Historical

Anne Herries

Runaway Georgie is disguised as a boy, and living on the streets after fleeing her scheming aunt and uncle. Cold, hungry and desperate, she's forced to pickpocket. But Georgie thieves from the wrong man – the dashing Captain Richard Hernshaw!

The consummate Captain soon discovers the grubby boy is actually a pretty young woman, and from a highly respectable family! He's instantly attracted to the homeless heiress, but will dark secrets of his own prevent him from ever being able to make her his wife?

Margaret Moore

Sir Henry was a knight–errant, capable of impressive prowess on the battlefield and in bed. Finding two sisters – one stunningly beautiful, the other steadfast and determined – waiting patiently in his chamber, he entertained their proposition: a generous sum in exchange for commanding their men–at–arms in a battle to save their lands.

Seduced by the beauty of Giselle, yet irresistibly drawn to the intelligence of Mathilde, a proud woman as complex as her secrets, Henry accepts their offer. But as invaders close in, it is Mathilde who must dare to trust her deepest desires and the man willing to fight for all he is worth to prove his honour.

Elizabeth Rolls

As a girl she had been bubbling over with mischief. As a woman she seemed half lost in shadow. But Richard Blakehurst couldn't miss the connection between them when his hand touched hers. It was as if he had awakened something deep inside her.

Seeing Richard again brought back the taunting memory of their dance at her come–out ball.

She must tame her wayward thoughts because Thea doubted even her considerable fortune could buy Richard's good opinion of her if ever he learnt the truth.

A battle of wills!

When Lady Sara Herriard's husband dies in a duel, she turns her back on the vagaries of the ton. From now on, she will live as she pleases. She won't change for anyone – certainly not for the infuriating Lucian Avery, Marquess of Cannock!

Lucian must help his sister recover from a disastrous elopement and reluctantly enlists Lady Sara's help. She couldn't be further from the conventional, obedient wife he's expected to marry, but soon all he craves is for her to surrender – and join him in his bed!

Sophia James

The war–scarred Thornton Lindsay, Duke of Penborne, can scarcely believe the news when a beautiful stranger comes to London proclaiming to be his lover. Caroline Anstretton is on the run and desperate. Her gamble that the reclusive Duke won't leave the sanctuary of his home is lost when he coolly confronts her.

Courtesan or charlatan, Thornton is intrigued by both sides of this mysterious, sensual woman. There's a vulnerability beneath her smile and easy laughter. Could she be the one to mend a life he's thought damaged beyond repair?

Margaret McPhee

The very proper Miss Langley does not know what she has done to encourage the attentions of a Lord, only that they are most unwanted and very improper!

So when a handsome stranger saves her from his clutches, Madeline is too relieved to suspect that her tall, dark defender may have a less than respectable reputation.

An unexpected attraction

Imprisoned as a child by her spiteful father, Helena Lambarth vows to never again live under a man's rule. But to honour her mother's last wish, she journeys to London to enter society and finds herself a reluctant houseguest of the dashing Lord Darnell.

Lord Darnell has little time to oversee the bedraggled hoyden he's agreed to sponsor. Saddled with his father's debts, he hopes to win the hand of wealthy Priscilla Standish. But if only she wasn't so ordinary compared to his waiflike ward who has transformed into a bewitching young woman...

A country Christmas at Barton Park. 

Rose Parker is a self–proclaimed wallflower – but she's always dreamed of dancing with Captain Harry St George…

Once, Harry wouldn't even have noticed Rose. But after a hard war, he knows he's a different man. Shy, sweet Rose intrigues him – but he must marry a rich bride to save his mortgaged estates, and Rose is no heiress. Now, more than ever, Harry needs the magic of a mistletoe kiss…

Lord Anthony Nelthorpe had committed many sins not the least of which was his attempt to seduce the well–bred Jenna Montague Fairchild into marrying him. But that was three years past, before the war magnified life's conceit.

Back in London, Anthony seized the chance to shake the wealthy young widow out of her deepening apathy. He hit upon a challenge: since Jenna was the instrument of saving his rascal skin, did she not owe it to all those heroes of war, and her sainted husband, to make him a better man? Now Anthony just had to figure out how to win this wager without wanting her all over again...

Having discovered she was adopted, Louise has fled to her birthplace hoping to find her family. But handsome, charming Jonathan stops her in her tracks. His task is simple escort Louise promptly home. Yet all he wants to do is claim her as his own!

Having rescued Amy, James discovers she has lost her memory. As the conflicted Captain slowly puts together the pieces of his mysterious lady's past, he realises he must let go of his own. Can James and Amy build a new future –– together?

When Doc Gray offered his name to her and the baby she carried, Ellie Mitchum was overwhelmed. How could she, a girl of 'a certain reputation', ever be the kind of wife he needed–and deserved?

Winston Gray knew that Ellie was the answer to his prayers. His life required a woman's touch, she needed a man to protect her. It was simple. But when her baby's real father returned, Winston would learn that marriage, no matter how convenient, was never simple...!

Return to Whitehorn, Montana–where legends are begun and love lasts forever beneath the big sky Western Romance

In a land ravaged by war and prejudice, Marie Lafayette met a man who became her destiny. Night Hawk was tender and courageous, and never asked her to defy the unspoken laws of her people.

When Marie's angry father confronted the lovers, Marie fled, believing it was Night Hawk's wish. But Marie Lafayette carried the secret child of a man she couldn't forget, a man whose heart beckoned her return. Would Marie brave her father's wrath and fight for her love for Night Hawk...?

When Miss Helena Wheatley's wealthy father decides she should marry nobility, only her ingenuity keeps her from being trapped in an unwelcome marriage! But with her father suddenly falling ill, she is forced to turn to one of her prospective suitors and beg for his help.

Richard Standish, the Earl of Markfield, honourably agrees to aid Helena. He'll squire her around town until her father recovers. However, when they are caught alone together, their temporary agreement suddenly looks set to become a lot more permanent

The Rake of Hollowhurst Castle by Elizabeth Beacon

Sir Charles Afforde– the infamous, devilish rake has purchased Hollowhurst Castle, lock, stock and barrel. All that is left to possess is the castle's determined and beautiful chatelaine.

Roxanne Courland– her youthful, romantic dreams of Charles shattered long ago. This unconventional country miss would rather stay a spinster than enter a loveless marriage.

Only this rake's devastatingly sensual onslaught is impossible to resist

Plain, twenty–eight–year–old Beatrice–Maude Bassingstoke does not expect to attract any man, especially not one as good–looking as her remote travelling companion.

Forced by a snowstorm to spend the night together, these two lonely people seek solace in each other's arms. The passion they unleash surprises them both. How will their lives change with the coming of the new day?

Nicola Cornick

Miss Alice Lister feels anything but respectable. Bad enough that she is a maid–turned–heiress. Now the insufferably attractive Lord Miles Vickery is certain he can gain her fortune by seducing her into marriage – even though it was his deceitful charm that broke her heart once before. But she's positive her counter wager will prove an impossible task. After all, what rake could be completely honest for three long months?

For his part, Miles finds his newfound frankness invaluable in entangling Alice in positions deliciously unbecoming of a lady. Of course, he doesn't yet know that he's falling hopelessly in love with this formidable innocent... or that he will soon go to impossible lengths to prove himself hers forever...

Nicola Cornick

When an ancient tax law is invoked requiring all unmarried ladies to either wed or surrender half their wealth, it's not long before the quiet village of Fortune's Folly is overrun by a swarm of fortune–hunting bachelors. Marry again? Never! Not after what Laura, the dowager duchess, was forced to endure. Even if the arrival of her onetime paramour, Dexter Anstruther, is oh–so–tempting, she knows the secret she's kept from him would destroy any chance at a future together. Young, handsome and scandalously enticing, Dexter suspects Laura has a hidden motive for resisting his charms... and he intends to expose her, by any means necessary.

One mail-order bride in need of rescue!

All the rigorous training in the world could not have prepared nursemaid Marie Hall for trailing the wilds of Dakota with six orphans. Especially when her ingenious plan – to pose as the mail-order bride of the children's next of kin – leads Marie to the wrong cowboy!

Proud and stubborn, Stafford Burleson is everything Marie's been taught to avoid. But with her fate and that of the children in his capable hands, Marie soon feels there's something incredibly right about this rugged rancher and his brooding charm…