Jen's Place--Author: Jude Deveraux

"The Duchess"
Pocket Books, 1991, HC
Reviewed on 6/18/01

Claire Willoughby was a modern American girl - fresh, practical, energetic, and wide-eyed with curiosity. Because of a clause in her grandfather's will that said she must wed an "acceptable" amn to keep her millions, she went to Scotland to look for a titled husband. Blond, handsome Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, was perfect: he owned a historic castle, looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Their engagement quickly announced, Claire - her future as a duchess assured - set off with her entire family to meet the Montgomery clan at Bramley Castle. Bramley was a damp, chill place, overflowing with eccentric Montgomery relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a curious, brooding man of great mystery whi lived in secret in the most ancient part of Bramley. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry: Trevelyan was the most exsaperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating. Harry's mother, the reclusive dowager Duchess, ran the estate and her son's life with an iron hand, and Claire was trying to fit in, for Harry was heir apparent to the dukedom. Besides, Claire had convinced herself that she loved him. But while her fiancé went hunting from morning to night, Claire was left alone at Bramley... with only Trevelyan for company. Reluctantly draggedinto Trevelyan's elusive, sometimes exotic world, Claire discovers hidden branches in teh Montgomery family tree... secrets so shocking they could shake the walls of Bramley itself, and bring her tantalizingly closer to Trevelyan.
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"Temptation"
Pocket Books, October 2000, HC
Reviewed on 6/13/01

The year is 1909, and Temperance O'Neil is a woman ahead of her time. A woman's rights activist devoted to helping single mothers on the streets of New York City, Temperance is, at 29, happily married to her work - which she funds with a substantial inheritance. Unfortunately, her new stepfather feels very differently on the subject and, due to laws that Temperance finds infuriatingly outdated, he controls all of her money. Angus MacCairn insists she quit her career and, as a respectable unmarried daughter should, live in his house in Edinburough. With no other choice, Temperance heads for Scotland with one mission - to drive Angus crazy. Soon, an exasperated Angus makes her a most unlikely offer: to pose as housekeeper to Angus's nephew, James, in a secret attempt to find him a wife. If - and only if - she succeeds in matchmaking, she will be allowed to return to New York. Temperance is willing to do almost anything to get home, but she has no idea how impossible a task she has been set. Although James MacCairn is Laird of Clan MacCairn, he's no cultured gentleman - he's a strapping, rough-mannered giant interested only in farming. He doesn't want a wife, and he's so rude and brusque that he has never kept even a housekeeper for more than a day. His stables are immaculate, his horses gleam with care, and he lavishes personal attention on his sheep - but there are pigeons roosting in the kitchen and chickens in the bedrooms. It's enough to make any woman roil, especially one accustomed to cosmopolitan life. Temperance, however, has a temper just as stubborn as James MacCairn's, and she is determined to win her return passage at any cost. But the cost may be her heart... for as Temperance O'Neil attempts to open James' eyes to the wonders of love, it is she herself who is liberated - by the power of an overwhelming passion.
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"Casa Grande"
1982
Reviewed on 6/12/01

Wilful, gifted and remarkably beautiful, Laura Taylor changed the lives of all who knew her. Women envied and were awed by her; many men sought her love. He whom she adored worshipped her in return, though his devotion would one day cost him his life. For the sake of those who gave to her so generously of themselves, Laura put her deft artist's hand to the building of a fabulous dream. From the sprwling ruins of a Spanish mission she created a palace of luxery and pleasure to which the world's most glamorous vacationers flocked. The greed of others threatened Laura's dream; jealousy and treachery rose as obstacles in her path. But grandeur and elegance sprang from Laura's touch, and of herself - a great lady - she would fashion her finest masterpiece.
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The Chandler Twins 1. "Twin of Ice"
2. "Twin of Fire"

"Twin of Ice"
Pocket Books, June 1985
Reviewed on 6/12/01

In Chandler, Colorado, every man dreamed of winning Houston Chandler and her twin sister, Blair. But for Kane Taggert, a rugged stranger with dark eyes and new money, Houston was the lady he vowed to make his wife. Beneath her gracious mein lay a woman fo hidden passions and surprising secrets - yet she was shocked by his brash proposal of marriage. But her defenses melted at the first touch of his hungry lips on hers. Kane had always gotten what he wanted. Now he wanted Houston.

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"Twin of Fire"
Pocket Books, August 1985
Reviewed on 6/12/01

Blair Chandler loved a man of challenge and passion - Dr. Lee Westfield. Still, she clung to her own dreams of practicing medicine in Chandler, Colorado. With her impetuous spirit she had won her degree, and then won Lee's heart. Yet even as their ardor mounted, she was shunned by people who feared a lady doctor. And there were nights when he disappeared, only to return exhausted, haunted. His silence imperiled their love. But the truth would surely imperil her life.
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"Temptress"
Pocket Books, August 1986
Reviewed on 6/12/01

With the blazing spirit of a true Montgomery, heiress Christiana Montgomery Mathison bravely defies the two men who abduct her. Forced into the primitive rain forests of the Washington Territory, she is swept into a thrilling adventure. Amid schemes of greed and intrigue, the bold beauty resists the wooing of one captor, and uses all her wiles to entice the other, the mysterious Tynan... a dark, fatally handsome amn who desires her... but who must refise her love at all cost!
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"Sweetbriar"
Pocket Books, May 1983
Tapestery Books #15
Reviewed on 12/20/00

Linnet left the remnants of her old world behind her, as she trudged into the Kentucky wilderness. She and the six children were all who survived the Indian attack on their wagon train. Devon Macalister offers her freedom. He wagers his life for hers. And both risk losing their hearts.
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The James River Trilogy 1. "Counterfeit Lady"
2. "Lost Lady"
3. "River Lady"

"Counterfeit Lady"
Pocket Books, 1984
Reviewed on 6/12/01

After witnessing the violent deaths of her family, beautiful, tempestuous Nicole Courtalain flees France for England. Forced into service to the demanding, selfish Bianca Maleson, Nicole lives for the day she can escape her drudgery. But her dream of freedom is shattered when she is mistaken for Bianca, kidnapped, and cast aboard a ship bound for America. At sea, Nicole is married by proxy to Bianca's American fiancé, Clayton Armstrong. Face to face with her impatient captor, Nicole is struck by his lean masculinity and rugged face, yet his arrogant refusal to believe the truth about her erroneous kidnapping ignites her fury. She begrudgingly agrees to live on his plantation until their marriage can be annulled. At first they avoid each other... yet this sadonic man with the peircing blue eyes that hint at some secret sadness intrigues Nicloe. Clayton, too, finds it more and more difficult to stay away from the enchanting and sesual French beauty. One night their self-control gives way to a raging desire. Then Bianca arrives from England claim Clayton... and Nicloe can't understand why this grasping woman do bewitches him. Devastated and heartbroken by his obsession with Bianca, Nicole sadly departs and throws all of her passion into becoming a prosperous merchant, finally acheiving her cherished independence. But how can she forget the love they once shared... how can she ever hope to claim him for herself, when Bianca will do anything in her power to hold onto the Armstrong wealth - even commit murder?

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"Lost Lady"
Pocket Books, April 1985
Reviewed on 6/12/01

From England's bawdy wharves to Virginia's elegant mansions, their love was knidled by chance, flamed by passion... Forsaken by her guardian, scorned by her fiancé, Regan found safely in the strong arms of a stranger. Rough-hewn Travis, enchanted by his innocent burden, claimed her as his own... unaware of the magnificent, iron-willed beauty she would become, or the dangerous, glorious destiny she would fulfill!

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"River Lady"
Pocket Books, December 1985
Reviewed on 6/12/01

In a chance encounter on Virginia's riverfront, Leah, a beautiful waif, unwittingly captured the one man she had always loved! Handsome, well-borne Wesley, in an unexpected twist of fate, becomes Leah's reluctant husband. Determined to forge a new life in untamed Kentucky, Wesley discovers that the bride he hopes to abandon is passionate, proud and brave - and may be the woman he cannot live without!
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"High Tide"
Pocket Books, November 1999, HC
Reviewed on 5/22/01

A rising star at a Manhattan corporation, Fiona Burkenhalter is a New Orker through and through, with a New Yorker's disdain for anywhere but the city's bustling streets. When her boss inexplicably sends her to handle a new account in the Florida Everglades, it may as well be another planet to city slicker Fiona. But this is no ordinary business meeting: Fiona is to join her client on a rustic fishing expedition, accompanied by a guide with the larger-than-life name Ace Montgomery. More than a little steamed at this detour from the executive fast track, Fiona never imagined that she'd embarked on the wildest adventure of her life - or that the rough-hewn, undeniably handsome Ace M\ontgomery from the Southern backwoods would become her closest ally. But hair-raising circumstances pull her deep into trouble from the moment she steps off the plane. Only in Florida could Fiona get arrested for smashing to smithereens a frightningly lifelike mechanical alligator. And only in the heart of the swamplands could she get lost in a maze of intrigue and become the prime suspect for a shocking murder - with Ace as her presumed accoplice. Suddenly, they discover that they have inherited the murder victim's vast fortune - and they are now Florida's most wanted couple! Joining forces is a matter of survival for Ace and Fiona. Following a string of jumbled clues tied to childhood memories - a fabulous yarn that Fiona's father once told her, a long-lost treasure map - they desperately attempt to decipher their connection to the deadly inheritance. As they wade into the murky waters of past secrets, an irrestible chemistry flares - and Fiona surrenders to the legendary Montgomery charm. Now, with their lives and hearts on the line, they turn up the heat in their desperate search for a killer.
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"The Blessing"
Pocket Books, November 1998, HC
Reviewed on 5/22/01

When wealthy, hard-driving corporate genius Jason Wilding reluctantly takes a break from his business and his husband- hunting girlfriends for a Christmas visit to his hometown in Abernathy, Kentucky, ha has no idea what his physician brother, David, has in store for him. It seems that Amy Thompkins, a whimsical young widow with definite artistic talent, has captured David's heart, but courting her with a demanding baby in tow has been difficult. In order to pursue her, he persuaded Jason to move into her home and take care of her spoiled but adorable son, Max, for a week. For a fiercely effient CEO, it's an impossible scene: a falling-down old house; buckets on the dining room floor catch the rain; a widow living on next to nothing, with no marketable skills. But Amy's joy for life, her love for her son, and her sparkling humor are irresisitible - and tiny Max adores Jason beyond reason. Soon, Jason sees Amy and her future as a prime target for his strategic planning. Importing his private chef to prepare the little one's food and buying a baby store so that his mother can get real bargains are just the beginning. Because enigmatic Jason is thawing - the tender feelings and longing he has buried for years are begging to be heard. And when he smiles, Amy is reminded of a Mount Rushmore monument finally cracking up - in the best possible way. The mutual attraction is glowing bright, but what to do about David?
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"Sweet Liar"
Pocket Books, 1992, HC
Reviewed on 5/22/01

Samantha Elliot hadn't wanted to come to New York. But her father's will made it clear the he'd wished her to spend a year in New York looking for her grandmother - a woman who had up and left her family when Samantha was only a baby. Dave Elliot had even sold their Louisville home and rented an apartment for her in Manhattan. So here she was, in this big, dirty city... her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone. Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and it took only one glance for her to realize that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. And he was charming - his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam began to bloom like a flower after the rain. At his side, she discovered how perfectly delightful New York could be... how perfectly delightful life could be. Yet Mike could only get so far with her - when he tried to get closer, it was like running headfirst into a brick wall. Mike wasn't about to give up on a woman whose smile hinted at all the love and exuberance she'd buried long ago. When he'd confessed theat Dave Elliot made him Samantha's guardian, she'd been outraged; when he'd revealed her father's disturbing theory - that Samantha's grandmother had once been known an Maxie, moll to a vicious gangster - she'd responded with cold, disbelieving fury. But now they were working together, probing deep into the history of Anthony "Doc" Barrett - and coming closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and what had become of a seductive blues singer named Maxie.
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"Eternity"
Pocket Books, 1992, HC
Reviewed on 5/22/01

Carrie Montgomery is a pamered beauty who has made a hobby out of running her own mail-order bride service. Handsome Joshua Greene is a farmer who needs a hard-working, practical wife to help run his farm and mother his two children. But when Josh writes to Carrie's service, she takes one look at his photograph and decides to marry him herself! She blithely weds Josh by proxy and sets off for her new life in Eternity, Colorado. But Josh - realizing Carrie can neither cook, clean, nor farm - refuses to be bewitched by Carrie's blond curls and effervescent laughter. Even after he yeilds to the wild desire that surges between them, he can't admit his need for her. It isn't until an old scandal threatens to reemerge that Josh realizes he and the children could lose Carrie forever.
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"Mountain Laurel"
Pocket Books, July 1990, HC
Reviewed on 5/22/01

Captain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, knowledgeable about the western territories, popular with the men and their ladies - in short, everything Colonel Harrison, commanding officer of Fort Breck, was not. And that was reason enough for the colonel to saddle Montgomery with the most peculiar assignment ever to come his way: to escort an opera singer into the gold fields of the Colorado Teritory so she could sing for the miners. Ring thought the whole idea was downfight foolishness. A Civil War was brweing, and he was expected to play nursemaid to some traveling singer! His plan was to scare the little lady enough so that she'd turn around and head for home. But LaReina, The Singing Duchess - as Madelyn Worth called herself on stage - didn't scare easy. Not when he painted a vivid picture of the hardships she'd face, not when he slipped past her burly bodyguards and tied her to her bedposts, not even when she attacked him out of pure frustration and he wrestled her to the ground. Maddie did not want Ring's protection. She had good reasons for coming west, and she didn't intend to explain them to some high-and-mighty soldier who'd only get in her way. The Captian Montgomery might be smart enough to figure out that she was no European duchess, and gentleman enough not to take advantage of her when he'd had the chance, but he'd have to go on thinking she had some insane desire to sing opera to a bunch of ragtag miners. She didn't dare trust him with the truth.
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"The Enchanted Land"
Avon Books, December 1978
Reviewed on 12/20/00

For beautiful Morgan Wakefield, the enchanted land lay west of the bluegrass splendors of her Kentucky home... and within the powerful embrace of Seth Colter - the handsome rancher with whom she had struck a bargain that would change her life. Beneath the star-studded New Mexico shies Colter awakened in Morgan a woman's passion, stoking the sensuous fires of a bold, tempestuous romance. Though fate would make them enemies, theirs was a love that would endure, never to be forsaken.
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"The Invitation"
Pocket Books, January 1994
Reviewed on 12/20/00

Jackie O'Neill was a daredevil pilot and a true American heroine... a woman so beautiful men stopped in their tracks to watch her walk down the street, her long confident strides eating up the earth. After years of nonstop excitement - of traveling around the globe in a chaotic rags-to-riches-to-rags whirl with her late husband, Cherley - Jackie had returned to Eternity, Colorado, near her hometown of Chandler. She wanted put down roots, start a business, maybe someday fall in love again. But she never dreamed that the man who might make all her wishes come true was William Montgomery... little Billy, the lovesick boy who dogged her every step when she was a teenager... little Billy, who was now definitely a man, handsome, sexy, rich, and still madly in love with Jackie O'Neill.
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"The Heiress"
Pocket Books, December 1995
Reviewed on 11/25/00

Jamie Montgomery, an impoverished Elizabethan kinght, is elated when he is assigned to escort Axia, the Lancaster heiress, to the castle of her bretrothed. If only she will fall in love with Jamie - as Jamie's devoted older sister predicts - the family's financial woes will be solved. But Axia, who has spent her life closely guarded by her father's servants, is not the shy, cossetted flower Jamie expects. She's a hoyden, hell-bent on enjoying her precious moments of liberty before her marriage to a man chosen by her remote, eccentric father. After curtly informing Jamie not to bother declaring his love for her - as all poor, handsome men seem wont to do - Axia makes his life a misery, sneaking off to the marketplace, nearly breaking her neck on a runaway horse, and doing everything possible to delay the trip. Though she dare not admit it, even to herself, Axia dreads being wed to a stranger. Suddenly Jamie realizes that he savors even her most barbed words like the rarest nectar... that he is falling desperately in love with this bold, maddening beauty. Now he must contrive a daring plan to win her freedom - and win her proud, defiant heart for his own!
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"The Black Lyon"
Pocket Books, October 1980
Reviewed on 3/25/00

Darkily handsome and rich beyond imagining, the bold English conqueror was called the Black Lyon for his lionlike fierceness. He had no match among enemies, or women... until he met Lyonene, the green- eyed beauty whose fiery spirit matched his own. Through a whirlwind romance and stormy marriage, she endured every peril to be by his side... until jealousy and vicious lies drove her across the Irish Sea and into grave danger. One man could save her - only the fierce Black Lyon had the courage to destroy the ruthless plot had driven them apart and threatened the bond of love they had vowed could never be broken.
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1. "The Velvet Promise"
2. "Highland Velvet"
3. "Velvet Song"
4. "Velvet Angel"

"The Velvet Promise"
Pocket Books, April 1981
Reviewed on 3/25/00

All of England rejoiced on her wedding day. But Judith vowed that her husband would get only wheat he took from her! At the flower-bedecked alter, the first touch of their hands ignited an all-consuming passion. Gavin Montgomery looked deep into her golden eyes and burned with desire for her... but this his heart had been pledged to another. Humiliated and alone in a strange castle, Judith resolved to hate this husband who took her body, but rejected her love... never admitting her fear of losing him. But destiny held another fate for Judith... a fate the would keep at last the velvet promise.

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"Highland Velvet"
Pocket Books, August 1982
Reviewed on 3/25/00

Bronwyn MacCarran was a proud Scot. Stephan Montgomery was one of the hated English. He came to Scotland as a conqueror, saw her beauty and was vanquished. but still she would abhor him. She owned a temper hot enough to forge the armors of battle of inflame a valiant soldier's passion. Yet still she would resist him. She became his reason to live, his reason to love. And still she would deny him. But while clan fought against clan, while brother took up sword against brother, and the higlands ran with blood - their destiny was made... and this mighty warrior pledged himself to his woman's pride, her honor and her name - and made of their love a torch to burn through the ages!

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"Velvet Song"
Pocket Books, February 1983
Reviewed on 3/25/00

With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackett fled to the woods - and sanctuary in the camp of Raine montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king's edict. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and her sorrow in her work as Montgomery's squire. But how long could such loveliness as hers he hidden? How long could such a gallant man's desires be blind? And soon - even as a blood feud raged between the Montgomerys and the Chatworths, as angry swords clattered in the name of family honor - one woman's love would make all the difference... one woman's love would inflame a hero's passion, touch a king's pity and raise a song of praise in every English heart.

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"Velevet Angel"
Pocket Books, December 1983
Reviewed on 3/25/00

She came to him as a precious gift, a naked angel rolled in a rug. Once Miles Montgomery gazed into her green eyes, saw her tangle of honey blonde hair, he was undone with passion. Elizabeth would never surrender. He was a hated Montgomery - she was a Chatworth - and the blood war between their families waged on, a wildfire of rape, murder and betrayal. Elizabeth vowed to fight the handsome lord, to resist the burning desire in his eyes - and the rough sweetness of his kisses.
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"A Knight in Shining Armor"
Pocket Books, June 1990
Reviewed on 3/25/00

Abandoned by a cruel fate, lovely, throughly modern Douglass Montgomery lay weeping upon a cold tombstone in an English church. Suddenly, as if in answer to her prayers, the most extraordinary man appeared. He was Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyk... and according to his tombstone he had died in 1564. Tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, he was magnificent. Drawn to his side by a bond so sudden and compelling it overshadowed reason, Douglass knew that Nicholas was nothing less than a miracle: a man who would not seek to change her, who found her perfect, fascinating, just as she was. Yet she could not imagine how strong were the chains that tied them to the past... or the grand adventure that lay before them.
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"Remembrance"
Pocket Books, August 1995
Reviewed on 3/25/00

Bestselling romance writer Hayden Lane has never been so obsessed with one of her heroes before - so obsessed that she barely notices when her fiancé breaks off their engagement. Desperate to discover more about him, she visits a psychic, who tells her that in a past life in Edwardian England, Hayden was a woman named Lady de Grey. hayden is intrigued. And when she learns that Lady de Grey was a promiscuous woman who mysteriously disappeared one night, and that her ghost is said to haunt her husband's home. Hayden is spellbound. Although the psychic warns her not to investigate further, Hayden must know more. When she meets a hypnotist at a dinner party, she can't resist volunteering. But his trick goes wrong, and instead of merely remembering her lifetime as Lady de grey, Hayden is whisked bakc to Edwardian times. The moment she awakens, she faints, due to the unfamiliar sensation of Lady de Grey's extremely tight corset. But soon Hayden will awaken again, to discover quite a different story about a woman history considered a trollop, a spectacular, brooding man... and the rapturuous love that would be hers if she dared open her heart to the most mysterious adventure of all.
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"An Angel for Emily"
Pocket Books, February 1998
Reviewed on 2/15/98

Emily Jane Todd couldn't believe that she had just hit a man. Well, not just a man but an "angel". Or at least that's what Michael Chamberlain said. Emily wasn't buying it but she did have a soft spot for strays and she had hit him. So, she said she'd help him. But she didn't realize that her "guardian angel" wasn't about to leave her, he had a mission. Emily was in danger and Michael had been sent to help and protect her. Emily and Michael try to figure out who would want to kill her and why. And although they're not suppose to fall in love, they do just that. Can they stop whatever evil stalks Emily and what all they do able the love they bear for each other.
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"Legend"
Pocket Books, 1996
Reviewed on 8/5/97
Legend
Petite Kady Long, a celebrated chef about to be married to a gorgeous man, felt she was the luckiest woman alive. But, when she opened an antique flour tin and discovered a charming old photo of four strangers, she felt a mysterious empathy... and an irrestible desire to try on the delicate satin wedding dress, amethyst earrings, and gossamer veil that were tucked inside. Stranger still was the dizzy spell that came over her. When she opened her eyes, Kady was in a harsh, sunlit landscape where a band of men had gathered - and a hanging was about to commence! Ever resourceful, Kady managed to stop the outlaws with a rifle shot, and resue the victim - a tall, rangy and very appealing man. Anxious to get back to her own time, Kadt asked for the stranger's help. But Cole Jordan, of Legand, Colorado, had a prankster's streak - and she ended up his wife instead! If Kady couldn't quite figure out what made him and his town tick, she could at least dispel the notion that she was an obediant nineteenth-century bride. She would put on a fabulous feast that would cost him the moon - and be talked about forever. Meanwhile, Kady was slowly warming up to the enigmatic man - and Legand to boot. But then Cole revealed a secret that seemed to end their Colorado frontier fairy tale... and unite them in a way Kady never could have imagined.
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"The Duchess" Pocket Books, 1991, HC Reviewed on 6/18/01
		Claire Willoughby was a modern American girl - fresh, practical, energetic, and wide-eyed with curiosity. Because of a clause in her grandfather's will that said she must wed an "acceptable" amn to keep her millions, she went to Scotland to look for a titled husband. Blond, handsome Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, was perfect: he owned a historic castle, looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Their engagement quickly announced, Claire - her future as a duchess assured - set off with her entire family to meet the Montgomery clan at Bramley Castle. Bramley was a damp, chill place, overflowing with eccentric Montgomery relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a curious, brooding man of great mystery whi lived in secret in the most ancient part of Bramley. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry: Trevelyan was the most exsaperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating. Harry's mother, the reclusive dowager Duchess, ran the estate and her son's life with an iron hand, and Claire was trying to fit in, for Harry was heir apparent to the dukedom. Besides, Claire had convinced herself that she loved him. But while her fiancé went hunting from morning to night, Claire was left alone at Bramley... with only Trevelyan for company. Reluctantly draggedinto Trevelyan's elusive, sometimes exotic world, Claire discovers hidden branches in teh Montgomery family tree... secrets so shocking they could shake the walls of Bramley itself, and bring her tantalizingly closer to Trevelyan.
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"Temptation" Pocket Books, October 2000, HC Reviewed on 6/13/01
		The year is 1909, and Temperance O'Neil is a woman ahead of her time. A woman's rights activist devoted to helping single mothers on the streets of New York City, Temperance is, at 29, happily married to her work - which she funds with a substantial inheritance. Unfortunately, her new stepfather feels very differently on the subject and, due to laws that Temperance finds infuriatingly outdated, he controls all of her money. Angus MacCairn insists she quit her career and, as a respectable unmarried daughter should, live in his house in Edinburough. With no other choice, Temperance heads for Scotland with one mission - to drive Angus crazy. Soon, an exasperated Angus makes her a most unlikely offer: to pose as housekeeper to Angus's nephew, James, in a secret attempt to find him a wife. If - and only if - she succeeds in matchmaking, she will be allowed to return to New York. Temperance is willing to do almost anything to get home, but she has no idea how impossible a task she has been set. Although James MacCairn is Laird of Clan MacCairn, he's no cultured gentleman - he's a strapping, rough-mannered giant interested only in farming. He doesn't want a wife, and he's so rude and brusque that he has never kept even a housekeeper for more than a day. His stables are immaculate, his horses gleam with care, and he lavishes personal attention on his sheep - but there are pigeons roosting in the kitchen and chickens in the bedrooms. It's enough to make any woman roil, especially one accustomed to cosmopolitan life. Temperance, however, has a temper just as stubborn as James MacCairn's, and she is determined to win her return passage at any cost. But the cost may be her heart... for as Temperance O'Neil attempts to open James' eyes to the wonders of love, it is she herself who is liberated - by the power of an overwhelming passion.
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"Casa Grande" 1982 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		Wilful, gifted and remarkably beautiful, Laura Taylor changed the lives of all who knew her. Women envied and were awed by her; many men sought her love. He whom she adored worshipped her in return, though his devotion would one day cost him his life. For the sake of those who gave to her so generously of themselves, Laura put her deft artist's hand to the building of a fabulous dream. From the sprwling ruins of a Spanish mission she created a palace of luxery and pleasure to which the world's most glamorous vacationers flocked. The greed of others threatened Laura's dream; jealousy and treachery rose as obstacles in her path. But grandeur and elegance sprang from Laura's touch, and of herself - a great lady - she would fashion her finest masterpiece.
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"Twin of Ice" Pocket Books, June 1985 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		In Chandler, Colorado, every man dreamed of winning Houston Chandler and her twin sister, Blair. But for Kane Taggert, a rugged stranger with dark eyes and new money, Houston was the lady he vowed to make his wife. Beneath her gracious mein lay a woman fo hidden passions and surprising secrets - yet she was shocked by his brash proposal of marriage. But her defenses melted at the first touch of his hungry lips on hers. Kane had always gotten what he wanted. Now he wanted Houston.

"Twin of Fire" Pocket Books, August 1985 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		Blair Chandler loved a man of challenge and passion - Dr. Lee Westfield. Still, she clung to her own dreams of practicing medicine in Chandler, Colorado. With her impetuous spirit she had won her degree, and then won Lee's heart. Yet even as their ardor mounted, she was shunned by people who feared a lady doctor. And there were nights when he disappeared, only to return exhausted, haunted. His silence imperiled their love. But the truth would surely imperil her life.
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"Temptress" Pocket Books, August 1986 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		With the blazing spirit of a true Montgomery, heiress Christiana Montgomery Mathison bravely defies the two men who abduct her. Forced into the primitive rain forests of the Washington Territory, she is swept into a thrilling adventure. Amid schemes of greed and intrigue, the bold beauty resists the wooing of one captor, and uses all her wiles to entice the other, the mysterious Tynan... a dark, fatally handsome amn who desires her... but who must refise her love at all cost!
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"Sweetbriar" Pocket Books, May 1983 Tapestery Books #15 Reviewed on 12/20/00
		Linnet left the remnants of her old world behind her, as she trudged into the Kentucky wilderness. She and the six children were all who survived the Indian attack on their wagon train. Devon Macalister offers her freedom. He wagers his life for hers. And both risk losing their hearts.
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The James River Trilogy		1. "Counterfeit Lady"
		2. "Lost Lady"
		3. "River Lady"

"Counterfeit Lady" Pocket Books, 1984 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		After witnessing the violent deaths of her family, beautiful, tempestuous Nicole Courtalain flees France for England. Forced into service to the demanding, selfish Bianca Maleson, Nicole lives for the day she can escape her drudgery. But her dream of freedom is shattered when she is mistaken for Bianca, kidnapped, and cast aboard a ship bound for America. At sea, Nicole is married by proxy to Bianca's American fiancé, Clayton Armstrong. Face to face with her impatient captor, Nicole is struck by his lean masculinity and rugged face, yet his arrogant refusal to believe the truth about her erroneous kidnapping ignites her fury. She begrudgingly agrees to live on his plantation until their marriage can be annulled. At first they avoid each other... yet this sadonic man with the peircing blue eyes that hint at some secret sadness intrigues Nicloe. Clayton, too, finds it more and more difficult to stay away from the enchanting and sesual French beauty. One night their self-control gives way to a raging desire. Then Bianca arrives from England claim Clayton... and Nicloe can't understand why this grasping woman do bewitches him. Devastated and heartbroken by his obsession with Bianca, Nicole sadly departs and throws all of her passion into becoming a prosperous merchant, finally acheiving her cherished independence. But how can she forget the love they once shared... how can she ever hope to claim him for herself, when Bianca will do anything in her power to hold onto the Armstrong wealth - even commit murder?

"Lost Lady" Pocket Books, April 1985 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		From England's bawdy wharves to Virginia's elegant mansions, their love was knidled by chance, flamed by passion... Forsaken by her guardian, scorned by her fiancé, Regan found safely in the strong arms of a stranger. Rough-hewn Travis, enchanted by his innocent burden, claimed her as his own... unaware of the magnificent, iron-willed beauty she would become, or the dangerous, glorious destiny she would fulfill!

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"River Lady" Pocket Books, December 1985 Reviewed on 6/12/01
		In a chance encounter on Virginia's riverfront, Leah, a beautiful waif, unwittingly captured the one man she had always loved! Handsome, well-borne Wesley, in an unexpected twist of fate, becomes Leah's reluctant husband. Determined to forge a new life in untamed Kentucky, Wesley discovers that the bride he hopes to abandon is passionate, proud and brave - and may be the woman he cannot live without!
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"High Tide" Pocket Books, November 1999, HC Reviewed on 5/22/01
		A rising star at a Manhattan corporation, Fiona Burkenhalter is a New Orker through and through, with a New Yorker's disdain for anywhere but the city's bustling streets. When her boss inexplicably sends her to handle a new account in the Florida Everglades, it may as well be another planet to city slicker Fiona. But this is no ordinary business meeting: Fiona is to join her client on a rustic fishing expedition, accompanied by a guide with the larger-than-life name Ace Montgomery. More than a little steamed at this detour from the executive fast track, Fiona never imagined that she'd embarked on the wildest adventure of her life - or that the rough-hewn, undeniably handsome Ace M\ontgomery from the Southern backwoods would become her closest ally. But hair-raising circumstances pull her deep into trouble from the moment she steps off the plane. Only in Florida could Fiona get arrested for smashing to smithereens a frightningly lifelike mechanical alligator. And only in the heart of the swamplands could she get lost in a maze of intrigue and become the prime suspect for a shocking murder - with Ace as her presumed accoplice. Suddenly, they discover that they have inherited the murder victim's vast fortune - and they are now Florida's most wanted couple! Joining forces is a matter of survival for Ace and Fiona. Following a string of jumbled clues tied to childhood memories - a fabulous yarn that Fiona's father once told her, a long-lost treasure map - they desperately attempt to decipher their connection to the deadly inheritance. As they wade into the murky waters of past secrets, an irrestible chemistry flares - and Fiona surrenders to the legendary Montgomery charm. Now, with their lives and hearts on the line, they turn up the heat in their desperate search for a killer.
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"The Blessing" Pocket Books, November 1998, HC Reviewed on 5/22/01
		When wealthy, hard-driving corporate genius Jason Wilding reluctantly takes a break from his business and his husband- hunting girlfriends for a Christmas visit to his hometown in Abernathy, Kentucky, ha has no idea what his physician brother, David, has in store for him. It seems that Amy Thompkins, a whimsical young widow with definite artistic talent, has captured David's heart, but courting her with a demanding baby in tow has been difficult. In order to pursue her, he persuaded Jason to move into her home and take care of her spoiled but adorable son, Max, for a week. For a fiercely effient CEO, it's an impossible scene: a falling-down old house; buckets on the dining room floor catch the rain; a widow living on next to nothing, with no marketable skills. But Amy's joy for life, her love for her son, and her sparkling humor are irresisitible - and tiny Max adores Jason beyond reason. Soon, Jason sees Amy and her future as a prime target for his strategic planning. Importing his private chef to prepare the little one's food and buying a baby store so that his mother can get real bargains are just the beginning. Because enigmatic Jason is thawing - the tender feelings and longing he has buried for years are begging to be heard. And when he smiles, Amy is reminded of a Mount Rushmore monument finally cracking up - in the best possible way. The mutual attraction is glowing bright, but what to do about David?
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"Sweet Liar" Pocket Books, 1992, HC Reviewed on 5/22/01
		Samantha Elliot hadn't wanted to come to New York. But her father's will made it clear the he'd wished her to spend a year in New York looking for her grandmother - a woman who had up and left her family when Samantha was only a baby. Dave Elliot had even sold their Louisville home and rented an apartment for her in Manhattan. So here she was, in this big, dirty city... her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone. Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and it took only one glance for her to realize that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. And he was charming - his zest for life was so contagious that in his presence Sam began to bloom like a flower after the rain. At his side, she discovered how perfectly delightful New York could be... how perfectly delightful life could be. Yet Mike could only get so far with her - when he tried to get closer, it was like running headfirst into a brick wall. Mike wasn't about to give up on a woman whose smile hinted at all the love and exuberance she'd buried long ago. When he'd confessed theat Dave Elliot made him Samantha's guardian, she'd been outraged; when he'd revealed her father's disturbing theory - that Samantha's grandmother had once been known an Maxie, moll to a vicious gangster - she'd responded with cold, disbelieving fury. But now they were working together, probing deep into the history of Anthony "Doc" Barrett - and coming closer to the dangerous truth about a bloody spring night in 1928, and what had become of a seductive blues singer named Maxie.
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"Eternity" Pocket Books, 1992, HC Reviewed on 5/22/01
		Carrie Montgomery is a pamered beauty who has made a hobby out of running her own mail-order bride service. Handsome Joshua Greene is a farmer who needs a hard-working, practical wife to help run his farm and mother his two children. But when Josh writes to Carrie's service, she takes one look at his photograph and decides to marry him herself! She blithely weds Josh by proxy and sets off for her new life in Eternity, Colorado. But Josh - realizing Carrie can neither cook, clean, nor farm - refuses to be bewitched by Carrie's blond curls and effervescent laughter. Even after he yeilds to the wild desire that surges between them, he can't admit his need for her. It isn't until an old scandal threatens to reemerge that Josh realizes he and the children could lose Carrie forever.
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"Mountain Laurel" Pocket Books, July 1990, HC Reviewed on 5/22/01
		Captain Ring Montgomery was handsome, a skilled rider, a crack shot, knowledgeable about the western territories, popular with the men and their ladies - in short, everything Colonel Harrison, commanding officer of Fort Breck, was not. And that was reason enough for the colonel to saddle Montgomery with the most peculiar assignment ever to come his way: to escort an opera singer into the gold fields of the Colorado Teritory so she could sing for the miners. Ring thought the whole idea was downfight foolishness. A Civil War was brweing, and he was expected to play nursemaid to some traveling singer! His plan was to scare the little lady enough so that she'd turn around and head for home. But LaReina, The Singing Duchess - as Madelyn Worth called herself on stage - didn't scare easy. Not when he painted a vivid picture of the hardships she'd face, not when he slipped past her burly bodyguards and tied her to her bedposts, not even when she attacked him out of pure frustration and he wrestled her to the ground. Maddie did not want Ring's protection. She had good reasons for coming west, and she didn't intend to explain them to some high-and-mighty soldier who'd only get in her way. The Captian Montgomery might be smart enough to figure out that she was no European duchess, and gentleman enough not to take advantage of her when he'd had the chance, but he'd have to go on thinking she had some insane desire to sing opera to a bunch of ragtag miners. She didn't dare trust him with the truth.
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"The Enchanted Land" Avon Books, December 1978 Reviewed on 12/20/00
		For beautiful Morgan Wakefield, the enchanted land lay west of the bluegrass splendors of her Kentucky home... and within the powerful embrace of Seth Colter - the handsome rancher with whom she had struck a bargain that would change her life. Beneath the star-studded New Mexico shies Colter awakened in Morgan a woman's passion, stoking the sensuous fires of a bold, tempestuous romance. Though fate would make them enemies, theirs was a love that would endure, never to be forsaken.
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"The Invitation" Pocket Books, January 1994 Reviewed on 12/20/00
		Jackie O'Neill was a daredevil pilot and a true American heroine... a woman so beautiful men stopped in their tracks to watch her walk down the street, her long confident strides eating up the earth. After years of nonstop excitement - of traveling around the globe in a chaotic rags-to-riches-to-rags whirl with her late husband, Cherley - Jackie had returned to Eternity, Colorado, near her hometown of Chandler. She wanted put down roots, start a business, maybe someday fall in love again. But she never dreamed that the man who might make all her wishes come true was William Montgomery... little Billy, the lovesick boy who dogged her every step when she was a teenager... little Billy, who was now definitely a man, handsome, sexy, rich, and still madly in love with Jackie O'Neill.
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"The Heiress" Pocket Books, December 1995 Reviewed on 11/25/00
		Jamie Montgomery, an impoverished Elizabethan kinght, is elated when he is assigned to escort Axia, the Lancaster heiress, to the castle of her bretrothed. If only she will fall in love with Jamie - as Jamie's devoted older sister predicts - the family's financial woes will be solved. But Axia, who has spent her life closely guarded by her father's servants, is not the shy, cossetted flower Jamie expects. She's a hoyden, hell-bent on enjoying her precious moments of liberty before her marriage to a man chosen by her remote, eccentric father. After curtly informing Jamie not to bother declaring his love for her - as all poor, handsome men seem wont to do - Axia makes his life a misery, sneaking off to the marketplace, nearly breaking her neck on a runaway horse, and doing everything possible to delay the trip. Though she dare not admit it, even to herself, Axia dreads being wed to a stranger. Suddenly Jamie realizes that he savors even her most barbed words like the rarest nectar... that he is falling desperately in love with this bold, maddening beauty. Now he must contrive a daring plan to win her freedom - and win her proud, defiant heart for his own!
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"The Black Lyon" Pocket Books, October 1980 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		Darkily handsome and rich beyond imagining, the bold English conqueror was called the Black Lyon for his lionlike fierceness. He had no match among enemies, or women... until he met Lyonene, the green- eyed beauty whose fiery spirit matched his own. Through a whirlwind romance and stormy marriage, she endured every peril to be by his side... until jealousy and vicious lies drove her across the Irish Sea and into grave danger. One man could save her - only the fierce Black Lyon had the courage to destroy the ruthless plot had driven them apart and threatened the bond of love they had vowed could never be broken.
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		1. "The Velvet Promise"
		2. "Highland Velvet"
		3. "Velvet Song"
		4. "Velvet Angel"

"The Velvet Promise" Pocket Books, April 1981 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		All of England rejoiced on her wedding day. But Judith vowed that her husband would get only wheat he took from her! At the flower-bedecked alter, the first touch of their hands ignited an all-consuming passion. Gavin Montgomery looked deep into her golden eyes and burned with desire for her... but this his heart had been pledged to another. Humiliated and alone in a strange castle, Judith resolved to hate this husband who took her body, but rejected her love... never admitting her fear of losing him. But destiny held another fate for Judith... a fate the would keep at last the velvet promise.

"Highland Velvet" Pocket Books, August 1982 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		Bronwyn MacCarran was a proud Scot. Stephan Montgomery was one of the hated English. He came to Scotland as a conqueror, saw her beauty and was vanquished. but still she would abhor him. She owned a temper hot enough to forge the armors of battle of inflame a valiant soldier's passion. Yet still she would resist him. She became his reason to live, his reason to love. And still she would deny him. But while clan fought against clan, while brother took up sword against brother, and the higlands ran with blood - their destiny was made... and this mighty warrior pledged himself to his woman's pride, her honor and her name - and made of their love a torch to burn through the ages!

"Velvet Song" Pocket Books, February 1983 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackett fled to the woods - and sanctuary in the camp of Raine montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king's edict. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and her sorrow in her work as Montgomery's squire. But how long could such loveliness as hers he hidden? How long could such a gallant man's desires be blind? And soon - even as a blood feud raged between the Montgomerys and the Chatworths, as angry swords clattered in the name of family honor - one woman's love would make all the difference... one woman's love would inflame a hero's passion, touch a king's pity and raise a song of praise in every English heart.

"Velevet Angel" Pocket Books, December 1983 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		She came to him as a precious gift, a naked angel rolled in a rug. Once Miles Montgomery gazed into her green eyes, saw her tangle of honey blonde hair, he was undone with passion. Elizabeth would never surrender. He was a hated Montgomery - she was a Chatworth - and the blood war between their families waged on, a wildfire of rape, murder and betrayal. Elizabeth vowed to fight the handsome lord, to resist the burning desire in his eyes - and the rough sweetness of his kisses.
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"A Knight in Shining Armor" Pocket Books, June 1990 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		Abandoned by a cruel fate, lovely, throughly modern Douglass Montgomery lay weeping upon a cold tombstone in an English church. Suddenly, as if in answer to her prayers, the most extraordinary man appeared. He was Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyk... and according to his tombstone he had died in 1564. Tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, he was magnificent. Drawn to his side by a bond so sudden and compelling it overshadowed reason, Douglass knew that Nicholas was nothing less than a miracle: a man who would not seek to change her, who found her perfect, fascinating, just as she was. Yet she could not imagine how strong were the chains that tied them to the past... or the grand adventure that lay before them.
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"Remembrance" Pocket Books, August 1995 Reviewed on 3/25/00
		Bestselling romance writer Hayden Lane has never been so obsessed with one of her heroes before - so obsessed that she barely notices when her fiancé breaks off their engagement. Desperate to discover more about him, she visits a psychic, who tells her that in a past life in Edwardian England, Hayden was a woman named Lady de Grey. hayden is intrigued. And when she learns that Lady de Grey was a promiscuous woman who mysteriously disappeared one night, and that her ghost is said to haunt her husband's home. Hayden is spellbound. Although the psychic warns her not to investigate further, Hayden must know more. When she meets a hypnotist at a dinner party, she can't resist volunteering. But his trick goes wrong, and instead of merely remembering her lifetime as Lady de grey, Hayden is whisked bakc to Edwardian times. The moment she awakens, she faints, due to the unfamiliar sensation of Lady de Grey's extremely tight corset. But soon Hayden will awaken again, to discover quite a different story about a woman history considered a trollop, a spectacular, brooding man... and the rapturuous love that would be hers if she dared open her heart to the most mysterious adventure of all.
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"An Angel for Emily" Pocket Books, February 1998 Reviewed on 2/15/98
		Emily Jane Todd couldn't believe that she had just hit a man. Well, not just a man but an "angel". Or at least that's what Michael Chamberlain said. Emily wasn't buying it but she did have a soft spot for strays and she had hit him. So, she said she'd help him. But she didn't realize that her "guardian angel" wasn't about to leave her, he had a mission. Emily was in danger and Michael had been sent to help and protect her. Emily and Michael try to figure out who would want to kill her and why. And although they're not suppose to fall in love, they do just that. Can they stop whatever evil stalks Emily and what all they do able the love they bear for each other.
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"Legend" Pocket Books, 1996 Reviewed on 8/5/97
		Petite Kady Long, a celebrated chef about to be married to a gorgeous man, felt she was the luckiest woman alive. But, when she opened an antique flour tin and discovered a charming old photo of four strangers, she felt a mysterious empathy... and an irrestible desire to try on the delicate satin wedding dress, amethyst earrings, and gossamer veil that were tucked inside. Stranger still was the dizzy spell that came over her. When she opened her eyes, Kady was in a harsh, sunlit landscape where a band of men had gathered - and a hanging was about to commence! Ever resourceful, Kady managed to stop the outlaws with a rifle shot, and resue the victim - a tall, rangy and very appealing man. Anxious to get back to her own time, Kadt asked for the stranger's help. But Cole Jordan, of Legand, Colorado, had a prankster's streak - and she ended up his wife instead! If Kady couldn't quite figure out what made him and his town tick, she could at least dispel the notion that she was an obediant nineteenth-century bride. She would put on a fabulous feast that would cost him the moon - and be talked about forever. Meanwhile, Kady was slowly warming up to the enigmatic man - and Legand to boot. But then Cole revealed a secret that seemed to end their Colorado frontier fairy tale... and unite them in a way Kady never could have imagined.
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