I didn’t know love can be this gentle and beautiful. Holly, whose life has been a rough one, participates in a rehabilitation program due to property damage and theft she committed. She is to spend a month with an astronomer who develops a telescope, Dr. Julius, as his maid. “I’ll never submit to a man of power and money!” She doesn’t believe men at all, and she challenges him with a bet that he’ll succumb to her seduction. She’s sure of her victory. But he sees pain, sorrow and strength in her eyes.

Holly Perez has one last chance to sort out the train wreck her life has become. But being housekeeper to reclusive CEO Julius Ravensdale is as close to a prison as Holly could imagine. Julius may be devastatingly gorgeous, but he's also brooding, formal nd completely off-limits!

Kathy Jones will capture readers' hearts with this swashbuckling story of passion and courage. From the moment he bought her, the Irish beauty swore she would never become the handsome pirate's slave--even if he tamed her wild heart.

Charged with a crime they didn’t commit, the MacKinnon brothers faced a death sentence until they agreed to serve the British Crown in the colonies and take up arms against the French. Allied with the Indian tribes who lived beside them in the wilderness, the Scottish Highland warriors forged a new breed of soldier… MacKinnon’s Rangers Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. Ordered to rescue Wentworth’s niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to be every bit as contemptible as her uncle. Instead, he finds a brave and beautiful lass in desperate peril. But the only way to free Sarah is for Connor to defeat the Shawnee warrior who kidnapped her—and claim her himself. Torn by tragedy from her sheltered life in London, Lady Sarah is unprepared for the harshness of the frontier—or for the attraction she feels toward Connor. When they reach civilization, however, it is she who must protect him. For if her uncle knew all that Connor had done to save her, he would surely kill him. But the flames of passion, once kindled, are difficult to deny. As desire transforms into love, Connor will have to defy an empire to keep Sarah at his side.

Tale of John C.C. Hill's experiences as a thirteen year old boy with the Mier Expedition. Taken down as told to Mrs. Gooch-Inglehart by Hill himself before his death, she also completed research, and includes a source bibliography.

The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in Britain, coinciding with European colonial expansion, the development of anthropology, and the rise of liberal political thought. Stories of Europeans held captive in the Middle East, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia appeared in the British press from the late sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries, and captivity narratives were frequently featured during the early development of the novel. Until the mid-eighteenth century, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. Using both new and canonical texts, Snader shows that foreign captivity was a favorite topic in eighteenth-century Britain. An adaptable and expansive genre, these narratives used set plots and stereotypes originating in Mediterranean power struggles and relocated in a variety of settings, particularly eastern lands. The narratives' rhetorical strategies and cultural assumptions often grew out of centuries of religious strife and coincided with Europe's early modern military ascendancy. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.

‘I don’t take orders. Not from you or from anyone.’

Recounting the experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War In the ten probing essays collected in this volume, Howard C. Westwood recounts the often bitter experiences of black men who were admitted to military service and the wrenching problems associated with the shifting status of African Americans during the Civil War. Black Troops, White Commanders and Freedmen during the Civil War covers topics ranging from the roles played by Lincoln and Grant in beginning black soldiery to the sensitive issues that arose when black soldiers (and their white officers) were captured by the Confederates. The essays relate the exploits of black heroes such as Robert Smalls, who single-handedly captured a Confederate steamer, as well as the experiences of the ignoble Reverend Fountain Brown, who became the first person charged with violating the Emancipation Proclamation. Although many thousands were enlisted as soldiers, blacks were barred from becoming commissioned officers and for a long time they were paid far less than their white counterparts. These and other blatant forms of discrimination understandably provoked discontent among black troops which, in turn, sparked friction with their white commanders. Westwood's fascinating account of the artillery company from Rhode Island amply demonstrates how frustrations among black soldiers came to be seen as "mutiny" by some white officers.

Harlequin® Presents brings you four new titles for one great price with bonus ChristmasShort Story—Christmas at The Chatsfield by Maisey Yates! This Presents box set includes: THE PRICE OF HIS REDEMPTION (Irresistible Russian Tycoons) by Carol Marinelli Daniil Zverev is the world's most ruthless and sinfully seductive tycoon. No one would know the crueltyand rejection that fueled his ascent. But beautiful ballet teacher Libby Tennent isgetting under Daniil's skin and dangerously close to the truth! RAVENSDALE'S DEFIANT CAPTIVE (The Ravensdale Scandals) by Melanie Milburne Julius Ravensdale is renowned for his control. But provocative whirlwind Holly Perez pushes him to the breaking point when hediscovers the vulnerabilities behind her bravado. Once he's had her in his bed, holdingher captive there becomes an irresistible temptation… BRUNETTI'S SECRET SON (Secret Heirs of Billionaires) by Maya Blake Romeo Brunetti has found meteoric success by locking downemotion. Until a moment of recklessness years ago, when he lost himself to stunningstranger Maisie O'Connell. Now his family's legacy has returned to haunt him—and the childhe unknowingly conceived… DESTINED FOR THE DESERT KING by Kate Walker Aziza El Afarim hopes her convenient husband remembers the closeness they once shared. But Sheikh Nabil isnothing of the boy he used to be. As pressure to produce an heir mounts, is there morethan duty in the marriage bed? Be sure to collection Harlequin® Presents' December 2015 Box set 2 of 2!