Harlequin Historicals


Shari Anton The Conqueror
2000
ISBN: 0-373-29107-8
Bernard Fitzgibbons just came back from fighting in the Crusades and goes to his Leige Lord to get his reward. Land and marriage to the Lord's daughter, Lady Claire. But when Lord Setton refuses him and tells him that Claire is promised to someone else, Bernard kidnaps Lady Claire and holds her for ransom, her weight in gold. But as time goes on, he sees that he asked for the wrong reward, he should have asked for Claire's hand in marriage. He finds out some lies that Lord Setton has told him, and with Claires help he tries to make things right. When the time comes for him to turn Claire over to her father, he finds that he can't live without her and wants her to stay with him. Will Claire stay with Bernard who has captured her heart, or will she marry the man her father has promised her to? Very good book.
Date of review: June 2001

Katy Cooper Prince of Hearts 2000 ISBN: 0-373-29125-6
Edmond Tudor is a son of a king and knows he can only marry with royal permission. The Lady Cecilia and the prince met when they were small children and she lost her heart to him all those years ago. Cecilia knew that the prince was bound in secret duty for the King, and that any talk of love between them could be a dangerous and forbidden mistake. Very good story to this book.
Date of review: Feb 2001

Claire Delacroix My Lady's Desire 1998 ISBN: 0-373-29009-8
Gabrielle de Perricault is a widowed mother with a small child. Her enemy has taken over her castle and holds her small son as ransom. She finds a knight by the name of Yves de Saint-Roux to champion her cause and help to get her castle back and her small son. If he succeeds in doing this she will marry him. The knight finds himself wanting something that he never thought he wanted, a home, a family and her. This is a great book and has an excellent story to it.
Date of review: Feb 2001

Kathleen Eagle Heaven and Earth 1990 ISBN: 0-373-028650-3
Katherine Fairfield and her husband Thomas have come out west to preach the word god to the "savages" of the west. On the way out there tho, Thomas falls sick and dies from a fever...leaving Katherine all alone. She feels it is her duty to continue the missonary work of her husband..and continues west. Jed West is a mixed-blood trapper, and he comes across Katherines's wagon..and finds her deathly sick. He nurses her back to health. He finds himself falling in love with her...but she is a missionary...who recently lost her husband. She wants Jed to take her to the mission...where she can continue her husbands work. Jed takes her to the mission..but will he leave? Will he stay? Will she realize that she loves him...but at a time when it is too late? Very good book!!
Date of review: June 2002

Deborah Hale The Bonny Bride 2000 ISBN:0-373-29103-5
Jenny Lennox is traveling with Harris Chisholm. He has promised to see her safely in the arms of her intended. But the closer they get there, and the more time Harris spends with Jenny, the more he falls in love with her. Jenny feels the same way about Harris, but she is wants to marry for money, and not have to worry about struggling to survive like her parents did. Can Harris convince her not to marry Roderick Douglas but to marry him instead? Great book!
Date of review: Sept. 2001


Marie-Louise HallRake's Reform 1997 ISBN:0-373-30358-0
Janey Hilton falls in love with Jonathan Lindasy, but he has wagered with his friend that he will be able to seduce Janey....no matter that she is an innocent or not. But the more he gets to know her, the more he starts to fall in love with her..and wants to call off the bet, but Janey finds out about his wager...but she has fallen so deeply in love with him she can't stand the thought of never seeing him again. Will he help to protect her from her Guardians who want her fortune?? Very good book!!!
Date of review: Nov 2001

Margaret Moore The Wastrel 1996 ISBN:0-373-28944-8
Clara Wells and her eccentric family have gone to London's most eligible bachelors by the name of Lord Paris Mulholland. Clara's Aunt is going to paint Lord Mulholland's portrait. Paris Mulholland feels drawn to Clara, and feels protective of her when people around them or his friends make fun of Clara's Aunt and Uncle. Paris feels a very strong draw to Clara...and when her Aunt has them pose in a picture together, well it seems that what Paris was looking (or not looking for) was right there in front of him. Very good book!
Date of review: Feb. 2002

Tori Phillips Halloween Knight 2000 ISBN:0-373-29127-2
Belle Cavendish is being held in a tower by her brother-in-law againist her will after her husband has died. Sir Mark Hayward agrees to rescue her, and in return her father will give him land. Mark goes to the tower and rescues Belle, but she refuses to leave her castle, so they come up with a "haunting" plan to drive out her in-laws.Will the plan work...and will Belle let Mark know that she is in love with him? Very good book!
Date of review: Nov 2001

Patricia Potter Sieze The Fire 1989 ISBN: 0-373-28626-0
April Manning has come home to Airzona after the death of her husband in the war. She is upset by the treatment of the army prisoner, a hlaf-breed scout that is accused of rape and murder...she doesn't think that MacKenzie is capable of doing what he is accused of. MacKenzie kidnaps April and her son so that he can get away, knowing that the Army won't believe him over the word of the white girl. When it comes time for MacKenzie to let April and her son go, he can't. He has fallen in love with her and her son. April loves MacKenzie, and doesn't want to leave him, so she convinces him to go to the Fort to explain to her father ( General Wakefield) to see his side of the story. Will MacKenzie do this for her? Will he be able to let her go? Very good book.
Date of review: Jan. 2002

Dawn StewardsonThe Yankee Bride 1993 ISBN: 0-373-70571-9
Tyler Adams is a New York commodities trader, and when he is asked by a rich client to go to Georgia for an "old - fashioned" poker game, he can't refuse. He starts to get nervous when he has to change into some " old clothes" and take along some old paper money from the 1850's. He and his friend find themselves transported back in time ...and he meets Sarah, and he finds himself falling in love with her. Tyler doesn't want to stay in Pre-Civil War Georgia...but he will if this is the only way he can be with Sarah. Very good book!
Date of review: Dec. 2001

Bronwyn Williams The Paper Marriage 2000 ISBN: 0-373-291249-8
Matthew Powers is in need of a woman to take care of a small baby that he is taking care of, and he wants his Aunt Bess to come and help him. She refuses and tells him that he had to get married, and that way his wife could look after that baby and he could get his boat back out to sea. He marries a woman by proxy, a woman that his Aunt has recommended and wants for her to arrive. She shows up all right, but he doesn't know its her. She travels with his Aunt as her "companion/secretary" and scopes out him and the situation. In the meantime, she has fallen in love with her husband, and and the baby....but is it too late to let him know that she is his wife? Very good book.
Date of review: July 2001

Stormwalker 1990 ISBN: 0-373-28647-3
Laura Gray was left orphaned and pregnant by an Indian attack. Stormwalker was half white, and half Indian, and helped Laura when she had her baby, and helped her deal with her parents death. He takes care of her, and makes sure her and her baby are well cared for. He knows that the people of her town will not accept her and her baby. When the baby gets taken by the renegade Indian who is the father, Stormwalker goes and looks for her son. He leaves Laura in his village while he goes to look for the baby. He comes back and tells her that the baby had died of fever, but Laura refuses to believe it. Can Stormwalker help Laura come to terms with her baby's death..can he make her see that he loves her and wants to marry her? Very good book!
Date of review: Jan. 2002

Dandelion 1989 ISBN: 0-373-28623-6
Cabel Rawson first meets Maggie McNair on the dock by his boat and mistakes her for a dockside whore. What he doesn't know is that Maggie got brutally beaten by her step-father and step-brother, so she hides onto his ship, hoping the boat will take her to her brother. Cabel finds her and sets her ashore, there she meets a man by the name of Jeb Rawson who is much older than her and who has a young baby at home, and a couple of younger children that he needs taken care of. Jeb marries Maggie (in name only) so that she will have some protection in case anything happens to him at sea. Maggie agrees. What she doesn't know is that Jeb is Cabel's father, and any chance she has with Cabel is gone now since she is married to his father. Maggie finally finds her brother...and she finds herself having more and more feeling for Cabel. When Jeb gets killed by the pirates, she finds herself in a very interesting situation. Very good!
Date of review: Jan. 2002