KAREN RANNEY

Poderosa, emotiva y conmovedora. Catherine Dunnan se ve sumida en la más desoladora soledad cuando envían a su marido a la guerra. Sólo la firme promesa que se hicieron mutuamente de escribirse con regularidad la mantiene esperanzada. A muchos kilometros de distancia, el coronel Montcrief, redacta largas y apasionadas cartas para la esposa de un joven oficial suyo, Harry Dunnan. Lo que ninguno de los dos imagina es que el coronel se va a acabar enamorando de la fascinante dama con la que mantiene correspondencia. Desgraciadamente Harry muere y cesan las cartas. Un año despues, Montcrief aun no ha sido capaz de olvidarse de aquella mujer. Pasado un tiempo, el coronel regresa a Inglaterra para recibir los mas altos honores. Alli, se ve irresistiblemente atraido por la desgarradora belleza de la mujer que por carta habia cautivado su corazon, pero resulta evidente que aun esta completamente destrozada por el dolor de la perdida de su marido. Decidido a conquistar su amor y a redescubrir a la dama de la que un dia se enamoro, Montcrief decide casarse con Catherine. De este modo espera ayudarla a superar su duelo. Pero, ¿como le correspondera ella cuando descubra su secreto?

Beatrice es una joven sin recursos y sin posibilidades matrimoniales. Como se encuentra en una situación desesperada, no tiene más remedio que aceptar el trabajo de institutriz de un niño solitario y asustadizo, heredero de la fortuna de los Duques de Brechin. Corren muchos rumores turbios alrededor de la familia pero, sin duda alguna, el futuro que le espera no sera tan oscuro como el pasado que quiere dejar atras. Beatrice tiene claro que conseguira controlar al niño pero no esta tan segura si podra con Devlen, el primo del niño al que cuida. Devlen la disturba y la excita desde el primer momento en que se conocieron. Es encantador, misterioso y magnetico y Beatrice no puede rechazarlo. Devlen le abre nuevos mundos, le llena su vida de pasion y de peligro. ¿Es el su amante o su enemigo? ¿Deberia, Beatrice, seguir lo que le indica su corazon?

Margaret Esterly enviudó dos años atrás cuando un incendio mató a su marido y quemó su librería y su hogar. Sólo le quedan algunos ahorros y vive precariamente. Posee tres libros que consiguió salvar del incendio, y decide venderlos para poder sobrevivir. El primer comprador que encuentra vive en Londres, donde viaja para entregar el libro. En una fiesta de disfraces que organiza su cliente conoce al atractivo Michael Hawthorne, Conde de Montraine, que ha ido alli para encontrar una posible esposa. Inesperadamente conoce a esta misteriosa mujer. Margaret y Michael bailan en el jardin, pero ella debe partir. El no consigue olvidarla y se propone encontrarla y conseguir el beso que casi le dio mientras bailaban...

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In a departure from her nationally bestselling Highland Lord series, Karen Ranney brings us another emotionally intense and passionate story that will speak to her fans.When Adam Moncrief, Colonel of the Highland Scots Fusiliers, agrees to write a letter to Catherine Dunnan, one of his officers wives, a forbidden correspondence develops and he soon becomes fascinated with her even though Catherine thinks the letters come from her husband, Harry Dunnan. Although Adam stops writing after Harry is killed, a year after his last letter he still cant forget her.Then when he unexpectedly inherits the title of the Duke of Lymond, Adam decides the timing is perfect to pay a visit to the now single and available Catherine.What he finds, however, is not the charming, spunky woman he knew from her letters, but a woman stricken by grief, drugged by laudanum and in fear for her life. In order to protect her, Adam marries Catherine, hoping that despite her seemingly fragile state, he will once again discover the woman he fell in love with.

Karen Ranney writes with power, passion, and dramatic flair.Stephanie LaurensRanney is a rich, rare find.Judith Ivory New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Ranney returns to the Highlands with A Highland Duchessthe second book in her lush Scottish historical romance series which began with Sold to a Laird. The story of a duchess taken captive brieflyjust long enough to fall in loveby a lusty Scotsman, A Highland Duchess is a wildly romantic, deeply emotional tale. Romance readers adore Scotland-set love storiesand Karen Ranneys are a cut above all the rest!

An explosive encounter leads to . . . After Mary Kate Bennett becomes a young widow, shes left to fend for herself without a penny. When she is in a terrible carriage accident, Mary Kate awakens in the bed of the mysterious Archer St. Johnand to a life more luxurious than she could have ever imagined. But more unsettling is the desire this wickedly handsome stranger sets off in her.The most intoxicating passion . . . The whispers about Archer follow him wherever he goes. Did the reclusive nobleman murder his unhappy countess? When Mary Kate enters his life so unexpectedly, the bold earl is convinced that she has all the answers hes been searching for. So why cant he think of anything else besides her decadently red hair, her luminescent skin, and the feelings she evokes whenever she is near? Their love can be a fantasy or it can be strong enough to seal their destinies forever.KAREN RANNEY wanted to be a writer from the time she was five years old and filled her Big Chief tablet with stories. People in stories did amazing things and she was too shy to do anything amazing. Years spent in Japan, Paris, and Italy, however, not only fueled her imagination but proved that she wasnt that shy after all. Yet she prefers to keep her current adventures between the covers of her books. Karen lives in San Antonio, Texas, and loves to hear from her readers at karen@karenranney.com.www.avonromance.com www.facebook.com/avonromance

The triumphant return of a much-beloved Karen Ranney classic, Upon a Wicked Time is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author at her steamy and sensuous best. A wildly romantic, deeply emotional tale of a Regency brides determined efforts to turn her marriage of convenience into a passionate love match, Upon a Wicked Time is a bravura display of Ranneys exceptional talentsa story and an author Mary Balogh fans are sure to enjoy.

True love blossoms in the Scottish Highlands in the steamy historical romance The Devil of Clan Sinclair, the first book in a new series by New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney.When Countess of Barrett Virginia Traylors husband dies without an heir, shes left in dire circumstances. The estate will go to his cousin unless Virginia can produce a son before the allotted time is up. In desperation, she turns to Macrath Sinclair, the self-made Scottish millionaire she loved before her father arranged her failed marriage.After a whirlwind affair results in her bearing a child, Macrath discovers hes become a father and steals the baby away.While Virginia tries desperately to convince him to relinquish her son, Macrath realizes that hell do anything in his power not to give up the sonor the boys maddening, irresistible mother.

In Sold to a Laird, the latest passionate Scottish love story from author Karen Ranney, a stubborn beauty sold into marriage by her father is determined to resist the charms of her new husband, a complete stranger. But Douglas Eston and and Lady Sarah Baines wont be strangers for long . . .

Karen Ranney writes with power, passion, and dramatic flair.Stephanie LaurensRanney is a rich, rare find!Judith IvoryA Scandalous Scot is a scandalously entertaining tale of love and passion in the Scottish highlands from the queen of the Scottish historical romance novel, Karen Ranney. New York Times bestseller Ranney tells the tantalizing story of a handsome, haunted Scotsman returning in disgrace to his castle in Scotland after scandal ruined his reputationonly to court further damage to his name by falling in love with his maid, a feisty and outspoken beauty who hides some very shocking secrets of her own. Fans of Karen Hawkins and other bestselling historical romance writers who make the breathtaking highlands their preferred milieu will be swept away by this Scandalous Scot and his romantic trials, tribulations, and triumphs.

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No longer the proper English wife she always was, Margaret kissed a handsome stranger.Now the dashing earl will not rest until the beautiful widow he held in his arms so briefly is his forever.

A rich tapestry of love...embroidered with golden threads of sensuality.Stephanie LaurensA classic love story from Karen Ranney, one of the true legends of historical romance, My Beloved tells the poignant, sensuous story of the fabled Langlinais Bride, who has not seen her husband since their wedding day, twelve years earlier. Judith Ivory calls Ranney, A rich, rare find. And with My Beloved, the beloved New York Times and USA Today bestselling author enchants with the story of a truly unforgettable reunionas an errant bridegroom, forced by perilous circumstance to return to his untouched, abandoned wife, finds himself bewitched by the innocent angel he wed but never intended to love.

New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney returns with the first novel in a new series about dashing, charismatic dukesand the women who tame themThough raised as a gentlemans daughter, Lorna Gordon is obliged to take a position as an upstairs maid at Blackhall Castle when her father dies. Alex Russell, the Duke of Kinross, is the most tempting man shes ever seenand completely unattainableuntil, at a fancy dress ball, Lorna disguises herself as Marie Antoinette and pursues an illicit trystwith scandalous consequences.Months after his mysterious seductress disappears, Alex encounters her again. Far from the schemer the distrustful duke assumed her to be, Lorna is fiercely independent and resourceful. Shes the one woman capable of piercing his defenses. But when danger threatens Lorna, Alex must prove himself not just the lover of her fantasies, but the man who will fight to protect her.