Showing results by publisher "Cynthia Challed" in Victorian

The year is 1814 and Grey St. James, Viscount Altburne, has escaped from Napoleon’s prison on the rocky isle of Mont St. Michel. Desperate and dangerous, he is a far cry from the rakish nobleman who broke hearts in Regency London. High in a tower in her uncle Nicholai's French château, Natalya Beauvisage is writing a romantic novel. At 26, she is beautiful but hardly marriageable, devoted instead to being an author. However, when a potently attractive stranger appears to hold her at knifepoint, Natalya thrills to a flesh-and-blood man.

Dashing naturalist Anthony St. Briac sailed off on a voyage with university friend Charles Darwin to discover the wonders of the world. In the Galápagos Islands, Anthony vanished and is presumed dead. The only person who could have witnessed the mysterious accident claims to have seen nothing….

He was impossible! Yet utterly irresistible...Renowned as a bold corsair and seducer of women, Justin St. Briac has spent the last decade as a married man. He adores his wife, Mouette, but as he ages, he chafes against the constraints of domestication and longs for another reckless adventure on the high seas. Mouette Raveneau’s life among the London ton was in tatters when she fled to Cornwall and married Justin. Now, years later, she has an opportunity to return to society and repair her broken reputation.

When dashing Nicholai Beauvisage returns to America, he's been hardened by the terrors of the French Revolution and now seeks to indulge in the pleasures of a rake. However, his plans are soon complicated by Lisette Hahn, a self-sufficient beauty who runs a coffee house where Jefferson and Hamilton argue politics. Proud of her success, she’s been able to rise above the desires of her heart - until Nicholai arrives back in Philadelphia. That very night, in the wake of tragedy, Lisette finally gives her passions free rein…but what will the dawn bring?

Camille St. Briac cares nothing for her own natural beauty, nor is she interested in the London ton. Instead, she bravely fights to save innocent birds from feather thieves who would kill them to decorate fashionable women’s hats. Brooding, rakish ornithologist Benedict Hawke travels the world in search of new species of birds... and the farther that takes him from England and his unforgivable father, the better.