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Born in the Greek city of Miletus, Aspasia was destined for a life of tragedy. Her wealthy father vowed to abandon any female child, so Aspasia was secreted away, educated independently of her family, and raised as a courtesan. She discovered at an early age how to use her powers of intellect as ingeniously as those of the flesh. Ensconced in the Persian harems of Al Taliph, she meets the man who will change her fate: Pericles, the formidable political leader, statesman, ruler of Athens, and Aspasia’s most cherished lover.

Captain Damien Clay, a fearless, freewheeling member of Morgan's Raiders, disguises himself as a woman to help win the war for the Confederates. But beneath the veil of his charade, he is all man. Lavinia Rutledge cut off her striking red hair to go undercover as Private Vinnie Rutledge of Thunderbolt Plantation. But under the faade is a voluptuous, hot-blooded woman. When this unlikely pair find one another, sparks fly and the flame of forbidden passion ignites.

Kidnapped from her Oregon-bound wagon train, a schoolteacher falls into the hands of a handsome bounty hunter and finds herself swept up in an entirely different kind of adventure. Abigail Bliss can't tell anyone her real name. Her father insists on using an alias for their sudden move to Oregon - a turn of events that signals trouble. When bounty hunter Tanner McKnight kidnaps her, determined to take her to her wealthy grandfather in Chicago, Abby vows not to go quietly.