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DANGEROUS AND DASHING 7/1998 ISBN: 0821759337 Features "The Notorious Nobleman" by Nancy Lawrence; "The Devilish Duke" by Sara Blayne; and "The Wicked Earl" by Lynn Collum.
Nancy Lawrence
A BEWITCHING MINX short story in ENCHANTING KITTENS 10/1999 ISBN: 0821763598 Lord Sebastian Byfield blames his pretty new neighbor, Amelia, for the unearthly sounds that have recently shattered the crisp autumn nights. He's bemused to learn that she's just as puzzled as he is to the source of the ghostly noises. But there's no mistaking the intentions of her kitten, whose matchmaking antics always end with Amelia falling into Sebastian's arms.
DELIGHTFUL DECEPTION 6/1990 ISBN:0821730533 Impudent, outspoken Charmian Crewes was outraged by plans to match her with the notorious Earl of Wexford. Refusing even to meet such a scoundrel, the impetuous miss set out in the dark of night for her aunt's home in Paris. When her coachman fell ill, she despaired of continuing on her journey...until she saw the tall stranger watching her from the shadows. He seemed strong and able, so she hired him on the spot. It was only later that she realized how brazenly handsome he was, and how scandalously forward! But by then it was too late to turn back...from both her impulsive scheme and her newly awakened passions! With Remarkable looks, abundant wealth, and a desirable address, the Earl of Wesford could melt the coldest of feminine hearts, and frequently did. He had no desire to leg-shackle himself to the reputedly shrewish Miss Crewes and had, in fact done all he could to avoid making her acquaintance. But when he chanced upon her on a dark London street and she begged him to escort her to France, she was, he had to agree. For now that he knew what a beauty she was, he had to see what manner of woman would go to such lengths to avoid his attentions...and what it would take to change her mind!
AN INTIMATE ARRANGEMENT 9/2000 ISBN: 0821767402 Marianna Madison cannot believe her good fortune. A distant uncle has bequeathed her a small estate; now she can be independent at last. No sooner does her family take up residence than their precious haven is invaded by a stranger who claims he is the rightful owner! Forced to live together until their solicitors can determine with whom actual ownership lays, Marianna finds herself decidedly attracted to the enigmatic Major Beauleigh…All Major Ulrick Beauleigh wants is peace, quiet, and a chance to recover from the harrowing experiences of war. What he finds instead at Seven Hills is an exasperatingly independent young woman--his rival for the estate! Rick is prepared to engage in fierce battle for the scene of his happiest memories. But he cannot ignore the needs of Miss Madison’s near-destitute family. Or resist Marianna’s valiant efforts to create a comfortable home--for both of them…together.
MISS HAMILTON'S HERO 3/1999 ISBN: 0821761544 Nothing exciting ever happens to Miss Penelope Hamilton. Nothing, that is, until she is sent to live with her grandmother, the Honorable Mrs. Kendrick--and her carriage is held up by the most wanted brigand in all of England! But that's just the beginning of exciting adventure for Pen, for she soon discovers that Mrs. Kendrick's beautiful estate is not exactly what it seems, and neither is her serious--and handsome--step-son, Owen. Soon Pen is snooping around the house and closely following Owen's every move--something that isn't altogether unpleasant. Owen Kendrick is beginning to suspect that the lovely, seemingly guileless Pen has some secrets of her own. Someone has been pilfering things from the house, and Pen has been acting a bit funny, especially since that kiss they shared. Could there be someone else in the manor? Could there be someone else in Pen's affections? Or has Owen been the most successful thief--at stealing her heart?
A NOBLE ROGUE 9/1998 ISBN: 0821759949 After years at an exclusive boarding academy, lovely Sara Brandon-Howe had returned to the majestic manor she and her half-brother, Philip, had inherited. But instead of taking her place in society, Sara took her place in the servants' hall! Philip's gambling debts had left Carvington Hall a shambles and without domestic help. Now, worried that his reputation would be ruined forever in the ton, Philip begged Sara to play "housekeeper" for a day while Hugh Devlin, one of London's infamous gamesters, was visiting. Hugh, intrigued by the pretty maid, decided a dalliance would be a delight. First he stole a kiss; then he stole Sara's heart. Now, Sara was in a dreadful muddle--besotted and desperate to turn a wanton lord into a gentleman worthy of her love...
THE NOTORIOUS NOBLEMAN short story in DANGEROUS AND DASHING 7/1998 ISBN: 0821759337 Lady Julia Pettingdale shares an abandon cottage with the Duke of Warminster during a thunderstorm--and the emotional lighting that strikes may change both of their lives.
ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS 11/1997 ISBN: 0821757911 Miss Nerissa Raleigh is in need of a hero! She has just penned her first novel, and her dearest Christmas wish is to become an independent authoress. Matrimony is simply not for her! Now a publisher has accepted her book--on the condition that she make her hero daring, dashing and fearlessly strong. What Nerissa needs is a real-life example. But where can she find such a paragon in the beau monde? She finds him driving his coach with hair-raising speed through London. The handsome devil is Breck Davenant, son of the marquess, a leader of fashion, and a confirmed bachelor. He is appalled that this chit wants to put him in a romance...and intrigued. Here is a woman who refuses to respond to his charms. Now, in a ton awhirl with Yuletide festivities, Breck wants Nerissa to be his by Christmas. But first he'll have to prove himself a real hero able to capture her heart while allowing her talents to roam free...
THE ROMANTIC BRIDE short story in ALL DRESSED IN WHITE 6/1999 ISBN: 0821762168 Miss Helen Worth is on the shelf at 28, stranded at the altar by a man she didn't choose. Never one to follow convention, the defiant Helen sallies forth into the ton--and discovers love in the one place she never expected to find it.
A SCANDALOUS SEASON 11/1996 ISBN: 0821754661 Headstrong Lady Eleanor Chilton resolves to be so disagreeable during her first season that no one will dance with her...let alone offer for her. She plans to return to her country estate to make a match with a sensible man of her own choosing, not a dandy who wagers, chases women and dresses in foppery. But, alas, her plan goes disastrously awry! With her blond hair, blue eyes, and aloof demeanor, Eleanor soon becomes the talk of the ton--and the woman every man desires. And no man more than Sir Andrew de Ardescote, London's wealthiest bachelor, ladies' man, and gambler. Of course, Eleanor snubs him--although she is not immune to his charms. Of course, Sir Andrew vows revenge: a wager with his friends to be the first to melt Lady "Chill” ton with desire. The deed will be done at a masked ball, but as intrigue grows and ardor increases, an unplanned kiss can incite a scandal--and lead a man and a woman to unexpected love...
SWEET COMPANION short story in A MOTHER'S LOVE 4/1997 ISBN: 0821756230 A much too serious lord fears his elderly mother's saucy new companion is not quite a lady...until he discovers that laughter can lead to love.
Patricia Laye
MISS BLUM'S DILEMMA 3/1994 ISBN:0821745050 A sensible lady finds herself in a scandalous dilemma when an impossibly improper lord sets out to conquer her heart. Miss Victoria had stolen into Lord Hardwick's library to retrieve her cousin's bracelet, only to find herself swept into the arms of the most notorious rake in London.
A NOVEL AFFAIR 6/1991 ISBN:0515105945
THE RELUCTANT BRIDE short story in A JUNE COURTSHIP 6/1994 ISBN:0821746057
THE TAMING OF LORD WHITFIELD 4/1992 ISBN:0515108316 Miss Lila Appleby is more than qualified to run a finishing school for young ladies. She is well-versed in the gentle arts of tea pouring, needlework, singing, and gardening. Only one thing can keep her school from enjoying the success it deserves, her neighbor Lord Whitfield. Lord Whitfield staggers home brandy-faced at the most inappropriate times; women of loose morals run screaming from his house to the fascination of Miss Appleby's students; and one of his girl friends insists on flirting with one of her girls! To save her school, Miss Appleby will have to tame the sinful lord, and tame the traitorous feelings of her own heart!
A TOUCH OF VENUS 1986 ISBN:0821717820 Needed: Gentleman schooled in assessing and cataloguing of coinage. Raines Scott's lovely eyes lit up when she read the advertisement. She was hardly a gentleman, but her father had taught her everything he knew about rare coins. Beside, it was her last chance to avoid an arranged marriage with an elderly widower. Perhaps if she wore an unbecoming back dress and severe hairstyle to disguise her youth and beauty... The ruse succeeded. After infuriating her with his taunting arrogance, making it clear he considered all women constitutionally incapable of any serious endeavor, Lord Kemp had actually hired her. Raines arrived at forbidding Balfour Castle, prepared to prove her worth. But the handsome lord, apparently, had rather less scholarly pursuits in mind. And it was all Raines could do to keep her composure--and her heart--under his mocking, appreciative scrutiny...
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A REGENCY VALENTINE II 1/1992 ISBN: 5555530676 Featuring "The Legacy" by Edith Layton; "A Waltz Among the Stars" by Mary Balogh; "The Light Within" by Carla Kelly; "A Task for Cupid" by Carol Proctor; and "The Midsummer Valentine" by Sandra Heath.
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REGENCY CHRISTMAS SPIRITS 10/2001 ISBN: 0451204387 Includes Nancy Butler's "The Merry Wanderer"-- a mischievous forest spirit spends the holidays making magic with some mortals - and discovering love; A lady's courage touches the heart of a Scrooge and has him singing in Emma Jensen's "The Wexford Carol"; Edith Layton tells the story of a lord's growing fondness for a young lady who unfortunately overindulges in "High Spirits"; The spirits of a knight and his lady must help their descendant find a bride in order to break Barbara Metzger's "The Christmas Curse"; and in "A Gathering of Gifts" by Andrea Pickens, a spoiled lady and a dour ex-soldier celebrating the holidays - and a mutual affection.
Edith Layton
THE ABANDONED BRIDE 5/1985 ISBN: 0451135652 Abandoned by the man she eloped with, Julia Hastings has her virtue intact, but her reputation among the ton is in tatters. Determined to defend herself against rogues who consider her easy prey, Julia vows to trust no man - even devastatingly handsome Lord Nicholas Daventry. But if Julia has learned how dangerous blissful ignorance is in matters of the heart, she has yet to discover what folly it is to be too wise.
ALAS, MY LOVE 4/2005 ISBN:0060567120 Passion rarely plays by society's rules ...He was a penniless street urchin who, through sheer will and courage, became a man of means. Yet wealth, charm and good looks will not gain Amyas St. Ives entry into the ton's inner circle. For that he needs a proper wellborn bride -- not the enchanting miss who has lately stolen his heart. Amber also knows little of her past before she was taken in as ward of a respectable family. Though the gentleman is courting her adoptive sister, Amber can feel his eyes constantly on her. And when his lips meet hers, she is nearly overcome with a desire to melt into his embrace. But the secrets that shadow their histories make a union between them impossible -- unless they dare seek a truth that could either destroy their dreams or finally sweep away the barriers to their passion.
THE AMIABLE MISER short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS IX 10/2002 The amiable miser distributes riches beyond wealth when he decides to play cupid for his young cousin.
BURIED TREASURE short story in CAPTURED HEARTS 6/1995 ISBN: 0451408837
THE CAD 9/1998 ISBN: 0061087068 Bridget Cooke possesses the gifts London society prizes: genteel manners, intelligence, an exquisite figure. She lacks, however, a fortune. A companion to icy relatives, Bridget resigns herself to a life of solitude, especially because of the childhood scar that mars her lovely face. Little does she expect to receive the vigorous attentions of darkly handsome, rich widower Lord Ewen Sinclair, Regency England's most infamous rake. In a matter of days, Sinclair whisks Bridget to the altar and into his passionate embrace. Dismissing the vicious rumors surrounding their hasty marriage, Bridget is sure of Ewen's love, even when he is mysteriously called away. But then a shocking secret from his past emerges, threatening her happiness. If Ewen is a cad and their wedding a lie, as the gossips say, then why does Bridget's very stubborn heart still believe his love is true.
THE CHALLENGE 3/2000 ISBN: 0061014338 Wealthy, handsome, and devastatingly charming, the expatriate Hathaway Wycoff could easily win most women’s affections. But the lovely Lucy Stone isn’t most women. Though the self-respecting beauty is drawn to him, she refuses to give in to passion. Once before Lucy had followed her heart - a journey that took her to America and left her there a penniless young widow and mother. A rich relative unexpectedly offers Lucy and her son passage back to England, answering her longtime prayer. She doesn’t want to leave Wycoff, but given his shadowy past and scandalous reputation, it seems the right choice. Wycoff promises he will change to win her, but Lucy cannot allow herself to believe him. When a devious plot threatens all Lucy holds dear, she must turn to the man she’s vowed not to trust. Neither knows what final destination fate has in store - but they are willing to risk everything to find out.
THE CHANCE 10/2000 ISBN: 0061014346 A brave nobleman who'd successfully fought Napoleon's toughest soldiers, Raphael Dalton was no stranger to treachery and warfare. Yet nothing this modest hero has experienced can prepare him for the famous beauty Annabelle, the toast of the London ton. With his unruly red hair and solid, honest face, Rafe doesn't think he has a chance with the flirtatious beauty who seems not to notice him. And when scandal threatens to ruin the reputation of a friend's sister, Brenna, Rafe's hopes may be dashed for good. To stop malicious tongue-wagging, Rafe offers to marry the exotic, raven-haired beauty. It isn't only honor, though, that sparks the proposal, for a smoldering attraction draws him to this spirited woman as well. Little does Rafe know, however, that Annabelle still wants him for her own. While he's a master at outwitting opponents on the battlefield, the painfully shy soldier is defenseless when it comes to the fairer sex -- and Annabelle will use every weapon she can, while Brenna hopes for his attention too. Now Rafe has the chance to find true love -- but only if he doesn't lose his head...
THE CHOICE 8/1999 ISBN: 0061013927 A lovely young woman whose ethereal beauty has enchanted the London ton, Miss Gillian Giles, can combat a suitor's unwanted embrace with deadly efficiency. But her talent for self-protection can't help her stave off the most proper advances of one Damon Ryder, the Season's most eligible bachelor. Caught in a compromising position with him -- one that could irreparably ruin her reputation -- Gilly is dismayed when Damon unhesitatingly offers marriage. Most young ladies would be thrilled to land such a handsome, wealthy husband. Gilly, however, has a mind of her own -- and more than a few secrets to hide. She believes marriage to Damon to be impossible, but Damon is equally determined to convince her otherwise. And if he isn't enough trouble, two other suitors, both charmingly irresistible, have now set their sights on winning her, too. Pursued by three devilishly persuasive men, how can the headstrong Gilly possibly resist falling in love?
THE CHRISTMAS THIEF short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS EVE 10/2000 ISBN: 0451201671
THE CONQUEST 8/2001. ISBN: 0380818639 Many times Alexandria Gascoyne has been called upon to nurse forest animals back to health - but never before have her brothers brought her a wounded man! Though pale and grievously injured, the unconscious nobleman in Alexandria's bed is as striking a male as she has ever seen. But this is a time for tender healing, not for fantasy and dreams that leave an innocent maid flushed and breathless. An angel has brought the Earl of Drummond back to life. Her smile is a delight, her touch is ecstasy. Yet freedom-loving Drum knows he must leave the exquisite Alexandria as soon as he is able. Being discovered with this stunning country miss could lead to only scandal ... or, worse, to matrimony! And Drum dares not expose her to the perils of his world. But how can he abandon this incomparable lady who mended his damaged heart - then conquered it with kindness, passion, and love?
THE DARK MAN short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS III 11/1991 ISBN: 0451170865 Francis Sutherland, Earl of Poole, is a man accustomed to getting everything he wants. Handsome, wealthy and worldly wise, he chose lovely young Eve Swanson to be his bride. She's delighted - at first. Then she finds the too perfect gentleman to be just that - too perfect for his or her own good. It takes a New Year's midnight clear to make him see she's right. And that if he can't win her back there's no sense in him raising a cheer for any new year to come.
THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN 5/2002 ISBN: 0380818647 Katherine Corbet abhors injustice - and is happy to assist the disturbingly attractive Sir Alasdair St. Erth quash the brazen schemes of a marriage-minded opportunist. But appearing on the arm of the dark, dashing rogue at London balls as his "interest" will never be more than a sham - no matter how Katherine's aching heart yearns for more. This naive country miss is ideal! With Katherine's unsuspecting assistance, Alasdair can at long last take his revenge on an old, hated enemy - though it pains him to use such an innocent in this unscrupulous manner. Worse still is the longing she inspires within him, a passionate need to taste the sweetness of her lips. Alasdair knows his vengeful plan could destroy a fragile, blossoming love. And when he finally releases Katherine from his devil's bargain, will he truly be able to let her go?
THE DISDAINFUL MARQUESS 8/1983 ISBN: 0451124480 Miss Catherine Robins takes a position as companion to the Dowager Duchess of Crewe little suspecting she will have to please the gentlemen who surround her new employer - especially the infinitely attractive and thoroughly notorious Marquis of Bessacarr. This proper young lady has to fight not only the marquis's audacious advances but her own unsettling responses if she hopes to prove her love is more precious than his gold.
THE DUKE'S PROGRESS short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1989 ISBN:0451164849
THE DUKE'S WAGER 2/1983 ISBN: 0451145666 Lovely Regina Berryman was pursued by two men -- the two most attractive and infamous bachelors in London. One was Jason Thomas, Duke of Torquay, whose skill and success in seduction had made him a legend of lordly licentiousness. The other was St. John Basil St. Charles, Marquis of Bessacarr, the devilish Duke's only rival as the foremost rake of the realm. These notorious gentlemen had made Regina fair game in a competition where all was considered legitimate strategy in winning her affection and capturing her virtue. And Regina's only chance of preserving her honor and protecting her heart was to turn the tables on her titled tempters -- and change the dallying way Regency London played the game of love...
THE DUKE'S WAGER - LORD OF DISHONOR 8/2000 ISBN: 0451201396 Book of both stories.
THE EARL'S NIGHTINGALE short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS CAROL 11/1997 ISBN: 0451193873
FALSE ANGEL 10/1985 ISBN: 0451138562 Lord Joscelin Kidd, Marquess of Severne, was the handsomest and most charming nobleman in London -- and the most notorious. Not only had he been divorced under shocking circumstances from a young and innocent bride, but since that disastrous event he had shown no scruples -- and met no refusal -- in conquering beauty after beauty. The lovely Lady Leonora Talwin had heard all the stories about him and understood them only too well, having seen from her womanizing father's example how base and brutish men could be. Never, she vowed, would she fall victim to a rake like the scandalous Severne. But if Leonora thought she knew all too much about men, she knew far too little about her own foolish heart to daunt this lord who feasted on such feminine frailties...
THE GAME OF LOVE 7/1988 ISBN: 0451153979 Francesca Wyndham knew the folly of gambling. She had seen her father, Lord Syndham, lose the family fortune, forcing her to become a plain chaperone to an empty-headed young Miss. But now Francesca was taking a gamble even her father would have blanched at. She was falling in love with the irresistible Arden Lyons, a gentleman who was clearly anything but a gentleman when it came to winning what he wanted, whether a hand of cards, a test of strength, or a lady's favors. She knew nothing about this man except that she wanted him from the moment she saw him...and though his past was a dark mystery, his motives for choosing her over other seductive or wealthy young beauties were even more mysterious. Still, Francesca dared to pit her innocence against Arden's expertise -- in a game where passion took all...
THE GINGERBREAD MAN short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS FEAST 11/1996 ISBN: 0451190467 At thirty, handsome and elegant Owen Whitely, Duke of Blackburn, is too old to be dreaming of gingerbread men. Besides, he doesn't even like them! But dreams of the stuff plague him, sending him on a odyssey around Regency London trying to discover why he's so bedeviled by little gingerbread boys with sugar frosting smiles. Or is it a certain lady he's really obsessed with? And will he realize it before it's too late?
HIGH SPIRITS short story in REGENCY CHRISTMAS SPIRITS 10/2001 ISBN: 0451204387
THE HOUNDS OF HEAVEN short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS VIII 11/1998 ISBN: 0451197356
THE INDIAN MAIDEN 6/1986 ISBN: 0451143019 Miss Faith Hamilton was sent from America to England to find a proper husband among the cream of the upper-class crop. But the beautiful Miss Hamilton had her own notion of what she sought; freedom from the wants and whims of any man, and from the enslavement that amorous enticement would surely breed. For Lord Barnabas Deal, society's most renowned rake, Faith was a quarry he could not resist. For the elegant and witty Earl of Methley, whose mountain of debts was as towering as his august title, the American heiress was the ideal answer to both his financial and physical needs. Never was a young lady courted by two such seductive suitors -- and never was a young lady so determined not to surrender...
IT'S A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS short story in A DREAMSPUN CHRISTMAS 11/1994 ISBN: 0451405277
A LADY OF SPIRIT 10/1986 ISBN: 0451145178 Miss Victoria Dawkins was in a most perilous position. Cast out of respectable society by a scurrilous slur on her good name, alone and penniless in the London lower depths, this proud but all too vulnerable young lady could not afford to turn down the Earl of Clune's offer. The elegant, handsome, and clearly conscienceless nobleman wished to engage Victoria as a companion to an elderly woman on his great country estate. Victoria had no illusions about the earl's intentions toward her. But she was not prepared for a different kind of danger in a manor where the vengeful ghost of a scandalous past sought her as its victim. Somehow Victoria had to stop the earl from suspecting he held the key to her heart. And she had to stop herself from yielding to a mysterious menace that she could not believe in or deny...
THE LAST GIFT short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS PRESENT 10/1999 ISBN: 0451198778
THE LEGACY short story in A REGENCY VALENTINE II 1/1992 ISBN: 0451171675 Valerian Blackwood, late of His Majesty's Light Hussars, is summoned to his aged uncle's country estate to help the old man settle a problem with his heir. What Valerian finds is a mystery - and the love of his life. He only has to decide which is more important to him: solving the mystery or winning his lady.
LORD OF DISHONOR 11/1984 ISBN: 0451132467 Lovely Amanda Amberly was a young lady of unsullied virtue--against all odds. For her bewitching mother, the Countess of Clovelly, was notorious for her amorous escapades, and every hot-blooded gentleman in society expected Amanda to follow in the Countess's straying footsteps. So far Amanda had succeeded in steering clear of the clutches of those eager young blades. She even had begun to hope that the eminently respectable Sir Giles Boothe might consider her a possible match. But when, by her mother's cunning design, Amanda found herself in the arms of the incredibly handsome and charming Viscount North, the most irresistible if infamous rake in the realm, she discovered she could defend her virtue only if she refused to listen to her heart.
FOR THE LOVE OF A PIRATE 12/2006 ISBN: 0060757868 He's searching for a proper bride... Constantine, Lord Wylde, is a gentleman beyond reproach. Now it's time for him to find a suitable gentlewoman to wed—a well-bred, well-behaved lady, as proper as... well, Constantine himself. But his plans are shattered when a fierce, aging pirate invades his home with shocking news: Constantine is already engaged... to the brigand's lovely granddaughter, Lisabeth! But finds a perfect passion instead... Wildly independent Lisabeth, however, has no desire for marriage—certainly not to a straightlaced nobleman bound to her by some long-ago promise.... even if she's tantalize by his manly form and the sensuality he can't quite disguise. Though shocked by the lady's improprieties, Constantine soon finds himself acting as lustily as any outlaw. But how does a staid gentleman win the heart of a betwitching pirate? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
A LOVE FOR ALL SEASONS 5/1992 ISBN: 0451172329 Felicia, a beautiful innocent faced with the passion of an irresistible rake. Adela, unable to forgive her husband for what he has done to her. Bronwen, forced to choose between a proper marriage and an impossible desire. Marjorie, an unpolished heiress who becomes the target of society's most jaded gentleman. Rachel, a wife who finds that the marriage game is played with shocking rules in high society. Five enchanting heroines in five dazzling tales, strung like jewels on a single narrative thread.
LOVE IN DISGUISE 8/1987 ISBN: 0451149238 Miss Susannah Logan felt very fortunate to have not one but two gentlemen shepherding her through her first London season. One was the cynical and brilliant Mr. Warwick Jones, whose wit and wealth gave him free entry into society and whose pretended scorn for women was matched only by the sensual intensity of his passion for them. The other was the handsome and honorable Julian, Viscount Hazelton, whose fierce desire for an unobtainable beauty had led him to financial ruin but could not mar his irresistible, godlike good looks. Warwick Jones and Julian were good friends until they took the inexperienced Miss Logan in hand...each leading her on a different path of love and passion toward a decision that threatened to intoxicate her flesh...and yield her ripe innocence to the one man whose tantalizing nearness she could no longer resist.
THE MYSTERIOUS HEIR 1/1984 ISBN: 0451126793 In dress, manner, and speech, Miss Elizabeth DeLisle seemed every inch a leisured lady. No one could guess she had been forced to take a position in trade -- or that she had come to the Earl of Auden's estate to entice him into naming her dismayingly disagreeable cousin Anthony heir to a fortune that she then could share. But Elizabeth had stiff competition for the Earl's imperious favor..from the schemingly seductive Lady Isabel Courtney and her odious little boy, Owen... from the implacably upright Richard Courtney and his unfortunate honesty... and from the memory of the Earl's first wife, who had made him despise women who deceived. Elizabeth knew she could never reveal the truth to the Earl -- even when she forgot about gaining his fortune and began losing her heart...
THE RAKE'S CHRISTMAS short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1995 ISBN: 0451180143 Ian Hunt, newly named Viscount Hunt, is weary enough of his jaded life to accept an invitation to a house party from the acknowledged rake, Lord Shelton. The older man means to use Ian as distraction while he pursues a young woman. But when Ian realizes he's meant to be party to the seduction of lovely and vulnerable Eve Thompkins, all Ian's plans, and his life - are changed forever.
RED JACK'S DAUGHTER ISBN: 0451129148 Jessica Eastwood's country sweetheart, Tom Preston, wanted her to be the free and independent spirit that her gallant officer father had raised her to be. Jessica's irresistibly attractive distant European cousin, Anton Von Keller, wanted to mold her into a sophisticated woman of the world. Society's most eligible aristocrat, the dazzling Lord Leith, wanted Jessica to be the star of the London Season, a model of feminine beauty and fashion. And before Jessica could find out which of these women she truly was, she had to decide which one of these maddeningly desirable men she really loved...
THE RETURN OF THE EARL 9/2004 ISBN: 0060567090 After fifteen years in cruel exile, Christian has finally returned to England to claim his rightful title. The new Earl of Egremont was a mere child when he was banished. Lovely and charming Julianne Lowell, who knew him then, must now determine if this suave and handsome mystery man is who he claims to be. But why would she not remember those eyes that sparkle like flawless gems? Christian is like no man she has ever met -- elegant and well-bred, but secretive and quite possibly dangerous, and seething with a sensual fire that steals her breath away. To trust this dashing stranger could place Julianne in grave peril if he is, in fact, playing a game of deception. But with her heart leaping madly at his slightest touch, how can she deny Christian the love and passion they both fervently desire? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
SOMETHING BLUE short story in A WEDDING BOUQUET 5/1996 ISBN: 0451187857 June Heywood's coming wedding day is clouded by a vicious remark she overhears. But when she thinks about it she begins to wonder why the Catch of the Season, handsome and clever Lawrence, Lord Morrow, ever asked for her hand. In her attempt to find the answer, she almost wrecks her life - and his... or so he says... Who should she believe? Gossip or her heart?
SURRENDER TO LOVE 3/1989 ISBN: 0451159128 Julian Dylan, Viscount Hazelton, has come a long way, literally, since his debut in Love in Disguise. Then he was an impoverished nobleman who had to drive a coach on the Brighton Road to earn his livelihood. Now he's come home from across the Atlantic to help a young girl he'd befriended in The Game of Love. But Miss Eliza Merriman is no longer a young girl and wants much more than his friendship. She knows how difficult it will be to capture him. For now Julian is not only the handsomest lord in England but also wealthy, a prize women would do anything to win. There are many obstacles in Eliza's path. Her captivating cousin Constance, aristocratic society's most celebrated beauty, and her sensible friend Anthea, who was everything that a man could seek in a wife. There is a race to see if Julian can discover his heart, as well as overcome the very real obstacles on the Brighton Road that threaten to thwart him at the last.
TO TEMPT A BRIDE 11/2003 ISBN: 0060502185 From the moment she first saw tall, dashing Eric Ford, Camille's heart was lost. In her most cherished fantasy she is standing by his side, exchanging sacred wedding vows with her beloved. But Eric seems content to be no more than her unofficial protector, watching over the younger sister of his dear friend-and, despite her every attempt to open his eyes, it appears Camille's dream of wedded bliss might never come true. Eric knows a spirited and passionate beauty like Camille deserves much better than him, an ex-military man who has no patience for the games of the ton. Still, he aches each time a potential suitor approaches her, or when he sees her dancing in another man's arms. Eric knows he will never be complete until Camille is his. With each lingering glance and caressing touch he must tempt the lady to be his bride. But when danger and betrayal threaten, will it destroy a secret love.or bind two hearts for all eternity?
TO WED A STRANGER 3/2003 ISBN: 0060502177 Is it possible? The breathtaking Lady Annabelle has actually agreed to marry, sight unseen, a gentleman of her father's choosing -- the self-proclaimed "exceptionally average" Miles Croft. The ton is aghast! After scandalously toying with so many hearts, why is the exquisite Annabelle chaining herself to the new Viscount Pelham, a complete - albeit most attractive - stranger? Could it be that her own heart has been irreparably shattered, and she wants nothing more to do with romance? Yet there is nothing "average" about their wedding night! There is magic in Mile's touch, and the smoldering ecstasy it ignites threatens to consume them both. Dare Anabelle dream this is the one passionate and enduring love she ached for in secret, but never dreamed she'd be worthy of? Might this tender, mysterious lover truly be the scarlet lady's redemption - and could she be Miles's as well?
Nora LeDuc
ALWAYS MY HERO 7/2000 ISBN: 0821768921
MISS McNEAL'S PIRATE 3/2000 ISBN: 0821765922 A dangerous voyage... When librarian Mary McNeal's father was kidnapped by the notorious pirate Gaspar, only one man could help her rescue him - Captain Jack St. George. Thrown together on a perilous voyage, Mary never imagined that the roughhewn sea captain would inspire her deepest desires...or that Gaspar's evil ploys might dispatch them both to a watery grave. His reputation ruined by Gaspar's schemes, Jack's sole mission in life was to capture the conniving buccaneer. But then Mary catapulted into his life, spouting poetry and enchanting him with her beauty - and her brains. As passions simmered between them, Jack was forced to admit that while looking for a pirate, he'd found something he hadn't known was missing...his own heart.
Elsie Lee
CLOUDS OVER VELLANTI 1965 ISBN:0440111331 A chilling novel of suspense and passion...the events of last night flooded Megan's memory. She saw again the evil thing glinting in the moonlight, and the inescapable word began to whisper relentlessly in her brain...."Murder"....
AN ELIGIBLE CONNECTION 1974 ISBN:0440128218 Society called it The Season, she called it a slave auction and refused to be sold...She never had vapors, never played the coquette like her ravishing sister Almina, "The Dark Incomparable" of London's haut ton. Fanny Cherill's flame-colored hair was a hopeless liability, her cheeky wit and daring thoroughly unladylike. But everything changed on the night handsome Lord Waterbury stole into her boudoir to capture her heart--and her reputation!
MYSTERY CASTLE 1973 British edition of SATAN'S COAST
THE NABOB'S WIDOW 5/1976 ISBN:0440063051 The Marquis had never met a female worthy of his steel--until Dianthe arrived
PRIOR BETROTHAL 1973 ISBN:0877950660 Beautiful 17 year-old Clytie is stricken to learn she was promised at birth to Lord Banglor, a man twice her age.
SATAN'S COAST 1969 ISBN:0440178274 Young, vibrant Nell Valentim was living a dream life. Her beauty graced fashion magazines across America. She was married to the handsome, successful Bart Valentim. She never imagined she would be suddenly widowed and left alone with a 15 yr old stepson, her only inheritance a forbidding estate on the Portuguese coast.
SECOND SEASON 3/1973 ISBN:0440179777 The Surprising Miss Stanwood was the despair of her family. She had reached the ripe age of eighteen without a husband, and if her disastrous first season in London was any indication, she was doomed to spinsterhood. All society was startled when the dashing, handsome, immensely wealthy Duke of Imbrie asked for Charlotte's hand---and shocked when she turned him down. But that was just the first of many surprises Miss Charlotte Stanwood had in store...
SILENCE IS GOLDEN 4/1978 ISBN:0821720457 What spell was cast over Hazelhurst Grange, where Silence Eddington came to be companion to a beautiful future heiress? The girl who was so mysteriously ailing, strangely possessed...the servants whose humble manners were masks for hate...the master himself, scarred by a secret past, ruled by fearful passions, with the power to make Silence tremble with his gaze and melt at his touch...
THE WICKED GUARDIAN 4/1973 ISBN:0440198011 Nothing seemed more unpleasant to lovely, dark-haired Miss Araminta Surtaine than a coach journey with her unctuous guardian, Lord Robert Eddystone. Still, she had no choice but to accompany him. Her eighteenth birthday, which would entitle her to the extraordinary Surtaine fortune, and freedom, was still two weeks away. But when Araminta realized that Lord Robert planned to force her into marrying his repugnant son, she resolved to risk death to avoid the fate. And so it was that she flung herself from his speeding carriage into darkness and awoke in a camp of gypsies -- her memory gone, her name changed, and her future as mysterious and exciting as the roguishly handsome stranger there whose true identity was as dangerous to reveal as Araminta's own....
WINGARDEN 1971 ISBN:0440197422 A Dream of Romance...A Nightmare of Danger... "The Ladies Half," That was the name given the locked rooms of Wingarden. Long ago they served as refuge for the Wingate women from the savage tempers and brutal passions of the Wingate men.
Jade Lee
Joyce Lee
THE BEST LAID SCHEMES 4/1980 ISBN:0440110114 She couldn't compete with her dazzling older sister, Lorna, so Kate Ashworth agreed to go to London as companion to her cousin Serena, daughter of the Countess of Deverill. There she would devote herself dutifully to transforming the colorless Serena into the toast of the ton. "Impossible," said the Countess. "Just wait," vowed Kate. How could she have known that her reluctant journey would turn into a London lark...that her drab cousin would become her best friend...that together they would set the town agog? ANd how could she guess that the Duke of Asgar himself would pay her court, turning Kate--the saucy tomboy--into the most eligible lady in the realm!
A JOY FOREVER 2/1982 ISBN:0440142458 Who was this dashing cavalier who whisked her off to ecstasy on the eve of Countess Rosshaven's ball? He said his name was Kenneth Fontayne and pronounced himself a willing servant to the deliciously indiscreet Gigi Barrington...
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB 8/1981 ISBN: 044016821X She seemed perfect - as exquisite as a porcelain doll with a face like a cameo. But rumor was rampant. She had a bizarre deformity. A hideous hidden birthmark. She was mad. How else explain why a beauty like Callie Belcroft has been kept so discreetly hidden away? Callie knew only too well that she had an odd malady - a malady this foray into London society was meant to cure. The whispers and wagging tongues made her long to retreat to Colter Abbey. Until fate swept her into adventure and she emerged a heroine - with Tristam Gilford, Marquis of Waivering, at her side as hero - the one man whom she would never wish to deceive.
PERCHANCE TO DREAM 10/1982 ISBN:044017497X
Lydia Lee
THE IMPETUOUS PANDORA 10/1990 ISBN:0515104248
THE MAGNIFICENT MIRABELLE 9/1988 ISBN: 0517007398 With the betrothal ring firmly stuck upon her finger and the rakish Lord Berkshire at her feet, Mirabelle Kingsley did what any unconventional young lady would do: She fibbed. Oh, as fibs go, it was relatively harmless, for masquerading as one's twin was a deception easily undone. Yet Mirabelle had not reckoned on her flighty sister's infatuation with a certain dark-haired duke... a man Belle would soon discover to be an impostor and a fraud. Now with more than Viola's reputation at stake, Mirabelle must join forces with the enigmatic Lord Berkshire to effect a rescue. But even as she dodges highwaymen and thieves, the demure deceiver fears the greatest danger may be to her heart.
Rebecca Hagan Lee
BARELY A BRIDE 8/2003 ISBN: 0425191249 Griffin, Viscount Abernathy, dreams of leading a cavalry charge against the French, of defeating Napoleon, and becoming a national hero. Lady Alyssa Carrollton dreams of designing magnificent landscapes and planting beautiful English gardens. She dreams of having a home of her own and creating her own Garden of Eden. Neither of them dream of marriage. But when they enter into a military marriage of convenience, a most unlikely situation occurs…Their dreams come true. And when Griffin returns from the Spanish Peninsula a national hero, he wants nothing more than to be left alone to forget the horrors of war. But life in an English Garden of Eden is the stuff from which romantic dreams are spun and a lonely and wounded English hero is no match for the determined wife who loves him - a lady who spent a single long-ago passionate night in his arms and who remains barely a bride…RR@H's Novel Thoughts
HARDLY A HUSBAND 10/2004 ISBN:0425198790 The stubbornly single men of the Free Fellows League are slowly succumbing to the wiles of the fairer sex. And just as in Barely a Bride and Merely a Groom, one more defiant bachelor is about to fall..."On this, the seventh day of January in the year of Our Lord 1793, we, the sons and heirs to the oldest and most esteemed titles and finest families of England and Scotland, do found and charter our own Free Fellows League. The League is dedicated to the proposition that sons and heirs to great titles and fortunes, who are duty bound to marry in order to beget future sons and heirs, should be allowed to avoid the inevitable leg-shackling to a female for as long as possible..."
ONCE A MISTRESS 9/2001 ISBN: 0515131687 "I, George Ramsey, fifteenth Marquess of Templeston, charge my son and heir, Andrew Ramsey, with the support and responsibility for my beloved mistresses, and any children born of their bodies." When Andrew Ramsey set out to remove his father's mistress from his family estate, the last person he expected was to find Kathryn Markinson. Four years earlier, Kathryn had left Drew waiting at the altar. Now, she was up a tree with a pack of hounds literally baying at her feet...
TRULY A WIFE 4/2005 ISBN:0425201945 Daniel, ninth Duke of Sussex, is not afraid of responsibility. He's had more than his share of duty and responsibility since he became the ninth duke. He's not afraid of danger. He's faced many dangerous and deadly moments since he became a member of the secret Free Fellows League. But he's terribly afraid of losing his heart... For who can he trust to keep it safe? The ton's perennial bridesmaid, Miranda, Marchioness St. Germaine, doesn't need a husband in order to gain wealth and a title. Miranda is a peeress in her own right. A peeress wildly in love with the ninth Duke of Sussex and whose fondest dream is to become his wife. When he unexpectedly proposes marriage, how can she refuse? In one bold, impulsively romantic moment, Miranda weds Daniel and attains her heart's desire... But there is no opportunity to celebrate. The marriage is legal. But it's also a secret. And the next morning, Miranda realizes Daniel has no memory of it... How do you teach a man wary of a marriage trap to trust? How do you teach him to believe in love? And how do you protect your heart while you're doing it? When he believes he's a bachelor? And you're truly his wife...
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