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FIVE GOLD RINGS 10/1999 ISBN: 0843946121 Medieval
Constance O'Banyon
DESERT SONG 6/1994 ISBN: 0061082902 Victorian. When Mallory Stanhope set sail for Egypt, she was drawn to a fellow passenger, the strikingly handsome Lord Michael DeWinter. Yet, while Michael was intrigued by Mallory's disarming beauty, he was preoccupied with thoughts of rescuing his father from treacherous captors. Once in port, Mallory hoped to forget this troublesome man, but she soon found herself not only nursing his wounds, but also falling hopelessly in love with him. As danger lurked amid the sun-scorched dunes, Michael realized he had lost his heart to this red-haired angel and together they risked everything to save his father from a desert prison. Travel from fashionable London to the mysterious streets of Cairo and the unforgettable expanse of the desert on an odyssey of love, passion and intrigue.
ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING short story in FIVE GOLD RINGS 10/1999 ISBN: 0843946121 Medieval. In the Year of Our Lord, 1135, Menton Castle is the same as any other: It has nobles and minstrels, knights and servants. Yet from the great hall to the scullery there are signs that the house is in an uproar. This Yuletide season is to be one of passion and merriment. The master of the keep has returned. With him come several travelers, some weary with laughter, some tired of tears. But in all of their stories—whether lords a'leapin' or maids a'milkin'—there is one gift that their true loves give to them. And in the winter moonlight, each of the castle's inhabitants will soon see the magic of the season and the joy that can come from five gold rings.
La FLAMME 9/1995 ISBN: 0061082309 Renaissance. Wed At The Kind's Command... Lady Sabine Woodbridge pledged herself to a man she had never met - the powerful Garreth Blackthorn, Duke of Balmarough. But that was before he betrayed her and her family. Sworn To Vengeance... Escaping to France, Sabine became a sensual, provocative Parisian actress, known only as 'La Flamme.' Disguised in alluring mystery, she approached her husband determined to draw from him the secrets that would destroy him. But as she grew closer to the seductive, compelling man she once swore to love, Sabine began to fear that in destroying Garreth, she would destroy herself.
SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE 2/1993 ISBN: 0061080039 Regency. Kassidy Maragon was a lonely child when dashing British officer Raile DeWinter became her valiant protector. Then Raile, estranged from his family for an act he didn't commit, left England. It would be five years before he returned in a blaze of glory. When he and the enchanting Kassidy met again, he convinced her to be his duchess. Against a world of treachery, she dared to risk everything for the man she loved and could no longer live without. In a story sweeping from an English castle to the battlefields of Waterloo to the splendor of London, best-selling author Constance O'Banyon weaves a magnificent tale of passion, honor, and extraordinary love.
Judith O'Brien
ONCE UPON A ROSE 5/1996 ISBN: 0671502255 Medieval. 'I walked into a maze and got lost on the path to love.' Rocketing country-western star Deanie Bailey suspected if she put what happened to her in a song, she'd earn another Grammy - or be locked up as a lunatic. She had been shooting a music video in England on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace when she ducked into the castle's famous maze for a moment of solace. But there would be no quiet interlude as the ground vibrated, the air glimmered, and there, with a sword drawn and pointed at her, was the most devastatingly handsome man she had ever seen. From his fancy shirt and black velvet doublet, Deanie figured he was just another of the overblown Shakespearean actors whose classical sensibilities she'd had to deal with on the set. But she figured wrong by a mile and four hundred years. Christopher 'Kit' Neville, duke of Hamilton, was attendant to the king. Some irresistible force had brought Deanie into his life and to a bygone era to change the future, fall madly in love, and stand by her man against treachery and time itself with all the spunky strength of a country girl's heart!
TO MARRY A BRITISH LORD 10/1997 ISBN: 067100039X Victorian. Once the toast of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Lloyd left a string of misfortune behind and traveled to England to become a mere governess for an upper-class British family. Her high-spirited American ways are not always appreciated, nor is her refusal to act like an empty-headed ninny when around gentleman. But when her beauty catches the eye of none other than the Prince of Wales, Constance is suddenly a social sensation -- and finds herself proposed to by the son of the Duke of Hastings! But as she waltzes in the halls of royalty, Constance is less than madly happy -- for she is filled with doubts about her fiance and his secrets. Then she meets her intended's best friend, Joseph Smith, an all-too-handsome, self-made man. Now, about to embrace the privileged life she's always desired, Constance begins to dream of forbidden and unexpected love -- with the one true prince in Britian's glittering palaces.
Megan O'Connor
PIPPA 4/1980 ISBN: 0440168252 Regency. She was a willful girl, fleeing Ayleworth Hall, stern Aunt Emma and her guardian, who was to arrive that very day with an eligible suitor in tow. Pippa would not be sold off, like baggage, to the highest bidder! But she did not get far...
Constance O'Day-Flannery
ONCE AND FOREVER 11/1999 ISBN: 0380801701 Renaissance. Something inexplicable has led Maggie Whitaker to the sixteenth century.Always a woman who has tried to do the right thing and live up to expectations, Maggie is beginning to learn the joy of following her own heart-even if it leads her across centuries. And especially since it has her crossing paths with Nicholas Layton, a dashing disinherited noble caught up in the dangerous intrigues of Elizabeth's royal court. There is something about this enchanting, perplexing Margaret that leaves Nicholas breathless. Her voice is sweet music-though the words she speaks seem foreign to his ear. One kiss and he knows she is his true soulmate. But it is said the lady is betrothed to another-and it is Nicholas who must deliver her to her waiting groom. Yet no political plot or royal decree can forbid a love that is destined. And Maggie and her daring highborn lover are willing to incur the wrath of insidious foes to make certain that passion's flame, newly kindled, burns forever even if it takes centuries for their hearts to be truly one.
Amanda O'Dell
WANTON SURRENDER 2/1988 ISBN: 0821722921 Regency. How had Carisa McNeill Kenton gotten herself into this predicament? One night, she had been strolling through the exquisite gardens of an English country estate; the next morning, she had found herself on a ship bound for America - and married to her kidnapper! She might be the wife of the strikingly handsome, arrogant captain, but she vowed to keep him at arm's length. Yet when his strong arms encircled her, crushing her to his lean, muscular body, and his mouth pressed kisses like sweet rain on her face, she knew she would not remain his wife in name only... that she would give him her body and soul...His impulsive plan had worked. Now, no one could force Hayden Stanfield to marry the Duke of Kenton's daughter when he already had a wife. His auburn-haired bride might no be all his family had hoped for, but to Hayden the fiery wench with her flashing green eyes was all he could ever want in a woman. When he touched her soft, silky skin, her tender lips, her unbearable heights. In time, he would teach her the depths of that passion,make her beg him to love her, and cling to him in wanton surrender.
Tara O'Dell
MY GALLANT KNIGHT 10/1999 ISBN: 0821763520 Medieval. She was a prisoner... Against her wishes, Cicely de Valois had lived a cloistered life as one of the sisters of Montreau. In a noble gesture to the church, her parents offered Cicely to the veil rather than raise her as the gentlewoman that was her birthright. Passionate and high-spirited, Cicely longed to experience the world, not hide away behind the dark walls of a priory. Every day of her imprisonment brought long hours of dreaming about the brave, noble knight who would steal her away to freedom. Simon de Cressy had superior skill in battle, but he was weak as a babe when brought to the Montreau convent in the ravages of a fever. Under Cicely's gentle care, he soon revived. It was not long either before her sparkling virtue and exquisite beauty won the heart of the valiant knight and persuaded him to take her with him. Now, embarking upon a journey across England together, Cecily and Simon packed little but an unbounded, searing attraction - one that foretold of the passionate destiny awaiting them...
THE SAXON'S DAUGHTER 11/1998 ISBN: 0821760610 Medieval. Norman Jobert de Brevriene was Edeva's sworn enemy. The handsome conqueror had claimed her family's manor, cast her into the dungeon, the swept her into his bed. Blinded by rage, she vowed to kill him, but the passions he aroused left her prisoner in his arms, betrayed by the body she had honed to warrior strength. She thought she could betray him as a spy...until fate forced her to make a choice. She was unlike any woman Jobert had ever know, a Saxon amazon whose fierce skills equaled his own. He knew he could not win Edeva with force; that only sweet caresses would disarm this woman he wanted and needed at his side. Pledged to hold Saxon lands by persuasion instead of blood, he now ruled a house divided as the spoils of war, only to discover that his greatest weakness lay in the proud beauty who challenged him on the battleground of love...
Laurel O'Donnell
THE ANGEL AND THE PRINCE 3/1996 ISBN: 0821752693 Medieval. The daughter of a French nobleman, Ryen De Bouriez wields a sword and rides a destrier as magnificently as the knights of King Charles VI. In place of glittering ballgowns, she wears shining armor; instead of practicing gentle arts, she battles the Englishmen she despises. Those who whisper her name in fear and awe call her the Angel of Death... Bryce Princeton is the dreaded Prince of Darkness, a British lord driven by a desire for conquest and revenge. He leads his vanquishing army into France...only to be captured by a fierce-hearted slip of a woman. Ryen is a maid trained in arms, but an innocent in a contest of passion. So, in the shadows of his prison cell, the sensual nobleman refuses to yield. Instead, he woos her with a passion no woman dare trust - nor resist...
THE BRIDE AND THE BRUTE short story in BLUSING BRIDES 6/1998 ISBN: 082175906X Medieval
MIDNIGHT SHADOW 6/2000 ISBN: 0821766171 Medieval. Disguised as the legendary hero known as the Midnight Shadow, Lady Bria Delaney swore to rid the land of Lord Terran Knowles' cruel tyranny. She was stunned to encounter him in her father's castle - one of the many suitors vying for her hand. Captivated by his darkly intent gaze, Bria struggled to suppress her fierce attraction to the very enemy she had secretly promised to destroy. From the moment he held the sought-after noble beauty in his arms, Terran was compelled to make her his wife. Yet how could he ignore evidence that Bria harbored a dangerous secret, one that threatened everything he stood for - and perhaps his very life? Torn between the woman he longed to trust and a family honor he was duty bound to protect, Terran vowed to unmask the Midnight Shadow...no matter what the cost.
Sheila O'Hallion
AMERICAN PRINCESS 11/1989 ISBN:0671693980 Victorian
Janette Oke
A BRIDE FOR DONNIGAN 1993 ISBN: 155661327X Victorian. Kathleen O'Malley stood on the deck of the Barreth Lily and watched the land she'd called home for more than a dozen years slip from her view. She had thought she would be glad to see the last of it, but she was not. Emotions in turmoil, her whole being yearned to slip from the ship and return to what she knew. Even though Kathleen had not been happy with her situation, it was all she had ever known. As the shoreline faded into the morning mist, her only certainty was that she was bound for America to marry a man whose name she did not even know and whose face she had never seen. On the other side of the Atlantic, Donnigan Harrison anxiously awaits Kathleen's arrival on a prairie farm far from her port of arrival in Boston. He has known the wonder of a dream fulfilled - a snug frame cabin, the sturdy log barn and outbuildings, a fine herd of livestock, and crops in the field that made his eyes sparkle. Yet Donnigan felt a loneliness on the western frontier that pierced his very soul. With so limited opportunities for finding a wife, the notion of ordering a wife that once seemed unthinkable had come to make some sense. Now that the time has come, Donnigan feels like a small boy waiting for Christmas. But Donnigan's anticipation is overshadowed with terrifying uncertainties - What have I done? And that question is echoed in Kathleen's heart as she nears the point of no return.
Marina Oliver
THE COBWEB CAGE 1994 ISBN: 0718100379 Edwardian. Born into the grim poverty of a Midlands mining village, Marigold Smith knows her future lies with her family. And so Marigold makes an agonizing decision - she gives up her son, the only living memory she has of Richard, to the parents-in-law who threw her out - in return for the financial security her family so desperately needs.
STRIFE BEYOND TAMAR ISBN: 1853895733
Patricia Oliver
BROKEN PROMISES 5/2001 ISBN: 0451202961 Regency. Convinced that her betrothed, Viscount Halifax, offered for her under duress, Miss Mathilda Heath falls in love with and elopes to India with the viscount's childhood friend, Sir James Parmenter. Ten years later she returns to England, a widow with two young sons, determined to make a life for them on her late husband's estate near Bath. She does not expect her ex-betrothed, now the Earl of Southmoor, to take note of her arrival, much less approach her. She is wrong. In trying to avoid him, Mathilda forms a close friendship with his friend, the Hon. Willoughby Hampton, who shows her special attention. Once home in Bath, Mathilda finds herself with several assiduous suitors, among them the man she had broken her promise to years before. On his part, Miles Stephens, still resentful of being jilted at the altar, plans a terrible vindication for the woman who broke his heart. As the time grows nearer to put his plan in action, Miles begins to doubt the wisdom of his carefully orchestrated revenge on Mathilda. Is he losing his heart again to the same woman? Once put into motion, however, he cannot stop the rush towards a climax he no longer wants. Can Mathilda forgive him as he has long since forgiven her?
THE COLONEL'S LADY 5/1996 ISBN:0451187458 Regency. Lady Regina Heathercott, beautiful, and wealthy, could have any man she wanted. And no man had ever made her want him like the superbly handsome Captain Charles Swinburn. His stolen kisses won her heart and left her aching to give him still more, when the upright figure of another man stepped between them. Colonel Sir Richard Swinburn, Charles' arrogant elder brother, was as insultingly indifferent to Regina's charms as he was infuriatingly suspicious about Charles' intentions towards her. This icy officer offered her propriety in place of passion, honor instead of love. And soon Regina found herself being quickstepped to the altar with the wrong man for the wrong reasons. Now she feared that unless marriage held unsuspected surprises, the one she adored would make her break her wedding vows almost as soon as she made them.
AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL 10/1995 ISBN:0451180941 Regency. Lady Cynthia Lonsdale was young, newly widowed, and wealthy, the ideal prey for every fortune hunter in the realm. Cynthia, however, refused to look in their direction, nor would she let her father wed her to yet another elderly lord. Instead she would take immodest advantage of being sinfully rich. She would choose a handsome young man and pay him to join her in a marriage that at least would be an honest bargain, not an odious deception. Captain Brian Sheffield, who was as honorable as he was in need of funds, fit her bill to perfection. But when this desperate gentleman agreed to be her husband for hire, Cynthia discovered to her dismay that there was a part of the bargain she had not bargained on: the clash of the Captain's icy pride and her own hot-blooded desires.
AN INCONVENIENT WIFE 5/1998 ISBN:0451194845 Regency. It was to be Bath's most talked-about affaire de coeur. Bored by society, jaded by a life lived solely for pleasure, London's premier rake, Lord Robert Monroyal, decided to gamble on his heart. He wagered a breathtaking ten thousand pounds that he would never wed. A second bet followed, involving a lovely lightskirt he vowed to seduce within a week. No one envisioned that prim, proper Pamela Hancock on the shelf at five-and-twenty, would be Monroyal's downfall. Yet the lord, accidentally luring the wrong female to a rendezvous, was not forced to offer for a confirmed spinster's hand. He was aghast. She was simply appalled. Cupid's fun was just beginning. The lady wanted no husband; the gentleman wanted no wife. Yet fate had flung them together for a shocking misalliance-- and a frission of feeling that couldn't -- or could it-- be love.
LADY IN GRAY 2/1999 ISBN:0451195000 Regency. Lady Sylvia Sutherland fell into disgrace at eighteen when she eloped with Sir Matthew Farnaby, a handsome fortune hunter. Her father, the Earl of Wessex, caught up with the runaways in Dover and brought his daughter home, only to banish her to the wilds of Cornwall where her aunt, Lady Margaret, also in disgrace for a similar breach of conduct, lives happily with her Italian lover and dedicates her life to art. Lady Sylvia finds solace in painting and acquires a solid reputation as an artist. Living with her aunt at Whitecliffs, Sylvia hears various versions of the tragedy that occurred ten years ago when the Earl of Longueville's lovely French bride dies mysterious on the cliffs. Intrigued by the young countess's death, which some claim was suicide, others-including her husband-say was an accident, while the general belief in the village is that it was murder, Lady Sylvia paints a portrait of the stone hut where the tragedy occurred. The earl is the favorite suspect. When Nicholas Morley, the Earl of Longueville, returns from a lengthy stay in India with his mother and aunt, Mrs. Lydia Hargate, Sylvia finds him taciturn, and still touchy over his wife's death. Nicholas sees Lady Sylvia as a welcome diversion in his loneliness, and plans to offer her a carte blanche. Amused when Sylvia refuses, he commissions a portrait of himself for the Long Gallery at the Grange. Sylvia prefers to paint the earl's handsome friend, Captain Jason Ransome, but eventually agrees to paint the earl's portrait. Nicholas finds himself thinking of the lovely but ineligible artist far more than is wise, and he puts off the task of finding a second wife. At the end of the summer, the dowager plans a grand house party with a select list of eligible young ladies to tempt her son into a second marriage. Notable absences are her youngest son Stephen, killed at Talavera, the late countess's brother, Jean-Claude DeJardin, an opportunist, and the earl's cousin, Mrs. Hargate's only son, who turns out to be Sir Matthew Farnaby, well known to Lady Sylvia. As Sylvia's inquiries slowly progress, she discovers that the dead countess was more than friendly to several of the gentlemen guests from years ago. When Sir Matthew, banished from The Grange by his cousin the earl, makes an appearance and stirs memories both Sylvia and Nicholas would like to forget, events take a sudden turn which puts Lady Sylvia in serious danger.
LADY JANE'S NEMESIS 7/2000 ISBN:0451200691 Regency. Betrothed since birth to her neighbour, Roger Hastings, the heir to the Marquess of Trenton, Lady Jane Sinclair has little choice in the matter of marriage. She pours her energy into the writing and illustrating of her study of wild flowers in her native Devon while Roger sows his wild oats. Jane chooses to ignore the rumours linking Roger to the voluptuous Maud Horton, wife of Sir Giles Horton, many years her senior. When she comes upon them in a highly compromising rendezvous in the woods, however, she demands that her father release her from her betrothal. Counting on Jane's large dowry to pay off gambling debts, the marquess sends his son to set the date with his rebellious lady. Jane, who has loved Roger forever, relents and after he promises no more dalliance, the two are married in Trenton Abbey. The happiness of her married life is shattered when rumours claim that Roger is the father of Lady Maud's unborn babe. When Maud falls ill and Sir Giles refuses to acknowledge his wife's child, Lady Jane steps in to nurse her rival on her deathbed and provide shelter for baby Agatha Rose. Jane's life becomes more complicated when Sir Giles acknowledges the child in his last will, leaving his son to untangle the matter with Roger. Lady Jane discovers an unexpected strength to love her rival's motherless daughter and forgive her own wayward husband, and Roger learns the meaning of love.
LORD GRESHAM'S LADY 11/1994 ISBN 0451180925 Regency. Lady Sarah Stanton had all too good reason to despair of her future, and to fear for her virtue. Prudence and propriety were forcing the beautiful but impoverished young widow into wedlock with the overbearing Sir Edward Grimes. But the alternative was even worse. The dazzlingly handsome, totally heartless Robert Heathercott, Lord Gresham offered everything except marriage if she would satisfy his hunger for her. This infinitely resourceful, supremely skilled rake stalked Sarah as a tiger its prey, luring her into the luxurious London mansion that was his lair, enticing her into his arms, devouring her will to resist with kisses as sweet as sin. She found herself fighting not only this man who would not take no for an answer, but her own lips that ached to say yes.
LORD HARRY'S ANGEL 4/1993 ISBN: 0451175611 Regency. When lovely young Angela Walter wed Major Harry Davenport, the sixth earl of Castleton, both of them knew the marriage terms. Angela would get the title that her wealthy father wanted for her. Davenport would gain the money he desperately needed. As for love, the earl had a golden opportunity to win the recently widowed beauty whom he long had worshiped. Meanwhile, Angela could turn to the devastatingly handsome Earl of Medford, who had scorned her once but found her irresistible now that she was married. Certainly the newlyweds had the most sensible of understandings - if only Angela could remember to listen to reason and not to her foolish heart...
MISS DRAYTON'S DOWNFALL 3/1994 ISBN: 0451180194 Regency. Though Miss Cassandra Drayton was a sheltered vicar's daughter, she knew enough of the world to have no illusions about the Earl of Mansfield. Handsome he might be - but he was arrogant, cynical, cold-hearted, and licentious as well. Cassandra had even fewer illusions about his marriage proposal that she was in no position to refuse. He was simply settling a debt of honor even he could not ignore. Cassandra had one comfort only. Surely as unfashionable and inexperienced a young lady as she would not stir Mansfield's passions. Surely he would continue to take his pick of the most stunningly sensual sirens of the ton. Surely he would respect his pledge to leave her untouched. But Cassandra had no notion of how strong the earl's passions were - and how weak were her defenses...
ROSES FOR HARRIET 5/1995 ISBN:0451180933 Regency. Lady Harriet Egerton had reason to be shocked when the devastatingly handsome Giles Montague, Earl of Kimbalton, asked her to wed. He frankly admitted that love played no part in his proposal. All he wanted of her was the good sense to leave him free to pursue pleasure beyond the marriage bed. On the other hand, Harriet had good reason to say yes. The wealthy lord promised her the means to cultivate her passion for peace, quiet, and horticultural perfection. Even better, he assured her that she need not fear his amorous attentions. But could Harriet trust the pledge of a man who thought nothing of breaking a marriage vow? And even worse, once she was on the garden path of temptation, could she trust herself?
THE RUNAWAY DUCHESS 9/1993 ISBN: 0451177304 Regency. Beautiful Georgina Bennett was a widow and quite content to remain that way. Though still young in years, she had tasted all she wanted of marriage with the late Duke of Ware. But now her father was demanding she wed yet another elderly aristocrat - and Georgina frantically fled the London marriage mart. Safety, though, was not what she found. What she discovered when she met Major Jack Hampton was the danger of her own desires. For this heartbreakingly handsome, infuriatingly arrogant gentleman made it shockingly clear that he did not want her as a wife...but he most definitely wanted her as a woman....
SCANDALOUS SECRETS 12/1999 ISBN:0451198867 Regency. Years ago, Lady Francesca St. Ives was divorced and cast out of her family -- surrounded by rumors of a terrible scandal. Only her beloved Aunt Clarissa and Uncle John stood by her, taking her to their home in India. Now heiress to a large fortune and known as Lady Fanny Wentworth, she returns to England to make a new life for herself -- without the help of a man. But as they board the ship in Calais, she and her aunt rescue a little girl named Charlotte from thieves....and meet the child's father, the very handsome -- and arrogant -- Colonel Sir Derek Sheldon. Lady Fanny is charmed by sweet, innocent Charlotte, even as she is irritated by the child's father. Then an illness traps Lady Fanny at the Sheldon estate and, as she recovers, sharing close quarters with him, sparks begin to fly. Now Fanny must make a difficult decision -- for if she trusts the Colonel with her heart, she must also trust him with the scandalous secrets of her past....
SOMETHING OLD short story in A WEDDING BOUQUET 5/1996 ISBN 0451187857 Regency
AN UNSUITABLE MATCH 3/1997 ISBN:0451188004 Regency. Serena Millbanks might be an innocent country miss with no particular beauty, but she was well aware that London was alive with libertines. Forewarned was forearmed, and she was quite sure that she would be more than a match for the amorous advances of these shameless seducers. Having no illusions about her looks, Serena was not prepared to become the focus of attention for the dark and dissolute Major Guy Hawkhurst, Duke of Wolverton. Running from his own demons, Hawkhurst finds solace in Serena's calm presence. Their unlikely friendship blossoms, and when tragedy strikes Serena, she finds comfort in the major's arms. But Serena is also practical and knows that a match between them would be highly unsuitable. Steeling herself to the loss of the man she loves, she contemplates marriage to another. The duke's unexpected decision to follow his heart and not his mother's advice proves that the unsuitable is not necessarily the impossible.
Katherine O'Neal
BRIDE OF DANGER 9/1997 ISBN: 0553573799 Victorian. Night after night, she graced London's most elegant soirees, her flame-haired beauty drawing all eyes, her innocent charm wresting from men the secrets of their souls. And not one suspected the truth: that she was a spy, plucked from the squalor of Dublin's filthy streets. For Mylene, devoted to the cause of freedom, it was a role she gladly played...until the evening she came face-to-face with the mysterious Lord Whitney. All of the town was abuzz with his recent arrival. But only Mylene knew he was as much of an impostor as she. Gone was any trace of the wild Irish youth she remembered. In his place was a rogue more devastatingly handsome than any man had a right to be--and a rebel coldheartedly determined to do whatever it took to fulfill his mission. Now he was asking Mylene to betray everything she'd come to believe in. And even as she knew she had to stop him, she couldn't resist surrendering to his searing passion.
MASTER OF PARADISE 12/1995 ISBN:0553569562 Regency. As the privateer bore down on her ship, Gabrielle Ashton-Cross recognized all too well the magnificent, leonine figure at its prow. Once, she had resisted his arrogant passion, had survived his betrayal to become the toast of London. And even now she might escape him, for her sword was like lightning. Yet the moment their gazes locked across the rolling deck, she knew that Rodrigo Soro had every intention of taming her to his will at last. Gabrielle hadn't journeyed so far from home to fulfill a lifelong dream only to surrender to a pirate king. But this time when he took her in his arms, would she have the strength to fight the only man who could ever promise her paradise?
MY ONE AND ONLY 2/2000
WRITTEN IN THE STARS 10/1998 Edwardian. He is her sworn enemy. She is the prize he wants above all. Diana Sanbourne is faced with an impossible choice: ignore her father's dying wish or seek out the one man who can fulfill it. The one man she despises--Jack Rutherford. Once, she had loved him, only to be betrayed, and she vowed never again to fall under the power of his seductive caress. Now he's a rogue hunter of ancient relics, with the daring and instincts that could lead to the fabled treasure her father asked her to find. Yet even as he joins her on her quest--one that will lead from England's shadowy underworld to a treacherous distant land--Diana must guard not only her life but her heart. For Jack makes it clear he intends to reclaim her for his own. And she is just as determined not to surrender.
Sara Orwig
TIDES OF PASSION 4/1987 ISBN: 0451400356 Regency. She knew who he was, Captain Joshua Raven, renegade aristocrat and notorious pirate ravaging the Spanish main. But he could not suspect that she was Lianna Melton, a high-born British beauty fleeing a forced marriage to a Spanish grandee, disguised as a maid, desperately seeking a way to return to Edwin, the man she adored. Struggling amid the intrigues and violence of the new world Joshua had taken her to, Lianna could not hide her pleasure in his sweet savage strength. And as she melted under his wild rapturous caresses, passion overtook her innocence and guided them both toward the golden shores of love..
Elane Osborn
SILKEN ROSES 1989 ISBN:0312914040 Victorian
SKYLARK 11/1990 ISBN:1557734100 Victorian. Hannah spent her life in the sky, riding hot air balloons and traveling in circuses. Quinton was a dashing nobleman. They were worlds apart, but just one kiss was enough to spark a whirlwind of high-flying adventure...
Maggie Osborne
LADY RELUCTANT 12/1990 ISBN: 0312924410 Georgian. No one dares say no to Blusette Morgan...except Thomas, the handsome English stranger who docks at her island home. It is a cruel blow for the fiery daughter of the pirate founder of Morgan's Island. All around her is the passion of the tropics, but she has yet to experience it first hand. With time, Blu is sure she can change his mind.
Joan E. Overfield
BELLE OF THE BALL 5/1993 ISBN: 0380769239 Regency. The lady changes her mind. At twenty-six, Belle Portham has turned a cold shoulder on many a would-be suitor, preferring to marry for position rather than risk her considerable inheritance for some handsome rake with an eye on her fortune. Lord Marcus Colford is just such a rake in Belle's eyes, and one she'd prefer to ignore. Fascinated by glimpses of the passionate woman who hides behind the cool facade, Marcus longs to set her free. And even as Belle tries to deny it, she knows Marcus has awakened feelings in her that make the loveless marriage she once sought unthinkable. But changing her mind is a risky business...and they're both about to find out just how dangerous falling in love can be.
THE CABINETMAKER'S DAUGHTER 6/1988 ISBN: 0446349194 Regency. Neither sufficiently blue-blooded for London's smart set nor earthy enough for her father's circle, Hortensia turned by back on Polite Society to assist in her father's shop. When he sends her to meet a potential supplier in Boston, she discovers there was more to life than success!
A CHRISTMAS AFFAIR 11/1990 ISBN: 0821732447 Regency. She promised the insufferable gentleman a very Merry Christmas indeed! Justin Stockton considered himself a reasonable man, and he made every allowance for the Laurence family's recent bereavement during this Christmas season. Nevertheless the eldest girl Amanda seemed bent on infuriating him at every turn. Far from being grateful to him for offering to marry her docile sister in order to help the family out of its financial straits, she seemed to think he was a positive ogre. No matter his reputation for arrogance, Justin was hardly a wife-beater; although he wasn't sure he could answer for his actions if he ever got his hands on the provocative Amanda. He would have to marry the girl off to some poor sod--who would certainly have his sympathies--and the sooner the better for his own peace of mind...
THE DOOR AJAR 11/1995 ISBN: 0821751484 Regency. Fleeing her bridegroom on her wedding night after discovering that he had wed her for her fortune, Miranda Winthrop is swept across the barriers of time from Regency England into the arms of Alec Bramwell, a modern-day Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard. This is the first in a time-travel set, followed by TIME'S TAPESTRY.
THE DUTIFUL DUKE 2/1994 ISBN: 0380774003 Regency. Miss Thomasina "Nia" Pringle has resolved to champion the cause of an innocent child illegitimately sired and then abandoned by an unscrupulous aristocrat. And so the beautiful, high-spirited schoolteacher confronts the blackguard's brother and insists that he acknowledge the unfortunate waif. Wyatt Perryvale is aghast when a strange woman steals into his coach, points a gun at him... and demands that he accept responsibility for a fatherless urchin! The child's resemblance to Wyatt's late lamented brother is uncanny, however. So the sad, fair-minded lord agrees to take her in and hires the audacious Miss Pringle to act as her governess -- never dreaming that NIA has much to teach him as well... about joy, and living, and love.
EXQUISITE 3/1998 ISBN: 0821758942 Regency. Rachel Manvers' unscrupulous uncle was selling her extraordinary sculptured copies of marble Roman heads as genuine antiquities - and one had just been acquired by the Marchioness of Stanton, mother of England's formost authority on Roman antiquities. In desperation, Rachel broke into the Marchioness' home to replace the reproduction with the original before the deception was discovered. She barely escaped capture by Nicholas Woodward, the Marquis of Stanton himself, who was astonished to discover that the intruder was a woman! Now Rachel cannot escape the devastating Marquis - on his undercover investigation of counterfeit antiquities that brings him close enough to save her life, ignite her passions, and risk a scandal that only marriage can resolve!
THE KEEPER OF TIME 8/1995 Short Story-Victorian
LADY CAT 1/1999 ISBN: 0821760963 Regency. For years Lord Stephen Rockholme had been a rake of the first order, devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, if not to the women who so willingly provided it. The decision to rejoin his old regiment and depart for the peninsula meant only that he faced one last evening of intimate delight. He found himself bewitched by the emerald eyes of the woman who called herself Cat...Five years later, Stephen returns to England a changed man with only one desire - to find the elusive Cat, whose memory haunted and sustained him through the horrors of war. But the reunion he craved is soon overshadowed by the suspicion that Cat harbors an unimaginable secret. Now, Stephen must discover if Lady Cat is the answer to his prayers - and the woman of his dreams...
A MATCHMAKING MISS 10/1992 ISBN: 0821739441 Regency. Despite the Earl of Kirkswood's claim that he has no need for a wife, Matty Stone, a young miss with a reputation for making matches, is determined to find him a mate.
TIME'S TAPESTRY 8/1996 ISBN: 0821753819 Regency. Cara Bramwell, a homicide inspector from Scotland Yard, finds her skills and courage put to the test when she is swept through a portal in time back to Regency England, where a handsome lord solicits her help to clear him of a murder charge. But as she embraces Stephan Hallford's cause and his glittering world, Cara faces a danger that could forever prevent her from returning to her own time - a danger called falling in love.
Ruth Owen
GAMBLER'S DAUGHTER 6/1999 ISBN: 0553577425 Regency. A dangerous charade...Sabrina Murphy has spent most of her life trying to live down the reputation of her gambler father. But when wrongly accused of murder, she is forced into a desperate scheme in an attempt to dodge the authorities. When Sabrina arrives at the Trevelyan estate claiming to be a long-lost cousin, the family is justly suspicious--for acknowledging her means losing their inheritance to her. But even Lord Edward must admit that the woman bears a striking resemblance to the heiress, who disappeared when she was only a child. And there is no denying that her gentle presence works its magic on his troubled family--and that her passionate kisses help to mend his tattered heart. But when a series of near fatal accidents threatens her life, the finger of guilt points straight at the dark lord, whose wife died under mysterious circumstances years before. Now there's more at stake than the Trevelyan fortune. Drawn together by a desire neither can resist, Sabrina and Edward struggle to uncover the truth. But her deception and his past could cost them their chance at love--and possibly their very lives....
MIDNIGHT MISTRESS 2/2000 ISBN: 0553577468 Regency. At a dazzling New Year’s Eve ball, Lady Juliana Dare is thrilled to finally meet the mysterious privateer known only as the Archangel. For months his breathtaking escapades against Napoleon's fleet have been the talk of London. So Juliana is utterly shocked when she recognizes his pale blue eyes and the touch that sets her on fire. Now she plans to expose the truth: that England’s hero is no better than a despicable fraud. Even after all this time Connor Reed could never mistake the hair the color of sunset or the voice that stirs his soul. Leaving Juliana behind years ago was the darkest moment he’d ever known. Yet he cannot allow any tender feelings to interfere with his carefully orchestrated mission. He will stop her from revealing his identity, even if it means silencing her with kisses...and risking the temptation to revive their long-ago passion.
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