Stephanie Laurens
Author
Series
The adventurers quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
After a decade leading diplomatic voyages and covert missions for the Crown, Captain Robert Frobisher decides that establishing a home--with hearth and wife--should be his next challenge. But when an urgent summons arrives, Robert puts his wishes aside and agrees to set sail immediately. His goal is clear: get to Freetown, determine the location of a slavers' camp and return to London with the information. In Freetown, Miss Aileen Hopkins is determined...
Author
Series
Cynster next generation novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
On the hunt for new breeding stock for the Cynster racing stables, Prudence Cynster travels to Ireland's west coast to evaluate the horses of Deaglan Fitzgerald, Earl of Glengarah, but soon after meeting both Prudence and Deaglan find it hard to keep their minds on the business transaction at hand.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Marcus Cynster is waiting for Fate to come calling. He knows his destiny lies near his home in Scotland, but what will it be? Who is his fated bride? One fact seems certain: his future won't lie with Niniver Carrick, a young lady who attracts him mightily and whom he feels compelled to protect- even from himself. Fate, he's sure, will never be so kind as to decree that Niniver should be his.".
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"The Honorable Miss Mary Cynster always gets what she wants. As the last unwed Cynster of her generation, she is determined to remain in charge of her life and of the man she will marry. At the very bottom of her list of potential husbands is Ryder Cavanaugh, the daring and devastating Marquess of Raventhorne, an overwhelming and utterly unmanageable lion of the ton. But destiny has a different plan. Ryder needs Mary as his wife, not just because...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
A nobleman wedded to the lady he loves strives to overwrite five years of masterful pretence and open his wife's eyes to the fact that he loves her as much as she loves him. Lord Devlin Cader, Earl of Alverton, married Therese Cynster five years ago. What he didn't tell her then and has assiduously hidden ever since-for what seemed excellent reasons at the time-is that he loves her every bit as much as she loves him.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Harold Henry Cynster--better known as Demon to family and friends--leaves London society for the all-male environment of his Newmarket stables in an attempt to escape matchmaking mamas and the spate of marriages that have decimated the ranks of his bachelor cousins. But Demon barely sets one foot on his property before he notices a too-shapely boy settling into the saddle of his favorite Irish Thoroughbred. Beautiful Felicity Parteger hasn't seen...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Althea and Gabriel played together as children on neighboring estates and she knows him very, very well. Aware that he can't resist a challenge, she conceals her identity behind a heavy black veil, pretending to be a mysterious, widowed countess. Intrigued, Gabriel agrees to help her, both because of her plea for help and because the beautiful mystery woman represents a personal challenge that he finds irresistible. Althea extracts a promise from...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Beautiful Scotswoman Catriona Hennessy knows that she must eventually marry and so decides that she requires a mild-mannered, biddable husband, a man who will agree to father a daughter to inherit Casphairn Manor and who will leave her free to manage her holdings without interference. Unfortunately, the spirit of the earth that protects the manor and its valley, the Lady of the Vale, has other plans. The Lady firmly tells Catriona that the man who...
Author
Series
The adventurers quartet volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Captain Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic youngest son of a seafaring dynasty, wants to be taken seriously. Seizing the next leg of the covert mission his brothers are pursuing, he acts decisively and effectively in securing the mission's objectives. But responsibility has taken root, and he remains in the jungle to ensure the mission's ultimate goal. Katherine Fortescue fled a life of poverty and came to Freetown as a governess, only to be kidnapped and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Therese, Lady Osbaldestone, and her household again welcome her younger daughter's children, Jamie, George, and Lottie, plus their cousins Melissa and Mandy, all of whom have insisted on spending the three weeks prior to Christmas at Therese's house, Hartington Manor, in the village of Little Moseley. The children are looking forward to the village's traditional events, and this year, Therese has arranged a new distraction--the plum puddings she...
Author
Series
Casebook of Barnaby Adair volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Malcolm Sinclair, who has remade himself after being miraculously spared from death, finds an opportunity to make amends for his past when a mysterious woman named Rose and her children need protection from a dangerous enemy.
Author
Series
Casebook of Barnaby Adair volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
When her beloved employer, the aging Lady Halstead, is murdered, Miss Violet Matcham and her new suitor, Montague, turn to Barnaby Adair, his wife Penelope, and Inspector Stokes for help in exposing a cold-blooded killer.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Lord Anthony Blake, a former spy for England, finds himself at loose ends after the fall of Napoleon. Genteel widow Alicia Carrington, who's in London to chaperone her younger sister, puts an end to Anthony's ennui when she stumbles upon a dead body at a soiree and he stumbles upon her at the same time. A mysterious villain seems determined to frame Alicia for the murder, but the real danger lies in the secret she's hiding from everyone-including...