JUNE FRANCIS
Author
Historical Romance Novels
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Beloved Abductor
It is 1265 and England is on the verge of a civil war….
After tragically losing her Father and Brother to the Battle of Lewes, Felicia is left with only her cousin Joan for company at her inherited manor.
But little does she know her nightmare is far from over. She is soon to be faced with a whole new battle, a battle for her freedom and a battle to save her dignity.
Her fierce cousin Philip traps her as his future wife as he hopes to inherit her fortune.
Despite their relation, he wants his cruel way with her and will stop at nothing to get her to submit to his wicked ways.
But is he the only villain, when Edmund is willing to abduct her under the impression that she is loyal to Philip?
Will he use her as a pawn in a game of revenge between himself and Philip, the man who killed his family?
After escaping her captor, a game of cat and mouse begins as Felicia flees Philip once more, returning herself to the hands of Edmund, the physician with a secret…
But does she flee him again? With no means of getting home she has little choice.
Being returned to Philip is surely a worse fate than staying with Edmund?
As romance starts to blossom between herself and her captor, Felicia faces an internal struggle between following her head and her heart.
The Adventurer's Bride
IN WANT OF A RESPECTABLE WIFE… Widow Jane Caldwell is practically destitute when famed explorer Nicholas Hurst seeks shelter – with his baby daughter hidden under his coat! Wounded and on the run from his enemies, Nicholas is as darkly attractive as she remembers and she can’t deny him aid.
Adventurer Nicholas seeks to settle down, and Jane would make a highly respectable wife! But, cowed by duty for too long, Jane yearns for a love and passion Nicholas cannot give her… until he learns to open his heart.
Man Behind the Facade
A WOMAN WORTH FIGHTING FOR…
As a renowned travelling player – with a dangerous sideline career in political intrigue – no one understands better than Philip Hurst the masks that people wear. But the effort it takes to school his reactions when he comes face to face with Rebecca Clifton tests even his theatrical expertise!
Becky has blossomed from innocent childhood friend into a beautiful and fiery widow. As Philip gets drawn into the tangled web of her family affairs he can’t help but wonder if he’s met his match…could Becky be the only woman to tempt Philip to take on a new role, as her loving husband?
Love's Intrigue
Amid the chaos surrounding Henry V’s attempts to take the throne of France, Louise Saulnier and her fellow Frenchmen are forced into wild living by the English.
Stripped of the protection of her family’s wealth, Louise survives under the guise of a young boy, Louis, and manages to escape the atrocities against women that she has witnessed.
But danger never wanders far and soon it is her own sister Marguerite who is taken by the foreign men.
With only the face of the abductor etched into her memory, Louise risks everything to rescue her sister.
When it appears that this very man and his brother is the only key to her success, Louise faces a terrible choice: give in to the Englishmen and betray her beloved Northern France, or lose Marguerite.
Flitting between her two identities, Louise crosses boundaries both of land and sea and of the heart.
She ventures into new territories and is not only swept up into the clash of the two countries, but also of the two brothers…
My Lady Deceiver
For Philippa Cobtree there was no future in dreaming of Guy Milbum.
Betrothed to his brother Hugo, there could never be anything between them.
But it was Guy who had found her in Canterbury – filthy, hungry and weary to the bone, her home burnt down and her serfs in revolt.
Guy had rescued her and Guy had won her love — but Hugo stood between them.
Philippa concocts a most daring rouse to free her from her impending marriage and allow her to marry Guy.
But this plan will require them both to embark on a most daring deception …
Do they both have what it takes to follow through with Philippa’s bold idea?
Will they find their happy ending, or will their deception, or Hugo’s hold on Philippa, prove to be their downfall?
The Bride Price
She is Welsh. He is English.
From a young age they have been taught by their elders to be enemies.
But Cadfael needs a guide for his journey through the Welsh wilderness and his hike up the great mountain of Snowdonia.
His aim is to find his half-brother Rhys.
Who would be able to help him?
Upon meeting Lady Sioned ap Rowan, Cadfael decides only she can help him bring Rhys home.
Sioned strongly resembles the woman in his mother’s vision and is also confident in the landscape of her Welsh homeland.
Fortunately, she was also not of the mind to decline Cadfael’s offer, seizing her chance to escape from an arranged marriage to her horrific betrothed, Govan.
However, Sioned has her own motives to venture up the mountains...
With the chance to embark on her quest, Sioned certainly did not intend to fall in love with her companion.
Even if she found him handsome and charming...
But things do not always go to plan.
Out in the wilderness and with the threat of imminent danger, a spark between them could not help but ignite.
But what of Cadfael’s search for Rhys? And Sioned’s arranged marriage to Govan?
Can their new found romance overcome their countries’ differences?
The Unconventional Maiden
SHE’D RATHER GO INTO BUSINESS THAN MARRY ANY MAN!
After her father’s murder, headstrong Beth Llewellyn finds herself under the reluctant guardianship of Sir Gawain Raventon. Already chafing against the constraints put upon her sex under Henry VIII’s rule, Beth knows Gawain will have his own opinion about her unconventional attitude to marriage!
Working with Gawain to solve the mystery surrounding her father’s death, Beth starts to realise that perhaps marriage to the right man – a man in whose arms she feels so safe – will bring a happiness she’s never dared imagine…
The Pirate's Daughter
Serena’s Greek island holiday job suddenly improves when roguish pilot Pete arrives! He revels in the thrill of the chase, but never settles down. So one heady month later, what’s keeping Serena in his arms? In a week Alice is dumped and fired – if she hadn’t just won the lottery, she’d feel like the unluckiest woman alive! Then she bumps into gorgeous old flame Will Paxman on a tropical escape and it seems Alice’s luck is about to change…
Cleo’s teenage crush is back in Melbourne. Jack Devlin used to treat her like a kid…now he’s treating her like a woman. She’s determined not to fall at his feet – or into his bed – but Jack has other ideas!
Fateful Encounter
A dangerous place, especially for young, widowed Englishwoman Constance.
Having been left property by her late husband, Constance ventures across the seas to explore what is now hers on the Emerald Isle.
Yet before long she finds herself in mortal danger. Knocked off her horse and taken hostage by the barbarian Niall O’More, she loses her kinsmen and finds herself alone and without protection in a strange land, where many regard her as the enemy.
But there is more to Master O’More than meets the eye, and Constance finds herself, against her better judgement, being drawn into his beguiling ways.
She tries to keep her distance, but fate has them crossing paths at every turn
And when Constance catches wind of a plot against the life of King Richard II, the pair find themselves drawn together once again...
His Runaway Maiden
Fleeing the clutches of her cruel stepmother, Rosamund Appleby dons a youth’s disguise and heads for London…until she is halted in her tracks by Baron Alex Nilsson! Intrigued by this boy he suspects is really a well-born young lady, Alex seeks to protect her as they journey together.
But when Alex, who trusts no woman, finds himself hastily and conveniently married to beautiful, courageous Rosamund, he doesn’t know which is more dangerous: the enemies plotting his downfall – or the seductive lure of a curvaceous woman in his bed…
Rebel Lady Convenient Wife
Driven from her home by accusations of witchcraft, Lady Anna Fenwick embarks on a dangerous quest. Her reluctant protector is darkly brooding Jack Milburn, a merchant venturer with a shadowed past…Jack exists only to exact his revenge on the man who killed his lover and their son, but Anna slowly teaches him how to feel again. So when fate returns Jack’s son to him, miraculously alive and well, marriage seems the answer.
But will Anna ever be more to Jack than his convenient bride?
Tamed by the Barbarian
A STOLEN KISS. . .
Cicely Milburn has no intention of marrying anyone, let alone a Scottish barbarian! But when Lord Rory Mackillin rescues her from a treacherous attack she reluctantly accepts his help–even though his kisses trouble her dreams.
AN HONORABLE BARBARIAN. . .
The Border Reiver is determined to guard his charge on their journey through war-torn England. Yet he cannot shield his own heart from Cicely's beauty and bravery–especially when the only honorable way to protect her is to marry her!
Rowan's Revenge
A STOLEN KISS. . .
Cicely Milburn has no intention of marrying anyone, let alone a Scottish barbarian! But when Lord Rory Mackillin rescues her from a treacherous attack she reluctantly accepts his help–even though his kisses trouble her dreams.
AN HONORABLE BARBARIAN. . .
The Border Reiver is determined to guard his charge on their journey through war-torn England. Yet he cannot shield his own heart from Cicely's beauty and bravery–especially when the only honorable way to protect her is to marry her!
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