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| The "Silk" Trilogy | 1. "Silk and Shadows"
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| 2. "Silk and Secrets"
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| 3. "Veils of Silk"
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"Silk and Shadows"
Onyx, December 1991 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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He called himself Peregrine, and like the falcon he was wild and free. he was superbly handsome, fabulously wealthy, overwhelmingly
seductive. He cut a dazzling swath through Victorian society - and wove a web of desire around beautiful and proud Lady
Sara St. James, pledged to wed another man. In Peregrine's arms Sara learned the meaning of forbidden passion - and
forbiddinng mystery. Only the buring power of love could pierce Peregrine's chilling silence about his secret past and hidden
purpose... as Sara plunged into a whirlepool of yearning and uncertainty with a man who was everything a woman could
want and fear.
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"Silk and Secrets"
Onyx, July 1992 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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At seventeen, fiery Juliet Cameron had it all. She was beautiful, well-traveled as the daughter of British diplomat, and
married to the dashing and adventuresome Lord Ross Carlisle. But the constraints of Victorian society and the fear
of an all-consuming love that threaten to engulf her restless spirit forced her to flee to the beloved Persian lands of her
childhood. Now, twelve years later, a gentleman's promise has bri\ought Lord Ross Carlisle tot eh danger-filled terrain
of Juliet's adopted homeland. Traveling together on a treacherous rescue mission through the exotic Middle Esat, these
estranged lovers face unknown dangers. And as their passion begins to ignite under the merciless desert sun, it is Juliet
who begins to fall captive to a love long-denied.
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"Veils of Silk"
Onyx, December 1992 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | ||||||
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Laura Cameron thinks she has suppressed her sensual nature behind a facade of Victorian propriety, until she meets
the courageous army major Ian Cameron. The golden-eyed Laura offers hope for a new life to Ian after years of captivity
in Central Asia has shattered his dreams. And Ian, in turn, offers her a marriage proposal she dares to say yes to. And
so, together, they journey from India's lush plains to its wild mountain passes, struggling to build a marriage unlike any
other. Yet the danger and intrigue that surround then are less perilous than the veiled secrets of their own hearts. Only
indomitable courage and unshakable love will free them to claim the fiery passion they both fear... and desire.
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| The Fallen Angels Series | ||||||
| 1. "Thunder & Roses" | 2. "Petals in the Storm" | 3. "Dancing on the Wind" | 4. "Angel Rogue"
| 5. "Shattered Rainbows"
| 6. "River of Fire"
| 7. "One Perfect Rose"
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"Thunder & Angels"
Topaz, May 1993 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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The called him the Demon Earl. They said he could do anyhting. Son of a rogue and a gypsy, Nicholas Davies was a notorious
rake until a shattering betrayal left him alone and embittered in teh Welsh countryside. Desperation drives quiet schoolteacher
Clare Morgan to ask teh Demon Earl to help save her village. Unwilling to involve himself in the problems of others, Nicholas
sets an impossible price on his aid - only if Claire agrees to live with him for three months, letting the world think the worst,
will he intervene. Furiously, Claire accepts his outrageous challange, and finds herself drawn into a glittering Regency world
of danger and desire. As allies, she and Nicholas fight to save her community. As adversaries, they explore the hazardous
terrain of power and sensuality. And as lovers, they surrender to a passion that threaten the very foundations of their
lives.
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"Petals in the Storm"
Topaz, December 1993 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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A cool master of sensuality, Rafe Whitbourne, Duke of Candover, earned his rakish reputatioin in the silken boudoirs of
England's aristocracy, never giving away his hand or his heart. Then a vital mission for a friend takes takes him to Paris
to work with Countess Magda Janos, "the most beautiful spy in Europe." To his shock, the smoky-eyedtemptress is no
countess, but the deceitful tart who betrayed him a dozen years before - the only woman he had ever loved, and the only
woman he had ever despised. Margot Ashton wants nothing more than to forget her turbulent past and the mesmerizing
man who had cruelly wronged her. But patriotism binds the two together in a shadowland of intrigue where a dangerous
plot may plunge a continent into war... and a whirlwind of passion sweeps them into a shattering love that cannot be denied.
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"Dancing on the Wind"
Topaz, October 1994 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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Like his namesake, Lucifer, Lord Strathmore is known for unearthly beauty and diabolical cleverness. A tragic past has
driven him to use his formidable talents to protect his country from secret enemies, and it is a job he does superlately
well - until he meets a mysterious woman whose skill at deception is the equal of his own. By turns glamorous and subdued,
reckless yet vulnerable, his enchanting adversary baffles his mind even as she captures his heart. A perilous mission has
forced Kit Travers into a deadly game of ever-changing identities and needful lies, where a single misstep might cost her
her life. But her disguises are easily penetrated by the Earl of Strathmore. Unwilling to trust, yet unable to part, they
join forces to search the dangerous underside of London society. Yet even two master deceivers cannot escape from
passion's sensual web - or from an impossible love more precious than life itself.
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"Angel Rogue"
Topaz, April 1995 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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A master spy with the face of a fallen angel and a darkly heroic past, Lord Robert Andreville, returns to his ancestral home
in Yorkshire after a dozen harrowing years spying against Napoleon. But nothing soothes his ravaged spirit until a determined
young beauty sweeps into his life. Half Mohawk and all-American, Maxima Collins is a wary stranger in a strange land, but
she will let nothing halt her journey to London to learn the truth about her father's sudden death - and even a self-appointed
guardian who is all lazy charm and dangerous skill. Together they travel across England, evading pursuers and circling
each other in a dance of desire, where truth is elusive and only passion is sure. Then dark secrets shatter their idyll -
and only love has the power to heal the past.
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"Shattered Rainbow"
Topaz, February 1996 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||
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Honed by danger and haunted by the past, Lord Michael Kenyon finds it easy to risk his life for his country's sake. But
in the shadow of war, he faces a far more dangerous threat - the loss of his heart to the beauitful battlefield nusre who
saves his life yet can never be his. Called a saint for her virtue and selfless courage, only Catherine Melbourne knows the
tragic flaw at the core of her life. In Michael Kenyon, she sees the strength and kindness she craves, yet for honor's sake
she must conceal her love and send him away. Even when freed from her bitter marriage, she conceals the truth because
of the bleak knowledge that she can never again be any man's wife. The fate offers Catherine a fortune, a title, a heritage
for her daughter - if Michael will impersonate her husband on a visit to a wild Cornish island. Reluctantly he agrees to
the masquerade. But what begins as a simple journey leads them into a shattering vortex of danger and betrayal - and
a fiercely passionate love that can no longer be denied.
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"River of Fire"
Signet, November 1996 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | ||
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He was known as the Demon Warrior. As rebel, soldier, hero, and spy, Kenneth Wilding has never known defeat, until he returns from the Napoleonic wars to an empty title and a ravaged estate. Then a stranger offers a devil's bargain: financial salvation in return for Kenneth's special subversive skills. Reluctantly, Kenneth enters the household of England's greatest artist to unmask a terrible crime. But he also discovers something infinitely more dangerous: a tantalizing new way of life and an irresistible woman. After scandal destroys her trust and her reputation, tempestuous Rebecca Seaton withdraws to her attic studio and buries herself in her work. The Kenneth Wilding sweeps into her life, dazzling her senses with his pirate's face and poet's soul. Warily, they slide into a duel of desire that brings both searing risks and shattering fulfillment, and unleases a danger that threatens Rebecca's life - even as passion sweeps them into a river of fire that transforms their very souls. | |
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"One Perfect Rose"
Fawcett, July 1997 Reviewed on 5/7/01 | |||||
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Stephen Kenyon, Duke of Ashburton, has always taken the duties of his rank seriously... until shocking news sends him
running from his isolating world of wealth and privilege to roam the countryside as an ordinary man. Then a heroic rescue
thrusts him into the warm embrace of the Fitzgeralds, a theatrical family brimming with laughter and affection. Not only
do they provide the family he has always craved, but their lovely daughter, Rosalind, a foundling who had grown into an
enchanting, compassionate woman, stirs the deepest desires of his heart. Yet how can Stephen declare his love when
he is haunted by the knowlegde that made him flee his old life? And how can Rosalind risk loving a man who fulfills her
secret dreams, but can never be hers?
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