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She came to London for a season of suitors. She didn’t expect to gamble with her heart. Delphia Briston, a demure and wealthy American heiress, is thrust into London society by her godparents in the hope of finding a suitable match. Delphia has no patience for the ton’s shallow games and rules—though she can’t deny the allure of Ludlow Palmer, the impossibly handsome and dangerously desirable Duke of Clarendon. When a late-night warning to the Duke lands her in a compromising situation at Durand’s, a London gambling house, Delphia's reputation teeters on ruin. To avoid disgrace, ...

Lady Maris Warwick of Ravenhill Castle is forced by King John to marry Rafe de Corvine, the knight known as the Raven, who accidentally killed her brother in a joust. She vows not to be a dutiful wife, but her traitorous body knows no such vow and responds in Rafe's arms. Her heart belongs to Rafe's cousin Lord Christopher Paige who leads a secret rebellion against the king. Secrets emerge when she hides Christopher from Rafe and the king's men. When Christopher challenges Rafe, Maris realizes she must choose between them. Will she leave Ravenhill as Christopher's mistress or remain with ...

Book 1 in the EMERALD TRILOGY, a sweeping family saga where high drama, shocking scandal and passionate connections rule. From the Emerald Isle to the colonial French town of New Orleans and back again, this generational saga follows the extraordinary lives of the Flannery men and the women who love them. ______________ EMERALD DESIRE As wild and beautiful as the Irish countryside, Dera Brennan gives herself to the Irish rebel leader, Quint Flannery, with delirious abandon. But Quint is not one to be tied down by the shackles of love. To spite her faithless lover, Dera impulsively marries ...

Marlee Stafford was no fool.... She knew the handsome, arrogant Richard Arden had married her for her money, just as she'd wedded him for his aristocratic name. But Marlee wasn't about to give up all control to the too-confident baron. She would not sign over her inheritance until she'd enticed her handsome, broad-shouldered husband into desiring only her. But when his hungry kisses began to ignite her most intimate desires, Marlee knew she'd made a weighty error, for this mysterious man harbored a dark secret -- and now he was holding her helpless under HIS spell! Lark Arden's passions ran...

Wynter McChesney, daughter of the wealthiest man in Cotswold, England, finds herself suddenly penniless when her scheming half-sister takes both their father's inheritance and Wynter's betrothed. Determined to buy back her ancestral home, Wynter turns to the only man who can lend the vast sum needed. But the collateral the arrogant Captain Cort Van Linden demands is ... her! Then an act of piracy on the high seas leaves her at Cort's mercy -- and in his wild embrace, Wynter discovers she will give anything to know the achingly sweet fulfillment of her pirate's golden promise. Originally ...

Set in 1870s New Zealand, Eden Flynn, the bold, beautiful co-owner of Thunder Mine, meets the virile Damon Alexander, her new partner. An unexpected encounter between Eden and Damon sets their relationship on an unpredictable course. Eden demands cooperation and trust while Damon sees only greed in her emerald eyes. Certain that a quick tumble will send the gorgeous gold digger packing, Damon expertly seduces her. But the hard-living man is taken by surprise when unquenchable desire ignites for his wicked, wild Eden.

Book 2 in the EMERALD TRILOGY, a sweeping family saga where high drama, shocking scandal and passionate connections rule. From the Emerald Isle to the colonial French town of New Orleans and back again, this generational saga follows the extraordinary lives of the Flannery men and the women who love them. EMERALD ENCHANTMENT Dera and Quint's dashing son, Paul Flannery, arrives in Ireland under an assumed name to seduce the young and innocent Allison Fairfax. His intent: to reclaim his father's ancestral home. Vowing never to fall in love with her, Paul finds it more and more difficult to ...

Renowned artist Daniel Flanders believes he's taking a woman of easy virtue when he sweeps the beautiful and alluring Lianne Laguens into his embrace at his brother's summerhouse. Unbeknownst to Daniel, nine months after Lianne flees into the Irish night, she gives birth to his daughter. Struggling to raise her child alone, Lianne falls prey to the dangerous Don Raoul de Lovis, who spirits her away to Mexico. The lust in his eyes gleams as bright as the silver in his mines, and Lianne knows he will pursue her to the ends of the Earth to satisfy his corrupt desires. The only person who can ...

When vengeful Tony Duvalier discovers a "Miss L. Delaney" was responsible for his uncle's death, the hot-tempered Cajun vows to make her pay. But he can't reconcile the emerald-eyed innocence of Laurel Delaney with his image of a cheap, scheming woman. Despite the way she sets his heart aflame, Tony is determined to humiliate the guilty femme fatale--even if it costs him once-in-a-lifetime love. Laurel's trouble making cousin, Lavinia, begs for her help in hiding from the Duvalier family, and the two leave New Orleans and travel in disguise. But when Laurel meets the very man she's ...

Alone in the world after her father's death, Jillian Cameron wed to gain protection. But hers is a marriage in name only, and one glimpse of her new servant--all bronzed and golden haired--is enough to undo her. Sold into slavery following Cromwell's conquest of his divided homeland, Donovan Shay has never known anything but life's cruel hardships until a rich Virginia planter and his alluring young bride claim his as chattel. Consumed by a fiery hunger he can neither explain or deny, Donovan vows that Jillian will be his. When fate and her husband's wishes throw Jillian into Donovan's ...

Dr. Emma Linton, Past Life Regression Therapist, arrives in Mosswood, Mississippi after her patient is injured and lies in a coma. Only Emma knows her patient went to Mosswood to research a woman who died thirty years ago in the belief that her patient was that woman in a past life. Emma is at odds with the handsome, sexy sheriff Colter Dawson, but their attraction to one another is passionate and all consuming. However, Colter believes past life regression therapy is hocus pocus and isn’t about to undergo hypnosis to relive a traumatic event from his childhood. Emma determines to uncover...

The conquering Normans have taken everything from Tedric of Woodrose. They have murdered his father, kidnapped his sister and stolen his keep and land. But Tedric has a perfect plan for vengeance. He takes his own captive, Amberlie de Fontaine, the brown-eyed Norman beauty who is the new lady of his former property. Once he abducts Amberlie, Tedric has no qualms about stealing a fiery kiss or two from his dark and enchanting hostage. Amberlie knows she should despise Tedric. He kidnapped her--and worse, it was almost certainly Tedric who killed her husband in one of his many attempts to ...

Young Bethlyn Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Dunsmoor, is forced into an arranged marriage with brash colonial Ian Briston, who abandons her after the wedding ceremony. Seven years later, Bethlyn has blossomed into a beautiful and alluring young woman, with a husband in name only. Wishing for the marriage to be annulled or force her errant husband to make her his wife in all ways, Bethlyn leaves England for America on one of her father's ships. But when the ship is captured by the infamous American privateer, Captain Hawk, he mistakes her for a prostitute. Fighting her attraction for the ...

Diana Montaigne is promised to the owner of Briarhaven, but the moment she sets eyes on Tanner, the highborn beauty is set aflame with desire. She longs to be held in his arms, her lips hunger for his, but then she discovers he is her betrothed's unacknowledged half-brother. Ashamed, she despises him for making her disloyal to the man she plans to marry. When Tanner caresses Diana in a moon-dappled grove, his joy knows no bounds. Here is a woman who doesn't care about his ignoble birth, who responds to his demanding kisses. But when Diana shuns him and marries his half-brother, Tanner is ...