Lords and Ladies

Series · 4 books · 1994-1996

By Emma Merritt

Books in series

Lord of Fire

1994

Jarvia watches silently as the magnificent Highland chieftain gallops into her village. The silver-tressed Norse beauty has heard the whispered rumors about the one they call Malcolm Duncan —- how his first bride took her own life rather than submit to his barbaric needs. And now the enigmatic Scotsman seeks a Nordic wife —- to unite two warring peoples and bring peace to a troubled land. Forced by necessity to marry, Jarvia reluctantly agrees to share her handsome enemy's bed . . . while vowing never to surrender her love. But Malcolm is a warrior accustomed to victory. And he is determined to release the raging fires beneath the frost —- to conquer not only his proud lovely's body . . . but her yearning, defiant heart as well.

Lord of Thunder

1994

Like the wind, the bold Norseman Michael Langssonn sweeps down from the north —- to punish the Scottish laird who dishonored Michael's family. However, duty and desire demand he briefly forgo his vengeful mission in order to rescue a beautiful maiden in peril. She is Cait nea Sholto, a captive bard of beleaguered Glenmuir —- an exquisite prize Michael purchases to grace his bed. But it is proud and sensuous Cait's fiery spirit and soft seductions that will ultimately conquer the handsome stranger's reluctant heart —- embroiling Michael in an endangered people's fight for freedom . . . and carrying the magnificent Norse warrior to heights of passionate ecstasy more breathtaking than the towering peaks of the Highland hills.

Lady of Summer

1995

Lady Gwynneth defied all rules of womanly conduct by divorcing her abusive husband and becoming Wynne the Seafarer, the leader of a village of outcasts and commander of a fleet of ships that sails for war and profit. When Lord Brian mac Logan demands help in retrieving a sacred object that was stolen from him, Wynne reluctantly agrees, and their antagonism turns into passion.

Lady of Winter

1996

WARRIOR OF THE HEART A whisper of legend has brought the handsome barbarian to this treacherous country. It is here that Kolby of Apelstadt seeks the magic golden apples that will heal his dying father and restore his barren lands. Yet passion diverts Kolby from his steady course - an aching in his soul for the bewitching, endangered lady called Raven. LADY OF WINTER He appeared out of the mist to save her from the deadly fury of evil men. And now brave Kolby is Lady Raven's protector, igniting a raging fire within that consumes the breathless beauty gloriously and utterly. But their love is in gravest peril. For it is Raven who guards the precious knowledge Kolby most fervently desires - a sacred secret she must never reveal ... even at the cost of her heart.

Author

Emma Merritt

Author · 14 books

Pseudonyms: Emma Bennett, Micah Leigh Emma F. Merritt was born on 12 November 1940 in Texas, USA. She resided with her husband, Paul, in San Antonio, where she wrote long letters to her twin sons, who both served in the Marine Corps. Her romances were published since 1983, she signed her novels as Emma Merritt and under the pseudonyms Emma Bennett and Micah Leigh. She was the first president of the San Antonio Romance Authors. She was widely known in the romance community as a tireless volunteer and mentor. Emma Merritt passed away on 18 October 1995. Since then, the Romance Writers of America have honored the memory of Merritt by naming their National Service Award after her. The Virginia Romance Writers have also named a scholarship after Emma Merritt, and the San Antonio Romance Authors have named their conference and contest after her: the Merritt Conference and the Award of Merritt.