New Releases by Connie Brockway

Secret Agent Jack is to catch a notorious cat burglar, not realizing she is the widow he has come to love.

From bestselling author Connie Brockway comes the third novel in the passionate Rose Hunters trilogy of Regency era romances set in Scotland and England. Charlotte Nash is the most impulsive of the Nash sisters. Using her position as one of London''s most popular and naughty debutantes, she assists English spies in conveying messages that will help them infiltrate Napoleon''s inner circle—and fulfill the mission her father died trying to achieve. But only as a courtesan can she infiltrate London''s most notorious gatherings and retrieve a crucial document. Is she ready to take part in a deception that will leave her reputation in shreds? And when Highlander Dand Ross—a dangerous, disreputable blackguard—reappears in her life and offers his aid, dare she accept it? The exquisite pleasure she finds in his arms might be worth the price of her surrender, but is the dark Highlander who loves her so passionately really just luring her toward the ultimate betrayal?

By day, celecrated beauty Helena Nash works as a proper companion to one of London''s most disgreeable ladies. By night she acts as an illicit messenger between two separated lovers.

Connie Brockway sweeps readers back to the rough beauty of Regency-era Scotland and into the scintillating, passionate, and surprising love story of a mysterious Highlander and the woman he is pledged to protect. Desperate to keep her two sisters and herself from the poorhouse, Kate Nash Blackburn embarks upon a journey to northern Scotland, where she hopes to gain the gratitude and patronage of a wealthy marquis. When fate maroons her at a tavern full of ruffians, a brawny Highland soldier comes to her rescue. It''s Kit MacNeill, the man whose pledge to her family has haunted her for years. When he offers to escort Kate through the treacherous Highlands to Castle Parnell, she accepts even though her instincts warn her against trusting this rough and dangerous man. But soon Kate is startled by the Highlander''s cultured speech and courtly manners. Who is this man of contradictions, shaped by a shadowy past, who fiercely wards off an attempt on her life, whose broad shoulders beckon her touch, and in whose arms she comes fully alive?

Raine: The Reckless One...there was sin in his smile and wildness in his soul.... Raine Merrick''s wild, reckless spirit had earned him time in a French prison. When a mysterious beauty gains his freedom only to betray him, Raine Merrick sets out for his father''s castle on McClairen''s Isle, seeking the treasure hidden within. But strange surprises await him in the Highlands. He never expected to find his deceitful angel masquerading as an honored guest. Or to want her with all the searing passion in his sinner''s soul. Watch for the crowning volume in the spellbinding McClairen''s Isle trilogy, The Ravishing One, coming soon. And don''t miss the first book in the trilogy, The Passionate One, available from Dell.

The first in a 3-part series, The Passionate One takes readers to the Scottish Highlands. We are introduced to the Merrick family - two brothers and a sister - who are bound together by an evil father. Ashton, the eldest, was a notorious rogue with a reputation for hell-raising and heartbreaking. But family secrets forced him to do his ruthless father''s bidding, and escort Rhiannon Russell back to McClairen''s Isle. Ashton suspected that his father intended to make the innocent beauty his fourth wife, but he didn''t expect the passions she would ignite in his own wary heart.

Breathtakingly romantic, startlingly original, Connie Brockway''s novels have captured the hearts of readers and the raves of critics everywhere. Now she brings you a unique and unforgettable love story that begins with a series of letters between a world-weary adventurer and the woman whose love brings him home. Dear Mr. Thorne, I give you fair warning. I intend to do whatever I must to abide by your late uncle''s will and win Mill House. Though I know he never expected me to succeed, and for whatever reasons is using me to shame you, I accept his challenge. For the next five years, I will profitably manage this estate. I will deliver to you an allowance and I will prove that women are just as capable as men. And at the end, I shall accept Mill House as my reward. Sincerely, Lillian Bede My Dear Miss Bede, Forgive me if I fail to shudder. Pray, do whatever you bloody well want, can, or must. I shall look forward to making your acquaintance in my lawyer''s office five years hence, when I take possession of Mill House. Avery Thorne