Amelia Ravenscroft is desperate to escape her aunt's home where she endures life of drudgery, whilst fighting off her lecherous cousin. When she overhears Viscount Demarr confiding in a friend that he needs to marry "at once", she boldly proposes a marriage of convenience. Amelia soon proves herself[...]
How do you start a new life, leaving behind all you love? It's 1641, and when Midori Kumashiro, the orphaned daughter of a warlord, is told she has to leave Japan or die, she has no choice but to flee to England. Midori is trained in the arts of war, but is that enough to help her survive a journey[...]
Must forbidden love end in heartbreak? Kayla Sinclair knows she's in big trouble when she almost bankrupts herself to buy a life-size portrait of a mysterious eighteenth century man at an auction. Jago Kerswell, inn-keeper and smuggler, knows there is danger in those stolen moments with Lady Eliza M[...]
Sometimes the most precious things cannot be bought...It's 1759 and Jamie Kinross has travelled far to escape his troubled past - from the pine forests of Sweden to the bustling streets of India. In India he starts a new life as a gem trader, but when his mentor's family are kidnapped as part of a[...]
Some dreams shouldn't come true - Maddie Browne thought she'd grown out of the recurring nightmare that plagued her as a child, but after a shocking family secret is revealed, it comes back to haunt her - the same swing in the same garden, the kind red-haired giant and the swarthy arms which grab [...]
It's 1732 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it s a man's world. She believes she's being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather and she's determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, Jess[...]
Abducted by a warlord in 17th-century Japan - what happens when fear turns to love? England, 1611, and young Hannah Marston envies her brother's adventurous life. But when she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance are stretched to their limit. Then they reach Japan and all her suffe[...]
Who can you trust? Betrayed by his brother and his childhood love, Brice Kinross needs a fresh start. So he welcomes the opportunity to leave Sweden for the Scottish Highlands to take over the family estate. But there's trouble afoot at Rosyth in 1754 and Brice finds himself unwelcome. The estate's[...]
What will it take to put the past to rest? Professional genealogist Melissa Grantham receives an invitation to visit her family's ancestral home, Ashleigh Manor. From the moment she arrives, life-like dreams and visions haunt her. The spiritual connection to a medieval young woman and her forbidden [...]
TIGERPORTEN / Christina Courtenay Det är 1732 i Göteborg, och den viljestarka Jess von Sandt vet bara alltför väl att det är männens värld. Hon är övertygad om att hennes styvfar försöker lura henne på farsarvet. Hon är fast besluten att avslöja honom - kosta vad det vill - men så[...]
Christina Courtenay är nyvald ordförande posten i Romantic Novelist Association (RNA) i England till hösten. Christina Courtenay är hennes författarpseudonym. Hon heter egentligen Pia Christina Tapper Fenton, eller Pia Fenton vardagsvis. Det kanske mest spännande är hennes svenska bakgrund. H[...]
TIGERPORTEN / Christina Courtenay
Det är 1732 i Göteborg, och den viljestarka Jess von Sandt vet bara alltför väl att det är männens värld. Hon är övertygad om att hennes styvfar försöker lura henne på farsarvet. Hon är fast besluten att avslöja honom - kosta vad det vill - men[...]
Storm över högländerna / Christina Courtenay
Sviken av sin bror och sin ungdomskärlek behöver Brice Kinross en ny start i livet. Han välkomnar möjligheten att lämna Sverige för det skotska höglandet och ta över familjegodset.
Året är 1754 och det är stora problem på Rosyth E[...]