Rachel's Choice (37 page)
Authors: Judith French
It is a secret Bernadette vows to keep until desire turns their marriage bargain into a passionate battle of wills. For it is love's fiery initiation that will make Bernadette aware of her own capacity for pleasure, and it is the sheer force of her own love that will give her newfound strength to battle against the odds to claim a man she will not be denied.â¦
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MARRY IN HASTE
By Lynn Kerstan
While trespassing on a lavish estate, Diana Whitney strikes Colonel Alex Valliant squarely on the head with a frying pan. Rather than see the pretty interloper fall into disgrace, the love-struck soldier asks for her hand. But Diana refuses to march quietly to the altar andâmuch to the colonel's surprise and dismayârejects his offer.
But when Diana's uncle threatens to marry her off to a man she finds completely intolerable, she accepts Alex's hasty proposal. However, Diana soon must make a bold gamble based on the calling of her heartâand engage in a battle for a future founded on love.â¦
THE HOMECOMING
By Marion Chesney
In this final volume to the ever-popular Daughters of Mannerling series, the Beverley sisters have one last chance to regain their ancestral home: Lizzie, the precocious, youngest sister, who would rather die an old maid than marry for anything but love.
And how could she ever love Mannerling's new owner, the stuffy Duke of Severnshire? Suddenly, it appears that no one, including the duke, is what he or she seems, and for the first time, saucy and canny Lizzie is at a loss for words. But is a homecoming really what she wants?
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BETRAYED
By Bertrice Small
When Fiona Hay offers Angus Gordon her virtue in exchange for a dowry for her sisters, she so intrigues the rogue that he demands a higher payment: She will be his mistress. Thus begins a battle of wills and sensual delights. Destiny soon draws the ardent lovers into the turbulent court of King James. But the king's political schemes force Fiona away from the man she loves â¦Â and into the arms of a wild and passionate Highlander, The MacDonald of Nairn. Will this coldhearted and callous betrayal forever destroy Fiona's chance at happiness?
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Now read her irresistible, utterly gripping tale of passion and defiance â¦
WINTERBOURNE
By Susan Carroll
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Affaire de Coeur
In the harsh, turbulent Middle Ages, lovely Lady Melyssan remains as she always has beenâsweet, timid, and content to be alone. But in a desperate move to resist the advances of the dreaded king, she claims to be married to his worst enemy, Lord Jaufre de Macy, the legendary Dark Knight.
Seeking temporary shelter in Jaufre's abandoned castle, Winterbourne, she is unprepared for the fierce, angry warrior who returns to confront her. But neither Jaufre's dark heart nor Melyssan's innocent one can resist the love that is their destinyânor protect them from the danger drawing near.â¦
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For Candace McCarthy, a dear friend and wonderful writer. Thank you for always being there for me when I needed you.
