Author: Eloisa James
Title: Potent Pleasures
Series: Pleasures Trilogy - BOOK I
Description:
Reckless desire sends Charlotte Daicheston into the garden with a dashing masked stranger.
He's powerful, unforgettable, a devastatingly handsome footman who lures her--not against her will--into a grand indiscretion at a masquerade ball. Then he vanishes.
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Several years later, after Charlotte has made her dazzling debut in London society, they meet again.
But the rogue is no footman. He's rich, titled, and he doesn't remember Charlotte. Worse, he's the subject of some scandalous gossip: rumor has it, the earl's virility is in question.
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Charlotte, who knows all too intimately the power of his passion, is stunned by the gossip that has set society ablaze. At last, there can be a storybook ending...unless, of course, Charlotte's one mad indiscretion had not been with him at all....
Author: Eloisa James
Title: A Kiss At Midnight
Series: Happily Ever Afters - BOOK I
Description:
Miss Kate Daltry doesn't believe in fairy tales . . . or happily ever after.
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Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince . . . and decides he's anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman--a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions.
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Gabriel "likes" his fiancEe, which is a welcome turn of events, but he doesn't "love" her. Obviously, he should be "wooing" his bride-to-be, not the witty, impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him.
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Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate and Gabriel might have a happily ever after.
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Unless a prince throws away everything that makes him noble . . .
Unless a dowry of an unruly heart trumps a fortune . . .
Unless one kiss at the stroke of midnight changes everything.
Author: Eloisa James
Title: Much Ado About You
Series: Essex Sisters - BOOK I
Description:
When you're the oldest daughter, you don't get to have any fun!
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Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters -- beautiful Annabel, romantic Imogen and practical Josie.After all, right now they're under the rather awkward guardianshipof the perpetually tipsy Duke of Holbrook. But just whenshe begins to think that all might end well, one of her sisters boltswith a horse-mad young lord, and her own fiance just plain runs away.
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Which leaves Tess contemplating marriage to the sort of man she wishes to avoid -- one of London's most infamous rakes. Lucius Felton is a rogue whose own mother considers him irredeemable! He's delicious, Annabel points out. And he's rich,Josie notes. But although Tess finally consents to marryhim, it may be for the worst reason of all. Absurd as she knows it to be, she may have fallen utterly in love...
Author: Eloisa James
Title: Duchess In Love
Series: Duchess Quartet - BOOK I
Description:
A DUKE IN RETREAT
Gina was forced into marriage with the Duke of Girton at an age when she'd have been better off in a schoolroom than a ballroom. Directly after the ceremony her handsome spouse promptly fled to the continent, leaving the marriage unconsummated and Gina quite indignant.
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A LADY IN THE MIDDLE
Now, she is one of the most well-known ladies in London ... living on the edge of scandal -- desired by many men, but resisting giving herself to any one.
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A DUCHESS IN LOVE
Finally, Camden, the Duke of Girton, has returned home, to discover that his naive bride has blossomed into the toast of the ton. Which leaves Cam in the most uncomfortable position of discovering that he has the bad manners to be falling in love -- with his own wife!
Author: Eloisa James
Title: Desperate Duchesses - BOOK I
Description:
Welcome to a world of reckless sensuality and glittering sophistication . . . of dangerously handsome gentlemen and young ladies longing to gain a title . . . of games played for high stakes, including--on occasion--a lady's virtue.
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A marquess's sheltered only daughter, Lady Roberta St. Giles falls in love with a man she glimpses across a crowded ballroom: a duke, a game player of consummate skill, a notorious rakehell who shows no interest in marriage--until he lays eyes on Roberta.
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Yet the Earl of Gryffyn knows too well that the price required to gain a coronet is often too high. Damon Reeve, the earl, is determined to protect the exquisite Roberta from chasing after the wrong destiny.
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Can Damon entice her into a high-stakes game of his own, even if his heart is likely to be lost in the venture?
Author: Elizabeth Thornton
Title: Whisper His Name
Series: Special Branch - BOOK I
Description:
BREAKING THE CODE TO HER HEART
Independent and stubbornly unmarried, Abbie Vayle has always been a little too smart for her own good. But she may have gone too far when she starts her own rare-book business--and accidentally acquires an antique book in Paris with a mysterious code scribbled in the margins....
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Someone wants the book back--and is willing to kill to get it. The only trouble is, Abbie no longer has the book. It's locked away in the customs house in Dover. Now it's a race against time as Abbie stays one step ahead of her pursuers. The last person she wants to confide in is her best friend, Hugh Templar, whom she knows only as a formidable scholar who shares her passion for Roman antiquities.
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But as Hugh keeps turning up where she least expects him, a few things begin to dawn on her....Not only is Hugh surprisingly--in fact incredibly--handsome without his glasses on, but he's strangely "professional" in how he handles her mysterious enemies.
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Hugh is clearly not what he seems. And soon Abbie realizes that neither is she...as she discovers what it means to love with all her heart and soul.
Author: Elizabeth Thornton
Title: The Runaway McBride
Series: Seers of Grampian - BOOK I
Description:
An irresistible new historical romance with a delicious touch of the paranormal...
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Your bride is in mortal danger, James.
You must find her, or she will surely die. With these words, his grandmother passed away--leaving James Burnett the dubious gift of clairvoyance. But James, a widower, had no bride. He did, however, once have a lover he later dubbed Faithless McBride. For eight years, he'd suppressed thoughts of Faith's abandonment with whiskey and women. That is, until visions of her imminent death started to haunt him...
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Be patient. Wait for me. We'll wed when I return...
Month after excruciating month passed until a despondent Faith McBride learned that James had wed another in Scotland. Ever since, she's thrown herself into unraveling the mystery of her mother's death. But a certain criminal will stop at nothing to keep the secret buried. Only James can save her--but can Faith trust the one man who destroyed her belief in love?
Author: Elizabeth Thornton
Title: Dangerous Love
Series: Dangerous - BOOK I
Description:
DANGEROUS. WILD. RECKLESS.
Those were the words that passed through Serena Ward's mind the moment Julian Raynor entered the gaming hall. If anyone could penetrate Serena's disguise as a tart and jeopardize the political fugitives she was delivering to freedom--surely it would be London's most notorious gamester. Yet when the militia storms the establishment in search of traitors, Raynor provides just the pretext Serena needs to escape to an upstairs bedroom. But Serena is playing with fire ... and before the night is through she will find herself surrendering to the heat of unsuspected desires.
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SEDUCTIVE. FIERY. TREACHEROUS.
She had used him for her own scheming purposes, then thrown his generous proposition back in his face. Julian Raynor, a man who had ruthlessly enjoyed his share of women, did not much care to have the tables turned on him. And when he discovered that the passionate beauty who had played his wanton prisoner in bed was none other than Serena Ward, the proud daughter of his bitterest enemy, he saw his chance for revenge--not only on the man who had single-handedly destroyed his family but on the woman who haunted his dreams.
Author: Elizabeth Thornton
Title: Tender the Storm
Series: Devereux Family - BOOK I
Description:
She was an engaging young lady of the French aristocracy... He was a daring English nobleman turned secret agent...
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Together, Zoe Devereux and the man she knew only as "Rolphe" fled across a wartorn France to the safety of England. Finding it impossible to abandon the innocent girl to London's street:,, Rolphe Brockford, the Marquess of Rivard, scandalized society by making Zoe his wife, though in name only. But as Zoe blossomed from waif-like child to passionate and desirable beauty, the rules of the game changed. And nothing would ever--could ever--be the same again...
Author: Elizabeth Lowell
Title: Only His
Series: Only - BOOK I
Description:
ONLY INNOCENCE
Beautiful, gently reared Willow Moran left her Civil War-ravaged home with her prized Arabian horses and the dream of joining her brother in the Colorado Rockies--trusting her fate to a rugged gunfighter whose raw masculinity demanded she sacrifice her girlish innocence for a woman's desire.
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ONLY DESIRE
Sinfully handsome, as wild as the uncivilized land he loved, Caleb Black guided his tender charge with revenge in his heart--challenged at every turn by the spirited southern lady who would become a fever in his blood... and awaken within him a possessiveness so fierce, he would have her at any cost.
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In a dangerous wilderness, torn by twin passions for vengeance and a woman's touch, Caleb would discover that only his love could make the woman he wanted...
Author: Elizabeth Lowell
Title: Untamed
Series: Medieval - BOOK I
Description:
UNVANQUISHED
Returning from the Crusades, unbowed and triumphant, the noble knight, Dominic le Sabre, comes to Scotland to claim his reward--the beautiful Saxon bride promised to him by the conqueror King.
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UNTARNISHED
The well-beloved daughter of a sacred tribe of Celtic mystics, Lady Margaret of Blackthorns vows never to yield to the bold Norman invader who has been forced upon her. For she fears an ancient curse may bring further bloodshed to her battle-scarred land ... and sorrow to her marriage bed.
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With a word, the stunning, high-born enchantress could turn her wedding into war. But the savage fire of Dominic's embrace ignites an extraordinary love ...A love that neither violence nor treachery can tear asunder.
Author: Elizabeth Lowell
Title: Autumn Lover
Series: Maxwells - BOOK I
Description:
Returning to her Nevada ranch at the Civil War's end.
Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home -- though it means enlisting the aid of a dark and dangerous stranger who lives for revenge alone.
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Hunter Maxwell has suffered from the savagery of outlaws and the faithlessness of a woman.
And he will trust no female -- nor will he rest until the raiders who destroyed his family pay for their crimes.
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A woman in need, a man in pain, in fury and fire they must now stand as one -- to fight for something cherished, something lost...and for a passion neither dreamed could live.
Author: Elizabeth Lane
Title: Wyoming Widow
Series: Wyoming - BOOK I
Description:
Desperate Times Called for Desperate Measures....
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And widow Cassandra Logan was as desperate as they come. Who could blame her for the audacious falsehood she told for the sake of her baby? No one -- except maybe straight-arrow rancher Morgan Tolliver, who had every right to distrust her lying ways!
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When his passion outpaced his suspicions, Morgan knew he was in trouble. After all, Cassandra had suddenly appeared at the ranch carrying nothing but a trunkful of lies. So when exactly had he dismissed her deceit and accepted the truth of his love?
Author: Elizabeth Lane
Title: The Borrowed Bride
Series: Seavers Brides - BOOK I
Description:
"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHILD. YOU NEED TO COME HOME SO WE CAN GET MARRIED."
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So wrote Hannah Gustavson to her childhood sweetheart, the father of her baby. But with no response, she was forced to marry another man...her lover's brother.
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Tall, handsome and honorable, Judd Seavers could make any woman's heart race. Hannah was no exception, and she was awed by the ex-soldier who gave her his name.
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A forbidden love as grand as the Rockies crested between them. But a shadow loomed. Would the baby's father come home? And if he did, would Judd return his borrowed bride?
Author: Elizabeth Lane
Title: The Horseman's Bride
Series: Brides - BOOK I
Description:
A WANTED MAN
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Not even a remote Colorado ranch can shelter Jace Denby while he's on the run. He voluntarily took the blame for his brother-in-law's murder, but one danger this fugitive doesn't see coming is impulsive Clara Seavers. With the law on his back he must leave, though her beauty and fierce courage entice him to stay....
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Clara doesn't trust this hired farmhand, but she can't deny the rugged, unexpectedly caring man ignites her spirit...and heart. The more Jace fights their mounting passion, the more she'll risk to make him hers forever.
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
Title: The Raven Prince
Series: Princes Trilogy - BOOK I
Description:
THERE COMES A TIME IN A LADY'S LIFE
Widowed Anna Wren is having a wretched day. After an arrogant male on horseback nearly squashes her, she arrives home to learn that she is in dire financial straits.
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WHEN SHE MUST DO THE UNTHINKABLE...
The Earl of Swartingham is in a quandary. Having frightened off two secretaries, Edward de Raaf needs someone who can withstand his bad temper and boorish behavior.
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AND FIND EMPLOYMENT.
When Anna becomes the earl's secretary, it would seem that both their problems are solved. Then she discovers he plans to visit the most notorious brothel in London for his "manly" needs. Well! Anna sees red-and decides to assuage her "womanly" desires...with the earl as her unknowing lover.
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
Title: Wicked Intentions
Series: Maiden Lane - BOOK I
Description:
A MAN CONTROLLED BY HIS DESIRES . . .
Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows St. Giles like the back of her hand-she's spent a lifetime caring for its inhabitants at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk . . .
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A WOMAN HAUNTED BY HER PAST . . .
Caire makes a simple offer-in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to London's high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, and what begins as cold calculation soon falls prey to a passion that neither can control-one that may well destroy them both.
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A BARGAIN NEITHER COULD REFUSE
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
Title: To Taste Temptation
Series: Legend of the Four Soldiers - BOOK I
Description:
EVEN THE MOST REFINED LADY
Lady Emeline Gordon is the model of sophistication in London's elite social circles, always fashionable and flawlessly appropriate. As such, she is the perfect chaperone for Rebecca, the young sister of a successful Boston businessman and former
Colonial soldier.
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CRAVES AN UNTAMED MAN
Samuel Hartley may be wealthy, but his manners are as uncivilized as the American wilderness he was raised in. Who wears moccasins to a grand ball? His arrogant disregard for propriety infuriates Emeline, even as his boldness excites her.
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TO RELEASE HER PASSION...
But beneath Samuel's rakish manner, he is haunted by tragedy. He has come to London to settle a score, not to fall in love. And as desperately as Emeline longs to feel this shameless man's hands upon her, to taste those same lips he uses to tease her, she must restrain herself. She is not free. But some things are beyond a lady's control...
Author: Elizabeth Elliott
Title: The Warlord
Series: Montague/Remington - BOOK I
Description:
DARK AND FORBIDDING...
Lady Tess longed to return in peace to her beloved Remmington Castle -- but she never thought that the price of reclaiming her land would be marriage to the most notorious warlord in all of England. Fierce and fearless, Kenric of Montague had never admitted defeat, and now he demanded Tess's loyalty -- and her surrender. But how could she give herself to a man who pledged to keep her safe yet stirred her most dangerous passions?
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BEAUTIFUL AND INNOCENT...
Scarred by war and the dark secret of his birth, Kenric of Montague had no wish for a wife ... until he beheld Tess of Remmington, the magnificent woman pledged to be his bride. Yet even as he gave in to his aching hunger to possess her, he vowed that Tess would never tame his savage heart. But when a treacherous plot threatens to part them, Kenric will find himself drawing his sword -- and risking his life -- to save the only woman who could capture his soul....
Author: Elizabeth Boyle
Title: His Mistress By Morning
Series: The Marlowes - BOOK I
Description:
Oh, how I wish . . .
When a promised inheritance turns out to be a fraud, shy spinster Charlotte Wilmont makes an impetuous wish that despite her lack of charm and fortune, she could capture the heart of the one man whom she's forever adored-Sebastian, Viscount Trent.
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Be careful what you wish for . . .
With that utterance, Charlotte awakens shocked to find herself entwined with her beloved Sebastian. But the respectable man she knew is now a most rakish devil and she is . . . well, by some inexplicable magic, London's most infamous mistress.
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Even passion comes at a price . . .
Being the scandalous Lottie Townsend affords Charlotte unimaginable freedom-passionate nights with Sebastian, endless days of shopping, and adoring fans. But all too soon, Charlotte finds that being one man's mistress isn't the same as being his wife. Yet if she returns to her old, respectable life, can Charlotte trust there will be enough magic left to recapture Sebastian's heart . . . and reawaken his rakish desires?
Author: Elizabeth Boyle
Title: Once Tempted
Series: Danvers Family - BOOK I
Description:
INNOCENCE LOST
A notorious rake, the Marquis of Bradstone stole young Olivia Sutton's heart... and then ruined her life. For seven years she has been forced to hide her past behind a false identity. And now the dashing scoundrel has returned a different man: more handsome, more serious, more desirable...and far more dangerous than the cad who brought scandal and shame into Olivia's world.
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RAPTURE FOUND
Major Robert Danvers is living a lie -- but for a noble cause. Masquerading as his cousin, the late marquis, Robert's secret mission for the crown has led him straight to the beautiful, scheming seductress he believes was responsible for his brother's death. But there is a gentle innocence about this Olivia that belies her murderous reputation -- and a passionate sensuality that makes him yearn to hold her forever in his arms. His loyalty to his mission tells him that surrender would be the worst sort of betrayal -- yet once tempted, how can a man resist, when his heart tells him here is his one true love?
Author: Elizabeth Boyle
Title: Brazen Angel
Series: The d'Artiers Family - BOOK I
Description:
A DOUBLE LIFE...
She was every man's fantasy - and most dangerous desire. One bewitching look, the whispered promise of unspeakable ecstasy, and London's richest and most notorious rakes followed the Brazen Angel like sheep - ready to be fleeced. All London was in her thrall as she waltzed from masquerade to masquerade, seducing and stealing with impunity - until she met her match in the dark and dangerous lord who vowed to unmask her.
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A SINGLE PASSION...
He raced through the streets after the sapphire-eyed beauty, determined to catch London's most audacious thief. Giles Corliss, Lord of Trahern, had come home to honor his father's last request and marry a woman he'd never met, Lady Sophia D'Artiers. It was to be a marriage of convenience to beget an heir. But Giles had yet to discover that behind the fragile, ailing facade of his intended, lady Sophia, lay the mistress of disguise - an irresistible brazen angel who was about to lure him into a reckless passion that threatened to destroy them both...
Author: Elizabeth Boyle
Title: Something About Emmaline
Series: The Bachelor Chronicles - BOOK I
Description:
Every gentleman in England wants a wife like her--beautifu4 uncomplaining, and never underfoot.
There is definitely SOMETHING ABOUT EMMALINE
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Perhaps it's the fact that she doesn't exist! Alexander Denford, Baron Sedgwick, invented a gentle, subservient, never seen "wife" for the sole purpose of deterring the ton's marriage-minded ladies and their infernal matchmaking mothers--thereby enabling him to enjoy his frequent late nights and lustful dalliances in peace. So imagine Alex's surprise when a stunning stranger appears in his private bedchamber . . . and brazenly announces that she is "Lady Sedgwick!"
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This "Emmaline" has been living by her wits her entire life--and dearly desires what the dashing, much chagrined rake can provide: an entry into good society. In the meantime, she is plunging his household into chaos and, worse still, wreaking havoc with his heart. For there's something about her spirit and fiery sensuality that Alex is finding impossible to resist. But before he can make his perfect love his actual bride, he'll have to somehow be-come the ideal husband he never dreamed he could be.
Author: Elaine Coffman
Title: Angel Marble
Series: Mackinnon - BOOK I
Description:
A FALLEN WOMAN
Tibbie Buchanan was a heavenly beauty, yet some still whispered about her sins. Her glorious honey-colored hair wouldn't stay hidden under her bonnet. Her drab dresses couldn't hi e her alluring curves. Once she'd loved a man who'd ruined her. Now a gifted healer and herbalist, an angel to the sick, she swore she'd neve surrender to passion again.
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A BOLD STRANGER
Life on the frontier had taught Nick Mackinnon some hard lessons. Orphaned young, he'd left Texas to learn a shipbuilder's trade. Richer, lonelier, he came back to realize his dream--a seagoing dynasty. And now Tibbie was part of that dream. But Tibbie had loved before, had known the sting of betrayal, the burden of shame. She would flee from love and the man who ached to free her, the man who saw her imprisoned in the past, an exquisite...
Author: Elaine Coffman
Title: The Fifth Daughter
Series: Italian Chronicles - BOOK I
Description:
Born of tragedy and nurtured by scandal, Maresa Fairweather was a fifth daughter, all but abandoned by her widower father.
Wild and headstrong, she was fortunate to have Percy Bronwell to keep her from harm's way. Now the childhood friends have grown up, but realizing his love for Maresa is unrequited, Percy enlists in the Royal Navy.
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Always attracted to the wrong man, Maresa continues her flirtatious ways until increasing gossip dictates a change of scene. She travels to Italy, but old habits are hard to break and, desperate to end another engagement, she pleads for Percy's help. He saves her the only way he can -- by offering a marriage of convenience.
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After only one night together, Percy returns to his naval command...and Maresa becomes the woman she was destined to be. Learning that Percy's life is in danger at the hands of the French, she risks her own life to save him -- and to give him something he has always given her: unwavering love. But is it too late?
Author: Elaine Coffman
Title: The Highlander
Series: Graham - BOOK I
Description:
What's an honorable Scot to do when a beautiful woman washes ashore beneath the family castle? Give her to his brother?
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When Tavish Graham stumbles upon the naked body of Sophie d'Alembert, he thinks she is dead. But it doesn't take him long to discover that Sophie is very much alive and more woman than he can handle, so he leaves her with his brother, James, the Earl of Monleigh.
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Beautiful, young and French, Sophie finds herself in the wild, strange land of the Scots. Terrified and not willing to trust James, she fails to tell him that she is the granddaughter of Louis XIV -- and that she is fleeing a forced marriage to the hated English Duke of Rockingham.
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Reluctantly, Sophie begins to fall in love with the rugged Highlander. And before she can reveal the truth of her past, James discovers her royal connection, and wonders what else she is keeping from him. Can James resist her, or will he defy the might of England and France for a lover as wild and passionate as himself?
Author: Edith Layton
Title: The Gilded Cage
Series: Theatre - BOOK I
Description:
A DAZZLING BEAUTY IN A. CITY OF SPLENDOR AND SIN
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Post-Civil War New York was a golden city where wealth waited for the bold and everything had its price. It was here that well-born but impoverished Lucy Markham sought fame and fortune on the stage under a false name -- and became the toast of the town and the target of every man-about-town. It was here that handsome, iron-willed millionaire Josh Dylan came to put the seal on his success by conquering society. The moment Josh saw Lucy, he wanted her -- but only as his mistress. The moment Lucy saw Josh, she fought to quell her desire for him. For neither could afford to surrender to the one thing that threatened their carefully laid plans. Love.
Author: Edith Layton
Title: Love in Disguise
Series: Love - BOOK I
Description:
TWO FACES OF LOVE
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Miss Susannah Logan felt very fortunate to have not one man but two gentlemen shepherding her through her first London season.
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One was the cynical and brilliant Mr. Warwick Jones, whose wit and wealth gave him free entry into society and whose pretended scorn for women was matched only by the sensual intensity of his passion for them.
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The other was the handsome and honorable Julian, Viscount Hazelton, whose fierce desire for an unobtainable beauty had led him to financial ruin but could not mar his irresistible good looks.
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Warwick Jones and Julian were good friends until they took the inexperienced Miss Logan in hand... each leading her on a different path of love and passion toward a decision that threatened to intoxicate her flesh... and yield her ripe innocence to the one man whose tantalizing nearness she could no longer resist...
Author: Edith Layton
Title: The Cad
Series: Cad - BOOK I
Description:
INTIMATE STRANGERS
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Bridget Cooke possesses the gifts London society prizes: genteel manners, intelligence, an exquisite figure. She lacks, however, a fortune. A companion to icy relatives, Bridget resigns herself to a life of solitude, especially because of the childhood scar that mars her lovely face. Little does she expect to receive the vigorous attentions of darkly handsome, rich widower Lord Ewen Sinclair, Regency England's most infamous rake.
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In a matter of days, the Sinclair whisks Bridget to the altar and into his passionate embrace. Dismissing the vicious rumors surrounding their hasty marriage, Bridget is sure of Ewen's love, even when he is mysteriously called away. But then a shocking secret from his past emerges, threatening her happiness. If Ewen is a cad and their wedding a lie, as the gossips say, then why does Bridget's very stubborn heart still believe his love is true?
Author: Edith Layton
Title: The Return of the Earl
Series: Botany Bay - BOOK I
Description:
Passion Comes Home
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After fifteen years in cruel exile, Christian has finally returned to England to claim his rightful title. The new Earl of Egremont was a mere child when he was banished. Lovely and charming Julianne Lowell, who knew him then, must now determine if this suave and handsome mystery man is who he claims to be.
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But why would she not remember those eyes that sparkle like flawless gems? Christian is like no man she has ever met -- elegant and well-bred, but secretive and quite possibly dangerous, and seething with a sensual fire that steals her breath away. To trust this dashing stranger could place Julianne in grave peril if he is, in fact, playing a game of deception. But with her heart leaping madly at his slightest touch, how can she deny Christian the love and passion they both fervently desire?
Author: Edith Layton
Title: The Duke's Wager
Series: Bessacarr - BOOK I
Description:
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
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Lovely Regina Berryman was pursued by two men--the two most attractive and infamous bachelors in London.
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One was Jason Thomas, Duke of Torquay, whose skill and success in seduction had made him a legend of lordly licentiousness. The other was St. John Basil St. Charles, Marquis of Bessacarr, the devilish duke's only rival as the foremost rake of the realm.
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These notorious gentlemen had made Regina fair game iii a competition where all was considered legitimate strategy in winning her affection and capturing her virtue. And Regina's only chance of preserving her honor and protecting her heart was to turn the tables on her titled tempters--and change the dallying way Regency London played the game of love ....
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: Bound to a Warrior
Series: Warrior King - BOOK I
Description:
It has been prophesied that four men, raised as brothers, will bring Scotland back to her rightful glory. The first is running for his life.
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Charged with the restoration of Scotland's one true king, Duncan MacAlpin isn't surprised to find himself fleeing an army across the verdant hills of his homeland. But having to do so while shackled to a woman . . . that is a true challenge to Duncan's ingenuity and self-control. For the lovely, untouched maiden he's chained to is far too captivating to resist.
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Despite her innocence, Mercy guards her own dangerous secrets. Proud and unafraid -- hunted and imperiled for who she is and what she knows -- she is determined to regain her freedom and never let it be taken from her again. Yet locked so tightly to her imposed escort, tempted by the warmth of the powerful Highlander's body, she aches to give herself over completely to desire . . . and risk the heart she has fought so hard to protect.
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: Legendary Warrior
Series: Warrior - BOOK I
Description:
A Legendary Love Is Born
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Reena Cullen grew up listening to tales of the one they call the "Legend" -- a merciless warrior who is both feared and respected. So when her village is devastated by a cruel landlord, she knows in her heart the Legend is the only one who can rescue her people. But the flesh-and-blood man is even more powerful and sensuous than the hero she imagined...
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Magnus is fascinated by this petite, bold beauty who has come to him for help. He cannot refuse her, for she has stirred fires within him as no woman before. Yet another reason impels him to keep the lady close -- a secret that could threaten everything she loves. If she uncovers his dark mysteries, will Reena shun the handsome devil she has bargained with...or will she surrender completely to a fierce and dangerous passion?
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: The Daring Twin
Series: Twin - BOOK I
Description:
Two of a kind ...
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Fiery Fiona MacElder will not marry a man she does not love. Her laird will just have to find another way to merge two powerful Highland clans. Luckily, her identical twin sister shares her outrage. So when the bold warrior Tarr of Hellewyk arrives to claim Fiona as his bride, the sisters stand united, each refusing to divulge the other's true identity.
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No battlefield has offered a more daunting challenge than the one Tarr now faces: two stubborn, secretive Scottish beauties and only one who can share his marriage bed. The only solution is to take both home with him until he determines which is his rightful bride. As Fiona's desire grows for this powerful, passionate man she has sworn never to wed, Tarr wonders if the twin he aches for is truly his intended. And in the face of a sensuous deception -- and a dire threat from an unexpected enemy -- will a yearning, loving heart show the way?
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: Return of the Rogue
Series: Sinclare Brothers - BOOK I
Description:
Marriage was her only means of escape . . .
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Though Honora Tannach came of age amid the misty moors of the Scottish highlands, where warring clans battled to the death for the future of their wild land, nothing frightens her so much as a lifetime trapped in the castle of her cruel stepfather. She is thrilled when a marriage is arranged to the son of a Scottish laird . . . until her betrothed is revealed to be Cavan Sinclare. Though the savage warrior once saved her life, Honora knows no one can tame the heart of such a brute, no matter now finely chiseled his features or how enticing his eyes . . . .
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After escaping his captors, Cavan's only concern is protecting his clan from the menacing invaders who threaten at every turn--and his beautiful wife is a dangerous distraction. But in the face of fiery passion, their reluctance will fade . . . and Cavan will discover that there is no greater strength than the power of true love.
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: Isle of Lies
Series: Scottish - BOOK I
Description:
Clan loyalty has forced her to marry...
Moira Maclean has spent most of her life cloistered in the solemn halls of a Scottish convent--and has only ever known her father's iron will. So when a handsome warrior barges in with news of her father's dying wish--that she marry this stranger on the spot--Moira knows that duty has her bound.
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...but can it force her to love?
Soon Moira realizes the folly of her haste: that her father sent no such message, that she has just exchanged vows with her clan's own enemy, Ian Cameron Glencoe. Left behind at the convent, she discovers she carries his child.
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A silver lining
But all is not bleak in the foggy Scottish moors: Ian returns to take his bride home, leaving rumors that her life is in danger--but is it from her father or someone else? Ian recognizes in himself feelings he thought he'd never feel again. And although she, too, thinks herself impervious to the emotions of love, Moira may well be in for a surprise...
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: The Irish Devil
Series: Irish - BOOK I
Description:
The Beauty and the Barbarian
Ireland in the Middle Ages-a land of both heavenly landscapes and hellish warfare. It is in this world that Lord Eric of Shankill is both feared and revered. His unstoppable rage on the battlefield has made him known as the "Irish devil." Little did he know that his greatest battle would be fought in his own heart...
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Faith, daughter of Lord Terra is a healer who lives on the edge of society.
Shamed by a cruel act of injustice, cast out by her father, she is the last one anyone would choose for a wife...But when the "Irish devil" is given his choice of Lord Terra's daughters, he demands Faith's hand in marriage. Against all obstacles, they struggle to overcome the pain of their pasts and realized the passion which both have desired-and denied-for so long...
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: Taken By Storm
Series: Highlander - BOOK I
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Burke Longton has traveled to Scotland to find his brother, but instead finds himself in a dungeon, accused of a crime he did not commit.
Before he can devise a plan to escape, a motley crew bursts into the cell, and he is rescued by a fiery hellion who is as beautiful as she is fierce . . .
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They call her Storm-an avenging angel to the wrongly imprisoned, an outlaw wanted by the Scottish government.
Everything and everyone she'd ever loved has been taken from her, and now she's determined to never let that happen again. She does not have time for tenderness or love . . . until she meets Burke. Rugged and courageous, his kisses promise nights of fevered passion, while his eyes challenge her to dream of a future together. Dare she let this man storm past her defenses and convince her to trust her heart again?
Author: Diane Gaston
Title: Gallant Officer, Forbidden Lady
Series: Three Soldiers - BOOK I
Description:
HE'S FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY, NOW HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS HEART!
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The battlefields of Badajoz are nothing compared to the cutting tongues of polite society, but Jack Vernon has never been very "polite." A canvas is this brooding artist's preferred company -- having once been the outlet for the horror he witnessed at war, it's now his fortune.
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Painting the portrait of stunningly beautiful Ariana Blane is his biggest commission yet. Learning every curve of her body ignites feelings he thought were destroyed in battle. But he's not the only man who has Ariana in his sights....
Author: Diane Farr
Title: Under the Wishing Star
Series: Whittaker Family - BOOK I
Description:
Malcolm Chase's fortunate chance encounter with a kind young neighbor, Natalie Whittaker, gives the recent widower reason to fire his daughter's cruel governess and hire Natalie instead.
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With her household duties usurped by her brother's new wife, Natalie longs to accept Malcolm's offer. But it would be unseemly for a woman of her station to move into a bachelor's household. Though the obvious solution is to marry, Natalie desires a union of love, not convenience--a wish that just might come true when fate gives her feminine wiles a fighting chance...
Author: Denise Lynn
Title: Falcon's Desire
Series: Falcon - BOOK I
Description:
Emboldened by grief, Lyonesse of Ryonne had done the impossible by ensnaring the infamous Rhys of Faucon, the blackguard who had shattered her dreams.
But now imprisoned in her castle's tower, the Mighty Falcon posed an even greater threat, for his slightest touch made her heart take wing and sent her soaring...straight into his powerful arms!
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The Devil Faucon, they called him, yet Rhys was pleased, for it kept his enemies at bay.
Unfortunately the lovely Lyonesse counted herself among them, despite the desire that flared between them. And their uneasy truce would soon be destroyed when she learned a newfound alliance bound her to him as his bride.
Author: Delilah Marvelle
Title: Mistress of Pleasure
Series: School of Gallantry - BOOK I
Description:
REAL PLEASURE CAN'T BE TAKEN...
Granddaughter of a renowned courtesan, Maybelle de Maitenon has no interest in her grandmother's school in London where gentlemen receive instruction--in the art of seduction. Her only desire in life is to remain independent, free from men and the shackles of marriage. But when Maybelle lays eyes on Edmund Worthington, the Duke of Rutherford, at a soiree, and hears of his scandalous reputation, she decides he's the perfect person for her to have a tryst with no strings attached...
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IT MUST BE GIVEN...
Unbridled passion has again muddied Edmund Worthington's family name. After his very public dalliance with the strikingly beautiful and sensual Maybelle, his mother insists he marry her. But much to the Duke's surprise, Maybelle scoffs at his proposal. Never has he encountered such a brazen--and maddeningly irresistible--woman. But when Maybelle's grandmother falls ill, forcing Maybelle to take over the operation of her school, Edmund devises a plan to make her his. He enrolls in the school, where no one other than Maybelle must give him expert lessons in carnal pleasure...
Author: Delilah Marvelle
Title: Prelude to Scandal
Series: Scandal - BOOK I
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Having been raised in the jungles of South Africa, assisting her father in the study of mammal copulation, Lady Justine Fedora Palmer sweeps back into London to embark upon her coming out. She quickly discovers animals are far more civilized than the men surrounding her.
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When her father's observations are made public, proving buggery is natural to the animal kingdom, all of London is in a huffing outrage, including His Royal Majesty. Her father is imprisoned and slapped with outrageous penalty fees they simply cannot pay.
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Lady Justine becomes more than willing to trade her good name and her place in London's gossip hungry society to secure her father's release. There is only one person she knows she can trust: her father's patron, the Duke of Bradford. A dashing libertine, yes, but one she passionately adores for his unwavering kindness, wit, humor, and a willingness to support her father's studies even as everyone else had laughed her father off.
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To her astonishment, the Duke of Bradford is not the same man. His newly marred face hides a scandal that is about to test them both...
Author: Debra Mullins
Title: A Necessary Husband
Series: Necessary - BOOK I
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Rules Are Made to Be Broken...
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When Garrett Lynch bursts the glittering Raynewood ballroom a Wild mail, a hapless footman clinging to each powerful arm, Lucinda Devering is equally appalled and impressed. How uncivilized! How barbaric! How... stirringly strong and manly! Then she learns he's the long-lost heir of the Duke of Raynewood -- and that it's her job to transform him into a proper Englishman. And if she fails this impossible task, the duke will reveal her desperate secret, ruining her forever.
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Lucinda Devering may be the loveliest woman Garrett's laid eyes on, but her eternal rules and regulations about proper behavior are enough to drive a man mad. Which should he believe? That stiff spine, or those soft curls and big brown eyes? One thing is certain: that lush, prissy mouth needs loosening up -- and he knows just the way to do it! But soon he wonders which is more important: winning this game, or winning, Lucinda's hand?
Author: Debra Mullins
Title: Tempting a Proper Lady
Series: Brides of Nevarton - BOOK I
Description:
A Most Improper Alliance
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Two years ago, dashing Captain Samuel Breedlove disappeared without a word. But he's resurfaced in London a wealthy man, only to discover his fiancee preparing to wed another. Now Samuel needs to restore his good name and expose a villain -- and tempting, temptable Cilla seems an ideal accomplice.
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Priscilla Burke knows the marriage of her charge, Annabelle Bailey, to the Earl of Raventhorpe must be perfect. It would be madness for her to even consider doing anything that would mar this beautiful day and destroy her fledgling career as a wedding planner. Why then is she so drawn to this irresistible stranger who insists she help him sabotage the impending affair?
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But a proper lady's desire is nothing to toy with. And a man whose character has been questioned cannot allow himself to dream of happily ever after. This not-so-innocent seduction may have unforeseen consequences . . .
Author: Debra Dier
Title: Devil's Honor
Series: Marlow - BOOK I
Description:
DEVIL'S KISS
When Isabel Darracott went to London to meet her guardian, the Duke of Marlow, she never expected to be ravished in the library by a half-clad barbarian--or that the rogue would turn out to be the duke himself! Though she found herself devastated by his kisses, prim-and-proper Isabel knew she could not give in to temptation... for he was the devil in a very handsome disguise.
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ANGEL'S TOUCH
Known as the Devil of Dartmoor--the most man in London--Justin Trevelyan preferred the company of widows and prostitutes to the charms of innocents. The last thing he needed was this impertinent maiden and her two young sisters under his wardship. Yet from the moment he laid eyes on Isabel, he was captivated by her sweet beauty and somehow needed to protect her as well as possess her. But before he could gain an angel's trust, he'd have to prove his...DEVIL'S HONOR
Author: Debra Dier
Title: A Quest of Dreams
Series: Dreams - BOOK I
Description:
DESTINY'S LOVERS
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To Devlin McCain she was a fool who was chasing moonbeams, a spoiled rich girl who thought money could buy anything. But beneath her maddening facade burned a blistering sensuality he was powerless to resist, and he would journey to the ends of the earth to claim her.
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To Kate Whitmore, he was an overbearing brute who treated women like chattel, an unscrupulous scoundrel who valued gold above all else. Yet try as she might, she couldn't deny the irresistible allure of his dangerous virility.
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Hard-edged realist and passionate idealist, Devlin and Kate plunged into the Brazilian jungle, searching for an age-old mystery and a magnificent love that would bind them together forever.
Author: Deborah Simmons
Title: The Vicar's Daughter
Series: Regency Quartet - BOOK I
Description:
Lord Wycliffe Had Finally Met His Match.
With golden hair and eyes of springtime green, Charlotte Trowbridge was the toast of the London Season. "An incomparable goddess" her dazzled admirers proclaimed. But the earl of Wycliffe knew she was only a vicar's daughter, with the taste of heaven on her lips...!
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Methodical. Logical. Orderly. Charlotte would also have to add devilishly handsome to her description of Lord Wycliffe. Still, the man was desperately in need of some loosening up, and it looked as though she was the only woman capable of rattling his famous reserve.
Author: Deborah Simmons
Title: The Devil's Lady
Series: de Lacis - BOOK I
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Piers Montmorency
'Twas whispered that the mysterious Red Knight was more than mortal. Perhaps he'd even struck a devil's bargain to assure his warrior prowess. Yet Aisley sensed that Pier's shadows veiled a deeper secret.
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Aisley de Laci
Like a whirlwind, Aisley descended on Dunmurrow castle to claim the Red Knight as her husband. And Piers knew his world was forever changed. But could a creature so full of joy and sunlight ever accept a life of passions draped in darkness?
Author: Deborah Simmons
Title: Taming The Wolf
Series: de Burghs - BOOK I
Description:
Champion of Her Heart
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Though Marion Warenne's past was but a dim nightmare, her present held a vision of glory - the formidable Dunstan de Burgh. A fierce knight who was determined to win their battle of wills, all the while protesting mightily that he did not believe in love.
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Dunstan de Burgh, Baron of Wessex, had ofttimes heard himself likened to a wolf on the prowl: fierce, brave and ever-alert to danger. How so, then, could one soft-eyed damsel escape his watchful eye time and time again? And even more dangerous, slip past his guard and find her way into his heart?
