New Releases by Jane Feather

An Arranged Marriage Free-spirited Sophia is a tempestuous heiresscapable of turning heads and breaking hearts. Orderedinto a loveless marriage that could bring her even greater riches, Sophia accepts her fate-until she sets her eyes on Adam, the virile nobleman who is to escort her to her future husband''s estate. Adam is immediately captivated by Sophia''sheated sensuality, which sears through his cool reserve and makes him forget his duty. As for Sophia,she is powerless to resist his intense masculinity andair of mystery. Rebelling against her impending marriage, Sophia willfully surrenders herself body and soul to Adam''s intense passion...only to discover that the price of forbidden love could be her life. Free-spirited Sophia is a tempestuous heiress capable of turning heads and breaking hearts. Ordered into a loveless marriage that could bring her even greater riches, Sophia accepts her fate -- until she sets her eyes on Adam, the virile nobleman who is to escort her to her future husband''s estate. Adam is immediately captivated by Sophia''s heated sensuality, which sears through his cool reserve and makes him forget his duty. As for Sophia, she is powerless to resist his intense masculinity and air of mystery. Rebelling against her impending marriage, Sophia willfully surrenders herself body and soul to Adam''s intense passion...only to discover that the price of forbidden love could be her life.

Lady Olivia Granville, the sheltered daughter of a marquis, is captured by Anthony Caxton, the master of the Wind Dancer, but rather than being horrified at finding herself on a pirate ship, Olivia "is shockingly entranced."--Jacket.

Three unconventional young women vow never to marry, only one-by-one to be overtaken by destiny. Scholarly Olivia is most certainly the least likely bride.

Jolie fille, vraiment... Songeur, le comte Gareth Harcourt contemple la silhouette fine de l''acrobate, en équilibre sur une main. D''un souple coup de reins, la jeune saltimbanque effectue un rétablissement et salue gracieusement la foule qui l''applaudit. C''est à ce moment que la ressemblance saute aux yeux de Gareth : ces cheveux sombres, ces yeux d''un bleu profond, cette bouche généreuse... Identiques à ceux de sa cousine ! Viendrait-il de retrouver par hasard la sœur jumelle de Maude, disparue vingt ans plus tôt, durant la nuit tragique de la Saint-Barthélemy ? Lentement, un plan germe dans l''esprit du comte. Il suffirait probablement de quelques pièces d''argent pour convaincre cette bohémienne de prendre la place de Maude, qui refuse d''épouser Henri de France. Évidemment, les risques sont énormes... Comment cette sauvageonne se comportera-t-elle à la cour ? Et comment réagira Henri s''il apprend qu''il a été grugé ? Une seule chose est sûre : cette acrobate est diablement séduisante !

The second novel in the captivating Brides Trilogy, in which three unconventional young women vow they will never marry—only to be overtaken by destiny. The Accidental Bride could only be the story of Phoebe, the "awkward" one . . . For four years, Cato, the Marquis of Granville, had been just another man—the uninteresting, somewhat intimidating husband of Phoebe''s older sister. But then her sister died, and Phoebe seemed a reasonable substitute. Her forced engagement to him should have been quite a cold-blooded arrangement . . . except that one day Phoebe looked at Granville—really looked at him—and saw what she''d never seen before: he was darkly, breathtakingly attractive. Once she''d noticed, she couldn''t seem to stop noticing, and suddenly Phoebe was disastrously in love. It would be nothing short of torture to be married to Granville, knowing he didn''t love her and never would. After all, Phoebe was not the kind of woman men fell in love with—Phoebe with her untidy hair, her rumpled clothes, and her fingers forever ink-stained from the poetry she wrote. When running away does not solve her problems, Phoebe decides to try something a little different--something that involves a little change in wardrobe, a daring new attitude, and a bit of brazen seduction. Granville is about to discover that his awkward Phoebe is woman enough even for him. . . . Don''t miss the other novels in Jane Feather''s captivating Brides Trilogy: THE HOSTAGE BRIDE | THE ACCIDENTAL BRIDE | THE LEAST LIKELY BRIDE

Once her childhood friend, then her lover, and finally her enemy, Lord Alasdair Chase resolves to make Lady Emma Beaumont his wife by Valentine''s Day, but her stubborn insistence on preserving her independence makes it a challenge. Original.

In each of these six tales, a mysterious bottle falls into the hands of a heroine with results that can only be described as pure magic. Contributors include Jane Feather, Patricia Coughlin, Sharon and Tom Curtis, Elizabeth Elliott, Patricia Potter and Suzanne Robinson. New release feature on BDD Online''s Women''s Fiction Forum (http: //www.bdd.com/romance).

From the incomparable Jane Feather, author of national bestsellers Vanity, Violet, and Valentine, comes this enthralling new romance of daring deception and forbidden passion... Juliana drew the line at becoming a harlot. She had already begun the week as a bride...and ended it as a murderess. She was sure no one would believe that she''d hit her elderly groom with a bed warmer and knocked him dead quite by accident. So she did the only thing she could--she ran. Yet now she was in no position to turn down a shocking proposition from the dangerously handsome Duke of Redmayne: that she become one man''s wife and another man''s mistress--his mistress. Could she play such a role? Could she live up to such a bargain? And once she had tasted the pleasures of Redmayne''s bed, would she ever want anything else?

Picking pockets as her only means of survival, Octavia Morgan realizes that she has made a terrible mistake when she targets Lord Nick, the most notorious highwayman in England, who vows to ensnare Octavia''s passions.

From beguiling New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather comes this classic tale brimming with intrigue and passion. A quirk of fate has made Sylvester Gilbraith the heir of his sworn enemy, the earl of Stoneridge. But there''s a catch: To claim his inheritance, he has to marry one of the earl''s four granddaughters. The magnetically handsome nobleman has no choice but to comply with the terms of the will, yet when he descends on Stoneridge Manor prepared to charm his way into a fortune, he finds that the lady who intrigues him most has no intention of becoming his bride. Maddeningly beautiful and utterly impossible, Theodora Belmont refuses to admit to the chemistry between them, even when she''s passionately locked in his embrace. But soon the day will come when the raven-haired vixen will give anything to be Sylvester''s bride--and risk everything to defend his honor . . . and his life.

Lord Kincaid intends to use Polly Wyat, a beautiful young woman he rescued from a tavern in the slums of London, to entrap his enemy, the Duke of Buckingham, but their growing passion for each other interferes with the plan