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Janette Radcliffe
VIENNA DREAMS 9/1982 ISBN:0440195306 From Austria's Dazzling Salons to the Great Concert Stage...Music was her life, passion her only master!
Rona Randall
DRAGONMEDE 3/1974 ISBN:671217127 Set in London in the late 1800's, a time when nobility was the golden key that opened all doors, lovely Eustacia Rochdale's marriage to Julian Kershaw provided her with everything, including an escape from Victorian London - but her handsome husband remained a cold stranger.
Karen Ranney
AUTUMN IN SCOTLAND 12/2006 ISBN: 0060757450 Abandoned by a rogue Betrothed to an earl she had never met, Charlotte Haversham arrived at Balfurin, hoping to find love at the legendary Scottish castle. Instead she found decaying towers and no husband among the ruins. So Charlotte worked a miracle, transforming the rotting fortress into a prestigious girls' school. And now, five years later, her life is filled with purpose—until... Seduced by a stranger. A man storms Charlotte's castle—and he is not the reprehensible Earl of Marne, the one who stole her dowry and dignity, but rather the absent lord's handsome, worldly cousin Dixon MacKinnon. Mesmerized by the fiery Charlotte, Dixon is reluctant to correct her mistake. And though she's determined not to play the fool again, Charlotte finds herself strangely thrilled by the scoundrel's amorous attentions. But a dangerous intrigue has drawn Dixon to Balfurin. And if his ruse is prematurely revealed, a passionate blossoming love affair could crumble into ruin. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Dana Ransom
SWEET TEXAS DREAMS 12/1996 ISBN: 082175517X Becca Bass longs to leave the dry, dusty landscape of West Texas and find her dream come true-- a man like the ones in the love stories she reads. But then fate brings her dream to her parents' doorstep in the form of Morgan Daniels, New York attorney. Morgan has come looking for Becca's legendary father, Harmon Bass to help track down the outlaws who kidnapped his stepfather. But when a recent injury prevents Harmon from helping him, Becca steps in. She only wants to gain the attention and admiration of the handsome man, but what starts as a foolhardy adventure turns into a deadly game and the lives of the people she loves are at stake. Determined to save his stepfather, Morgan accepts an offer of help from the pretty Becca Bass. She proves to be quite a distraction and before he leaves West Texas Morgan is ready to set her up as his mistress-- until he finds out who her family is and realizes his mistake. This isn't some poor little country girl, Becca's family is wealthy and one of his firm's biggest clients. But when Morgan goes back to Texas, he'll be taking Becca's heart with him. How can he forget the sweet Texas beauty when she's the woman who taught him what love really is?
Louisa Rawlings
FOREVER WILD 1986 ISBN:0445201703 He devoured her with his eyes... "All you have to do is look at a man and he can't help falling in love with you." Drew bent his head and kissed her softly. "Oh Drew..." She lay back on the sand and pulled him down to her. "Marcy," he whispered. He kissed her again, his soft tongue caressing the edge of her lips so she trembled at the sensation. She closed her eyes, enjoying the feel of his mouth, then gasped aloud as a shiver ran through her body. She could feel her heart beating wildly. "Oh, please..." she breathed, and pushed him away. It was almost too agonizing to endure. She looked at him through half-dosed eyes. His face in the firelight was strong and angular, elegant with its patrician nose and wide mouth. She had never wanted anyone or anything as much as she wanted him. She sat up and smiled, slowly unbuttoning her shirt...
Angie Ray
GHOSTLY ENCHANTMENT 3/1994 ISBN:0061082090 She didn't believe in ghosts or family curses. One rash public statement and her fate was sealed. At 23, Miss Margaret Westbourne was a social outcast. Bernard Denbeigh, Lord Barnett, was as dull as dishwater but when he finally proposed, she had to accept or become a spinster. She had no choice but to accompany him to dark Durnock Castle to announce their engagement to his elderly aunt who insisted her home was haunted...
Deanna Raybourn
Kimberly Raye
ONLY IN MY DREAMS 6/1997 ISBN:0505522063 He started as a dream. Night after night he called to her. Each night she felt his touch, relished his kiss, then watched him burn to his death. Each night she tried unsuccessfully to save him. Then suddenly Kat Barringer found herself in 1842, and the man of her dreams was all too real. Some said he was the devil, he knew he was a monster, but Kat needed only to look into his emerald eyes to know his heart was pure, that he was merely a man. And she realized she was sent through time to rescue him... Tynan Sloane had sworn revenge on the man who had changed him, made him unfit for love. He thought Kat was the enemy's daughter, yet he hungered for her more fiercely than he had hungered for any woman. And then he realized that only Kat could lift the veil of darkness, teach him not to fear his own power, and show him that love was strong enough to conquer time itself.
Francis Ray
THE BARGAIN 11/1995 ISBN: 0821766163 A Deal With The Devil... Eccentric heiress Alexandria Carstairs has vowed never to wed. Raised by her father to be independent, she is headstrong, opinionated, and inclined to do exactly as she pleases. So she is outraged to discover she is expected to become the docile and obedient wife of Thorne Blackemore, the notorious Earl of Grayson. ....Or A Marriage Made In Heaven? Thorne Blakemore, a handsome rakehell known as 'The Devil's Angel,' is equally appalled - even after he discovers the wild Carstairs hoyden has grown into a tawney-haired beauty. As the marriage contract is unbreakable, Thorne proposes a bargain that makes Alex his reluctant bride - until one kiss ignites a passion that burns them both with its intensity. Now Thorne must turn a willful rebel into a willing wife...
Jean Raynes
LEGACY OF THE WOLF 1978 ISBN: 0872165191 Olivia's move from a dreary convent school to wealthy Dunkeith Castle was as alarming as it was exciting. Handsome black-eyed Lord Sinclair was notorious for his drinking, his gambling - and other scandalous activities of which no lady should be aware. He was frightening, yet fascinating - and he was being intensely attentive to Olivia...
Paula Reid
RACHEL'S PASSAGE 12/1998 ISBN: 0061013625 When her dashing beau set sail to find his fortune, young Rachel vowed she was his forever. Yet as the months pass, she is left with nothing more than her childish promise and the attentions of Seth, a quiet older man she is sure will stifle her spirit. Instead, Seth's devotion and tender caresses awaken passions deep inside the woman Rachel has become. Then a terrible scandal erupts, shattering Rachel and Seth's flourishing marriage. Now, Rachel must risk everything - her reputation and her happiness - to convince the one man she can ever truly love that her heart belongs to him.
Elizabeth Renier
LANDSCAPE OF THE HEART 1978 ISBN: 0449234606 Veronica Danby was a young and beautiful widow. She was also wealthy. And in no hurry to marry again - until she met Captain Adrian Fullerton. They recalled they had known each other as children. And while Adrian looked upon Veronica as a dear friend, that lively lady was looking at him with far different eyes. But Captain Fullerton was filled with bitter memories of a lost love. Would Veronica ever be able to make him forget?
THE MOVING DREAM 1977 ISBN:0449234606 Veronica Danby was a young and beautiful widow. She was also wealthy. And in no hurry to marry again - until she met Captain Adrian Fullerton. They recalled they had known each other as children. And while Adrian looked upon Veronica as a dear friend, that lively lady was looking at him with far different eyes. But Captain Fullerton was filled with bitter memories of a lost love. Would Veronica ever be able to make him forget?
Ginny Reyes
ADDIE'S KNIGHT 5/1999 ISBN:0515125067 York, Pennsylvania, 1885. Addie Shaw was always creating interesting lessons for her students. And reenacting the Battle of Bosworth was her best idea yet. Until the children turn the history lesson into a chaotic war. As Addie leans against a tree to rethink her tactics, the bark cracks--and sends her falling back in time...York, England, 1485. When Addie wakes, she can't find her students anywhere. Instead, she discovers knights in armor! Sir Robert Swynton can't imagine what sort of woman would get into such trouble. Was she a sorceress? A spy, maybe? Still, he must rescue her. All Addie wants it to go home, but Sir Robert can't let this reckless woman loose. Until he falls in love, and discovers that the only harm letting go will do--is to his heart...
Maureen Reynolds
ONE GOLDEN HOUR 8/1988 ISBN: 0517000849 Tessa was a most unlikely schoolteacher, with a womanly luster that defied her prim, colorless demeanor. But she hid a dark past, a nightmare that forced her to start fresh in a raw Western Boomtown. There she was greeted by Cody Butler, an insufferably handsome rake with an eye for luscious women. He saw beyond the schoolmarm drab and sensed the true splendor that was Tessa. Slowly they drew close, sharing wit and passion, anger and understanding. Could Tessa give her heart to this man, or would the dark shadow of her past destroy the glory of new love?
TEMPTING EDEN 9/1993 ISBN:0553564358 Danger Drove her into the arms of a stranger...but the real peril lay in the fire of his touch...The passion between a beautiful aristocrat and a famous private investigator nearly kills them both when they pursue her missing twin. But as the P.I. follows the trail, he wonders if she's telling the truth, or setting him up for a deadly fall.
Jean Rhys
THE WIDE SARGASSO SEA 1966 ISBN:0445002514 The book details the life of Antoinette Mason (known in Jane Eyre as Bertha), a West Indian who marries an unnamed man in Jamaica and returns with him to his home in England. Locked in a loveless marriage and settled in an inhospitable climate, Antoinette goes mad and is frequently violent. Her husband confines her to the attic of his house at Thornfield. Only he and Grace Poole, the attendant he has hired to care for her, know of Antoinette's existence. (Merriam-Webster)
Pat Rice
LOVE'S FIRST SURRENDER 2/1984 ISBN: 0821713280 Running to escape the lustful arms of a drunken sailor, alluring Jennie Lee found herself encased in the powerful grip of an unknown man--a man whose tender caress ignited her desire, and whose smoky blue eyes captivated her very soul. Young and innocent, she allowed her body to rule her mind and was swept into a rush of breathless passion that slowly ebbed with the dawn....Driven by the luscious memory of Jennie Lee's warm silken flesh, Marcus swore he'd find her when he discovered she had gone. He was bewitched by her loveliness, obsessed with the ecstasy she aroused. Never had he possessed a beauty like Jennie Lee. And as he sailed the endless seas, tormented by rapture and rage, he vowed he would recapture his elusive, auburn-haired angel--and together they would crest the waves of Love's First Surrender...
Patricia Rice
ALL A WOMAN WANTS 6/2001 ISBN: 0451202899 Lachlan MacTavish, restless and ambitious, is on the run...and needs a nanny fast. He's kidnapped his sister's small children to save them from neglect and abuse. And now Mac is desperate to find a place to hide--and someone to look after his mischievous charges. Beatrice Cavendish, sheltered and unschooled, is helpless to make sense of the near-bankrupt estate she inherited from her father. Between managing farmhands, tenants, and finances, Bea is desperate for a man to teach her all he knows. Mac has no time for frilly ladies. And Bea has no use for demanding men. When Mac arrives like a whirlwind on Bea's doorstep, offering to strike a deal, Bea is tempted to refuse. She would be a fool to accept this ill-tempered man into her home. But as her heart quickens with longing, Beatrice knows she would be a bigger fool not to. Because having Mac in her life offers more than she can imagine: two playful children who steal her heart and an irresistible man who awakens her desire.
CHRISTMAS ANGEL short story in A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS 11/1992 ISBN:0451174429
PAPER TIGER 10/1995 ISBN: 0451406087 Beautiful young heiress Georgina Hanover's future seemed set. After a taste of European sophistication, she was returning to her home in Ohio, to the perfect marriage. Handsome, hard-driving Peter Mulloney was all she could want in a husband - and everything her father wanted as a business partner. Then she met the man who called himself Daniel Mulloney and claimed to be Peter's brother. With his crusading journalist's pad, this man of mystery attacked Peter's wealth and power. With his stirring words, he made Georgina question what she as a woman could and should do in a world run by men. And with his searing passion, he awoke her desire as Peter never had. Georgina had to decide which brother's bride she should be...the one who offered the ideal marriage, or the one who led her to ecstasy beyond her dreams.
SHELTER FROM THE STORM 3/1993 ISBN: 0451403584 Laura Kincaid falls in love with a poor tenant farmer's son who leaves to make his fortune. But when he returns, he pursues Laura's calculating cousin, and Laura decides to let her heart rule her fate--by surrendering to a man who makes no promises beyond the pleasures of the moment.
SURRENDER 10/1998 ISBN: 0821760009 Set in the 1870s and sweeping from Boston to California, here is the story of Jennifer Lee, who has worked alongside her devout parents in their riverfront inn all of her life. But her heart is restless, and one night she loses herself in the tender caresses of a mysterious riverboat captain. In the morning he disappears, and soon Jennifer discovers that she will have his child. Now, cast out by her parents, her dreams have been shattered - until the man who haunts them walks back into her life. Marcus Armstrong thought he'd found an angel. And he was unable to resist the temptation of her heavenly auburn hair shinning in the moonlight. Forced to return to his boat the next day, he couldn't forget her, or the night they shared. But when fate made her a passenger on his next voyage, Marcus did not recognize the beautiful, enigmatic young woman as the angel in his memory--until he fell in love with her all over again.
Emilie Richards
IRON LACE 6/1996 ISBN:1551661527 Aurore Gerritsen watched her lover kill her father. It was just one act of violence in a dramatic chain of events. Behind the iron lace gates of wealthy New Orleans, beneath the veneer of her society name, linger truths that Aurore Gerritsen has hidden for a lifetime -- truths that threaten to change forever the lives of her unsuspecting family. Now, as Aurore faces her own mortality, she needs to reveal the secrets that have haunted her for so many years. Aurore seeks out Phillip Benedict to disclose her story. He's intrigued but wonders why the matriarch of a prominent white family would choose to confess her sins to an outspoken black journalist. Finally, Phillip agrees. But nothing prepares him for the far-reaching impact of Aurore's shocking revelations.
Serena Richards
ESCAPADE 10/1991 ISBN: 0425129578 Their dreams were worlds apart - but desire bound their hearts to a whirlwind destiny. Beautiful and spirited, Rory Kavanaugh was determined to save her father's hot-air-balloon company from financial ruin, and her only hope was Zeke Morrison. He was a darkly handsome millionaire with fierce ambitions of his own, caring only for money, power, and the glitter of Manhattan society. Until he met Rory. Swept away by reckless passion - and their own secret needs - they soared to new heights of breathless rapture, where love was the wildest adventure of all...
Mary Lou Rich
THE TOMBOY 2/1996 ISBN: 0515118109 In the heart of Texas lives a family as big and bold as the state itself. The Daltrys are as different as they come, each with his or her own strengths-and weaknesses. Every time a Daltry turns twenty years old, they are presented with a task by their grandmother. These challenges are intended to teach them about character-but they often learn quite a bit about love along the way...Allie Daltry is the tomboy of the family-but her grandmother has a plan to make her into a proper lady. For her birthday labors, Allie is to bake a seven-layer cake, sew a fancy dress, and mind her sassy niece! When Allie trades her baggy britches for lacy dresses, something happens. All the fine fellows who thought she was "one of the guys" notice that she's different indeed. Even Hal, her best friend and riding partner, is smitten with the new Allie. But Allie's known Hal since they were babies-he's like a brother to her. So why is she trying to make Hal jealous...and why is she turning to him for "lessons" in kissing?
Sue Rich
MISTRESS OF SIN 4/1994 ISBN: 0671794086 Summoned to the hidden lair of the mysterious Valsin Masters, Moriah Morgan was forced to sail to Arcane Island posing as a harlot.
Catherine Rieger
THE SHADOW OF THE RAVEN 6/1992 ISBN:1557737258 Hired by the brooding Wolfram von Kollnitz to transform the twisted weeds of his garden to a lush paradise, botanist Elizabeth Holmes becomes drawn to her employer until the ravens circling over the castle warn her of imminent danger.
WALTZ IN THE SHADOWS 12/1993 ISBN: 0515112542 Madness, suicide, blackmail, sometimes, the past never dies...Emily Hopkins was haunted in her dreams by the shameful lies that tainted her father's name. Then a doctor in Vienna asked her to assist with her father's biography. And Emily was happy to return. But Vienna had changed over the years. Gloom and decay shrouded the streets. And she had no memory at all of the strange Dr. Demel, the man who invited her. Why was she really there at Demel House? What secrets echoed behind the closed doors of the sanitarium? Emily turned to the handsome Dr. Schaller for help...someone was trying to scare her, blackmail her, perhaps even kill her. The proof was in a single sealed envelope, a mysterious warning addressed to Emily.
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NEW YEAR'S BABIES 11/1999 ISBN: 0505523450 Anthology with the following stories: The Confused Stork by Eugenia Riley: In his dotage, the disoriented bird has delivered Emma Fairchild's baby to the wrong time. And when the concerned mother travels to Victorian England, she finds her precious package in the arms of a dashing earl....Blame It On The Baby by Jennifer Archer: Tory Beecham-Todd gains a closer understanding of her husband, and he of her, when they switch places, literally. He has a baby kicking him from the inside out and she has five o'clock shadow. But it will take the miracle of a new life for them to realize where their hearts truly lie.... and A Little Bit Of Magic by Kimberly Raye: Abracadabra, three winks and a kiss is all it takes to transform a baby doll into a real life bundle of joy. But as the infant tests out her lungs, Samantha Skye realizes it won't be so easy to placate the newborn. Luckily her handsome neighbor knows his way around a nursery and, as it turns out, her heart.
Eugenia Riley
ANGEL FLAME 7/1990 ISBN:0446349380 She was orphaned by yellow fever, penniless, and forced by her family to enter into marriage of convenience with a wealthy stranger. At their first meeting, Roland Delacroiz's stunning good looks fascinated the Cajun beauty. And when he ravished her lips with a sudden searing kiss, Angelique trembled with fear. She knew he had conquered her pride and that she would be Roland's wife in name, his mistress in reality.
THE CONFUSED STORK short story in NEW YEAR'S BABIES 11/1999 ISBN: 0505523450 In his dotage, the disoriented bird has delivered Emma Fairchild's baby to the wrong time. And when the concerned mother travels to Victorian England, she finds her precious package in the arms of a dashing earl.
THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST short story in A TIME-TRAVEL CHRISTMAS 11/1993 ISBN:0505523191
PHANTOM IN TIME 7/1996 ISBN: 0380771586 A young opera singer is haunted by the hypnotic voice of a murdered tenor who was killed during a performance. Carried off by the tenor's song, the singer journeys back in time, where she confronts her ghostly suitor in the flesh and plots to save the dashing rogue from his grisly fate.
A TRYST IN TIME 1/1992 ISBN: 0505524198 Belle Fontaine is a relic of Louisiana's gracious past, a crumbling Civil War plantation house, where shadows seem to flit between pools of sunlight, and haunting melodies echo through the empty rooms. For Sarah Jennings it is a refuge from the inconsolable sorrow of her brother's death in the Vietnam War, a place where she can lose herself in dreams of a dark-eyed lover who calls to her across the years.... Damien, too, has lost a brother to war--the War Between the States--but in Sarah's soft embrace he finds an ecstasy that makes life worth living again. If only he can fathom the mystery surrounding her arrival at Belle Fontaine, if only he can know whether they are to share more than a brief tryst in time.
TRYST WITH AN ANGEL short story in CHRISTMAS ANGELS 11/1995 ISBN:0505520621
TWO HEARTS IN TIME short story in AN OLD FASHIONED VALENTINE 2/1993
WALTZ IN TIME 11/1997 ISBN: 0380789108 When Stephanie Sergeant inherited a rambling old mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, she had no idea she'd have to share it with the ghost of a lovelorn Victorian spinster. Now the haunting strains of violin disturb her sleep each night. And when she does dream, her late Great-aunt Magnolia comes to call, complaining that 'someone has to deal with that man.' Traveling back in time to play matchmaker, Stephanie seeks to pair up the lonely spinster with a notorious Southern rogue...But she soon finds herself in the arms of a devilishly charming prospective with ideas of his own. A handsome, broad-shouldered widower, Andre Goddard is thrilled to have finally found someone like Stephanie who can match his passion and fire - and who is firm, yet loving, toward his five rambunctious children. Of course the headstrong woman's infuriating insistence that she has come from the future to unite Andre with his shy, dowdy housekeeper is a serious obstacle to his romantic plans. And Stephanie is certain she could never give her heart to such an incorrigible rascal, even one as attractive as Andre. But the unexpected tenderness she experiences in Andre's embrace tantalizes her with the sensuous promise of a love that could make time stand still for them both.
Mildred E. Riley
YAMILLA 6/1990 ISBN: 1878634011
Alexandra Ripley
SCARLETT: The Sequel To GONE WITH THE WIND 9/1991 ISBN: 0446363251 he sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind Scarlett seamlessly picks up the narrative, bringing us back to Tara and the people we remember so well: Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat, and, of course, Scarlett herself. We meet fascinating, new men and women who enrich and enlarge the story. And we get to know many characters who stayed in the background of Margaret Mitchell's broad opus, as they step forward in this long-awaited sequel.
Karen Robards
AMANDA ROSE 2/1984 ISBN:0446306177 Orphaned heiress Lady Amanda Rose Culver wanted to run from the injured man she found on the rocky shore near her convent school. But his hard-muscled hand stopped her even before she saw the pain and longing in his eyes. And she trembled, not with fear, but with a desire to believe in his story, his innocence, his passion. New World privateer Matt Grayson, unjustly accused of murder by the British Crown, has narrowly escaped hanging. Now his freedom depends on winning this beautiful girl's co-operation so he can sail back to New Orleans. He never meant to hold her captive on his ship. He never meant to fall in love. . .
DARK TORMENT 8/1985 ISBN: 0446606898 I've a feeling you'll soon rue this day... These were the fateful words Sarah Markham's father uttered after she threw herself between the convict lashed to the ship's mast and the captain's whip. Transported to Australia for crimes against the Crown. Dominic Gallagher had been labeled a troublemaker. No humor lightened his handsome face; everything about him looked dark, deliberate, and dangerous. But independent, feisty Sarah couldn't bear to see any man flogged to death. Instead she insisted her father buy this young Irish rebel and bring him back to their ranch. Soon a forbidden passion began to blossom between the indentured man and his mistress in this lush, primitive land. Soon a twist of fate swept them together amid betrayal and intrigue as a man faced risking everything for freedom and a woman faced risking everything for love...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
ISLAND FLAME 1981 ISBN: 0843938447 Young and exquisitely beautiful, Lady Catherine Aldley had been raised by England's most proper governesses and sent to the finest schools, but Jonathan Hale made her feel like a common doxy. The lustful pirate had attached Catherine's ship en route to Portugal; he had spared her life, but taken her innocence as payment in a night of savage passion. Carried off to an isolated pirate island, Lady Catherine Adley longed for the chance to slit Jonathan Hale's neck. But his desire for her was boundless, and Catherine's flesh soon burned for his skillful touch. When the English rescued her and took Hale captive, Catherine found herself shamelessly begging for the life of the man she had sworn to kill.
LOVING JULIA 12/1986 ISBN: 0446300578 You'll have to learn to speak, to dress, to conduct yourself as a lady. Those orders were intoned by Sebastian, the cold haughty Earl of Moorland to Jewel Combs, the cockney commoner defiantly facing him in his luxurious drawing room. Despite his icy demeanor, Jewel couldn't help but notice that the Earl was a breathtakingly handsome man. Still, the only thing that checked her saucy reply was the realization that the Earl's outlandish plans would give her a home, and she would never be hungry, shivering, or frightened in dark dockside alleys ever again. Fate had brought Jewel to the mansion on Grosvenor Square; now she was going to grab the gold ring of chance and become Julia Stratham, a genuine upper-crust, silk-and-lace aristocrat. She didn't know why blue-blooded Sebastian had accepted the challenge to transform her from a diamond in the rough into a glittering gem. She did know she had a surprise in store of her own: She would teach this titled nobleman that although she wasn't a lady, she was all woman...and the one with whom he was going to madly, unwisely, and passionately fall in love.
MORNING SONG 1/1990 ISBN: 0380758881 An innocent Mississippi wildflower in the early bloom of womanhood, headstrong Jessie Lindsay will do anything to thwart the charming fortune hunter who has come to wed her widowed stepmother. But, there is far more to Stuart Edwards than Jessie first imagines. For one are the dangerous secrets they must share in the blistering heat of a southern summer - and reckless desires propelling them both towards scandal, possible ruin...and impossible love.
SEA FIRE 1982 ISBN:0440221080 What can a beautiful captive say to a handsome, ruthless pirate? He was her husband, her lover, the pirate who seized her body, then stole her heart. Lady Catherine Aldley fled to England to make a home with the infamous Jonathan Hale in Carolina. But their perfect life was shattered when Cathy was summoned to England to her ailing father, and discovered that her marriage to Jonathan was a sham. He was a wanted man, one step from the gallows. The only way she could save him was to wed her despised cousin, to let Jonathan think she betrayed their love...
Ann Victoria Roberts
LOUISA ELLIOTT 8/1989 ISBN:0380709910 This classic romance, exquisitely told, is the sweeping chronicle of the life and loves of a remarkable woman-Louisa Elliott. Proud and determined, she battles to overcome the stigma of her illegitimate birth in the pitiless slums of York during the reign of Queen Victoria. An indomitable heroine, she is adored by her gentle, poetic cousin Edward, yet is irresistibly drawn into the passionate arms of Robert Duncannon-a handsome and dashing dragoon officer whose love could destroy forever Louisa's cherished dream of respectability. Breathtakingly sensual, sparkling and alive with sumptuous period detail, Louisa Elliott is a magnificent work, a moving and unforgettable reading experience that touches the heart and enriches the soul.
Irene Roberts
MOONPEARL 1987 ISBN: 0373302142 Moonpearl was raised as Chinese. But in the house of her new husband, she was bitterly reminded of her English heritage. to the proud and imperious Kim, marriage to an Englishwoman was an insult. Determinedly moonpearl won his love. But the violence of the Opium Wars shattered their growing happiness. Destitute, suffering from amnesia and alone except for one faithful servant, moonpearl arrived in England. But her grasping English relatives made it plain there was no welcome for her there. Moonpearl's life became one of drudgery and despair, but she clung to the hope that someday, somewhere, there would be a place for her -- a home with the son and husband she so desperately loved...
Janet Louise Roberts
BLACK PEARLS 3/1979 ISBN:0345260120 Hawaii in the 1880's was a land of troubled beauty, seething with native rebellion, natural disasters, and the violent greed that followed the discovery of black pearls...Rosalind, a passionate innocent became a woman in Peter's arms, and together they fought those who came to rape their island for plunder and challenged lust and hate for a love as rare as Black Pearls.
HER DEMON LOVER 8/1978 ISBN:0671813072
Nora Roberts
RED LILY 12/2005 ISBN: 0515139408 A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night...Hayley Phillips came to Memphis hoping for a new start, for herself and her unborn child. She wasn't looking for a handout from her distant cousin Roz, just a job at her thriving In the Garden nursery. What she found was a home surrounded by beauty and the best friends she's ever had-including Roz's son Harper. To Hayley's delight, her new daughter Lily has really taken to him. To Hayley's chagrin, she has begun to dream about Harper-as much more than a friend...If Hayley gives in to her desire, she's afraid the foundation she's built with Harper will come tumbling down. Especially since she's begun to suspect that her feelings are no longer completely her own. Flashes of the past and erratic behavior make Hayley believe that the Harper Bride has found a way inside of her mind and body. It's time to put the Bride to rest once and for all, so Hayley can know her own heart again-and whether she's willing to risk it...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
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ONCE UPON A STAR 12/1999 ISBN: 0515127000 Anthology featuring Nora Roberts's Ever After, where the gift of an ancient pendant belonging to a fairy changes two lives forever; Jill Gregory's Catch a Falling Star finds a princess forced into a political marriage with a wife-murdering barbarian, while Ruth Ryan Langan's The Curse of Castle Clough offers a ghost who helps save a castle from the auction block and its owner from a life without love. Finally, a burned-out American tourist travels back in time to be rescued by--and to rescue--a handsome sailing captain in Starry, Starry Night by Marianne Willman.
Willo Davis Roberts
MY REBEL, MY LOVE 4/1986 ISBN: 0671614487 New York in the gay nineties was a paradise where anything seemed possible. Into this wondrous city came Rebel Moran, a spirited beauty searching for an aunt and uncle she had never met. When Rebel stepped into the path of a racing wagon, she was saved by a stranger - Luke Kittering. Strong and tender, Luke was unlike any man Rebel had known, and his mere touch flooded her with joyous passion. But he vanished as quickly as he appeared, and even as Rebel settled into her family's sumptuous mansion, Luke filled her every thought. Suddenly, a slick con man brought financial ruin on her new-found relatives, and they were forced to flee the unforgiving city. Now Rebel would go west, where she was determined to find two drams: a breathtaking new life, and her mysterious Luke Kittering.
Suzanne Robinson
THE ENGAGEMENT 6/1996 ISBN: 0553563467 Lady Georgiana Marshal was thrilled at her betrothal to the elderly Earl of Threshfield. For the emerald-eyed beauty was sure that she would soon be a widow and finally in a position to control her fortune and her life. But no sooner does she arrive at Threshfield House than she finds herself accosted by a disreputable yet dangerously attractive stranger who means to ruin her plans.... Nick Ross had no patience for spoiled, blue-blooded misses, but when his best friend asked him to stop his sister from making a terrible mistake, he sun browned and sweaty, with a revolver at his hip. Only Nick had underestimated his quarry: it would take more than intimidation to make Georgiana see reason. It might even take falling in love....
LADY DANGEROUS 4/1994 ISBN: 0553295764 Liza Elliot had a very good reason for posing as a maid in the house of the notorious Viscount Radcliffe. It was the only way the daring beauty could discover whether this sinister nobleman had been responsible for her brother's murder. But Liza never knew how much she risked until the night she came face-to-face with the dangerously arresting and savagely handsome viscount himself. He was a fallen angel with a gunfighter's soul, a cold-blooded aristocrat cursed by a grievous secret that was his constant torment. Yet in Liza's bewitching presence Jocelin found sweet distraction. She was a mystery and a delight, a challenge and a bold temptation. But even as he drew Liza into his world, and into his embrace, he fought against loving her...until the schemes of a scoundrel threatened to part them forever...
LADY HELLFIRE 3/1992 ISBN: 0553296787 After she braved the perils of the wild frontier, there wasn't a man alive that Kate couldn't handle--or so the reckless spitfire thought--until she found herself on British soil and in the presence of the devilishly disturbing Marques of Richfield. Dangerously attractive, mysteriously tormented, he ignored her, disarmed her, enticed her. Btu alexis had too many women in his life, and Kate vowed she'd never be just one more...To Lord Alexis de Granville, women were for solace, to be used as they had always used him. Yet the lovely Katherine Grey refused to play the game. One moment she scandalized him with her brash american manners, the next she seduced him with her lush lips and flame-colored hari. Worst of all, the tempestuous wench touched his faithless heart. now, in a castle beset by treachery, Alexis will do anything, fight anyone, to make her want him as much as he needs her...
THE RESCUE 3/1998 ISBN: 0553563475 A lady who knows too much... There's nothing like witnessing a murder to shake up one's life. That's what Victoria Dane discovers when she accidentally stumbles upon the scene of a deadly crime. Suddenly the well-bred spinster is on the run, hiding from a killer in the most notorious back alleys of east London--and finding to her surprise that she is more than up for the adventure...until she gets caught by a ruthless stranger with a wicked smile.... A rogue with a lot to learn... Black-clad, black-haired, black-hearted Nightshade. Once he was a master thief who ruled the London netherworld, executing daring daylight robberies, slipping into glittering ballrooms to relieve the ton of its jewels. Yet now Nightshade has gone respectable...and only a favor to a friend has brought him back to his old haunts--and his old ways. Tracking down a lost spinster seems an easy task. But Nightshade isn't prepared for the irresistible innocence of Miss Primrose Dane, a beautiful waif with a spirit that could win his heart - and a secret that could get him killed.
THE UNWANTED BRIDE short story in WHEN YOU WISH 11/1997 ISBN:0553576437
Evelyn Rogers
ANGEL 12/1995 ISBN:0821751638 With a single shocking pronouncement, the darkly handsome stranger standing before her has just destroyed Angel Chadwick's life. There is a way to save herself: To leave Savannah and journey with him to Ireland. But Angel has a condition of her own: She will become mistress of Cordangan Castle and warm Quentin Kavanagh's bed as his bride--and his bride only. Innocent in the ways of passion and unaware that she is a pawn in a dark and complex revenge plot, Angel is drawn to the dangerously sensual Irishman. Beneath his harsh, scornful veneer, she senses the pain of a soul in torment--and a heart that cries out for a woman's tenderness. Adrift in a house of secrets and sinful pleasure, in a land as wild and unfathomable as Kavanagh himself, Angel will come to know the man she calls husband--and glory in a love that could be her doom or her only salvation...
DEVIL IN THE DARK 1/2001 ISBN: 0505524074. He rides out of the Yorkshire mist, a dark figure on a dark horse. Is he a living man or a nightmare vision, conjured up by her fearful imagination and her uncertain future? Voices swirl in her head: They say he's more than human. A man's life is in danger when he's around S And a woman's virtue. Repelled yet fascinated, Lucinda finds herself swept into a whirlwind courtship. Yet even as his lips set fire to her heart, she cannot forget his words of warning on the night they met: Tread softly. Heed little that you see and hear. Then leave. For God's sake, leave. Whether he is the lover of her dreams or the embodiment of all she fears, she senses he will always be her...Devil in the Dark.
GENTLE RAIN short story in SEASONS OF LOVE 8/1995 ISBN:0061082864
THE GHOST OF CARNAL COVE 2/2003 ISBN: 084395115X "I am a man without conscience." So claimed the dark stranger who accosted her amid the pounding surf and tearing winds of Carnal Cove. Taunting her with legends of the place--stories of illicit trysts between the village girls and sailors--Captain Saintjohn accused her of being a seductress herself. Little did he know that Makenna Lindsay had come to the isolated Isle of Wight to escape just such temptations. But her troubled mind seemed to conjure equally disturbing hallucinations at every turn: the piteous crying of an abandoned child, the silvery figure of a ghostly woman in white. Her world had been invaded by dark and by light, by an all-to-real man and a wispy vision. But was her enemy her own imagination or the all-too-tempting promise of passion with a lover as wild and remorseless as the sea itself?
A LOVE SO WILD 1/1991 ISBN:0821732676 Adam Gase had risked his inheritance to rebuild a crumbling sugar plantation, but his dream was shattered after he was thrown into a Louisiana prison for crimes he did not commit. Now he was free and bent on revenge.
MIDNIGHT SINS 6/1989 ISBN: 0821726943 Nothing in Russia had prepared young, widowed Lana Alexander for the uncivilized chaos of San Francisco where she had come to track down her scoundrel brother and the priceless ruby he had absconded with. And nothing in her sterile marriage to a cruel Count had prepared her for Tony Diamond. The brash entrepreneur, who insisted on helping her despite her protests, was as infuriating as he was fascinating. Perhaps American women fell for his arrogant confidence in his own charms. But Lana, for one, had more important matters on her mind than how it felt to be in his arms, to return his kisses and give in to the wanton desires of her heart.
RAVEN 2/1995 ISBN:0821748009 Haunted by memories of the terrible night that left her innocence shattered, Raven Chadwick prefers the world of make-believe to the cruel realities of everyday life. So she leaves her girlhood home of Savannah to pursue a stage career - and uncover a mysterious family secret. In London, Raven meets Marcus Bannerman, the enigmatic Earl of Stafford. Powerful and hotly sensual, he fills her with doubt - and awakening desire... Then Raven discovers the truth that was once hidden amid the shadows of the elegant Stafford mansion - a secret that could change her life. Only if she believes in herself and the man she adores will Raven be able to take on her greatest role: a woman ready to fight for her true, undying love!
SECRET FIRES: THE LONER 8/2001. ISBN: 0843948809. In the midst of the vast, windswept Texas plains stands a ranch wrested from the wilderness with blood, sweat and tears. It is the shining legacy of Thomas McBride to his five living heirs. But along with the fertile acres and herds of cattle, each will inherit a history of scandal, lies and hidden lust that threaten to burn out of control. Stone had always tried to do the right thing, but that hadn't stopped his brother and sister from turning on him or the woman he loved from turning him down. In the years since, Stone has learned to go it alone. He returns to the Circle M for the money promised him, not for the family he once fought to protect, and certainly not for the woman his heart can't forget.
SURRENDER TO THE NIGHT 7/1991 ISBN:082173444X Drake assumed his midnight visitor was a birthday gift from his London friends and enjoyed her surprisingly potent charms to the fullest. But in the morning she was gone, leaving behind a strand of red hair, and the disturbing evidence of her innocence..
WANTON SLAVE 6/1990 ISBN: 0821730398 When Sarah's father shipped her off to Constantinople to marry a stranger, the lively beauty through her life was over. But Sarah's adventures were just beginning. First her ship was captured by pirates and Sarah was sold to the Sultan's harem. Then she managed a daring escape - straight into the strong arms of American adventurer Jake Price, whose seaworthy boat was docked in the right place at the right time. But as they set sail for Jake's secret, uncharted island, and Sarah felt her handsome rescuer's eyes roaming over her scantily clad body, she wondered if she had escaped the life of a concubine only to become a captive of her own wanton desires...
Marylyle Rogers
THE KEEPSAKE 4/1993 ISBN: 067174562X Liz: With waist-long hair as fiery as her temper, the wild-riding, very rich Lizzy Hughes of Wyoming's Double H Ranch felt her emotions boil over when she realized she had been tricked into marriage - with a hoity-toity British duke. Handsome Grayson Brandt appeared so aloof that even her hot fury couldn't crack his icy facade. She agreed to take her place at magnificent Ashleigh Hall, his ancestral home in Britain - but not in his bed. Now, her turquoise eyes flashing, she felt the explosive impact of both his unexpected kiss and his order to stay quietly at their country estate. Obey his order? Not Lizzy Hughes. Gathering up her courage, the beautiful, outrageous new Duchess of Ashleigh set out to join the haughty, elegant London ton... Gray: His silver eyes frosty, his mouth a hard line, stern Grayson Brandt was less than cool inside. The high-spirited heiress he had married wasn't the meek, compliant Victorian miss he wanted. This American Lizzy was all spitfire and sass. He was supposed to be her lord and master, but one reckless embrace had nearly undone him. He believed she'd never make a proper Duchess, impeccably mannered and regal enough to brush shoulders with royalty. Yet passion was driving him to seduce her, to bind her to him with desire...to risk falling in love with this irresistibly un-English young woman who just might melt his heart...
ONCE UPON A TIME 4/1996 ISBN: 0312957580 Dreaming of a fairy world and the golden-haired king who promises her all her heart can desire, 1850s woman Amy Danton refuses to believe in her imagination and is stunned when Comlan seeks her in her own world.
Rosemary Rogers
BOUND BY DESIRE 3/1988 ISBN: 0712623019 The magnificent legend of Steve and Ginny Morgan continues as their headstrong, ravishingly beautiful daughter, Laura, and Trent Challenger, the untamed rogue determined to possess her, defiantly resist the inevitable longings of their bodies and souls. From ecstasy in Parisian boudoirs to endless nights of London pleasure and dark rituals in a castle in Spain, Laura and Trent are tossed from crest to crest of ever more molten desire -- until at last they confront their destinies and surrender to the soaring splendor of a love beyond time...
LOST LOVE, LAST LOVE 11/1980 Theirs was a love that could never be tamed, yet the whims of fate and their own reckless desires were destined to tear Virginia Brandon and Steven Morgan from the rapturous heights of reunion--and carry them to opposite ends of the earth. Through the fiery tumult of the Cuban Revolution to the lush prison of a Sultan's harem, across burning desert sands and Europe's most provocative boudoirs, the lovers pursue their separate fates. Until, in a mounting tide of restless longing, the sweet fires of their exalted love draw them closer, burning brighter, across time, across worlds--in the ultimate marriage of lust and love!
MIDNIGHT LADY 11/1997 ISBN: 0380786052 Kyla Van Vleet has journeyed from India with proof of her right to share in the late Duke of Wolverton's estate and repay the many kindnesses of the stepfather who raised her. But this ravishing young woman hasn't counted on the cold cunning of the Duke's acknowledged heirs -- or the disarming gaze of the brash American who is next in line for the title. The charming but arrogant new Duke is Brett Banning, and to him Kyla is a gypsyish hoyden bent on besmirching the family name. But there is something about his commanding boldness that draws Kyla ever closer to a maelstrom of unbridled desire, even if her pounding heart leads her into the bedchamber of His Grace's country estate. Now this willful lady must gather her courage and dignity to command her own destiny. For the gossips of London keep no secrets, and a passion that blazes at midnight can either warm two hearts for a lifetime... or consume everything it touches.
SAVAGE DESIRE 12/2000 ISBN: 1551666219 The fire of their passion sparks as Steve and Ginny reunite in London. Their years apart have taken a toll, but nothing can change the fierce emotion that burns between the two. The lovers have made a pact to look beyond the hurts of yesterday and look toward their future - their future as a family. But the dark treacheries of the past have called Steve back to Mexico to finally put an end to some unfinished business. Determined not to lose Steve again, Ginny travels with him into the heart of the land that holds both nightmarish memories of grave peril and those of the most bittersweet joy. As they fight to overcome forces that would try to separate them once and for all, Steve and Ginny must learn to find strength in one another and trust in the power of their love.
SURRENDER TO LOVE 7/1982 ISBN: 0380806304 Under the midnight moon of Ceylon, on the night of her debutante ball at the Governor's palace. Alexa Howard met her cousin, Nicholas Dameron. And in the sardonic curl of his hard, sensuous lips, in the commanding arrogance of his eyes, Alexa beheld the fierce, implacable passion that would render her helpless to the trembling slavery of desire. Every Kind of Love a Woman Can Be Made to Feel ...... Within the golden softness of Alexa's alluring gentility flowed the insatiable fires of an innocent woman's awakening love--and the fury of a betrayed woman's lust for revenge. Through the night worlds of Naples, Rome, Paris and London, she was pursued by men who heartlessly wanted her beauty. But her soul was possessed by the man whose touch was unbearable ecstasy, whose cruelty was ravishing torment, whose tenderness was passion's fulfillment. Nicholas Dameron had taken her virtue and mocked her pride. But his love was the offering of every pleasure a woman has ever dared to dream of.
THE TEA PLANTER'S BRIDE 5/1995 ISBN: 0380764776 An exotic flower from a faraway land, Celia came to London to become a proper English rose--a wide-eyed innocent, newly awakened by womanhood's kiss, yet burning with a sensuous heat inflamed by gypsy blood. To one she is promised, a man of wealth, power and property. Yet, another will own her heart.
THE WANTON 4/1985 ISBN: 0380861658 Left in the charge of an older brother who plans to marry her off, the independent Trista Windham runs away and joins a wagon train, where she meets rugged scout Blaze Davenant and learns his dangerous secret.
WICKED LOVING LIES 10/1976 ISBN: 1551669277 Born of scandal and denied his birthright, Dominic Challenger took to the sea, charting his own future. A true rogue, Dominic answers to no one, trusting only himself. Until Marisa. Born of wealth and privilege, Marisa is a prisoner to her father's expectations. When the sanctuary she has found behind the walls of a convent is threatened by the news that her father has arranged for her to marry, Marisa flees . . . right into the arms of a pirate. From the safety of a sheltered convent to a sultan's harem, from the opulence of Napoleon's court to the wilds of the new frontier, Marisa and Dominic brave all that they encounter in this thrilling age: intrigue, captivity and danger. And above all, an enduring passion that ignites into an infinite love.
THE WILDEST HEART 10/1974 In a rapturous tale that spans three continents, young breathtakingly beautiful Lady Rowena Dangerfield journeys from the shimmering palaces of exotic India, to the rich splendor of the Royal Court of London to the savage New Mexico frontier, where men's passions rise as high as the torrid, melting sun. Here, Lady Rowena finally meets a man with a will as strong as her own...and their powerful, all-consuming love towers to the limits of human passion!
Amy Rognlie
ALONG UNFAMILIAR PATHS 6/1998 ISBN: 1577483219 Raine Thomas has been relieved of her position as headmistress of the London mission school. Going back home to live with Papa is out of the question, but what else can she do? Before she can decide, dashing shipping owner Ben Thackeray bursts into her life with a link to her past. Raine has not see Paul Oliver in seven years, but when Ben presents her with a locket containing an encoded message from Paul, her hopes soar. Could Paul still be alive? Compelled by her long-held dreams and faithful love, Raine boards Ben's ship to America on the trail of many unanswered questions. Smitten immediately by Raine's charms, Ben offers to escort her to Boston where the search for Paul will begin. Will they find Paul in time to thwart the plans of his enemies? Will Ben be able to deny the longing of his heart out of loyalty to his long-time friend, Paul?
Hebby Roman
BETRAYED 11/1997 ISBN: 0821757881 Can a Marriage of Convenience Become a True Affair of the Heart? Trapped in an arranged marriage, Mariel Mendoza clings to the hope that one day her childhood sweetheart will rescue her from her dreaded fate. But when he leaves her to fight for the freedom of their beloved homeland, Mariel is forced to act the proper wife to wealthy plantation owner Antonio Aguilar. Drawn more and more to her seductive husband, Mariel is unable to deny the desires his sensuous touch awakens. Then, as the flames of revolution rage through Puerto Rico, Mariel finds herself walking a perilous line between treachery and passion...risking her heart and her life for a love that could bring the happiness she craves - or the most searing betrayal of all...
Helen A. Rosburg
CALL OF THE TRUMPET 5/1998 ISBN: 0843943858 Cecile Villier is a daughter of France but a child of the desert. Born to a rich Frenchman and a Bedouin beauty, the lovely woman can find no comfort in the immense wealth of Parisian society. Intent on finding a home she can call her own, Cecile returns to her mother's birthplace, the Sahara Desert. There she finds freedom in a new way of life--and the most captivating man she's ever seen.
Katie Rose
COURTING TROUBLE 4/2000 ISBN: 0553581392 No one could accuse the Appleton sisters of embracing tradition. After all, they'd earned their living as spiritualists after their parents' tragic death--and succeeded famously. Now suffragette Winifred Appleton hopes to champion the rights of women by becoming a lawyer. But when she learns that no law school will accept a woman, Winifred is left with just one choice: accepting an apprenticeship from Charles Howe--and trying to ignore the fiery passion the handsome prosecutor arouses....Intrigued by Winifred's spirit--and tempted by her beauty--Charles believes that taking her under the pressure of pursuing her career, leaving him free to propose a different kind of partnership: matrimony. But when the pair are pitted on opposite sides of a murder case, they learn that love is the only argument that matters.
A HINT OF MISCHIEF 5/1998 ISBN: 0553577719 Amateur chemist Mary Lou Finch once blew up her own laboratory--but that was nothing compared to her explosive first meeting with Pierce Thorndike. Mary Lou fibbed outrageously to win the position of governess to Thorndike's son. In reality, she is hoping to do a little detective work and find the prize racehorse that was stolen from Thorndike's stable. For Mary Lou's father has bet every dime he has on Damien's Curse--and if the horse is not found before the Saratoga races, her family will be ruined. Mary Lou had planned a strictly scientific investigation ...until Pierce's sexy blue eyes sent a seductive tingling from her head to her toes. Now, as high stakes, pounding hooves, and irresistible kisses sweep Mary Lou away, the novice sleuth races toward an unknown finish--one that puts her in danger of losing her heart, her innocence, and maybe even her life...
Marcia Rose
A TIME TO HEAL 5/1998 ISBN: 034540226X In the beginning, there's White Bird, daughter of a Pequot healer, forced to flee to the banks of the Connecticut River after the massacre of her tribe. There, White Bird instructs her daughter, Annis, in the art and power of healing, a gift that Annis then passes down to Morgan Wellburn, her child by a white man. Following her own destiny, Morgan is led to Dr. Grace Chapman--one of the few female physicians in the country--and later to bustling Brooklyn at the turn of the century, where her skills as a midwife and champion of the poor will lead her to her ultimate dream... Through generations of love and loss, heartache and passion, Morgan's own daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter will be challenged and changed by their remarkable, inherited gift in this unforgettable novel of women who dare to fight for their right to heal - and for their hearts.
Clarissa Ross
FLAME OF LOVE 1978 ISBN:0843905832
Marilyn Ross
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND THE HIDDEN TOMB(#31)12/1971
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND THE NIGHTMARE ASSASSIN(#18) 6/1970 Quentin tries to escape death at the hands of a hired killer.
BARNABAS, QUENTIN AND THE SERPENT(#63) 12/1970
THE PERIL OF BARNABAS COLLINS(#12) 11/1969
THE PHANTOM AND BARNABAS COLLINS(#10) 9/1969 Maggie Evans visits the Collins family graveyard and is transported back in time to the year 1880.
THE SECRET OF BARNABAS COLLINS(#7) 1/1969 While searching for the woman who will replace his long lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse upon him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan.
Kate Rothwell
SOMEBODY WONDERFUL 7/2004 ISBN: 0821777548 Timona Calverson’s adventures as she traipsed across continents with her fossil-hunting father might have formed the blueprint for the Perils of Pauline. Now the sensible Timona has had her fill of her perilous life of adventure, yet she is uncertain where she can settle happily. Her family is wealthy and related to aristocracy, but a Season in London showed her that she will not fit in society. She is forced into one more escapade when she is kidnapped in New York. After she escapes unharmed she is knocked unconscious, and then rescued by Michael McCann, a recent Irish immigrant and New York City police officer. When she wakes in his flat, Timona is physically and emotionally stirred by a man for the first time. She hopes to stay with the generous and strong Mick. But first she must convince him they belong together. And she must elude would-be kidnappers and bureaucrats from her family's company intent on destroying her plans for her future with Mick. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Vanessa Royall
WILD WIND WESTWARD 1982 ISBN:044019363X Her beauty was a blessing and a curse...Her hair was like the summer sun. Her eyes reflected the clear blue Norwegian skies. She would be Gustav Rolfson's reluctant bride. For her sake he would forge an empire in America. But Kristin Arnesdatter was forever bound to another--to Eric Starbane, who had fled his homeland with a price on his head and vengeance in his heart. Eric, who would make his way in an alien land torn by civil war...who would win honor and prepare for a greater battle still--the battle to reclaim his beloved and carry her to the bold frontiers of love and golden promise.
Bobbie Russell
DREAMCATCHER 7/2007 ISBN: 9781906328009 Legend states that hanging a Dreamcatcher over your bed will catch the bad dreams and only allow the good ones to flow through to the dreamer. Willow has been told "if you believe, then it will be so", but her nightmares about the events causing her amnesia still haunt her, and while she knows she doesn't belong with the Blackfoot tribe, it is the only shelter she has... .until Garrison York appears. Montana rancher and blood brother to the Chief's son, he is given charge of helping Willow discover her past, but the instant attraction between them makes him want to concentrate only on current pleasure. He slowly leads her to succumb to the passion they feel...even as deadly events threaten to tear them apart. With neighbours trying to steal land for railroad expansion and relatives willing to kill for fortunes in gold, can Garrison keep Willow safe, allowing no one else to enjoy the erotic delight he finds in her arms? RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Nan Ryan
BURNING LOVE 9/1996 ISBN: 0061084174 He made her his prisoner... Ravishing, impulsive, and far too wealthy and independent for any gentleman to claim, Temple Longworth travels to the Arabian desert seeking adventure. And she finds it when she is captured by bandits and imprisoned in the lush oasis belonging to Sheik Sharif Aziz Hamid, also known as El Siif, The Sword. ....then she made him her own! Who is this dark prince who speaks perfect English and draws her with a power and a passion that defies logic or reason? She hates him. She desires him. She will resist him. unaware that he, too, is a captive - of the incomparable woman who has stolen his heart.
LOVE ME TONIGHT 8/1994 ISBN:0451404831 A Southern widow who loses her heart to a Yankee in the aftermath of the Civil War....The war had robbed Helen Burke Courtney of her money and her husband. All she had left was her coastal Alabama farm, a broken-down plow horse, a cat, and her pride, but she meant to fight to hold on to them all against her creditors.
THE SCANDALOUS MISS HOWARD 4/2002 ISBN: 1551668939 The boy who left to fight for the Confederate army twenty years ago had been a trusting fool. He had trusted the girl who promised to wait for him. He had trusted the friend who betrayed him. Now he has come home to Alabama to avenge what they stole from him: his heart, his soul, his world. Laurette Howard, too, lost her innocence in the cruelest of ways -- with news that the boy she loved had died in the war. After a loveless marriage, she contented herself with caring for the sick, knowing her own heart could not be healed. Then Sutton Vane arrived in Mobile, shattering her composure, releasing the wanton, passionate woman that had been locked away. She surrendered totally to a passion so scandalous, it could only be destiny . . . But was it a passion calculated to destroy her . . . Or to deliver the sweet promise of a love that refused to die?
Rebecca Ryman
SHALIMAR 4/2002 ISBN: 3596505712 Set in the late 19th century, in the remote northern outreaches of the British Indian empire, Shalimar is an epic love story set amidst the lush Kashmir mountains and the intrigue of the Great Game. Emma Wyncliffe is a disaffected, 23- year-old British woman living with her family in Dehli. She is fiercely independent, willful, and intelligent. It is not until her younger brother, a soldier in the Northern forces, suffers heavy debts, that Emma is forced into a marriage to Damien Granville, a man with dangerous secrets who is rumored to be a spy. It is Emma's search for the truth, and Emma's search for love, that comprise the narrative of this grand novel set along India's fabled Silk Road -- the trade route between the West and China.
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