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Jean Plaidy
THE CAPTIVE OF KENSINGTON PALACE 1972 ISBN:070912774X Young Princess Victoria was never allowed to be alone. She was always protected from political intrigue and royal scandal, a virtual prisoner of her ambitious mother and her scheming lover. It didn't take long for Victoria to become aware of the sinister conflicts surrounding her. There were those who were obsessed with usurping her future power by either violence or marriage. And there were those who were determined she would never take the throne. But no one could deny the glorious destiny that awaited her. The stirring novel of sentimental and sheltered princess who blossomed into the most famous queen of all time.
GODDESS OF THE GREEN ROOM 1971 ISBN:0709124333 The Duke of Clarence had a passion for theatre - and her name was Dorothy Jordan. Few people knew of the abuse and indignities that pursued enchanting Dorothy Jordan when she fled from Ireland to seek new life in England.
INDISCRETIONS OF THE QUEEN 1970 ISBN:0449217795 The scandalous true story of Caroline of Brunswick, who became the outcast Queen of Regency England. Princess Caroline of Brunswick was 26 years old and people were saying that she would never be married. But a grand destiny was about to unfold for the lively Princess, as bride of England's handsome Prince of Wales, soon to be Regent and later King George IV of England. Unfortunately, although Caroline fell madly in love with her charming royal spouse, his own affections had been stolen years before by the beautiful Maria Fitzherbert - to whom, it was whispered, he was actually secretly married. So, as a lonely, unsophisticated outsider in her husband's dissipated circle, Caroline determines to live her own life. Her reckless search for affection and revenge infuriates the King, shocks the court, delights the common people, and culminates in one of the most famous court cases in history - in which the Queen of England stands trial, charged with adultery.
THE REGENT'S DAUGHTER 1971 ISBN:0709117248 Young Princess Charlotte was almost an orphan. Her mother was a madwoman. Her father heartily disliked her-Charlotte was too unfinished and impulsive for his exquisite taste. Much worse, she was her mother's daughter. The Regent hated his estranged wife and longed to divorce her and marry again, even if it meant raking up scandals better left forgotten. If he could only sire a son by a new wife, he could push young Charlotte aside along with her despised mother. But Charlotte had a dream of her own-and the determination to fulfill it. She also had two good allies: her grandfather, King George III, and the common people of England.....
SWEET LASS OF RICHMOND HILL 1970 ISBN:0330255088 Although the young widow Maria Fitzherbert is a commoner and a Catholic, her dashing suitor is none other than the Prince of Wales, whose unquestioned royal duty it is to marry a Protestant princess. In an age well accustomed to royal mistresses, Maria is as virtuous as she is beautiful. Rather than succumb, she flees to France...only to be irresistibly drawn back to England and into the arms of her Prince - and a passionate relationship that may well cost the Prince his throne. Set against the backgrounds of elegant London and fashionable Brighton, this turbulent, tender story of passion and politics unfolds, with all the great figures of a memorable age playing their appointed roles: the profligate playwright Sheridan, the shrewd William Pitt, enchanting Fanny Burney, mad King George III, and frightened Queen Charlotte, who is filled with vindictive hatred toward her rebellious son and his beloved.
VICTORIA IN THE WINGS 1972 ISBN: 0449220257 With mad King George III locked away, the Prince Regent ill, and Princess Charlotte dead, young princess Victoria remains the last hope of the House of Hanover to retain the throne.
Poore-Porter-Rasley
A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS 11/1993 ISBN: 0821743775 Features "The Christmas Ring" by Dawn Aldridge Poore; "Christmas in the Country" by Nina Porter; and "Home for Christmas" by Alicia Rasley.
Dawn Aldridge Poore
BATH BRAMBLE 10/1991 ISBN 0821735470 Callie Stone was resolved to become an artiste rather than a wife. She was quite content with her productive life painting portraits in Bath, except for the problem of her carousing younger brother. Bereaved of parents, Callie had only the family's legal guardian to turn to. . . Though Callie wondered if the irresponsible James Williford would be much help with discipline! But when Jamie did arrive, Callie was thunderstruck. This friend from childhood, who now cut a dashing figure, seemed to have eyes for her! And though her practical head dictated prudence, her blasted heart seemed to have a mind of its own!
THE BRIGHTON BURGLAR 3/1993 ISBN 0821741047 When it comes to unsolved crimes and unmatched hearts, Miss Roxanne Sydney is on the case! When Miss Sydney's late father leaves her with a bed-ridden estate and three younger sisters to marry off, the unsinkable Roxanne decides to keep her family afloat by taking in boarders. But opening her home to strangers becomes a dangerous enterprise indeed when Roxanne finds herself embroiled in the current Brighton mystery: Someone is stealing valuable painting from the wealthy country estates...
THE CHRISTMAS RING short story in A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS 11/1993 ISBN: 0821743775 On the brink of losing her orphaned nieces to their aristocratic guardian, Kate Caldwell hatches a plot to prove that she can provide the perfect home for them. But when she asks her dear friend, Barton Rush, to pose as her fiance, nothing goes as planned - resulting in a tender and joyful Christmas she will never forget...
THE CAIRO CATS 5/1994 ISBN 0821745719 Miss Roxanne Sydney travels to London to attend a wedding, and when one of her two exotic cat statues--artifacts from her father's Egyptian travels--is stolen, she has a mystery on her hands.
GAME OF HEARTS short story in A VALETINE'S DAY TANGLE 2/1993 ISBN: 0821740504
MISS FORTUNE'S FOLLY 9/1992 ISBN 0821739131 While helping her architect uncle construct his dream design, sensible country girl Felicia falls for Major Adam Temple, the head builder, and becomes the object of lust for the wealthy aristocrat who ordered the construction.
THE MUMMY'S MIRROR 8/1995 ISBN 082175050X With her three sisters finally wed, Miss Roxanne Sydney is free to pursue her favorite pastime: a mystery! Accompanied by Miss Flora Rowe, her poor but proper traveling companion, Roxanne is off to uncover the grandest of all mysteries, the land of Egypt. No sooner does she arrive than she meets wealthy, charming Lord Brydges, who invites her on a excursion up the Nile to search for ancient artifacts. But what Roxanne discovers is...Robert Lymond! Once, she rented rooms to the dashing gentleman - and very nearly surrendered to his charm. Now he's on the track of some precious lost papyri, and shocked at the sight of Roxanne in Lord Brydges' arms. Should he woo her, too? Or save her? For something decidedly odd is going on between the pyramids and the burning sands. And a missing mirror will soon turn the desert into perilous territory for a genteel detective in distress...and in danger of losing her heart!
A PERILOUS ATTRACTION 6/1996 ISBN 0821753398 Forced to relinquish her late aunt's estate, proud, penniless Alissa Morgan journeys to Bath. But is rumors of a notorious highwayman test the courage of an unescorted lady, so does one of Alissa's fellow passengers: the frantic mother who thrust an infant into Alissa's arms, then flees the coach! If a handsome stranger didn't choose that moment to come to her aid, Alissa honestly didn't know what she would do. Yet if the truth be told, Hugh Sebastian appears quite at ease in the role of Alissa's husband. Then Alissa discovers that he has in his possession the missing necklace that the masked bandit seeks; the fabled St. Edmonds diamonds... Setting out to return the baby -- and the necklace -- to their respective owners, Alissa comes to cherish Hugh's warmth and his tender embrace. Until Hugh himself falls beneath suspicion...and their charade of marriage falls to naught. Now, with only her heart to guide her, Alissa must discover whether love is an illusion -- or a treasure most precious that the most priceless of jewels...
SAINT'S HAVEN 8/1997 ISBN: 0821757105 Sarafina Jones had moved her orphanage to a charming country village, and now, arrogantly handsome Lord Emrys insisted that he owned the house. Outraged, Sara never intended to develop a 'Tendre' for him. What could convince an unencumbered man like Emrys to propose to a missionary's daughter with a house filled with children? Heaven alone knew the answer - and the answer was love.
THE SECRET SCROLL 10/1993 ISBN 0821743376 When an invaluable ancient scroll vanishes on the eve of her sister's wedding, Miss Roxanne Sydney looks among the visitors at the Sydney estate to find the culprit.
SWEET DECEIT 10/1990 ISBN 155817415X A Rogue and a Scoundrel... London was fine for the Season, but Kitty Walsingham preferred the seaside pleasures of Bellvoir - especially when she heard that the area was rife with smugglers. Scouring the beaches for skulduggery, Kitty was shocked in spite of herself when she found a sinister figure lurking on her family's property. Worse yet, the trespasser was none other than James Montfort: dashing soldier, recent neighbor, possibly dangerous... and impossibly handsome! Kitty didn't believe for a minute that he was the wounded war hero he claimed. No doubt he was a wily smuggler or a French spy situated strategically here in Bellvoir across the Channel from France. So why didn't Kitty turn him in to the authorities, surely the only acceptable behavior for a virtuous young lady such as herself? Certainly Montfort seemed to be daring her to do just that. He was arrogant, insufferable, and altogether too seductive for his own good - or hers...
A WAGER FOR A BRIDE short story in A JUNE WEDDING 6/1992 ISBN: 0821737813
THE YULETIDE WISH short story in A CHRISTMAS DELIGHT 11/1991 ISBN: 0821735837
Cheryl Anne Porter
TO MAKE A MARRIAGE 1/2004 ISBN: 031298281X Victoria Redmond, of the Savannah Redmonds, must be married off to the next suitor as quickly as possible when she is caught in a compromising position with a completely unsuitable man. Her father ships her off to England with the promise of wealth to the next Englishman who in turn promises marriage. That man is John Spencer Whitfield, the Duke of Moreland, a complete stranger--albeit a devastatingly handsome one... If he wants to keep possession of his ancestral home, John Spencer Whitfield, tenth Duke of Moreland, must wed the very wealthy Victoria Redmond. Determined to enjoy at least one aspect of their union, Whitefield introduces his beautiful new wife to the pleasures of the marriage bed--and discovers passion like no other. But this marriage ends up being anything but convenient when Victoria gets word of trouble from her family back in America and flees England without even so much as a good-bye to her new husband. But Whitfield isn't about to let her get away from him so easily. Now it's high time that his independent wife learns a thing or two about what it means to have and to hold...
Margaret Evans Porter
DANGEROUS DIVERSIONS 4/1994 ISBN:0451180690 Rosalie de Barante, daughter of an English musician and a famous French dancer, yearns to perform as soloist on the opera house stage, instead of in the corps de ballet at a lesser theatre. Her luck changes for the better-and the worse-when she meets Gervase Marchant, Duke of Solway. Her new backstage admirer prefers her company to society balls or political discussions at his club. She can't deny her affection for Gervase-and Ninian, his delightfully naughty nephew. Torn by the duke's desire and her own vow to guard her virtue, Rosalie clings to her ambition despite an unexpected interruption in her career. Romance is threatened by family prejudice, a mysterious Frenchman, and a rumored match between the eligible duke and Princess Charlotte, heiress to England's throne.
HEIRESS OF ARDARA 1988 ISBN: 0385244916
IMPROPER ADVANCES 12/2000 ISBN: 0380807734 Pursued by many... Darius Corlett assumed the beautiful woman paying him a late night visit was a lady of dubious reputation sent by his friends. But when he learns that Oriana Julian is a respectable widow on holiday in the countryside, he suspects she's just a scheming adventuress after his fortune. The mysterious beauty stirs up an undeniable passion that Dare is powerless to resist, though, and suddenly, he's pursuing the captivation beauty as vigorously as he's ever been pursued. The more he succumbs to her temptation, the more he is determined to uncover Oriana's deepest secrets. Desired by all... Hiding behind an assumed name, Ana St. Albans has come to this secluded hamlet to escape the unwarranted scandal that plagues her life in London. She never expected to meet such a handsome and intriguing man as Dare, nor to be swept off her feet by his unrelenting desire. But even as she sinks into his arms, Ana knows that their tryst is not meant to last. For though many of the ton's noblemen have desired her, Ana has sworn never to marry without love, and Dare is not a man to speak of love...
IRISH AUTUMN 6/1990 ISBN:0802711154 It was the talk of Irish society..lovely 16 year old Berengaria Ivory's betrothed scandalized her by running off and marrying a chambermaid just days after the announcement of their impending marriage.. then their paths cross as adults.
JUBILEE YEAR 9/1991 ISBN:0786210168 Lady Miranda was a beauty, an heiress, and a most realistic young woman. She knew her family history would make it difficult for her to find a suitable husband. She went to London to make a match, and just when it seemed that the handsome viscount, Justin, and Miranda were on the verge of a love match, a beautiful Russian princess arrived claiming a very intimate acquaintance with Justin. Miranda was devastated to hear the princess s claims and Justin was left wondering why a lady he loved so much was suddenly so cold.
KISSING A STRANGER 12/1998 ISBN: 0380795590 Lady Lavinia Cashin arrives in Regency London with one purpose - to find a wealthy husband. With her rich, dark curls, fair skin, and enchanting silver eyes, Lavinia could have her pick of suitors. She'd always imagined she'd marry for love, but her family's desperate plight has turned her into a fortune hunter. Now she hopes to barter her beauty for their security. Yet the first man she meets is impossibly unsuitable - although her stirs her passion in ways she never imagined possible... Lord Garrick Armitage is a gambler with a notorious past. A devastatingly handsome philanderer, he uses his intoxicating presence to survive in a society that shuns him. He's only wanted two things in life that he couldn't have...and one of them is Lavinia. For beneath her schemes he recognizes a woman of rare honesty and sensuality who he could spend his life with. He's determined not to let her marry for money, not when she can experience the wild joy that love can offer. Garrick has a plan to make her his bride, and it all begins with a kiss...
THE PROPOSAL 1998 ISBN: 0380795574 He Had a Proposition... Lord Bevington could not deny his fascination with his new lady landscape designer. Petite, dark-haired, and pert, the lovely widow Sophie Pinnock was inexplicably desirable and completely unsuitable, For Bevington, born a commoner, now a lord, had his own dark secrets. He needed a mistress, not a soul mate--a woman who would take his body, not pry into the depths of his heart. But there was only one way to possess her. . .But Would She Accept the Proposal? Sophie Pinnock has found Eden in the lush, overgrown gardens of Bevington Castle - but her employer Lord Bevington is the devil himself. With his piercing gaze, his handsome physique, and his dark moods, he is every bit the opposite of her late husband. Her heat beats faster when he is near, and her fears melt at his touch. Sophie could never become a mans mistress, particularly not this man, who so clearly did not love her. But could she become his wife?
ROAD TO RUIN 12/1992 ISBN: 0451175085 Beautiful young Nerissa Newby is fleeing scandal-only to fall into an even more perilous predicament. The scurrilous rumors that had forced her to break off her respectable engagement and leave her childhood home are nothing compared to the shocking proposal of the notorious Baron Dominic Blythe. This decidedly ungentlemanly gentleman demands she play a part I a game of pretense that will complete the wreck of her reputation. But just when Nerissa discovers she is in danger of losing more than her good name, she begins to lose her foolish heart...
THE SEDUCER 11/1999 ISBN: 0380807726 No Woman could Marry Him.... He was one of London's most notorious rakes-a man so skilled at seduction that no woman had ever told him no, or led him to the altar. When Kerron Cashin is suddenly called to his country home, the local misses admire him from afar and stay well out of his scandalous path. But pretty Ellin Fayle ignores the warnings that surround Kerron, while offering him the enticement of her innocent passion. When her tantalizing kisses give way to seduction-and discovery-Kerron offers to take her hand in marriage. Until He Met Her.... Ellin has been in love with Kerron since she was a girl, and becoming the handsome nobleman's bride is a dream come true. But when he whisks her away from her sheltered home to take her place in London society, she begins to wonder if a marriage begun in passion would ever become a union built from love.
SWEET LAVENDER 8/1993 ISBN:0802712053 Beautiful young Lady Beryl Kinnard had lived a sheltered country life. Certainly she had never met a man like Damon Lovell, the Marquis of Elston. On the other hand, the devastatingly handsome Damon had known all too many lovely ladies all too well. Only his vow to Beryl's sister made him hesitate to add Veryl to his conquests, just as only Beryl's vow to wed the unfortunately absent Mr. Peter Yeates kept her from throwing herself into this devilishly attractive visitor's arms. But how long could Damon's honor win out over such sweet temptation? And how long could Beryl's virtue withstand all the stratagems of seduction and all the power of love?
TOAST OF THE TOWN 4/1993 ISBN: 0451176456 Trevor Cotterell, the Earl of Leafield, was not only wealthy and titled. He was strikingly handsome, virile, and charming to boot. So when he chose Flora Campion to be his latest mistress, how could she refuse? Flora might be bright and beautiful, but she was also an actress, which put her beyond society's pale and into the domain of the demimonde. But the earl soon learned that Flora played the game of love by her own rules, as the battle was joined between a man who did not know the meaning of no and a woman who refused to say yes.
Nina Porter
A DARING DILEMMA 4/1991 ISBN:0515105244 Surrounded by her flighty sister and mother, the sensible Miss Delicia Dudley was perpetually entangled in embarrassing situations. Yet she loyally agreed to her sister Desiree's latest scheme and pretended to be in love with the dashing Duke of Ravenworth - spoiling their mother's matchmaking ploy and leaving Desiree free to pursue her own true love. It began as a charade. After all, Delicia considered herself well past marriageable age. She never thought she was a candidate for love...until she suddenly realized that she was no longer playacting. The game would soon be over, and she had fallen in love with her make-believe suitor.
DESIGN FOR LOVE 11/1990 ISBN: 0515104426 The high-spirited Fiona Byrne...a countess? Taken aback at first by the Earl of Dreyford's proposal, Fiona finally accepts - if only to escape from odious Cousin Charles. But locked away in Fiona's heart is a secret, silent yearning. Unbeknownst to Fiona, his lordship is beset by his own longings. But Fiona's intoxicating beauty has soon worked its spell, and when the man whose memory torments Fiona returns, a battle for her heart ensues...culminating in a triumph of true love!
A HEART IN FLIGHT 7/1990 ISBN:0515103691 It was quite indecorous for a twenty-four-year-old spinster like Aurelia Amesley to climb aboard a hot-air balloon. But even more undignified was Aurelia's crash landing in the ancestral park of the impossibly handsome Earl of Ranfield. The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet Aurelia had no dowry--and therefore no illusions that the Earl could ever marry her. Could she sacrifice reputation and virtue to fulfill the desire that raged between them? Or make a more agonizing sacrifice...and abandon the only man she could ever love?
HIS LORDSHIP'S FILLY 12/1993 ISBN: 0821744127 Unconventional Kate Durabian was as free-spirited as her favorite stallion, Waterloo, and while she did enjoy the companionship of men, she had no intention of being shackled by the stifling bonds of matrimony...until her indebted father wagered her entire future on the outcome of a race! Very well, then! Honor-bound to wed the attractive Marquis of Haverly she might be, but Kate would never surrender her independence - or allow her damnably appealing husband access to her heart!
LADY FARRINGTON'S FOLLY 6/1993 ISBN:0821742027 Lady Elizabeth Farrington wished to advance the cause of science with a museum full of natural curiosities. The ton was all atwitter over "Farrington's Folly" as she scoured the countryside for fire-eaters and gypsy queens. Elizabeth cared not a whit for the scandalmongers, nor the antiquated views of her childhood friend, the Marquis of Worthington-- what a sobersides he'd become since the days of their merry pranks! When he decided to accompany her on her journeys, she was quite vexed-- until she realized that the dark handsome lord was having an effect on her that not even science could explain! The Marquis of Worthington believed science to be the hope of the future. But the heels of his his shining Hessians clicked in agitation when he returned to London and found Elizabeth-- whose reputation he'd sworn to protect,-- still a headstrong little hellion beneath her new angelic beauty. Worse yet, his cronies were laying odds at White's that he'd fail to thwart her plans. And as he accompanied her across the English countryside, he feared his friends might be right. For it was impossible to be practical when he yearned to cast propriety aside and kiss some sense into his mischievous minx!
A MATCHMAKER'S MATCH 6/1992 ISBN:082173783X To save herself from a marriage without love, Lady Psyche Veringham had long ago decided to pose herself as "Lady Bluestocking," a sharp-tongued chit with no interest in wedded bliss. A resigned spinster at three and twenty. Psyche was now turning her keen mind to the task of finding a suitor for her young charge, Amanda. The catch of the Season was undoubtedly the darkly handsome Earl of Southdon, and he would be the perfect match for Amanda. Unfortunately the earl was most uncooperative; in facet, he seemed deliberately set on misunderstanding that Psyche wished to win his heart for her charge and not for herself! A long-time bachelor, Justin St. James, Earl of Southdon, had seen a thousand frothy debutantes. Not one of those empty-headed confections had ever given him pause, including the newest debutante Amanda. But her sponsor, Lady Psyche, was another matter entirely. Now here was a woman who could pique a man's interest. Whether entertained by her witty banter or infuriated by her schemes of leg-shackling him to her pretty, young protégé, Justin found this lovely bluestocking a most diverting challenge; and it would be his pleasure to change her mind about men...
REVERSAL OF FORTUNES short story in A MOTHER'S LOVE 4/1993
VALENTINE TANGLE short story in A VALENTINE'S DAY TANGLE 2/1993 ISBN: 0821740504
Patricia Potter
DANCING WITH A ROGUE 7/2003 ISBN:0425191001 Gabriel Manning has sworn to avenge his father's death if it's the last thing he does. He holds three scoundrels responsible-and has hatched an ingeniously devious scheme that will surely destroy them. Armed with a newly acquired title, he sets sail for London-and ingratiates himself with the very men he so despises...The lovely Merry Anders also wants to ruin "The Group"-just as one of its members ruined her mother years ago. But her feelings for handsome Gabriel Manning prove most distracting-and distressing. She could never trust her heart to someone foolish enough to court The Group! It would mean compromising the vengeful plot she's concocted so carefully. But she can't help wondering if it's worth risking it all-for love...
FOREVER short story in WHEN YOU WISH 11/1997 ISBN: 0553576437
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