New Releases by Jane Feather

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.

The handsome young Earl of Harcourt decides to play Henry Higgins to a scrappy but beautiful traveling actress and puts her forward as a bride to the king of France, a dangerous deception that threatens his own heart.

Dear Reader, What comes to mind when you think of a diamond slipper? Cinderella, perhaps? That''s what Cordelia Brandenburg imagines when her godparents arrange a marriage for her with a man she''s never met--a marriage that will take her to Versailles, far from the rigid confines of her childhood home. The betrothal gift is a charm bracelet with a tiny, glittering diamond slipper attached...as befits a journey into a fairy-tale future. But Cordelia--young, headstrong, and completely adorable--runs into trouble right away. Her escort to the wedding is the golden-eyed, sensual, teasing Viscount Leo Kierston. For Cordelia, it''s love at first sight. Yet Leo seems to see only a spoiled child--perhaps it''s the way she cheats at chess--and Cordelia is determined to show him the woman beneath. There is, however, no escaping her arranged marriage. She''s devastated to discover that her new husband is an utterly loathsome tyrant who will stop at nothing to satisfy his twisted desires. My heart went out to Cordelia as she struggles courageously against a man determined to break her spirit. But her husband has a secret, one that will bring down the vengeance of Viscount Kierston and all who have reason to hate him. I hope you''ll enjoy this love story of two of my very favorite characters. Warmest wishes, Jane Feather P.S. The charm bracelet makes its next appearance in The Silver Rose. Look for it next summer.

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?

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