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Brilliant and beautiful, independent sixteenth-century sea captain Skye O'Malley flees an unwanted, abusive marriage and sails her own fleet of ships around the world, stopping only to match wits with royalty and explore her sensual and passionate nature. Reissue.

A breathless novel of sensual daring and fiery adventure, UNCONQUERED introduces the brilliant outspoken Miranda, who would give up nothing for a man, and whose spirited ways and breathtaking sensuality would sweep her into perilous escapades of brutality and erotic discovery...

The daughter of a powerful desert cheiftain, beautiful raven-haired Zenobia, a descendent of Cleopatra, witnesses at an early age the shocking brutality of renegade Roman soldiers and vows to hate all of the blue-eyed strangers forever. Despite that pledge, she falls hopelessly and passionately in love with Marcus Alexander Britanus, a Roman. And it will take all her cunning and skill in war to keep the precious erotic rapture she can find only in his arms.... "Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"SPELLBINDING." --Romantic Times From the palaces of pashas in seventeenth-century India to the scandalous court of James Stuart of England, one woman struggles against fate to find true love.... Princess Yasaman had been blessed with rapturous beauty, fierce intelligence, and an innocent sensuality that captivates two formidable men--her scheming half brother, Salim, and her loving husband, Prince Jamal. But her days of bliss and nights of steamy passion are shattered when Jamal is murdered and Yasaman flees to England and the court of James I. Calling herself Jasmine, she is reunited with her beautiful mother, Velvet, and her grandmother, the legendary Skye O'Malley de Marisco. Before long, Jasmine is caught up in the tangled intrigues of the court of the Stuart king, James I, where she is admired by the most powerful men in England: Rowan Lindley, Marquess of Westleigh, her good-natured second husband; the Earl of Glenkirk, who tempts her with forbidden passion; and hot-blooded Henry Stuart, prince of England. It is here that she truly becomes Wild Jasmine, a woman who lives and loves with fierce abandon and who surrenders to the deepest pleasures of love....

In this sweeping historical epic featuring Skye O'Malley's brother, Conn, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small chronicles the lives of two lovers separated by the royal deceptions of 16th century Europe... Under the command of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Irish nobleman Conn O'Malley and heiress Aidan St. Michael are married. Once a carefree rogue who believed his desire for seducing women could never be sated, Conn now finds himself enchanted with his new bride--as a passion ignites between them to form a bond of everlasting love. But a cruel plot makes Conn a prisoner of the queen--and Aidan the harem slave of a Turkish sultan. To be reunited with her true love, Aidan must use all of her seductive charms to outwit her captors and free herself...

From the New York Times bestselling "resigning queen of romance" (Literary Times), comes a love story on a grand scale, featuring an innocent country girl who catches the eye of the most powerful man in England-and filled with all the sensuality, drama, and thrilling intrigues of Henry Tudor's glittering sixteenth century court...

Flame-haired Mairin of Aelfeah was a ravishing beauty who caught the attention of three extraordinary men--Basil, Prince of Byzantium, who taught her love's mysterious secrets; Josselin of Combourg, a gallant knight of William the Conquerer; and Eric Longsword, the powerful Viking whose tragic love for Mairin would mark her forever. To these men, Mairin was the Enchantress-- and in a world gone mad with savage war and fierce desire, only their love could save her.

In the third Friarsgate Inheritance novel, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small takes us back to the sensuality, drama, and intrigue of King Henry's sixteenth-century court to tell the story of the daughter of one of her most beloved characters. The eldest child of Rosamund Bolton and heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith is devastated when she discovers that the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But it is this sudden change of fortune that sweeps the spirited beauty back to her place in the court of Queen Katherine of Aragon--and into the arms of Crispin St. Clair, the Earl of Witton. But when Philippa stumbles onto a plot to assassinate King Henry VIII, their very love is tested as they attempt to unmask those who are plotting to tear the royal court asunder.

New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small concludes her acclaimed saga of Rosamund Bolton and her daughters with this tale of passion, intrigue, and seduction, set against the glorious backdrop of King Henry's court... Elizabeth Meredith, the youngest daughter of Rosamund Bolton, is nothing like her sensible sisters. Impatient with fancy manners, the young beauty has shunned the royal court in favor of a quiet life at Friarsgate. But to protect the future of the land she loves, she must venture into the court of King Henry VIII to find a suitable husband. Elizabeth soon scandalizes the court by forging a friendship with Anne Boleyn and by flirting with Flynn Stewart, bastard brother to King James V of Scotland. But her fate lies back at Friarsgate--as she has always known--where a weakness for Scots sends her into the strong arms of Baen MacColl. Yet Elizabeth's greatest passion is for her lands; and Baen's loyalties may lie elsewhere. Can they overcome the barriers threatening to separate them? And can Elizabeth, by following her heart, still protect Friarsgate?

Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women. The Channel issues special invitations to certain women, allowing them to explore their most secret, intimate fantasies...no matter what their desires might be.Devoted wife, mother and super-homemaker Nora Buckley is devastated when her cheating husband leaves her for a much younger woman. Her perfect world dissolves around her when he asks for a divorce, putting an end to her world. Or is it? At the urging of her friends, neighbors in Ansley Court in Egret Pointe, Nora decides to explore her sexual fantasies in the world of The Channel. There she discovers she now has the ability to explore secret desires she never thought to experience. Now Nora is living in two worlds, one of her deepest desires with Kyle in The Channel and one where she has to fight her cheating husband for her existence and sanity. Two worlds? Who says she can't have both?

Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to certain ones, allowing them to explore their most secret, intimate fantasies...no matter what their desires might be.Kathryn St John, aka Miss Kathy, isn't your typical starched and stuffy librarian. She enjoys her personal, sensual fantasies thanks to her subscription to The Channel. Here she can privately indulge and explore her deepest, darkest, sexiest desires with her favorite literary characters and heroes while her real-life position as librarian in Egret Ponte remains scandal free. Librarians are not expected to indulge with hot, hunky literary heroes like the Three Musketeers, the barbarian Temur or Rapunzel's Prince Everhard. Nightly, thanks to The Channel, she can bring to life her characters and indulge as she desires, with no one the wiser.But when Egret Pointe's Middle School hires a new principal, Tim Blair, Kathy finds that her fantasies could become reality with Tim's determination to become her only hero starring in all her dreams.

Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to certain ones, allowing them to explore their most secret, intimate fantasies...no matter what their desires might be.What do a housewife/nurse, a single store manager, an Irish au pair, a publishing CEO and an office secretary have in common? The Channel, of course. Come along with Carla, Nina, Maureen, J.P. and Tiffany and a lot of hot, sexy fantasies just waiting to be enjoyed in an alternate world awaiting them in their community of Egret Pointe. Now they'll carry out those fantasies and even more with the hot, seductive, sensual characters they'd only meet in their dreams or the pages of romance books. These women will entangle themselves with fantasies that not only satisfy their lusty nature, but also allow them to enjoy the company of a pirate, a sultan, a Regency rake, a sexy movie star, and even a brawny Celtic warrior. Come and enjoy a series of short stories and get reunited with friends from other adventures in The Channel.

Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to certain ones, allowing them to explore their most secret, intimate fantasies...no matter what their desires might be.Ashley, "The Bad Luck Bride of Egret Point", Kimbrough, appears on the outside to have everything a woman could want. Wealthy, successful and a satisfying and very active sex life thanks to her visits to The Channel, Ashley has a problem. Thanks to her grandfather's will, she must marry by the time she is thirty-five-within the next eighteen months-or lose it all. She has a problem, that is, until Ryal Mulcahy comes into her life. This handsome multi-millionaire with a Celtic warrior's body and drop-dead gorgeous face makes all her fantasies in The Channel come to life and run wilder than anything she has experienced in real life. When Ryan agrees to a marriage of convenience to fulfill the terms of the will, Ashley wonders whether she can use her experience from The Channel on her very unsuspecting husband.

Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to certain ones, allowing them to explore their most secret, intimate fantasies...no matter what their desires might be.Who wouldn't dream of extraordinary, kinky sex? Well, maybe not Annie Miller, a widowed, stay-at-home mother of five kids. Since the death of her husband, Annie has just barely been financially making it work for her family. But all that changes when her wealthy sister Lizzie enters Annie into a contest run by The Channel and Annie wins the Grand Prize: a week's stay at the Spa, a new exclusive luxury resort in Egret Pointe. But what about her five kids? Lizzie has that all planned, too. They'll be away for part of the summer, allowing Annie to experience her fantasies and really live for the first time in what seems like forever. At the Spa, Annie turns on the flat-screen TV to begin living out her dreams and fantasies. Soon she is living a very erotic and sexy version of Beauty and the Beast, and not the children's version of the story. Annie finds out that some fantasies-and dreams-can come true.

Welcome to the world of The Channel, a secretive, exclusive interactive cable network, run by and for women, which issues special invitations to certain ones, allowing them to explore their most secret, intimate fantasies...no matter what their desires might be.Romance author Emily Shann has just been given possibly the worst news ever. Her publisher needs her to push the sex envelope when it comes to her writing. They want sexier books or they won't sign a contract for her next book. Not only that, her long-time editor has finally decided to retire, leaving her with a new editor...a MAN Now Emily not only has to write sexier, more explicit, truer-to-life books, but also has to work with a man while doing it. It doesn't help that her new editor, Michael Devlin, is tall, dark, handsome, panty-wetting sexy and someone who stirs her personal fantasies. Good thing she has The Channel to help tutor her in the sensual arts she needs to know to incorporate into her books. Using The Channel means convincing Michael to help with her research but maybe, just maybe, it will be a way to change fantasies to unedited flesh and blood reality.

Lady India... Beautiful, headstrong, wild, and determined. Certainly no surprise, considering Lady India Lindley is the granddaughter of the famed Skye O'Malley and daughter of the equally beautiful Jasmine de Marisco Lindley.India is accustomed to having her own way. And an arranged marriage is not something she is willing to face. Boarding a ship to Italy, along with her intended choice for husband, she is determined to elope and escape her domineering family. But when fate intervenes in the form of capture by Ottoman pirates, India finds herself as body slave to the mysterious, handsome and commanding Caynan Reis, dey of the state of El Sinut on the Barbary Coast.However, things are not always what you see on the surface. Caynan is equally determined to tame the wild beauty, but not by force. Force will not win the love of India. And so begins the erotic game between a man who will not accept defeat and a woman who will not surrender to a barbarian's love.