Ride the Fire by Pamela Clare



There was only one rule on the frontier — survival. So when a wounded, buckskin-clad stranger appeared at the door of her isolated cabin, Elspeth Stewart felt no qualms about disarming him and then tying him to her bed. Newly widowed and expecting her first child, she had to protect herself at all costs. And Nicholas Kenleigh threatened not only her safety, but her peace of mind. The terrible scars on his body spoke of a tortured past, but his gentle touch and burning gaze awoke longings she had never expected to feel. Bethie had every reason in the world to distrust men; the cruelty she had suffered at their hands had marked her soul, though her blonde beauty showed no sign of it. But little by little she found herself believing in Nicholas, in his honor, his strength. As he brought her baby into the world, then took both mother and daughter into his care, she realized this scarred survivor could heal her wounded spirit, and together they would…






Awards: A TRR 5 Heart Keeper

Must Be Magic by Patricia Rice


She was a creature of nature…

Raven-haired beauty Lady Leila Staines has always felt like an outcast among her magically gifted, fair-haired sisters. Desperate to discover a similar talent of her own, she hatches a plan to seek out Dunstan Ives, a dark and brooding aristocrat with a unique vocation that may help her unlock her potential. Little does she know that this unconventional man will arouse in her an extraordinary kind of magic -- one that is deeper, more dangerous, and more mesmerizing than any she has ever known....

He was a man of science…

Wrongfully accused of killing his wife, Dunstan vowed long ago to shun the decadent society that condemned him -- and never again succumb to the spell of a beautiful woman. But when Lady Leila makes him an offer no man in his position can refuse, turning his back on the bewitching temptress, and the fierce emotion she stirs in him, suddenly becomes impossible.…

Highland Belle by Patricia Grasso


BEAUTIFUL HELLCAT
Flame-haired Brigette Devereux had the face of an angel and the spirit of a wildcat. Wed by proxy to a savage Scot, the willful ward of Queen Elizabeth fled... straight into the arms of a wickedly handsome stranger, his eyes dark as midnight, his soul dark as sin. His scorching kisses, his unholy caresses ignited a blaze of forbidden desire. Only once she had surrendered body and soul would she discover his treacherous betrayal...

SWEET-TALKING SCOUNDREL
Lord Iain MacArthur thought his amorous battle well won -- with his bonnie new bride brought home to Dunridge Castle, she would obey his every wish. But the defiant beauty had escaped again! From sparkling blue lochs to Scotland's stormiest battlements... from an ancestral English estate to London's back alleys... as battles raged and thrones toppled... he would pursue the woman who'd besieged his heart and tame her -- if it was the last thing he ever did!

The Unflappable Miss Fairchild by Regina Scott


A Wild Gentleman
From outrageous wagers to somersaults in the Park, Chas Prestwick delighted in shocking the ton. After all, as the younger brother of an earl, he had nothing to lose. Only Miss Anne Fairchild, whom fate seemed bent on thrusting in his path, was unruffled by his escapades—even when a chance encounter made her his passenger in a wild carriage race to Kew Gardens. But Chas, entranced by her beauty, was far from complaining! Except that this angel, whose good sense rescued him from scrape after scrape, might be on the hunt for a titled bridegroom—which made him no catch at all...
A Level-Headed Lady
From pompous to vain, the most unsuitable suitors courted Anne Fairchild. Tolerant of all foibles, unschooled in flirtation, she was the despair of her family. Worst of all, only Chas Prestwick's dazzling smile could bring a blush to her demure cheek—and Anne's match-making aunts soon made clear their preference for a more lordly and less dashing husband.
But beneath Anne's polite exterior, her heart beat only for the handsome rakehell who made her long to trade in a life of propriety—for one that promised to a love filled with unpredictable delight...

Sapphire by Rosemary Rogers


Despite her privileged life in the sultry paradise of Martinique, the beautiful and daring Sapphire Fabergine will never be satisfied until she claims the honor and legitimacy that has been denied her. Sapphire sails to London to confront the aristocratic family who had disowned her before she was even born — only to find that her father is dead and that his title has passed to Blake Thixton, an attractive yet loathsome distant American cousin.

Convinced Sapphire is determined to bring about his ruin, Blake kidnaps her and sails back to America, where he presents her with a choice: become his mistress or serve him as a maid in his waterfront mansion. Without means in this unfamiliar land, Sapphire is trapped. But she will not compromise her quest for honor so easily — not even for the man she has come to desire.