Virginia Coffman

Dark #2 A lovely American travels to the mysterious Carpathian Mountains and stumbles upon a darkly handsome stranger—and true love. hey were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light... The stranger silently summons her from across the continents, across the seas. He whispers of eternal torment, of endless hunger...of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O'Halloran can feel his anguish, sense his haunting aloneness, and she aches to heal him, to heal herself. Drawn to the far Carpathian mountains, Shea finds a ravaged, raging man, a being like no other. And her soul trembles. For in his burning eyes, his icy heart, she recognizes the beloved stranger who's already become part of her. This imperious Carpathian male compels Shea to his side. But is she to be his healer...or his prey? His victim...or his mate? Is he luring her into madness...or will his dark desire make her whole?

Beautiful, impetuous Rachel Etheridge has her choice of any of the young men in her fashionable London circle. Yet it is a brooding stranger, Jason Bourne, who wins her heart. Jason -- as rugged and mysterious as Emily Bronte's Heathcliff. Jason -- whose black eyes burn through Rachel's soul and whose knowing hands and lips awaken her senses. It is Jason whom Rachel chooses to wed. But their Parisian honeymoon reveals a dark side to Jason's nature. And his sudden mood swings and mysterious ways make Rachel doubt her choice. Tragedy must strike before Rachel can discover the fateful secret that so torments her lover's soul. 517 pages Published: March 1985 Alternate blurb: A newly wed young heiress's hope to free her husband from his shadowy past is soon abandoned, but her love for him remains--until half her fortune disappears, and his old flame discloses some startling secrets

LOVE DEFIANT... Every inch the heiress to the proud legacy of the magnificent Gaynor clan, Dinah Faire flaunted the conventions of her day when she gave her body - and her soul - to a dashing gambling man, Nick Corrigan. LOVE IMPERILED... Dinah discovered many things standing between their love...like Nick's passions for cards and danger...like her own indomitable family...and especially her beautiful aunt Shelley Wychfield, who usually got what she wanted. And now she wanted Nick. LOVE TRIUMPHANT... In the ultimate gamble, Dinah watched Nick risk his life and his love aboard a San Francisco steamer, in an impassioned journey that swept them across the American continent at the tumultuous dawn of the twentieth century. 546 pages Published: January 1979