Laura Kinsale, a New York Times bestselling author, transitioned to romance writing after a six-year career as a geologist. This prior experience, involving solitary drives to remote drilling sites and navigating male-dominated environments, provided a unique perspective that informs her narrative approach. Kinsale now dedicates her time to crafting intricate plots and exploring character motivations, trading the rugged outdoors for the quiet intensity of storytelling. Her work is known for its deep emotional resonance and the compelling development of her characters' journeys.
The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the ′D of J′ in scandal sheets, where he and his various exploits featured with frequency. But sometimes the most womanising rake can be irresistible, and even his most casual attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms, quiet daughter of a simple mathematician.
THE SHADOWWealthy, powerful and majestically handsome, he is a man of dark secrets--a master of the ancient martial arts of an exotic distant land. Scarred by a childhood of shocking degradation, he has sworn to love chastely... but burns with the fires of unfulfilled passion.THE STARLovely, innocent and nearly destitute, she is drawn to him by a fevered yearning she could never deny -- following her enigmatic "shadow warrior" into a dangerous world of desire and righteous retribution.
Readers should be enchanted. -Publishers Weekly An unlikely princess, exiled and innocent, and a war hero with hell to pay...
A fatally dangerous man—and the woman who stands in the way of all he has ever desired. Beautiful and ruthless, the elegant assassin Allegreto will stop at nothing to regain his rightful place. The perfect instrument has just fallen into his hands, in the lovely form of Lady Elena—the long-lost princess of the land he intends to wrest back from his enemies. But she is no mere maiden to be possessed. Even as he forces her to bend to his will, in the heat of desire and fury Elena finds the hidden power in her own soul, a merciless passion and command that will bring her dark lover to his knees. Her mastery may destroy him—or build an unexpected future from the bitter ashes of his life and dreams.
All the king's men could not surpass the intellect, nor all the king's ladies the beauty of Merlin Lambourne. As the infamous Napoleon's deadly army grows ever closer, Lord Ransom Falconer frantically searches for an inventor who can create a new way to defeat the advancing forces. He unexpectedly finds that only the lovely Merlin is adequate for the challenge. Drunk from her intoxicating beauty, Falconer whisks Merlin backto his home on a trail of tender kisses, oblivious to mounting whispers ofscandal. His quickly falls under the spell of her magical touch. But as Napoleon draws nearer, Falconer must use Merlin's own inventions to protect her from danger. The magic of love surrounds them as they fall under the spell of undeniable passion.
Cool, reserved Lord Winter has been searching for the legendary horse known as String of Pearls. Instead he discovers Zenia Stanhope, an English adventuress, disguised as a Bedouin boy. Zenia longs to return to a comfortable life in England while Lord Winter wants to continue his dangerous adventures.
A mysterious lieutenant and a lonely, young widow must face the consequences that arise when their innocent correspondence transforms into a secret love--and a passion strong enough to destroy them both.
A young knight will take up his sword for the honor of a beautiful and mysterious princess--and risk his life for the love that burns between them.
Laura Kinsale's unique and powerfully written love stories transcend the romance genre. In this, her first new book in five years, she delivers a poignant, funny, sexy, Regency romance sure to delight her many fans and attract a whole new readership.Trevelyan and Callie are childhood sweethearts with a taste for adventure, until the fateful day her father discovers them embracing in the carriage house and, in a furious frenzy, drives Trevelyan away in disgrace. Nine long, lonely years later, Trevelyan returns. Callie discovers that he can still make her blood race and fill her life with excitement, but he can't give her the one thing she wants more than anything--himself.For Trevelyan, Callie is a spark of light in a world of darkness and deceit. Before he can bear to say his last goodbyes, he's determined to sweep her into one last, fateful adventure, just for the two of them.
Raised by her late father in the jungles and tropical forests, Tess Collier reluctantly agrees to return to England and boards the ship of captain Gryphon Meridon, whose promise to protect her evolves into feelings of passion. Reissue.
Roderica Delamore, cursed with the ability to read minds, offers her entire fortune to marry the Devil Earl, a notorious Irish rake whose thoughts she cannot hear, only to discover the heights of passion and the torment of dark secrets from the past.
Sudbina jednog gusara i jedne ledi isprepliće se na pučini mora. Mlada, lijepa i naivna ledi Elena živi opuštenim životom na engleskom ladanju do trenutka kada je sudbina pošalje na putovanje u talijansku kneževinu Monteverde gdje je čeka nova dužnost: kao jedina nasljednica tamošnje vladarske loze mora se udati za upravitelja te male ali bogate kneževine. Međutim, brod kojim se zaputila zarobe gusari i Elena pada u ruke ozloglašenoga razbojnika Allegreta Navone. Opasan, lijep i karizmatičan Allegreto, nezakoniti sin obitelji Navona, također želi vlast nad Monteverdeom, a upravo mu brak s ledi Elenom može pomoći u ostvarenju te ambicije. No neobuzdana strast koja se između njih rađa opasnija je od bilo kakve izdaje koju neki smrtnik može smisliti. Na tom opasnom putovanju, prožetom strašću, mržnjom i nasiljem, Elena će se potpuno promijeniti…
Engleska, predviktorijansko doba. Trevelyan i Callie zaljubljeni su tinejdžeri, oboje skloni vragolijama, sve dok ih jednoga sudbonosnog dana njezin otac ne zatekne zagrljene u spremištu za kočije. U napadu bijesa on otjera osramoćenog Trevelyana. Devet dugih i usamljenih godina poslije Trevelyan se vraća iz svojih francuskih pustolovina, a Callie otkriva da joj zbog njega srce još uvijek treperi i da joj unosi uzbuđenje u život. Ali, on joj ne može dati ono što želi više od svega, a to je sebe samoga. Za Trevelyana Callie je iskra svjetla u svijetu mraka i prevare. Ovaj put neće dopustiti da ih sudbina ponovno razdvoji, nego će je povesti u jednu posebnu avanturu, samo za njih dvoje… »Satovi iz francuskoga zanosni su satovi iz ljubavi i ljepote življenja…« - Once Upon a Romance
