Bøger af Denise Domning

INTO THE WOODSA leper's daughter is found in the well of a dying hamlet and the only suspect has fled into Feckenham Forest. But the sun is setting and Warwickshire's sheriff is hunting his new Crowner. That sends Sir Faucon de Ramis and Brother Edmund, his prickly clerk, racing for a nearby abbey only to meet the man he least wishes to see at the abbey gates. Before long, Faucon finds himself riding into the dark at Sir Alain's side as they hunt for yet another lost innocent.

Men-ipulation is dark, dangerous, dramatic and funny as it follows Monica Sarli's lifelong battle with men, sex and Heroin addiction. More can happen to Monica in one week than most people experience in a year, from facing down psychopathic drug dealers to the FBI threatening to put her in the Witness Protection Program or the SWAT team appearing to rescue her from a man she's done with, and every story is as true as it is strange. Get ready for an exciting ride that takes you from the depths of drug addiction to the pinnacle of high society only to end up six feet under.

A DEADLY WOMAN, A POWERFUL MAN, THE HUNGRY SEASON Nicola of Ashby stages a daring escape to avoid marrying the man who killed her father. To no avail. Even trained to the sword, she cannot elude marriage to this knight who is as much her match as her mate. Until Gilliam FitzHenry besieged Ashby and claimed it as his own, he had no hope of home and family. Now Nicola's home and hand are his, but if he is to ever own her heart it will take every bit of his natural talent for taming wild creatures.

Diamonds, doublets and double-crosses; stately dances; religious intrigue; one deflowered maiden and a Virgin Queen--LADY IN WAITING has it all. Commanded by her grandfather to snare a wealthy husband, Anne Blanchemain enters the lavish court of Queen Elizabeth. But the beautiful, headstrong Anne is a lamb among wolves, easy prey to treachery and an aging queen's jealousy. She never suspects that handsome courtier Chirstopher Hollier has been sent to ruin her. Christopher Hollier is the only man in Elizabeth's court uninterested in making a rich marriage--for himself. All that matters to Christopher is reclaiming the title Lord Graistan for his brother. If doing that requires him to destroy Anne, so be it...even if her destruction costs him his life. But a tide of betrayal sweeps Anne and Christopher into a dangerous dance of plots to defy crown and country that could ultimately cost them their lives, and their love.

RAISE THE HUE AND CRY!A wealthy merchant has been murdered in his own home, and the suspect has fled to sanctuary in a local church. Enter Sir Faucon de Ramis, the king's new Keeper of the Pleas, to solve the murder, assisted by his prickly secretary, Brother Edmund.This time, the hunt leads Sir Faucon into the upside down world of a woman's trade where the merchant's wife owns the business - Unheard of! - only to discover he isn't the only one on the hunt.

One broken urn, one fallen earl and a kiss for a wager. Add Scotland, an ace up a noble sleeve and a runaway card sharp and let the chase begin! Desperate for funds to protect her sister, Cassandra Marston wagers a kiss in a card game with incorrigible rake Lucien Hollier, Lord Graceton. Her plan to use him costs her far more than a kiss. When she and the handsome lord play their second game, she wins every hand and flees into the night with Luciens's money, regretting she will see him no more. Lucien races after her, only to find her alone and injured in her family's fallen coach. When she dares to feign amnesia, it's one bluff he's delighted to call. No matter what he must do, will prove she's a cheat.

A MILLER FOUND UNDER HIS WHEEL It's 1194 and Sir Faucon de Ramis, the shire's newly appointed Keeper of the Pleas, must do his duty and make an official declaration of the cause of a miller's death. Saddled with a clerk who names Faucon his 'penance', the shire's first Crowner must thread the tangled relationships between the sheriff, the village of Priors Holston and the priory that once ruled it. As a simple task takes a turn to the political, what seems obvious isn't and what appears safe turns out to be more dangerous than he could imagine.

BLOOD VENGEANCE Elianne du Hommet, the sheriff's useless third daughter, is doomed to a life as her father's unpaid unmarried servant. Then a slain nobleman's bastard rides through her gate, threatening to kill her father for incompetence while offering Elianne the chance to know, just once, the joy of a man's touch. Josce FitzBaldwin intends to destroy the bandits who killed his father and half-sisters. He finds himself instead en-meshed in a tangled web of deceit and betrayal where thieves slaughter innocent children but don't empty purses of their gold. The last thing he expects is to beg aid of the sheriff's honest daughter to secure the vengeance he so craves.

A HEADSTRONG WOMAN, A SCARRED AND SECRETIVE MAN...TIED TO EACH OTHER BY HER UNBORN CHILD The newly widowed Elyssa of Freyne vows that no man will ever again control her life...that is, as long as no man discovers she's pregnant. But the shire's new sheriff is no ordinary man, it's said he's the Devil's own spawn. And he already has control of Elyssa's son. Geoffrey FitzHenry curses the law that requires him to take the pregnant widow into his custody. Almost from the moment Elyssa arrives, the coppery-haired firebrand begins challenging his supposed evil nature-when his daughter's life depends on the protection the pretense affords him.

A PROUD WOMAN, AN ARROGANT MAN, A BRUTAL TIME Her years in a nunnery taught Rowena of Benfield many things, but not how to be a wife to the powerful lord who claims her as his bride. She vows never to submit to this aloof and ruthless man. Sworn to never again be vulnerable to a woman, Lord Rannulf of Graistan still needs an heir. But a tide of treachery is rising around them and their only hope lies in daring to trust and to love unconditionally.

Lady Katherine de Fraisney believes in chaste love until she meets her father's sworn enemy Sir Rafe Godsol. His kisses awaken her heart and her body in ways she never dreamed possible. Rafe Godsol is determined to take Kate to avenge his father's death and reclaim property stolen by Kate's family. When he discovers the daughter of his foe could be the wife of his heart when he never expected to marry, he'll defy anyone who tries to take her from him, be that her father, his king...or even the lady herself.

A Widow with Nowhere to Go Commanded by Queen Elizabeth into marriage with a man made monstrous by a childhood accident, Lady Arabella Purfoy dares not refuse. With neither family nor allies to shield her from the plots that whirl around her, Belle must give fortune, family and even her body into the care of her new husband's steward, Master James Wyatt. A Man Sworn to Expose Her Master James Wyatt is certain that Lady Purfoy is a Protestant spy sent by his queen to prove his Catholic employer, Squire Nicholas Hollier, a traitor. Jamie will do anything, even pretend to be Nick, to protect his dearest friend from the tides of treachery that threaten to destroy them all.

A LOVE THAT DEFIES THE POWERS OF THE TIMES... In a world where folk are either common or noble, Temric FitzHenry, bastard of Graistan, is neither and both. Then he meets the only woman who is his equal. His heart demands he steal her from her husband, the man who wants her dead. Philippa of Lindhurst knows her love for Temric is the deepest of sins. Although Temric has hidden them well, her husband will someday find them. And on that day they will pay the ultimate price for daring to love.

RING FOR THE ANGELS!Sir Robert of Offord dies mysteriously just after accusing his new wife of adultery and his son-by-marriage wants the shire's new Crowner to prove the knight was murdered. Instead, Sir Faucon de Ramis discovers that a bell owned by the dead man is missing. But who could have taken it- the daughter who loved it as a child, the knight who wants it as collateral, or the prior who wishes to restore it to its holy purpose of calling the angels? Follow Warwickshire's new Servant of the Crown as Sir Faucon embarks on his most unusual and convoluted hunt yet.

A WOMAN ABANDONED, A MAN BANISHED, AND FAMINE WALKS THE LAND Johanna of Stanrudde, wife of Katel the Spice Merchant, hates the man her father forced her to marry almost as much as she hates the man who years ago stole her heart and her virginity then betrayed her. Forced to abandon Johanna by her father, Robert of Blacklea has never stopped loving her. Now, as famine walks the land, he discovers a plot to destroy her. He returns to Stanrudde, risking all to protect her from certain death. When Johanna learns Katel is at the root of this plot she must choose to let her husband kill her lover or believe Rob when he vows she has always been his rightful wife.