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Juliette Leigh
THE FIFTH PROPOSAL 7/1999 ISBN: 0821762656 With a gasp of dismay, Shelby read the letter informing her of her grandfather's grave illness. He had lived alone at Wychwood for years, with only his valet, his dog, and of course, the famous Jewels of Ali. Her heart pounding, she rushed to his estate--and stepped into a tangled web of intrigue. To Shelby's surprise her grandfather was hale and hearty, but had narrowly escaped death from several "accidents." Equally surprising, his quiet house was crammed with relatives and one mysterious, terribly handsome houseguest called "Gill," who aroused her suspicion--and disturbing thoughts...of kissing! Then Shelby's grandfather announced she would inherit the Jewels of Ali, and her four bachelor cousins were suddenly offering for her hand. What should she do? Someone at Wychwood was a villain, and Shelby needed an ally she could trust, a strong arm she could lean on, and a suitor she could truly love...
THE PERFECT MATCH short story in MAMA'S LITTLE MATCHMAKER 4/2000 ISBN: 0821765841 Miss Sally Rivers is in love with Mr. Timothy Beresford, but her mother’s impending nuptials will force her to move to Gibraltar, thereby ending her budding romance--unless the young couple can find Mrs. Rivers a new husband at home in England…
SHERRY'S COMET 4/1998 ISBN: 0821758918 Miss Anika "Niki" Owen, the beautiful, dark-haired stepdaughter of Lord Larch, could not believe her strange fortune. No sooner had she liberated Comet, a cruelly mistreated horse, from Wynwoode estate than she was discovered by a golden-haired stranger who readily supported her noble, thoroughly illegal action. But even more unlikely was when Sheridan Devlin, better known as "Sherry," revealed himself as the true Lord Wynford--a man everyone thought murdered! In spite of herself, Niki was drawn to the American-bred man of little propriety but tender feelings. And they shared much in common, including the fact that neither could abide Comet's abuser, Mr. Jackson, the man falsely claiming to be Lord Wynford. Together, Niki and Sherry would set out to expose Mr. Jackson as no less than a murderer. But then, just as romance had begun to blossom, Niki fell prisoner to the nefarious Jackson, and it was left for Sherry to reclaim his title--and his love...
A TOUCH OF MAGIC 12/1998 ISBN: 0821760653 When Major Darling was summoned to London on a trumped-up charge of treason, his daughter Esme decided to spare no effort to clear his name. Soon there appeared a possible ally-though a most surprising one. Could her handsome new neighbor, with his assured air and devilish smile, really be the same Chalmers Lovat who tossed her in the millpond as a child? Captain Lovat had returned to his country home on a secret assignment: to unearth the real spy in the Darling case. When he encountered Esme, he almost didn't recognize her. The tomboy he once knew had blossomed into a captivating young woman. Certainly he wasn't about to let an overwhelming attraction to her interfere with his duty or his bachelorhood. But what was he to do? He simply couldn't refuse this utterly enchanting beauty who managed to create havoc with his emotions. And yet her rash resolve to exonerate her father could very well jeopardize their lives-unless Lovat could convince her to surrender to reason...and to love.
Meredith Leigh
AN ELEGANT EDUCATION 1987 ISBN: 0802709745 Because of the debts of a younger brother, Young Briony Mitchem assumes the responsibility of working and tries to transform two young girls into swans.
A LADY OF QUALITIES 1987 ISBN:0802709788 Into the quiet, pleasant country existence of Sabrina Fairchild, her beautiful younger sister Posey, and their aunt and guardian, Alice Cunningham, a bombshell drops. The girls' widowed father, away at Boney's wars, announces by mail that he has remarried.....
Petra Leigh
ROSEWOOD 10/1979 ISBN: 067183164X Balanced between ecstasy and anguish .... They waltzed with abandon in Brussels while Napoleon challenged his fate. But the war would come between dashing Major-General Brock Savage and his beautiful wife, Garnet -- war and the ravishing Cassandra Mayne, destined to become Garnet's close confidante and Brock's personal, passionate Waterloo.
Brock Savage, soon to be knighted for his heroism against Napoleon, was about to embark on the battle for his life -- and his soul -- on the home front at Rosewood Hall. How could he tell his beloved Garnet the truth about this woman they called "The Witch," this "governess" who came to divide and conquer, leaving in her wake a legacy of infamy, lust, blackmail and murder ... In a house divided by jealousy and hate.
Robin Leigh
THE HAWK AND THE HEATHER 4/1992 ISBN: 0380763192 For nine years, spirited Heather FitzHugh has hated the Montgomery clan, believing the notorious aristocrats were responsible for her family's downfall. Now tanner Montgomery, Duke of Hawksbury - embittered by an ill-fated romance but duty bound to marry and produce and heir - has set his amorous sights on the innocent, country-bred miss. Plotting her revenge, Heather vows to lead the handsome rogue on a merry chase - only to abandon him at the altar, disgraced in the eyes of London society, the sweet rapture of his caresses threaten to undermine Heather's secret stratagems - and bind the violet-eyed beauty to the golden hawk she means to ruin with gossamer chains of love.
Susannah Leigh
FLEUR-DE-LYS 1989 ISBN: 0451401301 He was kissing her, so softly at first she half thought she was imagining it. So perfect, so wonderfully, sweetly perfect, was all she had time to think about before his mouth grew harder, hungrier...Ravishingly beautiful Lili Santana was as irresistible as she was innocent. Daughter of an aristocratic New Orleans Creole family, she had been carefully sheltered from the world of the senses. Her wedding to a man she barely knew was supposed to change all that - but she was snatched from the altar by handsome, daring Jeremy Blaze, who held her captive for the ransom she would bring. And it was not in a cold marriage bed but in this masterful man's burning embrace that she learned the power of passion - and the dangers of a love that broke all the rules and fulfilled all her dreams...
Mary Lennox
HEART OF FIRE 2/2003 King Nicholas Rostov vows to protect his beloved country from both Napoleon’s troops and the Brotherhood, a band of terrorists threatening his borders. When the mysterious slave, Sera, saves him from an assassination attempt, Nicholas brings her home with him, ostensibly to protect her. Conscience shouts that he should send her home to her hills, but desire whispers that her place is with him. Little does Nicholas know that Sera is a princess in disguise. On the run from Anatole Galerien, who is determined to kill her, she is on a desperate quest to retrieve the stolen Heart of Fire, the magnificent ruby that hides her magical kingdom from the outside world. Now, a pampered prisoner in Nicholas’s castle, Sera feels her magical powers growing at an alarming rate. Without her grandfather’s help, she must learn to understand and control them before she shakes the very foundations of Nicholas’s castle. In this frightening land of strangers, war looms and danger lurks everywhere. As Sera struggles to keep her secrets, find the ruby, and master the magic inside her, she instinctively turns to the compelling captor who overwhelms her with his strength and confounds her with his comfort. But what good can come from loving an Outlander when her very survival depends upon her fleeing this brutal world and returning home?
Samantha Lester
THE BRASH AMERICAN 2/1981 ISBN:0440109450 Majestic, imperious, the Duchess arrived at Brinsley Hall to find Melissa, her great-granddaughter, torn between excitement and despair. Why must she marry without love?
THE DUKE'S WARD 10/1980 ISBN:0440119251 Oh, he was intolerable! Anastasia's green eyes flashed when she thought of her new guardian, the dashing Duke of Essler.
THE LADY ROTHSCHILD 1978 ISBN:0440154952 Penelope Rothschild, daughter of the Earl of Donley, had lived her eighteen years in peaceful luxury. But suddenly the cozy calm to which she'd been accustomed turned into devastating turmoil. Her aristocratic father faced ruin after a night of folly at the gaming table; a ruthless baron demanded Penelope as his bride in return for saving her family from disgrace; and perhaps most unsettling of all, her brother Charles had brought home a friend from America--Marcus Manners, a commoner whose looks and laugh and sheer manliness were anything but common. Improper, impossible as it was, Penny couldn't keep herself from falling in love with this man, yet she could hardly hope that her feelings would be rewarded. Perhaps she never would have learned the secret in Marcus's heart--and in his past--had he not held the cards in the life-and-death game that could restore the Rothschild fortune and the smile in Penny's heart.LOVE'S CAPTIVE 9/1979 ISBN:0440147565 The sky was black and forbidding on Ramon's eighteenth birthday. Beautiful, headstrong, she had longed to reach the age of womanhood, but now she shivered and wondered at her fear. Fear turned to shocked disbelief when she discovered that her father had pledged her to the foppish Bertram Cromwell to consummate a business deal. Determined to flee England, she sought refuge with the infamous Captain Martine. What would become of her? If she returned, she would be bound to Bertram for life. If she stayed with Martine, she risked falling desperately in love with one of the most ruthless, treacherous pirates ever to sail the high seas.
Jana Lewis
A LADY OF DISCRETION short story in A REGENCY SAMPLER 8/1999 ISBN: 1929085001
Alice Chetwynd Ley
AN ADVANTAGEOUS MARRIAGE 1977 ISBN:0345272102 The ambitious Turvilles remembered little cousin Eugenia as a plump, vulgar, provincial girl--but she had come into a fortune and it was up to Frank or Aubrey to woo and win her. Mischievous, canny, grown into an extraordinary beauty at 16, Eugenia fathomed their scheme and determined not to disappoint them. She had plans of her own. She would choose her own man...a man like Sir Peter Martyn. But when sophisticated, widowed Lucilla arrived from Regency London to reclaim Peter for herself, and Frank penetrated Eugenia's disguise to find he truly cared, her clever ruse threatened to backfire, costing her the only love that could bring her happiness.
BELOVED DIANA 11/1977 ISBN:0345256123 Dazzling, fearless, she was a gambler's daughter betting life and love in a wager of the heart....A beautiful, keen-witted and enterprising, Diana leases her dilapidated ancestral home to a mysterious, brooding stranger.
THE CLANDESTINE BETROTHAL 1967 ISBN:0345327772 When Susan announced to her aunt that she was engaged to Beau Eversley, the most sought after bachelor in London, she should have been the happiest girl in England. The trouble was, Beau knew nothing of the betrothal. Susan had made up the whole affair. And to make matters worse, she would soon be found out. There was nothing to do but confess her outrageous falsehood to the handsome Beau. But once she did, he agreed to play along with the charade. It seemed the perfect solution -- until Susan suddenly found herself trapped in a lie…and engaged in name only to the man she truly loved…
A CONFORMABLE WIFE 8/1981 ISBN:0345283902 She was a spirited and intelligent heiress, considered at twenty-six to be on the shelf. But still she dreams of love... He is dashing--a very eligible gentleman, seeking a wife to conform to his every whim... A whirlwind month in Bath, a dastardly rakehell, and secrets from the past....
THE COURTING OF JOANNA 1961 ISBN:0345251490 With England under the shadow of Napoleon's invasion, the wind-swept coast of Devon had become a hotbed of intrigue. Spies and smugglers were not the proper concern of young ladies, and Joanna Feniton could not have cared less. Her accidental discovery of handsome double-agent Captain Jackson had aroused more than her passing interest. Suddenly, though duty and logic told her to marry the wealthy and titled Algernon Cholcombe, she could not ignore the desires of her heart---desires that led her into an escapade of danger and deceit with a man who could destroy not only her future...but the future of all England as well..
AT DARK OF THE MOON 1995 ISBN: 0708932630 From her drab, unpromising post as governess, lovely Emma Harcourt was catapulted into a daring scheme of espionage. Suddenly she was an actress posing as the wife of Rupert Wynford, a perfect stranger. As Napoleon prepared to invade the Dorset coast, Emma took her place among society's elite, where she was to match wits with the most dangerous men of her time. Fate had chosen her to play a part in England's destiny and to gamble recklessly with her only chance for happiness and love.
THE INTRIPID MISS HAYDEN 1983 ISBN: 0449202747 She had lost her heart to a rogue, everyone knew what he was except her.Lovely Corrina Haydon, suspected of mooning over the notorious Fabian Grenville, is taken by her family to Paris, where it is hoped she will meet an eligible suitor. With them is Sir Richard Beresford, her sister's brother-in-law, who has known Corinna since she was a child--and loved her in secret all these years. But since she had always regarded Richard as a brother, romance doesn't seem likely. In France they find themselves in danger--Napoleon has just decreed that all Englishman be taken prisoner--and it is only Richard's skill that enables them to escape. Suddenly Corinna begins to look at Richard with different eyes, Then Grenville makes an unexpected appearance.
THE MASTER OF LIVERSEDGE 1966 ISBN:0552099236
A REGENCY SCANDAL 2/1979 ISBN:0345260082 Behind the discreet facade of proud wealth and privilege, a London scandal is brewing. The most provocative charmer outside the demimonde gives way to forbidden passion at the Moonlight Masquerade...An embittered Earl tries to locate a missing heir and wreck the titled future of his son...An impetuous young innocent endangers her life to protect the handsome lover of a famous courtesan...And a hot-blooded commoner, maddened by desire for a titled beauty, plots the downfall of a wealthy Viscount...Turbulent romance, glittering intrigue in fashionable London Town!
A REPUTATION DIES 7/1986 ISBN:0312675747 Lady Windlesham cares deeply about the success of her soirees, especially the one she is holding early in the London season of 1816. With her best friend's new husband suspected of murder, dare a young lady think of love?
A SEASON AT BRIGHTON 2/1976 ISBN:0345249402 Wild, headstrong Catherine Denham wanted nothing more than an exciting holiday season at Brighton - and nothing less than a family arranged meeting with some stuffy Viscount who was looking for a wife. So it was that she decided to run away. But in staid Regency England, nice young ladies didn't do things like that. And suddenly Catherine found herself in the clutches of a stranger who was hardly a gentleman, only to be rescued by a gentleman who was hardly a stranger, and caught up in a dangerous intrigue of love and honor that threatened to destroy all her hopes of romance forever...
THE SENTIMENTAL SPY 8/1977 ISBN:0345256115 Lovely, impetuous, she feared for her life but her heart betrayed her....Staying at an inn in Sussex a Lady is puzzled when a past love pretends not to recognize her. Had he really forgotten they were once passionate lovers?
THE TENANT OF CHESDENE MANOR 1974
THE TOAST OF THE TOWN 1968 ISBN:0345285786 Beautiful Georgianna Eversely took it for granted that she could captivate any man who caught her fancy, but when the handsome young Dr. John Graham let it be known that he didn't care for her at all, Georgianna's hurt pride demanded revenge. And so it was that she accepted a daring wager to prove that she could indeed entice the young doctor and jilt him savagely as well. But Georgiana was unaware of the whims of passion - and unprepared for the dark and startling reward of a gambling heart.
Lillian Lincoln
THE BELLWOOD TREASURE 2/1987 ISBN: 0449211878 An upstart American inherit an English estate? Not if her greedy relations could stop her! Miss Arden Grey crossed the Atlantic with high hopes for Bellwood manor---and found instead a rickety mansion filled with mice, soot, and disagreeable relations! Dismissing the local legend that Bellwood contained a hidden treasure, Arden restored the manor to its former grandeur, though she could not rid her new home of a haughty aunt. Arden's only ally was her nearest neighbor, the retiring Viscount Dorset. That gentleman soon fixed his interest on the lovely young American, only to find his feelings were not returned. No, Arden longed for a more forceful partner who would take command of every situation. But the viscount's chance was at hand, for only he could save the unsuspecting Arden from an enemy who would wrest everything from her - even her life...
A CHANGE OF HEART 9/1985 ISBN: 0449208141 Luke Westcott winced at the stinging setdown he received in answer to his proposal. After all, it was common knowledge that marriage to him had long been Jessica Sheridan's fondest desire. But Jessica was not so easily had. Jessica knew that Luke wished to marry only to gain his inheritance, and that would not do. No, Luke must fall passionately in love with her. And to hasten the process, Jessica would throw every marriageable baggage in London his way, the better to exhibit her own considerable charms by comparison..
FINE FEATHERS 2/1986 ISBN: 0449208982 After years of chaffing under her grandfather's tight-fisted ways, Damaris Spenser can finally have anything she desires: new ball gowns, her own curricle, even a Season in London. She can have everything except what money cannot buy--experience. For the years Damaris spent at Spenser Hill had been sorely lacking in social intercourse--no dancing, no cards, no society whatsoever. With all her wealth and beauty, she is a veritable greenhead, and now the prey of every young man in dun territory. So when the smooth-talking Gregory Litton tries to compromise her in his private quarters, the ever-watchful Lord Weald saves her with subterfuge: he announces her engagement to himself! Now Damaris and Lord Weald must continue the charade until a decent interval has passed and they can part without scandal. But neither of them expects their playacting to become, suddenly, all too real.
Caroline Linden
WHAT A GENTLEMAN WANTS 9/2006 ISBN: 0821779311 Marcus Reece, duke of Exeter, has spent most of his life pulling his twin brother out of trouble. An occasional thank you would suffice; instead his resentful sibling forges his name to a marriage license and presents him with an unwanted wife. She's a vicar's widow with a mind of her own, who may be the first person in Marcus's well-ordered life to make him feel...completely out of control. Hannah Preston can't help but curse her own idiocy. Dire straits have led her to the alter with a gentleman she hardly knows. Played for a fool, she's embarrassed, furious, and worse, married to an equally outraged stranger—an exasperating man who unleashes all manner of emotions in Hannah, not to mention unwanted desire. Reluctantly, she agrees to play the wife until he can sort out the mess. But the nearness of the undeniably attractive duke and the passion in his dark eyes unsettles her well-guarded heart—making her want to do so much more than 'act' the role of blissful bride...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Juliana Linden
IN THE NAME OF HONOUR 1/1998 ISBN: 1902035046
Jennifer Lindsay
THE LADY SOLDIER 5/2005 ISBN: 0709078250 Jem Riseley, brave, skilled and daring, the perfect soldier in Wellington's Army except - Jem was a gently-born lady. A battlefield promotion provides an escape from a sadistic Major, but first Jem must convince handsome but jaded Captain Tony Dorrell, who knew her as a lady, that she's the man she seems. When Jem becomes trapped with Tony behind French lines, she battles the enemy as well as her rekindled desire for him. From the dangers of war-torn Spain to scandal in London's elegant drawing rooms, Jem will fight to preserve her secret. However, the reappearance of an old adversary forces Jem to confront her past in order to save her and England's future. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Dawn Lindsey
THE AMERICAN COUSIN 1/1995 ISBN:451179463 Miss Sorrell Kent told herself that she felt no emotion except antipathy for the Marquis of Wycherly. He was an English lord, while she was an American who scorned all titles. He was as arrogantly dominating as she was fiercely independent. And above all, he was the intended husband of her ravishing cousin Livia, who could have any man she wanted and who most certainly wanted the dazzlingly handsome marquis. Sorrel had come to England to recover from one lost love - she did not seek another heartbreak. But her best intentions turned into her worse fears when the sparks that flew between them suddenly, startingly, and shockingly ignited an unthinkable passion's fire...
THE BARBAROUS SCOT 12/1991 ISBN: 0451170628 Lady Drewe Carlisle's beauty was as legendary as her conduct was scandalous. She was famous for making the most highborn lords her humble suitors, and infamous for dashing their hopes. It seemed a simple matter for the dazzling Lady Drewe to win a wager by making a London newcomer like Lord GlenRoss her latest victim. Too late she learned that this strong-minded stranger from Scotland was no toy to be played with but a force to be reckoned with...as the one man who made it infuriatingly clear that he did not want her hand took possession of her heart.
DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE 9/1979 ISBN:0553123149 England's most celebrated rake is taunted, tempted, and tamed by a bold young beauty....Sylvie, the prize in a card game, and the Earl of Ives, who wins the game, wage a war of wills, each desperately hoping to capture the other...
DEVIL'S LADY 5/1991 ISBN:0451169603 Beautiful, flame-haired Miss Christina Castleford had found a way out of the shadow of scandal cast by her notorious grandmother. The eminently well-born Charles Heybridge had asked for her hand. As his wife, Christina at last would have entry into the society that so harshly had scorned her. Just one obstacle barred her way. A most formidable obstacle. The most irresistible rake in London. The man who vowed that Christina would never wed Charles, and whose weapons Christina had to defeat: outrageous rumor that found her such easy prey...and the arrow of love that Cupid loosed so skillfully at her heart.
THE DUCHESS OF VIDAL 12/1979 ISBN: 0385129394 When there is no room at the inn, Dominique Forrest reluctantly accepts help from a mysterious stranger. But when a terrible storm forces them to spend the night together in an abandoned cottage...ruining her reputation and chance for a new life...Dominique soon finds herself marrying the honorbound gentleman. Ah, but this dutiful young man turns out to the notorious Duke of Vidal, an arrogant rakehell. And Dominique is no blushing bride. She rides like the devil and fences with both sword and brilliant wit. Can this marriage of convenience survive the shock?
DUNRAVEN'S FOLLY 12/1989 ISBN:0451163346 Lovely Cathleen Dunraven had to keep herself under the tightest control. She could not by word or gesture betray the roguish schemes of her beloved grandfather, Sir James Dunraven, the most charming scoundrel of the horse racing world. She could not give vent to her repugnance for the amorous advances of their neighbor, Daniel Baggett, who held her family's fortunes in his brutish hands. And above all, she could not yield to the attraction she felt toward the handsome, gallant major, Lord Simon Grey, whom Sir James was planning to fleece and Baggett wished to destroy. But Cathleen soon found that as far as Lord Grey was concerned, love was definitely in the running - and her heart demanded full rein..
AN ENGLISH ALLIANCE 8/1995 ISBN: 0451179471 Proud and beautiful Sorcha MacKenzie had been taught by her Scots father to hate the British with all her heart. That deep dislike flamed into fury when English troops invaded her family's new homeland in America and burned the nation's capital in the War of 1812. Thus she should have found it easy to thoroughly despise Charles Asbourne, despite his striking good looks and dazzling charm. Not only was he an aristocrat by birth, he was an officer in His Majesty's army by choice. But when this infuriating invader took her into his custody and then into his arms, Sorcha found herself losing her private war of independence as she fought to keep the rising tide of passion from conquering all.
FOOLISH FANCY 10/1997 ISBN:0451179498 Fancy Dean has some very firm ideas about a woman's rightful place in the world, including her never succumbing to the authority of any man. When she meets the wealthy, overconfident Earl of Wychfield, Fancy tells herself she is fully prepared to fight off his alluring advances. But now she finds herself quickly losing self-control.
THE GREAT LADY TONY 12/1986 ISBN: 0451143825 Lady Antonia Burke was the most outrageous beauty in all the realm. She was the despair of her proper papa, the agony of her swarm of suitors, and the delight of wagging tongues that revealed in her every escapade. Lucien St. Clare was the most disgraceful lord in London. He had unforgivably broken a gentleman's code of honor, unthinkingly broken a legion of ladies' hearts, and unrelentingly broken every rule of decent behavior. Love between these untamed two was like an accident that was bound to happen - and that neither could survive without one surrendering what was most precious to them both: the upper hand...
AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN 2/1994 ISBN:0451178742 Too long had beautiful Miss Gillian Thorncliff remained single. Now she was ready to settle for a sensible marriage to the Earl of Kintyre. The Scottish lord was attractive, attentive, intelligent and kind. But a tall, dark figure suddenly makes her reconsider, for the mysterious Rory is irresistible . . . and dangerous.
THE NABOB'S DAUGHTER 5/2000 ISBN:0451200454 An Irrepressible Heiress... Anjalie Cantrell arrives in London to much fanfare. Though her father is a mere merchant, he is also one of the richest men in Jamaica - making Anjalie the most sought-after heiress of the season. Though her success in London is guaranteed, Anjalie has more mischief on her mind than marriage - a fact that rankles the ever-proper Lord Chance. He finds Anjalie infuriating and shocking and, though he would never admit it to another, a welcome breath of fresh air. Her wild antics lead his impressionable sister astray - and lead Chance on a merry chase to Jamaica, which shipwrecks both him and Anjalie in a turbulent sea of temptation..
THE NONPAREIL 4/1993 ISBN:0451141172 Clearly fortune was not smiling on Phila Ainsley. First her parents died leaving her impoverished. Then she was forced to reside with a family whose daughters were much more beautiful and fashionable than she. Next her good-hearted but weak-willed brother faced total ruin after losing a sum he did not have to the most handsome and wealthy gentleman in all the realm, The Nonpareil himself, the Honorable Havelocke James. But worse was yet to come. For when Phila went to beg the elegant Mr. James to forgive her brother's dreadful debt, she lost something far more precious and infinitely more perilous. Her heart...
THE NOTORIOUS LADY 1987 ISBN: 0451148541 The handsome, wealthy, and iron-willed Earl of Roxbury made two major mistakes when he stormed into Miss Philippa Mayhew's drawing room and accused her of seeking to wed his youthful nephew Julian for his fortune. First, it was Philippa's younger sister, Diana, who was deeply in love with Julian. Second, Philippa was the last woman in the world to be intimidated by Roxbury's threats. If Roxbury thought her a female who would stop at nothing to gain her ends, Philippa was more than willing to prove him right. By fair means or foul, she would bring the high and mighty earl to his knees - either to beg for mercy or plead for love...
A PROPER PROPOSAL 4/1988 ISBN:0451152867 Even before high-minded and fiery-tempered Miss Nicola Lacy met Lord Alexander Kinross, she had heard all too much about him. He was wealthy. He was handsome. He was charming. He had the best of tempers and the sunniest of natures. And he could, and often did, have any woman in London society he wanted. Now it seemed he wanted Nicola as his wife--though he saw no reason to give up his beautiful married mistress, Judith Layton, in the process. Nicola added this to the long list of faults of this idle, dissolute, womanizing wastrel whom she had so many reasons for rejecting....and such a hard time resisting.
REBEL LADY 9/1992 ISBN:0451173473 Sir Sebastian Hilliard was everything that beautiful, young, Scotch noblewoman Skye Crawford detested in an Englishman. He had wealth and power, and the arrogance to use them to get what he wanted. He had good looks and charm, and the ability to use them as well. What he wanted now was to put Skye's brave brother in prison for defying British might, and hold her in bondage in his London mansion as his ward. Spirited Skye's personal war of independence had begun - against this lord who assumed he merely had come to conquer, and against the tremors of surrender in her own treacherous heart...
THE RELUCTANT HEROINE 7/1993 ISBN: 0451175255 Regina Alderstock was born an English lady, but now she was far from home and close to danger. Orphaned in a Spanish city in Napoleon's iron grip, she needed all her wits and wiles to fend off an ardent French admirer, the powerful and persuasive Monsieur de Thierry. It was in this precarious position that Major Adam Canfield entered her life. This dashing British undercover agent was a master of disguise-but he made not secret of his desire. Reggie's heart had come under siege by a man for whom all was fair in love and war - as she fought a battle against his passion that she was not sure she wished to win...
THE TALISMAN 1989 ISBN: 0451165381 Mr. Rhys Fitzwarren spelled trouble from the beginning when he intruded on Miss Alessia Fielding's sheltered life. He was wounded by a mysterious gunshot, and Alessia had to risk her reputation to nurse him to health in an isolated inn. But that was the least of the risks the lovely heiress ran with this handsome gentleman whose spell on her grew stronger even as his scandalous past became plainer. He was clearly not a man that any proper young lady would ever dream of marrying. Unfortunately, however, he was the only man to make the independent Alessia lose both her heart and her head...
VICTORY SUMMER 1981 ISBN:055313647X Jessica Lansdowne, a handsome woman whose sprightly manner hid a well-kept secret, at six and twenty had adjusted quite nicely to a life of quiet unmarried propriety. Until dashing Max returned. Or rather, Lord Brough, as he was now rightfully called. No longer the young roustabout with no manners and even less money whom Jessica, along with everyone else in town, had rejected years ago. And to make matters even more unbearable, Merry, Jessica's spirited niece and ward, had foolishly fallen in love with a handsome lieutenant. But a soldier without a war was a man with no prospects. Now Jessica was obliged to advise her dearest niece against a marriage of the heart - even as she felt herself falling in love all over again.
Desirée Lindsey
PRISONER OF PASSION 2/2000 ISBN:0967733618Circumstances have forced Sarah Gray into a life of debauchery to protect her daughter. A highly acclaimed courtesan, she is accused of poisoning one of her patrons and now his brother, the virile and handsome Stephen Rathburn, Duke of Whitbury, is determined to see her suffer as he has suffered. But will he be able to withstand the sweet torment of his captive long enough to deliver her to the gallows? Or must he forsake his pride and compromise everything he holds dear- only to lose in the end the one woman who has slowly won his respect and heart....the woman whom he keeps as his prisoner of passion....
Johanna Lindsey
GENTLE ROGUE 12/1990 ISBN: 0380753022 Heartsick and desperate to return home to America, Georgina Anderson boards the Maiden Anne disguised as a cabin boy, never dreaming she'll be forced into intimate servitude at the whim of the ship's irrepressible captain, James Mallory. The black sheep of a proud and tempestuous family, the handsome ex-pirate once swore no woman alive could entice him into matrimony. But on the high seas his resolve will be weakened by an unrestrained passion and by the high-spirited beauty whose love of freedom and adventure rivals his own.
THE HEIR 4/2001 (reissue) ISBN:0380793342 Has anyone in London ever taken part in the coming-out season with less enthusiasm than Sabrina? Luckily, the most sought-after lady in the city has agreed to usher this young, lovely country girl through the perils and pitfalls of her all-important first season. Dashing highlander Duncan Mac Tavish is even less keen to be in London. Having recently learned he is the sole heir of an English marquis, Duncan is now required to assume his grandfather's title and estates -- and to marry Sabrina's ravishing, viper-tongued guide, who has been heard to make scathing statements in public about her "Scottish barbarian" groom-to-be. His unwanted betrothal, however, has brought Duncan into close proximity with the enchanting Sabrina -- a kindred spirit whose wit delights him ... and whose essence is the exquisite stuff of dreams. But duty, station, and a secret that dwells in the lady's past forbid Sabrina's and Duncan's desired union -- unless true love can somehow miraculously find a way.
LOVE ONLY ONCE 1985 ISBN: 0380899531 A family of dashing rogues and rakehell adventurers - and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit - their amorous exploits are spoken of in envious whispers from Regency London to America's shores. The exquisite niece of Lord Edward and Lady Charlotte Malory, Regina Ashton is abducted by Nicholas Eden - an arrogant seducer hardened by a painful secret from his past. Reggie has vowed to marry the golden-haired rogue who has besmirched her good name - and who arouses her womanly desires to an unendurable level. But her beauty only stirs Nicholas's passion - giving rise to dangerous misunderstandings. . and a love that can live only once in a lifetime.
A LOVING SCOUNDREL 4/2004 ISBN:0743456254 When Jeremy Malory hires Danny, a young woman who grew up on London's streets disguised as a boy, as his upstairs maid, he secretly intends to make her his mistress. But Danny surprises him with her dreams of becoming a refined lady and a gentleman's wife. As she transforms from urchin to elegant beauty before Jeremy's eyes, she unwittingly captivates the charming scoundrel. Now high society tongues are wagging: Who is this mysterious newcomer, and what is the truth about her past? No matter that a life-long adversary will go to any lengths to ensure Danny's downfall, Jeremy, who vowed never to succumb to matrimony, finds his resolve weakening as he pursues a woman whose strong, passionate nature rivals his own and promises the kind of challenge a Malory man can't resist.
THE MAGIC OF YOU 6/1993 ISBN: 0380756293 Beautiful, mischievous and shamelessly daring, young Amy is a Malory through and through -- as wild and reckless as the most incorrigible of her male cousins. And now that she has reached a marriageable age, Amy has set her amorous sights on a most unsuitable mate -- the straight-laced American ship captain who once nearly had her Uncle James hung for piracy. Still tormented by the past treachery of an unfaithful lover, handsome Warren Anderson is shocked by the brazen advances of his despised enemy's high-spirited niece. But his firm resolve to resist is weakened by an irresistible yearning for the enchanting British minx -- and an impassioned heart begs him to surrender to a love that threatens to stoke the smoldering fires of a perilous family feud.
ONCE A PRINCESS 6/1991 ISBN: 0380756250 In a rustic Mississippi tavern, a beautiful exiled princess was forced to dance for the pleasure of others -- unaware of her regal birthright... and infuriated by a magnificent, golden-eyed devil who crossed an ocean to possess her. From a Far Off Land... A bold and brazen prince came to America to claim his promised bride. But the spirited vixen spurned his affections while inflaming his royal blood with passion's fire... impelling virile Stefan Barany to take one sensuous and searing conquest the love young Rowena vowed never to yield.
THE PRESENT 11/1998 ISBN: 0380804387 As the entire Malory family gathers at Haverston to celebrate the season, all is not well. Underlying tensions threaten to dampen the holiday spirit -- until a mysterious present that arrives anonymously is opened and shared by all. The gift is an old journal - a tender and tempestuous account of the love affair between the second Marquis, Christopher Malory, and a dark gypsy beauty named Anastasia, who seeks a love match with a non-gypsy in order to save herself from a prearranged marriage to a brute. Though the dashing English lord Anastasia sets her sight upon burns for the exquisite, exotic miss, Christopher could never consent to wed such a lowborn lady. But miracles have been known to happen in this season of peace and giving and love, as two extraordinary people separated by circumstance of birth begin a passionate dance of will and wiles. And in the miraculous blossoming of a glorious romance at a long ago Christmas time, there are wise and well-learned lessons that will enrich the hearts of the Malory descendants, and indeed, of everyone who has ever dreamed.
THE PURSUIT 4/2002 ISBN: 038097855 It was to be a grand adventure for Melissa MacGregor -- an escape from the wilds of her Scottish home into the whirl of the London social season, and far from the stifling protectiveness of her mother's sixteen strapping, somewhat bumbling brothers, six of whom are named Ian. There the bewitching lass is sure to find a suitable husband who will not be intimidated by her suspicious uncles and who is more appealing than the many local suitors whom her uncles have already deemed unworthy. But before she begins her pursuit of a new life, Melissa is distracted by an intriguing gentleman stranger she encounters on her grandfather's lands....Lincoln Ross Burnett is no stranger to Scotland, however. The seventeenth Viscount Cambury, Lincoln once called this fair land home -- until as a boy of twelve he was sent away to live with relatives in London after his father's death. To stay would surely have meant his own demise, for a bitter feud was raging around him, marking young Lincoln as a target of a brutal gang of "savages" who went by the name MacFearsons. Now as he restlessly roams the countryside he so loved as a child, Lincoln can feel the anger and bitterness returning -- only to be dispelled by the beauty of the lady who stands before him. Though they part after but a few spoken words, the damage has been done: Lincoln's heart has been claimed forever, and he will never be complete again until Melissa MacGregor is his bride.
SAY YOU LOVE ME 11/1996 ISBN: 0380725711 Left penniless after her parent's deaths, Kelsey Langton must now take responsibility for the well-being of her younger sister, Jean. But when circumstance and human frailty conspire to leave them homeless as well, Kelsey is forced to resort to drastic measures. Only by allowing herself to be sold at auction can she rescue her sister's future -- and so Kelsey plaything of some well-heeled gentleman. Lord Derek Malory is the highest bidder for Kelsey's charms -- a dashing rakehell from a family of charming London rogues who draws the sensuous dark-haired maiden into a world of unparalleled pleasures and dangerous rivalries. But Kelsey must scrupulously guard the secret of her highborn past -- even as her grace, wit, spirit and beauty entice her new "master" to the most perilous and rewarding gamble of all.
TENDER REBEL 1988 ISBN: 0380750864 Regency. A family of dashing rogues and rakehell adventurers -- and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit -- their amorous exploits are spoken of in envious whispers from Regency London to America's shores. Scottish heiress Roslynn Chadwick needs the safety of marriage to protect her from an unscrupulous cousin -- and from the army of fortune-hunting scoundrels who covet her wealth and beauty. And Anthony Malory is everything she has been warned against. A ruthless, irresistibly handsome English rogue, Malory's sensual blue eyes speak of limitless pleasures. How Roslynn wishes she dared love such a man, but believing his passionate promises will only lead her into uncertain realms -- and to unimagined heights of love.
Karen Lingefelt
TRUE PRETENSES 11/2003 ISBN:084395292X Serena Langley would do anything to avoid an arranged marriage to the Duke of Fairborough. Nine years ago, the rogue had ruined her family and left for India in disgrace. Now he'd returned to claim her as if nothing had ever happened. So when an arrogant, irresistible new coachman came to work for her, Serena saw the perfect scandalous solution to her dilemma... Christopher "Kit" Woodard was supposed to be Duke of Fairborough--not a servant of the stubborn bride he'd inherited with his title. Yet his daring charade was the only way to meet Serena and convince her of his innocence. But once she'd been tempted into his embrace, Kit would have to risk his reputation, his future, and his heart to learn which man had captured Serena's love--the coachman, the duke...or just Kit Woodard. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Isobel Linton
THE COUNTERFEIT HEIRESS 7/1997 ISBN:0821756907 Helen Sterling wandered through the glorious gardens of Cornwell Castle in a veritable daze. As heiress whose fortune came from trade, she felt her behavior at this summer house party must be beyond reproach-especially in view of her recent engagement to a blue-blooded peer. But from the moment handsome Peter Gilbrough defended her family's honor before all the ton, she found herself developing a most improper tendre for the impossibly charming lord-no matter that he was also honor bound and expected to wed another...
FALSE PRETENSES 1/1996 ISBN: 0821751980 Lady Mary Hamilton had long dreamed of her first London season. Alas, instead of holding an invitation to Almack's, her lovely white hand was now graced by.a feather duster! Threatened with an aranged marriage, she'd fled her stepfather's home, determined to remain hidden wuntil she reached her majority. Which was how she found herself employed at the Duke of Saratt's fashionable townhouse as the incomparably, lovely, assuredly ill-equipped new maid! Relentlessly pursued by mothers of the ton seeking to marry off their daughters, the Duke thought being leg-shackled a fate worse than death. But his mother declared he must marry.amd marry soon. Then he met the alluring maid Mary. His blood raced; his head spun; he simply had to have her--as his mistress. Unless an heiress in disguise taught a lord a lesson about knowing one's place.and falling in love.
A GENTLEMAN'S DAUGHTER 5/1995 ISBN: 0821749463 The daughter of a poor gentleman, Pamela Stone is anxious of making a match while in the company of her feather-witted, but wealthy, cousin Victorine. And Mr. John Whyte, son of impoverished nobility, is expected to marry an heiress like Victorine. It would be folly for Pamela and John to fall in love, especially with each other.
AN IMPROMPTU CHARADE 9/1996 ISBN: 0821754114 Dressed in her oldest riding clothes, mud-spattered, headstrong Lady Elinor, the Earl of Cheshire's eldest daughter, had ridden off in a tizzy. She refused to be wed to a stuffy lord she had never seen. She much preferred the handsome tutor who rescued her after a fall from her mare...and sent her tumbling headlong into love. Alas, this commoner would never dare woo a high-born lady. So Elinor told a little white lie. The new Marquess of Winthrop found having a title something of a bore, what with vapid, husband-hunting ladies constantly besieging him. Then a break-neck morning gallop led him to a damsel in distress--an irresistibly beautiful but low-born governess. There was nothing for it but to engage in a harmless deception to put her at her ease. But now an impromptu charade would lead to disaster...unless love could prove that one's proper place was determined not by one's birth--but by the heart's true desire.
A LAST WALTZ short story in AN EVENING AT ALMACK'S 9/1997 ISBN: 0821757571 "A Last Waltz" could mean a misstep at Almack's--and the social ruin of a vicar's beautiful daughter.
THE RAKE short story in WONDERFUL AND WICKED ISBN: 0821766309 A tempestuous redhead presents an aristocratic seducer, gambler, and good-for-nothing with a shocking alternative–true love!
THE RAKE AND THE LACEMAKER short story in ROGUES AND RAKES 4/1996 ISBN: 0821752979 Viscount Daltrey, a rakehell bachelor, rescues a lady in distress--only to endanger his heart and life.
THE WINTER WAGER short story in A WINTER KISS 1/1997 ISBN: 0821755463
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