The Passionate and the Proud (35 page)
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Authors: Vanessa Royall
Tags: #Romance, #Western, #FICTION/Romance/Western
A love that burns more fierce than any holy flame threatens to engulf Spain in this scintillating historical romance.
Proud as her aristocratic upbringing, bold as the ancient gypsy blood that ran in her veins, the beautiful, golden-haired Maria saw her family burned at the Inquisitor's stake, watched her young lover, the adventurous Rafael de Alagon, forced into the priesthood.
Desperate, and bound by a forbidden love, she defied the Grand Inquisitor himself, fled across Spain with the gypsy king, was enslaved by the Blue Sultan, and escaped to entreat Queen Isabella's favor at the dazzling Spanish court.
But through all of her travels, Maria is bound to Rafael by a love more unshakeable than faith, that burns hotter than the fires of the Inquisition.
From a master of historical romance comes a sweeping tale of the American frontier, and a love that could not be, but also could not be stopped…
After losing her parents to ruthless soldiers, Gyva is cruelly banished from her tribe, forced to live as an exile in the foreign world of white men. But she will return to lead her people, for pride and for love.
Firebrand, the legendary Chickasaw chief, has waged war against the white settlers who flood his people’s land and force them westward on what has become called The Trail of Tears. He has sworn to defend his people and their land to the death, sworn with the power of his love for Gyva that he will push back the invaders, and forge a brave new dream with his one true love.
From the Scottish moors to the shores of a new world, they fought for freedom and love...
Selena MacPherson is a beautiful rebel who was exiled from her native land. She swore to avenge her father's death at the hands of the British.
Royce Campbell is a bold privateer, scion of a fabled Highland clan. He would stop at nothing to bring the hated monarchy to its knees.
From a New York prison to a sensual nightmare of sorcery in Haiti to the streets of Paris ablaze with the flames of revolution, they were destined to cheat death and share a dangerous passion.
In ancient Scotland, a searing love triangle changes the course of three turbulent lives.
Selena MacPherson is the proud princess of Coldstream Castle. She's never met a man who doesn't desire her, but she has yet to meet the man whose desire she welcomes...
Royce Cambell is the fabled son of a ruthless Highland clan. He has fleets and warriors ready to do his bidding. His frightening legends glitter about him like a cloak. He is promised to another, yet when he meets Selena at an Edinburgh ball, there is no denying the burning promise of ecstasy between them. It is across raging seas that the destiny of that promise has its chance to be fulfilled…
As America rises to become a great nation, one woman unravels the mystery that is her past, and rediscovers a love that could change her life forever.
Elizabeth Rolfson had been kidnapped and carried across the seas, yet for as long as she could remember, she knew that her destiny lay in America. She arrived in Chicago in 1885, the stunning heiress to a vast empire.
As men of daring pressed westward towards America, Elizabeth was swept into the savage struggle. Driven to learn the secret of her past, to find the one man who could still the restless yearnings of her heart, she would stand alone against the mighty to claim her proud birthright and grasp a dream of undying love.
On the windswept frontiers of a new America, one woman looks westward for her future, and inward for her true love.
Kristin Arnesdatter had hair was like the summer sun. Her eyes reflected the clear blue Norwegian skies. Her beauty was a blessing and a curse. She would be Gustav Rolfson's reluctant bride, despite her heart being forever bound to Eric Starbane.
Eric had fled his homeland with a price on his head and vengeance in his heart. He would make his way in an alien land torn by civil war, would win honor and prepare for greater battles, if it only meant reclaiming his beloved's heart.
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