Midnight is a lonely place

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Khizer Grėm

Crash-landing on a remote South Pacific island put fashion executive Skye Delaney at a distinct disadvantage. And when she learned that her arrogant pilot was none other than Kyle Jagger, the mysteriously reclusive international entrepreneur, she knew that survival was the least of her problems. Remote and domineering one minute, tender and passionate the next, he was everything she despised --and wanted--in a man. But what of his wife in California? And why was it that whenever she tried to envision her own fiance, all she could see was Kyle's laughing sea-green eyes? Sensible, independent, had she found the man of her dreams on an idyllic paradise isle? Would rescue and return to reality mean losing him forever?

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Anthea Bell

An occasionally slow-going but nonetheless engaging second novel from Bell (A London Season, 1983), this one set in post-Regency England--circa 1830--and starring spunky heroine Mrs. Caroline ("Carey") Eliott, newly widowed, whose interest in botanical drawing (among other things) leads her to a long stay at scheming/greedy Cousin Clarissa's country estate. There, Carey will not only meet a (mostly) likable bunch of country folk--including the minister and his wife as well as the madam of the brothel across the street--but find a spot of real, grown-up romance. Pleasant entertainment for fans of the genre. Kirkus Review

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Johanna Lindsey

He'd caught only a glimpse of her from the window of his carriage, but the Russian Prince Dimitri, 28, knew he had to have her. Within minutes, Lady Katherine St. John, 21, was dragged from the London street and carried off to a sumptuous town house -- for the pleasure of her royal admirer...From the tempestuous passion of their first encounter, across stormy seas, to the golden splendor of palaces in Moscow, she was his prisoner -- obsessed with rage toward her captor even as an all-consuming need made her his slave. Yet theirs was a fervor beyond her understanding, carrying them irrevocably toward final surrender to the power of undeniable love.

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Margaret Evans Porter

Lady Miranda was a beauty, an heiress, and a most realistic young woman. She knew her family history would make it difficult for her to find a suitable husband. She went to London to make a match, and just when it seemed that the handsome viscount, Justin, and Miranda were on the verge of a love match, a beautiful Russian princess arrived claiming a very intimate acquaintance with Justin. Miranda was devastated to hear the princess's claims and Justin was left wondering why a lady he loved so much was suddenly so cold.