Brazen Virginia Bride

by Millie Criswell

PERSUADED BY PASSION

Fiery Alexandra Courtland—as independent as the Virginia colony she loved—was outraged! Thirty years ago, thwarted by a hopeless passion for a British lord, her mother had signed a love pact: her first-born daughter would marry the duke's son. Now, Alexandra faced marriage to a total stranger... and a member of the hated British nobility as well. But when the tall, ruggedly handsome peer arrived to make her his bride, all thoughts of escaping her destiny fled from Alexandra's mind. Her body ached for his touch, and when his lips met hers in a first flaming kiss, she whispered his name and melted into his arms, daring him to claim her heart as well as her yearning flesh.

CONQUERED BY KISSES

The future Duke of Blackstone had managed to resign himself to the bad news: only by traveling to the uncivilized wilds of the American colonies and agreeing to an arranged marriage could he escape losing his lands, his title and his fortune. Once in Virginia, the imperious Tory was horrified to discover that his future bride was worse than a colonial patriot: the chit was a sharp-tongued seditionist in need of taming! But when he saw the flaming spirit in her lovely eyes and sampled one taste of her honeyed lips, the stalwart duke cast politics aside, vowing to capture her charms in a searing embrace and caress her until she cried for more and more of his rapturous loving!

Genres: Historical Romance

480 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

National bestselling author Millie Criswell didn't start out to be a writer. Instead, she had aspirations of joining the Rockettes as a toe-tapping member of their dancetroop, or tapping her heart away in one of those big, corny MGM musicals. Of course she was only ten at the time, had absolutely no talent as a dancer, and cannot be blamed for her failure to succeed.

To date, Ms. Criswell has written twenty-one historical, category, and contemporary romances. She has won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, the Reviewers' Choice Award, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the coveted MAGGIE Award from Georgia Romance Writers.

Ms. Criswell resides in Virginia with her husband of thirty-two years. She has two grown children, both lawyers, and one neurotic Boston terrier

Reviews

[Tapa in lovezone]

I was so turn off by the Hero. He was a disgusting snob. Too much into boobs. He liked his mistress because of her big giant boobs. Also when he first met the heroine he was thinking that she looks more like a boy because she doesn’t have big boob. I couldn’t go ahead with this dirtbag behavior.