Jennifer Blake Libri

The "USA Today" bestselling author of "Clay" begins a new six-book historicalromance series set in the aristocratic French Creole community of New Orleansin the 1840s. Original.

The incredibly popular Topaz Man Presents series continues with five more short stories by his favorite authors.Baker, Madeline Masquerade (ss) Blake, Jennifer Besieged Heart (ss) Gentry, Georgina Gambler's Delight (ss) Henke, Shirl Falling in Love (ss) Rice, Patricia Keeping the Fire Hot (ss)

Amidst torrid gossip and whispered suspicions, Reid Sayers has returned to his home town in rural Louisiana, to a family blood feud begun a hundred years before..and to his own private war with Camilla Greenley. By day their battle is nothing short of open war, but at night, their love is a passionate combat, a fury of competitive ecstasy. And when murder enters the picture, the fragile trust so tentatively built between them is put to its most daring test.... AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD A MAIN SELECTION OF THE DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB

In this fifth Masters at Arms novel, Kerr Wallace prepares to challenge his sworn enemy and avenge his brother's death. He discovers the scoundrel has decided to take a wife, and the lady requires an escort to Veracruz. Kerr seizes his chance to deliver the bride and dispatch the groom. Original.

Two contemporary stories of love, family, and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Deep South offers a fascinating glimpse of a place where the finest women are ladies and the best men are gentlemen. Original.

The New Year begins with a lady's intriguing proposition for Gavin Blackford—though not the sort he's accustomed to. Alluring widow Ariadne Faucher requests private lessons from the rakish sword master in order to challenge her sworn enemy to a duel. Though disinclined at first to teach a woman, Gavin is fascinated by this statuesque beauty, cloaked as she is in grief and mystery. Ariadne proves a quick study with a blade, her resolve fueled by a vendetta that is all she has left in the world. Their lessons crackle with undeniable electricity…but the secret of her all-consuming vengeance may have rendered her heart impervious even to such a virtuoso as Gavin.

The youngest of the fabled Three Graces of Graydon is waylaid from her bridal cortege, preserving one man from the notorious curse. But another may yet fall.…When Lady Marguerite Milton is abducted by the enigmatic—and famously insatiable—Golden Knight, it is the stuff of fantasy. Or would be, if Marguerite weren't pining for her David, who pledged his devotion ten years before…and disappeared. But the only thing more heartbreaking than a man that does not keep his word is one bound by it.…David is the Golden Knight, reaffirming his oath to protect Marguerite and, maddeningly, to love her, but chastely. More infuriatingly, Marguerite has been a pawn—bait to lure David into King Henry VII's latest intrigue. To divide Yorkist insurrectionists, David is groomed as a rival to their latest pretender to the throne.Marguerite is desperate. If David fails, the rebels will destroy him; if he succeeds, Henry will not scruple to execute the would-be king he himself created. Suddenly, love and life seem far beyond the reach of any mere curse.…