Anne Avery

The Bartered Bride (Civil War Brides) "Do we marry or not, Caroline Holt?" It occurred to Caroline that everyone in her small North Carolina community accepted the obvious reason for her agreeing to marry Frederich Graeber. She was pregnant, and the real father of her baby was unwilling. She was due in a few short months. Her unborn child would have everything to gain by Caroline making the strong, silent farmer her husband. The Marriage Pledge "If you marry me, then the child will be mine." With Frederich's words ringing in her ears, Caroline made her decision. She'd become his bartered bride...and risk giving this enigmatic stranger her heart free.

THE ROAD WAS A RIBBON OF MOONLIGHT OVER THE PURPLE MOOR, AND THE HIGHWAYMAN CAME RIDING --- RIDING --- RIDING ... THE HIGHWAYMAN CAME RIDING, UP TO THE OLD INN DOOR. Though her father had been the legendary highwayman who lost his life for the innkeeper's daughter he loved, down-to-earth Lizzie Tynsdale had no use for romance. She had enough to do running the inn she'd inherited without falling for a handome face or a pair of broad shoulders. But when a mysterious guest appeared at the inn one stormy night, it seemed history was destined to repeat itself. Once again, the redcoats were ordered to hunt down an innocent man, and Lizzie, like her mother before her, would risk her own safety to prevent his capture. For when the dark-eyed stranger took her in his arms for a heart-stopping kiss, she understood how a woman could defy death itself for the man of her dreams.

Quiet, shy Zeke Jeffries is working hard to turn his run-down property into the best watermelon farm in Colorado. The last thing on his mind is finding himself a wife. Unfortunately, the match-making mamas of Rocky Ford have other plans for the handsome bachelor, and they aren’t at all shy about letting him know it. Plain, independent-minded Sophronia Carter is burdened with a flat chest and a mother intent on finding her only daughter a husband. Sophie isn’t immune to Zeke’s charms, but since she managed to bloody his nose and ruin his best suit the first time they met, he tends to run the other way whenever she appears. And then she inadvertently saddles him with the precocious son of the town’s fancy lady. As her mother said, before she fainted dead away, “Oh, my! Sophronia! How could you?”

Have you ever awakened from a dream so delicious you couldn't bear for it to end? Have you ever gazed into the eyes of a lover and wished he could see your secret desires? Then come to a place created especially for you by four of the most sensuous romance authors writing today—a place where you can explore your wildest fantasies and fulfill your deepest longings. Contributors include Anne Avery, Phoebe Conn, Sandra Hill and Dara Joy. A Dance on the Edge by Anne Avery - When interior designer Marlis Jones battles with architect Jack Martin over e-mail, they discover a love powerful enough to blow their circuits. My One by Dara Joy - When Lois Ed pleads with the cosmos to help her through her hard times, she never expects her cry to be answered—by a hunk of an alien with the wildest sense of passion she's ever experienced Heart Craving by Sandra Hill - Nicholas DiCello is desperate—his wife, Paula, plans to divorce him. So when a fortune-telling floozy in a flowered dress swears the only way to win back his wife's love is to discover her heart craving, he listens. Toss the Bouquet by Phoebe Conn - After her boyfriend falls short of the altar, bridal florist Regan Paisley spends her vacation days at the beach alone. Then she meets a seductive, Italian cyclist who pedals his way into her bed—and her heart.

Once upon a time. . .they lived happily ever after. THE LOVE OF A HEART PURE WILL QUELL THE LONELY FATE OF THE SNOW QUEEN'S SPELL When Boston-bred Hetty Malone arrived at the Colorado Springs train station, she was full of hope that she would soon marry'-her childhood sweetheart and live happily ever after. Yet life amid the ice-capped Rockies had changed Michael Ryan. No longer the hot-blooded suitor Hetty remembered, the young doctor had grown as cold and distant as the snowy mountain peaks. Determined to revive Michael's passionate longing, Hetty quickly realized that no modern medicine could cure what ailed him. But in the enchanted splendor of her new home, she dared to administer the only remedy that might melt his frozen heart: a dose of good old-fashioned loving.,

THE DREAMER... Dayra Smith didn't know a flitter engine from a solar generator, but she was determined to turn a run-down piece of land into a working farmhold. And even though she had to slave day and night, the stubborn beauty refused to ask any man for help--until the deadly forces of a murderous empire threatened her home... THE DRIFTER... Down and out on Far Star, Coll Larren was stuck until the next merchant ship arrived on the distant planet. In need of food and shelter, he offered Dayra his assistance. Coll didn't know the first thing about plowing and seeding, but he was more than wiling to battle Dayra's enemies if his efforts would help him conquer her heart...

DREAM SEEKER ~~ ANNE AVERY On faraway planets, a pilot and a dreamer learn that passion can bridge the heavens, no matter how vast the distance from one heart to another. HEART OF THE HUNTER ~~ MADELINE BAKER A Lakota warrior must defy the boundaries of life itself to claim the spirited beauty he has sought through time. THE LAST GATEKEEPER ~~ KATHLEEN MORGAN To save her world, a dazzling temptress must use her powers of enchantment to open a stellar portal-and the heart of a virile but reluctant warrior.

The real truth could never be told! Mornay would never allow anything to harm her beloved sister and her family. That was why she shouldered the blame when wealthy industrialist Brad Kendrick wrongly accused her of being the hit-and-run driver who had landed him in the hospital. Restrained by family loyalty, Mornay was forced to submit to the punishment Brad inflicted on her. She wondered how long she could endure the added torment of falling in love with a man who made it clear that he despised her.. . .

Leader of the NUMA Special Assignments team, Kurt Austin must work with a former KGB spy to save the United States from a lunatic with a generations-spanning grudge in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is preparing for an interview while aboard a research vessel in the Black Sea. But his television spot suddenly becomes a rescue mission when the waiting film crew is attacked on a nearby island. With little information on the attackers, and no clue to their true agenda, Austin is forced to turn to an unlikely source: his old KGB Cold War adversary Vladimir Petrov. According to Petrov, the island is actually an old submarine base that’s been commandeered by clever mobster-turned-billionaire-businessman Mikhail Razov. Razov is certain he descends from the great Romanov family and he’s out to reclaim his rightful position as czar of Russia. With a powerful resource called “fire ice”, discovered by his mining company, Razov may just have the ammunition he needs to take over the modern world. To stop him, Austin will have to work with Petrov. And he’ll have to find out fast how much trust he can offer an old nemesis in this thrilling adventure that “goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini.”

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding--Riding--riding, The highwayman came riding up to the old inn door. Though her father had been the legendary highwayman who lost his life for the innkeeper's daughter he loved, down-to-earth Lizzie Tynsdale had no use for romance. She had enough to do running the inn she'd inherited without falling for a handome face or a pair of broad shoulders. But when a mysterious guest appeared at the inn one stormy night, it seemed history was destined to repeat itself. Once again, the redcoats were ordered to hunt down an innocent man, and Lizzie, like her mother before her, would risk her own safety to prevent his capture. For when the dark-eyed stranger took her in his arms for a heart-stopping kiss, she understood how a woman could defy death itself for the man of her dreams.

Love is in the stars for a beautiful space trader and her handsome rival! Calista York was a stunning firebrand with a mind of her own; a golden-haired trader who could ward off a pirate attack as easily as a man's unwanted advances. For five long years, Rhys Fairdane roamed the universe, trying to forget the woman who had seared his soul with white-hot longing, then cast him into space. Yet by a twist of fate, he and Calista were both named trade representatives of the planet Karta. It would take all his strength to resist her voluptuous curves, all his cunning to subdue her feminine wiles. But if in war, as in love, all truly was fair, Calista had concealed weapons that would bring Rhys to his knees before the battle had even begun.

En la Inglaterra del siglo XIII, las luchas por el trono enfrentan a los partidarios del rey Enrique con los seguidores de Simón de Montfort. Nadie sabe en manos de quién va a quedar el poder y la intranquilidad se ha adueñado del país. El barón de Fitzwarren ha perdido toda su fortuna por apoyar la causa de Montfort y ahora intenta saldar sus deudas vendiento la única posesión que le queda: su hija Alyce.