Prisoner of Desire (56 page)

Félicité lands on a tropical island that’s a pirate haven where desperate men vie to have her. Though claimed once more by the Irish privateer, she must rescue him in her turn, for someone will stop at nothing to see them both dead. Can courage and desperate desire ever lead to trust and love?

(Note: contains scenes of forced seduction)

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Louisiana Dawn

Life would be perfect if she could be rid of her tiresome virginity…

While living with her guardians, the Breton brothers, on their Mississippi flatboat, Cyrene saves an infamous rake and womanizer from drowning. It’s an accident: she thought him dead and meant to rescue the valuable silver lace on his coat. Yet there is something René Lemonnier can do to repay her. He can relieve her of her innocence so she may escape the Breton’s kindly interference.

René may play the part of a rogue, but he isn’t without principles. The lovely Cyrene will surely become prey to every lowlife in New Orleans once he does as she asks — unless he appoints himself her protector.

Intrigue, corruption and betrayal are rife in the brilliant court kept by Louisiana’s French colonial governor, and no one is immune to their threat. In this dangerous hot-house atmosphere, love is a fool’s game that few can win — no matter how exquisite the passion of the moment...

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Southern Rapture

How wanton she must be to thrill to the kisses of two different men…

Lettie arrives in Reconstruction Louisiana from the northeast to teach plantation children, but also to find the man called the Thorn who murdered her brother. She takes a room at a rundown mansion with Aunt Em and her nephew Ransom who, following a head injury received in the war, has a heartbreaking smile and the mind of a boy.

The welcoming friendliness that greets her, the honest care and concern, threaten Lettie’s preconceived ideas. Her dormant sensuality comes alive in the sultry Southern heat. She is drawn to Ransom who joins the lessons she teaches and in turn instructs her in ways she’ll never forget. And when she clashes with the Thorn in the dark, this magnificent nightrider — labeled a killer by some but courageous righter-of-wrongs by others — arouses unimagined passion.

Yet Lettie clings to her quest, coming finally to painful, secret knowledge that can become a trap for the Thorn. Using it only requires one thing — that she abandon love and desire for the cold comfort of duty.

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Perfume of Paradise

Hot, sultry passion blooms on a lush Caribbean island, but is it real?

The drums warn of trouble on the island of Saint-Domingue as Elene prepares to be wed to a groom she barely knows. To soothe her fears, her servant Devota gives her a special voodoo perfume said to captivate any man, ensuring his lifelong devotion. But a slave uprising interrupts the wedding vows.

Sea Captain Ryan Bayard rescues the fascinating bride-to-be and retreats to safety with her. Trapped together in close quarters as death and destruction rage outside, the scent of her perfume is maddening. The attraction is so strong Ryan cannot resist making passionate love to her.

The pair escape with Devota to New Orleans where greater danger awaits as French Louisiana is taken over by the young United States. But how can Elene, caught in the clash of opposing political factions and threats of revenge, trust to a love that may be only the effect of her sensual perfume?