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Lyn Stone
THE ARRANGEMENT 11/1997 ISBN: 03732899898 Victorian. Which was the true Jonathan Chadwick? The childlike innocent or the sophisticated cynic who despised society? Whatever the man's mysteries, Kathryn Wainwright was determined to uncover them. Especially when her incessant questions uncovered a passionate soul that she found herself helpless to resist. Jonathan Chadwick swore there could not exist a more maddening woman than Kathryn Wainwright. The cheeky writer for an outrageous gossip sheet seemed hell-bent on destroying him. And the desire that flared between them was becoming impossible to ignore!
THE WICKED TRUTH 3/1997 ISBN: 0373289588 Georgian. No Stranger To Scandal... Lady Elizabeth Marleigh found protection from the hangman's noose in an outrageous disguise and the compelling embrace of Neil Bronwyn, Earl of Havington. Now she was safe from everything but her wayward heart. No Prisoner To Passion...The Earl of Havington vowed to rein in whatever feelings the notorious Elizabeth Marleigh aroused within him. Yet fate decreed otherwise, making the woman who could destroy his well-ordered life, the only one who made life worth living!
THE WILDER WEDDING 5/1998 ISBN: 0373290136 Victorian. Laura Middlebrook Had Found Her Man... Handsome. Risk Taker. Experienced. Without a doubt, war hero Sean Wilder was the one. He seemed the perfect candidate to give her the memories of a lifetime in the few months she had left. Now all Laura had to do was convince him to marry her! Investigator Sean Wilder knew there was something strange about Laura's proposal. The woman was the picture of health. Yet the innocent beauty truly believed that she was dying. It looked as though it was up to him to show her that her prognosis was obviously a big mistake.
Penelope Stratton
THE DEVIL'S BRIDE 10/1997 ISBN: 0449225976 Regency. Even before Lord Rupert Glennister arrives in Bath, he is the subject of dark and devilish rumors. But after he steals a kiss from the virtuous Calvina Bracewell, dreadful repercussions ensue. With nowhere to run, she appears on his lordship's doorstep. By night's end, they are married. Calvina is shocked by her own madness - for she is the bride of a man believed to be in league with the Devil! And soon she will learn just how dangerous - and wondrous - that can be. . . .
THE UNROMANTIC LADY 3/1996 ISBN: 0449223868 Regency. Diantha Halstow liked to declare that love was nothing but a mere illusion to trap fools. Rexford Lytham, Earl of Chartridge, couldn't agree more. He was, Diantha thought, a most sensible man. And theirs was a most sensible marriage: her money for his title. What more could two cynics want? There was, however, one aspect of their union that did not answer to reason and good sense: the marriage bed. Here, passion ruled most insistently, wild and unpredictable, like the tide of new emotion that threatened to engulf Diantha entirely. And now she despaired at having become that most ridiculous of creatures: a woman in love with her own husband!
Anne Stuart
THE DEMON COUNT 3/1980 ISBN:0440119065 Victorian
THE HOUSEPARTY 4/1985 ISBN:0449207803 Regency. He was so coldly handsome, it was positively criminal. Why, his icy blue eyes made Elizabeth's heart flutter at their first meeting. No doubt about it, the rumors were right: this stony-faced soldier, Michael Fraser, was a traitor, a spy, a scurrilous French agent. Yet her hapless cousin had invited him for the weekend! What mad mischief might this cur cook up in the course of a three-day houseparty full of distinguished guests? Now Elizabeth is surely scandalized, for she hears that this stealthy spy has been querying the servants about her. Her own brother is off on a secret mission against Bonaparte--that must be the reason for Michael's monstrous attentions. If only his gaze weren't so penetrating, his voice so hypnotic, his kiss so treasonously sweet. She never imagined a French agent could be this dangerous!
LADY FORTUNE 1/2000 ISBN: 0821764705. Medieval. As the child bride of and elderly husband, Lady Julianna of Moncrieff learned little of men and nothing of pleasure. So when the newly widowed lady finds herself thrown into the company of the mocking and elegant Nicholas Strangefellow, a maddening court jester sent by King Henry III to entertain at her mother's wedding, Julianna is more than wary; she is determined to keep her distance. But it doesn't take long for the mysterious Nicholas to weave his wickedly sensual spell around her. And only when it is too late will Julianna discover what sort of man he really is...a coolly calculating spy out to steal a sacred relic—and her own innocent heart. Yet Nicholas is in for a shock of his own. For never did the king's fool imagine that he would become a fool for love...until the moment comes when he must choose between desire and betrayal.
LORD OF DANGER 7/1997 ISBN: 0821756788. Medieval. Half-sister to Richard the Fair, Alys has been schooled in the sheltered ways of the convent, far from the treachery and intrigue of castle life. Until she is taken from the cloister and brought to a place filled with secrets. Here she is to meet her future husband, a man some call monster. He is Simon of Navarre, a powerful and mysterious lord practiced in the black arts. This sensual stranger both terrifies and fascinates her...and sets her heart burning with an unfamiliar fire. Jaded by war, no longer able to believe in human goodness, Simon has turned to the realm of darkness. But the master magician finds himself bewitched by the innocent Alys, who fears his very touch could damn her forever...yet even as Simon begins to work his seductive magic, Alys senses the wounded soul beneath the coolly elegant facade. Now, as the two became pawns in Richard's treacherous scheme to become England's king, only one power can save them: the unstoppable force of love.
LORD SATAN'S BRIDE 3/1981 ISBN:0440147875 Regency. They called him Satan. His arrogant good looks compelled. His black eyes seemed able to see into one's very soul. Nicholas, the Viscount Wyndham, was deemed a dark and dangerous man, outcast from polite society, hardly a fit companion for an innocent new arrival like Sylvie Wetherall. But beneath the angelic facade of the vicar's daughter beat a heart that longed for passionate adventure... a heart irresistibly drawn to the piercing gaze where she sensed not danger but aching need and her own inescapable destiny.
PRINCE OF MAGIC 12/1998 ISBN: 082176053X Georgian. Disgracing her minister father by dancing barefoot in the moonlit forest, Elizabeth Penshurst is banished to her distant relatives in the wilds of Yorkshire. When she meets Gabriel Durham, who was expelled from the priesthood and shunned by his family, the spirited Elizabeth is intrigued by his brilliance and the mystery that surrounds him. She has no idea that her attention will plunge her into a danger darker than any nightmare...Reclusive Gabriel Durham has forsaken worldly pleasures in pursuit of solitude. In a ruined abbey, he devotes his days to the magic of ancient religions - and his nights to forbidden dreams of Elizabeth. But when he learns that a clandestine Druid cult will sacrifice her, he is compelled to risk everything to save her - and surrender to the destiny that awaits them...
PRINCE OF SWORDS 9/1996 ISBN: 0821753975 Georgian. She is an impoverished noblewoman who lives by her wits as a Tarot reader for the English nobility. He is London's most notorious cat burglar. They met one dark, glittering night. Yet even Jessamine Maitland cannot foresee the destiny that will sweep her into the adventure of her life with the proud, arrogant thief who has no intention of ever being caught - by man or woman. But Alastair MacAlpin has not reckoned on Jessamine - and a passion that will turn a game of cat-and-mouse into a matter of life and death. As the elusive aristocrat attempts the most daring coup of his checkered career, he is undone by this elegant beauty who sees the tenderness behind his mocking facade...and who will pursue him over rooftops and to the ends of the earth, if she must, for the love only he can give her.
THE SPINSTER AND THE RAKE 1982 ISBN:044018597 Regency. Having rescued 30-year-old Gillian from a coach accident, the formerly shunned Marquis seems determined to rescue her from her straitlaced life as well, returning to liven up her prospects, much to her family's dismay!
Elizabeth Stuart
BRIDE OF THE LION 8/1995 ISBN: 0312956029. Medieval. In the age of chivalry tainted by bloodshed and betrayal, two unlikely lovers are swept up by a passion strong as steel, sensual as velvet, and eternal as the stars. Jocelyn Montagne -- reckless, exotic daughter of a Celtic noblewoman and a Norman knight, left to guard her father's fortress, she fought brutish takeovers with a dagger. But nothing could defend her from the brooding magnificence of the invader who quickened her wild Welsh blood and stole her tender soul. Robert De Langley -- full of arrogance and outlaw vigor, the fabled Lion of Normandy would hold his enemy's daughter hostage for his plundered lands -- until he decreed that he must keep them both. Tossed between vengeance and lingering desire, war made them enemies, and passion possessed them.
Jackie Summers
EMBRACE THE DAWN(#260) 3/1995 ISBN: 0373288603 Renaissance. There was no escape... Fleeing an arranged betrothal, Anne Lowell ran straight into the arms of the infamous highwayman, The Black Fox. Yet was the man who had become her heart's desire a rogue, or a noble thief who fought to restore his King? Though mask and cape hid his identity, Nat Braydon knew nothing could ever hide the pain in his soul. For he had sworn to fight to make up for the sins of his past, even if it cost him a future with his beloved Anne.
Margaret Summerville
BEWITCHING LADY 9/1997 ISBN: 0451193245 Regency. A brilliant young lady forgoes the rules of prim and proper behavior, and concentrates instead on her ancient books filled with natural medicines and folk magic. But when a dashing lord representing everything about society that she despises falls under her care, she cannot stop herself from falling sick with love.
THE INFAMOUS EARL 1/1997 ISBN: 0451188225 Regency. Georgiana Morely could see only one way to wed the devastatingly handsome but dismally penniless Lord Thomas Jeffreys. She had to convince her disapproving parents that she would otherwise make an even more disastrous match - with none other than the notorious Earl of Dunraven, whose libertine ways shocked even London's sophisticated society. True, Dunraven did not know of her plan. True, when he found out, he proved eager to take her imaginary intimacy much further that Georgiana ever dreamed it might go. Georgiana was sure she could manage this most dangerous deception, even when Dunraven began to show the seductive skills that made him the premier rake in the realm. But that was before Georgiana discovered that the fire she was playing with was in her own passionate heart.
SENSIBLE CECILY 5/1980 ISBN:0440179084 Regency
A WIFE FOR WARMINSTER 6/1991 ISBN: 0451169751 Regency. A Difficult Duty...At first it seemed that Miss Elizabeth Newmarch had found a perfect position as companion to wealthy, witty and kindly Lady Honora Trevor. But Elizabeth's new position soon became awkward in the extreme. Honora was determined that her notorious nephew, the Earl of Warminster, enter into wedlock. And Elizabeth was enlisted to find a bride to make Warminster mend his wicked, wicked ways. How could Elizabeth induce a dazzling beauty like Lady Georgina Barkley to wed Warminster? How could she possibly put this tender young innocent into his callous hands? And more to the point, how could Elizabeth allow another woman to possess this libertine lord she wanted so desperately for herself...?
Olivia Sumner
A BEGUILING INTRIGUE 1/1994 ISBN: 0821744410 Regency. Unconventional and tomboyish, Justine Riggs jumps at the chance to prove to the insufferable Lord Devon that she is the better equestrian and is shocked when some relatives arrange her engagement to the very same Lord Devon.
A MISCHIEVOUS MATCHMAKER short story in A MOTHER'S HEART 5/1992 ISBN: 0886466660 Regency
A MOST UNSUITABLE BRIDE 6/1993 ISBN: 0821742000 Regency. Having been raised by an eccentric Irish grandmother, Deirdre Darrington was clearly too impulsive and rather too forthright for a lady of the ton. But the headstrong miss's fanciful façade hid a heart that was fair to breaking with love for a man who was supposed to be her friend, not her suitor. To make matters worse, the adored Clive Chadbourne was affianced to her very own stepsister! How could Deirdre manage to be his June bride without ceasing altogether to mind her manners? How in the world was Clive Chadbourne, third son of the Earl of Moulton, newly returned war hero, and very much the gentleman, supposed to hide the fact that he was less than devastated when his fiancée suddenly broke their engagement? And why did he suspect that coy little Deirdre might have put a spoke in her dear stepsister's wheel - and might have an eye for him herself? Come to think of it, Deirdre wasn't so little anymore. In fact, she was really a most attractive minx! Perhaps the time had come to see her in a different light - the light of love!
Marlene Suson
DEVIL'S ANGEL 9/1994 ISBN: 0380776138 Renaissance. A Hellish Plot.... By rights, she is mistress of Belle Haven. But sheltered and innocent Angel winter has been robbed of her inheritance by ruthless relatives, whose heartless schemes have lured her into the bed of the dangerous and powerful 'Lord Lucifer.' And in a single scandalous moment, their destiny is sealed. A Heavenly Passion Reviled for his dark past, Lord Lucifer, Earl of Vayle, has long struggled to vindicate himself. But on the eve of success, he is thwarted by vile treachery and forced to wed an exasperating enchantress who poses a far greater challenge to Lord Lucifer than the enemies gathering to destroy him. For she threatens to melt his cynical, frozen heart with the heat of her passion...and the blazing, glorious fire of her love.
DEVIL'S BARGAIN 2/1992 ISBN:0380764709 Regency. Living in remote Warwickshire, Portia Easton holds little hope for marrying anyone other than an obscure country gentleman, until Marc Hamilton, the Duke of Castleton, proposes marriage, but Portia begins to question her new suitor's motives.
THE DUKE'S REVENGE 1987 ISBN: 0449212149 Regency. Miss Alyssa Eliot's virtuous heart sank as she listened to the Marquess of Stanwood's wild declaration. The silly moonling was but 19, and Alyssa, at five-and-twenty, was firmly on the shelf...
MIDNIGHT BANDIT 7/1996 ISBN: 0380784297 Georgian. Highway robbery is a hanging offense in 18th-century England, but that doesn't stop the daring Lady Daniela Winslow from taking to the road in the garb of her idol, Gentleman Jack, who robbed the rich to help the poor. Never did she dream that she'd ambush the infamous Jack himself - Lord Morgan Parnell! Outraged that he'd been taken at his own game, Morgan's anger turns to intrigue when he learns the imposter is a woman - an emerald-eyed beauty with an independent spirit and a scandalous reputation - a lady in need of reform. But Morgan's desperate attempts to save her plunge them into a wildfire of betrayal, murder and royal treason...and send them both soaring on the winds of a passion that promises to fulfill all love's fantasies.
MIDNIGHT LORD 11/1995 ISBN: 0380778521 Georgian and Colonial. Barely escaping from a life of indentured servitude in the colonies only to fall prey to his injuries, former English lord Stephen Wingate is nursed to health by Megan Drake, who fears that Stephen is not who he claims to be.
SCARLET LADY 5/1997 ISBN: 0380789124 Regency. Justin, Earl of Ravenstone, views women as frail, troublesome creatures who must be protected and supported by any man fool enough to marry them. Resolved to avoid such romantic entanglement, he is not, however, free of responsibility, having been appointed guardian to his half-sister. And it is that duty that brings him face-to-face with Miss Georgina Penford. The daughter of two radical thinkers, Georgina has sworn off marriage to maintain her freedom. She is quick to take up a cause, and Ravenstone's sister is an impressionable young woman who needs her help. How dare the earl keep the child locked away in boarding school learning nothing more than how to submit to the inequity of marriage? Yet, coming face-to-face with the arrogant cad who makes her blood boil, she's stunned to feel her heart racing with irresistible desire. And, even as the sparks fly, Justin is discovering that this dazzling beauty with a brain has barged into his life, taken possession of his heart, and ignited the fires of a passion that will be answered only by a love like he's never known.
Katherine Sutcliffe
A HEART POSSESSED 1988 ISBN:0451153103 Edwardian. Reunited with Lord Nicholas Wyndham, raven-haired Ariel Rushdon finds Nicholas a mere shadow of his former self--he's now pale, melancholy, and unable to recognize her. As his memory clears and their passion reignites, Ariel realizes that someone in Nicholas' manor is out to kill him--and her.
HOPE AND GLORY 2/1999 ISBN: 0515124761. Medieval. Can a man who wins a war also conquer a woman's heart? Village and nation alike tremble under the wrath of Roland de Gallienne, also called the Black Flame, loyal mercenary soldier to Henry II of England. Now, weary of war, he seeks peace for his soul at the healing hands of the saint rumored to live in the Chateauroux monastery. In spite of popular gossip, Hope is no saint, but a gifted healer and diviner held prisoner by the evil abbot of Chateauroux. When the Black Flame arrives, Hope vows revenge for her people, and tries to kill the infamous soldier. But she doesn't expect the handsome warrior to show mercy, to free her from her prison, and to take her with him to England. Now, as the battle between nations is coming to an end, Hope must fight a new struggle - with tender feelings for her arrogant guardian. For though Roland was her enemy, she must stand with him in a new fight - against forces that may tear them apart...
LOVE'S ILLUSION 5/1990 Victorian. She was afraid of love...until he enchanted her. As a young woman struggling to survive in the dangerous slums of Victorian London, Mercy Dansing has seen the dark side of desire. And though she leaves that savage world behind when she goes to live at the mysterious Greystone estate, she discovers greater danger in Dominick D'Abanville, its darkly sensual master.
MIRACLE 2/1995 ISBN: 0515115460 Regency. Imagine how much more you could accomplish if you could duplicate yourself. Trey Hawthorne, a busy duke, has this happy advantage in his twin brother Clayton. To handle the time-consuming business of courting a wife, Trey sends Clayton to the island home of the beautiful Miracle Cavendish. Trey figures that once Miracle's enticed, she'll fall into his arms none the wiser. It works, but there's a slight glitch: Clayton falls for Miracle. When Miracle learns she's been duped, she has to choose. Or does she?
NOTORIOUS 11/2000 ISBN: 0515129488 Victorian. Ruthless, heartless and deadly, Cobra is one of the British government's most powerful weapons. He can strike fear into the hearts of men with a mere glance--and women have been known to swoon at his feet. For Cobra is more than just a dangerous mercenary--he is also a devastatingly handsome nobleman known as Lord Jason Batson. His next mission is to assassinate Lord Fontaine, the English diplomat believed to have turned traitor and sided with rebels in East India. When Lady Destiny Fontaine Chesterfield is notified that her father is in danger, she determines to rescue him at any cost. Little does she know that the swarthy sea captain she hired to sail her around the world plans to use her as bait to destroy her father. But Destiny's fiery spirit melts Cobra's stone heart as Jason finds himself enthralled by the luscious beauty who surrenders to him, body and soul. Can this notorious warrior deny his duty--or will he chance it all on Destiny?
SHADOW PLAY 3/1991 ISBN:0380759411 Victorian. A god to the Indians of the Amazon, a lusty adventurer whose courage was renowned, Morgan Kane was in truth a rogue and a charlatan--a handsome deceiver whose legend was mere illusion. Leaving the glitter of London behind, beautiful Sarah St. James sought justice in a lush and savage wilderness--surrendering her destiny to Kane--a virile opportunist who secretly planned to use and then abandon her. Bound by ties of vengeance, together they braved the merciless heart of darkness--only to be swept up in a raging tide of danger..and a passionate ecstasy beyond dreams!
Susan Swift
HOPELESSLY COMPROMISED 4/2000 ISBN:082176635X Regency (Precious Gems)
Libby Sydes
ANNALISE 2/1997 ISBN: 044022232X Regency. Annalise gazed out the castle window as a tall, shackled stranger was pulled from the carriage below. In his face was a terrifying beauty, chiseled features that bespoke an aristocratic lineage, fathomless eyes that promised revenge. This was Bryson le Fort, the last Duke of Marchfield. This was the man she'd been summoned to marry. They said he'd spent years in a monastery. They lied. One glimpse of his pale face and she'd seen into his darkest heart, felt his ice-blue eyes melt her innocent soul. His only weapon was silence. But rage gave him strength. Now he was a prisoner again, this time in his scheming mother's gilded cage. This girl was his price for freedom. She, a commoner, would bear his heirs and save the Marchfield estate from Mad King George. They were both trapped. But even as Annalise plotted her escape, Bryson knew he could never let her go. She knew his secrets, ignited his passions, was his fate. No power in heaven or hell could stand between them now....
THE LION'S ANGEL 8/1992 ISBN: 0440205751. Medieval . From the flame of her hair to the fierce blue of her eyes, lovely LeClaire of Ravenwood was a symbol of Saxon defiance to the arrogant Norman conquerors. The fearsome knight known as the Silver Lion might appropriate her family's estate, but never would LeClaire submit to the harsh-mannered coldhearted Borgia de St. Brieuc, despite the heady rush of desire she always felt in his presence. She was only a slip of a girl who was his by right of conquest, but in LeClaire's courageous compassion for her people, her undeniable dignity, and the pure fire of her unquenchable spirit, Borgia realized that here -- incredibly -- as his true equal. As the rebellious girl ripened into glorious womanhood before his eyes, Borgia was faced with a dilemma that could destroy his honor or transform his very soul...
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