THE REBEL BRIDE
The rebel bride is Katharine Brandon, a hoyden with hair as red as an
Irish sunset, and whose fierce independence masks a profound loneliness.
When Julien St. Clair, earl of March, first sees her, she's dressed like
a boy while engaged in a duel with her brother. Since it's her turn to
be fatally wounded, she dies dramatically at Julien's feet. As for
Julien, he's bored, restless, knows he's missing something in his life,
he just doesn't know what--until he meets Katharine and he falls, hard.
He wants her more than anything he's ever wanted in his life. He sets
out on a courtship that doesn't end, however, the way he'd envisioned.
But he doesn't give up. Finally, he gains a bride who, unfortunately, is
terrified of him. But why? From the glittering Regency ballrooms of 1814
London to Paris and finally to Switzerland, where everything changes
irrevocably between them, Julien finally discovers Katharine's shocking
secret.
THE HEIR
Justin Deverill, the new Earl of Strafford, is a military man who is
strong, shrewd, stubborn, and very possibly one the most handsome men to
ever become an earl. As for his cousin, Arabella, whom he must wed or
gain nothing but an empty title, she is more like him than either of
them would like to admit. Faced with an order from her father's will to
marry this man, she rebels. Since her father is dead, she has no other
target except the new earl. In him, however, Arabella meets her match.
These two flamboyant people do wed, despite the fact that Justin
believes Arabella has betrayed him before their wedding and thus,
whether they are married or not, there is hell to pay. Who does the earl
believe is his wife's lover? There is only one snake in the garden: the
young and charming Comte de Trecassis, a relative visiting from France.
The earl wants to kill the comte, but he holds off because he knows the
young man came for a reason. The earl wants the Comte de Trecassis under
his eye until his figures out why. Justin and Arabella set off
fireworks, both in their anger and in their passion.