Last Updated: 10/10/2005
Jacqueline Navin
THE BLISS 1/2003 ISBN: 051513466X Regency. Morgan Gage is no longer welcome in the houses of Polite Society--not since the murky circumstances of his father’s untimely death all pointed to Morgan as his murderer. Once considered a most eligible bachelor, he is now referred to as “the Wicked Earl of Waring.” Even though he has never cared one whit for l’opinion du beau monde, Morgan knows that his life cannot return to normal until he clears his name. And for that, he’ll need a plan…With her charm and beauty, Miss Leah Brodie has the entire ton wrapped around her delicate finger. But in an odd twist of fate that brings these two together, Miss Brodie shows Morgan her darker side, one that is decidedly unladylike: the Earl can hardly mask a wry smile at the sound of his captive’s string of oaths. It dawns on him that he has found the perfect partner for his plot: because her reputation, like his, was once marred by scandal, each one can help the other. It is supposed to be a mere business arrangement, one from which they will both benefit, but neither counted on falling in love.
THE FLOWER AND THE SWORD(#428) 9/1998 ISBN: 0373290284 Medieval. Betrayed! The word cut deeper than any broadsword, or Rogan St. Cyr had been played false by the woman to whom he had given his heart. Yet the beautiful Lily was still his bride, and now she would pay for her treachery with her very freedom. Though he held her prisoner, far from the comfort of family or friends, Lily longed to ease the pain that tortured her warrior husband. For she knew that deep inside his hardened soul lay the embers of their love, longing to be brought back to life.
THE MAIDEN AND THE WARRIOR (#403) 3/1998 ISBN: 0373290039 Medieval. The war within is always hardest won.... Lucien de Montregnier knew, for he daily battled demons from his past. Still, his fighting prowess had won him an unexpected boon: Lady Alayna of Avenford, a hellcat with a heart who alone could save him from his greatest enemy - himself! Widowed before she was truly a wife, Alayna of Avenford now found herself claimed as a war prize by Lucien de Montregnier, a warrior as well known for his fierce nature as he was for his skill in battle. She despised him, of course. But why, then, did his merest glance ignite her very soul?
MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT 5/2001 ISBN: 0515130540 Regency. Secret glances, breathless confidences, secret assignations. It's all part of a wicked seduction. Raphael Giscard is convinced that there's on such thing as true love--and to prove it, he's planning to seduce pretty Julia Brodie. Word has it that this darling of the ton and her suitor are deeply, madly in love. If Raphael succeeds in tearing the two lovebirds apart, he'll win the wager he's proposed to his scandalous friends--and he'll have proven that love is no more than a pretty word for lust. But his dissolute lifestyle and rakish ways have done nothing to prepare Raphael for what happens after he's got Julia under his spell. For this charming lass has a rebellious spirit, a clever mind, and a truly wonderful heart. And now Raphael's about to discover what it's like to really ache for a woman--and possibly lose the only true and wonderful thing he's ever known. Unless he can prove to his lovely Julia that he is a changed man.
Linda Needham
THE BRIDE BED 10/2002 ISBN: 0380815249 Medieval. The king has decreed that his loyal servant, Lord Alex De Monteneau, will rule the Lady Talia's lands and determine whom the fiery maiden will wed. The groom he chooses, however, will certainly not be himself, for the noble knight desires a far richer castle and a docile wife -- not this infuriating, iron-willed beauty who resists his authority at every turn. Yet the woman's charm, strength and smoldering sensuality are rapidly becoming a serious distraction.... In the past, Lady Talia has managed to save her humble ancestral castle from the ravages of war, and her virtue from the numerous self-proclaimed "husbands." But the unnervingly attractive warrior who has "rescued" her from yet another unwanted wedding seems the most dangerous of the lot. No man will ever decide her future! But how can Talia hope to retain her cherished independence when she secretly, passionately longs for Alex to share her bed?
EVER HIS BRIDE 7/1997 ISBN:0380787563 Victorian. His looming form blocks the firelight. His voice is like midnight fog, shivering along her skin. Yet Felicity Mayfield must marry hard, cold Hunter Claybourne, or go to debtor's prison. Boldly, she proposes a bargain to the wealthy financier: she'll become his wife in name only for one brief year-if he allows her the freedom to continue living an independent life. Surely her newspaper scribblings are a matter of indifference to him. He never suspected a wife would be such a nuisance. It was supposed to be a simple business arrangement. Instead, she has invaded his cavernous home-rearranging the furniture, winning over his servants, blinding him with sunlight. Her constant Presence is unsettling, her vanilla scent everywhere, her skin a soft temptation. Suddenly it seems only right that she would wear his ring...and share his bed. After all, she is his wife. Yet even as Felicity opens a chink in Hunter's heart, her expose of the scandalous workhouses threatens to uncover his darkest secret, forcing him to choose between his hard-won empire and the miracle of love.
HER SECRET GUARDIAN 4/1998 ISBN: 0380796341 Medieval. A Sudden Marriage...The stranger is huge-dark and forbidding. But to honor a deathbed promise to her foster father, Kailey Hewett must marry Simon de Marchand, the king's sheriff, an intimidating mystery of a man. As they ride away from her home and all she holds dear, Kailey wonders how she can keep her pledge to give this stern man his "heart's ease"-but she vows to create a new family, no matter what it takes. An Unexpected Love...This marriage was supposed to be a final reparation for his part in her father's long-ago death-nothing more. But as Kailey's generous heart causes her to gather a "family" of endearing misfits around them, Simon unexpectedly finds the walls of his own heart slowly crumbling. By his own harsh sense of justice, though, Simon can never allow himself to accept what he most wants, but believes he doesn't deserve-and the love Kailey offers so freely becomes as much a torture as a pleasure. But as the small, lion-hearted woman whips a huge, stunningly resistant man into an acceptance of love, he finally learns that mercy is as important as justice-and love and forgiveness can heal all.
THE MAIDEN BRIDE 4/2000 ISBN: 0380796368 Medieval. A Bride Without A Wedding Night...The widowed Lady Eleanor Bayard claims her late husband's tattered and deserted castle, unaware that the huge, beastly intruder who haunts its shadowy ramparts is the black-hearted warrior whom she married by proxy, but never met. Stunned that his wife is alive, yet believing himself damned forever for his life of war and infamy, Nicholas Bayard hides his identity from her and helps her resurrect the castle--one last penance before he enters a monastery. Yet nothing can disguise the passion he finds in Eleanor's arms. With her joy in life and her belief in miracles, she's a temptation he cannot resist. But when she learns his true identity, she shows him that love is the greatest miracle of all.
MY WICKED EARL 8/2001. ISBN: 0380815230. Regency. Forced to live with her enemy! Hollie Finch is horrified when the forbidding Earl of Everingham, Lord Charles Stirling, places her under house arrest in his manor. Well, he may suspect her of sedition, but to her it's just freedom of the press -- and she's determined to carry on her work right under his arrogant nose! Yet that turns out to be unexpectedly difficult, with his all-too-disturbing presence disrupting her days... and memories of his passion-dark eyes troubling her nights. Lord Charles Stirling merely planned to keep a close eye on the lovely rabble-rouser -- and he's appalled when her intoxicating scent and lithe curves make him burn to have her in his bed. Even worse, her generous heart and joyous laughter start him thinking about keeping her with him forever. But the powerful earl has a secret that could destroy him, so he dares not let Hollie into his life. Can the pride and deception separating them ever be overcome... by the miracle of love?
THE WEDDING NIGHT 5/1999 ISBN 038079635X Regency. Wed to Her Enemy... Ruthless Lord Jackson Rushford forces Mairey Faelyn into a devil's bargain: to come work for him or lose her livelihood. Trapped, Mairey moves onto his estate -- where she sees that despite Jack's wealth and power, he guards his heart more strongly than any treasure. As they kiss in the moonlit woods, she knows that he is the one man she should never marry. But then she is forced to do so. Or To Her True Love? Mairey had plotted to lead the dark, thunderous lord astray from the start -- for the key to the treasure he seeks is a secret only she knows, passed down through generations. And now the fiercely loyal Mairey fears that she'll be forced to betray either Jack or her vow. Is their love just a fairy tale -- or could it be forever?
Barbara Neil
BELLA 4/1992 ISBN:0373311729 Regency. The passions of their past became the foundation of their future. Bella Ashton both feared and delighted in the return of her husband, Mr. Anthony Ashton. If anything, he appeared stronger and more handsome for his two years in Canada. He had lost none of his power to pierce her soul. And it seemed he was not entirely immune to her now infamous charms. Clearly, he had returned with a burning desire which inflamed Bella with the heat of hope. But with one word, he reduced her hope to ashes, yet the embers of love refused to grow cold.
Judith Nelson
BEAU GUEST 2/1990 ISBN:1557733066 Regency. When Uncle Edward brought the urbane Nicholas Markham and the Duke of Bellingham, prospective buyers to Fatherington Hall, the mischievous Katherine and her sisters put a devilish scheme to work.
CHRISTMAS AT WICKLY short story in A REGENCY HOLIDAY 11/1991 Regency
KIDNAP CONFUSION 9/1987 ISBN:0446343730 Regency. Miss Tolliver, a woman of great practicality, had little use for romantic fiddle-faddle. But when she was kidnapped, and mistaken for an actress at that, her orderly world went scandalously atilt. It wasn't the abduction that perturbed the lovely Miss Margaret. That was merely a prank by two brothers so charming that she spent the night at an inn nursing their wounds. Rather it was the arrival of their imperious elder brother, the suave ladies' man and elegant Earl of Manseford, that sent Miss Tolliver into a tizzy. By morning, even local busybodies surmised that they had spent the night at the inn alone--together! Whereupon the earl promptly announced that he and Miss Tolliver were betrothed. And so the prim miss became an unwilling leading lady in a romantic charade that neither amused nor interested her in the least--or, so she thought!
Penelope Neri
HIDDEN TREASURE 1/1996 Short Story Victorian
KEEPER OF MY HEART 12/1999 ISBN: 0843946474 Morgan St. James is by far the most virile man Miranda Tallant has ever seen and she realizes at once that this man is no ordinary lighthouse keeper. But while she does not know if he has come to investigate her family's smuggling or if he truly has been disinherited, one glance at his emerald-dark eyes promises her untold nights of desire. Bent on discovering the blackguards responsible for his friend's death, Morgan doesn't expect to be caught up in the stormy sea of Miranda Tallant's turquoise eyes. The lovely widow consumes his every waking thought and his every dream with an all-encompassing passion. For while he cannot abandon his duty to his friend and his family, he knows that he can not rest until Miranda's heart is his.
THE LOVE WITHIN 6/1997 ISBN: 0821753983 Celtic and Viking. A chill mist blankets the verdant hills of 9th-century Eire, while in far-off Britain Edana of Kenley waits for the blue-blooded nobleman betrothed to her when they were children. But the fierce, emerald-eyed stranger who gallops up to her castle is not her bridegroom. A hooded falcon perches on his shoulder. A silver-and-black wolf shadows his every step. He is called Kerrin, the "Dark One," feared by man and beast alike. His mission is to escort Edana to her bridegroom's distant keep. Yet from the moment they meet, Edana is swept away by her passion for this sensual, mysterious warrior who is haunted by a legacy of blood and treachery…even as he hungers for the love that could set him free…
MASTER OF MIDNIGHT 12/1995 ISBN: 0821750941 Georgian. A mysterious figure haunts the moonlight moors of Kent: He is Ryder Tremayne, a man with a soul rumored to be as black as the devil himself. Tormented by secrets that have turned his world cold, he has sworn to avenge his past and protect his vulnerable eight-year-old ward. Left penniless and alone by her father's death, Lucy Grey has no choice but to accept a position as governess. At the isolated Tremayne estate, she finds a sensual, brooding stranger...a man who needs a woman strong enough to defy him, yet soft enough to melt into his embrace. Into a place of ghosts and shadows, Lucy had brought a radiant, healing light; and in Ryder's heart of darkness, she ignites a passion that could destroy them or redeem them both...
MOONSHADOW 5/2001 ISBN: 0505524163 Georgian. Lillies-of-the-valley, he murmurs, the sweet scent of innocence. Yet his kisses have been anything but innocent as he feeds her deepest desires while honeysuckle and wild roses perfume the languid air. "Steyning Hall. It is a cold place. And melancholy," he warns, "almost as if it is...waiting for someone. Perhaps your coming will change all that." Wedded mere hours, Madeleine gazes up at the windows of the mansion, stained the color of blood by the dying sun. In the shifting moonshadows, she hears voices calling, an infant wailing, and knows not whether to flee for her life or offer up her heart. Ý
SCANDALS 1/1999 ISBN: 0843944706 Victorian. Victoria Hawthorne was merely stealing a kiss in the hayfield when her father caught her. But to have the gossips of the ton tell it, she was no more than a common strumpet. What they didn't know was that she and Ned Thomas were in love - and she intended to run away with him as soon as she returned from her London Season. Although her dance card was blank, the rumors could not keep one handsome suitor at bay: Steede Warring, eighth earl of Blackstone. Condemned by society for his wife's tragic death, known behind his back as the Brute, he would have Victoria as his bride, even if he had to trick her into elopement. Resenting this man who dared keep her from her true love, Victoria was now helpless to escape the marriage bed. But she could not know that Steede would uncover her body's hidden pleasures, and show her that only faith and trust could cast aside the pain of bitter...Scandals...
STOLEN 1/1998 ISBN: 0843943718 Renaissance and Colonial. Rose Trelawney thought she'd been caught red-handed robbing the Duke of Cumberland's London estate. But she soon realized she'd been mistaken for the Duke's mistress, and the tall stranger who'd found her was out for revenge. Suddenly Drummond McLeod was dragging her away on a ship setting sail for the New World--and the defiant beauty was not about to go without a fight. As handsome as the Scotsman was, when he forced her to wed him on board ship, she knew she'd sooner die than spend one more moment with the lecherous brute. But the ship's close quarters threw them together, igniting a spark of fiery passion that would carry them through cold Canadian nights. And when Rose convinced Drummond she was not the woman he'd thought, she glimpsed a tenderness beneath his hardened heart. Now she wondered if she just might stop cursing the day she'd been so brazenly....Stolen.
Holly Newman
THE HEART'S COMPANION 11/1990 ISBN:155773416X Regency. Miss Jane Grantly...society dubbed her the Ice Witch, London's most elusive debutante, whose proud self-assurance and cool green gaze intimidated all but the most calculating of suitors. She feared no man, and scoffed at the many scheming designs on her virtue, swearing never to marry for any reason but love. The Earl of Royce, the infamous Devil's Disciple, was all the Jane loathed in a man. If he were to be believed. Jane planned to undo the rogue once and for all, but it appeared that Royce had plans of his own. The Devil's Disciple refused to live up to his name, instead playing the perfect gentleman until even the Ice Witch found her reserve melting...
THE WAYLAID HEART 8/1990 ISBN:1557733775 Regency. Although her marriage to Mr. Waddley had been passionless, the beautiful Cecilia vowed to unmask the man responsible for her husband's untimely demise. Suspecting that the culprit traveled in society circles, Ceclia diverted attention from her eavesdropping and prying with her constant and tiresome complaints of illness. Sir James Branstoke saw through her feigned fragility. Intrigued by her odd behavior, he believed she was hiding a secret. At the same time, Cecilia sensed deeper emotions beneath Sir Branstoke's witty flirtations. Indeed, the only time Cecilia felt genuinely out-of -sorts was when she felt the gaze of his sparkling brown eyes...and her pretended palpitations suddenly became all too real when Cecilia discovered a blissful and surprising love she had never known before....
Mary Nichols
A DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING ISBN: 0263144267 Georgian. Hoping to live with her great-uncle Henry Capitain, Margaret Donnington found him a reprobate and took refuge at Winterford Manor. It seemed Roland, Lord Pargeter, was in need of a wife, and he offered Margaret a marriage of convenience for one year. She thought she had strayed into a madhouse but, with little money and no chance of a job, she had to accept. Only after the marriage did Margaret learn of the family curse, and how dangerous it would he for her...
THE LAST GAMBLE ISBN: 026315016X Regency. Left destitute, Miss Helen Sanghurst was secretly thankful for the protection offered by Captain Duncan Blair, as she traveled north to Scotland to her new guardian...
MISTRESS OF MADDERLEA 3/1999 ISBN:0263816575 Regency. Miss Sophie Roswell wanted to marry, but her money would attract the wrong suitor. She switched places with her cousin Charlotte for the Season, but when she met Richard, Viscount Braybrooke, she knew. She'd made a mistake. Richard was looking for a wife, and the pair were falling in love, but as heir to a dukedom he couldn't follow the dictates of his heart, and Sophie was apparently ineligible...
THE RELUCTANT ESCORT 6/2000 ISBN: 0263823067 Regency. Molly Martineau's visit to her godmother is enlivened by meeting her grandson, Captain Duncan Stacey. Molly finds him very attractive and, desperate for adventure, wanting to return to London, she pursues Duncan when he leaves. Forced to take her under his wing, by the time they safely arrive in London, Duncan is in love. But his life is in such a tangle, what can he possibly offer Molly?
THE RUBY PENDANT 11/1997 ISBN: 0263804445 The truth -- and love. The portrait of Juliette as a jewelled French aristocrat deeply upset her family, and she was packed off for her Season. When her father, Viscount Martindale, organized his friend Mr Philip Devonshire as escort, she understood marriage was essential -- by why?
TO WIN THE LADY 1/1996 ISBN: 0263145247 Regency. When Major Richard Baverstock, heir to Viscount Dullingham, returned from the Wars, he knew he must marry and set up his nursery. having met Miss Georgiana Paget in her role as owner of Rowan Park Stud, he was surprised how well she turned out for a season in town. But it was her younger sister, Felicity, whom Georgie was intent on firing off, and when the matrons linked him with Felicity, Richard didn't object. It took the wager of racing, like Dick Turpin, from London to York, for Richard to know where his heart lay -- but how could he now, in honour, withdraw his suit?
Janet Nickoles
WHITE ROSES 4/1998 ISBN: 0843943742 Regency. Planted at the scene of every crime, the fragrant flowers were the trademark of a devious criminal. A jewel thief was stalking London, and Lord Nicholas Grey was certain the thief was his cousin and his enemy - Lord Edward Turner. Determined to capture the daring burglar, the Marquess hunted his prey, but found himself distracted by a pair of rich brown eyes and an enchanting smile. Margaret Alston had turned to thievery to sow the seeds of vengeance. Determined to destroy the man who had tried to ruin her, The White Rose found her plans uprooted by her enemy's cousin - Lord Nicholas Grey. Stunned by the dashing aristocrat's kiss, Maggie found that in his arms she blossomed. And though she knew he would unearth her secrets if she gave him her heart, the pain of love's thorns could never outweigh its beauty.
Lisabet Norcross
THE LADY AND THE ROGUE 1/1978 ISBN: 0515044490 Regency
Irene Northan
PHYLLIDA 1/1976 ISBN: 0449234592 Georgian. Phyllida Barton was in love. She planned to marry dashing young Lieutenant Gerard Lacey. Her grandfather, however, had another man in mind. He wanted her to wed Richard Compton--very rich, very dull. And no one ever said no to her grandfather. Elopement was the only way. After hours of waiting, Phyllida knew Gerard was not going to show up. But Richard did. She was hurt and humiliated. Worse yet, she had no place to turn. When Richard offered her marriage, she accepted. She had no choice. Phyllida resigned herself to her fate though she never stopped dreaming of Gerard. She knew one day they would meet again. What she didn't know was that when they did, her entire world would be put in peril...
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