Across an ocean, through decades of danger and desire, this is Alexandria's life-the life of an indomitable woman who gives her tormented heart to two bold men, who travels to distant America in search of a dream and in flight from a love that would follow her to the end of her days, and who creates a dynasty in the years preceding the Civil War.

    Scott Gandy has always been a gambling man, relying on his lazy Southern charm to smooth a way out of difficult situations. Hoping to make his fortune, he opens a saloon in Proffitt, Kansas. But he soon becomes a target of the prohibition movement, led by the owner of the hat shop next door to his establishment – the enchanting yet volatile Agatha Downing.The saloon keeper and the prim and proper milliner are hopeless adversaries… until the innocence of a child opens their eyes and hearts to each other.

    Briac, is a man with a perfect life – bold, witty, and splendid to behold, he is the King of France’s trusted knight.But the day that captivating Aimée de Fleurance appears in the woods to interrupt a hunt, St. Briac’s life is turned on end. When she takes her sister’s place and joins the royal court to avoid an arranged marriage, St. Briac is drawn unwillingly into her impetuous scheme.To save Aimée from the king’s bed, St. Briac shocks them both by declaring that they are betrothed. After all, marriage is the last thing he wants, especially to this infuriating maiden…Journey back to the magical world of 16th century France and join Aimée and St. Briac for an adventure filled with enchantment, laughter, and sensuous passion!

    But when he laid her gently back against the buffalo robe in his tepee, she felt strangely safe. And when the handsome, bronzed savage began to explore her body with soft kisses and sensuous caresses, her senses reeled with undreamt-of pleasure. Forever left behind was the genteel Philadelphia society in which she had been raised, as she gave herself completely to forbidden ecstasy...SEASON OF LOVEWindhawk gave a gasp of surprise when he first set eyes on the lovely white woman Joanna. Her red gold hair was the color of the prairie sunset, her eves the purple of twilight. Though she feared him--fought him--he would take her for his wife. But when he cradled her in his arms, her soft moans were as rapturous, her kisses as urgent, as his own... and he knew that the heights of passion awaited them in the SAVAGE AUTUMN.

    Can young Morag McGrath and Rob Craigallan find love, happiness and success when they leave Scotland for a new life in North America? "One of Britain's most popular romance writers." Booklist From the moment Rob rescues Morag from a drunken docker it seems their lives will be forever entwined. But the challenges of the New World mean the couple must face hardship and many obstacles. Rob sees a way forward when he meets the daughter of wealthy farm owners the Van Hutens. But to support Rob's plans with Luisa, the ever loyal Morag must accept living a terrible lie. While Rob's ambition promises him a great fortune, can Morag find the strength to control her own fate? And will the couple have the courage to face the tragedies that threaten their futures? A gripping story of determination and desire. The first book in the moving Craigallan family saga. THE CRAIGALLAN FAMILY SAGA A SOWER WENT FORTH THE STONY PLACES HARVEST OF THORNS THE GOOD GROUND

    No one has a good time on a pirate ship. No one, that is, but the pirates. Yet there she was, Merry Wilding - kidnapped in error, taken from a ship bound from New York to England, spirited away in a barrel and swept aboard the infamous Black Joke....There she was, trembling with pleasure in the arms of her achingly handsome, sensationally sensual, golden-haired captor - Devon. From the storm-tossed Atlantic to the languid waters of the Gulf Stream, from a smuggler's den to a gilded mansion, Merry struggled to escape...to escape the prison of her own reckless passions, the bondage of sweet, bold desire...

    Travelling on the high seas to Savannah, Georgia, fiery beauty Kathleen Haley finds herself powerfully attracted to the dashing and dangerous Captain Reed Taylor, and when circumstances force them to marry, she must endure his brutal passions and his secret alliance with pirates, which prompts her s

    Still she longed to escape from Oregon . . . and the nightmares that left her shaking, screaming one man's name. Banner fled to the Washington Territory to accept position with Dr. Adam Corbin . . . arrogant, handsome and rumor said, violent. Although Banner respected his skills, she was unnerved by the very nearness of this moody, powerful man. His past was a mystery, that would challenge her to the utmost . . . for Banner was determined to win Adam Corbin's heart!

    A gifted healer, she will soon learn that in the American West a medicine woman is scorned by the all-male medical profession.Katie…every bit as strong and defiant as her older sister and determined never to put her fate in the hands of any man, but instead to build a Wyoming sheep ranching empire in Wyoming’s magnificent Wind River Country.Amos…a powerful polygamist whose hunger for power is eclipsed only by his lust for Rebecca. He vows to make her his fifth and most prized wife.Bryce…handsome, dangerous and a man who has lost his first love to a powerful and ruthless polygamist and vows deadly revenge...until he meets Rebecca.Captain Devlin Woodson II…a brilliant, dashing but tortured Army doctor whose battlefield decision cost sixty-three lives in the Civil War…and whose only purpose for living is to save that many soldiers at the lonely frontier outpost called Fort Bridger.Washaki...greatest of the Shoshone chiefs, a man too wise to let his people die needlessly…he will win them the great Wind River Reservation…and keep it forever for his people.Intertwined with the epic building of the Transcontinental Railroad the true story of the courageous Wyoming women who fought for woman’s suffrage and first won the right to vote, SISTERS of the WYOMING MOUNTAINS: Book I and its exciting sequel, SISTERS of the WYOMING PLAINS: Book II are never to be forgotten sagas written by multiple and national award-winning author, Gary McCarthy.

    She was an Indian princess, a refined lady, a warrior, an enchantress. Fearless, independent, hauntingly beautiful, she was the most sought-after woman in the New Mexico territory. But no man had ever claimed her supple body or tamed her proud heart. Certainly not the handsome, arrogant, new Army officer who undressed her with his insolent silver gaze!From the moment he saw her, Major Kanen Benedict knew she would be his. No woman had ever refused him, certainly not this green-eyed, black-haired, buckskin clad temptress! He would use her, then forget her. But when at last he caressed her trembling flesh and molded her soft, yielding curves to his lean, hard strength, he knew he could never let her go. He would win her love and carry her with him to the enchanted wonderland of enchanted ecstasy.

    Henry, the first king of that name, had died with no son to succeed him and England had plunged headlong into civil war, with the crown as the victors prize. The unrest had spread deep into that unhappy land, even as far as her beloved Cambray, from whose stone walls her father's men had many times ridden to quell the wild borderlands of the Welsh Marches.Now, with her home in other hands and her own future entrusted to her partisan overlord, it was time for the name of Ann of Cambray to blaze like a beacon though those dark days of twelfth century England.This is her chronicle.

    Worldly, handsome, undaunted by danger, he awakened in the wild girl a woman's ardor. Kit would shed her boy's disguise to dazzle society with her bold beauty...she would tantalize Baron even as she schemed to destroy him. Torn between burning desire and an impassioned dream of the South reborn, she would be forced to choose: to fulfill love's longing or risk everything for Risen Glory.

    She was The Beauty -- reckless Dorinda Meredith, heiress to the wind!He was The Blade -- dark, debonair, most dangerous of highwaymen to rove the colonial highroads.A world of intrigue and danger stood between them, but they were star-crossed lovers -- born to meet, born to clash, and Born to Love

    Rescued from a frightening encounter with Hitler’s S.S. by dashing Anthony Winfield, Kate reluctantly accepts his help although he is arrogant, aristocratic and English – all the things independent Kate dislikes. She is intrigued by his easy charm but suspicious of his mysterious entrée to the Nazi high command. Kate and Tony’s American and British backgrounds clash, despite their growing attraction for each other, and as the tides of war engulf them, their fragile ties are threatened by the onslaught of battle and secrets both had thought were buried in the past. From the glittering dinner parties of Hitler and Goering, the horror of S.S. headquarters, the occupation of Paris, to blitz-ravaged London, Kate and Tony are caught in a desperate, life-threatening struggle to survive as they define their loyalties to their countries, and most importantly, to each other. A sweeping tale of romance, passion and adventure, tragedy and triumph, heart-warming, sometimes terrifying, always engrossing.

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    From his simmering gaze to his lean strength, he infused heat throughout every part of Kathleen Kingsford's body. His very presence made the humid New Orleans nights even steamier. Caught amidst her aunt's schemings, her brother's foolishness, and her enemy's greed, Katie longed for the solace Christopher promised. But could she trust this high-stakes gambler who bet a fortune without batting an eyelash? As a vicious hurricane descended, she had no choice.Katie appeared at his door, her dress clinging to every curve, raindrops tracing tantalizing paths across her creamy skin. She had captivated him upon their first meeting, when she blackened his eye to protect her brother. Ever since, he'd wanted to be the one to protect her. And now she was here. Now she was his. Now they could finally surrender to their Wanton Splendor.