Marianne LaCroix - Author of Erotic Romance & Romantica(TM)

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Crossed Swords
Torrid Tarot - Five of Swords
Erotic Romance/Historical-Pirate
Contains forced seductions
Length: Novel
Available from Ellora's Cave
Coming to print in 2008 in Pirate's Mistress

4 1/2 Stars, RT Top Pick! - "LaCroix has outdone herself. This swashbuckling tale will have you offering to swab the decks, if it will put you in good graces with the wickedly handsome pirate captain! There's plenty of action in and out of the captain's quarters to keep you flying through the pages of this sizzling story." ~ Romantic Times BOOKClub magazine

"5 Stars...Orgasmic...wonderfully written story about the powerful sea Captain and his prisoner falling in love...If you are looking for steamy sex, that will leave you seeking your own release, look no further...It’s perfect!" ~JERR

Caribbean Sea, 1718

Arabella Prescott’s dreams of marriage were shattered when her fiancé was murdered by pirates. When she is kidnapped by the roguishly handsome Captain Fredrick Thorne, Arabella is determined to fight him with every inch of her being. She will not become the pirate’s lover—no matter her body’s unexpected desires.

Fredrick quickly discovers Arabella’s weakness—him. Her feisty spirit amuses and her sweet innocence enflames, and when she resists his seductive touch, he forces her to surrender to his desires, awakening her sleeping passions. But with her sensual defeat comes a price neither are prepared to pay.

At the news of her kidnapping, Arabella’s father, Governor Prescott, begins the hunt for Thorne’s ship, Neptune’s Sword, to save Arabella—and finally capture the most dangerous pirate upon the Caribbean. He will stop at nothing to see Thorne pay for his crimes at the end of the hangman’s rope.

"4 Stars...an engrossing read. Set in the early nineteen hundreds, this story will take you from Brittan to the exotic desert, mixing history, Arabian culture and highly erotic sexual chemistry. Lady Langtry is the typical soft spoken English noblewoman...This is a very fast read that combines steamy sex with forbidden passion that leaves the characters, as well as the reader, breathless...This is a fabulous Saturday afternoon book to settle in with while we are swept away to exotic lands, with handsome Sheikh’s and sexy bedroom tales. Yummy."
~JERR

"4/5 Stars...This is one you will want to pick-up, as it will sweep you off to the deserts of Morocco and into the arms of a handsome desert Sheikh who will have quite a few tricks up his sleeve...This was my first Marianne LaCroix book, but it won’t be my last. I can’t wait to see what fantasy world she takes me to next.”
~NOR

Ante Up
Erotic Romance/Historical (American West)
Length: Short story
Available from loveyoudivine
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Wade Hampton rides into Dodge City looking for another game to play, another sucker to part easily with his money. What he didn't expect was a dark-haired, poker-playing beauty at one of the card tables. Unable to resist her sapphire gaze, he enters the game. Jessie Clayton is a professional gambler, and by using her feminine sexual appeal as a diversion, she usually wins. But this handsome stranger unnerves her, igniting a fire she long thought dead. The pot grows as the game progresses, and the only players left are the two of them. Jessie has a killer hand, but with no more money to bet, she offers one night of bliss to complete the game. Wade accepts, and they lay down the cards. Jessie loses. Now, she must ante up to the handsome gambler…but, will she lose her heart once the dawn breaks?

2004 ENDA winner - Best Historical
2004 Enchanted in Romance Best Historical

My Enemy, My Lover
Erotic Romance/Historical (American Revolution)
Mild Bondage, Male Domination & spanking
Length: Short story
Available from loveyoudivine
(reissue with additions)
Also available in the print collection, Seductions
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South Carolina, 1779

Rebecca is captured by the British army and held as a personal prisoner of Colonel William Barnesworth. He is handsome, yet arrogant and commanding—and one look from his steely eyes made her blood sing with an overwhelming need to surrender to his touch. He seduces her with his voice, his caress and his dominance, but at the morning light, she slips away, leaving the Colonel behind. Later, Rebecca realizes she could never escape William’s hold upon her heart.

Historical Erotic Romance