Taboo

(A book in the St. John-Duras series)


A novel by

Susan Johnson


Through eleven nationally bestselling books, award winner Susan Johnson has won a legion of fans for her lushly romantic historical novels. Now she delivers her most thrilling tale yet-a searing blend of rousing adventure and wild, forbidden love...

Married against her will to the brutal Russian general who conquered her people, Countess Teo Korsakova has never known what it means to want a man...until now. Trapped behind enemy lines, held captive by her husband's most formidable foe, she should fear for her life. But all Teo feels in General Andre Duras's shattering presence is breathless passion. France's most victorious commander, Andre knows that he should do the honorable thing, knows too that on the eve of battle he cannot afford so luscious a distraction. Yet something about Teo lures him to do the unthinkable: to seduce his enemy's wife, and to let himself love a woman who can never be his.

The Coming Home Place by Mary Spencer


SHE HAD NOTHING TO OFFER BUT HER LOVE
Elizabeth Beck had lost everyone she loved during the arduous journey from Tennessee to California. So when a handsome, blond stranger rescued her from outlaws, she was almost too frightened and dazed to notice her pulse quicken at his touch. Not wanting to be a burden, Elizabeth planned to say good bye when they were safe--until he made an outrageous proposition.

HE PROMISED HER EVERYTHING BUT HIS HEART
James Kagan, a wealthy California rancher, had closed his heart to love after his childhood sweetheart died in a train crash. But when he saw the young, quietly beautiful Elizabeth, he sought to ease his loneliness. And though the past threatened to force them apart, the two independent souls discovered that the only place they truly belonged was in each other's arms.

Proving Herself by Yvonne Jocks


Jacob Ganzson was a respected rancher who could deal with stampedes, blizzards, and even range wars. But how was he supposed to handle his little girls falling in love?

LAUREL

The most tomboyish of all the Garrison girls, Laurel dreads the thought of marriage--especially to a tenderfoot like Lord Collier Pembroke. If she loves anything, it is the Bighorn Mountains; if there is anything she desires, it is her own ranch with plenty of cattle. From the Land Office, she gets just that. But as her father doesn't trust her to survive Wyoming's treacherous winter on her own, a sham marriage to Pembroke is the sole solution. It is only when the experience proves Lord Collier more of a man than she'd thought--and herself more of a woman--that she begins to silently thank her father. Then Laurel realizes that her first step to joy had been in proving herself.