Forbidden Crusade

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Juliet Hastings is the author of A Waiting Game, Aria Appassionata, Deadly Affairs, 
Down Under, Dreaming Spires, Forbidden Crusade, The Hand Of Amun and White Rose Ensnared, all available from Black Lace.

1186, the Holy Land. 
 
Thibault of Lontjoie wants his lovely sister, Melisende, to stay unwed. But her heart is set on Thibault's castellan, Robert, whose chivalry, prowess and beauty have made him her heart's desire. But even if her brother were willing, Robert is too poor to make a suitable match for a noblewoman, and too honourable to take advantage of her. 
 
This means that Melisende must seduce Robert - a challenging task for a virgin. She sets about using her sensual body and her ingenious mind to cope with whatever fate can throw at her; capture, exposure, betrayal and shame. In her brother's castle and the Emir's harem, she exerts her resourcefulness and employs her appetite for pleasure to secure the prize of her forbidden crusade.

Intimate Enemies

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There's something sexy about detectives - and it's time crime novels admitted it. Crime &amp; Passion novels are fast-paced murder mysteries in the British tradition - but the detectives and their suspects have adult tastes and desires. 
 
 
Francesca Lyons is found dead in her art gallery. The cause of death isn't obvious, but her bound hands suggest foul play. The previous evening she had an argument with her husband, she had sex with someone, and two men left messages on the gallery's answering machine. Detective Chief Inspector Anderson has plenty of suspects, but can't find anyone with a motive. When Stephanie Pinkney, an art researcher, is found dead in similar circumstances Anderson's colleagues are sure that the culprit is a serial killer. 
 
But Anderson is convinced that the murders are connected with threads of jealousy and greed. Unravelling the threads leads him to Andrea Maguire, a vulnerable, sensual art dealer with a quick-tempered husband and unsatisfied desires. 
 
Anderson can prove that Andrea isn't the killer. He tells himself that there can be no harm in becoming involved with her. But is he making an untypical and dangerous mistake?

Aria Appassionata

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Tess Challoner has made it. She is going to play Carmen in a new production of the opera that promises to be as raunchy and explicit as it is intelligent. But Tess needs to learn a lot about passion and desire before the opening night. Tony Varguez, the handsome but jealous Spanish tenor, takes on the task of her education. But when Tess finds herself drawn to a desirable new member of the cast, she knows she's playing with fire. If Tony finds out she's playing fast and loose with his affections, then life could begin to imitate art - with dramatic consequences. 
 
A gripping story of art, love and jealousy from Juliet Hastings - one of the most popular Black Lace authors.

Crash Course

Kate is a successful management consultant. When she's asked to run a training course at an exclusive hotel at short notice, she thinks the stress will be too much. But three of the participants are young, attractive, powerful men, and Kate cannot resist the temptation to get to know them sexually as well as professionally. Her problem is that one of the women on the course is feeling left out. 
 
Jealousy and passion simmer beneath the surface as Kate tries to get the best performance out of all her clients.

White Rose Ensnared

When the elderly Lord de Verney is killed in battle, his beautiful widow Rosamund finds herself at the mercy of Sir Ralph Aycliffe, a powerful knight who will stop at nothing to humiliate her and seize her property. He will not rest until he has enslaved her beyond hope of redemption. 
But there's a young squire about to come to the rescue. Geoffrey Lymington will risk everything to save the woman he has loved for a single night. Against the turbulent backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the battle for Rosamund unfolds. Who will prevail in the struggle for her body?

Down Under

Priss and Diva, 30-something best friends, are taking the holiday of a lifetime in New Zealand. After a spell of relaxation they approach the week-long `mountain trek' brimming with energy and dangerously horny. It's Priss' idea to see if, in the course of one week, they can involve every member of the 12-person trek in their raunchy adventures.  Some are pushovers but others present more of a challenge!

Dreaming Spires

Young academic Catherine de la Tour is not content. Her lover James is a thousand miles away and she needs to get a grip on her work, her man and her life. When she accepts a post as artist-in residence at Cambridge she thinks it'll be just the break she needs. But once there she soon gets involved in the world sex lives of both her male and female students.

The Hand of Amun

An erotic historical set in ancient Egypt. 
 
Marked from birth with the symbol of Amun, the young, Naunkhte must enter a life of dark eroticism as a servant at his temple. She becomes the favourite of the high priestess but, when she's accused of an act of sacrilege, she is forced to flee to the city of Waset. There she meets Khonsu, a prince of the Egyptian underworld, whose prowess as a lover is legendary. But fate draws her back to the temple and she is forced to choose between two lovers - one mortal and the other a god!

Juliet Hastings

Kidnapping is a particularly cruel crime. Wealth and the friendship of the chief Constable are of no help to Robert and Joanna Hamilton when their young son and his nanny are held to ransom by an anonymous and ruthless gang. The Hamiltons insist that their case merits the attention of a senior police officer. John Anderson gets the job, and arranges the exchange of the hamiltons’ cash for young Robbie. 
But nothing is a straightforward as it seems. Disloyalty and betrayal are everywhere; in the Hamilton household; in Anderson’s squad; in the kidnappers’ triangular affair of love and lust. Even the new woman in Anderson’s life can’t be trusted. The police operation goes catastrophically wrong, and Anderson has to take the blame. He sets out single-handed to track down the kidnappers, and finds himself in deadly danger.

Juliet Hastings

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