February has me curled up inside, dreaming about my past and future loves. My daydreams take me all over the place - sometimes I imagine what my life would have been like back in the Victorian era, or maybe in a different career - like a ballerina. But sometimes, the sweetest loves I can ever conjure are the ones that have the potential to capture my heart in the present day - like the date I have lined up for this Valentine's Day. This month, let your dreams take you anywhere you want to go, and may you be lucky to have only good ones...
If you like: adventure, travel writing, historical romances
The Dream Hunter, by Laura Kinsale
“A man of cool demeanor and stubborn solitude, Lord Winter was a restless wanderer who kept the passions of his heart well hidden. But traveling alone in search of a legendary mare, he made an even more remarkable discovery. For hidden beneath the ragged costume of a Bedouin boy was a beautiful woman: Zenia Stanhope, daughter of an extraordinary English adventuress. Zenia wants nothing of the danger that Lord Winter lives for. She wants only to reach England, far from the blood and sand of the desert. But in one night of terror, condemned to death, their lives are irrevocably bound by desperate desire. Zenia escapes to an English world of elegance and comfort, forsaking the lonely, fearless man who has changed her life and conquered her heart. Until he returns to invade her sanctuary – and demand that she pay the price of passion…”
If you like: ballet, fairytale endings, men in tights
Dance of Dreams, by Nora Roberts
“Ruth Bannion had never met anyone like Russian émigré choreographer Nikolai Davidov. Ruth was open, giving, but Nikolai’s background had left him reserved, even wary, and his pride would not let him reveal his need for her. Fear of rejection kept him from speaking the truth. That same fear sent her away to hide on the Connecticut coast. But when he came after her at last, there was no more fear, no more wariness, only a lifetime of love that would never need to be hidden again.”
If you like: paranormal twists, mysteries, opposites attract
“Alex Nolan is as bitter and cynical as they come. One of the three Nolan brothers who call Friday Harbor home, he’s nothing like Sam or Mark. They actually believe in love; they think the risk of pain is worth the chance of happiness. But Alex battles his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle, and he lives in his own private hell. And then a ghost shows up. Only Alex can see him. Has Alex finally crossed over the threshold to insanity? Zoë Hoffman is as gentle and romantic as they come. When she meets the startlingly gorgeous Alex Nolan, all her instincts tell her to run. But something in him calls to Zoë, and she forces him to take a look at his life with a clear eye and to open his mind to the possibility that love isn’t for the foolish… Zoë and Alex are oil and water, fire and ice, sunshine and shadow. But sometimes it takes only a glimmer of light to chase away the dark, and sometimes love can reach beyond time, space, and reason to take hold of hearts that yearn for it…”
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