn't expect that one of them would instead steal her heart. ...
PRINCE OF THIEVES 5/1994 ISBN: 0451404890. Regency. They called him "Gentleman Jack." Darkly handsome, irresistibly charming, and devil-may-care wild, the mysterious rouge had cut a swath through polite society as a thief, hiding his hurt and his secret past behind a chilling facade....Honoria needed "Gentleman Jack" Derry for just one reason-- to steal back her inheritance. But joining her destiny with this sensual outlaw might unleash the passion beneath her innocence, freeing her yearnings to know a man's sensual touch....Together on a luxurious estate, they were playing a hazardous game of deception. But together they were discovering the desire between them was no game. Kisses were robbing Honoria of all reason, carrying her toward a midnight vale of seduction and awakening a powerful love that only the birth of trust between them could save...or a hangman's rope could end.
THE RESCUED HEART 4/1997 ISBN: 0451406486. Regency. Beautiful young Bess Williams was resigned to living a quiet life of genteel poverty in the English countryside after her officer father died fighting Napoleon. Then one day a stranger arrived, the most handsome, irresistibly gallant man she had ever met. His name was Kit Swinton and he claimed to be the younger son of an earl. With him he brought a parting gift from Bess's father--a fabulous necklace that would be her passport into the London world of wealth and pleasure. Bess surrendered to the temptation of selling the necklace and entering London's social whirl--only to find herself in a maze of intrigue and deception where one man could guide her to safety. Kit Swinton was the only man she could turn to, the only one she could trust. But Bess could not trust herself when he took her in his arms, and she could only follow her heart when he gave her the greatest, most perilous gift of all--the gift of fiery love....
STOLEN HEARTS 10/1995 ISBN: 0451406117 Regency. Death was his enemy, and Stephen Ashworth fought it with his skill as a surgeon, though his methods shocked all of London and made some call him a devil. With his flashing eyes, firebrand ideals, and unyielding passions he was a fallen angel who could damn a day's heart....Linette Gregory felt the young Dr. Ashworth must be stopped, and she was the woman to do it. She believed him a cold, unfeeling scientist, and yet from their first meeting, she felt flames of passion coursing through her blood....In a London awhirl in pestilence and turmoil, Linette and Stephen were rivals. She held the power to ruin his career, and he could break her heart, sweeping away her innocence in one savage kiss. Yet when they were thrust together to save a young girl's life, a tenderness that blossomed between them grew into the healing power of love....
SWEET REWARDS 8/1996 ISBN: 0451406478 Edwardian. In turn-of-the-century London, a young suffragette's meeting with an up-and-coming member of Parliament leads to a vote for love. Unconventional and unbending, Julia Sydney fights for the women's vote with blind determination. David Kimbrough was born into privilege and is used to getting what he wants--and he wants Julia more than anything.
THE TEMPORARY DUKE 7/1998 ISBN: 0451195779 Regency. Lady Rosemary, the Duke of Alston's lovely sister, faced a dreadful dilemma: Her brother had disappeared during an Alpine hike, and his wedding had to proceed as planned in order to satisfy their grandfather's will. No less than the Alston fortune was at stake! Worse, the husband-hunting Lady Rosemary couldn't not go to London for the Season without him. Desperate times called for desperate measures - in the person of a Latin teacher named Adrian Stamford, who bore a remarkable resemblance to the missing duke. A tantalizing offer concerning Adrian's passion for archaeology was too irresistible for the country scholar to resist. Lady Rosemary expected to have her hands full teaching Adrian to behave like a faultlessly mannered gentleman of the ton. But the handsome imposter had his own lessons to give - in laughter, in democracy, and in desire. Then the unthinkable occurred: Rosemary fell for her brother's double, and he for her. But she was titled; he was a commoner. She lived in splendor; he in a cozy cottage. To wed was impossible. Yet two hearts would break unless love found a way...
THE UNREPENTANT RAKE 3/1999 ISBN: 0451197798. Regency. Ariel Tennant, the lovely young sister of the Viscount Derring, is relieved to be returning home from three weeks with her overbearing aunt. She still has to endure her aunt's company during her journey, for she is not permitted to travel unchaperoned. Their trip comes to a sudden halt when a treacherous blizzard leaves them stranded. With no nearby lodgings available, Simon Granville Thorson, the tenth Earl of Milford, generously consents to allow the strangers into his home. Ariel's aunt is horrified, for Milford's reputation as a notorious rake precedes him in polite society. However, Ariel is immediately intrigued by her host, and his socially unacceptable house guests. Milford, captivated by Ariel's innocence, begins what he thinks is a harmless flirtation. He knows that to pursue her seriously would damage her reputation. Then a series of harmless pranks among the snowbound guests turns dangerous--and Milford discovers that what he really wants is to protect Ariel, always. But is the infamous lord worthy of her innocent heart?
Judith McWilliams
BETRAYED 12/1994 ISBN: 0373288492 Regency. Forced to play the pauper in an England racked by war, American Eleanor Wallace vowed to help her country in any way she could. Yet the intrigue was becoming difficult, for she had somehow lost her heart to the formidable Duke of Ryland, a man who would never forgive her for what she'd done. James Wolf, Duke of Ryland, sought a life of honesty over artifice - a quality hard to find in London's pretentious ton, until the arrival of peerless Eleanor Wallace. But though the woman intrigued him, he had yet to unveil her secrets. Secrets that she guarded as carefully as she did her heart.
DECEPTION 1/1999 ISBN: 0821760998 Regency. Philip Moresby, Earl of Chadwick, believes love and marriage shackle a man. But if masquerading lovely, penniless Margaret Abney as Lord Henricks' long-lost daughter requires that he wed her first, he is willing to do so to enlist Hendricks' help in the House of Commons. Then passion persuades Philip that his casual disregard for Margaret is the most dangerous deception of all.
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