Deborah Hale Books In Order

The Wizard’s Ward

Years before, the peaceful world of Umbria was torn apart by the ruthless Hanish invaders…

Yet that is the only life Maura knows. Until her wizard guardian announces she is to be queen but that first she must find and unite with their country’s legendary ‘Waiting King’ in order to overthrow the enemy occupation. Men have searched for the fabled warrior for ages what chance has a young witch gifted in life magic? Especially since she has only till midsummer’s moon…
and her guardian’s wisdom is tragically taken from her…

Filled with fear and determination as well as wits and magic, Maura sets forth. Her only ally is the outlaw Rath. Having Rath as a companion is as dangerous as having an enemy along but she must trust in him to save their country. As midsummer approaches, their mission is in jeopardy from the Han outlaws and treasure hunters and even their own folk, who are wary of ‘the witch and the wolf.’

But the greatest complication is the knowledge that if they do not find the king, Maura need not sacrifice all to be queen…

Married: The Virgin Widow

Her hands bound by blackmail and duty, Laura Penrose was forced to marry her sweetheart’s ruthless cousin. Now a widow, her sweetheart has returned.

Ford Barrett, Lord Kingsfold, believes Laura betrayed him and has a debt to pay-she owes him a wedding… and a wedding night!

Laura sacrificed herself once out of duty-she won’t be taken again for revenge. But this new, dark, dangerous Ford discards her pleas…. Can she tell him she never wronged him, before he discovers her more innocent secret?

Bought: The Penniless Lady

Desperate to safeguard the future of her precious nephew, penniless Lady Artemis Dearing will do anything even marry the man whose brother ruined her darling sister!Hadrian Northmore’s suffered enough heartbreak he will not lose his brother’s son, too. Calculating and deceitful as Lady Artemis may be, he will marry her if he must! But Hadrian isn’t prepared for overwhelming desire, or his new wife’s sweet disposition. There’s been some mistake his hard built defenses are crumbling before his very eyes!

Wanted: Mail-Order Mistress

Betrayed by his first wife, Simon Grimshaw won’t marry again. But sultry nights in Singapore can be lonely-nothing a beautiful English mistress wouldn’t fix!

Bethan Conway answers an advert to become a wife, believing it will help her secret search for her missing brother. But Simon isn’t the ugly old man she was expecting. He’s a hot-blooded bachelor who wants a woman in his bed-a position Bethan’s more and more tempted to fill!

Beauty and the Baron

Handsome rakehell turned scarred recluse Lord Lucius Daventry had returned from battle intent on forgetting the past. Yet once home, Lucius was presented with one final mission: marry Angela Lacewood and grant his ailing grandfather’s dying wish. Or at least pretend to marry. But the young beauty he remembered was now an exquisite woman. A woman strong enough to breach the walls he hid behind and steal his heart.

The Last Champion

The Lady of Harwood was ruthless…
Ruthlessly practical, most certainly, for Dominie De Montford swore she’d bed the devil himself to safeguard her people. Now all she held dear stood endangered, and the one man who could rescue them was the one man she despised Armand Flambard, first to hold her heart…
and first to break it! The warrior in Armand Flambard had died on the battlefield felled by a terrible secret born of civil war. Should Lady Dominie glean even a hint of the truth, she would surely loathe him as much as she’d once loved him. But mayhap this new call to arms was a battle cry to rouse their long slumbering desire…
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