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In 1901 Colonsay belongs to wily politician Cosmo Cunningham, and his beautiful young wife Ambrosine. These were turbulent times, and Cosmo is at the forefront of the push to create the Australian Federation. Important guests come and go, but there are undercurrents in the household. Alice, a young servant, can sense an approaching tragedy and tries to avert it. In 1999 Rosamund Cunningham reluctantly returns to her family home, Colonsay. Her personal life is a mess, her politically ambitious husband is planning to divorce her, and the last thing she wants to do is delve into the past. But Colonsay has secrets and soon odd things start happening. Bumps in the night, the scent of long ago flowers, and the ghost of a young servant girl. As Rosamund learns the truth about the past, her own life starts to unravel.
To save her reputation, lovely heiress Antoinette Dupre flees from London to Devon and Wexmoor Manor, a country estate. But she flies from one danger to another when she encounters a masked stranger, who, with one touch, arouses Antoinette’s own insatiable hunger. Gabriel Langley is no saint, he wants what he wants — a letter in Antoinette’s possession — and nothing, even the scandal of seducing her can stand in his way, especially since he finds her impossible to resist. Provocative and sultry, they embark on a dangerous game; in the moonlit shadows everything is laid bare. But when Gabriel’s identity comes to light, the consequences could destroy their chances at forever.
Emilia wants her husband back…But are the dead best left undisturbed? 1919, London. WW1 has ended. Eighteen months ago Emilia’s journalist husband, Owen Flett, who was on assignment on the Western Front, was reported missing presumed dead. When she is drawn into attending a seance by medium Anna Ward, Emilia meets the mysterious Dr McIvor. He claims he can bring Owen back to her. Although Emilia does not accept such a thing is possible, she wants so desperately to believe it that she agrees. And then Owen returns. Surely the timing was a coincidence, and there must be a logical explanation. At first just having him back is enough, but as her joy recedes Emilia grows more and more puzzled by Owen’s behaviour. Why is he so different from the man she knew before? Could the changes be explained by his experiences during the war, or is it something more sinister? Something she can barely bring herself to believe.
A love so strong it will bind them together forever… or tear them apart. 1835. It begins with a wish made on Midsummer’s Eve, Richmond Bridge, Van Diemen’s Land. Orphaned Rachel, daughter of a bushranger, doesn’t know that the man she falls in love with isn’t the hero she believes him to be. After they marry, their happiness is torn asunder when Will’s terrible secret is revealed. With Will gone, Rachel travels to the Port Phillip District to make a life there. As the years pass, their lives separate and intersect, but always there is the bond. Like an unbreakable thread, it stretches between them, holding the promise of a happiness that seems just out of reach. In her loneliness, Rachel turns to another man, while Will returns to his origins, hunting down criminals and bringing them to justice. Eventually fate brings them together again. Rachel, once more by Will’s side, longs to regain the love she once lost. But Will may never be able to put aside his hurt and forgive her, no matter how much he wants to. Can they resolve their differences at last? Can the wish Rachel made on that long ago evening finally weave its magic?
Can respectable Cleo find love with black sheep Jacob? 1858. Alone in Nugget Gully, a goldrush town in Australia, Cleo sets up business as a milliner. Independent and respectable Cleo is determined to be successful but finds herself in financial difficulty. Also in Nugget Gully is disreputable black sheep Jacob Raines. He comes to Cleo’s aid when she needs him, and grateful as she is, if her association with Jacob was known her reputation would be ruined. And yet, despite everything, Cleo and Jacob cannot stay away from each other. Scandal follows, but will they have a happy ending? This is a reissue of a book previously written by Kaye Dobbie under her penname Deborah Miles
Miss Vivianna Greentree is proper, but passionately dedicated to her haven for poor orphans. But when funds run low, and the orphanage is in peril, she has no choice but to appeal the estate’s roguish owner, Sir Oliver Montegomery. Scandalous he may be, but also practical, and he sees no reason to aid the prim Miss Greentree, or her precious orphans. But perhaps there’s another way to persuade him? Vivianna vows to learn fine arts of seduction and melt Oliver’s stony heart with a kiss, a touch and whispered promises. Under the guidance of Madam Aphrodite, London’s most famed courtesan, Vivianna discovers how to make a man weak with desire. But when she practices her newfound skills on Oliver, she finds a burning desire within herself as well. And very soon, it’s hard to say just who is seducing whom...
In 1928 Evie Woodward is running from a past she barely understands. A widow with a young son she agrees to become partners with Daniel Roxburgh in a Psychic Detective Agency. But their bogus investigations soon take on a very real turn. Daniel lives his life in the shadows of Melbourne’s gangster world. He’s a dangerous man but he’d do anything for Evie. Just as happiness is in their grasp, an investigation in a house called Blue Waters goes very wrong. Evie’s past is catching up with her and Daniel may not be able to save her.
Pulled from her hiding place in an old Saxon church, Lady Lily is forced to face the warrior who's been hunting for her — Radulf, the King's Sword, a man known as cold and heartless/merciless; a man whose name all fear to speak. But when she looks into his coal-dark eyes, it is not fear that makes her tremble, but desire. She may have to conceal her true identity to save her life, but there’s little hope of shielding her heart. Radulf is a proven warrior who knows better than to ignore his instinct that Lily is not entirely who she pretends to be, but instead he finds himself fighting his burning need to possess her. When her true identity is revealed to his — and the King’s — fury, he nevertheless marries her... not to protect her from the king's wrath, he tells himself, but to watch her closely. For Radulf was betrayed by a woman once before and trusting Lily could cost him his life. But it’s a risk he’s willing, even eager, to take.
A prim and proper widow gives in to her impulses at London’s notorious Aphrodite’s Club... and fulfils her wildest dream. As an honored widow and close companion to Queen Victoria, Lady Portia Ellerslie is captive to a life of public perfection. But privately, she still longs for the touch of a man. One lonely night, she gives in to her desires, and enlists Madame Aphrodite, the owner of London’s most exclusive and erotic bordello, to arrange a wild one-night-only affair. Donning an alluringly dangerous scarlet dress and a veil to mask her identity, Portia arrives at the club ready to surrender to the long-suppressed desires raging inside her. Instead, she’s shocked to lock eyes with Marcus Worthorne, the man she dreamed of in her former life as the vicar’s daughter. Marcus remembers the very proper Portia... but how did she become this mysterious, enticing lady in red? Marcus knows he can fulfill her most wanton fantasies; and he also knows that it will take more than one enchanted, evening; because one night of delight will never be enough for either of them!