CANADA AUTHOR · FICTION · ROMANCE
Marsha Canham
Also known as: Canham, Marsha M.
Marsha Canham (born November 19, 1950) is a Canadian writer of historical romance novels since 1984. She has won two Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Awards, as well as multiple awards for individual books including Best Historical of the Year, Best Medieval of the Year, Best book of the Year, Storyteller of the Year, Best Swashbuckler of the Year. Canham was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she resides, to a policeman and a homemaker. Marsha has one son and two grandchildren. Her sister is Canadian politician Carolyn Parrish. In 1984, Marsha published her first historical romance, titled China Rose, and has seventeen such novels in print, including one contemporary romance. She is best known for her award-winning romance trilogies, one set in Scotland: The Pride of Lions, The Blood of Roses, and Midnight Honor. The other is set in Medieval England and deals with her own interpretation of the Robin Hood legend: Through a Dark Mist, In the Shadow of Midnight, and The Last Arrow. She has won two Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Awards, plus multiple individual awards including being listed as "One of the seven best mass market fiction books of the year" by Publishers Weekly for The Iron Rose. *wikipedia
Catherine Ashbrooke Montgomery bowed her lovely blonde head and dabbed a delicately worked lace handkerchief at the wetness that collected persistently along her lashes.
— from Blood of Roses
Most acclaimed
Blood of Roses
The stunning sequel to The Pride of Lions!In a novel that sizzles with passionate intrigue and breathtaking romance, Marsha Canham whisks the reader back to war-torn Scotland as a legendary warrior fights for the two things most precious to any man: his country and the woman he loves.She was born an Englishwoman, but he made her a Scot, pledged to fight for her beloved husband--even against the country of her birth.Catherine Ashbrooke Cameron had committed the unpardonable sin of falling in love with her husband--a Scottish spy she married in her English home. Now, as she raced to the Highlands, into the strong, tender arms of Alexander Cameron, the innocent English beauty would learn the passions of war--and the price of love . . . .He fought to keep her safe as he battled the English enemy--and betrayal from within.Alexander Cameron was a man with a price on his head and enemies to burn. Love had made the legendary warrior vulnerable. Now he must protect Catherine from the dangers that threatened them both. But as he rode into battle against the English, she refused to stay behind. He had claimed her, touched her, loved her, and she vowed nothing would ever separate them again.From the Paperback edition.
Swept away
2000
Lose yourself in paradise... — Whether you're on a secluded Caribbean island or right in your own backyard, these sensual stories will transport you to the greatest vacation spot of all, where passion burns hotter than the summer sun. Let four of today's bestselling writers bring this fantasy to life as they prove that romance can blossom anywhere -- often where you least expect it. A MOST WANTED MAN by Marilyn Campbell When Leanne hires the elderly handyman, she doesn't realize he's actually one hunk of a fugitive in disguise. But what is he trying to hide? Soon she finds herself falling for "A Most Wanted Man." LOVE SESSIONS by Thea Devine Determined to teach dashing, successful Hunter Devlin a lesson, Leslie Gordon, a successful journalist and TV presenter, wins a date with him at auction, but the handsome playboy has lessons of his own in mind -- which he'll teach her in "Love Sessions." PROMISE ME PLEASURE by Connie Mason Stranded by her fiancé on what was supposed to be their wedding cruise, Cara Brooks finds respite in a holiday romance in the arms of sexy Dom Domani. His bronzed, muscular body is the answer to her every fantasy and his searing kiss is a pleasure promise. But what will happen when this millionaire playboy walks off at the end of their two-weeks romance?
The Iron Rose
After the Spanish galleon attacked the English merchant ship, Varian St. Clare was shocked to learn that the captain of the privateer who saved him was Juliet Dante, daughter of legendary Pirate Wolf... Varian had been sent by the King to tell Juliet's father about a new peace treaty between Spain and England. Juliet agrees to bring Varian to her father-but only as her hostage. But as the attraction between Juliet and Varian builds, and as intrigue swirls, the danger of the high seas will match the danger of surrendering to desire...