Historicals with Sibling Sequels from Pamela Clare and Sabrina Darby

Sweet Release

For five pounds sterling, the convict was hers. Though Cassie hated the slave trade, her Virginia plantation demanded the labor, and she knew this fevered man would surely die if she left him. But as his wounds healed, and as his muscled chest bronzed from the sun, Cassie realized Cole Braden was far more dangerous than his papers had indicated—for he could steal her breath with a glance, or lay siege to her senses with a touch.

Abducted, beaten, and given a new name, Alec Kenleigh went from master of an English shipbuilding empire to fourteen years of indentured servitude in the American colonies. There, he was known as Cole Braden, a convicted ravisher and defiler of women. While he longed to ravish the auburn-haired beauty who owned him, he knew his one hope of earning her love—and his freedom—was to prove his true identity. Only then could he turn the tables and obtain his … Sweet Release.

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Carnal Gift

“I expect you to show my friend just how grateful you are. Your willingness is everything.”

With those harsh words, the hated Sasanach earl decided Bríghid’s fate: Her body and her virginity were to be offered to a stranger in exchange for her brother’s life. Possessing nothing but her innocence and her fierce Irish pride, she had no choice but to comply.

But the handsome man she faced in the darkened bedchamber was not at all the monster she expected. His green eyes seemed to see inside her. His tender touch calmed his fears while he swore he would protect her by merely pretending to claim her. And as the long hours of the night passed by, as her senses ignited at the heat of their naked flesh, she made a startling discovery: Sometimes the line between hate and love is dangerously thin.

Author’s Note: When Carnal Gift was originally published in 2004, it went to pressing missing 100 full manuscript pages. The covers had been printed, my publisher told me, and the book was too long. It wasn’t that those 100 pages were unnecessary; they simply wouldn’t fit.

I was heartbroken. I’d spent six months researching the story and a full year writing it, only to see 100 carefully crafted pages end up on the editorial floor. To make matters worse, most of the pages had to do with the hero, Jamie Blakewell, and his reasons for being in England and Ireland. It felt a bit to me like my hero had been castrated, his “alpha” traits blunted. (I grow very attached to my characters, so forgive me if that seems like hyperbole.) When the story hit bookstore shelves, it did’t feel like my book.

I got the rights back from the publisher in late 2010, and I knew it was the chance I’d been waiting for. I opened up the original, uncut manuscript, gave it a fresh edit, and made it available to my readers as an ebook. As I prepared it for publication, I remembered how much I’d loved the characters and the setting.

The ebook version published in August 2011 is the original, uncut version of the story. Think of it as the “author’s cut” of Carnal Gift.

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Woo’d in Haste

Miss Bianca Mansfield is ready for her debut. If only her older sister didn’t insist on marrying first. She’s doomed to wait to find love. Until she meets . . . him.

For Lucian Dorlingsley, Viscount Asquith, recently returned from an extended tour abroad, it is love at first sight. He’s determined to meet Bianca, even if it means masquerading as a tutor to her young half-brother.

Soon Bianca is torn between love and duty and about to make a desperate decision. Can Lucian calm her fury over his betrayal when he reveals that he’s not nearly as improper a match as he seems? And will they ever be able to find a match for her older sister to turn this masquerade into wedded bliss?

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Wed at Leisure

In all of Sussex—scratch that—in all of England, there is no one prettier than Kate Mansfield, and Peter Colburn, heir to the Duke of Orland, has known that since the age of 15. But since her vivacious nature comes with a temper to match, Peter has always masked his hunger for her behind ruthless teasing.

As far as Kate is concerned, there is no one as annoying or as incredibly handsome as Peter. So when he surprises her with a sudden and romantic courtship, Kate is sure this must be his idea of a sick joke. After all, he’s the one man who knows how flawed she really is. And the only man to whom she has ever been so attracted. It’s only after she rejects him that she realizes he might actually have been serious. And she just might be regretting her hasty decision.

As Kate’s determination wars with her traitorous heart, it may be too late. Now she’s putting everything, including her reputation, on the line to give this accidental tragedy a happy ending.

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