FICTION · ROMANCE
Thea Devine
Thea Devine is the author of eighteen historical romances and four novellas, including her contributions to the Brava anthologies Captivated, Fascinated, and, most recently, All Through the Night. Devine lives with her husband of 35 years in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Most acclaimed
Fascinated
Contains the following stories: The Pleasure Game (Thea Devine) Mastering Lady Lucinda (Bertrice Small) Risking It All (Susan Johnson) A Man and a Woman (Robin Schone)(Lady's Tutor #2) Set in 1812, Devine's "The Pleasure Game" finds the virginal Lady Regina Olney conspiring against her protective, scheming father by learning the ways of the world from the proverbial boy next door. Set in 1750, Small's "Mastering Lady Lucinda" finds the young, widowed Lady Lucinda Harrington publicly humiliating three suitors. Incensed, they conspire to have her kidnapped and trained to enjoy the pleasures of matrimony. Lucinda, however, is a woman ahead of her time, and has a trick or two up her sleeve. "Risking It All," Johnson's contribution, also features a young widow. She is Felicia Greenwood, who gambles in Monte Carlo to save her villa. Just as she is about to lose her fortune, a handsome stranger offers assistance. Victorian-era principles notwithstanding, Felicia repays her mysterious benefactor by spending some wanton hours with him. Finally, there is Schone's "A Man and a Woman." The protagonist is a 48-year-old vicar's widow named Megan who trades places with a local prostitute to experience a night of sexual abandon with a man dressed as an Arab. (excerpted from Publisher's Weekly 2000 review) The Lady's Tutor: The Lady's Tutor (The Lady's Tutor, #1) A Man And A Woman (The Lady's Tutor, #1.5) Fascinated (Anthology) (The Lady's Tutor, #2)
Montana mistress
HE PROMISED NOTHING The day his bride threw a temper tantrum and refused to walk down the aisle was the happiest day of Sam Garrison's life. To free himself forever from the spoiled brat's clutches, the cynical Montana rancher needed a new fiancee-just until he could get out of New York and back home where he belonged. Julianne Montgomery, the beautiful cousin of the bride, seemed the perfect choice; she was practical enough to treat the whole matter as a business proposition. If only she weren't also so dangerously tempting. Her smooth ivory skin begged for his caress, her full red lips nearly cried out for his kiss...and soon their business relationship was the last thing on his mind! SHE GAVE HIM EVERYTHING Julianne didn't hesitate to accept Sam's sardonic proposition. She'd been half in love with the handsome Westerner before she ever met him, just from reading all about him in her cousin's letters. But now she was in way over her head. For every time he looked at her with those piercing dark eyes, she trembled with a need she barely understood...and when he stroked her silken flesh with tender urgency and kissed her until she was breathless with desire, she realized she'd give up everything just for the bittersweet pleasure of being his MONTANA MISTRESS