Christmas Brides (Three Regency Novellas) (28 page)
I highly recommend It Had to Be You for an all-consuming and powerful love story. –
Romance Communications Reviews*
Best Mainstream Novel – Golden Triangle*
Runner-up Best Mainstream Novel – Book of Your Heart*
Runner-up Best Historical – Now and Then*
Runner-up Best Historical – Show Me More*
*under various previous titles
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The time is 1937. Journalist Dianne Castle mixes with Hollywood's elite post-Prohibition hedonists at the popular Club Borneo, owned by handsome Japanese American, Johnny Honda. Amidst the threat of war and chants of Yellow Peril, Dianne and Johnny fall in love, but it's a love not to be.
How can Johnny let his beloved Dianne throw her life away on the likes of him?
Dianne stubbornly vows to follow him to the ends of the earth-even if it means entering an internment camp.
A Duke Deceived (Harlequin Historical)
Notable New Author Award Winner
Holt Medallion Honorable Mention, Best First Book
Reissued by Harlequin Historical as ebook
Full of intrigue and excitement,
A Duke Deceived
is a tender love story that will capture the reader's heart from page one. Cheryl Bolen is sure to please those who enjoy historical romances set in Regency England." – Barbara Dawson Smith, bestselling author of
ONCE UPON A SCANDAL
"The charm and grace of the regency period is present in this sweetly told debut novel. Regency fans will find the conflict traditional but enjoyable." –
Romantic Times
"
A Duke Deceived
is a gem. If you like a genuinely sensuous love story, pick up this first novel by Cheryl Bolen." –
Happily Ever After
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At her mother's deathbed, Bonny Barbara Allan weds the Duke of Radcliff in what Bonny perceives as a totally unequal match. Though she adores Radcliff, Bonny is embarrassed over her dowryless state and inadequate pedigree to be his duchess. To make matters even worse, she believes her enigmatic husband has married her out of compassion toward her dying mother. Nothing could be further from the truth. Radcliff fell in love with the incomparable Bonny the first time he saw her, but how can he reveal his love when his bride is secretly meeting another man?
Historical Jewels
If you enjoyed my book, I hope you will check out the following titles by my Historical Jewels friends:
Amethyst (Jewel Trilogy, Book 1)
by Lauren Royal
Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance
by Lucinda Brant
S
anctuary of Roses
by Colleen Gleason
Scandalous Virtue
by Brenda Hiatt
Silver Sea (The Raveneau Novels, Book 3)
by Cynthia Wright
The Devil of Kilmartin
by Laurin Wittig
Lady Danger (The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch, Book 1)
by Glynnis Campbell
The Days of Summer
by Jill Barnett
The Butterfly Garden
by Annette Blair
Angel of Fire
by Tanya Anne Crosby
The Beloved One
by Danelle Harmon
The Bride Wore Blue (Book 1, Regency historical Brides of Bath)
by Cheryl Bolen
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