My Dear Readers,Five years have now passed since the Winter War between the Outlands and Hetar. But Gaius Prospero has not given up his scheme to become emperor, and unexpected tragedy causes Lara to once again heed the pull of her destiny. Finding herself across the sea in a secret new world known as Terah, she discovers that her magical abilities grow greater with each passing day.Using her newfound powers, Lara lifts an ancient curse from the men of Terah, earning its ruler's gratitude – and his deep and passionate love. Magnus Hauk has never known ...
Rhonwyn, a passionate woman who uses weapons as skillfully as any man, accompanies her husband on the Crusades, where, captured by the Emir of Cinnebar, she learns erotic skills that she utilizes on her return to England to win back her beloved.
Young Wynne of Gwernach believes love is an illusion. She devotes herself to managing the great family estate in Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit. Then Madoc of Powys enters her life, and all her beliefs are turned upside down. For Wynne and Madoc have been lovers in another time, another place. And an unfinished destiny lies between them…
Роскошные волосы и фиалковые глаза Адоры пленили молодого принца Мурада, когда он увидел ее в цветущем саду. Их любовь расцвела, как персиковое дерево, под которым он сорвал с ее губ первый поцелуй. Но султан Орхан объявил Адору своей невестой. Смогут ли влюбленные встретиться вновь?
Bestselling author Bertrice Small continues the blazing adventures of raven-haired, emerald-eyed Skye O'Malley. This time, she is a pawn in the bitter war between England's Queen Elizabeth, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Once again, unprotected and alone, she must fight for her children. At the command of Queen Elizabeth, Skye marries the cruel Duc de Beaumont de Jaspre. Although her new life is horrid at first, Skye transforms it with her hot-blooded desires-only to be shaken with the news that her beloved former husband may be alive in Algiers. Her daring flight into eroticism and danger leads her ultimately to her heart's true destiny-as bold and sensual as Skye herself. She is a woman born to be loved by men, yet too proud and incomparable to answer to anything but the call of her own passionate soul."Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense."PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Taken captive by Ottoman pirates, Lady India Lindley finds herself falling in love with the man who now owns her, Caynan Reis, ruler of the Barbary state of El Sinut.
The daughter of a powerful desert cheiftain, beautiful raven-haired Zenobia, a descendent of Cleopatra, witnesses at an early age the shocking brutality of renegade Roman soldiers and vows to hate all of the blue-eyed strangers forever. Despite that pledge, she falls hopelessly and passionately in love with Marcus Alexander Britanus, a Roman. And it will take all her cunning and skill in war to keep the precious erotic rapture she can find only in his arms…"Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense."PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Bertrice Small is a legend… Don't miss this book!" – Linda Lael MillerLady Fortune Lindley spares little thought for romantic love, though she has many suitors. William Devers is an ideal match, wealthy and well-favoured, but it is his disinherited brother Keiran that sets Fortune's senses reeling. Caught between two brothers she ignites both passion and revenge.
When Angus Gordon demands that Fiona Hay become his mistress in exchange for a dowry for her sisters, a passionate and sensuous battle of wits ensues that draws the lovers into the dangerous court of King James and into a betrayal that could separate them forever.
Tales of Erotic RomanceAn omnibus of novelsAn anthology of four sensuous historical romances includes Susan Johnson's "Bound and Determined," Thea Devine's "Dark Desires," "A Lady's Pleasure" by Robin Schone, and Bertrice Small's "Ecstasy," about an enslaved prince who falls under the spell of the seductive queen who owns him.
A hundred years have passed since the Faerie woman Lara last saved the world of Hetar from the darkness. Her youth and her beauty remain as always. The passing years, however, have taken many of her friends and kin. Her influence has waned. Those who remember her heroism in times of peril are few. Even her great-grandson, Cadarn, Dominus of Terah, denies her strong magic.And all the while Lara's son, the charming but nefarious Twilight Lord, Kolgrim, waits patiently for his moment. But Kolgrim will not make his father's mistakes by waging war. His way is more ...
Set against the rich tropical beauty of a Caribbean island and the splendor of 17th-century England, "Deceived" promises another spellbinding tale of intrigue, suspense, and everlasting love written in Small's steamy, inimitable fashion.Publishers WeeklyA veteran author of panting heavy-petters, Small (Darling Jasmine, etc.) tells a tale of two stepsisters with the same first name and very different attitudes toward men and sex during the reign of George III. Charlotte Aurora Kimberly and Charlotte Calandra Kimberly swap fates: when Aurora discovers that her late father arranged for her to be married on her 17th birthday to ...
Una joven pierde la virtud, v?ctima de un vil enga?o. Nyssa, bella dama de honor de la reina, es sorprendida en brazos de Varian de Winter, un consumado mujeriego. En realidad, hab?a sido narcotizada para simular su deshonra e impedir as? que se convirtiese en quinta esposa de Enr?que VIII. El rey, ignorando que el suceso es fruto de una conspiraci?n, los obliga a casarse de inmediato. Contra todo pron?stico, el matrimonio resulta feliz y fecundo, pero nuevas conjuras palaciegas ponen en peligro el futuro de la pareja.
En la Inglaterra del siglo V no hay m?s ley que la fuerza…Cailin lo sabe por propia experiencia. Siendo casi una ni?a, escapa milagrosamente de una sangrienta matanza en la que perece toda su familia. Hu?rfana y despose?da de todos los bienes familiares, conoce a Wulf, un saj?n atractivo y en?rgico que la ayuda a rehacer su vida.Pero Cailin parece condenada a la desdicha: cuando est? dando a luz a su primer hijo, alguien le administra un poderoso somn?fero y la vende a un traficante de esclavos. Sin embargo, el destino no ha dicho a?n la ?ltima palabra.
An omnibus of novelsA new anthology of erotic, sensuous historical romance tales presents four original tales, including "Mastering Lady Lucinda" by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson's "Risking It All," "The Pleasure Game" by Thea Devine, and "A Man and a Woman" by Robin Schone.
Unattached romance novelist Emily Shann has gotten by on a vivid imagination, but now her publishers are demanding something sexier, more explicit, and true-to-life. Emily has nowhere to turn for advice except her new editor-tall, dark, and handsome Michael Devlin-who's already stirring her fantasies. So is The Channel-a secret network designed to tutor women in the art of sensual delight. Now, more willing than ever before, she must convince Devlin to teach her everything he knows-if her literary fantasies are to finally become an unedited flesh and blood reality…
A principios del siglo XIX, Nueva Inglaterra y Gran Breta?a est?n en guerra y el conflicto internacional revuelve las aguas del oc?ano Atl?ntico. La sangre de los lores de Wyndsong fluye con el vigor suficiente para marcar la ruta que conducir? a Nueva Inglaterra a obtener la victoria en esta segunda guerra de independencia aunque para ello tengan que convertir sus lazos familiares en una fortaleza inexpugnable. Pero el deseo de independencia y la fortaleza de car?cter son rasgos que se heredan y Miranda Dunham ama demasiado su tierra natal como para permitir que su derecho de sangre sea devorado por la amnesia de las convenciones sociales.
C?rka Jasmine, lady Autumn, za rad? matki opuszcza szarpan? wojn? domow? Angli? i p?ynie do Francji w nadziei, ?e tam znajdzie odpowiedniego m??a. Najw?a?ciwszym kandydatem okazuje si? bogaty i przystojny markiz d Auriville, do kt?rego Autumn ?ywi prawdziwe uczucie. Po kilku latach ma??e?stwa Autumn zostaje wdow? i s?dzi, ?e ju? nigdy nie pokocha ?adnego m??czyzny. na kr?lewskim dworze wzgl?dy okazuj? jej jednak Ludwik XIV i Karol II. Zostaje wplatana w dworskie inrygi, w kt?rych m??czy?ni nie wahaj? si? pos?u?yc pi?kn? kobiet?, by zdoby? w?adz? lub zazna? rozkoszy.
La primera vez que enviud?, Rosamund Bolton ten?a seis a?os. La segunda, no hab?a cumplido los trece y a?n era virgen. Comenzaba a desear no serlo, pero la idea de verse libre de marido por el per?odo de luto de un a?o era muy seductora. Salvo durante tres a?os, hab?a estado casada toda su vida.Heredera de Friarsgate, una vasta extensi?n de tierras entre Inglaterra y Escocia, el destino la llevar? de la custodia de un t?o cruel hasta la magn?fica corte de Isabel de York y a los aposentos del joven y fogoso Enrique VIII. El noble sir Owein Meredith la defender? de los avances de un pr?ncipe y el vehemente Logan Hepburn no se resignar? a renunciar a la mujer que ama desde que eran ni?os, aunque tenga que desafiar los deseos de un rey.Esta novela, que recrea con fidelidad y ardor las aventuras y romances de una joven heredera inglesa entre los siglos XVI y XVII, es el primer volumen de una saga cautivante.
Elizabeth Meredith, la hija menor de Rosamund Bolton, no se parece en nada a sus refinadas hermanas. Rebelde y espont?nea, la bella joven rechaza la vida palaciega y prefiere la tranquilidad de Friarsgate. Sin embargo, para proteger y conservar las tierras que adora necesita un marido, y viaja a la corte para encontrarlo.All? escandaliza a damas y caballeros al trabar amistad con Ana Bolena, la amante del rey Enrique VIII, y coquetear con Flynn Estuardo, el hermano bastardo de Jacobo V de Escocia. Baen MacColl ama en secreto a la hermosa dama de Friarsgate, pero ella es inglesa, y eso representa un verdadero inconveniente para ?l, pues no quiere romper los lazos de lealtad que lo unen con su padre, l?der del dan escoc?s Hay.?Podr?n Elizabeth y su amor vencer los obst?culos que amenazan con separarlos para siempre? ?Lograr? Elizabeth preservar Friarsgate y al mismo tiempo seguir los dictados de su coraz?n?
Criada desde peque?a en alta mar como el var?n que siempre dese? y nunca tuvo su padre, jefe de una poderosa flota de las costas de Irlanda, la hermosa Skye O'Malley contrae a los quince a?os matrimonio con un hombre cruel y vicioso, aunque no sin antes perder su virginidad a manos del noble Niall Burke, que ejerce as? el tradicional derecho de pernada. En realidad, Skye ama a Burke en secreto y esa ?nica noche de pasi?n resultar? para ella inolvidable.Pero su vida y sus amores no han hecho m?s que empezar y llegar?n a abarcar con el tiempo desde las brutalidades de su marido irland?s a los refinamientos sensuales de los harenes de Argel…
Welcome, dear reader, to the world of Hetar. A land of Forest Lords, of Shadow Princes and Coastal Kings. A place that is both civilized and savage. Where the social classes know their place, but where anyone can, under the right conditions, advance to the highest pinnacle. This is a place where pleasure is not censured but encouraged; where the ends are justified by the means. And yet all is not as perfect as it may seem. The orderly, elegant veneer of refined Hetar cannot prevent the rebellion brewing in the Outlands, a dangerous place of both magic and ...
A Love For All TimeShe is Catriona, Countessof Glenkirk, the dazzling green-eyed beautywhose silken sensuality fires the passion of men'svery souls – making her a pawn in a dangerous gameof royal intrigue. wife to a count, unwilling mistress to theking, she has the undying live of the most courageous lordin all of scotland…He is Francis, Earl of Bothwell, who defies his king to possess the woman he loves. Theirs is a romance in the grand tradition of bestselling author Beatrice Small – and epic tale of love and betrayal that sweeps from the snowy Scottish highlands through the glittering palaces of Europe and exotic pleasures domes of Constantinople to find its magnificent conclusion inthe exquisite fulfillment of love's most passionate desires.
Mientras la guerra se cierne sobre Inglaterra y Escocia, la dama de Friarsgate conoce, por fin, a su verdadero amor.Rosamund Bolton ha tomado el control de su vida. Reclam? la herencia que le pertenec?a, rechaz? a su ?ltimo pretendiente y decidi? viajar a la corte de su querida amiga, la reina Margarita de Escocia. En ese ?mbito suntuoso e impredecible conocer? al hombre que cambiar? su destino para siempre.Patrick Leslie, primer conde de Glenkirk, provoca en la dama de Friarsgate una pasi?n abrasadora, a pesar de su tr?gico pasado. Mientras la guerra se cierne sobre Escocia e Inglaterra y Enrique VIII intenta convertirse en el monarca m?s poderoso de Europa, Patrick y Rosamund emprenden una peligrosa misi?n en nombre del rey Jacobo IV, en la que pondr?n a prueba su lealtad y la intensidad de su amor.
Po ?mierci ojca i wyje?dzie matki do Francji obdarzony stanowczym charakterem syn Jasmine, Patrick Leslie, ksi??? Glenkirk, odkrywa, ?e odpowiedzialno?? za w?o?ci i ludzi z nimi zwi?zanych spoczywa teraz wy??cznie na nim.Przypadkowe spotkanie podczas polowania sprawia jednak, ?e samotno?? ksi?cia dobiega kresu, gdy? aby pozyska? opuszczony zamek i otaczaj?ce go ziemie, musi przyj?? co? jeszcze – narzeczon?.Flanna Brodie, dziedziczka Brae, jest dziewczyn? pe?n? ?ycia, do tego pi?kn? jak szkocki krajobraz – i r?wnie dzik?. Nie pragnie m??czyzny, ale wolno?ci. Jednak nami?tno??, jak? rozbudzi w niej Patrick, si?gnie g??biej, ni? tylko w sfer? cia?a.
