Wild Hearts (
US DE) by Virginia Henley was first published by Avon in 1985.
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Beautiful Tabby Lamont is given in marriage to the wealthy man who takes her out of an Edinburgh orphanage. Her real identity is hidden in the past. Suddenly, her future is filled with dangerous intrigue when she is kidnapped on her wedding night by Paris Cockburn, a Scottish Border Lord called The Rogue.
Her resolve never to submit to the bold abductor melts before the sensuality of the brazen Rogue who keeps her captive at his remote castle. A dark secret sweeps them toward a blazing destiny of violence and when two wild hearts become one forever.
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Gabriel's Angel (
US DE) by Cynthia Thomason, who also writes for Harlequin, was first published by Medallion Press in 2006.
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The year is 1871, and life at a remote lighthouse off the Georgia coast has become routine for Livvy Drummond. Then a wounded convict escapes from a passing prison ship and swims ashore. He threatens her and collapses at her feet. When Lieutenant Gabriel Hampton opens his eyes, he beholds an angel. An angel who not only nurses him back to health, but senses the nobility beneath his rugged, feral appearance. Having escaped a life sentence, the result of an unjust court martial, he finds new life, and new love, in the hands of the lightkeeper’s beautiful granddaughter. Springtime on the remote island is nearly idyllic for Livvy and Gabe until circumstances tear them apart. Although Livvy is determined to help Gabe escape his hopeless future, secrets from her childhood threaten to destroy what she and Gabe have built —secrets that tragically link her to Gabe in a way neither would ever have dreamed. Will they be able to find their way back to each other? Or will the Civil War claim another two victims?
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Windswept (
US DE) by Ann Macela: Medallion Press 2008.
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In its history, Windswept Plantation has been many things to many people. To the Jamison family, it has been the ancestral home since 1830. To historian Barrett Browning, it is a repository of correspondence, journals, and stories which can lead to publications, promotions, and success in her academic career. To venture capitalist Davis Jamison, all these documents are a pain in the neck, since he must preserve them for history, while guarding his heritage. To Davis’s cousin Lloyd, the papers hold a horrible secret, the revelation of which will ruin them all.
Historian Barrett wants to bare the facts--all of them--to the light of day. Falling in love with the owner of the documents is not in her plans. Davis wants to solve the family mystery while protecting its good name. His cousin’s desperate fixation on hiding secrets and Davis’s intense attraction to Barrett both surprise him.
A secret will out, however, and it’s found in the journal of the first Jamison plantation mistress. Hiding the truth brings Barrett to a difficult choice: success with her career or a life with Davis. Revealing the truth brings Davis to an equally hard decision: ruin the family reputation or risk all to have Barrett forever.
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River Song (
US DE) by Sharon Ihle (repeat freebie)
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A heart ruled by vengeance: Torn between two worlds, Sunny Callahan was the daughter of a mixed marriage—and she vowed to avenge her Indian mother’ senseless death. Her search led her to a man whose seductive smile was both tender and tempting...Handsome Cole Fremont was a strong-willed rancher whose rugged looks ignited a fiery yearning in her proud and hungry heart...
A soul set free by love: Cole could never forget—or forgive—the brutal Indian attack on his own kin. But Sunny, the bewitching Quechan beauty, had captured his heart, turning hatred to desire and awakening a bittersweet longing for the woman who could never be his—and a forbidden love that should never be...
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