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Katherine Talbot
LADY MOLLY 4/1983 ISBN: 0446907626 Lady Molly Looked At Him In Wonder. If anything, her fiancé was even more handsome than when he had left. The tropical sun had bleached his fair hair and bronzed his skin. But where was the flutter, the quickened pulse she had always felt in Sir Marious' presence? They would, she thought, have to get to know each other again. Despite the pressure of the amateur theatrical she was producing...Despite the fact that her sister, the leading lady, seemed to be casting adoring eyes at him off stage and on...And perhaps the most difficult: despite the attentions of the flamboyant Mr. Brougham, who refused to believe she could marry anyone but him!
PHILIPPA 5/1979 ISBN:0446846643 The delightful dilemma of a lady divided: her hand promised to one man and her heart lost to another.... "I shall marry the Earl of Carlington," Philippa Winslow declared. If she had to marry for money, and Philippa knew she must, then it was fortunate that such an honorable member of the House of Lords was courting her. It was easy to promise to "honor and obey" a man she so respected. It would be difficult, though, to forget that the man she did love and did not respect would be her brother-in-law.
THEODOSIA 5/1980 ISBN:0446941425 Theodosia arrived in London two weeks early, her hired carriage clattering down the street and her talking bird screeching loudly in French. Was this the poor young cousin the Steeles had charitably agreed to introduce to the London ton? True, Theodosia was just 18 and sent by her mother from the tiny country of Rasfia. But her clothes revealed she was not poor. She had polish, assurance and connections with important people. And, worst of all, in her jealous cousin's view, she immediately caught the interest of Nicholas Hadley, whom cousin Persis regarded as her own suitor.
Hope Tarr
A ROGUE'S PLEASURE 11/2000 ISBN: 0515129518 Dear Reader, The pistol in my face made it prudent to give up my money and valuables, though my fiancee protested the loss of her pearls. The highwayman made good his escape, but there was something amiss in his slim figure, the pitch of his voice, the pouting lips. This was no ordinary thief. This thief was a woman! I was determined to find the comely robber--and not just to reclaim the pearl necklace. And soon enough I caught her stealing from my very own town house! But his time I was better prepared. Holding her captive, I removed her disguise and uncovered a stunning beauty. Chelsea Bellamy's brother had been kidnapped, and in desperate need of funds for the ransom, she had resorted to a life of crime. Intrigued by her predicament and determined to seduce her, I offered her my assistance in rescuing her brother. The challenge of finding him was a welcome distraction from the boredom that plagued me, but the real challenge would be in wooing Chelsea to my bed...
TEMPTING 9/2002 ISBN: 0515133655 Simon Belleville should have taken the poor prostitute to Newgate Gaol. As the head of Her Majesty's Morality and Vice Commission, he's supposed to be closing down brothels--not consorting with the "ladies" who work in them. But one glimpse of Christine's sweet, innocent face and he is enraptured. Instead of locking her up in a jail cell, he enrolls her in finishing school, hoping against hope that he will be able to put her out of his mind. Now that he has the chance to win his seat in Parliament, the last thing he needs is a scandal. But the lovely Christine proves to be a woman unlike any other--charming and smart, deeply mysterious and deliciously witty. And Simon has never been so intrigued--or so tempted...
Jill Tattersall
LADY INGRAM'S ROOM 1971 ISBN:089340179X As a favor Arabel had impulsively agreed to play the role of governess at Ingledale Manor. She knew nothing of its ominous reputation, nor of the dark shadows of scandal that hung like a deadly mist over the huge old mansion. For a few days Arabel found it merely confusing and depressing. Then she stumbled onto the strange secret of Lady Ingram's Room, and what had begun as an innocent masquerade had now turned into a nightmare!
THE WILD HUNT 1974 ISBN:0449233804 The Nightmare Began Again for Me. But this time, when I forced myself awake, the nightmare was still with me. In the watery moonlight a shadowy figure stood at my bedside, the figure of a man with antlers on his head. He leaned towards me, a heap of some stuff between his hands, and I saw the gleam of his eyes behind his mask before I closed my own in terror and screamed. When I dared to pen my eyes, I was alone. But not for long. Whoever had wanted to be rid of me would return. I was certain. And since I wouldn't be frightened off, I would be murdered.
Janet Templeton
LOVER'S KNOT 8/1982 ISBN:0449503097 When Honoria Waynflete discovered that her younger sister had been slandered by Lord Denby, she was determined to get even. What the handsome rake could hope to gain by this scurrilous tale Honoria could not understand. But what Honoria really couldn't understand was the way she was beginning to feel about her enemy. Not like an enemy at all. She struggled with her feelings--and a tempestuous relationship caught them both up in its toils.
THE RELUCTANT HEIRESS 4/1986 ISBN:0385239823 Was Pamela being blackmailed from the grave by an uncle who wanted her to marry the Earl of Kinnon, a gentleman with a ne'er-do-well reputation? Against the staid and proper backdrop of Victorian England, The Reluctant Heiress weaves a mesmerizing tale of passions in turmoil and of one woman torn between her headstrong temper and her heart's desire.
THE VIRTUOUS VIXEN 6/1985 ISBN:0385197012 A young woman's private sketch is published in a Newspaper and causes a scandal.
TO HONOR AND DESIRE 3/1999 ISBN: 0821763342
Julia Templeton
RETURN TO ME 8/2007 ISBN: 0425215415 Betrayed by her uncle, the magically inclined Gabrielle Fairmont has been sold into a betrothal with a man who will surely be her ruin. To survive—and to avoid being labeled as a witch—she must accept the help of a five-hundred-year-old vampire who's as dangerous to her chaste body as he is to her fragile heart...Haunted by the woman who so resembles his dead wife, Darius MacLeod finds it impossible to walk away from Gabrielle and her plight. So he spirits her out of London and into his Scottish castle—where he will be torn between his role as her protector and his ravenous desire to touch her in the most tender of places...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Emma Tennant
PEMBERLEY, or Pride And Prejudice Continued 1993 ISBN:0340598816 Pemberley is Mr. Darcy's splendid house, and it is there that amidst their relatives one Christmas, his pride and his wife Elizabeth's prejudice find themselves once again provoked. Told with stylish irony combined with insights into the emotions and mores of eighteenth century English high society, Pemberley is an elegant and diverting social comedy, a novel of genuine originality. (The London Bookworm)
AN UNEQUAL MARRIAGE, or Pride And Prejudice Twenty Years Later 12/1994 ISBN:0312115334 A sequel to Pride and Prejudice, following the lives of the now married Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. Problems arise with their two children, Miranda who would make a more than worthy heir if only she were a man and Edward who it may be necessary to disinherit due to his dealings with unscrupulous acquaintances. (Chesire Book Centre)
Julie Tetel
THE TEMPORARY BRIDE 9/1993 ISBN: 0373312059 When Miss Helen Denville stepped off an Accommodation coach en route to her new position as governess, she had no idea she was about to embark on the adventure of her life. All but kidnapped by the infamous gambler Mr. Darcy, she was caught up in a deception that would change both of their lives forever. Posing as his bride to flush out a criminal who held the key to Mr. Darcy's mysterious past, Helen found herself enjoying the masquerade far too much. She fled from her unwanted desires and unwanted husband, little guessing that their paths were destined to cross again.
Martha Lou Thomas
LADY TRUE'S GATE 1990 ISBN:0802711278
THE WAR HERO'S WIFE 1988 ISBN:0802710425
Dawn Thompson
FALCON'S BRIDE 9/2006 ISBN: 0505526794 At twenty-one, after two Seasons with no takers, Theodosia Barrington should have been grateful to snare Nigel Cosgrove. The earl-to-be was a blue-eyed Adonis, a true catch—and surely the incident in Covent Garden was exaggerated. And yet, upon her arrival at Cashel Cosgrove, Thea found herself more intrigued by the Irish castle’s legend, the tragic warrior Ros Drumcondra, than by her intended. “The Black Falcon” Drumcondra was called. Part Gypsy, part Celt, the warrior had been conquered by betrayal alone. His ghost was reputed to wander these halls, making women tremble with fear and desire—for who could resist those burnished copper eyes? Hadn’t he stolen away the betrothed of Cian Cosgrove, made the woman his love slave? If only Thea herself could suffer such a fate. If only magic were a reality. If only that Gypsy woman had spoken the truth, and Thea was a woman out of time, the one meant to be…The Falcon’s Bride.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE RAVENCLIFF BRIDE 9/2005 ISBN: 0505526530 As the coach flew up the Cornish coast, Sara saw the end of her journey: Ravencliff Manor. She was now a Baroness. But what sort of man would rescue her from debtors prison by marriage, sight unseen, by proxy? Obviously, a wretch-the same sort of man who kept the curtains drawn and his house in a state of gloomy disrepair. The same sort of man who let a strange, wolf-like creature roam his grounds as if it were master. Of course, Sara would have accepted the proposal of the Devil himself to get out of Fleet, so she was resigned to her fate. Then she met her husband, hair black as sin and a handsome face, and all her assurance vanished. What strange curse had befallen Nicholas Walraven, and what secrets did he hide? What dark fortune had brought her to this place? For good or ill, she was now. The Ravencliff Bride. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE WATERLORD 3/2006 ISBN: 0505526735 Lady Rebecca’s life changed forever in the blink of an eye. One moment she was fleeing her father across a storm-swept Bodmin Moor; in the next, her carriage overturned on a steep gorge. But she did not die. Somehow, she was pulled clear. Safety, her rescuer promised. But how could Becca feel safe? There was an eerie luminosity about him, a fluid silver aura like the lightning filling the night. And while his voice was deep, mellow—comforting, like the music a stream made while rushing over pebbles—it, too, held a hint of the otherworldly. Who was this strange savior, this displaced foreign nobleman who offered up his home and did not want her to leave? Long moonlit walks to the nearby waterfall, tight-lipped servants, a kiss unlike any other: everything about the Count was an enigma. Becca had heard myths of the Fossegrim: creatures driven to find ecstasy with human women and then vanish forever. From their world, humans never returned. This man, Becca was willing to follow. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Ronda Thompson
SCANDALOUS 12/2000 ISBN: 0843948051 Christine was shocked that she'd agreed to marry. And though her intended was the newest Lord Greenhaven and the son of her noble benefactor, Gavin Norfork was a notorious lover, gambler, and duelist. It was rumored he could seduce a woman at twenty paces. The dissolute aristocrat was clearly an unsuitable match for a virtuous orphan who had devoted her life to charity work. Even if he was the most handsome man she'd ever seen. But her first attempt to scare him off ended only with mud on her face. And, suddenly finding herself wed to a man she hadn't even met, Christine found herself questioning her goals. Perhaps it was time to make her entree into London society, to meet Gavin on his own ground - and challenge him with his own tricks. The unrepentant rake thought she'd gotten dirty before, but he hadn't seen anything yet. Not only her husband could be scandalous - and not only Christine could fall in love.
Alice Thornton
AN UNSUITABLE MATCH (The Regency Rakes) 8/1995 ISBN: 0263792919 Mary Drayton's improvident father had left her, on his death, in quite degrading circumstances. So when Justin, Lord Hawkridge, fell in love with her, and she with him, Mary was heartbroken but not surprised when he apparent came to his sense. To find him again in Bath, years later, when she was on a mission of mercy, as a shock - more so when he clearly thought that she had abandoned him! But nothing had changed; she was still an unsuitable match for him...
THE WOLF'S PROMISE 10/1996 ISBN: 0263798771 Lady Angelica Lennard took matters into her own hands. Her brother needed bringing out of France and Benoit Faulkner owned a debt to her father. In view of her father's blindness, she would go herself to persuade Benoit to rescue Harry. Fully expecting a piratical smuggler, Angelica was mortified to discover a respectable shipowner - or was her? Some things didn't add up, but somehow Benoit didn't seem a stranger. Was she imagining the warmth and intimacy? When she fell into danger and Benoit's steely will showed through, she was sure of it!
Claire Thornton
GIFFORD'S LADY 12/2002 ISBN: 0263831493 One hot August night. Miss Abigail Summers watched in shocked fascination from her window as a man leaped stark naked from his bed in the house across the way. He looked to be fighting the worst of nightmares. Embarrassment rapidly overcame female curiosity when they were introduced the following day. Sir Gifford Raven was a man of action, not at all comfortable in Bath's polite society, which was why the penniless Miss Summers intrigued him. Her dress was dowdy, but beneath her shyness he detected an impulsive young woman, a kindred spirit who could help drive his devils away.
RAVEN'S HONOUR 5/2002 ISBN: 0263831213 Passion under fire...When Major Cole Raven rescues Honor from a rushing river in war-torn Spain he knows he could find love with this brave, beautiful, unattainable, young woman. An oath to a dying soldier to protect Honor throws them together and, with the dangers of war all around them, an irresistible passion flares. The handsome Major stirs Honor's spirit as never before, but responsibilities await as they return to England, family duties which will force Cole to deny what he most desires. Unless he can find a way of keeping his honour as well as the woman he loves.
Elizabeth Thornton
ALMOST A PRINCESS 1/2003 ISBN: 0553584898 Case Devere, the steely-eyed earl of Castleton, has agreed to help Special Branch track down a notorious killer--one who just happens to be his archenemy. But he finds more than he bargained for when his search leads him to Jane Mayberry, a beautiful bluestocking passionately devoted to the cause of women’s rights--and to protecting her privacy. As irresistible as she is uncooperative, the spirited Jane arouses Case’s interest--as well as his worst suspicions--when she quietly disappears. Determined to find the one woman who may hold the key to his investigation--and to his heart--Case goes after her. Though their sparring belies an attraction too powerful to deny, Jane knows there can never be anything between herself and the strong-willed earl. For she bears a dark and terrifying secret that must remain hidden--even at the cost of a broken heart. As Case fights for the love of the one woman who has ever mattered to him, they are swept into a deadly game by a killer who won’t stop until he has punished them both.
BLUESTOCKING BRIDE 11/1987 ISBN: 0821722158 Catherine Harland, a sheltered country girl, possessed a passion for Greek letters. Hippolytus, she felt was the epitome of male virtue - high-minded, loft in his ideals, and completely the opposite of the rude and infuriating Marquis of Ruthereston, her family's new neighbor. It seemed to amuse that notorious womanizer to bait her with his own surprisingly excellent command of Greek literature. Well, Catherine may have been a green girl, but she could give as good as she got - as the Marquis would soon discover.
THE BRIDE'S BODYGUARD 4/1997 ISBN: 0553574256. Tessa Lorimer thinks she is the luckiest girl in the world. After a bitter, harrowing childhood, she had escaped her guardian's clutches and fled to her wealthy, doting grandfather. For the first time in her life, Tessa is spoiled -- yet one thing blights her happiness. Her grandfather's new secretary, the mysterious and magnetic Ross Trevenan, has too much influence with the aging financier. And in Trevenan's eyes, Tessa can do nothing right. But she suspects there is more to the cool, gray-eyed American's plans than replacing her in an old man's affections. And when a tragedy from the past returns to stalk the present, Tessa's time may have run out . . .
CHERISHED 9/1993 ISBN: ISBN: 1558177485 At sixteen, high-born Lady Emily Brockton had been forced by circumstances to wed the notorious, seductive Leon Devereux. But theirs had been a marriage in name only, and the handsome rakehell had soon set sail for America, leaving his chaste young bride alone and at the mercy of every fortune-hunting scoundrel in the ton. Five years alter, they would meet again at a society ball, when a masked stranger swept Emily into his virile embrace. But it was a dangerous destiny that had brought Devereux back to England and to the woman he'd sworn to possess at all costs. And even as Emily found herself surrendering to his searing caress, a treacherous enemy threatened to tear her forever from the arms of the man she'd vowed never to love, but now could no longer live without!
DANGEROUS TO HOLD 5/1996 ISBN: 0553574795. He'd accosted her on a dark London street, sure that she was his missing wife. But a few moments in her company assured Marcus Lytton that Miss Catherine Courtnay was nothing like Catalina. Cool and remote, with a tongue as tart as a lemon and eyes that could flash with temper, the fiery-haired beauty was everything his scheming adventuress of a wife wasn't - innocent, loyal, honest. And so he uttered the words that would sweep Catherine into his life, and into a desperate plan that could spell disaster for them both: "I want you to play the part of my wife..." As the infamous Earl of Wrotham waited impatiently for her answer, Catherine was aware of the dark side of Marcus Lytton, the heartless, unscrupulous rake who saw seduction as a game, and women as playthings to be used and discarded. Yet when he insisted that his life was in jeopardy, she believed him. And only when she found herself ensconced in his home and in his bedchamber did Catherine stop to realize just how dangerous her own position was...as Marcus began to plumb the depths of her secrets - and her secret desires...
DANGEROUS TO KISS 4/1995 ISBN: 0553573721. Handsome, kind, and unassuming, Mr. Gray seemed the answer to Deborah Weyman's prayers. For once she accepted the position he offered, she would finally be safe from the notorious Lord Kendal, a man she had good reason to believe had murdered her former employer - and was now after her. But there were certain things about Mr. Gray that Deborah should have noticed: the breadth of his shoulders, the steel in his voice, the gleam in his uncommonly blue eyes - things that might have warned her that Mr. Gray was no savior, but a very dangerous man...Though she posed as a dowdy schoolteacher, Lord Kendal saw right through her disguise to the treacherous beauty beneath. Now, convinced that she alone can tell him the truth about Lord Barrington's murder - and the whereabouts of Barrington's young son - he coolly masquerades as the innocuous Mr. Gray. And only when it's too late for Deborah to run will she learn what it means to be at his mercy - and powerless to resist his seduction.
FALLEN ANGEL 5/1989. ISBN: 0821726544 If there was one man Madeleina never wanted to lay eyes on, it was the scoundrel who'd seduced her fashionably young stepmother and disgraced her beloved father. The spirited Scottish lass knew his name: Deveryn. Then she met dashing Jason Verney, and as he waltzed her into his strong embrace and plied her with his practiced charms, Madeleina forgot about scandals and betrayals. She was too besotted to ask the young man his full name and too much in love to guess that Jason was really Viscount Deveryn, known to the London ton as The Fallen Angel.
HIGHLAND FIRE 1/1994 ISBN: 1558177833 At the Battle of Waterloo, Lord Iain Randal promises his dying cousin David, that he will return to his lands in Scotland. Upon his return, Rand is set upon by a band of brigands intent on mischief. Rand has no way of knowing that one member of the outlaws has an intense dislike for the English Sassenach, even though he is now the Chief of the Clan Randal. Granddaughter of Glenshiel, but illegitimate by birth, Caitlin Randal is an independent, shrewish, somewhat dowdy young woman, with many facets to her character. When this stubborn miss and the arrogant lord meet, there is a resounding clash of tempers. Forced into marriage by her grandfather, neither can deny the sexual current that crackles between them. They become husband and wife and lovers, and hide what is really in their hears. But there is a mystery to be resolved, and can Randal stop an unknown presence before Caitlin's life is destroyed.
THE MARRIAGE TRAP 7/2005 ISBN:0553587536 From dueling at dawn to fighting at Waterloo, Jack Rigg, Earl of Raleigh, has seen his share of danger. But now he faces his greatest fear: wedlock by ambush. It began in Paris, when he rescued an alluring cardsharp named Aurora from a tavern brawl. In the safety of Jack's rooms they shared a passionate embrace. He never suspected their compromising encounter would change his life completely. . . .The idea that a poor vicar's daughter should marry Jack Rigg might be amusing-if it weren't so imperative. When she last saw Jack, Ellie Hill was disguised as "Aurora," indulging her gift for gaming. Now she's in trouble with the law-and Jack is her alibi. She must hope he'll be more of a gentleman than he was to Aurora. But as they forge an unlikely and increasingly amorous alliance, someone with a deadly agenda wants to end their union before it begins.
THE PASSIONATE PRUDE 10/1988 ISBN: 0821724851 When word reached Deirdre Fenton that her brother was pursuing the notorious actress Mrs. Dewinters, she immediately set about extricating her incorrigible sibling from his latest folly. But her brother had gone too far this time for his - or her - own good. For Mrs. Dewinters was under the powerful protection of the reprobate war hero, the Earl of Rathbourne . . . the very man Deirdre had summarily rejected years before after nearly succumbing to his highly improper advances .And the earl was not a man to forgive an insult - or forget a lady as passionate as Miss Fenton.
THE PERFECT PRINCESS 10/2001 ISBN: 0553581236 Lady Rosamund Devere has no interest in becoming the wife of a dull prince, no matter how perfect the newspapers think she is for that role. But not even the unconventional Rosamund could imagine the headlines the papers will soon be running when she is seen as the willing hostage of a condemned murderer, Richard Maitland, the steely-eyed, arrogant, and dangerously attractive ex-chief of His Majesty's Secret Service. Caught up in his daring escape on the eve of his execution, Rosamund finds herself in every bit as much danger as Richard. For the more she learns about him, the more determined she is to help him clear his name. But even more perilous than the conspiracy surrounding Richard is the passion that ignites between them - a passion that is rash, reckless, and impossible to resist.
THE PLEASURE TRAP 8/2007 ISBN: 0553589571 After years of heroism in the fight against the French, Ash Denison wants nothing more than to savor the good life. But an urgent request has sent him to a writer’s symposium. His charge: to unmask an author who has rattled several members of the ton by revealing their most intimate, most scandalous secrets. Not one to be left out, when Ash encounters a bold, beautiful—irresistibly aloof—woman writer, he can’t help stirring up some gossip of his own. . . . Much to Eve Dearing’s surprise, Ash is far from the well-mannered gentleman she’s heard about. In fact, he’s shockingly brash and has taken an inexplicable interest in manhandling her at every turn. Yet something about his searing embrace makes her forgive his wicked behavior—and succumb to his dangerous seduction. And when a fellow writer is brutally attacked and Eve becomes the killer’s next target, Ash surprises her once more by vowing not only to keep her safe . . . but to win her heart. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
PRINCESS CHARMING 2/2001 ISBN:0553581201 When Gwyn Barrie inherits a mysterious legacy donated by an anonymous benefactor, she is sure it's too good to be true - and it is. For along with the legacy comes the man named as the sole trustee of the money: handsome, charming Jason Radley. Eight years ago, Gwyn and Jason were in love - until Gwyn disappeared for reasons Jason could never understand. Now fate has brought him back into her life again - along with the funds Gwyn so desperately needs. But Gwyn's good fortune quickly sours when someone begins to follow her all over London - someone who may even want her dead. Frightened and alone, Gwyn has only Jason to turn to. But can she trust the man who broke her heart so many years ago - and fight the passion that is seething so close to the surface? Soon nothing is what it seems as Gwyn and Jason are swept up in a terrifying game of greed and lust - where the stakes are nothing less than their lives.
SCARLET ANGEL 8/1990 ISBN:1558173927 As the granddaughter of a highly placed French diplomat, Gabrielle de Brienne was a valuable political pawn. She was also the same Gabrielle who as a child had inadvertently taken from Cam Colbourne, Duke of Dyson, the two people he loved best in the world. The handsome nobleman had vowed to make her pay for his suffering, and now the perfect opportunity presented itself. He would abduct this eighteen-year-old hoyden - with the looks of an angel and the manners of a ragamuffin - and hold her prisoner in his Cornwall castle in order to manipulate her traitorous grandfather. For years he had dreamed of having her at his mercy, and now nothing less than her complete surrender would satisfy him.
SHADY LADY 2/2004 ISBN: 0553584901 As the Avon Journal 's no-nonsense publisher, Jolie Chesney always stuck to the facts. And the fact was that she found the celebrated war hero who'd come to her office angrily demanding a retraction unsettlingly charismatic. His wild sexual exploits had found their way into her paper's gossip column, and Jo had no intention of compromising her standards, journalistic or otherwise. But when her star reporter suspiciously vanishes, Jo seeks help from this dangerously sensual man, whose connection to the Special Branch may save her friend's life, even if it means putting her own life-and heart-on the line. Waldo Bowman sensed danger in his immediate attraction to Jolie the instant they met. Beautiful and independent, she was unlike any woman he knew-and he was determined not to lose her, whatever the risk. But when Jo uses her paper to set a trap for a cold-blooded killer, these reluctant lovers embark on a mystery that will change their lives-or end them. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
SHEER SORCERY Short Story in CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ISBN: 0821732455. On Christmas Eve, Jess will at last come of age and be free of her insufferable guardian, unless she finds there's something she want even more than freedom . . .
WHISPER HIS NAME 4/1999 ISBN: 0553574272. Regency. Independent and stubbornly unmarried, Abbie Vayle has always been a little too smart for her own good. But she may have gone too far when she starts her own rare-book business - and acquires an antique book in Paris with a mysterious code scribbled in the margins...Someone wants the book back - and is willing to kill to get it. The only trouble is, Abbie no longer has the book. It's locked away in the customs house in Dover. Now it's a race against time as Abbie stays one step ahead of her pursuers. The last person she wants to confide in is her friend Hugh Templar, a formidable scholar. But as Hugh keeps turning up where she least expects him, a few things begin to dawn on her...Not only is Hugh surprisingly - in act, incredibly - handsome without his glasses on, but he's strangely "professional" in how he handles her enemies. Hugh is clearly not what he seems. And soon Abbie realizes that neither is she...as she discovers what it means to love with all her heart and soul.
THE WORLDLY WIDOW 1/1990. ISBN: ISBN: 0821728784. Annabelle Jocelyn preferred to keep men at a distance. Indeed, the young widow's heart belonged to her business. As owner and editor of Bailey's Press, her current project was to secure a certain scandalous diary with which she hoped to cause a publishing sensation. But Annabelle's plans went decidedly awry when she crossed paths with the rakish Earl of Dalmar, a man (hardly a gentleman!) who seemed to have a singular talent for getting her back up. He had an interest, no doubt a personal one, for suppressing the diary. But she was not about to be intimidated by his anger, nor tempted by the gleam in his eye . . .
YOU ONLY LOVE TWICE 3/1998 ISBN: 0553574264. For three years she's been a mystery even to herself...a young woman who awoke in a London convent bereft of her memory. But now Jessica Hayward knows her name, her birthplace, and one other thing: by some terrifying twist of fate, she has the power to read another's thoughts - a man who has killed and will kill again. Convinced that she must unmask him before it's too late, Jessica goes home to Hawkshill Manor...and discovers that no one is happy about her return, especially the dangerously handsome earl, Lucas Wilde. What kind of girl was she to have earned such scorn? What took place between Lucas and her before she disappeared? And whose murder haunts her? The deeper Jessica digs, the more scandalous details are revealed. Yet even as the clues point to Lucas as the killer, Jess can't keep herself away from his embrace. And now all she can do is pray that the man she's fallen in love with isn't the man whose deadly voice she hears.
Sylvia Thorpe
THE DEVIL'S BONDSMAN 1961 To Felicia, the man who had rescued her was an enigma - frightening and fascinating, a pirate and yet a gentleman. They called him Valentine, and he was a dangerous buccaneer. He was also a fugitive who seemed to flirt with death. But death passed him by and people whispered he had made a pact with the devil. Valentine had rescued Felicia and then ignored her - until a centuries-old feud and a strange gambling debt trapped them together once again.
THE HOUSE AT BELL ORCHARD 1962 ISBN:0449500063 She was beautiful, young, and an heiress. Suddenly, she became an orphan--and the ruthless Colonel Fenshawe and his despicable family were offering her sanctuary. The colonel cared nothing for Charmain, but he intended to force her into a marriage with his son, purely out of greed for her fortune. Unbeknownst to them all, the dashing Sir Piers Wychwood, a neighbor, had caught a glimpse of Charmain and could not put her out of his mind. Charmain did not know it then, but she'd already won the heart of her savior....
THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURESS 1963 ISBN:0449234266 After all she had been educated to earn her living only as a governess. And being exceptionally beautiful was certainly no asset for such a position. So when Katharine's uncle and his fashionable young wife invited her into their home she was overjoyed. But the sweet and innocent Katharine found herself living a life very different from the one she had expected. Katharine suddenly found she had fallen into the hands of adventurers. Was she clever enough to meet their dangerous challenge?
ROGUE'S COVENANT 1957 ISBN: 0449230414 Joanna had never before known anyone like Philip Digby. The handsome stranger from Barbados charmed the entire neighborhood, including the lovely heiress to the Selbourne fortune. It did occur to Joanna that she knew very little about him. But she didn't care. It was enough that he loved her. And she loved him. When Philip asked her to marry him, she quickly agreed. And even though he insisted that their engagement be kept a secret, for the time being, Joanna did not argue. She was willing to go along with Philip's every wish. She never suspected that she would be suddenly thrust into the middle of a breathtaking adventure.
ROMANTIC LADY 1960 ISBN:0552105252 She was a young red-headed woman with all the impetuous gaiety that goes with red hair. And though her life as governess to her uncle's children seemed rather dreary, nothing could stifle her romantic spirit. And it was just this romantic spirit that caused Caroline to do a dangerous and impulsive act.
THE SCAPEGRACE 1971 ISBN: 44922663125 "A little nobody from the other side of the world with not a penny to her name, and you think you can contract a respectable marriage for her. Ridiculous!" Mrs. Courtenay threw the words at Tristram. A wicked glint came into his eyes. "Ridiculous is it," he said softly. "I'll lay any odds you like she finds it easier to get a husband than that sour-faced daughter of yours." When Tristram, the young Lord Maristone, took the penniless American Melinda Westcott under his protective wing, he had only a faint notion of the odds against her. Tristram, rakish and headstrong, was not one to run from a challenge. But when he determined that Melinda should become a social success, he reckoned without the danger from her hidden past--nor did he know that Melinda had fallen in love with him.
THE SILVER NIGHTINGALE 10/1974 ISBN: 0449023120 Sarah was the quiet one... When Lord Chayle proposed marriage to Sarah Lorymer, no one was more surprised than Sarah herself. It was a brilliant match. None of her family had ever expected her to achieve more than a respectable marriage, if that. Why had Justin Chayle proposed? Was it, as Sarah's mother suggested, because he wanted a grateful, submissive wife who would make no demands upon him? Or was it some secret known only to Justin? As for Sarah, she had already fallen completely and hopelessly in love with him. But she knew better than to let him suspect it. She was prepared to play her role - until Justin made her so angry she lost her temper and plunged them both into a strange adventure among even stranger companions.
TARRINGTON CHASE 1976 ISBN: 44902843 From the very beginning of her employment as the governess at Tarrington Chase, lovely, young Perdita Frayne was warned to have absolutely nothing to do with Jason Hawkesworth. To disobey this order would mean instant dismissal. Mere mention of Jason's name evoked intense hatred among every member of the household. Perdita couldn't figure out why this was so, but she intended to keep out of his way. It was impossible for her to avoid 'accidental' meetings with the handsome and mysterious Mr. Hawkesworth. In fact, she began to look forward to seeing him. Perdita could not deny the powerful attraction she felt for Jason. But she knew that she would have to overcome the strong feelings that stirred inside her every time they met, or leave Tarrington Chase forever.
THREE LOVES 6/1981 ISBN:0449501884
Elizabeth Todd
THE EARL'S INTRIGUE 4/1984 ISBN: 0451128745 When lovely Ariana Kent crept into the bedroom of the handsome and powerful Earl of Caernan, romance was the last thing on her mind. Money was what she wanted - enough to let her rejoin the traveling theatrical troupe that was the only family she knew. Caught red-handed as a thief, Ariana was forced to agree to the Earl's shocking proposition. She had to assume the role of an aristocrat as pawn in a dangerous game that the Earl was playing in the highest levels of society. But that was not the most perilous part of her position as the puppet of this maddeningly imperious lord. For not only had the Earl robbed her of her freedom - he had also stolen her heart.
Janet Mary Tomson
THE MIDWILLOW MARTYRS 11/2004 ISBN: 0709077017 The year is 1830 and Martha Cavanagh, the minister's daughter, is experiencing the first pangs of love. Gabriel Lawless, the object of her affection, has returned home after seven years but not only is he a common labourer, he is also a rebel.
Jane Toombs
TARNISHED ANGEL short story in MISTLETOE MARRIAGES 1999 ISBN: 1584950560
Regina Towers
THE RAKE'S COMPANION 8/1980 ISBN:0440172381 Beneath the drab clothing of young Faith Duncan was hidden a rare and incomparable beauty. But nothing in her experience as a nurse-companion to a string of querulous old ladies had ever led her to think of anything but serving their needs at her own expense. Nothing could have prepared her for the imperious Countess of Moorshead Castle, who decided to restyle her young companion to her own image -- to suit the two handsome nephews at war for the fortune to come at her death. Mr. Felix Kingston and the brooding Earl of Moorshead were blood brothers and natural enemies. And Faith Duncan was the glittering prize in between.
Meriol Trevor
THE SUN WITH A FACE 1/1982 ISBN: 0449502341 Olivia Thorne was pretty, penniless and unmarried -- and likely to stay that way. Because the only man who had ever made her heart beat faster was also penniless; a charming rogue of an Englishman who played the piano in public and as a rebel in private. Against the colourful backdrop of early nineteenth-century Italy, honeycombed with revolutionaries and patriots, this enchanting novel unfolds the tale of lovers and villains -- and of a woman who knew what she wanted...
THE WANTON FIRES 2/1981 ISBN:0525229825 Georgiana Allison, a tradesman's daughter, had always had her pretty head filled with romantic notions. Then an unexpected proposal of marriage from Sir Miles Dynham brought the exciting world of balls and masquerades and titled wealth within her grasp. But when she was suddenly courted and kissed by Adrian, Miles' roguish cousin, Georgie found herself torn between the man who loves her--and the man she loves....
Amanda Troy
DOUBLE DECEPTION 7/1982 ISBN:0515058165 Aurora Marshingham knew all too well the part that money played in love. When she had been left penniless after her father's death, the only man she ever loved had vanished, leaving the auburn-haired beauty bitter, but determined.
Lydia Trusz
A TOUCH OF CLASS 5/1997 ISBN: 0821756486 A lady measures up. Highborn Andrea 'Andy' Fitzgerald cut a fine figure...of six feet. After a humiliating Season, she fled the ton to join her father in his search for genealogies. Andy, after all, knew about antiquity...she was already three-and-twenty. She also knew a rake when she saw him. Jon Sterling, the new Marquess of Baldwin, wanted his lineage traced-and his face slapped. Looking the tall nobleman directly in the eye, Andy rejected his advances. The Marquess took her 'no' as a challenge. At last he had found a lady of spirit, strength...and size. A woman who seemed unperturbed by things such as the mysterious howling heard throughout his country estate. In truth, Andy was secretly surrendering to a growing tendre for the Marquess, although she believed he was about to offer for a far more delicate miss. She had raised her defenses, but in a mansion filled with rivals, houseguests, and one canine ghost, love just couldn't prove the great equalizer...
Helen Tucker
BOLD IMPOSTER 10/1991 ISBN: 0843931647
THE DOUBLE DEALERS 2/1982 ISBN: 0449502694 I would as soon marry the terrible Boney himself as a man like Todd Wendover. No girl who knows Todd would have him... From the moment Mr. Kendall promised his lovely daughter, Rozelle, to young rakehell Todd Wendover, a storm of misunderstandings and deception broke over the peaceful English countryside. Rosie did not want to marry the scandalous Todd. So she made herself up to look like an old hag, and Todd fled from their meetings as she had hoped he would. But when he asked his friend, Lord Markham, to help him stage a kidnapping to escape his problems, the trouble really began... The Double Dealers - a merry tangle of love and not-so-delicate intrigue.
GUILT OF AUGUST FIELDING 1971 ISBN: 0812813790 The life and times of August Fielding as he learns about love and loss.
THE HALVERTON SCANDAL 1980 ISBN: 0449501116 . 'God help us all, I am afraid there is going to be hell to pay at Halverton Hall before long.' It all started when Norris Halverton persuaded lovely but penniless Faine Tillery to pretend that she was married to him. Supposedly to protect his inheritance from a scheming brother. It was a dangerous masquerade but she had little choice. It was 'Mrs. Halverton' or starvation. Once at Halverton Hall, Faine was shocked and frightened by the hostility. The whole place seemed treacherous. There was no one she dared trust. Especially her 'husband.' Only her accidental meeting with engaging and handsome Derek Seward held any hope of a future. And she didn't know that yet.
AN INFAMOUS ATTACHMENT 7/1980 ISBN:0449500721 Linnet felt a heaviness of spirit as the stagecoach headed toward London and her new home with Lord and Lady Renfrow. How different London society would be from the tranquil simplicity she had known all her life on the Scottish moors.
THE LADY'S FANCY 6/1991 ISBN:084393123X Glittering London far exceeded Emmie's glum expectations, and the whirlwind life in the ton's haute monde swept her into the company of rakes, princes, and dashing poets. At the center of it all was the roguish man about town, Lord Jared Kannard. And when the devil may care peer turned his considerable charms on Emmie, she faced the most perplexing dilemma of her life. How could she surrender to the man who was everything she wanted in a husband when she had already promised to wed her beau at home?
A MISTRESS TO THE REGENT 2/1980 ISBN:0449500276 She was everything a beautiful woman should be. Spirited, intelligent, and innocent. She was also without a penny. When her engagement to an Italian Nobleman fell through or, rather, was pushed through by his Uncle Aldo, Selina figured all was lost. She was certain no eligible man would offer for her now. But her guardians had a brilliant idea, make her the mistress of the Regent himself !
NO NEED OF GLORY 1972 ISBN: 0812815106 Leak, the homespun proprietor of a small-town hardware store, becomes the unlikely candidate for governor of his state, knowing full well that he hasn't a prayer of beating his rival the handsome, wealthy, politically knowledgeable, and--most important--Democratic.
A REASON FOR RIVALRY 1979 ISBN: 0449241394 When spirited and lovely Cathleen Raymond is jilted just before her betrothal ball, she seeks sanctuary at her aunt's estate. Never again, she vows. Never again will she think of marriage. But then in her wanderings about the estate she runs across a mysterious young man who calls himself Brian and quite takes her fancy. It is unfortunate that her cousin Clare is also enamored of this same stranger. Clare will stop at nothing to keep Cathleen away from Brian. But the most pressing problem for them both is - who is Brian?
SEASON OF DISHONOR 8/1982 ISBN:0449503100 She had never seen such an exciting man. The duke, with his tall figure and intense dark eyes that burned into her like ebony coals, hypnotized her. In one instant she knew she was looking at the man she wanted above all others...
THE SOUND OF SUMMER VOICES 1969 The story of a sheltered Southern family and a secret revolving around a young boy's supposedly dead mother.
A STRANGE AND ILL-STARRED MARRIAGE 1978 ISBN: 0449235351 Spirited, beautiful Jocelyn Egmont felt little better than a slave when she learned that her brother had sold her in marriage to the aging, depraved Sir Rolf Caradoc. Loathsome and more than twice her age, Sir Rolf was the only person who could save the Egmonts from total financial disaster. Left no choice but to obey her brother, Jocelyn went through with the wedding. But before the marriage could be consummated, she fled her bridal chamber and brought about a chase that injured Sir Rolf, confining him to bed. A short reprieve from her fate was all Jocelyn could hope for-until Edward. Edward was handsome, gently, everything that Sir Rolf wasn’t. And suddenly Jocelyn knew she was falling in love, hopelessly in love, with a man she could never have - her husband’s own brother.
THE VIRGIN OF LONTANO 1973 ISBN: 0812816064 A recently divorced man travels to Sardinia, where he is smitten by a remarkably beautiful, enigmatic woman.
A WEDDING DAY DECEPTION 11/1981 Only one thing could spoil the perfection of her wedding day-the appearance of the man she loved! The letter began simply, "I yearn to see you," but for Juliana Nevins it was a deeply distressing message. On the eve of her marriage to kind and loyal Edric Peyton-in a fabulous wedding eagerly awaited by all of London society-to receive a letter from the dashing, romantic Niall Laurence, her first and sweetest love! Juliana painfully recalled their idyllic summer at Bath-and his cruel abandonment of her without a word of explanation. And now it seemed he wanted her back...vowed he had always loved her, but that grave circumstances had prevented his keeping their last assignation. Suddenly Juliana knew; it was Niall she truly loved, not Edric...
Judy Turner
FOLLOW THE DRUM 10/1980 ISBN:0373300506 She listened, horrified, as her cousin spoke. "It's true, Elmira warned. Father is going to insist you marry the Earl of Chacewater. If you refuse he'll send you away!" What was she to do? Her father intended to marry her off to an old man. Harry was a much younger suitor, but compared to Captain Alleyn he was rather dull. So she began to plan. . .
SHERIDA 1982 Sherida suddenly found she was an heiress... But unfortunately her limited experience had not prepared her to deal with the countless London rakes looking for rich wives -- especially ones as pretty as Sherida. And so there were many who thought her very lucky to have the sophisticated Lord McNaughton as her guardian... but Sherida thought nothing of the kind. Particularly when his protection took on a form that seemed more dangerous than anything he might have been protecting her from!....
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