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Eve Silver
DARK DESIRES 11/2005 ISBN: 0821779664 On the streets of Whitechapel, a man steps from the fog-shrouded shadows, looking for company. The women are always happy to take his coin - just before they take his knife...Darcie Finch has come to the East London brothel as a last, desperate choice. Instead, the madam turns Darcie out into the harsh night with new hope - to seek employment from one who owes her a favor, Dr. Damien Cole - as well as a last warning:"Have a care. Steer clear of his work and his secrets. He is a man to fear...The Cole residence is a strange place, indeed. servants disappear. Unsavory characters call at odd hours of the night. And Darcie has seen the handsome doctor leave his laboratory splattered with blood. Now, Damien has offered her the chance of a lifetime, using her skills as an artist to work beside him. Long hours together soon ignite an unexpected - and irresistible - passion. But the closer Darcie gets to Damien and his secrets, the more she wonders if he is a dedicated, charming healer... or a cold blooded killer....RR@H's Novel Thoughts
HIS DARK KISS 11/2006 ISBN: 0821779672 SAINT...Set high atop a hill, Manorbrier Castle is shrouded in darkness and savage rumors: No servant has ever survived for long... Stay away from the Round Tower.. There's death there... And then there is the dark lord of the manor himself... a monster, they say, and a murderer...SINNER...Emma Parrish isn't easily frightened by hearsay. She's escaped a far worse fate in order to take a position as governess at Manorbrier. Caring for Lord Craven's young son offers her a last chance to build a life for herself. She will not flee, even when she feels eyes watching her, hears strange, haunting laughter—not even when she is tempted by the alluring pull of Anthony Craven's seductive, dangerous beauty.......OR COLD-BLOODED KILLER? A whisper of evil crawls through the shadowy halls and locked rooms of the crumbling estate. At night, Emma sees a mysterious light coming from the Round Tower. She has been warned never to set foot inside it—just as she has been warned not to fall for Lord Craven's wicked charms. But some curiosities—and deepest desires—must be satisfied. And as Emma draws ever closer to a man she cannot resist or deny, she moves nearer to the terrifying truth of his darkest secrets...RR@H's Novel Thoughts
DARK PRINCE 8/2007 ISBN: 0821781286 Fallen Angel. Along the barren, rocky coast of Pentreath in Cornwall, a woman's battered body washes ashore, and the whispers begin: Nowhere is safe. For evil has come to Pentreath.and to the uneasy shadows of Trevisham House. Tempting Devil. Fate has brought Jane Heatherington to work at Trevisham House. She knows what they say about the estate's brooding new master, Aidan Warrick: a man of mystery, a pirate, a smuggler, and worse. He may look like a fallen angel, but everything about him suggests he is in league with the devil himself.and Jane has seen nothing to suggest otherwise...Or Twisted Madman? Cut off from family and friends, Jane's only companion is a man she dare not trust, who disappears into the night, whose secrets are many, and who looks at her with a hunger she both fears and desires. Now, as danger haunts the coast and a terrible retribution is unleashed, Jane wonders if she is falling for the dark prince of her dreams.or a heartless madman who preys on the innocent. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Suzanne Simmons
BED OF ROSES 8/1995 ISBN: 0451405196 The last thing the beautiful and determinedly unmarried Lady Alyssa Gray wants at her ancestral home is a man. Yet the Queen has heard about the "haunting" of Graystone Abbey and is sending an emissary to investigate. Miles St. Aldford does not believe in specters, phantoms -- or love. A rake and a warrior he prefers the thrills of battle to the restraints of marriage. But his Queen has sent him to Devon to look for a ghost and he must obey. Now amid flickering lights in old towers and strange midnight riders, Miles and Alyssa find the most powerful unseen force of all --- love.
DESERT ROGUE 6/1992 ISBN: 0380765780 Lady Elizabeth Guest is hoping for a Grand Adventure when she follows her father to Egypt. Glowing with the excitement of the exotic land, she roams the colorful bazaars, unaware that she is being watched... A smile of devilish delight crosses the bronzed face of Lord Jonathan Wicke (younger brother of the Duke of Deakin) as he observes the innocent English beauty. His suddenly pleasant mission: He will seduce her -- even marry her if he must. But the notorious blue-eyed rogue had not bargained for an innocent whose passion flares at his very touch. Can he learn the secrets of the daughter and father and still keep his sacred vow?
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH 1/1994 ISBN: 0451403843 As New York's richest heiress, golden-haired, blue-eyed Juliet Jones could have her pick of suitors. But the savvy Juliet was holding out for a treasure of a different kind: a husband who would love her for more than just her money. Though brilliant with books and business, she was innocent to the sensual charms of a skilled seducer. So when her runaway mare delivered her into the arms of the dashing Lawrence Grenfell Wicke, she sensed nothing behind his warm smile and courtly manners but a sincere heart.
YOU AND NO OTHER 9/1998 ISBN: 0451408659 In Regency England, a crown, a golden scepter, and a sacred chalice mysteriously disappear from a beautiful princess's castle in Saint-Simeon. Without these legendary treasures, a new prince cannot be inducted, and without a ruler, Saint-Simeon will officially become a part of France. Trailing the treasures to London, the princess enlists the aid of a handsome earl, who is immediately enraptured with her. But unless they uncover the truth behind the theft of Saint-Simeon's royal riches, they may never be able to act upon their mutual affections for each other....
Trana Mae Simmons
TENNESSEE WALTZ 6/1997 ISBN: 0515120863 In a story of extraordinary sacrifice and selflessness, young socialite Sara leaves her home in New York to escort an orphan, Mairi, to her family in Tennessee. Although she thought her heart was in New York, Sara grows to adore the MacIntyre family and when Mairi's older cousin Wyn, a man of the mountains, begins to pay her all the attention of a princess, she realizes where her heart really is. As Sara begins to feel femininity dawn on her life, she wonders why Wyn doesn't seem to return her passion. She continues to spend her days working as the school mistress in the small community in Tennessee but what would it take to prove to Wyn how much she loves him?
JoAnn Simon
BELOVED CAPTAIN 1/1988 ISBN:0380897717
Laura Simon
UNTIL I RETURN 10/1986 ISBN:037397051X For China Joy, whose love of the sea and adventure sparked fire in her exotic eyes, whaling was a bloody, brutal business. It had sent her family one by one to a watery grave, and now stood between her and the only man she could ever love. Determined to push him from her mind-but unable to push him from her heart-she struggled with her own emotions....
Carla Simpson
ALWAYS, MY LOVE 10/1990 ISBN:1558174338 When Amanda first saw Ombre Rose, she felt a strange sense of homecoming. On an irresistible impulse she bought the gracious Louisiana plantation. Something told her belonged here. Now that the war between the States is over, Coleton has come home. What he found shocked him to his very soul. The young woman who is living in his house is the image of his boyhood love who died in his arms 20 years ago.
SEDUCTIVE CARESS 6/1992 ISBN: 0821737678 She ached for his touch. The gaslit streets of Victorian London were no place for a lady like Jessamyn Forsythe - after all, there was a madman on the loose! But the brave beauty was determined to find her missing sister, so she disguised herself as a simple working girl and followed her only clues to Whitechapel's darkest alleys...and the disturbingly handsome Inspector Devlin Burke. Though the arrogant Irishman's high-handed ways made her seethe with indignation, his piercing blue gaze and demanding caress soon had her burning with something far more dangerous - undeniable desire! He craved her kiss. Devlin Burke swore as he succumbed to the plea in Jessamyn's entrancing emerald eyes. He didn't have time to find her sister - he was on the trail of a killer. But as the two cases began to intertwine, Devlin grew intrigued with the impetuous, ebon-haired lass. She was not at all what she seemed and he found her secrets quite alluring...especially the sensual mysteries of her silken lips and the hidden promise of her sweet, supple flesh.
Donna Lea Simpson
AWAITING THE MOON 2/2006 ISBN: 0425208494 Wolfram Castle in Germany has been no easy choice for Elizabeth Stanwycke. But the job offers her a chance to slip her tattered reputation—for while she is bold, beautiful, and imaginative, she has not always been prudent...When the carriage conveying her to Wolfram Castle nearly upsets on the frozen road, Elizabeth catches a moonlit vision of a naked young woman fleeing into the forest—pursued by a man on horseback. It is said that werewolves roam these woods—but Elizabeth is a woman of spirit and intelligence, not a child to be frightened by bedtime stories. What alarms her more is her immediate and powerful attraction to her new employer, Count Nikolas von Wolfram. She knows from experience that a woman gives in to physical impulse at her peril. Elizabeth's task is to shape the count's sulky young niece into a suitable bride for an English earl—but with the air outside the castle curdled by wolf howls and on the inside rippling with family tension, she finds herself struggling to impart more discretion than she herself possesses... RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Ginger Simpson
WHITE HEART, LAKOTA SPIRIT 11/2005 ISBN: 1597059803 A band of young Sioux Indians kill Grace Cummings' family and abduct her. When the white soldiers attack the Indian village where she is held captive, she must chose between loyalty to her own people and where her heart really lies.RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Patricia Simpson
WHISPER OF MIDNIGHT 8/1991 ISBN:006100247X A deafening computer surge, a burst of lasers, and he appeared. Was he a hologram, a bizarre energy field endowed with manly mass? Or was he, as Jamie dreaded, the ghost of Hazard McAllister, legendary Scots bluebeard, incarnate? For flesh he was, over six towering feet of alarmingly sensual muscle and sinew. His blazing eyes devoured Jamie as if she were the innocent lass he'd murdered over a century ago.
Susan Sizemore
CAPTURED INNOCENCE 1/2003 ISBN: 0060082895 To Catch a Thief ... Raised as an English country girl, Bororavian princess Lily Bancroft simply cannot wed her detestable, power-hungry cousin. Yet she dares not refuse -- and that's where Kit Fox comes in. This charming, disarmingly attractive thief-turned-British spy wanted royal obligations by "robbing" her of her innocence. But first the gentleman rogue will need some "convincing" -- a prospect Lily finds somewhat frightening ... and deliciously stimulating. ... First Steal His Heart It could not be more perfect! Kit's liege has assigned him to investigate dark doings in the Bororavian court -- and now the true heiress to the throne is offering him entry! Lily's seduction is his sworn duty, her passionate manipulation his sole aim. But what is this feeling in his heart the exquisite lady inspires -- this sensuous need and unbidden tenderness that threatens to blossom gloriously into love?
ON A LONG AGO NIGHT 5/2000 ISBN: 0380804190 He Vowed She Would Marry Him... Years ago, Honoria Pyne was forced to make a devil's bargain with a mysterious rogue. Now one of the ton's greatest heiresses, her world is shattered when the devil comes to claim his prize. Though she longs to scorn James Marbury, her body remembers too well his searing touch, and the seductive whisper of his voice spurs memories of one passion-filled night - when captor became willing captive, and prisoner became glorious accomplice...when he was all she desired. Once he'd owned Honoria body and soul, but his need for her was so great that he abandoned a lifetime of dreams for the chance to share with her the delights of desire. Now, restored to his rightful place as heir to an English title, James has returned to London to make amends and to marry his untouchable beauty - whether she wants him or not. Only Honoria is no longer his prisoner...and she had sworn to hate him forever. But some promises are made to be broken.
THE PRICE OF INNOCENCE 4/1999 ISBN: 0380804182 Years ago, a handsome stranger rescued Sherrie Hamilton from a harem and enticed her into becoming his lover before returning her safely home. Now Sherrie is a respectable young widow and mother, chaperoning her young charges through fashionable London society-- until she comes face to face with her erotic dream. For there, across a crowded ballroom, stands the one man who touched the very core of her sensuality, stirring old memories, and a new unbidden desire. Jack PenMartyn, Earl of PenMartyn, seeks to put his past behind him, yet he's obsessed by the one woman whose pure innocence he stole; the woman who is the mother of the child he never knew he had. He knows that with one false word, Sherrie will expose the secrets of his past. But does he dare to hope that she will give in to the tempation of their reckless passion for a future together?
THE PRICE OF PASSION 1/2001 ISBN: 0380816512 He searched the world for priceless treasures - but she was the greatest jewel he ever possessed. Can their reckless hearts learn to love, before they discover the price of passion? Bold, reckless adventurer A. David Evans would do anything to regain the love of beautiful, daring Cleo Fraser, the siren he once possessed and was betrayed by. Now, he has returned to the Highlands to reclaim the only treasure he's ever truly desired. Cleo is suspicious of the reappearance of the devastatingly handsome treasure who had taken her innocence years before - yet she is tantalized by his enduring desire for her. But she is willing to pay full price of passion to have again the dangerous man who first introduced her to sweet delights of seduction?
Gloria Dale Skinner
GEORGIA FEVER 7/1992 ISBN: 0821738143 With half of her family's country inn under the ownership of Wilder Burlington, Bethany Howard must work hard to keep the business afloat and steer clear of the passionate kisses of this handsome stranger.
MIDNIGHT FIRE 8/1994 ISBN: 0821746685 Flair Bowen was very young when she lost her innocence-and her illusions. Desperation made her marry cavalryman Caden Maxwell, who passed through her Alabama town one night-only to gallop off the next morning, leaving behind his secretly yearning new wife and bittersweet memories of what might have been...It was ten years since Caden had laid eyes on Flair. But the law still bound them, and the time had come to claim what was rightfully his. The woman he finally found was more beautiful and desirable than ever...a woman to be reckoned with-and one who could break a man's heart...
PASSION'S CHOICE 10/1990 ISBN: 0445210621 As a girl green-eyed Michaela Brennan had been caught in the crossfire of a vicious bank robbery up North. Seeking a new life for his family, her father took her South to post-Civil War Atlanta. Here their newfound prosperity let Michaela grow into a confident, carefree beauty, until she met Samuel Lawrence. There was something about the tall, young plantation owner, something even more troubling than his unyielding pursuit of her and the way he dared her to respond to his arms, his lips, his passion. For after Michaela became his bride, she discovered both ecstasy and a bitter revelation. Samuel Lawrence had accepted money from Michaela's father in order to marry her! Racked by doubt, soon Michaela would come face to face with even more dangerous truths: that Samuel had once ridden as a Confederate bank robber in the North, and that he was the only man she could ever love...
Christina Skye
THE RUBY 8/1992 ISBN:0440208645 Teal-eyed enchantress Barrett Winslow fled through the gaslit London streets, staked by a ruthless enemy in search of a secret she can never reveal. And when fate tosses her into the arms of an exotic stranger, she finds herself swept away to a brazen, steamy paradise that hides deadly secrets and forbidden passions. Fierce protector or dark betrayer? To London's rich and powerful he is Deveril Pagan, Viscount St. Cyr, envied by all men and desired by all women. But in the mist-covered emerald hills of Ceylon, he is called the Tiger Sahib, and for him the priceless, fabled ruby is only a curse, its blood red facets pulsing with savage power that drive men to unquenchable greed and women to unspeakable desire. Lovers bound by dark destiny. From the glittering corridors of London's elite to the wind-swept shores of colonial Ceylon, they tried to flee their fierce fate, which throbbed in the crimson heart of the legendary jewel...driving the lovers to stolen passion and unthinkable evil in the sultry, tropical night. For there, only one man stands between Barrett and the darkness . . . and he might just be the greatest threat of all .
Linda Ching Sledge
A MAP OF PARADISE 8/1997 ISBN: 0553378902 With its green cliffs and silvery waterfalls, Hawaii offers radiant hope to Rulan and Pao An--exiles from Chinese tyranny, immigrants with the will to succeed despite hardship and prejudice and enemies from their homeland. But this proud couple's hardest struggle will be with their own child--Mulan, called Molly. Born in Hawaii's sacred hills, Molly grows to despise the old Chinese ways. Locked in perpetual combat with her new parents, she is drawn into a dangerous love affair with a glamorous but decadent poet, a protege of the king. And even as the family's fortunes rise, Molly's mother watches in sorrow, fearing that her child will realize too late that happiness lies far closer to home.
Alexa Smart
MASQUERADE 12/1994 ISBN: 0786000805 Set in New Orleans after the Civil War, a man awakens in a house of ill repute with a hangover that could kill him...if the woman at his side doesn't first. This is the story of handsome Carpetbagger Tark Parrish and impoverished orphan Isabeau Lavoisier. They will take you from glittering ballrooms to the dangerous Mississippi dockside, from the seductive currents of black magic to the radiant magic of new love, to a time and place so real you'll feel you've lived it.
A TOUCH OF PARADISE 6/1996 ISBN: 0786002719 Posing as scholar Sir John Abbot, confidence man Malcolm Northrup is taking his act on the road with a lecture tour, seeking funds for a scientific expedition he has no intention of eve making. Scholar Halia Davenport is determined to accompany him. Set out for uncharted territory, Neither of them realizes what's at stake - a man's life, a fortune in gold, and a fiery passion.
Barbara Dawson Smith
CANDLE IN THE SNOW short story in CHRISTMAS ROMANCE 12/1990 ISBN 0380762056 An English schoolteacher faces the holiday return of her long-lost, devilishly handsome husband.
DREAMSPINNER 5/1990 ISBN 0380759217 To exact revenge on her father, a powerful duke lures an innocent girl into marriage.
FIRE AT MIDNIGHT 9/1992 ISBN 0380762757 The sensational murder of a distinguished jeweler rocks London society -- and dashing Lord Kit Coleridge is suspected of the black deed. Determined to clear his name, the handsome half-caste aristocrat must first inform ravishing Norah Rutherford of her husband's mysterious demise. Though evidence strongly suggests the young widow bears responsibility for the crime, Kit is captivated by Norah's haunting beauty and tantalizing sensuality. And at the risk of life itself, he vows to protect the copper-haired enchantress whom his passionate heart insists is innocent - thereby ensnaring them both in a perilous web of deception and greed that only the blossoming of a rapturous, reckless love will enable them to escape.
FIRE ON THE WIND 3/1992 ISBN 0380762749 The flames of revolution sweep ruthlessly through India, threatening the life of free-thinking Sarah Faulkner. Fleeing the impending holocaust, the sheltered Victorian beauty is irresistibly drawn to Damien Coleridge, the renegade son of an English duke - a handsome and powerful man who hides from her the painful secrets of his tormented past.... But an undeniable passion will bind them together as their world explodes - as two yearning hearts seek sanctuary from chaos in the rapturous promise of a bold and magnificent love....
SILVER SPLENDOR 8/1989 ISBN 0380757311 Elizabeth Hastings seethed with fury. Lord Nicholas Ware had the effrontery to call her wanton, then try to seduce her himself! No man, no matter how handsome and powerful, should dare such an outrage. Yet no man had ever touched her as profoundly as did he. Nicholas struggled to maintain control. His title and position put him far above Elizabeth, the maverick American beauty who spurned convention and defied his authority. But he clung to the delicious, forbidden rapture of her kiss and, claiming her as his own, he vowed to unlock the secret of her mysterious heritage, and save her from the elusive evil that threatened her life.
Bobbi Smith
HEAVEN 5/1994 ISBN: 0821753045 Entombed centuries ago, shrouded in legend and haunted by a curse, it is the most precious jewel of the Nile. And Alexandra Parker, daughter of a famed archaeologist, has come to Egypt to find it. As have two dangerously seductive men: Winn Bradford, a virile Englishman passing himself off as a priest and Matt McKittrick, a rugged American adventurer. Both arouse desire. Neither can be trusted. Driven by revenge and a secret she can never reveal, Alexandra embarks on an adventure that sweeps her into a passionate liaison...and a rendezvous with destiny. She seeks a crown, but will find a far more priceless treasure - one man's irresistible love.
LAWLESS, TEXAS 8/2007 ISBN: 0843958499 It was a town whose reputation matched its name—a place where the sheriff had been shot dead, outlaws ran wild and a decent woman wasn't safe to walk the streets at night. But Jace Madison planned to change all that. Ever since his fiancée had been killed by stagecoach robbers, he'd devoted his life to bringing law and order to the wild West. He had no time for female companionship, especially not with a little hellcat who looked more like a boy than a girl and was equally proficient with a whip or a gun. Yet love has a way of sneaking up on a man: Sammie Preston was an armful of trouble even Jace couldn't tame, and she was about to get the drop on his heart. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
TIME-STOLEN LOVE short story in LOVE BEYOND TIME 7/1994 ISBN: 0380775409
Deborah Smith
THE BELOVED WOMAN 4/1991 ISBN:0553287591 Her people uprooted by broken promises, her heart torn by conflicting desires... The Trail of Tears; The forced exodus of the Cherokee people from their homeland in Georgia to make way for the white gold miners and settlers. Katherine Blue Song's family never lived to see the Trail of Tears - they were massacred just as she returned from Philadelphia, where she'd been one of the country's first women trained as a doctor. Justis Gallatin, a white man, a rough-and-ready man, was Jesse Blue Song's friend and partner. Before he buried the victims of the massacre, he made a solemn promise to protect Katherine. But the lovely and headstrong Cherokee healer would not be protected or owned by any man - her destiny was with her own people, to use her skills on the long, arduous journey westward.
CHRISTMAS PAST short story in CHRISTMAS COLLECTIBLES 10/1999 ISBN: 1850764301
Jeri Smith
THE LEGACY OF HUNTER HOUSE 12/1991 ISBN: 1557736340 To be hired as governess to wealthy Alexander Hunter was a dream opportunity for Jenny DeVries. But her arrival at his forbidding estate signaled the start of a perilous nightmare. For the sinister servants at Hunter House were all too willing to unveil its wicked secrets. Secrets of Hunter's former governess and her sudden disappearance into the night. Of Jenny's charge, Phillippe--a boy so young, so fair, and so suspicious of his father's dark motives. And of the madness behind the murder of Alexander Hunter's beautiful wife...Yet with each new mystery, Jenny found herself inexorably drawn into the shadows of Hunter House and seduced into the crushing embrace of its enigmatic master. Was she fated to become Hunter's precious new love or to be betrayed in a maze of diabolical family crime?
WITCH TREE INN 4/1992 ISBN:1557736898 Don't forget who you are, Maggie! After a shocking train wreck, Maggie Mansfield wakes to find herself in a room at Witch Tree Inn, surrounded by a circle of strangers. Everyone there insists her name is Minnie, and that she is engaged to be married. Even her supposed fiance, the enigmatic Charles Whitney, presses her to go through with their wedding. Soon, Maggie has no choice but to keep pretending. For her true identity is not the only secret at Witch Tree Inn, nor the most dangerous. Even as she succumbs to the rugged stranger who is now her husband, she realizes that he is part of the mysterious conspiracy closing in on her. Who was Minnie really? Maggie must find out -somehow - within the dark shadows of Witch Tree Inn.
Sheridon Smythe
CUPID'S WORKSHOP 2/1998 ISBN 0515122289 A Valentine delivery woman learns to trust in her heart--and finds the love of a lifetime--on the most romantic day of the year.
WHERE THE HEART IS 6/1999 ISBN: 0515124125 Ivy House Orphanage in post-Civil War Tennessee was Natalie and Marla's only home. So when Marla was adopted, she and Natalie swore eternal sisterhood... Now, the owner of Ivy House has died, and his heir, Elliot Montgomery, plans to sell it. The now-married Marla plots to save the orphanage by playing matchmaker for Natalie and Elliot. But though Natalie has feelings for the handsome landowner, she can't love a man who'd sell her home--unless she can change his mind for the sake of the orphans...and her heart.
Lauraine Snelling
Annette Snyder
LIBERTY ROAD 12/2005 ISBN: 1593743523 Ida Keller’s life is a series of turbulent events. Ever since she remembered, she’s been running. She runs from heartbreak and fear. She runs from a troubled past. She runs from mistakes and broken promises until wandering into the quiet town of Barnhill and finding tranquility under the direction of Christopher Trapp. Christopher Trapp, saloon and brothel owner, isn’t one to mix business with pleasure. He protects his girls at all costs, even the at the cost of his heart. Reserved to a solitary life, he never deviates, or even wants to, until he crosses paths with the enchanting Ida. When a vile criminal from Ida’s life arrives and threatens her safety, Chris fights his internal desire for her, yet fights to protect her with every desire he possesses. Together, they decide if love can conquer the evils of their pasts and allow comfort in each other’s arms. RR@H's Novel Thoughts
Linda Sole
BRIDGET 1/2003 ISBN: 0727858688 Bridget has always been the one to take on the responsibility for her family, and with a drunken, violent mother, an unemployed brother who can't stay out of pub brawls and a wayward sister vulnerable to the affections of disreputable men, it's hardly surprising. No wonder she falls for cheeky local lad, Ernie Cole. But when she marries someone else, she turns to the kind figure of Joe Robinson, despite his unsavoury dealings with Mr Big and the criminal underworld. Joe and Bridget try hard to keep a hold on their livelihoods and of those around them, but evil threatens and is determined to thwart their happiness.
Sylvie F. Sommerfield
NOAH'S WOMAN 9/1997 ISBN: 0843942983 Alone and afraid, Charity Gilbert slipped through the dark and twisted streets of Victorian London, never dreaming that ahead lay a life of luxury, a life of satin gowns and scented flowers and admirers vying for her favors. Jason Desmond - To the talented artist she was an angel whose lush blonde beauty was just waiting to be immortalized on canvas. Gregory Hamilton - Dissolute and manipulative, he saw Charity as a golden opportunity to destroy his most deadly enemy. Noah Morgan - For the notorious ladies' man she was Aphrodite, goddess of love, the one woman whose mysterious and innocent allure he would never forget.
PROMISES OF LOVE 12/1994 ISBN: 0786000112 In a secret dig in Colombia, a cache of priceless emeralds is unearthed - setting off a firestorm of greed, sabotage and murder. Into its untamed jungles, Caitlyn Emmerson arrives to find the father she has never known - only to be thrust into a world of hidden treasure and unseen perils. But it is in the arms of fellow archaeologist Drake Stone that she discovers the most seductive danger of all. A man of dangerous secrets and irresistible temptation, Drake draws Caitlyn deeper into the savage heart of a desire from which there is no turning back...
Mira Stables
HIGH GARTH 4/1980 ISBN:0449500322 The last thing Ann Beverly expected when she left the home of her rich stepfather to earn her own living was to work as a housekeeper on a farm. But she soon came to love the Yorkshire countryside and was grateful for the kindness of Patrick, her employer.
Lee Stafford
FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE 1980 Emily realized she was going to die.. The sole survivor of a shipwreck, she was all alone on an endless sea, her dreams of a new life in Bombay shattered. Her eyes closed and her head drooped onto the rim of her life belt. Her tired arms could no longer fight the drag of the water, and slowly her fingers loosened their hold and began to slip. But then, strong hands grasped her, pulling her from the relentless waves. And soon she found herself embarked on a journey to a strange and alien land....
Wendy Corsi Staub
LONG WAY HOME 7/1999 ISBN: 0515124400 When Cira Valentino was turned away at Ellis Island and forced to return to Europe without her family, she never thought she'd ever set foot on American soil. But fate had a different plan... With her best friend, Lucia, she embarks on another long voyage to America - a voyage that she hopes will end in the arms of a dashing young American... Handsome Thatcher Montgomery is unlike anyone Cira has ever known, and the world he comes from is as far away from her little village as the sun from the moon. Despite Lucia's misgivings, Cira falls in love. But when obstacles to their love seem impossible to overcome, Cira is determined to survive without Thatcher, and to honor a promise she made to Lucia by building a new life in America. When Thatcher comes to her once again, hoping to rekindle the passion he can no longer deny, Cira is torn - between her loyalty to her true friend and her true love....
Donna Stephens
HEART OF THE WILD 1/1993 ISBN: 0380770148 Young, beautiful, and ambitious, Dr. Darcy McCall leaves the U.S. to accept the only position she can find as a new physician - a post on a remote Australian cattle ranch. What she doesn't bargain for is the virile, ruggedly handsome station boss, Jim Burleson, who wants no part of a female doctor in his employ. Unwilling to accept her tenacious pride, Jim is not immune to her innocent sensuality, or to the aching need she arouses in him. He longs to strip away her cloak of stubborn independence and show her the joys of being a woman...and his shameless seduction brings her perilously close to total surrender. But as tensions mount, it is the struggle for survival in the savage land that draws them together, clashing in a tumultuous confrontation with a love too volatile to trust and to powerful to deny.
Dawn Stewardson
HUNTER'S MOON 7/1994 ISBN: 0373222815 She awoke in a dangerous place... When tour guide Dani Patton came to, she'd been transported through time. She was in Transylvania, in 1850, and hooded villagers - convince she was a vampire - were about to drive a stake through her heart! Count Karsten Nicholae rescued Dani by wrapping his black cape around her and hoisting her onto his dark stallion...but even he thought she could be a vampire. Dani sensed danger from Karsten, too - of the romantic kind. Yet she had to convince the pale, sensual stranger that vampires didn't exist. Because someone very real was trying to kill her...
Peggy Stoks
THE BEAUTY OF THE SEASON 10/1999 ISBN: 0842319050 short story in A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS COTTAGE
CROSSES AND LOSSES short story in A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS QUILT 11/1998 ISBN: 0842377735
Lyn Stone
THE ARRANGEMENT 11/1997 ISBN: 03732899898 Which was the true Jonathan Chadwick? The childlike innocent or the sophisticated cynic who despised society? Whatever the man's mysteries, Kathryn Wainwright was determined to uncover them. Especially when her incessant questions uncovered a passionate soul that she found herself helpless to resist. Jonathan Chadwick swore there could not exist a more maddening woman than Kathryn Wainwright. The cheeky writer for an outrageous gossip sheet seemed hell-bent on destroying him. And the desire that flared between them was becoming impossible to ignore!
THE SCOT (#643) 2/2003 ISBN: 0373292430 She was a woman with ideas ... and that was trouble! All the same, James Garrow found himself wildly attracted to Lady Susanna Childers. True, their wedding arose from mutual need--with no mention of love. Yet the longer he knew his firebrand bride--the greater grew his desire...! She was deep in the Highlands, a long way from London Society. Still, Susanna vowed to make the best of the bargain she had struck with the enigmatic laird who was now her husband. Besides, he had saved her life once and would again, if need be. So love didn't matter...or did it?
THE WILDER WEDDING 5/1998 ISBN: 0373290136 Laura Middlebrook Had Found Her Man... Handsome. Risk Taker. Experienced. Without a doubt, war hero Sean Wilder was the one. He seemed the perfect candidate to give her the memories of a lifetime in the few months she had left. Now all Laura had to do was convince him to marry her! Investigator Sean Wilder knew there was something strange about Laura's proposal. The woman was the picture of health. Yet the innocent beauty truly believed that she was dying. It looked as though it was up to him to show her that her prognosis was obviously a big mistake.
Anne Stuart
BARRETT'S HILL 4/1974 ISBN:0345265858 Her Father's Revenge Placed Her In A Family Of Murderers.Even in death, Miranda's father had his revenge. And Miranda found herself put under the guardianship of the Reverend Smathers and is strange little family. In that stilted hypocritical household, Miranda's willfulness got the best of her - and she uncovered a tale better left untold. A monstrous murder had been committed on nearby Barrett's Hill and four men were suspect - four men whom she knew. One was her late father. The others were her cousin Smathers and his fawning assistant Faithimore. And one was Adam - a dangerous but compelling man who was either trying to murder her - or seduce her. Or perhaps both.
CAMERON'S LANDING 7/1977 ISBN:0440109957 Free-spirited, innocent young Lorna MacDougall shivered at the words. She was governess to Lady Margaret's grandchildren. Why would the wealthy stranger turn to her, a total stranger, for help in finding her husband's killer?
THE DEMON COUNT 3/1980 ISBN:0440119065
Katherine Sutcliffe
A FIRE IN THE HEART 3/1990 ISBN: 0380755793 A Rebellious Waif....A Brooding Earl She fled the horrors of a British workhouse, seeking refuge with the dark, moody aristocrat. Begrudgingly he sheltered her, fighting the fascination of her saucy innocence. But never did he imagine that the filthy urchin could be transformed into a bewitching beauty - a sparkling jewel that would tempt him beyond endurance...forcing his surrender to the exquisite torment of a love that denied all reason....
FEVER 6/2001 ISBN:0743411978 Orphaned and penniless, Juliette Broussard is overjoyed when her godfather, Max Hollinsworth, plucks her from an isolated French convent. Then she discovers his plan for her to marry his shiftless son Tylor so that he can acquire her family's dilapidated sugar cane plantation, Belle Jarod. Juliette's dreams are of rebuilding her once-glorious home and she wants nothing to do with marriage -- until she comes face-to-face with a blue-eyed temptation who unleashes the same passions that drove her mother, Louisiana's most beautiful and notorious prostitute, to destroy every man who loved her. Chantz Boudreaux, Max's bastard first-born, has one desire: for his father to acknowledge him. But the moment he drags Juliette's naked body from the flood-driven Mississippi, he is swept into a liaison that unsettles his priorities and threatens his life. Soon their forbidden passion burns like a fever. As they struggle to revive Belle Jarod, betrayal and a deadly plague threaten everything they hold dear.
FOREVER YOURS 10/1991 ISBN: 0380766590 Short Story in HAUNTING LOVE STORIES
LOVE'S ILLUSION 5/1990 As a young woman struggling to survive in the dangerous slums of Victorian London, Mercy Dansing has seen the dark side of desire. And though she leaves that savage world behind when she goes to live at the mysterious Greystone estate, she discovers greater danger in Dominick D'Abanville, its darkly sensual master. She'd been hired to assist him - this handsome, iron-willed man as famed for his conquests in love as for his feats of illusion onstage. But the passion he awakens in Mercy is all too real. As she succumbs to Dominick's seductive spell, Mercy must uncover the truth about the man she loves. For as a notorious killer stalks the gaslit streets of London, a perilous game of revenge begins - a game in which Mercy could lose her heart - and even her life...
MY ONLY LOVE 4/1993 ISBN:0515110744 Her passionate nature and secretive past made Olivia Devonshire one of the most notorious women in England...Miles Warwick was a disreputable rogue, the black sheep of his family. But he never gambled on losing his heart to the woman he married for money. Bound at first by empty vows, their union flare into an unquenchable climax of passion that no force on heaven or earth could even pull asunder.
NOTORIOUS 11/2000 ISBN: 0515129488 Ruthless, heartless and deadly, Cobra is one of the British government's most powerful weapons. He can strike fear into the hearts of men with a mere glance--and women have been known to swoon at his feet. For Cobra is more than just a dangerous mercenary--he is also a devastatingly handsome nobleman known as Lord Jason Batson. His next mission is to assassinate Lord Fontaine, the English diplomat believed to have turned traitor and sided with rebels in East India. When Lady Destiny Fontaine Chesterfield is notified that her father is in danger, she determines to rescue him at any cost. Little does she know that the swarthy sea captain she hired to sail her around the world plans to use her as bait to destroy her father. But Destiny's fiery spirit melts Cobra's stone heart as Jason finds himself enthralled by the luscious beauty who surrenders to him, body and soul. Can this notorious warrior deny his duty...or will he chance it all on Destiny?
ONCE A HERO 6/1994 ISBN:0515113875 Bronte Haviland was shocked to hear that England's most celebrated hero- Captain Brandon Treman- had been imprisoned for treason. For years the dashing captain had been the aristocratic girl's secret passion, but she vowed to ignore her childish infatuation and treat him like the traitor he had become... Until she came face-to-face with the disarmingly handsome man on the sands of Australia. The captain's unwavering pride made her question his guilt - and his shameless flirtations stirred her deepest desires....
SHADOW PLAY 3/1991 ISBN:0380759411 A god to the Indians of the Amazon, a lusty adventurer whose courage was renowned, Morgan Kane was in truth a rogue and a charlatan--a handsome deceiver whose legend was mere illusion. Leaving the glitter of London behind, beautiful Sarah St. James sought justice in a lush and savage wilderness--surrendering her destiny to Kane--a virile opportunist who secretly planned to use and then abandon her. Bound by ties of vengeance, together they braved the merciless heart of darkness--only to be swept up in a raging tide of danger..and a passionate ecstasy beyond dreams!
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