Julia London

Wicked intrigue unfolds as an unlikely marriage leads to a path of risky desire in the lush, green Scottish Highlands.

Bernadette Holly, una institutriz inglesa, hab a cometido el error de fugarse con su amante, y ese error le hab a costado su reputaci n. Ya no ten a miedo de nada; ni siquiera del sombr o y peligrosamente atractivo escoc s que se deb a casar con la joven que estaba a su cargo, la inocente Avaline Kent. Avaline estaba aterrada ante la perspectiva de casarse con Rabbie Mackenzie, pero no lo pod a rechazar sin caer en desgracia. Bernadette tuvo entonces una idea: convencer a Rabbie de que anulara el compromiso matrimonial... mientras hac a verdaderos esfuerzos por no rendirse ella misma a sus encantos. Sin embargo, la situaci n de Rabbie no era mejor. Estaba obligado a casarse con una inglesa que, para empeorar las cosas, era tan c ndida como infantil. No se parec a nada a su aguda y apasionada institutriz, cuyo car cter le hab a devuelto el entusiasmo y la alegr a que hab a perdido tras la fracasada rebeli n jacobita. Lamentablemente, el futuro del clan de los Mackenzie depend a de ese matrimonio. Pero ning n escoc s de las Tierras Altas habr a podido renunciar al amor verdadero.

Lady Chatwick, Daisy Bristol, se hab a quedado viuda, y el testamento de su difunto esposo la obligaba a casarse otra vez, so pena de perder la herencia de su hijo, Ellis. Tras recibir una carta de Robert, su primer amor, Daisy decidi marcharse de Londres. Si se quedaba all , corr a el riesgo de que el obispo Craig la comprometiera con alguien antes de que Robert tuviera ocasi n de volver a Inglaterra. Necesitaba ganar tiempo, as que se fue a las Tierras Altas en compa a de su peque o. Durante el viaje a Escocia, se top con el poderoso Cailean Mackenzie, se or de Arrandale y famoso contrabandista, de quien se qued prendada. Cailean no quer a saber nada de las inglesas, pero la sensual belleza y el car cter coqueto y descarado de Daisy despertaron su inter s. Cuando Robert Spivey se present en su propiedad, Cailean supo que una mujer tan apasionada como lady Chatwick no se pod a casar con un hombre como aquel. Pero, si quer a impedir su matrimonio y conquistar el coraz n de Daisy, tendr a que jugarse la vida.

There's no matchmaking an unruly heart. When a prominent Scottish family faces a major scandal weeks before their daughter's wedding, they turn in desperation to the enigmatic fixer for the aristocracy, Nichol Bain. Remarkably skilled at making high-profile problems go away, Nichol understands the issue immediately. The family's raven-haired ward, Maura Darby, has caught the wandering eye-and rather untoward advances-of the groom. Nichol assuredly escorts Maura toward his proposed solution: an aging bachelor for her to marry. But rebellious Maura has no interest in marrying a stranger, especially when her handsome traveling companion has captivated her so completely. Thankfully, Nichol loves a challenge, but traveling with the bold and brash Maura has him viewing her as far more than somebody's problem. Which raises a much bigger issue-how can he possibly elude disaster when the heart of the problem is his own?

Nacida en la abundancia y criada en el lujo ingl s, Margot Armstrong no pertenec a en absoluto al temerario universo de los jefes tribales escoceses. Tres a os antes, hab a escapado de un matrimonio de conveniencia y ya no hab a vuelto a mirar hacia atr s, excepto para revivir los apasionados momentos que hab a disfrutado en los fuertes y toscos brazos de Arran McKenzie. Pero cuando la fr gil unidad de sus respectivos pa ses amenaz con quebrarse, Margot tuvo que regresar con su marido para desenmascarar su papel en la traici n y evitar as la acusaci n que se cern a sobre su propia familia. Pelirroja de ojos verdes, Margot era la bella mujer de Arran. Su marcha lo hab a atormentado, pero su regreso ven a a amenazar todo lo que hab a conseguido hasta entonces. Cuando la niebla de las Tierras Altas de Escocia trajo consigo rumores de un complot ingl s para conquistar el territorio de los McKenzie, Arran se vio obligado a manipularla en un juego de espionaje... y seducci n. Sin embargo, pese a que ambos estaban enredados en una malla de secretos, nada pudo evitar que el amor se apoderara de ellos para dirigirlos directamente al peligro.

Cuando un hombre con una misi n encuentra una bella aunque improbable aliada, la seducci n y la aventura son inevitables. La gente ya no hablaba de las hermanas Cabot. Sus descabellados planes para evitar la ruina hab an ca do en el olvido, y todo iba bien hasta que la d cil y tranquila Prudence se vio envuelta en un esc ndalo que da su reputaci n y le cerr las puertas de la alta sociedad. Sin embargo, ahora estaba decidida a vivir su propia aventura. Y, cuando un estadounidense irresistible le pidi que lo ayudara a cumplir una misi n, Prudence fue incapaz de rechazarlo. El destino de su familia depend a de lo r pido que Roan pudiera encontrar a su hermana y convencerla de que regresara con su prometido. Desgraciadamente, Roan estaba tan fuera de su elemento en la campi a inglesa como en la compa a y en la cama de la sensual Prudence. Pero hab a probado una pasi n que se parec a mucho al amor verdadero, y ahora ten a que elegir entre sus obligaciones y sus deseo.

The lush Scottish Highlands are a tempting setting for seduction in New York Times bestselling author Julia London's sparkling novel. Who is the captive and who is the captor? When a sexy laird holds a spirited English lady for ransom, she turns the tables and steals his heart. The last person Daria Babcock expects to find in her grandmother's home is a brawny, naked Highlander. She doesn't buy Mamie's explanation about finding the poor man shot in the woods. Nor does she trust the gorgeous laird, who insists his own memory fails him. But Daria came to Scotland looking for adventure and romance, and after the intriguing stranger kidnaps her, she gets her wish--and so much more....

Un plan desesperado... Grace Cabot y sus hermanas estaban a punto de perder su status en la alta sociedad londinense, as como de perder los lujos de los que hab an disfrutado hasta el fallecimiento del conde de Beckington. La situaci n no pod a ser m s problem tica, as que a Grace se le ocurri la idea de seducir a un rico vizconde de tal forma que se viera obligado a pedirle el matrimonio. Pero su plan dio un giro inesperado cuando Grace se equivoc de hombre y termin en brazos del conde de Merryton....y una pasi n lujuriosaJeffrey, que viv a sometido a un sinf n de rutinas y responsabilidades, nunca hab a sentido el deseo de casarse. Pero, al sucumbir a Grace, se hab a condenado al matrimonio y a un caos que pon a en peligro su obsesiva y ordenada existencia. La deseaba salvajemente, y de todas las formas posibles. Sin embargo, qu pasar a cuando sus secretos se encontraran con los de su flamante esposa? Para la sociedad, ser an dos parias sin salvaci n. Para Jeffrey, quiz s, un nuevo principio.

A grandes males, grandes remedios: eso es lo que pens Honor Cabot, hijastra mayor del rico conde de Beckington, cuando comprendi que su familia iba a terminar en la ruina. El conde hab a muerto, y sus hermanas y ella se encontraban a punto de perder su lujoso hogar y una posici n social envidiable a manos de su hermanastro y de la arribista de su prometida. Honor no ten a m s remedio que actuar con rapidez, as que lleg a un acuerdo con el nico brib n de Londres que pod a seducir a la prometida de su hermanastro y apartarla del camino de las Cabot. George Easton, hijo ileg timo de un duque, estaba acostumbrado al riesgo y a los esc ndalos; pero Honor y l hab an puesto en marcha un juego de seducci n que pon a en peligro su reputaci n y su coraz n, respectivamente. Y, cuando el deseo hizo acto de presencia, amenazando con cambiar las normas de su juego secreto, se dieron cuenta de que las apuestas pod an ser demasiado altas. Incluso para un jugador de mala fama y una debutante tan decidida como rebelde.

USA TODAY bestselling author Julia London begins her acclaimed Lockhart series in this stunning novel of a love that knows no bounds. On leave from his Highland regiment, Captain Liam Lockhart comes to London on an urgent mission: to repossess the stolen family heirloom that could save his ancestral estate. He never dreamed it would involve surrendering his heart, but the beautiful and scandalous socialite Ellen Farnsworth sets his Highland blood aflame with a will as strong and reckless as his own. Though bound to Liam by a soul-searing passion, duty impels Ellen to commit a terrible betrayal. Now, driven by passion, pride, and vengeance, this fearsome Highlander will reclaim not only his family's ancient treasure, but the one daring woman he was meant to love for all time.

In 1792, the village of Hadley Green executed a man for stealing the Countess of Ashwood's historic jewels. Fifteen years later, questions still linger. Was it a crime of greed--or of passion? When Declan O'Connor, Earl of Donnelly, arrives at Hadley Green to meet with Lily Boudine, the new countess of Ashwood, he knows instantly that the lovely woman who welcomes him is not who she pretends to be. In an attempt to avoid an unwanted marriage, Keira Hannigan has assumed her cousin's identity and is staying at the estate while Lily is abroad. When Declan threatens to expose her, Keira convinces him to guard her secret, then enlists him in her investigation of the missing jewels, for she now believes an innocent man was hanged. Unable to deny the beautiful, exasperating Keira--or their simmering passion--Declan reluctantly agrees. But neither is prepared for the dangerous stranger who threatens to reveal Keira's lies . . . and Declan knows he must protect Keira at all costs, for she is the woman who now owns his heart.

From New York Times bestselling author Julia London comes the second novel in her irresistibly romantic Desperate Debutantes trilogy, in which three suddenly destitute aristocratic young ladies must resort to desperate means to keep up appearances...and find the husbands of their dreams. Lady Greer Fairchild's only hope of avoiding marriage to the first bidder lies in journeying into the untamed Welsh countryside in search of an inheritance she's not sure even exists -- one reportedly controlled by Rhodrick Glendower, Earl of Radnor, also known as the Prince of Powys. Rumor has it that the prince is rough, ruthless -- even a murderer. But Greer never imagined that the brute would refuse to let her leave his remote castle until she has proven her identity. Or that she would find herself powerfully attracted to this passionately virile man whose gruff demeanor belies a proud and sensual nature. The further Greer falls under his spell, the more determined she becomes to unravel the secrets of her Welsh heritage and the mystery surrounding the dark prince who dares her to become his wife and princess.

The Lockhart brothers' quest for an ancient family heirloom has proved fruitless...and an unpaid loan has left them indebted to their rival, Payton Douglas. With no recourse, the Lockharts offer Payton their most valuable commodity: their sister Mared's hand in marriage. Raised to despise the Douglas name, Mared outwardly agrees to the marital bargain for the sake of her family; secretly, she concocts a plan to ensure Payton will not wish to marry her. Seeing the handsome, virile laird Payton face-to-face, however, threatens a centuries-long enmity -- and awakens Mared's deepest desires. But she will not be swayed. Choosing to repay her family's debt by working as his housekeeper instead of wedding him, she finds herself inexorably drawn to the man she vowed to resist. Then a profound discovery changes everything.... Now, no longer bound by a promise to her family, Mared must let her heart decide if the laird Payton is the enemy of past legend -- or if he holds the key to a future filled with a passion beyond her wildest dreams.

The second historical romance novel in New York Times bestselling author Julia London’s Scandalous series. On the run from the wrathful Prince of Wales, Jack Haines, Earl of Lambourne, is taken prisoner by a Highland laird who makes him an unusual offer: if Jack handfasts his niece, then his life will be spared. The old Highland custom—a marriage lasting only a year and a day, unless both partners agree to make it a lifelong vow—sounds preferable to Jack to being dragged to London in chains, and when he meets lovely Lizzie Beal, his dilemma starts to seem positively enjoyable. Until the hellion vents her fury...on him! Detesting the scandalous match that will end all her chances of making a respectable marriage, Lizzie can't abide living intimately with a fugitive nobleman bent on seducing her and then running off. But in teaching her the pleasures of a wife's duties, Jack sparks within them both a passion that will make him wish he could stay with Lizzie for much longer than a year and a day.

New York Times bestselling author Julia London is at her best in this sensual Regency where a Duke must pretend his mistress is his wife. Kate Bergeron is the beautiful and mysterious former mistress of a cloth merchant...and the latest beauty to capture the interest of the Prince of Wales. Mired in a disastrous divorce, the Prince attempts to distract attention from his next amorous pursuit by ordering Grayson Christopher, the eligible Duke of Darlington, to pretend to London society that he is having an affair with Kate. When Grayson reluctantly agrees to his Prince's demand, he finds the lady no more willing than he is. Kate will grudgingly act the part in public, but her favors are not for sale to any man. As Grayson and Kate mimic ardor for the world to see, they find what started as a deception becoming all too real. And when passion flames into love, their predicament becomes extreme. For while marriage between a duke and a courtesan could never happen, Kate knows in her heart that she is willing to accept nothing less...

Should some questions be left unanswered? Adopted as an infant, Jane Aaron longs to know the identity of her birth mother and why she gave her up. Her only clue is the name of the small Texas town where she was born, so she's come to Cedar Springs for answers. Handsome ad executive Asher Price lost his wife, the beautiful, mysterious Susanna, in a terrible car crash eighteen months ago. When he hires Jane as the nanny for his two children, sparks fly. Jane finds herself falling in love with both Asher and his children, but begins to suspect that Susanna was not the perfect mother and wife the family portrays her to have been. As Jane gets closer and closer to finding out the truth about both her own and Susanna's past, devastating secrets begin to emerge that may be more than anyone can bear. Will the truth bring Jane and Asher closer together or tear them apart forever?

The third book in the "superbly entertaining" (Booklist) Regency historical series from New York Times bestselling author Julia London. The would-be Earl of Ashwood sets his romantic sights on a forbidden prize in the enchanting third novel from Julia London's addictively sexy series. The surprising news that dashing steward Harrison Tolly, illegitimate son of the Earl of Ashwood, is the rightful heir to his father's estate comes at a most inopportune time. With a wedding on the horizon and a baby on the way, a new life of privilege and prestige would be a blessing but for one problem: his heart belongs to another woman. Harrison keeps his desires for his employer's wife, Lady Olivia Carey, so hidden that even she does not know of his devotion. Her callous husband, Marquis Carey, went into a rampage after Olivia's troublesome younger sister returned from her tour of Spain pregnant, and Harrison impulsively stepped in to save the entire family from scandal. Now, like Olivia, he is trapped in a loveless arrangement. When a tragic accident claims the marquis' life soon thereafter, can Harrison seize his chance and cast aside one sister for another? Or will doing so expose the Carey family's darkest secret--and ruin his only chance to win Olivia's heart?

Nathan Grey, the Earl of Lindsey, is infamously known as the Libertine of Lindsey for his scandalous ways with women. But when he hears gossip that his estranged wife, Evelyn, is about to be named in The Book of Scandal, he has no choice but to remove her from London to protect her and himself from charges of treason -- even if it calls for abduction While Evelyn has no legal recourse against the man who broke her heart years ago but is still considered her lord and master, she is no longer the immature girl Nathan married. Her enforced homecoming quickly turns into a battle of wills that tears down her husband's defenses and lays bare the passion that still burns between them. Before it is too late, Nathan must confront powerful adversaries as he convinces Evelyn that she is not only his wife, but the one woman he will love for all time.