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Patricia Gaffney
ANOTHER EDEN 10/1992 ISBN: 0843933321 Beautiful, sensitive and aristocratic, Sara was tired of lying to protect brutal, grasping Ben Cochrane, tired of pretending that her life of luxury was anything but a gilded cage. And from the moment her eyes first met Alex McKie's, she knew that he saw through the tissue of lies to the desperate, yearning woman beneath. Their love was forbidden, but how could it be wrong? Only in Alex's arms could Sara taste ecstasy, and only his tender kisses could gain her entry to.... Another Eden.
FOREVER AND EVER 4/1996 ISBN: 0451406613 Connor Pendarvis has a bitter past and a driving ambition - exposing the harsh working conditions in Miss Sophie Deene's copper mine is only the beginning, Sophie Deene is her father's daughter - proud, fiercely independent...and bound by convention. She might hire a handsome, insolent Cornishman to work in the mine, but she wouldn't fall in love with him. Impossible, unthinkable. What would people say? But she swallows her pride for love, defying everyone, never thinking Connor could betray her. And he risks everything he thought he wanted for a love that will last...Forever & Ever.
LILY 10/1991 She arrived at Darkstone Manor without friends or fortune, welcomed only by the hiss of the sea in the midnight hush. Lily Trehearne had been born a lady, but now she resigned herself to a life of backbreaking drudgery, inescapable poverty... and unquestioning obedience to the lord of the manor. Tormented and brooding, Devon Darkwell threatened Lily's safety almost as much as he thrilled her senses. From the moment he caught her swimming nude in the moonlight, his compelling masculinity held her spellbound. But each step he took toward claiming her body brought him closer to learning the terrible secrets of her soul. In his arms she would know tempestuous passion, bitter despair, and a soaring joy that would humble them both before the power of love....
THIEF OF HEARTS 7/1990 ISBN: 0843929731 Though he is not her late husband's twin brother, John Brodie is far from the perfect gentleman and sheltered Anna Jourdaine would burn with shame. No lady would allow the outrageous liberties Brodie took, but forced to pretend she was married to him to clear Nick's good name, Anna finds herself weakening to her brother-in-law's seductive appeal. Caught up in deceits and desires beyond her control, she knows only that her future happiness depends on learning which brother is an immoral criminal and which is merely a thief of hearts.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD 9/1995 ISBN:0451405358 Suave, cynical, and too handsome for his own good, Sebastian Verlaine never expects to become a magistrate judging the petty crimes of his tenants and neighbors. Nor can the new Viscount D'Aubrey foresee that, when a fallen woman appears before him, he'll find himself beguiled against all reason to alter her terrible fate. Rachel Wade has served time in prison for her husband's violent death, but she soon discovers that freedom has its own price. For no one will offer her a second chance but a jaded viscount who needs a housekeeper. Scorned by the townspeople of Wyckerley as D'Aubrey's mistress, tempted beyond her will by the devilish lord, Rachel risks all she had to claim a life of her own, and a love that will last for all time.
TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH 2/1995 ISBN: 0451405331 Anne Verlaine's four year marriage to Geoffrey, Lord D'Aubrey, was a living hell. Her only comfort was her lovely new home - the village of Wyckerly in the heart of Devonshire. And even more irresistible was her attraction to Christian Morrell, 'Christy,' the vicar of All Saints Church. He looked like an archangel, his strength something palpable, his golden-haired handsomeness a source of light in her dark life. Anne's husband had once been Christy's closet friend, but war and life had scarred Geoffrey inside and out. Now he was going to leave her behind in Wyckerley, with the shocking truth of their marriage still hidden as deeply as his dangerous plans. Anne had no right to want Christy to love her, and no choice but to need him, even though she risked his ruin...and her own. But he was everything to her. She would defy this world for him...and the next.
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A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS 11/1992 ISBN: 0451174429 Anthology featuring Bird of Paradise by Edith Layton; Christmas Angel by Patricia Rice; Second Chance by Patricia Gaffney; Kidnapped for Christmas by Betina Krahn; and The Black Beast of Belleterre by Mary Jo Putney.
Collette Gale
UNMASQUED: An Erotic Novel of the Phantom of the Opera 8/2007 ISBN: 0451221370 Christine Daaé has heard the rumors of the hideous Phantom said to haunt the great Opera House, but she alone knows the truth of the man she calls her Angel of Music. For as he tutors her to become a brilliant singer, he also teaches her about hidden passions. He comes to her only in the darkness, awakening her with the velvet timbre of his sensual voice and arousing her with his touch. He is real. Her inspiration. Her Ange de Musique. But beautiful Christine has attracted the attention of Opera House patrons Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, and his lascivious brother, the Comte, who has his own reason for hating the mysterious Phantom. Soon Christine will find herself torn between the luxurious life of the handsome Vicomte and the only man who understands her music and her deepest desires. She will have to make the choice between living a life in the light of nineteenth-century Paris society—or spending the rest of her days revealing her love to the Phantom in the shadows of the Opera's catacombs. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Patricia Gallagher
ON WINGS OF DREAMS 1/1985 ISBN:0425074463 A Passionate Woman In. A Dazzling American Era! the 1890s .... America's most unforgettable era ... the end of a gilded century ... the war-ravaged South is struggling to be reborn .. suffragettes are clamoring for freedom and the vote .. wealth and power are as boundless as hope! An American epic of awesome sweep and power, On Wings of Dreams is the enthralling story of a proud and passionate love, as tempestuous as the age that created it! In the magnificent romance of Devon Marshall and Keith Curtis, the fiery Rebel beauty and her Yankee millionaire, Patricia Gallagher continues the long-awaited saga of a love that would not be denied.
Rita Gallagher
SHADOWED DESTINY 7/1985 ISBN:0440179696 A mere child she'd fled the squalid New York docks and a brutal stepfather-a ragged stowaway to be discovered and adopted by a wealthy Maine shipowner A headstrong beauty even as she stood on the threshold of womanhood, she was haunted by the bitter past. Did she dare love when it had been foretold that all she loved would suffer? Did she dare trust the dashing Brad Nolan--gone to rebuild his war ravaged plantation--his passionate promise to return?
Joy Gardner
FORTUNE'S BRIDE 1/1983 ISBN: 0671460536 Be careful of what you wish for. . . . Maura's father had warned his lovely blond-haired daughter. But in 1890 Maura found a way to escape from the slums of New York to the palaces of Newport. When Peter van Diver asked for her hand in marriage, she accepted. As a new life beckoned to her, as she walked down the aisle to join her fu true husband, her eyes were caught and held by a man she had never seen before. But whom her heart recognized instantly.....
Kit Gardner
ISLAND STAR 4/1994 ISBN: 0373288174 Man-beast, the islanders called Oliver Keane. Big, brash and powerful, Alexa Fairfield could sense his aura of danger. And was drawn to him despite it. For he was the one man who could help her expose a murderous secret--and make her ache for jungle nights at passion's edge..In the garden paradise of Barbados, the flower that bloomed most brilliantly was Alexa Fairfield. Her flesh was petal-soft, her scent, intoxicating. Such a woman could bewitch any man. And Oliver Keane knew he'd sell his soul for a lifetime of such enchantment.
Kit Garland
CAPTURE THE WIND 7/1997 ISBN: 0440220998 She dared to live like a man... She raced by him on her schooner Mischief, beating Fleetwing and its legendary skipper in a race at sea, proving that the ship she designed, built, and sailed was the fastest craft afloat. Then Dominique Willoughby offered Nicholas Hawksmoor the ultimate challenge: to take her with him on a perilous mission across the Mediterranean in search of a fabulous gem. She was ready for danger, but not for the passions ignited by his smoldering gaze.... And love with a woman's passionate heart.... They called him adventurer, rogue, gambler, thief, a man who would do anything to get what he wanted. But Nicholas Hawksmoor needed the ship and the woman to help him find the Cat's Eye, a priceless gem with a blood-soaked curse. He'd never met a woman like her--a born sailor packaged in a temptress's body, with an angel's freckled face. Dominique, who sailed with him into unknown waters, evoking desires in which a pirate prince could drown....
DANCE WITH A STRANGER 9/1995 ISBN: 0440221005 Openly scorning European royalty in the wake of her soaring career, dancer Ghislaine Nisbet is kidnapped and enchanted by highwayman Lucien Sachs, a British secret agent who is sent on a mission to save the king of France....Polished, unshakable British secret agent Lucien Sachs planned to use France's premiere danseuse, Ghislaine Nisbet, as a pawn in his dangerous game. But three days in his chateau with the kidnapped enchantress makes him vulnerable as no enemy ever had before.
THE PERFECT SCANDAL 6/1998 ISBN: 0440223628 He was a dangerous impostor, but his kisses told the truth...."We will be a shocking couple," she said. Miss Savannah Merriweather was determined to marry for love. Instead, her ambitious mother packed her off to London to wed a nobleman advertising for a rich American bride. Savannah returned to New York with her "husband," the Earl of Castellane, whose impeccable credentials promised her mother entree to New York's highest society. Only Savannah knew her "husband" was a fraud. But he saved her from a disastrous marriage and promised her the freedom she craved. Love had nothing to do with it. Until she challenged him to a kiss.... Dominic Dare donned the earl's mantle as if born to it. With Savannah, he sailed into New York society by divine right. But Dominic had a secret agenda of his own, and he hadn't reckoned on the price. His "wife" became an obsession. In her beguiling innocence she was the ultimate temptation, determined to unlock his mysteries and open his heart. But their agreement was strictly business. Then suddenly she was in his arms. And suddenly everything changed....
Wendy Garrett
HERS FOREVER 11/1995 ISBN: 0821751379 She offered her body to save her soul.....and lost her heart. Celebrated for the loveliness that excites desire in men and envy in women, Cari Fremont is unprepared for the sudden tragedy that takes her husband and son. Grief-stricken, alone, and at the mercy of her cruel brother-in-law, Julian, the desperate St. Louis widow offers herself to his sworn enemy. His past a carefully guarded secret, the wealthy and powerful Dominic Saxton exudes a sensuality that both frightens and tempts Cari. And in Cari, Dominic sees a way to avenge himself on the Fremonts. He also finds something more: a passion beyond his dreams. Yet Dominic has sworn never to trust a woman and Cari doesn't dare believe in a man's promises. Now, in a world darkened by deceit and intrigue, Dominic and Cari face the greatest peril of all: a love that could bind their hearts forever.
LOVE'S MAGIC SPELL 2/1992 ISBN: 0821736604 Forced by poverty and scandal to flee her native London, auburn-haired Lauren Stanton was pleased with her job as companion to a wealthy lady in New York, even though her employer was under the spell of a psychic medium who was controlling her life and depleting her fortune. When Detective Stephen Hawke came forth to expose the wicked charlatan, Lauren was grateful...then powerfully attracted...then overcome with desire. Unable to resist Stephen's manly charm, Lauren found herself responding to his kisses, trembling under his strong, insistent caresses, and yearning to give herself completely to the rapture that consumed her!
René J. Garrod
PASSION'S ENDLESS TIDE 10/1990 ISBN:0821731556 Beautiful Leah Daniels knew nothing of society's rules. She had lived all alone on a remote Pacific isle since her mother's death three years ago. So when a handsome, raven-haired stranger washed up half-dead on her beach, she didn't faint or wonder about proprieties. She dragged him to a bed, nursed him through the night, and when he reached for her with desire sparkling in his compelling blue eyes, she did what seemed natural - she surrendered to his embrace with all the honest passion in her body! Captain Benjamin Keaton didn't believe his lovely rescuer's innocent act for a minute. He'd been around enough scheming women to recognize a marriage ploy when he saw one. If Leah thought she could trap him with her sweet, lithe body, she was sadly mistaken. Not that he didn't intend to enjoy her hospitality to the fullest. He would welcome her eager caresses, savor her willing kisses, then sail with the dawn. But all too soon he realized she had bewitched him after all..for she had swept him away on Passion's Endless Tide.
Heather Garside
Julie Garwood
FOR THE ROSES 9/1995 ISBN: 0671014986 In Blue Belle, Montana, everyone knew better than to mess with the Claybornes. The brothers had once been a mismatched gang of street urchins - until they found an abandoned baby girl in a New York alley, named her Mary Rose, and headed west to raise her to be a lady. They became a family - held together by loyalty and love if not by blood - when suddenly they faced a crisis that threatened to tear them apart... Trouble came to town with one Lord Harrison Stanford MacDonald. Armed with a swagger and six-shooter, he cut a striking figure - but it soon became apparent to Mary Rose that he was too much of a gentleman to make it in her rough-and-tumble town. She asked her brothers to teach him the basics of frontier survival, which he acquired with ease. And soon he possessed a deep and desperate love for Mary Rose. She returned his affection wholeheartedly...until MacDonald revealed a secret that challenged everything she believed about herself, her life, and her newfound love. Now her search for identity and meaning would begin, raising questions that could only be answered if she listened to the truth within her heart...
PRINCE CHARMING 6/1994 ISBN: 0671870963 Only her beloved grandmother, Lady Esther, knew how devastated Taylor Stapleton had been when her fiancé eloped with Taylor's cousin, Jane. Now that good lady - one of London's richest and most formidable matriarchs - lay dying. But first she was going to help Taylor pull off the scam of the season. To escape becoming a ward of her unscrupulous uncle, Taylor would wed Lucas Ross, a rugged American rancher. Lady Esther's money would enable Ross to bring his youngest half-brother home to Montana. Taylor had her own urgent reason to go to America...a precious legacy she hadn't revealed to Ross, for they had agreed to go their separate ways once they reached Boston. But as her handsome new husband spoke of life in Montana, Taylor began planning a new future. To Taylor, the wide-open spaces of Montana sounded like paradise...
Catherine Gavin
THE CACTUS AND THE CROWN 1962 A vivid and dramatic story of love, conflict and rebellion in 19th century Mexico. Set in the late 1860's, the royal families of Europe collaborate with the French in an ingenious plan to take over Mexico by setting up Maximilian and his wife Carlota as the Emperor and Empress of Mexico.
THE MOON INTO BLOOD 1970 The tempestuous novel of an American girl's strange role in Italy's fight for freedom against the empire of Napoleon III.
Roberta Gayle
MOONRISE 5/1996 ISBN: 0786002689 The daughter of an eccentric French artist and the grandchild of an African princess, Pascale de Ravenault deals art for fortune with a cool hand and an iron will. From the moment Captain Jack Devlin first sees Pascale, a undeniable spark of passion was kindled--and a royal battle between two independent souls was waged.
Dana George
WAITING FOR THE RAINBOW 10/2005 ISBN: 0843956178 Isabel Millington has fled her home without money or social connections-shattered by the discovery that her uncle and guardian was responsible for her parents' deaths. Until she can contact a distant relative currently overseas, she will simply have to get by somehow—even if it means taking on a false identity and accepting employment from a man she isn't sure she can trust. Fox Tremayne, a disgraced former officer, lives on an estate surrounded by swamps and accessible only boat. He is keenly aware that this beauty in slightly shabby clothing has not been honest about her past. But he hires her nonetheless—simply to keep her close in his isolated mansion. Not close enough, though, for her to learn the truth about the disreputable way he made his fortune ...His handsome face hides a scheming heart. Her proper demeanor disguises her passion. Their bond is based on secrets and lies. But some things cannot remain hidden for long.... RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Melanie George
HANDSOME DEVIL 7/2001 ISBN:0821770098 It was rumored that Nicholas Sinclair was rogue enough to put his notorious brothers to shame. But one spirited young lady would soon discover that a passionate heart lay hidden beneath the wicked charm of this handsome devil. Boston-bred Sheridan Delaney has yet to live down "The Incident" when her old schoolmate Jules Thornton invites her to London for the season. Ready for more adventure, Sheridan has no idea that her dear friend has matchmaking in mind-or that Nicholas Sinclair, Jules' devastatingly handsome uncle, will quickly decide that even his infamous hell-raising pales in comparison to what Sheridan considers innocent fun. Nicholas's suddenly saintly guidance through London society is far from comforting, however-especially when Sheridan longs to assure him that the most satisfying indulgence is love.
Mary A. Gibbs
RENEGADE GIRL 8/1981 ISBN: 0449501981
Mary Ann Gibbs
DINAH 1981 ISBN: 0449501531 When Dinah’s father died suddenly, leaving her penniless, the fortune-hunting Clive Morrell found that his love for her had disappeared along with her dowry. Cruelly spurned by the man she loved, the young beauty swore that never again would she let any man hurt her as Morrell had. Never again would she give her love to a man. Ever. So when the handsome Dr. Bellingham came to call on her uncle one day, Dinah afforded him only polite indifference. But Charles Bellingham was not just any man. In fact, he was quite unlike any man Dinah had ever known...
THE GLASS PALACE 1973 ISBN: 0884051455 Pretty Tabitha Sackroyd, adopted daughter of a wealthy English family, had agreed to marry stuffy and arrogant Arnold Jarrett. Everyone assumed she should be very grateful. She was, after all, illegitimate. The secret of her past lay buried in shadows. Then she met Hubert Ashley, the young village physician. He had long sensed Tabitha's unleashed womanhood, but he made no attempt to change her mind -- until that one wild moment when he lost his head and embraced her. Tabitha hoped now that things were going to be very different -- different for her and everyone else. She had quite forgotten the dark secret of her past....
Nancy Gideon
TEMPEST WATERS 3/1993 ISBN: 0425137589 Joelle: The tomboyish daughter of a successful timber company owner, she preferred to be respected for the swing of her ax, not the curve of her figure. Marshall: He wanted to buy Lyle Parry's company, but found himself at odds with Parry's strong-willed daughter, who had just inherited the business. Resisting his offer was easy - but resisting her attraction to this confident gentleman was more difficult. She cherished her independent life on the cold shores of Lake Superior. She thought there was no place in that harsh wilderness - or in her heart - for a city man like Marsh Cameron. But they shared a deep and irresistible passion - that grew into enduring love.
Sharon Gillenwater
HIGHLAND WHISPERS 1989 ISBN: 0843927836 From the sweet-scented moors of the Highlands to the elegant salons of Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, beautiful Sheridan Sinclair was pursued by a madman. Obsessed by Sheridan's uncanny resemblance to her mother, he had vowed to possess her soft body, whether she was willing or not. Only one man could save her from a fate worse than death - Jeremy Mackenzie, the brash American who had taught her the meaning of love. In his strong arms she had discovered the soul-stirring bliss of fulfillment, but imprisoned by her fiendish seducer, she wondered if she would ever know the ecstasy of Jeremy's embrace again.
Deanne Gist
Eve Gladstone
TIME AND TIDE 10/1994 ISBN: 0373222955 The devil and the deep blue sea... Thoroughly modern Bree Kealy was obsessed by a legend. Over a century ago, amid rumors of dark betrayal and bitter revenge, devilish seafarer Alexander Devane went down with his doomed clipper. Yet now his restless spirit plundered Bree's dreams...claiming shocking intimacies...vowing to one day make her his. Bree's heart cried out for her spectral, ancestral lover. And, as if spawned by the throbbing surf, Alex Devon appeared. With his pirate-black hair, his glistening sinews, Alex was maleness incarnate. And Bree felt a shiver of...recognition. Had Alexander Devane defied time and tide to come for her? And would their mortal embrace rewrite his cruel fate? Or erase Bree's future?
Rebecca Goings
HEART OF GOLD 8/2005 Lindsay Harte has been in love with Bryson Pierce for the past five years, despite the fact that he’s never once looked at her romantically. But when a rugged, handsome cowboy enters her world, he threatens to disrupt not only her feelings, but her peace of mind as well. Jake Tanner is a cowboy looking for work at the Harte of Gold ranch just outside of Colton, a town in the Wyoming Territory. He finds himself powerfully attracted to Lindsay, the rancher’s daughter, and soon they become close friends. It isn’t long before their friendship turns into love. But when Lindsay finds out Jake isn’t a Christian, she endeavors to teach him about the love of God in the hopes that he will turn to Him. Yet Jake feels betrayed that she never told him she couldn’t marry him if he didn’t believe in God. When tragedy strikes, will Jake be able to find the Lord and forgive Lindsay? And will Lindsay finally understand how deep Jake’s love for her goes? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Jane Goodger
WHEN THERE IS HOPE 6/1996 ISBN: 0312958609 Waking up after an accident, the last thing Susan Butler remembered was living in the 1990s, happily married and joyously expecting her first child. Now, suddenly, inexplicably, she is Margaret Johnsbury, the year is 1888, and she is about to find out she is detested not only by her handsome husband, Carter, but by the entire town of Newport.
Jo Goodman
ALWAYS IN MY DREAMS 6/1995 ISBN: 0821749617 The Sins of the Father...The youngest daughter of a New York financier, Skye Dennehy didn't run from danger, instead, she embraced it. And now her powerful father had asked her to spy on a reclusive inventor whose latest creation could change the world. The Passions of the Daughter...Skye didn't count on an obstacle that was large, unmovable. . .and irresistible. His name was Walker Caine - and he was a man who instinctively knew what Skye wanted out of life: no two tomorrows that were the same. The Love of a Man...What Walker kept from Skye was his past - but not his passion. And as a shadowy enemy stalked them both - thrusting Skye between two dangerous men - she knew she must risk everything for a love that could prove the most perilous adventure of all. . .
FOREVER IN MY HEART 7/1994 ISBN: 0821746189 Forever in My Dreams...Injured and lost, Mary Margaret Dennehy stumbled out into the night. When she awoke, the New York heiress remembered nothing of where she'd been - except for a haunting dream that filled her with hungry longing. . . Forever in my Arms...Colorado rancher Connor Holiday would never forget the passion-filled night spent in a fancy bordello - or the exquisite lover who'd played the innocent so well. . . Forever in my Heart. Now, as an arranged marriage brings them together once more, Connor is stunned to discover that Maggie is the flame-haired beauty of that passionate encounter - still deceiving him with lies even as she melts to his touch. And Maggie finds herself bound to a stranger in a wild land, torn between cherished dreams of freedom and the sweet, sensuous love her restless heart craves. . .
MIDNIGHT PRINCESS 11/1989 ISBN:0821728113 Under His Spell...When a bedraggled waif arrived half-dead on the doorstep of his Fifth Avenue mansion, handsome newspaper publisher Christian Marshall didn't know what came over him to let her stay on as housemaid. The hard-drinking, short-tempered war hero wasn't interested in charity cases. But when he looked into those defiant cinnamon-brown eyes and caressed her lithe young body, he felt driven to quiet her protests with kisses, to stop her struggles with his velvet touch, and to make her forget her mysterious past with wild passion only he could arouse. . . At His Mercy...For the first time in months, Jenny Holland felt safe - at least for a while. The seductive demands of her domineering master were nothing compared to the horrors of her past. She only hoped that she could calm her secret rush of desire at every touch of his hand, at every stolen glance at his war-hardened physique. She couldn't let anything distract her from what still had to be done. Yet she knew that this brief taste of pleasure in Christian's arms would never be enough. She wanted to reign night after night as his Midnight Princess.
MORE THAN YOU KNOW 5/2000 ISBN: 0821765698 Their first meeting was strictly a business arrangement, but their future together would be pure destiny... Rand Hamilton vows to rebuild his Charleston plantation with the only means left to him: a long-lost treasure that has lured and cursed two families for centuries. But to fiancé his expedition, he must agree to the terms of his wealthy London benefactor and allow his goddaughter to accompany him. Although wary, Rand agrees to take the woman with him. Unaware that she is the one who holds the key to a haunting riddle that will lead him to a glorious treasure - and to a passion he has never known...
MORE THAN YOU WISHED 4/2001 ISBN: 0821767992 Sometimes what you wish for isn't what you get. Sometimes you get more... Reclaiming her family's Carolina rice plantation from her ruthless stepfather was Bria Hamilton's only wish - and she was taking a chance by hiring Northerner Lucas Kincaid to help her. With her own painful scars still fresh ten years after the War Between the States, Bria couldn't trust any man - especially one as dangerously attractive as Luke - to understand that the legacy of Concord meant everything to her. More than a warm smile or a tempting promise, and more than the sudden, yearning hope that Luke might offer the kind of happiness she had never dared wish for...
MY RECKLESS HEART 2/1998 ISBN: 0821758438 Decker Thorne's carefree ways have done little to impress his employer, Jonna Remington, the poised and unflappable owner of Remington Shipping. But when he captains her best ship on a record-breaking voyage and saves her life in the same day, their destinies are breathlessly intertwined. No man has ever made the violet-eyed beauty feel desired for anything other than her money or power. No man ever made her want to be kissed...or loved. And when an unseen enemy lurking in the shadows threatens Jonna's life, Decker will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means abducting her aboard Huntress, the ship she owns but he commands. Now, swept into a thrilling high seas adventure and into Decker's strong embrace, Jonna suddenly finds herself surrendering to reckless passion...and dangerously close to losing her heart.
MY STEADFAST HEART 3/1997 ISBN: 0821755951 Colin Thorne kept a wall around his heart no one had ever breached. His two younger brothers were lost to him, perhaps forever, and now a dark mission of revenge had brought the ruthless ship captain to England. Penniless aristocrat Mercedes Leydon was beautiful...and desperate. Colin Thorne was claiming the estate of her dissolute uncle, the Earl of Weybourne, as payment for a gambling debt. She was treated as a servant at Weybourne Park, but it was home to her and the earl's children. Now Mercedes would use anything - lies, promises - even her own body - to stop Thorne from destroying their lives. A man consumed by the fires of vengeance. A woman determined never to love. An unexpected passion that could damn them both...
PASSION'S SWEET REVENGE 4/1990 ISBN: 0821729586 She Owed Him Her Love...Some things never changed. The name on the playbill at Wallock's Theatre said, "Katy Dakota," but for Logan Marshall no amount of face paint could disguise the unforgettable beauty of Mary Catherine McCleary, the girl who'd betrayed him during the war. She was a fine actress, all right. Even now he could remember how convincingly she'd played the role of an eager innocent under his kisses - just before he'd felt the rifle at his back. This time Logan would make sure they finished what they's started. And that she wasn't pretending when she shuddered with pleasure under his exploring touch and moaned with ecstasy in response to his forceful possession...He Demanded Her Passion...Some things never changed. Katy had thought she'd seen the last of Logan Marshall when, as a young girl, she'd been responsible for sending him to Andersonville, the most brutal of Rebel prisons. Yet now as she gazed out from the stage into a pair of steely gray eyes, she knew that the one man who could inflame her with white-hot passion was about to claim his revenge. A revenge that would demand her complete surrender to his every desire. A revenge she would hate him for, if only she didn't want it to go on forever....
Angela Gordon
STRANGER IN THE SHADOWS 1972 When seaman Tom Dorset arrived in Smithport, Massachusetts in 1871, there were whispers of a dead man in his recent past. Lynn Harding had heard the gossip too, and against her better judgement, she went with him to a mountain lake and he touched her. When a storm came, the entire town saw the man it had distrusted do something that amounted to a miracle! At that point, Lynn didn't care what anyone thought about it. She was completely in love with Tom Dorset....
Deborah Gordon
RUNAWAY MAGIC 8/1996 ISBN: 0380784521 A young woman once revealed Susannah 'Sukey' Stone's romantic fate to her. Now, years later, the fiery American schoolteacher still eagerly awaits the coming of her dream lover: a strong, honorable, intelligent man, as handsome and as perfect as a male could be. Surely Luke Wyndham is not the one foretold. He is, after all, a detestable cad with a murderous reputation-and the most arrogant, infuriating lord ever to emerge from Victoria's England. But something in Luke's blazing green eyes stirs Sukey to her very soul. And the secrets of his guarded heart are drawing Sukey beyond the rumors and shadows into a perilous, rapturous realm of undreamed-of passion and predestined love.
Lucy Gordon
ROYAL HARLOT: THE GYPSY AND THE PRINCE (#219) 5/1994 ISBN: 0373288190 With hair that glowed like a river of gold and eyes of depthless allure, Leonie, Dowager Duchess of Conistan, was irresistible. And Klaus could not control his passion in the presence of this woman ruled by the gypsy vows of earth, air and fire! Though Leonie's spirit raced wild and free, her heart was held fast by a man who could never truly be hers. For Klaus was a prince in a world grown too dangerous for love, and she was nothing more than the prince's royal harlot!
Susan Grace
GOLDEN FIRE 10/1999 ISBN: 0821763466 To Miranda Collins, daughter of a British governor, India is a land of exotic adventure. Her empathic ability to sense the pain in others and help them overcome it, has bound her to the people and animals of the country she loves. But then the idyllic life she's known since birth is shattered by her father's shocking murder and the repeated attempts made on her own life. When Lord James Grayson arrived in Calicut with his ship, he's instantly captivated by the golden eyed beauty and determined to save her from harm. Miranda quickly rebuffs James' offer of matrimony-- convinced her strange powers would never be accepted back in England. But after another brush with treachery, Miranda agrees to a marriage in name only, so long as the union is annulled once her father's killer is found. Then she can safely return to India. Once in England, though, Miranda finds herself consumed by her desire for James-- unaware that evil has followed her footsteps. . . and suddenly threatens to tear her from the man who has touched her soul.
Elizabeth Graham
COURTING EDEN 7/1996 ISBN: 0821753533 The war had left Eden Clayborne penniless and pregnant. All she had left was the Yankee pride that had driven her to defy her family and marry a despised Southerner. Now he was dead, and Eden blamed the man who had sent him into battle: Major Jesse Bainbridge. ... Badly wounded, Jesse rode into the North Carolina hills to find Eden and beg her forgiveness. When he collapsed at her door he thought he was seeing an angel. And the stronger he became, the less Jesse could fight his attraction to her. Would his powerful emotion destroy them both... or burn away the pain of the past with the healing power of a wondrous love?
THE HEART'S HAVEN 7/1998 ISBN: 0821759582 When Shannon Brown opened her eyes, things were not what she expected. Lying in a wagon with a terrible headache, all that was left of her memory was the haunting image of a bloody knife. The dark-haired stranger who found her thought she was a boy...and from the looks of her worn trousers and too-big boots, Shannon knew she'd been hiding from someone. Now, not knowing who to trust, she desperately fought to keep her amnesia a secret form her handsome rescuer... Ever since his fiancee left him after he returned injured from the war, Gareth Colby had no interest in marriage. He knew no woman in her right mind would see him as a desirable husband. In spite of Shannon's mysterious past, Gareth brought the young boy into his bustling, happy family only to discover that he's been fooled. He wanted to throw Shannon out of his home, but he suddenly found himself irresistibly drawn to the beautiful woman who stood before him. Now, he would risk anything to keep Shannon safe and help her remember her painful past, so that she could begin a future filled with the sweet promise of love...
PROMISE ME LOVE 5/2000 ISBN: 0821766007 Penniless with two young siblings in tow, Damask Alden arrived in Goose Creek, Pennsylvania, only to find that the beloved aunt who'd urged her to leave Tennessee and help run the family inn had died suddenly. Now Damask is left with a difficult choice: to try to repair and reopen the dilapidated inn herself, or sell out to her new 'partner' - handsome Braden Franklen, a hard-nosed businessman determined to tear down her legacy. Braden wants to build the fanciest house Goose Creek has ever seen and prove that the son of the local drunk is worthy of the town's regard. All that stands between him and his dream is lovely gray-eyed Damask. And though she stubbornly refuses to sell, it won't be long before her warmth melts the icy wall around his heart, and makes him want to earn the one thing that money cannot buy - her everlasting love.
Lucia Grahame
THE PAINTED LADY 10/1993 ISBN:038546830X Amid the lavish surroundings of the Camwell ancestral estate, Sir Anthony was fire, but Fleur Brook was unmelting ice. Then he made his stunning offer: her freedom and a fortune to live on if she agreed to his terms--five nights of unquestioning, unrestrained surrender to what he planned to teach her...the exquisite art of love.
Marilyn Granbeck
CELIA 7/1977 ISBN: 0515039519 Young, innocent, and intoxicatingly beautiful, Celia would soon begin a tumultuous journey of discovery across continents and into the passionate depths of her own womanhood. Men like the arrogant Gregory Houghton would use her savagely; men like Oliver Chadwick would love her deeply; men like Francis Devy would teacher her the heights and depths of human desire. And jealous, spiteful women would hate both her spirit and her pride...
LORIELLE 7/1980 ISBN:0515046272 In the shrouded turmoil of the East, her heart was a fixed and glowing star.. She came to Canton an innocent, a daughter of Victoria's reign. But in this city surging with life, glutted with greed, Lorielle must bloom quickly to womanhood. For her rare beauty aroused the lust of one man, the love of another, and she must act boldly to escape the destiny chosen for her by unscrupulous men, among them her opium-trading father. Ever-new intrigues spawn amid the silken chambers of the mandarins, aboard the swift clippers of the British intruders..and at their core were the dream-laden mists of the poppy-and the jet-eyed, passionate..Lorielle.
Caroline Gray
WHITE RAIN 1986 ISBN: 0449212416 When beautiful, strong-willed Alexandra Wantage impetuously married American photographer Clarkson Hale, it marked the beginning of an adventure that would take them from the privileged circles of British society to the savage sultry wilderness of Malaya. Forced to work on a failing rubber plantation, Alexandra determinedly built it into a thriving, successful business. And as her reputation among the natives turned from notoriety to respect and devotion, Alexandra also kindled the desires of a darkly handsome rajah. In his arms, she would succumb to the exotic enchantment of the islands and fulfill the deepest longings of her womanhood. But their passions held dangers even the two lovers could not foresee.
Jessie Gray
BLUE RIBBON 1/1997 ISBN: 0515120030 Home of thoroughbred racing at the turn of the century, Louisville, Kentucky, was heaven on earth for twenty-year-old Darby Lynn Greene. She had always preferred horses to romance--and dreamed of owning a Kentucky Derby winner one day. When a local breeder died and left her his best yearling colt, Darby knew her dream could come true. But to win the Derby, Kentucky Blue needed the best trainer possible: the aloof and mysterious Luke Richards. Without any money to pay Luke, Darby had to convince him that blue was worth his time and effort. And though she staked her future on the magnificent horse, she never bet on losing her heart to the handsome trainer...
Suzanna Gray
MOUNTAIN MAGIC 12/1993 ISBN:1557739641 A lesson in love. . . Elizabeth: She came from Chicago to teach in a place called Devil's Hollow-and was instantly drawn to a ruggedly handsome mountain man....Logan: The last thing he needed was a prim little schoolteacher underfoot - especially one working her way into his heart....They were opposites from the start-his gruff and hostile ways offended her delicate nature. But boarding at the Winfield house, surrounded by Logan's brothers and sisters, Beth felt the warmth of family life, and an awakening desire for the rough hewn man....Now it would take a miracle - or the matchmaking talents of Logan's Granny Jo - to teach two hearts what love can accomplish!.....
Elizabeth Grayson
MOON IN THE WATER 4/2004 ISBN: 0553584243. She was more than he bargained for...Ann Rossiter is no man's idea of the perfect wife, yet she has a chance—a single chance—to insure her future. To protect her unborn child, Ann agrees to marry a common riverboat pilot. In exchange, he'll gain command of her stepfather's magnificent new steamer—the Andromeda. But as they ply the western rivers together, Ann is drawn to her new husband, to his quiet strength and smoldering magnetism. Still, she dares not yield her heart for fear he will discover her most terrifying secret. He was the last thing she expected...As the Andromeda steams toward the wilds of the Montana Territory, Chase Hardesty finds himself falling in love with his new bride. But when Ann's past comes back with a vengeance, will their marriage of convenience end in tragedy—or in love forever? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Leigh Greenwood
A FAIRY-TALE CHRISTMAS short story in AN OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS11/1994 ISBN: 0843946598
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AN OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS 11/1994 ISBN: 0843946598 Includes A Fairy-Tale Christmas by Leigh Greenwood - Virginia, 1880. When she cares for a sick widower and his daughter, a lonely spinster discovers that her dreams of a happy marriage aren't as fleeting as visions of sugarplums; A Child is Born by Connie Mason - Georgia, 1984. In a Civil War field hospital, a Christmas birth rekindles the flames of a long-ago love - and brings the promise of peace on earth and goodwill toward men; Susannah's Angel by Nelle McFeather - Georgia, 1859. A Yankee soldier and a Southern belle are torn apart by conflicting loyalties until a holiday truce teaches them the true meaning of the season; and A Warm Southern Christmas by Susan Tanner - Mississippi, 1895. Fearful of losing his orphaned niece and nephew, a young bachelor agrees to marry a beautiful stranger. But only a Yuletide miracle will make them a family.
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THEIR FIRST NOëL 11/1995 ISBN 0843945370 Includes Leigh Greenwood's Father Christmas - Arizona Territory 1880. Delivering a young widows baby during the holiday season transforms the heart of a lonely drifter;. Connie Mason's A Christmas Miracle - New York 1867. A Yuletide birth brings a wealthy businessman and a penniless immigrant the happiness they have always desired; Bobby Hutchison's Lantern in the Window -Alberta 1886-After losing his wife and infant son, a bereaved farmer vows not to love again-until a fiery beauty helps him bury the ghosts of Christmases past; and Teresa Scott's The Treasure - Washington Territory 1825-A childless Indian couple receives the greatest gift of all; the son they never thought they'd have.
Leigh Greenwood
Jill Gregory
JUST THIS ONCE 6/1997 ISBN: 0440222354 As she picked the stranger's pocket at a public hanging, Josie Cooper was swept into the steely arms of her intended victim, an angry gunslinger with a face so handsome it made her ache. Josie escaped. But Ethan Savage caught her again and gave her a choice: marriage or jail. It was strictly business: six months in England, then she was free--and rich. She couldn't say no. And she couldn't tell him the truth: she was already married--to a brutal outlaw who would track her to the ends of the earth... Ethan thought he'd left his aristocratic past behind--until his family hunted him down, forcing him to return to England and claim an inheritance and a title he didn't want. All he needed was a bride, and Josie Cooper had to say yes.Now he had to turn the sometime dance-hall girl into a countess. Love had nothing to do with it--until he fell head over heels for the newly minted countess who took London by storm...
Belinda Grey
DAUGHTER OF ISIS 12/1981 ISBN:0373300794 Only when Ellen has arrived in hot and dusty Egypt from the grim background of Victorian Wales does she realise that her dead father's last gift is the key to the whereabouts of a tomb he had been seeking. Warned of danger on the journey, she becomes aware that someone is determined to extract the secret from her... Is Henry Bligh, now her guardian, really as friendly as he seems? And what of Rami, the fascinating Berber leader known as 'The Hawk' who appoints himself as her protector? Confused by swirling emotions, can Ellen really trust either of them when a hideous fate threatens?
MEETING AT SCUTARI 2/1981 ISBN:0373300581 England and Russia had declared war. The staunchly determined Florence Nightingale set off for the Crimean front, intent on nursing the wounded. And Jessica Linton, rejecting the rich and idle life her guardians offered, when with her. Jessica wasn't afraid of hard work, of travel to a strange land, of the sight of the sick and dying. Indeed she was glad to be of help. There was only one thing she feared: meeting the man she loved, fighting on the side of the enemy.
Julia Grice
KIMBERLY FLAME 1983 ISBN:0451124375 Stranded in the wild diamond boomtown of Kimberley young actress Dacey McKinnon had enough beauty and daring to save herself from disaster and start herself on the way to wealth and power. Yet nothing had prepared her for the irresistible charms of Quinn Farris, the sinfully handsome American adventurer who discovered in Dacey's eyes a wild spirit to match his own. Quinn taught Dacey what it was to be a woman fulfilled. He brought her to a peak of ecstasy she had never believed possible, blotting out all else in this land of greed and violence. And even when Dacey learned she was but one of Quinn's women, she still knew she would never escape her yearning for this man who had awakened the passion and fire that raged within her.
Roslynn Griffith
PRETTY BIRDS OF PASSAGE 9/1993 ISBN:0061081566 Back home in Chicago after her two-year love affair in Italy, Aurelia Kinkaid takes a job at an esteemed architecture firm and refuses to be intimidated by the firm's star architect, Liam O'Rourke.
Donna Grove
RETURN TO CAMELOT 9/1995 ISBN: 0061083038 Arthur Pierce's boyhood had been brightened by Arthurian romance, but harsh reality had taught him not to count on dreams. So when he was paid to find the fabled sword Excalibur, he told himself that it was the money, not the challenge, that drew him to the quest. Practicality - mere convenience - made him ask Miss Chelsea Delafield to join the search. She was a frosty, contemptuous bluestocking, but an acknowledged expert in Arthurian history. So why - if logic rules the day - was Arthur dreaming that behind Chelsea's spinsterish facade his a sensuous woman, one who would fulfill his buried desire for romance?
Laura Lee Guhrke
AND THEN HE KISSED HER 3/2007 ISBN: 006114360X Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to share her etiquette expertise with London's readers, and as secretary to Viscount Marlowe, Emma knows she's in the perfect position to make her dream come true. Marlowe might be a rake with a preference for can-can dancers and an aversion to matrimony, but he is also the city's leading publisher, and Emma is convinced he's her best chance to see her work in print ... until she discovers the lying scoundrel has been rejecting her manuscripts without ever reading a single page! As a publisher, Harry finds reading etiquette books akin to slow, painful torture. Besides, he can't believe his proper secretary has the passion to write anything worth reading. Then she has the nerve to call him a liar, and even resigns without notice, leaving his business in an uproar and his honor in question! Harry decides it's time to teach Miss Dove a few things that aren't proper. But when he kisses her, he discovers that his former secretary has more passion and fire than he'd ever imagined, for one luscious taste of her lips only leaves him hungry for more ... RR@H's Novel Thoughts
CONOR'S WAY 4/1996 ISBN: 0061084026 In the aftermath of the Civil War, beautiful and stubborn Olivia Maitland was determined to save her family and their near-bankrupt Louisiana plantation no matter what--even if it meant taking in cynical ex-boxer Conor Branigan in exchange for help. It wasn't long before she discovered the secret pain hidden beneath his rugged ways. And his ache touched something in her, lighting a fire in her heart. Conor Branigan had seen his family and his hopes destroyed in Ireland and had sworn never to care for anyone again. But now he dared hope for a love greater than any he'd ever dreamt of, with Olivia and her three adopted children--and a future that he would fight to keep forever.
HIS EVERY KISS 10/2004 ISBN: 006054175X Notorious man ... Everyone knows about Dylan Moore -- his brilliant talent and his pleasure-seeking ways -- but no one knows the torment that lies beneath his reckless veneer. Only one woman gets a glimpse of the forces that drive Dylan's soul, a woman who haunts his dreams and evokes his passions as no other woman ever has before. Disgraced and destitute, Grace Cheval wants nothing to do with the seductive man who desires her. When Dylan offers her a position as governess to his newfound daughter, she knows his true intentions are dishonorable. Yet she finds this charismatic man hard to resist, and she returns his passionate kisses with a fire that matches his own. Can Dylan dare hope that this proud, spirited beauty will melt the ice around his heart? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE SEDUCTION 4/1997 ISBN: 0061084034 Although her father sent her to England to find a titled husband, beautiful and headstrong Margaret Van Alden rejects every fortune hunter she meets. The only man who does excite her is Trevor St. James, an unsentimental rake if ever there was one. Fresh from daring exploits in Cario, and keen on restoring his family's wealth, Trevor sets in motion a trap to seduce Margaret. But Margaret soon discovers Trevor's shocking deception. And he realizes, too late, that she has reawakened dreams of love he has long denied -- a love that could perish before it has a chance to take flight.
TO DREAM AGAIN 2/1995 ISBN: 0061081671 Beautiful widow Mara Elliot had little time for shining promises---or impractical dreamers. If she couldn't save her small London factory, she would lose the chance of security she'd worked so hard to gain. But from the moment handsome inventor Nathaniel Chase became her unwanted business partner, Mara found his optimism and reckless determination kindling hopes she thought she'd forever left behind---and a passion that was suddenly putting everything she treasured at risk.
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