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Pamela Labud
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND 4/2006 ISBN: 0821778674 The son of an English lord and Gypsy princess, Tristan Deveraux has made his gift of telepathy bearable by helping wounded soldiers on the battlefields of Spain. But his commanding officer suspects Tristan's ability, and forces him to escort a brilliant scientist and his niece back to England. With her uncle's life in danger, Emily Durbin is shocked by the small company of men assigned to them, especially the handsome, enigmatic surgeon's apprentie who seems to read her every thought—and invades her dreams with promises of a passion stronger than she has ever known... But someone is desperate to kill the scientist and possess Emily at all costs. With an enemy in their midst, Tristan and Emily embark on a perilous journey home, and an even more dangerous one into the deepest reaches of the mind—and heart...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Janis Laden
BEWITCHING MINX 1988 ISBN:0821742337 When a Marquis discovers that the brazen young lady who resisted his advances is the niece of his family's oldest friend, he finds himself worried about her reputation . . . and his heart.
FIRES IN THE SNOW 7/1992 ISBN: 0821738097 A scandalous rake: Adam, Duke of Marchmaine, watched in amazement as Miss Diana Rustin swept gracefully through the corridors of his family's manor. It was incredible that this vivid beauty had just saved the lives of his sister and her newborn baby with her healing knowledge. He certainly couldn't jeopardize his family name by seriously pursuing such an unconventional lady. He would simply have to behave in the manner befitting his station...even if it meant missing true love...A determined lady: Because of an unhappy occurrence, Diana Rustin knew she would never experience the loving security of matrimony. Until now, she had been perfectly content assisting her doctor father and following his avocation. Well, it would be an easy matter to put aside her sudden, most inconvenient feelings for the admittedly handsome duke. She would simply have to overlook his attractively fiery spirit, avoid the temptation of his gentle touch-- and by doing so forever break her own heart!
THE GILDED CAGE short story in A VALENTINE'S DAY TREASURE 1992 ISBN: 0821736418 Escorted to her aunt's home in Yorkshire by the arrogant Viscount Weddington, Alexandra Ruttledge was dismayed when a winter storm kept the Viscount from leaving. But would the Valentine's day festivities bring a warming of her heart?
MOONLIGHT VEIL 8/1991 ISBN:0821734954 Whether she was saving errand boys from cruel taskmasters or aiding poor servant girls, young Allegra Cualfield was a champion of causes. And her latest cause was to rescue her older sister from an arranged marriage. Not only did her sister love another man, but her betrothed was Nigel Hayves, Earl of Debenham--a renowned scoundrel and hardened rake! Indeed, when he first encountered Allegra he tried to compromise her! Granted, Allegra could not deny that the earl had a remarkable way with a kiss, but she had to help her sister.even if it meant marrying the man herself. Nigel Hayes cursed the night he encountered a beautiful nymph swimming in her chemise under the midsummer moonlight. He should have known that Allegra's combination of willfulness, innocence, and flirtatiousness would ruin his marriage plans and cut up his peace. Forced to marry this conniving younger sister, he intended taming the tempting minx and show her what he expected in a wife. But he should have known that Allegra would have a few outrageous ideas of her own.
A NOBLE MISTRESS 1987 ISBN: 0821721690 Moriah Landon had always been a singularly practical young lady. So when her father lost the family estate over a game of piquet at White's, she did not hesitate to pay a visit to the winner, the notorious Viscount Roane. And when that London rakehell suggested a scandalous means of paying off her father's debt - namely, that she become Roane's mistress - she was only surprised she hadn't thought of it first...
SAPPHIRE TEMPTATION 6/1990 ISBN: 0821730541 Lady Serena was commonly held to be an unusual young girl - outspoken when she should have been reticent; lively when she should have been demure; raggle-taggle when she should have been dressed to the nines. But there was one tradition she had not been allowed to break: as a Wexley, she had to marry a Gower. No doubt as the new Lady Egremont, she would soon forget her schoolgirl notions about 'love-matches'...Richard Gower was fast losing patience. His new bride was not only behaving like a hoyden - walking barefoot on the lawns and swimming in the lake - but she'd fought him like a wildcat on their wedding night. He had never had to force his attentions on any woman. But he intended to teach this headstrong beauty that as the wife of a Marquis, she was required to fulfill her duties - in every way...
SCOTTISH ROSE 10/1989 ISBN:0821727508 Provocative Miss. The Duke of Milburne returned to Milburne Hall trusting that the new governess from up north - no doubt a dour, frigid sort, had instilled the fear of God into his harum-scarum brook of siblings. But from his first glimpse of Miss Rose Beacham, or rather, of her shapely derriere as she retrieved the cat from under the sofa, it was clear his new employee was bent on making his life a living hell. She aired her opinions with alarming frequency. She romped among the children with complete disregard for appearances. She refused to be cowed by his stern admonitions. Worst of all, she was so pretty and provocative that he had the devil of a time keeping his hands off her. Provoking Lord. Rose knew she was not exactly governess material. She was only masquerading as such to hide from her past. Still, His Grace needn't be such a stick in the mud when it came to the rearing of his young brothers and sisters! Although for a man so reserved and forbidding, Milburne was maddeningly skilled at setting a woman's heart fluttering and bringing a blush to her cheeks. Rose would have to watch her step. It would be all too easy to set aside her noble upbringing and behave like the shameless hoyden the Duke assumed her to be.
A WHISPER OF SCANDAL 7/1988 ISBN: 0821741063 Amanda was in a rage when the Earl of Ainsley had left the room. How dare he take such a tone with her! The impertinence of the man! Such insufferable conceit! It was obvious he assumed she would leave the management of Millford Manor to him. It was equally obvious from the appraisal in his eyes that the Earl felt his co-guardianship of the estate entitled him to certain other privileges as well. Amanda may have been a very young widow, but she knew how to take care of herself - as the Earl would soon discover...
Leslie LaFoy
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 11/1997 ISBN: 055357745X Alanna Chapman knows that no accountant worth her salt would leave town during tax season, but now she has no choice. To honor her aunt's final wishes, the Colorado CPA has come to the mist-shrouded shores of Ireland, intending to stay just long enough to accomplish her mission. But on the mysterious grounds of Carraig Cor, something extraordinary happens: Alanna finds herself catapulted back to the year 1803. Taken for a "seer" who can foretell Ireland's future, she becomes the prisoner of a ruthless privateer...a dangerously attractive sea captain who has no doubt that he can bend this modern temptress to his will, to use her magic powers for his own ends. But when Alanna crossed over to the nineteenth century, she didn't leave her independent spirit behind. Now she's looking for a way to escape the captain's irresistible embrace--and his enemy's notice--before this perilous adventure costs her her heart...and her life.
LADY RECKLESS 9/1998 ISBN: 0553577476 Riding hard against a Kansas prairie storm, rancher Glynis Muldoon makes a sudden leap--and lands in the year 1832 in the forest hideaway of a rogue Irishman with a bounty on his head. Stranded in time, Glynis wages her own battle against a hunger she cannot deny for a man she cannot afford to love, a man whose destiny was decided long before. Carrick des Marceaux, "the Dragon," is an outlaw indifferent to death--for, in the ruby of the Dragon's Heart, he has foreseen his own. Now, in the shadow of the hangman's noose, Carrick lives only for his cause. And Glynis must gamble with fate and death itself--to win a once-in-a-lifetime love.
Judith Laik
THE LADY IN QUESTION 8/2005 ISBN: 0821778285 A fatefull toss of the dice...Charlotte Treadwell is outraged when her gaming-mad papa forfeits her in a game of hazard. Suddenly she “belongs” to the Earl of Rayfield, a rake and a gambler who’ll never understand that her passions are engaged in helping those less fortunate than she. A perilous game of chance...Rayfield must stop an aristocratic spy from inflicting revolution’s horrors upon England. How can he concentrate on his duties when the tempting woman he has won is the fiery daughter of his prime suspect? Love is the most dangerous gamble of all . . .RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Amy Lake
THE CARRIAGEMAKER'S DAUGHTER 3/2002 ISBN:078624013X As Helène Phillips trudges through wet November snow to her new post as governess for the Marquess of Luton, she is nearly run down by a horse and rider. Lord Charles Quentin, the rider, is a guest at Luton and the two will soon make a deeper acquaintance--if they can avoid the machinations of Celia, the Marquess's wife.
THE EARL'S WIFE 6/2001 ISBN:0786230355 Claire de Lancie is in desperate need of a husband when she meets Edward Tremayne, the Earl of Ketrick. Their marriage of convenience is followed by a surprisingly idyllic few weeks at the Earl's country estate. But the Earl soon seems driven to push his young wife away. In London they go their separate ways, until Claire's carriage is waylaid.
LADY PAMELA 8/2003 ISBN:0786242329 Lady Pamela Singlair, Lord Benjamin Torrance (the Duke of Grentham), and the sarcastic Amanda Detwieler return in this charming Regency. Lady Pam and Lord Torrance have fallen in love, even if they don't realize it themselves. This might be because they're too busy arguing to see their true feelings for each other. It's going to take all of Amanda's wits, along with the help of Lady Millicent (Lord Torrance's almost fiancé!) to bring Lady Pam and Lord Torrance together.
Rosalind Laker
THE SMUGGLER'S BRIDE 1975 ISBN: 038508997X Harriette Mead, twenty-years old, penniless and without family, is delighted to accept the post of governess at the elegant home on Perbroke Square. Her two charges are the Warrington girls whose previous governesses have fled after six months....And from the moment young Harriette first laid eyes on Benedict Sutcliffe on the streets of Regency London, she felt the spell of this powerfully built, darkly handsome man.
THE SUGAR PAVILION 3/1994 ISBN: 0552140457 During the French Revolution, Sophie Delcourt and Antoine, a four-year-old French noble, escape to England, where Sophie must guard Antoine's identity while she builds a confectionery business, joins the British royal circle, and comes to love two very different men.
WARWYCK'S WOMAN 1978 It was not out of love or lust that Daniel Warwyck, a dashing prizefighter, had bought Kate Farringdon in the market at Brighton that warm July day in 1826. Nor was it to spite his younger brother, who had also bid for Kate's hand. Daniel Warwyck was buying respectability; he hope marriage would reinstate him as heir to Warwyck Manor and the fortune that his ungentlemanly profession had cost him...but Daniel got a lot more than he bargained for that day in Brighton. Kate Farringdon had a quiet presence, she was strong-willed and independent, just as he was. He would not realize for many months how this loyal and proud woman was to change his life. Or how his impulsive marriage of convenience was indeed to alter the destinies of all the Warwycks, most especially that of the woman who had become Kate Warwyck.
THIEF BY MOONLIGHT ISBN: 1583459545 Married? Alicia doesn't want to be married. Going from the frying pan into the fire is definitely not what she had in mind. Posing as Lord Garrett's niece for years, she was forced into robbing the Ton, giving the proceeds to Garrett. Now, for inexplicable reasons, Garrett is intent on her marrying one of his cronies. Despite her attraction to Adam, she fights being forced into marriage. Adam, who owns Garrett's markers, insists that Alicia become his wife. He is in desperate need for a wife in order to inherit his family estate. Once married, they discover the depth of Garrett's treachery, as well as that of Adam's aunt, who has systematically plundered his inheritance for years. Desperate, they forge an alliance, designed to benefit them both. Can a pregnant Alicia and protective Adam reclaim their wealth in time?
Juliet Landon
A MOST UNSEEMLY SUMMER 10/2001 ISBN:026382750X More than a guardian! Sir Leon Gascelin is a frustrated man! Unprepared for Lady Felice Marwelle's arrival to oversee the final preparations to her family's new home, the surveyor knows he has to take drastic steps to prevent her distracting his workforce and generally getting underfoot! Capable, determined Felice has had to learn how to protect and care for herself. So it comes as a shock when Sir Leon forces her to accept him as her temporary guardian. Is it to stop tongues wagging because they are living under the same roof, as he claims? Or, more disturbingly, has she deliberately been sent to this dangerously attractive man to be well and truly tamed?
A SCANDALOUS MISTRESS 2007 ISBN: 0373294360 A move to Richmond was the fresh start Lady Amelie Chester needed to escape the rumors surrounding her husband's death. And what better place to launch her niece into the ton? But scandal followed Amelie and unwittingly, she falsely confessed to an intimate relationship with Nicholas, Lord Elyot, heir to the Marquess of Sheen! Enchanted and intrigues, Nicholas was quick to take every advantage of the situation.
Allison Lane
THE BELEAGUERED EARL 2/2000 ISBN: 0451199723 Maxwell Longford resides in London to avoid the overbearing criticisms of his father, who believes his son to be nothing more than a notorious rake. Actually, Maxwell's ambitions lie in agriculture and estate management, but his father would never trust him with such a responsibility. So when he wins Redrock House and its tenant farms while gambling, he seizes the opportunity to make his dreams come true. Hope Ashburton has had her own dreams dashed time and again by the machinations of her cruel uncle. But she is still taken aback when she learns he's gambled away her home to a disreputable earl. However, Longford seems genuinely interested in restoring the ruined estate to productivity. And Hope soon finds her mistrust of men melting away, as her desire for Longford ignites in a passion she has never known before. ...
A BIRD IN HAND 4/1999 ISBN: 0451197909 A daring young lord, seeing a young woman floundering in an icy river, immediately dives to her rescue. But in saving her life, he almost loses his own! When he comes to, he finds himself alone with the mysterious lady in a small country cottage. And though he had successfully avoided the marriage-minded maidens of the "ton" for years, he felt honor-bound to propose to his beautiful benefactor. After all, they had spent the night alone, and the scandal would be unbearable. But the woman vehemently refuses, and disappears. But the young lord finds himself not so willing to let go of her, and the chase is on.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER 7/1999 ISBN: 0451198255 Clad in spectacles and plain dresses, Joanna Patterson would make no impression at all on Lord Sedgewick Wylie, if she didn't keep running into him. ..literally. The great arbiter of fashion for London society, Sedge had the reputation of caring more about the cut of his coat than the feelings of others o o o a fact made all too clear to Joanna by his reaction to hero Exasperated by her clumsiness, Sedge insulted her in public-but in private could not forget her shapely figure and the deep chocolate brown of her eyes.... A mere chaperone, Joanna is no match for society's crown prince. And though their minds and hearts have much in common, it will take a public scandal to bring them together-for better or worse. ...
A CLANDESTINE COURTSHIP 1/1999 ISBN: 0451197445 It had been many years since James had seen England. The murder of his twin brother had brought him home and shifted the responsibilities of the earldom of Ridgeway onto his own broad shoulders. Saddened by the circumstances of his return, he intends nevertheless to perform his duties, chief among them to identify his brother's killer. There is only one advantage, it seems, to this home- coming-the opportunity, once again, to gaze into Mary Layton 's bottomless blue eyes. But too much has changed in his years away. The young beauty is now Lady Northrop, the baron's widow. Those lovely eyes now look upon him with confusion, perhaps even mistrust. No wonder, with the horrid rumors that swirl about his head-and the dastardly reputation his brother has left him to live down.
DEVALL'S ANGEL 8/1998 ISBN: 0451195868 With money scarce, Angela Warren was all too aware that her family could afford just one London Season for her to make a match. A single misstep would destroy her chances; an entanglement with a social outcast like Devall Blackthorn, a reputed scoundrel and womanizer, would be a disaster. Yet from the moment Angela spied Blackthorn giving aid to the poor, she believed the ton had grievously wronged him. His tender, heartfelt kisses soon had her convinced. Then she began to be courted by dashing widower Gabriel Atwater, society's darling and a most magnificent catch. Now, amid balls and routs, Angela was being swept into a dangerous crosscurrent of passion, torn between social acceptance and her heart, and forced to face a shocking truth that could bring her ruin...or a lifetime of glorious love.
DOUBLE DECEIT 10/1999 ISBN: 0451198549 Aspiring antiquarian Alexandra Vale is more interested in digging up ancient artifacts than she is in landing a husband, but her diabolical father wants her married off-the sooner the better! And when he wins Sir Linden's vast estate in a dice game, he's sure that his troublesome daughter will soon be out of his life for good-with such a hefty dowry, eager suitors will be clamoring for her hand. First in line is Sir Linden's son, Tony, who's hatched a devilish plot to win back his inheritance....Rumor has it that Tony's nothing more than a rascally rabble-rouser, and to protect herself from his notoriously roguish ways, Alex devises a cunning plan of her own. She and Tony both rely on clever accomplices to effect the ultimate deceit-but the two schemers discover that even in the most complex charades, the heart will always find the truth
THE EARL'S REVENGE 4/1997 ISBN: 0451191234 She has already fled once from the Earl of Bridgeport--at the altar no less--and now he has found her in the remotest corner of England. She has heard the stories of his increasingly infamous womanizing, but will she be able to yield to his irresistible, seductive wiles, even when the revenge he seeks is so sinfully sweet?
EMILY'S BEAU 10/2003 ISBN:0451209923 Jacob Winters, Earl of Hawthorne, is in no position to act as guardian to a spoiled nineteen-year-old girl. As a notorious member of London's most charming trio of rakes, Jacob decides it's best to foist his new charge onto his childhood playmate, Emily Hughes. Excited about her coming-out party, Emily has her sights set on one man: Jacob Winters. But her hopes for a happily ever after are dashed when Jacob's disagreeable ward reveals that she's been betrothed to Jacob since birth. Now, Emily must set aside her childish infatuation and find a husband before the close of the season. In no time at all she finds herself betrothed to another-until one moonlit kiss changes everything.
HEART'S DESIRE short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS PRESENT 10/1999 ISBN: 0451198778
THE IMPOVERISHED VISCOUNT 7/1996 ISBN: 0451186818 ISBN: 0451186818 Young and inexperienced Lady Melissa Stapleton was adrift in a world of deception and desire. Lord Heflin, the most rapacious rake in England, had her brother in his debt and Melissa at his mercy. She had to flee his odious advances-only to find herself in greater danger. Lord Charles Rathbone was far more charming and seductive than the horrific Hef1in. Yet Rathbone was as infamous a rake as he was irresistible. Now Rathbone chose Melissa as the woman he wanted-and not merely to satisfy his lust. He needed her to pose as his bride-to- be, and with Helf1in hot on her trail, she had to agree to the monstrous masquerade. She was not only a stranger afraid in this realm of devious deception, but also an imperiled innocent when it came to denying Rathbone his rising desire and masking her own. .
KINDRED SPIRITS 11/2002 ISBN: 0451207432 Colonel Jack Caldwell has worshipped honor since the day he was old enough to understand his family's legacy of cowardice, brutality, and cheating. As a result, his reputation for honesty, bravery, and compassion surpasses that of his peers. But thirty-two years of exemplary living disappear in the chaos of Waterloo, breaking him in body and spirit. Only a chance encounter with Marianne Barnett offers him the possibility of redemption. He saved her once before, but now she's in even greater peril as her guardian seeks to strip her of everything she holds dear. Can they defeat their demons and claim the love they deserve?
LORD AVERY'S LEGACY 2/1998 ISBN: 0451191587 Penelope Wingrave was extraordinary-from her flaming red hair to her scheme for raising ostriches. Alas, she was also on the shelf, too highborn to marry down, too poor to marry nobility. Her sister, on the other hand, was being courted by the late Lord Avery's haughty son-a matter that worried Penelope mightily. Especially when the speeding curricle driven by another member of that arrogant clan landed her in a ditch. Not only did he blame her for the mishap, he impetuously took her into his arms! New trustee Richard Avery had rushed to rural Devon to keep his cousin from marrying an upstart Wingrave. Instead he collided with fate-in the form of Penelope Wingrave. Soon they were sharing a romance made perilous by a family secret, a lurking stranger, and a rampaging ostrich... and made irresistible by a wondrous love.
THE MADCAP MARRIAGE 1/2004 ISBN:0451210956 There was a time when Helen St. James had everything she could ever want. But when her parents died, a scheming uncle seized his chance and kidnapped his niece-stealing her family's country estate. Kept under lock and key for a year, Helen came dangerously close to a forced marriage. But she fled the altar on foot-and ran until she could run no more. Now, with nothing but a torn gown and her reticule, Helen is at the mercy of London's streets-and if some noble family does not take her in by nightfall, her reputation will be forever ruined...Rafe Thomas has just sworn to marry the first girl he sees on the road. Any girl would make a better wife than Alice Hillcrest, whose father is blackmailing Rafe into marrying her. But when that first girl he sees is a breathtaking, bewildered temptress with thorns in her wild hair and despair in her limpid eyes, he wonders what he has gotten himself into. One thing is certain, however: Rafe is a man who keeps his word.
THE MARRIAGE STAKES short story in LITTLE MIRACLES 10/2000 ISBN:0451201671
THE NOTORIOUS WIDOW 11/2000 When the Earl of Rockhurst agrees to investigate the rumors swirling around a friend's widowed sister, he doesn't realize that she is the same woman he insulted unforgivingly only the day before. Nor does he realize that his friend's real purpose is to match him with a younger sister in desperate need of a husband. Catherine Parrish knows that redeeming her reputation is impossible -- a powerful neighbor is depicting her as the greatest sinner of all time -- but her brother gives her no choice. Somehow she must bare her soul to this intriguing stranger without risking her heart. Sparks fly as they fight to save her family from ruin. Can Rockhurst turn a sinner into a saint?
THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER 11/1996 ISBN: 0451186826 Amanda Morrison ignited her father's fury when she eloped with dashing Jack Morrison. She dared to follow her gallant husband when he went off to war, and mourned him when he fell at Waterloo. Now the beautiful and impoverished young widow was forced to come home to a different kind of war-with a father who would neither forget nor forgive her defiance. Her father laid down the law with a vengeance. She was to live in seclusion, never to disgrace the family name again. And above an she would keep out of the way of the haughty Duke of Norwood, lest she ruin her stepsister Emily's chances of snaring the catch of the marriage mart. Amanda had no trouble agreeing. She heartily disliked the arrogant duke at first sight. The trouble was, she could not seem to keep her eyes off this infuriating man-and the more she saw of him, the harder it was to fight the battle between her duty as a daughter and her desire as a woman. ...
PROMISES TO KEEP short story in THE GRAND HOTEL 6/2000 ISBN: 0451200365
THE PURLOINED PAPERS 4/2002 When Captain Andrew Seabrook returns home to recuperate after Waterloo, he recognizes his sister's companion as Chloe Fields, the woman he wronged eleven years ago. Now Chloe is in trouble, for her father pilfered evidence that can send a neighbor to the gibbet for treason. The culprit will do anything to retrieve it. Already her father is dead, and her brother is injured. Chloe will be next. Can she and Andrew find the papers before it is too late?
THE RAKE AND THE WALLFLOWER 10/2001 ISBN: 0451204409 At first glance, Lord Grayson is everything a man should be - handsome, wealthy, heir to an earldom. Yet his elegant façade hides deep loneliness. Estranged from his father, his fortune tainted by trade, he is under society's censure for supposedly defiling a high-born innocent, driving her to suicide. And Lady Luck has truly deserted him. Every time he turns around, accidents befall him, or fortune hunters try to trap him, or society cuts him for bending yet another rule...Shy Mary Seabrook would rather study than participate in the Marriage Mart. But she is forced to accompany her sister this Season. To escape boredom, Mary often slips away to sketch. But she doesn't expect to meet the most notorious rake in the realm hiding behind a screen of palms. To her surprise, Gray shares her interests. Too bad he is a male - and a proscribed male at that... Gray vows to avoid the intriguing Mary, but fate has other ideas. Wherever he goes, she is there - uncovering his secrets, saving his life, and deflecting the most scheming miss yet. It is Mary who realizes that his accidents are not so accidental. Someone is trying to kill him, and Mary holds the key to the culprit's identity. Can they unmask the villain before Gray suffers one accident too many?
THE RAKE'S RAINBOW 1/1996 ISBN: 0451186664 Miss Caroline Cummings was a vicar's daughter, the picture of propriety and the soul of innocence. Thomas Mannering was the most irresistible and infamous rake in the realm, whose drinking, gambling, and womanizing had exiled him from polite society. Only the most bizarre of accidents could have made Caroline his bride-but accidents do happen and did. Now Caroline's happiness was in the hands of a libertine lord who taught her the pleasures of love but who himself was besotted with another man's ravishing wife. This gave Caroline the choice of either settling for the scraps of Mannering's affection or battling a supremely dazzling and designing beauty for the heart of a man who might well have none. ...
SECOND CHANCE short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1998 ISBN: 0451197356
THE SECOND LADY EMILY 5/1998 ISBN: 0451191868 What an absurd fight of fancy! could a tumble have rendered Cherlynn Cardington unconscious during a visit to Broadbanks Hall, only to awaken in 1812 as Lady Emily Fairchild? Yet right before her stunned eyes stood a handsome man, the living image of a portrait hanging over the downstairs mantel. He was Drew, Sixth Marquess of Broadbanks, and Emily's secret suitor. Cherlynn had read about the broadbanks family, and the curse that brought tragedy to them for generations. It began after Lady Emily's sudden death for Drew's hasty union with an utterly wicked woman. Now Cherlynn had been sent back in time to stop Drew's wedding and to give Emily and Drew a second chance. But could she be a convincing Regency lady, dancing the intricate steps of social manners, flirtations, and irresistible seductions? Would she feel Drew's burning love for Emily, taste its fire on her lips, only to be parted from him forever?
TOO MANY MATCHMAKERS 10/1998 ISBN: 0451197062 Lovely, independent widow Diana Reynolds vowed she would never love again-even as she witnessed the matchmaking of London's Season from her salon. Then Nicholas Barrington walked into her parlor, and set long- buried feelings alight. As an innocent girl of seventeen, she'd loved Nicholas-until harsh words tore them apart. Now the handsome man of society-and sworn bachelor- had returned to London to enjoy his comrades' adventures in courtship.. But the amusements of the ton turned serious. Scandal threatened their friends-and forced Nicholas and Diana to free them from a trap of arranged marriages, gossip, and most improper motives of love! But as they struggled to help others find their hearts' desires, Nicholas and Diana discovered that they could not deny their own. ...
THE UNSCRUPULOUS UNCLE 11/1997 ISBN: 0451191595 Catherine Braxton had adored Damon ever since she was a little girl, and Damon was her older brother's best friend. But that was long ago. Her brother was gone now, slain in war. Catherine herself was an orphan in a household of rapacious relations who had reduced her to shocking servitude. And Damon had become the Earl of Devlin, engaged to the most beautiful belle of the ton. Why then had he come to see her after eight years? Why did he claim he wanted to wed her, when it was clear he passionately loved another? Was Damon paying a secret debt to her brother at cruel cost to himself? Or was he intent on making a fortune by taking Catherine to be his wife? Catherine had to find the answer-even though it might break the heart she had long ago lost to him. ...
Connie Lane
THE DUKE'S SCANDALOUS SECRET 9/2004 ISBN: 0743462874 Sought after by all the ladies, Thomas Flander, the darkly handsome Duke of Ravensfield, is never far from the whirl of London society. All of that changes, though, when the duke discovers his fortune has been squandered away and he must devise a plan to save his legacy. The only problem is he must stay at his country estate and his absence has tongues wagging all around town. Only one woman, the beautiful, tempestuous Lynnette Overton, is bold enough to find out what's keeping the duke away. Intent on winning a bet to uncover the secret behind the duke's withdrawal, Lynnette, who has something to hide herself, concocts a plan to install herself in the duke's country estate...and lure him into her bed. But can Lynnette expose the duke's secret and still win his love?
THE VISCOUNT'S BAWDY BARGAIN 6/2003 ISBN: 0743462866 There's nothing Nicholas Pryce, Viscount Somerton, and his friends like more than an outrageous wager. And there's nothing Wilhelmina Culpepper, daughter of an overbearing evangelist preacher, wants more than to get away from her father. When Wilhelmina becomes the unwitting victim of a jovial kidnapping caper by Nick & company, she decides to hatch a plan of her own -- one that causes her disgraced father to promptly disown her. Nick soon realizes the trouble he's caused, and he offers to take Willie in, even make her his wife. But Willie, a true romantic, laughs off his proposal: after all, how could two people thrown together because of a prank ever really fall in love? But with nowhere else to turn, Willie volunteers to stay on as Nick's housekeeper...and soon their affection for each other becomes more than just a lark. Could it be that a little tomfoolery is just what it takes to make the perfect match?
Emma Lange
THE BEST GIFT OF ALL short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1992 ISBN:0451173414
BRIGHTON INTRIGUE 1/1989 ISBN:0451157540 Miss Ariane Bennington had to suspect that Damien de Villars, the wealthy and worldly Marquess of Chatham, was merely using her in a game of intricate intrigue involving the elegant, dangerously attractive Comte de Triens. Other than that, the dazzlingly handsome Damien could have no use for an inexperienced chit of a girl like Ariane -- not when he had the sophisticated and stunning Solange Crecy at his beck and call, and the exquisite Cecily Ashton as his ideal future match in marriage. Ariane suspected that de Triens could not imagine her resisting his skillful seduction, and that Damien saw her as no more than a pretty pawn. Somehow Ariane had to prove both of them wrong... "You are not made for subterfuge," Damien said. "Every feeling you have is reflected too clearly in those great, green eyes of yours." Ariane had to compare herself to the victim of a cobra. The cobra did not attack its prey directly, but instead performed a mesmerizing defense. Like that prey, Ariane, her senses assaulted by the velvety warmth of Damien's eyes, had no thought of flight as he brought his lips down on hers. His lips seared her, his touch lighting an irresistible fire within her. Only when he set her free did she see the triumphant smile on those lips and, as she fled, hear Damien's deep, amused chuckle. She was merely a joke to him, was she? An amusing plaything? Well, she would see who would laugh last....
A CERTAIN REPUTATION 4/1995 ISBN:0451183983 Dazzlingly beautiful Anne de Montforte was besieged by scandal. Her titled husband had died in disgrace, and she was left with two small children to raise alone. Censorious society whispered that she was a wanton woman, and the handsome, heartless Duke of Buckingham was determined to prove that those rumors were true. There was no lord in the realm more irresistible than he, or more ruthless in getting what he wanted. Anne had to defend her honor against this man who thought she had none. She had to protect her children against a furious father-in-law seeking to take them from her. And most difficult of all, she had to defeat her own growing desire for a duke who used all of his talents to undo her... One thought comforted Anne as her arms went around Buckingham's neck. He would not think her a wanton. He surely would know that she succumbed because she found him irresistible. Which was the truth. She wanted to hold him, to feel him, to taste him. The thought of spending all of her life wondering forlornly what it might have been like to lie in his arms was suddenly insupportable. Fire was licking through her, sending her spinning off into a world where she could not get enough of him. She wanted to run her hands down his back, feel his sleek skin, feel the hard strength of him. Her breath came shallow and fast. She felt heated everywhere he touched and yet, when they lay together on her bed, he pulled back and looked at her with heavy-lidded eyes. Then he asked the question she feared he would, the question that would put the weight of what they did upon her alone, the question there was no escaping now. "You want me, Anne..."?
CHRISTMAS MAGIC short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS VI 11/1994 ISBN:0451182545
THE COST OF HONOR 1988 ISBN:0451151887 The unlikely couple. Christopher St. Charles, the Earl of Hartford, was the most sought-after lord in London. There was no luxury he could not afford, no woman he could not win, no pleasure he did not indulge in. Miss Juliet Barre was his absolute opposite. This vicar's daughter was country raised, duty bound, and totally devoted to the good of others. To the earl, the idea of marrying an unseasoned Miss like Juliet was laughable. To Juliet, the notion of putting herself in the hands of a man like Hartford was unthinkable. But now, it seemed, they had to wed-- and the question was who would gain the upper hand in this union of experience and innocence...and whether love could conquer all. Cold comfort. Christopher watched as Juliet reached for the tea. The blanket escaped her grasp and slipped down, allowing him to see that her dress was soaking wet on the top as well as the bottom. It clung to her body, revealing her full breasts and a waist which was again the width of a handspan. "You are shivering," Christopher said, his voice almost accusing. "If you continue to wear that dress you'll take cold. Come here, and I'll unbutton you." Juliet's eyes widened enormously, and she did not move. Undressing before him was unthinkable, but as she shifted nervously, her wet dress pressed against her raising goose bumps, bringing on yet another uncontrollable shiver. That brought Christopher to her side. "This is not, I think, the time for maidenly modesty," he observed as he undid the first button...
THE EARL'S RETURN 4/1993 ISBN:0451175603 Alyson Haydon had been a mere seventeen when she broke the heart of Damon Ashford. It had broken her heart as well when she was brutally commanded to wed another. But that was years ago. Alyson was a young widow now, and Damon had returned to claim the title held by Alsyon's late husband and the manor that was her home. He held her fate and fortune in his hands, and Alyson could not erase or escape the bitter anger in his burning dark eyes. For it was far too late to reveal to him the love she had been forced to hide...the love for a man whose own love had been turned into a need for revenge... and even though he would never believe it, she still loved him as much as she ever did... It was clear to the world that Kit Moresby was the perfect choice to rid Alyson of the burden of young widowhood. He was handsome, wealthy, charming, and adoringly devoted to her. She could clearly see the warmth of his feelings as he bent over her hand -- yet all she could think of was to find a way to gently extract her hand from his firm, eager hold and make a graceful escape from the room in the inn where they found themselves alone. She never heard the footsteps at the door when it opened as Damon, Lord St. Albans stepped into the room. His dark eyes took in the situation at once, before Alyson could break free of Kit's hold. Alyson saw no surprise in Damon's gaze. She had only confirmed his suspensions of her virtue and motives. She could see another thing clearly as well. She had lost her last chance of changing his mind and finding a love so long lost....
THE EARL'S SEASON 5/1997 ISBN:0451191242 Vowing never to be manacled to a man again, a young and wealthy widow meets a rakish earl looking for a bride of convenience and, to her great surprise, is tempted to break her own pledge.
EXETER'S DAUGHTER 9/1995 ISBN:0451185099 Beautiful Lady Marissa Portemaine was a duke's daughter. But there are things that even a duke's daughter cannot do without disgrace, and Marissa had done most of them. Now she was exiled from London and put under the thumb of a man who coldly condemned her behavior as scandalous. Lord Tristan Lynton was as morally upright as he was devastatingly handsome and far too iron-willed for Marissa to wrap around her little finger. Marissa had made more than a few mistakes in her young lifetime, but now she found herself on the brink of the greatest folly of all -- falling in love with someone who, having condemned her, would never change his mind. But that meant little to the mischievous Marissa, who was only concerned with changing Tristan's heart...
THE FALSE FIANCÉE 5/1987 ISBN:0451148118 What the Duke of Clarendon demanded was insufferable, unthinkable, impossible. Miss Catherine Spenser should go to London with him and pretend to be his fiancée! True, the duke did think Catherine to be an actress named Nancy Wright, and everyone knew that actresses would do anything for the sum of money he offered.
A HEART IN PERIL 6/1994 ISBN:0451181077 Miss Christina Godfrey was single and content to stay that way. But it was unlikely that this innocent young lady would dwell in unwedded bliss long. For Christina was an heiress to a wealth that drew fortune hunters like ravenous wolves. Two men led the pack...
THE IRISH EARL'S RUSE 6/1992 ISBN:0451172574 Beautiful young Lady Susannah Somerset was the daughter of a duke, a fact that her imperious father never let her forget. She could think of marrying only the bluest of bloods, no matter how boringly bland. Susannah brooded over what her father would think of dark-haired, blue-eyed, blindingly handsome Connor O'Neill. This decidedly unhumble horse trainer was definitely unaristocratic-and Irish to boot. Even worse, he showed nothing but contempt for Susannah and her kind. Which meant that not only was he below Susannah's station, he was maddeningly beyond her reach....
THE IRISH RAKE 5/1996 ISBN:0451187687 Innocence and evil. Miss Gillian Edwards was barely more than a schoolgirl, and certainly as innocent as one -- but she knew how shockingly evil the Marquess of Clare was. He did not even try to hide a history of illicit loves that ran the gamut from London lightskirts to highborn ladies. Nor did he conceal his scorn for marriage and morality and his devotion to the pleasures of the flesh. Thus Gillian was forewarned and should have been forearmed when she found herself face-to-face with this man whose dazzling good looks were clearly lascivious lures. All she had to do was remind herself that she was engaged to wed the wealthy, handsome, and aristocratic Lord Lionel Rockingham, the ideal partner for a perfect marriage. All she had to do was say no to the maddeningly mocking Marquess, who would never stoop to seduce an unwilling woman. But strangely enough, what Gillian did was something else...
LADY VALENTINE'S SCHEME short story in A REGENCY VALENTINE 1/1991 ISBN:0451168909
THE REFORMING OF LORD ROTH 12/1990 ISBN:0451168526
THE SCOTTISH REBEL 4/1990 ISBN:0451164741 Beautiful, auburn-haired Miss Tessa Strahan passionately loved her native Scotland and had only scorn for England and all things English. But now she had to go to England to live. Even worse, she had to find an English husband. And, worst of all, the man who would take her there was Nicholas Steele, the Marquess of Kerne, the most handsome and infamous rake in the realm-- the man Tessa reviled. The struggle between them started when the monstrous marquess insisted on treating Tess as a schoolgirl to be tamed in ladylike deportment. But their battle of wits and wills touched on real peril when he began to treat her like a woman....
A SECOND MATCH 11/1993 ISBN:0451177371 The beautiful Gwendolyn had had enough of marriage, men and lies. The irresistible Marquess of Warrick had had enough of easy conquests and wanted a challenge. Thus the contest was on between a strong-willed beauty and a practiced seducer who wouldn't take no for an answer.
THE UNMANAGEABLE MISS MARLOWE 9/1991 ISBN:0451170458 Miss Sarah Marlowe was far too beautiful and bold for her own good name. She dared test her gambling skill against the handsome, notorious Captain Charles Kendall, with far more than money at stake...
THE UNWAVERING MISS WINSLOW 9/1989 ISBN:0451161440 She was too beautiful for her own good name. If Miss Jessica Winslow's remarkable beauty was a blessing, it was one very much in disguise. Every man who saw her wanted to conquer her, and as a paid companion in an aristocratic household, her position was perilous as her pursuers were persistent. There was eager Viscount Andrew Fitzgerald, too young to be taken seriously, but too old for puppy love; the Reverend Mr. Headley, as eminently eligible as he was perfectly boring, and the debauched Lord Alfred Marling, whose title gave his amorous appetite teeth. But most dangerous of all was the magnificent Earl of Roxham, whom Jessica had to convince that she was made not for lust but for love... "What would Reverend Headley think, to find you so scantily clad?" Lord Roxham mused, as his eyes raked Jessica with studied insolence. Jessica felt panic bubbling up from deep within her. It constricted her throat so she could make no reply. "Come, come, Miss Winslow," Roxham chided. "You are not generally at a loss for words. Tell me, at least, what I should do with you now I've found you in my library in dishabille." As he spoke he reached out to lift her thick braid, and in the process he deliberately allowed his knuckles to graze her breast. "Please!" Jessica pulled back. "You are afraid," Roxham observed. "No!" Jessica hotly denied... refusing to admit how afraid she was... not only of him but of herself...
Tania Langley
DAWN 6/1980 ISBN: 0449500497 For beautiful Madeleine Ardingly, Laycott Manor provided refuge from the taint of scandal she left behind in France. The master of the grand English manor, Janus Chilcote, hungered for her, offered her marriage - and turned her dream of rapture into a nightmare of jealousy and torment. Not even the luxury of Laycott Manor could disguise Janus' unpredictable behavior ... the shattering news of war in France ... and Madeleine's obsession with the past - a past that darkly shadowed Janus' and Madeleine's new love.
Catherine Lanigan
SEDUCED 4/1996 ISBN: 0843939427 Even amid the spectacle and splendor of the carnival in Venice, the masked rogue was brazen, reckless, and dangerously risque. As he stole Valentine St. James away from the costume ball at which her betrothal to a complete stranger was to be announced, the exquisite beauty reveled in the illicit thrill of his touch, the tender passion in his kiss. But Valentine learned that illusion ruled the festival when, at the stroke of midnight, her mysterious suitor revealed he was Lord Hawkeston, the very man she was to wed. Convinced her intended was an unrepentant scoundrel, Valentine wanted to deny her maddening attraction for him, only to keep finding herself in his heated embrace. Yet was she truly losing her heart to the dashing peer - or was she being ruthlessly...Seduced.
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