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John Jakes
THE AMERICANS 1980 ISBN: 0515091332 Gideon Kent, his health failing, fears for the future of his lost dynasty. His actress-daughter learns what it is to love an alien in the land of the free. Con-man Carter drifts cross-country in search of a lazy fortune. It all falls to young Will, broken by his mother's madness, to redeem Philip Kent's American dream. Part of the Kent Family Chronicles.
THE FURIES 1976 ISBN: 0515039276 Spanning the young American continent...its burgeoning east coast cities...its warring frontiers...its lawless towns of the West...the continuing sage of the Kent family follows the dangerous blood soaked years of our Nation's mighty expansion and thrusts a brilliant new heroine into the foreground of its struggles. The victim of savagery, devastated by heartbreak and humiliation, young Amanda Kent is driven by one burning ambition - to restore the house of Kent to its rightful honor. Thus she begins her most daring adventure...
HEAVEN AND HELL 1987 ISBN:0151310750 The Civil War has ended, but the Hazards and the Mains have yet to face their greatest struggles. Even as the embers of old hatreds continue to burn in the heart of a nation torn apart by war, a new future in the West awaits a new generation of Americans seeking a life of their own--and a place to call their own.
THE LAWLESS 1978 ISBN: 0515091588 Post-Civil War prosperity has transformed the nation. The Kents thrust themselves into the daring occupations of our country's most reckless and corrupt era. . .feverish speculation in the east. . .the cattle boom in the west . . .rip-roaring Abilene and Deadwood. The disreputable Louis Kent has died in ruin. Jephtha Kent's vow to reunite his family has fallen to his son Gideon. But when Gideon draws Louis's widow, the fiery Julia, back into the fold, he fans the embers of an illicit romance that scorches the Kents for generations to come.
Anna James
THE DARKER SIDE OF LOVE 9/1979 ISBN:0515050962 A brilliant actress, a daring adventurer--and the glittering passion they couldn't deny. From the glittering footlights and the sensuality of a gypsy tribe to the gilded trap of a rich marriage, she was destined to taste the bitter as well as the sweet, the ecstasy as well as the unrelenting ache of desire.
KISSING COUSINS 12/1980 ISBN:0449501221 She is a high-spirited beauty who has been pursuing her cousin Roddy since they were children. Now they are grown, and though not a word of love has been uttered, Henrietta is certain that she can make Roddy ask for her hand. But it has been Henrietta's lot in life to conceal the passionate nature that sleeps in her young breast. And so she says nothing of her feelings. Then, on a trip to Egypt with her formidable Mama (which just happens to be where Roddy has gone), Henrietta finds herself in the midst of a daring intrigue involving the Prince of Wales and a handsome Arab chieftain, Hassan, who takes a dangerous fancy to Henrietta. But Henrietta is not about to become the latest member of Hassan's harem. Not on her life..
THE SAPPHIRE HILL 1979 ISBN: 0449239934 Libby Morell had inherited her mother's spectacular looks and rebellious spirit. After her mother's death, Libby returned to live with her father, a wealthy but taciturn gentleman farmer. He resented the girl's resemblance to her mother, who had left him years before to become a celebrated music hall star. Of course, Libby was bored. Terribly bored. The only things of interest were a fabulous mare called Chance and the lovely country - especially the hillside called Sapphire Hill. Suddenly, Libby was faced with her greatest challenge. For Richard Deane, an ambitious young architect, had ravaged her hillside to complete his dream house. She vowed that somehow she would get even with him - forgetting for the moment how her heart had raced when she first caught sight of him...
Deana James
ACTS OF LOVE 12/1992 ISBN: 0821739859 The man who murdered her father lies dead, but Miranda's victory is hollow...and brief. Now she and Shreve are fugitives, stalked by an implacable enemy, forced by her obsession for vengeance to live a drama more dangerous that any they have enacted on the stage. From the seductive heat of New Orleans to the dark backstreets of Mexico City to the elegance of the grand theaters of London. Miranda and Shreve test their courage and their passion as they risk everything to stay in each other's arms. For only together can they share the soul-searing ecstasy and the sensual splendor that are the ultimate Acts of Love...
BELOVED ROGUE 9/1994 ISBN: 0821746820 Grey wisps of fog clung to Maria Thorne as icy fear clutched at her heart. Her sixteen-year-old sister had disappeared into London's seething demi-monde of sin and white slavery. Scotland Yard's only solution was Maria's last, desperate hope...and his name was Jocko Walton. As self-confessed rogue who knew his way around the dark, secret underside of town, Jocko scorned the toffs and tilted ladies. But the genteel Miss Thorne impressed him. She was gold to his brass...sweet innocence in his street-roughened arms. Unlikely partners, the lady and the thief would descend into the depths of a city both sinister and seductive. Drawn together by danger and misadventure, their fears and doubts melted beneath the gentle touch of lovers' hands. In the moonlight they were man and woman, joined by the ageless call of passion. But come the morning, would the world celebrate the triumph of their hard-won love?
CRIMSON OBSESSION 1989 ISBN: 0821722727 All for vengeance, flame-haired Cassandra MacDaermond disguised herself as an older woman to hire on as a servant to pernicious Edward Sandron. The diabolically handsome man owned the gambling hall where her father had lost a fortune and Cassandra was certain the casino's proprietor was to blame. But the hot-tempered beauty never counted on being struck speechless by her employer's seductive gaze; she never imagined she'd yearn for his intimate caress. Unable to suppress her youthful desires another night, Cassandra shed her shapeless garments and sneaked into Edward's room...more intent on sharing his rapture than on causing his ruin!
DUCHESS 10/1995 ISBN: 082175095X Duchess was a lady of mystery. Courageous, unconventional, and driven by a hidden hurt, she searched London's notorious brothels to save innocent young women from lives of white slavery. Yet she had never allowed anyone to know her own fears or desires...until she met the Texan. San Antonio rancher Rowdy MacPherson wore a ten gallon hat, rode a mustang through the streets of London, and out-gambled England's blue-blooded lords. But he traded adventure for passion when a lovely woman came to his rescue one fog-shrouded night. Duchess was a woman of fire and ice that a rugged cowboy would fight for, take to his bed and claim as his bride. But once she revealed her secrets, would he surrender his love - or break her heart?
SEEK ONLY PASSION 4/1992 ISBN: 0821742531 Her father was known as the Ice King and he hated her with a cold fury that well deserved the name. Hated her enough to force her to wed his most despised enemy, the debauched, debt-ridden Earl of of Whitby. Still, Lady Noelle Rivers had her pride, and she wore it like armor about her slender shoulders. No man could take that from her-certainly not this haunted, mocking stranger she must now call husband. But with masterful caresses and fierce, demanding kisses, the Earl soon showed his reluctant bride the dizzying pleasures that come to those who surrender to love...and seek only passion!
Maggie James
MY IRISH LOVE 12/1999 ISBN: 0821764365 Fated Lovers Brought Together Across The Sea…Irish rose Kerry O'Day is bravely coping with the death of her beloved mother and the shocking truth that the man who raised her is not her father. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, she flees to North Carolina to find her real father--and is shattered to learn he was killed in the Civil War. All that remains is his rundown farm, but Kerry is determined to rebuild her life. Then handsome, mysterious Slade Dillon arrives, staking his claim on her land...and her heart.…Tested And Tempted In A Land Struggling To Be Reborn...Though Slade's right to the land is irrefutable, the two are ordered by a judge into a rebellious coexistence made all the more stormy by an undeniable attraction that turns days into a clash of wills--and nights into sleepless hours of unfulfilled longing. But when Kerry hires freed slaves and incurs the wrath of local vigilantes, Slade fears for her safety. Now, an unfolding drama of secrets and danger draw him closer to the inescapable truth--and the knowledge that he will risk his heart and his life to claim a love as powerful as it is undeniable...
Margaret James
A TOUCH OF EARTH 1988 ISBN:0708837859 The story of little Dorcas Grey, born in Hertfordshire in 1850 whose dark secret threatens to ruin her hard won position in society.
Samantha James
JUST ONE KISS 3/1996 ISBN: 0380775492 Just A Dream... Cheated out of her inheritance by a willful stepmother, Lady Elizabeth Stanton follows Nathaniel O'Connor to America - eager to accept the dashing shipbuilder's proposal of marriage. But it is a stranger who greets the penniless miss at her intended's door - the true owner of the grand Boston mansion, Nathaniel's handsome, secretive and insufferable older brother, Morgan. Just One Kiss... The cruel treachery of a disloyal sibling left Morgan angry and bitter -- but he takes in the cad's forsaken fiancee nonetheless. And when one stolen kiss threatens scandal, he offers to wed the proud, golden-haired beauty himself. But Elizabeth is devoted to a rogue. And Morgan must first conquer his own pain and suspicion to know a passion that can thaw a frozen heart...and a love that can heal all wounds.
THE SECRET PASSION OF SIMON BLACKWELL 4/2007 ISBN: 978-0060896454 A cruel twist of fate changed Simon Blackwell's life irreparably. A man of intense passions, he resolved to deny his emotions and desires forever, taking refuge in the wilds of the moorlands and shutting himself off from the world. But on one extraordinary night, on a rare trip to London, the unthinkable occurs. An intoxicatingly beautiful stranger stirs the sensuous hunger he has sworn to resist. Simon Blackwell believed that no woman could tempt him. No woman ... save Annabel McBride. Annabel knows nothing of Simon's secret pain. But one irresistible kiss plunges her into marriage with a man she scarcely knows, a man who hides a shattered past. She can feel the blistering heat of the fire that smolders within this exquisitely handsome man, making her yearn for much more than the union in name only he has promised her. But Simon dares not love again—for fragile love can be lost in an instant. And now Annabel must find a way to open his heart to the most glorious risk of all ...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE SEDUCTION OF AN UNKNOWN LADY 4/2008 ISBN: 9780060896492 Seduction is something Fionna Hawkes knows nothing about. So when she encounters a sexy stranger on a moonlit street, her first instinct is to defend herself against her darkly handsome suitor. But letting go of suspicion and allowing herself to fall for Lord Aidan McBride brings even greater danger. In his eyes, she glimpses a powerful passion she longs to fulfill. In his arms, she aches with the secret she longs to unburden. A secret that could cost her livelihood—and her life. Aidan could never resist a mvstery, especially one as mesmerizing as the lovely Miss Hawkes! Drawing her into the shelter of his embrace, he won't rest until he convinces her to reveal everything. Braving the danger that stalks Fionna at every turn, Aidan is determined to defend her—and just as determined to claim her as his own. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Taylor James
REMNANT OF LIGHT(#459) 1/2002 ISBN: 1586603159 The Great War has recently ended, and in the continuing border conflicts, Elena's home city of Smyna has fallen. Placed on a refugee ship with her sister Sophia, Elena is accidentally pushed overboard and left alone at sea. She cries out to her Lord--but will He help? Auhan was raised in a Turkish Muslim family. As they travel to New York aboard a cargo ship, Auhan witnesses the rescue of a young woman from the waves. He is drawn in fascination to Elena, but her words about Jesus Christ leave a bitter taste in his mouth. He has witnessed far too much suffering to believe in any god. Elena holds on to the remnants of her faith--all that she has left. Can her determination and strength soften Auhan's hardened heart?
Krista Janssen
SKYE LAUREL 11/1997 ISBN: 067100218X Scotland has long called to Laurel Caldwell with the voice of destiny. Now she is finally setting sail, leaving Louisiana for the Isle of Skye and the castle her family bought from their Mackinnon cousins. Raised in the Antebellum South, Laurel is a gusty brand of woman who rallies against slavery and chooses to run her fathers shipping business rather that become a gentleman's wife. Once, she danced with a stranger at a masquerade ball who made her wonder if love might be worthwhile.but he vanished, and Laurel's eyes remained fixed on her lifetime dream: the magnificent voyage to her home of her ancestors. And she would have gotten there.if a certain privateer hadn't sunk her ship. Cheyne Sinclair will never forget the night he danced with Laurel Caldwell. But he's a marked man -- a bastard Scot who lacks everything that is Laurel's birthright. Yet fate has brought them together, and winning Laurel's heart is worth the fight.
Pamela Jekel
NATCHEZ: A NOVEL OF THE DEEP SOUTH 9/1995 ISBN: 1575660261 Natchez tells the tale of four generations of proud, strong-willed women: Anne, whose parents carved out an empire from the rich delta soil and created Graced Ground, destined to become one of the finest plantations in Louisiana; Arden, the southern belle raised in a land of prosperity and unparalleled luxury ... until the Civil War forces her to face an uncertain future as the mistress of two great plantations; Felicity, who will know the terror of the night riders, the hope and heartbreak of Reconstruction, and, finally, the joy and passion of a second chance at love; LeeAnn, who must struggle for her place in a changing world, even as she is caught between two powerful, domineering women.
Beverly Jenkins
JEWEL 5/2008 ISBN: 9780061161353A proposal she had no choice but to accept . . . Though Eli Grayson is one of the most handsome, charming, and intelligent men in Grayson Grove, no one will take a chance on a confirmed bachelor. Unwilling to give up his dreams, Eli convinces his friend Jewel to pose as his wife. Their masquerade is to last just one night . . . but when word gets out, Eli and Jewel must tie the knot to save his career—and her reputation. Became a love she never expected . . . Angry at being forced to turn her life upside down, Jewel never imagined that a white-hot passion would consume her once she and Eli became husband and wife. Sharing a bed has turned their prim friendship into a sensuous love affair . . . but when a woman from Eli's past returns to stir up trouble, he and Jewel will learn just how far they'll go to protect the precious gem of their newfound passion. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
WILD SWEET LOVE 5/2007 ISBN: 0061161306 She's an unrepentant outlaw out to steal his heart... Brazen and beautiful Teresa July was the most wanted woman in the West, until the law caught up with her. Now she's paroled to a wealthy Philadelphia society matron. If Teresa can stay out of trouble for a year, she can return to her beloved West. But trouble's going to be hard to avoid, now that she's met the matron's breathtaking Black Adonis of a son. A distinguished banker, Madison is wary of his mother's newest ward. Teresa has a wild streak about her...even if she stirs in him a desire that burns hotter than anything he's ever known. Yet the exquisite thief is determined to rock his world ...and prove to the handsome, straight-laced Easterner that the very best love is the wild and dangerous kind. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Carol Jerina
KISSING COUSINS 5/1994 ISBN: 0061080764 It happened so fast it made his head spin. One day Prescott Trefarrow was a rough-riding cattle rancher in Texas, and the next he was reigning Earl of St. Keverene in Cornwall. He felt as out of place in his new post as a lone mustang in a stable full of thoroughbreds - until he met the raven-haired beauty of his dreams. Her smoky gray eyes and warm lilting laugh would have turned heads anywhere else, but to proper English society, Lucinda Trefarrow was the illegitimate child of a fallen woman. The circumstances of her birth had deterred lesser men, but nothing could stop this big-hearted Texan. Prescott wanted her, needed her, and would move heaven and earth to have her.
Carolyn Jewel
STOLEN LOVE 1991 ISBN: 0061040118
Iris Johansen
SATIN ICE (The Untamed Years II) 11/1988 ISBN:0553219782 To save the child Etaine, Silver and Nicholas must battle the Prince of Darkness, but will his defeat cost them their lives?
THE TIGER PRINCE 1/1993 ISBN:0553299689 In a locked room of shadows and sandalwood, Jane Barnaby first met the wickedly disturbing man whose searing blue eyes and brazen smile seemed to read her deepest desires--a man who exuded the mystery and danger of exotic lands. In his mesmerizing presence, Jane found herself instantly transformed from a hardheaded businesswoman to the willing slave of a passion she knew she must resist...A man of sensuous grace and smoldering sensuality, adventurer Ruel McClaren brought the independent beauty back to his native Scotland to spin a web of revenge. But once at Glenclaren Castle, he found it ever harder to play the unforgiving captor to this woman who touched his heart and made his blood run hot.
WILD SILVER 5/1988 ISBN:0553218980 Mysterious, enigmatic Price Nicholas Savron had the face of a fallen angel,but Silver Delaney knew his devil's beauty was a snare, and she dared not be trapped by it. He understood she'd never yield to him without a struggle, but her hair like dark flame stirred him, her satin skin tempted him irresistible, and he felt the passion in her reach out and stroke him....
Pamela Johnson
WHITE EAGLES LADY 9/2002 ISBN 1590801148 Embarking on a journey to meet her father, Sarah Reynolds heads into the untamed lands of 1837 Georgia. She sets out, eager to take her new position as teacher for the white settlers who, according to her father, are living peacefully with the Cherokees on the land. Rescued from certain death by a bold Cherokee warrior, Sarah is thrust into the turmoil of the forced emigration of his people. Injured in the attack, White Eagle fights to survive while Sarah faces the hard facts of life. Thrown together by circumstances beyond their control, White Eagle and Sarah overcome betrayal and tragedy to find a love strong enough to bring two nations together.
Susan Johnson
BRAZEN 11/1995 ISBN: 055357213X Countess Angela de Grae seemed to have everything a woman could want: wealth, position, and an exquisite beauty that had once bewitched even the Prince of Wales. But from the moment the dashing American playboy and adventurer Kit Braddock laid eyes on the legendary Countess Angel, he knew she was unlike any of the other rich, jaded blue bloods he'd ever met. For beneath the polish and glitter of her privileged life, he glimpsed a courageous woman tormented by a secret heartache. Determined to uncover the real Angela de Grae, what Kit found was a passionate soul mate trapped in a dangerous situation by a desperate man. And in one moment of reckless, stolen pleasure, Kit would pledge his very life to rescue her and give her the one thing she'd forbidden herself: the ecstasy of true love.
FORBIDDEN 9/1991 ISBN: 0553291254 He was raised in the gilded lap of luxury: Etienne Martel, the magnificently virile Duc de Vec, notorious rake, expert sportsman--and the most celebrated lover in all of Paris. But from the moment he saw the incomparable Daisy Black, he knew he would never desire another. She was born half a world away: Daisy Black, a proud Montana beauty, exotic and untamed--and determined to fight for the rights of women in a land ruled by men. Yet the instant she felt the heat of de Vec's jungle-green gaze, she knew she was lost. Like some haunting promise of paradise he drew her in, fanning the flames of her desire until all she could think of was lying in his arms.
LEGENDARY LOVER 5/2000 ISBN: 0553578677 Dear Readers, I had heard the gossip. Who in London hadn't? But whether or not the elusive Venus Duras would favor one of her numerous suitors didn't concern me. After all, I had a surfeit of obliging lovers. And then I bumped into her. Literally. She was utterly enchanting, the most dazzling creature I had ever seen. I knew she had to be mine. But she was aware of my reputation and thought me a libertine. When I invited her to a dinner party, she gave me the cut direct. Within hours our heated encounter became the talk of the town. Who could resist a wager or two on the delicious possibilities? Could I conquer the unconquerable Miss Duras? Would she resist or succumb to my legendary powers of seduction? It became a luscious game and tantalizing spectacle--wildly provocative, uncertain in outcome, a delight and fascination to all society. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever meet my match. But then, I never dreamed I would meet a real-life Venus. Yours, The Marquis of Redvers.
SEDUCTION IN MIND 8/2001 ISBN: 0553582542. He could offer her only one thing - a week of intimate pleasure.... Samuel Lennox and Miss Alexandra Lonides cordially invite you to a most provocative game of seduction... It shall last for seven days, during which Lennox, Viscount Ranelagh, will wield his celebrated prowess with the London ladies in an attempt to add Miss Alex's name to his list of conquests. The infamous list is long, though the duration of each liaison has been brief - and as the viscount will assure anyone, that is precisely how he likes it. The lady, for her part, an accomplished artist and benefactress of various charities, has no wish to be a mere plaything. Although a week of intimate pleasure with a man of Ranelagh's legendary skills would be memorable... As for the other players - irate parents, designing debutantes, a scheming ex-mistress, even a love-struck young man with ideals - all seem intent on meddling. But the viscount is single-minded when it comes to seduction, and Miss Alex is in his sights. Come see who wins in this amorous game!
TEMPTING 3/2001 ISBN: 1575668041 Her trust and love shattered by public humiliation and private indifference from a man who cared nothing for her happiness - or her pleasure, Princess Christina was a woman trapped in a lonely and passionless marriage. If she was not precisely resigned to her fate, she was not tempted to change it, until she met an American marquis - and temptation took on a new, solidly male form... The world of casual amours was Max Falconer's forte, not Christina's - and well Max knew it. But he couldn't resist the look in her eyes - shy, yet determined - when she offered herself to him, much less the promise of sensual abandon with a woman who deserved every pleasure she had too long been denied...
Joan Johnston
THE INHERITANCE 1/1995 ISBN: 0440217598 The ravishing Duchess Daisy vowed to save Severn Manor by marrying Nicholas Calloway, a Texas bounty hunter come to claim his family's ancestral lands. But the moment they met, the slate-eyed barbarian took Daisy's breath away. She proposed a marriage of convenience. But she hadn't reckoned on flash-fire passion with the savage new duke.... Nicholas Calloway came to England to discover the truth about his bastard birth, then sell his inherited estate -- with Duchess Daisy's help. Her price was marriage. He agreed, determined to have her on his own terms -- only to find himself hostage to the fiery redhead he couldn't leave behind....
Jill Jones
ESSENCE OF MY DESIRE 3/1998 ISBN: 0312964153 Simone LeFevre has two ambitions--to become one of the world's leading perfumers and to exact vengeance on the man who destroyed her father, her heritage and her heart. Her key to both is a fragrance, a potent and mysterious elixir from the 19th century that produces heady, sensual dreams powerful enough to sweep Simone into a place of forbidden pleasure in the arms of her greatest love and her most bitter enemy. Nick Rutledge, too, has a desperate dream - to restore his crumbled family empire to its rightful place among the great perfume houses - an obsession for which he was once willing to lie, to steal, and to betray the only woman he could ever love. He sees his precious Simone only in the sensual netherworld produced by the mysterious essence of a perfume called 'My Desire' - a potion that dates back 150 years to his ancestors, to witchcraft and to star-crossed love. But now past and present are about to meet in a place of erotic enchantment and unmeasured danger, as two lovers trespass into the unknown regions of ecstasy...
Linda Jones
DeBUTY AND THE BEAST 4/2002 ISBN: 0505524767 The Victorian splendor of the Sedleys' manor was a startling incongruity next to its half-naked heiress, but Julian was not surprised; he'd heard rumors of Anya's behavior since her shipwreck with pirates in the Caribbean. The young woman had been made a deity—a love goddess, no less!—by a tribe out there, and changed. She had returned an animal: lusty and domineering with no restraint at all. Yet if he were to tame her, he'd hold the key to his dreams.
JACKIE AND THE GIANT 8/1999 It wasn't a castle, but Cloudmont was close: The enormous estate housed everything Jacqueline Beresford needed to quit her life of crime. But climbing up to the window, Jackie got a shock. The gorgeous giant of an owner was awake—and he was a greater treasure than she'd ever imagined. It hardly surprised Rory Donovan that the beautiful burglar was not what she'd claimed, but capturing the feisty felon offered an excellent opportunity. He'd been searching for a governess for his son, and against all logic, he felt Jackie was perfect for the role—and for many others. But he knew that she'd broken into his home to rob him of his wealth—for what reason had she stolen his heart.
Marti Jones
STARDUST TIME 6/1995 ISBN: 0505520311 Tiny diamonds bursting.bright lights flashing.stars falling toward her. Since the Fable Comet streaked across the night skies only once every hundred years, Adrian Sheppard hoped taking pictures of it would start her on a new career. How could she have guessed that the celestial body would transport her back to the time of its last appearance--and the one man on earth who needed her most? With three small children and a farm to work, Rome Walker advertised for a wife to help him through spring planting. What he got was a flighty female who couldn't cook, sew, or clean, and to make matters worse, he was falling for her head over heels. As long as Adrian was with Rome, she was in danger of burning down the house or poisoning his kin. But if he sent her away, she would take with her the greatest love of his life.
TIME'S HEALING HEART 6/1994 ISBN: 0505519542 No man has ever swept Madeline St. Thomas off her feet. But when a freak accident propels her into the Old South, Maddie is rescued by a breathtaking stranger. Devon Crowe has had enough of women and Maddie's claims of coming from another era are maddening. But when she makes a proposal no lady would make, Devon is tempted to lose himself in timeless desires.
Nicole Jordan
LORD OF DESIRE 1/1992 ISBN: 0380766213 Alysson Vickery, wealthy, beautiful, and wildly rebellious, leaves France to join her fiancé, a French colonel, in a war-torn Algiers. There she meets Nicholas Sterling, son of an English noblewoman and a Berber sheik. Known as Jafar el-Saleh, the notorious golden-haired Algerian rebel, he has sworn vengeance against the French colonel whom he holds responsible for his parents deaths. Seizing the unsuspecting Alysson, Jafar carries his lovely prey into the exotic wilderness, only to discover his prisoner is a spitfire - a free-spirited beauty he vows to tame. But the gentleness of his powerful embrace fills Alysson with a hunger that shocks and shames her...and drives her to a foolhardy flight from which only he can rescue her. Driven by a fierce passion that consumes them both, they are joined in a perilous alliance of danger and desire, captives of love in a war between two worlds.
Sophie Jordan
ONCE UPON A WEDDING NIGHT 8/2006 ISBN: 0061122203 An Innocent Deception... Lady Meredith Brookshire has every right to Oak Run. Now that she's suddenly husbandless and penniless, where else would she, her addled father, and spinster aunt reside? Yet who should appear but Nicholas Caulfield, the new Brookshire heir, claiming the estate is rightfully his by law. The brute is as arrogant as he is handsome—besides, he's supposed to be dead. And the only plan resourceful Meredith can devise to save her family from homelessness is a desperate scheme that may lead her to salvation or ruin ...and the bed of the man she has vowed to hate. A reluctant aristocrat, Nick does not trust this fiery, infuriating chit whom he suspects of subterfuge—yet who bewitches him with her innocent green eyes. The sooner he can get this tempting beauty married off to some stodgy old blueblood—and off his hands for good—the better. There is one slight problem, however: Nick can't bear the thought of her wedding any man but him. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Brenda Joyce
BEYOND SCANDAL 10/1995 ISBN: 0380781468 Victorian. Adoring an innocent, Anne Stewart was seduced by Dominick Saint Georges, Viscount Lyons, then brazenly abandoned on their wedding night. Now four years have passed, and England's most mysterious lord has returned to Waverly Hall. Anne can never forgive Dominick for the shame he caused her. She is determined to resist his advances and ignore the gossip and speculation surrounding them. but shocking revelations and deadly intrigues are drawing her ever closer to her enigmatic husband, to whom she dares not surrender again- this secretive stranger who holds the key to her survival...and her heart.
DARK FIRES 6/1991 ISBN: He was the "Lord of Darkness," notorious despite being aquitted in his trial for his wife's murder. She was the "Little Angel"- the innocent, blue-eyed darling of the London stage. Yet he would unleash in her a wild, untoutored sensuality to match his own.... When Nicholas Bragg, Earl of Dragmore, accepts his late wife's 17-year-old niece as his ward, he plans to marry her off immediately. But the petite, lovely actress Jane Barclay proves to be illegitimate- and therefore undesirable in the eyes of proper society. Infatuated with her handsome, brooding guardian, Jane seals her fate in a night of glorious passion. But when Nicholas declares he intends to marry her out of duty rather than love, the prospect of a loveless marriage sends her fleeing back to the theater, relentlessly pursued by the lover who has possessed her soul....
THE FINER THINGS 4/1997 ISBN: 0312961553 An orphan from London's East End, a fugitive from the poorhouse, Violet Cooper was tired of sleeping on stoops and being hungry and cold. But she dared to enter a world forbidden to her kind. Even marriage toa gentle, elderly knight and the title Lady Goodwin could not open closed doors, stop the cold stares, or hush the shadowy rumors of murder... He was a man of the world. The rules of Victorian society did not interest him, nor could a gauche pretender with Cockney accent possibly turn his head. Yet Theodore Blake, second son of the Earl of Harding, was immediatley compelled by Violet- and soon found himself defending the vulnerable young widow in the face of a murder investigation. but wedding vows were the only way to save her from certain hanging... Two people from different worlds were brought together by passion, bound together by whispered accusations, and torn apart by scandal and misfortune. The world claimed they should never love each other. Their hearts claimed otherwise.
SCANDALOUS LOVE 11/1992 ISBN: Rebelliously independent Lady Nicole Bragg Shelton refuses to be constrained by the stifling rules of Victorian England. Desire impels the beautiful heiress toward a shocking liaison with Hadrian Braxton-Lowell, Duke of Clayborough. Obsessed by Nicole's daring conduct and sesuality but bound by the dictates of duty and honor to another woman, Hadrian resolves to have the raven haired beauty as his mistress...though never as his bride. But Nicole will be no man's plaything. She will risk pain and heartbreak to satisfy her wild, uncompromising passion- determined to win the handsome Duke's unwavering devotion...and his undying love.
VIOLET FIRE 1989 ISBN: 0380755785 A scion of the imperious Bragg family, golden-boy Rathe Bragg finds a society party all rather a yawn until a feisty suffragette bursts into the room. Wielding a six-shooter anbd shrieking feminist slogans from atop the grand piano, the impassioned lady makes a startling first impression on those gathered, especially Rathe- and from that moment the sparks between them only intensify Irrepressible Grace O'Rourke, an intensely devout feminist, has outraged the entire town of Natchez with her radical ideas, and soon infuriates Rathe with her lack of regard for any opinions other htan her own. Yet, despite her steadfast devotion to her cause, Grace warms to the virile gallant. But his bold suggestion of becoming his mistress stings the proud Grace, and she firmly rejects his scandalous proposition. But telling a Bragg "no" is the ultimate stimulant, and now, Rathe ardently pursues the lady whose eyes are ignited by a violet fire.
Lydia Joyce
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT 11/2005 ISBN: 0451217063 Sarah Connolly has left her bleak life of desperate poverty to become a lady's companion to an elderly woman. But in Venice, Sarah soon discovers there is a darker side to the family she has been thrust among, and walking just beyond her newfound hope is a mysterious, shadowy figure. What lurks behind his mask is a darkness that compels her...and a passion that makes her doubt everything she wants. Sebastian Grimsthorpe, Lord Wortham, one enjoyed a carefree life, but it ended in an explosion of betrayal and violence. Escaping death, he embraces the appearance of it, concealing himself in shadows and behind masks so that he can exacta pitiless revenge upon the man who so nearly destroyed everything he holds dear. But his quest will take an unexpected turn when he is suddenly shaken by a woman whose tragic eyes mystify him--and seduce him into a world of secrets and deceptions.
SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT 3/2008 ISBN: 045122342X Fern and Colin Radcliffe had a conventional courtship and expected a conventional marriage. But Fern's wedding night leaves her shaken—and reborn. Driven by a desire to control her own destiny, she strikes out at her new husband in a passionate fit of independence. In doing so, she awakens a secret craving it the recently bound couple—an exquisite erotic delight that ignites their love and creates an insatiable hunger for more. To encourage this new, forbidden love, they spend their honeymoon alone at Colin's isolated estate—the perfect setting to explore a world of pain, pleasure and power. But their exploration is interrupted by a devastating secret from Colin's past—a secret that threatens their future together... and their very lives. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE VEIL OF NIGHT 4/2005 ISBN: 0451214838 In darkness, he awaits her...Byron Stratford, Duke of Raeburn, walks in shadow. Spoken of only in whispers, he lives alone in his crumbling manor, a cold, enigmatic recluse. Rarely appearing by the light of day, he moves as a wraith in the night, answering to no man. He cares little for those who dwell outside and does not abide the intrusion of others, lest they discover his secret shame... The Duke of Raeburn is the sinister man Lady Victoria Wakefield must confront if she is to save herself from her family's ruin. Little does she suspect that she will emerge from her journey into that night as his shining sun--or that the passion radiating between them will be their only defense against the true darkness threatening to destroy them both...
Ann Justice
TWILIGHT MIST 12/1992 ISBN: 0425135284 Kate...In a time when women didn't dare such things, the spirited beauty yearned to succeed in the offices of her father's Milwaukee brewery. Romance was not part of her plans - until she met . . .Ryan...His heroism in the Civil War helped win him respect and riches. But back home in Chicago, a secret sadness - and a longing for love - continued to haunt him. They met on Lake Michigan on a hot summer day - and found a passion deeper than the deepest waters and more searing than the sun itself . . .
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