Belgrave House: 700 books

In the 'Swinging’ 60s, Janey Renfrew goes to London. There, a group of friends encourage her to paint. She rises above the drug scene, until someone laces her drink and she learns that as a child she’d accused the wrong man of abuse. She intends to find some way to put things right, and Griff, her...

Widowed Claudia, Lady Fairfax, was doing her best to raise her precocious stepson, Edward. She didn't need the interference of the neighbor who shared guardianship of the boy. Handsome Lord Hawke was both infuriating and intimidating--but Edward adored him. And what did a carefree bachelor know about raising a boy, anyhow? Regency Romance by Emily Hendrickson; originally published by Signet

Because her friend got sick, Jennifer Lengle had to go on the ski weekend alone. And because a blizzard caused the tour bus to abandon their adventure at a motel, Jen found herself with a group of uninhibited strangers. Adam Banner, handsome and sophisticated, seemed to want to include Jen in the fun....

Growing up in mid-century Brooklyn, Seymour Lipps nemesis is Junior Constantino. Seymour becomes an attorney, Junior a petty criminal. Both at different times have been involved with the sensuous Lois. When Junior is accused of a rape murder he enlists Seymour as his defense attorney. Out of this tangled...

Bridget Durabian had no interest in the ton or anything else, really, except horses. Her indebted father, however, wagered her future on a race and Bridget was honor-bound to marry the Marquis of Haverly. Unfortunately Haverly, though delighted by Bridget, found her far too unconventional for his...

Lady Tess was a beauty, but she didn't expect marriage because of her limp, the result of a childhood accident. Though she agreed to accompany her sister Clio to London, she wanted no part of the social whirl. But Sir Morgan, with his scandalous reputation, tempted her into adventure--and a surprising flirtation. Regency Romance by Maggie MacKeever; originally published by Fawcett Crest

When Ella Matthews's adventurous gold-seeking brother invites her to join him in Australia, she eagerly takes him up on his invitation. Upon arriving in Melbourne and with no word from her brother, Ella is friendless and almost destitute. Gold fever has swept the country and she doesn't know to whom...

To prevent the loss of his estate in a wager, Remy St Cyres agrees to abduct and wed the first woman who comes through the inn door. Fleur Russell is that woman. And, her reputation ruined, her brotherswho half kill her abductorinsist on marriage. The son of a Spaniard, Remy is recruited as a spy in...

When puppeteer Marion collapses during a performance, her friend Fay Hubbard promises to carry on. But Fay, a neighbor of Ruth Willmarth, already has her hands full with three demanding foster children. When an autopsy reveals that Marion had swallowed a dose of deadly crushed yew—and a friend finds...

Vermont dairy farmer Ruth Willmarth encounters beekeepers, Abenaki Indians, a dead male student, a strangled female professor, and devastating secrets from the past in this hair-raising tale. Romantic Times calls STOLEN HONEY "intricate and fascinating," while Kirkus Reviews find the mystery "penetrating,...

Drusie Valentini doesnt fit in with her arty family: her extravagant puppeteer father, his gypsy-like assistant Fey, who moved in when her mother leftor her pesky younger brother Punch. A party that a boyfriend talked her into ends in disaster, and getting her sent to a strict boarding school. In a year...

Dairy farmer Ruth Willmarth struggles with a mad cow plague, a squatter family of volatile Irish Travellers, a beautiful runaway woman--and Murder. According to Kirkus Reviews: "The masterfully evoked terror of Mad Cow makes Ruth's fifth her most sharply focused yet." Mystery by Nancy Means Wright; originally published by St. Martin's Minotaur

Widow Susannah Boyd leaves the city which caused her such heartache, and moves with her  young son to remote Camerons Landing.  Benny will be safe there and she will find peace of mind or so she believes until  forest-fire pilot Travis OConnor flies into town and into her heart. But something very...

Liz Sullivan has a past. So she keeps pretty much to herself, living and freelance writing in her VW bus in Palo Alto, California. Then the body of Pigpen Murphy is found under her vehicle. Detective Paul Drake thinks she did it-maybe-so Liz can use the help of her few friends and the ladies in her...