Jennifer Blake Books In Order

Classic Gothics Books In Publication Order

  1. The Secret of Mirror House (As:Patricia Maxwell) (1969)
  2. Bride of a Stranger (1974)
  3. Dark Masquerade (1974)
  4. The Court of the Thorn Tree (2013)
  5. Stranger at Plantation Inn (2013)

Love and Adventure Books In Publication Order

  1. Love’s Wild Desire (1977)
  2. The Notorious Angel (As:Patricia Maxwell) (1977)
  3. The Storm and the Splendor (1979)
  4. Golden Fancy (1980)
  5. Surrender in Moonlight (1984)

Louisiana Plantation Books In Publication Order

  1. Tender Betrayal (1979)
  2. Midnight Waltz (1985)
  3. Arrow to the Heart (1993)
  4. Silver-Tongued Devil (1995)

Sweetly Contemporary Books In Publication Order

  1. Love at Sea (1980)
  2. Captive Kisses (1980)
  3. April of Enchantment (1981)
  4. Snowbound Heart (1982)
  5. The Abducted Heart (2010)
  6. Bayou Bride (2010)

Sweetly Contemporary Books In Chronological Order

  1. The Abducted Heart (2010)
  2. April of Enchantment (1981)
  3. Bayou Bride (2010)
  4. Captive Kisses (1980)
  5. Love at Sea (1980)
  6. Snowbound Heart (1982)

Louisiana History Books In Publication Order

  1. Embrace And Conquer (1981)
  2. Fierce Eden (1985)
  3. Prisoner of Desire (1986)
  4. Louisiana Dawn (1987)
  5. Southern Rapture (1987)
  6. Spanish Seranade (1987)
  7. Perfume of Paradise (1988)

Royal Family of Ruthenia Books In Publication Order

  1. Royal Seduction (1983)
  2. Royal Passion (1985)

Louisiana Gentleman Books In Publication Order

  1. Kane (1998)
  2. Luke (1999)
  3. Roan (2000)
  4. Clay (2009)
  5. Wade (2009)

Masters at Arms Books In Publication Order

  1. Challenge to Honor (2005)
  2. Dawn Encounter (2006)
  3. Rogue’s Salute (2007)
  4. Guarded Heart (2008)
  5. Gallant Match (2009)
  6. Triumph in Arms (2010)

The Graces Books In Publication Order

  1. By His Majesty’s Grace (2011)
  2. By Grace Possessed (2011)
  3. Seduced by Grace (2011)

Italian Billionaires Books In Publication Order

  1. The Amalfitano’s Bold Abduction (2013)
  2. The Tuscan’s Revenge Wedding (2016)
  3. The Venetian’s Daring Seduction (2016)

No Ordinary Lovers Books In Publication Order

  1. Besieged Heart (2013)
  2. Dream Lover (2013)

Louisiana Knights Books In Publication Order

  1. Lancelot of the Pines (2016)
  2. Galahad in Jeans (2016)
  3. Tristan on a Harley (2016)
  4. Christmas Knight (2016)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Bewitching Grace (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1973)
  2. Night of the Candles (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1978)
  3. Sweet Piracy (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1978)
  4. Love and Smoke (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1989)
  5. Joy & Anger (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1991)
  6. Wildest Dreams (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1992)
  7. Shameless (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1994)
  8. Tigress (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1996)
  9. Garden Of Scandal (As: Patricia Maxwell) (1997)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. Out of the Dark (2011)
  2. A Vision of Sugarplums (2011)
  3. The Warlock’s Daughter (2011)
  4. The Rent-A-Groom (2012)
  5. Pieces of Dreams (2012)
  6. Queen For A Night (2014)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Love at Sea (1980)
  2. True Gentlemen (2017)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Around the World in 100 Days (2015)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Unmasked (1997)

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Jennifer Blake Books Overview

The Secret of Mirror House (As:Patricia Maxwell)

After Amelia Harveston loses her mother under tragic circumstances, she fears she will be forced into poverty and the position of a desperate woman. Luckily, some distant relatives step forward and invite her to live with them at the plantation home buil

Bride of a Stranger

Claire is too innocent to suspect that her marriage is a cruel farce, believing instead that the dangerous accidents that keep appearing in her path are just thataccidents. She wedded Justin Leroux suddenly and silently. He was the tall dark stranger of her girlhood dreams, and had finally come to take her away. She returns with him to Sans Songe, the Leroux family plantation in Louisiana. A near fatal accident on the road to the plantation does not bode well for her future there. And indeed, many nasty surprises await her at the plantation itself. Voodoo magic, poisoned food, and a murder mystery force Claire into a stalemate. She ishelpless within the bosom of her frigid and isolating new family, while her husband has yet to come to her bed. He may even be hoping for her destruction, as she is drawn into an ever more tangled web of passion and intrigue. In a harsh world where love means danger, Claire struggles just to survive.

Dark Masquerade

For the sake of her nephew, Elizabeth has assumed the identity of her deadsister Ellen Marie. She arrives at the grand Louisiana plantation of Ellen Marie’s late husband, wearing the traditional black widow’s weeds and carrying her infant nephew, Joseph. She is determined that the boy will reach maturity and inherit his rightful fortune. Luckily, the familyat Oak Shade does not suspect that they are harboring an imposter in theirmidst. However, they are less than welcoming, treating her with frosty politeness. More disturbing are the unusual accidents that seem to be following in her wake, as if planned for her. And now, the dark creole Bernard Delacroix seems to be seeing through her assumed persona, right into her soul. What he also sees is that the ‘widow’ is desperate for his attentions.

Love’s Wild Desire

It starts as a case of mistaken identity but it will slowly blossom into the union of two people so right for each other all of New Orleans society will stand up and take notice. As soon as aristocratic Rafael Navarro lays eyes on the copious curves of Catherine Mayfield he knows he must have her. His machinations will soon be his mistake; he has taken her to be a woman of another name and of easy virtue. He only realizes his flagrant folly after compromising Catherine’s good name. Forced to become his betrothed, she grudgingly gives into his desires and lets his life consume her. That means living in Raphael’s looming mansion on a bewitched bayou. This forbidding plantation holds hidden tragedies and pent-up passions behind its walls. Catherine still resists his demands but the temptations in her heart and the pleasures in her fantasies will creep up on her like jungle vines. Danger is in the air, passions ready to flare. If he is going to have her, she wants all of him in return, but will the ghosts of his past ever free him to be totally hers? There’s just no telling how devious is the path to Love’s Wild Desire.

The Notorious Angel (As:Patricia Maxwell)

The unimpeachable Elenora Villars is the pride of New Orleans. Her magnificent auburn hair is her crowning glory and her benevolence is the talk of the town. Once a nurse to injured Americans in Niagara, Elenora has become famous for her compassionate works. The widow of a Spanish nobleman, Elenora has secured herself a respected place in high society. But she has a secret that could destroy her good name. Colonel Grant Farrell is the only man who knows what Elenora really is and the secrets she is hiding, but he doesn t care. He is overwhelmed with a passion that can only be sedated by the warm brush of her sensual lips. He is her sworn enemy, a man who holds her future in his hands, a man who has vowed to win her love. Can his insatiable desire overcome her burning hatred?

The Storm and the Splendor

Julia Dupre was once the proudest beauty of the New Orleans social circuit and known as a belle all over the state. With her flowing blonde tresses and piercing amber eyes, she commands the hearts of men to bow before her, despite her indifference to their flattery. But Captain Rudyard Thorpe is a different sort of man than she is used to…
his arrogant self confidence angers her, his disrespectful impertinence enrages her…
yet he is the one man who understands the storms that rage inside her. Drawn into nefarious plotting with the Captain, whom she so despises, she winds up a penniless orphan and is forced to wed him against her will. Their passionate relationship escalates, leading her into a life of danger and decadence. But to quiet the conflict within her, she is forced to admit the feelings in her own heart.

Golden Fancy

Serena Walsh is the beautiful and unwilling plaything of the fanatical Mormon, Elder Greer. Dragging her across the desolate prairie as he seeks a place for settlement, he does not count on her spirit and resilience. Serena manages to escape the Mormon wagon train and the clutches of Elder Greer, but she must find a way to survive in the harsh lands of the American frontier. Now the handsome and cynical Ward Dunbar, who freely admits he will take her as his mistress and prisoner, is caring for her. Serena is frightened of the man, and of his beautiful partner Pearlie, who despises her as a man stealer. But she has no resources and no choice but to remain with him. Then, aristocratic millionaire Nathan Benedict approaches her, offer ing to pay any price for her love. What neither man suspects is that the insane Elder Greer is still pursuing her and will do anything to recapture her.

Surrender in Moonlight

Jennifer Blake, one of America’s romance queens, once again conquers readers with a scintillating tale of love and treachery. From the bloody battlefields of the Civil War torn South to the lush and exotic islands ofthe Caribbean, hero*ine Lorna Forrester is pursued by the brazen blockade runner Ramon Cazenave. From the moment they meet and make love under the moonlight, they are inextricably bound to one another by chains of passion.

Tender Betrayal

Beautiful young Melanie Johnston had every reason to hate Roland Donovan. It was this man who caused the death of her beloved grandfather. It was he who possessed her in a night of mischief and madness, forever staining her honor. It was he who drove away the well horn suitor she was to have wed. There was only one way for Melanie to take revenge she would marry him and then use her every feminine wile to destroy him. But Melanie did not dream then of the strength of her own hungers and the weakness of her flesh!

Midnight Waltz

He possessed Amalie by the moon’s sultry glow and sent her to the white hot limits of ecstasy. But by day, her husband, Julien Declouet, remained aloof. Who was this myserious man whose languid caress and sweet seduction she craved? Yet deep in her heart, she knew the answer. Her midnight lover was not her husband, but his handsome cousin, Robert…

Arrow to the Heart

Around two of the most wonderful characters she has ever created, Jennifer Blake spins an utterly passionate story set within a steamy, languorous time and place: nineteenth century Louisiana, where a Southern version of the medieval court of love still flourished…
. Arrow to the HeartTheir marriage merged two of Louisiana’s most prominent families. But after five years, Katrine remained untouched in body and heart, her husband unable to fulfill his wish to produce an heir. For the sake of that goal, Giles would allow his wife to be bedded by the noble man who won the annual tournament of champions, a medieval contest held on the grounds of Arcadia, his magnificent estate. The honor fell to Rowan de Blanc, who had his own secret reason for joining the games. Katrine refused to submit to her husband’s insane demands, no matter how devastatingly attractive her chosen partner. Succumbing to temptation would mean defeat for them both…
until love and desire interfered with their best intentions…
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Silver-Tongued Devil

The winding Mississippi weaves wicked tales while New Orleans has always been a place of good and evil, of humid nights, heavy passions, sinister greed and tricky affairs. Angelica Carew’s romantic entanglements never seemed so tricky until the day death stared her in the face. It was none other than Renold Harden who saved her life but it was she who would save his soul. Feeling he was owed a little something for his good deed, Harden thought he’d take it all, all of Angelica, that is. He seemed to be everything she could possibly imagine in a man. He exuded heat and offered his heart, but it was her hand he demanded. It all seemed too perfect. Love was her gift. Greed was his graft. For Renold, love had nothing to do with it. He was in it for the land. Angelica’s dowry just happened to be Bonheur, the plantation stolen from his family by hers. Revenge was all his heart required; never did he think it would be this sweet. A lifetime of misery and sourness was to be his never ending present for her. Would days of torture give way to nights of bliss? Only Jennifer Blake could tell you in such riveting steamy detail!

Love at Sea

Maura O’Neal would be insane to pass up the cruise she and her great aunt had been planning just because the old woman injured her foot and Maura would have to go alone. It would be the perfect chance for Maura to enjoy a well deserved vacation and she could do the research for her great aunt’s next romance novel. But she didn’t count on the ship’s owner, Nikolaos Vassos, to be so infuriating, so arrogant, so stubborn so handsome.

April of Enchantment

Laura Nichols was always up for a challenge and the job Justin Roman has offered her is the perfect showcase for her talents. Not only was he dubious of her ability to complete the restoration of his Louisiana mansion in time for his wedding, but she was also frustrated by his arrogance tempered only by his good looks. But if he is so doubtful of her then why does he give her full artistic license even when it obviously angers his fianc ? Laura dives into the job, determined to prove the maddening man wrong. But when the job reaches completion Laura finds herself torn, she would like nothing more than to be rid of this mess, but she can’t deny the attraction she feels for Justin. Will she be able to tear herself away from a man who is to be married in her greatest creation?

Snowbound Heart

All Clare Thornton wanted was a relaxing vacation in the mountains learning how to ski, but a snowstorm causes her to wreck her car and seek out shelter in a seemingly abandoned cabin. But when the famous movie star Logan Longcross walks through the door of the cabin Clare finds herself on trail by a man who fiercely guards his privacy and does not accept her innocent explanations of the car crash as her reason for showing up on his doorstep. When the snow clears and a famous movie producer shows up at the door of the cabin expecting to find his wife in the arms of the famous star, Clare suddenly becomes Logan’s faux fianc e. They both must do the acting of their lives if they are to convince the producer that he should consider Logan’s movie proposal and that Clare and Logan are lovers. But is the love they display really an act?

Embrace And Conquer

She was the toast of New Orleans, daughter of a rebel merchant. Then Lieutenant Colonel Morgan McCormack blazed into her life. With a ruthlessness that left her breathless, he forced her to become his mistress to save her father’s life.

Fierce Eden

Beautiful Elise Laffont seems too young and alive to be a widow at the ageof twenty five. But she is not grieving the loss of her husband. The manhad been a complete cad, abusing her delicate womanhood until she could not stand the thought of a man’s desire. And so, despite her youth she isquite content to remain alone, managing her small Louisiana farm undisturbed. Just when Elise has begun to eke out a small bit of independence for herself, an uprising of the fierce Natchez Indians forcesher to flee the farm, which represents all the happiness she has ever known. In order to escape massacre, she must become the mistress of a frighteningly commanding half blood…
Reynaud Chavalier is the son of a French nobleman and a Natchez princess. His imposing stature and rugged masculine beauty prove irresistible to Elise. But with her history of abuse at the hands of her late husband, will she allow herself to be calmed by his reassuring caresses? All she wants is to be left alone…
until she feels the power of true love.

Prisoner of Desire

To prevent the duel she was sure would kill her sister’s fiance, Anya Hamilton took as her prisoner the magnificently handsome Ravel Duralde. But in a small, stark room on her lush Louisiana plantation, it was Anya who became Ravel’s Prisoner of Desire. For in that little room, Ravel awakened all of Anya’s longings and satisfied them. The protests running through her mind were no match for the heat coursing through her veins, and Anya returned again and again to Ravel’s chamber to love and be loved, to experience pleasures’ she’d never dreamed possible. As Anya struggled to control her raging emotions, and Ravel strove to win her love, they both faced the challenge of staying alive to enjoy again the paradise in each other’s arms.

Louisiana Dawn

Cyrene Nolte’s two brothers were fiercely protective of her. Because she was a virgin, no man was allowed near her. But when she rescued Rene Lemonnier from certain death and nursed him back to health in her stark little chamber, he aroused more than her interest. Once in his arms, Cyrene knew that the wickedness the brothers had sought to protect her from was a passion too exquisite to deny…

Southern Rapture

Lettie Mason, a proper yet headstrong Boston schoolteacher, journeyed to a small Louisiana town after the Civil War to expose the wretched rogue who’d killed her brother. The man was known as Thorn a man with a reputation for both murder and mercy. She was sure he had killed her brother, but she learned that he also helped save the homes and lives of many townspeople. How could she reconcile these two different images of the same man and how could she accept the overwhelming desire, the thrilling passion, and the reckless abandon he aroused deep within her?

Spanish Seranade

Beautiful, headstrong Pilar Sandoval y Serna will pay any price to escape the tyranny of her stepfather, Don Esteban. She turns to handsome, moody El Leon, a nobleman turned to a life of outlawry by the depredations of Don Esteban. Together in the hills, Pilar and El Leon find their wills in constant battle and their hearts in secret accord…

Perfume of Paradise

ON A LUSH CARIBBEAN ISLAND,LOVE AND MAGIC IGNITE A FIERY PASSION…
. Terrified of her impending marriage, beautiful Elene Larpent scents her body with a Haitian voodoo perfume guaranteed to bewitch the wealthy landowner and ensure his devotion. But just moments into the wedding, a violent slave uprising interrupts the consecration. Elene escapes only to be captured by a ruthless band of men. On the verge of certain death, she is saved by handsome Captain Ryan Bayard. Then, amid the exotic breezes of St. Dominique, Elene and the captain discover a lust as sultry as the Caribbean air. In her passion, Elene quickly forgets the magic potion she had applied to her delicate skin. But Elene must wait to see if it is true love or the dizzying aphrodisiac that inflames the captain’s desire. For the uninhibited pair have much in store before the perfume’s power is fully unleashed…
. From the Paperback edition.

Royal Seduction

Angeline’s virtue was intact before she met the prince of Ruthenia before he mistook her for her cousin, his brother s mistress and the only witness to his murder before he exacted his punishment for keeping silent about the identity of the killers. She has tasted a sweet morsel of ecstasy and now she can never return to a prim and proper life. Rolfe is savage with his kisses and brutal in his caresses, but for Angeline his exquisite punishment is a heaven she never imagined. But how long will the passion last before Rolfe tires of his plaything and moves on to new conquests, leaving Angeline a broken and shamed woman? Can her flaming hair and bewitching eyes capture the heart of the arrogant prince?

Royal Passion

Mara Delacroix, a beautiful Louisiana belle,is blackmailed into seducing Roderic, the gypsy prince of Ruthenia. Eventually she will be called on to betray him in some unnamed way. She pretends to fall in love with Roderic after stumbling into a gypsy camp where Roderic is staying. He in turn falls for her and takes her to Paris, where he installs her as his mistress. Together they entertain such luminaries as George Sand, Alexandre Dumas and Honore Balzac. By the time the blackmailer arrives to tell Mara how to betray the prince, however, she has fallen deeply in love with him!

Kane

Regina’s up to no good. Kane knows it, but he can’t prove it. He’s sure she’s linked to the big conglomerate trying to put his grandfather out of his business. Why else would she pay so much attention to the old man? His only choice is to stick close to Regina. But that’s when emotions take over. And even as they’re falling in love, both refuse to let go of the one belief certain to tear them apart: family comes first. .

Luke

Luke Benedict figures he’s the only one in Turn Coupe, Louisiana, who can save novelist April Halstead from someone intent on revenge. If only he could get April to cooperate. Years ago, Luke had let April down in the worst possible way. She’s never been able to forgive him and she still doesn’t want anything to do with the man she once loved. But that’s not about to stop Luke. He’d never turn his back on a friend especially one whose life is in danger. And if he’s got to kidnap a woman who despises him to keep her safe, he will. ‘Cause down in Louisiana, this man will do whatever it takes…
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Roan

Sheriff Roan Benedict comes from a family of hardheaded men who have a habit of rescuing and falling for equally hardheaded women. And sure enough, he’s falling for a woman he just shot…
. This mysterious stranger just helped rob a convenience store. But that doesn’t explain the bruises on her jaw and rope burns on her wrist. Though intrigued, Roan is suspicious of her claim that she doesn’t remember what happened. Two things are clear to Roan. One: she’s lying. Two: someone is trying to hill her. There’s only one place safe enough for a lady in danger. Right by his side. Because in Louisiana, a man holds on to what he wants…
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Wade

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorWade Benedict has a job to do: infiltrate a treacherous land and rescue Chloe Madison. It was her father’s dying wish and Wade is taking it personally. The problem is, this stubborn, angry and courageous woman doesn’t want to be saved, and no self appointed rescuer can force her to abandon her friends or her commitments. But Chloe has met her match in Wade, a man as honorable and determined as she. Included only in Basic 7 Series.

Challenge to Honor

They were professionally trained, highly skilled men of valor, but the roguish, dangerous sword masters were not always respectable…
When her brother challenges New Orleans’s most infamous swordsman to a duel, Celina Vallier boldly confronts opponent, Rio de Silva, determined to thwart what would be her brother’s certain death. The legendary maitre d’armes agrees…
for a price Celina’s innocence. Though Rio is captivated by Celina’s beauty and courage, she is also the perfect pawn for his revenge. She is to be betrothed to his sworn enemy, the Count de Lerida. And what sweet vengeance it would be to take the bride before the wedding. But neither anticipates the tangled web of scandal and danger that will soon follow. Devious plots are afoot, and Celina is wary of trusting anyone, including the man whose brazen sensuality tempts her to think of nothing but her own desires…
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Dawn Encounter

They are perhaps the most dangerous men in New Orleans, skilled swordsmen who play by no rules but their own heroes to many, wicked to some, irresistible to the women they love…
Lisette Moisant is a widow, courtesy of the swordsmanship of Caid O’Neill, one of the city’s legendary maitres d’armes. He bested her loathsome husband in a duel, but now she is a pawn of schemers who wish to steal her fortune and see her dead. It is Caid to whom she turns for protection, and guilt leaves him no recourse but to agree to Lisette’s request. But soon a whispering campaign is being waged against them, suggesting the two plotted to kill Lisette’s husband all along, that she is a woman of loose morals and he is nothing short of a murderer. In a society where reputation is everything, the scandal and accusations threaten Lisette and Caid with ruin, and the person responsible will stop at nothing until they have paid with their lives.

Rogue’s Salute

They are the notorious swordsmen of New Orleans, bound by a brotherhood of loyalty, skill and courage infamous by day, dangerous at night, loyal only to each other and the women they love…
At ease making life and death decisions between breaths, maitre d’armes Nicholas Pasquale proposes marriage to a beautiful and desperate stranger, a woman who offers comfort to his irascible young charge and calmly tells him the boy needs a mother. It is a challenge he can’t resist. Nor can Juliette Armant. Though pledged to the church since infancy, she’s been summoned to save her family in the only way possible…
by marriage. Once she is wed, she will claim an ancestral marriage chest and protect its secret contents from the dubious intent of her twin sister, who wants the treasure all to herself. Juliette never dreams such a practical arrangement would explode with heady desire when a rogue’s kiss unleashed the sensual woman within. But someone is determined to stop the wedding, willing to go to desperate lengths to claim the chest, plunging Juliette into a fight to claim a legacy and a love worth any price.

Guarded Heart

The New Year begins with a lady’s intriguing proposition for Gavin Blackford though not the sort he’s accustomed to. Alluring widow Ariadne Faucher requests private lessons from the rakish sword master in order to challenge her sworn enemy to a duel. Though disinclined at first to teach a woman, Gavin is fascinated by this statuesque beauty, cloaked as she is in grief and mystery. Ariadne proves a quick study with a blade, her resolve fueled by a vendetta that is all she has left in the world. Their lessons crackle with undeniable electricity…
but the secret of her all consuming vengeance may have rendered her heart impervious even to such a virtuoso as Gavin.

Gallant Match

Kerr Wallace has spent years studying swordplay, preparing to challenge his sworn enemy and avenge his brother’s death. The scoundrel Rouillard, now living in Mexico as a profiteer, has decided to take a wife, and the lady requires an escort to Veracruz. Kerr seizes his chance he will deliver the bride…
and dispatch the groom. If only it were so easy. Headstrong Sonia Bonneval will do anything to escape this doomed marriage to Rouillard. Coquettish ploys cannot melt the iron resolve of her damnable escort, however, and the voyage with Kerr becomes an exhilarating battle of wills. But a very real declaration of war forces them into even closer quarters and greater temptation in a fight for survival. Before the end, both must choose between duty and freedom vengeance and passion.

Triumph in Arms

Once a starveling bootblack, Christien Lenoir has risen to become the sword master known as Faucon, the Falcon. When a desperate gambler stakes his plantation in a late night card game, sharp eyed Christien antes up. For he wants River’s Edge and the tempestuous widow whose birthright it is. And he will stop at nothing to have both. Reine Cassard Pingre feels trapped: the only way to keep her beloved home and her inheritance is to accept Christien’s bold proposal of marriage. Though she instantly mistrusts his purpose, and despite rumors that she had a hand in her husband’s mysterious death, Reine cannot dissuade him from wedding and bedding her. Their union is electrifying, but the honeymoon may be cut short by the lurid secrets at the heart of River’s Edge.

By His Majesty’s Grace

The Three Graces of Graydon are well born sisters bearing an ominous curse: any man betrothed to them without love is doomed to die. Much to her chagrin, Lady Isabel Milton has been given to Earl Rand Braesford a reward from the Tudor king for his loyalty to the throne. The lusty nobleman quickly claims his husbandly rights, an experience Isabel scarcely hoped to enjoy so much. But youth and strength may not save Braesford from his bride’s infamous curse Accused of a heinous crime with implications that reach all the way to King Henry himself, Braesford is imprisoned in the Tower, and Isabel is offered her salvation but for a price. She has the power to seal his fate, have him sent to the executioner and be freed from her marriage bonds. Yet the more Isabel learns of Rand, the less convinced she is of his guilt, and she commits to discover the truth about the enigmatic husband she never expected to love.

The Bewitching Grace (As: Patricia Maxwell)

A young girl has been murdered, her body in perpetual slumber among the surrounding trees. The act seems random and unexplainable. Explain the dead lizard impaled on her pillow as a warning. Anne Tarrington is an up and coming hotshot journalist who’s never seen anything like it. Not yet. She’s about to see more than she bargained for, more than even her inquiring mind can fathom. Hot on the trail of the killer, she follows a path of Voodoo mysticism and witchery to a solemn Louisiana plantation where suddenly all hell breaks loose. Someone is channeling the forces of evil, but who? Could it be Nico, the obtuse Greek poet? Maybe Lena, with her expertise in the ways of Voodoo? Even Miranda, Anne’s old friend who has had her soul mangled by a horrendous past? Perhaps it’s Steven with his dark evil eyes that seem to will Anne into forbidden acts? Just when the forces of darkness seem ready to overtake Anne in her quest for the truth, the mysterious ritual of Indian Mound enables her to find the answers, but only by confronting the heart of Evil itself!

Night of the Candles (As: Patricia Maxwell)

In the heart of Louisiana Amanda Trent has arrived at her cousin’s plantation to find Amelia s death looming over the war torn grounds. There is a dark secret in the shadows around every corner and in the heart of Amelia s widower, Jason Monteigne. Amanda only wants to leave the haunted home but an accident has ensnared her in a tangled web of mystery, passion and hidden desire. What is it that haunts Jason s every moment and will Amanda discover the truth of her cousin s death?

Sweet Piracy (As: Patricia Maxwell)

Caroline Pembroke is a lovely young woman, attempting a dangerous transatlantic ocean crossing on her own. As she sails away from France, toward the Delecroix plantation in Louisiana, she has no idea how far the journey will take her. When pirates intent on plunder attack the ship, she unwittingly becomes part of the plunder herself. For a brief, dizzying moment she finds herself at the mercy of the swashbuckling captain of the privateer Black Eagle. Although Caroline arrives in Louisiana safe and sound, she realizes that the captain has stolen more than just gold and jewels…
he also has her heart! Will she ever be able to drive the image of the man out of her head? Will she ever see him again?

Love and Smoke (As: Patricia Maxwell)

Riva Staulet’s cool beauty belies the passions roiling within her. Now, she has everything she has ever wanted. But it hasn’t always been that way. Many years before, there was a charming, handsome man who tried to take everything from her. Now he has his eye on the governor’s mansion and Riva has not forgotten his cruelty…

Joy & Anger (As: Patricia Maxwell)

‘Blake’s a master at romantic fiction.’ The Chattanooga Times. Julie Bullard, daughter of one of Hollywood’s legendary directors and one of the hottest young directors in her own right, is filming on location in the Louisiana bayou, working on a high budget film that will make or break her career. Rey Tabary, nicknamed the Swamp Rat, is a Creole, a native of the bayou a man Julie needs to provide authenticity for her movie…
and to fill other needs as well. But as first accidents, and then murder, disrupt the set, Julie turns to Rey to face the deadly reality of a killer…
and the pleasures of uncompromising love. From the Paperback edition.

Wildest Dreams (As: Patricia Maxwell)

‘Blake’s a master at romantic fiction.’ THE CHATTANOOGA TIMESJoletta Caresse’s beloved grandmother dies, taking with her the secret to the formula of a legendary perfume that is now the most sought after perfume on the market. Joletta tries to track down the formula through journals written by her ancestress, Violet Fossier, who in 1854 made a grand tour of Europe. As Joletta follows Violet’s itinerary across the continent, the story goes back in time, to nineteenth century Europe and a scandalous love affair that is intimately bound up in the mystery of the perfume. In the present Joletta finds herself attracted to and suspicious of Rone Adamson, a Southern playboy whose astounding knowledge of perfume makes Joletta wary. Yet his chivalrous charms prove too much for her scruples, and Jolettta succumbs to her dubious white knight, even as danger swirls around them…
.A Main Selection of the Doubelday Book ClubFrom the Paperback edition.

Shameless (As: Patricia Maxwell)

Amidst torrid gossip and whispered suspicions, Reid Sayers has returned to his small hometown in rural Louisiana and to the stormy passions of Camilla Greenley. Pulsating with the intense desires of a willful man and woman, Jennifer Blake’s lush novel is a breathlessly compelling tale of suspense and unbridled sensuality that is absolutely! Camilla’s cunning, soon to be ex husband has discovered that she may be the sole heir to the local mill worth millions if its operating owner, Reid Sayers, sells out to an eager conglomerate. But there is danger in the air. Someone is threatening Camilla; Reid steps into the line of fire. And though Camilla doesn’t trust him, her body can’t fight the fierce attraction between them. By day, their battle is nothing short of open war Camilla vows to stop the sale that could play havoc with the environment and rallies the town behind her. But at night, their love is a passionate combat, a fury of competitive ecstasy. It is an entanglement from which there is no surrender, and no defeat!

Tigress (As: Patricia Maxwell)

As acting CEO of her grandfather’s shipping company, Jessica Meredith must face off against shipping tycoon Rafael Castelar and his ruthless takeover bid. But their meeting in Brazil puts them at a stalemate. Then Jessica attends an elegant party during Carnival that, under the cover of darkness, turns into a lurid orgy. Luckily, Jessica is rescued by a dashing masked stranger whose embrace offers comfort, then sweeps her to ecstasy. Drawn into a web of haunting sensuality, and confronted with a rival and a family she can neither trust nor turn away, Jessica sharpens her claws to fight…
even if it means going willingly into the arms of a man determined to own the family empire, and the woman who possesses it!

Garden Of Scandal (As: Patricia Maxwell)

Laurel Bancroft has lived for years as a recluse, isolating herself from a town that has branded her a murderer. But now, convinced people have finally forgotten, she is ready to resume her life. Then Laurel meets Alec Stanton. Hired to help redesign her garden, Alec is a stranger with a mysterious past. Though more than ten years younger, Alec is exactly what Laurel needs: intelligent, talented, passionate. But as their relationship grows, so does a dangerous threat against them. Someone wants Laurel to return to her seclusion and give up her younger lover someone who hasn’t forgotten that night so many years ago.

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