Eugenia Riley

Tracy O'Brien never expected to meet Prince Charming in the supermarket--especially when she was dressed in an old romper without a stitch underneath, and carrying a bucket of cleaning supplies! But Anthony Delano was suddenly there beside her, all potent temptation and determined to sweep the lady off her nearly bare feet. He made no secret of wanting to possess her, to conquer her heart as completely as he'd insisted on making over her life. But Tracy wasn't looking to settle down yet; for her, the game had just begun. In this love match between two strong wills, could only surrender mean victory?

She wanted a divorce!! But her husband didn't. Nickie Stellar couldn't believe it. They were mismatched --- she was plain, Jason was spectacular; she was quiet and shy, he was confident and outgoing. Why had he ever married her? Oh, she'd been useful to him in his business, but when their love had been tested, he'd failed her . . . Jason couldn't lose the best thing that had ever happened to him. But Nickie refused to believe he wanted only her. He planned to use his one advantage --- the explosive chemistry between them. Nickie could have the divorce on one condition: a trial reconciliation . . . in the bedroom

Lake of Dreams / Blue Moon / White Out An omnibus of novels Thea Marlow had encountered her soulmate in the depths of her over powering, frightening dreams. Now, on the shores of a country lake, the stranger comes to her in the flesh-and lures her into a timeless love. Sheriff Jackson Brody knows folks get a little crazy under a full moon. But on the trail of a searching murder mystery, it's the lawman himself who succumbs to the spell of a beautiful, mysterious stranger. In the midst of an Idaho blizzard, Hope Bradshaw offers shelter to a stranger-and an instant, hungry passion flares between them. When a radio bulletin warns of a dangerous escaped convict, her blood runs cold: has desire blinded her to the risks of trusting a man who is an expert at covering his tracks?

ANGEL OF SONG Beautiful and delicate, songbird Bella De La Rosa's lilting soprano is music from heaven --- but fear has kept her confined to the chorus. And now she is onstage at New Orlean's St. Charles Opera House in rehearsal for Kaleidoscope --- a re-creation of the infamous production during which the brilliant tenor and notorious rogue Jacques LeFevre was murdered a century ago. PHANTOM IN TIME Surely she has gone mad --- for Bella can feel Jacques's presence and hear his voice. And suddenly she is with him --- magically carried back in time to be passionately awakened in heart, body and soul by the dashing, misunderstood scoundrel. For some mysterious power has decreed that Bella must save the enigmatic, irresistible "phantom" --- and that she, in turn, must be saved by Jacques's glorious love.

Christmas Angels features the coming and going of angels connected with the birth of Christ. Readers will see that angels brought life-changing messages for the ordinary people who were of a part of the miraculous birth of the Son of God.

Warrior Woman, I cannot explain the powerful magic that carried me back across the centuries to you. In my own time, I am but an actor on the screen. Yet here I stand, curiously at home in a primitive age—a Viking jarl, miraculously resurrected from the flames of oblivion. And you are my destiny, my wild and beautiful Valkyrie. You hide your pain and sadness behind a mask of scorn—but I have glimpsed your secret tenderness from the shadows and felt the radiant warmth of your love. And if I must first conquer you to have you, then conquer I shall—to win your reluctant heart now and for all eternity.

Accidentally trading places and partners on their wedding day, Missy, an independent career girl of the 1990s, and her long-ago namesake, Melissa, a timid Victorian virgin of the 1840s, each finds herself in a bewildering new time, married to a husband she doesn't know. And each will have to discover for herself whether she is part of an odd couple or a match made in heaven.

A PASSION SO ALL-CONSUMING, A LOVE SO POWERFUL - SHE WOULD FOLLOW HIM THO THE END OF THE EARTH Branded as a runaway white slave, golden-haired Caroline Fane had come with her rogue lover Justin from the dangers surrounding them in England to the unknown perils of America. She had put her fate in his powerful hands, made his love more precious to her than life itself. But now she saw this man who possessed her being and intoxicated her with every excitement of spirit and flesh being tempted by the naked lust of an exquisite half-Indian girl, who seductively led him down a path of insatiable desire. And now Caroline herself became helpless captive to a ruthless savage chieftain who forced her to submit to his carnal appetites, plunging her into a degradation far beyond her darkest nightmares. Here is the unforgettable, breathless romantic saga of a woman who dared everything for the man she loved - and who paid the full price in a turbulent wilderness where raw strength reigned and wild passion raged...

Grieving over the death of her soldier brother in Vietnam, Sarah Jennings seeks comfort in her family's crumbling Southern plantation and is transported back to the time of the Civil War, where she meets the battle-weary Damien.

Bounty hunter Sam Noble always gets his woman . . . even if he has to travel across time to find her. Annie Dillon’s fondest hope is to transform a Texas ghost town into a tourist mecca. But she arrives in Deadend to find her town, and her finances, in a shambles. Then a sudden, violent whirlwind howls through the town, sweeping in a tall, wickedly handsome cowboy. Colorado bounty hunter Sam Noble is here in Texas to nab a notorious female desperado. Waving an ancient-looking wanted poster in Annie’s face, Sam insists she is “Rotten Rosie” Dillon—an Old West outlaw who just happens to be Annie’s great-great-grandmother! Hushing her protests, Sam grabs Annie and carries her off on horseback . . . and across time. Annie is flabbergasted. Who is this loco stranger who has kidnapped her? Why is he saying they are now living in the year 1885? And why is he claiming she is her own ancestor, “Wanted Dead or Alive” for murder? Worse yet, Sam refuses to believe he has arrested the wrong woman, and is determined to take Annie off to justice, and a certain hanging, in Central City. In order to gain her freedom, Annie knows she must win Sam’s trust and find the “real” Rosie. But will the potent chemistry she and Sam are feeling sweep them up into a sensual whirlwind neither will want to escape? WANTED ACROSS TIME is a jewel of a western time-travel romance from the author of BUSHWHACKED BRIDE and BUSHWHACKED GROOM. It is filled with sexy escapades, Indian lore, and the true spirit of the Wild West.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE In 1880’s Galveston, dairy farmer Jake Blarney is left devastated when his wife betrays and leaves him, drowning in the seas, leaving Jake with twin baby daughters to raise. Angry and forlorn, Jake pens a message in a bottle beseeching the Fates to bring him a new bride, and hurls the bottle into the sea. But never does he dream that Destiny will summon him a new bride from across the vast gulf of time! BRIDE ACROSS TIME In modern-day Galveston, college professor Priscilla Pemberton is a forsaken bride, hurt and furious after her prominent fiancé betrayed then dumped her. She is wandering the beach aimlessly, thinking of hurling herself into the tide, when an ancient-looking bottle washes up at her feet. No sooner does Priscilla retrieve the bottle and read the strange message it contains, then a huge wave crashes over her, sweeping her back in time to meet the groom who has summoned her! As soon as Jake Blarney lays eyes upon the miracle the seas have swept to his doorstep, he is ready to hitch up the buggy and fetch his new bride to the priest! Priscilla is left reeling and disoriented. Where is she? And who is this strange though sexy Irishman who keeps insisting that she is his bride from the seas? Even as Priscilla struggles to become acclimated to her fantastical voyage through time, Jake and his adorable baby daughters go to work stealing her heart, and she is left feeling terribly torn. Beaten down by a horrible childhood, Priscilla has struggled all her life to regain her self-esteem and prestige. Is she really meant to become the bride of a brash Irish dairy farmer in 1880’s Galveston, even if her sexier than sin host fires her blood in more ways than one? Or are the Fates having a really good laugh at her expense?

A heartwarming anthology by four of Love Spell's most beloved authors of time-travel romance. This novel includes "The Christmas Portrait" by Megan Daniel, "The Spirit of Things to Come" by Vivian Knight-Jenkins, "The Ghost of Christmas Past" by Eugenia Riley, and "Twelfth Night" by Flora Speer. A contemporary career woman finds herself living a scene from a holiday store window as she is whisked back in time into the swirling gaiety. For a spinster kindergarten teacher who loses her heart to a Colonial blacksmith, Christmas Day brings the timeless gift of love and unexpected miracles. The haunting spirit of a lovelorn beauty draws a modern-day Scrooge back to a Dickens's London, where he learns the true meaning of Christmas. A medieval lord discovers that all things are possible during the Yuletide when a lady like none he has known before mysteriously appears at his castle to warm his lonely heart.

A Romance of Old Charleston Children lost in time ... In the aftermath of the second great war, two lonely people were destined to meet in the splendor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was a handsome RAF pilot whose soul had been tortured by battle; she was a beautiful young Army nurse whose spirit had glimpsed great suffering. Each had known devastating loss: the death of a beloved child in a recent, tragic fire. A love forged by earthquake and fire ... But were the children really lost? Even as Adrian and Vickie met and began to forge a deep bond, both were haunted by poignant glimpses of the children's ghosts in the Charleston streets, visions that soon led the couple back to search for the children in an earlier time. There, as a bittersweet love blossomed between the couple, they discovered a city as grand and mysterious as time itself, and a miracle that would heal their wounded hearts.

Teresa Phelps's handsome kidnapper unnerves her with his charm and flabbergasts her with his accusations. Charles Everett acts under the misguided belief that she holds the key to finding buried treasure. One minute holding her at gunpoint, the next holding her hostage with his tender kisses, Charles's actions resemble those of a lunatic, but his body arouses thoughts of a lover.

UNTOUCHED MAID No one had ever so humiliated Emilie like the beastly Edgar Ashland! The wealthy plantation owner had hired her as a servant, then issued the most preposterous choice: to agree to a lawful marriage -- or be forced to satisfy his lust. The outraged beauty bristled at the blatant nerve of the man... but couldn't keep him from destroying her peace and invading her dreams.

He stands, noble and strong, torn between two worlds—the blood of warring races running through his veins. He is called "half-breed" and "savage". But the hatred and scorn of others cannot extinguish the fire that burns behind his dark eyes...not still the wanting in his proud and passionate heart. Easterner Maggie Donovan trembles with pleasure at her first glimpse of Bronson Kane—unaware that this dangerously handsome Texas ranched whom she has traveled across a country to wed sight unseen is, in reality, a half-breed Comanche known as White Wolf. Angry and appalled, Maggie flees, too late, from her vows and her desire. But Kane knows the beautiful Boston hellion is his true destiny—a reluctant prize he can claim only by conquering her fears and fury with the thunderbolt power of the Wolf's love.

The characters work to save the Republic, but question who the real villain is.

"JUMPING JEHOSHAPHAT! YOU'VE SHANGHAIED THE NEW SCHOOLMARM!" Ma Reklaw bellowed at her sons and wielded her broom with a fierceness that had all five outlaw brothers running for cover; it didn't take a Ph.D. to realize that in the Reklaw household, Ma was the law. Professor Jessica Garrett watched dumbstruck as the members of the feared Reklaw Gang turned tail --- one brother up a tree, another under the hay wagon, and one in a barrel. Having been unceremoniously kidnapped by the rowdy brothers, the green-eyed beauty took great pleasure in their discomfort until Ma Reklaw found a new way to sweep clean her son's disreputable behavior --- by offering Jessica's hand in marriage to the best behaved. Jessie had heard of shotgun weddings, but a broomstick betrothal was ridiculous! As the dashing but dangerous desperadoes started the wooing there was no telling what would happen with ... ONE BRIDE FOR FIVE BROTHERS ...