Virginia Henley, Author . Delacorte $22.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-31826-6
The territory fought over for centuries by English nobles and Scottish clansmen provides the setting for New York Times
bestselling author Henley's 17th historical romance (after The Marriage Prize, etc.). She establishes the tone right away...
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Virginia Henley, Author . Signet $6.99 (409p) ISBN 978-0-451-20737-1
Henley's (The Border Hostage) latest Regency-era romance is less steamy than her classics, but it will still satisfy her fans. As always, her heroine is a spitfire and her hero a dashing rake. In this case, however, the rake is also an identical
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Virginia Henley, Author . Signet $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-451-21064-7
The true story of lowborn but beautiful Elizabeth Gunning (1733–1790), who took Georgian England by storm and became a duchess twice, is vividly fictionalized in this unconventional romance from Henley (Ravished
, etc.). Born into an...
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Virginia Henley, Author . Signet $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-451-21345-7
Take two headstrong protagonists with divergent backgrounds and throw in a dash of mysticism and some weighty historical events, and you get this meaty, occasionally overwritten romance set in Elizabethan England. Beautiful but impulsive Catherine...
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Virginia Henley, Author . Signet $7.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-451-22105-6
Rife with political intrigue, this medieval historical romance never lacks for suspense, but overblown language, a too-easy wrapup and excessive melodrama undermine the reader's enjoyment. "I shouldn't... but I shall!" is noblewoman...
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Virginia Henley, Author Dell Publishing Company $7.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-440-20623-1
Gratuitous cursing and fatuous one-liners abound, and from its tasteless double entendre opening to its predictable ending, Henley's ( The Falcon and the Flower ) romance slogs through 17th-century England with all the wit and originality of a mud-wr
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Virginia Henley, Author Island Books $7.5 (400p) ISBN 978-0-440-21700-8
Henley's first historical romance was published in 1985 as The Irish Gypsy . Doubleday Book Club selection. (Aug.)
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Virginia Henley, Author Dell Publishing Company $7.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-440-21703-9
Henley's (Enticed) reputation for bold, bawdy storytelling proves itself in this medieval melodrama which plots sex above romance, political intrigue and war. In England's glittering Plantagenet court, described in brilliant detail, 17-year-old...
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Virginia Henley, Author New American Library $15 (403p) ISBN 978-0-451-22920-5
As children, James Hamilton, Lord Abercorn asked for the hand of Louisa, daughter of the duke of Bedford. Though she refused him, Abercorn never loses hope of marrying her, despite her later vow never to wed or bear children. As she grows more...
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Virginia Henley, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-31813-6
From the moment smoke-haired Emerald FitzGerald Montague first gazes into the pewter eyes of Sean FitzGerald O'Toole, she wants him. He is the dreamed-of dark prince who will spirit her away from the Wales of her venal father, William, to the...
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Virginia Henley, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-385-31817-4
Scotland's 13th-century wars of independence provide the gory backdrop for Henley's 12th novel (and second foray into hardcover, after Dream Lover). Free-spirited Jane Leslie learns healing spells from her proud Scottish grandma and vows never to...
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Virginia Henley, Author Delacorte Press $21.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-385-31820-4
Veteran romance writer Henley (A Year and a Day) would have readers believe that sexual liaisons were the primary focus of society in 16th-century England. Based on the life of Elizabeth (Bess) Hardwick, the determined commoner who served Elizabeth...
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Virginia Henley. Signet Eclipse, $15 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-451-23464-3
Harriet, called Harry, is the audacious and daring eldest of the Hamilton daughters. Harry and her family set fashion rather than following it, merrily ignoring (and often mocking) the strictures of Victorian society as they talk about sex, read...
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Virginia Henley, Kate Pearce, and Maggie Robinson, Kensington/Brava, $14 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-7582-5107-7
This lively book collects three well-matched historical romance novellas set in England. In Henley's "Beauty and the Brute," high-born teens Charles and Sarah are wedded to settle Charles's father's gambling debts. Mortal enemies on their wedding...
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