Lynn Kurland

From New York Times Bestselling author Lynn Kurland comes the medieval tale of two people with things to hide . . .Rose Kilchurn wants two things: Segrave Castle; and to never, ever again have to keep another secret. The path to the first lies through a marriage arranged for her by two kings, which she'll accept as long as the man is manageable and she's able to continue to arrange her life exactly as she sees fit. Only she hasn't counted on a stranger with secrets arriving with her last two suitors . . . much less discovering how far she's willing to go to keep him safe.Tristan de Thierry is heartily sick of living two lives: bastard in his father's house and spy for Louis of France everywhere else. When his brother is chosen to make the journey to England to potentially wed a rich heiress, Tristan leaps at the chance to slip out of France unnoticed. Only he discovers that the fair English flower his brother has been invited to woo isn't at all as wilted as she's rumored to be, which leads him to thinking things he shouldn't, namely how many secrets would he have to keep to make her his . . .

From New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland comes the reissue of four classic novellas . . .In The Gift of Christmas Past, a feline guardian angel leads his mistress back in time to a night long ago where she finds her own knight in shining armor. Next, a Scottish nobleman drifts off in a 13th-century dungeon only to awaken in a 20th-century Manhattan bridal salon-and the arms of a beautiful designer-in And the Groom Wore Tulle. Then, a lovely Tudor inn welcomes The Three Wise Ghosts who engage in some haunted matchmaking to bring together a free-wheeling American and a business-obsessed British executive. Finally, in The Icing on the Cake, opposites do indeed attract when a Manhattan writer warms the heart of a wilderness guide who's more interested in fending off grizzlies than she is in finding true love."I dare you to read a Kurland story and not enjoy it." - Heartland Critiques- Edition Note: These novellas were originally released in the following anthology collections: The Gift of Christmas Past in The Christmas CatAnd The Groom Wore Tulle in Veils of TimeThe Three Wise Ghosts in Christmas SpiritsThe Icing on the Cake in Opposites Attract

From NYT Bestselling author Lynn Kurland comes the reissue of two novellas set in the world of the Nine Kingdoms . . .Fleeing an unsavory betrothal on the back of her father's fleetest horse, Mehar of Angesand has a simple goal: to find the king's mage to help her decipher a book of spells she's sure will save her life. But when she arrives at the royal palace she finds it in ruins, the king's magician dead, and the one man there who can use her spells to be quite a bit more powerful-and important-than just a stable lad she thinks him to be . . .Symon of Neroche, freshly crowned and beginning his reign in his father's rustic hunting lodge, finds his life changing in an instant when a banished elf walks in, uninvited and unexpected, and demands Symon rescue his sister from the dark mage who kidnapped her. Symon agrees, imagining no one needs to know how long he's worshipped that woman from afar or what he's willing to gamble to save her life . . . and win her heart."Lynn Kurland has become one of my favorite fantasy authors; I can hardly wait to see what happens next." - Huntress Reviews* Edition Note: The Tale of Two Swords was originally released in the Berkley anthology entitled To Weave a Web of Magic; A Whisper of Spring was originally released in the Berkley anthology entitled The Queen in Winter.

One good deed leads to another, which for an evil mage desperately wanting to get back to his usual business of making mischief, is hardly a good thing.Acair of Ceangail has, almost willingly, shouldered the quest of saving the world. Armed with nothing but his charm, a nose for trouble, and the determination to keep his beloved out of the magical fray, he's marching off into the deepening gloom to engage in Noble Deeds.L irsinn of S raichte asked for magic, despite its devastating effects, to protect Acair as he seeks to fight a mage of terrible power and soul-draining spells. She just hadn't expected her part in their quest to be quite so critical.Time is beginning to run out for the two of them, and the battle to save the world and those they love draws ever closer. They just never dreamed how close to home that battle might be . . .New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland continues the Nine Kingdoms saga with the last installment of a trilogy where a reluctant hero and courageous stable lass are all that stands between the world and a relentless evil.

THE SPELLBINDING NINE KINGDOMS SAGA CONTINUES AS A MAGE WITHOUT MAGIC AND A STABLE MAID WITHOUT A HOME FACE THE APPROACHING SHADOWS OF DARKNESS--AND CHOICES THAT WILL CHANGE THEM BOTH FOREVER... Acair of Ceangail, still dodging his reputation as a notorious black mage, has undertaken the ultimate quest: ridding the world of a mysterious, terrible dark magic while using no magic of his own. But he never bargained for three maddening complications: attempting to safeguard his beautiful but horse-obsessed companion, L irsinn; trying not to slay a profoundly irritating prince of Neroche; and slipping in and out of places he knows will spell his doom if he's caught. L irsinn of S raichte simply wants to do what needs to be done--find the makers of various spells and rescue her grandfather. But walking side by side with Acair brings a terrible revelation about the magic she needs, and what its price will exact from her soul. Together, Acair and L irsinn face danger they never could have imagined, culminating in choices that will alter them and the history of the Nine Kingdoms forever.

Two people are caught up in love--and in time--in the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Stars in Your Eyes. In search of a fresh start, Emma Baxter has traveled to Scotland to try to forget her rocky love life. Luckily, the gorgeous Highlander who owns the house up the path from her rental cottage might be exactly the kind of distraction she needs. But there's more to his intriguing qualities than she can explain--although she certainly isn't buying into the local legends of Highland magic. Nathaniel MacLeod is a man adrift, all thanks to the unwanted gift that forces him to continually jump between centuries. He never knows if he'll wind up in the present day or the fourteenth century, but when Emma follows him back through time, he suddenly has more to worry about than keeping his separate lives straight... Someone has started to notice Nathaniel's travels and now, no time period is safe, for him or for Emma.

The New York Times bestselling Nine Kingdoms Saga continues in a land where light and dark magic vie, and where a reluctant hero and seemingly defenseless stable maid must join forces against an encroaching evil. Acair of Ceangail, youngest bastard son of the worst black mage in history, has followed in his father's footsteps, wreaking havoc throughout the world and leaving powerful enemies in his wake. After a year of reparation, he owes a final bit of penance: twelve months spent working in a barn without using his magic. L irsinn of S raichte understands horses, stable work, and how to judge men's hearts. When she starts seeing shadows where there should only be light, she knows there is evil afoot. Unfortunately, it's something she can't fight on her own. Acair's attempts to aid L irsinn only draw the notice of dangerous mages against whom he is currently defenseless. With only each other to rely on, Acair and L irsinn find themselves suddenly in a race to save the world before it's consumed by darkness...

New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland presents a sweeping romance in which true love can go beyond time... Imogen Maxwell is on a hunt for rare, antique items to use on a period movie set. The last thing she expects to discover in the peaceful Scottish countryside is a pristine medieval sword...or to suddenly find herself facing its very vintage owner in a far too authentic castle. Phillip de Piaget has run out of patience with his recalcitrant Scottish betrothed and is determined that she will join him, once and for all, in front of the altar. Only the lass he captures fleeing his would-be keep seems more interested in running away from him than talking to him. In fact, she seems to have no idea who he is. But taming his reluctant bride is the least of his worries; it seems someone else wants him at the chapel...in a stone box. As for Imogen, how can he let her go, when she holds the key to not only the castle, but his heart?

Aisling of Bruadair's quest to restore her country's rightful rulers to their throne has been long and difficult. Now, after a lifetime of lies, she's confronted with an unexpected truth: Bruadair's salvation may lie within her. But the path to harnessing her newly discovered magical gifts threatens to lead her back through a past that may well spell her death. With his own magic restored, Runach of Ceangail has come to terms with the fact that the simple life he once coveted is no longer an option. Instead, he is determined to help Aisling fulfill her quest, even if his part of the bargain includes facing evil mages with power far greater than his own. But once they reach Bruadair, Runach and Aisling discover that nothing is as it seems, and not only must they accept their past, they must also embrace their destiny--before the enemies drawing near succeed in extinguishing all the light in the world...

Isabelle de Piaget is determined to elude her overprotective family by means of a hasty escape to France. But instead of making a surprise visit to her brother there, she winds up shipwrecked on the French coast with no memory of who she is or how she came to awaken in the dark and forbidding castle of an equally brooding lord. Gervase de Seger rescues--very reluctantly--the bedraggled urchin he finds on the road and puts her to work where he can ignore her. Unfortunately, he soon realizes that her brother is an intimidating lord who is going to be absolutely furious when he learns that his beloved sister has been laboring as a scullery maid. Yet Isabelle may be the one who holds the key to solving Gervase's most pressing problem: that someone has been trying to finish the task of separating him from his title and his lands. Finding the truth propels Gervase and Isabelle from the buried secrets of half-ruined keeps to the glittering French court, and to the realization that love can blossom in the most perilous circumstances--and in the most unexpected places of the heart . . .

New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland returns to her enchanting Nine Kingdoms saga as the epic adventure of a weaver and an elven prince continues…Aisling of Bruadair is frantic to find both the truth about her future and a mercenary to save her country. When an offer of aid comes from an unexpected direction, she is relieved her quest is almost complete. But she soon realizes her task is far from over . . . and will include perils she never dreamed she would ever face.Rùnach of Ceangail has offered to help Aisling with her quest, then he fully intends to take up his life as a simple swordsman far from magic and evil mages. Unfortunately, a chance finding of a book of indecipherable spells tells him that an ordinary life is never going to be his--especially when he realizes that the book he has in his hands belongs to a black mage who will stop at nothing to have it back.With time running out, Rùnach and Aisling must solve what seem to be unrelated mysteries before others find those answers first and plunge the Nine Kingdoms into a darkness it will never recover from . . .

From the author of "Dreamspinner "and "A Dance Through Time.".. ESCAPING INTO THE PAST... Derrick Cameron, antiquities dealer and adventurer, is furious when the priceless piece of Elizabethan lace he's been pursuing slips right by him, in the improbable custody of a mousy textile historian But he will retrieve it, even if it means dragging a very skeptical, albeit adorable, Samantha back in time with him. After all, he is used to living dangerously--in whatever century he finds himself. Conscientious Samantha Drummond never dreamed the package her British employer gave her would lead her into places an ordinary gal should never go--like Elizabethan England --or throw her into the company of one extremely attractive, but highly suspect Highlander who not only thinks she's a thief, but insists on involving her in his mad schemes to retrieve his stolen treasure. CAN LEAD YOU STRAIGHT INTO YOUR FUTURE... Trapped first in Elizabethan England, then caught in a web of modern-day intrigues, Samantha and Derrick are forced into an unlikely alliance by peril, never imagining that what they're forging is a timeless love....

"New York Times" bestselling author Lynn Kurland's enthralling Nine Kingdoms saga brings together a weaver's apprentice and the son of a mage, both fighting to save the Nine Kingdoms from peril. Aisling of Bruadair has lived a provincial life, heedless of the evil creeping over her land. That ordinary existence changes forever, though, when she is sent to the opposite end of the world to find a master swordsman. If she fails, her life--and her country's safety--will be forfeit. She just never expected that swordsman to be a wounded elven prince masquerading as a simple soldier. Powerless and scarred from a long-ago conflict, Runach of Ceangail has spent years in obscurity, ignoing battles he can no longer fight. And although he has been drawn back into the world, he fully intends to live an unremarkable life far away from events he knows he cannot change... Until Runach meets Aisling and realizes that she is far more than what she seems, that their alliance has attracted unwelcome notice, and that some battles "must" be fought.

"Gift of Magic" is the latest installment in "New York Times" bestselling author Lynn Kurland's breathtaking Nine Kingdoms saga, which follows the daughter of a dreamweaver and the son of a mage as they struggle to save the realm from a magic as dark as it is powerful. Sarah of Do?re knows the pattern of spells is no accident. With each page, each powerful rune, she and Ruith are being led somewhere, to someone-but by whom, she cannot tell. Sarah's gift of sight only allows her to see the spells themselves, not the person behind them. A reluctant sorcerer still learning to trust his own magic, Ruithneadh of Ceangail knows he's woefully unprepared for the adversaries they'll face. But he and Sarah must collect and destroy his father Gair's spells soon. Many mages seek their power, and in the wrong hands, Gair's magic would plunge the Nine Kingdoms into an eternity of darkness. But as they pursue the final spells-acquiring strange companions, welcome allies, and unexpected foes along the way-Sarah and Ruith realize that their true quest has only just begun. The real enemy is closer, darker, and more power hungry than they ever imagined; and until he is defeated, the fate of the Nine Kingdoms hangs in dire peril.

Two of the New York Times bestselling author's most dazzling paranormal romances, together for the first time. In Another Chance to Dream, Rhys, a knight with neither land nor title, cannot win the hand of Gwennelyn of Segrave, but he will always have her heart. Then Gwen is betrothed to another man, and Rhys fears he will lose her forever. Until a surprise offer comes his way-bringing Rhys and Gwen a second chance. In If I Had You, Robin de Piaget returns to Artane- and to Anne of Fenwyck, a bewitching young woman who leaves him breathless with longing. But there's treachery that endangers them. And as the past threatens their future, Anne and Robin realize they want nothing more than to have each other-for eternity.

The stirring conclusion to the "superb romantic fantasy trilogy"(Midwest Book Review) from the USA Today bestselling author of The Mage's Daughter. Born out of "a fantasy world...too wonderful to miss" (Paranormal Romance) the Nine Kingdoms Trilogy now explodes in the fiercest battle yet as the fate of a kingdom lies with a man and woman bound by love, magic, and a legendary-and perilous-sword.

In the second volume in a romance fantasy trilogy that began with Star of the Morning, as nightmarish monsters are unleashed on the kingdom of Neroche, Morgan, a mercenary and daughter of a treacherous black mage, battles the evil, while Miach of Neroche must choose between his duty to the kingdom and his love for Morgan. Original.