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Drawing Room Lady… It’s common knowledge that Lady Arabella Knightley spent her early years in London’s gutters. But what the Ton doesn’t know is that while she dances prettily by day, by night she helps the poor – stealing jewels from those who court her for her money but disdain her for her past… Ballroom Thief!Bored by polite society, Adam St Just determines to expose the thief. Upon discovering it’s Arabella, he should be appalled. Instead, captivated by her beauty, his proposal is simple:...
| Автор | Emily May |
10th ANNIVERSARYBetrayed! The word cut deeper than any broadsword, for Rogan St. Cyr had been played false by the woman to whom he had given his heart. Yet the beautiful Lily was still his bride, and now she would pay for her treachery with her very freedom.Though he held her prisoner, far from the comfort of family or friends, Lily longed to ease the pain that tortured her warrior husband. For she knew that deep inside his hardened soul lay the embers of their love, longing to be brought back...
| Автор | Jacqueline Navin |
Passion and scandal in the Ton! Self-made miss Aurora Calhoun has always possessed an uncommon amount of sense when it comes to men. However, within minutes of colliding with Lord Ramsden’s carriage, she finds herself kissing the incorrigible rogue!Crispin Ramsden feels restrained by the shackles of his unwanted inheritance. Especially when he is faced with a woman whose impetuous nature ignites a passion that is as uncontrollable as it is scandalous! Society is rocked by this outrageous couple....
| Автор | Bronwyn Scott |
Shooting a bandit was reporter Hallie Wainwright's introduction to the Wild West, where she'd traveled with a bevy of mail-order brides.But it was the more intimate «hello» in the arms of Cooper DeWitt that sent her heart racing – and made it all the more difficult for her to tell the brawny plainsman that she wasn't the woman he'd sent for… .When she jumped from the stage, shining with true grit and spewing tall tales, Cooper DeWitt thought he just might have struck gold. Raised with the Sioux,...
| Автор | Cheryl St.John |
AN UNSUITABLE ALLIANCERecently returned from the battlefields of Waterloo, the last thing wounded war hero Viscount Cavenham anticipates is a conflict in his home town! But that is exactly what Miles gets when he comes up against rebellious campaigner for justice and equality Helen Wayland.At first Miles relishes having headstrong, outspoken Helen as his foe, but as they continue to cross swords their animosity turns to attraction. Suddenly Miles finds he no longer wants Helen as his enemy –...
| Автор | Mary Nichols |
THE SECRET LIFE OF MISS PHYLLIDA HURSTHaving survived the scandal of her birth with courage and determination, the beautiful Phyllida has reached a precarious balance within the ton. And in just one moment Ashe Herriard, Viscount Clere, blows her world and her carefully made plans to pieces.Brought up in vibrant Calcutta, Ashe is disdainful of polite London society, but something about Phyllida intrigues him. There’s a mystery surrounding her. A promise of secrets and a hint of scandal – more...
| Автор | Louise Allen |
WHEN OPPOSITES ATTRACT…! In the eyes of the ton Hattie Wilkinson is a respectable widow, content with her safe, if somewhat modest life. On the other hand Sir Christopher Foxton prides himself on being regarded as one of London’s most notorious rakes, with a particularly mischievous streak!Upon their first meeting Kit threatens to shatter Hattie’s well-ordered peace – and her reputation! – if only she’ll allow herself to succumb to his playful advances. This time they’ve both finally met their...
| Автор | Michelle Styles |
Jack Hazard Needed A Wife And Anna Matlin was the perfect woman for the job.Though she seemed like a timid mouse, Jack was convinced that the file clerk possessed a multitude of charms. Charms that he would soon expose as he drew her into his dangerous game of revenge. Anna's colorless existence ended the day she became the «wife» of her hero, Jack Hazard.But though she was learning that beneath legendary Pinkerton detective's dashing exterior was a haunted, lonely man, still she longed for the...
| Автор | Mary McBride |
Someone Was Matching Up Men And Women All Over Town–And, Tarnation! It Had To Stop!Marcus Copeland had been elected to «investigate» the most likely suspect. But he didn't have time to romance any secrets out of the unconventional Molly Crabtree. He had a lumber mill to run. And besides, this buxom, beautiful baker was proving to be one tough cookie!Coming from a family of freethinkers, Molly Crabtree knew she'd be a success if only someone would take her seriously. But who'd ever have thought...
| Автор | Lisa Plumley |
The Town Preacher And The Town Madam… Haunted by his sordid past as the notorious gunslinger Nevada, Reverend Wade Weston had declared war against sin in the small town of Hanging Tree, Texas. But he hadn't counted on the arrival of the exotic Jade Jewel, whose visions of building a pleasure palace threatened the peace of the community, and whose person aroused in him passions that threatened to claim his immortal soul.Diamond, Pearl, Jade and Ruby, The Jewels of Texas . Four sisters as wild and...
| Автор | Ruth Langan |
Manacled By A Wedding Ring!That was what Sabrina Barrington would be if forced to marry. The secret she guarded made it impossible for her to be anyone's bride, much less the enigmatic Earl of Kenilworth's! But blackmail had prompted her wedding vows, and made her his unwilling prisoner…The ghosts of the past were all too solid for Hunter Sinclair, yet to ensure a future for those he loved, he would do anything – even marry Sabrina Barrington, a woman whose mystery both infuriated and...
| Автор | Janet Kendall |
You Just Couldn't Count On A Woman That's what Garrick Devlin believed when his wife deserted him after the war. Now he'd been deceived by a woman – again. The man he'd hired for his Texas newspaper had turned out to be a meddlesome female and a Yanker to boot! But her fiery beauty still attracted him, though he knew perfectly well that a woman couldn't be trusted… .Love saw with the heart, not the eyes. And Maggie's heart longed for Garrick Devlin and his young son. But would Garrick ever learn...
| Автор | Laurie Grant |
Her Heart Was In The Highlands Indeed, every hill and vale seemed a mapping of her soul. Cassie MacArthur doubted any man could ever understand the freedom of roaming high road and low. Especially not Robert Gordon, enemy to her clan – yet, ironically, the one man in Scotland who made her blood sing!Driven by a questing spirit, Cassie MacArthur would make a bonny bride – Robert Gordon felt it in the marrow of his bones. Truly, the legendary Lady Quickfoot would be the perfect partner for his...
| Автор | Elizabeth Mayne |
Frustrated by his own failures at matrimony, King Henry VIII punishes an insolent nobleman by commanding him to marry the vagabond woman caught stealing his horse. Stephen de Lacey is a cold and bitter widower, long accustomed to the sovereign's capricious and malicious whims. He regards his new bride as utterly inconvenient…though undeniably fetching.But Juliana Romanov is no ordinary thief—she is a Russian princess forced into hiding by the traitorous cabal who slaughtered her family. One day...
| Автор | Сьюзен Виггс |
Desperate Trussed up in tweet and a suitably righteous manner, Jake Reed hoped he'd pass as a schoolmaster long enough to elude the gunman on his trail.But with Cecilia Summertree, the prettiest – and the nosiest – schoolmarm in the West dodging his every move, he was having a hard time keeping his mind on the classroom… . Cecilia knew exactly what she'd always wanted. The freedom to do what she pleased, when she pleased.Though in all her reckoning she'd never considered meeting someone like...
| Автор | Liz Ireland |
A Man of Power, Patience and Passion Power …When Griffydd DeLanyea departed his ship in Dunloch, he thought his stay would last no more than a fortnight. Unbeknownst to Griffydd, Diarmad MacMurdock, the man he had come to see, was not merely interested in a trade alliance… .n Patience … Griffydd always believed that good things came to those who waited, but the Welshman had never wanted anything as badly as he wanted Diarmad's daughter Seona… .Passion … Whether in battle or in love, Griffydd...
| Автор | Margaret Moore |
From hard-headed businesswoman… A lifetime of living in a man’s world has given sword-making factory owner Eleanor Blackwell some very definite opinions – particularly about the duplicity of men! …to blushing bride? Benjamin Grayson, Viscount Whittonstall, seems to be cut from a different cloth – Eleanor responds to his touch with a passion normally only reserved for fencing!She may be spectacularly unsuited for aristocracy, but Ben has different ideas when he plans to safeguard her business...
| Автор | Michelle Styles |
Nameless, Homeless and Betrayed Lily was determined to discover her true heritage, though little did she realize her search would lure her into the Dragon's lair, where the near-infamous Ian ap Dafydd awaited her with a passion as wild as his warrior name. He was the Dragon , as famed for his fierceness in battle as for his hardness of heart. Yet Ian felt his soul transformed when he met the enigmatic gaze of the mysterious Lily, a woman with a questionable past – and an even more dangerous...
| Автор | Sharon Schulze |
THE O'NEIL SAGA A family driven by destiny!Briana O'Neil… Regaled with tales of her brothers' adventures, Briana hoped to follow in their footsteps and fight for the freedom of their homeland. But while she'd dreamed of joining the fray, she'd never considered that she herself would ever fall victim to an enemy's sword…Keane O'Mara… When embittered Keane O'Mara found the wounded Briana, he thought the fight for freedom had claimed another innocent, but her remarkable recovery lit a spark of hope...
| Автор | Ruth Langan |
Not To Be Trusted A rogue draped in a mantle of savagery and civilization was the only way to describe Peter Desmond, she'd decided. But Marianne Trenton shuddered to realize she was dangerously intrigued, indeed, beguiled , by the very man she'd sworn to destroy! A Prize Beyond PriceMarianne Trenton was a jewel of young womanhood, shining with an innocence that radiated its own sweet allure. She'd appeared in Peter Desmond's life at the turn of a card, then turned his heart around… and he vowed...
| Автор | Sally Cheney |
Last Chance At Love… The lonely bearer of a shameful secret, Libby Hodges needed to make a new start – in Montana Territory as Jacob Stone's mail-order bride and mother to his little girl. Hoping to meet a loving husband, she found instead a man shattered by by loss and wary of affection.Libby could read in his gentle gray eyes a desperate plea for the tenderness they both craved. But how could she claim the heart of a man who'd vowed never to give it away again, or tell her prospective groom...
| Автор | Jillian Hart |
Jayne Stoneworthy Knew Men Only Wanted One ThingBurke Youngblood was no different, mistaking her for a «good-time gal» and insisting she follow his every command. But she had a stubborn streak wider than the Rockies – and she'd be more than happy to show it to him! Burke Youngblood swore that marriage did not create ties that bind. No, sir. They chafed!But that was before he met the «Headmistress of Morals,» Jayne Stoneworthy, a feisty, independent schoolteacher – and the most unlikely woman...
| Автор | Pat Tracy |
To protect her home and people, Cecily Tyrell would marry the devil himself! And if rumor held any truth, she would mayhap do so! A royal command bound her to wed Lord Rowan DeCourtenay, a knight of some renown…but a widower of shadowed repute. Still, he was the warrior she needed–but was he the man she wanted?Headstrong, valiant and dangerous she was, for Cecily Tyrell alone made Rowan DeCourtenay yearn to dismiss the guard around the citadel of his heart. Though would their love, born in...
| Автор | Deborah Hale |
The Princess And The Rogue Hugh Caldwell had spent twelve years fighting for England, without thought for the future. Yet when he rescued the fair Rosaleen, he knew he had finally found a prize worth protecting, if only he could convince the mysterious, blue-eyed beauty that her true place was by his side, forever.Rosaleen, heiress of Sarant, sought sanctuary at court, and Hugh Caldwell had agreed to get her there unharmed. Though never did she dream that in payment for his protection the...
| Автор | Susan Paul |