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Mary Ann Gibbs
DINAH 1/1981 ISBN: 0449501531 When Dinah’s father died suddenly, leaving her penniless, the fortune-hunting Clive Morrell found that his love for her had disappeared along with her dowry. Cruelly spurned by the man she loved, the young beauty swore that never again would she let any man hurt her as Morrell had. Never again would she give her love to a man. Ever. So when the handsome Dr. Bellingham came to call on her uncle one day, Dinah afforded him only polite indifference. But Charles Bellingham was not just any man. In fact, he was quite unlike any man Dinah had ever known...
HORATIA 3/1977 ISBN:0449231755 It so happened that Horatia Pendleton was an excellent horsewoman. Which accounts for the fact that she chose to impersonate a stableboy when she fled her wicked uncle, who was trying to murder her for her inheritance. Then she discovered that her uncle was not the only one who lusted after her money. Horatia found safety and anonymity as a servant. Until she was recognized by young Mr. Latimer, who had been attracted to Horatia and dismayed by her disappearance. He was aghast to come face to face with her as a stableboy. Had the girl lost her mind? Horatia longed to tell him the truth. But did she dare to trust him? She had been betrayed so many times...
THE PENNILESS HEIRESS 1975 When the Brighton coach pulled into the Two Apprentices yard, Harriet Strangeways arrived in London. She was a red haired little girl, travelling alone....and no-one came to collect her. In her broad country accent she told Martin that her uncle, Sir Everard Maltby, was supposed to be meeting her. And Martin, who hid a soft heart beneath his brash young man-about town exterior, took pity on the child. Martin had no way of knowing that, by offering Harriet shelter for the night, he was establishing himself as her guardian. Sir Everard refused to accept that she was the heiress to Maltby Cross and Harriet was put in the charge of Martin's formidable aunt, the Dowager Lady Eddicombe. As the years passed, Harriet grew into a breathtaking beauty, whose rumored fortune made her the talk of the town. But to Martin she was still just little Harriet Strangeways......
RENEGADE GIRL 1981 ISBN: 0449501981 She was forced to suffer the shame of her father's crimes... Poor Vicky Lingford. Her feckless handsome father had scandalously ruined the family name by swindling most of London's finest and fleeing to the continent. Disgraced beyond repair, snubbed by all her former friends, Vicky had little left, save her pride. But with a determined tilt of her chin, she refused to accept the humiliation of becoming a lady's companion. Rather she preferred to slip into obscurity. And so Vickly gladly accepted an unladylike position in a millner's shop, where she learned more about high society than she had ever known living in their midst. Where she earned her own keep. And the love of the one man she thought she would never deserve...
THE TULIP TREE 10/1979 ISBN: 0449500004 Had her father not been so irresponsible, Allegra Lakesby would never have had to leave her ancestral home to become a governess at Fetherstone. But not even the drab servant's dress could hide the glow of Allegra's beauty and glistening gold of her hair. It was no surprise that young Lord Fetherstone should fancy her. Allegra had other plans, however. For she could not forget the handsome railway engineer who had been so kind to her on her journey to Fetherstone. Would she ever see him again? There was no way of knowing. And Lord Fetherstone was impatient for an answer..
A YOUNG LADY OF FASHION 1/1978 ISBN:0449238431 Aged 18, Lucinda Crayne is charming, elegant and mischievous; a very different creature from the gawky schoolgirl whom Edward Chevening had met some years earlier. When, in the spring of 1821, Lucinda visits the Chevening family, she finds that it is Edward's madcap brother Vincent who is the darling of society. To her surprise, Lucinda finds herself seeking the company and approval of the serious Edward, and when circumstances change rapidly in an atmosphere of suspicion and mystery, Edward rises to the occasion.
Madeline Gibson
RAKE'S REWARD 7/1981 ISBN: 0553131915 Beautiful Claire Amberly trembled at the sight of the handsome rake who had suddenly become her guardian. Lord Ross had come to his newly acquired estate to take full possession of his title, his fortune and the fate of the lovely orphan who had been his brother's ward. Their first meeting exploded into unexpected passion, and Claire knew the proud Lord Ross had also taken possession of her heart. But she had been warned never to expect an offer of marriage from the wealthy master of Oakhaven. He was betrothed to a sophisticated Regency heiress, and if Claire hoped to win him for herself, she would have to learn the rules of the dangerous game of romance played among the haughty London aristocrats.
Lauren Giddings
BARTERED BRIDE 3/1989 ISBN: 0821726005 Rosalind Dunstan's father has always been high-handed, but buying her a husband was the last straw. Though Geoffrey Chilton had quite managed to steal her spinsterish heart, Rosalind sensibly reminded herself on the perils of trusting a man whose affections could be bought. Besides, his true sentiments would be evident enough once he learned that her inheritance hinged on producing an heir in one year's time...for she had no intention of consummating their hypocritical union. She knew Geoffrey to be a womanizer and a scoundrel and she refused to believe the passion in his deep blue eyes!
SWEET TEMPEST 8/1987 ISBN: 0821721437 Despite his reputation as an unscrupulous rake, Connor Amberson was not a man likely to shoot a woman--even if she was dressed like a ragamuffin and intent on robbing his coach. Thus, his remorse was considerable when he discovered that the highwayman he'd wounded was actually a titian-haired beauty whose sapphire eyes seemed as innocent as the morning sky. Letting her out of his sight would be unbearable….turning her over to the authorities unthinkable….so the cynical lord did the only thing possible--he took her to his bed.....
Nancy Gideon
MIDNIGHT KISS 5/1994 ISBN: 0786000201 White Roses...They were a gift from her handsome new suitor. After a wretched Season in London, Arabella Howland was ripe for a real romance. But she soon discovered that the Marquis Louis Radman was no ordinary bachelor . . .Scarlet Secrets....A mysterious blood malady had brought Louis to Arabella's father. The celebrated Dr. Howland was his last hope--the only man alive who could break the spell that had tormented the nobleman for the past three centuries. . . .Dark Desires....But Arabella saw only a man--a tender, irresistibly seductive stranger whose burning touch sent her own blood racing. Yet even as she donned a wedding dress and vowed to love Louis forever, the past was reaching out to claim him, calling him back to a place of eternal lust and longing--and forcing Arabella to choose between her sunlit world and the dark ecstasy of a . . . Midnight Kiss.
MIDNIGHT TEMPTATION 10/1994 ISBN: 0786000546 A sheltered beauty raised in the scenic French countryside, Nicole Radouix's world shattered the day she discovered her father's shocking secret. Desperate and afraid, she fled for her immortal soul . . . In the seething turmoil of post-revolution Paris, Nicole found a protector in handsome aristocrat Marchand La Valois,. Yet even as their passion flamed into burning love, Nicole could not escape her dark fate . . . But as Nicole draws Marchand deeper into a nighttime world of hypnotic seduction, a sensual enemy ensnares them both in a three-hundred-year-old web of betrayal and revenge. Now Nicole and Marchand must fight for the love that will join them forever in blood, rapture and the endless ecstasy of Midnight Temptation.
Robin Gideon
PIRATE'S PASSIONATE SLAVE 7/1991 ISBN: 0821734601 Lauren Masters was both terrified and furious when a gang of white-slave traders seized her ship. The Virginia vixen swore to fight the cruel rake who carried her off to his cabin…until she saw that Derek York was no ordinary privateer. In his silk shirt and elegant waistcoat, York claimed to be an aristocrat on a secret mission. But when he shed his expensive attire, he became a golden pirate whose muscled masculinity and exquisite loving completely enslaved her senses. Now Lauren had to decide whether her virile captor meant to protect her…or seduce--then sell--her tempting flesh! Lord Derek, heir apparent to the House of York, had infiltrated this gang of pirates for one reason--to find and rescue his abducted sister. He wasn’t in the flesh peddling business, yet when he saw the beautiful ebony-haired Lauren, Derek was consumed by a desire to possess her. At first he imprisoned her in his cabin for her own protection, but soon he was making her his willing slave, roaming her luscious curves and plundering her silken flesh. And when she finally begged him to take her to the frothy peaks of rapture, he knew she’d be forever his…Pirate’s Passionate Slave
ROYAL RAPTURE 8/1993 ISBN: 0821742574 Natasha's amazing talent with needle and thread had earned her a coveted position as seamstress to the Russian Princess Anastasia. But the excitement of working within the sumptuous royal chambers could not compare with the thrill she felt when she first beheld the princess's handsome brother. Prince Anton was a magnificent golden-haired lion, but his reputation as an artful seducer was well-known, and Natasha knew she dared not trust him. Yet his silken whispers and searing touch soon had her surrendering to him in a moment of perfect passion that she prayed would never end...
Sharon Gillenwater
HIGHLAND CALL 3/1999 ISBN: 1576732754 When Great Britain declares war on France, Napoleon orders the arrest of all British men on French soil, including Selena Delaroe's twin brother, Nicholas. All attempts to secure his freedom fail. By 1811 he has been detained for eight years. When the French threaten to kill him, Selena agrees to spy for them to keep her brother alive, though she is a Christian and loyal to England. The British government asks Gabriel Macpherson to help them determine whether or not she is working for Napoleon. Soon after Gabriel becomes the manager of her country estate, he falls in love with Selena, believing God has chosen her for him. When he learns she is a French spy, he must choose between his heart and loyalty to his country or trust God to turn an impossible situation into one of honor and hope.
SECRET SPLENDOR 1/1992 ISBN: 1557736472 Lady Lora Barrington would do anything to keep her scheming cousin away from her inheritance. Her latest gambit, pretending to be mad, is working famously--until her cousin insists she marry Tyler Martin. Lora assumes Martin is another damnable traitor, not a dashing, charming protector.
SONG OF THE HIGHLANDS 1/1997 ISBN: 0880709464 After an inheritance makes him the Earl of Branderree, Scottish military piper Kiernan Macpherson finds himself thrust into the unfamiliar, glittering world of Regency England's aristocracy. His greatest surprise, however, comes when he wins a run-down English estate-with the spirited sister of the previous owner still in residence!
UNWILLING HEART 9/1988 ISBN:0843926708 It was unthinkable that the dashing and impossibly handsome Earl of Beckford should have romantic intentions towards a mere servant. But lovely Sloane Donovan was no ordinary governess. She could ride a high-strung thoroughbred as well as any man, charm the most starchy dowager, and always said exactly what was on her mind. Her behavior was shocking, the gossips whispered, and her outrageous flirtation with his lordship could have but one outcome: She might surrender her body to his practiced seduction, but she would never claim his .... Unwilling Heart.
Jane Gillespie
AUNT CELIA 1991 ISBN:0312053819 A spin-off novel featuring characters from Jane Austen's EMMA.
BRIGHTSEA 1987 ISBN: 0816143609 Gillespie focuses on absurd Nancy Steele and her rich married sister, Lucy Ferrars, who caused trouble in Sense and Sensibility. A still hopeful spinster, Nancy deigns to accept a post as companion to modest young Louisa Retford, an orphan whose grandfather sends her to live for the summer in a posh house at the glittering resort, Brightsea. Conflicts arise when Nancy chivvies the girl into the social whirl, luring her away from the quiet companionship of Dorothy and her brother, Martin, who gives Louisa Latin lessons and falls in love with her. There is more tension when poor Nancy deludes herself that a foppish thief has designs on her as his wife rather than on the pendant she has borrowed from Louisa.
LADYSMEAD 12/1982 ISBN:0312464339 'A clergyman of small independent means, who has seven daughters, cannot expect to marry them all to advantage.' So begins this delightful tale of regency England, where manners and morals in a country village give way to flirtation and folly. For Sophia, the Rev. Lockley's oldest daughter, the prospect of finding a husband fades when she must take over the care of her father's household and her youngest sister, Lucinda. But this will dramatically change as the neighboring house called Ladysmead is rented by the snobbish Mrs. Norris and her beautiful niece Maria Rushton, as Lucinda adopts their aristocratic airs and begins an unwise liaison, and as the long absent heir of a nearby estate returns to claim his birthright, and perhaps a bride.
TEVERTON HALL 1987 ISBN: 0312906749 What is more congenial than an informal ball in the country? Or more conducive to a declaration of love? All the young gentry of Fraxted village had joined the Dallows at Teverton Hall for an evening of innocent flirtation and flattery. So it was here that young barrister Robert Pavey first spied Silva Webster, the slim figure in white who stole his heart. And here in this elegant drawing room that Marcia Collins, modest daughter of the local rector, took the first unexpected steps toward an impossible match with George Dallow, oldest son and heir to Teverton Hall. But such romantic attachments can lead to dashed hopes and broken hearts when couples dance a quadrille of manners and marriage....
Jacquelyn Gillis
LADY CECELIA'S CHARADE 12/1996 ISBN: 0821755234 Cecelia, the Baroness of Somersett, was the most scandalous lady of the ton. Or she would be...if anyone discovered her second identity as the enigmatic new actress called "Amber." Cecelia had taken to the stage to save her playwright cousin from disaster. She didn't realize that, as the glamorous Amber, she would become the dazzling sensation of all London...or that Julian, the irresistibly attractive Duke of Stanford, would decide to seduce her! Of course, a duke couldn't wed a doxy. Julian thought "Amber" a darling, a beauty, a perfect...mistress. Alas, Cecelia could not reveal her identity without inviting certain ruin. It seemed she had stumbled into a comedy of errors, but it was no laughing matter! Indeed, this passionate play of hearts could become a tragedy if, in the last act, a virtuous lady succumbed to the temptation...of true love.
OTHERWISE ENGAGED 1/1992 ISBN:0515107328
A PERFECT MISMATCH 6/1992 ISBN: 0515108936 For dashing seafarer Richard Dunne, domesticity held no appeal - he was bound heart and soul to his prosperous trading business. He was distressed, therefore, to learn he had inherited the earldom of Rothbury and was to return to Dunne Castle with haste. But his spirits sank further still when he found seven young wards awaiting him there! Only one, beautiful Annabelle, could turn his head with her spirited manner. Richard thought a Season in London might yield a suitor for this headstrong lady. But parting would prove difficult - for their hearts had already set sail, charted for true love.....
Girard-Lansdowne-Quinto
A VALENTINE BOUQUET 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755773 Features "Cupid's Legacy" by Paula Tanner Girard; "The Valentine Victorious" by Judith A. Lansdowne; and "The Valentine's Day Husband" by Carol Quinto.
Paula Tanner Girard
CHARADE OF HEARTS 3/1996 ISBN: 0821752723 Baron Copley had a secret: He was bankrupt. He had Roxwealde Castle, a toothless lion, and an inebriated valet; what he needed was a rich wife. So he invited the most eligible ladies of the beau monde to a house party. But to transform his dilapidated manor into a setting for romance, he needed a hostess with flair and imagination...very much like London's celebrated Miss Stanhope Grimsley. He never expected her to be so slender, spirited and lovely....In actuality, Miss Grimsley was fat, greedy...and dead. Taking her place was Sarah Greenwood. The daughter of a country squire, she had absolutely no interest in catching a suitable husband. Masquerading as the deceased Miss Grimsley seemed the best alternative. But nothing was proceeding according to plan--least of all the behavior of her handsome host. Soon flirtations were afoot, a lion was on the loose, and Copley was simply gaga over..."Miss Grimsley!" It was an impossible match, a topsy-turvy romance that could only--heaven help them both--lead to love!
CUPID'S LEGACY short story in A VALENTINE BOUQUET 2/1997 ISBN: 0821755773 The inheritance of a London townhouse gives spinster Delphinia Penn a fresh beginning and a new neighbor, Gregory Finch, a nobleman she mistakes for a handyman. Gregory doesn't care for domineering women, but he can't get this lovely lady out of his mind - or heart - as Cupid plays a role at the ton's most famous Valentine's Day Ball....
AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS 10/2001 ISBN: 0758200463 Widowed Millicent Copley believed a visit to her relatives' estate in Devonshire would distract her irrepressible son Rupert from his only Christmas wish--a father! With the infamous Bandit King on the roads, travel was a hazardous undertaking, but the Marquis of Wetherby's generous offer to share his carriage solved that particular dilemma--until Millicent discovered it had created a new one. For the rakish Wetherby was quite attractive in such close quarters. With Lady Caroline Cavendish distracting the bandit, Millicent and Wetherby were tempted to reveal their own Christmas wishes…and make them come true. After her scandalous adventure with the Bandit King just a year ago, Lady Caroline was certain this holiday season would be a crashing bore. Her father was besotted with his new wife, and Caroline was aching for a bit of attention--preferably in the form of an eligible bachelor. When her search for the perfect suitor resulted in the discovery of a bright-eyed baby girl in her traveling coach, Caroline was certain she'd stumbled onto some excitement. But the short-sighted miss never imagined that her path would cross the Bandit King's once again--or that his daring kiss would be a taste of the only Christmas gift she'd want…his love.
A FATHER FOR CHRISTMAS 12/1996 ISBN: 0821755242 Widowed Lady Millicent Copley rejoiced at the invitation for the Copleys in Devonshire: Christmas at their magnificent castle on the faraway moors. A visit to the remote estate was sure to distract her mischievous six-year-old son, Rupert, from an impossible yuletide wish. But how to get to Devonshire? The distance was great, the roads were snowy, and a highwayman was kidnapping noblemen for ransom. The a fellow guest, the Marquis of Wetherby, offered Millicent his coach and company. One of the most sought-after bachelors in London, the rakish Wetherby thought Millicent a perfect...mouse. Millicent thought him a handsome...gadabout. And Master Rupert thought the Marquis the answer to his prayers. Now this determined young boy was about to put into action an outrageous scheme to help him get his wish: a new father just in time for Christmas!
A HUSBAND FOR CHRISTMAS 12/1997 ISBN: 0821758144..Not A Waif, A Bandit, And An Abduction! Lady Caroline Cavendish is the ton's Incomparable-the greatest beauty of the Season, even if she is a charming schemer, and an irrepressible flirt. Alas, note of her shenanigans has gotten her the perfect beau for Christmas. Instead, she's been given a babe! Someone has left a darling baby girl named "Poppy" in her carriage, and Lady Caroline is enchanted. But fate soon puts them both in the clutches of the infamous Bandit King, a dashing kidnapper who wanted a young fop to hold for ransom, and instead got two exasperating hostages. If anyone can reform him, it's Lady Caroline; if anyone can capture her heart, it's this remarkable rogue. And with a little child to guide them, they may find what everyone needs for Christmas-the incomparable gift of love.
LADY EMELIA'S CHRISTMAS PARTY short story in UNDERNEATH THE MISTLETOE 12/1998 ISBN: 082176070X A raging snowstorm strands five strangers at Badger hall, where an eccentric old housekeeper playing the grande dame entwines the hearts of two reluctant lovers.
LORD WAKEFORD'S GOLD WATCH 6/1995 ISBN: 0821758403 Duncan Fairchild, Earl of Wakeford, was courting Katherine, Baroness of Gilfallen, and a new sensation of the season. But--heaven help him--the woman he couldn't forget was Willie, the baroness's gamine companion who, he was certain, has stolen his watch! Yet here he was, having unthinkable fantasies about the wee wily beauty named "Willie," who had picked his pocket, befuddled hits wits, and totally charmed his heart. Willie knew that Lord Wakeford believed her to be a common, garden-variety thief. She also knew who the true culprit was, her hands were tied...until she attempted to return Wakeford's watch. Suddenly, she was confronted by the handsome nobleman himself. Suddenly, she was in his arms, and being soundly kissed. Wakeford vowed to reform her, but would he defy the ton to give Willie what they both really desired: his hand--in marriage?
A MATTER OF HONOR short story in LORDS AND LADIES 5/1996 ISBN: 0821753231 An accident agreement betroths a worldly nobleman to a wild Irish princess.
THE RELUCTANT GROOM 8/1999 ISBN: 0821762907 When William and Edward Hatcher learn their family manor has been left to a distant American cousin, Miss Calamatta McGannon, the brothers resolve to regain their rightful inheritance. Younger brother Edward-immediately dispatched to the wilds of Kentucky-is to marry the young lady as his brother's proxy and bring her home unsullied. So when a tall frontiers woman insists on kissing him-for practice-the warmth of Edward's response is tempered only when he learns she is Calamatta. To Calamatta, a whirlwind courtship and marriage to the handsome Englishman who shared a passionate kiss with her was as romantic as the novels she loved to read. But when she learned she had actually become his brother's bride, she dutifully attempted to transfer her affections to her new husband. Once in England though, Calamatta discovered how difficult it was to love William. Edward was kinder, more attentive-all a blushing bride could wish for in her groom. Now, instead of furthering her matrimonial education with husband William, the headstrong Mrs. Hatcher was determined to continue practicing her kissing with Edward!
THE SEVENTH SISTER 8/2000 ISBN: 0821766722 The youngest so seven girls, all of whom need to be wed, red-haired, freckle-faced Lady Margaret can’t be proper. Her sisters shop, primp, and search for husbands. But Maggie studies, dreams, and hunts for butterflies beetles, and six legged beasts! Her interests in entomology are sure to put her elder brother can convince an old friend to help. Captain Bixworth Hawksby is aghast. The proud beau of the lovely actress called Miss Diving, he is suddenly obliged to escort a chit who loves…bugs! He isn’t prepared for wriggly creatures in his pockets--of for Maggie´s charms. Her figure is heavenly. Her eyes are sparkling. And Miss Divine is jealous! Soon intrigue and trouble are brewing, and Maggie is planning a shocking act...one that may land a gentleman in her net, or in her arms...
THE SISTER SEASON 10/1998 ISBN: 0821760084 With his inheritance conditional on bringing out eight sisters, some of whom he's never seen before, Captain Daniel Durham faces an enormous task— sponsor eight young women for their first London season! Fortunately, many of his fellow officers, recently cashiered from Wellington's army, are in search of wives. All Daniel needs is a battle plan, and his campaign can begin. Yet the last thing Daniel expects is an ambush from Cupid! When he meets his "sister" Winifred, who is rumored not to be a relation at all, an arrow strikes, and Daniel is nigh well slain from wanting such eyes, such lips, such kisses! Unlike Daniel's other sisters, Winifred is not a twin, and she does not seem to resemble any of her kin. Daniel is determined to discover what secrets the pretty miss possesses. Will the truth prove they are equals in birth as well as wit, and matched in class as well as desire? Now, only fate can tell the fortune of these two daring hearts.
Judith B. Glad
THE ANONYMOUS AMANUENSIS ISBN: 1931696098 (e-book) ISBN: 193169690X (print) When Eve Dixon decides to make her own way in a man’s world, she doesn’t count on having to do it disguised as a young man. When James Quinton, misogynistic entrepreneur, hires a secretary, he doesn’t expect to be attracted to hi… her. Eve discovers that her taciturn, solemn employer is a man she could easily fall in love with--if she were a woman. When her deception is revealed, Quinton is outraged--and intrigued. The outrage wins, and Eve’s future extends barren before her, with only memories of love in her heart. Will Quinton, who sees her as one more treacherous woman in his life, find forgiveness possible?
Maggie Gladstone
THE FORTUNATE BELLE 1978 ISBN:0872164837 An Unforgettable Lesson In Love...As the indisputable belle among the bevy of Lacebridge lovelies, Elizabeth was extravagantly spoiled and accustomed to getting her own way. Supremely confident of her dazzling charms, she determined to set her cap for no one less than the richest bachelor in sight. Emerging as the toast of the social season, she was besieged by a host of London's most eligible and dashing young men-as well as one slightly older, handsome and sophisticated suitor who impressed her not at all. As she shamelessly calculated who could best satisfy her high ambitions, she thought she had considered everything. But she had never planned on actually giving her heart--and to, of all people, an older but wiser gentleman who was still young enough to teach the astonished beauty there was more to the fame of love than money.
THE IMPUDENT WIDOW 6/1979 ISBN:0872165086 Jane had always been the cleverest and most sensible sister among the dazzling and strong-willed Lacebridge belles. Devoted to her late husband's memory, she could not possibly allow herself to be attracted so soon to someone else-particularly a man as unattainable as the dashing, sought-after Duke of Gressingham. She would be a gracious widow, an attentive aunt, an unselfish observer-but not a participant-in the busy social life of Bath. She could never had guessed she would unwittingly become involved in an explosive battle of wills and a sophisticated web of deception with the formidable and possessive Duchess, who seemed to read more into her son's lavish attentions to Jane than she herself did. Surely the Duke was only be kind to her family. Or was he?
THE LADY'S MASQUERADE 1980 ISBN:0872166953 His intentions were anything but honorable. To escape her domineering uncle and an unwanted suitor, lovely Sybil Mansfield runs away to London--and an unexpected career as a ballerina.
A LESSON IN LOVE 10/1981 ISBN:0872169073 Haunted by memories of her fiance, who was killed in the war, Leonora resists the attentions of two of the most eligible suitors in Yorkshire. The willful beauty simply was not interested in men or marriage. At least until she met the mysterious young man hired to be her private groom...
THE LOVE DUEL 1979 ISBN:0872165051 Emma had despised Sir Ashley Percevale from the first moment she met him. With all the elegant snobbery of a gentleman of fabulous fortune, he seemed to delight in making her feel uncomfortable and less than dazzling and eligible beauty she knew herself to be..As she sought to give the arrogant young man the comeuppance he so richly deserved, she engaged him in a running duel of sophisticated setdowns and cool insults. But the trouble was Emma was finding herself wildly attracted....
THE LOVE TANGLE 10/1980 ISBN:0872167275 Beautiful Charlotte Desquesne, once well-to-do, now earned her living by dancing in the Ballet. But poverty had not diminished her pride. She would never be fair game for the stage door rowdies. As they fell over themselves to meet her, she let them fight for the privilege-and remained coolly aloof. Currently between mistresses and on the prowl, handsome Richard Shadworth was confident Charlotte would be his next conquest. Until he embarked on a tempestuous battle of wits-and the most irresistible challenge of his womanizing career.
THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE 10/1979 ISBN:0872165604 With her high-spirited charm and beauty. Felicia was certain to make a glittering debut into society. She would be sought after by the most eligible young men in London. Cornelius Tremaine clearly was not among their ranks. He was witty, but his manners were appalling. He was handsome, but his morals were an outrage. There were suitors of greater wealth, greater position and most certainly, better reputation. Yet as Felicia fell under the spell of this dazzling rakehell, virtue no longer seemed to matter...
THE RELUCTANT PROTÉGÉÉ 5/1980 In the fast-moving world of the theater, a young ballerina needs a wealthy and titled protector. But when Nancy's handsome young patron proposed something quite indecent, he had gone too far. The captivating but willful beauty made it clear she would be no one's mistress but her own. Unwilling to surrender her virtue, could she keep from losing her heart?
THE SCANDALOUS LADY 8/1978 ISBN:087216473X As one of the dazzling Lacebridge belles, Sara was expected to marry a man of wealth and position. Instead she scandalized all polite society by running away to pursue her dream of stardom on the London stage. She seemed a defenseless innocent in the glittering, risqué world of the theater - delectable prey for the backstage rogues and rowdies who dismissed her as a glaring amateur, an easy conquest who must wind up as some lord's mistress and be better off for it. Undaunted, the ambitious, stage-struck beauty set out to prove her worth. But not even she could foresee the shocking turn of events that would win her the grudging respect of the sneering sophisticates - and capture the heart of Covent Garden's most handsome leading man!
Jo Goodman
EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED 3/2003 ISBN: 0821768689 The toast of Drury Lane, actress India Parr has claimed the attention of London’s most impressive gentlemen--including the Prince Regent himself--with her talent and poise. Though her heart hasn’t been won, she is intrigued by the devilishly handsome South--yet equally determined to keep him from the dark, deadly secret that shadows her private life. But South has other plans. A clever killer is afoot in London and he suspects India may be involved. Her charms have made her the confidante of many powerful men, and South intends to learn just how much she knows--by spiriting her away to a cottage where she will be safe from peril--but not from South’s powers of seduction. Now, night after night, in the name of justice, he plans to persuade India to reveal all…
BEYOND A WICKED KISS 8/2004 ISBN:0821774174 Evan Marchman has just inherited a title, lands, and a fortune-but is miserable as the new Duke of Westphal, preferring the intrigue and adventures of the Compass Club to the responsibilities of an estate. More promisingly, he has also gained a ward-a beautiful woman who asks for his aid in unraveling a mystery that will draw them both into a world of hidden pleasures...Headmistress of a ladies academy, Ria Ashby desperately needs West's help to find a student who has disappeared without a trace. Yet she cannot help but be distracted by the promise of passion behind the duke's green eyes and roguish grin. Soon their search for the missing girl leads them to a secret society comprised of the school's board of governors-an inner sanctum where sensuality rules-and power seduces...
EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED 3/2003 ISBN:0821768689 The toast of Drury Lane, actress India Parr has claimed the attention of London's most impressive gentlemen-including the Prince Regent himself-with her talent and poise. Though her heart hasn't been won, she is intrigued by the devilishly handsome South-yet equally determined to keep him from the dark, deadly secret that shadows her private life. But South has other plans. A clever killer is afoot in London and he suspects India may be involved. Her charms have made her the confidante of many powerful men, and South intends to learn just how much she knows-by spiriting her away to a cottage where she will be safe from peril-but not from South's powers of seduction. Now, night after night, in the name of justice, he plans to persuade India to reveal all.
LET ME BE THE ONE 9/2002 ISBN: 0821768670 Libby Penrose is wise, witty, beautiful, and quite determined to remain alone. But when the intrigues of a notorious jewel thief find them plotting together, a stolen kiss seals their fate as lovers -- yet leaves North with more questions about Libby than answers. Despite her vow to deny her deep attraction to this powerful, alluring man, Libby surrenders to the breathless desire he awakens. She could not have imagined the whirlwind events that would find North accused of a crime...nor her own confession that would save him -- and compromise them both into matrimony. But sweet words of love remain unspoken and elusive. For Libby harbors a dark secret, one that threatens the untested bonds of her marriage. And soon fate will force her to make a harrowing choice: trust her husband...or lose him forever.
Susan Gordon
MATCH OF THE SEASON 1982 ISBN:0820707084 A young country-bred woman, Elinor Maddison, goes to visit her Aunt Caroline and spends a season in London and falls in love.
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A REGENCY QUARTET 6/1993 ISBN:0373312008 Anthology featuring Frozen Hearts by Janet Grace, A Singular Elopement by Elizabeth Lowther, Pride House by Gwyneth Moore and The Eccentric Miss Delaney by Gail Mallin.
Janet Grace
FROZEN HEARTS short story in A REGENCY QUARTET 6/1993 ISBN:0373312008
A MOST UNUSUAL LADY 4/1992 ISBN: 0373311710 There are none so blind who will not see....Miss Louisa Stapley defied every description of a lady. But it was mere misfortune which was responsible for many of her misadventures. Having rescued her from her most recent mishap, Lord Alnstrop decided to see to it that she had no more. Grateful as she was, Louisa left Lord Alnstrop's care, over his strenuous objections, to take up a position as governess. Though Louisa was happy in her new life, she could not help but feel something was missing. Apparently, Lord Alnstrop felt much the same, for his arrival indicated he had not yet finished with his most unusual lady.
Susan Grace
DESTINY'S LADY 5/2000 ISBN: 0821765981 Beautiful and brazen, Catherine O’Banyon sailed the high seas as the infamous Irish outlaw, Lady Cat. But as she strode the deck of her ship, she was unaware of her true identity—and of the existence of Lady Victoria Carlisle, her identical twin...Viscount Miles Grayson, the darkly compelling head of Ryland Shipping, had boldly set out to capture the outlaw who had attacked one of his ships, only to snare an unexpected quarry. Yet when he finally unmasked his notorious prisoner, he was stunned to discover that Lady Cat was the mirror-image of his missing fiancée. Now, fearing that Victoria is dead, Miles decides his best hope for trapping her killer is to use this fearless lady pirate as bait. But he never imagines just how well their daring plan will work…or that her deception will soon spark a blazing passion he cannot deny.
ENEMIES OF THE HEART 8/2001. ISBN: 0821768603 Daughter of an infamous lady sea pirate and a swashbuckling nobleman, Diana Grayson is a free-spirited beauty who happily defies convention. But she never thought she'd find herself running from the law, until an accidental shooting sends her fleeing to her aunt's country estate. There she keeps her identity a secret from horse trainer Jared Devlin, a proud Irishman with a fierce hatred of the English aristocracy…and deep blue eyes that immediately draw her in. A fugitive in his native Ireland, Jared Devlin escaped hanging for a murder he did not commit. Though he believes he has no future to offer the feisty, fearless “Ana”, he cannot resist the pull of the steamy desire they share. Yet their passionate idyll is brief, for their secret pasts are fast closing in, turning lovers into adversaries. Soon danger and misunderstandings threaten to destroy all hope for a future together…unless enemies of the heart can become lovers for eternity.
FOREVER AND BEYOND 1/2001 ISBN: 082176859X Once known as the fierce pirate “Lady Cat,” Catherine Grayson finds bliss married to a man who shares her stormy past on the high seas. Only a handful of trusted people know of her secret identity--until war with people know of her secret identity--until war with France plunges two lovers into a bold adventure. Forced to summon her alter ego, Lady Cat embarks on an odyssey of intrigue, espionage, and danger as she fights for her life--and the husband she loves...When Viscount Miles Grayson is called to Admiral Nelson's fleet, he leaves Catherine in safety at their estate, unaware that her secret has been discovered by enemies plotting to ensnare them both in a deadly trap. When the truth is revealed, he embarks on a daring chase to reclaim his wife, driven by a passion that has no boundaries--and a love destined to burn...
THE RUNAWAY DUKE 10/2002 ISBN: 0821773739 Pressured to take a wife, Jonathan Carlisle has retreated to a rural hunting lodge to consider his options--only to be seized by kidnappers. Badly wounded in his escape, he awakens in the home of a country physician and his beautiful daughter Melanie. Uncertain of who his enemies are, Jonathan trusts no one and feigns amnesia, but he cannot deny the tender passion he shares with Melanie. And yet, despite their growing bond, he is unaware that Melanie is burdened by a damning secret, until she confesses the truth: she is wanted for the murder of her husband. Now Jonathan must prove his beloved's innocence by exposing a villain and solving a crime--before they are truly free to share a lifetime of love.
Anne Gracie
GALLANT WAIF 4/2001 ISBN:0373291574 Kate Farleigh was absolutely stunned when her refusal to accept Lady Cahill’s offer of "charity" resulted in her being swept away in her sumptuous carriage. But the real reason behind the older woman’s antics became stunningly clear upon meeting Lady Cahill’s enigmatic grandson, Jack Carstairs. Wounded in the Peninsular War, disowned by his father, and dumped by his fiancée, Jack had shut himself up in his country estate, but Kate had no patience with such behavior. Suddenly, Jack found himself with a purpose, trying to steer clear of Miss Farleigh’s attempts to interfere with his chosen lifestyle. Why, if he wasn’t careful, Kate just might succeed in her attempts to make him want to rejoin the human race!
AN HONOURABLE THIEF 7/2002 ISBN: 0373292163 When Miss Kit Singleton's arrival in London coincided with a spate of robberies from members of the ton, Hugo Devenish couldn't explain why he suspected the innocent-looking beauty. But when the clues added up, Hugo knew his instincts had been right all along. Kit had to cease this dangerous game immediately! Only for Kit, it wasn't a game; she'd made a sacred promise to avenge her papa's honour. Surely Hugo could understand that she mustn't break her word - even to please the man she was falling in love with.
THE PERFECT KISS 1/2007 ISBN: 0425213455 To rescue her friend . . . In three years on the marriage mart Grace Merridew has never met a man whose kiss stirred her senses. So she makes plans for a life of adventure instead—to see the moon rise over the pyramids of Egypt and dance amid the marble ruins of Greece. But first she has to help a friend.... . . she must enter the lair of the Wolfe. Grace’s timid friend is being forced to marry Dominic Wolfe, who stands to inherit a huge estate when he weds her. The Wolfes have a terrible reputation, and if there's one thing Grace cannot stand, it's a girl being bullied. When her friend begs for help to escape the marriage, Grace agrees to act the plain and mousy chaperone on their visit to the groom-to-be. But when they arrive nothing is as they expect, and Grace soon finds herself being pursued by a big bad Wolfe—with strictly dishonourable intentions...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE PERFECT RAKE 7/2005 ISBN: 0425203956 She ran from a brute... Fleeing violent tyranny, Prudence Merridew escapes with her beautiful younger sisters to London. One of them must marry-and fast. To act as her sisters' chaperone, Prudence invents a secret engagement to a reclusive duke... But when the duke arrives unexpectedly in London, she needs his help to avert disaster....into the arms of a rake. Aristocratic Gideon, handsome, rakish and with a strong frivolous streak, casually hijacks Prudence's game, awarding himself a stolen kiss or three along the way. Used to managing sisters and elderly men, Prudence is completely out of her depth with a charming, devious and utterly irresistible rake. And her plot goes terribly-if deliciously-awry...
TALLIE'S KNIGHT 3/2001 ISBN: 0263168794 Miss Thalia Robinson, a destitute orphan, was fortunate that cousin Laetitia allowed Tallie to look after her adorable three children. Life was bearable because Tallie lost herself in daydreams, but the arrival of a house party to aid Magnus, Earl of D'Arenville, to find a wife, turned her world upside-down. Magnus's cold facade had been pierced by a delightful small girls, and he'd decided he wanted children. For that, he needed a wife. But things didn't go according to plan, for Magnus was so taken with Tallie's loving treatment of the children in her charge he ignored the debutantes and decided she was the one he would marry...
A VIRTUOUS WIDOW short story in GIFTS OF THE SEASON 11/2002 ISBN: 0373292317 It is almost Christmas, 1816, but there will be no feasting and family celebration for Ellie Carmichael, an isolated young widow, left destitute when her husband committed suicide to avoid his debts. All she has is her beloved small daughter, four year old Amy, who has never accepted her father's death, and puts a candle in the window "to guide my papa home". One bitterly cold night, a stranger collapses on Ellie's doorstep, a man with no boots, no memories and no name, a man who swiftly enchants Ellie and her daughter alike. Now Ellie must protect her daughter, her virtue and her heart from the stranger, for who knows what his secrets may be...
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