This is the first book/novella I have read by this author, and I am happy to say that now I have been introduced to her, I fully intend to read more of her books. This was a lovely story about how an arranged marriage where the bride was less than happy with the arrangement, turns into a marriag...
I wavered between 3 1/2 stars and 4 stars on this one-- it gets the benefit of having made me laugh out loud a couple of times. There are no major surprises here (except perhaps the cover-- all three titles were Regency-set, and the cover made me expect at least one earlier-set title), just thre...
With over five million copies of her novels in print, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley has enchanted readers worldwide. Now she sweeps us back to an intensely romantic, tumultuous time in Scottish history. . . . When Lynx de Warenne, Edward Plantagenet's most prized warrio...
WHERE ARE ALL THE REAL MEN? SHE WONDERED....For Lady Diana Davenport, they existed only in her books and dreams. There she could lose herself, becoming the licentious Diana, goddess of the hunt -- far from the rigid restraints of eighteenth-century London, where she was courted by fops and fools....
All her life, flame-haired Alexandra Sheffield has been expected to marry the wealthy Lord Christopher Hatton --- a man whose title and inheritance make Alex the envy of all London. But desperate for a life filled with adventure and passion, she is in no hurry to marry the spoiled aristocrat. Ins...
Raven Carleton is busily trying to get herself betrothed to the fictional son and heir of the historical Thomas Dacre, who “romantically” abducted Elizabeth Greystoke and made her his bride (and "incidentally" made himself heir to her father’s barony and lands). We get the impression that the Da...
Captivating Tale of Irish Revenge!With her meticulous detail, Henley captures the feelings of a man whose family was destroyed due to one cruel man’s vengeance for his young wife’s infidelity, an affair he could have prevented if he’d only loved her. It’s an intriguing story of Irish revenge that...
Mesmerized by the dark knight's turquoise gaze, Lady Brianna of Bedford tried to turn away. After all, she was betrothed to Robert de Beauchamp. And now this total stranger, Christian Hawksblood, de Beauchamp's bastard brother, claimed her with a soul-searing look. What was his mystical power ...
HER BEAUTY WAS THE SPARK... Her hair was black silk against her ivory skin; her gray eyes burned with opal fire. The love child of King Edward IV, Roseanna Castlemaine was pledged to her father's most prized warrior. Baron Ravenspur was dark, strong, and commanding, and in the bedchamber, where h...
Sweeping us into glittering, intrigue-riddled Elizabethan England, bringing to vivid life an actual heroine in the queen's court, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley blends rich historical detail with sumptuous romance in her latest novel--a dazzling feast of romantic fiction....You...
WHAT RANSOM FOR LOVE? Surrounded by the glitter and gold of a lavish Renaissance palace, beautiful Tabby Lamont was given in marriage to the wealthy old man who had taken her out of an Edinburgh orphanage. Her true identity lay hidden in the past. Suddenly, her future was filled with dangerous i...
With her sapphire eyes and silken dark hair, Princess Eleanor was a bewitching beauty made for a man's pleasure. Once a child bride, but widowed at a tender age, she swore never to marry again and took a vow of eternal chastity...until Simon de Montfort marched into England and set his smolderin...
Powerful and brave, he claimed her hand by royal decree.Beautiful and defiant, she dared him to conquer her heart....Few writers can match the sheer storytelling mastery of New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley. Now, in this, the third novel in her Plantagenet trilogy, which began wit...
Though famine holds her beloved Ireland in its deadly grip, young, innocent Kitty Rooney is a survivor. An exotic gypsy lass with cascading curls of ebony silk and eyes of brown velvet, Kitty vows that someday, somehow, the riches of the earth will be laid at her feet. Then Patrick O'Reilly wal...
Wild as a pagan goddess, Lady Summer galloped her stallion along the Cornish coast. She had dabbled in the smuggler's game to save her family estate, but a wealthy marriage would better serve her purpose now. Lord Ruark Helford seemed the answer to her reckless prayers. But as his hot, hungry ...
En el siglo XVI, el clan Douglas es el más poderoso de Escocia. Su jefe, Ucker, es uno de los hombres mas temidos de la corte del rey Jacobo I. Son tiempos difíciles pues Inglaterra intenta obtener el dominio de Escocia y el monarca sabe que debe mantener unidos a sus salvajes nobles para poder l...
Astride her white palfrey, surrounded by a nimbus of silver-blond hair, Jasmine was a vision to strike a man mute with desire. But the violet-eyed love child of King Richard's half brother had vowed that no man would ever rule her heart. Until she saw the face of the Devil himself in her crysta...
Noble females of every age to whom weddings held a special fascination quickly surrounded her.Sylvia de Warenne joined the ladies showering the bride with rice, and their feminine shrieks of laughter filled the Lower Ward.John de Warenne joined his nephew. “I expected that Warwick would approach ...
“Camphor. Please rub it thoroughly into your labia once each day.” She had no idea what a labia was, but she nodded anyway. “It will start to relieve the congestion in preparation for your treatment. Would you prefer to take treatment here, or shall I come to your home?” “I’ll…I’ll come here.” “E...
She had no idea what time he returned, she only knew that he did not join her in the exotic silk-hung bed. When she emerged into the bright morning light, Rory stood at the wheel garbed in white from head to foot, with the Union Jack flapping in the stiff breeze from the top of the mast. Yesterda...
Every view pleases the eye and captures the imagination.” Louisa gazed through the window of the carriage at the picturesque Sperrin Mountains. “How far is Barons Court?” “We are on the estate now. It covers twenty-seven miles. The house lies in a sheltered valley of the foothills.” James cast he...
His angry green gaze swept over the girl with the brilliant hair."Who the devil are you?" "A Celt!" she said defiantly. "A little hellcat who needs taming, I think." "I am a sworn enemy to the evil English!" Jock Leslie, who had been bringing his guests the best wine Dumfries had to offer, rushed...
He leaned against the long window frame staring into the blackness. “Are you ill?” she cried, rising. “Nay, only troubled.” He came to the bed and sat upon its edge. “Sabre, when I lay ill, did I tell you anything?” There was a long, protracted silence while she weighed her words. Then she said s...
James took the slim woman’s hand to his lips. His warm brown eyes conveyed the unmistakable message that though she was crowding sixty, he still found her attractive. “Lord Hamilton, you may call me Lady Susan. Cholmondeley is such a mouthful.” She smiled. “Even in the wil...
Douglas was lying in such a delicious, warm cocoon, she didn’t want to awaken. She opened her eyes and saw that she was lying in Greystoke’s arms. She stretched languidly, and her bed partner sat up. “It’s dawn. I hate to leave you sweetheart, but I have to return to Carlisle Castle. I don’t want...
The warm water soothed her battered body but not her thoughts. Ram Douglas was a force to be reckoned with, not unlike a violent thunderstorm. She would need to be extremely clever and resourceful to keep abreast of him, let alone one step ahead of him. No wonder the name Douglas inspired fear; s...
She opened her reticule and thrust in her hand, searching for the key D’Arcy had given her. When her fingers closed about it, she hammered on the carriage roof, just behind where Riley was perched. She felt the carriage slow and pull to the side of the street. Riley jumped down and opened the car...
Guy de Beauchamp told his wife and daughter. “The Despencers have been banished, and the Marcher barons have been issued pardons for rising up against the king. Lancaster and I left immediately, but the Marchers are awaiting official writs that their lands have been restored to them.”“That’s marv...
“It must be kept simple,” the Duchess of Gordon stressed. “White is most flattering for Lady Georgina because of her lovely coloring,” Madame Chloe said truthfully. “Yes, I quite agree. Some of the other debutantes, one in particular who shall remain nameless, will look gauche and washed out in a...
Hawkhurst waited for silence as the anchor chain was pulled up through the hawsehole. He knew he must court caution tonight. He was well aware that Captain Drudge and his militiamen would be on the lookout for a marauding ship in coastal waters. “When we get to the mouth of the Rother, we’ll drop...