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Constance O'Banyon
HIGHLAND LOVE SONG 8/1993 ISBN: 0061081213 Lady Arrian DeWinter, daughter of the English duke of Ravenworth, was determined to escape the highland castle of Warrick Glencarin. For her senses were perilously near surrender to the very man who held her as a pawn in a family feud. And escape she did, though she left behind her heart to a man who dared not believe he'd won it. Betrothed to Ian MacIvors, lovely Arrian struggled to despise her fiancé's enemy. Yet all she longed for was Warrick and the chance to soften his bitter anger with her loving touch.
SIREN'S SONG 12/1996 ISBN: 0061082287 Naval hero Captain Judah Gallant received orders from President Jefferson to uncover Napoleon's activities in the Caribbean. Posing as a pirate, he disguised his identity and his mission perfectly. The beautiful Dominique Charbonneau agreed to help unmask the ruthless rogue in order to win her brother's freedom. But when emotional currents began to rock the ship, she is forced to make an impossible decision - for saving her brother means sacrificing a glorious love she might never know again.
SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE 2/1993 ISBN: 0061080039 Kassidy Maragon was a lonely child when dashing British officer Raile DeWinter became her valiant protector. Then Raile, estranged from his family for an act he didn't commit, left England. It would be five years before he returned in a blaze of glory. When he and the enchanting Kassidy met again, he convinced her to be his duchess. Against a world of treachery, she dared to risk everything for the man she loved and could no longer live without. In a story sweeping from an English castle to the battlefields of Waterloo to the splendor of London, best-selling author Constance O'Banyon weaves a magnificent tale of passion, honor, and extraordinary love.
Anne O'Brien
THE DISGRACED MARCHIONESS 8/2005 ISBN: 0263843973 Shocking! Henry Faringdon, the new Marquis of Burford, returns home and makes a shocking discovery! On his departure to America, his late brother Thomas had married the woman who'd stolen Henry's heart - the alluring Miss Eleanor Stamford. Outrageous! Now in mourning, with a babe in arms, Eleanor is as dismayed to see Henry as he is to see her. Even more so when a gentleman arrives announcing his sister to be the true Marchioness, claiming she married Thomas in secret years before! Scandalous! Embroiled in a scandal that could ultimately lead to Eleanor's disgrace, it is up to the Faringdons to uncover the truth behind such wicked allegations.to clear their family name.and to rekindle the love of a man and a woman...
THE ENIGMATIC RAKE 2006 ISBN: 0373293917 A spy for the British Government, Lord Joshua Sherbourne Faringdon must foster his notoriety as a rake as a front for his secret activity. Until an undercover exercise almost costs him his life. PASSION Miss Sarah Russell, newly appointed housekeeper knows only her lord's rakish reputation. She's unprepared for his surprise proposal of marriage -- and the way her body responds to him! ESPIONAGE! Burning desire turns to passion for Joshua and Sarah, until rumors and whisperings rear their ugly heads. Who is the shadow following Sarah's every move? Did Joshua really murder his late wife? Just what is this intriguing man hiding?
THE RUNAWAY HEIRESS 6/2004 ISBN:0263839656 A dangerous marriage...Miss Frances Hanwell effects a daring night-time escape - in the Marquis of Aldeborough's carriage! Mistaking her for a kitchen servant, Hugh only realises his grave error the next day. With scandal imminent, a reluctant marriage seems the only course of action. Reluctance turns to respect when Hugh uncovers the brutal marks of the unhappy life she's been leading. Suddenly, he will do all in his power to protect her.especially now, as an unexpected inheritance threatens to take Frances from him.
Judith O'Brien
ENTER THE HERO 12/2003 ISBN:074342798X Lucius Ashford arrives in Ireland to witness a duel involving provocative playwright Edgar St. John. Nothing could distract the infamous English rogue from his mission -- nothing except the enchanting loveliness of Emily Fairfax. Only after a sparking attraction takes hold does Emily make a shocking disclosure: She is Edgar St. John! Words fly, sharper than any blade -- and the deepest wounds are to each of their vulnerable hearts. For Emily, the pen is mightier than the sword...as she targets Ashford's notorious antics in a rousing satire that receives a grand London premiere. But just as her longing heart hides behind a nom de plume, she glimpses in London the real Lucius Ashford -- a man of deep compassion and truly her perfect match. Now, with the roles reversing in her own off-stage drama, Emily discovers what she must do to win back the man she desired from his first entrance....
Megan O'Connor
PIPPA 4/1980 ISBN: 0440168252 She was a willful girl, fleeing Ayleworth Hall, stern Aunt Emma and her guardian, who was to arrive that very day with an eligible suitor in tow. Pippa would not be sold off, like baggage, to the highest bidder! But she did not get far...
Amanda O'Dell
WANTON SURRENDER 2/1988 ISBN: 0821722921 How had Carisa McNeill Kenton gotten herself into this predicament? One night, she had been strolling through the exquisite gardens of an English country estate; the next morning, she had found herself on a ship bound for America - and married to her kidnapper! She might be the wife of the strikingly handsome, arrogant captain, but she vowed to keep him at arm's length. Yet when his strong arms encircled her, crushing her to his lean, muscular body, and his mouth pressed kisses like sweet rain on her face, she knew she would not remain his wife in name only... that she would give him her body and soul...His impulsive plan had worked. Now, no one could force Hayden Stanfield to marry the Duke of Kenton's daughter when he already had a wife. His auburn-haired bride might no be all his family had hoped for, but to Hayden the fiery wench with her flashing green eyes was all he could ever want in a woman. When he touched her soft, silky skin, her tender lips, her unbearable heights. In time, he would teach her the depths of that passion,make her beg him to love her, and cling to him in wanton surrender.
Sheila O'Hallion
THE CAPTURED HEART 5/1991 ISBN: 0671703846 Brianna Morris was a scrapping redheaded urchin with all the drawing-room graces of a stableyard puppy. Nevertheless, Andrew Ormsby, sixth duke of Ashford, was honor-bound to take his orphaned cousin in, while her brother went to war with Wellington. But who would protect Brianna's guardian? Leaving the incorrigible hoyden in the care of a governess, the duke fled Ashford Hall for the more sophisticated pleasures of London - and of the sensuous Lady Beryl. Impetuous and headstrong, Brianna plotted to free her all-too-willing cousin from Lady Beryl's elegant clutches. But Brianna's scheme backfired spectacularly, landing the blossoming young beauty square between the ducal sheets. Andrew's unsuspecting kisses teased her innocence and left her aching for his touch...Called away to the continent, Andrew tried to deny what all of London knew - that he was utterly besotted with his high-spirited ward. In her debut, Brianna took the ton by storm...and when Andrew returned at last, she dared a final, shocking escapade to take her beloved's heart captive, once and forever, in the splendid joy of passion's triumph...
FIRE AND INNOCENCE 3/1984 ISBN: 0671636731 The roar of the sea filled the night, the water slapping against the somber cliff. Moira Walsh's father lay dying in the upstairs room of their small cottage in Brittany. With his last breath he begged his daughter to marry Michael Sutton....
MASQUERADE OF HEARTS 1987 ISBN: 0671544233 Society decreed their love a scandal, and called their passion a crime... She was Victoria Leggett, a proud beauty of unknown birth. In the gilded salons they whispered her name, as she stood by the side of the powerful man whose perilous vision she shared....He was Edward, Duke of Bereshaven, cousin to the Queen. Torn between his duty to the British crown and the imperious call of his ancient Irish blood, he found delight and solace only in Victoria's embrace...Together they would defy the scorn of a cynical, glittering world, risk a Queen's vengeance, and brave the deadly intrigues of James, Edward's twin brother. Together they would challenge destiny itself...to live the promise of their unconquerable love.
Patricia Oliver
BROKEN PROMISES 5/2001 ISBN: 0451202961 Convinced that her betrothed, Viscount Halifax, offered for her under duress, Miss Mathilda Heath falls in love with and elopes to India with the viscount's childhood friend, Sir James Parmenter. Ten years later she returns to England, a widow with two young sons, determined to make a life for them on her late husband's estate near Bath. She does not expect her ex-betrothed, now the Earl of Southmoor, to take note of her arrival, much less approach her. She is wrong. In trying to avoid him, Mathilda forms a close friendship with his friend, the Hon. Willoughby Hampton, who shows her special attention. Once home in Bath, Mathilda finds herself with several assiduous suitors, among them the man she had broken her promise to years before. On his part, Miles Stephens, still resentful of being jilted at the altar, plans a terrible vindication for the woman who broke his heart. As the time grows nearer to put his plan in action, Miles begins to doubt the wisdom of his carefully orchestrated revenge on Mathilda. Is he losing his heart again to the same woman? Once put into motion, however, he cannot stop the rush towards a climax he no longer wants. Can Mathilda forgive him as he has long since forgiven her?.
THE COLONEL'S LADY 5/1996 ISBN:0451187458 Lady Regina Heathercott, beautiful, and wealthy, could have any man she wanted. And no man had ever made her want him like the superbly handsome Captain Charles Swinburn. His stolen kisses won her heart and left her aching to give him still more, when the upright figure of another man stepped between them. Colonel Sir Richard Swinburn, Charles' arrogant elder brother, was as insultingly indifferent to Regina's charms as he was infuriatingly suspicious about Charles' intentions towards her. This icy officer offered her propriety in place of passion, honor instead of love. And soon Regina found herself being quickstepped to the altar with the wrong man for the wrong reasons. Now she feared that unless marriage held unsuspected surprises, the one she adored would make her break her wedding vows almost as soon as she made them.
DAPHNE'S DIARY 7/2002 ISBN: 0451203992 With a secret kept locked away in her diary, Daphne is more than content to spend her days in her grandfather's London residence. She has her favorite books to read and a lovely garden to enjoy. If she could only convince her grandfather that she had no interest in men or marriage, everything, she tells herself, would be perfect. Unfortunately, her grandfather isn't the only one who would like to see Daphne develop a taste for men. The dashing rake Lord Alexander Heathercott has selected the dazzling young creature for his next conquest. But when his usual overtures fall flat, he cannot help succumbing to the charms of the woman behind the bewitching face-and when all her attempts to resist him fail, she must face her past and consider what her life would be like with him in it.
DOUBLE DECEPTION 8/1997 ISBN:0451192958 Athena Standish was a beautiful young widow with a little girl to raise and a life on the edge of poverty to lead. Young Peregrine Steele might have been a trifle too impulsive for her, but he was handsome, too adoring, and too rich for her to refuse his marriage proposal. There was but one barrier between Athena and the safe haven of wedlock. Peregrine's father, the Earl of St. Aubyn, saw Athena as a wanton widow in search of wealth and set out to defeat her designs with every weapon at his command, from cold coins to warm kisses. This devastatingly attractive lord had not wanted a woman since his own wife died, but he knew all too well how to make a woman want him. Athena was torn between the man with a ring for her hand and the one with the key to her heart.
HYACINTHS FOR VICTORIA short story in BLOSSOMS 4/1995 ISBN 0451182499
AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL 10/1995 ISBN:0451180941 Lady Cynthia Lonsdale was young, newly widowed, and wealthy, the ideal prey for every fortune hunter in the realm. Cynthia, however, refused to look in their direction, nor would she let her father wed her to yet another elderly lord. Instead she would take immodest advantage of being sinfully rich. She would choose a handsome young man and pay him to join her in a marriage that at least would be an honest bargain, not an odious deception. Captain Brian Sheffield, who was as honorable as he was in need of funds, fit her bill to perfection. But when this desperate gentleman agreed to be her husband for hire, Cynthia discovered to her dismay that there was a part of the bargain she had not bargained on: the clash of the Captain's icy pride and her own hot-blooded desires.
AN INCONVENIENT WIFE 5/1998 ISBN:0451194845 It was to be Bath's most talked-about affaire de coeur. Bored by society, jaded by a life lived solely for pleasure, London's premier rake, Lord Robert Monroyal, decided to gamble on his heart. He wagered a breathtaking ten thousand pounds that he would never wed. A second bet followed, involving a lovely lightskirt he vowed to seduce within a week. No one envisioned that prim, proper Pamela Hancock on the shelf at five-and-twenty, would be Monroyal's downfall. Yet the lord, accidentally luring the wrong female to a rendezvous, was not forced to offer for a confirmed spinster's hand. He was aghast. She was simply appalled. Cupid's fun was just beginning. The lady wanted no husband; the gentleman wanted no wife. Yet fate had flung them together for a shocking misalliance-- and a frisson of feeling that couldn't -- or could it-- be love.
LADY IN GRAY 2/1999 ISBN:0451195000 Lady Sylvia Sutherland fell into disgrace at eighteen when she eloped with Sir Matthew Farnaby, a handsome fortune hunter. Her father, the Earl of Wessex, caught up with the runaways in Dover and brought his daughter home, only to banish her to the wilds of Cornwall where her aunt, Lady Margaret, also in disgrace for a similar breach of conduct, lives happily with her Italian lover and dedicates her life to art. Lady Sylvia finds solace in painting and acquires a solid reputation as an artist. Living with her aunt at Whitecliffs, Sylvia hears various versions of the tragedy that occurred ten years ago when the Earl of Longueville's lovely French bride dies mysterious on the cliffs. Intrigued by the young countess's death, which some claim was suicide, others-including her husband-say was an accident, while the general belief in the village is that it was murder, Lady Sylvia paints a portrait of the stone hut where the tragedy occurred. The earl is the favorite suspect. When Nicholas Morley, the Earl of Longueville, returns from a lengthy stay in India with his mother and aunt, Mrs. Lydia Hargate, Sylvia finds him taciturn, and still touchy over his wife's death. Nicholas sees Lady Sylvia as a welcome diversion in his loneliness, and plans to offer her a carte blanche. Amused when Sylvia refuses, he commissions a portrait of himself for the Long Gallery at the Grange. Sylvia prefers to paint the earl's handsome friend, Captain Jason Ransome, but eventually agrees to paint the earl's portrait. Nicholas finds himself thinking of the lovely but ineligible artist far more than is wise, and he puts off the task of finding a second wife. At the end of the summer, the dowager plans a grand house party with a select list of eligible young ladies to tempt her son into a second marriage. Notable absences are her youngest son Stephen, killed at Talavera, the late countess's brother, Jean-Claude DeJardin, an opportunist, and the earl's cousin, Mrs. Hargate's only son, who turns out to be Sir Matthew Farnaby, well known to Lady Sylvia. As Sylvia's inquiries slowly progress, she discovers that the dead countess was more than friendly to several of the gentlemen guests from years ago. When Sir Matthew, banished from The Grange by his cousin the earl, makes an appearance and stirs memories both Sylvia and Nicholas would like to forget, events take a sudden turn which puts Lady Sylvia in serious danger.
LADY JANE'S NEMESIS 7/2000 ISBN:0451200691 Betrothed since birth to her neighbor, Roger Hastings, the heir to the Marquess of Trenton, Lady Jane Sinclair has little choice in the matter of marriage. She pours her energy into the writing and illustrating of her study of wild flowers in her native Devon while Roger sows his wild oats. Jane chooses to ignore the rumours linking Roger to the voluptuous Maud Horton, wife of Sir Giles Horton, many years her senior. When she comes upon them in a highly compromising rendezvous in the woods, however, she demands that her father release her from her betrothal. Counting on Jane's large dowry to pay off gambling debts, the marquess sends his son to set the date with his rebellious lady. Jane, who has loved Roger forever, relents and after he promises no more dalliance, the two are married in Trenton Abbey. The happiness of her married life is shattered when rumours claim that Roger is the father of Lady Maud's unborn babe. When Maud falls ill and Sir Giles refuses to acknowledge his wife's child, Lady Jane steps in to nurse her rival on her deathbed and provide shelter for baby Agatha Rose. Jane's life becomes more complicated when Sir Giles acknowledges the child in his last will, leaving his son to untangle the matter with Roger. Lady Jane discovers an unexpected strength to love her rival's motherless daughter and forgive her own wayward husband, and Roger learns the meaning of love.
LORD GRESHAM'S LADY 11/1994 ISBN 0451180925 Lady Sarah Stanton had all too good reason to despair of her future, and to fear for her virtue. Prudence and propriety were forcing the beautiful but impoverished young widow into wedlock with the overbearing Sir Edward Grimes. But the alternative was even worse. The dazzlingly handsome, totally heartless Robert Heathercott, Lord Gresham offered everything except marriage if she would satisfy his hunger for her. This infinitely resourceful, supremely skilled rake stalked Sarah as a tiger its prey, luring her into the luxurious London mansion that was his lair, enticing her into his arms, devouring her will to resist with kisses as sweet as sin. She found herself fighting not only this man who would not take no for an answer, but her own lips that ached to say yes.
LORD HARRY'S ANGEL 4/1993 ISBN: 0451175611 When lovely young Angela Walter wed Major Harry Davenport, the sixth earl of Castleton, both of them knew the marriage terms. Angela would get the title that her wealthy father wanted for her. Davenport would gain the money he desperately needed. As for love, the earl had a golden opportunity to win the recently widowed beauty whom he long had worshiped. Meanwhile, Angela could turn to the devastatingly handsome Earl of Medford, who had scorned her once but found her irresistible now that she was married. Certainly the newlyweds had the most sensible of understandings - if only Angela could remember to listen to reason and not to her foolish heart...
MISS DRAYTON'S DOWNFALL 3/1994 ISBN: 0451180194 Though Miss Cassandra Drayton was a sheltered vicar's daughter, she knew enough of the world to have no illusions about the Earl of Mansfield. Handsome he might be - but he was arrogant, cynical, cold-hearted, and licentious as well. Cassandra had even fewer illusions about his marriage proposal that she was in no position to refuse. He was simply settling a debt of honor even he could not ignore. Cassandra had one comfort only. Surely as unfashionable and inexperienced a young lady as she would not stir Mansfield's passions. Surely he would continue to take his pick of the most stunningly sensual sirens of the ton. Surely he would respect his pledge to leave her untouched. But Cassandra had no notion of how strong the earl's passions were - and how weak were her defenses...
ROSES FOR HARRIET 5/1995 ISBN:0451180933 Lady Harriet Egerton had reason to be shocked when the devastatingly handsome Giles Montague, Earl of Kimbalton, asked her to wed. He frankly admitted that love played no part in his proposal. All he wanted of her was the good sense to leave him free to pursue pleasure beyond the marriage bed. On the other hand, Harriet had good reason to say yes. The wealthy lord promised her the means to cultivate her passion for peace, quiet, and horticultural perfection. Even better, he assured her that she need not fear his amorous attentions. But could Harriet trust the pledge of a man who thought nothing of breaking a marriage vow? And even worse, once she was on the garden path of temptation, could she trust herself?
THE RUNAWAY DUCHESS 9/1993 ISBN: 0451177304 Beautiful Georgina Bennett was a widow and quite content to remain that way. Though still young in years, she had tasted all she wanted of marriage with the late Duke of Ware. But now her father was demanding she wed yet another elderly aristocrat - and Georgina frantically fled the London marriage mart. Safety, though, was not what she found. What she discovered when she met Major Jack Hampton was the danger of her own desires. For this heartbreakingly handsome, infuriatingly arrogant gentleman made it shockingly clear that he did not want her as a wife...but he most definitely wanted her as a woman....
SCANDALOUS SECRETS 12/1999 ISBN:0451198867 Years ago, Lady Francesca St. Ives was divorced and cast out of her family -- surrounded by rumors of a terrible scandal. Only her beloved Aunt Clarissa and Uncle John stood by her, taking her to their home in India. Now heiress to a large fortune and known as Lady Fanny Wentworth, she returns to England to make a new life for herself -- without the help of a man. But as they board the ship in Calais, she and her aunt rescue a little girl named Charlotte from thieves....and meet the child's father, the very handsome -- and arrogant -- Colonel Sir Derek Sheldon. Lady Fanny is charmed by sweet, innocent Charlotte, even as she is irritated by the child's father. Then an illness traps Lady Fanny at the Sheldon estate and, as she recovers, sharing close quarters with him, sparks begin to fly. Now Fanny must make a difficult decision -- for if she trusts the Colonel with her heart, she must also trust him with the scandalous secrets of her past....
SOMETHING OLD short story in A WEDDING BOUQUET 5/1996 ISBN 0451187857
AN UNSUITABLE MATCH 3/1997 ISBN:0451188004 Serena Millbanks might be an innocent country miss with no particular beauty, but she was well aware that London was alive with libertines. Forewarned was forearmed, and she was quite sure that she would be more than a match for the amorous advances of these shameless seducers. Having no illusions about her looks, Serena was not prepared to become the focus of attention for the dark and dissolute Major Guy Hawkhurst, Duke of Wolverton. Running from his own demons, Hawkhurst finds solace in Serena's calm presence. Their unlikely friendship blossoms, and when tragedy strikes Serena, she finds comfort in the major's arms. But Serena is also practical and knows that a match between them would be highly unsuitable. Steeling herself to the loss of the man she loves, she contemplates marriage to another. The duke's unexpected decision to follow his heart and not his mother's advice proves that the unsuitable is not necessarily the impossible.
Katherine O'Neal
MASTER OF PARADISE 12/1995 ISBN:0553569562 As the privateer bore down on her ship, Gabrielle Ashton-Cross recognized all too well the magnificent, leonine figure at its prow. Once, she had resisted his arrogant passion, had survived his betrayal to become the toast of London. And even now she might escape him, for her sword was like lightning. Yet the moment their gazes locked across the rolling deck, she knew that Rodrigo Soro had every intention of taming her to his will at last. Gabrielle hadn't journeyed so far from home to fulfill a lifelong dream only to surrender to a pirate king. But this time when he took her in his arms, would she have the strength to fight the only man who could ever promise her paradise?
Kathleen O'Reilly
TOUCHED BY FIRE 1/2002 ISBN: 0515132403 Dear Reader, I have conquered fierce enemies upon the battlefield. I have fought the shame of being a highwayman’s son. But my strongest challenge ever is a maiden named Sarah Banks…Ah, those lips, those eyes! Any normal man would gladly surrender heart and soul to her charms. But I am not a normal man. My father’s wild outlaw blood surges through me, nearly boiling over with a single glimpse of Sarah’s curving body. I am drawn to the girl, yet I cannot trust my own dark nature. Oh, the sweet torment of my double bind! Now all I can do is swear to protect her from my other side—even if it means giving up my one chance at bliss…Steadfastly yours, Colin, Earl of Haverwood.
Patricia Ormsby
BRIDAL PATH 1982 ISBN: 0860096599
THE ELUSIVE MARRIAGE 1980 ISBN: 0373300522 'Stay where you are, or I'll pull the trigger!' Cherryanne Devenish meant every word she said. If the Marquis of Shalford moved one pace nearer she was prepared to shoot him. Yet still the arrogant marquis chose to ignore her threat. He stepped forward confidently, his hand outstretched for the gun. Desperately, Cherryanne repeated her warning. 'Go back or I shall fire!' But her last word was drowned by the thunderous report of the pistol.
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE 1980 ISBN: 0373745362 They were so young, so very, very young... When Judith and Rodney first set eyes upon each other, they were little more than children. What Judith saw was a slim, fine-featured youth with arresting gray eyes; he saw a yellow-robed angel with hair of spun gold. They were not destined to meet again for five years. And in that time, Judith grew into a beautiful, sophisticated young woman, and Rodney into a mature man of the world. Then they fell in love. But it was a love marred by jealousy and danger!
JOANNA 6/1979 Joanna had rejected Lord Inchmann and he swore he would destroy her reputation. Now tongues were wagging and conversation hushed every time she entered the room. When she could stand the gossip no longer, Joanna summoned her coach and fled. But Inchmann was close on her heels, pursuing her over snowbound roads to an isolated country inn. There, cut off from friends and protectors, feeling alone and helpless, Joanna would have to defend much more than her reputation. Her very life was at stake!
QUADRILLE 5/1983
SET TO PARTNERS 11/1979 ISBN: 0432114513 'You shall marry me! Any protest is futile!' Charlotte cringed as Lord Braybridge spoke. Flow she loathed this repulsive man! Surely, she thought, he could not possibly force her into a marriage she did not want. But she was wrong, so very wrong....For Lord Braybridge, a cruel man rumored to have been responsible for the death of his first wife, would stoop to any depths to get what he wanted. And poor, unwitting Charlotte was about to learn just what those depths were - blackmail... and murder!
Sara Orwig
THE FAIRFAX BREW 7/1983 ISBN: 0373310021 How fragile is the line between love and hate...Lady Fairfax had lovingly raised her two orphaned grandchildren, beautiful sisters, but as unalike as a lion and a lamb. Where dark-haired Adele was pale and gentle, Clairice was a quick-tempered red head with a sharp tongue and a propensity for getting into trouble. As for marriage, Clairice would allow her grandmother to arrange a match when she was good and ready; let Adele marry that rich snob of a dandy, Lord Ault, whom she, Clairice, detested. But Fate had made her own plans for Clairice. Trapped in France on the eve of a planned invasion of England, Clairice and Lord Ault must bargain with their lives to save the people they love...and in so doing discover that quiet Adele had chosen her own husband, and Clairice and Lord Ault had chosen each other...
FLIGHT TO PARADISE 1978 ISBN:0890412375
REVENGE FOR A DUCHESS 7/1984 ISBN: 0373310048 Was he a saint or a devil? She had no choice but to trust him with her honor.
RUNAWAY DESIRE 1978 The mad Duke stalked her all over Europe, but his most feared enemy claimed her body and soul...
A SPY FOR LOVE 1983 ISBN: 0802707394 A woman is kidnapped by a gentleman highwayman and is forced to accompany him to France, where he poses as a French nobleman...but in actuality, he is really a spy for England
TIDES OF PASSION 4/1987 ISBN: 0451400356 She knew who he was, Captain Joshua Raven, renegade aristocrat and notorious pirate ravaging the Spanish main. But he could not suspect that she was Lianna Melton, a high-born British beauty fleeing a forced marriage to a Spanish grandee, disguised as a maid, desperately seeking a way to return to Edwin, the man she adored. Struggling amid the intrigues and violence of the new world Joshua had taken her to, Lianna could not hide her pleasure in his sweet savage strength. And as she melted under his wild rapturous caresses, passion overtook her innocence and guided them both toward the golden shores of love..
Joan E. Overfield
BELLE OF THE BALL 5/1993 ISBN: 0380769239 The lady changes her mind. At twenty-six, Belle Portham has turned a cold shoulder on many a would-be suitor, preferring to marry for position rather than risk her considerable inheritance for some handsome rake with an eye on her fortune. Lord Marcus Colford is just such a rake in Belle's eyes, and one she'd prefer to ignore. Fascinated by glimpses of the passionate woman who hides behind the cool facade, Marcus longs to set her free. And even as Belle tries to deny it, she knows Marcus has awakened feelings in her that make the loveless marriage she once sought unthinkable. But changing her mind is a risky business...and they're both about to find out just how dangerous falling in love can be.
BRIDE'S LEAP 7/1991 ISBN: 044921933X Her life is in danger - and her heart as well! It all seemed straight from a gothic novel: an unexpected inheritance, a haunted mansion, and now a strange series of accidents. As the new mistress of bride's leap, had Maggie Chambers now come into possession of a clever enemy wishing her dead? When Captain Ian Sherrill saved the sharp-tongued vixen from the grasp of an unknown assailant, he suspected he'd lost his heart. Though under strict orders from the Crown to take a holiday, England's top spymaster had little doubt Maggie was in grave danger. Keeping his identity a secret and nabbing a villain should have been child's play. But keeping his heart safe form the treacherous path of love was proving a more difficult task indeed...
THE CABINETMAKER'S DAUGHTER 6/1988 ISBN: 0446349194 Neither sufficiently blue-blooded for London's smart set nor earthy enough for her father's circle, Hortensia turned by back on Polite Society to assist in her father's shop. When he sends her to meet a potential supplier in Boston, she discovers there was more to life than success!
CHARLESTON TANGLE 12/1988 ISBN: 0446351563 An Exchange of Hearts. Dark blonde hair, pale grey eyes and a slender figure graced Abigail Caldwell Ross with a china doll beauty, yet she was a woman of great strength. At twenty-five, Abby managed her late husband's cotton plantation efficiently and raised his twin daughters with heartfelt devotion. Now, she had brought them to Charleston to make their social debuts. Love and marriage may have been behind Abby, but she was determined to find her stepdaughters suitable beaus, and Alexander Roxholme topped the list. One look at the dashing Englishman with the commanding air, and Abby was convinced that he would be the perfect mate for her spoiled Caroline. Thus, with customary purpose, she set out to snare him for her stepdaughter, only to find that Alexander was interested in her! Abigail was flattered, but had vowed never to marry again, and that was that...or was it?
A CHRISTMAS AFFAIR 11/1990 ISBN: 0821732447 She promised the insufferable gentleman a very Merry Christmas indeed! Justin Stockton considered himself a reasonable man, and he made every allowance for the Laurence family's recent bereavement during this Christmas season. Nevertheless the eldest girl Amanda seemed bent on infuriating him at every turn. Far from being grateful to him for offering to marry her docile sister in order to help the family out of its financial straits, she seemed to think he was a positive ogre. No matter his reputation for arrogance, Justin was hardly a wife-beater; although he wasn't sure he could answer for his actions if he ever got his hands on the provocative Amanda. He would have to marry the girl off to some poor sod--who would certainly have his sympathies--and the sooner the better for his own peace of mind...
THE DOOR AJAR 11/1995 ISBN: 0821751484 Fleeing her bridegroom on her wedding night after discovering that he had wed her for her fortune, Miranda Winthrop is swept across the barriers of time from Regency England into the arms of Alec Bramwell, a modern-day Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard. This is the first in a time-travel set, followed by TIME'S TAPESTRY.
THE DUTIFUL DUKE 2/1994 ISBN: 0380774003 Miss Thomasina "Nia" Pringle has resolved to champion the cause of an innocent child illegitimately sired and then abandoned by an unscrupulous aristocrat. And so the beautiful, high-spirited schoolteacher confronts the blackguard's brother and insists that he acknowledge the unfortunate waif. Wyatt Perryvale is aghast when a strange woman steals into his coach, points a gun at him... and demands that he accept responsibility for a fatherless urchin! The child's resemblance to Wyatt's late lamented brother is uncanny, however. So the sad, fair-minded lord agrees to take her in and hires the audacious Miss Pringle to act as her governess -- never dreaming that NIA has much to teach him as well... about joy, and living, and love.
EXQUISITE 3/1998 ISBN: 0821758942 Rachel Manvers' unscrupulous uncle was selling her extraordinary sculptured copies of marble Roman heads as genuine antiquities - and one had just been acquired by the Marchioness of Stanton, mother of England's foremost authority on Roman antiquities. In desperation, Rachel broke into the Marchioness' home to replace the reproduction with the original before the deception was discovered. She barely escaped capture by Nicholas Woodward, the Marquis of Stanton himself, who was astonished to discover that the intruder was a woman! Now Rachel cannot escape the devastating Marquis - on his undercover investigation of counterfeit antiquities that brings him close enough to save her life, ignite her passions, and risk a scandal that only marriage can resolve!
A HEART'S DISGUISE 10/1991 ISBN: 0821735462 Katherine Delecourte's introduction to Lord Quentin Tregarren left the young widow perplexed. To her recollection, she had never made the acquaintance of this rather arrogant and disdainful gentleman, although he did bear a remarkable resemblance to that charming rogue, Mickey, whom she had nursed back to health only a month before.
HER LADYSHIP'S MAN 4/1990 ISBN: 0449218384 He was far too young to be a butler, and too handsome by half... Although blessed with exceptional beauty, Lady Melanie Crawford possessed a sharp mind and an equally sharp tongue. Thus, at three and twenty, the willful ambassador's daughter was still unwed - a situation her father vowed to rectify with a London Season. Melanie, outraged at coming out like some silly schoolgirl, soon had bigger fish to fry: her father was suspected of treason! Determined to capture the real spy herself and clear her father's good name, Melanie turned her suspicious eye to all members of their London household. Why, of course! The butler. To young and charming to be authentic, Davies was certainly her man. Pity, if he weren't a butler or a spy, she might be quite smitten with him....
THE JOURNALS OF LADY X 3/1989 ISBN: 0517009781 Jacinda Malvern tossed back her tresses, dipped quill point in ink, and proceeded to pen her next novelette. Writing as "Lady X," Jacinda hoped one day to earn her way in the world. Any work overheard and all intimate acquaintances might find their way onto her written page. Enter Anthony Selton, the dashing Duke of Marchfield. Gray-eyed and handsome, the man could have his pick, but His Grace had matters other than matrimony on his mind. In the employ of England's top spymaster, he had come to uncover the identity of the mysterious author of that most treasonous fiction, The Journals of Lady X. While others set their pretty caps for the popular duke sensible Jacinda sought him as research for her next "Lady X' opus. But she found him unbearably haughty. And he could not abide her fiery nature. Only Cupid knew that each had a secret meant just for the other...
LADY CAT 1/1999 ISBN: 0821760963 For years Lord Stephen Rockholme had been a rake of the first order, devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, if not to the women who so willingly provided it. The decision to rejoin his old regiment and depart for the peninsula meant only that he faced one last evening of intimate delight. He found himself bewitched by the emerald eyes of the woman who called herself Cat...Five years later, Stephen returns to England a changed man with only one desire - to find the elusive Cat, whose memory haunted and sustained him through the horrors of war. But the reunion he craved is soon overshadowed by the suspicion that Cat harbors an unimaginable secret. Now, Stephen must discover if Lady Cat is the answer to his prayers - and the woman of his dreams...
THE LEARNED LADY 1/1996 ISBN: 0380780054 After receiving funds from a committee that thinks she is a man, research scientist Penelope Grantham is accused of murder and threatened with exposure, causing her to ask the dishonored Daniel Warfield to pose as her brother.
A MATCHMAKING MISS 10/1992 ISBN: 0821739441 How could anyone accuse her of being a managing female, wondered Matty. She simply wanted what was best for those around her, and that included the most reserved Earl of Kirklswood. That vexing man claimed he had no need of a wife, but Matty knew better and set upon a plan of her own to find a suitable match for this stubborn bachelor. Never mind that the new marquess was the most intriging man Matty had ever met, with his dark red hair and handsomely tanned face. She would present this impossible man with the perfect bride--even if it meant presenting herself!
All Joss wanted was some peace and quiet, not the interfering presence of Miss Matty Stone who seemed set upon finding him a wife. And where had she gotten such a rediculous idea? As a former officer in the East India Company, he was used to being the one in command and had no patience for the matchmaking schemes of Miss Stone. But he did have to admire her persisitence, and he certainly enjoyed looking upon her delicate face with that most kissable mouth. Perhaps he was in need of a wife afterall.THE PRODIGAL SPINSTER 8/1988 ISBN: 051700092X "I am more than capable of managing my own life!" stormed Sara Belding as she showed Brant Deverleigh the door. At two and twenty, the headstrong young beauty had no use for a meddlesome guardian. Especially one whose dark gaze and mocking laughter left her trembling like a silly miss. With a defiant toss of her head, she made her position quite clear to the devilish Deverleigh, and then assumed she had seen the last of him. But alas, poor Sara had underestimated the strength of her opponent's resolve. For Deverleigh wasn't about to let a willful little spinster make a May game of him. Whether she like it or not, the amber-eyes witch was his ward. And he would see to it that she was properly wed, even if he had to marry her himself!
A PROPER TAMING 8/1994 ISBN: 0380774011 Orphaned and penniless, Portia Haverall is a comely young miss with few options. And an embarrassing encounter with oversized Lord Connor Dewhurst, Earl of Doncaster, further narrows her choices...to one. Forced by mishap and circumstances to accept a position as companion to the hulking earl's invalid mother, Portia moves into Connor's palatial estate--and becomes embroiled in a scheme to help the clumsy lord find a suitable bride. A handsome giant who neither looks nor acts noble, Connor has for far too long ignored the fine art of courting--and implores Portia to school him in the social graces. But never does the reluctant tutor dream she will transform her pupil into the prize of the ton--or that she herself will ultimately fall amorous prey to his irresistible charms.
A SPIRITED BLUESTOCKING 4/1992 ISBN: 0821737279 Bloody hell! Lord Lucien Seabrook swore. As an agent for His Majesty's Government, he was close to capturing smugglers operating on the English coast-until the adventurous bluestocking Miss Elinore Denning and her brother moved into the "haunted" mansion he used as a lookout point! he had little regard for bookish females, but he would keep a very close watch on the charmingly persistent Miss Denning-and see her well out of harm's way. However, Lord Seabrook didn't realize that he was the one in danger-of losing his heart...
TIME'S TAPESTRY 8/1996 ISBN: 0821753819 Cara Bramwell, a homicide inspector from Scotland Yard, finds her skills and courage put to the test when she is swept through a portal in time back to Regency England, where a handsome lord solicits her help to clear him of a murder charge. But as she embraces Stephan Hallford's cause and his glittering world, Cara faces a danger that could forever prevent her from returning to her own time - a danger called falling in love.
THE TRAITOR'S DAUGHTER 7/1994 ISBN: 0821746332 Lady Elizabeth Paxton, the daughter of a man condemned as Britain's most notorious traitor, hides her identity under the demure demeanor of lady's companion Elizabeth Compton, but her masquerade is threatened by James Lynchton, the illegitimate son of an earl.
THE VISCOUNT'S VIXEN 11/1992 ISBN: 0380769220 Considered the most outrageous bluestocking in Britain for her interest in Parliamentary politics, Phillipa Lambert nonetheless decides to help Arabelle Portham snare a wealthy husband.
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GAMBLER'S DAUGHTER 6/1999 ISBN: 0553577425 A dangerous charade...Sabrina Murphy has spent most of her life trying to live down the reputation of her gambler father. But when wrongly accused of murder, she is forced into a desperate scheme in an attempt to dodge the authorities. When Sabrina arrives at the Trevelyan estate claiming to be a long-lost cousin, the family is justly suspicious--for acknowledging her means losing their inheritance to her. But even Lord Edward must admit that the woman bears a striking resemblance to the heiress, who disappeared when she was only a child. And there is no denying that her gentle presence works its magic on his troubled family--and that her passionate kisses help to mend his tattered heart. But when a series of near fatal accidents threatens her life, the finger of guilt points straight at the dark lord, whose wife died under mysterious circumstances years before. Now there's more at stake than the Trevelyan fortune. Drawn together by a desire neither can resist, Sabrina and Edward struggle to uncover the truth. But her deception and his past could cost them their chance at love--and possibly their very lives....
MIDNIGHT MISTRESS 2/2000 ISBN: 0553577468 At a dazzling New Year’s Eve ball, Lady Juliana Dare is thrilled to finally meet the mysterious privateer known only as the Archangel. For months his breathtaking escapades against Napoleon's fleet have been the talk of London. So Juliana is utterly shocked when she recognizes his pale blue eyes and the touch that sets her on fire. Now she plans to expose the truth: that England’s hero is no better than a despicable fraud. Even after all this time Connor Reed could never mistake the hair the color of sunset or the voice that stirs his soul. Leaving Juliana behind years ago was the darkest moment he’d ever known. Yet he cannot allow any tender feelings to interfere with his carefully orchestrated mission. He will stop her from revealing his identity, even if it means silencing her with kisses...and risking the temptation to revive their long-ago passion.
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