Julia Fitzgerald

Reared in the comfortable and privileged world of the "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell turned her back on convention and sought adventure in Arab lands. Traveling numerous times through the Syrian Desert and, at risk to her life, through the great Arabian desert of the Nejd - the last European to do so before the eruption of World War I - she wrote of her travels in widely acclaimed books. The trust she earned among the Arab sheikhs and chieftains made her indispensable when war broke out; recruited by British intelligence, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brain for T. E. Lawrence's military brawn. To cap off this amazing career, she participated in the postwar peace conferences as a major architect of the modern Middle East, helping to found the state of Iraq and installing its dashing monarch, to whom she was an intimate adviser. In her lifetime, she was known as the most powerful woman in the British Empire.

Cassia #1 Born to command men's passions, to be ruled by men's lusts, a harsh destiny made her a harem's prize! HOT-BLOODED AND WILDLY PASSIONATE Cassia was an exquisite prize. Vincent Sauvage, legendary white-slave trader, bastard grandson of the French king, meant to take her, use her, and bestow her as a gift upon whom he pleased. FAIR AND FRAGILE AS AN ENGLISH FLOWER She was torn from her young lover's arms, swept across turbulent seas to the brutal slave markets of North Africa, to the bizarrely erotic harem world — into the arms of the Grand Turk himself. But, Cassia was held by chains far deeper than ownership, more binding then iron shackles, more compelling than life itself. Though many men claimed her, only one possessed her heart. He alone was destined to love her, to match her fiery ardor — and set her free. Cassia: Royal Slave Slave Lady

Cassia #2 Born to command men's passions, to be ruled by men's lusts, a harsh destiny made her a harem's prize! HOT-BLOODED AND WILDLY PASSIONATE Cassia was an exquisite prize. Vincent Sauvage, legendary white-slave trader, bastard grandson of the French king, meant to take her, use her, and bestow her as a gift upon whom he pleased. FAIR AND FRAGILE AS AN ENGLISH FLOWER She was torn from her young lover's arms, swept across turbulent seas to the brutal slave markets of North Africa, to the bizarrely erotic harem world — into the arms of the Grand Turk himself. But, Cassia was held by chains far deeper than ownership, more binding then iron shackles, more compelling than life itself. Though many men claimed her, only one possessed her heart. He alone was destined to love her, to match her fiery ardor — and set her free. Cassia: Royal Slave Slave Lady

Lady Flavia - a beautiful English rose with the wild sensuality of a more exotic flower - comes to the ancient land of Greece to marry Prince Zebukar, handsome cousin to the Sultan of Turkey. Swathed in shimmering silks, glittering with rich jewels, Flavia is schooled in the perfumed arts of the harem to please her husband. But the splendour of their wedding night is profaned by a climax of horrifying violence and Flavia fears she'll never love again.

Jane MacGregor defied all the conventions of 19th century Edinburgh by marrying far above her station in life. From a slum girl enmeshed in poverty and vice she became a star of high society, wife of Gerard, Lord Comleigh. But for everything there is a price, and three things threatened Jane’s new golden world. One was her past, and the father who had cast her out. The second was her handsome, sensual husband, who would not wait forever to consummate their marriage. The third was the man who had raped her and now had one obsession, to find her again and this time keep her.

Hopelessly in love with Lord Hamilton, her sister's finance, Allegra Pentrevick sails with him to rescue her kidnapped sister and en route is captured by Arabian slave traders and sold into Amir Adem Ali's harem.

Astromance Series MELODY DE BLAZE- is a carefree and imaginative Libran, tender and selfless- but also an internationally famous romantic novelist. Research for her latest book takes her to Cyprus where distractions begin... LOUKAS LYSSARIDES: Cold and distant in true Capricorn style. Loukas is an ambitious property magnate, dedicated to business, He soon finds a quiet villa where Melody can work in peace. But his thoughts keep turning to her... Cyprus, the birthplace of Venus, Goddess of Love, casts a spell which ensnares the petite blonde dreamer and the dark, divinely handsome pragmatist. The soft air and shinning seas are blessed by the gods of old but it takes time to win the heart and soul of a strong-minded Capricorn and sweet Melody cannot understand her lover's sullen moods, his relentless pursuit of business and duty. And Melody has her own life to live a world away amongst her London friends, her own successful and demanding career...

Stranded in a wild paradise with an angry and demanding man she hates, Narisha is astonished when her embittered hopes for rescue turn into passionate longings for Tarik.

When Lady Flavia's new bridegroom Prince Zebukar is murdered on their wedding night by a Greek freedom fighter called the Pagan, she begins to fear that this "beast" is now trying to capture her heart.

Astromance #2 FLAURA BERKLEY: wilful, passionate, and with the glittering world of New York at her feet, Flaura is a true Arien: an egotist fizzing with energy and life. Shipwrecked in the Agean, she is hurled into the arms of a god-like rescuer... MIKLAS STEPHANOS: wealthy, proud, head of Parostria's untitled aristocracy, Miklas is a disciplined and self-sufficient Taurean. Wooed by the darkly handsome man and his divine island paradise, Flaura falls in love and pursues Miklas ardently. And the cautious Taurean is enchanted by his lover's beauty and vivacity. But their idyllic marriage is threatened when a crusading Flaura, eager to build up the island's prosperity, challenges the old ways of Greece--and her husband's authority... The impetuous Ram is doomed to bait and bewilder the quiet Bull...before the truce is won.

Cassia #2 Drawn to Liverpool in the hope of recovering their inheritance, newlyweds Cassia and Vincent de Sauvage find horrifying squalor and depravity. On the quayside, slaves are herded like animals. In the cities, child brothels spawn. Driven by the memories of her own tainted past, Cassia determines to fight the cruelty, the corruption, until one night she sees the face of the profligate tyrant who rules the brothels...a face which suddenly appears strangely, terrifyingly familiar. Cassia: Royal Slave Slave Lady

The Incense Road--fabled and feared for centuries--runs from the North African coast to the southern gates of Arabia. Spices from the Orient, pearls from Ceylon, diamonds and ivory from India, gold from the Persian Gulf have travelled along this time-honoured route. So too have slaves captured from the Cornish coast. When Allegra Pentrevick learns that her sister has been snatched by pirates from their Cornish home and that her sister's fiance, Lord Hamilton, is planning to rescue her, headstrong Allegra resolves to go too. Together--through shipwreck and capture, sickness and starvation--they learn that art of survival. It is only, however, as Allegra treads the highway through the desert and meets the Lord of the Incense Road himself that she faces the reality of her hopeless love for Lord Hamilton and learns the truth about her sister's fate.