The Mad Mistress
A Rakehell Regency Novel
Sorcha MacMurrough
Regency England, 1812
A Desperate Gamble … on Love!

Wealthy heiress Vanessa Hawkesworth is offered as the stake in a card game by her half-brother Gerald in order to cover his gambling debts.

Clifford Stone, their nearest neighbor, only agrees to play for her hand in marriage in order to free her from Gerald’s excesses. Clifford is fascinated by the lovely if unworldly young bluestocking.

As his attraction grows, so too does his certainty that his new-found love is in increasing danger from malevolent forces who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to seize her newly-acquired fortune.

Vanessa must learn to trust a complete stranger with her heart, and her entire life. Stunned at her new fiance’s accusations against Gerald, she is sure she is going mad, torn between loyalty to her family and the wildfire passion that flares every time Clifford touches her.

As new a series of crimes in the district threatens her new-found love and happiness, Vanessa must gamble all herself in order to protect her beloved Clifford, and bring the men responsible to justice before it’s too late.
The Mad Mistress
A Rakehell Regency Romance Novel
Sorcha MacMurrough
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Pain by Annabelle Stevens

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The Mad Mistress
A Rakehell Regency Novel
Sorcha MacMurrough
Regency England, 1812
A Desperate Gamble … on Love!

Wealthy heiress Vanessa Hawkesworth is offered as the stake in a card game by her half-brother Gerald in order to cover his gambling debts.

Clifford Stone, their nearest neighbor, only agrees to play for her hand in marriage in order to free her from Gerald’s excesses. Clifford is fascinated by the lovely if unworldly young bluestocking.

As his attraction grows, so too does his certainty that his new-found love is in increasing danger from malevolent forces who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to seize her newly-acquired fortune.

Vanessa must learn to trust a complete stranger with her heart, and her entire life. Stunned at her new fiance’s accusations against Gerald, she is sure she is going mad, torn between loyalty to her family and the wildfire passion that flares every time Clifford touches her.

As new a series of crimes in the district threatens her new-found love and happiness, Vanessa must gamble all herself in order to protect her beloved Clifford, and bring the men responsible to justice before it’s too late.
The Mad Mistress
A Rakehell Regency Novel
Sorcha MacMurrough
Word count-101,000

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Castles in the Air by Evelyn Trimborn

Contemporary Romance, Setting: Modern Ireland

Beautiful but poverty-stricken Irish aristocrat Alanna Lacy is facing foreclosure on her magnificent home Castle Lacy. Powerful and charismatic property developer Bran Ryan offers her a way out of her desperate financial situation: marry him!

Faced with her father’s disapproval, Bran’s spiteful ex-fiancee, and their own insecurities about love and relationships, can Alanna and Bran save Castle Lacy from destruction? Will they be able to build a future together despite their scheming enemies, or will all their dreams become nothing more than fantasy castles in the air?

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Castles in the Air by Evelyn Trimborn

Posted February 3, 2009 Comments(0)

DESTINY LIES WAITING

Book 1 of The Yorkist Saga

Diana Rubino

Beautiful orphaned Denys has been brought up a member of the Woodville family. The War of the Roses finally at an end, the Woodvilles have clawed their way to power thanks to her scheming Aunt Elizabeth, wife of the new Yorkist king Edward IV.

But despite all the opportunities that seem to lay before her, Denys longs for something more. She has always felt an outsider in her own home, an unwanted orphan whose past no one ever dares speak of. Unwilling to become a pawn in her aunt’s bid for ultimate power, Denys determines to seek the truth about her own mother and father, and her true identity.

Valentine Starbury, loyal ally to young Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the King’s brother, agrees to woo Denys in order to save his friend from the queen’s plot for Richard and Denys to wed. Valentine undertakes this for the sake of friendship, but unexpectedly begins to fall in love with Denys, thus earning the enmity of the manipulative queen.

As Denys and Valentine grow ever closer, the forces their affair unleash have the most stunning consequences for the couple, and those in their close circle. Their passion sparks off a cataclysmic chain of events which threatens the very foundation of the English throne, and will have far-reaching consequences for the whole of England itself.

The shock of hitting the water was nothing compared to what assailed her senses next. Valentine’s arms wound round Denys and brought her to her feet. Their brief contact sent the stars and all their brilliance searing through her body, as this intense surge drained all her energy.

They stood now, both waist-deep in the water. Her bodice clung to her breasts, rising and falling rhythmically as she breathed. She could feel his intensifying breath fanning across her cheek.

Before he could touch her any further, she stumbled out of the water, dragging her skirts behind her, her fists flailing through the air to fend him off, even as her arms ached to pull him closer…

DESTINY LIES WAITING
Book 1 of The Yorkist Saga
Diana Rubino
Setting=Medieval England, 1471
Word Count=67,000, 202 pages
Rating=Mildly Sensual

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Posted February 1, 2009 Comments(0)