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 His
Fair Lady
Winner of the Golden Quill Award
Sir
Royce de Warren is a man haunted by memories. He can still see the ravaged
village from when he was young - the ground strewn with bodies, the smoke
rising from burning buildings. He remembers the beautiful orphan he delivered
into the arms of a peasant couple who promised to love her as their own. And
he cannot forget the look in the child's emerald eyes when he handed her his
own silver cross ....
Returning
to England after fighting in the Crusades, Royce discovers that he made a
terrible mistake on that long-ago night The young girl he saved was not a
commoner, but a noble heiress - and he inadvertently robbed her of her
birthright. To right this wrong - and fulfill her dying grandfather's last
wish - he sets off to find her ....
The
stunning, saucy Lady Juliana Mandeville does not believe Royce's story. But
she still has the silver cross - and though she cannot remember his face or
his name, she has never forgotten the brave young man who saved her so long
ago ....
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HIS
FAIR LADY is the winner of the Golden Quill Award for Best Historical
Romance, sponsored by the Desert Rose Chapter of RWA.
Finalist, the HOLT Medallion Contest, sponsored by
RWA's Virginia Romance Writers..
Nominated for
Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award for Best Medieval
Historical Romance; a Romantic Times Top Pick ( 1/2).
"Vivid
in historical detail and rich in characterization, HIS FAIR LADY will win your
heart and warm your soul." -- Romantic Times
"Kathleen Kirkwood at her best. She brings
the pageantry, splendor, and romance of Medieval England to life. This
one is going to be a sure-fire winner." - Cathy Maxwell, Best-selling author of A Scandalous Marriage
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 Shades
of the Past
A Widowed Victorian Lady
Vanessa Wynters: Companion to an elderly,
aristocratic lady, Vanessa is drawn to Royal Sherringham upon her employer's
death. Little does she expect to remain at the estate beyond the funeral
itself. Little does she expect to find herself endangered by the haunting
events that unfold about her or by a viscount with an uncertain past who
entraps her heart . . . .
A Mysterious Viscount
Adrian, Viscount Marrable: Twice wed and
twice widowed, is the darkly handsome viscount truly cursed in love, or
did his late wives meet their untimely deaths by less-than-natural means?
Royal Sherringham -- An expansive castle/mansion
complex in the English West Midlands, it's foundations date back to the
times of the druids. What secrets does Sherringham hold? Do shades yet
linger from its long and turbulent past? What might they reveal, if the
planes between the material and spiritual dimensions could be breached? SHADES
OF THE PAST received Second Place in The Daphne du Maurier, Published
Division Writer's Contest, 2000, for the Historical/Time Travel/Paranormal
Category. The contest is sponsored by RWA's Kiss of Death Chapter,
devoted to Excellence in Mystery/Suspense Romantic Writing.
SHADES
also received Second Place in the Aspen Gold Contest, Historical
Category, sponsored by RWA's Heart of Denver Romance Writers.
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 A Slip in
Time
A Highland Chieftain
After a long captivity in England, dashing tartan-clad
Rae McKinnon returns to Dunraven Castle expecting to find a land torn by
war, and a family divided by rivalries - not a mysterious woman who claims
to be from a far-off time . . . the nineteenth century!
A Victorian Lady
An orphaned gentlewoman of marriageable age, Julia
Hargrove has accompanied her aunt to a gala house party in Scotland. But
her bedchamber in a castle reputed to be haunted becomes a place of disturbing
dreams and wanton imaginings as a rugged Highland warrior suddenly materializes
out of the shadows.
A Passion That Would Seal
Their Destiny
Irresistibly drawn into the centuries-old secrets
of Dunraven, Julia believes she has slipped through a portal to the long-ago
past. Now she searches for the key to this strange destiny, determined
to embrace a man and love stronger than ancient rivalries, treachery, and
all the rules of time . . .
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A SLIP IN TIME received Second Place in the Aspen Gold Contest, Historical
Category, sponsored by RWA's Heart of Denver Romance Writers.
Nominated for Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award for Best
Historical Fantasy and Time Travel, 1998; a Top Pick (1/2),
and the recipient of the K.I.S.S. award.
"A Slip in Time is a complex time-travel romance, rich in the flavor
of the Highlands. With a grand cast of multidimensional characters, Rae
and Julia's love story will keep you up into the wee hours of the morn
as we are reminded that true love knows no time, or boundaries."
-- Romantic Times
"A Slip in Time is a unique time-travel with compelling characters,
a clan mystery, heart-stopping suspense, and a page-turning love story.
In other words -- a keeper on anyone's shelf." -- Compuserve
Romance Reviews
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 "The
Valiant Heart" by Anita Gordon
Winner
of the RWA's 1989 Golden Heart Award, and RWA's Carolina Romance
Writers Award,1988.
Brienne
By Birthright, she was Baronne du Valseme - but
the black-haired maiden was robbed of her legacy by plundering Norsemen.
Now she returns to her former home, to be offered against her will as a
bride to the enemy . . .
Rurik
A powerful blond warrior of the North, his passions
were inflamed by Brienne's bold spirit and sensual beauty. But his aching
desire to bed her will imperil both of their lives . . .
Their two peoples were joined in a delicate and uneasy peace - but destiny
decreed that Brienne and Rurik would join in an everlasting, enthralling
love . . .
Winner,
RWA's 1989 Golden Heart Award, for Best Unpublished Historical Category.
Winner,
1988 Carolina Romance Writers Award for Best Unpublished Historical.
Nominated, Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice Award; (1/2
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Three printings
"Anita Gordon joins the ranks of the finest
medieval novelists." -- Romantic Times
"Exciting and heartrending, touched with warmth
and humor. One of the best novels I've read in years!" -- Rene Garrod
"An exciting confection; I read it with avid
enjoyment!" -- Roberta Gellis
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"The Defiant Heart" by Anita
Gordon
Winner, Paperback Trader Readers Choice Award for Best Medieval, 1993.
Ailinn
A Woman Enslaved - Abducted during a raid on her
beloved homeland, the ravishing Irish beauty stood defiant against her
brutal captors. But her journey to a frightening and foreign land would
also be here path to a passionate discovery . . .
Lyting
A Warrior Entranced - A fiercely handsome Norman
lord, he stole her away from a life of slavery, angered to see the lovely
maiden treated as a possession. But soon there stirred within him a powerful
desire to possess her himself - as only a lover could . . .
Winner, Paperback Trader Readers Choice Award for Best Medieval, 1993.
Nominated for Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewers Choice
Award; 1/2
, and recipient of the K.I.S.S. award.
"A rich and sumptuous feast of romantic historical
adventure . . . I read all night." -- Bertrice Small
"A wonderful story of grand adventure and
enduring love - - I thoroughly enjoyed it! -- Anita Mills
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 "The
Captive Heart" by Anita Gordon
Ailneor
Mistaken for her beautiful mother, the scarlet-haired
maiden was plucked from her family's home in Normandy to pay for a wrong
of nearly twenty years past. As she traveled by sea to Ireland to face
her enemy, she vowed to defy her captors . . . not realizing that her savior
was close at hand.
Garreth
Ruggedly handsome, Garreth had traveled to Normandy
to do his king's bidding . . . but instead found himself enraptured by
Ailenor's etheral beauty. As he returns to his homeland, he is shocked
to learn that the woman he loves is in danger . . . and he is the only
one who can save her.
"Each sentence is a finely polished jewel.
Anita Gordon is a marvelous writer with a rare ability to weave historical
research into an action-packed romance." -- Julie Beard, best-selling
author of Lady and the Wolf
"A splendid medieval romance, rich in detail,
destined to shine brightly in your memories." -- The Medieval Chronicles
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