Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Volgorde van de boeken

Abrielle muss den Heiratsantrag des skrupellosen Desmond de Marlé annehmen, um ihren Stiefvater zu schützen und der Armut zu entkommen. Ihr Herz gehört jedoch dem stolzen Schotten Raven Seabern, der alles daransetzt, sie aus den Fängen de Marlés zu befreien. Der letzte Roman der Meisterin historischer Liebesromane!

Once, Abrielle was a privileged daughter coveted for her bearing, her breeding, her wit, and her beauty. But when her stepfather is denied his rightful title and the wealth that accompanies it, Abrielle finds herself suddenly disgraced. Only one man would still have her: the oafish and grotesque Desmond de Marlé. To rescue her once-proud family's honor, Abrielle must sacrifice her virtue to this scoundrel she fears and detests . . . even as she yearns for another lover. Dashing, handsome, tall, and kind, Raven Seabern is quite unlike any man Abrielle has ever encountered. But their love can never be, for Abrielle is betrothed to a monster. And the well-being of everyone she cares for demands that she honor her promise. Still, Raven knows he has found the true one and must never let her go—though secrets, deceptions, dishonor, and unimaginable peril will surely be their fate if they follow the dictates of their hearts.

A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. In return for a night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her with his name from an impending and abhorred arranged union. But in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is broken, as a sensuous free spirit takes flight to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the stranger she married to face the gallows unfulfilled. But Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with that of the tempestuous, intoxicating Shanna. He will be free . . . and he will find her. For no iron ever forged can imprison his resolute passion. And no hangman's noose will deny Ruark the ecstasy that is rightfully his.

Adriana weet al jaren dat zij door haar aristocratische ouders is uitgehuwelijkt aan de zoon van goede vrienden. En ze weet ook dat hij, Colton, het daar helemaal niet mee eens is. Colton trekt liever ten strijde tegen het leger van Napoleon dan met haar te trouwen. Dat was zestien jaar geleden. Nu is Colton, de charmante legerofficier, teruggekeerd uit de oorlog - en hij gelooft zijn ogen niet. De kleine Adriana van vroeger is een beeldschone jonkvrouw geworden'