Moonlight

Series · 4 books · 1992-1998

By Marie Ferrarella

Books in series

Moonlight Rebel

1992

She needed a safe haven Coming to the colonies and living on a Virginia plantation in the midst of a brewing revolution was not the life Krystyna would have chosen. But she had been offered no choice when she fled her native Poland, just ahead of spies still looking for her. Why, her host could even be one himself! Krystyna hoped not, because when she took a good look at his powerfully taut body and fierce blue eyes, she wanted to share her most intimate treasures with him… He needed her in his bed Jason harbored the proud young woman with the promise to keep her safe, but he wasn't happy about it. Not only was she a Countess, unable to sympathize with the colonists' yearning for freedom, but she was a bewitching beauty who tempted him every second she remained under his roof. He would hide her from her enemies, but his protection had a sensual price—Krystyna came to America a titled refugee, but Jason McIntire bought her as an indentured servant and took her home to his plantation. Spies out to trap her were everywhere and the fight for her virtue was relentless—until she finally found refuge in Jason's passionate embrace and learned what freedom really meant!

Moonlight Lover

1993

Sin-Jin and the Irish Spitfire! Rachel needed nothing but her brother and a good musket to hold off the men who came at her like hungry wolves—until Sin-Jin Lawrence taught her what love was really for. An unforgiving heart In the bitter wake of devastating tragedy, Rachel O'Roarke and her brother had fled Ireland to seek refuge on the shores of Colonial America. But Rachel could never forget how the British had destroyed her family, and knew she'd hate them until she died. Then a tall, blond-haired stranger showed up on the doorstep of their Virginia home. His name was St. John Lawrence, he was obviously English…and far too handsome for his own good. Though she vowed to have nothing to do with him, the spirited, flame-haired beauty soon found herself unable to resist his virile charms…especially when he swept her into his arms in the silvery moonlight and claimed her lips in a heart-stirring kiss that made her senses reel and her heart cry out for his loving caress! An unrelenting passion St. John had turned his back on his oppressive homeland to throw in his lot with the rebels. But the former officer found himself facing off against a very different kind of adversary when he escorted drunken Riley O'Roarke home…and was confronted by a fiery Irish beauty wielding a loaded musket! Headstrong Rachel made clear that he was unwelcome in her home. But the reluctant passion blazing in her emerald eyes told a different story indeed! And now all the enflamed Englishman wanted to do was draw her lush curves close against him, kiss her until she begged for more—and posses her forever in love's ultimate embrace!

Moonlight Surrender

1994

Had she left the safety of her home in Virginia, crossed the wild Atlantic - only to be stranded in England and beset by highwaymen? Stubborn, sensible Elizabeth Beaulieu was determined to reach Paris. Her aristocratic father had vanished into the turmoil of the French Revolution, and she wouldn't rest until she found him again... Duncan Fitzhugh, rogue and ex-privateer, appeared out of the raging storm to rescue Elizabeth...and ended up wounded in the bargain. But the bastard son of an earl would recover to aid the sapphire-eyed beauty in a perilous quest that would sweep them from the safety of his country manor to the fiery heat of battle...where they would discover a passion that would set their hearts ablaze - and a love destined to triumph against impossible odds...

Cassandra in Moonlight

1998

Accused of witchcraft, Cassandra and her family escape to Morgan's Creek, Virginia and set up a cabinetry shop at the same time the new American country is setting up its own new government. The rakish editor of the local paper, Riley O'Roarke is the last man she should fall for, but his passion and courage make the choice inevitable. Now, while fate and desire entwine their destinies, a menacing danger once again stalks Cassandra—a threat so dire, so brutal, it could destroy all she holds dear. From the halls of Monticello and the brilliance of Thomas Jefferson to the passionate furor of a country finally at liberty, Cassandra and Riley will have to fight for a love that cannot be bound by old rules.

Author

Marie Ferrarella

Author · 247 books

Marie Rydzynski-Ferrarella aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York. Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress. Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today. After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says. In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.