Harlequin Historical

BUTTERFLY SWORDS

Tang Dynasty #1

***Winner of the Golden Heart Award – Best Historical Romance***

JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF HONOR, LOYALTY..AND LOVE
During China’s infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding.Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior….

Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li’s innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her—which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted… Read more –>

Linked stories:

• The Taming of Mei Lin (novella) – prequel
• The Dragon and the Pearl – sequel

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THE DRAGON AND THE PEARL

Tang Dynasty #2

***Library Journal Best Romance of 2011***
Former Emperor’s consort Ling Suyin is renowned for her beauty; the ultimate seductress. Now she lives quietly alone–until the most ruthless warlord in the region comes and steals her away….

Li Tao lives life by the sword, and is trapped in the treacherous, lethal world of politics. The alluring Ling Suyin is at the center of the web. He must uncover her mystery without falling under her spell–yet her innocence calls out to him. How cruel if she, of all women, can entrance the man behind the legend….Read more –>

Linked stories:

• Butterfly Swords – prequel
• The Lady’s Scandalous Night (novella) – companion

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MY FAIR CONCUBINE

Tang Dynasty #3

THE NOBLEMAN WHO TURNED A TEA GIRL INTO A PRINCESS…
Yan Ling tries hard to be servile – it’s what’s expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle…

Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit – until he realises she’s the answer to his problems…He has to deliver the Emperor a ‘princess’. Can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman in two months? Yet it’s hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own…Read more –>

Linked stories:

• An Illicit Temptation (novella) – sequel

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THE SWORD DANCER

THE START OF A NEW TANG DYNASTY SERIES

As a sword dancer and a famous thief-catcher play a cat and mouse game across the city streets and rooftops of imperial China, the one suspect that Thief-catcher Han cannot capture turns out to be the only woman he wants to hold on to.

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Linked stories:

• Sequel in progress. Details TBA