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A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1994 ISBN; 0449222675 Includes "The Christmas Ball" by Leslie Lynn; "Love à la Carte" by Joan Smith; "Greetings of the Season" by Barbara Metzger; and "Home for Christmas" by Jennie Gallant.
Joan Smith
AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART 2/1977 ISBN: 0449230929 Wanda was the beauty of the Wanderley family. And her twin sister, Ellie, was the shy one. So when Lord Claymore came to Sussex, everyone expected that he had come to propose to Wanda. And that was his intention. At first. But Wanda was only interested in using the devastatingly handsome marquis to make another man jealous. When Wanda succeeded, Claymore realized Ellie was the sister he wanted. He declared himself in love - really in love - for the first time in his life. But Ellie wasn't interested in a fickle Romeo. How could she be sure where his heart was? There was just one way she could find out - by accepting his offer of marriage...
AUNT SOPHIE'S DIAMONDS 12/1979 ISBN:0449233782 Just like the old devil, to take it with her. Unloved while she lived, tight-fisted, tyrannical old Aunt Sophie took her revenge when she died. No one would get her diamonds. She would take them with her to her grave. Claudia had never known Aunt Sophie or her diamonds. She didn't want them. She craved excitement, adventure. But could she, did she dare to dig up Aunt Sophie and save her diamonds? And then there was Aunt Sophie's friend, the handsome, elegant Sir Hillary Thoreau. Claudia felt his dark, sardonic eyes follow her every move. Where did his interest lie, in the diamonds...or in Claudia?
AURORA 2/1981 ISBN:0449215334 Is the handsome, dashing man Aurora meets so unexpectedly in the woods really the long-lost Lord Kenelm Raiker? Or is he actually Kenelm’s illegitimate half-brother, posing as the baron? Aurora, captivated in spite of herself, is determined to learn the truth. Lady Raiker, greedy, ambitious, and ruthless, claims that the dashing stranger is not Kenelm, the banished son of the late Lord Raiker. She wants the title and the fortune for herself. But she must prove that Kenelm is not the rightful heir. Aurora watches Kenelm’s easy and seductive charm work on every woman he sees. And she, herself, finds him very attractive. But what if he is an impostor? She could be falling in love with a murderer…RR@H's Novel Thoughts
BABE 2/1980 ISBN:0449211428 The sight of a breathtaking lady driving her smart grays hell-for-leather had become a familiar sight around town. And if Lady Barbara Manfred--known as Babe to her friends--wasn't smoking a cheroot, she was gaming away her fortune or flirting with foreign gentlemen of ill repute. Lord Clivedon intended to change all that. As Babe's new guardian, he held tight the purse strings and set about making Babe respectable enough to marry off...
BAREFOOT BARONESS 3/1992 ISBN:044921950X After one disastrous season, Laura Harwood had no designs for snagging a husband....She hardly felt qualified to accompany her cousin Olivia, Baroness Pilmore, to London for her debut. However, Olivia's fears of social failure proved unfounded...although meeting the Season's social lion, Lord Hyatt, whose artistic talent was rivaled only by his masculine perfection, was a bit troubling.
BATH BELLES 1986 ISBN:0449208990 It Is High Time For Belle To Face Facts-Her Fiancé Is Dead And Her Life Must Go Own. When Belle Haley finally arrived to inspect the London house that her dead Graham bequeathed to her, she can scarcely wait to sell it and return home to Bath. But when wealthy insurance tycoon Desmond Maitland shows an uncommon interest in her unimpressive abode, Belle makes some inquiries. It seems Graham was murdered after retrieving 10,000 of Maitland's insurance money-a fortune that is still at large...
BATH SCANDAL 10/1991 ISBN:0449219488 How much mischief could anyone get into in Bath? At the insistence of his high-minded finacee, Lord Southam had dispatched his unruly tomboy of a sister, Gillie, to an acquaintance in bath. Mrs. Beatrice Searle, an elegant widow, could surely smooth the girl's rough edges. But when rumors of Gillie running free with a reckless gambler reached Southam, he wondered if Mrs. Searle was still the unexceptional lady he knew years ago. Determined to see how matters stood, Southam was unprepared for the charming, beautiful, and somewhat fast-living Beartrice Searle. And with his wild oat-sowing days about to end, how could he ignore the charms of a merry widow?...
BEHOLD, A MYSTERY! 4/1995 ISBN: 0449221768 When Jessica Greenwood's great-aunt Hettie was murdered in her sleep, suspicion fell on the four visiting nephews who would presumably inherit her fortune. But shock greeted those gathered when Hettie's last will decreed that Jessica was to inherit everything - provided she married one of the four men! The selection was less than ideal. Should she choose rakish, charming Gregory? Quiet, scholarly Felix? Otto, the clever journalist being sued by the Prince Regent? Awkward, shy Horatio? She could refuse them all, of course. Then her aunt Hettie's fortune would go to the dog, Duke! But when murder struck again, and the household was gripped by terror and suspicion, Jessica strove to find a killer - before she became his bride...
BLOSSOM TIME 7/1997 ISBN:0449287939 One of those dashing rogues too attractive to ignore, Lord Harwell featured largely in Rosalind Lovelace's fantasies. But she had too much common sense to let dreams color her reality. Harwell was a friend and neighbor -- and destined to marry some Incomparable. However, she was quite aware of his budding interest in her now that her poetry had won the attention of literary lion Lord Sylvester, whose own presence bestowed a grand dose of spring fever on Apple Hill. Love was in bloom. Most passionately in the heart of a rake who never fully appreciated the rose that had blossomed quite literally under his nose!
THE BLUE DIAMOND 10/1981 ISBN:0449213269 She was lovely, the German heiress, Maria. She had the grace of a swan and the face of an angel. But she found the Englishman, Lord Moncrief unsuitable. Fascinating, but unsuitable. Too bold. Moncrief, for his part, appeared to prefer the enchanting and mysterious young Frenchwoman, Mademoiselle Feydeau, whose secret cache of jewels was arousing much interest among the international aristocracy. Suddenly Maria did not find him so unsuitable... Against the background of Vienna's high society at the time of Napoleon's escape from Elba, this tale unfolds an unusual love story filled with danger, romance and dazzling intrigue....
A CHRISTMAS GAMBOL 11/1996 ISBN: 0449224937 The gentleman was a dyed-in-the-wool romantic. But he had much to learn about love!... At first, aspiring writer Cicely Caldwell was insulted to be asked to pose as the anonymous lady author of the vastly popular Chaos Is Come Again, a horrid piece of gothic drivel. Then she realized such a pretense would gain her entrée into the literary circles that might forward her own writing career. Handsome Lord Montaigne confessed the real anonymous lady was his aunt and that Cicely seemed the sort of discreet country lady who would do the part justice. However, Cicely, with a nose for a good story, soon suspected the startling truth of the anonymous lady's shocking identity.
COUNTRY FLIRT 12/1987 ISBN:0449214249 "You haven't changed a bit, Miss Bright. Still playing the country bumpkin to make me appear a fop." So said Lord Monteith during the usual repartee to which he treated Samantha when he stopped with his mama in the country. For her part, Sam had lived for Monty's visits between Seasons as long as she could remember, knowing that she could expect little else from that jaded gentleman. But their innocent flirtation was about to be dashed from a quite unexpected quarter: Monty's middle-aged-and debauched-Uncle Howard was returned from India, laden with riches and ready to spend them on a pretty young wife. And when Howard set his cap for Sam, Monty suddenly found that he must protest too much-that is, for just an old and trusted friend. ...
A COUNTRY WOOING 1987 ISBN:0449210871 Truth to tell, Anne Wickfield was never partial to Alex Penholme either, and scoffed at her mama's suggestion of a match. It was the devastating charm of Alex's older brother that had won Anne's heart. But alas, Charles was dead and Alex had returned from the Peninsular War to take up the Penholme title--and the mountain of debts that Charles had left with it! Only when Anne discovered the depths of Charles's selfishness to his family did Alex begin to take his place in her eyes. Could it be that Alex had loved Anne herself all along? The pair had precious little time to find out before Charles's legacy--or lack of one--threatened to separate them forever.
COUSIN CECILIA 9/1990 ISBN:044921785X Once a thriving place to land a husband, Laycombe had turned into a marital desert with the arrival of Lord Wickham. The rake's corrupting influence had led all the eligible bachelors astray, turning their thoughts from wedded bliss to drinking, gambling, and other maligned pursuits. The only hope for the young misses of Laycombe lay with Miss Cecilia Cummings and her infamous matchmaking skills. Her talent, she believed, lay in vicariously, valuing her freedom more highly. Thus, like Wellington preparing to meet Napolean, she set out to defeat the troublemaker Wickham. . . Never dreaming cupid had designs on her own heart and, worse, was pointing his arrow directly at Wickham!
DAME DURDEN'S DAUGHTER 1/1978 ISBN:0449239683 From his earliest years, "that Helver Trebourne" has set tongues wagging in the sleepy town of Tisbury....She had loved him since she was a child, would he ever see her as a woman? The daring young boy pretty Edith Durden had known all her life was now a Duke. And though most people tried to forget what a hellion Helver had been, Dame Durden still thought him a most improper companion for her innocent daughter, Edith....
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS 2/1995 ISBN: 0449222780 Lady Caroline attracted trouble like moths to a flame! Her romantic antics provided society with a good many minor scandals - which didn't stop the incomparable Caro from catching the eye of Lord Dolmain, a dashing widower. But as was customary with Caro, trouble intruded before romance could. Dolmain accused her of stealing a diamond necklace worn by his young daughter at her debut. Though the charge was soon retracted, his lordship practically destroyed Caroline's reputation. The only way to redeem herself was to find the true thief. But when murder enters the scene, Caro and Dolmain discover that two heads - and two hearts - are better than one!
DANGEROUS DALLIANCE 5/1992 ISBN:0449219496 Determined to find out who killed her father, Heather Hume begins to spy on Snoad, the dark, enigmatic, and unnerving man who was her late father's assistant. How could she go so far as to forget duty and fall in love with a spy?
DELSIE 1/1982 ISBN:0449502325 Even a schoolteacher is entitled to romantic fantasies. But Delsie Sommers was eminently practical. She never dared to dream of a wealthy, handsome and titled husband. Then one day fate turned her world upside down and flung her into a marriage with a man she scarcely knew. Fortunately for Delsie, he died within hours of the wedding, leaving her his house, much of his fortune and his young daughter. Then fate stepped in again. This time in the guise of a wealthy and handsome Lord deVigne--her late husband's brother-in-law--whose attempt to run her life aroused her spitfire temper--and her hopes...
DESTINY'S DREAM 1988 ISBN:0843926287 A man of honor. A lady of the night. A dream of everlasting love. Lovely, titian-haired Joan Flora Sommers was the talk of the ton, a woman shrouded in mystery and surrounded by whispers of scandal. She was sought after by the peers of London, but only one man could pierce her haughty reserve to touch her wild and willing heart. In his arms she had known the sweetness of surrender, the shattering fulfillment of physical passion. He was the man who had stolen her innocence, the man who had forged her strange destiny, but would he ever make her dreams of love come true?
THE DEVIOUS DUCHESS 10/1985 ISBN:0449207773 The Penny-Pinching Duchess Plan A Birthday Do For Her Brother? That Was Odd Indeed! Deirdre Gower and her dashing fiancé, Lord Belami, found it most peculiar that the Duchess's decrepit brother Dudley should be so honored. But that was nothing compared with the next shock they received: Dudley was dead!
DRURY LANE DARLING 11/1988 ISBN:0449215008 Pamela Comstock's semi-engagement to weak-kneed Nigel Raleigh interested neither party, not one whit. Luckily for all Nigel's gaze wandered to the lovely dramatics of Flawless Fleur, the delightful French actress taking London by storm.
EMERALD HAZARD 1988 ISBN:0843927046 Fresh from the lush green countryside young Moira enchanted all of London society with her exquisite beauty. But it was the enticing wildness of her spirit that lured James Raeburn to her side. Gowned in silk and satin, adorned with diamonds and pearls, courted by the most dashing lord in England, Moira was certain her most cherished dreams were about to come true. Then in a single night of danger, desire and deception all her hopes were destroyed.
ENDURE MY HEART 6/1980 ISBN:0449500519 She was gentle born and very much a lady. In fact, so much a lady that no one in town guessed she had become the cherished leader of a band of young smugglers.
ESCAPADE 1977 ISBN:0449232328 No one knew young Ella Fairmont was Miss Prattle -- the notorious London gossip columnist. The main object of Miss Prattle’s attention was Patrick Beresford, Duke of Clare -- the most sought-after and talked-about bachelor in town. She quoted every indiscreet thing he said. Now a week-long houseparty at Clare’s country estate would yield a lot of spicy talk to write about the arrogant nobleman. Ella never suspected there was another side to Patrick. Quite unexpectedly she found herself falling in love with him. Now no one must ever find out that Ella wrote those horrid things. Though it was getting harder and harder to keep the secret…
FAIR FRANCESCA 1992 ISBN:0449218457
FRANCESCA 8/1992 ISBN:0449218457 No gown was too daring, no party too déclassé, no spree to wild for Frankie Devlin. It was after her husband's untimely death, when she learned the shocking truth of his numerous infidelities, that a very disillusioned Lady Camden turned into a hellion, setting off on a spree that threatened to ruin her reputation as well as her health. Lord Devane's keen interest in an affair when he believed her to be a lightskirt piqued considerably upon discovering that Frankie Devlin was actually Lady Francesca Camden...
GATHER YE ROSEBUDS 6/1993 ISBN:0449221474 Finding art far more satisfying than romance, Zoie had ceased thinking of marriage and decided to devote her life to her first love-painting. However, while happily arranging her new studio, she discovered a valuable stolen necklace secreted in her late uncle's belongings-and made the mistake of trying to return it to the rightful owner. Trying to sneak the necklace back, Zoie was caught in the act by a suspicious Lord Weylin, who was not able to let the matter drop-especially when the necklace proved fake. Clearly there was a deeper mystery to be solved. And then there was Weylin himself, who disturbing interest invited an artist's most scandalous designs...
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BALL 11/1993 ISBN:0449221466 In translating from German what she believed to be a sordid love letter, Miss Cathy Lyman uncovered top secret information on Napoleon. With little but gothic novels to add excitement to her somewhat tedious life, she plunged into the world of high espionage with eager anticipation-especially since the devilishly handsome Lord Costain led the way. His lordship had no choice but to tell the inquisitive Miss Lyman that he suspected there was a traitor among them. She insisted on joining in the intrigue, deception, and danger-though it became hard to ignore her own suspicion that Lord Costain's intentions might not be altogether honorable....
THE HERMIT'S DAUGHTER 1/1989 ISBN:0449215881 Flirt with that jackdaw, Lord Monstuart? Why, she'd rather cozy with a weasel! But Miss Sally Hermitage was hellbent on seeing her dear sister happily wed - even if it was to Monstuart's ward. No matter to her that the arrogant gentleman was just as determined to prevent the marriage. With her green eyes flashing, Sally vowed to beat the crafty, money-grubbing snob at his own romantic game. After all, if the widow and daughters of the infamous 'Hermit' did not find rich husbands, they'd soon be in the poorhouse. Though Monstuart's blighting presence was enough to cool any girl's interest, Sally secretly enjoyed their fiery confrontations. Monstuart was thoroughly insensitive, inconsiderate, incoherent, insane, and, Sally would soon discover, quite in love with her!
A HIGHWAYMAN CAME RIDING 5/1998 ISBN:0449287920 The penny-pinching duchess, determined not to pay for another night's lodging, insists her coach travel the perilous roads outside London, all but begging for the unwanted attentions of a roving thief. It is her companion, Marianne Harkness, who first hears the pounding hoof beats, and who boldly meets the gaze of the handsome Highwayman Captain Jack....
IMPRUDENT LADY 9/1978 ISBN:081616746X The lady author thinks herself quite safe from romance--until she reads the Book of Love. Bored with her decidedly dull country life, Prudence Mallow dashes off three delightful novels and suddenly finds herself a London sensation. Hobnobbing with the literary lions and the high society swells, the only celebrity who stuns her is the dashing poet, Lord Dammler. But the handsome rake-about-town sees in Prudence only a shy country miss whose future spinsterhood is assured. So he confides in her his most romantic and dishonorable exploits, seeking her advice and challenging her modest ways. Though the waggish lord is far above her station, Prudence, careful as her name suggests, still can't help falling in love with the rogue.
AN INFAMOUS PROPOSAL 1/1997 ISBN:0449225526 She desired nothing more than a biddable husband. . . .Emma, having gone at seventeen directly from her papa's home to her husband's arms, is now widowed at age twenty-two--and quite naive in the ways of the world: in particular, how to find herself another match!Thus, she proposes to Lord Hansard, eyeing him as a husband who would let her enjoy her freedom and discourage the presence of interfering relatives. His blunt refusal is both surprising . . . and oddly disappointing.Nick, however, has taken it upon himself to procure a suitable man for this outrageous miss, though none of the candidates are nearly as qualified as . . . well, himself. Thus Emma begins to suspect that when it comes to a decent proposal, even a gentleman has the right to change his mind. . . .
JENNIE KISSED ME 12/1991 ISBN:0449218449 With her new inheritance and her quick wit, the former headmistress--endeavoring to sweeten her astringent reputation--was en route to the London Marriage Mart to let fate and fortune take their course. She arrived at the Laughing Jack Inn in time to wield her acerbic tongue against a handsome gentleman and his unhappy companion--a lady scandalously young enough to be his daughter. The youthful miss, however, was indeed Lord Marndale's daughter.
THE KISSING BOUGH 11/1994 ISBN:0449223310 Jane Ramsey was thrilled to receive an invitation to spend a country Christmas with Nicholas, heir to Lord Goderich, who was -- by his own proclamation -- ready to settle down at last. Yet her hopes of a proposal fell flat. The house party was being held in honor of his angelic bride-to-be! Since it was high time Jane chose a husband and Nick's friend Pelham seemed as good as any, she accepted his attentions while avidly regarding Nick and his Incomparable as the most blatant mismatch of the season. And if the jealousy in Nick's eyes weren't proof enough of his hidden affections for her, then his embrace under the kissing bough had surely upset everyone's best laid plans....
KISSING COUSINS 12/1995 ISBN: 0449223817 he object was to avoid scandal at all costs! Not only had her wayward brother run off with another man's chere amie, he was also accused of theft! Samantha Oakleigh desperately needed help to find the boy and clear his name, and hoped it would come from her rather starchy but well-connected cousin Edward, Lord Salverton. Visions of scandal danced in Salverton's head when Samantha recounted the whole disastrous affair - visions of losing his promotion to the cabinet, his fiancee, and his dreams of becoming prime minister. Thus he agreed to accompany the hoydenish chit on her rescue mission. But somewhere along the way, he began to enjoy himself and his efforts to remain the ever-so-proper gentleman began to face - as did all ambitions save gathering this delectable miss into his arms...
A KISS IN THE DARK 7/1995 ISBN: 0449223639 Cressida Charmsworth had only recently learned to savor the pleasures of the rich. Now at the age of twenty-three she was society's darling, having inherited more money than a country girl could ever imagine. Needing to get away from London's social whirlwind, Cressida set her eyes on a quaint summer cottage by the sea. But its owner, Lord Daunty, refused her. Now ensconced in the house next door, she did some midnight snooping - only to be swept in the lusty embrace of a stranger . . .
LACE FOR MILADY 5/1981 ISBN: 0449211401 Just imagine! Her own aunt had sold her a house that belonged to another! Miss Priscilla Denver was mad as fire when she learned that her beloved Seaview was actually leased from the arrogant Duke of Clavering. What's more, the pesty Duke wasted no time warning Priscilla that he wanted his house back, and immediately. Threats, flattery, gifts - nothing in the Duke's arsenal could budge the persistent Priscilla. But when the Duke made what sounded like romantic overtures, Prissie began to wonder if perhaps he was sincere. Or was there more to Seaview than met the eye?
La COMTESSE 1978 ISBN: 0449234908 She was gorgeous, flirtatious, scandalous - and perhaps a spy. La Comtesse was the talk of London. The gossips delighted in her every exploit. And in many she had no part. There was someone else interested in her activities. Lewis Dashford. His mission was to find out just what La Comtesse was doing in England. La Comtesse was immediately attracted to the charming Lord Dashford. She favored him as an escort. And Lewis was able to view his task as more pleasure than work. But her behavior greatly puzzled him. She was an outrageous wanton in public and as chaste as a nun in private. Dashford was anxious to get to know her better and determined to uncover her secret...
LADY MADELINE'S FOLLY 1983 ISBN: 0449203409 'I don't want to have my heart smashed and tossed over your shoulders like the others.'... So young Henry Aldred declared when his beautiful older cousin, Lady Madeline, decided to make him her protégé. Lady Madeline was famous for her protégés. She was always picking out some deserving fellow to launch into society. It was her hobby. This time, however, she decided that what she really felt was love. As her friend, Lord Eskott (Who had twice asked her to marry him), stood waiting in the wings, Lady Madeline was fast turning her bumpkin cousin into a fashion plate. But there was something about Henry that Lord Eskott didn't trust. It seemed to him the lad was just another fortune hunter. Lady Madeline refused to see it. Until it was almost too late.
LARCENOUS LADY 1/1988 ISBN: 0449212610 'You've put the wedding off three times already. It's now - or never.' When Lord Belami posed this dilemma to his lovely fiancee, Miss Deirdre Gower, that lady was truly torn: could she marry the man she loved while her aunt, the Duchess of Charney, languished with the ague? Deirdre decided that family duty must come first - and Belami stalked off in a huff! The honeymoon that would have been soon drew them both - quite separately - to Italy, where they ran smack into each other and a band of notorious counterfeiters! Belami smelled a case and proceeded to pursue the gang - and Deirdre - in a mad dash across the continent. But all was not as it seemed, and the deceptions spelled danger for Deirdre and Balami both...
LETTERS TO A LADY 10/1987 ISBN:0447211614 Having been his neighbor all her life, Diana Beechum thought little of delivering some documents to Charles, Lord Harrup in London, when he had requested a footman to do so. But when the "papers" were stolen, Di's suspicions were confirmed: the upright Lord Harrup was being blackmailed by a lightskirt! With no sympathy for that hypocrite Harrup, Di saw her own main chance. If she could but recover those letters, she could persuade Harrup to find a post for her bright but bumbling brother Ronald. Harrup could not refuse and, in the heat of the chase, began to notice how attractive his country neighbor had become. But dash it all if he was going to complicate things further....!
LITTLE COQUETTE 7/1998 ISBN:0449001539 Murder is an inauspicious beginning for romance. Young bluestocking Lydia Trevelyn and her notable neighbor Lord Beaumont had managed to thwart all matchmaking schemes. However, fate conspires to bring them together through a most unfortunate means: murder. For when Beaumont finds a body in a local river, Lydia is shocked to discover that the deceased was, in life, her father's mistress. Shaken by the truth about her father and by the murky circumstances of his paramour's death, Lydia sees Beaumont as an ally in solving the mystery. Amid much bickering, the unlikely pair plumbs London's seamier side, exposing themselves to unbidden danger -- not the least of which is the peril of losing their hearts...to love!
LOVE BADE ME WELCOME 1984 ISBN:0449204049 A young widow seeks her husband's family after his death; a family apart from the rank and file, filled with ancestral wealth and atop the rungs of High Society. Not only must she contend with relatives, but she soon discovers a whole secret past in her husband's life. Having inherited a great estate, unless her unborn child is a son, her husband's property and wealth would go to his younger brother. But when strange and unexpected things begin to happen, could it be that some unseen force is at work, or is it that her brother-in-law is determined to get and keep the estate for himself, no matter what the means or the method...including seducing his dead brother's wife?
LOVER'S QUARREL 9/1989 Her beauty was timeless…But on the marriage mart she was running out of time! Jane Halsey decided it was time to stop her girlish daydreams and face reality. She had to find a rich husband to end the financial woes plaguing her sister Belle and herself. Lord Romeo, an ardent lover of all things Grecian, vowed the moment he saw Jane (whom he promptly renamed Athene), to marry her. That was precisely what his brother, Lord Renfrew, wanted: a practical lady of good conscience to wed his eccentric brother. Jane, however, had no interest, classical or otherwise, in the incorrigible Romeo. Renfrew was *her* ideal. The drama unfolding was both a comedy and a tragedy. And how she yearned for a romance!
LOVE'S HARBINGER 7/1987 ISBN:0449209555 Lady Faith Mordain Consort With A Common Gossip Columnist? Never! Even if Mr. Guy Delamar did have the most blazing topaz eyes, Faith was having none of it. Surely her beloved fiancé, Lord Thomas Vane, had been unjustly maligned as a thief by Delamar's rag. The Harbinger...though Thomas did scamper off with his company's funds and suspicious minds would think the worst!
LOVE á LA CARTE short story in A REGENCY CHRISTMAS 11/1994 ISBN:0449222675
LOVE'S WAY 1983 ISBN:0802707025 Chloe Barwick was struggling to run her impoverished family estate because her brother Edward wanted to become a poet. Suddenly Lord Carnforth's wealthy nephew, Jack Gamble, came home from India and everything changed. Jack began lending money to Edward to fix up the estate. He also got engaged to Lord Carnforth's daughter Emily, whom Edward had once wooed. Even so, Emily found herself daydreaming about Jack. Of course he was too disreputable to consider. Besides he had never made a move in her direction. Who would want to court a lady with a tongue of fire? Chloe never lost an opportunity to set him down. And yet, in spite of everything, love has a way of creeping into young hearts..
MADCAP MISS 1/1990 ISBN: 0449216950 When a young woman dons a girlish disguise, she discovers that love is not child's play... Poor Grace, having just lost her post as governess, had no friends, no money, and was indeed in dire straits. Her petite figure and clever disguise fooled the coachman into giving her a child's fare to Wickfield, but what to do when she got there? Handsome Lord Whewett, to whom our heroine desperately confided her predicament, had a suggestion. Would she pose as his daughter to appease his aging and very rich mother, while his real daughter remained in Scotland? One hundred pounds for two days of skipping rope and reciting lessons seemed tolerable antidote to her boring life and uncertain future. Unfortunately, Grace's interest in Whewett was becoming anything but childlike...
MEMOIRS OF A HOYDEN 5/1988 ISBN:0449213293 You are certainly a lady who knows her own mind-and everyone else's! " After one had savored the starry dusk of Constantinople, raced camels across the Syrian desert, and been chased by Arabian bandits, England seemed quite dreary indeed! But for famed author and adventuress Marion Mathieson, it was-momentarily-home. Here to lecture on her new book, A Gentlewomans Memoirs of the Orient, she had no choice but to obey the ludicrous restrictions placed on "civilized" ladies. Truth to tell, many considered her exploits quite unladylike!
THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY 5/1990 ISBN:0449217841 Sara had never chased after a man--but then she'd never met one so addlepated! Though far from the heartbroken miss whose betrothed had disappeared six years ago, Sara Wood saw no need to reveal her secret contentment. Peter would have made a wretched husband, and in truth, she had never loved him. But as May bloomed and hearts turned to love, who should reappear but Peter, now a widower with two young sons and a vulgar sister-in-law in tow! Worse, Peter's handsome brother, Haldiman, was playing cupid, hoping to reunite the "lovebirds." A frustrated and infuriated Sara soon wished that cupid would pay less attention to such a disastrous match and turn to a more promising one of his own--with herself!.....
MIDNIGHT MASQUERADE 2/1985 ISBN:0449205010 Lord Belami fancied himself a sleuth. So when the Duchess of Charney's diamond necklace was stolen during a midnight ball at his home, he knew he had to find it. He also found that Deirdre Gower, to whom he was reluctantly engaged, had suddenly become very interesting. Deirdre, for her part, found her engagement a chore. She had only accepted his offer to escape an unsavory alliance with another. But even though she decided to let Lord Belami out of the engagement, she could not forget the burning glance of his eyes on hers...
MURDER AND MISDEEDS 10/1997 ISBN:0449287912 Another mystery and, perhaps, another chance at love . . .Once again the indomitable Berkeley Brigade, a group of daring young aristocrats, returns to the scene of the crime--and to affairs of the heart. As the dashing Marquess of Luten and the beautiful Corinne deCoventry make love and war, they become embroiled in a dastardly kidnapping scheme.The victim is Susan Enderton, a close friend of Corinnes who is perhaps even closer to Luten (or so Corinne fears). Susan's disappearance lures them out to the country--and into a tangle of highwaymen, dark designs, and murder!
MURDER COMES TO MIND 4/1998 ISBN:044900287X Though Lady Corinne deCoventry and dashing Lord Luten are now officially engaged, their wedding is perpetually postponed due to Lutens never-ending politicking. Thus Corinne and the bungling Coffen Pattle accept an invitation to join fourth Brigade member Reginald Prance at his country home.Yet murder soon casts all best-laid plans aside. The victim is an odious neighbor, and the prime suspect--Reginalds own dear aunt. As the Berkeley Brigade joins forces to investigate, the countryside becomes a veritable cauldron of clues and motives--complete with a fair enchantress to tempt Corinne's beloved Luten. But matching wiles with a clever killer is what Corinne does best. If only getting married were so easy!
MURDER WHILE I SMILE 1/1998 ISBN:0449224945 Mystery and intrigue once again provide adventure for the Berkley Brigade-the aristocratic foursome with a nose for the ton's most incriminating scandals... Headstrong Corinne deCoventry, dashing Lord Luten, dilettante poet Sir Reginald Prance, and the delightfully bungling Coffen Pattle join wits and wiles in an imbroglio over forged painting...and murder.
MURDER WILL SPEAK 7/1996 ISBN: 0449224651 Headstrong young widow Corinne, the Dowager Countess deCoventry, wears the fabulous deCoventry pearls a final time before handing them over to their new owner, her husband's brother and the new Lord deCoventry. Her last fling with the pearls has dire consequences, though - the entailed necklace is stolen at a masquerade ball by a man dressed in a Robin Hood costume. Rallying to help Corinne recover the necklace are her friends: Lord Luten, dashing bachelor about town; Sir Reginald Prance, effete dilettante; and Coffen Pattle, an amiable bungler with a heart of gold and a tongue of lead. The quartet of detectives is pitched into murder, mayhem, and romance as they pursue clues and suspects through glittering Regency London's ballrooms and the fashionable estates of the English countryside.
NEVER LET ME GO 10/1994 ISBN: 0449222772 Romance writer Belle Savage came to England looking for a hero - the kind of rakish stranger women have been dreaming of for centuries. She meets him in the misty darkness of a velvet night, a devilish charmer, perfect in every way. Except he is a ghost. Soon Belle becomes drawn into the tragic past of a young Arabella Comstock, murdered in a fit of passion, whose spirit now roams the meadows of Chene Mow. But as the mystery of Arabella unfolds, so do Belle's own passions for her spectral suitor, Lord Raventhorpe. Seduced into the enchanted boundary where reality blossoms into eternity, Belle wonders: can two lovers be united after so many lifetimes apart?
NO PLACE FOR A LADY 2/1994 ISBN:0449222195 If Catherine had held any hopes that the London house she had inherited from her aunt would help her escape her despairing home life, they were dashed when she saw what a hovel it really was. But the wildly attractive, curiously prosperous Mr. Alger was the one tenant who did not make Catherine feel like a failure.
THE NOTORIOUS LORD HAVERGAL 7/1991 ISBN:0449218465 Lord Havergal was in want of funds for gambling debts and other notorious pursuits befitting a dashing scoundrel such as himself. Though his tight-fisted financial guardian had refused his written requests for money, perhaps a face-to-face chat with the chap might prove more persuasive. He had no imagined L. Beddoes could be a woman! Believing herself to be far past the age of romance at the age of twenty-seven, Lettie Beddoes had no girlish delusion regarding Havergal's attempt to charm his way into her graces--and her purse. Surely it was just the arrival of spring that brought a sense of excitement in the air. It certainly couldn't be the restless yearnings of her own heart…
OH MIRANDA! 2002 (ebook) Miranda, widowed two years, accompanies her neighbors to London. Her intent is not to find a husband—nor to find a less virtuous arrangement! Lord Bolton's reputation precedes him, the daughter of a clergyman knows to beware of such insidious wiles.
OLD LOVER'S GHOST 5/1994 ISBN: 0449222209 Although Charity herself did not share her papa's unusual power and had never seen any ghosts, she didn't doubt her father's skill in communicating with the great beyond. From manor to manor he traveled to placate offending spirits. Unfortunately, this manner of working gave Charity little opportunity to nurture any budding romance. But at historic Keefer Hall, rife with mystery, murder, and spectral guests, Charity found herself challenged by John, Earl of Merton. His cynical air aside, he could be more handsome and charming - and determined to get to the bottom of the strange doings that had his mother so distraught. Perhaps this time, Charity and love stood a ghost of a chance...
PERDITA 4/1981 ISBN: 0449501736 Whatever could a poor, orphaned young lady do? Willful, capricious Perdita, after shaking her golden curls, stamping her foot, and flatly refusing to marry the aged Mr. Croft, was hastily packed off to her aunt's house to avoid future scandal. Moira, her poor cousin and companion, tried to keep the little vixen out of mischief on the journey. But the girl would have her way - and ended up shamelessly singing in a dance hall under an assumed name! And to make matters monstrous, in the audience for their scandalous performance was Lord Stornaway, a rake and a bounder, who rescued them from an overly boisterous audience. But who would rescue them from their unscrupulous, lecherous rescuer?
PETTICOAT HALL short story in AUTUMN LOVES 11/1993 ISBN:0449222241
PETTICOAT REBELLION 4/1997 ISBN:0449225534 For Abbie Fairchild, an art teacher and aspiring artist, the opportunity to spend a week at Penfel Hall with its grand art gallery is a dream come true. But the field trip takes a scandalous turn when the eccentric dowager Lady Penfel shamelessly orchestrates a petticoat rebellion, encouraging the young ladies in Abbie's care to make cakes of themselves over various rogues. For why should gentlemen have all the fun and the ladies have none? Why indeed, Abbie wonders, when she meets the devilishly attractive Lord Penfel. Logic dictates she's out of her depth with this practiced lothario. Fortunately, the human heart is not ruled by
logic. . . .PRELUDE TO LOVE 3/1983 ISBN:0449200922 Deception is the key to Vanessa Bradford's secret mission. Entrusted with a letter of utmost importance to England's security--even survival--she encounters two handsome strangers...one a spy!
REGENCY MASQUERADE 8/1994 ISBN:0449222764 After a lengthy chase, Moira was closing in fast on the infamous thief who had stolen her families fortune. Now, a remote country inn, she posed as a rich widow from Scotland, ready to spring her trap. Little did she know that someone else was after the thief..
RELUCTANT BRIDE 3/1982 ISBN:0449502724
REPRISE 4/1982 ISBN:0449502848 Some issues remain between Prudence Mallow and Lord Dammler. Is he indeed a rake and immoral hedonist? Is she a prudish, intolerant stick-in-the-mud? His play is a roaring success--but so is her "anonymous" book mocking the folly of London society--and him. Did the marquis induce Uncle Clarence to set up an atelier with Dammler's former mistress as model? Did Prudence actually hurt herself in a fall from a mule? Despite their deep attachment, perhaps these lovers are too different to make a lasting pair...
ROMANTIC REBEL 2/1991 ISBN: 0449216608 Behind her enlightened words beat the heart of a true romantic... Left penniless and betrothed against her will, Emma Nesbitt vented her pique in a blast of purple prose that became the toast of emancipated women everywhere. And though she secretly yearned to pen Gothic romance, it seemed money and glory lay in spirited attacks on male arrogance! Literary life in Bath was a strange affair indeed...save for Lord Paton, the evercharming critic for the prestigious Quarterly Review. His smile could lure birds from a tree, and Emma found herself quite smitten. That is, until she discovered the cad assumed her liberal ideas extended to sexual matters! High time Lord Paton became acquainted with the truth about the celebrated lady author, who, unbeknownst to her audience, pined for a Prince Charming of her own...
ROSE TRELAWNEY 10/1980 ISBN:0449501051
ROYAL REVELS 7/1985 ISBN: 0449206378 She would sacrifice anything for her betrothed - anything but his heart! Nothing could dampen Miss Deirdre Gower's spirits now that she was betrothed to the only man she had ever loved - the handsome, wealthy aristocratic Lord Belami. So she felt only mild chagrin to find her marital bliss briefly postponed. For the Prince Regent himself summoned her beloved to his raucously royal service, requiring Belami's detective work to bedevil a blackmailer, a charmer of a chit and Prinney's recently jilted mistress. And the Prince's court beseeched Belami's aid in exposing a questionable long-lost son whom Prinney now yearned to name as his regal heir. Facing conundrums to confound the most deft detective, Belami found his loyalties fretted: for the young lady under investigation (too beautiful for a blackmailer!) proved worthy of much closer scrutiny.
THE ROYAL SCAMP 1989 ISBN:0449216101 She had her pick of dashing gentlemen. . . But was one among them a common thief? Naturally, eyebrows rose when Esther Lowden, a lady of quality, turned her family estate into a country inn. But business had never been better, thanks to the notorious highwayman whose midnight escapades encouraged fearful travelers to stay the evening. Dubbed the "Royal Scamp," he was rumored to be quite the gentleman, bestowing kisses on his more comely victims. Indeed, Esther suspected, he might even be one of the dashing new arrivals at Lowden Arms. Well, no proper businesswoman would harbor a criminal. But which gentleman wore the mask of a highwayman...and which wore the face of love?
THE SAVAGE LORD GRIFFIN 9/1993 ISBN: 0449220168 It is remarkable, in polite society, for a man to return from the dead..... But Lord Griffin was alive and well, back from the jungles of Brazil to claim his fiancé - only to find her betrothed to another. He barely even noticed her younger sister, Alice, all grown up now and quite fetching. If he simply opened his eyes, he would see an adventurous free spirit who would suit him nicely on his worldly expeditions. But no. The blind Adonis seemed determined to steal her lovely but silly sister away from another. Alice realized she didn't have a prayer in the world - especially when Griffin enlisted her help in his matchmaking schemes. If only he would look right under his own nose he would find that rarest of treasures: true love.....
SILKEN SECRETS 8/1988 ISBN:0449213722 She thought there was honor among thieves, until one of them stole her heart..
SILVER WATER, GOLDEN SAND 4/1989 ISBN:0843927593 The incomparable Lady Melora: Titled, wealthy, beautiful, Lady Melora had every qualification necessary to nab herself a good party. For what prospective bridegroom could fail to appreciate her golden curls and pouting lips, to say nothing of her sizeable dowry? But Melora longed for more than a brilliant match-- she yearned for adventure, excitement, romance. And she could find none of these in the stern countenance and arrogant manner of the eminently suitable Lord Leitrim. Little did she guess that she would soon be caught up in a whirlwind of passion and danger from which only the level-headed lord could save her...
THE SPANISH LADY 1/1993 ISBN:0449221415 Although Lady Helena's cousins and heritage were in London, her heart belonged to her beloved Spain. And though the idea of matrimony was not unappealing, she would marry only for love -- passionate and endless -- and if those heartless, mercenary, and dull English men she'd been introduced to were typical of the candidates, she'd pass, gracias. Edward's first error was to take Helena for a milliner, causing her to unleash her flashing look and fiery words upon him. Though her luminous eyes and flirtatious manner were tempting, Helena would not find him an easy victim. Still, if it was a grand match she wanted, he would introduce her to all the great men of England. Better they than he to acquire this headstrong miss with no sense of propriety. Cupid, however, had other plans....
STRANGE CAPERS 10/1986 ISBN:0449207617 Constance always knew Aunt Rachel's pinchpenny ways would land them in the suds! And indeed they did. For Lord Aiglon, the owner of their home, paid a surprise visit...He had as many tales as tuppence, so how could she believe in his love?
A TALL DARK STRANGER 1/1996 ISBN:0449223825 Amy Talbot's idyll sketching wildflowers halts abruptly when she finds a body among the river reeds. Suddenly the quaint village of Chilton Abbas is buzzing with speculation: Who killed Mr. Stoddart? And why? As her brother develops a severe case of spy-itis, Amy, too, becomes intrigued -- and topping her suspect list is a tall, dark stranger: Mr. Renshaw. His Banbury tales of India and an inheritance, coupled with his exaggerated interest in her (and her sizable dowry, she suspects), lead her to believe he is of dubious character. But he doesn't look like a murderer. In fact, with his dark eyes gazing deeply into hers, he looks infinitely romantic -- much more the hero than the villain of the story...
TALK OF THE TOWN 1979 ISBN: 0449241378 Daphne's visit to her Aunt Effie was allowed with much misgiving. For Effie had once been the toast of London. Her beauty attracted men of all kinds - husbands, sons, brothers, fathers. Her first marriage ended in a scandalous divorce and the notoriety forced her to flee. Now Effie planned to published memoirs and half of London was turning pale with terror. Everyone wanted to buy her silence - and suddenly she was being courted by the very people who had shunned her. As for Daphne, when she crossed swords with a certain young duke who claimed Daphne and Effie were blackmailing his family, she had no inkling of what was in store.
TEA AND SCANDAL 6/1996 ISBN:0449224929 Exceedingly wealthy Lord Pargeter had married his housekeeper . . . then expired, leaving the woman an heiress. There was something havey-cavey about the whole business, especially when the woman's niece, Jane Lonsdale, arrived unexpectedly from her teaching position at Miss Prism's Academy. Across the lake, neighbors at Swann Hall were most interested. Visiting acquaintance Lord Fenwick decided to investigate . . . and was very intrigued by Jane, whose past hinted deliciously of scandal and whose lovely face and lively spirit fascinated him even more. As devilishly attractive as she found Lord Fenwick, Jane kept frantically busy trying to keep her past a secret and was not gullible enough to succumb to the charms of a man too curious about her for his intentions to be noble!
TRUE LADY 2/1986 ISBN:0449208427 "Of course a lady minded having a flat time, when she had come to London full of impossible dreams....." Living in town while her brother, Norman, trained his horse at Newmarket was proving a dreadful bore to Miss Trudie Barten. To wile away the hours spent in the company of her Aunt Gertrude, Trudie had taken to giving Latin lessons to all her brother's friends staying in town. But the comings and goings of young men at all hours caused quite a stir in the neighborhood, bringing the arrogant Lord Luten's wrath to bear on Trudie. That formidable gentleman accused her of no less than being a lightskirt intent on ruining his wealthy and naive young nephew! Only when the exasperated aunt and niece removed to Newmarket did the confusion begin to clear...until they met with villainy that made Lord Luten's mischief look like child's play....
VALERIE 7/1981 ISBN: 0449501930 Tall, sandy-haired, with golden feline eyes. What better model could her eccentric aunt find for the heroine of her latest anonymous romance novel? But the plot of life proved far richer than fiction. For when Valerie arrived at her aunt's country estate, she suddenly found herself in the midst of high society seances and chicanery...where secret passages hid stolen jewels, where money changed hands as fast as Val changed gowns. And where distant French cousins and dashingly attractive, if poor, scholars, turned out to be as intangible as ghosts, as flimsy as certain 'famous' fortunes, and as illusive and longed for as love...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE VIRGIN AND THE UNICORN 9/1995 ISBN: 0449223809 Though devastating charm lay in his wicked dark eyes, Miranda knew how fleeting Lord Rotham's romances were, and how long and painful the cure. Scandal was a way of life for this rake who had no regrets about his crimson past...But his latest scandalous undertaking was too delicious for Miranda to resist. He had stolen France's national symbol, the Bayeux Tapestry, from right under Napoleon's nose.
THE WALTZING WIDOW 4/1991 ISBN: 0449217299 Had her innocent masquerade come to this - a proposal of mistress-ship? Convinced that Lucy Percy was a mere fortune hunter throwing her cap at his twit of a nephew, Tony Carlton, Lord Avedon was trying to buy her off - with his own charms! The whole charade had begun when Lucy fell in love with a man who merely cherished her fortune. Posing as a widow of modest means to avoid other money-hungry scoundrels, she left the tattlebaskets of London for the gentry of Kent. And though she didn't encourage Tony Carlton's puppy love, she had half a mind to marry him just to teach Adrian Avedon a lesson! And surely her pounding her heart and weak knees were the product of her outrage at Avedon's schemes to be rid of her, not anything as unspeakable as love...?
WIFE ERRANT 10/1992 ISBN: 044922015X With Mama dashing scandalously about Bath playing the young flirt to avenge Papa's improprieties, Tess Marchant realized that neither she nor her younger sister stood a change of any sort of entree into polite society. Deciding that Mama could use a taste of her own medicine, Tess found someone to play the part of an ardent paramour. But, when did the acting stop and the love begin?
WILES OF A STRANGER 7/1982 ISBN: 0449502988
WINTER WEDDING 12/1990 ISBN:0449217868 It would be placing too much significance on a brief flirtation to say the gentleman had fallen in love. But when Clara Christopher discovered that Lord Allingcote had been invited to the wedding she was busily planning for her cousin, she hoped he might again favor her as his flirt. She was quite unprepared for Miss Nel Muldoon, as beautiful as an angel and as mischievous as the devil, appearing on the strong arm of Lord Allingcote, while batting her blue eyes at every other gentleman in sight. Allingcote's deliciously attentive gaze suggested that he had thought of Clara often. Yet it was clear he was mixed up in some close manner with the darling Nel Muldoon. The answer, Clara soon discovered, was one of many surprises that awaited.
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