Virginia Henley

Lady Summer, a one-time smuggler, looks to a wealthy marriage to save her family's estate, and sets out to win the heart of privateer Lord Ruark Helford, a mysterious man she meets at the court of King Charles II

The Pirate and the Pagan

Forced into marriage with the fearsome warrior of an enemy clan, Black Ram Douglas, Lady Valentina Kennedy vows to use her wild beauty to gain mastery over her new spouse. Original.

Tempted

Raised in a world without men, alluring Jasmine vows never to surrender to any man. Yet suddenly she finds herself caught between a king's penchant for virgins and a 13th-century warrior's oath to conquer her unyielding heart.

The Falcon and the Flower

A historical romance involves Jane, an innocent but rebellious Scottish maiden, with a battle-weary English baron, Lynx de Warrenne, who looks to her to fulfill his desperate hope of having a child

A Year and a Day

Despite family expectations that she will marry the wealthy and eligible Lord Christopher Hatton, Alexandra Sheffield is drawn to the spoiled aristocrat's rakish twin brother.

Ravished

A child bride widowed at a tender age, Princess Eleanor swore never to wed again, taking a vow of eternal chastity, but Simon de Montfort could make her change her mind

The Dragon and the Jewel

A fictionalized account of life and loves of lowborn but beautiful Elizabeth Gunning, who took Georgian England by storm and became a duchess twice.

Undone

Forced against her will into marriage with the powerful Roger Montford, Baron of Ravenspur, beautiful, spirited Roseanna Castlemaine finds love with her enigmatic husband and treachery at the fifteenth-century court of King Edward

The Raven and the Rose

Married for her land and then spurned by the notorious seafarer Shane Hawkhurst, Sara Bishop seeks revenge on her wayward husband, revenge that soon becomes true passion

The Hawk and the Dove

Determined to retain her brother's inheritance, Lady Antonia Lamb masquerades as her twin brother, who is missing at sea, but she runs into trouble when her handsome guardian vows to make "Tony" into a real man. Original.

Seduced

Lady-in-waiting to Queen Isabelle, Brianna de Beauchamp, betrothed to an aristocrat, longs for something more and finds it in the arms of Wolf Mortimer, a darkly sensual man who draws her into a dangerous game of courtly intrigue.

Notorious

Escaping into fantasies in order to overcome the foppery of her eighteenth-century London life, Lady Diana Davenport puts on an antique Roman helmet and is transported back in time into the arms of general Marcus Magnus. Original.

Enslaved

Bess Hardwick takes a position in the home of a London aristocrat and is plunged into an exciting new world where she eventually rises to the position of lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I

A Woman of Passion

Trained in courtly graces by Eleanor de Montfort and marrying the handsome knight who has captured her heart, royal ward Rosamond Marshal is placed on the opposite side of her new husband in a political uprising.

The Marriage Prize

Impulsive Catherine Seton Spencer, the dress designer for Queen Elizabeth I, scours the dark London streets in search of adventure and passion, which leads her to Patrick Hepburn, Lord Stewart of Scotland, who is on a dangerous mission at the behest of King James. Original.

Insatiable

On the eve of her wedding to Maxwell Abrahams, the wealthy old Scottish lord who has rescued her from a Edinburgh orphanage, Tabby Lambert is kidnapped by Paris Cockburn, the Scottish highlander called "The Rogue." Reissue.

Wild Hearts

In an attempt to avenge himself against the man who killed his brother and framed him for the crime, Sean O'Toole plots to kidnap the man's daughter and sully her reputation, but an unexpected change in her character thwarts his plan

Dream Lover

Betrothed to Robert de Beauchamp, Lady Brianna of Bedford struggles to resist her attraction to Christian Hawksblood, de Beauchamp's bastard brother, as the intrigues of Plantagenet England are played out

Desired

When her guardians make her believe that the man she loves, Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, has betrayed her, Marjory de Warenne agrees to marry another suitor but is unable to forget her lover, until the Welsh rebellion changes everything. Original.

Infamous

When Robert Greysteel Montgomery, a lord and double agent working to restore King Charles II to the throne, is reunited with Velvet Cavendish, the woman to whom he was once engaged, he discovers that she has set her sights on Charles, and he will stop at nothing to win her affections. Original.

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