Defy Not the Heart

The Bride

Julie Garwood · 358 pages

The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées, #1) By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie, youngest daughter of Baron Jamison...a feisty, violet-eyed beauty. Alec ached to touch her, to tame her, to possess her...forever. But Jamie vowed never to surrender to this highland barbarian. He was everything her heart warned against-an arrogant sc

The Conqueror

Brenda Joyce · 423 pages

*Like a pagan god*, Rolfe the Relentless, 28, rode into Castle Aelfgar to claim it as his prize--and Lady Alice as his bride. Lauded for his bravery in France, in England he was the hated enemy. Once ensconced in his new domain, Rolfe became determined to tame the 22 year old Saxon beauty Ceidre, Alice's illegitimate sister, whose spirit and sensuality make him risk treason to have her--not Lad

The Black Lyon

Jude Deveraux · 290 pages

Darkly handsome and rich beyond imagining, the bold English conqueror they called the Black Lyon, Ranulf was a man no woman could win--until he found a tawny-haired beauty named Lyonene, whose fiery spirit matched his own. Through a whirlwind romance and stormy marriage, she endured perilous danger to be by his side, but web of vicious lies, spread by a jealous vixen drove Lyonene from her home

Another Chance to Dream

Lynn Kurland · 432 pages

With neither title nor land, Rhys could not win the hand of Gwennelyn of Segrave. But he would always have her heart. The two are kindred souls. Rhys, a knight with far too many notions of chivalry for his own good. And Gwen, a lover of minstral tales, waiting to be swept away. But Gwen is betrothed to another man, and Rhys fears he will lose her forever...Until a surprise offer comes his way - br

Fire Song

Catherine Coulter · 416 pages

(Medieval Song, #2) Dear Reader: Lord Graelam de Moreten is a warrior, a man both hard and ruthless, a man who takes what he wants and never looks back. Kassia de Lorris of Brittany is gentle yielding, untested in the ways of men. She cheats death only to find herself wedded to a stranger. When the two meet as husband and wife at Graelam's castle of Wolfften in Cornwall, Kassia is p

Grave Mercy

Robin LaFevers · 549 pages

*Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?* Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassi

A Kingdom of Dreams

Judith McNaught · 440 pages

Abducted from her convent school at 17, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to 29 year old Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf"; his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the fierce English warrior who holds her captive, this handsome rogue who taunts her with his blazing arrogan

Master of Desire

Kinley MacGregor · 384 pages

Draven de Montague, Earl of Ravenswood, would never have entered the home of his most hated adversary had not the King himself ordered Draven to take in his foe's daughter for a year, to forge bonds of peace between their two feuding houses. Yet here is a lass whose spirit and loveliness could tempt Draven to betray his sworn vow never to let another close to his heart. Emily knows the searing hea

Claimed by the Highlander

Julianne MacLean

NIGHT OF CONQUEST With his tawny mane, battle-hewn brawn, and ferocious roar, Angus “The Lion” MacDonald is the most fearsome warrior Lady Gwendolen has ever seen—and she is his most glorious conquest. Captured in a surprise attack on her father’s castle, Gwendolen is now forced to share her bed with the man who defeated her clan. But, in spite of Angus’s overpowering charms, she refuses to surre

Enchanted

Elizabeth Lowell · 400 pages

Simon the loyal has vowed never to love, for love makes a warrior weak. His arranged marriage to a beautiful Norman heiress would be duty and no more. But more than duty stirs his blood when he first sees Ariane. She has known only coldness from men and a betrayal so deep it all but killed her soul. Wanting no man, trusting no man, speaking only through the sad songs she draws from her harp, Arian

To Tame a Highland Warrior

Karen Marie Moning · 416 pages

Highlander Untamed

Monica McCarty · 400 pages

Rory MacLeod is a bold and powerful Highland Chief with only one allegiance--to his clan. He vows revenge against the rival MacDonald clan, though duty demands a handfast marriage to Isabel MacDonald--a bride he does not want and has no intention of keeping. But Rory couldn't have anticipated the captivating woman who challenges his steely control, and unleashes the untamed passion simmering benea

White Lion's Lady

Lara Adrian · 394 pages

Winterbourne

Susan Carroll · 416 pages

In the harsh, turbulent Middle Ages, lovely Lady Melyssan remains as she always has been -- sweet, timid, and content to be alone. But in a desperate move to resist the advances of the dreaded king, she claims to be married to his worst enemy, Lord Jaufre de Macy, the legendary Dark Knight. Seeking temporary shelter in Jaufre's abandoned castle, Winterbourne, she is unprepared for the fierce, a

Almost Innocent

Jane Feather · 432 pages

Dear Reader,Almost Innocent is a romance that is particularly dear to me, with a heroine who surprised me with her strength and resourcefulness, and a hero who will always be one of my favorites.Growing up behind the impenetrable walls of an English fortress, young Magdalen does not know that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful English prince and his murdered French mistress -- or that

The Beauty Bride

Claire Delacroix · 388 pages

More cherished than gold are the Jewels of Kinfairlie, and only the worthiest may fight for their love…The Laird of Kinfairlie has unmarried sisters, each a gem in her own right. And he has no choice but to see them all wed in haste. Lady Madeline’s heart is not for sale…especially not to a notorious outlaw like Rhys FitzHenry. Yet Madeline’s hand has been sold, to none other than this battle-w

Winter's Heat

Denise Domning · 381 pages

The Graistan Chronicles #1 Her years in a nunnery taught Rowena of Benfield many things, but not how to be a wife to the powerful lord who claimed her as his bride. She vows never to submit to this aloof and ruthless man who claims her. Rannulf of Graistan has been a woman's fool once before and has sworn to never be again, but he cannot refuse the rich estate that this marriage brings him.

The Red Wolf's Prize

Regan Walker

The Time of Singing

Elizabeth Chadwick · 528 pages

"Roger Bigod is heir to the earldom of Norfolk but all is lost when his father loses everything in a rebellion against King Heny II. Roger encounters Ida de Tosney, the king's mistress who sees Roger as an escape from the fickle court and when King Richard comes to the throne Roger's lands are restored and he becomes a great earl."--Provided by publisher.

Seize The Dawn

Shannon Drake, Heather Graham · 478 pages

Bold and beautiful, Lady Eleanor of Clarin--sole heir to her ancestral lands--chooses to marry an aging French noble rather than Edward I's choice of a brutal knight. To preserve Clarin and defeat the rebellious Scots who killed her father, she would gladly give her hand to the devil himself. But when the fiery Highland outlaw Frendan Graham takes her hostage, he also inspires her deepest desir

Here be Dragons

Sharon Kay Penman · 720 pages

Knight of Pleasure

Margaret Mallory · 383 pages

Lady Isobel Hume, an expert swordswoman who agrees to obey her king and wed a French nobleman to form a political alliance, is tempted to betray both her betrothed and her country when she falls in love with Sir Stephen Carleton.

Lord of Seduction

Paula Quinn · 330 pages

A favorite of the king, Lady Tanon Risande is stunned and angry when she given in marriage as a gesture of Norman good will to Gareth ap Owain, a savage Welsh prince, and finds herself the target of ruthless enemies on both sides who will do anything to accomplish their ends.

Ransom My Heart

Meg Cabot, Mia Thermopolis · 396 pages

Mia Thermopolis, Princess of Genovia and star of Meg Cabot's insanely popular #1 New York Times bestselling Princess Diaries books, has "penned" her first historical romance novel... with help from Meg CabotHe's a tall, handsome knight with a secret. She's an adventurous beauty with more than a few secrets of her own. Finnula needs money for her sister's dowry, and fast. Hugo Fitzstephen, returnin