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Adora's mahogany hair and violet eyes captivated young Prince Murad the moment he saw her in a convent garden, and their love flowered like the peach blossoms surrounding them. But Orkahm, Grand Turk of an empire, claimed Adora for his bride, tearing her from her young love as she wept bitter tears. Destiny might carry them to other lands and other loves, but Murad and Adora were meant only for each other - forging a magnificent love that lies forever in the pages of history....

Meet the daughters of King Arthur's descendant, Merlin Pendragon: Averil: She may be the lord's eldest - and illegitimate-daughter, but Averil knows her dazzling beauty can buy her what she wants most: marriage to a great and powerful lord. Maia: As the legitimate heiress with a hefty dowry, Maia can have any man she chooses, namely Emrys Llyn, a descendant of Lancelot and the Lady of the Lake. Junia: As charming as she is irrepressible, Junia is the lord's youngest daughter. Junia is content to roam the countryside, where she can be alone with Richard de Bohun.

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.

De beeldschone Lady Fortune Lindley keert terug naar haar geboortegrond in het Ierse Ulster om haar erfenis op te eisen. Echter wordt er ook van haar geëist 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.

Scandalizing all of England, Henry has his marriage annulled, for the queen cannot meet the bawdy desires of the insatiable king. Henry seeks a spirited, lusty new wife - and eyes the beautiful Nyssa. But in a land rife with conspiracy and rebellion, there are those in secret power determined to thwart Henry's intentions. A drugged Nyssa awakens in the arms of the notorious rake Varian de Winter. Her virtue destroyed, the outraged king orders them to wed.

Widowed with five children, stay at home mom Annie Miller has been just getting by . . . and growing restless because of it. Thinking Annie just needs a vacation, her sister enters her into a contest sponsored by The Channel, a network that caters to delivering women's fantasies. Annie wins the grand prize, a week at a luxurious spa—and gets a treat when she turns on the flat-screen TV. The one working channel lets Annie program—and experience—her own personal fantasy each night. Suddenly she's living out dreams she didn't even know she had.

Carla, Tiffany, Nina, and J. P. have already gotten major play on the Channel, a secret, women-only interactive cable network. Now they'll carry out even more fantasies with a collection of seductive characters they would only meet in their dreams. The women entangle themselves with pirates, sultans, regency rakes, and even movie stars. And then there's Maureen Flynn, new to the Channel. She's an au pair from Ireland whose fantasy of choice is with a brawny Celtic warrior. Will he turn her on to the Channel like those that came before her?

Some think librarians are stuffy, narrow-minded prudes - but that's not true of Kathryn St. John. She runs Egret Point's library and is very involved in her community, even down to keeping them up with the latest trends. One major trend she turned the local ladies on to is the interactive network the Channel. It's there that Kathryn extends her occupational passions into the bedroom by playing out her favorite pieces of medieval English literature.