Author: Adele AshworthTitle: Winter Garden
Description:
Though a celebrated French beauty in 1849, Madeleine DuMais's cleverness is her greatest asset -- and one she puts to good use as a spy for the British.
When her expertise is needed in the south of England to break up a smuggling ring, Madeleine willingly puts her life on hold to help the crown...
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Arriving in the quaint resort town of Winter Garden, Madeleine meets her partner in subterfuge. Thomas Blackwood is unlike any man she has ever met. His quiet confidence and mysterious intensity send shivers of pleasure coursing through her ... shivers that slowly melt into a desperate passion. As duty gives way to desire, surrender holds its reward. And Madeleine will never recover from the touch of Thomas's hands on her body -- and the touch of his heart on her soul...
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Quick Note: Hero also has a pronounced limp.
Author: Allison LaneTitle: Heart's Desire [SS from A Regency Christmas Present]
Description:
The gifts of Christmas are priceless -- good cheer, warm hearts, and happy times with friends.
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And now five bestselling Regency authors have made a special present to you--five brand-new stories. High-spirited and humorous, heartwarming and romantic and full of the fun and flavor of the holiday season they're the perfect present to share with friends and loved ones. And in each delightful story you'll find that there's one Christmas present that lasts all year round--the gift of true love....
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Emma Fairlawn is a penniless widow hoping to obtain a position as a governess and Craig Curtiss, a war hero, recently succeeding to an earldom, who fears coming home because he will have to confront his fearsome grandmother who has dominated the entire family for decades. When the coach they are traveling in lands in a ditch, he learns that she nursed his best friend through his final illness and invites her to accompany him home.
Title: Affair
Description:
Charlotte Arkendale knew all there was to know about men.
After all, she'd made a career out of steering marriage-minded women away from untrustworthy members of the opposite sex.
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Yet nothing could have prepared her for Baxter St. Ives--an arresting stranger too daring, too determined, too dangerous to be her new man-of-affairs. Still, perhaps he was too perfect person to help Charlotte investigate the recent murder of one of her clients. So she gave him a chance, never realizing that Baxter, a gifted scientist would soon conduct a risky exploration into the alchemy of desire, with Charlotte as his subject.
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But as he sets out to seduce Charlotte, a twisted killer lies in wait, ready to part the lovers ... or see them joined together forever--in death.
Title: Ravished
Description: [From Fictiondb]
There was no doubt about it. What Miss Harriet Pomeroy needed was a man. Someone powerful and clever who could help her rout the unscrupulous thieves who were using her beloved caves to hide their loot. But when Harriet summoned Gideon Westbrook, Viscount St. Justin, to her aid, she could not know that she was summoning the devil himself...
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Dubbed the Beast of Blackthorne Hall for his scarred face and lecherous past, Gideon was strong and fierce and notoriously menacing. Yet Harriet could not find it in her heart to fear him. For in his tawny gaze she sensed a savage pain she longed to soothe...and a searing passion she yearned to answer. Now, caught up in the beast's clutches, Harriet must find a way to win his heart - and evade the deadly trap of a scheming villain who would see them parted for all time.
Author: Amanda StevensTitle: Fade To Black [Modern Romance]
Description:
TIME LAPSE...
Ex-secret agent Pierce Kincaid couldn't understand why his wife nearly fainted when he came home from the store. Then he took a good look at Jessica--no longer pregnant, shorter haircut--and watched in horror as his five-year-old boy asked Mommy who the stranger was.
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Terror-filled nightmares slowly revealed that Pierce had been kidnapped. His memory had been wiped clean, but that didn't change the facts for his wife. He knew instinctively that she still loved him, but her trust in him had been shattered.
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Now the kidnappers were after his family. Suddenly the search for the truth became a race to stay alive. A race that could make--or break--their marriage ....
Title: Taming The Beast [Modern Romance]
Description: [From Fictiondb]
Summoned like a serving girl to the king, Laura Cambridge was hired as nanny to Richard Blackthorne's secret child. Rumors about this hulking recluse didn't daunt Laura -- her beauty-queen past had taught her the inner person didn't always match the facade. But Richard's heart was as painfully scarred as his chiseled features....
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To Richard, lovely Laura was like candy dangled in front of a baby -- he was offered the sweet, but denied the taste. Yet sometimes grizzly bears enjoyed a taste of honey...and in fiction the disfigured Mr. Rochester won the love of Jane Eyre. So Richard dared to woo his green-eyed goddess, gambling that -- like Jane -- Laura would one day declare, "Reader, I married him."
Author: Ann Charlton
Title: Ransomed Heart [Modern Romance]
Description:
'That Jamieson Brat,' he'd called her!
Stacey Jamieson was rattled by the scorn of flint-edged Hal Stevens. Why should she care if he thought her a useless, spoiled socialite? He was merely a security man, recently hired by her millionaire father to protect the family's valuable possessions.
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Only later did Stacey guess Hal's true, more unnerving purpose. Danger lay in wait for Stacey - and only Hal could protect her from it.
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But even he couldn't shield her from the cutting pain of self-discovery.
Author: Anne Gracie Title: Galant Waif
Description: [from Fictiondb]
Kidnapped By An Elderly Member of the Peerage!
Kate Farleigh was absolutely stunned when her refusal to accept Lady Cahill's offer of "charity" resulted in her being swept away in her sumptuous carriage. But the real reason behind the older woman's antics became stunningly clear upon meeting Lady Cahill's enigmatic grandson, Jack Carstairs.
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Wounded in the Peninsular War, disowned by his father, and dumped by his fiancee, Jack had shut himself up in his country estate, but Kate had no patience with such behavior. Suddenly, Jack found himself with a purpose, trying to steer clear of Miss Farleigh's attempts to interfere with his chosen lifestyle. Why, if he wasn't careful, Kate just might succeed in her attempts to make him want to rejoin the human race!
Title: The Perfect Waltz
Description: [From Fictiondb]
He came in search of a convenient bride...
London's Ball of the Season is hardly the milieu for society black sheep Sebastian Reyne. But his younger sisters are in desperate need of care, and Sebastian is seeking a practical, down-to-earth wife. What he doesn't need is an effervescent sprite like Hope Merridew, a dazzling beauty and the darling of the ton.
...and found love instead.
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Who was that mysterious man who devoured Hope Merridew with his eyes? Rumored to be dangerous and with a mysterious family heritage, the secretive Sebastian proves absolutely seductive to such an impetuous young lady. But was he really the one to make her dream of dancing the perfect waltz with the perfect man come true? Who'd imagine that one dance could ignite a passion so strong that it would seduce all into a delicious intrigue of sensuality and desire?
Title: The Brazillian Millionaire's Love-Child [Modern Romance]
Description: [From Fictiondb]
She's fought to keep their child a secret.
Isobel has never forgotten the night Brazilian millionaire Alejandro Cabral took her virginity. The image of Alejandro's dark, sexy body has left a lifelong impression on her - as did his seed. He will never know he has a little daughter.
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Until three years later, when Isobel is led right back to Alejandro - and she's shocked. He's a changed man. He's still utterly sexy, but a terrible car accident has left him scarred, brooding and bitter. What's more, he's deliberately lured Isobel to Brazil because he knows all about his child.
Title: Stay Through The Night [Modern Romance]
Description:
Shadows in the night...
Liam Jameson is a world-famous writer of paranormal thrillers. But fame has its price, and now Liam lives reclusively on a remote Scottish island.
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Then Rosa Chantry knocks on his door and throws his world upside down. His desire for her is strong, but his conviction that he cannot satisfy a woman is stronger.
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But Rosa is persistent, and so is Liam's need for her. She is determined to ease his fear that the past has robbed him of his power as a man....
Author: Anne Mather
Title: Whisper of Darkness [Modern Romance]
Description: [From Fictiondb]
Joanna didn't know what to expect...
Necessity forced Joanna Seton to accept a position as governess to Jake Sheldon's daughter. She set out for Ravensgarth, his farm in the Lake District, with a determination to make the best of what she found.
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What she found was a man whose scarred face reflected his battered life--who had cut himself off from all social contacts. His daughter, too, had suffered. She was a wild, uncontrollable child.
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Even though both of them seemed to hate her, Joanna's heart went out to these two survivors of past tragedy!
Anne McAllisterTitle: A Cowboy's Promise [Modern Romance]
Description:
Three years ago, in a war zone on the other side of the world, Charlie had loved Cait Blasingame.
Still, home and family weren't his style -- but getting shot could make a guy change his mind. It could show him the meaning of forever -- and send him hunting for what was missing: Cait.
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A lot had happened in three years. Cait had changed jobs, gone home, and planned to marry another man. But Charlie believed deep down she still loved him. How could he convince Cait that they belonged together -- forever?
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CODE OF THE WEST: Some men are made for lovin'.
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Quick Note: Hero also has a pronounced limp.
Author: Anne StuartTitle: Lord of Danger
Description:
Half-sister to Richard the Fair, Alys has been schooled in the sheltered ways of the convent, far from the treachery and intrigue of castle life.
Until she is taken from the cloister and brought to a place filled with secrets. Here she is to meet her future husband, a man some call monster. He is Simon of Navarre, a powerful and mysterious lord practiced in the black arts. This sensual stranger both terrifies and fascinates her...and sets her heart burning with an unfamiliar fire.
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Jaded by war, no longer able to believe in human goodness, Simon has turned to the realm of darkness.
But the master magician finds himself bewitched by the innocent Alys, who fears his very touch could damn her forever...yet even as Simon begins to work his seductive magic, Alys senses the wounded soul beneath the coolly elegant facade. Now, as the two became pawns in Richard's treacherous scheme to become England's king, only one power can save them: the unstoppable force of love.
Author: Anne StuartTitle: Now You See Him [Modern Romance]
Description:
WHO WAS HE?
This enigmatic stranger with the sexy smile wasn't what he seemed. The man who called himself Michael Dowd came into Francey Neeley's life under mysterious circumstances and soon had her heart fluttering and her blood pumping. For wherever Michael went, danger followed.
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She was his one weakness. Michael knew that alluring Francey could be his downfall - and he didn't even trust her. He was a secret agent trying to pry information from her about a terrorist group, a group that was trying to kill him - and her.
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As the danger escalated, Francey was swept into a world of death and deceit. Still, she couldn't stay away from him. Somehow Michael had won her heart - and she his. And that could be a deadly combination for them both.
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Quick Note: Hero also has a limp.
Author: Anne StuartTitle: Wild Thing [Modern Romance]
Description:
They needed no words between them...
The man had no identity, no past, and the mind of a genius packaged in rippling muscles and sun-seared skin. It was Dr. Elizabeth Holden's job to uncover the mystery of this man, who seemed to speak only the language of the flesh.
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His blatant masculinity frightened and excited her all at once. But his savage facade hid a vulnerability only she had glimpsed. And like an animal forging through the deepest...darkest...densest woods, Elizabeth longed to give in to her primitive, unexplored desires. But was she ready to shed her inhibitions and let the real woman within her run wild...?
Annette BroadrickTitle: MacGowan Meets His Match [Modern Romance]
Description:
MR. TALL, DARK AND DANGEROUS
One by one, he'd terrified those women who would be his assistant. Like some dark laird of the manor, Sir Ian MacGowan seemed more beast than man, scowl and scars included. But Jenna Craddock knew her boss was pure male. It was in the way he looked at her, virility sensing virginity, and in the way he underestimated the fairer sex.
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Ian demanded professionalism; Jenna gave him perfection. He harbored secrets; Jenna insisted bed be the place where nothing came between them. In Ian's fortress, Jenna could almost forget the family betrayal that had led her to Scotland -- except that she needed to know who she was as urgently as she needed to know the truth about Ian.
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Quick Note: Hero also has a noticeable limp.
Title: The Earl's Untouchable Bride/Captain Fawley's Innocent Bride
Description: [From Fictiondb]
RELUCTANT HUSBAND, INNOCENT WIFE
Fearing a forced betrothal with a man known for his cruelty, Heloise Bergeron throws herself on the mercy of Charles Fawley, Earl of Walton. He believes himself attracted to her younger, beautiful sister, so what is he doing entertaining thoughts of marriage to the plain, quiet Heloise? But marry her he does.
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Returning to England with a convenient wife, who inspires a very inconvenient desire, Charles is about to discover just how untouched his French bride really is....
Title: Forgotten Mistress, Secret Love-Child [Modern Romance]
Description:
A lavish masquerade ball is no place for plain-Jane receptionist Carys Wells.
Used to being unnoticed by the glitterati, Carys feels vulnerable and exposed by the searing gaze of a dark masked man. Little does she know he's the man she ran from two years ago, whose wicked touch is about to become her undoing once more....
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Alessandro Mattani cannot remember Carys, but his body does -- intimately. And the red-blooded Italian is determined to claim all that he believes is his....
