Most Popular Books by Connie Brockway

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.

In this spellbinding novel, Connie Brockway dazzles with her penetrating insights into the impossible dreams and dark desires of the human heart. Mercy Coltrane, a brash young American woman, has arrived in England to search for her missing brother. Willing to risk anything in her quest, she seeks out the help of Hart Moreland, the mercenary her father enlisted years ago to protect his land—when Hart was known as Duke the Gunslinger. Now Earl of Perth in his native England, Hart has turned his back on his past in order to achieve a hard-earned position of respect and power, and the last thing he needs is a reminder of his violent history. But Mercy proves to be much more than just a painful remnant of the world he left behind. Vibrant, witty, and beautiful, she embodies the possibility for happiness that Hart desperately craves. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from other Loveswept titles.

After the success of The Lady Most Likely, New York Times bestselling authors Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway have joined together once again, but this time to ask the question, who is The Lady Most Willing? When Laird Taran Ferguson’s nephews refuse to wed and secure his birthright, he takes matters into his own hands, raiding a ball and kidnapping four likely brides—a bonny lass, an heiress with a slight reputation problem, a rich English beauty, and a maiden without a name or a fortune. But which one is ready to fall in love with the Scottish lord? Add a very angry duke, a decrepit castle, and a fierce Highland storm that is holding all of Taran’s “guests” captive to the mix, and readers will find themselves transported to a world of temptation, passion, and new and unexpected love. This historical romance novel in three parts—a single story with three compelling voices—is one that will not soon be forgotten.

A woman compelled. . . In the glittering world of Regency England, Anne Wilder played a dangerous game. A widowed lady by day, by night she became a masked thief preying on society''s elite. She roved high above London''s black rooftops, compelled by phantoms from her past to take ever greater risks. Until her restless spirit led her into Colonel Jack Seward''s trap. . . where seduction was her only way out. A man obsessed. . . She''d played him for a fool, taking advantage of his hungry response to escape from his clutches. But as Jack hunted for his thief, his heart fell captive to a self-possessed widow. Torn between illicit passion and tender love, Jack is duty-bound to capture the audacious criminal, even if it means ripping society apart to do so. Now he stalked her through the ton, never realizing the lovely widow who captured his heart was the same woman who roused his most violent passions. A love that defied king and country. . . From the Paperback edition.

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

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?

In Connie Brockway’s mesmerizing tale of romance and adventure, a notorious treasure hunter realizes that the greatest jewel of all is the woman before his eyes. Kidnapped, drugged, and about to be sold to the highest bidder, Desdemona Carlisle is having a hell of a time maintaining her English pride. Then she sees the man in black, galloping through the Egyptian desert on a pure white steed. Desdemona could not have conjured a more dashing savior in her wildest fantasies. But an unlikelier hero would be impossible to find: Harry Braxton is a rogue, a scoundrel, and a born opportunist—who has already broken Desdemona’s heart once before. As brilliant as she is beautiful, Desdemona still hasn’t learned how to stay out of trouble—which suits Harry just fine. Running from a painful past, and rumored to be involved in nefarious endeavors, Harry will never be a proper match for Desdemona. But when she catches the eye of his cousin, the irritatingly honorable Lord Blake Ravenscroft, Harry vows to claim his one true desire, once and for all. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from other Loveswept titles. From the Paperback edition.

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.

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?

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.

With the dazzling storytelling that has become her trademark, acclaimed author Connie Brockway sweeps readers to Victorian England—a glittering world of titled society and scandalous secrets—in the enchanting tale of a woman who commits the most startling indiscretion of all: she falls in love. Letty Potts, a petty schemer by necessity, has decided to go straight. But after narrowly escaping the wrath of her partner in crime, she finds herself at Paddington Station with nothing but the gown she’s wearing and another woman’s train ticket clutched in her hand. Masquerading as the redoubtable “Lady Agatha” of Whyte Wedding Celebrations, Letty arrives in the remote village of Little Bidewell, where she is to arrange the nuptials of a young society bride. Amid the dizzying whirl of pre-wedding festivities, nobody suspects Letty’s secret—except Sir Elliot March. A war hero who has forsworn love, Elliot senses something decidedly amiss about this outspoken young woman, yet she awakens in him a passionate yearning he’d thought was lost forever. Soon, though, a desperate deception embroils them both in a web of scandal and danger as Letty’s past catches up with her, threatening not only her life but Elliot’s—and their love. From the Paperback edition.

From New York Times bestselling authors Katie Macalister, Vicki Lewis Thompson and National bestselling author Connie Brockway: Stories full of magic, love-and cats. This one-of-a-kind-all-original anthology features stories by three bestselling superstar authors starring the mysterious, mischievous, and magical matchmaking felines of the Cupid Cats Animal Shelter, who assist their owners in finding romance and true love.

From Julia Quinn, the author of Bridgerton—along with close friends and bestselling authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes an enchanting tale of a country house party in which three heroines find their happily ever after! And You’re Invited! Given a house party explicitly designed to end in weddings, which author do you think escorted which heroine to the party? The always outspoken Miss Katherine Peyton The impossibly beautiful (and painfully shy) Miss Gwendolyn Passmore The widowed Lady Georgina Sorrell (who has no plans to marry, ever) When it comes to gentlemen, did Connie invite the horse-mad but irresistibly handsome Earl of Briarly? Did Julia bring the dashing war hero Captain Neill Oakes to the party? Was Eloisa escorted by the terribly eligible new Earl of Charters? You’ll love the puzzle and enjoy the escape when reading this delicious novel!

New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Enemy will warm hearts with a contemporary tale of two people who find love with the help of a precocious five-year-old and a ginger cat. Jim Curran is visiting Cupid Cats with his five-year-old daughter, Chloe, who has her heart set on an old ginger cat, who refuses to leave the shelter. While at the shelter, they encounter Dr. Edith Handelman, Jim’s colleague and the director of Cupid Cats. Edith is a brilliant, but socially awkward scientist, and although Jim and Edith are interested in each other, he never felt comfortable approaching her. But as Chloe coaxes the cat out of her shell, will Jim be able to do the same for Edith? “A charming, gentle love story.”—Publishers Weekly “A tale that is almost guaranteed to bring the warm fuzzies.”—All About Romance

In the third chapter of Connie Brockway’s exquisite Highland trilogy, a notorious temptress discovers that nothing settles an old score like true love. Restless, daring, proud, they are the Merricks: Fia, the only daughter, the ravishing one; Raine, her older brother, the reckless one; and Ashton, the eldest, the passionate one. Born of bad blood, they were raised in the Scottish Highlands on lands that belonged to their mother’s kin, the McClairens—until their English father seized the ancestral stronghold for his own. Yet all are destined to find loves as wild and glorious as the isle they call home. Possessed of unearthly beauty, the young widow Fia Merrick MacFarlane is the toast of London society. She can have any suitor she wants—or any her scheming father wants for her—but love is a weakness Fia cannot afford. Once she would have given everything to Thomas Donne, until the earnest, dashing Scot betrayed her family and broke her heart. Now he’s back in her life and determined to steal her away to McClairen’s Isle. But as Fia aims to take her own revenge, she sets off a steamy affair that crosses the line from seduction to obsession—and unlocks desires that will not be denied.

Returning home to help save her family''s Minnesota retreat, Mimi Olson, the queen of slackers, finds herself falling in love with her new neighbor and her polar opposite, an overachiever named Joe Tierney, who is trying to reconnect with his son. Original.

Recovering from wounds sustained while fighting in the Sudan, Captain Jack Cameron, haunted by allegations about a Black Dragoon alliance with slavers, infiltrates a circle of artists to discover information about the traitor.