Bøger af Bertrice Small

Nora Buckley's worst nightmare has just come true. After years of being a devoted, dutiful housewife, she's found out her husband is leaving her for a younger woman. Then her friends let her in on their delicious and dirty little secret. It's called The Channel, and it lets every woman unleash passions beyond her wildest dreams. Suddenly Nora is living out her most intimate and sensuous fantasies--and before long, she realizes she can have everything she ever wanted.

From the New York Times bestselling "resigning queen of romance" (Literary Times), comes a love story on a grand scale, featuring an innocent country girl who catches the eye of the most powerful man in England-and filled with all the sensuality, drama, and thrilling intrigues of Henry Tudor's glittering sixteenth century court...

Voor liefhebbers van de historische romantiek van Catherine Cookson en Barbara Cartland. ‘De geur van wilde rozen’, vol drama, spanning en liefde, is een opwindend boek dat tot de allerlaatste pagina zal boeien. Een ultiem romantisch avontuur vol gevaren, dat leidt van een geheim Italiaans huwelijk naar een Ottomaanse harem...De familie van de beeldschone en koppige Engelse erfgename India Lindley weigert haar te laten trouwen met de man op wie ze haar zinnen heeft gezet, dus vlucht ze samen met haar geliefde naar Italië om daar stiekem te trouwen. Onderweg wordt echter hun schip gekaapt. De Ottomaanse piraten brengen India naar hun leider, Caynan Reis, die haar opneemt in zijn harem. Alles lijkt erop dat de India en haar kersverse echtgenoot hun Italiaanse huwelijksdroom kunnen vergeten. Maar dat is gerekend buiten de wilskracht en moed van India Lindley.Bertrice Small (1937-2015) was een Amerikaanse schrijfster, geboren in New York. Ze brak door met romantische fictie die zich vaak in het verleden en op exotische locaties afspeelt. Haar boeken staan bekend om de aandacht voor historische details en de sterke heldinnen, die maatschappelijke normen en verwachtingen trotseren. Small schreef in hoog tempo en publiceerde meer dan vijftig romans. Haar boeken werden in meerdere talen vertaald en wereldwijd werden er miljoenen exemplaren van verkocht. Bertrice Small ontving talloze prijzen en onderscheidingen, waaronder de Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award. Ze stierf op 77-jarige leeftijd en liet een rijke erfenis van geliefde romantische romans achter.

‘In de stilte van de nacht’ heeft alles wat je zoekt in een romantisch drama: onvergetelijke personages en stomende romantiek. Een must-read voor fans van de boeken van Catherine Cookson en Barbara Cartland. Zal Fortune de keuze kunnen maken tussen haar rijke verloofde William Devers en zijn rebelse oudere broer William?De beeldschone Lady Fortune Lindley terug naar haar geboortegrond in het Ierse Ulster om haar erfenis op te eisen. Echter wordt er ook van haar geeist dat ze zal trouwen met de steenrijke William Devers. Maar het duurt niet lang totdat zijn rebelse halfbroer Kieran haar hart verovert. Ze komt terecht in een gevaarlijk spel van macht en politiek. Als felle en onafhankelijke vrouw in een wereld die wordt gedomineerd door mannen, moet Fortune haar weg vinden in een verraderlijk landschap van intriges, en lastige keuzes maken om zichzelf én haar kans op haar erfenis te beschermen. Ze zal een allesbepalende keuze moeten maken tussen comfort en ware liefde.Bertrice Small (1937-2015) was een Amerikaanse schrijfster, geboren in New York. Ze brak door met romantische fictie die zich vaak in het verleden en op exotische locaties afspeelt. Haar boeken staan bekend om de aandacht voor historische details en de sterke heldinnen, die maatschappelijke normen en verwachtingen trotseren. Small schreef in hoog tempo en publiceerde meer dan vijftig romans. Haar boeken werden in meerdere talen vertaald en wereldwijd werden er miljoenen exemplaren van verkocht. Bertrice Small ontving talloze prijzen en onderscheidingen, waaronder de Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award. Ze stierf op 77-jarige leeftijd en liet een rijke erfenis van geliefde romans achter.

Aware of the covetous interest in his land, the laird of Brae Aisir announces that any man who can outfight his spitfire of a granddaughter will have her as a wife, along with her inheritance. It's a heated contest that inspires the passion of one man and the jealous wrath of another.

From the New York Times bestselling author?the fourth passionate romance in the Border Chronicles series.Lady Cicely Bowen, daughter of the Earl of Leighton, is sent away by her father when her jealous stepmother threatens her safety. Soon the exiled Cicely becomes best friends with Lady Joan Beaufort, the king?s cousin?and when Joan is married to King James I of Scotland she chooses Cicely as one of the ladies accompany her north? At the Scot?s court Cicely finds herself pursued by two men?elegant Andrew Gordon, the laird of Fairlee, and Ian Douglas, the laird of Glengorm, a rough-spoken border lord. When Ian kidnaps Cicely just as Andrew is about to propose, the royal court is sent into an uproar. The queen is demanding the return of her friend and the Gordons are threatening to set the border on fire. But the border lord is difficult to tame?and the lady?s heart is even harder to claim.

From the incomparable New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small comes a heroine as breathtaking as she is legendary. Indomitable and bold in an era of royalty and rogues, Skye O'Malley is a woman who embraces her unbridled sensuality as valiantly as she fights for her children, her lovers, her empire. A woman of justice and honor, she will match wits with and challenge the most dangerous and powerful woman of her time: Queen Elizabeth I. Though Skye is the object of every man's fantasy, only a handful have had the thrill of tasting her enticing passions-men whose own daring adventures match her exotic forays into a world of lust, longing, and remarkable destiny. Skye's is a stunning tale that reaches from the emerald hills of Ireland to the lush palaces of Algiers to the helm of a shipping empire, where she will wage her greatest battle for love and vengeance against the crown itself.Praise for Skye O'Malley "Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history, and suspense."-Publishers Weekly "Small continues to prove herself worthy of the title queen of sensuality!"-Literary Times

In the third Friarsgate Inheritance novel, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small takes us back to the sensuality, drama, and intrigue of King Henry's sixteenth-century court to tell the story of the daughter of one of her most beloved characters.The eldest child of Rosamund Bolton and heiress to the Friarsgate manor, Philippa Meredith is devastated when she discovers that the man she sought to marry has rebuffed her. But it is this sudden change of fortune that sweeps the spirited beauty back to her place in the court of Queen Katherine of Aragon-and into the arms of Crispin St. Clair, the Earl of Witton. But when Philippa stumbles onto a plot to assassinate King Henry VIII, their very love is tested as they attempt to unmask those who are plotting to tear the royal court asunder.

Flame-haired Mairin of Aelfeah was a ravishing beauty who caught the attention of three extraordinary men-Basil, Prince of Byzantium, who taught her love's mysterious secrets; Josselin of Combourg, a gallant knight of William the Conquerer; and Eric Longsword, the powerful Viking whose tragic love for Mairin would mark her forever. To these men, Mairin was the Enchantress- and in a world gone mad with savage war and fierce desire, only their love could save her.

In this sweeping historical epic featuring Skye O'Malley's brother, Conn, New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small chronicles the lives of two lovers separated by the royal deceptions of 16th century Europe...Under the command of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Irish nobleman Conn O'Malley and heiress Aidan St. Michael are married. Once a carefree rogue who believed his desire for seducing women could never be sated, Conn now finds himself enchanted with his new bride-as a passion ignites between them to form a bond of everlasting love.But a cruel plot makes Conn a prisoner of the queen-and Aidan the harem slave of a Turkish sultan. To be reunited with her true love, Aidan must use all of her seductive charms to outwit her captors and free herself...

A Love For All Time She is Catriona, Countess of Glenkirk, the dazzling green-eyed beauty whose silken sensuality fires the passion of men's very souls -- making her a pawn in a dangerous game of royal intrigue. wife to a count, unwilling mistress to the king, she has the undying live of the most courageous lord in all of scotland. . . He is Francis, Earl of Bothwell, who defies his king to possess the woman he loves. Theirs is a romance in the grand tradition of bestselling author Beatrice Small -- and epic tale of love and betrayal that sweeps from the snowy Scottish highlands through the glittering palaces of Europe and exotic pleasures domes of Constantinople to find its magnificent conclusion inthe exquisite fulfillment of love's most passionate desires.

Abducted from a life of privilege, she was sold into slavery in a distant land. For Lady Janet Leslie there would be no escaping the harem of the wealthy and powerful Sultan Selim. But from the moment the handsome ruler spied his breathtaking "Cyra," was captivated -- by the fiery desire that coursed through his veins. She belonged to him, body and soul -yet it was he who was enslaved.Praised for her keen sense of history and remarkable storytelling powers, the bestselling author of The Spitfire displays the passionate magic that has made her a national favorite -sweeping the reader into the romantic past, from the magnificence of Renaissance Europe to the perfumed splendor of a Sultan's court.

In eleventh-century Wales, a land steeped in ancient Celtic lore, two lovers discover a passion that journeys beyond time.   Young Wynne of Gwernach has no dreams of marriage. Innocent and pure of heart, she believes that love is an illusion. Instead, she devotes herself to managing the great family estate nestled in the raw beauty of Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit. And then Madoc of Powys enters into her life, claiming his betrothal to Wynne when she was a babe. Madoc is both feared and worshipped throughout the land, for his family’s power is said to stem from Merlin himself. Yet it is a very human desire he evokes in Wynne; his warm gaze makes her flesh burn with unaccustomed fire. Still, she remains firm in her belief that she can never marry, can never be owned. But Madoc of Powys is a Celt in his heart and soul. He knows Wynne’s reluctance to wed is the legacy of another life. In time she will know everything—for which he is both hopeful and desperately afraid. For Wynne and Madoc have been lovers in another time, another place. But what unfinished destiny lays between them?