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One kiss that changes everything Believing she will never marry, Lady Beatrice has made a dramatic decision–she will take up a convent life.But first she must ask a favor of one of her father's most handsome knights. Wanting to experience, just once, a man’s strong arms around her, she has turned to Sir Remy St Leger, intending that they should share a kiss.His startling touch sparks desire deep within her, and all at once Beatrice realises how much more life–and this man–has to give. Remy wants more too. . . But Beatrice cannot decide whether it is folly to refuse Remy, or folly to love him. . .

BLACK ROBERT. THE MOST FEARED OF ALL KING EDWARD’S MEN…When an English knight approaches the charred ruins of her sister’s Scottish village, Gaira of Clan Colquhoun knows better than to trust this fierce-looking man. Yet, struggling to set her war-shaken world to rights, she has little choice. Robert of Dent will see her to safety. He can promise nothing more. Never again will he make a vow like the one he broke years ago, even though Gaira’s fierce resilience makes him long to protect her. But what will happen when Gaira discovers exactly who Robert is… ?

Sir Alan Of Strode Was A Man Of His WordBut when his promise to fulfill his dying friend's last wish saw him marriage-bound to the man's widow, Alan wished his own sense of duty not quite so strong. For the Lady Honor was not aptly named. And how could he, a man of truth, ever trust a bride who had already played him false?With a babe on the way and a rejected suitor in hot pursuit, Honor needed a protector she could control, not a Highland warrior. Alan was proving to be the most intractable of husbands, and what was worse, the rogue had somehow managed to scale her defenses, and lay siege to her heart… .

Groomed to be the wife of a knight of good standing, nothing is more alluring to Eleanor than a powerful, courageous man.And she has found him in Troye de Valois, one of the king's own elite guard. Now, with Ellie's reputation unwittingly compromised, King Edward commands her marriage. She's overjoyed that her husband is to be none other than Troye.He has long lived in her heart and dreams. But those dreams are soon shattered when he reveals his anger at this forced marriage, and the emotions she is reawakening in him. . . .

For one long, hot summer Frances and Marcus had meant everything to each other. And then he betrayed her by marrying someone else. At seventeen, Frances had possessed an inner fire, a joy of life. Now, years later, Marcus, Duke of Loscoe, is confounded by the ice-cold society hostess she has become.Having learned how to suppress her youthful dreams and desires, Frances, Countess of Carringham, can't deny she's pained to hear that Marcus is looking for a new wife to care for his motherless child. Nor can she disguise that she is still susceptible to his charm….

Her Heart Was In The Highlands Indeed, every hill and vale seemed a mapping of her soul. Cassie MacArthur doubted any man could ever understand the freedom of roaming high road and low. Especially not Robert Gordon, enemy to her clan – yet, ironically, the one man in Scotland who made her blood sing!Driven by a questing spirit, Cassie MacArthur would make a bonny bride – Robert Gordon felt it in the marrow of his bones. Truly, the legendary Lady Quickfoot would be the perfect partner for his life's work – and his life! But was he fleet enough to catch her?

She’s come for his life…Feisty Lily Carrington wants revenge for the murder of her father. She’s finally tracked down the killer – and she’s going to make him pay… He’ll fight to keep it… Juniper Barns is now a hard-working sheriff, protecting the lives of those in need. But he can’t outrun his violent past any more. It’s time to stand and fight.Only his opponent is beautiful Lily – a vulnerable girl looking for vengeance, who’s in danger of losing her heart to the one man she’s forbidden from loving…

Tate Montgomery Needed a New Life And Johanna Patterson was the kind of woman who could make him leave the past behind.But how would he ever convince this reclusive spinster to open up her heart to him and his boys? It seemed to Johanna that she had always been alone. Until the day that Tate Montgomery turned up at her farm with a ready-made family, and an offer that would change her life forever.

Kaitlin Jeffers Had Big Dreams Dreams that would take her far beyond a delapidated store in the middle of nowhere.And if she couldn't banish the memory of Tripp Callihan's melting kisses, or fight her growing feelings for his impish little boy, she was going to wind up in his one-horse town forever!How his search for a life filled with ordinary pleasures had led him to join forces with a woman like Kaitlin Jeffers, Tripp would never figure out. But he knew for a fact that whatever happened next, he'd try his best to make himself and his son a part of Kaitlin's dreams… .

His heart is black and he trusts no oneThunderclaps, lightning strikes and her imposing new mansion looming high – but Miss Marchant is not one to be afraid. Not wilful, beautiful Sydony Marchant. If the house doesn’t shock her, the arrival of Viscount Hawthorne does!No longer the boy she once kissed – Bartholomew’s now a man with a ruthless glint in his eye. He’s here to uncover a truth and ruin Sydony. But they are soon entangled in secrets darker than they know. And, as the tension crackles between them, the memory of their innocent kiss is no longer enough…

Emmeline de Lonnieres swore she would never belong to a man again, so she is plunged into confusion by her feelings for Lord Talvas of Boulogne.His powerful charisma is irresistible, but she cannot give what she knows he will eventually demand–marriage. A demand she knows he will make when he discovers their passion has created the tiny new life growing inside her. . . .