In 1998, Laura Bush, then First Lady of Texas, invited Heath to serve on a romance panel at the Texas Book Festival. She earned a BA in psychology from the University of Texas and lived in Austin, Texas for sixteen years before moving to Plano, Texas in 1987. Shortly after Heath's birth, her family moved to Texas where she was raised in Angleton, Texas. Her parents met while her a father was stationed at Bovingdon while serving in the air force. Heath was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England from an American father and a British mother. As of June 2015, fifteen of her titles made the USA Today bestseller list. She is known for her 'beautiful, deeply emotional romances' and in 1997, she received the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Short Historical Romance for her novel Always to Remember.

Lorraine Heath is an American author of contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance and young adult novels under multiple pen names, including Rachel Hawthorne, J.A. RITA award – Best Short Historical Romance But giving into temptation comes at a cost, and they must decide if love is worth the risk of losing their one chance for redemption.Contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, young adult Soon, they’re unable to deny their growing desire for each other. She doesn’t trust Marcus but can’t deny the handsome devil makes her wonder if she does indeed possess a heart, one he could very easily steal.Īs their hunt for the truth leads them into danger, Marcus finds Esme isn’t cold and calculating as he’d assumed but fire and brimstone, with courage and determination to match his own.

Harboring secrets, Esme Lancaster has her own reasons for wanting to discover who’s behind the conspiracy that’s still afoot. His search forces him to turn to a woman he despises for her unforgiveable betrayal-a woman known as the heartless harlot. Vowing to return honor to his family, he seeks to expose the others involved in the treasonous plot and bring them to justice. When his father, the Duke of Wolfford, is hanged for an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, Marcus Stanwick is stripped of everything.

In the thrilling third book in New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath’s Once Upon a Dukedom series, the dashing son of a disgraced duke teams up with a sultry beauty to thwart an assassination plot against Queen Victoria.

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