Historical

Agnes Meadowes is cook to the Blanchards of Foster Lane, the renowned silversmiths. Her quiet world of culinary activity, preparing jugged hare, oyster loaves, almond soup and other delicacies for the family, is a happy refuge from the hustle and bustle of 1750s London. But in a single night everything is to change.

When the Blanchards’ most prestigious and expensive commission, a giant silver wine cooler destined for the house of Sir Bartholomew Grey, is stolen, a sinister chain of events is set in motion. That same night a young apprentice is murdered and a young maid. Rose, disappears. Are these portentous happenings connected?

Called upon by her master, Theodore Blanchard, to investigate ‘below stairs’, Agnes now enters a dark world of hidden secrets, jealousy and murderous intent. Before the game is played out she will be forced to act as mouse to the infamous Thief Taker’s cat as she is slowly drawn into a seamy underworld of London crime. But the truth, like the expensive tea leaves that Agnes keeps under lock and key, comes at a high price and she must decide how big a sacrifice she is prepared tp make to bring the villains to justice.

Caroline Fortune is the daughter of a good natured but selfish and shiftless rakish former army officer. She is well accustomed to talk of gambling, likes a tipple, can curse like a trooper and always has a weather eye open for the bailiffs. But her father has reached the point where he can no longer take responsibility for supporting her (though in truth it has been the other way round for some time now) and she becomes the paid companion to the widow of her father’s former colonel.

The widow is a witty but wicked gossip, totally self-centred and cynical. She is childless and delights in tantalising her niece and nephew about the contents of her will. Without giving any of the excellent plot away, Caroline’s employment comes to an abrupt end in unhappy circumstances but she is lucky enough to be taken in by her maternal aunt and her clergyman husband who are a pair of saintly innocents and genuinely nice people. Caroline has a good heart, loves them and wants sincerely to be happy with them in their sleepy little village. But as the Lord of the neighbouring great house tells her she ‘looks like trouble’. And inadvertently she is trouble. I can say no more without spoiling a truly delicious plot. This is historical writing at its absolute best: witty, its learning lightly and appropriately worn, engaging characters, playfulness, an elopement, and, hooray, we end with a marriage proposal.

Suave, cynical, and too handsome for his own good, Sebastian Verlaine never expects to become a magistrate judging the petty crimes of his tenants and neighbors. Nor can the new Viscount D’Aubrey foresee that, when a fallen woman appears before him, he’ll find himself beguiled against all reason to alter her terrible fate….

Rachel Wade has served time in prison for her husband’s violent death, but she soon discovers that freedom has its own price. For no one will offer her a second chance but a jaded viscount who needs a housekeeper. Scorned by the townspeople of Wyckerley as D’Aubrey’s mistress, tempted beyond her will by the devilish lord, Rachel risks all she had to claim a life of her own…and a love that will last for all time.

Come The Dawn continues the story of the aristocratic Delamere family that readers were captivated by in Come The Night. This time the focus falls on India, the beautiful and headstrong sister of Come The Night’s hero Luc Delamere, who falls in love with the rakish Devlyn Carlisle. They meet briefly and innocently as children, and again ten years later when, as adults, they fall deeply into a passionate affair. The Napoleonic Wars soon tear Devlyn away, but not before the two are joined in a secret wedding bond. When Devlyn is betrayed by a comrade in arms and presumed dead, India swears to continue her Iife alone, without the love that she prized above all else. Until one night a stranger with a familiar smile appears in a crowded ballroom, and India is plunged into a mystery to discover who betrayed Devlyn and to find a way to love again.

BewitchedSimon the Loyal has vowed never to love, for love makes a warrior weak. His arranged marriage to a beautiful Norman heiress would be duty and no more. But more than duty stirs his blood when he first sees Ariane. BetrayedShe has known only coldness from men – and a betrayal so deep it all but killed her soul. Wanting no man, trusting no man, speaking only through the sad songs she draws from her harp, Ariane comes to Simon an unwilling bride. EnchantedThey wed to bring peace to the Disputed Lands, but marriage alone is not enough. Simon must teach Ariane passion, she must teach him trust. And both must surrender to the sweet violence of love’s enchantment. . .or die.

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When Juliet Smythe-Clyde is forced to spend several nights in the Duke of Brabourne’s house – unchaperoned – her reputation is ruined. And, despite his cynical nature, Brabourne can’t help but feel sorry for her… So when all his strategies to restore her in society fail, he offers for her hand. But will this proud chit agree to be his wife for the sake of her honor – or is he going to have to admit he loves her?

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Petite, tenacious Gillyanne Murray has never had men fawn over her, so she is alternately stunned, annoyed and amused when she suddenly receives three marriage proposals from lairds who covet her dower lands. After ably repelling her suitors for three days, Gilly chooses the cold but gentle Connor MacEnroy, who may be too closed off to give her the one thing she needs his affection. To the reader’s delight, the large and loving Murray clan eventually join the mix, but it is Gilly and Connor’s vibrant personalities and teasing banter that make the story glow. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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A reckless need to break free of his family led Gregor MacFingal Cameron on a quest for a rich bride, only to fall prey to kidnappers and be tossed into a cold cell. He is soon joined by a frightened young woman who makes him regret his mercenary search for a wife. After a daring escape, he gladly joins Alana Murray’s quest to rescue her sister, and soon temptation leads to seduction, with unspoken promises easily made, but harder to keep.

Alana knows the bond forged by danger and desperation has earned her an ally willing to fight for her sister’s cause. But Gregor’s tantalizing seduction leaves her breathless, and she seizes her one chance to experience true passion before an arranged marriage seals her fate–never anticipating the inescapable intensity of a man and a love that will change everything…

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An English rose blooming in the untamed jungles of South America, Eden Farraday lives a life of independence — unheard of for a lady — with her doctor-turned-scientist father. But Eden misses England desperately. When the dangerous and darkly charming Lord Jack Knight sails into her life, she seizes her chance to return to civilization, stowing away aboard his London-bound ship.

Roguish and charismatic, a self-made shipping tycoon with a shadowy past and a well-guarded heart, Jack is sailing on a vital secret mission. When the redheaded temptress is discovered aboard his vessel, he reacts with fury — and undeniable lust. Forced to protect her from his rough crew, the devilish Lord Jack demands a scandalous price in exchange for Eden’s safe passage across the sea. As his wicked kiss ignites an unforgettable blaze of passion between them, Jack and Eden confront a soul-searing love that cannot be denied.

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When pirate prince Lazar di Fiori returns to the island of Ascension to retrieve his stolen legacy from Allegra Monteverdi’s father, he seizes Allegra as the price of his vengeance and carries her off to sea.

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