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Christina Kingston
THE NIGHT THE STARS FELL 4/2001 ISBN: 0515130419 It was a night of mystery -- and miracles ...By day, the beautiful Lady Katherine is the chatelaine of her family's estate. By night, she is something else entirely. Under the guise of a highwayman, she gathers evidence to clear her brother's name of crimes he didn't commit. Her secrets are well-kept, including the secrets of her heart. But one man sees right though her ... Searching for two missing friends, Colonel Chalfont Blysdale arrives at Cliffside Manor, preceded by his reputation as a fearless --and fearsome --soldier. His piercing blue eyes seem to follow Katherine everywhere. And though Katherine is drawn to Bly's comforting strength, the man she longs to run to may just be the man who could tear her world apart .
RIDE FOR THE ROSES 4/2000 ISBN: 051512785X A young widow and accomplished horse trainer, Regina Landry has returned to the English countryside to care for her brother's orphaned children. But her new life is complicated by the dashing rogue who holds the mortgage on her family's impoverished estate - and surprisingly shares Regina's lifelong love of horses...A man with a dark and dangerous past, the new Earl of Taskford soon notices that the fiercely unconventional Regina handles even the most stubborn horses with consummate skill. Her talent inspires Taskford's grudging respect - and arouses his competitive spirit. And as they prepare their horses for an upcoming race, Regina and Taskford find themselves riding for a passion that defies all the odds...
RIDE THE WIND HOME 4/2003 ISBN: 0515135100 It was a journey of peril and possibility--one that would merge two souls....Recently widowed Diana Huntley has no intention of becoming the wife of another bad-tempered baron. So while her father schemes to produce another ill-conceived match, she plots an escape to her godmother in London. But her one chance at dodging the confines of matrimony brings her face-to-face with the one man who makes marriage seem like a worthy state of affairs.... Disguised as a lowly servant, Michael David Lawrence, ninth duke of Smythington, wants only to escape the memories of his year in brutal captivity. But his quest to bring peace to his shattered soul is cut short when he catches sight of the headstrong beauty traveling across the English countryside. Determined to help her reach her destination safely, he discovers quickly that this woman--and not solitude--just may be the key to healing his heart.
RIDE THE WINTER WIND 4/2002 ISBN: 0515132799 A former prisoner, Major Guy Michael Mathers, fifth Viscount Kantwell wants only to spare the world from his troublesome nightmares. But how can he know that as he rides through the blizzard -- back to the confines of his estate--he might find just what he needs to make his life worth living: someone who needs him...Lady Alissa Alana Collington is in quite a bind. To escape the clutches of her unscrupulous uncle, she has decided to hazard the storm -- only to get her carriage caught in an icy ditch. But when the handsome Kantwell comes to her aid, he may be just the man she needs to prevail over her family- -and just the man she desires to one day start her own...
Laura Kinsale
MIDSUMMER MOON 11/1987 ISBN: 158586322X All the king's men could not surpass the intellect, nor all the king's ladies the beauty of Merlin Lambourne. As the infamous Napoleon's deadly army grows ever closer, Lord Ransom Falconer frantically searches for an inventor who can create a new way to defeat the advancing forces. He unexpectedly finds that only the lovely Merlin is adequate for the challenge. Drunk from her intoxicating beauty, Falconer whisks Merlin back to his home on a trail of tender kisses, oblivious to mounting whispers of scandal. His quickly falls under the spell of her magical touch. But as Napoleon draws nearer, Falconer must use Merlin's own inventions to protect her from danger. The magic of love surrounds them as they fall under the spell of undeniable passion.
MY SWEET FOLLY 3/1997 ISBN: 0425156877 His letters began with 'My sweet Folly...' Over seven years, the innocent correspondence between Folie Hamilton and her husband's cousin in India, Lieutenant Robert Cambourne, transformed into a secret passion. After Folie's husband died, Robert became the guardian of her stepdaughter, and, on his return to England, summoned them to his imposing estate. In an instant, Folie's expectations of a heroic soldier were destroyed. For this Robert Cambourne was a man on the edge of madness, tormented by unseen demons. Possessing a dark seductiveness and a tempestuous nature, he both frightened and fascinated Folie. But fear turned into desire and madness into mystery as Folie was drawn deeper and deeper into the danger that surrounded him...
Martha Kirkland
THE ARTFUL HEIR 4/1998 ISBN: 0451195620 With her renowned father ill, Miss Sarah Sterling traveled to Donmore Hall by herself to clean and restore the priceless paintings left to the new heir, Matthew Donaldson. It was simply scandalous for a young lady to be unchaperoned and employed; far worse, Matthew Donaldson was no gentleman. A rough-and-tumble past had left him too unrefined for the narrow-minded ton. Yet as Sarah set out to prove her expertise at art, she would find herself taken by Matthew's decidedly uncommon charm. Alas, his uncommon wealth would soon attract several uninvited highborn guests, including one prospective bride. Sarah felt strangely forlorn-and suspicious. Could it be the Donmore paintings were suddenly disappearing? Amid intrigue and a growing tendre for Matthew, Sarah was swept toward a dangerous liaison only a lady in love would risk. ...
THE GALLANT GAMBLER 6/1997 ISBN: 0821756710 Judith Preston simply could not allow her dear younger sister Lilia to be coerced into marriage. Yet their tyrannical grandfather had invited the Gillmore heir to be a houseguest in order to make a match. Judith did not believe for a moment that money should be a reason to wed...although she herself had never received an offer. Lacking a fortune and unconventionally pretty, she had been passed over and put on the shelf. Yet the tall gentleman alighting from a coach-and-four was looking at her as if she were an angel. But she knew who he was from the tip of his polished boots to his immaculately tailored traveling coat—a gambler! The very thought made her shudder...even while his gaze made her tremble. In fact, Zachery Camden had accomplished the Gilmore heir, his younger brother Andrew, in order to stop his unwanted betrothal. His plan was to flirt with Lilia himself...until his glance strayed to Judith. She thought him a wastrel, a libertine, an absolute rogue. Now he was about to wager his entire future on a gamble he had every intention of winning: the conquest of Judith's heart.
A GENTLEMAN'S DECEPTION 6/1999 ISBN: 0821762427 Robert Montford was troubled for his widowed godmother, whose spirits were in a perilous decline. The only restorative would be news of her long-lost daughter, for whom he had instigated a search. Then one night at the theater he saw a vision of beauty who uncannily resembled that daughter, and might be convinced to impersonate her! Thus Robert set in motion a hoax whose benevolence was exceeded only by the turmoil it created, including the turbulence of an amour that swept him off his feet...Isabel Trenton earned a precarious living as the star of a rag-tag traveling troupe. It was fraught with annoyances--first the unwanted attentions of her odious manager, and now this forward gentleman's assumption that her profession made her a natural hired deceiver! Incensed, Isabel was not about to oblige...until Robert's undeniable charm made her head spin, and heart leap. Now it was clear she would play opposite him in a drama whose opening hinted at a rapturous last act...
HIS LORDSHIP'S SWAN 4/2001 ISBN: 0821767224 Unable to decide which of the ravishing Swann twins to marry, Lord Evan Trent lets a flip of the coin determine his fate, resulting in an offer of marriage to the eldest daughter. His dismay is understandable when he arrives at the Swann manor to discover he is betrothed to a woman he’s never met--Lydia Swann, the third--and oldest---Swann daughter. Evan knows the girl’s father has duped him, but as a man of his word, he will honor his pledge to marry her... Refusing to be trapped in a loveless union, Lydia offers her fiancé a scandalous proposal. If he will allow her to spend a month at his country estate, where she can renew the acquaintance of a man she’s loved since she was a schoolgirl, she will break the engagement at month’s end. Yet Lydia never imagines that joining forces against her father’s trickery will cause her to lose her heart to Evan, and make her blossom into a most beautiful swan…
THE HONORABLE THIEF 12/1996 ISBN: 0451187210 Not only did Miss Honoria Danforth prefer to be called Honor by her friends, she also thought of herself as the most honorable of young ladies. What then was she doing stealing money from a perfect stranger? Still more shocking, what was she doing spending the night in an inn posing as his wife? And most troubling of all, what was she to do when he turned out to be Edmund Lawrence, an ungentlemanly gentleman as cynical as he was handsome, for whom honor was not of the least concern? Thus it was that the guilty innocent found herself at the mercy of a man who had no mercy, forced to play a perilous part in a game of let's-pretend wedlock. Even worse, she had to fight to keep a rake who had stolen her heart far more skillfullly than she had stolen his purse from stealing her virtue, as well...
AN INCONVENIENT HEIR 1/2003 ISBN: 0451207718 While at school, Cordelia Barrington befriended a young Gypsy named Maria. Now, years later, Maria has died in childbirth, and Delia has devoted herself to the baby, vowing to keep him safe at all costs until she can get him to his remaining family. From the moment he reads Delia’s letter about the boy, Major Mitchell Holcomb is convinced she’s a charlatan out to bilk his family with a false heir. And he knows he’s just the man to make her rue the day she devised such a scheme. But strong-willed as he is, Holcomb is no match for Cordelia Barrington and her beguiling, bewitching, and bewildering charms.
THE MARRYING SEASON 8/1995 ISBN: 0451185536 Lovely Miss Columbine Sommes, better known as Golly, mocked the thought of marriage. Her season in the London marriage mart had convinced her that a single state was the best of all possible worlds. But now Lord Ethan Raymond, the most handsome, wealthy, and thoroughly desirable lord in all the realm, had come visiting her country home, to seek her hand in wedlock. Or so she thought. But Colly soon woke to the devastating truth: the imperious Lord Raymond thought she was the jade who had led his younger brother astray, and he had come to repair the damage and settle the score. And suddenly Golly found her honor in peril. ..and her heart in danger as Lord Raymond embarked on a campaign of conquest that he would do anything to win- and she would do anything to lose. ...
THE MESSAGE 1994 ISBN: 0803489862
MISS MAITLAND'S LETTERS 3/2000 ISBN: 0451199731 Miss Lorna Maitland is in love at the advanced age of twenty-five -- in love with a sensitive and heroic army officer who's written her the most wonderful letters. Better yet, she's betrothed to the very same man -- and can't wait to meet him face to face...Major Stephen Rutledge is also in love -- with his friend Paul's fiancé. Seeing that Paul's heart was not adequately invested in his engagement to a wealthy wool merchant's daughter, Stephen offered to step in as correspondent until the couple could finally meet. Disguised (in writing) as his friend, the major found himself caught up in an exhilarating correspondence with an apparent soul mate. Now he must find a way to prevent the lovely lady from marrying his priggish friend, Paul. He might even want Miss Lorna Maitland for himself...
MISS WILSON'S REPUTATION 5/2002 ISBN: 0451205871 A rouge, reprobate, and scoundrel, Randolph, Lord Dunford, has spent most of his adult life on intimate terms with the devil. But late one night, fresh from the arms of his latest mistress, Rand is attacked by vicious footpads. And much to his surprise, he is rescued by the tender mercies of a healing angel. All her life, Harriet Wilson's father has warned her to avoid men who possess the charm of the Evil One. But never does she expect such a cad to fall into her arms--or for him to have a diabolically charming smile. And even though the addlepated peer mistakes her for London's most celebrated courtesan, his soul-stealing kiss sets her heart aflame and makes her risk all to share his fiery passion.
MR. MONTGOMERY'S QUEST 10/2001 ISBN: 0451204395 The Expedition....When Charlotte Pelham reads of an opening for a guide on a walking tour across Northern England, she is delighted, for she needs the money and no one knows the route better than she. But since no one would hire a lady for such a task, Charlotte applies as one Charles Pelham--and is eagerly accepted. But the forests, rivers and hills that stretch before Charlotte and her charges pale in comparison with the other obstacles she will have to face. Her most immediate worry is a handsome stranger, Mr. Harrison Montgomery, who has joined the group at the last minute, on a mysterious quest of his own. Now, if only Charlotte can keep her mind on the trek ahead--and keep herself from falling for this striking outsider…
THE NOBLE NEPHEW 8/1998 ISBN: 0821759566 Gemma Westin appeared a most level-healed and practical spinster. No one knew she dreamed of adventure and a handsome stranger to whisk her away from the cottage she shared with her widowed mother and twelve-year-old brother. Then on September day, dashing Duncan Jamison, a barrister, came to her door. Was this her knight in shinning armor? Or a scoundrel? Duncan had accompanied his elderly aunt and uncle to the Westin cottage with momentous news. Instead of leaving their estate to their nephew Duncan, the couple wished to adopt Gemma’s brother, a distant relative, as their heir. Duncan stood to lose a fortune, and now as he looked at Gemma, he seemed to also lose his heart. But when "accidents" began to threaten her brother’s life, Gemma was filled with suspicions about Duncan’s true feelings. Although her hopes of romance soared, her head refused to turn. Instead, she planned a perilous test to catch a villain or a man to love.
THE NOTORIOUS MR. FREEMONT short story in SEDUCTIVE AND SCANDALOUS 8/1997 ISBN: 082175713XA virtuous miss meets the black sheep of a rich family, opposites attract, hearts meet, and a woman and a man may be en routs to happiness or trouble.
THE NOTORIOUS MRS. CARLTON short story in FOR MOTHER, WITH LOVE 4/1998 ISBN: 0821758926 The tale of Miss Anne Carlton's invasion of Lord Herndon's home in disguise where she hopes to learn the truth about the mother who deserted her family. The plan goes awry when Lord Herndon, her mother's stepson, gives love a chance to replace the coldness in Anne's heart.
A PERFECT SCOUNDREL 1/2004 ISBN:0451210409 Returning home from war on the Peninsula, Major Alexander Portman has no penchant for a frivolous life among the ton. Nor does he wish to impersonate his twin on a trip to his grandfather's cottage at Portman Park, but a twist of fate compels him to do just that. There is one perk, however, that will make his journey eminently worthwhile: the enchanting sight of his childhood playmate, Juliet Moseby, all grown up...Juliet can't recall a time she didn't love Alex, but she knows better than to reveal her heart. After all, no natural daughter has a chance at winning the love of the most marriageable man in all of England. But little does she know that the man she adores isn't afraid to risk everything for a few not-so-innocent kisses-and perhaps something more.
THE RAKE'S FIANCÉE 6/2001 ISBN: 0451202600 Phoebe Lowell adored Lt. Bennett Holden and would have consented to be his wife--had not her uncle warned her about Holden’s rakish reputation. When Bennett didn’t deny the accusation, Phoebe rejected his proposal. Then when her uncle died and left her penniless, she left the high society circles of London to support herself as a porcelain artist in Shropshire. Never did she expect to see her former love again… Inheriting a baron’s title and estate, retired artillery officer Bennett Holden takes up residence in Shropshire where he is reacquainted with the woman who broke his heart. Because Phoebe believed a falsehood about him, Bennett decides to revenge himself by pretending to love her--and then rejecting her. But he runs the risk of playing his ruse too close to his own heart…
THE RIGHTEOUS ROGUE 12/1997 ISBN: 0451192788 Even though a beautiful young woman looks destitute, she still is a lady. And the man waiting in the shadows hardly seems high society himself. Dark, handsome, and entangled in a web of ominous family secrets, his rescuing her has suddenly involved them both in something he is bent on avoiding--the precarious business of love.
THE RUBY NECKLACE 4/1996 ISBN: 0451187202 Miss Emaline Harrison was as innocent and ignorant of the ways of the world as only a vicar's daughter could be. But now she found herself in a position that no vicar's daughter should ever have to face. She was the widow of a licentious blueblood after a marriage in name only. Around her neck was a precious heirloom that some London gentlemen would kill for. So it was difficult for Emaline to discern the true motives and intentions of the seductive suitors swarming around her - most especially the dashing Captain Geoffrey Beauchamp and the dazzling Lord Liam Whitcomb. The only guidance Emaline had was a book of advice. And though the counsel in this extraordinary guide was as captivatingly cunning as it was remarkably effective, following it was sure to lead a lovely young lady surrounded by such attractive temptation very dangerously, if delightfully, astray.
THE RUSSIAN BLUE short story in SUMMER KITTENS 6/1999
THE SECRET DIARY 6/2003 ISBN: 0451209079 A catch of the breath. A beat of the heart. And Miss Olivia Mallory is gone. Over the moon at the ripe age of five and twenty. The man who has captured her attention: the roguish--and dangerous--Lord David Crighton. A former British spy, Crighton is a peer among peers, a man among men. And Miss Mallory--a simple country girl--would do well to watch her step. But Livvy’s purpose in coming to London is not to fall in love. It is to find a publisher for her deceased cousin’s love poems--and the man who served as their inspiration. She knows his name begins with a “D.” And when Livvy discovers that Crighton was once called “The Bard of Eton,” she can’t help but think her cousin’s secret admirer is the same man whose words have set her own heart ablaze…
THE SECRET NABOB 1/1996 ISBN: 0451187377 Miss Madeline Wycliff had two sisters as different as night and day. There was Arabella, bold and brazen, who stole Madeline's chance for a London season, and wed a rake whose debts now threatened the family estate. And there was Priscilla, as untouched as she was exquisite - perfect marriage bait to hook their menacingly mysterious new neighbor, the fabulously wealthy heir to Balenger Hall. Somehow Madeline had to pull her family back from disaster while keeping Priscilla from a married fate worse than death. She would have to turn her back on the handsome seafaring stranger who offered her a voyage to the wilder shores of love. And she would have to get dangerously close to a nefarious nabob in his lordly lair to save Priscilla's happiness and innocence...even if it meant sacrificing her own...
THE SEDUCTIVE SPY 2/1999 ISBN: 0821761234 A Daring Miss... Weary of domestic confinement, Rosalind Hinton resolved to visit Lieutenant Ashford, newly released from a French prisoner-of - war camp. But instead of the soulful youth of her childhood dreams, she found him a bold charmer whose tantalizing masculinity provoked in her the most delectable palpitations. How unfortunate-because this was not the young gentleman she remembered! He was a fraud ... even, perchance, a French spy! And duty demanded she expose him. A Debonair Imposter... When Lord Brad Stone saved the life of a young lieutenant by taking a bullet intended for the soldier, he had no idea what havoc would ensue in his own life. For the lieutenant repayed his act of courage by sending Brad home in his place to avoid being traded for a French soldier. Now as a British spy on a top secret mission, Brad must lie law until he can report vital information; even if it means allaying this pesky female's suspicions with a pretend passion. How could he know that a swift caress and a lingering kiss would plunge them both into a real romantic adventure-one that could cost a lady her reputation ... and her heart.
THAT SCANDALOUS HEIRESS 5/2000 ISBN: 0821766082 When a total stranger bequeaths her a dilapidated manor house in the village of Chemford, Miss Marianne McCord plans to live in it alone. Despite the ill wishes of the townsfolk, who believe her to be nothing more than a lightskirt, Marianne won’t budge from her new home. When she has a leaky roof, the only neighbor who will repair it is the wickedly handsome Viscount Adam Jenson--a lord with a reputation as black as the stallion he rides each morning! Hoping to escape the scandal that resulted out of a misunderstanding, Lord Jenson returns to his estate only to discover that his ill fame has traveled far beyond London. But when the lovely Marianne McCord asks him to assist her, he is delighted that she is not concerned with what the villagers say about him. Yet she must believe the rumors. For she will not let Adam close enough even for one kiss! Could it be that she fears her own timid resolve will surrender most willingly to his heart’s desire?
THREE FOR BRIGHTON 2/1998 ISBN: 0821758527 Constance Mitchell had the beauty, her younger sister Felicity possessed the brains, and their cousin Regina Farrington, formerly a lady's companion, had the only money among them...five hundred pounds. Of noble birth but cheated of their inheritance, these three misses were on their own and in a terrible fix. Fortunately, Felicity had a plan. They would journey to Brighton, pretend to be heiresses, and use every penny to help Constance, the prettiest of the three, land a wonderfully rich husband. However, the best laid plans can go awry. For Constance was soon losing her heart to a dashing and direly poor lieutenant, Felicity developed a tendre for a young gentleman who thought her a mere child, and in a totally impossible match, the wealthiest caller began to call upon--Regina!
TO CATCH A SCOUNDREL 3/1999 ISBN: 0451197801 Eugenia Bailey was a prim, ladylike schoolteacher with a very un-ladylike talent for cards. When her young cousin lost his fortune to the dastardly Lord Cedric Durham, she devised a plan to win it back. All Eugenia needed were flirting lessons-- to charm her way into the game. So, she called on the wealthy Nathaniel Seymour-- an infamous lover of women--for help. Nathaniel had never heard of such a ridiculous proposal--and would have turned the becoming young lady down flat. But he had his own score to settle with the lecherous Durham. In no time at all, his innocent young pupil was mastering the looks, words and coy tricks that helped her blossom into a beautiful, beguiling woman. Her newly learned charms were hard to resist. The passions between them was impossible to deny. And as the day came closer for Eugenia to play against the coldhearted Durham, Nathaniel began to wonder if their plan wasn't much too dangerous-- for his own heart….
AN UNCOMMON COURTSHIP 9/2000 ISBN: 0451201329 Miss Eloise Kendall had long known that Gregory Ward was a rascal in the first degree. So when he returned from London to visit Threwsbury Park--and raise money for his burgeoning political career--she assumed his warm demeanor belied a heart as cold as ice. Eloise hadn't forgotten the times before when he'd embarrassed her. And no longer the schoolgirl Gregory would remember from his youth, lovely Eloise would resist his superficial charms. But when her young brother is kidnapped, Gregory goes into action, with money for a ransom and cold steel waiting for the brutes who would harm young Jeremy. And in the heat of the moment, the mistakes of the past melt away like winter's frost--and Eloise and Gregory's love is left to bloom…
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