Meagan Mckinney Novels

Meagan Mckinney




(Ruth Goodman)


(1961 -

Ruth Goodman, well-known as Meagan McKinney gave up a thriving career as a biologist to become a full-time romance writer. She is author of 20 critically acclaimed novels. She lives in New Orleans with her family

No Choice but Surrender



PRISONER OF PASSION
Penniless and alone, Lady Brienne had come to Osterley Park, back to the house of the father she despised. She found a stranger waiting -- an arrogant American whose sensuality set her heart beating wildly, rendering her powerless as his kiss deepened into a brand of fire, searing his mark on her tender flesh.

PRISONER OF LOVE
Avenel Slane had come to England in pursuit of vengeance. He had a cruel plan to take Osterley Park -- and Lady Brienne -- by force. Had be reached for the trembling girl in lust only to yield to her beauty and sweet innocence? Could love conquer the raging urgency of dark desire? Let her try to escape, he would pursue her relentlessly, ruthlessly, for he had sworn she would have... NO CHOICE BUT SURRENDER.

Till Dawn Tames the
Night




Awards:
1990-91 RT Reviewers' Choice -- Historical Romantic Adventure

FROM THE SAFE HAVEN OF A LONDON ORPHANAGE TO THE SAVAGE SEAS OF LOVE...

A safe, respectable orphanage was the only home Aurora Dayne had ever known. Teaching there would mean security. But when the mysterious letter arrived, offering her a position as lady's companion, Aurora seized the chance, embarking for Jamaica with her sole legacy--a little golden lizard bearing a strange rhyme. And so began the daring odyssey that would throw her into the clutches of a ruthless privateer.

Feared by men, desired by women, Vashon's eyes gleamed green as he vowed to possess the innocent beauty who held the key to his quest. Could anything ever equal his obsession to retrieve the legendary emerald--the Star of Aran? Held captive on a secret
Caribbean isle--at Dragonard, his solitary lair--Aurora would struggle against her own passions, determined to tame the very dragon who had awakened her fire.

My Wicked Enchantress




A PROUD, BEAUTIFUL HEIRESS
Torn from her ancestral home by her cousin's treachery, the bewitching Scottish beauty Kayleigh Kerr found a new life in New Orleans as the notoriously proud pickpocket whom every man wanted but no man could touch. Keeping alive the dream of reclaiming her birthright, she was forced to flee once again . . . this time into the arms of St. Bride Ferringer, a handsome stranger who wouldn't let her go.

A MYSTERIOUS ROGUE
St. Bride was a man who knew what he wanted. He came to New Orleans for revenge but soon he wanted more--he wanted Kayleigh, body and soul. Bewitched by the beautiful street urchin who spoke of highland castles, St. Bride vowed to tame her and make her his own. But as the battle raged between them, he found himself succumbing to the charms of the woman he called...