She is Catriona, Countessof Glenkirk, the dazzling green-eyed beautywhose silken sensuality fires the passion of men'svery souls — making her a pawn in a dangerous gameof royal intrigue. wife to a count, unwilling mistress to theking, she has the undying live of the most courageous lord in all of scotland. . .He is Francis, Earl of Bothwell, who defies his king to possess the woman he loves. Theirs is a romance in the grand tradition of bestsellin...

Abducted from a life of privilege, she was sold into slavery in a distant land. For Lady Janet Leslie there would be no escaping the harem of the wealthy and powerful Sultan Selim. But from the moment the handsome ruler spied his breathtaking "Cyra," was captivated -- by the fiery desire that coursed through his veins. She belonged to him, body and soul -yet it was he who was enslaved.Praised for her keen sense of history and remarkable storytelling powers, the bestselling author o...

In this sweeping historical epic featuring Skye O'Malley's brother, Conn, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small chronicles the lives of two lovers separated by the royal deceptions of 16th century Europe...Under the command of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Irish nobleman Conn O'Malley and heiress Aidan St. Michael are married. Once a carefree rogue who believed his desire for seducing women could never be sated, Conn now finds himself enchanted wit...

Voor liefhebbers van de historische romantiek van Catherine Cookson en Barbara Cartland.'De geur van wilde rozen', vol drama, spanning en liefde, is een opwindend boek dat tot de allerlaatste pagina zal boeien. Een ultiem romantisch avontuur vol gevaren, dat leidt van een geheim Italiaans huwelijk naar een Ottomaanse harem...De familie van de beeldschone en koppige Engelse erfgename India Lindley weigert haar te laten trouwen met de man op wie ze haar zinnen heeft gezet, du...

“Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense.”—Publishers WeeklyValentina had been admired, married, widowed, yet had never known love . . .Not even at the illustrious court of Queen Elizabeth, where her innocent, violet-eyed beauty fired the hearts of England's most gallant gentry, especially the roguish Earl of Kempe and the irrepressible Lord Padraic Burke.But her innocence shattered when a deathbe...

In the third Friarsgate Inheritance novel, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small takes us back to the sensuality, drama, and intrigue of King Henry's sixteenth-century court to tell the story of the daughter of one of her most beloved characters.The eldest child of Rosamund Bolton and heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith is devastated when she discovers that the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But it is this sudden change...

From the incomparable New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small comes a heroine as breathtaking as she is legendary.Indomitable and bold in an era of royalty and rogues, Skye O’Malley is a woman who embraces her unbridled sensuality as valiantly as she fights for her children, her lovers, her empire. A woman of justice and honor, she will match wits with and challenge the most dangerous and powerful woman of her time: Queen Elizabeth I.Thoug...

'In de stilte van de nacht' heeft alles wat je zoekt in een romantisch drama: onvergetelijke personages en stomende romantiek. Een must-read voor fans van de boeken van Catherine Cookson en Barbara Cartland.Zal Fortune de keuze kunnen maken tussen haar rijke verloofde William Devers en zijn rebelse oudere broer William?De beeldschone Lady Fortune Lindley terug naar haar geboortegrond in het Ierse Ulster om haar erfenis op te eisen. Echter wordt er ook van haar geeist dat ze...

New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small continues the story of extraordinary orphaned beauty Rosamund Bolton in the second novel in the Friarsgate Inheritance series.Rosamund Bolton is determined finally to live her own life. She has claimed her inheritance, rejected her latest suitor—and decided to travel to the court of her dear friend, Queen Margaret of Scotland. It is against this lavish and unpredictable backdrop that she will meet the man wh...

A pawn in the bitter war between England’s Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, and Mary Queen of Scots, Skye must once again, unprotected and alone, fight for her children.At Elizabeth’s command, she marries the Duc de Beaumont de Jaspre, whose Mediterranean principality is vital to England. Her new world, though tortuously cruel at first, is transformed by Skye’s hot-blooded desires—only to be shaken with the news that her beloved former husband may be alive in Algiers. Her d...

Skye O'Malley's magnificent daughter Velvet embarks on her own adventures in this sensuous bestseller.Velvet de Marisco is the daughter of one of fiction's most beloved heroines, the hot-blooded adventuress, Skye O'Malley.Now, in this journey into pure sensual delight by Bertrice Small, Velvet proves she's every inch her mother's daughter.When Alexander Gordon arrives from the Scottish Highlands to claim Velvet as his bride, he must woo her body and...

From the palaces of pashas in seventeenth-century India to the scandalous court of James Stuart of England, one woman struggles against fate to find true love . . .Princess Yasaman has been blessed with rapturous beauty, fierce intelligence, and an innocent sensuality that captivates two formidable men—her scheming half-brother, Salim, and her loving husband, Prince Jamal. But her days of bliss and nights of steamy passion are shattered when Jamal is murdered, and ...