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THE ASTROV LEGACY 1973 ISBN: 0698105192 The Astrov Legacy was more than a hate-filled bequest. It had condemned a young man to marry a woman he reviled. It had kindled passions that tainted those it touched...passions that spurred vengeance, stoked violence, turned sister against sister. For Sophie Weston, it could turn life into death...
THE FIRES OF GLENLOCHY 1976 ISBN:0698107268 When beautiful young Marietta Gilmour returned from exile in France to her ancestral castle in 18th-century Scotland, her dream was to restore peace and happiness to a family torn by bitter, conflicting passions. The man who awaited here there was the devastatingly attractive Coli--who was all she had ever hoped for in a lover. But now her dream had turned into a nightmare of sinister intrigue and savage violence. And the man to whom she had given herself so tenderly filled her with horrifying suspicion and icy fear. Once Glenlochy Castle had been Marietta's heart's desire. Now it was her prison. Soon it might be her grave...
THE HOUSE OF KURAGIN 1972 ISBN:0816161585 "Welcome to Russia, Miss Weston!" But lovely young Rilla Weston felt no warmth of welcome as she arrived at the magnificent estate of Count Dmitri Kuragin. Rilla had traveled all the way from London to be governess to the six-year-old Kuragin heir. Soon, however, she discovered that she was marked for a far more perilous role amid the icy whirlwind of illicit passion, intrigue and violence that was bringing ruin to - the House of Kuragin.
Victoria Heland
THE ARTFUL COUSIN 10/1982 ISBN:051505707 "I will show you exactly how I would go about it if ever I were to seduce Miss Jameson." Waltham gently drew Adriana toward him. "So that you may warn her," he added as an afterthought. Then his breath warmed Adriana's neck and she melted into his arms. As he kissed her eyelids, her arms rose up. It was then that she came to the heartrending realization that she yearned for this man. "Might it not be better for you..to..explain.." she said. "No," he answered, and their lips merged in a realm of pure sensation from which there seemed no return.
MAYFAIR WAGER 6/1982 ISBN: 0515057061 "But this is grossly improper!" Aurora cried. "I know," replied Lord Kensington as he led her up the stairs to her bedroom. "But so many proprieties have been set aside in the last few hours, one more cannot possibly make any difference." Fearful of discovery, Aurora held her fingers to her lips. With her eyes, she begged him to be quiet. In the half-light on the stairway; he moved toward her. She drew in her breath, for somehow she sensed what was going to happen even before she felt is his touch...
Veronica Heley
THE TARRANT ROSE 2/1981 ISBN:0449501639 Raven-haired Sophia knew him as Philip Rich, a poor relative of the Earl of Rame. And she knew that he awakened in her a craving that her betrothed, Sir John Bladen, could not satisfy. But she was pledged to the wealthy Sir John in order to save her beloved Tarrant Hall. So she scorned Philip's love only to discover, to her horror, that he was, in reality, the famous Earl himself. And now the Earl has vowed to humble Sophia and to avenge his honor. His vengeance involves Sophia, her Aunt Nan, and her rash brother Jasper, in the dangerous plots of the Royal Pretender and in the intrigue at the luxurious court of George II.
Beth Henderson
WICKED 2/2002 ISBN: 0821772759 Working as an amateur photographer in San Francisco's sordid Barbary Coast, Lilly Renfrew stumbled upon the grisly stabbing of a prostitute. Fleeing the murder scene with the killer fast in pursuit, she crashed into a man as handsome as sin who vowed to protect her! As a former con artist, Deegan Galloway knew every back alley of the Barbary Coast, but as a newly accepted member of the upper classes, he was stifled by his boring, respectable life. When a beautiful damsel in distress begged his help in unearthing a murderer, he couldn't resist joining in the search. But he never imagined he'd be in danger of losing his heart....
Emily Hendrickson
THE ABANDONED RAKE 6/1995 ISBN: 045182693 Joanna Winterton had had a narrow escape from a marriage that had filled her with dread rather than desire. Now she fled the London marriage mart before she could be so cruelly cornered again. But when she arrived in a remote rural retreat, she found she had merely exchanged one kind of danger for another. Sir Lucas Montfort was the premier rake in the realm. This devastatingly handsome libertine’s skill at seduction was matched only by his lust for conquest, and now Joanna was the sole target of his roving eye in the tiny village that housed them both. Joanna no longer had to worry about wedlock. Quite the reverse-as she sought to avoid an all-too-inviting surrender to a man who did not have marriage in mind.
ALTHEA'S GRAND TOUR 10/1994 ISBN:0451179366 Althea Ingram longed for a gentleman to look tip to- but found none among the London dandies who found her dowry more to their taste than her regally tall and lovely person. It was only when Althea fled to Europe that she found what was so sorely missing in her life. John Maitland, the Earl of Montmorcy, with his towering physique and dazzling good looks, his strength and mountain-climbing nerve, was all she dreamed of in a man. Unfortunately, she was more than he wanted in a wife. Althea's delicate, beautiful companion, Cecily de Lisle, far better fitted the arrogant Earl's ideas about the weaker sex than the fiercely independent young lady whom he mocked as an Amazon. But Amazon or not, Althea had no armor on her heart when she was in the Earl's arms and on the top of an alpine peak - as she tried not to fall in love with a man pressing her over the precipice of dangerous desire....
A CHANCE ENCOUNTER 6/1998 ISBN:0451194977 'You have been cheated, my dear Felicia.' These were the dying words of Felicia Brook's guardian. An overturned carriage had taken his life, and nearly cost Felicia hers. But she had been lifted from the wreckage by Henry, Lord Chessyre, one of the ton's most eligible bachelors. Although the handsome lord looked at her outmoded dress with distaste, he did not miss her incandescent beauty. And when he discovered that Felicia had indeed been swindled out of a vast inheritance, he gallantly offered to investigate. Gratefully, Felicia accepted, and secretly lost her heart. From London's elegant mansions to breathtaking Gothic Strawberry Hill, Felicia entered Chessyre's world of incomparable riches and gilded intrigues. But the gaiety and frivolity concealed a danger for the lady who fervently hoped that a chance encounter would be transformed into a lifetime of love.
CHRISTMAS KNIGHT short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS IV 11/1994
THE COLONIAL UPSTART 4/1990 ISBN:0451164733 When beautiful young Miss Louisa Randolph arrived at the estate of the handsome, high-handed Earl of Wescott, the lord of the manor found he had an American revolution in his house and on his hands. First this enticing invader mocked the foppish fashions and sacred stuffy ways of proper society. Then, shockingly, she began to shape the minds of the earl's much younger brothers and sisters. Finally she set out to teach the earl himself a lesson in manners and morals. The dashing, domineering earl decided to put Miss Randolph in her place - while she decided that place should be in his heart...
THE CONTRARY CORINTHIAN 1/1995 ISBN:0451182685 Miss Phoebe Thorpe had no idea why she had stirred the wrath of Valentine, Lord Latham, but she most certainly had. Now this devastatingly handsome and supremely well-connected gentleman was out to wreak vengeance on her with all the immense weapons he had at his command. First Latham did his worst to sully the good name of this unspoiled young lady in the best circles of society. Then he tried to force her to choose a husband from among the most impossible suitors that his twisted sense of humor and wicked wit could dredge up from the bottom of the heap. But Phoebe faced an even graver threat when she found that she had roused more than the anger of this infuriatingly irresistible rake. She had set aflame his lust as well....
A COUNTRY MISS 11/1988 ISBN:0451157761 Miss Charity Lonsbury's love for the handsome Marquess of Kenrick seemed utter folly. Charity was poor as a church mouse, Kenrick was rich as Croesus. Charity was unschooled in the ways of the world, Kenrick moved in the most sophisticated circles. Charity dressed in a dismally dowdy manner, while Kenrick was being stalked by the fashionable and stunning Lady Sylvia. To capture Kenrick, Charity had to transform herself from a shy country Miss to the toast of the town - and she had but one swift week to do it. It was quite impossible, of course - yet when Cupid's arrow provides the spur, and an unconventional aunt provides the means, impossible dreams can sometimes come true...
THE DANGEROUS BARON LEIGH 1/2000 ISBN:0451199294 Lady Jocelyn Robards has been in seclusion since the death of her fiance, refusing all suitors and shunning society. Many assume she is deeply mired in mourning for her deceased lover - but in truth she is haunted by a long-ago love affair that shattered her heart. Then Jocelyn is summoned to her cousin's castle to help with preparations for a costume ball. En route, she encounters unforseen peril - and is rescued by Peter, Lord Leigh, the intensely passionate man she once loved. Though arrogant and virile, Peter harbors no ill will toward Jocelyn, who five years past refused his marriage proposal and inexplicably brought their affair to a heartbreaking end. But Jocelyn still nurtures a tendre for Peter - and when they embark on a daring mission to recover a stolen heirloom, the flames of their passion burn more fiercely than ever..
THE DASHING MISS FAIRCHILD 1/1992 ISBN:0451171276 The arrival of Miss Clare Fairchild in Bath set tongues wagging with curious questions and scandalous suppositions. Why was Miss Fairchild, though both rich and beautiful, still unwed at the advanced age of twenty-three? What was this single lady doing with a most visible baby in her doting care? Even more shocking, how dared she risk losing what was left of her good name, not to mention her virtue, by keeping ever-closer company with the notably handsome and notoriously womanizing Mr. Richard Talbot? Miss Fairchild was playing with fire. For town tattlers were eagerly waiting for her first false move or foolish kiss.
THE DEBONAIR DUKE 7/1996 ISBN:0451188276 Young and captivating Lady Pamela Taylor had a necklace of stunning sapphires--and a most perplexing problem. Who had sent her these jewels fit for a queen? How had he gotten them? What did he expect in return? Or was it all a monstrous mistake? All Pamela knew for certain was that her sheltered life had been shattered, and a swarm of suitors had suddenly invaded her existence. There was the romantic Russian Prince Radinski, the seductive French Comte Reynaud, and the intriguing English Lord Raeburn. And above all, and most dangerous of all, there was the fabulously wealthy, handsome, and marriage-mocking Duke of Wexford, who would stop at nothing to lay his hands on Pamela's jewels--and to get what he wanted from her.
DOUBLE DECEIT 12/1990 ISBN:0451168534 Miss Caroline Beauchamp had accepted a very tricky task. She had to seduce Lord Hugh Stanhope, the handsome husband of her dearest friend, Mary Stanhope, to break the hold that an infamous beauty had on the vulnerable Viscount. But she also faced an even greater challenge. She had to bedazzle the most renowned rake in the realm, Lord Giles Rutledge, to keep him from making Mary his latest conquest. Caroline knew as she began her juggling act of deception that letting down her guard would mean disaster...and falling in love would be even worse...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
DRUSILLA'S DOWNFALL 7/2003 ISBN:0451209230 When the Marchioness of Brentford fell ill, she requested the companionship of her dear friend's daughter, Miss Drusilla Herbert. Dru has never mingled among the ton, much less managed a country estate in Herefordshire. Nevertheless, she not only has the house in perfect order, but her presence alone brightens the Marchioness' days-and hastens her recovery. Then the Marchioness's son enters the picture. Adrian Richmond was dismayed to learn about his mother's companion by word of mouth. He's even more put off by her accusations that he's neglectful towards his mother. Despite Dru's familial background as a rector's daughter, Adrian is convinced she's after his mother's fortune, and will stop at nothing to oust her from his home. Falling in love with her was a tactic he hadn't considered.
ELIZABETH'S RAKE 1/1993 ISBN:0451175522 Beautiful Elizabeth Dancy thought she had escaped the amorous attentions of Lord David Leighton when she left London. Surely the most notorious and irresistible rake in the realm would not abandon his many pleasures in the city to follow her to the quiet Surrey countryside. How wrong Elizabeth was. The heartbreakingly handsome Lord Leighton had arrived in Surrey, even more eager than before to break down Elizabeth's resistance...and now there was nowhere for Elizabeth to flee except into the most dangerous place of all-the arms of love....
THE FASHIONABLE SPY 10/1992 ISBN:0451174860 Miss Victoria Dancy was as fearless as she was fiercely determined to avenge the death of her parents at the hands of the perfidious French. Willingly she braved the dangers of unearthing enemy agents in England. But when she met the handsome, icily self-assured Sir Edward Hawkswood in a game of mutual deceptionJ she faced an even more trying test. For she could neither trust nor resist this man of mystery as he so skillfully set about unmasking her secret life and stealing her heart away....
THE GALLANT LORD IVES 11/1989 ISBN:0451164202 The oldest daughter of the Baron Ffolkes, Alissa had far more than her odd last name to contend with. For she lived in the shadow of her sister Henrietta's dazzling beauty and her sister Elizabeth's glowing charm, and had lost all hope of outshining them in the sphere of society or the eyes of any man. Thus when Alissa lost her heart at first sight to the splendid Earl of Ives, she tried to hide her feelings even from herself. The handsomest lord in London would never notice much less want a shrinking violet like her...unless love's magic worked a miracle to make both her beauty and boldness bloom...
HARRIET'S BEAU 4/1997 ISBN:0451191765 An attractive young woman needs polishing in preparation for her first London season. Bringing out her beauty and sharpening her social skills is just the job for the town's most notorious rake, but is he prepared for her to tempt him into giving her lessons in unladylike love?
HIDDEN INHERITANCE 1989 ISBN:0451158377 Beautiful Vanessa Tarleton realized the risk of accepting a position in the household of Nicholas Leighton, Earl of Stone. She knew very well his lurid reputation. But Vanessa's father had gambled away her family fortune, and she desperately needed employment. She told herself that she could evade whatever snares Nicholas might set. All she had to do was recall his record as a wanton womanizer and remind herself that marriage to her was the last thing on his mind. Then Vanessa arrived at the earl's isolated country estate - and discovered that though she was forewarned about this imfamously attractive man, she was not forearmed
THE IVORY DRAGON 1/2002 ISBN:0451205359 One could blame it all on the rain...For when headstrong Lady Harriet enters the barn that fateful spring afternoon, she is after nothing more than a few moments of shelter from the coming shower. Once inside, however, she finds quite a bit more than she bargained for: a curiously carved wooden box, a cat nursing a litter of newborn kittens, and an odd, yet handsome, Lord Stanhope snooping about the place. What could an encounter such as this ever come to? Plenty, if that old wooden box contains the rare antique ivory dragon pin recently reported stolen from the estate of Baron Rothson--and even more if Lord Stanhope's brother has been accused of stealing it. Now, finding themselves together in a conundrum of sorts, the two must learn to become fast friends. And if they aren't too stubborn to realize it, they may also find themselves falling in love. A little rain never hurt anyone...
JULIA'S SPIRIT 10/1993 ISBN:0451177355 Julia, Lady Winton, was a lovely young widow haunted by the memory of her brief marriage. A struggle to make her living as a portrait painter seemed the better choice over another such odious enslavement. Noel, Lord Temple, was haunted by the memory of a faithless wife who had died by her own folly. Never again would he trust another woman, despite the bevy of beauties who vied for his hand. But when Julia and Noel found themselves haunted by a spectral woman in white in a maze of mystery and menace, they discovered that they both still had a ghost of a chance for love....
LORD BARRY'S DREAM HOUSE 2/1996 ISBN:0451186745 Lovely Lady Juliana Hamilton had bold plans indeed. She intended to follow in the footsteps of her late father, who not only was a lord of the realm, but was also one of the finest architects in it. She would complete his greatest project - a magnificent manor that would stand as his monument and her first giant step toward recognition of her own talent. Only one thing stood in her way: Lord Edmund Barry, for whom the manor was being built. When he returned to England, he never expected to find a female doing what he firmly believed was a man's work. Even more humiliating, the masterful Lord Barry made clear to Juliana his designs had nothing to do with hers. Somehow Juliana had to convince him she wanted to plan his bedroom, not share his bed - even when her passion for her profession began to yield to a passion that not only could bring her dream house down in ruins but her honor as well..
LORD DANCY'S DELIGHT 6/1993 ISBN:0451176189 Miss Amelia Longworth posed a pretty problem for handsome, dashing Geoffrey, Lord Dan~ He had made the error of saving her life not once or twice but three times while returning to London to claim his new title. Now Miss Longworth was determined to repay him in kind, despite the fact that she was a total innocent in his world. How could he stop her from keeping him out of the clutches of a ravishing fortune hunter...or saving him from a cunning card sharp. .; or guarding him from a deadly foe? Above all, how could he keep from falling in love with a mischief maker who was the last woman in the world he wanted and the only one who had ever captured his heart.
LORD HARRIET AND THE IVORY DRAGON 1/2001 ISBN: 0451205359 When Lady Harriet seeks shelter from a spring shower in an old barn, she finds more than she bargained for, including odd, yet handsome, Lord Stanhope, who's snooping around. Hoping to clear his brother accused of stealing an antique ivory dragon pin, Stanhope makes friends with Lady Harriet, and the two soon finds themselves in a fix--and falling in love.
LORD HUNTINGTON'S LEGACY 8/2001 Shortly before his death, the Earl of Huntingdon altered his will - leaving the bulk of his fortune to his distant cousin, Marcus. Now the earl's daughter, Charis, is virtually penniless - and absolutely heartbroken. Her only hope is to find a wealthy husband - and fast...Accompanied by her mother and sister, Charis takes up residence in Marcus's lavish London estate. But she soon finds that most all of the city's bachelors are insipid, boorish - or both. In fact, the only man she finds at all intriguing is her handsome cousin himself! Determined to deny the passion that inflames her heart whenever they touch, she asks Marcus to help her hunt for a husband. But there is a shortage of eligible men on the market - and soon Charis must match wits with a mean-spirit minx in a desperate fight for Marcus's heart...
LORD NICK'S FOLLY 9/2002 ISBN: 0451206967 When Nympha Herbert embarks on a journey to visit her wealthy great-aunt, she expects nothing more than a staid, dreary trip. But then a surprising twist of fate has her sharing a coach with Lord Nicholas - decidedly the most aggravating man in all of England. Only suddenly he seems far less irritating and infinitely more dashing than she remembered... Lord Nick has been far too busy with what is widely considered his folly - constructing a golf course on his property - to get himself a bride. Besides, with his brother about to produce a successor, the burden of being the heir presumptive is off his shoulders. But when he finds himself traveling to Mansfield with the rector's lovely daughter, he decides it's his duty to save her from a gold-digging suitor - and to convince her that his protection is required for her life's happiness...
LORD WARE'S WIDOW 11/1997 ISBN:0451192079 Lady Georgiana Ware had no illusions about Lord Jason Thornbury and what he wanted of her. The dazzlingly handsome and charming Thornbury was the most irresistible rake in the realm-and a beautiful young widow like Georgiana was the perfect prey for this man whose amorous expertise was equaled only by his appetite for fresh conquests. Georgiana, however, had no idea how persistent this supremely seductive lord could be. From the moment he set eyes on her in a country manor, he sought a weak spot in her armor of virtue. She might flee to the social whirl of London, then seek safe haven at an elegant seaside resort, but Thornbury was at her side. ..and soon, in her heart. Now Georgiana feared that unless she found a way to hide her growing feelings, she would be merely the latest in his long list of lady loves....
THE MADCAP HEIRESS 9/2004 ISBN:0451212894 Young, spirited, and independent of mind, Emma Lawrence refuses to give herself to any man on a whim. As an heiress to a vast estate, she has had more than her share of hopeful suitors-including her pompous, bullying cousin Claude-who were more interested in her purse than in pursuing her heart. Of little means but proud bearing, Adam Herbert is loath to follow in his father's footsteps as a humble rector-and visits his great-uncle, the Earl of Stanwell, to see what else the world has to offer. What he finds is an unexpected treasure in the beguiling Emma-who learns that despite her great inheritance, the love she desires is worth far more than any fortune...
MISS CHENEY'S CHARADE 3/1994 ISBN:0451179234 On the surface, Miss Emma Cheney was a most proper young lady. But her sweet serenity was only skin deep. Below the surface, she ached for exotic adventure - and an invitation to a select showing of a rare treasure at the mansion of Sir Peter Dancy was a temptation too strong to resist. True, she had to garb herself as a male to attend this exciting exhibition. But she felt sure she could execute this impersonation to perfection. What she did not expect was that she would catch the eye and rouse the interest of Sir Peter. And suddenly Emma was faced with the danger of scandal and the threat of even worse when this devilishly handsome gentleman set out to strip away her defenses in a campaign of conquest that not only could unmask her but thoroughly undo her...
MISS HAYCROFT'S SUITORS 9/1999 ISBN:0451198344 Trapped under the guardianship of her despicable uncle, Anne Haycroft is about to be married off to pay his gambling debts. She has been promised to a heartless nobleman who wants to add the lovely heiress to his collection of priceless treasures. Unwilling to be sold into a passionless marriage, Anne has no one to turn to... ...until Lord Justin Rochford finds himself alarmingly attracted to the desperate young beauty. He takes her under his wing, situating her at his aunt's London home. To thwart Anne's uncle, Justin creates make-believe suitors for her-all the while hoping that her innocent affection for him will make its roundabout way to a genuine love. ...
MISS TIMOTHY PERSEVERES 2/1999 ISBN:0451196767 Alone in the world, Miss Persys Timothy has lived under the protection of her wealthy aunt, serving as her cousin's companion and confidante. But once her cousin is married, Persys is no longer needed-or wanted. Summarily put out of her aunt's home, she has nowhere to go and no one to turn to-until the Duke of Eddington surprisingly comes to her rescue. He is in dire need of a companion to keep his injured mother amused and whisks Persys off to his grand country estate. Struck by her disarming combination of unusual violet eyes and exotic Persian name, the dashing Duke is quite taken with Persys. But his campaign to win her affection is almost sabotaged by Persys herself, who sees nothing but folly in falling head over heels for a duke. And when the time comes that the duchess no longer needs Persys's help, the Duke must devise a way to trap "his Persian woman"-in his house and in his heart....
MISS WYNDHAM'S ESCAPADE 9/1990 ISBN:0451167155 A tender beauty trips along a tightrope between ruin and romance...Miss Marianna Wyndham was in disgrace, her life in ruins around her. A classmate at her fashionable finishing school had branded her a thief-and she left that insufferably stuffy institution in a sordid cloud of scandal...Thus Marianna had to listen when the undeniably handsome if defiantly unconventional Lord George Barringer proposed a daring plan to recover her good name...
MY LADY FAIRE 3/2005 ISBN:0451214587 At twenty-seven, the beautiful widow Claudia, Lady Fairfax has her hands full caring for her precocious stepson, Edward. The last thing she needs is Viscount Noel Clifford, Lord Hawke, interfering. Her intimidating, infuriating neighbor may share guardianship of Edward-but what could a handsome, carefree bachelor know about raising a child, pray tell? It was no matter that Edward adored him. She would never submit to his charm. Never. Not even if it means that her heart will burst with longing.
A PERFECT PERFORMANCE 10/1991 ISBN:0451171047 Beautiful young Katherine Penn was the daughter of a stuffy scholar - but her own imagination was anything but academic. Katherine was smitten with the stage, wicked though it might be. She fairly ached to see the plays that she penned actually performed - even if it meant disregarding her father's wishes. Thus when the handsome and sophisticated Lord Philip Ramsey told her she could use his manor house as a theater where her dramatic dreams could come true, she had to accept - even though she knew the dangers of putting herself in his house and in his hands...and having make-believe love turn into scandalously real romance..
A PERILOUS ENGAGEMENT 7/2000 ISBN:0451200713 After the untimely death of his reckless cousin Ivor, Jordan Robards inherits a barony-and the wealth, property, and responsibility that go with the title. Upon moving onto his new estate, Jordan encounters the things his cousin left behind, including a messy mansion-and a bereft fiancee. Lady Ariel, who stands to inherit an enormous fortune of her own, is definitely the most diverting thing in the neighborhood. But far from diverting is the suspicion that Ivor's death may not have been an accident-and that Jordan himself could be the next Baron of Harcourt to meet with foul play. Jordan isn't delighted with the prospect of being in danger. But solving a mystery-and remaining in Lady Ariel's vicinity -may be well worth the risk of life and limb....
PURSUING PRISCILLA 2/2003 ISBN: 045120803X Eager to sample all that London has to offer a young lady, Priscilla Herbert knows better than to trust the whims of an earl--especially one as devastatingly handsome as Lord Latimer. But his sudden marriage proposal comes as such a pleasant shock she finds it impossible to decline--even though it lacks the romantic zest she desires. Somehow she will make Lord Latimer love her as she has come to love him…Surrounded by disgraceful relatives who parade their scandalous behavior for all of society’s prattlers to disparage, Lord Latimer--Felix to his friends--vowed to wed the most proper girl in all of London. No doubt Priscilla will make the perfect bride--until he catches her at the gaming table at a ball. Surprisingly intrigued by his fiancée’s blatant disregard for decorum, he begins to wonder whether it’s possible that this beautiful girl has somehow captured his heart?
QUEEN OF THE MAY 12/1989 ISBN:0451164881 The lady wore breeches... Young Lady Samantha Mayne had no desire to be a proper young lady. Let her cousin Emma dress in fashionable gowns, attend glittering balls, and hunt a mate in the marriage mart. Samantha preferred to aid her brother George's scientific experiments, wear breeches, ride horses astride, not sidesaddle, and be most wary of wedlock. Then Samantha met Lord Charles Laverstock. Lord Charles was more handsome, charming, and gallant than Samantha had ever imagined a man could be. Lord Charles also clearly could never be interested in a girl who broke every rule and scorned every feminine wile. For free-spirited Samantha, becoming a lady would be the hardest of possible tasks... even if it was a labor of love..
THE RAKE AND THE REDHEAD 1/1994 ISBN:0451178556 When beautiful, redheaded Miss Hyacinthe Dancy meets Blase, Lord Norwood, she finds him to be the most infuriatingly arrogant gentleman she has ever met. She vows to keep well clear of a man whose charm is as legendary as his reputation. But when Lord Norwood decides to destroy a charming old village to improve the view from his manor, and Hyacinthe's dearest friend is threatened with homelessness, she must place herself in Norwood's path of desire. And when Norwood sets out to level not only the village but Hyacinthe's defenses, she finds that he has the power to ignite far more than her temper...
THE RAKE'S REVENGE 3/2001 ISBN: 0451202597 Regina Hawthorne is an undeniably pleasing and promising young lady. With her beauty, charm, and impeccable background, no one doubts she'll soon have an offer from the eligible Lord Torrington. But Torrington apparently has other ideas, such as plighting his troth to another - and leaving Miss Hawthorne with the humiliating reputation of 'Rejected Regina!' Jules, Lord St. Aubyn, is known throughout the ton as a rake - albeit one of extremely good breeding. Upon learning of Miss Hawthorne's predicament, he feels sympathy for the lovely young woman - even as the seeds of a scheme take root. Jules is confident he can find a way to distract gossiping tongues from Regina's plight, in exchange for her help with a particular family problem. He is even willing to risk his rakish reputation - if it means spending more time with Regina..
A SCANDALOUS SUGGESTION 7/1991 ISBN:0451169921 Bargain stamping on end pages. Miss Sibyl Eagleton knew she should be the happiest of young ladies. The most eligible lord in London, the heavenly handsome, charming, poetic Viscount Buckingham, had asked for her hand. But though Buckingham was everything a woman could want, Sibyl decided too late that she did not want him. And the only way she could resist the irresistible rush of events was to do the unthinkable with the aid of Mr. Robert Medland, the gentleman who she thought her best friend - and who turned out to be something shockingly different when she put her fate in his hands and herself in his arms...
THE SCOUNDREL'S BRIDE 6/1994 ISBN:0451179358 Lovely Lady Chloe Maitland was caught on the horns of a devilish dilemma. As a proper young country miss in the London Marriage Mart, she was duty bound to obey her dragon of a grandmama and give her hand to the aging Lord Twisdale, who had buried one young wife and now lusted to take an even younger one. But if Twisdale sent shivers down Chloe's spine, Julian St. Aubyn made her shrink as from a flame. St. Aubyn was the most wicked rake in the realm, and Chloe's innocence would be no match for his infamous expertise. Should Chloe sacrifice her happiness on the altar of duty - or her virtue in the arms of a man who mocked all decency? She heard the response of her heart - an knew how wrong it could be...
TABITHA'S TANGLE 3/2004 ISBN:0451211642 Prim and proper, Tabitha Herbert seems to be everything one would expect in a rector's daughter, but her passionate thirst for knowledge and adventure belies her appearance. So when she's asked to catalogue a collection of books for a dashing baron, she feels as if she's turned the pages of the first romantic chapter in her life. Hugh, Lord Latham, had resigned himself to entering marriage with an earl's daughter, despite his lack of affection for her. But discovering just how much he has in common with Tabitha opens his mind and heart to the possibility that falling in love can actually be a novel idea.
AN UNCOMMON BEQUEST 2/1998 ISBN:0451192087 Working as a lady's companion, Sophie inherits a library of books from a distant relative. She finds enough money hidden in the books to give her a London Season where she hopes to win her distant cousin, Viscount Lowell. A beautiful young lady is quite resigned to being penniless... until she is summoned to the reading of her uncle's will. With an instant inheritance, she suddenly has her London season, and comes face-to-face with the viscount who had snubbed her in romance when she was a schoolgirl. But when he holds her in his arms, she knows that no matter who may propose to her, she will not be marrying the man who truly has her heart....
THE UNEXPECTED WIFE 10/1998 ISBN: 0451194985 Her father gone, her estate for the taking, Juliet Winterton was facing an arranged marriage to a drunken gambler. So she ran away--to a charming home on the country estate of Alexander Barr, Viscount Hawkswood, the most notorious rake in London. Juliet would simple pretend to be his wife while he was away. But then the selfsame rake made an unexpected return, barging into her newfound sanctuary! Alexander had planned on hiding at his remote estate to escape a husband hunter. But on his arrival he found a lovely young innocent posing as his wife. A man of noble blood, Alex couldn't turn the poor girl away. So he joined in the charade--and soon found the game very much to his liking. But when his heart turned to the most scandalous passion a rake could imagine--true love--the false marriage became merely a rehearsal..for the real thing.
THE WICKED PROPOSAL 5/1992 ISBN:0451172345 Lady Penelope Winthrop knew exactly what she wanted in a husband. The fair-haired beauty did not seek a mate who was wildly attractive or sinfully rich. All she wanted was a man who would go with her to the altar and afterward leave her completely alone. Penelope had the wealth to purchase a perfect partner. And she had the most sophisticated lord in London, the Earl of Harford, to help her with her shopping spree in the marriage mart. With the exquisitely elegant, extraordinarily handsome, and totally cynical Harford as her guide, how could she go wrong...unless she found herself not only in his hands but in his arms...
Shirl Henke
WANTON ANGEL 3/2002 ISBN: 0843949732 A devoted artist, Elizabeth Blackthorne has earned a scandalous reputation with her free-spirited ways--she's been known to run about unchaperoned and even pose nude. But Englishman Derrick Jamison is uncharted territory. He acts like a foppish dandy, yet his disarming smile and intoxicating touch inspire feelings more extraordinary than her reputation. Beth Blackthorne bowled him over the day they met. True, the fire-haired American didn't mean to topple him, but the fit of her lush body against his completely distracts Derrick from his mission of spying against Napoleon. From the United States to Italy to England, her siren call beckons until he knows the only safe harbor he will find is in her arms.
WICKED ANGEL 4/2001 ISBN: 084394854X A gawky preacher's daughter, Jocelyn Angelica Woodbridge is hardly the type to incite street brawls, much less two in one day. "Holy Hannah," as those of the ton call her, would much rather nurse the sick or reform the fallen. Yet ever since a dashing American saved her from an angry mob, Joss's thoughts have turned most impure. The son of an American Indian and an English aristocrat, Alexander Blackthorne has been sent to England for some "civilizing." But the only lessons he cares to learn are those offered by taverns and trollops. When a marriage of convenience forces Jocelyn and Alex together, Joss knows she will need more than prayer to make a loving husband of her...wicked angel.
YANKEE EARL 10/2003 ISBN: 0843952415 Jason Beaumont, brash American privateer, is now Earl of Falconridge, and the Honorable Miss Rachel Fairchild could not be more horrified. Until she finds herself making the brute's acquaintance lying flat on her back in the mud, gazing up at a particularly fascinating portion of his anatomy. She grows still more flustered when the arrogant colonial proceeds to set London's tongues wagging with his daring exploits, and challenge her own cutting wit with his outrageous innuendoes. But most shocking of all is a surprise betrothal ball where she learns her own father has conspired to see her leg shackled, for better or worse, to the Yankee earl.
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A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE 12/1996 ISBN: 0440222907 Includes "Love and Joy" by Virginia Henley; "Upon a Midnight Clear" by Katherine Kingsley; "In a Twinkling" by Rebecca Paisley; and "Angels in the Slow" by Stephanie Mittman.
Virginia Henley
RAVISHED 11/2002 ISBN:0451207378 All her life, flame-haired Alexandra Sheffield has been expected to marry the wealthy Lord Christopher Hatton--a man whose title and inheritance make Alex the envy of all London. But desperate for a life filled with adventure and passion, she is in no hurry to marry the spoiled aristocrat. Instead, she is consumed with longing for another man--Lord Hatton's devastatingly dangerous twin brother, Nicholas. All his life, Nick Hatton has had his pick of beautiful women, but he's also had enough sense never to hazard his heart. That is, until his irresponsible brother gambles away his inheritance and plans to refill his pockets by marrying spirited young Alex. Driven by a fierce need to protect her, Nick will risk anything to prevent his brother's scheming seduction. But when the girl he sets out to save becomes the glorious woman he longs to ravish, he must force himself to resist her wild beauty and reckless flirtation--before his desires erupt in a single, scorching moment that can never be undone.
UNDONE 12/2003 ISBN:0451210646 Though celebrated in Irish society for her extraordinary beauty, Elizabeth Gunning is just playing a part. The supposed daughter of Viscount Mayo is in fact a common woman of uncommon appearance. And if her domineering mother has her say, she is going to keep up the charade-and take London society by storm. With her golden hair and violet eyes, Elizabeth has men falling at her feet, but only one has captured her heart- John Campbell, the rakishly handsome Duke of Argyll. If she surrenders to his smoldering gaze and heated touch, she'll be playing with fire. Because only John knows her deepest secret-and knows just how to unleash the passion within her.
UNMASKED 9/2005 ISBN: 0451216059 Thirteen years ago, Alex Greysteel Montgomery, an Earl and double agent—now working to restore King Charles II to the throne—was betrothed to the impetuous Velvet Cavendish. Their parents saw the engagement as a business opportunity— and although Greysteel has always had an affinity for Velvet, she has not returned his affections. Once she is united with Greysteel, Velvet is determined to break their bond. She has had her sights set on none other than King Charles II since she was a young girl….and what ordinary man could compete? But Greysteel is equally determined to wed the fiery beauty who has stirred him like no other—and conquer and rule her heart…RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Betty L. Henrichs
A CONVENIENT BRIDE 2/1982 ISBN: 0440114721 He meant to have his cake and eat it... to marry a drab little countrified miss, hide her away in the provinces, and pursue his own licentious pleasures in town. And Lord Ashford found just what he wanted in Penelope Stanwood, penniless daughter of the late vicar. Little did he know that he had chosen a spirited hellcat. For, determined to win her husband's love as well as his title, Penelope would attract the aid of Beau Brummel himself to become the most desirable woman in London, the belle of the ton!
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