Harlequin Historical imprint: 1573 books

THE QUEST FOR SECRETS HAD DESTROYED ONE MAN SHE LOVED. HER HEART COULD NOT BEAR TO LOSE ANOTHER. Isidora Binte Deogel had lost her father to alchemy, only to see Sir Lucien de Griswold willingly tread the same dangerous path. And now a cruel irony had made him her soul’s desire and her the...

A DISGRACED WOMAN A single passionate night’s encounter, long ago, has come back to haunt Colonel Etienne Hauke. He has a son-by a disgraced Society beauty who demands that Etienne should make an honest woman of her! Isabel must marry her charming seducer-for the sake of her child....

SHE’D RATHER GO INTO BUSINESS THAN MARRY ANY MAN! After her father’s murder, headstrong Beth Llewellyn finds herself under the reluctant guardianship of Sir Gawain Raventon. Already chafing against the constraints put upon her sex under Henry VIII’s rule, Beth knows Gawain will have his...

He could have been just another supplicant, making his pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James at Compostela, yet there was nothing humble about him. Pride was evident in his every step. This was the man Kate had feared would catch up with her ever since she'd fled England. Owain ap Rowan had...

An engagment of convenience When Robert, Viscount Sandford, agrees to take Harriet Cordell as his betrothed it is purely an act of convenience-and most definitely short-term! Escaping an undesirable forced marriage, she simply needs a temporary refuge. But then dramatic events at his...

Lea of Montreau has a stark choice: marry, produce an heir, or forfeit her keep. A proud leader, she's prepared to do whatever it takes to protect her people. It seems fate is in agreement when a stranger approaches… Warrior Jared of Warehaven was once Lea's betrothed. Now that Lea's future...

He had broken every promise he had ever made her… And her heart with them! A reckless promise, made in the glow of first love, now bound Lord Sebastian Benbury to the Lady Beatrice. But though her beauty still stirred his inner fires, nothing could burn away the far-off memory of her with another man!

Gavin Fitzjohn is the bastard son of an English prince and a Scotswoman. A rebel without a country, he has darkness in his soul. Clare Carr, daughter of a Scottish border lord, can recite the laws of chivalry, and knows Gavin has broken every one. Clare is gripped by desire for this...

An Unexpected Love Viscount Robert Winthrop returns home to his family manor and discovers that his estranged sister, Hannah, is nothing but a foundling left on their doorstep years ago. He wants to toss her out, but is attracted to the spirited beauty Hannah has become in his absence…. Hannah...

COULD A MAIDEN’S KISS TURN A CYNICAL ROGUE INTO AN HONORABLE KNIGHT? Mercenary knight Sir Garren owed much to William, Earl of Readington: his sword, his horse, even his very knighthood. And in return Garren had saved the earl’s life in the Holy Land. Yet when his liege lord fell gravely...

A time for revenge For eight years Gabriel Vaughan, Marquis of Halross, has believed he was duped by a clever, money-grabbing harlot. He has tried to forget the beauty who left him at the altar, and then an accidental meeting in Venice places her entirely at his mercy! Although Athena...

Bridget McDonald fears for her life—and her virtue—on board a slave ship. Forced to jump over the side, she's rescued by rugged Captain Henry Mariner. Realizing she's alone and vulnerable, Harry has good reason to feel guilty about her precarious predicament. But despite her reserve toward him, he knows there is no other option. The only way to protect her is to marry her!

Driven from her home by accusations of witchcraft, Lady Anna Fenwick embarks on a dangerous quest. Her reluctant protector is darkly brooding Jack Milburn, a merchant venturer with a shadowed past. Jack exists only to exact his revenge on the man who killed his lover and their son, but Anna...

Escaping her cruel stepmother, Rosamund Appleby dresses as a youth and heads for London…until she is halted in her tracks by Baron Alex Nilsson! Intrigued by this boy he suspects is really a wellborn young lady, Alex seeks to protect her as they journey together. But when Alex, who trusts...