"I CANNOT LEAVE THIS HOUSE. IT IS THE ONLY LINK I HAVE WITH THE FUTURE. I'M NOT LADY ELSINGHAM. I'M KATHY HENDRIX." She was young, lovely, and newly jilted. And to make matters worse, it had started to rain. She sought refuge in the doorway of a s...
DARLING DECEIVER When Griselda (called Zelda by her friends) discovers that her irresponsible younger brother has lost the family mansion to a notorious gamester named Devil Fallon, she refuses to accept defeat. Unbeknownst to her brother, she ...
IT WAS A PERILOUS MASQUERADE! Andrea knew her honor would be compromised if this escapade ever came to light. But she did not care. She had to discover who had murdered her father, the count, and Pola, her beautiful but wild sister. So, disguis...
"PLEASE CALL ME TIGER." Chloe was masquerading as an untidy bundle of rags in the corner of the stable when Lord Randal Beresford found her. And to protect the "poor little dab of a female" from her wicked stepbrother, he dressed h...
NO ONE WAS GOING TO FORCE THE BEAUTIFUL BELINDA TO MARRY A MAN SHE HAD NEVER SEEN! She had been pledged to him since birth, but high-spirited Belinda Sayre rebelled against marriage to a stranger, even if he was the Duke of Romsdale. When she fled ...
Yvette spent her childhood in the convent where her mother left her. Now her mother, who had been a famous and beautiful actress, was dead, and had left her daughter a legacy of precious jewels. Only, as it turned out, the jewels were worthless. Past...
EVERY DAMSEL DESERVES SOME DISTRESS! Filled with storybook notions, Miss Melpomene Rand yearns to be a tragic figure like the imperiled heroine of her favorite novella. But, alas, whenever she is hurled into a predicament, she comes to little harm...
COULD SHE PAY HER BROTHER'S DEBT? Alison had never fought a duel, but her twin brother had run out on his obligation to fight the haughty Earl of Havard. Alison was sure Havard just wanted to teach Edmond a lesson for flirting with his sister. Aft...
SHE HAD REFUSED HIM HER LOVE -- NOW ONLY HE COULD RESCUE HER... Miss Thalia Temple is a dimpled young woman with a lovely face, very little money, and an abundance of foolish pride. So when the dashing Lord Philip Sandron flirts shamelessly with ...
INDIA...in the year 1856, a land of passion, wealth and power, seething with the undercurrents of violence as its people strove to throw off the yoke of British rule. But for innocent young Brittania Layton, returning to the land of her youth, India ...
"I SHALL NOT ONLY TAKE YOU BACK WITH ME, ATHENA, I SHALL FIND YOU A SUITABLE HUSBAND. AND YOU HAD BETTER BE PREPARED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM!" So spoke Athena's grandmother, who was about to take her bookish granddaughter to London an...
"YOU ARE BOTH TOO TEMPTING BY FAR FOR OUR JADED CITY TASTES. GO AWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE TOO MANY SERPENTS LURKING IN THE BEAU MONDE." Ever since Lord Philip Sandron had married Miss Thalia Temple (called Tally by her intimates) his fri...
"THE KING OF FRANCE WISHES YOU TO SPONSOR SOME FEMALES HE'S GETTING RID OF" This was the first the young Duke of Landsdale heard of the Comtesse and her daughter, Tiri. His mother was furious. Were they to take in a notorious Frenchwom...
The Earl of Stone and Hammer has always led a peaceful and undisturbed life. That is until a gorgeous young French woman shows up on the doorstep of his home. She brings news that his brother, who has been missing for years, is dead in the streets of...
HER FOOLISH FATHER HAD GONE GAMING AGAIN -- AND HAD LOST HIS DAUGHTER IN THE BARGAIN! Barely out of the schoolroom, Matilda Mountavon is presented with odious news: her rakehell father has gambled away the family fortune and the only settlement he c...
"SENSIBLE? HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN ME TO DO THE SENSIBLE THING, DEAREST CLEA?" Clea Bradford must ruefully agree with her aunt, Lady Floss Dearborn. Throwing off her widow's weeds, Floss intends to use her small inheritance to find a suita...
WITH AN EARLDOM AT STAKE, HER BROTHER'S MISHAPS WERE NO ACCIDENT! It took two attempts on her nine-year-old brother's life to alert Lady Leslie Endale that their greedy guardian March Wardell meant to have the family fortune. But transp...
MOIRA LOVELACE FOUND SHE HADN'T A FEATHER TO FLY WITH.... When her beloved parents perished in a fire, Moira decided to throw her penniless self upon the mercy of her married cousin Lili. But en route to Lili's London manse, Moira witnessed a most...
She went from rags to riches in the blink of an eye. Alfreda never felt like she belonged, but when she discovers that she was switched at birth and is the rightful heir to an Earl's estate she is flabbergasted. Nobody ever expected this mousy, plain...
"SINCE WE DISLIKE ONE ANOTHER SO HEARTILY, WE ARE UNLIKELY TO INTERFERE WITH ONE ANOTHER'S PLEASURES OR PURSUITS." Considering the pressing circumstances of both bride and groom, it was a match made in heaven. Lovely Gina Cayley despe...
She went from rags to riches in the blink of an eye. Alfreda never felt like she belonged, but when she discovers that she was switched at birth and is the rightful heir to an Earl's estate she is flabbergasted. Nobody ever expected this mousy, plain...
Alison's twin brother Edmond has run off and forfeited his obligation to fight a duel with the intimidating and handsome Earl of Havard. The man is an infernally good shot, as well as ruthless in meting out judgement. But Alison is sure that the duel...
On a routine flight from Earth to Mars, Captain Mark Rand discovers an attempt to smuggle drugged women in a cargo container. He and the ship's Factor are brought before the Controller. Soon after, the Factor winds up dead -- and Captain Rand is fals...
Button Gwinnett's first semester in college is fraught with excitement. She's supposed to attend the Freshman Welcome Hop with BMOC Bill Major, but while escaping the unwanted attentions of Dr. McGavin behind the library, she witnesses a murder. The ...
While on a top secret mission investigating the strange happenings in Ore Valley, FBI agent Phil Norton goes missing. The Pentagon brings in Phil’s secret wife, the exotic dancer Valentine Norton. She’s willing to do anything to help get Phil bac...
On a dull grey morning in August, a boy climbing along the rocky shore near the resort town of Torbay in the south of England discovers a dead body in the surf. When he reports it to the police, he describes seeing a hooded figure atop the cliffs, be...
In a post-apocalyptic world, there’s a million-to-one chance that Steve Vannevar can succeed where the rest of the Suicide Squad had failed. Succeed, that is, in traveling back in time -- reaching back into the months or weeks before that first att...
When Wilfred first meets Lydia, she’s in the midst of a face-bashing, hair-pulling brawl in a dirty alley in Italy. He breaks up the fight and, feeling sorry for her, gives her the business card of his valet, Wiggins. Wiggins is then murdered.The A...
A car looks as if it's hit a brick wall, but it hasn't impacted anything. The jewel thief inside is killed instantly, and paranormal detective Jamie Jarvis is put on the case.A short story....
A frail creature crawls in from the heat of the desert, clinging to life. Bill and the town doctor try to communicate with the being, and soon discover that it's from another planet. It has journeyed to Earth to offer an astonishing treasure in excha...
FORMERLY PUBLISHED AS SEPTEMBER SONGThe world’s fashion elite are waiting for . . . Lauren’s DesignsAfter her husband passed away, Lauren Rose’s entire life became her clothing line, September Song. With one of the biggest fashion competitions ...