Raised the only child of an influential patrician in first-century Rome, Moriah has been sheltered from the worst excesses of her world. As Moriah mingles with the powerful elite, she hears whispers suggesting she is not her parents' child. Those who love her worry that her life may be in danger from political opportunists who will use the rumors to gain Nero's favor. To protect her from such a fate, her father may force her to marry a powerful man, twice her age, who is known for his hedonistic lifestyle. One person offers Moriah both physical and emotional protection - while also winning her heart. But she knows she can have no future with Aidan, her father's slave, whose heart burns for a God she knows nothing about.
Percy Morgan's life is shrouded in shadows-her past hidden and her future unknown. Where she has come from is her secret, but even Percy can't say what has drawn her to a burgeoning lumber camp. She watches as the small community wrestles with its own identity, afraid to share her own struggle to discover her own self worth. As hardened as she is by her past, Percy cannot resist the gentle nudges of the people around her. Her gruff exterior begins to soften under the friendship of the few women in the camp, and she has begun to attract the attention of the camp's doctor, Joshua Wells. The light of human and divine love beckon Percy to take a risk. Can she reopen the pain of the past and allow healing to begin?
Jude Deveraux captures the thrill of an American beauty's Highlands wedding, where a royal title is at stake -- and where love wins the day. The Duchess Claire Willoughby risked losing millions in her inheritance if, as decreed by her grandfather, she did not wed an "acceptable" man. Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, seemed perfect. He owned a historic castle, he looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Their engagement announced, Claire's future as a duchess was assured -- and she set off with her family to meet the Montgomery clan in Scotland. Bramley Castle was a damp, chill place, overþowing with eccentric relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a secretive, brooding man who lived in Bramley's ancient halls. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry: Trevelyan was the most exasperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating... Montgomery/Taggert (in chronological order): The Black Lyon (Montgomery/Taggert, #1) The Maiden (Montgomery/Taggert, #2) The Velvet Promise (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #3) Highland Velvet (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #4) Velvet Song (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #3) (Montgomery/Taggert, #5) Velvet Angel (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #4) (Montgomery/Taggert, #6) The Velvet Quartet Velvet (Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #1-4) The Heiress (Montgomery/Taggert, #7) The Raider (Montgomery/Taggert, #8) Mountain Laurel (Montgomery/Taggert, #9) Eternity (Montgomery/Taggert, #10) The Duchess (Montgomery/Taggert, #11) Twin of Fire (Chandler Twins, #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #13) Twin of Ice (Chandler Twins, #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #12) The Temptress (Montgomery/Taggert, #14) Wishes (Montgomery/Taggert, #15) The Awakening (Montgomery/Taggert, #16) The Invitation from “The Invitation” (Montgomery/Taggert, #17) The Princess (Montgomery/Taggert, #18) A Knight in Shining Armor (Montgomery/Taggert Family, #19) Sweet Liar (Montgomery/Taggert, #20) Matchmakers from “The Invitation” (Montgomery/Taggert, #21) Change of Heart from “A Holiday of Love” (Montgomery/Taggert, #22) Just Curious from “A gift of Love” (Montgomery/Taggert, #23) High Tide (Montgomery/Taggert, #24) Holly (Montgomery/Taggert, #25) Someone to Love (Montgomery/Taggert, #26) Forever... (Forever, #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #27) Forever and Always (Forever, #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #28) Always (Forever Trilogy #3) (Montgomery/Taggert, #29) True Love (Nantucket Brides, #1)(Montgomery/Taggert, #30) For All Time (Nantucket Brides, #2)(Montgomery/Taggert, #31) Ever After (Nantucket Brides, #3)(Montgomery/Taggert, #32) Met Her Match (Montgomery/Taggert, #33) Simple Gifts: Just Curious / Miracles / Change of Heart / Double Exposure (Montgomery/Taggert)
He was a British convict, framed for murder, sentenced to rot in an Australian prison. She was a highborn lady on her way to a new life. Nathan Kincaid and Lady Mariah Downing were bound for two very different worlds . . . until the winds of fate left them shipwrecked on a tropical island that became their own seductive Eden. Their future was filled with danger and uncertainty; their pasts held secrets neither could face. But as sun-drenched days and star-streaked nights blended together in a delicious haze of pleasure, they surrendered to a love that swept them away to the very shores of paradise!
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America’s First Lady of romance fiction. Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it’s the journey of a lifetime. Your tour of desire begins with this story set in Nevada. Nurse Randi Terhune has never had a husband or a lover. But she does have a wonderful son, Matt. She never thought she'd meet the boy's father. Ex-CIA agent Travis McLean has avoided paternity all his life. The Mclean family was virtually dysfunctional. Why would a family of his own be any different? But then he meets Matt, the image of himself as a youngster, and Randi, Matt's beautiful mother. Can he come to terms with the past to give them all a future?
The flame within by Pamela Griffin | Literally Just Books
