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Posted July 3, 2009 Comments(0)

Innocence

Book 10 of The Rakehell Regency Series

Sorcha MacMurrough

Randall Avenel the Earl of Hazelmere’s plans for a liaison with the talented courtesan known as ‘The Eternal Virgin’ go awry when impoverished heiress Isolde Drake appears on his doorstep to apply for the job of paid companion to his aging mother.

Having refused to support her family by compromising her virtue with Chauncey Howell, to whom Isolde had been engaged before her family lost all their money, Howell decides to take revenge on her by sending Isolde unescorted to the home of the Earl, the most prominent rake of the Ton. The scandal is sure to ruin her, provoke a duel with his enemy Randall, and drive Isolde into his own bed.

Chauncey doesn’t forsee Isolde’s overwhelming desire for Randall, or the fascination the beautiful and spirited young woman begins to exert upon the world-weary rake tormented by his own sins.

Who has seduced whom? Has the jaded young Earl met his match at last? Only by coming to terms with his shadowy past and the crimes he is sure he is guilty of, can Randall ever be free to love again.

Only through learning about the enigmatic woman whom his enemy has bestowed upon him, can Randall face the future, and allow his experience to be tempered by innocence. Only though trusting to love can the vanquish the enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy Randall and his family….

“I am mad, darling Isolde,” he said, taking her hand to kiss it once more. “Mad for you to be my wife, to give yourself to me in every way. And to let me give myself to you the way I’ve never given myself to any woman.”

Randall reached for her waist now, but she suddenly grew fearful of the raving passion that tore through her with his slightest touch.

“This is too much,” she said, cowering away from his questing hands. “Please. Just let me go. I want to go home to Surrey.”

His face fell. “I can’t be responsible for your ruin like this.”

“You aren’t. Howell will be if he bruits it about. But you cannot be given a life sentence for a crime you did not commit.”

“What if I want to be prisoner to your charms, Isolde, without any hope of parole?”

“Please, Randall, this is no laughing matter, and I would not want you condemned to a life of misery.”

“But what if that’s all I deserve?” he said under his breath.

She stared at him now, stunned. “You want to punish yourself by marrying me? What on earth-”

He reached for her with desperate eagerness, desire shining in his lapis blue eyes. “No! No, not at all. I want and need you. I would be lost if you walked out that door now without giving me a chance to redeem myself.”

Click on the link to read the first chapter or order: Innocence by Sorcha MacMurrough

Posted March 4, 2009 Comments(0)

The Model Master

Book Eight of The Rakehell Regency Series

Sorcha MacMurrough

Posted October 10, 2008 Comments(1)

The Scarred Heart
Volume Two of The Scars of the Heart Series
Volume Five of The Rakehell Regency Series
Sorcha MacMurrough
Ireland, 1812

Elizabeth Eltham, beloved sister of the Duke of Ellesmere, travels to Ireland with the Duke and his friend Clifford, known as the Rakehells from their days at college and in the Peninsular War. After the tragic death of their sister Jane, her brother and his friends want to protect her more than ever.

One chance meeting with a dashing stranger in a cave is enough to awaken Elizabeth as a woman ripe for love, the love of the right man. Everyone she meets longs to marry a Duke’s daughter; she must trust her instincts to choose the man who loves her best.

But her choice of husband has far more cataclysmic consequences that her own personal ones, as Elizabeth must help save her beloved, and all of Ireland, from a devastating French invasion….

“Elizabeth,” the mysterious man murmured, her name upon his lips sounding like a tender vow that the most sensual delights would soon be hers. “I shall see you again soon, my most beautiful Elizabeth. Just promise me, darling, you’ll never tell anyone about this place, our secret haven. If you promise, then one day soon, you shall be mine.”

She would have asked a million questions, and yet only one: Will you make me yours now?

Her enigmatic lover had stilled, waiting for her answer, one hand now poised around her tender throat.

She whispered, “I promise. You and the cave are mine. I don’t want to share you with anyone. I want you.”

His hand between her thighs stroking her, and his mouth descending upon hers once more, silenced her utterly. She had no urge to ask him any more questions. All she wanted was to let the incredible sensations wash over her like the thundering tide.

Elizabeth felt a flood of heat fly upwards to her face, downwards toward her hips. As one of his fingers pressed in deeply, she dug her nails into the bare flesh of his back and mewled like a kitten.

He laughed tenderly against her lips, and moved his finger and thumb. An inward quiver so strong it shook her from head to toe rippled through Elizabeth, causing her to gasp and pull away, open-mouthed with desire.

“Don’t be afraid. It’s only the beginning. A bit of light loving. I won’t damage you. Enjoy this, and keep it locked in your memory until next we’re alone, my love.”

His hand moved again, and a rainbow sparkled in her head. Elizabeth gasped, writhed, and panted, her eyes tightly shut, swirling like a feather wafted by a hurricane….

The Scarred Heart
Volume Two of The Scars of the Heart Series
Volume Five of The Rakehell Regency Series
Sorcha MacMurrough
Setting: Ireland, 1812
Word Count=82,000 (approx 300 pages)
Rating: Quite Sensual

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Posted July 21, 2008 Comments(0)

Scars Upon Her Heart
Book 1 of The Scars of the Heart Series
Sorcha MacMurrough

Lady Vevina Joyce and her brother are forced to flee Ireland after being falsely accused of treason. On the road with Wellington’s army, they meet an unexpected ally in the enigmatic Major Stewart Fitzgerald. Side by side they fight with their new-found comrades in some of the most bitter battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

Even when her fortunes seem to be improving, a series of seemingly random suspicious events begins to look like a pattern to Vevina.  Soon she uncovers a plot so momentous, that all she loves is put in jeopardy, engineered by the person responsible for her family’s disgrace.

Vevina is forced to question the very foundation on which her new life has been built. Is Stewart really all that he seems? Appearances can be deceptive…

Stewart was in love once before back home in Ireland, but the bitter sting of betrayal is more than he can bear. To love is to risk everything, and he can’t be sure Vevina is worth the gamble. For despite her seeming patriotism, she has been labeled a traitor.  Does he dare risk everything for love?

Vevina  must clear her name, protect those she loves, and stop the Grand Army from taking over the whole of Europe. She is willing to risk everything she holds most dear to stem the tide of Napoleon’s quest for power, and win the love of the man who has come to mean more to her than life itself.

Scars Upon Her Heart
Book 1 of The Scars of the Heart Series
Sorcha MacMurrough
Word Count: 121,000
Setting: Spain and Portugal, Peninsular War, 1811-1812
Genre: Historical, Regency, Napoleonic
Rating: Sensual

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Posted June 2, 2008 Comments(0)

The Napoleonic Period spans little more than two decades, yet the mark it has left upon Western civilization cannot be underestimated.

Napoleon Bonaparte was a Corsican who hated France, but went to live there in order to further his personal ambitions. From a humble artillery sergeant, he emerged from the turmoil of the French Revolution to become the ruler of half of the known world.

The Napoleonic Period spans roughly 1797 to 1815, with his final defeat at Waterloo. The hostilities between France and various other nations was intermittent, but one thing was clear: England was the only country to consistently remain at war with France throughout this period.

While Napoleon was able to win stunning victories against all of the other European nations, the English not only held, their own, their heroic efforts in “The Peninsular War,” from 1808 until 1814, to take back Portugal and Spain and eventually invade the South of France, was a monumental achievement that could only have been engineered by one man: Sir Arthur Wellesley, later known as The Duke of Wellington.

All of the Napoleonic War novels here at HerStory Books are based upon the eyewitness accounts of the time. Gripping, suspenseful, and sexy, they embody what makes an historical romance great.

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Posted June 1, 2008 Comments(0)