From the moment she laid eyes on Thaddeus Forbes, spirited, lovely Caroline Quenby of Venncombe Manor was in deep trouble. For in that instant she had fallen in love with the dashing prisoner of war who was an American naval surgeon in the War of 181...
Sooner or later Susan supposed she'd marry. The idea of falling in love had never occurred to her -- until she met the elegant and wealthy Lord John. Even then she did not think it possible that he would be interested in her, since he was paying ...
The lovely Justina had no intentions of falling in love with the handsome Captain Moresby. She was already engaged to marry another -- the dashing viscount who promised to give up gambling if he could make Justina his wife. Now Justina found herse...
Her father was an eccentric, and had transformed his English country estate into a Gothic fantasy. His father had been an eccentric, and had steeped his estate in artifacts of ancient Egypt. And though Isabella de Hyville had always admired Sir Ranul...
THEY ARE NOT ORDINARY RIVALS FOR THEY HAVE DUELED BEFORE -- ONLY THIS TIME IT IS BECAUSE OF A WOMAN.... Humphrey Freen, the Earl of Begbroke, and Major Guy Hipsley. This time they meet, not at dawn, but in the evening; not in the dewy forest, but ...
When Cornelia Vane seeks her aid in a compromising situation, Diana Wentbridge, a wealthy Countess in Regency London, deems it prudent to assume an incognito. As plain Miss West, she falls in love, reassured for once that her wealth is not the sole r...
In the late eighteenth century Evelyn was a boy's name, but nevertheless Evelyn Maddock of Blackoke Castle was a girl. She has been named by her ill-tempered and disappointed father who had wanted a son. Maltreated and ignored by her widowed parent, ...
The spring of 1816 finds wealthy Sir Ralph Marwood once again reluctantly fixed in town to find husbands for his daughters Emily and Sophia. When a chance encounter throws the dashing Piers Aubery in their path, he and his younger daughter Sophia ar...
When Catherine Ebford was faced with a marriage of convenience to the odious Colonel Berrington, her first thought was to quit her guardian's care. However, Christopher Dauntry, the brother of her friend, Melissa, pleads with her to abandon this noti...
Miss Ann Dorville was more than beautiful. She was spirited, intelligent, and very rich. She was an heiress. Which was the real reason John Frensham had asked her to marry him. Ann had nearly resigned herself to a pleasant, but loveless marriag...
Selina was something of a beauty -- and very much a firebrand. But she was not prepared for the violent adventure that befell her when she was shipwrecked off the Cornwall Coast. Nor was she prepared for the handsome, enigmatic young stranger, Mr. Ru...
THEY ARE NOT ORDINARY RIVALS FOR THEY HAVE DUELED BEFORE -- ONLY THIS TIME IT IS BECAUSE OF A WOMAN.... Humphrey Freen, the Earl of Begbroke, and Major Guy Hipsley. This time they meet, not at dawn, but in the evening; not in the dewy forest, but ...
Lucetta, beautiful spitfire daughter of the eccentric Lord Wintringham, fell in love so suddenly she could hardly believe it. She had turned down dozens of suitors and now there was Papa's guest, the dashing young Honourable Vere Dalvin, who unknowin...
Sally Brantham is an admirer of everything Gothic. When she meets an Earl who is not only heir to an abbey, but the author of horror tales, she is determined to marry him. Everyone agrees it is a splendid match, except for Dulcia, Sally's sister, who...
'You have made a big mistake...However, if you want to play games, that's fine with me. I always get what I want eventually,' Garrick Raven tells Sarah Martin when she refuses to sell him her paintings. Sarah is determined to make her name as a lands...
QUIET REBEL Everyone thought of Almeria Denbury (known to her intimates as Merry) as charmingly shy. Especially in the company of the opposite sex. She would, thought her family, make a perfect minister's wife. In fact, they had the minister ...
Twenty-two-year-old Fortune Roxby lives alone with her infant niece. When an orphaned schoolfriend, Melanie Pentlow, appears on her doorstep, declaring herself to be cruelly persecuted by an uncle and a repulsive Regency buck of advanced years, she l...