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A lovely young woman becomes the unhappy ward of an old suitor after the death of her father, only to rebel and get caught up in a series of romantic entanglements, leading the lord on a merry chase. What she cannot know is that he has a scheme of his own for capturing her heart.

The life of William the Conqueror from his childhood to the Battle of Hastings.

Two young people assume masquerade costumes to avoid detection in Jacobite Rebellion. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories...
 
Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin’s life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme—to become Karl Lindstrom’s mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.
 
A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was...

With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackelt fled to the woods, and sanctuary in the camp of Raine Montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king's edict. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and her sorrow in her work as Montgomery's squire. But how long could such loveliness as hers be hidden? How long could such a gallant man's desires be blind? And how soon, even as a blood feud raged between the Montgomerys and the...

Languishing in the London home of her uncle, Chelsea Myles is offered an escape when she is asked to switch identities with a young woman on her way to an arranged marriage in Australia.

Trained in the art of war by her overprotective brothers and disguised as a man to shield her from their family's enemies, the Howards, Zared Peregrine nevertheless falls in love with Tearle Howard, a knight. Jude Deveraux is America's best-loved author of historical romance. There are 14 million copies of her books in print, and every title hits the New York Times bestseller list. With A Knight in Shining Armor, Deveraux became a New York Times...

Lady Meriel de Vere had deceived Adrian, Earl of Shropshire. Standing in the royal forest, her falcon perched on her arm, she boldy claimed to be a Welsh commoner, not a noble Norman. Lord Adrian beheld in wonder her raven-black hair and defiant blue eyes, heard her lies, and felt a dark, primeval passion rob him of all reason. In one irrevocable move of fate, he ordered this fair beauty locked in his castle's tower, vowing to entice her into surrendering...

Britain, A.D. 451. Beautiful, headstrong, and defiant, Catlin Drusus possesses the strength and pride of her Celtic-born mother, though she has been reared amid her Roman father's wealth, and privilege. When Cailin's family is destroyed and their farmland seized, Cailin seeks refuge with her aging bitter grandfather, chieftain of the Dobunni. There, Cailin marries Wulf Ironfist, a Saxon of enormous strength and power, a gentle giant who opens the...

Since childhood, Rosie's life has been the stage-passing herself off as a boy playing women's roles in the somewhat disreputable theatrical troupe of actor Danny Plympton, Rosie's adoptive father. But when unanticipated danger confronts them, they must flee London, taking refuge at the estate of Sir Anthony Rycliffe. A handsome, devil-may-care rakehell, Tony quickly sees through Rosie's disguise. But a lush, womanly form and eminently kissable lips...