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Donna Dalton
THE CALVARY WIFE 8/2007 ISBN: 1601541163 A night of too much whiskey, a wrongly-numbered hotel door, and an angry guardian force dedicated cavalry captain Chase Brooks into marrying, despite his vow never to endure another loveless marriage. He reluctantly agrees to take his new wife with him to his remote outpost, convinced the pampered girl won't last two weeks in the harsh conditions of the southwest and will beg to be sent back east. The one thing he didn't count on was his burning desire for his unwanted wife. Callie Grant embraces the opportunity to start a new life far from the controlling hands of her guardians. Enduring the rough environment of the Indian Territories, she transforms from a timid flower into the poised, self-reliant woman she's always dreamed of being. As her gratitude towards the captain turns to love, she resolves to break through her husband's formidable reserve and uncover the passionate, loving nature he tries to hide. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Megan Daniel
THE CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT short story in A TIME-TRAVEL CHRISTMAS 11/1993 ISBN: 0505522411 A contemporary career woman finds herself living a scene from a holiday store window as she is whisked back in time into the swirling gaiety of a Christmas ball and the arms of a handsome stranger.
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A TIME-TRAVEL CHRISTMAS 111/1993 ISBN: 0505522411 Includes The Christmas Portrait by Megan Daniel - A contemporary career woman finds herself living a scene from a holiday store window as she is whisked back in time into the swirling gaiety of a Christmas ball and the arms of a handsome stranger; The Spirit of Things to Come by Vivian Knight-Jenkins - For a spinster kindergarten teacher who loses her heart to a Colonial blacksmith, Christmas day brings the timeless gift of love and unexpected miracles; The Ghost of Christmas Past by Eugenia Riley - The haunting spirit of a lovelorn beauty draws a modern-day scrooge back to Dickens's London, where he learns the true meaning of Christmas; and Twelfth Night by Flora Speer - A medieval lord discovers that all things are possible during the Yuletide when a lady like none he has known before mysteriously appears at his castle to warm his lonely heart.
Annette Daniels
A TIMELESS MOMENT 6/1996 ISBN: 0821753304 1867. To Pennsylvania heiress Aramanda Montclair, Roarke Macnair is the bold renegade who led a rebellion of miners against her wealthy family. Irresistibly drawn together, they surrender to a moment of breathless passion...until her uncle's vengeance divides the. When Aramanda finds Roarke again--mortally wounded--she is stunned to hear him whisper that their love will never die...1996. Awakening in a strange place, Aramanda gazes into the haunting eyes of the man standing before her...and sees the lover who remembers nothing of the night they shared. Although he calls himself by another name, she finds herself swept once more into his seductive embrace. Yet she never dreams that he will pursue her across eternity--determined to claim the legacy of love that was born in...
Denise Daniels
LOVE'S LEGACY 12/1998 ISBN: 0821760602 He Wanted To Hate Her... In 1888 Pennsylvania, coal is survival, and the wealthy mine barons are its keepers. But for the miners, it's a treacherous way of life. Railroad owner Jesse Sinclair lost his father in a tragic coal mining accident and has never forgiven millionaire Edward Vander, a man he considers nothing short of a murderer. So when Jesse meets Loralee, the town's doctor-in-training, and immediately feels an instant attraction to her, it is quickly tempered by the ice of bitterness. For she is none other than Vander's daughter. She Dared To Need Him... Fiercely independent by nature, recklessly flirtatious by will, Loralee feels inescapably drawn to Jesse. Yet her father's determination to marry her off to a wealthy but unscrupulous suitor makes Loralee battle her overwhelming attraction for the brooding, passionate Jesse. Soon, their tempestuous dance of desire is threatened by the evil machinations of power-hungry men, shaking Loralee to the core and forcing her to question Jesse's sincerity. But unable to turn her back on the only man she has ever loved, Loralee will risk all to save the love she has always dreamed of a love that is her destiny.
Dorothy Daniels
SARATOGA 1981 ISBN:0843909420 With its magnificent racetrack, glittering hotel-casinos, and sprawling greenery, Saratoga was a posh watering hole for the super-rich. And lovely Paula Whalen, barely 20, was on top of it all...Following her father's strange disappearance, Paula faced the huge task of running his resort hotel and casino. Its booming success attracted the envious and the greedy, and she gladly accepted the aid of dashing Joel Vickery. But his mysterious ways only added to Paula's mounting fear, and she soon found herself in the middle of a ruthless plot for power, and a high-risk quest for love!"
Kristy Daniels
GILDED DREAMS 11/1993 ISBN:0449147924 As a new century dawned, Jonathan Caras left his small hometown to pursue a career in journalism. He couldn't know that his own fate would feature Alexander Profitt, the debauched heir to a newspaper empire, and Cendrine, the beautiful ballerina with secrets--and love--to spare.
Pamela D'Arcy
ANGEL IN THE HOUSE 2/1980 It was awkward enough having a soapbox reformer for a wife, but the Duke of Remick would grant no such freedom to his flashing-eyed daughter, Lady Alicia. He had already decreed the lady would wed posthaste. Lord Newman was as fine a prize as any...But fiery Alicia had a plan: she would take a job as governess to Lord Newman's spoiled young heir. Once her identity was discovered, the scandal would banish talk of marriage forever! But what if she lost her heart to the man she defied? Lady Alicia hadn't counted on that!
Karyna DaRosa
Carolyn Davidson
THE BRIDE 2/2008 ISBN: 0373772203 She thought her fate was sealed... Isabella Montgomery's future looked bleak. Before her father died, he betrothed her to Juan Garcia, an old ranchero infamous for cruelty. Now, shut away in a convent, she dreaded the day he would come to claim her. Until a dark horse revealed her true destiny... Rafael McKenzie needed a bride before he came into his inheritance. The moment he laid eyes on Isabella, he knew she was the one. Breaking into the convent and capturing her was easy enough, but stealing her heart was another story.... RR@H's Novel Thoughts
LOVING KATHERINE(#325) 7/1996 ISBN: 0373289251 Roan Devereaux could gentle any filly with a look and a touch - but Kate Cassidy presented a real challenge. With her coltish grace and mile-wide stubborn streak, she was more woman than most men could handle - and exactly what he needed....Men were impulsive critters, Katherine Cassidy swore, and Roan Devereaux had only proved that when he's up and asked Kate to marry him! It was a crazy idea - but no crazier than the sound of her heart singing 'yes' in reply...
REDEMPTION 1/2006 ISBN: 0373771495 Jake McPherson needed a bride... He was a Civil War veteran, wounded in body and soul. And when his wife died unexpectedly, he retreated from life, craving only solitude and his happy memories. But his young son needed a mother's love and guidance—even if Jake wanted no woman himself. So who better to choose than the town's spinster schoolmarm? Alicia Merriweather wanted so much to love... She had come to warn Jake his son was running wild. But she stayed because beneath his gruff exterior she saw Jake's pain and loneliness. Having borne the brunt of ridicule all her life, tall, plain Alicia understood both all too well. But could Jake ever learn to share his home and his heart? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Jean Davidson
A BITTER LEGACY 3/1993 Summoned to England after her hated grandfather's death, Victoria Hunter was eager to claim her inheritance. Her hopes were dashed, however, when she learned the legacy consisted of her family's ancestral mansion, but no money to run it. Determined to keep mysterious Lansdowne Hall, the headstrong beauty refused all offers from the greedy relatives - including one from the darkly handsome Jasper Thornley - not realizing that someone wanted the windswept estate enough to kill for it. Saved from certain death by Thornley, Victoria sought comfort in his arms. But an ominous foreboding warned her to trust no one until she unearthed the long-buried lies that haunted her new home and threatened her future happiness.
Sandra Davidson
THE HEART REMEMBERS 12/1995 ISBN: 0821751662 Knowing her ideal lover nowhere except in her dreams, best-selling author Destiny Davidson awakens one morning to discover that she has been transported back in time to his side, but now the future threatens her newfound happiness.
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TIMELESS SPRING 3/1999 ISBN: 082176148X Anthology featuring Beyond The Call by Sandra Davidson--Shattered by tragedy, Amanda Davis has given up medicine to join her sister's archaeological dig at the Shiloh Battlefield, only to find herself confronted with the ghost of Confederate officer Kenneth Campbell. Transported to the bloodiest spring of the Civil War, Amanda has one chance to save Ken from heartbreaking disaster-and to discover that she will sacrifice everything for his love; Chances Are by Lisa Plumley--An antique perfume bottle hurtles genealogist Haley Madison back to 1890--and into the home of widowed mine owner Matt Chance. Eager to experience the family life she's never known, Haley jumps at the chance to care for Matt's lonely children, and finds herself falling for their father But when the spring celebration she helped plan threatens to be her goodbye party, Haley must make a drastic choice if she wants her newfound love to last forever; Come The Spring by Cynthia Thomason--When Fort Lauderdale decorator Joanna Archer stumbles onto a 100-year-old family album at a garage sale, she can't resist the urge to return the book to the remaining Hardestys pictured in its pages. But when Joanna is carried back to the Hardesty ancestral home, she finds hers (face-to-face with Clayton Hardesty himself, and begins a journey of timeless passion.
Kathryn Lynn Davis
ALL WE HOLD DEAR 5/1995 ISBN: 0671736035 In the spring of 1988, on a small Scottish island battered into stark beauty by the motion of the sea, Eva Crawford turns eighteen and learns a disturbing fact that shatters the comfort and stability of her life. Confused and bewildered, she leaves her safe childhood home and sets out on a journey of discovery - to unearth the truth about herself, her mother, and her family. In an austere Glasgow bedroom, Eva finds a worn, yellowed journal and faded scrap of ribbon - the only clues to her lost heritage. As she opens the journal, she is spellbound by the story of her ancestors...women who, beginning with Ailsa Rose one hundred years earlier, had set out on their own remarkable journeys. Ailsa Rose Sinclair found contentment as a wife and mother in Victorian London, but it was the exotic paradise of Glen Affric that nourished and sustained her soul. There, her mother, Mairi Rose, awaited her...as did Ian Fraser, Ailsa's first love, left behind years before. As progress threatened the healing beauty of the glen, Ailsa and Ian confronted their own demons, old loyalties, and new betrayals...and the passion they had so long denied. Alana Sinclair, Ailsa's beloved daughter, was raised in London but, like her mother, returned always to the rushing waters, to the peace and promise of the glen. There she met David Fraser and knew from the moment her eyes met his what it was to love with perfect abandon. Yet the strongest love could not protect any of them from the pain of a devastating tragedy... One hundred years later, Eva Crawford pieces together fragments of herself from the stories of these women, and seeks to uncover more in the lush beauty of Glen Affric. Only if she can comprehend the frailty and sorrow of Celia, the mother who abandoned her but whose memory will not give her peace, can Eva begin to forgive. Only then can she move toward a future that will give voice to the melodies and rhythms that sing in her soul. Then she may be free to love the clear-eyed, calm-souled man who wants to open her heart to the mysteries of nature...and to the greatest treasure her family can offer...
SOMEWHERE LIES THE MOON 6/1999 ISBN: 067173606X For free spirit Ena Rose, the daughter of Ailsa Rose, growing up in Glen Affric has been idyllic. But womanhood looms; she faces tormenting questions of the heart -- and a love that can never be. Then there are the women whose destinies have unfolded over decades and eras; Mairi Rose, warm and wise, who binds the family together...Ailsa, who found boundless happiness in her daughter, Ena...Wan Lian, who after leaving China is driven by soul-consuming sorrow and anger at the death of her loved ones...and Genevra Townsend, who finds amongst the exotic dangers of India an inner serenity that will enable her to return at last to Glen Affric.
TOO DEEP FOR TEARS 12/1989 ISBN: 0671725327 Dashing English diplomat Charles Kittridge relished the abundant pleasures of the world...and in his far-flung wanderings, he left behind three remarkable daughters: Ailsa Rose, a beauty of the Scottish highlands, endowed with her father's lust for adventure. She betrays her heart to follow the one man who promises her the world. Li-an hates the devil-father who made her a blue-eyed outcast in her Chinese homeland. But with her brilliant, reckless lover, she almost forgets her shame...until he is wrenched from her arms. Genevra, the gentle English daughter, lives amidst the splendor and squalor of India. Though unexpected passion promises her a joyous love, she must fight to escape the terrors and scandals of the past. Each of them has grown to womanhood haunted by a legacy of betrayal, longing and dreams. Now their father has but one final desire...to bring together the daughters he has never known....
Melanie Davis
WILD DAWN FEVER 1987 ISBN:0449214168
Suzannah Davis
DEVIL'S MOON 2/1991 ISBN: 0380761270 Disguised as a Javanese native, Miri approached the ruggedly handsome English sea captain, the infamous Tony Benedict. Passage on his ship was her only hope of rescuing her young sister from a forced marriage to her father's murderer. Terrified of discovery, Miri begged the blond adventurer to come with her to a secret place to discuss her plan. Mesmerized, her followed her. But there, in the silvery darkness of a temple hidden in the island paradise, the Lotus Moon cast its bewitching spell. All thoughts of escape were lost in a night of wild abandon...a moment of magic and madness that would ensnare them in the web of a sultan's treachery...and forever enslave them in the exquisite bondage of obsessive love.
Geralyn Dawson
THE BAD LUCK WEDDING NIGHT 4/2001 ISBN: 0671034499 Every woman remembers her wedding night, even if she wishes she didn't. Sarah, Lady Weston, tries not to recall how her husband wooed, wed, and deserted her in the name of duty almost a decade ago. She is successful and content in her role of professional wedding designer, but for all her attention to detail, she neglected one important item. Sarah never had her marriage annulled. Isn't it just her bad luck that Nick now finds himself in need of a wife? No man would ever forget a wedding night like the one Nicholas, Lord Weston, endured. But his years as a spy in service to the Crown have taught him the virtue of patience, among other things. Now back in Britain, his sisters' weddings on the horizon, and haunted by a woman he never truly left behind, he is ready to tackle the most dangerous and daunting task of all - seducing his skeptical bride.
COLD FEET short story in A SEASON IN THE HIGHLANDS 12/2000 ISBN:074340341X
HER BODYGUARD 6/2005 ISBN: 037377043X Dear Friends, I thought it was nonsense when the palm reader told me and my sisters that we'd been born with a bad luck love line. I paid no mind to her claim that only the truest love could overcome the family curse. After all, I was a reformed McBride Menace-it wouldn't do for me to believe in such foolishness! Better I had listened. Now our family faces its biggest crisis ever, and I've had to turn for help to the most notorious man in town. Luke Garrett was born to be a hero-it's such a puzzle that he ended up an outlaw. Maybe I'm foolish to trust a mysterious, alluring gunslinger to protect me as I pursue this vital quest. I don't care that Luke has secrets-I'm willing to take the risk. As I travel the badlands of Texas, I'll trust him to guard my person. It's up to me to protect my heart. If only Luke didn't appeal to the Menace in me... Wish me good luck...I think I'll need it! RR@H's Novel Thoughts
SIMMER ALL NIGHT 12/1999 ISBN: 0671034103 A chili queen in England... Independent daughter of socially prominent Texans, Christina Delaney stirs up scandal along with her spicy Texas Red when she's crowned Chili Queen of San Antonio. Her family reacts to this culinary coronation by packing her off to live with her grandfather on his English estate, hoping to transform Chrissy from Chili Queen to countess. Never mind the fact that what she longs for is a modest home and loving family deep in the heart of Texas. A Texan with a craving... Born British but reared Texan, Cole Morgan would do anything for the Delaney family, even escort the incorrigible Christina to England. Besides, he has his own agenda abroad: to locate the missing copy of the Republic of Texas' Declaration of Independence. But when a viscount offers Christina marriage, Cole is forced to see that the girt he grew tip with is now a woman whose fiery passion - and love - he craves. So he sets out to win her, and in the process proves that only he can make the Chili Queen......Simmer All Night.
SIZZLE ALL DAY 9/2000 ISBN 0671034480 She needs a ghost, not a groom... Of all the castles in all of Scotland, it's Gillian Ross' bad luck to live in one that isn't haunted. The ancestral home must be sold, but the single interested buyer requires a wraith in the rafters. With her family in danger, Gillian will do anything to protect them, so she dons a disguise and sets out to haunt her home herself. Her plan might have worked, had her first tantalizing target not revealed more than she bargained for. He'd rather be dead, than we....Handsome as the devil but with a scoundrel's heart, Jake Delaney has come to Rowanclere Castle to locate a missing historical treasure, not find a wife. When a gorgeous "ghost" visits his bedchamber, his curiosity -- among other things -- is aroused. Unaware that his probing might lead to both mayhem and marriage, he vows to discover her secrets before leaving the Highlands. His plan might have worked, too, had he not been haunted by visions of a seductive Scottish sprite and the dream that a man's castle could somehow become his home.
Alyssa Deane
ONCE AND ALWAYS 6/2000 ISBN: 0821766155 A clandestine love affair is the last thing Roxane Sheffield expects from her trip to India--a reunion with her long-estranged father is troublesome enough. But when she arrives in Calcutta alone, the only person to offer aid is breathtakingly handsome British infantry Captain Collier Harrison. As he introduces her to the exotic countryside, he awakens a passion she never imagined she would feel--and a love she would risk anything to keep. But Collier has a secret that stands in the way of the paradise he’s found in this proud woman’s arms, and as a political rebellion erupts in terrifying brutality, he is torn from Roxane’s side without a chance to explain. So begins a journey that will take them through near-torn cities of India and across the seas to England once more, as they struggle to believe in the magnificent power of true love…
Celeste DeBlasis
THE NIGHT CHILD 1975 ISBN:0449229416 When Brandy moves to Maine in the years after the Civil War she takes on the challenge of getting a young girl to speak after being silent for years after her mother died in a stable fire and finds herself being drawn to Grey, the girl's father, and fearing that he may be capable of murder.
Anna DeForest
GOLDEN DREAMS 2/1997 ISBN: 0843941790 After her father's sudden death left her penniless, Boston-bred Kate Holden arrived in Cripple Creek anxious to start a new life, her elegant upbringing a distant memory and her dream of going to college and becoming a history professor long-forgotten. But Kate soon found that the Colorado mining town was not the place for a young, single woman to make a living. Then desperate circumstances forced her to strike a deal with the only man who was ever able to turn her nose from a book - the dark and brooding Justin Talbott. As skilled at passion as he was at stalking a valuable claim, Justin vowed he'd taste the feisty scholar's lips - and teach her unschooled body the meaning of desire. But bitter from past betrayals, the wealthy claim holder wanted no part of her heart. He had sworn never to let another woman close enough to hurt him - until the lonely beauty awakened a romantic side he thought had died along with his ideals. For though bedding her had its pleasures, Justin was soon to realize that only claiming Kate's heart would fulfill their...Golden Dreams.
Patricia DeGroot
BEYOND COMPARE 9/2000 ISBN: 0821770632 More precious than any jewel...Isabel Marchand had several reasons to wed Jeremy Quinn, the Marquis of Pearl, not the least of which was to retain custody of her orphaned nephews. It didn't matter to her that he had spent the last two years in Marshalsea prison, or that he had never answered one of her letters. What mattered was the trust she longed to earn from him-- and the passionate love she longed to share....And rarer than any treasure. Quinn walked out of his cell to hear that a bride awaited him--and found himself face to face with his former fiancee. Why was she willing to marry him now? He had no answer to that, and no idea whose cruel scheme had sent him to Marshalsea. Yet vengeance was difficult to consider, when all he could dream of was Isabel's sweet kiss.
PROMISE FOREVER 11/1998 ISBN: 0821761714 Although Jade Kendell was desperate to escape her stepfather's rundown tavern to make a life for herself and her sister in London, she was not desperate enough to steal. But when Karr Alexander arrived looking for his brother, he discovered a pouch full of Alexander jewels in her bedchamber. Taken as his unwilling hostage, Jade resolved to prove her innocence--and vowed to escape the darkly handsome duke who threatened to steal her heart...For Karr, his younger brother's disappearance was simply another indication that he had neglected family duty for too long. Determined to set right whatever scrape Thane had stumbled into, Karr dragged the captivating Jade into the search--and found himself torn between his desire for her and the ducal obligations that stood in the way of their love..
Robyn DeHart
TEMPTED AT EVERY TURN 8/2007 ISBN: 0061127531 Meet the Ladies Amateur Sleuth Society: Four unconventional ladies with a most unladylike interest in crime-solving—but clueless when it comes to the needs of their own hearts.Proper, sensible Willow Mabson will do anything to protect her family. So when she finds out that James Sterling—a dashing, arrogant aristocrat working for Scotland Yard—suspects her mother in a recent murder, Willow will do whatever’s necessary… even solve the case herself! Of course, this will bring her into a most uncomfortable proximity with the very tantalizing Mister Sterling. And try as she might, she finds resisting him her most difficult challenge.James has always preferred gritty crime scenes to elegant balls. And he can immediately deduce that straight-laced, whip-smart—and exceedingly delectable—Willow isn’t your average vapid, shallow socialite. He longs to help release her carefully restrained sensuality and tempt her into losing control. But James doesn't count on losing his own heart in the process. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Marie deJourlet
TRIALS OF WINDHAVEN 3/1980 At Windhaven Plantation, Luke Bouchard and his family thrive. Laure is pregnant again, and a small chapel is built in remembrance of a promise made. Luke, urged by loyal Republicans to enter the political arena, takes a dramatic step and runs for Republican representative in the State Congress.
WINDHAVEN'S BOUNTY 12/1981 ISBN:0523411103 The monumental series about the passionate men and women who survived the Civil War to find a new dignity and the strength to rebuild a torn nation. Heartbreak and tragedy visit Windhaven when Luke Bouchard attends a political rally with Alabama's Gov Huston, and a deranged man fires a shot at the governor. Luke intercepts the bullet and hours later dies at Montgomery Hospital in Laure's arms.....
WINDHAVEN'S CRISIS 7/1981 ISBN:0523407246 As our nation recovers from the indignities and suffering of the Civil War, as it approaches its triumphant first Centennial Celebration of 1876, the proud Bouchard family continues to fight for its hard-won freedoms and to keep afire the legacy that is Windhaven.
WINDHAVEN'S HOPE 12/1983 Windhaven's Hope marks the return of the Bouchard family to Windhaven Plantation--and the beginning of an immense struggle for the survival of this courageous family...On a January night in 1883, a drunken band of raiders storm Windhaven Plantation, laying waste crops and buildings. Responding to the heartbreaking news, Laure Bouchard Kenniston leaves the security of New York to once again take charge of her beloved Windhaven...
WINDHAVEN'S PERIL 6/1979 ISBN: 0552126322 Luke Bouchard has at last returned to Windhaven Plantation. Joined by his beautiful wife, Laure, and their two children, the family discovers the unparalleled joys of domestic bliss. But a dark cloud hovers over Windhaven when a fortune teller predicts danger for someone Luke loves....
Connie Deka
BRIGHT PROMISE 6/1993 ISBN: 1557739013 Lillie - No one in town knew the real Lillie Valentine - but one determined man would try to win her trust...Tom - He had a way with children as the town baseball coach. But his first meeting with lovely Lillie was a true test of wills. Everyone assumed Lillie was a loose woman...why else would she inherit a prosperous business from a debauched ladies' man? But through the eyes of love, Tom saw a woman of passionate commitment to her career and her heart's beliefs. Now he's found a love worth fighting for - and a home too precious to leave.
Elizabeth DeLancey
TOUCH OF LACE 6/1993 ISBN: 1557738513 They shared a promise to cherish forever - and a journey of dreams and desires... Anna - She left for the promise of America - and fell into one man's tender embrace to save her life... Stephen - The hardened boxer vowed to build a new life for his young son. And to win Anna's fiery heart... Their voyage west bound them to a bold deception, for Anna had to defend herself from a perilous destiny with a hasty marriage to Stephen. But their vow to love and honor was only the beginning of a tempestuous passion....
Susan Delaney
A STAR TO SAIL BY 11/1999 ISBN: 0451408993 Peggy Millwright has been grieving since her husband, Peter, died. She has spent the past two years in a state of despondency--rejecting any hope of leaving the pain behind. Now she's found a man lying on the beach outside her home on the New Jersey shore. Confused and uneasy, he claims to be a sailor who fell overboard in 1853. As incredible as his tale is, Peggy cannot help but be drawn to Owen Sinclair's innocence, rugged good looks, and fascination with the modern world around him. As she helps him adapt to his new surroundings, he turns her world upside-down, rekindling long-forgotten passions--and making her heart race with yearning...
Karen Jones Delk
THE BRIDE PRICE 1/1992 ISBN: 0061040827 Gently bred Bryna O'Toole had just arrived at her father's Tangier mansion when she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She was bound for the glaring while sands of Arabia and the harem of lecherous wastrel Nassar bin Hamza. Bryna's only hope of escape lay with Sheik Sharif Al Salim, noble lion of the desert. But Sharif's honor kept him far from his nephew's woman, despite the growing magnetism between them. As the caravan journeyed on, love clashed with honor, ecstasy with terror, before the smoky-eyed sheik could know if the Creole beauty was his forever.
Sue Deobold
THE MILITANT HEART 1989 ISBN: Unconventional, wayward, impulsive, Alexandra Traherne was anything but the typical debutante. Nonetheless, as her only male relative, Rowan Traherne was determined to introduce her to society and find her a suitable mate...before she could disgrace the family name with her wild escapades and suffragette sympathies. Little did he guess that his efforts to civilize Alexandra would only end in scandal, and that he himself would be captivated by her fiery beauty. Her very refusal to submit made him long to claim her soft lips, to tantalize her yearning flesh, to tame her...Militant Heart.
Jude Deveraux
THE DUCHESS 10/1991 ISBN: 067168972X Claire Willoughby was a modern American girl of the late 1800s - fresh, practical, energetic, and wide-eyed with curiosity. A clause in her grandfather's will said that she must wed an 'acceptable' man to keep her millions, and blond, handsome Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, was perfect. He owned an historic castle, he looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Their engagement was quickly announced, and Claire - her future as a duchess assured - set off with her entire family to meet the Montgomery clan in Scotland. Bramley Castle was a damp, chill place, overflowing with eccentric Montgomery relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a curious, brooding man of great mystery who lived in secret in the most ancient part of Bramley. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry. Trevelyan was the most exasperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating...
Thea Devine
ANGEL EYES 8/1991 ISBN:0821734679 She needed his help - Angelene knew it was dangerous to run away from home, but she couldn't face a life of crime with her outlaw family. The handsome stranger who offered to help her on the trail was a godsend...and a temptation. She was haunted by his enigmatic gaze, mesmerized by his muscular body. After years of loneliness and fear, Angelene longed to abandon herself to the desires this man aroused...but she knew she would never be safe unless she left him - and love - behind!...He needed her love - Rake Cardigan knew the blond beauty was trouble the instant he saw her barrelling hell bent for leather down the remote backwoods trail. But she was an angel, with a wanton innocence that begged a man's touch...and a vulnerability that made the cynical half-breed ache to hold her close. Then she told him she meant to head east and marry a wealthy man, and Rake knew he'd been right the first time. She was trouble, but he could handle her. He would teach her a lesson about loving and leaving she'd never forget. He'd scorch her silken skin with searing caresses, brand her rosy lips with fiery kisses until nothing but primitive passion shone in her treacherous Angel Eyes....
BY DESIRE BOUND 9/1998 ISBN: 0821759884 The world thought Connack Pengellis, oldest son of the powerful Pegnellis-Becarre family, was dead. But he was alive and well, on a secret mission to find the Eye of God, a legendary white diamond many would kill to possess. Instead, he found a jewel far more enticing and dangerous--Darcie Boulton, a dazzling beauty with hair the color of midnight and eyes as blue as the sea....His arrogant family had killed her father, and now sweet-talking conniver Darcie Boulton would use Connack for her revenge. Yet she never expected to find herself in the arms of this seductive man who incited a restless passion deep within her. As they join forces to find the Eye of God, Darcie is faced with her greatest challenge: betraying Connack or embracing a forbidden, searing desire that no other man could fulfill.
DESIRE ME ONLY 6/1997 ISBN: 0821756664 Tall, proud and regal, Lady Diandra Reynell sweeps into the magnificent London townhouse that is her husband's family home. Newly widowed, she has returned from India to meet her stepson, the arrogant stranger whose blazing blue eyes consume her even as his harsh words declare war... His father's wife is like nothing Justin has ever imagined. Silk and steel, as potent as brandy, as dangerous as the searing heat of desire. His stepmother. The woman who may have murdered his father. The woman he has vowed to hate... As passion ignites - hot, dangerous and forbidden - nothing...not the darkest rumor, shocking scandal or the treacherous enemy who desires only to destroy them both...can keep Diandra and Justin from the explosive rapture of each other's arms...
SECRET PLEASURES 7/1995 ISBN: 1575665832 Forced into a marriage of convenience with a dissolute older lord, beautiful, innocent Lady Genelle Tisne has little knowledge of true passion. Yet even as she yearns to escape her unfulfilling life, she soon finds herself caught in a scandal that rocks strait-laced London society when her husband is found murdered…As the prime suspect, Genelle is determined to find the real killer. She hires enigmatic private investigator Rulan Roak…and is swept into a secret world of forbidden temptations and sensual abandon, where every seduction has its pleasure--and its price.
SINFUL SECRETS 8/1996 ISBN: 0821759965 She was everything a man wanted a woman to be. . . Voluptuous, beautiful, mysterious. Yet she was nothing a gentleman would ever consider. . . Penniless, low-born, and forced to work for her living in ways a lady could never imagine. He was titled, wealthy, and exceedingly worldly. A man who could have anything and any woman he wanted...until he saw her in a place where no woman should have been. Now, in the face of a terrifying and deadly secret, they must forge an intimacy that takes them beyond the edge of soul-searing desire...at the risk of everything...even their lives.
Joan Dial
FROM A FAR COUNTRY 5/1991 ISBN: 0553290509 From a savage uprising in revolution-swept India to the imperial grandeur of aristocratic England, from the strife-torn shores of post-Civil War America to the mysterious, sensual Far East, here is a captivating, unforgettable saga of a man and a woman bound by the forces of love.
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CHRISTMAS ANGELS 11/1995 ISBN: 0505520621 Showcases the following stories: The Trouble With Hannah by Debra Dier - Leicestershire, 1887. A mysterious governess uses her heavenly powers to help a lovely spinster reform her mischievous niece and win the heart of the peer she has always desired; Tryst With An Angel by Eugenia Riley - London, 1855. A Yuletide miracle teachers a cold-hearted businessman and his wife that, even though their marriage was arranged on earth, their love was made in paradise; A Time For Joy by Amy Elizabeth - Seattle, 1995. A social-climbing beauty has no interest in a blue-collar Adonis until a blizzard - and her guardian angel - trap them together on Christmas Eve; and Chrissy's Wish by Trana Mae Simmons - Dallas, 1860. A pair of heavenly messengers answers a young girl's Christmas prayer and brings her lonely aunt the one man who can fill her life with joy.
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HOLIDAY INN 11/1996 ISBN: ISBN: 0843941073
Debra Dier
DECEPTIONS AND DREAMS 10/1994 ISBN: 0843936746 Sarah Van Horne had lived her life in the shadow of a terrible scandal. Dedicated to helping the less fortunate, she hides behind a shield of strict propriety. She was no match for the dangerously handsome burglar she caught in her New York City town house. Although she fears the sensuality Austin awakens in her, she cannot deny her attraction for this intriguing rogue. Lord Austin Sinclair came from a land of mystery seeking a stolen treasure. Confident, crafty and devilishly charming, he wouldn't allow a locked door prevent him from his quest nor the pistol Sarah aimed at his head. But the master seducer never expected to be tempted by an untouched beauty. He soon finds himself caught in his own web of deception, hopelessly entangled with the sister of his enemy. If he wasn't careful, he would lose a lot more than his heart before Sarah was done with him.
LORD SAVAGE 12/1996 ISBN: 0843941197 Denver and England, 1889 Lady Elizabeth Barrington was convinced Ash MacGregor was the long lost heir of her guardian, the Duke of Marlow. She had traveled to Colorado to meet the young man she had dreamed of most of her life. Yet, she wasn't prepared for the rugged Westerner who denied his heritage and challenged every rule of polite society. Charged with the difficult task of civilizing Ash, she knew her only chance at happiness, was to tame the savage lord who had stolen her heart. A bounty hunter raised by the Cheyenne, Ash MacGregor never dreamed he was the long lost heir of an English duke. Although he found everything he ever wanted in Elizabeth, he wasn't certain he could ever find a home among the wealthy aristocracy who called him...Lord Savage.
A QUEST OF DREAMS 3/1994 ISBN: 0834944854 To Devlin McCain, she is a spoiled rich girl who thinks her money can buy anything. To Kate Whitmore, he is an overbearing brute who treats women like property. But beneath their stubborn opinions of each other burn maddening passions that draw them to each other. Tantalizing mystery and love await them in the Brazilian jungle.
RACHEL'S HERO short story in HOLIDAY INN 11/1996 ISBN: ISBN: 0843941073 1889: Forcing one's sister into a loveless marriage was less that Rachel Stark's idea of chivalry--and yet the virile T.S. Beauchamp was doing precisely that. The entrepreneur was certainly handsome, but was he valiant enough to prove that he could be not only a breathtaking lover, but also live up to being "Rachel’s Hero."
SHADOW OF THE STORM 10/1993 ISBN: 0843934921 He was her dashing childhood hero, the man to whom she had willing surrendered her innocence in a night of blazing ecstasy. But when Ian Tremayne cruelly abandoned her after a bitter misunderstanding, Sabrina O'Neill vowed revenge on the handsome Yankee. Risking a daring masquerade, Sabrina plunged into the glittering world of New York high society--determined to make Ian pay. But the virile Tremayne was more than ready for the challenge. Together, they would enter a high stakes game of deadly illusion and sizzling desire that might shatter Sabrina's well-crafted facade--and leave both their lives in ruin.
THE SORCERER'S LADY 7/1995 ISBN: 0505520370 Victorian debutante Laura Sullivan couldn't believe her eyes. Aunt Sophie's ancient spell had conjured up the man of Laura's dreams--and deposited a half-naked barbarian in the library of her Boston home. With his bare chest and sheathed broadsword, the dark haired giant was a tempting study in Viking maleness, but hardly the proper blue blood Laura was supposed to marry. An accomplished sorcerer, Connor had traveled through the ages to reach his soul mate, the bewitching woman who had captured his heart. But Beacon Hill wasn't ninth-century Ireland, and Connor's powers were useless if he couldn't convince Laura that love was stronger than magic and she was destined to become...
THE TROUBLE WITH HANNAH short story in CHRISTMAS ANGELS 11/1995 ISBN: 0505520621 Leicestershire, 1887. A mysterious governess uses her heavenly powers to help a lovely spinster reform her mischievous niece and win the heart of the peer she has always desired.
Christina Dodd
IN MY WILDEST DREAMS 10/2001 ISBN: 0380819627 Since she was a little girl, Celeste has had one burning desire:to marry Ellery Throckmorton. But what chance does a gardener's daughter have of capturing the heart of one of England's wealthiest gentlemen? However, the education she receives at the Distinguished Academy of Governesses enables Celeste to return to Blythe Hall with a refinement that complements her ravishing beauty -- and makes her bold romantic dream more attainable. But, alas, temptation gets in the way...For wherever Celeste turns, it is not Ellery she encounters, but his serious, yet undeniably intriguing, older brother Garrick. The elder Throckmorton will have no one interfere with the younger's impending nuptials, and his meddling infuriates Celeste to no end. Still, she cannot disregard the fluttering of her heart whenever Garrick deigns to smile at her. And the passion she senses smoldering beneath his formidable control is tempting her in a manner a lady must never allow...
RULES OF ATTRACTION 3/2001 ISBN: 0380811995 The Rules of Enticement: A woman should never surrender to a man without knowing his intentions. A man should never seduce a woman for the purposes of revenge. Rules of Society: After nine years, Hannah Setterington has decided to sell the Distinguished Academy of Governesses and explore the secrets of her past. To that end she has agreed to be a companion to the elderly aunt of Lord Raeburn, a man enshrouded by dark mystery and haunted by the rumor that he murdered his wife. A strong-minded woman accustomed to the vagaries of nobility, Hannah believes the rumor to be so much piffle, until she comes face to face with Lord Raeburn. Rules of Fascination: Dougald Pippard, Lord Raeburn, is deviously satisfied when his plan to trap Hannah springs itself successfully. But his satisfaction is short-lived as the indomitable Hannah draws the battle lines and kisses him with the pent-up passion Dougald hasn't felt for nine long years. The fire that has always flared between them rages again with every touch, every glance,until Dougald is almost ready to forget his wounded memories and plans of revenge for just one more night with her.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT 10/2000. ISBN: 0380811987 The Rules of Engagement: Choose a bride from this year's debutantes. Decide on a proper settlement. Send an announcement to The Times. Inform the bride of her good fortune. Rules of Respectability: Devon Mathewes, earl of Kerrich, has a plan that is sure to restore him to the Queen's favor. First, he must hire a sensible, unattractive governess. Next, he will see to adopting a properly grateful orphan, which will surely lend him a patina of respectability. Finally, he must obtain a guarantee that his orphan and the governess will better his character and reputation without unduly disturbing his life - love life or otherwise. Rules of Passion: As a condition of accepting the governess position, Miss Pamela Lockhart of the Distinguished Academy of Governesses has a few rules of her own. Devon at all times must behave with propriety, an unlikely accomplishment that would delight the ton and completely astonish Pamela herself. She must be allowed to choose a suitable orphan at her own discretion. Most important, Devon must vow to never ever delve into Pamela's background, or her appearance, lest he discover the truth behind the deepest secrets of her heart. But of course, all rules are made to be broken... Rules of Engagement.
RULES OF SURRENDER 3/2000. ISBN: 0380811979 The Rules of Employment for The Distinguished Academy of Governesses: Always remember your station; after all, you are higher than the house servants but certainly not a member of the family. Be sure to maintain a disciplined schoolroom and to take your meals on a tray. And never become too familiar with the master of the house... Rules of Behavior... Lady Charlotte Dalrumple is known as England's most proper governess, a woman who has never taken a misstep socially-or romantically. So, on the surface, she seems perfectly suited to accept the challenge of reforming English-born Lord Wynter Ruskin, sadly uncivilized by his travels abroad. Rules of Seduction... But the ruggedly handsome man has no desire to be taught manners. He has glimpsed an uninhibited beauty hiding beneath her prim exterior, and he'd much rather spend his days-and nights-instructing her in the ways of love. And when ardor erupts between them, Charlotte learns the pleasures of desire and Wynter the passions of the heart, but before they can love both must first master the... Rules of Surrender.
Jennifer Donnelly
THE TEA ROSE 10/2002 ISBN: 0312288352 East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night. Where shining hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, a bright, defiant young woman dares to dream of a life beyond tumbledown wharves, gaslit alleys, and the grim and crumbling dwellings of the poor. Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's plans are shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man force her to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit - and the ghosts of her past - propel her rise from a modest West Side shop front to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, however, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future.
Kate Donovan
CARRIED AWAY 2/2001 ISBN 0821767801 A proud Boston beauty, Erica Lane isn’t about to let any man take her for granted. So when her wealthy fiancé proves inattentive, she decides to teach him a lesson by accepting a match made by the Happily Ever After Co. But when Erica sets sail fully expecting her fiancé to follow, she gets the surprise of her life. Now she is all but marooned on a far--flung tropical isle with the most arrogant, impossibly attractive man it’s ever been her misfortune to meet. Captain Daniel McCullum is a widowed sea captain with two young children and no intention of marrying a pampered society miss. Yet when desire ignites between them, it isn’t long before Erica discovers what it is to really love a man, with a passion as deep and tempestuous as the wild, raging seas…
MEANT TO BE 6/2001 ISBN 0821768204 Though her father had made a huge success of the Happily Ever After Co., Noelle Braddock wasn't about to let him play matchmaker for her. So when he opened their home to a brash young war hero--and a buckskin-clad mountain man no less--Noelle was determined to do everything she could to show her disdain for Lieutenant Zachary Dane. But ignoring the ruggedly handsome sharpshooter wasn't as easy as she imagined, especially when his shameless seduction tested every ounce of her willpower. And yet when an accident of fate turned Noelle's world upside down, she began to see what Zack had known all along...that their love was truly meant to be.
Daniella Dorsett
DUELING OAKS 1972 A whirlwind romance leads Deanna to the altar and an elegant Southern plantation...but the glamour soon turns to terror at the point of her husband's sword.
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THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART 11/1997 ISBN: 0312963335 Anthology featuring Christine Dorsey's Sumptuous Bliss - With a recipe from Queen Victoria's personal chef, lovely and headstrong Cinnamon is determined to bake her own wedding cake. But when she meets the dashing sea captain Ian McGregger - and forgets about her betrothed, things really start to heat up; Patricia Hagan's Spicy Lovin' - Pepper is as spicy and saucy as the dishes she serves in her New Mexican cantina. Yet it's not until bounty hunter Brand Austin rides into town that she's ready to add a dash of love into her life; Linda Madl's Savory Comfort - Beautiful Rosemary tries to cook her way into the heart of rugged trapper John Haley. And if her rich, savory stew doesn't make him melt down and propose, what will?; and Penelope Neri's Sinfully Sweet - In her New Orleans restaurant, Honey bakes heavenly desserts - now if she could only pay the bills. She cooks up a scheme to convince wealthy planter Nicholas Sauvage to help her with her financial troubles - but he's got something sweeter in mind.
Christine Dorsey
A PROPER VICTORIAN WEDDING short story in A BRIDE'S DESIRE 6/1994 ISBN:0821746065
SUMPTUOUS BLISS short story in THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART 11/1997 With a recipe from Queen Victoria's personal chef, lovely and headstrong Cinnamon is determined to bake her own wedding cake. But when she meets the dashing sea captain Ian McGregger - and forgets about her betrothed, things really start to heat up.
WILD VIRGINIA NIGHTS 9/1990 ISBN:082173119X A lady boss? Mining engineer Nicholas Colton would never have sunk so low if the loyal Englishman hadn't been doing an old friend a favor. Now he was stuck playing nursemaid to an American wench who had a bad habit of reminding him who was in charge. But even with her rich auburn hair in a severe bun and her luscious curves hidden by drab frocks, there was no mistaking Miss Catherine Brousseau for anything but a beauty.....
Anne Doughty
THE WOMAN FROM KERRY 6/2003 ISBN: 0727859757 Little Rose McGinley is just seven years old when her family is harshly evicted from their home in Donegal, victims of the Clearances of 1861. It is the first step in what will be a long and eventful journey for Rose, one that will take her from Donegal to Kerry, and back again to the North, with her husband and four children. But the feisty little girl blossoms into a woman of extraordinary character, who confronts hardship and tragedy - as well as great happiness - with steadfast courage and the determination to keep her family together, against all the odds.
Carole Nelson Douglas
AMBERLEIGH 1980 ISBN:0515057150 Amberleigh, with her hair of flame, had come to the St. Clare estate in Ireland to escape her grey life as a governess. Here she would become a companion to the nobly born Elaine St. Clare, an old school friend, so fragile, so innocent and so unlike her stepmother Devora, the beauty with the iron will...Amberleigh soon found herself bearing the shame of another woman, and uncovering the strange secrets everyone seemed to hide - from the roguish patriot, Devlin Quade, to the stern and handsome Lord Davenant. Amid the intrigue, the spirited young woman was sure of one thing: that she was losing her heart to a man who would never return her love.
Charlotte Douglas
DARKNESS AT FAIR WINDS 2/1993 Sent to care for a young widower's son, Varina Cameron was captivated by Florida's Gulf Coast. But the paradise of Andrew McLaren's plantation harbored dark secrets--not the least of which was whether Andrew's wife had died of natural causes. Trapped in a maze of murder and mystery, Varina turned to McLaren for protection only to discover that the handsome botanist's passionate nature offered a different kind of comfort. Although Varina wanted nothing more than Andrew's love, a near fatal accident led her to suspect that in his powerful embrace she might meet her own untimely demise.
JACARANDA BEND 5/1993 ISBN:0061080977 Promised in wedlock to a man she barely knew, Rowena Elliot reluctantly accompanied her father to the distant shores of America where fate soon left her orphaned and alone. She sought refuge at a sweeping Florida estate in order to escape a loveless marriage and the dangers in an untamed land. But her haven turned perilous, for she was quickly lulled by the seductive spell of enigmatic landowner, Gilbert Lindsay. Scenic Jacaranda Bend was far from the sanctuary it appeared to be. Its smoldering secrets and dark, twisted passions put both Rowena's heart and life at risk, as she found herself stalked by nameless, faceless danger. Was Gil her enemy-or the love of her life?
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HAUNTING LOVE STORIES 10/1991 ISBN: 0380766590 Includes And I Will Love You Forever by Shannon Drake - A beautiful woman besieged by war triumphs magnificently in love when her strange dreams of a virile and ghostly Viking protector come true; A Certain Magic by Betina Krahn - A trio of delightful Victorian 'witches' stir up a spicy Halloween brew of passion and romance for their enchanting young ward and a handsome, straight-laced lawyer; That Other Katherine by Linda Lael Miller - A dying woman's fervent prayer transports her back in time for a second chance at life...and love; Enchantment by Christina Skye - A dashing British viscount and a stunning American woman rekindle the flames of desire that burned between them a century earlier; and Forever Yours by Katherine Sutcliffe - A gentle and lonely vampire discovers that passion is immortal when an innocent beauty stumbles upon his lair.
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UNDER THE MISTLETOE 10/1993 ISBN: 0380773260 Includes One Little Miracle by Shannon Drake - En route to an unwanted wedding across the sea, a noble French beauty's fervent prayer for a Christmas miracle is answered when she is abducted by a bold and breathtakingly virile pirate; Gifts Of The Heart by Judith E. French - A distraught Tidewater wife facing the devastating prospect of a Christmas alone is strengthened by romantic remembrances of Yuletides past - and by an impossible dream of a family reunited; Love's Gift by Sara Orwig - The marriage of a sassy, gun-toting tomboy to the handsome, reluctant son of a neighboring rancher gets off to a riotously start - until the gifts they exchange at Christmas help to bring about a passionate reconciliation; and One Enchanted Christmas by Rebecca Paisley - During an icy New England Christmas, a lovely and mysterious woman in white enters the lives of an embittered, reclusive widower and his invalid son - and heals them with love...and magic.
Shannon Drake
BRIDE OF THE WIND 9/1992 ISBN: 0380763532 The daughter of a wealthy Virginia planter, innocent Rose Woodbine curses cruel fate for leading her to the court of the British King Charles - and into an unwanted marriage with handsome and dangerous Lord Pierce Deforte, a man she dares never love. His soul searing desire for the stunning Rose had once blinded Pierce to the treacherous machinations of his enemies. Now banished from his beloved England, he lives the life of a pirate - seeking vengeance on those who betrayed him... including the beautiful temptress whom he once held dear. On a storm-tossed sea they are united once more - he, no longer a noble, but the notorious brigand called Dragonslayer. And she, one his bride, is now his helpless prisoner - forced to submit to his fury, his will...and the blistering, sensuous need that chains her captive heart.
NO OTHER LOVE 7/1997 ISBN: 0380781379 Their fates first collide in the shadow of the Black Hills--when Sabrina Connor, fleeing her stepfather's cruel tyranny, is tempted by the sweeter captivity of Sloan Trelawny's arms. Their lives entwine again in the Scottish highlands a world away--when Sloan rides to the lady's rescue, hoping to experience again a rapture he once briefly tasted and can never forget. Now an unborn child binds them. And though she fears the hot Sioux blood that runs through his powerful body, Sabrina must follow Sloan back to the untamed Dakota territories--to stand as wife by his side, in the perilous midst of the war that rages between Custer's cavalry and Sitting Bull's warriors--for the sake of a passionate love that two wild and yearning hearts can no longer deny.
NO OTHER WOMAN 6/1996 ISBN: 0380781360 The Highland night torments Lady Shawna MacGinnis with haunting dreams. The stunning Scottish lass can never forget it was she who, in the cause of clan loyalty, seduced David Douglas of Castle Rock--and she who, in the heat of passion, inadvertently lured the handsome laird to his death. And now surely madness has claimed her, for David Douglas has returned, a hardened, bitter spirit--slipping like a ghost into Shawna’s chamber, using stealth he learned among his brother’s people, the native warriors of America’s West. For David is determined to reclaim his birthright and wreak vengeance on his betrayers. But as he sets out to make Shawna pay--with her body, her soul--he discovers there is no other woman but she who can truly bring him back to life again.
RECKLESS 9/2005 ISBN: 03733770618 When Kat Adair plunges into the waves to rescue a drowning man, it is just the beginning of an odyssey that will sweep the fisherman's daughter on an adventure of danger and desire. Convinced she is in love with the man she saved, Egyptologist David Turnberry, she plots a bout of "amnesia" that enables her to linger among the highborn, hoping to win David's heart away from his betrothed! The only problem is Hunter MacDonald, rugged archaeologist, bold adventurer, a man who is wise to her little charade-and determined to protect his best friend. Undaunted, Kat stows away on the ship carrying David and Hunter's expedition party to the land of the Pharaoh. Scandal ensues, and Hunter vows the only way to protect his friend and keep this confounding woman out of trouble is to make her his wife. Inevitably, in the sultry heat of the desert, passions ignite. But as the secrets of the ancient tombs are revealed, terrible danger unfolds. Is it a legendary curse, or pure human evil? Plunged into terror, Kat must trust the one man willing to risk everything to save her from doom. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
WICKED 4/2005 ISBN: 0373770332 Camille Montgomery is aware of the wicked man's reputation. But as an expert in antiquities, she also knows his family's Egyptian artifacts are the infest in England. The problem is, her wayward stepfather knows this, too—and he's determined to steal them. So when he's caught in the act of robbing the so-called Beast of Carlyle, Camille must swallow her fear and boldly confront the man whose mask is said to hide a face too loathsome to behold. The Earl of Carlyle has lived in the shadows ever since the suspicious death of this parents. But he's never stopped trying to unravel the mystery behind what he suspects to have been their murder. And now that the lovely Camille has stumbled into his life, he has the perfect pawn for his deadly game of vengeance and deceit. But in laying his ruthless trap, will he risk losing his own heart? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Emma Drummond
FORGET THE GLORY 7/1985 ISBN: 0312298927
Kathleen Duey
LOUISIANA HURRICANE 7/2000 ISBN: 0671039261 Violence, heartache, and three devastating hurricanes ravaged Madelaine LeBlanc's life in late summer 1860. In the luxurious Creole world of French food, meadow picnics, and silk-gown veranda parties, her father plots her marriage to a rich heir, and with the infamous Nightriders he secretly terrorizes the poor Cajuns in the swamps. Madelaine, searching desperately for a life of meaning and freedom, finds it at last in storm-wrecked fields, where Françoise Jarousseau helps her father rebuild their livelihood. But her family would never accept her love of a poor Cajun laborer. Can she really abandon her whole world for him? When Françoise's work is done, Madelaine despairs of ever seeing him again -- until a second hurricane threatens her father's crops, and he returns to the plantation. She can't resist their secret meetings, despite the risk of discovery. Her father's vengeance and the final hurricane break over them in one terrifying night. Will their love survive?
Alexandre Dumas
CAMILLE 1852 She was Marguerite Gautier, beautiful, brazen, and a courtesan of Paris. He was Armand Duval, handsome, prominent, and hopelessly headstrong. Their love was a sensation, a scandal, and to some, a sin. Their story is as old as time, and timeless as love itself.
Inga Dunbar
SCARLET LADY, WHITE BRIDE 7/1988 ISBN: 0263761274 What was the secret of the baby found in Candlemaker Row in 1809? Nineteen years later, Miss Candida Forbes, whose home was in fashionable Charlotte Square, has seemingly little to do with Mary Paterson, whose haunt was the Grassmarket, where lurked all that was most evil and despicable. Yet their paths seemed destined to cross. And Ross Alexander Laing, who had come to Edinburgh to attend Dr Knox's lectures on anatomy, somehow held a key to the mystery. Candida was drawn to this man with his clever green eyes and tall elegance, but was he to be trusted? After all, he had arrived in the city with a coffin containing a dead body, then he had tried to separate her from her fiancé Finlay Semple. Could she really trust him with her terrible secret?
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