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Sheer Sorcery a short story in A Christmas Holiday

ISBN: 0-8217-3245-5

On Christmas Eve, Jess will at last come of age and be free of her insufferable guardian, unless she finds there's something she want even more than freedom . . .

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The Worldly Widow

ISBN: 0-8217-2878-4

Annabelle Jocelyn preferred to keep men at a distance. Indeed, the young widow's heart belonged to her business. As owner and editor of Bailey's Press, her current project was to secure a certain scandalous diary with which she hoped to cause a publishing sensation. But Annabelle's plans went decidedly awry when she crossed paths with the rakish Earl of Dalmar, a man (hardly a gentleman!) who seemed to have a singular talent for getting her back up. He had an interest, no doubt a personal one, for suppressing the diary. But she was not about to be intimidated by his anger, nor tempted by the gleam in his eye . . .

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Fallen Angel

ISBN: 0-8217-2654-4

If there was one man Madeleina never wanted to lay eyes on, it was the scoundrel who'd seduced her fashionably young stepmother and disgraced her beloved father. The spirited Scottish lass knew his name: Deveryn. Then she met dashing Jason Verney, and as he waltzed her into his strong embrace and plied her with his practiced charms, Madeleina forgot about scandals and betrayals. She was too besotted to ask the young man his full name and too much in love to guess that Jason was really Viscount Deveryn, known to the London ton as The Fallen Angel.

Ms. Thornton has struck gold with this searing romance set in the Regency time-frame. The irresistible chemistry between the battling lovers explodes into an equally mesmerizing sensuality that will be relished by a wide audience. A major, major talent, Ms. Thornton takes her rightful place as a genre superstar. (Rave Reviews, 1989)

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The Passionate Prude

ISBN: 0-8217-2485-1

When word reached Deirdre Fenton that her brother was pursuing the notorious actress Mrs. Dewinters, she immediately set about extricating her incorrigible sibling from his latest folly. But her brother had gone too far this time for his - or her - own good. For Mrs. Dewinters was under the powerful protection of the reprobate war hero, the Earl of Rathbourne . . . the very man Deirdre had summarily rejected years before after nearly succumbing to his highly improper advances .And the earl was not a man to forgive an insult - or forget a lady as passionate as Miss Fenton.

From the glittering ballrooms of London's haute ton to the bloody battlefields of Waterloo, Ms. Thornton sweeps us away on a grand scale with this intensely passionate love affair between two strong-willed people. Writing with an impeccable sense of the period, Ms. Thornton has authored a splendid breakout book to take her place among the foremost exponents of Regency romance. (Romantic Times, 1988)

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A Virtuous Lady

ISBN: 0-8217-3703-1

. . . a merry romp that blends chuckles and sensual romance to great effect.

Briony Langland knew she was expected to take her place in England's polite society. But the straight-laced Quaker miss had no patience for London's constant social whirl of balls, soirées, and the dashing young blades who flocked around her. And when the arrogant Lord Ravensworth mistook her for a poor relation and made her a shockingly indecent proposal, Briony was furious. No matter that his daring advances set her pulses racing in a very unvirtuous fashion, Briony was deteremined to take the handsome libertine down a peg or two, and pay him back in his own coin.

A young Quaker miss was not supposed to be interested in dancing and other diversions of the haute ton. That's why Briony Langford meekly went to bed the night her new guardians held a ball in their fashionable mansion in Richmond. But when sleep wouldn't come, a visit to the library for something to read seemed perfectly proper. What wasn't proper at all was interrupting the amorous rendezvous of a highborn lady and that notorious rake, Hugh Montgomery, Marquess of Ravensworth. And even less proper was the searing kiss exchanged between the innocent young girl and worldly man. What follows this provocative encounter is a fast-paced frolic wherein the dishonorable intentions of a confirmed bachelor are gradually transformed into an ingenious scheme to trap his newfound love into marriage. (Melinda Helfer in Romantic Times, 1988)

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Bluestocking Bride

ISBN: 0-8217-2215-8

Catherine Harland, a sheltered country girl, possessed a passion for Greek letters. Hippolytus, she felt was the epitome of male virtue - high-minded, lofty in his ideals, and completely the opposite of the rude and infuriating Marquis of Ruthereston, her family's new neighbor. It seemed to amuse that notorious womanizer to bait her with his own surprisingly excellent command of Greek literature. Well, Catherine may have been a green girl, but she could give as good as she got - as the Marquis would soon discover.

"The Bluestocking Bride is a young lady whose passion for things Greek leads her into the arms of her rakish neighbor. The interplay between the attractive characters is delightful and there's plenty of sensual spark . . . happy reading is certainly in store for the Regency devotee." (Melinda Helfer in Romantic Times, 1987)

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