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Constance O'Banyon
CHEYENNE SUNRISE 8/1990 ISBN: 0821730886 Alana Caldwell was a beautiful Cheyenne half-breed who cursed the white blood that ran through her veins. The blue-eyed temptress had known nothing but joy among the Cheyenne, but the white man had destroyed her way of life. Captain Nicholas Ballinger was a US Cavalry officer assigned to escort the ebony-haired hellion back to her family home in Virginia. She despised who he was and fought him at every turn. He had a job to do and then he'd be free of her forever. But somewhere between hate and honor, Alana and Nicholas discovered a passion that would draw them irresistibly together and unite two divided hearts in one thrilling destiny....
DESERT SONG 6/1994 ISBN: 0061082902 When Mallory Stanhope set sail for Egypt, she was drawn to a fellow passenger, the strikingly handsome Lord Michael DeWinter. Yet, while Michael was intrigued by Mallory's disarming beauty, he was preoccupied with thoughts of rescuing his father from treacherous captors. Once in port, Mallory hoped to forget this troublesome man, but she soon found herself not only nursing his wounds, but also falling hopelessly in love with him. As danger lurked amid the sun-scorched dunes, Michael realized he had lost his heart to this red-haired angel and together they risked everything to save his father from a desert prison. Travel from fashionable London to the mysterious streets of Cairo and the unforgettable expanse of the desert on an odyssey of love, passion and intrigue.
HAWK'S PLEDGE 7/2006 ISBN: 0843956356 Theirs Was a Tale of Tragedy and Triumph. Four children abandoned in an orphanage. Two missing parents. One man whose hatred divided a family, whose duplicity ended in murder, inextricably weaving all their lives together in a web of lies that only time could untangle. Whit - He was a gambler by necessity, a loner by choice. Ever since the orphanage had gone up in flames, Whit Hawk had been searching desperately for what remained of his family. Instead he found Jacqueline Douglas, a rancher in need of a good hand, a woman in need of the right man. Wildly beautiful, she was as untamed as the Texas he loved, and Whit knew that no matter what else life held in store for him, the fiery redhead must be his. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE MOON AND THE STARS 8/2005 ISBN: 0843955422 Caroline Richmond started running on her wedding day—the same day her husband died. Her malicious brother-in-law had kept his vow to make her a widow, but she knew he wouldn't stop at that, and her solitary life was filled with fear of him always one step behind her. She thought she'd found a shred of peace in Texas, and at least a glimmer of the life she deserved. But when a mysterious bounty hunter came to town, she knew the wrath in his amber eyes was meant only for her. He found a way to be everywhere she was, speaking words with double meaning in his smooth French accent and making her nerves hum in a way she thought she'd conquered. Wade Renault came out of retirement for one reason: to see a deceptive murderess brought to justice. But when he met the woman pictured in the tintype he'd carried for months, he sensed more panic than treachery. She lived too simply, she seemed too honest and scared. Someone had deceived him, but.he would wait it out and get her right where he wanted her, beneath...The Moon and the Stars. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Judith O'Brien
THE FOREVER BRIDE 10/1999 ISBN: 0671000411 Celia Thomason is desperate to rescue her family from financial disaster. But having rejected a string of suitors, and with no intention of ever marrying, she must look to her own talents to secure her future. With an ingenuity she had no idea she possessed, Celia capitalizes on a timely trend, and sets up in business as a medium to the spirit world. Her counterfeit seances are meant to heal the broken-hearted; she never dreamed she would be called upon by shipping magnate Brendan O'Neal, a brusque Irish businessman who seeks her services. Or that the channeling session he's paid thousands for would attract the very real ghost of his beloved sister, Amanda. Neither skeptical Brendan, nor Celia, the reluctant medium, has the faintest idea how to respond to this glimpse into "the other side." But Amanda's appearance is only the beginning. Setting out to unravel the spiraling secrets behind Amanda's death, Brendan and Celia find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other. Now, as they fall headlong into a perilous situation that threatens their very lives, they discover the key to the greatest and most timeless mystery of all: true and eternal love.
TO MARRY A BRITISH LORD 10/1997 ISBN: 067100039X Once the toast of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Lloyd left a string of misfortune behind and traveled to England to become a mere governess for an upper-class British family. Her high-spirited American ways are not always appreciated, nor is her refusal to act like an empty-headed ninny when around gentleman. But when her beauty catches the eye of none other than the Prince of Wales, Constance is suddenly a social sensation -- and finds herself proposed to by the son of the Duke of Hastings! But as she waltzes in the halls of royalty, Constance is less than madly happy -- for she is filled with doubts about her fiance and his secrets. Then she meets her intended's best friend, Joseph Smith, an all-too-handsome, self-made man. Now, about to embrace the privileged life she's always desired, Constance begins to dream of forbidden and unexpected love -- with the one true prince in Britain's glittering palaces.
Linda O'Brien
BALLYROURKE 10/2002 ISBN: 0515134090 American born Katherine O'Rourke has just inherited Ballyrourke, a grand, sprawling estate her grandparents owned. Why had it been kept a secret until her mother died? Why had her mother hid her Irish roots from her? Determined to discover the reasons for her mother's secrets and her father's mysterious death, she ventures to Ireland, where she intends to sell the estate to the highest bidder. But she is unprepared for the prejudice she encounters because of her British ties, or for the passion the Irish rebel Colin stirs in her blood. The secrets of Ballyrourke are well-kept - especially by Colin MacCormack, the handsome, fiery estate manager who is torn between his love for the land, which once belonged to his clan -- and his feelings for Katherine, the proud, determined woman who stands in his way of getting it back. He would fight to the death for Ballyrourke before letting it be sold to strangers. To Colin, the land is sacred, and Katherine is the enemy. But as the truth of Katherine's family is slowly uncovered, a passion is sparked that could change the fate of Ballyrourke forever.
Maryann O'Brien
GAMBLER'S DESIRE 7/1995 ISBN: 0515116580 Megan McGourty was desperate - running from danger when she fell into the arms of a tall handsome stranger....King Quarterman knew what he saw - a woman of stunning beauty fleeing in fear...And later he discovered why...Megan tried to avoid King, determined never to trust a man again. But fate drew them back together when Megan's father took on King as a partner breeding throughbreds in Nevada. Ignited from within by his constant company, Megan's distrust slowly turned to desire. Soon she would have to make the ultimate choice. Was this seductive stranger, who knew her secret, out to destroy her? Or was he the one man she could truly believe in?
Constance O'Day-Flannery
BEWITCHED 8/1995 ISBN: 0821749609 If there's one thing successful career woman Suzanne Griffin and her New Age friend Leslie agree on, it's that chivalry is dead and men aren't what they used to be. Until Leslie offers to conjure up a lover from yesteryear. Suddenly, there he is: Ian Stewart Chander, a lawyer from turn-of-the-century America and a dead ringer for screen hearthrob Timothy Dalton. So what if he's younger than Suzanne, a chauvinist to his core, and mad as hell for being jettisoned a hundred years ahead of his time? Nobody's perfect. Now Suzanne doesn't know whether she has the power to send him back - or even if she wants to. What she needs to do is find out what's been missing from her life for so long...and if what's missing is a love powerful enough to cross two lifetimes.
THIS TIME, FOREVER 1/1990 ISBN: 082172861X The last thing Maggie Gillbride remembered was an explosion. When she awoke, she was sure she had died and gone to heaven. Instead, she was in a flying machine of the future, sitting next to the most handsome man she'd ever seen! Millionaire Thomas Carter was surprised to see the quaintly dressed woman in the seat beside his. She didn't look like she'd be traveling first-class...in fact, she didn't look like she belonged in this century! The more he studied her, the more he liked what he saw. Her old-fashioned hair-style, enchanting Irish accent, and wide-eyed innocence intrigued him more than the worldly wiles of his usual female companions. And he swore to pursue her relentlessly until he had won her. But Maggie, who couldn't remember the last time any man had made her feel so special, was torn. Though her soul ached to return to her beloved home, she know her heart had found its mate...and a love that only comes around once in a lifetime...
TIME AFTER TIME 3/2001 ISBN: 0380808064 After existing in a fog since the death of her beloved husband, Kelly Brennan is suddenly ready to take control of her life. Only she didn't expect her new life to begin in post-Civil War New Orleans. Kelly isn't sure if she's losing her mind or just enjoying a really good dream ... one chat comes complete with a man who looks strikingly similar to her late husband. Widower Daniel Gilmore is the epitome of the Southern gentleman: charming, handsome and with a devilish glint in his eye that calls to the dormant heart she's locked away. In the years since Daniel's wife passed away he has shuttered himself off from those dearest to him, and not even his precocious daughter Lizzie has been able to draw him out of his misery. But then Lizzie brings home a strange woman in a dreadful gown who speaks about odd things called "automobiles" and "telephones" -- a woman who bears a remarkable resemblance to his wife. With a daughter in need of a mother and a heart in need of love Daniel yearns to keep Kelly by his side ... provided he can let go of the past long, enough to live in the present and convince Kelly that his present is where she belongs...
TIME-KEPT PROMISES 8/1988 ISBN: 0821759639 It was a portrait of a woman who had vanished without a trace, a hauntingly beautiful woman who could've been Kristine Gavin's identical twin. Now, swept back more than a century in time, Kristine is no longer an entertainment reporter from Philadelphia, but a Virginia belle by the name of Christina O'Mara whose husband, Sean O'Mara, is the most sensual man she's ever laid eyes on. But when Kristine learns more about Christiana O'Mara's life, dark secrets emerge about Sean. Secrets that involve murder. Could she be falling passionately in love with a cold-blooded killer? Now, Kristine will have to decide whether she was brought back in time to solve a mystery or find the love she was destined for.
TIME-KISSED DESTINY 1987 ISBN: 0821759620 With dreams of scuba driving in the relaxing warm waters of Bermuda, Kate Walker left New Jersey for sand, sun, and surf. But on Kate's first dive, she got much more than she bargained for when she found herself staring into the hypnotizing blue-gray eyes of a handsome stranger. This diver wasn't familiar at all, and he didn't have an oxygen tank strapped to his back. Startled, Kate swam off in the direction of the diving ship, only to discover a nineteenth-century schooner in its place and the rest of her diving party missing. Now, alone and frightened, she had no one else to turn to--except the mysterious diver who had caused her heart to ache with longing...Shipping entrepreneur Michael Sheriden couldn't believe his own eyes--he found a mermaid at the bottom of the ocean! She was just like the ones from the ancient sea stories--with fins for feet, a sleek body, and the most exquisite flowing hair he'd ever seen. No other beauty had ever stirred his senses the way this heavenly creature had. But as quickly as she appeared, she was gone. Michael set out to find her, and when he did, a passion love erupted between them. Now, Michael was determined never to lose her again...even if it meant transcending the boundaries of time itself...
Jeri Odell
A CHRISTMAS HOPE short story in A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS COTTAGE 10/1999 ISBN:0842319050
Odell-Palmer-Smith-Stoks
A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS COTTAGE 10/1999 ISBN:0842319050
Elisabeth Ogilvie
JENNIE ABOUT TO BE 1984 ISBN: 0070477825 Independent and educated Jennie, orphaned at twenty-one and living as a ward of her aunt and uncle in London, falls passionately in love with the dashing Captain Gilchrist. They marry and sail off to Scotland, He to manage an estate, chiefly a sheep farm, which his older half brother owns. There Jennie hopes to start a school for illiterate children of the poor cottagers. Her romantic dreams and her marriage collapse, however, when she learns of her husband's brutal ways. She had married an unprincipled man who will stop at nothing to make his fortune. But Jennie knows how to survive and endure, and another love and a vastly different future beckon.
JENNIE GLENROY 1993 ISBN:0892723262 In 1827 the "Godless Glenroys" are a prosperous, though sometimes controversial family in the township of Whittier. Alick is the proprietor of a successful shipyard. Intelligent and spirited, Jennie has raised her five children to think for themselves, a trait that occasionally rouses the disapproval of their staid neighbors.
Leslie O'Grady
SEEK THE WILD SHORE 10/1989 ISBN: 0451401549 She felt herself blossom beneath Niles' coaxing mouth, glorying in the sensuous moment. And when his burning lips trailed down her neck, Maddie brazenly returned his caresses... Beautiful and bold Maddie Dare broke all the rules for a Victorian woman. England gasped at her exploits as a journalist pursuing adventure around the globe. But when she sailed up the Amazon with explorer and guide Niles Marcus in search of her missing fiance, she discovered that for the first time she had left the power of her profession and her defiance of a woman's role behind. For on a savage jungle river, her pen offered no protection from the perils at every turn. And in the arms of a man as handsome as he was strong, she discovered the ecstasy that only a woman who dared surrender to passion could know...
SO WILD A DREAM 10/1988 ISBN:0451400992 Before she could take another breath or even think another thought, Patrick's bold, mocking mouth was on hers, his lips warm, smooth, insistent. Fenella exploded at his touch....Fenella Considine trembled as the black-clad stranger named Patrick Quinn stormed into her father's house. Now he strode into Fenella's life as boldly as he kissed her yielding lips.
Sheila O'Hallion
AMERICAN PRINCESS 11/1989 ISBN:0671693980 She was as proud and gorgeous as her untamed California - but a British nobleman would conquer her wayward heart. It was her father's deathbed wish that Isabella wed the Duke of Exeter, son of an old and valued friend at Queen Victoria's court. But Isabella Castillo-Sueras Alexander had other plans - to elope with her George and show the world he was no fortune hunter! As for the duke, he was undeniably - indeed breathtakingly - handsome. He was also, in Isabella's view, high-handed, tyrannical and an unregenerate rogue. But when the duke kidnapped Isabella for honor's sake, he found the headstrong young beauty in his arms and honor fell prey to heartfelt passion. Vowing that turnabout was fair play, Isabella mounted an outrageous escapade that endangered her already frail reputation. No matter! The prize to be won was most precious, a noble love that had brought her a rare and joyous rapture.
Josie K. Okuly
TRIMAGON HALL 12/2005 ISBN: NA (ebook) Isabella Trenton arrives at Trimagon Hall intent on discovering the truth behind her cousin’s mysterious death. Isabella finds herself attracted to the handsome Trimagon brothers even though one, or both of them, might be involved in the incident. Trimagon Hall is a place of dark legends and mysterious, brooding men. Will Isabella discover its secrets before she loses everything, including her life? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Katherine O'Neal
BRIDE OF DANGER 9/1997 ISBN: 0553573799 Night after night, she graced London's most elegant soirees, her flame-haired beauty drawing all eyes, her innocent charm wresting from men the secrets of their souls. And not one suspected the truth: that she was a spy, plucked from the squalor of Dublin's filthy streets. For Mylene, devoted to the cause of freedom, it was a role she gladly played...until the evening she came face-to-face with the mysterious Lord Whitney. All of the town was abuzz with his recent arrival. But only Mylene knew he was as much of an impostor as she. Gone was any trace of the wild Irish youth she remembered. In his place was a rogue more devastatingly handsome than any man had a right to be--and a rebel coldheartedly determined to do whatever it took to fulfill his mission. Now he was asking Mylene to betray everything she'd come to believe in. And even as she knew she had to stop him, she couldn't resist surrendering to his searing passion.
Robin Olmos
THE PRINCESS AND THE ROSE 3/2003 ISBN: 0964759675 Living the life of a Princess, Mary had everything she wanted until she was sent to marry a Prince she didn't love. After the accident took her parents and her memory Jacob made his own plans for her. Jacob set out to marry the Princess, murder her family, and become King. What he doesn't plan is for Mary to fall in love with another. While working for Prince Stephen she falls in love then regains her memory. As she plans to marry Stephen but Jacob takes her away and marries her. Prince Stephen searches for the only true love he has every known. Find out how a Princess learns the cruel reality of life but can still find love.
Sara Orwig
ATLANTA 4/1995 ISBN: 0451403436 Atlanta... the South's most splendid city, where Northern soldiers made war a hell - and peace brought a titanic struggle for money and power between invaders and the survivors who refused to yield. Atlanta... where handsome, swashbuckling Yankee colonel Fortune O'Brien sought to reclaim the son stolen from him - and wreak vengeance on those responsible for his heartache. And where his path was blocked by beautiful and brave Claire Dryden, willing to fight all odds to keep the little boy she loved - even as the passion O'Brien ignited in her threatened to weaken her resolve. Atlanta... an irresistible novel that sweeps from the battlefields of the Civil War to the conflicts and intrigues of its turbulent aftermath, and from intoxicating heights of passion to the deepest challenges of love - as a strong man and a gallant woman come together in Sara Orwig's most stirring and dramatic triumph yet.
Elane Osborn
DESIRE'S MOON 11/1991 ISBN:155773612X Their passion burned by the light of the moon...Like her ancient goddess namesake, lovely archaeologist Diana McKenzie was a beautiful huntress. She was searching for her father in the glittering city of San Francisco. But what she found one dazzling night was love...with a masterful stranger. Dashing professor Ben Potter had never known a woman like Diana, a woman of passionate dreams and daring ambitions, of tempting beauty and fiery longings. Together they discovered a dreamworld of moonlit liaisons. But with their love entwined in a maze of intrigue, could they forge a future as bright as the moon's glow? Destiny held the answer to their shining love.
SILKEN ROSES 1989 ISBN:0312914040 She was a passionate flame-haired American, a bewitching stranger - and nearly a victim of a Jack-the-Ripper-like fiend. She was left homeless, escaping with her life but unable to remember the dictates and morals of society - unable to even remember her name. When Stuart, a handsome, rugged Yorkshire gentleman, rescued the dazzling young woman, he named her Gwen. and he decided to take a desperate chance to trap Gwen's attacker - by using her as bait. But instead, he fell victim to the deliciously enticing spell of her creamy skin and tender lips. He would know the unbridled desire of a heart unfettered by memory or convention. He vowed not to take advantage of her, but rather to win her burning, unyielding love with searing passion, urgent kisses and silken roses.
SKYLARK 11/1990 ISBN:1557734100 She lived for adventure. He longed for her touch. Hannah Bradley was beauty from the sky, a glorious free spirit who had spent her life riding hot air balloons and traveling in circuses. Quinton Blackthorne was a dashing nobleman, a handsome but arrogant man who dwelled in the finest circles of London society. They were worlds apart, two very different souls who had nothing in common. But one steely glance was enough for Hannah to see the stormy passions brewing inside the strapping aristocrat. And one kiss was enough to spark a whirlwind of high-flying adventure, a dazzling journey through the clouds that carried the unlikely duo to new heights of breathtaking love, and scandalous desire!
Maggie Osborne
EMERALD RAIN 6/1991 ISBN: 0312925131
Carol Card Otten
CROSS ROADS 12/1996 ISBN: 0515119857 Pensacola, Florida, is the only home Viola Mae Smith has ever known. and she'll do anything in her power to protect her beloved woods, even if that means sabotaging the encroaching Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad. When the infuriating Yankee crew boss, Seth Rowe, trespasses on her land one too many times, Viola kidnaps him. But her captive's charming smile and admirable sense of duty win her over. And though they come from different sides of the track, Viola learns that first impressions are easily forgotten - and that once her heart takes a fancy to a man, there's no turning back...
Joan E. Overfield
THE KEEPER OF TIME 8/1995 Short Story
Wanda Owen
SWEET SEDUCTION 9/1996 ISBN: 0821754025 Her family called her Misty, this impoverished, barefoot girl of the backwoods. And she was the loveliest young woman Drake Dalton had ever seen. To Misty, the handsomely dressed man on the fine stallion was like a hero out of a story--too grand to be real, yet here he was, smiling down at her! An elegant English lord was as foreign to her life in the harsh wilderness as frontier Arkansas was to Drake's magnificent ancestral estate across the sea. Yet from their very first meeting, Misty and Drake felt a kinship that defied the differences between them. ONE LOVE Both felt the pain of their unhappy pasts, but the desire that flamed so hotly between them consumed all but their burning need to be together. Were they sharing a thrilling dream of passion that would vanish like the mist...or could a woman and a man with everything to lose discover the sweet, seductive power of a lasting love?
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