Roberta Gellis

 

special thanks to Kristin Smagula for supplying cover art and blurbs

 

The Roselynde Chronicles


   
 
 
Roselynde
Leisure Historical Romance
0-8439-3559-6

 

A WOMAN OF PASSION, A MAN OF HONOR... A SWEET, BURNING LOVE YEARNING FOR FULFILLMENT...

In an era made for men, Alinor was at no man's mercy. Beautiful, proud and strong willed, she was mistress of Roselynde and of her own heart as well ~ until she met Simon, the battle-scarred knight whose passion and wit matched her own. Their struggle to be united against the political obstacles in their path swept them from the royal court to a daring crusade through exotic Byzantium and into the Holy Land. They endured bloody separations before their love conquered time and destiny to live forever.



   
 
Alinor
Leisure Historical Romance
0-8439-3607-X

SHE LIVED IN THE SWEET, RESTLESS TORTURE OF A SMOLDERING LOVE...

In the year since her husband's death, Lady Alinor Lemagne had felt too alone and frightened to think of herself as a woman. But from the moment the darkly sensual Ian de Vipont entered her life, she became aware of her long starvation. Trapped in a maze of treacherous power plays and volatile liasions, Alinor found herself irresistibly drawn to the fine young knight with violence and passion lurking in his black eyes. Amid the bloody battlegrounds of France and England and the pageantry of the royal court, Alinor was willing to risk everything to savor the intoxicating, breathless passion of the man whose forbidden love promised her only pain and peril.


   
 
 
Joanna
Leisure Historical Romance
0-8439-3631-2

IN A WORLD FULL OF DECEIT AND DANGER, LOVE WAS THE DEADLIEST RISK OF ALL...

Beautiful, iron-willed heiress to power, Joanna secretly burned with an explosive inner passion as wild and radiant as her flaming red hair. But her deepest emotions were tragically frozen by the cold fear of a man's tender love.

Ensnared in the violent lusts and dangerous intrigues of King John's decadent court, the tempestuous noblewoman defied every outward perio ~ only to come face-to-face with Geoffrey, the knight whose very presence unleashed terror in her heart. Caught between willful pride and consuming desire, Joanna struggled hopelessly to avoid surrendering herself to the irresistable fires raging within her.

 


   
 
 
Rhiannon
Leisure Historical Romance
0-8439-3695-9

SHE WAS A FIERY SPIRIT ONLY LOVE COULD TAME...

Ravishing, raven-haired daughter of a Welsh prince, Rhiannon was half shy and half wild. It was said she could cast a spell over any man, but was no man's prize.

Notorious for loving ~ and leaving ~ the most beautiful women in the realm, Simon was the court's most eligible ~ and elusive ~ batchelor.

Then the handsome nobleman met Rhiannon, who drove him mad with fury and delirious with desire. While bloody rebellion raged through England, Rhiannon and Simon endured ruinous battles and devastating betrayels before finding a love so powerful no enemy could destroy it.



   
 
Gilliane
Leisure Historical Romance
0-8439-3675-4

FATE MAE THEM BITTER ENEMIES...TEMPTATION MADE THEM PASSIONATE LOVERS...

An exquisite beauty trapped in a deadly game of political intrique, Gilliane was an innocent pawn of the ruthless, power-hungry barons swarming around her. Forced to marry a man she abhorred, she became the helpless prisoner ~ and dazzling prize ~ of her husband's most dangerous foe, Adam Lemagne. But in the arms of her handsome captor, Gilliane succumbed to his sweet seduction and willingly surrendered her yearning heart. In a world full of forbidden desire and smoldering hatred, of devastating betrayals and unexpected temptations, the star-crossed pair risked all to survive pain and peril in a stormy quest for unending love.




   
Sybelle
Leisure Historical Romance
0-8439-3734-3

SHE WAS A HEADSTRONG BEAUTY CAUGHT IN THE FLOOD TIDES OF PASSION AND WAR...

Tempestuous, amber-eyed heiress to the magnificent Roselynde dynasty, Sybelle knew that her time had come to choose a husband. But she was ruler of her own lands and would bow to no man's will ~ until she med a rugged, handsome rebel leading a daring revolt against the king. From the moment Walter de Clare first captured her in his powerful embrace, Sybelle claimed his greatest allegience and his endless desire.

They were two free spirits bound by honor and passion. And neither the clamor of battle nor the deadly intrigues of court could defeat the heart-stopping love destined to consume them both.

 
 
 
A Silver Mirror
Berkley Historical Romance
0-425-14237-X

WHEN POWER AND DESIRE RULED MENS' HEARTS...

In the turbulent age when hearts knew no surrender, willful King Henry III waged a scheming war, setting the lords of England and France in bloody opposition. Within this raging conflict, two indomitable hearts would cling to an eternal passion...

LADY BARBARA BIGOD. The determined and beautiful daughter of an English earl, she struggled to keep peace within her divided family ~ and secretly yearned for the man who sparked her first hidden passions...

ALPHONSE D'AIX. The reputed bastard son of a French lord, he had to risk his life ~ and prove his honor ~ to win the heart of the fiery Lady Barbara...

The passions of youth sparked their first desire, but their bond would endure ~ for Lady Barbara held dear a token of her lover's eternal devotion: a silver mirror; a symbol of victory and a reflection of love that would withstand the trials of war and the winds of change.


   
 
 
Bond of Blood
Diamond Books
0-261-66446-8

LEAH... Her radiance, her beauty, cascading golden hair had tempted many a heart...But at fifteen she had yet to taste both life and love. Only marriage to the rugged Lord of Radnor awakened her tender passion, and transformed her from reluctant bride to willing lover.

CAIN, LORD OF RADNOR... A giant of a man whose will conquered enemy forces and many a woman's heart, Cain sought her hand little knowing that the marriage bond would ally him with a family which sought his death.

Against a tapestry of intrigue and treachery, the romance of Leah and Cain unfolds ~ a moving tale of divided loyalties and conflicts which threaten to destroy the course of their love...



   
 
Knight's Honour
Diamond Books
0-261-66444-1

ELIZABETH OF CHESTER. Neither man nor beast could frighten the fiery Elizabeth. Yet she ached with a burning passion she was unable to fight or control.

ROGER, EARL OF HEREFORD. No stranger to women and the manly words and caresses that softened their hearts, he found in Elizabeth a woman not easily tamed. He was determined to bend her to his will with love...

But as Roger became more deeply involved in court intrigues and political scheming, his passionate marriage to the beautiful Lady Elizabeth became more troubled ~ until suddenly the risks of battle and treachery were compounded by what seemed to be his wife's betrayal...






   
The Sword and the Swan

A WARRIOR AND A WOMAN...

Rannulf was known throughout the land as a bold warrior. Face-to-face with an oncoming army, he could decide matters of life an death. But now, face-to-face with one gentle woman, he was hopelessly confused and uncertain. Startled by Catherine's pale beauty when he first saw her, he was dumbfounded by her passionate radiance now, and he felt a desire far different from his usual impersonal need for a woman... Love Would Rule Their Destiny


    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Masques of Gold

 

IN A GRAND AND PASSIONATE AGE...

London's colorful marketplaces proclaimed the city's splendor and wealth - a golden prize disputed between King John's devouring greed....and the warrior barons who challenged his throne. From the flames of the bitter struggle came the men and women who dared to forge their own unique destinies....

LISSA DE FLAEL. Willful, bold and beautiful, she was a burgher's daughter, married and widowed in a nobleman's cynical conspiracy of power. Yet her independent heart remained untouched - until one man fired her senses in a single glorious night of desire....

SIR JUSTIN FitzAILWIN. Wellborn and feared, the warden of London's peace in a ruthless age of war, he waged a desperate private struggle for Lissa's love - his life, his hope, his destiny.

Their joining was a shining, embattled alliance, menaced by an unseen enemy, yet fated by the passion that stirred deep within their souls

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Fires of Winter

MELUSINE OF ULLE: the beautiful cherished daughter of Scottish nobility, her family and her life were destroyed by the winter invasion of King David. She was a sparkling prize of battle awarded to a man who accepted her hand out of duty to his king.

BRUNO OF JERNAEVE: the handsome bastard son of a castle whore, his heart belonged to another; yet it was he who would tame the rebellious spirit of the captive beauty - and ultimately surrender to her charms. Both were enemies, then lovers. Born of different worlds, joined in the flames of passion and intrigue, they found new strength in each other's arms - and a burning love that defied all eternity.

Winter Song

They forged a bond of forbidden passion Alys: delicately beautiful daughter of a humble knight, she entered a world of treachery and betrayed when she married into a royal family that vowed to destroy her. Raymond: the handsome nephew of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine he was heir to a fortune - but he would have only Alys. He renounced his blood ties to possess the woman he loved. Trapped in a labyrinth of shifiting alliances and desperate intrigues, Alys and Raymond endured the blood of battle and the pain of separation as they defied all in a bold quest for eternal love.

A Tapestry of Dreams

The lovely Lady Audris, whose delicate fingers weave fables of the future into her tapestries, whose special gifts and radiant beauty set her apart in an enchanted age... and the knight they call Hugh Licorne. In service to his king... a hero in an age of heroes.... a princely suitor for Lady Audris - even though she cannot have him. Against all odds they dare to search for love... the lady who has sworn not to marry... and the knight who was vowed to win her heart.

 

Siren Song

Once she had tasted the sweetness of tender first love. Then fate cruelly wrenched Lady Elizabeth from her fiance and thrust her into the arms of a man she loathed. Possession and pawn, she was caught in a political game of deceit and danger. When she met her love again, she was a girl grown to a ravishing woman. He was a shining knight with the courage to fight against the perils in their path. And the smoldering passion forbidden them for so long at last broke its bounds to answer the call of their Siren Song.

Winter Song
Fire Song



Fortune's Bride

Esmeralda Talbot - Born in India, bound for England, she had survived shipwreck only to find herself stranded on alien soil and swept up by the winds of war.

Robert Moreton - War was his passion, until Esmeralda invaded his life, determined to teach him the meaning of love. From exotic India to the sun-parched battlefields of Portugal and Spain, their destinies were irrevocably linked. United by a cold bargain, soon not even Bonaparte’s armies could long separate them - a man and a woman surrounded by mortal danger, bound by a timeless love.

 





The Dragon and the Rose
Diamond Books
0-261-66443-3

The Dragon - Henry Tudor, young, brave and fearless, seized the crown of England in the name of justice and the House of Lancaster.

The Rose - Beautiful, passionate and clever, Elizabeth of York was born of royal blood and saw the throne of England as her rightful prize.

Their union could end the strife and bloodshed that had tormented England for decades. The red and the white rose would be grafted onto one stock. Peace would reign in the land once more. But could Henry forget his hate and distrust of all that Elizabeth stood for? Could he allow himself to love the beautiful girl who might be his deadliest enemy? Could the Dragon and the Rose bring happiness to each other as well as to their country?


The Rope Dancer