Christine Young

Whispers of LoveAidan McLellan has loved Blade MacPherson since she first set eyes on him as a young girl. Spontaneous, wild and eager to grow up, Aidan haunts his waking thoughts day and night, insinuating herself into his life. With her fiery red hair and sparkling sapphire eyes, she seizes Blade's heart even while he tries to resist the innocent child until she becomes a woman.Whispers of CourageBlade has waited what seems a lifetime to claim the woman who captures his heart as a little girl. Claiming his inheritance before his younger brother takes what is rightfully his, Blade must convince Aidan of his sincerity after years of avoidance and wed her before his father dies so he can return home, securing his rightful place. Everything is put to the test when his life as well as Aidan's is threatened by the man who once called him brother.

SHE WOULD RISK EVERYTHING TO BECOME A PRACTICING DOCTOR Annie Lundin's dream of practicing medicine and a life of dignity and self-sufficiency vanishes in the small Kansas Territory town of Denver City. When the men of the town refuse to become her patients, all she has left to fight for is her practice. She is thwarted from every direction. She didn't mean to fall for the dark, handsome sheriff. Didn't mean to ask for his help. Annie needs Deke Sullivan to protect her from the dark secrets that follow her from Boston. In return she offers all she has-herself. HE WOULD STOP AT NOTHING TO WIN HER LOVE AND TRUST Raised by the Cheyenne, Deke Sullivan was churlish, overconfident, and dangerously handsome. His life changed when his Irish grandfather discovered him. He was sent to West Point, fought the Seminole in Florida as well as some on the planes where his loyalty was divided. A woman is the last thing in the world he needs. Especially a woman who belongs in Boston, not the rugged Rocky Mountains. He has commitments that don't include a woman. The moment he sees Annie her intoxicating beauty changed him forever. Love has a way of changing the rules.

He Made Her An Offer...Life has thrown Christel McClellan some experiences that could have devastated a less determined woman. Beautiful, self-assured and fiercely independent, she is trying to forget the loss of her stillborn child. But is the child alive?She Couldn't Deny...Life is carefree for Ryder MacLaren who loves to see what is on the other side of the sunrise. Laird of Clan MacLaren, he is wealthy, handsome and happily unencumbered...until stunning Christel McClellan enters his life. When he hears her story, he believes the child she thought dead has been sold to a wealthy buyer.

Her life was tipped head-over-heels... When Dallas Shaw realized her long-time friend meant more to her than she ever imagined, she panicked. With the first kiss, unexpected sparks flared between them. Because of her intensifying passions, she was relieved to receive an assignment far away from the town of Cranach so she could come to terms with the raw desire coursing within. The handsome brooding artist who'd painted her many times was a hazard of a different kind. Dallas soon found herself yielding to his mercuric enchantment. ...and so was her heart Taught to believe in eternal love Rafe Frasier thought he would never find his mate in this lifetime. If he didn't find her, they would never meet again in the future. Once, he thought Dallas might be his mate. Yet, there was no energy between them, no spark of raw passion when they touched. After Dallas returned from an unexplained absence, he couldn't deny her intoxicating effect on him. Now Rafe would risk his life to protect the innocent beauty who had seduced him with her tender love.

Wild and free, intending to remain so, Kerrie Johnstone has one goal in mind. She intends to build a stable with the best race horses in the British Isles. Life is good for Kerrie. Beautiful, self-assured and fiercely independent, she understands she is no debutant even though she is headed for a season in London. One she will loathe. She is prepared to step into her dreams, not become some aristocrat's wife. If she never meets another man with a title, she will be more than satisfied. Life is good for Sterling Talmage, the future Duke of Sherburn. Known to his friends as Tam, he is wealthy, handsome and happily unencumbered...until stunning Kerrie Johnstone plumets into his life racing across an open field on a stallion much too large for her petite frame. After pulling the damsel in distress from the stallion, he discovers a wild, struggling termagant who refuses to admit she needs his help. During their impromptu stay in a hunting box in the wilds of Scotland, Tam learns the woman he's decided will be his wife despises men with titles. During the next weeks he does all he can to keep her from discovering he is not only a marquis but in line to become the next duke. This young beauty might have some strange notions about men with titles, but she is about to discover that when it comes to passion, a loving heart wins hands down.

Sheltered, Maggie MacRae is shocked to learn her mother has agreed to a marriage proposal for her made to a man she detests. All her dreams are ripped away from her when she realizes escape is unlikely. For her, there is no viable way out of the engagement. Choices needed to be made. The man she is to become engaged to is ruthless, a dangerous power. Terrified of her future with this man, Maggie is left with few options. Feeling as if her world has shattered, Maggie flees the night her engagement is announced. She puts her life in the hands of a man she doesn't know, a man who could be as cold-blooded and treacherous as the one who is now her fianc ...a man who awakens her to a world she never knew existed. Jasper Kenworthy has spent his life with few cares and he has no intention of changing the patterns of his existence. When he finds that Maggie can offer him something he never thought would be his, it's all the excuse he needs to help her. Yet every breathless night spent tangled together in each other's arms has given Jasper a taste for Maggie. He discovers he would do anything, risk everything to keep Maggie safe and within the shelter of his embrace.

The Highland Lass... Harris Frasier was raised and adored by a devoted mother and father, zealously sheltered by her two older brothers. Harris is everything sweet and spicey, trusting and loyal until she is faced with what she believes is betrayal to all she holds dear within her heart. She gives her love to a man who confuses her. A man who she doesn't think can return her loyalty. Given no viable choice, Harris is forced to follow him to London then on to his home near the Dover coast to discover she is correct in all her assumptions about his fidelity. He is a womanizer. Harris cannot abide a life with a man who will not remain faithful. ...The Sassenach Soldier Stunned to discover the woman he will love forever then into eternity believes he is a cad and a philanderer. Ashton Wolcott realizes the uphill battle in front of him will worsen before Harris will learn to trust his word. He isn't anything like the man she assumes him to be. Ash endangers all her previously held values. Even while he delights her senses, she battles misconceptions. From the moment he first sees her sunning herself naked by the loch to the moment she runs after him begging him to compromise her, his captivating masculinity holds her in thrall. Within the shelter of his arms, she will learn all-encompassing passion, loyalty, and joy and the lasting power of love.

With her extraordinary silver-mauve eyes, Maisie McRae struggles with the return of her lost love. She finds solace living with her half-sister and existing on dreams. After three long years the man she once dreamt of marrying asks her to make the same foolish mistake again. Holding herself aloof from the arrogant man, Maisie refuses to let his sweettalking words seduce her into his arms. Smitten from the first instant Hawk Fraser sees Maisie, he is determined to find a means to entice her into becoming part of his life. A missing letter keeps the unlucky couple from realizing their dreams. Defeated by her rejection, Hawk searches for a way to ignore the woman. Unable to forget the way she feels in his arms, Hawk returns from the colonies, ready to try again. Despite the chance of a second rejection, he forges ahead. Boldly, he seeks her out and makes her his own.

AN ENGLISH ROSE Sweet Betsy Darling, the oh-so-prim and innocent tutor for children born of rich aristocrats, is a woman on a mission-she has but a short time to lose her standing as a respectable spinster. Arriving in Glasgow with skirts flying, parasol pointing, and plump mouth issuing demands, she understands only one thing will save her form losing all she holds dear: complete and utter disgrace. A BRAW HIGHLANDER Known throughout the city as a bad boy with more money than he needs, Evan Murray has lost his temper one too many times, and now he's suspended from teaching at the university he loves as well as Halstead & Family the financial firm owned by his family. An apology which he refuses to issue is one of two things that will restore his career. The second is his complete and utter respectability Now he's been coerced into escorting the bossy, parasol toting Miss Betsy Darling, and she's hell-bent on chasing down a tattoo parlor, dressing in skimpy clothing and worse...lots worse. LOVE THE SCOTTISH WAY When a stunning man who can't afford another scandal meets a no-nonsense lady who's determined to trigger one, anything can happen. But love? Oh, my. That impossible. That's shocking. That's unavoidable.

Fascinated... When the woman stepped through the door of the pub, sun setting her fiery red hair glowing around her delicate features, Kit Stuart finds himself captivated by the sight. The moment he sees her he knows she will be his. Convincing the fire-haired lady of that fact isn't easy. After she calls out another man's name when he kisses her that night, he is instantly enraged as well as jealous. The road they travel is fraught with secrets that neither can tell. Trust is an elusive quality that neither can give. Intrigued... Forced to run for her life, desperate and afraid, Aila MacDuff willingly enters into the Kinnel Stones, a mysterious place where people disappear then appear magically in different times. At the first sight of Kit, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to him. She's been told to search for her mate and that she will know when she finds him. Aila doesn't know what this man's name is or what he looks like. Nonetheless, she is certain he will be similar to her mate from one hundred years earlier. Despite the fact she is falling in love with Kit, he can't be her mate. Her mate is a shifter. Kit is not.

Blurb: Just For Michael He is a bad, bad boy... Michael Flannigan has burgeoning ideas the moment he meets the woman who has inherited Mayfair. Clare will fit into his big plans quite nicely. Mayfair Plantation is his heritage. Even before the Revolutionary war Flannigans owned this land. No woman is going take what is his. Realizing the only way he can possess the land that is his birthright is to marry the impulsive woman who waltzes into his life, he sets his sights on making her his, slowly seducing her until she unwittingly falls into his scheme. ...but she is determined When Clare Carter-Brown returns to Mayfair Hall in Virginia after several years absence, she intends to claim her inheritance. Bypassing Leslie Hall, she moves into Mayfair without a chaperone intending to take over from the manager. Michael objects to her tactics. At every turn, he adeptly points out her failings. As the fires rage around them they find a love that burns more fiercely than either could ever imagine.