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A Duke of her Own
Lady Louisa Wentworth is a woman who has accepted the reality of her family's impoverishment. She has decided to start working as a companion to the daughters of a wealthy American family because she has reached the age of 26 and unmarried due to her family's poverty. She decides to use her title to earn her wages and find husbands with titles for the American girls. Hawk, the Duke of HawkHurst, is an impoverished Duke and decides that taki...
Amelia and the Outlaw (Literature)
The book follows the story of Amelia, an only daughter of a wealthy judge, and Jesse, a young man whose upbringing caused him to spend 5 years in prison already, with another 4 to go. Judge Haper allows Jesse to work out the remainder of his time on the ranch, giving him certain strict guidelines - the main one being 'Stay away from Amelia'. Despite the lack of interest on the part of Jesse, Amelia becomes captivated by the brooding young man. Two main ...
Amelia and the Outlaw (Romance)
Abandoned on a doorstep as a baby, Jesse has never known love. So it was no surprise when he became an outlaw at age 12 and landed in jail at age 14. Now after five years in prison he's free to serve the remainder of his sentence working on a judge's ranch. Amelia Harper is nearly 17 and the judge's daughter. She's grown up living a privilaged life, and has been overprotected, especially since her mother's death five years ago. Amelia and Jesse have feel...
An Invitation to Seduction
Avon, Jun 2004, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0060529466 In 1881 Kitty Robertson is awed by “Poseidon” swimming off the Cornish coast. However her desire makes her feel guilty as she detests any notion that she might be promiscuous like her biological mother. It is her adopted parents who are her role models. Duke Richard Stanbury sees Kitty and decides he wants her as his mistress. However, he is shocked to learn that she is engaged to marry his be...

Heath booklist

Hard Lovin' Man
Pocket, Nov 2003, 6.99, 368pp ISBN: 0743457447 In Hopeful, Texas Chief of Police Jack Morgan stops an underage patron with a fake ID at the Sit ‘N' Bull bar. He calls up Madison's stepsister, who is her guardian, high school teacher Kelley Spencer to take her sibling home. When she arrives at the station, Jack and Kelley recognize each other as she was his teacher in his senior year when they were very attracted to one another. Jack thinks b...
Love With a Scandalous Lord
Avon, Jun 2003, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0380817438 In 1879, his brother the Earl dies so that Rhys Rhodes the “spare becomes the heir”. With his father also dying, Rhys' half-brother Grayson accompanied by his American wife and five children arrive from Fortune, Texas to pay their respects. One of Grayson's brood, his stepdaughter Lydia Westland, especially looks forward to the trip as she has studied how to deport oneself as a lady and has written...
Never Marry a Cowboy
What girl hasn't dreamed of walking down the aisle to wed that handsome someone? Ashton Robinson has dreamed of the Englishman her brother had told of. The rogue sent from Englad because of his reputation as a sly seducer and womanizer. Only, for Ashton, her wedding day may never come. Ashton has always been frail, and has recently been diagnosed with consumption and given sixth months to live. After finding Ashton in her mother's wedding dress, cryin...
Samantha and the Cowboy
Samantha is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to help her family make a living on their farm shortly after the Civil War. She disguises herself as a boy so she can work on a cattle drive to pay off their debts. She falls in love with a cowboy, Matthew Hart, who is bitter over his experiences in the war. But Matthew thinks Samantha is a boy....
The Outlaw and the Lady
Avon, Oct 2001, 6.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 0380817411 In 1891 Fortune, Texas, bank robber Lee Raven has no choice, but to abduct Angela when she apparently sees his face during a hold-up. No way was Lee going to allow the beautiful woman to identify him to the Rangers, but he is not a killer in spite of his reputation. Neither Lee nor his mob has any idea what to do with Angela except take her along with them. To his shock, her so-called clumsine...
To Marry an Heiress
Avon, Sep 2002, 5.99, 384 pp. ISBN: 038081742X By 1878 the Huntington estate is rapidly deteriorating. The Earl Devon Sheridan needs cash fast and decides visiting Texan Georgina Pierce, daughter of a wealthy former Civil War blockade runner, fits the bill or at least her money does. His friend Montgomery, based on first hand knowledge, warns him that marriage to a Fortune, Texas woman is different, as these ladies are independent. Ignoring th...