When You Wish: An Anthology of Stories - Softcover

Jane Feather; Elizabeth Elliott; Patricia Coughlin; Sharon & Tom Curtis; Suzanne Robinson

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9780553576436: When You Wish: An Anthology of Stories

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ISBN 10: 0553576437 ISBN 13: 9780553576436

Publisher: Bantam, 1997

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To thine own wish be true. Do not follow the moth to the star.

So says the message in an exquisite green bottle. Is it a wish? A warning? A spell to cast over a lover? In these six charming love stories, a mysterious bottle brings a touch of magic to the lives of all who possess it....

"Wishful Thinking" by Jane Feather. To be taken seriously as a scientist, the bespectacled Rosie Belmont passes herself off as a man...but her plan backfires when a very attractive fellow scientist arrives for an all-too-lengthy visit.

"The Blackmoor Devil" by Patricia Coughlin. A legendary rake purchases a spell from a witch...and encounters a love he thought lost forever.

"The Natural Child" by Sharon and Tom Curtis. When a proper young lady makes a wish she didn't intend, she soon finds herself trapped in a bedroom with London's wickedest womanizer.

"Bewitched" by Elizabeth Elliott. A headstrong lord knows that he must marry a suitable girl, so why is it that only a spirited and highly unsuitable vixen enthralls him?

"Forever" by Patricia Potter. A beautiful smuggler is terrified when a mysterious stranger uncovers her family's darkest secret...only to learn fate has a surprise in store for her.

"The Unwanted Bride" by Suzanne Robinson. When a dashing earl proposes to a woman he's never seen, he ends up with the wrong bride...and, just maybe, his heart's desire.

Six spellbinding stories that are pure magic...from today's most beloved romance authors.

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Review:

A mysterious green bottle bearing a hidden message ties together six unforgettable romantic tales. In Jane Feather's Wishful Thinking, Lady Rosalind Belmont wants to be taken seriously as a scientist, but her gender stands in the way. When she purchases an old bottle from a local shop, odd things begin to happen--things that could have serious consequences for her career and her heart. In Patricia Coughlin's The Blackmoor Devil, Christian Lowell suffers from a devilish hex cast by the mother of a young conquest. Desperate for relief, Christian resorts to a folk remedy from a sorceress, and soon after taking it, Christian's life turns upside down The Natural Child is the story of Lucy Hibbert and a wish she never thought could come true. After finding a strange bottle inside a fish, Lucy wishes for a romantic interlude with London's wildest womanizer, Henry Lamb. But when fate throws the two together, Lucy gets more than she bargained for.

Elizabeth Elliott's Bewitched transports readers to 19th-century London. Lord James Drake fears the worst when he meets Miss Faro Burke. Bold, beautiful, and--so she claims--clairvoyant, Faro is far too interesting to resist. But when Faro proves her powers by describing a delicate green bottle in James's possession, it is too much for James to accept--or is it? Patricia Potter's Forever finds Holly Hastings fearing for her family's life. Caught smuggling casks of brandy by handsome Justin Talmadge, Holly makes a deal with him in order to save her family--although they're safe from harm, Holly's heart has plenty to fear, for neither Justin nor Holly's lucky glass bottle can save her from love. Finally, in Susan Robinson's The Unwanted Bride, Temple Stirling finds himself betrothed to Melisande Peabody for all the wrong reasons. Can love find a way into the hearts of Temple and Melisande? With the help of an ancient message and a tiny green bottle, anything is possible.

About the Author:

Jane Feather is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Almost a Bride, The Wedding Game, The Bride Hunt, The Bachelor List, Kissed by Shadows, To Kiss a Spy, The Widow’s Kiss, The Least Likely Bride, The Accidental Bride, The Hostage Bride, A Valentine Wedding, The Emerald Swan, and many other historical romances. She was born in Cairo, Egypt, and grew up in the New Forest, in the South of England. She began her writing career after she and her family moved to Washington, D.C., in 1981. She now has more than ten million copies of her books in print.

Patricia Coughlin is an award-winning romance writer. Her books include Wedding Magic and The Lost Enchantress. She received the RITA award from Romance Writers of America and a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times.

Tom and Sharon Curtis, a husband and wife writing team, have received numerous accolades for their classic regency romances of the 1980s. Lightning That Lingers was their first title published under the Loveswept imprint, in December 1983. In addition to their many historical romances, the couple has written several contemporary romance novels under the name of Robin James. The couple has since retired from writing.

Tom Curtis and his wife and writing partner, Sharon, have received numerous accolades for their classic regency romances of the 1980s. Lightning That Lingers was their first title published under the Loveswept imprint, in December 1983. In addition to their many historical romances, the couple has written several contemporary romance novels under the name of Robin James. The couple has since retired from writing.

Elizabeth Elliott took a turn off the corporate fast track to write romances on the shores of a lake not far from Woebegone. She is the author of The Warlord, Scoundrel, Betrothed, and The Dark Knight.

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