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A CHRISTMAS TOGETHER 10/1994. ISBN:0380777401. Anthology featuring four stories: "Angel Face" by Jane Bonander, "Heaven's Gate" by Tanya Anne Crosby, "The Ice Queen" by Jennifer Horsman, and "The Christmas Baby" by Joan Johnston
Jane Bonander
SCENT OF LILACS 4/1998 ISBN: 0671009168 When Lexy Tate dreamed of practicing medicine, she hadn't imagined setting up her practice in an abandoned brothel, or delivering a calf in a ramshackle barn. But as one of the first woman doctors in America, Lexy couldn't afford to be fussy, especially with a young daughter to consider. Little Krista needed the warmth of the California sun for her health, and Lexy was determined to make a home for the two of them on the California frontier. Lexy was prepared for hardship and difficult working conditions but she wasn't ready to meet Jake Westfield, again. Four years earlier, Jake had shown how little he cared for Lexy when he left her without giving her a chance to tell him she was bearing his child. Now, faced with the man she'd loved since she was a young girl, Lexy knew that this time she could not afford to give in to the passion that still bound them. This time, she had to make the right decision, not just for herself, but for her precious daughter....
Barbara Bonham
BITTERSWEET 3/1984 Susan and her beloved Ward journeyed across a shining nation to plant the seeds for a new life in the fertile Nebraska soil. But fate brought a dark destiny: drought...desperation...the wealthy Widow Brown's murder...and a bloodthirsty clan of vigilantes whose quest for 'justice' would tear the newlyweds apart for eternity. Susan vowed, with every breath, to clear her husband's name, while another man waited, knowing that only when the truth was revealed would she see the all-consuming love that burned in his eyes...
DANCE OF DESIRE 1978 ISBN:0872164705.
PASSION'S PRICE 1977 ISBN:0867211520. In a heart-rending story set against the harshness and isolation of the vast prairies of 19th Century America, we meet two unforgettable people whom fate has thrown together -- a lovely young widow and a lusty family man -- who struggle in vain against a forbidden but powerful attraction for each other. Having known only warmth and gratitude toward her husband, Beata Winfield is unprepared for the strong undercurrents of emotion that shake her whenever Kirk Scheidemann is near. And Kirk has never before known a woman like Beata -- sensitive, passionate, poised on the very brink of sexual awareness. Irresistibly drawn together, they are overcome by desire and inevitably succumb to the raging needs within them. Helpless victims of their overwhelming passions, they become outcasts in the community and nearly destroy each other before learning the price of true love and understanding.
Geri Borcz
ASKING FOR TROUBLE 7/01 ISBN: 0821770675 Long, lean, and dangerously attractive, Nick Colter isn't fit company for a lady, but Jamie Donovan can't afford to care about that. When her father died, he'd left behind too many years of bad investments, and now the future of the Circle D Ranch depends on driving a valuable herd of cattle from Texas to Montana in just five months. Nick Colter is the best driver to be had, and she wants him riding by her side. But she hadn't figured that Colter would want her, too--in his bed. Nick knows from experience that rich girls like Jamie Donovan like to play with fire--and that he would be the one to get burned. He can't deny that he needs the money the job will earn him, but he definitely doesn't need the trouble stubborn Jamie will surely cause. When his graphic depiction of life on the drive doesn't scare her off, he's certain his demand for one night in her arms will. But he hadn't counted on Jamie's passionate determination--or his own sudden need to claim her love.
Caroline Bourne
ALLEGHENY ECSTASY 1990 ISBN:0821729578. Dressing up as a ghost to scare an heiress away from her mansion wasn't Cole Donovan's cup of tea, but he'd been blackmailed and his only other choice was the Gallows. The rugged Scotsman was in for a surprise-he hadn't counted on his victim being so spirited, so enchanting, and so sensuous that he could hardly keep from touching her.
EDGE OF HEAVEN 10/1994 ISBN: 0821747681 The Donovans were cursed by bad blood. That's how Philadelphia heiress Mariette Donovan justified her cousin Robby's actions when he nearly killed his brother over a girl, then ran off with her into the untamed Alleghenies. Now the wildness in her own soul let Mariette to follow Adam Cassidy, the bounty hunter hired to bring the wayward lovers back and to encounter her own tempestuous fate. Adam had left the pain of betrayal behind and forged a new life in a rugged land. Drawn to Mariette like a moth to a flame, he would lead her on a journey through soaring primeval mountains, pursued by a dark past an swept toward a perilous future with no guarantees except bold dreams and searing nights of love!
SUMMER SERENADE 10/1996 ISBN: 082175419X Amabel Lockridge had to escape. Her cruel guardian was about to sell her as a 'love slave,' an innocent dark haired beauty destined for the Orient and a life of luxury...and shame. Instead, a disguised Amabel fled to the only haven she knew - Baldemar, the ancestral estate of Brian Wetherly, her family's most despised enemy. Here, her guardian would never seek her; here, she would be safe....until her growing desire for the handsome Wetherly betrayed her. Soon nothing could keep Amabel from Brian's arms, but everything could keep them from their true destiny - her shocking deception and the lifelong feud between the families that could destroy their future. Unless Amabel and Brian found a way to ease the sins of yesterday with a love that held all the promise of tomorrow...
WHITE LACE 9/1995 ISBN: 0821750704 Shy British beauty Tallie Edwards witnesses a savage murder and flees England to escape the powerful nobleman she believes to be Jack the Ripper. Then she meets Storm Philips, a good man accused of a crime he didn't commit. Drawn together by loneliness, need, and passion, Tallie and Storm struggle to find salvation and love.
Donna Boyd
THE PASSION 5/1998 ISBN: 0380790947 On the eve of a brutal murder in contemporary Manhattan, Alexander Devoncroix finally reveals to his son and heir a tightly guarded chapter in the family history, which is know to no outsiders. In a world in which a superior race of werewolves holds the positions of power, human and werewolf segregation had become the norm. But for the first time, the leaders of the pack have accepted a human. In dazzling nineteenth century Paris, we meet three pivotal players: the young human Tessa LeGuerre, who falls under the spell of a very powerful, very sensual werewolf; Alexander Devoncroix, the charismatic werewolf who adores humans too well, but whose ultimate loyalty is to the pack; and Elise, the imperial pack leader who lays claim to Alexander. Beloved "pet" of select members of the pack, Tessa naively embraces all things werewolf--an ambition that results in unspeakable tragedy.
Barbara Donlon Bradley
A PORTRAIT IN TIME 1/2003 ISBN: 1582006571 Trey Dalton is having a very bad day. Someone is trying to destroy his plantation, his meddlesome aunt has come to visit, and some strange woman has appeared on his doorstep spouting some nonsense about coming from the future. Alexandra Tibideaux's day isn't any better. After racing from California to New Orleans because of an urgent message from her grandmother, Alex learns that all Grams wanted was to tour an old plantation, where Alex finds an exact likeness of herself. When curiosity causes her to touch the portrait, she finds herself trapped in the past with a man who is far too cute and too pig-headed for her taste.
Shelley Bradley
A CHRISTMAS PROMISE 10/2001 ISBN: 0821771868 Headstrong Lady Juliana Archer hadn't pictured herself widowed, penniless and alone in India when she impulsively eloped with an Army colonel five years ago. But she believed life on her own terms was far preferable to succumbing to her domineering father's wishes-and marrying the man of his choice, Lord Ian Pierce, who though dashingly handsome, was as overbearing as her father. Then Ian arrives in India with a surprisingly tempting request. If Ian failed to convince Juliana of his love once, he's determined to do so now. He's not surprised when she resists his proposal of marriage, but takes heart when she agrees to spend each day of the journey home getting to know him. If Juliana can honestly say that she doesn't care for him by Christmas Day, he will withdraw his suit. Perhaps the magic of the Christmas season will persuade her that their love will be something to celebrate. every day of the years to come.
STRICTLY FORBIDDEN 9/2002 ISBN: 0821772406 Miss Kira Melbourne is anything but a proper English rose. Her exotic beauty, courtesy of her foreign mother, has marked her as an outsider, and her ghastly reputation as a woman of loose virtue has only added to that status. The victim of a devious viscount's horrible lies, Kira has the chance to redeem herself and become a member of polite society as the fiancée of a respected country clergyman. She’ll finally have a place to belong…even if it’s in the tepid arms of a man she doesn't love. Gavin Daggett, duke of Cropthorne, isn't about to let his naïve country cousin marry a scandalous woman like Kira Melbourne. The solution is a simple one: Gavin will seduce the vixen and prove her unworthiness, thereby releasing his cousin from any obligation. But spending time with Kira is like awakening to a world of color and beauty, and it stirs the fiery desires Gavin has fought to suppress his entire life. Caught in his own dangerous game, sharing forbidden pleasure with Kira, Gavin knows that the price of loving her is high--and yet it is one that he will willingly pay…with every beat of his heart.
STRICTLY SEDUCTION 4/2002 ISBN: 0821772392 Victorian. Life has taught Madeline Sedgewick that nothing comes without a price--even desire. Widowed and deeply in debt, she's certain that whomever has bought her late husband's notes of credit will demand a steep repayment. But she never imagines that it will be Brock Taylor, baseborn former stable-hand, newly wealthy entrepreneur--and the man who stole her heart, and so much more, five years ago. Brock's memories of their parting are even more bitter than Maddie's, and his plans for their future are nothing like those he cherished during the bliss of first love. But seeing Maddie again--just as spirited, stubborn, and beautiful as ever--awakens a desire he thought long dead. Soon a dangerous wager is struck, with Brock's self-made fortune and Maddie's treasured independence at stake. A wager only one of them can win--as long as they resist the other's passionate seduction...
Rebecca Brandewyne
ACROSS A STARLIT SEA 8/1989 ISBN: 0505524406 Laura Prescott looked out into a future as bleak as the savage moors of Cornwall. The only daughter of a sea captain, Laura had been betrothed since childhood to her handsome cousin Jarrett Chandler, who would someday be master of Stormswept Heights. But it wasn't Jarrett who came to her in dreams; it was his impetuous younger brother Nicholas, whom she had loved for as long as she could remember. Jarrett, she hardly knew, and she thought him a proud, arrogant man who had little or no interest in her and, so, who would be happy to break off their betrothal. But Laura was wrong --- for when she told him of her desires, darkly brooding Jarrett not only flatly refused to release her, but he also made it quite clear to her that he had only been waiting for her to come of age so that he could claim her as his bride. Now, Laura must choose between Jarrett and Nicholas, only one of whom really loves her --- as she discovers one fateful, wild night on the shores of the starlit sea.
AND GOLD WAS OURS 12/1984 ISBN: 0505524406 In faraway Spain, the fortune of Aurora Montalbán was foretold --- the exile from the home of her aristocratic ancestors, the journey to the steaming Amazon jungle of Peru, and at last, the love of a fiery, dark man. Now, on the centuries-old plantation called Esplendor, haunted by a tale of lost love and hidden gold stolen from the lost city of El Dorado (the Gilded One), the raven-tressed beauty awaits the swordsman and warrior she has seen in her dreams. His name is Salvador Rodriquez, but he is called El Águila (the Eagle); and after killing his stepfather in a deadly duel, he, too, must flee from his homeland. Will he travel to the Amazon jungle --- and there protect Aurora from the enemies who seek to destroy her? Will he love her with the promised passion --- wilder than the tropic storms and brighter than the most-precious treasure? Aurora does not know. She can only wait and hope --- until the moment when she spies Salvador standing on the steps of Esplendor and knows he has been her destiny since time's beginning.
THE JACARANDA TREE 3/1995 ISBN: 0446363510 A terrible sense of foreboding had gripped Arabella Darracott ever since she had left England to join her guardian in New South Wales. Years before, a Gypsy fortune-teller had warned her of a purple-blossomed tree on a faraway shore, and of a devil of a man who awaited her there. Now, as she nears her destination, shipwreck and fate leave her stranded in the wilds of Australia, the only survivor of the Heather Rose, the vessel on which she had journeyed to her destination. Lost and ill with fever, Arabella awakens to find herself at the mercy of her rescuer, "Demon" Lucien Sinclair, an infamous ex-convict who has become rich in the gold fields of New South Wales. Lucien --- wild and wickedly handsome --- is the fallen archangel of her dreams. But the crime in his past is linked to a dangerous secret. And the passion he ignites in Arabella beneath the Jacaranda tree of her fortune could cost her not only her future, but even her very life!
Joyce Brandon
THE LADY AND THE ROBBER BARON 2/1995 ISBN: 0345360958 New York City, 1880 -- the era of empire builders. Rakishly handsome, devilishly charming Chantry Kincaid III was heir to one of the most powerful robber barons. And the bewitching Jennifer Van Vleet vowed to destroy him for his part in the tragic death of her parents. But Jennifer did not plan to fall in love. Driven by passion, she abandoned a stellar career in the ballet to marry her sworn enemy. Yet even ecstasy could not erase the tiny seeds of doubt that soon began to bloom into poisonous flowers of tragedy and betrayal . . . .
Michelle Brandon
HEAVEN ON EARTH 9/1993 ISBN: 1557739404 On a Stormy Ocean Crossing... Two windswept passengers survive a harrowing journey - with some divine assistance from Tabitha, a guardian angel who mixes in earthy affairs. But once the unlikely couple reach shore, it seems even angels need a helping hand in weathering the storms of love... On The Wings of Desire... Elizabeth Lee was outspoken about the evils of hard drinking, and spread her message of temperance to everyone she met. But her straitlaced heart was shaken by frontier-bound Scot, roguish troublemaker Kincade MacKay. Tabitha takes on an angel-in-training, MacKay's long-lost ancestor, to navigate two hearts into a star-crossed passion. And with unlikely lovers like these, Tabitha needs all the help she can get!
Madeleine Brent
THE CAPRICORN STONE 1980 ISBN:0385145969. Two sisters and a secret that shadows their loves and their lives. Set in Victorian era London, a well-brought up young woman discovers after his death that her father was an international jewel thief.
STORMSWIFT 1985 ISBN:1385190476. In her new world, they call her Lalla. How the spoilt young woman named Jemimah Lawley, sole heiress to an opulent English estate, came to be known as Lalla of Shul is a colorful, romantic adventure set in a nineteenth-century tribal mountain village. During a brutal attack on a British mission, Jemimah's parents are murdered and she is taken captive--sold into a life of slavery in the remote and primitive kingdom of Shul. Yet she vows to survive every humiliation--harboring in her heart the impossible dream of escape--and return to the land of her birth. Then as abruptly as her life in Shul had begun, the opportunity appears. Lalla begins her treacherous journey aided only by an enigmatic stranger who seems to despise her, and whose feverish murmurings about 'Stormswift' inexplicably fill her with foreboding as she is led ever closer to the incredible truths lying in wait for her in her native land.
STRANGER AT WILDINGS 1976 ISBN:0449230856. A young English girl has been a trapeze artist in a small circus for years when a meeting with a young man stirs long-buried memories. Orphaned Chantal, seeks to find the truth about her birth and her family's dark secrets.
Elizabeth Bright
DESIRE'S LEGACY 11/1981 ISBN:0671439235. It was a love that was smoldering in the war-torn South...but something would draw her back...back to the man she could never forget. ...Whispering with passion, he said, "Lord, but you're beautiful." There were other words of praise, but they were lost in her trembling for desire, her moaning for readiness, her screams for ecstasy...
A HERITAGE OF PASSION 7/1982 ISBN:0671446878. A life of privilege and social graces in Old New York; she came from a line of great beauties, women of unquenchable desires and troubled pasts... She felt suspended in time, steeped in peerless pleasure. She relished the sharp rise of her passion. She was lost in her sudden surge of desire. She heard the sounds of her own moaning as she arched her back. A final, lucid thought came to her. We're alone. I gave the servants the night off...
PASSION'S HEIRS 6/1981 ISBN:0671417827. She came from a lusty line of women who reaped the wild harvest of their passion. Danielle, daughter of Glenna Morgan, possessed an innocent southern beauty that had the jaded minions of New York society spellbound. But her one wish was to return to Aurial, the Maryland plantation lost to her family in the Civil War. In the rugged wilderness of the new West, she was caught in a whirlwind of danger and passion by a masked stranger she met at a costume ball.
REAP THE WILD HARVEST 11/1979 ISBN: 0671832336 Flawless, young, raven-haired Glenna O'Reilly, savagely seized by the hungry, perverted Lord Winslow, military commander of Ireland, was helplessly swept into the merciless world of sensual abuse and violent brutality. Enslaved in a Sultan's harem, violated again and again, only her beloved Daniel Morgan, her handsome American, could end her fated sentence of torture and shame.
Leigh Bristol
LEGACY 5/1993 ISBN:0446350818. From one of the South's finest families, blue-eyed, auburn-haired Laurel Sinclair Laughton found that poverty could push even a lady to desperate acts, like pursuing a business deal right across the threshold of Miss Elsie's, the best whorehouse in Charleston. She didn't know she was being followed by a man who was about to change her life...Outlaw Peach Brady had come to the sultry city calling himself Seth Tait, the name he was born with and the man he hoped to become. He had a price on his head in Wyoming, but the West and the man himself had changed. Seth wanted respectability, and a new beginning with the cache of Yankee gold a Confederate officer called Gus Sinclair had hijacked and secretly buried before he died. Now Seth reached out and grabbed the wrist of the woman who was Sinclair's daughter and the key to Seth's future, and Laurel felt the electrifying touch of the sensual stranger whose laughing eyes and hungry kisses could sweep her toward a choice between wealth and betrayal...
Connie Brockway
AS YOU DESIRE 2/1997 ISBN: 0440221994 He galloped across the midnight-shrouded landscape, racing toward her on his pure white steed. Her destiny...In her wildest fantasies Desdemona Carlisle could not have conjured a more dashing savior, and this was real. But an unlikelier hero was hard to find. Harry Braxton was a rouge, a scoundrel, and a born opportunist who had already broken her heart once. How could she ever trust a notorious rake who came with a warning: lover, beware...With her bronze-gold hair and quicksilver grace, the sloe-eyed beauty was every man's desire and one man's sole passion. But the secret that had made Harry an exile also made it impossible for him to offer Desdemona more that friendship. Until his aristocratic cousin laid siege to Desdemona's heart and Harry, damning the consequences, vowed to do anything, give anything, to claim her for him own...
THE BRIDAL SEASON 11/2001 ISBN: 0440236711 Letty Potts has gotten into a few fixes in her twenty-five years, but this is her worst predicament yet. A petty schemer by necessity, the struggling music hall performer has decided to go straight. But after narrowly escaping the wrath of her partner in crime, she finds herself at Paddington Station with nothing but the gown she’s wearing ... and another woman’s train ticket clutched in her hand. Now masquerading as the redoubtable “Lady Agatha,” of Whyte Wedding Celebrations, Letty arrives in the backwater burg of Little Bidewell, where she is to arrange the nuptials of a young society bride. Amid the dizzying whirl of pre-wedding festivities, nobody suspects Letty’s secret ... except the sensual and aristocratic Sir Elliot March. A war hero who has forsworn love, Elliot senses something decidedly amiss about this outspoken young woman. Yet she awakens a passionate yearning he’d thought was lost to him forever. Soon a desperate masquerade embroils them both in a web of scandal and danger as Letty’s past catches up with her --threatening their lives ... and a love without peer.
A DANGEROUS MAN 7/1996 ISBN: 0440221986 Mercy Coltrane, a brash young American woman, travels to England to search for her estranged brother. Strident in her quest, she seeks out the help of Hart Moreland, whom she knew years ago as Duke the Gunslinger, the hired gun her father enlisted to protect his land. Now Earl of Perth, Hart is back in his native England in a hard-earned position of respect and power, and the last thing he wants is a reminder of his dishonorable past. But Mercy Coltrane proves to be much more than just a painful reminder of the life he left behind. Vibrant, beautiful, and witty, Mercy embodies the life of happiness that Hart desperately craves.
MY DEAREST ENEMY 8/1998 ISBN: 044022375X Dear Mr. Thorne, I give you fair warning. I intend to do whatever I must to abide by your late uncle's will and win Mill House. Though I know he never expected me to succeed, and for whatever reasons is using me to shame you, I accept his challenge. For the next five years, I will profitably manage this estate. I will deliver to you an allowance and I will prove that women are just as capable as men. And at the end, I shall accept Mill House as my reward. Sincerely, Lillian Bede. My Dear Miss Bede, Forgive me if I fail to shudder. Pray, do whatever you bloody well want, can, or must. I shall look forward to making your acquaintance in my lawyer's office five years hence, when I take possession of Mill House. Avery Thorne
Anne Brontë
AGNES GREY 1847 Being a governess is the only "respectable" career open to an unmarried, educated woman in Victorian England. But when Agnes Grey takes a position as a family's home tutor, she cannot anticipate the hardships, humiliation, and loneliness that awaits her. Drawing on her own experiences, Bronte depicts the harsh conditions that governesses were forced to endure in the 19th century.
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL 1848 The heroine, Helen Huntingdon, after a short period of initial happiness, leaves her dissolute husband, and must earn her own living to rescue her son from his influence. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is compelling in its imaginative power, the realism and range of its dialogue, and its psychological insight into the characters involved in a marital battle.
Charlotte Brontë
EMMA 1860 As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--to arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power.
JANE EYRE 1847 Jane Eyre, a plain and penniless orphan, is educated at a school for orphaned girls where she eventually becomes a teacher. At 18, driven by a desire to broaden her horizons, she takes up a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and heads into the depths of fate. She is to be governess to Adele, the sweet little daughter of her employer, the arrogant, brooding and mysterious Mr. Edward Rochester. At first Jane finds him moody and abrupt, but he becomes fascinated with Jane's Independence and spirit and falls in love with her. And, in time, she with him. But on their wedding morning, Jane discovers that his past holds a dark secret, and she flees, heartbroken...
THE PROFESSOR: A Tale 1857 In Charlotte Bronte's first novel, William Crimsworth, an orphan, goes to Brussels to seek his fortune and takes a job teaching at a boarding school for young ladies. There he begins a flirtation with the headmistress, Zoraide Reuter. When he later meets and falls in love with the young pupil-teacher Frances Henri, his courtship is thwarted by Mademoiselle Reuter's calculating jealousy.
SHIRLEY: A Tale 1849 Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley (1849) is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of
a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention.VILLETTE 1853 The autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There, she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful croquette. This first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape. Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life's journey--a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman's consciousness in English literature.
Emily Brontë
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1847 the tale of Heathcliff, a young orphaned gypsy boy, who is brought to the windswept moors of Yorkshire by Mr. Earnshaw, the master of Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff's childhood there is riddled with bullying and humiliation, but the master's daughter, the precocious and untamable Cathy, becomes his ally -- and a childhood fondness for one another grows to a great passion. Following a misunderstanding, Heathcliff believes that Cathy has rejected him, and leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return after three years have passed. When he returns, now mysteriously rich, he learns of Cathy's marriage to another, and vows to focus his passionate nature on merciless revenge. Heathcliff's retribution proves so destructive, that left in its wake are not only his enemies, but the very object of his obsession -- and ultimately, himself.
Louisa Bronte
CASINO GREYSTONE 7/1976 ISBN:0345249623. The late summer heat has been intensified by the presidential campaign between "free-silver" candidate Bryan and "gold" candidate McKinley, and American spirits are high. Gambling is in vogue and the once-stately Greystone Tavern is a casino of repute where Megan O'Rourke goes to work.
THE VALLETTE HERITAGE 8/1978 ISBN:0261661965. The mighty chronicle of the Vallettes--the men who set the wheels of American industry in motion, who had the vision and daring to make and seize the wealth of a nation...and the proud women who matched their mates in courage and ruthlessness...
THE VAN RHYNE HERITAGE 3/1979 ISBN:0515043109. The family that became a railroad dynasty, driven to greatness by daring dreams and bold desires.
Betty Brooks
SWEET WORDS OF LOVE 8/1998 ISBN: 0821759523 Rainey Watson is an innocent in the ways of men, but the feisty beauty knows what she wants: her handsome new teacher. Yet Robert Golden, the lucky object of her affection, barely knows she's alive. Now, Rainey has to find somebody to show her how to catch the man of her dreams--to teach her how to be an alluring woman and not a naïve mountain girl. Over the years, Thorne O'Brien Lassiter, the Harvard-educated son of a St. Louis shipping tycoon, has watched Rainey grow from a plucky tomboy into a lush, ripe woman with a mind all her own. A beekeeping, mule-riding girl from a cabin in the Ozarks--she's the last thing Thorne should ever desire in a female. Yet he can't get her out of his mind. And now, she is asking him to help her seduce another man. He reluctantly agrees and soon, under his gentle, expert touch, Rainey exchanges her schoolgirl infatuation for the tempestuous affair of a passionate woman. But when Thorne's tainted past reaches out to pull him back to St. Louis and into the wiles of a vile interloper--Rainey will get a valuable lesson in the ways of the world and in the sweet calling of her own yearning heart.
Lydia Browne
AUTUMN FIRES 8/1996 ISBN: 0515119288 Bethany - She left her fiance in New York and moved back to Missouri to help her grandfather recover his lost fortune... Brent - He fell in love with Bethany at first sight. But she had yet to learn of his bad reputation... He was a saloon owner with a dubious past, according to Cedar Groves' gossip mill. But when their first kiss took Bethany's breath away, she vowed to make up her own mind about the handsome businessman. When Brent offered to help Bethany open her own cafe, she discovered that his hard manner hid a heart of gold. And the love she saw reflected in his eyes was strong enough to make all her dreams come true.
HEART STRINGS 9/1993 ISBN:1557739412 Antonia. She shocked the folks of Culverton with her speeches about a woman's place - and found herself behind bars. Jake. The town marshal was handsome enough to tempt a Saint - but it would take more than good looks to tame this outspoken spitfire. To keep the peace, he arrested her. But from the moment she saw him, Antonia felt a deep and unexpected desire taunting her heart. When the town judge orders a rather unusual sentence for her act of defiance, she and Jake are thrown together and their hearts are put to the test. For when the sparks fly between them, the fires of passion take hold...
HONEYSUCKLE SONG 1/1996 ISBN:0515117862. First impressions don't always count in matters of the heart... Grace - Widowed, with two children and a small farm to run, she had little time for romance, but enough to help a man in need... Lucas - Unable to remember the past, Lucas found himself on the streets of Ogden, Missouri - and in the arms of an angel... Something in the battered drifter stirred Grace's soul. Instead of letting the town authorities lock him up in jail, Grace convinced the judge to let him work on her farm. Hardworking and agreeable, Lucas possessed the looks and manners of a man of letters, not a hired hand. But as Grace's growing desire for Lucas warmed her in the days at hand, the secrets of his past kept the future at bay. Then, tragedy restored his memory - and Grace had to learn if their bond of love was strong enough to make the here-and-now last forever.
SPRING DREAMS 5/1997 ISBN:0515120685. Ned had never considered himself the marrying type--until he saw the tender feelings in a woman's eyes as she held an abandoned baby in her arms. Ned and Millicent didn't have a thing in common--except loneliness. But soon they realized that what they felt for one another was more than a passing fancy--it was love.
SUMMER LIGHTNING 7/1995 ISBN: 0515116572 Running the Farmer and Maid Matrimonial Service as a matchmaker, Edith objects to helping Jefferson Dane choose between three potential brides and is unprepared to discover her own feelings for him.
Josette Browning
FAIREST OF THEM ALL 5/1999 ISBN: 0843945133 A true gentleman, Daniel Canty had worked furiously to achieve the high esteem of the English nobility. Therefore, it was more his reputation than the promise of wealth that compelled him to accept the ninth earl of Hawkenge's challenge to turn an orphan wild child into a lady. But the girl who'd been recovered from the African interior was hardly an orphan - and his beautiful charge was hardly a child. Truly, Talitha was a woman - and the most compelling Daniel had ever seen. But the mute firebrand also posed the greatest threat he had ever faced. In the tempestuous Talitha lay a danger far more perilous than the shadowy figure who'd murdered her mother and far more ruinous than the temptation of her unrestrained passion. In the girl's soft kiss was the jeopardy which Daniel had fought all his life to avoid: the danger of losing his heart.
Margaret Brownley
BUTTONS AND BEAUS 9/1997 ISBN: 0451407180 She's head over handlebars... No one can pedal a bicycle around New York without a license, so Amanda Blackwell's cycling school has become the rage. The innovative establishment provides an income for the independent miss and her little brother, Donny, a special child. But in one afternoon, everything goes to Hades in a handbasket. Amanda's uncle is suing to put Donny in an institution, and Damian Newcastle, the handsomest man she has ever seen, rides right into her life--to ruin everything! On a bumpy ride to love. Architect Damian Newcastle has a dream--to build the highest skyscraper in New York, redeem his family's honor, and give his wheelchair-bound son a view of the entire city. He just needs the land occupied by Amanda's cycling school to do it. But the building collapse that ruined his father's company caused Amanda's father's death. He and Amanda are supposed to be enemies, yet they are experiencing an overwhelming desire neither can put the brakes on. If only they can ride in tandem on the byways of love, they have the chance of a lifetime to heal their hearts...
Kate Buchan
REBECCA'S LADY 07/1984 ISBN: 0263747298 Sparked off by poverty and famine in West Wales in the early 1840s, the Rebecca Riots were a popular protest against the injustice of the tolls. Dressed as women, large bands of men scoured the country by night, spurred on by their leader; known as 'Mother Rebecca'. Intrigued by tales of this mysterious man and stirred by the plight of the people, Stella Vaughan resolves to help the outlaws. But as the daughter of a magistrate, how can she join in the rebel cause? And when 'Mother Rebecca' abducts her, how is it that she responds so shamelessly to his arrogant caresses?.........
Anita Richmond Bunkley
STARLIGHT PASSAGE 5/1996 ISBN: 0451190378 When Kiana Sheridan begins investigating her family's roots as part of her doctoral dissertation, she is motivated as much by a personal desire to reclaim a family legacy that has long been denied. Kiana believes her great-great-grandfather was an artisan working in decorative glass on a Tennessee plantation. With his wife he fled slavery via the Underground Railroad just before the outbreak of the Civil War - but there the trail goes cold. If only Kiana can piece together the missing link, she'll understand what happened to the glass and complete the research her mother had started before her death. But Kiana's plans cause turmoil in her family. They are furious and deny the plantation ever existed. Her ambitious step-sister does everything to sabotage Kiana's agenda. Nevertheless, Kiana is aided by Rex Tandy, a handsome photojournalist, and together they set off on an adventure that retraces the route to freedom Kiana's ancestors took - and leads finally to an isolated mountain village where the secret of her family is still jealously guarded. There, deep in the remote hollows of the Smoky Mountains, Kiana and Rex discover their roots and the longings of their own hearts. Yet quite suddenly danger is all around them - danger to their very lives. For this is the place where passion and ideals once met a violent end...and now the shocking confrontation that has waited over a century is about to begin.
T. Davis Bunn & Isabella Bunn
THE NOBLE FUGITIVE 9/2005 ISBN: 0764228595 Serafina, the daughter of a powerful Venetian counselor, secretly abandons ship--and her family bound for America--in a desperate attempt to return to her beloved, the dashing tutor her father had banished. Finding herself alone in England, she finally makes her way to an elderly aunt and a position as a lowly chambermaid at Harrow Hall. Heartbroken at the terrible distance still remaining between herself and her Luca back in Venice, she is feeling utterly distraught and frustrated when she learns of a betrayal beyond imagination….A world-weary ship captain is forced to seek refuge at Harrow Hall as well, hiding from henchmen determined to silence his stunning disclosures about the ongoing slave trade in spite of British laws long since banning it. Jonathan Falconer has information for Parliament leading right to the Crown itself, and his enemies are dead set on stopping him. Deep in the English countryside, the lives of these two become intertwined in startling ways as they discover that the past need not determine the future. A sanctuary that once seemed only a detour becomes a sacred venue for the unveiling of God's love and forgiveness.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
WHILE YOU SLEPT 2/2003 ISBN: 0821774506 Isolated in his country estate to forget his past, Sion Sinclair sees no reason to behave around the fairer sex. When a ferocious storm ravages a carriage en route to London, stranding a beautiful passenger with no memory of her past, Sion passes her off as his mistress. The facade sends the "ton's" tongues wagging, but also ignites a passion that Sion cannot ignore.
Diana Burke
THE HEART OF THE MATTER 12/1980 ISBN:0440142083
Mary Burkhardt
HIGHLAND ECSTASY 4/1993 ISBN:0821757318 Swearing vengeance against the British crown for the death of his brother and the loss of his title, Ian Sinclair's first act of revenge lands him in the arms of the pampered Lady Myrtle Prescott. When her father died unexpectedly, Lady Myrtle journeyed to Scotland to claim her Highland inheritance. Yet from the moment she arrived at Kilmarock Castle, strange things began happening, like a late night visit from a white-masked intruder with decidedly unghostlike ways! How else could the sensible beauty explain her all-too-real response to the apparition's amorous attentions? Seductive phantom or flesh-and-blood lover, Myrtle couldn't get enough of his clandestine caresses. Let him play the bold deceiver. She'd gladly join him in his midnight masquerade for the promise of a lifetime spent in the unending ecstasy of his haunting embrace!
Monica Burns
DANGEROUS 3/2008 ISBN: 1599988828 Behind the mask lies love-a dangerous and deadly emotion. Constance Athelson, Viscountess Westbury has a gift she can’t reveal. She sees things others can’t, including the dead. The only thing she can’t see is into the heart of Lucien Blakemore, Earl of Lyndham. After one blissful night in his arms, she knows if she’s ever to win his heart, she must free him from his tortured past. Lucien Blakemore met the Egyptian goddess Isis at a masked ball, but she vanished into the night before he could learn her real name. It’s just as well, since the Blakemore Curse makes love a dangerous and deadly emotion for him. But the erotic night he spent with his mysterious lover makes him want to throw caution aside-if only for one more night with his masked goddess. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
LOVE'S PORTRAIT 9/2005 ISBN: 1586086421 Love wears many faces, but none so revealing as Love's Portrait... When Julia Westgard commissions a nude portrait of herself, her rebellious behavior puts her at odds with the Marlborough Set's most notorious rake, Morgan St. Claire. From the first moment Morgan sees Julia's portrait, he's determined to have her. But the woman he meets is a far cry from the image on canvas. What starts out as a simple exercise in seduction quickly evolves into a quest to reveal the true Julia Westgard. With each sensually, erotic encounter, he employs every seductive weapon at his disposal in hopes of making Julia see she really is the woman in Love's Portrait. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
LOVE'S REVENGE 4/2005 ISBN: 1586084003 Revenge brought them together... but will they be able to resist Love's Revenge? Quentin Blackwell, the Devil of Devlyn, has returned home five years after a bitter betrayal by the woman he loved. He’d like nothing better than to extract his pound of flesh and when the opportunity presents itself, he’s more than eager to accept the challenge. Especially when it means exploring Sophie Hamilton’s delicious curves. He’s determined not to give his heart away, but there’s something about Sophie he can’t resist. At forty-one, Sophie Hamilton is beyond just sitting on the shelf. Hopes of love and family are a lost dream at this stage of her life. But her inexperience in the ways of the flesh can easily be remedied, and the Devil of Devlyn, despite his tender age of thirty-two, is just the man to accomplish the task. As she finds passion and pleasure in the arms of a younger man, she struggles with the notion of a love that can bridge the age difference between them. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Shirlee Busbee
WHILE PASSION SLEEPS 3/1983 ISBN: 0380822970 The Lady: Beth Ridgeway was a violet-eyed platinum beauty - the kind of woman who made men burn with desire. Yet her husband Nathan didn't want her... The Rogue: Rafael Santana, the darkly handsome and arrogant son of a wealthy Texas family, had been kidnapped by the Comanches and raised as a warrior. Even now, all his gentleman's breeding couldn't conceal the savage strength beneath his aristocratic bearing. The Fury: Beth thought he was cruel and insensitive, a man who used women only for his selfish pleasure and then tossed them away. Rafael thought she was a common wench - flirtatious and unfaithful - who took pride in breaking men's hearts. The Fire: Yet something had happened when their eyes first met at a dazzling New Orleans ball. Something their hearts could not deny, something neither the years nor the violent misunderstandings could diminish. Because for the first time, both Beth and Rafael were awakening to the magnificent passions of love. Ý
Nancy Bush
LADY SUNDOWN 8/1989 ISBN:0671668218 As beautiful and as reckless as the glorious Oregon wilderness, Lexie Danner was determined to claim the shining promise of her future. Not for her the stifling confines of an elegant finishing school - she would fulfill her dream to be an animal doctor, and wed whom she pleased! No one would stop her - least of all her so-called stepbrother Tremaine. Related to Lexie through marriage only, and her enemy since childhood, the rugged, boldly confident young doctor sparked a fierce anger in her - and a sudden, newly-awakened desire. But a scheming land baron's conspiracy and a powerful, vengeful enemy from the past threaten to destroy all they both cherish. Now they would be forced to fight for their lives - and a love as blazing and eternal as the boundless mountain skies . . .
SCANDAL'S DARLING 5/1993 ISBN: 0671751778 Lady Veronica Elizabeth Ashworth was the talk of London, ever since society gossip linked her with a notorious rake. To save the family reputation, her cold-hearted father vowed to choose her a husband - unless she found a fiancé herself, by the end of the marquess of Wilshire's ball. As the dancers whirled and the deadline neared, beautiful, headstrong Veronica set tongues wagging again, as she swept in from the balcony on the arm of a handsome American stranger... Samuel Danner was as exotic as the Oregon frontier from which he hailed - and as uninterested in marriage as any man in England. He was searching London for the man who killed his beloved wife when Lady Veronica offered help - if he would pose as her fiancé. Veronica's mischievous amber eyes and vibrant spirit spoke a language Samuel could not resist...as fate transformed her from scandal's darling into a proud, courageous woman who would risk her life for the man she adored. But only when he thought he'd lost her forever would Samuel begin to trust their untamed passion...and the tender delights of a glorious, unexpected love!
Beverly Byrne
THE FLAMES OF VENGEANCE 12/1991 ISBN:0553293753 There are fires of passion, and fires fed by greed.. Most terrible of all are the fires set ablaze by cruelty and injustice.. In a white-walled palace shimmering beneath the hot sun of southern Spain, a darkened room held unspeakable anguish. The fabulous wealth of his family's banking empire had made Juan Luis Mendoza all powerful, but his insane jealousy drove him to the edge of madness. Lila Curran faced his cruelty and swore that she and her son, Michael, would survive. After thirteen years of desperate struggle, the arrival of a mysterious letter saved Lila's sanity, for in it lay a shocking secret.. and the weapon she would use to force Juan Luis to set her free. Now, in the elegant Dublin mansion where Lila reigns as the Black Widow, aristocrats dance in the ballroom while revolutionaries are received behind closed doors. No one guesses the lust for vengeance that lives in Lila's heart--no one knows of her secret worldwide alliances, her mysterious lover, or the Byzantine scheme she and her son have nurtured for years. No one realizes that, if it succeeds, the House of Mendoza will fall. From rebellion plotted beneath cold starry skies to the dark magic that stalks the sultry Caribbean night, the Black Widow's web, baited with lust and passion, is carefully being spun...
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