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Sheryl Sage
PASSIONATE SURRENDER 9/1993 ISBN:0380766841 Medieval. The king himself has arranged the marriage, and the beautiful Lady Genevieve hopes she will find the love that has so far eluded her. But nothing could have prepared her for Lord Tristen Sinclair!
Lael St. James
MY LADY BELOVED 6/2001 ISBN: 0671537873 Medieval. Sweet, sheltered Gabriella Redclift is betrothed to Sir Cyprian Avendall, whom she has met but once. When Gabriella is abducted in the Devonshire countryside en route to her nuptials, her innocence -- and her dream of true love -- hang in the balance. Morgan Chalstrey is not the rogue bandit that he appears. Seeking vengeance on Avendall for his role in the undoing of Morgan's beloved Rebecca, he means Gabriella no harm; her possible ruin is unavoidable, if unfortunate. But as Gabriella discovers that her fiancé is far from chivalrous, she might become a willing participant in her own corruption. And Morgan, who had sworn off love forever, may find that innocent Gabriella's love, and not revenge, is the one thing worth fighting for.
MY LADY WAYWARD 12/2001 ISBN: 0671537881 Medieval. From the shelter of St. Swithin's Abbey, Meg Redclift misses her sister Gabriella, and fears the bride-to-be has met with danger. But the world's uncertainties visit the abbey when a handsome, wounded knight appears -- and Meg finds herself overwhelmingly attracted as she restores the stranger to health. If only he could remember who he is.... Left with no idea of his attacker's identity -- or his own -- Gresham Sedgewick fears his shadowed past may be dishonorable, and fights his powerful desire for lovely Meg. But when they are forced to flee the abbey, Gresham is plunged into an urgent quest with the woman who is his greatest temptation -- and perhaps his salvation. Dodging deadly assaults, Gresham must trust his warrior instincts and the passion in his heart to find the truth about himself -- and the freedom to give himself completely to his lady wayward.
Tina St. John
LORD OF VENGEANCE 6/1999 ISBN: 0449004252 Medieval. Two valiant people struggle with the sins of the past to forge a love as turbulent as the land they live in. Devilishly handsome Gunnar Rutledge has spent years plotting against the man who nearly destroyed his life. He seeks the ultimate vengeance on Raina d'Bussy--his enemy's daughter--a proud beauty who will be slave to no man. Gunnar sets out to break Raina's glorious spirit but instead finds himself bewitched by her goodness, her strength.
Carola Salisbury
A CERTAIN SPLENDOUR 1985 ISBN: 1853265063 Edwardian. Faith Dangerfield enjoys the privileged life of British naval high society in the golden early years of the twentieth century. She acts as hostess for her father, the widowed Commodore Dangerfield on his luxury yacht as it cruises to Monte Carlo, Malta and Alexandria. And there is Jack Cummings, to whom Faith is irresistibly drawn. Her world collapses when Jack testifies against her father at a Court Martial; the Commodore is found guilty and ruined. Faith strives to repair her shattered life despite the enmity of rich femme fatale Natasha Chalmers, and the revelation of her father's terrible secret.
Barbara Samuel
THE BLACK ANGEL 9/1999 ISBN: 0061013897 Georgian. Ardor once foolishly led Lady Adriana St. Ives into the arms of a rake, an affair that cost her everything she held dear. Though that was five years ago, this golden English beauty still vows that no man will ever again ignite the sensual passion hidden deep in her soul - not even her new husband, Tynan Spenser, Earl of Glencove, a darkly handsome and rich Irish rogue. Known as 'The Black Angel' for his wild and lascivious ways, Tynan is as determined to melt his icy bride as she is to resist his seductive charms. Vowing that she will be his in just one hundred kisses, Tynan sets out to win her with a kiss each day - a challenge Riana is sure she can withstand. But the willful beauty has no idea of the power of a single kiss..
HEART OF A KNIGHT 8/1997 ISBN:0061085189 Medieval. No heart ever beat so noble--nor so strong...Britain, 1351. After an arduous exile to flee the darkness and danger sweeping her lands, Lady Elizabeth D’Auvers returns home to Woodell Castle, yearning only for her looms and her quiet life. To her astonishment she finds the castle and farmlands thriving, thanks to Lord Thomas of Roxburgh, a knight errant whose size and strength offer protection to Elizabeth’s castle and its people. Lord Thomas’s warm gaze makes Elizabeth’s flesh burn with unaccustomed fire, and her defenses crumble, leaving her heart as vulnerable as her trembling body. Yet chilling thoughts trouble her mind. For there is something dark and mysterious about this man--a secret that makes him as forbidden to desire as he is impossible to resist.
LUCIEN'S FALL 9/1995 ISBN: 0061083623 Georgian. A determined and intelligent woman, Madeleine was not about to let a notorious rake such as Lucien Harrow distract her from saving her ancestral home. But the sinfully appealing Lucien hid a deeper longing, and sought Madeleine's loving aid in helping him uncover a secret that threatened to destroy him from within.
Lynsay Sands
THE DEED 4/1997 ISBN: 0843948108 Medieval. An innocent young beauty finds herself the fulcrum of a struggle for feudal power. Along with her ample dowry, Emma finds herself promised to Amaury de Aneford, a landless knight whose able sword has preserved the King's crown-and whose rugged good looks make her heart skip a beat. But on the wedding day, as a rival knight gallops toward the bridal chamber, Amaury will find that making love to his naive new bride will take consummate skill. For in the conjugal bed, Emma is astonished to learn there is more to a wedding night than just a sound sleep-and more to true love than she's ever imagined.
LADY PIRATE 1/2001 ISBN: 0843948167 Georgian. Circumstances have changed; they're worse. Valoree has been named heir to Ainsley Castle. And the will distinctly states that in order to inherit, she must be married to a nobleman and pregnant. Upon learning that, the virgin captain is ready to return to the seas, but her crew puts the issue to a vote--and for those rascally cusses she will do anything. Reluctantly, she agrees. If they can find a way--Henry and One-Eye and Skully--to put on her a sweet face that will fool the ton, she will handle the rest. Even with a drunken prostitute as an "aunt" and her merry cutthroat crew as "servants." But to herself she swears one thing: She can only marry a man who fires her blood, a man who is not afraid of a lady pirate.
THE RELUCTANT REFORMER 2/2002 ISBN: 0843949740 Regency Everyone knows of Lady X. The masked courtesan is reputedly a noblewoman fallen on hard times. What Lord James did not know was that she was Lady Margaret Wentworth--the feisty sister of his best friend, who has forced James into an oath of protection. But when James tracks the girl to a house of ill repute, the only explanation is that Maggie is London's most enigmatic wanton. Snatching her away will be a ticklish business, and after that James will have to ignore her violent protests that she was never the infamous X. He will have to reform the hoyden, while keeping his hands off the luscious goods that the rest of the ton has reputedly sampled. And, with Maggie, hardest of all will be keeping himself from falling in love.
THE SWITCH 8/1999 ISBN: 0843945656 Regency. When they first meet Lord Jeremy William Radcliffe, Charlie and her twin sister, Elizabeth, are escaping from their uncle-taking turns acting the young gentleman to avoid detection. But Charlie can't help falling head over heels-and out of a window-for the handsome lord. Of course, that is only the beginning: Lord Radcliffe insists on showing "him" and her lovely sister safely to London.But how can he do that? With every touch, Radcliffe seems unknowingly to incite indecent desires in Charlie, and his fraternal intent is certain to land her in a fine mess. Though it is a great game to play a boy, there is more fun in being female. And after one brush of his fiery lips when her guise is gone, Charlie swears to be nothing but his woman forevermore.
THREE FRENCH HENS short story in FIVE GOLD RINGS 10/1999 ISBN:0843946121 Medieval
Deborah Satinwood
AN ENGLISH ROSE 8/2000 ISBN: 0821766627 Victorian. Blue-blooded London lawyer Beau St. James is in a precarious position. A powerful client has threatened to ruin his marriageable daughter's name in society - unless Beau secures for him a sought-after piece of woodland property known as Solitude. Used to playing - and winning - such reckless games, Beau sets off for the country, to find the only thing more enchanting than Solitude is its owner, Miss Hannah Whitechurch. Hannah, an independent young artist, refuses to sell her beloved home - especially to an arrogant aristocrat. But soon, Beau's charming persistence unsettles her and inspires a passion she'd long denied. And Beau discovers that he wants much more than this bewitching beauty's land. Now he will do anything to persuade her that she belongs in his arms forever.
Veronica Sattler
A DANGEROUS LONGING 10/1990 ISBN: 0312923376 Georgian. She had sailed to the island seeking peace... Ariana Belmont had come to La Concha with her father, determined to escape the rigidity of their native England - as well as the memory of terror on a dark London highway so many years ago. He had sailed seeking revenge... Sean O'Hara had sworn to avenge the brother he lost that fateful night of plunder. But he hadn't counted on a lithe and tempting beauty coming between him and his deadly intent. Soon Sean's heart burned with a gentler passion - and a deeper desire. When Ariana is forced against her will to return to England, Sean's true enemy is revealed: a cruel scheme that threatens to tear away his newfound love forever..
COME MIDNIGHT 2/2002 ISBN: 0821769227 Regency. Love is hardly the problem when Adam Lightfoot, Marquis of Ravenskeep summons forth the devil. To save his young son's life, Adam is willing to do anything, and striking a reckless deal with Lucifer—otherwise known as rakish Lord Appleby--takes only a moment of consideration. What Adam doesn't bargain on is a young Irish healer named Caitlin O'Brian, her gift of sight, or her powerful determination to untangle him from the whole horrific mess. Come one dark midnight, they will discover that miracles are possible--if they're willing to sacrifice everything for love...
ONCE A PRINCESS 9/2001 ISBN: 0821769219 Lord Randall Darnley, Marquis of Hawksrest, has only one aim in the tiny principality of Mirandeau—to protect the late regent's heirs from danger. But while one of the orphaned “children” he's sworn to safeguard is nearly a woman grown, it's clear that shy Princess Leonie is also terrified by some nameless threat. Posing as Hawk Randall, a palace guard, Rand is concerned only with her safety—until he is unexpectedly moved by her beauty. With her uncle Roderick insisting that she is less than useless, nineteen-year-old Leonie is tempted to escape into her beloved books and avoid court circles altogether. Yet when she unearths a plot to kill her nine-year-old brother, the heir to the crown, she calls forth the courage to enlist the help of “Hawk” in their escape to England. She never imagines that he is not who he claims to be…or that his love is the one thing she will risk everything to win.
Amy Elizabeth Saunders
ENCHANTED TIME 9/1995 ISBN: 0505520494 Renaissance. With an antique store to run, Ivy Raymond is too busy to look at men from her own century. Then a kooky old lady sells her a book of spells, and before Ivy can say "abracadabra," she's living in a crumbling castle with a far-from-decayed knight. Stripped of his land, wealth, and title, Julian Ramsden is still arrogant enough to lord it over Ivy. But the saucy wench has powers over him that he cannot deny. Whether the flame-haired stranger is a thief, a spy, or a witch, Julian is ready to steal a love that is unquestionably magic.
A SPELL OF MIST AND ROSES short story in BEWITCHED 10/1997 ISBN:0515121576 Medieval
WHATEVER YOU WISH short story in MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S MAGIC ISBN:0505522098
WILD SUMMER ROSE 8/1993 ISBN: 050551902X Georgian and French Revolution. The French Marquis - When his grandfather died, Phillipe St. Sebastien inherited his beloved ancestral home, but no money. Without any other hope to save his family legacy, Phillipe traveled to England in search of a wealthy wife - only to have his mercenary plans go awry when he met...The Country Lass - Sent from her carefree rustic life to become a proper lady, Victoria Larkin bristled against the hypocrisy of the nobility. Longing for her home, she never expected to discover passion in the arms of a man who could offer her nothing more than...An Illicit Affair - Caught between desire and duty, Phillipe burned to possess Victoria - as a mistress, not a wife. But in a world suddenly torn asunder by the violent French Revolution, Phillipe and Victoria learned that love alone could keep them safe from the vagaries of fortune.
Irene Saunders
THE DOWAGER'S DILEMMA 5/1991 ISBN: 0451169581 Regency. Beautiful young widow Sarah Syndham soon found out how vulnerable she was after the sudden demise of her much older husband. The handsome, domineering Viscount Jethro Newsome easily stripped her of her estate, using the law to his advantage. He did his worst to strip her of her good name, turning whispered rumors into a scandalous smear. But there was something else even more important that he set out to strip from her with every weapon at his considerable command: Her last defenses against his ultimate desire...
Jeanne Savery
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT 10/2000 ISBN: 0821767593 Regency. Patricia Hayden's enjoyable solitude at Merwin Hall has been destroyed by the most incorrigible guest. Injured war veteran Jack Princeton is far too full of self-pity for the widow's taste--and she wastes no time in letting the irascible man know her opinion. Still, when Jack refuses to join a Christmas house party at the home of a mutual friend unless she accompany him, Patricia agrees, sensing that underneath Jack's temper is the loving, vital man he once was--the man he could be once again. But what would such a man want with a plain-speaking woman of no particular youth...Since a devastating leg injury sustained in the war on the Peninsula, once fun-loving Jack has become as depressed as the devil. Then me meets spirited Patricia, a woman whose admiration and concern are without pity--and who challenges him to reclaim his life. Still, as Jack's courage grows, and he realizes the sharp-witted, warm-hearted widow is the woman he wants as his wife, he despairs of her accepting as a man so diminished. Until circumstances lead both to the kissing bough...and a true Christmas miracle.
THE FOUR-PENNY CAT short story in WINTER KITTENS 1/1999 ISBN: 0821761064 Regency. The reclusive Lord Manningford is delighted when the widowed author Carolyn Weston replies to his gift of a kitten--worth only a penny--with charm and wit. Alas, their hopes of friendship are threatened by Manningford's knowledge of a betrayal in Carolyn's past. Can the one-penny kitten who brought them together inspire romance in two troubled people and prove himself a four-penny cat.
A LADY'S DECEPTION 6/1995 ISBN: 0821749773 Regency. Eager to help her younger sister snare a husband, Tayce Adlington disguises herself as a man to escort her sister during the Little Season at Bath. Tayce didn't count on falling in love herself--with the brooding Marquess of Worth.
LADY SERENA'S SURRENDER 5/2000 ISBN: 0821766074 Regency. Lady Serena Dixon believes all men are not to be trusted. Thus, she does not wish to shackle herself to a husband. But her wicked father has arranged for her betrothal to Jamie McMurrey, who shares Serena’s desire not to be wedded. Twice the clever duo has managed to thwart matrimony, but on their third attempt, poor Jamie falls ill with the small pox and dies. Now Serena is in a most tangled coil for she is forced to marry Jamie’s brother, Ian, whom she has never met...On his deathbed, Jamie McMurrey asks his brother Ian to uphold a promise, but dies before he can finish his request. Assuming Jamie wants him to wed his fiancée, Ian agrees when his father insists he marry Serena. While he honors his new bride’s wish to keep her virtue intact, each day brings added torment to Ian--unless he can woo Serena with the promise of a gentleman’s true love…
A LADY'S LESSON 9/1997 ISBN: 0821757547 Regency. The Earl of Blackthorn blinked. Why was a charming woman with wildly curling red hair calling him a brute? And what the devil was his son doing living in her modest dower house...while her son was in residence at elegant Blackthorn hall. With her temper unfashionably boiling, pretty widow Frederica MacKivern minced no words in telling Lord Blackthorn what he needed to know. His twelve-year-old son, believing that his busy father didn't care a whit about him, had traded places with Frederica's son, who thought it a lark to escape his mother's watchful eye. Now, Frederica lambasted the terribly handsome earl for his negligence, a plot was set in motion. Two lonely boys who needed a father and a mother had concocted a daring scheme that could lead to scandal and certain disaster-or a brand-new family filled with love!
LORD GALVESTON AND THE GHOST 3/1998 ISBN: 0821758691 Regency. Marcus Galveston, future Earl of Lymington and a consummate rake, had come to Alistair Castle for the pleasures of a house party...not to pursue Lady Freddy, the Wickingham heiress, who had the unfortunate reputation of being an icicle. But Lady Gwenfrewi, the Castle's otherworldly matchmaker, had her own ideas about the couple. It was of no consequence to her that Lady Freddy had vowed never to marry and that Lord Galveston was comfortable with his life as a rogue. But everyone knew that once a man and woman felt Lady Gwenfrewi's ghostly presence, they were as good as wed. And soon, Lady Freddy and Lord Galveston found themselves behaving in a rather peculiar fashion--for they were both falling in love. But when they discover that a ghost has been playing Cupid, it will take more than supernatural forces to bring two very stubborn hearts together...
A LOVE FOR LYDIA 9/1999 ISBN: 0821763210 Regency. Lydia Cottrell had such dreams for her six half-brothers and sisters! She prayed their new guardian, the dashing Lord Huntingdon, would be better to them than the late baronette, their father--a man who prized money above all. As for Lydia, who had been on the shelf longer than she cared to remember and without so much as a shilling to her name, she'd long given up on any hopes for her future...The absolute dismay Lord Huntingdon felt when he suddenly found himself the guardian of not one but six children turned into the most pleasant surprise when he laid eyes on the tender angel who cared for them. But every one of his amorous advances went in vain. And when the lovely lady discovered that she had suddenly inherited a rather sizable dowry, she accused him of being a fortune hunter! Now Lord Huntingdon was only more determined to prove to Lydia that her love was more priceless than all the riches in the world...
MISTLETOE KISSES short story in STOCKING STUFFERS 10/2000 ISBN: 0821767585 Regency. Between her indifferent relatives and an overbearing suitor, Grace Cheviot sadly concludes that this will be the worst Christmas she's ever had. But when her tabby Purrmew's antics result in handsome soldier Morgan St. Austell giving Grace an unexpected kiss under the mistletoe, she finds that it's never too late to discover the real joys of the holiday.
THE PERFECT HUSBAND 6/2001 ISBN: 0821770640 Regency. If the situation hadn't been dire, Lady Lillian Temple would not risk so much. But her father's fortune is dwindling, and darling Lily needs to make a match as quick as quick can be. Fortunately she already has a tendre for dashing Lord Melwin who would make the perfect groom. Unfortunately he doesn't notice her a whit at the house party they are attending. That's when she decides to sneak into his bed...A cool, haughty bachelor of the ton, Lord Anthony Wendover vows to marry only when he falls in love. Then he takes over Lord Melwin's room and awakens with a pretty stranger shrieking at his side. As a gentleman he must offer for her hand, and as a lady in dishabille, she must accept even though Lord Melwin knows that marriage to a stranger will surely drive Lily in a tizzy...unless this accidental pairing is part of cupid's plan to create the perfect husband from a most imperfect man..
TAMING LORD RENWICK 12/1999 ISBN: 0821764470 Regency. Only two things could cheer Lord Jason Renwick, near-blinded by an accident in India. One was his pet tiger, Sahib, who earned Jason’s Sussex house the nickname Tiger’s Lair; the other, his journals of that exotic land which he could no longer read. But when he secured the well-schooled services of Miss Eustacia Coleson and her lovely lilting voice, and embarked on a memoir, a dilemma faced him. Eustacia had become the light of his life—and Sahib’s! She was an angel who made him dream of the most intimate bliss. Yet no man of honor, maimed as he was, could aspire to such a lady’s hand…Eustacia found herself in quite a pickle. Her reverend father’s death had reduced her to a life of genteel poverty with a stepmother who ran up debts for fripperies, and proposed to marry Eustacia to a fat, elderly, malodorous suitor. Tiger’s Lair was her only escape. Intrigued by his lordship’s tawny beast—and even more by its handsome, growling master and his tales of the East—Eustacia endeavored to free Jason from his cage of bitterness—only to find herself imprisoned by a hopeless love. For parsons’ daughters never became baronesses! Not, that is, without help from a feline lord of the jungle...
TEMPTATION short story in NOTORIOUS AND NOBLE 7/1999 ISBN:0821762664 Regency. Miss Tenacious Smythe believes that Lord Brant has taught her all she needs to know about rakes. Once the wickedly handsome nobleman sets his sites on the innocent young lady, Tenny learns that a true rake has a heart of gold.
A TIMELESS LOVE 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755749 Regency. Alexander Knightly, Viscount Hawkbeck, didn't know what the devil to make of the woman standing before him. With a commandeered ship in his possession, the adventurous nobleman had been enjoying a leisurely trip from Lisbon to England. He certainly didn't expect this incomparable beauty to materialize in his cabin--seemingly out of nowhere! Could she be a witch? The truth, alas, was even stranger. Beth Ralston had been sent back to 1813 to retrieve a work of art...not to lose her heart. But her powerful attraction to the charming aristocrat was something she hadn't anticipated. Nor had Alexander. Utterly smitten, he insisted on taking Beth home to his family estate, where she would be faced with the demanding customs of the ton. In spite of the fact that Beth could be swept back to the future at any moment, she and Alexander were determined to make a match. For nothing was impossible when two people shared a love strong enough to conquer time itself..
THE WIDOW AND THE RAKE 11/1993 ISBN:0821743821 Regency. Dashingly handsome rake Pierce Reston, Duke of Stornway, tries to win the hand of Lady Joanna Ransome, the woman who once left him at the altar.
Donna Schaff
PRICELESS 8/1998 ISBN: 0440225868 Victorian. She was prepared to hate him on sight--the brash American who inherited her family estate. So Audra Sheffield disguised herself as a boy and accosted the new owner at gunpoint, demanding that he sign Sheffield Manor back over to her. When that ploy failed, Audra tried another, this time masquerading as a housemaid. Amused, Nick Brannon played along. Nothing could have prepared her for Nick's rakish charm, his seductive gaze, or his next challenge: marriage, the perfect solution. One look at Audra and Nick Brannon forgot the many women who'd warmed his bed. Her home belonged to him. Next came her heart. One scorching kiss did not win her trust. So he proposed a marriage of convenience, offering her control--while he subtly played the seduction game and swept her away to his home in Colorado Territory. It worked--until a hated rival revealed a secret from Audra's past and threatened a new love that was rapturous, scandalous, and above all . . . Priceless.
Susan Schonberg
THE PHOENIX OF LOVE 3/1997 ISBN: 0373289553 Regency. Ignorant of her childhood marriage, Olivia Wentworth was uncertain she could ever put her troubled past behind her, though the Marquis of Traverston seemed determined to convince her otherwise. John Marston, the fourth Marquis of Traverston, was finally ready to claim his bride. Yet he too must put the past to rest if he is ever to win the trust and love of the coldly beautiful woman that Olivia has become.
Robin Schone
GABRIEL'S WOMAN 9/2001 ISBN: 1575666987 Victorian. Destitute and terrorized by a nameless pursuer, thirty-four-year-old Victoria Childers has only one thing of value left—her innocence. Its price will buy her safety. But Gabriel, the dangerously beautiful man who purchases her, doesn't want her virginity—he wants the man who stalks her. Trapped together in a house where every desire can be fulfilled, Victoria and Gabriel are plunged into a deadly game of passion and pursuit, where the greatest threat is carnal hunger and the only rule is survival.
A LADY'S PLEASURE short story in CAPTIVATED 9/1999 ISBN: 157566450X Seeking shelter from a storm, Colonel Robert Coally intrudes on Abigail Wynfred while she is reading a book that would surely raise more than one eyebrow in London society. When the lonely Abigail confides in him that she aches for the touch of a man, Robert takes her on a breathless journey filled with sensual surprises surpassing even the most scandalous of fictional exploits.
THE LADY'S TUTOR 8/1999 ISBN: 0758203926 Victorian...Married young to a man hand-picked by her father, Elizabeth Petre is an ideal Victorian lady. She has borne two sons and endured sixteen years of selfless duty in a passionless marriage. Craving a man's loving touch yet loyal to her wedding vows, Elizabeth is determined to seduce her coldly indifferent husband. She knows of only one man who can teach her the erotic secrets of love. The bastard son of an English countess and an Arab sheik, Ramiel Devington was reared to embrace both Western culture and Eastern pleasure. Scorned by society and challenged by prim Elizabeth's request, he undertook her instruction in the art of sensual delight. But when the lessons become a temptation neither can resist, Elizabeth is forced to choose between obligation and a bold, forbidden passion...
THE LOVER 4/2000 ISBN: 0758204272 Even Desire Has Its Price... Thirty-six year old Anne Aimes is a spinster whose only attraction is her wealth. But her plain looks mask a passionate woman who yearns to know a man's intimate caresses. Michel des Anges...Michael of the Angels...is renowned for his ability to bring women to pleasure. All it will cost her is ten thousand pounds... Driven by vengeance, ravaged by tragedy, Michael seeks to lose himself in a woman who will demand only physical pleasure. A woman who won't suspect his own aching needs--or his true motive for accepting her terms. Unable to resist the lure of her guileless desire, he plunges her into a deadly web of deception and revenge where the price of carnal ecstasy is life itself...
Martha Schroeder
GUARDING AN ANGEL 11/1998 ISBN: 0449003426 Regency. How does she release the passionate man beneath the infuriatingly chivalrous shell?... Lady Amelia Bennett fell in love with Geoffrey Falconer the moment her father rescued the ten-year-old orphan from the perilous streets. The years have only intensified her feelings, despite Geoffrey's lengthy military commissions and his stoic insistence that love between them is impossible. He avows she deserves better than a man with no past. Fiddlesticks! Love has no rules, no boundaries, no overburdened sense of honor. But how does she reach a man determined to be unreachable? By seducing him, of course. So, if love was to be war, then Amelia must carry out her own cunning campaign...
LADY MEG'S GAMBLE 2/1998 ISBN: 0449001369 Regency. In order to save her beloved home, Hedgemere, the penniless Lady Margaret Enfield was just desperate enough to entertain the idea of marrying a complete and very wealthy stranger. Running from his mysterious past, Captain James Sheridan had spent a lifetime at sea. Yet he yearned for a home of his own. Hedgemere was the answer to his dreams, although the outspoken Lady Meg was hardly what he had envisioned. But under the threat of scandal, these two unlikely partners would soon learn to trust each other--and their hearts. . . .
A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 10/2002 ISBN: 0821773453 Regency. Pretty, spoiled Priscilla Harrowby has been taught that the only thing that matters is marrying a rich man, and the only way to snare one is to act the giggling simpleton...until she meets dashing American Nick Cannon. For the first time, a man sees through her coy charade to the depths of her soul. They spend one night of passion together, and then Nick is gone, without a word to explain himself, leaving Priscilla vowing never to let love interfere in her life again...When Nick had to return to America after his mother fell gravely ill, he wondered why Priscilla never responded to his note, and his offer of marriage. Upon his return to England, he discovers that the flittering girl he left behind has become a radiant woman who refuses to be wooed by any man. But at the biggest party of the Christmas season, on a night when true love is at stake, Nick devises a plan to win Priscilla’s heart…and nothing less than “I do” will do.
MORE THAN A DREAM 2/2001 ISBN: 0821768646 Victorian. Catherine Stanhope is a young woman of privilege. Beautiful and gifted, she is one of society’s favored daughters--or she would be, if only she would do as expected and marry well, retiring into a world of needlework and child rearing. But Catherine dreams of life as a healer--and she vows that nursing the wounded in the army hospital at Scutari is only the first step. Yet even as she throws herself into the anguishing work, stubborn Dr. Michael Soames seems determined to test her mettle--and tempt her into wishing for something she never thought she wanted…a man’s love.
Sharon Schulze
THE HIDDEN HEART(#484) 11/1999 ISBN: 0373290845 Medieval. Lady Gillian de l'Eau Clair would never forget what she had once shared with Rannulf FitzClifford. How could she, when he had disappeared so suddenly, leaving her with nothing but a cryptic message scrawled upon their betrothal contract? Now, four years later, Rannulf had returned under the guise of being a stranger. And though she wanted nothing to do with him, she'd agreed to keep his secret from her guardian. For Gillian could not deny that despite what he had done, Rannulf FitzClifford would always hold her heart.
THE SHIELDED HEART(#442) 12/1998 Medieval. Her gifts set her apart from the world of men... Swen Siwardson had vowed to keep Anna de Limoges safe. Yet, the Church's decree that she remain innocent seemed a sin against nature, for the beauteous artisan was a woman made for loving. Particularly by him! Anna de Limoges had never seen the likes of Swen Siwardson. A warrior tall and true, here was a man of passion and secrets who asked only to be her friend. But didn't he realize that Anna would pay any price to become more than a friend to the honorable Swen?
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