ROMANCE · HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Leonora Blythe
Also known as: Blythe, Leonora, Burton, Leonora, 1943-
Leonora Burton was born in South Wales. After school in England, she got a job in London in the film industry in Soho. This led to New York and a job with Warner Brothers which owned a magazine, Coronet for which she became publisher. Under the pen name, Leonora Blythe she published a number of Regency romances. She lives with her husband in the Hudson Valley.
Most acclaimed
Helene
1933
Beautiful, fair-haired Helene Ambel was the hit of the London season, the epitome of a refined young heiress. But she preferred books, horses, and intellectual pursuits to the dances, parties, and simpering, overdressed, foolish men she could not take seriously. Helene was hungry for adventure. She found it by helping her friends Juliet and Nicholas, who wanted to marry. Juliet's mother preferred the smooth-talking earl as a match for her daughter. And though Nicholas adored Juliet, he had his own reasons for hesitating to make her his wife. Helene was drawn into the dark intrigue that threatened to separate Nicholas and Juliet forever -- the same intrigue, that had touched Helene's maid's sister. Then Helene met the handsome Captain Longford. His interest in helping the star-crossed lovers made him very attractive to Helene....
Miranda
In Regency London, a woman escapes from a burning warehouse only to realize she doesn't know her own identity. Although the locket around her neck bears the name Miranda, she has no recollection of her past. Nor does she know why two very different men want her--the devilishly handsome Scotsman Ian MacVane, and Lord Lucas Chesney, the nobleman who claims to be her betrothed. In a race against time to discover who she is and which man she can trust, Miranda embarks on a soul-stirring journey that takes her from the dazzling salons of London to the craggy Highlands of Scotland. All of her beliefs--about herself, her world and the nature of love--are tested to their limits as she seeks the truth about her past and finds an unexpected passion that ignites the hidden fires within.
Sally
1996
SHE HAD ALWAYS DONE AS SHE PLEASED--WITH NARY A THOUGHT TO THE CONSEQUENCES. Indeed, Sally Mallory's great success throughout the ton as a fine portrait painter had been aided by spirited independence--along with wit and extraordinary talent. But now it seemed she had gone too far. Impetuous Sally had compromised her reputation, and now was to be forced into a marriage of convenience with the most distinguished art critic in London, the cold and arrogant Duke, Ian Frobisher! Ian was proud, unbending, quick to anger--and though Sally sensed the hurt beneath his disdain, she was desperate to escape a loveless union. Impulsively, she accepted the disreputable Sir Percy Badham's shocking proposal. . . .