A Passion for History

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A collection of three novellas published in the US in November 2007 and in the UK in October 2008.

4 Stars from Romantic Times Book Club Magazine!  "Three thrilling Christmas tales told by a talented trio who know how to sweep readers away to a delightful world of peril and passion."
 

Four and a half stars from Cataromance! "Pure Regency Gold! Laced with plenty of action, sensuality and adventure, The Pirate’s Kiss is a spellbinding Regency romance by one of the best writers of historical romance writing today!"

Brims with adventure, sensuality, and romance!" The Romance Readers Connection.

"A perfect book for a busy season!" All About Romance

The Pirate's Kiss

Suffolk, England, December 1808

The long-awaited sequel to THE RAKE'S MISTRESS, featuring Daniel de Lancey!

Daniel De Lancey is a privateer - beyond the law and beyond love. He risks his life secretly in the service of his country but when he meets his childhood sweetheart again, he cannot risk his heart. Lucinda Melville bitterly regrets the youthful passion she shared with Daniel and has sworn never to fall into his arms again. But when she meets the dashing pirate again it seems that the love they shared has never died. Can the joy of Christmas bring Daniel and Lucinda together at last?

The Pirate's Kiss will be published as part of the Regency Christmas Wedding Belles Anthology which also features stories by Margaret McPhee and Miranda Jarrett. It will be published by Harlequin Historicals in November 2007. Here is a taste of Margaret's story...

A Smuggler's Tale by Margaret McPhee

Devon, England, December 1803

Christmas is a time for family, fun and feasting, and, on the south Devon coastline, also a time when smuggling can be most lucrative. As the eldest daughter Miss Francesca Linden takes the responsibility of caring for her widowed mother and siblings seriously, but despite their slipping ever closer to poverty Francesca cannot allow her brother to risk his life for a smuggler’s pay. However, Francesca’s interference in the matter sees her captured aboard a smuggler’s lugger in the dead of a cold December night – with only the tall dark and handsome smuggler, Mr Black, standing between her and a watery death. A dark and dangerous aristocrat, Black plans to save Francesca in the only way a rake knows how.

Black is everything that Francesca should run from, yet she finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.

Is Mr Black really who he seems and why is society’s “bad boy” so interested in poor plain Francesca Linden?

The Sailor's Bride by Miranda Jarrett

War-ravaged Lieutenant Lord James Richardson is about to put in to Naples after a victorious sea battle that has made him a hero but has left its mark on his soul. Young and innocent, Abigail Layton is just the woman to heal his hardened heart...

Where can I Buy Christmas Wedding Belles?