She chose Royce, a baron warrior whose fierce demeanor could not conceal his chivalrous and tender heart. A resourceful, rebellious and utterly naive, Nicholaa vowed to bend Royce to her will despite the whirlwind of feelings he aroused in her. Ferocious in battle, seasoned in passion, Royce was surprised by the depth of his emotion whenever he caressed his charming bride.In a climate of utmost treachery, where Saxons still intrigued against their Norman invaders, Royce and Nicholaa revelled in their precious new love ... a fervent bond soon to be disrupted by the call of blood, kin and country!

    But Loretta can only see him as the enemy who has kidnapped her, and she refuses to succumb to his control—or his touch.Despite the hatred between their peoples, Loretta and Hunter gradually find their enmity changing to respect and care. In the midst of such conflict, it will take all the force of their love to find a safe haven.

    From penniless settlers to wealthy mine owners to Denver's regal first family, together—and separately—they pursued their dazzling dreams of love and glory. From the era of the covered wagon to the rise of the western railroad, from the gold rush years through the golden age of the American West, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAINS is the breathtaking saga of a remarkable family who endured tragedy and hardship to build a glorious mountain empire.

    From A Far Off Land... A bold and brazen prince came to America to claim his promised bride. But the spirited vixen spurned his affections while inflaming his royal blood with passion's fire...impelling virile Stefan Barany to take in sensuous and searing conquest the love Tatiana vowed never to yield.

    But when her stagecoach was attacked by Comanche warriors, the auburn-haired beauty wished she'd never left St. Louis. Then all at once the renegades were gone --- and she was being cradled in the strong arms of fellow passenger Wade Morrow. The handsome half-breed had saved her life, and though they were all alone on the vast Texas plains, she suddenly felt safer than she ever had before. For she'd finally found the man who could ease the loneliness in her soul, and bring rapture to her heart!SHE RESCUED HIS HEARTThough Comanche blood ran in Wade Morrow's veins, he'd been adopted by a white family as an infant, and knew nothing of his Indian heritage. Still, something in him yearned for the wild, untamed land where he was born. So he headed to west Texas to join his past with his future --- and ended up with Jennifer Andrews in his arms! Wade knew from bitter experience that no white woman would ever want him, and he tried to harden his heart against the sweet desire she awakened. But soon he realized there was no denying the passion they were destined to share in the magnificent glow of the . . . COMANCHE SUNSET!

     Can Alexandra reach the end of the season without losing her heart? Regency England At twenty-eight, Alexandra Farrish has no hopes of marrying. However, she vows to shepherd her beautiful but prickly younger sister, Didi, through a London season to help her secure a perfect match. As expected, Didi soon becomes one of the season’s greatest successes, and even captures the interest of the Marquess of Malvern — one of London’s most eligible bachelors. As one of the Farrish family’s most frequent visitors, the handsome marquess seems to be on the brink of making Didi an offer. But as Alexandra spends more and more time in the company of their new friend, she begins to question her own feelings… The Unlikely Chaperone by Dorothy Mack is a classic Regency romance with a passionate, headstrong heroine.

    Land she would help her father conquer to achieve his dream of a trancontinental railroad. She wouldn't liet a cold, creaky wagon, murderous bandits or stampeding buffalo stand in her way. She wanted it all--including Colt Travis. All the Odds Were Against Them Like the land of his birth, half-Cherokee Colt Travis was wild, hard, and dangerous. He was a drifter, a wilderness scout with no land and no prospects hired by the Landers family to guide their wagon train. He knew Sunny was out of his league and her father would never approve, but beneath the endless starlit sky, anything seemed possible...

    And the magnificent Warrick deChaville is the perfect choice to sire her child--though it means imprisoning the handsome knight...and forcing him to bend to her amorous whims.SLAVE OF PASSIONVowing to resist but betrayed by his own virility, noble Warrick is intoxicated by Rowena's sapphire eyes and voluptuous beauty. Yet all the while he plans a fitting revenge--eagerly awaiting the time when his sensuous captor becomes his helpless captive ... and is made to suffer the same rapturous torment and exquisite ecstasy that he himself has endured.

    Stealing the delicate beauty on her wedding day, he vows to keep her safe—and untouched—for she is a hostage to be bartered for the freedom of his beloved Scotland. But soon he discovers that his lovely captive has unexpected strength, fire—and plans of her own. From a besieged French castle to the untamed Scottish Highlands, Darach and Laurien are swept up in wild adventure, dangerous secrets…and forbidden love that puts their honor and their lives at risk.An RWA Golden Heart Award Finalist: Best Historical Romance of the Year“A compelling, memorable romance. HIS STOLEN BRIDE joins the ranks of the finest medieval captive/captor stories along with those by Elizabeth Stuart and Johanna Lindsey. 4 1/2 stars (highest rating)." -RT Book ReviewsAn earlier edition of this novel was originally published by Avon Books under the title Falcon on the Wind. This extensively revised Author's Preferred Edition includes new scenes never before published.The Stolen Brides SeriesThese regal brides are about to discover that falling in love with a warrior is the most dangerous adventure of all. Each book is a stand-alone, steamy historical romance:Book 1: HIS STOLEN BRIDE (Darach and Laurien)Book 2: FOREVER HIS (Gaston and Celine)Book 3: HIS FORBIDDEN TOUCH (Royce and Princess Ciara)Book 4: HIS CAPTIVE BRIDE (Hauk and Avril)Book 5: HIS SCOTTISH BRIDE (Henri and Aileen)

    As Scottish invaders plunder her convent sanctuary, she defiantly resists the blond warrior who claims her as his prize. But his brute strength is overpowering and Jennet is forced to ride with him through the lawless lands, tending to the wounded, protected and desired by a man she wants to hate ... but cannot ...Sir Hacon Gillard is moved by Jenner's compassion and mercy. As a loyal knight, he's pledged fealty to his king's command, even as he loses his heart to this remarkable woman. Merciless in combat ... yet there burns within him a spark for something far beyond the heat of battle ...

    She was certainly spirited and delightfully sweet natured, and she'd managed to run her family farm almost single-handedly. But wasn't a twenty-nine-year-old lady farmer too old to catch a husband?An Irresistible Suitor.All his life handsome, black-haired Reed Tyler had worked Miss Hattie's farm--and dreamed of one day settling down on his own piece of land with the pretty young woman he'd sworn to marry. Hattie was someone he could tell his hopes and troubles to--someone he looked on as a sister. So he thought, until the idea of Ancil Drayton calling on her made him seethe. Until the night a brotherly peck became a scorching kiss... and Reed knew nothing would bank the blaze--and that his best friend was the only woman he would ever love.From the Paperback edition.

    Chance Wyatt agrees to settle down and build a home with a lovely stranger. The boy in him never considered the possibility of love. But the man in him can't deny the passion that Anna brings out in him. They vowed to live together for only a year, but as the challenges of the savage land bring them closer together, neither can resist the aching desire that inflames their hearts-and touches their souls.

    She struggles to raise her late stepdaughter's child in a farmhouse filled with danger, but soon finds a daring new dream.

    She devotes herself to managing the great family estate in Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit. Then Madoc of Powys enters her life, and all her beliefs are turned upside down. For Wynne and Madoc have been lovers in another time, another place. And an unfinished destiny lies between them . . .

    To their shaman, the bold white streak in her hair made her special and her visions in the flames make her a woman of magic. Yet no magic could protect Daniella from the passion that sears her senses when she first meets Travis Colton. To Arizona rancher Travis Colton, the mysterious Daniella is his only chance at rescuing his son. Travis and his ten-year-old son were captured by a band of Cochise's warriors. Left for dead, Travis managed to make his way home, determined to do whatever it takes to get his son back. Travis and Daniella's quest together will take more than magic; it will take a passion neither is ready to handle.

    She hated Jesse Cameron with a fierce passion. But she was a widow now, and he was the enemy at her door, come with weapons of fire to melt her icy heart ...HIS TRAITOR'S TOUCH IGNITED RAGING PASSIONSHe wore a Yankee uniform with inimitable Southern style, as true to the Union cause as he was treasonous to his rebel roots. Even as war engulfed them all, he would find his greatest adversary in the beauty who'd branded him a traitor, the woman he was born to possess.

    Lionello Andreas is bound by his vow to guard the exquisite statue. But to recover what is rightfully his, he will need the help of a thief--one he can control body and soul. He finds his answer on the treacherous backstreets of Florence, in a sharp-witted young woman whose poverty leaves her no choice. But in the end, the allure of the Wind Dancer, and the ruthlessness of those who would possess her, will catapult them both into a terrifying realm where death may be the most merciful escape.

    But before the stagecoach could rattle its dusty way through the dangerous Indian territory, Matilda would unpin her hair, roll up her sleeves and save the lives of all three. She would risk torture, ravishment and capture by savages. And in the strong, bronzed arms of the most unlikely suitor, she would lose her innocence, trade her virtue for a night of ecstasy, and discover a wild desire that rivaled the scorching heat of the prairie sun.

    But she fears this stranger who burns to avenge the wrongs of treacherous men. For Caleb is as wild and unpredictable as the uncivilized land he loves. Yet, though she challenges him at every turn, the spirited southern lady knows this proud, enigmatic loner is her destiny. And no matter what peril awaits, they must face it together -- for Willow has become a fever in Caleb′s blood ... awakening a need so fierce that he would defeat the devil himself to possess her.

    Now, unless the Duke himself-or a convincing imposter-supports the old man's lies, the angry townsfolk will drive Goldie and her kinsman from their village. With luck--and Goldie's infallible "duke lessons"-the secretive stranger she encounters while bathing might fool the doubting locals. But little does the feisty, determined miss realize that handsome Saber West is, in fact, the very lord she wants him to impersonate-or that his gentle virility will awaken in her a passion beyond measure, embroil her in a danger beyond imagining…and fulfill the rapturous promise of a love beyond dreams!

    So when she witnesses a bank robbery in progress, she doesn't think of the consequences. She steals a gun, barges in--and finds herself being held captive within minutes.The moment Hunter Walsh locks eyes on Leanne, he knows he should leave her behind. The desire he feels for her is a distraction he doesn't need. But abandoning a brave, impulsive woman is turning out to be much harder than it should be. For even the most ruthless outlaw can't ignore an irresistible temptation...

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    Then a cruel betrayal tore them apart and left Letty on a windswept Midwestern farm to raise their son alone. Struggling to build a future over the years, she learned to harden her heart to desire...until big, dark-haired Mike marched into town, looking for his woman and his dream—and ready to fight the world to have her in his arms again.

    The winds of desire swept across the Kansas plains carrying Charity into the powerful arms of Luke Sterling -- the handsome gunfighter who would teach the determined beauty his fabled skills...and reawaken her womanly passions with the sweet promise of ecstasy. In a rugged land where a smoking gun was the only law, a bold and turbulent love was born on danger's trail.

    When he saw the beautiful bondservant fresh from the high seas, his decision was made. He offered to temporarily make her his wife in name only. But after impulsively kissing her lush lips, a raw passion surfaced, and Nick realized his roguish life had not been complete before the entrance of this green-eyed enchantress.Jordan St. James was desperate to escape London and the evil investor who expected her to repay her family's debt with her body. She set off on a journey to work as an indentured servant in the New World, and upon seeing the wealthy planter who'd purchased her papers, Jordan's heart beat faster. The intensity of his eyes burned into her soul, and his seemingly innocent touch left her shivering with desire. She vowed to do whatever it took to become, in every way, his...BAYOU BRIDE.

    While war rages in America, Meara O'Hara leads a safe and secluded life on Georgia's enchanted Jekyll Island, where she makes the grave mistake of falling in love with Michael Fielding, on the island to complete a secret mission.

    Marshal Fowler Barclay was kidnapped at gunpoint by a beautiful green-eyed girl, he had a hunch she didn't want him for his good looks or vibrant personality. As it turned out, what she did want was help finding her missing twin brother. Fowler was tempted by her lush young curves, tempted by her soft, beguiling lips; he was also tempted to throw her in the nearest jail to keep her out of trouble. But after a wicked ambush, a vicious shootout and a glorious night in each other's arms, he knew that, like it or not, this bundle of trouble was destined to be his. . . Texas Woman

    An exquisite necklace would symbolize their unity, and their firstborn, named He Brings Peace, held a promise of tomorrow. Until an enemy tribe attacked, killing his parents ...CASE LONGSTREET ...Changing his name and learning the ways of white men, the young Apache followed his fierce plan for revenge. Then he discovered a restless and all-consuming passion --- in the eyes of a loving woman.LIBBY ASHFORD ...She came to the open West where, against all reason, she claimed the love of a dangerous man. A man who would unleash her deapest desires ...Together they captured a bold dream of love --- and challenged both their worlds. In a sweeping novel of forbidden desire, Constance Bennett captures the fury of proud passion in an untamed land.

    In desperate need of a wilderness guide, Irony was overjoyed to encounter the perfect man for the job-half-breed Raphael Hawkes. But Hawkes refused to help, so Irony used her revolver to "persuade" him. The petite miss THOUGHT she had the upper hand...until the night she found this bronzed, muscled half-savage gazing down at her, and she didn't know which to fear more-outlaws, Indians, or the primitive lust scorching through her untried body! HOT-BLOODED HALF-BREEDHawkes almost laughed when the "well-bred" miss pulled a gun on him. Instead, he decided to play along and guide her through his people's lands-she might prove amusing. But on the trail, when the ebony-haired enchantress gazed up at him with desire darkened emerald eyes, the Ojibway warrior knew what payment he'd require from this little gun-wielding charmer. Aroused by her bold spirit and enflamed by her soft curves, Hawkes meant to sample her fiery passion and untouched treasures for himself. And when he felt her wild response, Hawkes vowed to risk his very life for sweet irony-this beauty he'd branded forever his own....

    Even her sophisticated beauty and elegant demeanor cannot erase the townspeople's evident disapproval of Lacey's unladylike behavior. She alone must face the wrath of the corrupted cattlemen. When a dark stranger arrives in town, Tracy discovers that she may not be alone in her battle. But she doesn't understand why this handsome, mysterious man is helping her. Morgan is the man of every woman's dreams: powerful and compelling, yet calm and levelheaded. But when his dark and brutal past comes back to haunt him, Lacey begins to question the truth of his intentions. She is determined to rid her home of corrupt businessmen. He is passion personified, but he has a dark past. Together they build an explosive love that knows no limits.

    Living among the Indians as one of them, she was resigned to marrying a brave she did not love... until fate played an unexpected band and Ross Bennett came looking for her. Part Apache himself, the hired gunman had gladly undertaken the well-financed rescue mission, never guessing the beautiful young woman he'd find would steal his heart. Ross's deepest passions were stirred in the arms of Caroline; but in this rugged land of deception and danger, life itself was a risk and love was as unpredictable as Rapture Untamed...

    Famous for his cunning and bravery, the virile captain was the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Now washed upon England's rocky coast, he was alone . . . in a strange, hostile land.A Beautiful WitchHow many times had Tessa Ravenscroft heard the villagers whisper that dreaded label? She paid no heed to their superstitious notions until the day they came to her doorstep, determined to burn her at the stake. The delicate, enchanting beauty faced certain death . . . when the iron grasp of the mysterious captain plucked her away from danger!Two Glorious Outcasts . . . Two Lives EntwinedBound by a desperate fate—and driven by their fiery love—Rafe and Tessa would challenge the wrath of two worlds to fulfill the aching need of their desire...

    So it was with some suspicion that the shy, sweet San Francisco heiress woke one morning with a tall, dark, dangerously handsome husband she couldn't recall marrying. Lydia had lost her memory, and was desperate to discover if there was truly a love to remember. For as she looked at Nathan Hunter's lean, muscular frame, she longed to abandon herself to the sensual stranger, and believe—if only for a little while—that the possessive passion in his smoky gray eyes was really for her.HE ACHED TO HAVE HERBusiness and pleasure weren't supposed to mix, but in this case Nathan Hunter was willing to make an exception. After all, it was in his best interests to keep his new bride's mind off the secrets of her past. Making sure she didn't remember her hatred for him turned out to be the easy part, as he initiated the innocent Lydia to womanhood. Not so easy was keeping sight of his own goals as Lydia's sweet surrender wove a seductive spell around Nathan's heart, arousing emotions he had thought forever buried...