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The year is 1461, and the winds of war rage across England, uprooting Alix Givet, the daughter of Queen Margaret's physician, and the rest of Henry VI's court. Alix's plight becomes bleaker still when, out of duty to her queen, and to her ill, widowed father, she's locked into a loveless marriage to a cruel Northumbrian. But when her luck changes, Alix has another chance to flee—this time to save herself. Escaping over the border into Scotland, she throws herself at the mercy of a brooding laird who might provide the everlasting love of her dream—if she can warm his cold heart.

Ashley Kimbrough has everything a woman could want. Not only is she wealthy and successful, she has a more than satisfying sex life in The Channel, a secret network that allows women to live out their wildest fantasies. But if she doesn't find herself a husband she could be in danger of losing it all. Then Ryan Mulcahy enters Ashley's life. With that Celtic warrior's body and gorgeous face, he makes her fantasies run wild. Although their marriage is one of convenience, Ashley is starting to wonder whether she can use everything she learned from The Channel on her unsuspecting husband.

Beautiful, headstrong, and defiant, Cailin Drusus possesses the pride of her Celtic-born mother, though she has been reared amid her Roman father's wealth and privilege. When Cailin's family is destroyed and their farmland seized, she marries Wulf Ironfist, a Saxon of enormous strength and power - a gentle giant who opens the door to a world of heady sensuality. But her happiness is short-lived.

Young Wynne of Gwernach has no dreams of marriage. Innocent and pure of heart, she believes that love is an illusion. Instead, she devotes herself to managing the great family estate nestled in the raw beauty of Wales, vowing to protect it and her younger brother until he comes of age to inherit. And then Madoc of Powys enters into her life, claiming his betrothal to Wynne when she was a babe. Madoc is both feared and worshipped throughout the land, for his family's power is said to stem from Merlin himself.

Elizabeth Meredith, the youngest daughter of Rosamund Bolton, is nothing like her sensible sisters. Impatient with fancy manners, the young beauty has shunned the royal court in favor of a quiet life at Friarsgate. But to protect the future of the land she loves, she must venture into the court of King Henry VIII to find a suitable husband. Elizabeth soon scandalizes the court by forging a friendship with Anne Boleyn and by flirting with Flynn Stewart, bastard brother to King James V of Scotland.

Nora Buckley's worst nightmare has just come true. After years of being a devoted, dutiful housewife, she's found out her husband is leaving her for a younger woman. Her only comfort comes from her friends—the women of Ansley Court, who meet every Monday morning for coffee and gossip. Seeing Nora's desperation, her friends decide it's time to let her in on a secret. It's a way she can enter a new world of erotic adventure, and unleash passions she never dared to dream of.

Replacing a social life with a career, bestselling romance novelist Emily Shann has gotten by on a vivid imagination, hiding a shocking secret that not even her publisher suspects—until she's asked to write something that's hotter, sexier, more explicit, and true to life. Emily has nowhere to turn for advice except to her new editor—tall, dark, and handsome Michael Devlin—who's already stirring her fantasies. So is The Channel—a secret network designed to tutor women in the art of sensual delight.

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?

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.

She is Catriona, Countess of Glenkirk, the dazzling green-eyed beauty whose silken sensuality fires the passion of men's very souls—making her a pawn in a dangerous game of royal intrigue. Wife to a count, unwilling mistress to the king, she has the undying love of the most courageous lord in all of Scotland . . .

Set in the 16th century, Until You tells the tale of a young heroine who discovers the love of a lifetime. Beautiful Rosamund is introduced to the Earl of Glenkirk, and they immediately fall in love. Their growing passion is stifled, however, when war breaks out between England and Scotland.

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.