Best of
Historical-Romance

1981

The Tiger's Woman


Celeste De Blasis - 1981
    She came to San Francisco in flight from a secret so shattering, a man so dangerous, that no disguise could long shield her. Then she met Jason Drake--The Tiger--lover, gambler, empire builder, the one man whose power offered sanctuary.Bound by a cold bargain, she would follow him to the majestic isolation of the San Juan Islands. There, slowly, she could learn to be free...a tenuous love could grow-until the past caught up with them and set their world aflame, testing the very special love of...The Tiger's Woman

Some Brief Folly


Patricia Veryan - 1981
    And though Miss Euphemia (Mia) Buchanan liked them all, love was simply not in the picture.But the accident was to change all that. The accident that had almost killed her and her brother. Suddenly Mia found herself convalescing at Dominer, the ancestral home of the infamous Garret Hawkhurst, who, rumor had it, had murdered his wife and son--and for whom Mia had developed a dangerous tenderness.

The Duchess of Asherwood


Mary A. Garratt - 1981
    

Sun Dancer's Passion


Karen A. Bale - 1981
    He saw the arrival of the gun, the horse, the buffalo. He watched his tribe change from peace-loving farmers to savage hunters. And he remembered how Sweet Medicine, the beloved prophet, had predicted thatSUN DANCER would become a legend in her times Even as a child his daughter was special...bright, beautiful, breath-taking. And as she grew, an aura of magnificence surrounded her - an enchanting, spell-binding radiance She shunned all the braves who wanted her, waiting for the one man she truly loved...STALKING HORSE, who was the strongest and most desirable of the tribe. From the time they were children, they shared everything...laughter, love, loyalty. But innocence gave way to passion...and betrayal. Would their relationship ever survive the ultimate sin?

Bold Breathless Love


Valerie Sherwood - 1981
    A romantic novel concerning a young woman who's heart belongs to a copper haired englishman despite being with another man.

Unconquered


Bertrice Small - 1981
    Except Jared Dunham. Betrothed to this wildcat in a pact that allowed Miranda to remain mistress of her ancestral home off the New England coast, the roguish merchant adventurer turns his wife’s burning rage to searing ecstasy as he fires her most wanton desires.But time are dangerous - Napoleon is plundering the continents and seas. Miranda’s spirited ways and breathtaking sensuality will plunge her into perilous escapades of brutality and erotic discovery - from the war torn Crimea and the savage slave breeding farm to a terrifying capture and grueling trek to Istanbul.

Miss Mouse


Mira Stables - 1981
     When Graine Ashley takes up her third appointment in two years, she goes to considerable lengths to disguise these natural attributes. Circumstances eventually conspire to show her in her true colours, but by that time her standing with the family has been established. Unfortunately, she has also fallen in love with her employer. She has too much common sense to envisage any possibility of marriage with one so far above her. The only prudent thing to be done is to set him at a distance; a wise course, that proves to be remarkably difficult to achieve. Mira Stables is the author of many historical fiction novels, including The Byram Succession, Marriage Alliance, and Honey Pot.