Sally Heywood

Falling in love was risky at the best of times ! But Storm's aunt had unknowingly bequeathed her niece an added danger. The Welsh tower house Storm had assumed would be hers after her aunt's death, in reality, belonged to Carlo Llewellyn, a man bent on vengeance. In Carlo's eyes, Storm's aunt had been "the other woman" who had made his parents' marriage a misery---not the spirited beautiful woman Storm knew had been seduced by a married man. Carlo intended to use his blatant manipulative charm to make Storm pay -- by making her fall in love with him, then discarding her.

Frankie worked hard as a dance therapist and professional dancer. She was doing fine until she met Tristan de Vere Manning. Son of her exercise patient, Lady Manning, Tristan returned from abroad to run the family estate. Suspicious of her motives and methods, he made Frankie's life miserable. He was attracted to her, yet clearly wasn't interested in marriage. Frankie wasn't either. But neither was she about to have an affair with him! Convincing the arrogant, self-confident Tristan was another matter.

An illustrious group of women have lived and worked in the jazz world from its beginnings, but learning about them has largely been a matter of searching through footnotes or the memories of other musicians. This book, at once panoramic survey, rich anecdotal history, and musical and cultural analysis, presents for the first time the full spectrum of a century of women's experiences in and contributions to the musical tradition and culture of jazz. It presents a vividly detailed history and portrait of jazz women: women playing jazz, recording it, leading bands, writing, arranging, producing records, managing groups, and concertizing. From singers that are the "blues royalty" (including Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday); to the big-band "canaries" (including Helen Forrest and Peggy Lee); to hundreds of early instrumentalists (including pianists like Mammy Lou, the greatest attraction of a famous New Orleans brothel, and famed trumpeter Valaida Snow); to band performers (such as the swing era Melodears and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm); and hundreds others, including less well-known but talented and active performers. The jazzwomen, the music, and their lives: they're all here, placed in rough chronology divided into stylistic periods spanning ten to fifteen years each. Based on extensive research and interviews, and laced with insightful analyses of such subtle issues as the sexual imagery of certain instruments or the more mundane problem of cleaning an elaborate gown on the road, this book depicts in rich and divers detail the lives and art of these jazzwomen. Along the way it vividly recreates the overall music and culture of jazz itself. Combining his exhaustive research with a respect for and wonder at their accomplishments, an insight into the values, aesthetics, and pressures that shaped their careers, and an understanding and feel for the whole of jazz, this is the definitive work on women in jazz. -- Publisher description.

She wanted to be loved, but not for her money! A enigmatic stranger saved Vinny's life and won her heart, telling her they'd live happily on the "love and roses" a flamenco guitarist could afford. Having come to Spain to forget her romance with a fortune hunter, she was all the more hurt to discover she was just one of many rich women her handsome Brazilian had been charming!

Briefly discusses the origins of werewolf legends and the portrayal of werewolves in films. Also presents a synopsis of the 1941 film starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and the 1935 film starring Henry Hull.

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a loveslave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She alone bothered to take me out of the bedroom and into the world. She taught me to love again. But I was not born to know love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace--the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two-thousand-year-old curse? > Julian of Macedon

It was a case of mistaken identity; Emma was sure of that. Yet there seemed to be no way to convince this stunningly handsome man with the Western drawl that she was not some woman named 'Cosy'. Whoever the mysterious Cosy was, Birck Dryden needed find her quickly -- and Emma found herself slightly envious. Brick's compelling mixture of arrogance and charm was actually rather attractive. But taking Cosy's place, as Brick suggested -- that was out of the question. Emma wouldn't even think twice about it...or would she? This book is unusual in that the 'Cosy' Birck is looking for is actually Emma's identical twin sister; both were separated and adopted when young, so had never met or knew about each other. Birck is engaged to Cosy who is a journalist and needs her to complete interviews on a documentary project. He later claims to Emma his engagement was fake for the sake of Cosy's adopted father, yet he knows what Cosy looks like naked, when he walks in to Emma's room one day, while she's dressing and comments he's seen her naked plenty of times!?!?!?!?!!? When Emma finally goes to bed with him at some point, the next morning, Birck calls her Cosy....not a very believable HEA for this one.

York archbishop Alexander Neville taps Abbess Hildegarde to accompany him on a trip to London, where she's to serve as his spy. Before they set out, Neville's saucier is found dead in a wine vat, evidently murdered. Set in 14th century England during the turbulent reign of Richard II.

She was busy every evening - from now until forever Suave, sexy Elliot Priest was the kind of man every woman dreamed of - including Rachel Jackson. But another dream same first: Her singing career. As sultry nightclub singer Zia, Rachel dreamed of a recording contract. She didn't intend to shelve her ambitions for a brief fling - and that's exactly what it would be with a man like Elliot. But Elliot knew he and Rachel wanted the same thing - each other - and he was determined to thaw that barrier of ice she hid behind. Even as the sultry voice and breathtaking innocence of Zia drew him mysteriously like a moth to another flame...

She didn't just inherit an island Shanna inherited problems as well as the land. Informed by the lawyer that someone wanted to buy it, Shanna wanted to see it before deciding. Getting to the Mediterranean island wasn't easy, but she made it with the help of a chance-met traveler, Paul Elliott. She was delighted that he also lived on the island, and their instant mutual attraction for each other soon became increasingly evident. Then she learned that Paul was the anonymous would-be buyer-and that he was a married man !

"It costs, Shelley! Yes! And not just money. I learned what it costs to dream one long, hot, never-to-be-forgotten summer...." Shelley too remembered that summer in Corfu, nine years ago. How could she forget being sixteen and in love with a young Greek god like Christos Kiriakis? But overnight everything had changed, and love had turned to hate.... She'd now returned. And she'd soon learned the price of Christos's revenge......

November, 1382. The month of the dead. Close to the Feast of St. Martin in the fifth year of King Richard's reign, Abbess Hildegard rides out for York and the Abbey of Meaux. This is no ordinary journey. It is a time of rival popes, a boy king, and a shaky peace in the savage aftermath of Wat Tyler's murder. As Hildegard embarks on a perilous mission to secure the future of her priory, with only her two hounds for protection, she encounters a gibbet with five bloodied corpses and then the body of a youth, brutally butchered. Who was the boy, how was he connected to the men hanging from the gibbet, and what do these gruesome deaths mean? Hildegard is determined to uncover the truth, no matter how terrible it may be.

Would she lose Jake's fragile trust? Alone and penniless after her father's death, her show jumping career in ruins, Tamsin reluctantly embarked on a mission for Emile, her employer -- to persuade leading trainer Jake Newman to part with his top horse. Jake wasn't easily bought, however--and Tamsin wasn't prepared for the powerful flare of attraction between them. Then just when she thought she'd shaken off Emile, disaster struck. Somehow she had to convince Jake she loved him and that she'd never intended to carry out Emile's unscrupulous plans....

Chrissy had expected danger. After all, collecting rare botanical specimens in the steamy Amazon rain forest almost guaranteed it. She hadn't prepared herself, however, for Rodrigo Garcia Montada--the arrogant, autocratic owner of more hectares of lush green vegetation than Chrissy could fathom. Somehow he seemed to feel this gave him the right to take control of her work--and her heart. Even more infuriating were the very definite ideas Rodrigo had about separating love from marriage... and into which of those compartments he intended to fit Chrissy!

York, 1385. Just as the Mystery Plays are about to unfold, a young woman witnesses a terrible crime and turns to Abbess Hildegard for protection.

It was as if she'd never gone away When Flame had discovered Marlow Hudson's betrayal only a few weeks after their marriage, she'd fled to start a new life on her own. She'd left behind what she thought powerful, arrogant Marlow really wanted: her inheritance. Now her mother's ill health had forced Flame to return to Spain. For her mother's sake, Marlow insisted that their marriage continue-with everything that it entailed. Flame wanted to rebuild the marriage, but could Marlow really be trusted?