FICTION · GENERAL
Shari Anton
Shari Anton's resume lists an impressive string of job titles, from personnel clerk to executive secretary. When she took a creative writing class and found she possessed some talent for writing fiction, she dared to dream of a career that allowed her to work at home, shun panty hose and take unlimited coffee breaks. Determined to write what she loved to read - historical romance - she spent the next few years learning the craft of writing a novel and entering various writing contests, winning first place in several. Emboldened by her success, she submitted her work to agents and publishers. Her persistence paid off in 1997 with the publication of her first book by Harlequin Historicals. Shari has also written historical romances for Grand Central Publishing. Shari and her husband live in Wisconsin, have two grown children, and do their best to spoil their grandchildren. Every chance they get, they pack the saddlebags on their Harleys and hit the road.
In 1491, in the Kingdom of Pergamontio, there lived a twelve-year-old boy by the name of Fabrizio.
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'Tis The Season
Nothing is merrier than a holiday romance... — CHRISTMAS ANGEL by Kat Martin — Southern belle Angel Summers doesn't want to see one more damn Yankee, especially Josh Coltrane, the man she once loved. When he joined the Union Army, she vowed to hate him forever. Now he's back in Savannah for Christmas, for a miracle that could heal both their hearts... UNDER THE MISTLETOE by Elaine Coffman When widow Holly Noel Winter, along with a nanny, housekeeper, six little girls and one baby boy, moves next door to resident scrooge Dr. Stan Levine, it's time for a war between the sexes. Unless Christmas brings peace on earth and a time for even a grouch to fall in love... HOME FOR CHRISTMAS by Katherine Sutcliffe Virginia "Gigi" Valemere is in a bah humbug period: it's Christmas, she's broke, and a stranger on a motorcycle spooked her horse so badly she was nearly thrown. Then the motorcyclist turns out to be a man with secrets, including the one that can make this holiday the best one of Gigi's life... A BABY FOR CHRISTMAS by Lisa Jackson Lonely Annie McFarlane is having a blue holiday ... until a baby in a basket is left on her doorstep. When a handsome man appears to claim the child, Annie faces losing the most precious gift she's ever been given ... or getting another Christmas surprise.
Knave of hearts
King Henry has given Gerard of Wilmont and Ardith of Lenvil one year for her to become with child and then they could wed, otherwise the Kings ward would be his bride.
By Queen's Grace
Her Royal Blood Was A Curse Kidnapped by rebel forces in a mad plan to make her queen, Lady Judith Canmore could not wholly mourn her plight. For it reunited her with the Saxon knight of whom she'd dreamed as a young girl, the handsome Corwin of Lenvil. But would he be the answer to her womanly prayers? Corwin knew the Lady Judith was a prize of power in the eyes of many a Norman lord. Though when he looked upon the lovely princess he had vowed to protect, he saw nothing but the woman he had grown to love and was almost certainly fated to lose!