Bøker av Elizabeth Essex

From award-winning author Elizabeth Essex comes the adventurous final novel of the highly acclaimed Highland Brides, a quintet of bold, brilliant lasses determined to make their own happily ever afters.A thing of beauty can be a joy forever.But beauty lies...Lord Archie Carrington knows a beauty when he sees one. Barmaids and countess alike fall beneath the charm of the youngest-ever editor of Edinburgh's sharpest political and literary quarterly. So when he sets out to write an exposé on the new Lord Advocate, the clever Scotsman devises a plan to charm his opponent's shy portraitist daughter out of her smock-and her family secrets.in the eyes of the beholder.But Maisie Conway knows a rogue when she sees one and although she agrees to paint Lord Carrington's portrait, she rebuffs all of Archie's attempts at flirtation and familiarity. That is, until Archie offers to pose nude as a life drawing lesson and Maisie cannot resist the opportunity to uncover all of his manifest charms. Posing leads to passion, but soon they find themselves working at cross purposes. As Archie and Maisie follow the dictates of their desire, will they learn to trust one another, or will the dark secrets surrounding them cost them their only chance to achieve true love?

SHE DOES SAY SHE'LL NEVER MARRY...Miss Elizabeth Paxton is a new sort of heiress--educated, opinionated and entirely independent. The last thing she wants is a husband mucking about her life. Even if he is the only man she's ever loved.BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A WIDOW.When dashing Captain Jameson Marlowe returns to Dartmouth, he proposes to give Lizzie exactly what she wants--a marriage without the man. After one night of searing passion, his sworn duty will take him far off to sea...or so she thinks until secrets and lies set a collision course with the smugglers along the south coast, and Lizzie is caught in the dark tide of treason. Can she salvage her pride and learn to trust in true love before it's too late?----The Pursuit of Pleasure was originally published in 2010. This new edition has been revised and reedited. This book was a 2009 Golden Heart finalist with the Romance Writers of America.

A LADY WITH A SECRETThe Ravishing Miss Burke has everything a young lady could want-beauty, status and suitors lined up just to beg for her hand. Until a blackmailer from her past holds her future for ransom.A MAN HELLBENT ON REVENGEColonel Rupert Delacorte, Viscount Darling will go to any length to ruin the woman responsible for his beloved sister's death. But the Ravishing Miss Burke is nothing like the icy murderer of his waking dreams-she's nothing but a bluestocking with a shocking secret she'll go to almost any length to keep. Even succumbing to his sinful seduction.--A Sense of Sin was originally published in 2011. This new edition has been revised and reedited.

THE OFFICER IS A GENTLEMANRoyal Navy Captain Hugh McAlden will do anything to stop the treasonous flow of information out of the Admiralty, even if it means taking in a slyly attractive street thief to steal those secrets back.THE LADY IS A TRAMPCircumstances might have forced Meggs Evans into a life of crime, but she's bound and determined to lift herself out of the gutters even if it means stealing for the wickedly handsome captain. On the trail of a traitor, the undeniable attraction between Meggs and her captain explodes. But when danger ignites their desire, the only thing in danger of being stolen is her heart.

Set a thief...Rory Cathcart's appreciation of the exquisite makes him the perfect man to expose forgeries and root out fraud in London's tempestuous art world. But when his latest investigation into forged paintings puts him squarely in Mignon du Blois' shaky sights, he finds himself deep in trouble, and captured by something more powerful than mere beauty.To catch a thief...The moment Mignon stops a rakish thief from making off with one of her father's brilliant forgeries, she knows she's found the perfect man to help her steal back a priceless statue, and save her family from unspeakable scandal. She has no intention of falling for Rory's Caledonian charms, nor his seductive Scottish persuasions. From the drawing rooms of the ton to the auction rooms of the art world, the pair embark on a madcap adventure to save them both from ruin. But will the love they uncover be most priceless treasure of all?

"If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village,she must seek them abroad." Jane Austen Miss Otis regrets...The entirely of Miss Elspeth Otis's inheritance from her wastrel father is a battered old trunk with some scrawled-upon foolscap sheets. Nothing that could free her from a stifling life with her fusty maiden aunties in a musty old cottage in a misty corner of Scotland. Nothing that will give her the life she's always dreamed of-a life full of kindness and kisses and love. Or will it?Nothing...Mr. Hamish Cathcart wants more than anything to avoid the hasty marriage to a brewer's daughter his father, the earl, has arranged to revive his fortunes. Hamish's only hope is his failing publishing company, whose only asset is a scandalously banned book by an infamous, but unfortunately deceased, author. But when a new novel written by the same man lands on Hamish's doorstep, he'll go to any length to secure it-any length but love.

WHEN A LADY TAKES TO THE ROADS TO PLAY ROBIN HOODLady Quince Winthrop has been robbing from society's rich and giving to Edinburgh's poor for years. But everything changes the day she can't resist the temptation to steal from the Marquess of Cairn.SHE MUST BE ON HER GUARD AGAINST HER SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAMAlasdair, Marquess of Cairn, has come back to Scotland to stop a thief, never thinking that the lass he's trying to woo is about to give him a lesson in larceny he won't be able to forget. From the twisted streets of Auld Reeky, to the hills of the highlands, Quince leads Alasdair on a merry chase, and finds that the one man she can't fall for is the one man she can't resist.

How would you know your own true love if you didn't know yourself?A man without a futureFor Ewan Cameron, Duke of Crieff, the time has come-his carefully-planned future is about to begin. Heir to a great Highland estate, he will finally meet and marry his long-time betrothed, Lady Greer Douglas, and be happy. But on the way to his wedding, a vicious attack steals everything he holds dear-his home, his happiness, and his every memory.A woman in love with the pastAfter ten years of faithful correspondence, Lady Greer and her betrothed are two souls in perfect harmony-she has spent an enchanted girlhood in the Highlands preparing become the Duchess of Crieff. But on the day of her long-planned wedding to Ewan Cameron, fate plays a devastating hand. Without Ewan, all hope of happiness is gone. So when she happens upon a devastatingly handsome man injured on the moor, Greer convinces herself he must be her lost duke. She hides him high in the heather-clad hills so he can regain his shuttered memories-and his true love for her. But every step into the past tests their faith in each other and puts their lives in danger as his would-be assassins draw ever closer. Will the power of their love be strong enough to regain their future without losing each other-this time for good?

In English society, the rules of engagement have stood the test of time. Until a Reckless Bride falls in deeply, scandalously in love…CAN AN INDECENT PROPOSALWhen Lady Claire Jellicoe agreed to a walk in the moonlight, she never imagined her titled companion might have brutal motives. Nor could she have dreamed up such a brave rescue by the most unexpected savior of all: an inscrutable nobleman with a daring plan of escape-and a deliciously tempting embrace…LEAD TO EVERLASTING LOVE?Timothy Evans, the Duke of Fenmore, has palmed more treasures than he can count. Even for a man who grew up thieving in London's stews, a stolen bride should be beyond the pale. But Fenmore won't let scandal ruin the spirited beauty's reputation. And now that she's stolen his heart, how can he ever let her go…?

The rules of courtship are swept out to sea when a shipwreck offers a Reckless Bride a true taste of paradise... CAN A WHIRLWIND ROMANCEFor too long, Miss Jane Burke's father has taken advantage of her painstaking research. Heading to the South Seas to make her own name as a scientist despite the crew's insistence that a woman aboard is bad luck, she isn't prepared to be championed by a handsome ship's officer who rouses longings inside her as wild as any storm... LEAD TO A PROPER PROPOSAL? For Lieutenant Charles Dance, a post on His Majesty's survey ship Tenacious is just one more dutiful rung on the ladder of his career. Even a headstrong bluestocking on board is less troubling than the ship's drunken captain-and the ferocious gales that drive the ship off course. Stranded on a remote island, passion blazes between them as hot as the sun, but it's Jane's love Charles wants forever...