Candice Proctor Books In Order

Novels

Night in Eden (1997)
The Bequest (1998)
September Moon (1999)
The Last Knight (2000)
Whispers of Heaven (2001)
Midnight Confessions (2002)
Beyond Sunrise (2003)

Novels Book Covers

Candice Proctor Books Overview

Night in Eden

CANDICE PROCTOROnce in a great while a dazzling new writer appears on the scene with a historical romance so breathtaking that it sweeps readers off their feet. Candace Proctor is such an author. Here, in her deubt novel, she brings to vivid life a part of the Regency period rarely dramatized…
and creates sets of characters you will never forget. Night in EdenBryony Wentworth’s life is shattered when she is unjustly accused and sentenced to indentured servitude in New South Wales. Broken in body but not in spirit she fights for light, and for her life, wanting no part of the man who would save her, Captain Hayden St. John. But the mother in her cannot turn away from Hayden’s needy infant and the woman in her cannot deny her passion for the rugged, enigmatic man she is bound to serve. Against the sweeping panorama of a harsh, gorgeous, and unforgiving land, two hungering souls learn to trust, to love, and to triumph over the danger that will shadow their lives until destiny and desire become one.

The Bequest

‘Your mother could handle men better than anyone I’ve ever met. She knew exactly what she was doing. You don’t.’ ‘I can learn.’ ‘Can you?’ He came at her with that lean hipped walk she found so intimidatingly masculine. ‘What are you going to do the first time a man stalks up to you and puts his hand on you like this?’ At his touch she went rigid and sucked in an audible gasp of air. ‘What if he backs you up against a wall?’ He pinned her against the soft velvet of the door curtain. ‘You have made your point, Mr. Hays…
.’ The BequestWhen Gabrielle Antoine arrives in the rough mining town, the convent bred beauty is shocked by the decadence she finds there and stunned to learn she has just inherited a bordello from the mother she never knew. Worse, her mother’s business partner, Jordan Hays a rugged, cynical loner embodies everything Gabrielle fears…
and secretly desires. Determined to transform the house of ill repute into an honorable enterprise, Gabrielle soon locks horns with an unscrupulous rival. And as Jordan seeks to shield her from this unexpected danger, Gabrielle finds herself swept away by a passion as tempting as sin itself…
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September Moon

In this, her third novel, the multitalented author of Night in Eden returns to the glorious setting of nineteenth century Australia, to the ancient, primal vistas of the outback, to a land as untamed as a man’s soul…
. Patrick O’Reilly loves life in the wilderness. All he needs is his land, his work, and the company of the children he adores. The last thing he wants is the prim and proper Englishwoman who arrives to care for his unruly children. Amanda Davenport seems unprepared for the harshness of the place O’Reilly calls home, and yet he finds himself inexplicably drawn to this proud woman and the fire he knows exists beneath her refined exterior. Accepting a job as governess is the only way Amanda can earn passage back to her beloved England and away from this land that she hates rugged, uncivilized, intoxicating, like Patrick O’Reilly himself. Despite her fears, Amanda gradually awakens to the shimmering heat of this wild primitive land, to the children she can’t help but love, and to this magnificent man whose raw sensuality dares to expose her own undeniable passion…
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The Last Knight

Spirited Attica d’Alerion will do anything to protect her beloved brother from danger. To warn him of a political betrayal that could lead to war, Attica disguises herself as a young courtier and bravely rides into the arms of destiny. Damion de Jarnac is the black knight, a rogue horseman bound by no code of honor except his own blind ambition. Working for the aging King Henry, Damion scouts the hills of Brittany on a dangerous mission to expose the treachery of Philip of France. There he joins forces with a courageous lad who turns out to be the most intriguing woman he has ever met. But to win the beautiful Attica’s love, Damion must slay the demons of an unforgivable past. And to save his doomed country, he must make a deadly decision that could break his lady’s noble heart…
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Whispers of Heaven

Acclaimed for her unforgettable characters and bold storytelling, bestselling author Candice Proctor takes readers to the lush vistas of Australia for this magnificent tale of two people who share a love as forbidden and dangerous as the land that surrounds them…
. After years of schooling in England, Jesmond Corbett finds little has changed on her family’s estate along the sea battered coast of Tasmania. Betrothed since childhood to a wealthy neighbor, Jessie comes home determined to conform to the expectations of her family and the society in which they live. But nothing in Jessie s life has prepared her for the mysterious stranger who works in the stables, a man with searing eyes who haunts her dreams and awakens passions she never knew existed. Irishman Lucas Gallagher arrived on the island in chains, a convict sentenced to a lifetime of slave labor for the English gentry. For four years he has lived a dead man s existence, using every spare moment to plan his escape. But when he meets Jessie, she touches his cold, angry heart. And although their love has no future, he finds himself unable to deny the longings of his battered soul longings that threaten to destroy what may be his last chance to reach for freedom…
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Midnight Confessions

With a gift for creating lush, evocative settings that instantly transport the reader to intoxicating places, Candice Proctor now turns her remarkable talents to the dazzling splendor of old New Orleans, where the air is fragrant with mock orange and sweet olive and danger wafts on the gentle southern breeze…
. Widow Emmanuelle de Beauvais devotes herself tirelessly to the sick and injured of a grand city now occupied by the enemy. Then a night of unspeakable terror puts Emmanuelle at the center of a murder investigation and under the watchful eye of Yankee provost marshal Zachary Cooper. Although she despises the uniform and the war it represents, she finds the man who wears it impossible to resist. Zach Cooper has never been bewitched by a woman. Even as Emmanuelle veils every truth with layers of lies, he finds himself undeniably drawn to her. Torn between passion and duty, Zach must uncover the dark secrets surrounding a series of murders that threaten to ensnare Emmanuelle in their menacing web…
. From the Paperback edition.

Beyond Sunrise

Can life ever be a real adventure without falling in love?Ever since she can remember, India McKnight has craved adventure, dreaming of lands past the horizon. Following her calling, she becomes a travel writer, a vocation that takes her far and wide. All the while, she vows never to risk her freedom by falling in love. But when she sails to the exotic and unknown regions of the South Pacific, a rugged man brave enough to be her guide just may be the one who can lay claim to her heart. Having turned his back on the civilized world long ago, Jack Ryder has been living in seclusion, hiding from the pain and betrayal buried in his past. When the beautiful, hotheaded Scotswoman arrives at his hut looking for a guide, he agrees to take her to the island of Takaku despite the challenge just to prove that her stubborn theories about native life are wrong. But when their journey turns dangerous, their fates become forever entwined. Forced to rely on each other for their very survival, they soon discover that passion and even deeper peril await them…
just beyond the sunrise. From the Paperback edition.