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Diane Haeger
ANGEL BRIDE 9/1994 ISBN: 0671864815 Tessa Murphy gazed at the fine gentlemen and ladies ascending the steps of a Manhattan hotel and dreamed of a handsome stranger who would carry her off to a life of beauty and elegance...and a love to take her breath away. She well knew that a milkman's daughter was foolish to have such fantasies. At nearly twenty, Tessa resigned herself to accepting kind, solid Brian Sullivan's proposal, though his kisses held no magic. She had witnessed too many of life's harshness to believe in fairy tales. Yet the day a wagon accident brought golden-maned Boston tycoon Chandler Tate into her life, she knew fate was at work. The attraction between them was instantaneous and blinding. He called her his innocent, his angel, and Tessa's frisson of foreboding at the dark shadow that crossed his aristocratic face soon disappeared when she was in his arms...as his bride.
THE RETURN 12/1993 ISBN: 0671864807 Her heart pounding with fear and longing, Charlotte Langston set sail from India for England, the homeland she had not seen for so many years...desperate to find the man whose love had once made her life a paradise...How well she remembered the day they met, when, pistol drawn, she'd charged into the private garden of Delhi's commander-in-chief and challenged the soldiers who were trespassing there. Captain Edward Langston had been handsome, strong and despite his part in the day's mischief, possessed of a confidence that was instantly compelling...
Hagan-Hutchinson-Madl-Smith
CUPID'S KISS 2/1996 ISBN: 0505520761 Anthology with the following stories: A Marriage Made In Heaven by Patricia Hagan: Pennsylvania, 1850. With the assistance of her guardian angel, a wealthy spinster searches for the ideal husband. But she soon learns that earthly perfection is no substitute for a passion straight from paradise; Heaven On Earth by Bobby Hutchinson: Indiana, 1889. Divine intervention helps a country doctor and a rural beauty realize that, while duty is important, life is meaningless without laughter and love; Heaven In His Touch by Linda Madl: Colorado, 1885. A rugged rancher and a fiery filly have always longed for one another, but it takes a heaven-sent messenger to set them on a trail to fulfillment; and A Gift From Heaven by Bobbi Smith: Tennessee, 1865. A Yankee soldier and a Southern belle are ready to start their own civil war - until a heavenly visitor draws up terms of surrender that will bring them eternal bliss.
Patricia Hagan
A FOREVER KIND OF LOVE 12/1992 ISBN: 0061080160 The War Between the States was over, but it had torn their world apart. Clint McCabe came back branded a traitor. He'd dared to swap his gray uniform for blue. Enchanting Dancy O'Neal had spent the war years in Ireland, dreaming of going home. Determined to claim her heritage, she returned to the rocky ridges of Tennessee to discover that Clint now held the land bequeathed to her. As a boy he'd been her childhood nemesis. As a man he captured her heart. Passionate and proud, the two instantly clashed. Then they learned of secret enemies and soon were fighting for their lives. In a world aflame with treachery and intrigue, their passion blazed with the white-hot fury of a love that would not be denied.
LOVE AND DREAMS 9/1988 ISBN: 0380751593
LOVE AND FURY 1986 ISBN:0380896141 Sweeping from the sprawling Nevada ranges of the 1890s to a secluded Monaco estate, here is the story of the Coltranes, who rose from poverty to become one of America's most powerful and influential families. But those who gain power make powerful enemies as well. And when silver magnate Travis Coltrane divides his riches between his devoted son, Colt, and his estranged daughter, Dani, he creates a dangerous legacy. For though Dani has forsworn all worldly concerns to become a nun, Gavin Mason, with whom Dani has been raised, is only too willing to claim her newfound riches. And thus begins a devious deception that will see both Colt and Dani's best friend, the lovely Briana de Paul, caught in Gavin's treacherous trap, and forced into a forbidden love that could topple the mighty Coltrane mining empire!
LOVE AND SPLENDOR 1987 ISBN: 0380751585 When Dani Coltrane flees to Paris, she leaves behind heartache and pain, and vows no man will ever control her. But then the proud heiress to the Coltrane dynasty meets the dashing nobleman, Drake, and her determination is rocked. Banished from Imperial Russia to roam the glittering capitals of Europe, he has an eye for beautiful art and beautiful women. Dani Coltrane possesses both a painting he covets and loveliness he can't resist. Drake is determined to make these treasures his. From the sumptuous salons of Europe to the fabulous court of Russian Empire, from the dark cellars of a chateau in Monaco to a deserted danger ridden palace, Drake pursues the headstrong and illusive woman. And his cold obsession turns to soul-searing love, Dani's resistance melts...until they are swept toward a stunning confrontation with destiny and the triumph of a love dazzling with splendor.
LOVE'S WINE 1985 ISBN:038089534X She'd sworn vengeance against them all. Every Yankee scoundrel who trod the charred ruins of her once beautiful South--and Magnolia Hall, the family home she vowed to reclaim. An encounter with a stranger changed everything. In the secluded beauty of the gentle willows, tender whisperings enchanted her.love's caresses thrilled her with new sensations.searing kisses scorched her lips with a flame that reached the very depth of her soul. And she was lost in the trembling passion of her own desire. But it had been a cruel deception. Holly had lost her heart to Scott Colter.the Yankee commander! Hurt and humiliated, but determined to rebuild her life, a destitute Holly was at the mercy of her ruthless stepbrother, and callously used to satisfy his evil schemes and desires. Yet the memory of a Yankee commander still haunted all Holly's waking moments--tormented her nights with longing. And she lived for the dream that she'd again know the ecstasy of his passionate love.
A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN short story in CUPID'S KISS 2/1996 ISBN: 0505520761 Pennsylvania, 1850. With the assistance of her guardian angel, a wealthy spinster searches for the ideal husband. But she soon learns that earthly perfection is no substitute for a passion straight from paradise
THE RAGING HEARTS 1979 ISBN:038046201X Kitty Wright's once grand ancestral plantation stands abandoned, ruined. Now, her father and fiance slain, her southern life in tatters, the two men who ravaged her heritage turn their hunger to her beauty. Corey McRae, Yankee carpetbagger, rescues Kitty from the lusts of a vengeful mob, only to entrap her within his own violent passions. Jerome Danton, privateer of land and women, gathers into his cruel web of wealth and desire every shred of beauty in the fallen Confederacy - with a special eye to its most spirited woman. Across a land savaged by a conquering army, Kitty flees - possessed by a woman's indomitable strength to guard her most precious gifts: the child of her body and the love of a man ... a man named Travis Coltrane, a victorious soldier who knows that a man's greatest field of honor is a woman's heart.
Cathie Marie Hake
BITTERSWEET 4/2007 ISBN: 0764201662 Laney McCain has unabashedly had her sights set on Galen O'Sullivan for years. And though Galen has treated her as nothing more than his best friend's pesky tag-along sister, Laney dares hope that now is the time he will open his eyes and truly recognize the woman she’s become. But the arrival of Ishmael and Ivy Grubb, squatters on the O'Sullivans' land, diverts Galen's attention. Though the Grubbs are crass and uneducated, Galen shows mercy and allows them to stay in exchange for help around the farm. But it becomes a decision he lives to regret…RR@H's Novel Thoughts
FANCY PANTS 9/2007 ISBN: 0764203177 When "Big Tim" Creighton spies the mincing fop headed toward Forsaken Ranch, he is appalled. Thankful his boss isn't around to witness the arrival of his kin, Tim decides he'll turn "Fancy Pants" Hathwell into a man worthy of respect. Lady Sydney Hathwell never intended to don men's attire, but when her uncle mistakenly assumed she was a male, the answer to her problems seemed clear. Her disguise as "Syd" was meant to be temporary…but the arranged marriage she's fleeing, her uncle's attitude toward the fairer sex—and her own pride—compel her to continue the guise far longer than she had intended. When her deception is exposed, will she be forced to abandon her hopes for family….and true love? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
REDEEMED HEARTS 12/2003 ISBN:1-59310-105-8 When famine ravages Ireland, Brigit Murphy and her family are forced to move to America. There, Brigit becomes a maid in the Newcomb home, where the mistress of the house, Emily Newcomb, is determined to marry off her brother, Duncan.When Duncan, a ship's captain, discovers he's fallen in love with the maid, he plans to tell her his feelings and make her his wife. But when some things come up missing from the Newcomb house, Brigit becomes the chief suspect. Will Duncan obey his sister's orders to rid the household of Brigit's presence? Or will the captain's heart determine his next course?
Deborah Hale
THE BONNY BRIDE 3/2000 ISBN: 0373291035 Jenny Lennox didn't believe in love, not the lasting kind, anyway. Life was too hard for romance to survive for long. Marriage for money was best, she was sure--or had been until she met Harris Chisholm, earnest and penniless yet willing to gamble on life, love--and her! Harris Chisholm was a man of his word He had promised to deliver Jenny Lennox into the arms of her intended. But could he willingly surrender the woman who'd made him more than himself, the woman who'd become his heart's true friend and partner? 'Never!' his soul whispered. 'Never...!'
Anne Hamilton
GYPSY BRIDE 2/1995 ISBN: 082174805X En route to Canleigh Castle to meet the eligible Earl of Greystone, Lady Angelica Winsford was forced to stop for the night. But scarcely had she settled into her room than a shadowy stranger appeared. He said the gypsies called him Gitano, and his pleas for refuge touched Angelica's very soul. Surely some Romany magic had brought them together - if only for a brief moment. Even after they'd gone their separate ways, Gitano haunted Angelica's dreams. Now promised in marriage to a man she secretly feared, she despaired of ever again knowing the tender passion Gitano had shown her. But in a forest near the castle, fate would bring them together once more. Although his true identity was a mystery, Angelica soon found herself melting into Gitano's ardent embrace. Could she abandon the world she knew for an uncertain love? Or would she live forever longing for the rapture that could have been hers if only she'd dared to risk her heart?
Debra Hamilton
RED PETALS 12/1997 ISBN: 0821758101 Jack Darlington was too handsome, too self-assured, too splendid by half for a plain, twenty-six-year-old diplomat's daughter from Edinburgh. Rosaline's one chance at love had been cruelly stolen, and now she had little choice but to be married off to this charming opportunist who would use her to enhance his career...and his pleasures. The raffish Foreign Office operative wanted little from his prim, level-headed bride, except a gentleman's home and a gentleman's way of life. Rosaline's good breeding ensured her ability to take his disorderly house and two ungovernable boys in hand. In return, he offered a reprieve from spinsterhood. Many marriages were made of less. From the wild, forbidding shores of Scotland's Orkney Islands, to the warm, mysterious beauty of golden Egypt, Rosaline blossoms as a diplomat's wife and hostess as she forges a tentative bond with a man who possesses secrets she cannot fathom and a past that shadows their lives. But when danger and intrigue bring them closer together, a woman who refused to dream of the impossible will allow her heart a second chance at love...
Joanna Hampton
THE COMING HOME QUILT 8/1999 ISBN:0515125520 Chandelle McBride had to find her ailing grandmother's coming home quilt which was stolen by a Yankee soldier. But she wasn't sure private investigator Matt Winchester was the one to help her get it back. The handsome rogue's mocking smile and teasing manner were both irritating and intriguing. And a secret in his past made his soul an unreadable pattern. But Matt's strength kept her safe as they journeyed to Philadelphia, where the quilt was rumored to be. And as they traveled together, Chandelle began to dream--of a love that could stitch them together as securely as the pieces in a quilt. Could she penetrate his mysterious past--and give them both the chance at true happiness?
WOVEN DREAMS 1/2000 ISBN: 0515127272 A tender-hearted and compassionate young woman, Sarah Granger runs the Second Avenue Mission for Needy Children in New York City. One night, Sarah and a neighborhood policeman, Benjamin McCauley, find a young boy crouching in a deserted alley, clutching a basket that contains a small baby and a beautiful quilt. Though the mission has fallen on hard times, Sarah doesn't hesitate to take in the two motherless youngsters - and Benjamin, touched by Sarah's gentle ways, vows to protect them all. Sarah is busy teaching her charges how to stitch beautiful quilts, but she is distracted by Benjamin's kindness and charm - and together they craft an unlikely and precious love...
Paula Hampton
THE RELUCTANT TUTOR(#534) 10/2000 ISBN: 0373291345 Kate was determined to succeed in a man’s world. After years of study, she had finally found a man willing to apprentice her as an architect. But when she arrived in New York City, she never expected Mr. Gabe Murray to be so handsome - and so exasperating! Gabe Murray was not going to help some career-minded miss, no matter what his late father had promised her. He had no time for distractions - especially not one with Kate’s lustrous red hair and sparkling emerald eyes. He had his own career to think about, and his runaway feelings for his apprentice were not going to get in the way....
Kristin Hannah
THE ENCHANTMENT 8/1992 ISBN: 0449147738 Emmaline Hatter was a beautiful, brilliant, and rich Wall Street financier in the nineteenth century until the crash of 1893 wiped her out completely. Desperate to recoup her losses, she joins Dr. Larence Digby in his search for the legendary lost city of Cibola, rumored to be rich in gold. Emmaline was used to getting her own way, but Larence was not about to give up control of his expedition to a woman. Somehow, in a world of enchantment, each would have to learn to believe -- to trust the other with their lives, their secrets, and their hearts . . .
WAITING FOR THE MOON 11/1995 ISBN: 0449149099 She doesn't remember who she is or how she came to the mansion on the isolated Maine coast. Lost in a strange world filled with even stranger faces, Selena finds comfort in a man whose eyes reflect her own aloneness. He is Ian Carrick, a brilliant physician turned recluse, hiding from life in the anonymity of this small sanctuary, haunted by a telepathic gift that has destroyed his desire to heal. Selena comes to him, the only person he's ever met who is immune to his psychic powers. A mesmerizing innocent, she turns his life upside down, bringing light into the darkness and laughter into the silence. For her, he begins to believe in life again, to believe in himself. And then a mysterious figure from the past arrives, threatening to destroy their glorious love and the fantasy world they have created together...
Mollie Hardwick
I REMEMBER LOVE 1982 Back in 1464, England is torn apart by the violent Wars of the Roses. But that's nothing to the torment young Yolande feels deep in her heart. She's a nobody, born out of wedlock and betrothed to a coarse commoner. Yet she can't help being drawn to the dashing knight Sir Joscelyn. Against all his upper-class upbringing, he finds that he loves her too... And before riding out to die in battle, he vows "I shall find you again." A century later, they get their next chance. But here, too, society frowns on their passion. Not only is she just a housekeeper -- good heavens, he's a priest! They'll meet once again in Victorian London. Will the third time prove the charm? If you love sheer escapism, get caught up in this wonderful story and root them on!
Thomas Hardy
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE 1878 'You are ambitious, Eustacia - no not exactly ambitious, luxurious. I ought to be of the same vein, to make you happy, I suppose' Tempestuous Eustacia Vye passes her days dreaming of passionate love and the escape it may bring from the small community of Egdon Heath. Hearing that Clym Yeobright is to return from Paris, she sets her heart on marrying him, believing that through him she can leave rural life and find fulfillment elsewhere. But she is to be disappointed, for Clym has dreams of his own, and they have little in common with Eustacia’s. Their unhappy marriage causes havoc in the lives of those close to them, in particular Damon Wildeve, Eustacia’s former lover, Clym’s mother and his cousin Thomasin.
Leone Hargrave
CLARA REEVE 1975
Karen Harper
CIRCLE OF GOLD 7/1992 ISBN:0451403819 When Rebecca Blake was orphaned, she was adopted by the industrious, well-educated Kentucky Shakers, and raised in their secretive, sexually repressed world. Little did she envision that one day a forbidden love would thrust her from her innocent life of denial into the lavish, sophisticated world of Victorian England ruling class. this is rebecca's story - of her courageous crusading for social reform... her tumultuous marriage and the terrible misfortune that ended it... and the passion and daring that returned her to her Kentucky roots and the childhood sweetheart she never forgot. Spanning two continents, this is the spellbinding saga of a beautiful and indomitable woman caught up in the surging tides of history and the crosscurrents of duty and desire.
PROMISES TO KEEP 11/1994 ISBN: 0451182529 In the small town of Lockwood, Ohio, Amanda Wynne harbored special hopes for this first Christmas after the Civil War. Yet so much had changed. Her husband, Matt, had returned a broken man and would soon be lost forever. And while she took two war widows into her crumbling mansion, Amanda's heart felt as bleak as the dreary winter...until, at the newly declared holiday of Thanksgiving, three visitors appeared at her door. A former slave, whom Amanda had once helped on the Underground Railway, arrived with her daughter and with a desperate plea for help. Then Lincoln Garner came, a homeless Southern soldier running away from something, searching for something. Soon they were banding together like a family, giving and sharing, through hardship and dangers. And when the miracle of love and desire broke through all barriers to unite Amanda and Lincoln, they knew they were home...and it was Christmas...and everything was possible for those who dare to dream...
Alexis Harrington
A LIGHT FOR MY LOVE 2/1995 ISBN: 0451405013 Set in Oregon in 1888, the beautiful, coddled daughter of a once-prosperous ship captain is forced to take boarders into her home . . . never realizing she will take the scandalous Captain Jake Chastaine into her heart as well.
Emma Harrington
IVORY TEMPTRESS 12/1988 ISBN:0312912986
PASSION'S TEMPEST 7/1988 ISBN:0312909373 When Michael spied the radiant girl standing on the balcony, he knew at once she was the woman who had haunted his dreams, and whose portrait he had painted again and again since he had kissed her on that fateful day!
Kathleen Harrington
ENCHANTED BY YOU 10/1998 ISBN: 0380798948 A Cheyenne princess first meets the Laird of Strathlyon Castle when she saves his life on the streets of Edinburgh. She knows they're destined for each other--even though his guilt over his brother's death won't allow him the love he yearns for. But he cannot hide the passion he feels whenever he gives into his desire for her--and she manages to disrupt his life until he can no longer resist her.
FLY WITH THE EAGLE 7/1997 ISBN: 038077836X A Cheyenne princess of mixed blood, Jennifer 'Morning Rose' Elkheart accompanies her senator grandfather on his goodwill tour abroad and dazzles London with her captivating charm and beauty. Though visions have foretold she will marry a fearless adventurer, Jennifer can't resist the elusive aristocrat Thorne Blakesford, a man of many secrets and deep passions. This is the second book in the 'Dream Seekers' series.
Cindy Harris
A BRIGHT IDEA 4/2001 ISBN: 082176912X Though Dolly Baltmore’s late and quite unlamented husband was a scoundrel and a gambler, she is determined to uncover the truth about his mysterious death during a boxing match. Disguising herself as an aspiring young boxer, she enters the sparring ring to confront her husband’s “murderer,” renowned pugilist Dick Creevy. Yet she soon discovers that Dick is hardly the brute she imagined. Kind and considerate, he is as handsome as a Greek god and twice as noble. All too soon, Dolly is losing her determination to fight for revenge, and to instead, follow her true desire!
CHILD'S PLAY 11/2001 ISBN:0821769146 Rose Sinclair mourned only one thing when her philandering husband died--that she had no children. But a visit from her spouse's mistress shocks her to the core when the woman arrives with three children in tow--and claims that they are now Rose's responsibility! Torn between sympathy and outrage, Rose learns that one of the children claims another man is his father, Sir Steven Nollbrook, a successful barrister. Yet Steven insists that the child isn't his--and Rose is haunted by the pain she glimpses in his arresting eyes. Building a family isn't child's play, but as Rose discovers Steven's secrets, she vows to show him that love can be as simple as A,B,C.
LOVER'S KNOT: DUBLIN DREAMS 4/2002 ISBN: 0821770721 Dolly Baltmore wasn't looking for passion when she had a bright idea to avenge her husband's murder. Millicent Hyde was only hoping for a little adventure when she found a wolf at the door. Rose Sinclair knew from the start that desire wasn't child's play. Yet each of them had conquered their past heartaches to discover that love was more than possible--it was irresistible. Lady Claire Killgarren isn't so sure, but with a little help from her newly happy friends, and one very special man, she's about to find that she'll give anything to be caught in a lover's knot…for all time.
WOLF AT THE DOOR 8/2001 ISBN: 0821769138 Millicent--having suffered the double indignity of being jilted by her fiancé and disowned by her parents--has emerged from her cocoon of heartbreak determined to become a “modern” woman. Though her unbridled independence has the gossips tittering, her joie de vivre intrigues Captain Alec Wolferton, the famous Sea Wolf--a reputed scoundrel who inspires both fear and awe. Thrilled by her own passionate attraction to this blackguard, Millicent suddenly finds herself swept up in a perilous, romantic adventure--complete with spies, scheming rivals…and the discovery of perfect love!
Marilyn Harris
AMERICAN EDEN 1987 ISBN: 0312910010 Their hearts fired by the dreams and ambitions of a glorious heritage, Mary Eden Stanhope and her husband, Burke, built a new dynasty in lush, bountiful Alabama following the Civil War. The magnificent plantation flourished. Theirs was a dazzling world that defied all boundaries...until the night the hooded riders would come to shatter the dream - first with murder, then with a violent kidnapping. Missing was their daughter, radiant blonde-haired Eve Stanhope, swept away to a destiny that would test her to her core. And their only hope lay with young Stephen Eden, a British stranger with his own dark secrets and the indomitable courage to fight for freedom and love.
THE EDEN PASSION 1979 ISBN:0399122699 When a man loses his honor in the arms of a forbidden woman, love becomes his impossible dream. In sadness and a spring rain, John Murrey Eden came home to bury his father and claim a castle and a destiny named Eden. Standing amid the beauty of all that would one day be his to rule, was the woman that should never have been his to love.
EDEN RISING 1982 ISBN:0345306864 Can a woman's love redeem the man who destroyed every woman in his life? When John Murrey first meets nurse Susan Mantle he is sick with an illness of both body and spirit. Haunted by the ghosts of children lost and loves turned to hatreds, he only seeks escape that death can bring --until Susan. Deeply romantic, profoundly felt and vividly recounted, Eden Rising is a tale as compelling as it is intensely moving. With this fifth volume of the Eden Series, Marilyn Harris has created a treasure trove for readers everywhere
THE WOMEN OF EDEN 1980 ISBN:034528965X Loved, dominated, and nearly destroyed by one powerful man... Sweeping from England's Devon coast to London, Cambridge, and finally America, this new volume in the Eden family saga is surely the best yet.
Jane Harrison
DARK DREAMS 10/1996 ISBN: 0821754203 The Light 1878. Orphaned Lucy Bry wanders into a Memphis cemetery and witnesses a terrifying scene: a fierce battle between winged creatures who possess a great and terrible beauty. What she doesn't know is that they are dark angels--dangerous, sensual beings who thirst for vengeance...and love. The Dark 1891. Enigmatic photographer Victor Augustin turns his impenetrable black eyes on Lucy with a shiver of recognition, a spark of desire...and a dream of rapture he knows can never be his. The Love For Victor is one of the fallen--a lost angel struggling against the dark forces that threaten to claim his mortal soul. But his passion for Lucy is a fire in his blood, enflaming him to commit an act of certain madness: a single night of love that could redeem him...or damn them both forever...
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
ANNA: PART ONE OF THE KIROV SAGA 1990 The powerful epic of Russia and the Kirow family. Europe at the beginning of the 19th century...Because France mobilizes to the war, the young, destitute English governess Anne Peter escapes to Russia and comes into the service of an attractive count. Soon she finds in the magnificent St. Peter castle a home and learns to value her new feelings.
FLEUR 2/1993 ISBN:0330317911 Fleur is the second volume of the splendid Kirov saga. From the magical splendors of St Petersburg to the peril and squalor of besieged Sebastopol, Fleur follows her love; and through danger and suffering seeks to unravel the mystery of Kirov's tragic past, and find her destiny.
Catherine Hart
DAZZLED 9/1994 ISBN: 0380777304 Dire circumstance has forced Andrea Albright to undertake a life of crime. The penniless young companion of a popular, if somewhat dotty, society matron, Andrea resorts to thievery at social fetes from Washington to Philadelphia in order to pay the ransom on a helpless kidnapped child. A Wealthy and handsome socialite lawyer, Brent Sinclair is at home among the elite - and ideal choice to infiltrate the blueblood gatherings and unmask a bold and elusive jewel thief. But Brent is also a man, profoundly moved by Andrea's sparkling spirit and dazzling beauty - unaware that the brazen criminal he has sworn to apprehend is none other than the sweet and sensuous lady who has stolen his heart.
TEMPTATION 5/1992 ISBN: 0380760061 Saucy, wise-cracking Amanda Sites is a legendary 1870's riverboat card shark. Aristocrat Grant Gardner is a breeder of thoroughbred horses. But when Amanda wins half of Grant's Kentucky horse farm in a single poker game, she finds herself paired with him in a sensual and tempestuous alliance.
Amanda Harte
NORTH STAR 9/2000 ISBN: 0843947640 Andrew Muller's medical skills are legendary. So too are his wealth and his almost glacial attitude toward his patients. But when Beth Simmons shows up on his doorstep, young Doctor Muller's heart begins to skip beats. Beth Simmons is a newcomer to the thriving city of Buffalo. And with a desperately ill child in her care, she goes straight for the best doctor in town. And when the handsome Doctor Muller opens his door to them, Beth realizes the child might not be the only one who can benefit from his healing hands. In a city where runaway slaves flee toward freedom, where the obscurity of night holds secrets that can mean life or death, Andrew and Beth can only trust the north star of their love to guide them out of the dark past toward a bright, shining future.
Amy Hassinger
Julia Hastings
ISLAND ECSTASY 1988 ISBN:0843926058 Huanani. As mysterious and beautiful as the tropical rain forests of her Hawaiian home, she was a woman whose untamed sensuality defied every Victorian taboo. James Carruthers. Obsessed with power, he longed to possess her, to flaunt her sultry beauty before the wealthy plantation owners. He would do anything to make her his wife, even accept her bastard son and the dark secrets of her past. Matthew Barton. From the moment he haw Huanani, her naked body gleaming lush and golden in the foaming surf, the Yankee captain fell under her spell. Her island paradise was only a brief sojourn for him, but he sailed away with a memory of searing ecstasy that would lure him back to Hawaii, and a passionate triangle of hatred and love.
Robin Lee Hatcher
DREAM TIDE 1/1990 ISBN: 0843934476 The Groom: He'd married only to fulfill the terms of a bargain, but Brandon Fitzgerald found his wife-by-proxy the most enchantingly beautiful creature he'd ever beheld. They said her mind was touched by madness, that she'd never be a proper wife to him, but Brandon was a determined man, a man who let nothing stop him from taking what her wanted... The Bride: Bewildered by her circumstances, Chelsea was sure she had all her wits, yet she could recall only fleeting images from her past. And her future, embodied by the handsome stranger who was now her husband, seemed no less uncertain. In his powerful embrace she knew dizzying ecstasy, but would his arms provide a safe haven or drag her deeper into the swirling dangers of a seductive Dream Tide.
LIBERTY BLUE 10/1995 ISBN: 0061083895 When Libby Blue ran from her ruthless father and her privileged life, she never looked back. In the West, she could run a ranch, be whoever she wanted, and most important, never have to trust a man again. Remington Walker would take any risk to find Libby, as long as he was paid for it. Once he had the money he would take his revenge on Libby's father, the man who had destroyed his own father. But soon he found that, while vengeance wasn't nearly enough for life, confession could be fatal to love. With a wall of lies between them, was the one great truth they shared enough to unite them forever?
PIRATE'S LADY 8/1987 ISBN: 084392487X Lady Jacinda Sunderland dreamed of a lover with coal black hair and smoldering eyes, a knight astride a midnight charger who would storm into her life and sweep her into his fiery embrace. But Tristan Dancing was no knight - he wasn't even a gentleman - yet his masterful touch brought a whirlwind of passion to her staid existence, and before she could learn his true identity, he had spirited her away on his pirate ship, bound for exotic Constantinople. Held captive on the high seas, she was given a soul-destroying choice: either join the piteous women in the hold, destined for the Sultan's harem, or share the captain's cabin. She had already lost her heart to his ravaging kisses, but she swore she would never be a...Pirate's Lady.
Diana Haviland
DEFY THE STORM 1980 ISBN:0449143791 She defied the world to share the passion of her adventurous privateer...Selena Halstead challenged society and followed her daring privateer, Brian McCord, though it was forbidden for a beautiful young woman to voyage aboard a Confederate gunship. It was also forbidden for an unmarried woman to bear a love child - but she braved society's scorn and kept her baby born of her great passion. Selena resisted even when men of power at the decadent French court insisted that she bow to the Emperor's desire. But Fate sentenced her to slavery in North Africa and a painful separation from the man she adored...
FORTUNE'S DAUGHTER 1984 ISBN:0449124088 Vanessa Kenyon arrived in New York in 1847. She was orphaned, destitute, and utterly alone. She never would have dreamed of the future that awaited her: a future teeming with all the joy and pain, laughter and tears life had to offer...
PROUD SURRENDER 3/1983 ISBN: 0449124061 It was Reconstruction Era, when carpetbaggers swept across the South to plunder a defeated people. But Megan, the lovely Irish orphan who had been forced to live off the charity of relatives, had it all now. For she had married Clay Drummond. Despite the war's destruction, Clay still had his plantation. More than that he had a driving ambition, a hunger for wealth and power. And the force of his desire was matched by Megan's love, which never wavered. Even during the long separations while he was building his railroad empire, she trusted him. But secrets in the Drummond past were waiting for Megan. Secrets that threatened the marriage she cherished-and the future of the whole Drummond family...
Susannah Hayden
TEND THE LIGHT 9/1998 ISBN: 1577484266 The Wells family has tended the lighthouse on a remote Lake Superior peninsula for fifty-four years. It is expected that nineteen-year-old Lacey will want to carry on the family tradition, but what of all her girlhood dreams of life in a big city that teems with people, excitement...and a future? The only connection Lacey's family has with the 'outside world' is the supply boat that arrives every two months carrying the basic necessities of life and oil for the lighthouse. But during the harsh winters, not even the supply boat dares to take on the treacherous waters of the great lake. One beautiful spring day, however, when the quiet and ruggedly handsome Travis Gates arrives on the boat, something stirs within Lacey, changing her life forever.
Lorraine Heath
ALWAYS TO REMEMBER 2/1996 ISBN: 0786215208 Refusing to pick up a gun for the Confederacy, Clayton Holland was branded a deserter and imprisoned during the war. When he returned home to Cedar Grove, he was given a coward's welcome, spurned by everyone in town. To Meg Warner, Clay's presence was a constant offense: a betrayal of the cause for which her husband and brothers died. As a punishment, she commissioned Clay, a talented sculptor, to create a memorial for Cedar Grove's fallen heroes, hoping that every name he carved into stone would carve remorse into his heart. But, as Meg spent months watching Clay work, she began to see strength instead of cowardice. And she discovered that a hero could be found in the most unlikely of men. That passion could be sculpted from a heart hardened by bitterness. And that sometimes love - like courage - whispers instead of shouts.
A DUKE OF HER OWN 11/2006 ISBN: 0061129631 Lady Louisa Wentworth knows she will never marry well—her family's impoverished estate has ensured as much. Resigned to spinsterhood, the proud beauty has agreed to chaperone a young American heiress who seeks a titled husband through the turbulent waters of London society. The dashing Duke of Hawkhurst must marry wealth for the sake of his family. This well-heeled young American, Miss Jenny Rose, would do quite nicely. But the girl's infuriating chaperone seems determined to keep them apart. And worse still, Hawk finds himself far more attracted to the intoxicating Lady Louisa than to her innocent charge! A romantic subterfuge is called for—as desperate Hawk plots to draw the heiress into a compromising position, making marriage a necessity. But when it's lovely Louisa instead who falls into his sensuous web, this game of hearts takes a passionate and most unexpected turn... .RR@H's Novel Thoughts
LOVE WITH A SCANDALOUS LORD 6/2003 ISBN: 0380817438 Lydia wants nothing more than to be seen as a lady, to be accepted by the peerage, and to marry nobility. She loves the rules, the etiquette, and the glamour of London. She believes her father's half-brother, the Marquess of Blackhurst, can help her achieve her goal. But Rhys Rhodes has lived much of his life in the shadows where polite society's dark secrets flourish. To help Lydia will mean revealing his infamous past. But when the innocent lady steals his heart, how can he not risk losing all that he holds dear--including her--in order to ensure she obtains all she dreams of?
TO MARRY AN HEIRESS 9/2002 ISBN: 038081742X The breathtakingly handsome Earl of Huntingdon is determined to take a bride, and equally determined that his marriage to Miss Georgina Pierce will be a business arrangement only--after all, he has been wounded in love before. But there is unexpected passion in his innocent wife, and he soon begins to look forward to many days--and nights--with her…until he shockingly discovers that her promised fortune has been squandered. Though Georgina rightly protests that she knew nothing of it, Huntingdon is wounded to the core. Spirited Georgina surprised herself by agreeing to marry the Earl--a man she’s just met. The proud nobleman proposes that she exchange her fortune for his title, but from the moment Georgina first waltzes across the ballroom floor in his arms, she realizes she can easily give this handsome, haunted lord her heart…. But first she must teach him that there is one thing far more important than money and position--and that is love.
Constance Heaven
HEIR TO KURAGIN 1978 ISBN: 0698109430 A beautiful woman ravished by passion amid the splendor of Russia under the Tsar...Still scarcely more than a schoolgirl, Anna falls passionately in love with the dashing and irresponsible Gregory Gadiani, Ward of the Tsar. Their secret love, pursued through the high society of St. Petersburg, is discovered at the famous Kuragin masked ball.
LORD OF RAVENSLEY 1978 ISBN:0698108566 Set against the deep, haunting mists of the English fens, here is a shimmering tale of love and betrayal, of ambition and revenge. For Alyne, a golden-haired beauty rescued in infancy from the murky waters of the fens by the Lord of Ravensley, all that matters is survival - as mistress of that grand estate, married to whichever man bears its illustrious title.
THE RAVENSLEY TOUCH 1982 ISBN:0698111095 Laurel must suffer through a reckless marriage and even imprisonment by the Russians before she can return to England and find the man she loves most of all.
Veronica Heley
KATE 5/1982 ISBN: 0449502872 She had been secretly in love with Max Trent for years. It was hopeless, of course, because Max was about to be married to Amy. So Kate tried to put it out of her mind--until the day Max was falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit and was sent to prison. His former friends deserted him. Amy married another. There was only Kate to meet him at the prison gate, and to shelter him to nurse him back to health. She hoped her kindness would kindle some affection in Max's heart. But it appeared that all Max to think about was Amy...
Beth Henderson
RECKLESS(#370) 6/1997 ISBN: 0373289707 Winona Abbot hadn't a clue as to who was stealing jewelry from all her rich friends. But at the rate she was going, she'd never find the thief, not with the continued distraction of the enigmatic Garrett Blackhawk, to steal her heart! Baron Garrett Blackhawk had known few women with the spark and daring of Winona Abbot. And her attempts to ignore the heat that flared between them only strengthened his desire to uncover her secrets and make the icy beauty his own.
Joyce Henderson
TO THE EDGE OF THE STARS 12/2007 ISBN: 0843959967 Kalen Barrett stared up at the letters burned into a half-timber over the ranch entrance. She knew the owner of the place was part Comanche, knew her uncle—like most Texans—didn’t cotton to half-breeds. But Kalen was desperate for a job, and Taylor Savage ran the biggest spread for miles. Surely he was not as untamed as his name and his heritage might suggest. Kalen could birth foals, heal wounded horses, and do the work of two ranch hands, so she was hired on the spot, but the instant attraction she felt to sinfully handsome Taylor Savage terrified her. Each time she glimpsed the promise of passionate fulfillment in Taylor’s heated eyes, she came a little closer to losing control, but he always held back the words she longed to hear. If he would only give her his heart, she would follow him body and soul... To the Edge of the Stars. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
WRITTEN ON THE WIND 12/2005 ISBN: 0843956216 Caught between two worlds...White Fawn thought she knew who she was and where she belonged--she was Comanche, and she belonged with her Indian family on the Texas plains. But all that changed after a raid turned deadly. The sole survivor, she was abducted by a man into a world from her past. Forced to face her long-forgotten white heritage, White Fawn struggled to keep the memories of her People close to her heart. But the biggest danger to her peace of mind was the tall Ranger, who tormented her dreams with his hot gaze. Matthew Conway wanted nothing more to do with the Indians who had killed his parents. It was why he had become a Texas Ranger, but he was tired of the bloodshed. He was ready to settle down on his ranch, and the little wildcat he had saved in that raid interfered with his plans for peace and quiet. She wreaked havoc on his concentration and his life. Soon she had him thinking of marriage and love--ideas that were completely out of the question. But perhaps he only needed to listen to his heart to hear what was...Written on the Wind. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Lorraine Henderson
HEAVENLY PERSUASION 12/1995 ISBN: 0505520699 'Take good care of my little girl...' Lovely Jessica McAllister vowed to honor her dying sister's final request. Determined to raise orphaned Maria as if she were her own daughter, Jessica never thought she'd run into trouble in the form of the child's uncle, handsome winery-owner Benjamin Whittaker. Benjamin was all man, and as headstrong as Jessica when it came to deciding what was best for Maria. As sparks flew between the two, their fight for custody turned into a struggle to deny their own burning attraction. Left to their own devices, the willful twosome might never have discovered their blossoming love. But Benjamin and Jessica were not alone. With one determined little girl - and her very special angelic helper - the stubborn duo just might be forced to acknowledge a love that was truly made in heaven.
Shirl Henke
BROKEN VOWS 10/1995 ISBN: 0843938420 In a little Nevada town called Wellsville, the preacher's daughter and the champion boxer dared to taste the fruits of a desire forbidden to them by society. Then fate separated them and forever changed their lives. Years later, Rebekah is trapped in a hollow marriage to a wealthy senator, and Rory is bent on destroying the same politician at any cost. Neither can forget the passion they once shared; yet neither can forgive the other for past betrayals. Broken and bitter, Rebekah and Rory must use the power of an undying love to vanquish their pain.
REBEL BARON 4/2004 ISBN:0843952423 To survive in the cutthroat world of Victorian high finance, wealthy widow Miranda Auburn hid her femininity behind a facade of cold calculation. Her only womanly emotions were reserved for her daughter, whose fondest wish was to marry a peer.... Brandon Caruthers had hoped to put the lost cause of the Confederacy behind him when he traveled to London to become Baron Rushcroft. But the only way to salvage his impoverished estate is to marry an heiress....The transaction Miranda proposed seemed to suit all involved— a huge loan in exchange for making her daughter a baroness— until Brand found himself craving the mother instead. Even if it caused a private civil war, he vowed to take the right woman to his bed. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Virginia Henley
ENTICED 8/1994 ISBN: 0440217008 Though famine holds her beloved Ireland in its deadly grip, young, innocent Kitty Rooney is a survivor. An exotic gypsy lass with cascading curls of ebony silk and eyes of brown velvet, Kitty vows that someday, somehow, the riches of the earth will be laid at her feet. Then Patrick O'Reilly walks into her life, his eyes burning hungrily over her body, his lips promising her the world, making a woman of her in one sweet, scorching night.
THE IRISH GYPSY 1982 rereleased as ENTICED (SEE ABOVE)
Phyllis Herrmann
DESIRE'S DREAM 7/1993 ISBN:0821742361 Hoity-toity high society was not her cup of tea! Raised in a dusty railroad town in the rustic wilds of Missouri, 20-year-old Bess Richmond had only come to Kansas City to placate her father, who was set on marrying off his only daughter to handsome and arrogant easterner Devlin O'Connor ...
GOLDEN PROMISE 3/1994 ISBN:0821745093 Sarah's beloved brother had returned from the battlefields of the Civil War wounded in body and spirit. And now he was gone without a trace. Searching for her missing brother in New Orleans, Sarah soon discovers a startling truth and finds herself courted by two different men: a brash newspaper reporter and a handsome highborn Southerner.
Jack Higgins
PAY THE DEVIL 1999 ISBN:0425171892 A Confederate colonel escapes to Ireland after the Civil War, only to get caught up in a conflict over there. Taking the guise of a legendary outlaw, he wages his own rebellion to assist the common people.
Helen Highwater
THE ROSE OF SHIRAZ 12/2005 ISBN: 097545899X The year is 1870. Desperate to escape the lecherous attentions of her evil guardian Jack Devereaux, beautiful Rose Carson travels to Central Asia to try to find her brother Stephen, who disappeared whilst spying for the British. Captured by bandits, Rose discovers that her only chance of escaping a truly vile death is to convince them that she is the Moon Princess of tribal legend. When a handsome stranger, Leo Davenport, is discovered wandering in the desert, Rose sees her chance to convince the bandits that he is the Sun King whom she must marry to fulfil their legends. But the marriage MUST be consummated, and that's not the worst part... RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Sandra Hill
FRANKLY, MY DEAR 4/2003 ISBN: 0843946172 Time Travel. Selene has three great passions: men, food, and Gone With the Wind. Weary of the petty world of high fashion, the glamorous model heads to New Orleans for one last job. Then a voodoo spell sends her back to the days of vixenish belles like Scarlett O'Hara. Charmed by the Old South, Selene can't get her fill of gumbo--or an alarmingly handsome planter. Selene doesn't need her mammy to tell her the virile Creole is the only lover she gives a damn about. And with God as her witness, she vows never to go hungry or without the man she desires again.
SWEETER SAVAGE LOVE 8/1997 ISBN: 0505522128 The stroke of surprisingly gentle hands... The flash of fathomless blue eyes... The scorch of white-hot kisses... And once again, Harriet Ginoza was swept away into rapturous fantasy. The up-to-date psychologist knew the object of her desire was all she should despise, yet time after time, she lost herself in visions of a dangerously handsome rogue straight out of a historical romance. As politically incorrect as her dream lover was, modern-day psychologist Harriet Ginoza never believed he would cause her any trouble. Then a twist of fate cast her back to the Old South, and she met him in the flesh. But to her disappointment, Etienne Baptiste refused to ravish her - or fulfill her other secret wishes. If Harriet had any hope of making her amorous illusions become passionate reality, she'd have to seduce the charming Creole with a sweeter savage love than she'd imagined possible.
Martha Hix
DESTINY'S MAGIC 11/1996 ISBN: 0821754629 Burke O'Brien's orders to his crew were explicit: No females, young or old, were to board his Mississippi riverboat on his thirtieth birthday. Long ago, the brawny captain of the Yankee Princess had been cursed to meet his bride on that date, and he would do anything to break the hex. Then, just as the clock was about to chime midnight on that fateful day, a golden-haired enchantress stole her way onto O'Brien's vessel - and into his heart... Susan Seymour spent most of her life under the thumb of her tyrannical father. Now, she had a chance to escape his cruelty forever. Fleeing a carnival with a young child in tow, the beautiful snake charmer sought refuge on a New Orleans-bound vessel. How could she know that Burke O'Brien's own mysterious past was irrevocably bound to hers - his very fate in her hands? Without her, he faced certain ruin. Without him, Susan could lose not only her chance for a new life, but the love the sensual captain was awakening in her heart.
WILD TEXAS ROSE 1/1990 ISBN: 0821728822
Willa Hix
CEDAR CREEK 10/1996 ISBN: 051511958X Anne Barrett has everything going smoothly in her life, from running the yarn mill to taking care of her young brother, when something happens. She meets Josef Kruger. But she has promised her hand to a family friend. While Anne tells herself she must keep her word, Josef's kiss tells her that promises are made to be broken.
CHEEK TO CHEEK 6/2002 ISBN: 0821773577 Olivia Marlowe should have known better than to trust her fate to her half-brother Jeremy. Leaving England for the United States and escaping an unwanted engagement was all well and good, until she learned Jeremy had offered her services as a companion to a wealthy American matron--one with an incredibly handsome son. Far from the charming rogue that her half-brother was, Adam Porterfield was an intelligent, polite gentleman--and far above Olivia's touch. Adam may have pegged Olivia as a prim little spinster when first they met, but after only a few days in her company he discovered how wrong he had been. Delightfully opinionated and generous of heart, Olivia has lifted his mother's spirits like no other, and he found himself drawn to her side as often as possible. But Olivia's resistance to the undeniable attraction between them was an obstacle Adam wasn't sure he could overcome--unless he could convince his British beauty that they were meant to be.
RASPBERRY ISLAND 10/1997 ISBN: 0515121606 Jenna Guildenbergh has known little excitement in her young life. After all, the wealthy Wisconsin woman has been given everything she has ever wanted...except a taste of true adventure. But with Raspberry Island just a boat ride away--and its lighthouse keeper, Erik Ingman, in need of a nanny--Jenna knows that the time has come to make her own destiny. Bereaved since the death of his wife, Erik's first instinct is to send Jenna packing. But as she slowly makes a place for herself in his home--and his heart--Erik knows he has found more than someone to care for his children. He has found a woman who makes his life worth living again...
Kathryn Hockett
MASQUERADE 8/1996 ISBN: 0821755595 Beth Longly mixed among the beauties of the ton as though she belonged. In truth, adorned in the latest society fashions, she swept dashing, well-to-do Jamie Morgan completely off his feet. Little did he know that Beth was not "the lady" of Claremont House at all -- only its servant girl in disguise hoping to maneuver her way into a wealthy man's arms. Then Morgan proposed, leaving Beth to wonder how long her masquerade could last.... Morgan was pleased with his latest conquest. The handsome -- and utterly destitute -- pickpocket was quite convincing disguised as a society fop. So much so that the eligible "Lady Claremont" was immediately taken with him, even if she did seem strangely reticent about introducing him to her family. But the better he got to know the lovely aristocrat, the more he desired her. Yet once he was unmasked as the fortune-hunting rogue he was, he knew he risked losing his precious lady love forever....
RIVER OF PASSION 7/1993 ISBN: 0821741861 Damn! The last person rugged riverboat captain Dante Roth wanted on a perilous voyage up the Congo River was a prim and proper female physician with an icy manner! But he needed the money, and once he had shown Doctor Lawton what was what by throwing her corset into the river, he figured he could weather the trip. If only his heart didn't beat so erratically when he gazed into her large hazel eyes...One searing kiss from this delectable beauty and he might almost be tempted to give up his life of freedom!
B.J. Hoff
CADENCE 8/2003 ISBN: 0849943906 Cadence reunites us with Andrew Carmichael, an inner city physician, and his partner in practice, Bethany Cole, one of the first female physicians in America, who share a desire to serve the poor with their healing skills and with love. As the story continues, they discover that they share more than a professional passion--they share a love for each other. Set in late nineteenth century New York City and the surrounding Hudson River Valley, and incorporating the beginnings of American gospel music, Cadence continues the saga of the courageous immigrants who helped build our nation, the struggles they endured, and the music they created, lived and loved by.
CLOTH OF HEAVEN 10/1997 ISBN:1568658435 Terese Sheridan, desperate to escape the poverty and tragedy of Ireland, traps herself and the man she loves in a web of deception that will have consequences for generations to come. Jack Kane, a rogue newspaperman, builds an empire from his youthful dreams and the kind of reckless courage that makes him a legend in nineteenth-century New York City.
DAWN OF THE GOLDEN PROMISE 6/1994 ISBN: 1556611145 Morgan Fitzgerald, confined to a wheelchair because of an assailant's bullet to his spine. Now he must confront the ultimate challenge to his faith a choice that could cost him everything the woman he loves, his family, even his life. His wife Finola, facing her own moment of truth the hidden memories and dark secrets of her past that could well destroy her-unless she can find the strength to face them. Michael Burke, a New York City cop caught in the conflict between his faith and his obsession with bringing Patrick Walsh to justice.
HEART OF THE LONELY EXILE 11/1991 ISBN:1556611110 Having escaped the famine that ravages their beloved Ireland, Nora Kavanagh and her son Daniel begin the difficult process of building a new life for themselves in America. Befriended by the wealthy Farmingtons and supported by the constant friendship of the injured Englishman, Evan Whittaker, Nora nevertheless finds herself caught in a conflict of the heart. Michael Burke, the strong, competent Irish policeman, desperately wants to keep his promise to his best friend Morgan Fitzgerald that he will marry Nora and take care of her. But something in Nora resists his proposal, and she must decide whether to give in to Michael's urgings or find a different direction. Can she trust her heart? In the midst of Nora's personal struggle, the heartaches from the old country continue to plague her. Will she ever overcome her grief and find peace?
LAND OF A THOUSAND DREAMS 11/1992 ISBN:1556611129 In famine-ravaged Ireland, the revered poet-patriot Morgan Fitzgerald, himself brought down by a gunman's bullet, seeks to restore his ruined life and bring hope to the next generation. With the help of his mysterious West Indies companion, Sandemon, Morgan establishes a school at Nelson Hall and provides a home for the "fey Belfast orphan," Annie Delaney, and the beautiful, mute "Innocent," Finola. But when violence and tragedy strike, Morgan finds himself locked in battle with the powers of darkness for his own future and the future of those he loves. On the other side of the ocean, Morgan's friends Michael and Nora discover that the Land of Opportunity teems with poverty, political corruption and racial tension. From the opulence of Fifth Avenue to the squalor of the slum at Five Points, the city of New York staggers under the injustice and degradation brought on by organized crime and the exploitation of the flood of immigrants pouring into the nation. Unaware that his own son Tierney has been lured into the nefarious schemes of Patrick Walsh, Michael vows to bring Walsh to ruin and may bring down Tierney in the process.
SONG OF THE SILENT HARP 3/1991 ISBN:1556611102 To Nora Kavanagh, the tiny Irish village of Killala is the only home she has ever known. But her home is being ravaged first by the devastating Potato Famine of the mid-1800's, then by the merciless absentee landlords who threaten to take over her family's one precious possession the land. One after another, the fever brought on by the famine claims her husband, daughter, and closest friends, leaving Nora and her young son Daniel in immeasurable sorrow and poverty. Their single hope for the future lies with Morgan Fitzgerald, the love of Nora's youth. But his rebel activities with the Young Ireland movement keep him in constant danger. Morgan, a poet and wanderer, has never lost his wild and reckless ways, and all his good intentions may not be enough to save what remains of the Kavanagh family.
SONS OF AN ANCIENT GLORY 4/1993 ISBN:1556611137 Through tragedy and triumph, Morgan Fitzgerald, Michael and Sara Burke, and Evan and Nora Whittaker have seen a divine purpose unfold. But even as they settle into their new lives, they are destined to be forever changed by the wounded people who come to them: Quinn O'Shea, fleeing the darkness of her past, searching for a new life and new light in the New World. Jan Martova, a dark-eyed Romany Gypsy, whose wild soul hungers for truth. Little Billy Hogan, abused and abandoned, longing for a father's love. These unforgettable characters, swept into a maelstrom of adversity and struggle, will grip your heart with their courage, their perseverance, and their faith.
Cindy Holby
WHIRLWIND 9/2006 ISBN: 084395308X As the last remaining bachelor among all his friends, Zane Brody could always be counted on for incessant high jinks, indiscriminate womanizing, and irresistible charm. So when he set out for New York to retrieve a valuable thoroughbred mare to Laramie, he had no doubt he could handle any female he encountered, whether equine or human. What he didn't reckon on was an infernal goat called Lucifer and an independent-minded schoolteacher named Mary Dunleavy. The goat butted him off the train and ate his hat, while the woman batted her eyelashes and appropriated his heart. As Mary took off across the plains, Zane found his head spinning, his certainties overturned, and his love life in a…Whirlwind. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Hohl-Hutchinson-Rogers-Smith
LOVE BEYOND TIME 7/1994 ISBN: 0380775409 Includes Turquoise Yesterdays by Joan Hohl - A perilous fall carried botanist Laura Brand back 100 years - and into the arms of a ruggedly handsome Nevada prospector...who will risk his mine and his life to stake his claim to a love far more precious than gold; Forever by Bobby Hutchinson - A found diary and a tale of lost love transport a lonely young woman back to the turn of the century - where she discovers a shocking family secret...and the greatest passion she has ever known; Always Paradise by Evelyn Rogers - A Caribbean cruise sails grief-stricken attorney Elizabeth Dixon farther away than she ever imagined possible - into a time of dangerous pirates...and into the heart of a dashing Spanish nobleman; and Time-Stolen Love by Bobbi Smith - A courageous TV reporter is cast mysteriously adrift in Jack the Ripper's London - and joins forces with an irresistibly handsome Scotland Yard detective who is determined to hunt down the legendary killer.
Sheila Holland
DANCING HILL 1973 ISBN:0872164799 She was guilty of being too beautiful - In 1840 a woman was lost in a world ruled by men. Sabrina's hot rebellious spirit had freed her from the tyranny of her papa, but it could not free the dazzling red-haired beauty from her own confused emotions. When she met Johnny Graham and saw the scorn in his eyes, she was plunged once more into a complicated web of deceit and treachery. How could she prove to him that the scandalous accusations against her virtue were false? How could she ever make him believe that she loved only him?
MISS CHARLOTTE'S FANCY 1980 In the world of Victorian manners and morals, Charlotte had one glaring fault -- a mind of her own. The willful beauty refused to be married off to one of the dull, " proper" young men she had known all her life. No one had ever caught her fancy -- until the exciting Earl of Maudsley, Cousin Julia's fiancé, arrived from London. As he cast a dangerously seductive eye at Charlotte, she shocked herself -- and everyone else -- by responding. If she did not stop the forbidden flirtation, she risked certain ruin. A girl used to making her own rules in life could only go so far....
Emma Holly
BEYOND INNOCENCE 7/2001 ISBN: 0515130990 Florence Fairleigh thinks she's found the perfect man in Freddie Burbrooke. He's handsome, he's kind and he desperately wants a wife. His brother Edward, the brooding Earl of Greystowe, is counting on the marriage to quash a family scandal. And it would--if only Florence weren't the perfect match for him!
Mary Mayer Holmes
THE IRISH BRIDE 1986 ISBN:0445201711 She was a tempestuous beauty caught between love and desire and only one man could set her free.
SAVAGE TIDES 12/1989 ISBN:0445208848 At 24, Philadelphia born Augusta Mayhew was a woman nearing spinsterhood when she defied her family by answering a marriage by mail proposal from a Maine lighthouse keeper. She dreamed of romance and adventure, but what she found on that isolated island was a strong young man named Elijah, as cold and remote as the sea itself. But who was Elijah? Why did he refuse to leave the island? Why would he disappear from her in sudden brooding silences? As a storm of pent up passion caught them both in its throes, Augusta would uncover a bizarre tale of her husband's past, and his secret fear. Now she must face a truth too strange to accept, one that threatens to smash their fragile love.
Stef Ann Holm
FIREFLY 8/1990 ISBN: 0843938978 To lovely young Kristianna, the virgin land of the Wisconsin Territory was ripe for the plow; she and the other Swedish immigrants had worked hard to carve homesteads out of the vast wilderness, and they saw nothing wrong in claiming it for their own. But arrogant Stone Boucher disagreed violently. A trapper by profession, a maverick by inclination, he wanted nothing to do with encroaching civilization. Sodbuster and woodsman, Kristianna and Stone were natural enemies, yet they couldn't stay away from each other. And once she was in his arms, Kristianna discovered that Stone was as excitingly untamed as the land itself.
Victoria Holt
THE DEMON LOVER 1982 ISBN:0385182228 When Kate Collison, to help her ailing father, completes his portrait of the powerful Baron de Centeville, her only thought is to be a dutiful daughter. But when the Baron presents her to Parisian society as the painter, Kate finds herself basking in the recognition...until she discovers that the Baron has plans for her -- shocking plans that will change her life unless she can fight the Baron with his own weapons...
THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND 1985 ISBN:0385191103 Annalice Mallory, the sheltered daughter of a family of map makers, discovers the cryptic diary of her long-dead ancestor that includes a map of a mysterious far-off island. Philip, Annalice's brother, sets sail for the island, lured by the promise of incomparable riches to be found. But when he doesn't return, Annalice sets out to find him -- and the secrets of the diary -- in a desperate journey that leads her through the worlds' most exciting outposts ...and finally to the tropical islands of the South Seas, where she encounters heart-stopping peril, but also the promise of love.
THE SILK VENDETTA 1987 ISBN:0385242999 Once a hunting lodge for English kings, the majestic Silk House now stands as a testament to the Sallonger family's time-honored tradition of exquisite silk making. The great estate is also home to the spirited Lenore Cleremont and her grandmother, who works as a designer for the legendary silk firm. Here the young Lenore is educated with the wealthy Sallonger children but also trained in the art of dress-making by her grandmother. As the girl matures, her charm and beauty win the hearts of both Sallonger sons. But Lenore cannot foresee that his exciting newfound love will bring both tragedy and peril. For after she chooses a husband, Lenore's happy life is shadowed by a succession of violent and mysterious acts that point to an inexplicable vengeance. Fleeing, she and her grandmother begin anew as couturiers to the haute monde in Paris. The business prospers but a malevolent fate pursues her still. Born of a generations-old rivalry and nurtured by years of deceit, it threatens now to destroy all that Lenore values. Only when an ancient family feud is unraveled, and an arrogant French count reveals the dark secrets of the past, will Lenore escape forever the menace of the silk vendetta.
SNARE OF SERPENTS 10/1990 ISBN:0385416903 Davina Glentyre's happy young life in Edinburgh was shattered by her mother's death and made even more unbearable by her father's sudden marriage to her new governess. Her one joy was her friendship with a poor but charming student, Jamie, whom her father forbade her to wed. When her father suddenly died from arsenic poisoning, the means, motive, and opportunity all pointed to Davina herself. Alone, she escaped to the colonies in Africa. But with the Boer War came danger and the return of dark secrets from the past that threatened her reputation and her very life...
THE SPRING OF THE TIGER 1979 ISBN: 0449202372 When Sarah Ashington's actress mother dies after a devastating scandal, Sarah is left at her long-lost father's rambling, ancestral estate to face the disturbing questions of her own past. Then her father's death draws her to his Ceylon plantation -- and into the shadows of a legend from which their may be no return...
Kay Hooper
GOLDEN FLAMES: THE DELANEYS 5/1988 ISBN:0553218999 Powerful, dangerous, broodingly handsome Falcon Delaney was a loner, a man of action who'd spent years pursuing a stolen cache of Union gold. When he awakened in a locked cellar and gazed into the enchanting eyes of Victoria Fontaine, he was bewitched, on fire, aching to possess her. Giving her no chance to protest or resist, he kissed her thoroughly - and she was spellbound by waves of potent heat. Beneath Falcon's city manners was a wildness nothing could tame, and Victoria refused to be ashamed of her reckless, wanton desire for this complex man who left her breathless with passion. Torn between obsession and duty, Falcon longed to cherish her, but he knew he could make no promises, offer her no future. She was willing to disregard every rule to have him - until a heartbreaking telegram sent her riding West in search of a killer, with Falcon savaged by her betrayal...and hot on her trail. He'd follow her forever if it meant he'd learn her secret, but would uncovering the truth drive them apart for good?
VELVET LIGHTNING: THE DELANEYS II) 11/1988 ISBN:0553219804 A handsome rogue whose recklessness and courage had made him a fortune as a blockade runner, Marcus Tyrone had no scruples when it came to getting what he wanted, especially when it was a woman. Exquisite and deliciously tempting, the woman he could not resist was an ice goddess. She smiled for no man, but in Tyrone's arms she melted, trembled, sizzled with yearning that only a daring captain could satisfy. He'd touched her deeply, exposed a passion she'd never suspected, only dreamed of ... and unmasked a woman whose secrets rivaled his own. The web of intrigue that had brought Tyrone to the island of Port Elizabeth finally held him fast, as did the woman he loved without illusions. He longed to confide in her, possess her, bind her to him in any way he could - but he was haunted by the agony in her eyes. The end of one trail meant another's beginning, but would the sins of the past deny them their precious dream?
Jennifer Horsman
WITH ONE LOOK 7/1994 ISBN: 0380775964 She is a rare and priceless jewel - a raven-haired Southern beauty who haunts dashing Victor Nolte's dreams and desires. Their first encounter in a New Orleans opera house left the handsome shipbuilder entranced by Jade Terese Devon's breathtaking sensuality, her charm and vivacity. And now only he can rescue the green-eyed enchantress from an unthinkable slavery. In the shelter of Victor's passionate embrace, Jade seeks a cure for the strange affliction that has left her in darkness - and protection from the cruel pursuing ghosts of her tragic past. But her noble champion fears for his beloved's safety - and for his own imperiled heart as well. For the shocking truth that will heal Jade's secret torment could also destroy the most precious love Victor has ever known.
Teresa Howard
DESIRE'S BRIDE 11/1992 ISBN: 0821739735 When Kathlyn McKinney saw Brad Hampton, her heart immediately began to race. Eleven years after that fateful summer, he was as dashingly handsome as ever - but this time she wouldn't be taken in by him. Desire had made her reckless once long ago, but she was no longer an innocent girl who could be fooled by a Southern gentleman's easy charm. Still, not even the bitterness of his betrayal could extinguish Kathlyn's memory of the sweet rapture she'd known with Brad. And she couldn't ignore her own treacherous yearning for the warmth of his strong embrace and the tender magic of his kiss...
Susan Howatch
CASHELMARA 1974 ISBN:0449203271 A rich and mighty saga of a wealthy and title English family in Ireland during the 19th century. Abrim with tumultuous and unbridled passion, it is set in Ireland--with frequent forays into London and New York. Three generations of drama, passion and turmoil....a glorious, full-blooded novel brimming with memorable characters which centers on Cashelmara, the coldly beautiful Georgian house in Galway, ancestral home of Edward de Sallis. Charged with emotion, the fast moving plot follows the turbulent fortunes of an aristocratic Victorian family through half a century of furious encounters, ill-advised liaisons and bitter-sweet interludes of love.
Dorothy Howell
ANNA'S TREASURE 1995 ISBN:0786500697 She lived alone on her North Carolina farm. when she came across a stranger on her land - a muscular man bathing in her pond - the sight of him took her breath away! SAM: Anna let him off easy with a warning to move along. Then somebody took a shot at him - and he found his way back to Anna's place for the care he desperately needed. Who was this handsome trespasser? And why had he come to her? that's what Anna asked herself as she nursed him back to health, fighting her attraction every minute. Then she discovered the shocking truth - he was an outlaw's son, and he'd come to track down a fortune in cash that was buried on her land. Anna would fight to protect the hidden riches just as fiercely as Sam searched for it. But even in the heat of their struggle, there was something else they were seeking - understanding and forgiveness, and all the priceless treasures of a genuine and lasting love...
Sarah Hoyt
Charlotte Hubbard
GAMBLER'S TEMPTING KISSES 8/1991 ISBN: 0821735233 Revenge Is Sweet...Dillon Devereau ran his Kansas City casino, the Crystal Queen, with a steady hand, but the hotheaded gambler lost his cool whenever he thought about the villain who'd caused his father's death. One way or another, he'd get that varmint...and take his revenge. That didn't leave Dillon much time for romancing the ladies-until a calico-clad preacher's daughter lifted her voice in song and set his heart aflame. Suddenly he knew he must run his fingers through her fiery auburn curls, stroke her rosy flesh into surrender, and caress every curve of her tempting body-but first he must find a way to break down her defenses! ...But Kisses Are Sweeter. Charity Scott was tired of wearing threadbare dresses and singing hymns at her father's revival meetings. She vowed that someday she would seek out her long-lost mother, then find a true love of her very own. So when the devilishly handsome gambler offered her a singing job, a beautiful green silk gown, and a temporary marriage 'in name only,' Charity decided to accept. But the gambler's bride hadn't bargained for the jolt of passion she felt at Dillon Devereau's first fiery caress. From the moment he touched her, Charity knew she would not let him stop until he had satisfied her newly-awakened passion and carried her over the threshold of ecstasy.
JOURNEY TO LOVE 7/2006 ISBN: 084395566X Love is patient and kind...But Christine Bristol is sick of waiting! For three years she's done as everyone tells her, putting aside dreams of the handsome photographer who captured her girlish fancy, trying to forget the mother who abandoned her on the stage to Abilene. Now she doesn't care who gets hurt in her desperate bid to follow her heart. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things....Heading across the prairie in a cramped, horse-drawn wagon, Christine discovers that much of the bitterness she's known comes from her own lack of faith. With the power of belief, a laboring mother is saved from dying in childbirth, a dispossessed family finds a new home, and Christine faces some hard truths about her mama. So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love....On her journey of discovery to San Francisco, Christine finds a love that reunites her with her real family, puts her in touch with her true self, and brings her back to the simple Kansas homestead, where dressed in bridal white, she will give her hand to the man who embraces all she is and can be.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
T.E. Huff
NINE BUCK'S ROW (originally published as SUSANNAH, BEWARE) 1973 ISBN:0440209072 East End London of 1888, with all the attendant squalor of Victorian England, is the setting for this unusual gothic romance based on the facts and legends of Jack the Ripper...
Jillian Hunter
A DEEPER MAGIC 8/1994 ISBN: 0786000392 Sharing a carriage ride among the ruins and moors of nineteenth-century Scotland, wealthy Margaret Rose and struggling physician Ian MacNeill meet, fall in love, and become embroiled in an adventure involving mortal enemies, black magic, and new science.
GLENLYON'S BRIDE 10/1995 ISBN: 0786001739 Returning to Scotland in 1840 with a reputation as a seducer, hero, and dabbler in black arts, Niall Glenlyon finds himself drawn, despite his best intentions, to the beautiful, intelligent, and betrothed Elspeth Victoria Kildrummond.
INDISCRETION 4/2000 ISBN: 0671026836 The scandal of Anne Kerr's foolish, stormy affair with a Scottish nobleman's son was averted when her parents quickly married her off to the scoundrel's cousin, a respectable English baron. A widow now, Anne has never forgotten Patrick Sutherland, who had seduced and abandoned -- and indeed, disgraced -- her, no matter how she tries to lose her feelings in her furious horse rides across the heath. But even a woman of Anne's spirit can't ignore a royal summons that reunites her with Patrick under dire and mysterious circumstances. The suspicious death of a relative calls for a clandestine investigation inside a Highland hunting fortress. Anne and Patrick find themselves commanded by Queen Victoria to lay rumors of murder to rest. Anne sees nothing but trouble and temptation in the Queen's order to work with the rogue who shamed her. To Patrick, however, the chance to serve as Anne's bodyguard is a dream come true. But even the best dream can take a wicked twist...and when he learns he is not to pose as her ladyship's protector, but as her butler, the proud Highlander must helplessly submit as Anne exacts the delicious revenge he deserves for breaking her heart.
Margaret Hunter
LOVE'S SECRET JOURNEY 1983 ISBN: 1555473067 In a land of mystery and ancient treasures she found a passion and a man who would share her secret dreams of love. His arms enfolded her, his mouth reclaimed her own and kisses, long and lingering, obliterated everything but fierce desire. Weak with ecstasy, transported by the nearness of the man she loved, Diana offered no resistance as his fingers inched along her bodice...
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