by Barbara Cartland (1981)
"Shall we find out if the second time we kiss each other is a wonderful as the first?" Earl of Keswick did not wait for Alisa's answer, but his lips were on hers and Alisa knew at the first touch of them that this was what she had been longing and yearning for and thought she would never know again. The strength of his arms holding her against him and the wonder of his kiss brought the rapturous feeling that she had known before, moving through her breasts, up her throat, and onto her lips. Then he was carrying her into the sky and they were one with the stars.
Joy Reed
Paul Wycliff unexpectedly inherits a title and estate when his uncle dies suddenly. Paul is then surprised to find the manor house being run by a young woman, who has been thrust into an estate management role following the death of the uncle, her employer. Paul and Mary Grant strike up an immediate rapport, but she can’t quite believe he has any feelings for a mousy old maid like herself, until he asks her to marry him.
Eugenia Riley
Mercy O'Shea had every reason to hate her guardian, Julian Devereux. He had killed her father and then, out of guilt, made her his ward. As a child, she suppressed the rage that burned in her heart. But as a woman, that rage is fired by a storm of conflicted passion. Denying her desire for the man she's sworn to hate, she announces her betrothal to another and discovers she has driven Julian to a desperate act. Obsessed by anger and the intensity of his own longings, 29 year old Julian blackmails 18 year old Mercy into becoming his wife, sweeping her into a battleground of twisted emotions, shattering revelations, and jealous secrets. Trapped in the bitter war or words, their passion explodes in the agony of a need that can only be answered in the ecstasy of sweet surrender and the extraordinary power of their all-consuming love.
Wanda Owen
FEUDING FAMILIES Ever since a Mateo bull had trampled an Aragon vineyard the bordering ranches had had absolutely nothing to do with one another -- until young, virile Mano Mateo came upon the petite, alluring Aimee Aragon under an ancient oak tree. Captivated by her golden, gleaming hair & entranced by her firm, sumptuous curves, Mano's ardor could be cooled only one way. Lying about his name, the charming womanizer conquered his father's enemy. Only too late did he discover he was trapped by his fib... for after just one interlude, he knew he wanted the fairytale beauty forever! LOVING NEIGHBORS From the instant impetuous Aimee Argon met bold, reckless "Mark Perez," she knew he was the one man for her. In moments she felt her sensual lips slanting against hers; in minutes she sensed his rippling muscles above her velvety flesh. But when the proud heiress learned her ideal lover was a perfect liar, her fury was as raging as a desert downpour. Still, pride was cold & lonely, and as the long nights passed. Aimee realized surrender was sweet and divine. Hating Mano for his dishonesty, she couldn't help seeking the rapture of their steaming SUMMER SPLENDOR.
Barbara Ferry Johnson
Leah #2 LEAH... Heartbroken and tortured by desire for her aristocratic Creole lover, Baptiste Fontaine, she flees New Orleans on a paddle-wheeler bound for the North - bound for a new life with James Andrews, the lawyer who save her from the gallows. But as she ascends the gangplank for the sail upriver, and the first whistle of departure sounds its mournful tune, she gazes back to the cypress-shrouded levee, where the eyes of a wounded man burn deeply into her own. Try to forget, the eyes said. Someday you will long to sail southward on that river... This is the sequel to *Delta Blood*.