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BECKONING SHORE 6/1997 ISBN: 0515121010 When Biloxi, Mississippi's wealthiest belle moves in with the town's most handsome widower, gossip flies and fierce. Since she's merely filling in as governess of Captain Quade Cameron's three children, Meredith Stanfield pays the busybodies no mind. But why does her heart pound every time the Captain comes near? And why does she feel faint whenever her gaze meets the emerald depths of his eyes?
Pagnamenta-Williams
SWORD & BLOSSOM 6/2007 ISBN: 0143112147 This is the true story of an extraordinary love affair that began when a young British Army officer fell for a Japanese woman in the early years of the twentieth century. In 1904, Arthur Hart-Synnot was sent to Japan to learn the language of his country's new ally. At least five generations of the Hart family had served in the British Army, and the ambitious young officer expected to keep up the tradition. Arriving in Tokyo on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War, Arthur met Masa Suzuki at the Officers' Club and was immediately smitten. Masa had grown up among shopkeepers and craftsmen in the working-class section of Tokyo. She had left school at age fourteen to work in a shop and was a dutiful Japanese daughter-when helping her mother serve meals, she would kneel at a respectful distance while her father and brothers ate. But her feelings for Arthur were so powerful that she was willing to risk her family's disapproval to be with him. Covering a forty-year period, Sword and Blossom follows Arthur and Masa's attempts to make a life together and chronicles the racial prejudice and social snobbery they encountered. Separated for years at a time, they stayed in touch through long, deeply affectionate letters that they wrote to each other in Japanese. The authors use this treasure trove of more than eight hundred letters to describe an extraordinary story of enduring love and great loss. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Rebecca Paisley
THE BAREFOOT BRIDE 3/1990 ISBN: 0380775581 Handsome, sophisticated Saxon Blackwell had never intended to marry, but his grandmother's cruel ultimatum left him no choice. Then into his life stormed Chickadee McBride, a flame-haired mountain girl with a mouth so saucy and a modesty so lacking that Boston's stuffy bluebloods were shocked speechless. Suddenly the idea of actually marrying the backwoods wench appealed to Saxon... But as Chickadee embarked on shenanigans that threatened Saxon's reputation, his inheritance, and his sanity, he despaired of ever molding her into a proper wife. Yet how could he send her back to her beloved Smokey Mountains when her earthy innocence drove him wild with desire?
A BASKET OF WISHES 8/1995 ISBN:0440216516 "I am called splendor. While I am with you I will do whatever you desire." Clad only in her ankle-length copper tresses, Splendor lay atop the twelfth Duke of Heathcourte, who was speechless at having been thrown by his horse and caught by a violet-eyed sprite. she couldn't tell him she was a fairy princess, chosen to conceive his child, but then she and her baby must leave the human world, or die. Unless...was he mad? Or dead? Suddenly Jourdian Amberville, of the Midas touch and ironbound heart, wed a naked stranger to stop a burgeoning scandal. But instead of an ordinary duchess to bear his heir, his wife was an alabaster-skinned temptress who drank of his kisses and wept diamond teardrops. Splendor was made of magic, but only Jourdian had the power to keep her in his world. It would take only the one emotion he couldn't give...
DIAMONDS AND DREAMS 10/1991 ISBN: 0380765640 Newly settled in Hallensham, England, petite American beauty Goldie Mae stands to lose the first real home she has ever known-thanks to her uncle's drunken boast of friendship with the long-departed Duke of Ravenhurst.
Catherine Palmer
SOMETHING BLUE short story in WITH THIS RING 3/1998 ISBN:0842378227 the sweet story of Astrid Munsen, a Norwegian immigrant who arrives in Louisiana expecting to be reunited with her husband, now unfortunately dead. Astrid is left penniless unless she can track down part of her dowry. She is helped by Gage Ancelet, her husband's former employee, and soon the two fall in love.
UNDER HIS WINGS 10/1999 Short Story in A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS COTTAGE ISBN: 0842319050 A retelling of the story of Ruth.
THE VICTORIAN ROSE 9/2002 ISBN: 0842319573 This romantic story will sweep readers back in time to Victorian Yorkshire, England. Against her better judgment, young widow Clemma Laird finds herself connected to Dr. Paul Baine, a man shunned by the community. As she is drawn into Dr. Baine's lifework, she discovers the truth of his past and the pain that drives him to seek atonement.
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A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS TEA 11/1997 ISBN:0842377751
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A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS QUILT 11/1998 ISBN 0842377735
Beatrice Parker
COME TO CASTLEMOOR 7/1970 ISBN:0440209064 Kathy Hunt came to Castlemoor when she got the news of her brother's sudden and tragic death. The shadow of Castlemoor fell ominously across the moors. Every soul seemed to live in terror. When Kathy found that her brother's life work --a study of bloody, primitive rites, once performed on these very moors--had disappeared, she vowed to find the manuscript and complete his book. But strange forces blocked her search. Edward Clark, the dark, handsome man who claimed to love her, assured her the danger was real and malevolent. Then she realized that the old fiendish rites were being reenacted...she was in the center of a circle of death...the intended sacrifice in a diabolical ceremony.
JAMINTHA 1975 Danver Hall--where a bewitching beauty cast a haunting spell of fear...
Elizabeth Parker
GILDED SPLENDOR 11/1993 ISBN: 0505519143 A rogue, reprobate and scoundrel, Patrick Winter drove the ladies of English country society mad with his savoir faire and dashing good looks. The master of Pinewood House played the part of a libertine to perfection, hiding his lonely destiny from everyone but himself. Bound for the London stage, sheltered Amanda Prescott had no idea that fate had already cast her first role as the rakehell's true love. Visiting Pinewood House to honor her father's last request, she succumbed to Winter's burning desire. Amid the glittering milieu of wealth and glamour, Amanda and Patrick would banish forever their harsh past and make all their fantasies a passionate reality.
Garda Parker
BLUE MOUNTAIN MAGIC 6/1994 ISBN: 0821746030 On the eve of an arranged marriage, Cat Stockdale, a willful New York heiress, runs off into the wilderness with Seneca Pierce, a part-Iroquis loner with his own private, vengeful agenda.
TEMPTATION'S FLAME 1/1993 ISBN: 0821740474 Life in New York had offered nothing but drudgery for Nina Cole. So when she was presented with an opportunity for employment in Australia, she quickly packed her bags. Yet when Nina arrived at the destination, she found herself with no job and nowhere to stay. Desperate for work, she answered Shane Merritt's add for a companion for his mother. At first she was wary of the handsome rancher, but who else could she trust in this wild, untamed land? And as she gazed into his sky blue eyes and stole longing glances at his lean, sensual body, Nina decided she would be more than willing to spend her days - and nights - by his side.
Laura Parker
BEGUILED 7/1993 ISBN:0440212405 A penniless societal cast-off, Miss Philadelphia Hunt vows to destroy the man who drove her father to ruin, as she teams up with a handsome stranger on a dangerous mission.
REBELLIOUS ANGELS 10/1988 ISBN:0446348368 New York's posh society whispered of Allegra and Andrew Grant's exciting literary salons. When Allegra first arrived in this city of gaslights and glittering wealth, bohemian artists and darkly lit cafes, the raven-haired heiress never guessed that she and her brother would become the talk of the town. And never in her wildest fantasies had she imagined Lord Drayton. All that was dark and dangerous seemed focused in his sensual face; all that was forbidden and irresistible seemed promised by his touch. So she ran from his advances to more proper young men - until she sailed for England and discovered the tempting demimonde of Oscar Wilde and the decadent rich. There Lord Drayton was waiting - waiting to take her on a journey into an exotic world of the senses that could lead to tragedy - or to an ecstasy no innocent knew and no woman could forget.
A WILDER LOVE 3/1990 ISBN:0446348376 An Indian's tent was no place for a single girl to spend the night, but Fanny Sweets didn't have time to weigh choices. Caught picking pockets at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, the fiery street urchin took to her heels, ducked behind the set, and hid in the nearest tent. It was dark and safe, for no one lived inside. So she thought...until Matthew Morning Star strode in. Fanny had never seen the likes of him before. Sioux-born, Harvard-educated, with a warrior's body and copper-colored good looks, he aroused yet frightened her. And she fled into the twilight, never dreaming that fate would bring her back into Matthew's arms. Soon, from the sidewalks of New York to the dusty plains of Dakota, she would be facing all the dangers of a new world...with the fierce courage of a woman in love.
Delia Parr
BY FATE'S DESIGN 9/1996 ISBN: 0312959265 For most of her life, JoHanna Sims has lived among the gentle Shakers and wants nothing more than to remain with them. But her dreams are shattered when her guardian takes her from the community with the intention of selling her as a wife to the highest bidder. Sent to a neutral household to await this horrendous sentence, JoHannah finds her faith tested in ways she never imagined by handsome, worldly Michael Lawne. From the moment he sees her, Michael knows he must have this untouchable beauty. He knows full well how to tempt JoHannah, how to make her want him and his world. But the tables are turned when she begins to tempt his spirit, his soul, and especially his heart, as no woman has ever done before. Chance brought two people from different worlds together. But will the hand of fate allow this forbidden love to survive?
THE FIRE IN AUTUMN 1/1996 ISBN: 0312956908 The Connecticut townspeople called her the Tin Lady, but Autumn Welles didn't mind the name or their suspicions, as long as she was allowed to keep her secret close to her...a secret in the form of a five-year-old child whom everyone believed belonged to her. For years John Logan had searched for the infant daughter his wife had taken from him. The trail leads to Autumn Welles, an artist who paints tinware for a living and who is posing as the mother of his child. John knows that Autumn's world is built on the shifting sands of deceit and he plans to use all means necessary to reclaim his child. Luring her into a tangled web, John leads them across three states, from Connecticut to Ohio, bound to each other by a marriage that is supposed to be a charade. But as the awakening fires begin to touch their souls, they find in each other a love born in secrets and deception, and a love that may not survive the changing seasons in their hearts...
A HEARTH IN CANDLEWOOD 8/2006 ISBN: With genteel grace and quiet fortitude, Emma Garrett presides over Hill House, a stately boardinghouse in the canal village of Candlewood, New York. She finds her purpose in caring for her guests, ministering to them with a generous dose of wisdom and humor. But when a "runaway grandma" lands on her doorstep, Emma's need to fix every wrong places her in the midst of a family feud. Emma's concerns heighten when her attorney, Zachary Breckenwith, delivers life-changing news, leaving Emma reeling from the implications. With her future suddenly uncertain, Emma longs to restore the peace of Hill House--for her guests and within her own heart. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE IVORY DUCHESS 6/1997 ISBN: 0312962134 As the Ivory Duchess, Kate was the darling of Europe. When the talented, aristocratic lady took the stage, her face hidden by veils, the crowds were swept away by the emotion her music evoked. None knew the pain she hid - the stolen childhood, the draining isolation, the fear her guardian inspired. When the chance for escape came, Kate seized it, and found herself teaching piano in the strange new land of America, certain that she was safe from the scandals and innuendo that surrounded the Ivory Duchess. Life made Philip Massey a hard man, as hard as the diamonds he cut and polished, hard enough to succeed time and time again when he left his uncle's jewelry business to when the Ivory Duchess, guardian hires him to find her, Philip soon discovers Kate's safe haven. And instead of the spoiled prima donna he expected, he finds a wounded innocent, struggling to rebuild a shattered life - a woman he can respect, a woman he can love... but only if he lets her win his heart at the cost of his honor.
E.G. Parsons
BLACK ROCK: A TIME FOR LOVE 1/2008 ISBN: 1601541716 Imagine discovering that your entire life has been a lie, that you’d been kidnapped as a toddler and sent back to the 1800’s. Roxanne makes this discovery from Collin, the rudest man she’s ever met. A man who’s determined to take Roxanne into a future that terrifies her. Despite his fear of commitment, Collin can turn her brain to mush and set her soul afire with just a look. While struggling to remain the lady she was raised to be, Roxanne must deal with another man—handsome, charming, obsessed. Brad will stop at nothing to gain ownership of Black Rock Ranch and make Roxanne his wife, including murder. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Jane Peart
A PERILOUS BARGAIN 5/1997 ISBN: 0800756266 This tale of love and intrigue is set in the misty cliffs of Ireland where Oriel finds herself in remote castle where she discerns that she has a mysterious enemy-- as well as growing romantic feelings which leave her troubled in spirit.
SHADOW OF FEAR 9/1996 ISBN: 0800755979 When Challys Winthrop promises her dying mother to take care of her little brother, Ty, she knows it means keeping him away from her demented stepfather. But in order to do so, she is forced to go against her guileless nature and devise an elaborate plan to kidnap the child. Through it all, a shadow of fear follows her. Will she ever be free of her stepfather's hold on her and Ty?
THREAD OF SUSPICION 10/1998 ISBN: 0800756762 When Nell Winston is offered a position as a companion to Allegra Selkirk, a young woman who has been paralyzed in a carriage accident, she considers this unexpected opportunity a welcome change from her job as dining room hostess at a seaside resort. But upon her arrival at the Selkirk's isolated country estate, she discovers a situation far different from what she imagined. From the moment Nell steps through the magnificent front door at Hope's End, she fells uneasy. Her reception is unwelcoming, if not hostile, and every method she uses to encourage Allegra is met with resistance. As their friendship develops and Nell's affection for the young woman deepens, she determines to discover the secrets that keep Allegra a helpless invalid. When Nell follows the thread of suspicion that leads to unexpected sources, she finds not only Allegra but also herself in deadly danger.
WEB OF DECEPTION 3/1996 ISBN: 0800755987 Jane Peart launches an enthralling fictional series set against the dramatic backdrop of Victorian England. In this suspenseful romance, a young governess' suspicions of a house guest are fueled by strange noises and missing valuables.
Judith Pella-Tracie Peterson
DISTANT DREAMS 1997 ISBN:0764284800 Caught up in the excitement of America's westward expansion in 1835, fifteen-year-old Carolina Adams falls in love with the railroad. Living in a society that decidedly looks down on such aspirations in a woman, Carolina longs to study more masculine subjects such as science and advanced mathematics. Fresh out of college, James must decide whether to join his father in the banking industry or pursue his own fascination with the railroad business. While recovering from an injury in a train derailment, James takes on a tutoring job at the Adam's plantation. He will serve as Carolina's teacher, but more important to his family, he will court Virginia, Carolina's beautiful older sister. Overwhelmed by her father's surprise of a tutor, Carolina applies herself to her studies, while Virginia uses all of her southern charms to elicit a marriage proposal from James. But when Carolina's and Jame's mutual interests lead to unexpected feelings for each other, where will their dreams take them?
A HOPE BEYOND 1997 ISBN:1556618638 Carolina Adams clung to the distant dream of America's westward expansion with the railroad as a promise for a bright future. But she finds life at Oakbridge, the family plantation, nearly unbearable. Confronted by overwhelming tragedies and injustices, as well as the loss of her first true love, Carolina struggles through her broken dreams to find a hope beyond. After breaking his wedding engagement with Virginia, Carolina's older sister, James Baldwin immerses himself in work for the B&O Railroad, the other passion in his life besides Carolina. But as he helps to build the line west to Cumberland, unforeseen forces work to keep him and Carolina apart forever. Desperate to escape the painful situation at home, Carolina moves to Baltimore and becomes a nanny to Victoria, a little girl whose mother has died. When the child's future becomes entwined with Carolina's through a shocking business proposal from Victoria's dark and brooding father, Carolina must choose between her own aspirations for love and the fate of an innocent child.
A PROMISE FOR TOMORROW 1998 ISBN:1556618646 Carolina and James Baldwin's wedding had been the happiest day of their lives, but now family problems and the ever-increasing demands of the B&O railroad are combining to challenge the newlyweds' continued happiness. When James' father desperately needs their help, Carolina struggles to forgive her father-in-law for past wrongs, driving a deep emotional wedge between the young couple. James is assigned to supervise the building of the distant Kingwood Tunnel, and he and Carolina decide to move their growing family from the comforts of their home in Baltimore to a small rural town in the Allegheny Mountains. No longer do they have to endure being separated, but soon the pitiful living conditions take their toll, and complications from both the severe weather and the escalating tensions among the Irish railroad workers conspire against them. A young Irish worker, Kiernan O'Connor, befriends the Baldwins, despite the protests of his brother. Young Victoria, Carolina's stepdaughter, is enthralled with the gentle, handsome Kiernan, but will the upper-class Baldwins ever consider him a proper suitor for their daughter? And will their friendship prevent James from stopping Kiernan's brother from carrying out his destructive plans before it's too late?
Judith Pella
Sonya T. Pelton
BRANDON'S BRIDE short story in A BRIDE'S DESIRE 6/1994 ISBN:0821746065
Margaret Pemberton
DEVIL'S PALACE 8/1983 ISBN: 0263743748 In 1880 the meeting place of international royalty and the twilight world of the demi-monde is the dazzling casino at Monte Carlo. To the young and beautiful Charlotte Grainger, one figure stands out above Sarah Bernhardt, the Prince of Wales and the crowned heads of Europe -- Count Sandor Karolyi, the man referred to as the Devil's Spawn. Can she ever hope to understand the enigmatic Hungarian -- a man of wealth and title, of notorious reputation, a man who regards her as mildly amusing? Will she learn the cause of the anguish he is so careful never to show in public, and can she help him to banish forever the past which threatens his future happiness?
Anne Penney
LADY IN THE SHADOWS 1992
Michalann Perry
LOVE'S WINDSWEPT EMBRACE 7/1990 ISBN:0821730657 Adrift with a stranger... Female balloonist Aerial Windsor was too intent on breaking a distance record to notice the man hiding in the corner of the Wind Rose. And by the time she discovered gun-wielding Rye Berenger, the feisty flyer was too committed to her goal to change her course to suit an outlaw. Aerial would get hem out of Iowa, but it had to be on her terms! At first that meant keeping the handsome stowaway at arm's length, but as she began to trust the warmth is his dark eyes, she realized he was just the sort of man she'd always dreamed of. And as they floated above the world., they joined together in an honest love, without a care for what awaited them when they came back to earth! Aloft with ecstasy...Wrongly charged with murder half-breed Rye Berenger had to break out of jail of dangle from a rope. Figuring no one would look for him on a hydrogen balloon, he didn't hesitate to board the WindRose. But once he was soaring in the shy with only the skill of a delicate blonde beauty between him and disaster, he wondered if he wouldn't have been safer taking his chances on land! Dependent on the lovely Aerial for his life, Rye came to admire, then desire, the luscious spitfire. And surrounded by snowy clouds and the clear blue heavens, he vowed to show his appreciation with passionate kisses, tender caresses, and all the wondrous rapture of Loves Windswept Embrace.
TOUCHED BY FIRE 5/1991 ISBN:0821733885 Trigg Hanahan would hustle his own mother out of her last dime. But the moment he looked into Ellari Lockridge's wide green eyes, the cynical con artist had the strangest urge to protect her. He told himself it was just business that drew him to the lovely lady pharmacist he could make a fortune with the formula for her miraculous medicine! But soon he knew he'd been caught in his own trap. He'd been bewitched by his prey, and the only way out was to ravish her until he'd gotten her out of his system...and broken her hold on his heart. Ellari was a practical woman. That's why her reaction to Trigg Hanahan puzzled her so. From the first time he aimed that heart-melting grin at her, she'd behaved like a spineless ninny. His teasing blue eyes made her dream of passion and promises...and all he dreamed of was the almighty dollar! It was time the Chicago beauty turned the tables on the charming Mr. Hanahan. Time she made him yearn for warm loving instead of cold cash. And once she had her way, he'd never forget the night he was Touched by Fire.
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A DAUGHTER'S INHERITANCE 1/2008 ISBN: 9780764203640 Lose Yourself in the History, Opulence, and Elegance of the Thousand Islands. Cousins Amanda, Sophie, and Fanny Broadmoor are as close as sisters, but when their grandfather dies, the terms of his will just might destroy their bond. Seventeen-year-old Fanny has never put much stock in the conventions of society. In fact, she has given her heart to Michael, the family boat-keeper. But when she receives a surprising inheritance, she discovers just how oppressive society can be... and that she may be trusting the wrong people. Dare she follow her heart and risk going against her family? What if she loses everything she's ever known? It all comes down to one choice: What does Fanny Broadmoor want her legacy to be? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
THE PATTERN OF HER HEART 9/2005 ISBN: 076422896X Marriage to Nolan Houston has brought deep contentment to Jasmine, and life at their horse farm on the outskirts of Lowell, Massachusetts, is both challenging and satisfying. The harmony they love is disrupted, however, when news of tragedy forces Jasmine and Nolan to uproot their family and travel south to manage the plantation of her childhood. The reception they receive upon their arrival is anything but welcoming. Jasmine, however, is determined to uphold her anti-slavery beliefs and free the slaves laboring at The Willows. But when an explosive act destroys their plans, the lives of those they've promised to protect hang in the balance. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Tracie J. Peterson
DAUGHTER OF THE LOOM 2/2003 ISBN: 0-7642-2690-8 With the extraordinary changes to society and families ushered in with the Industrial Revolution, the quaint countryside of Lilly Armbruster's youth has been transformed, bringing to some great wealth and to others, tragic loss. Forced to work in the mills as her only means of survival, Lilly is deeply resentful of the powerful mill owners she believes have stolen her father's farm and caused his premature death. Though intent on avenging herself, Lilly is torn when she discovers her one-time betrothed, Matthew Cheever, is hand-in-glove with the lords of the loom. With her heart conflicted and her ideals faltering, Lilly's values--and tenuous faith--will be put to the test.
A FRAGILE DESIGN 7/2003 ISBN: 0-7642-2689-4 Fleeing the life of the Shakers, Arabella Newberry finds work in the industrial mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. But the taste of freedom she experiences only increases her longing for true equality for all the mill girls. When her ideas put her at odds with the dashing Taylor Manning, she wonders if she has made a huge mistake. Strife between the Irish laborers and the Industrialists continues to rise, and when several girls go missing, Lowell no longer seems a safe haven. As rumors and conflict invade the industry of the mill, will Arabella's determination to prove her independence endanger more than just her heart?
MY VALENTINE 1997 ISBN:1577480120 He is the son of a prominent New York family, his future and his wife-to-be secure and glittering. She is the daughter of a Jewish tailor, her future full of the hopes and dreams of any nice Jewish girl living in the teeming Lower East Side of the late 1800's.But ever since that day when the dashing Pierce Blackwell appeared in her father's shop, Darlene Lewy has tried-and failed-to put him out of her mind and heart. And yet she must, for her sake and his. She could never accept his Jesus as the Messiah, and he would most likely be disowned should they ever marry. Yet Darlene's world as she knows it is about to go up in flames...and the fire won't be extinguished until the love that transcends all barriers-God's love-is fully realized.
A SHELTER OF HOPE 8/1998 ISBN: 0764221124 A painful childhood, punctuated by the loss of her mother and brother at the brutal hands of her father, forces Simone Dumas to carefully shield the interior of her heart. But when her father callously "sells" Simone into marriage, her terror is compounded by the fear that in an act of defense, she has committed murder. Simone's desperate journey to escape her past links her to Jeffrey O'Donnell, who offers her a position as a "Harvey Girl" at the upstanding and respectable way stops along the frontier rail line. Sensing that this grants her the protection she yearns for, she accepts. But unknown to Simone, her father continues to flack her...just as her nightmares haunt her sleep. Can Jeffrey penetrate Simone's carefully erected facade to assure her of the trust, hope, and love that await?
THESE TANGLED THREADS ISBN: 0-7642-2690-8 Raised in an atmosphere of equality, Daughtie Winfield is outspoken in her support for the rights of others from the mill girls threatening a strike over pitiful working conditions to the immigrants living on the other side of town. So she is unprepared for the hostility—even from some who claim to hold similar beliefs—aroused by her growing friendship with Liam Donohue, an Irish artisan. Behind the scenes, a disgruntled former employee conspires with a one-time mill partner in a devilish plan that imperils not only the operation of the mills but those dearest to Daughtie. As dissension and upheaval threaten the future of the textile industry, Daughtie longs for peace—in her working world, and deep within her heart.
TAPESTRY OF HOPE (with Judith Miller) 5/2004 ISBN: 0764228943 As the only daughter of a wealthy cotton grower, Jasmine Wainwright has lived a sheltered existence, naive about the realities of Southern plantation life beyond her family’s home and gardens. But when two brothers from New England visit The Willows, Jasmine's world--and her understanding of the genteel life she's always embraced—is thrown into disarray. A visit to her grandmother in the bustling textile town of Lowell, Massachusetts, further opens her eyes. Bradley Houston sees a connection with Jasmine’s family as the perfect means to solidify his new position with the Boston Associates, the powerful men who run the mills. Ambitious and driven, he will stop at nothing to ensure that he achieves his goals. Faced with the prospect of marriage to a man she doesn’t love, Jasmine must weigh her obligations to her family against the desires of her heart.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Peggy Murphy Petkus
MILLIONAIRE'S ROW 9/1989 ISBN: 082173573X Torn from her lover's arms and forced to flee Ireland, lovely Sheila Cagney makes her way to America and to Cleveland's Millionaire's Row. A servant at first, she vows to make the world of the ultra-rich her own, as she waits for her beloved to return.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
JUST IMAGINE formerly titled RISEN GLORY 9/2001 ISBN: 0380808307 The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her most bitter enemy -- he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she's figured on.. Believing that Kit's a boy, Cain offers the grubby rapscallion a job in his stable. But he has no idea what he's in for, and it's not long before the hero of Missionary Ridge discovers the truth. His scamp of a stable boy is a strong-willed, violet-eyed beauty who's hell-bent on driving him crazy. Two hard-headed, passionate people....Two stubborn opponents with tender souls....Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders.
Stobie Piel
MOLLY IN THE MIDDLE 4/1997 ISBN: 0505521938 Sheep, sheep sheep. Ach! The bumbling boobs were everywhere, and as far as Molly was concerned, the stupid beasts were better off mutton. But Molly was a sheepdog, a Scottish Border collie, and unless she found some other means of livelihood for her lovely mistress, Miren, she'd be doomed to chase after the frustrating flock forever. That's why she was tickled pink when handsome Nathan MacCallum came into Miren's life. Sure, nathan seemed to have issues of his own resolve--although why people were so forever concerned about righting family wrongs was beyond Molly --but she knew from his scent he'd be a good catch. And she knew from Miren's pink cheeks and distracted gaze that his hot kisses were something special. Now she'd simply have to herd the spirited Scottish lass and brooding American together, and show the silly humans that true love--and a faithful hose pet--were all they'd ever need.
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LILY short story in SCOTTISH MAGIC 9/1997 ISBN: 1575663872 Although she is responsible for the curse that has haunted Duncan MacLachlan since birth, Lily has always watched over him...and loves him with all her heart. But she has never allowed him to see her...until one fateful day. Unaware of who Lily really is, Duncan loses his own heart to the fey beauty. Sworn to make her his, his passion will be put to the ultimate test when Lily becomes a pawn in a battle between good and evil that can only be won by love itself.
Jean Plaidy
THE QUEEN AND LORD M 1973 ISBN: 0709132387 Victoria and Melbourne. She was an eighteen-year-old innocent. He was a worldly cynic. She was too young to have a past. He was too old to be her future. But she was his Queen and he was her prime minister, bound together by an unspoken love that always was--and for both of them could never be. A dazzling epic of romance and elegant grandeur and bridled passion.
THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND 1973 ISBN: 0449238962 From the time they were in their cradles Victoria and Albert were destined for each other; but when Victoria came to the throne and became devoted to her Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, she had no wish for marriage - until she saw Albert. Albert, as the younger son of a minor German Duke, was necessarily ambitious and aware of what marriage with the Queen of England could mean; and when Victoria immediately fell in love with him, he believed his future was secure. But he did not know the Queen's nature and that beneath that clinging femininity was a will of iron. Wholeheartedly affectionate, impulsive, demonstrative, loyal and possessed of a notoriously hot temper, loving to gossip and dance until the early hours of morning, Victoria's character was in complete opposition to that of her serious husband who liked to rise at dawn and retire early. It was inevitable that during the first years the relationship was stormy. The Queen was in perpetual revolt against any encroachment on her position as well as the constant pregnancies she had to endure. Albert's battle was for supremacy and he was determined that Victoria should regard herself as his wife first, as Queen second. These were significant years when British history was shaped by statesmen such as Sir Robert Peel and Lord Palmerston and by great events such as the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny; and more than once the Queen came near to death through an assassination Yet her life was dominated by her husband and family life. There was naughty Bertie, brilliant Vicky, placid Alice, delicate Leopoid and five other children of the marriage. But for the Queen there was one who meant more than the rest of the world put together - Albert., So the Victorian age was created and the power behind the throne was the Queen's Husband...
VICTORIA VICTORIOUS 2/1986 ISBN: 0399131027 At 18, Princess Victoria of Kent became Queen Victoria of England, bitterly resented by most of her royal relatives. Willful, enchanting, tender, passionate, regal, her unique personality gave to an age its style and essential character. Victoria Victorious recreates the public splendors and private joys and sorrows of the last of Europe's great royal figures, the Hanoverian feuds and scandals, the political struggles that were woven into the rich fabric of Victoria's 64-year reign.
THE WIDOW OF WINDSOR 1974 ISBN: 0399122826
Lisa Plumley
THE RASCAL 11/2006 ISBN: 0373294255 Grace Crabtree has no need of a man. Except Morrow Creek's reprobate saloon keeper, Jack Murphy, keeps getting in her way. She's bewildered as to why she can't stop thinking about his infuriatingly handsome face. So Grace will use her feminine charms to reform him—once she works out exactly what feminine charms are! Jack's determined to find Grace a husband who'll keep her under control. But looking around the town, no man seems quite worthy of this spiky, tempting, glorious woman. So maybe he'll just have to settle her hash himself...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Cheryl Anne Porter
HANNAH'S PROMISE 5/1997 ISBN: 0312961707 When Hannah Lawless comes home to her parents' ranch to find her mother and father have been brutally murdered, she vows to find the killers. Traveling to Boston to stay with the high-society family that disowned her mother, Catherine Wilton-Humes, when she married renegade J.C. Lawless, Hannah realizes that she will need the help of handsome Slade Garrett to find the answers to her questions. As Hannah teams up with Slade, she realizes she is losing her heart to him. But what if he had something to do with the murders? His name was scrawled on the scrap of Wilton-Hughes stationary she found at the ranch. And as Hannah comes closer to uncovering the secrets, will she find her new love is her greatest enemy?
Patricia Potter
THE MARSHAL AND THE HEIRESS 9/1996 ISBN:0553575082 US Marshall Ben Masters stared down outlaws and desperadoes every day, but when he became the guardian of newly orphaned Sarah Ann, he faced trouble of a different kind. Word came that the four-year-old was the lost heir to a Scottish estate, so he took her across the ocean, never expecting to find a household divided by ambitions...or his head and body warring over Sara Ann's remarkable aunt. Lisbeth Hamilton possessed a swift intelligence Ben's sharp mind appreciated, a tempting figure his fingers ached to caress - and a future jeopardized by her niece's claim. When Sarah Ann's life became threatened, Ben's lawman instincts pointed to Lisbeth, despite the protests of his newly awakened heart.
Jo-Ann Power
GIFTS 10/1996 ISBN: 067152996X A young girl's tragedy brought them together... As headmistress of The Farrell School for Young Ladies, Jessica Leighton-Curtis had buried her demons by devoting herself to her work...until one student's plight touches her personally. She sees glimmers of herself in Amanda Emory, a gifted young pianist despondent since a devastating riding accident. In an effort to reach her, Jess implores Randall Templeton, marquess of Ashford, to share his musical gifts and help heal Amanda. But Jess has never met a man as generous as Rand, a man who poses a threat, yet offers a promise.... Dark secrets kept them apart Randall Templeton agrees to see Amanda, becoming nearer and dearer to Jessica herself and unleashing the terrors locked in her shattered soul. Yet even as Jess yields to an intense desire, her memories whisper that she must not care for him. But Rand's gifts of trust and soulful love may be enough to help her bring her past to light....
NEVER AGAIN 11/1998 ISBN: 0671008994 As beautiful American debutante, Raine Montand has charmed all of London. But in secret, she plays another role - that of Raynard the Fox, whose scorching political cartoons can make or break a career. Raine is devastated when one of her drawings is responsible for making Parliament member Gavin Sutherland a murder suspect. Vowing to make amends, she poses as a widow and seeks a job as Gavin's secretary, in an attempt to discover the truth that will save him. Alone and embittered, deserted by family, friends, and fiancee, Gavin is forced to resign from Parliament. His only supporter is the lovely but mysterious young lady in his employ, whose assistance could be invaluable in clearing his name. Gavin senses the risk of trusting one about whom he knows so little. But as their investigation continues, both Gavin and Raine realize the greatest risk of all is love - and the grandest reward.
NEVER BEFORE 5/1998 ISBN: 0671008986 Ann Brighton is determined to be more than the debutante daughter of a brash American millionaire. Foiled in a bid for her independence -- and jilted by her fiance -- she reluctantly accepts her father's offer: a stipend to buy the horse farm she covets if she accompanies him on a grand tour of Europe. Skip Brighton hopes to unravel some suspicious business dealings and match his daughter with any eligible British nobleman. Ann intends to cling to her freedom -- until a stranger asks for her trust in more ways than one.... Rhys Kendall, the sixteenth duke of Carlton, is nearly bankrupt -- for which he blames Skip Brighton. But now he wants Ann as his lover and his wife; together, Rhys and Ann must conquer their bitter pasts amid the colorful whirl of London's drawing rooms and ballrooms, where they encounter gossip, greed and murder. To win a love like never before, Rhys must persuade Ann to surrender her hand and her heart for safekeeping -- and to follow the spirit of an unexpected passion.
NEVER SAY NEVER 5/1999 ISBN: 0671024221 Augusta VanderHorn knows too much about scandal. As the younger sister of the infamous American beauty, Colleen VanderHorn, who wed British Lord Bryce Falconer, and was divorced for adultery, it's been hard for Gus to avoid the taint. Now she is embroiled in scandal herself, for Colleen has kidnapped her own child from his father, to hold him for ransom to support her latest lover. Gus knows it's vital to help find her nephew, but she harbors a secret reason for wanting to assist in the search. Gus is in love with the man her sister married. For Bryce, she'll do anything, even risk her reputation - and her heart - by traveling at his side on a quest to rescue his child. Bryce Falconer is a man driven by two passions - the love of his adored son, and the hatred of the wife who left him for a string of lovers. But thrown together with his young ex-sister-in-law in desperate pursuit of his missing child, Bryce is discovering a new passion. Little Augusta, who was once his dearest friend, has become an alluring woman whose sensual beauty sends him reeling. At long last, Bryce is learning what a miracle true love between a man and woman can really be...from the only woman whom God and English law forbid him to ever love.
TREASURES 4/1996 ISBN: 0671529951 Catherine "Cat" Farrell stood alone at the altar on he her wedding day. Her beloved Spence had disappeared, leaving her to face the scrutiny of the unsavory London tabloids and the artful snubs of the rigid Proper Set. Only now, a year after her famous father's death and three years since Spence jilted her, does Cat dare to reenter Society. In her Worth gown she is a dazzling beauty all can admire, not a desperate, penniless woman being blackmailed for a treasure that her father may have stolen and that she cannot find.... Spencer Lyonns is the hunter; Cat is his prey. Sent by the Crown to question her about her father, he can think only of taking her in his arms. But the fury she turns on him is soul deep, fraught with pain, and fueled by passion. Between them are the secrets that once drove him from her -- and the desire that brought him back. And when Cat is suspected of murder, Spence must be the Lyonns to protect her, clear her name, and possess her body, her heart, her love...
Charlotte Prentiss
LOVE'S SAVAGE EMBRACE 1981 ISBN:0515052728
Ashland Price
IN FROM THE STORM 11/1995 ISBN: 0821751387 Premonitions of shipwreck and fear for her future fill Kirstin Iverson with dread as she boards the Lisdina. Bound for a governess post in Minnesota, the Swedish immigrant must first face the wintry waters of Lake Superior, her fate in the hands of Anthony Wood, a mysterious, darkly handsome sea captain... Haunted by visions of a ghost ship and a strange stowaway who seems more phantom than man, Kirstin realizes she had embarked on a treacherous voyage. But it is the enigmatic captain who soon proves most dangerous of all. Bound by a desperate secret mission that leads them into uncharted waters, his unexpectedly tender touch stirs a storm of desire in Kirstin's heart. Can she find a safe haven in Anthony's arms - and dare to trust in a love that has brought her... In From The Storm...
Eugenia Price
BELOVED INVADER 1965 A wealthy young northerner, Anson Dodge, shares his heart with two very different women-Ellen, who passionately adores him, and Anna, who comforts him in sorrow. They each surrender themselves to his dreams. Anson's story unfolds as a beautiful tale of honor when he rebuilds the war-torn Christ Church, Frederica, in memory of happy and lost love.
Candice Proctor
WHISPERS OF HEAVEN 7/01 ISBN: ISBN: 0804119317. After years of schooling in England, Jesmond Corbett returns to her family's estate along the coast of Tasmania. Betrothed since childhood to a wealthy neighbor, Jessie comes home determined to conform to the expectations of her family. But nothing in Jessie's life has prepared her for the mysterious stranger who works in the stables, a man with searing eyes who jaunts her dreams and awakens passions she never existed. Irishman Lucas Gallagher arrived on the island in chains, a convict sentenced to a lifetime of labor for the English gentry. For four years he has lived a dead man's existence, using every spare moment to plan his escape. But when he meets Jessie, she touches his cold, angry heart. And although their love has no future, he finds himself unable to deny the longings that threaten to destroy what may be his last chance to reach for freedom...
Putney-Lovelace-Wilson
BRIDE BY ARRANGEMENT 8/2000 ISBN:0373834373 Includes Wedding of the Century by Mary Jo Putney: Stunningly beautiful, extraordinarily wealthy and sold to the highest bidder for the price of a dukedom, Sarah Vangelder wanted more than just a bartered marriage!; Mismatched Hearts by Merline Lovelace: A willful noblewoman and an honor-bound baron fight their attraction, hoping beyond hope that their previous betrothals can be unarranged in time to tie the right knot; and My Darling Echo by Gayle Wilson: Blinded in the Peninsular War, the Earl of Huntington thought to marry his widowed secretary for convenience, never realizing that Bella and her son would bring light back into his darkened world.
Putney-James-Tetel
PROMISED BRIDES 6/1994 ISBN:0373152639 Includes The Wedding of the Century by Mary Jo Putney... Sarah Vangelder stunningly beautiful, extraordinarily wealthy and sold to the highest bidder for the price of a dukedom; Jessie's Wife by Kristin James.... Amy McAlister, the shy rancher's daughter had made one horrible mistake. And she would pay for it - for the rest of her life; and The Handfast by Julie Tetel... Anne Clelland mistakenly snatched in a whiskey-inspired raid, the young Englishwoman must marry a Scottish clansman for a year and a day.
Mary Jo Putney
THE BLACK BEAST OF BELLETERRE short story in A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS 11/1992 ISBN:0451174429
SILK AND SECRETS 7/1992 ISBN: 0451403010 A rescue mission sends adventurer Lord Ross Carlisle to Bokhara, but he finds more than he bargained for when he encounters Julia Cameron, his dazzling, tormented wife, who left him a dozen years earlier. Free-spirited Juliet flees the confines of her Victorian existence to live in exotic Persia. But 12 years later, Juliet joins her estranged husband on a mission to rescue Juliet's brother, and the two find themselves renewing the passion they once shared.
SILK AND SHADOWS 12/1991 ISNB: 0451202066 "He called himself Peregrine, the wanderer, and he came to London for revenge." Like the falcon, Peregrine is wild and free--and overwhelmingly seductive. In Peregrine's arms Lady Sara learns the meaning of forbidden passion and mystery. Only the burning power of love can pierce Peregrine's chilling silence about his secret past and hidden purpose. The enigmatic Peregrine finds in Lady Sara St. James, a fragile young woman with the soul of a lion, a love that challenges all he has lived for.
VEILS OF SILK 12/1992 ISBN: 0451403487 Haunted by a terrible captivity and convinced that he can never live a normal life, Ian Cameron offers lovely, wary Laura Stephenson a marriage of convenience.
THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY short story in PROMISED BRIDES 6/1994 ISBN:0373152639 Sarah Vangelder stunningly beautiful, extraordinarily wealthy and sold to the highest bidder for the price of a dukedom.
Amanda Quick
SECOND SIGHT 4/2007 ISBN: 0515142808 Financially straitened and on the path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment. She was there to photograph the artifacts collected by a highly secretive organization, founded two centuries earlier by an alchemist. And the alchemist's descendant—her employer, Gabriel Jones—has the eyes of a sorcerer. But despite Venetia's intent to seduce Mr. Jones and move on, she is shattered upon her return home to read in the press of his violent demise. Using the sizable fee Mr. Jones paid her, Venetia establishes a new life, opening a gallery in London. Of course, posing as a respectable widow makes it easier to do business, so—in a private tribute to her lost, only lover—she assumes the identity of "Mrs. Jones." Her romantic whim, however, will cause unexpected trouble. For one thing, Mr. Jones is about to stride, living and breathing, back into Venetia's life. And the two share more than a passionate memory—indeed, they are bonded by a highly unusual sort of vision, one that goes far beyond Venetia's abilities as a photographer. They also share a terrible threat—for someone has stolen a centuries-old notebook from Arcane House that contains a formula believed to enhance psychic powers of the kind Gabriel and Venetia possess. And the thief wants to know more—even if he must kill the keeper of the Arcane Society's treasures, or the photographer who catalogued them, to obtain such knowledge. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Emma Quincey
HER MOTHER'S SINS 1997 Catherine Benedict has everything -- except a father's love. Samuel's coldness stems from her mother's tragic early death and Catherine's close resemblance to her. When Catherine openly defies him by refusing to marry his partner's son, Hal Cartwright, Samuel, in his rage, lets slip the fact that it was not love he felt for his wife, Anne, but hatred. The only one who can help her escape her father's control is Hal, and away from Samuel's domination Catherine seems to have a chance of happiness, but the cruel revenge of an evil man may yet destroy all she holds dear.
OUT OF EVIL 7/1997 ISBN: 0749903929
Colleen Quinn
DEFIANT ROSE 3/1992 ISBN: 1557736723 Rose Carney - Across the new frontier, she ran Carney's Circus with an unsinkable spirit that was a part of her show business heritage. The world of fun-loving performers was her home, and no one could take that away from her-not even the arrogant stranger who was determined to run the show. Michael Warton - His high-society family had financed the troupe, and he'd come west to close down this unprofitable business. He never dreamed he would fall for this daring-and stubborn - Irish beauty. The sparks of desire soon flared into a fiery and tempestuous love. Amidst a colorful whirlwind of excitement and adventure, their bold passion would be hard to tame.
UNVEILED 6/1993 ISBN: 1557738912 Katie O'Connor...Desperate and penniless, she was mistaken for the long-lost niece of the richest woman in Cape May. Masquerading as Fan Pemberton, she found herself adored by many. But Katie had eyes for only one... Christopher Scott...He had a grand old name but was a rogue and a scoundrel. He's looking for a wife, and ravishing Katie is the one he wants... Their summer passion is threatened by secrets and scandal, by the shadowy truths behind their double deception - and neither can deny the temptation of true love...
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