A maiden for the mercenary!
Mercenary knight Rhain is living on borrowed time. With a vengeful warlord pursuing him, he has accepted his fate.
When he rescues mysterious and deeply scarred Helissent from her attackers, Rhain soon wishes he wasn't marked for death. He can never be the man she deserves, but Rhain can't resist the temptation to show this innocent maiden how beautiful she truly is…
Nicole first discovered romance novels hidden in her grandmother's closet. Convinced hidden books must be better, Nicole greedily read them. It was only natural she should start writing them (but now not so secretly).
If she isn't working on the next book in her historical series, she can be reached at NicoleLocke.com or on twitter... more
Nicole first discovered romance novels hidden in her grandmother's closet. Convinced hidden books must be better, Nicole greedily read them. It was only natural she should start writing them (but now not so secretly).
If she isn't working on the next book in her historical series, she can be reached at NicoleLocke.com or on twitter @NicoleLockeNews!
","bio_short":"","image":"https://i.harperapps.com/hcanz/authors/0063496/x145.jpg","on_tour":false,"featured":false,"deceased":false,"sensitivity":"0","locale":"","custom":{"algoliaKey":"230a77a852904d4d4d0671b489d6f80e-0","export_hash":"a80ab10a68b81d2b3ed818d038db416b6b6e017388242b06bab88c4805faabea"},"events":null,"awards":null,"assets":[{"id":"169081-101524","asset_id":"101524","asset":{"id":"169081","unique":"e52398a216db0eaea74588d25d85cd42","name":"nicole-locke-author-blog","description":null,"type":"link-url","sub_type":"author-blog","order":"1","size":"0","height":"0","width":"0","embed":null,"path":"0","source":"Import Author Details Script","schedule":"2018-02-08 17:53:01"}},{"id":"214689-101524","asset_id":"101524","asset":{"id":"214689","unique":"x500-nicole-locke-Contributors","name":"nicole-locke-author-photo","description":null,"type":"image","sub_type":"author-photo","order":"1","size":"500","height":null,"width":"500","embed":null,"path":"https://i.harperapps.com/hcanz/authors/0063496/x145.jpg","source":"new-image-import","schedule":"2025-04-16 00:00:00"}}],"books":[{"description":"A Pregnant Courtesan For The Rake - Diane Gaston
Oliver Gregory still remembers the exquisite night he shared with a beautiful woman in Paris. Discovering her working at the London gentlemen’s club he part-owns comes as a shock…even more so when he realises she’s pregnant! Oliver will ensure his child is not born illegitimate, including returning Cecilia to his bed…as his wife!
Regency Christmas Wishes
Captain Grey’s Christmas Proposal - Carla Kelly
Captain Grey had been fighting a fever when he met Theodora Winnings. He proposed by letter but it’s taken ten years to receive her reply. The answer was yes but is she still free to become his Christmas bride?
Her Christmas Temptation - Christine Merrill
Faith Strickland’s plan to marry to save her family backfires when notorious rake James Leggett sets out to break her unhappy engagement. He’ll storm her twelfth night celebrations and scorch her into surrender!
Awakening His Sleeping Beauty - Janice Preston
Lonely Diana Fleming knows handsome knights don’t really exist. But can a festive kiss from the man she loves reawaken her frozen heart?
Her Christmas Knight - Nicole Locke
Alice of Swaffham searches the London nobility for a traitor dealing information to the Scots. Little does she know that the mysterious spy she seeks is the man she once loved.
If Hugh of Shoebury felt unworthy of Alice before, he can never claim her heart now. He must fight to keep Alice safe…and to keep his burning longing for her at bay!
","rating":"0.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2017-11-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2017-11-06 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":21312,"isbn13":"9781489237125","title":"A Pregnant Courtesan For The Rake/Captain Grey's Christmas Proposal/Her Christmas Temptation/Awakening His Sleeping Beauty/Her Christmas Knight","seo":"a-pregnant-courtesan-for-the-rakecaptain-greys-christmas-proposalher-christmas-temptationawakening-his-sleeping-beautyher-christmas-knight","summary":"A Pregnant Courtesan For The Rake - Diane GastonOliver Gregory still remembers the exquisite night he shared with a beautiful woman in Paris. Discovering her working at the London gentlemen’s...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489237125.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/SOLD-OUT.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":true,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027070"},{"name":"Undefined Category","type":"bic","seo_name":"F00R0H000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"She hates all Warstones. Can this one win her love?
Balthus of Warstone secretly loved Severine, even though she was unhappily married to his brute of a brother, then she fled six years ago. Now that her husband is dead, Balthus must find Severine and reclaim her sons as his father's heirs. Balthus's desire is to claim her, too, and despite his battle-maimed arm and her distrust of his family, he'll prove he's a suitor worthy of such a courageous woman...
","rating":"4.00","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2021-04-21 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2021-04-21 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":32270,"isbn13":"9781867229438","title":"The Knight's Runaway Maiden","seo":"the-knights-runaway-maiden","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781867229438.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Family Life / Marriage & Divorce","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC045010"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC014000"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"},{"name":"Romance / Historical / Medieval","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027150"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"Keep your friends close…but your enemies closer?
In order to find a legendary treasure map, mercenary Louve of Mei Solis must infiltrate his enemy’s fortress under the guise of a servant. There, Louve meets beautiful maiden Biedeluue, a fellow servant with her own hidden agenda…to save her sister from the malevolent lord’s clutches! Their high-stakes missions may be at odds with one another, but their attraction cannot be denied even in this most dangerous of situations…
Her rugged prisoner…becomes her fiercest protector
Capturing legendary Highlander Malcolm of Clan Colquhoun was Andreona’s last chance to win her tyrannical father’s respect. Instead he orders them both to be killed! Resigned to her devastating role as the family outcast, she and her prisoner escape and continue on his quest to return a treasured heirloom. They find solace in their unexpected passion, but haunted by a lifetime of betrayals, will either dare to hope it could last beyond their journey?
Drama abounds in this Medieval romance
Finding his future wife means revisiting his past…
After making a pact with his brother to find a bride by the year’s end, warrior Camron of Clan Graham faces his toughest battle yet: to win defiant Anna, his first love. She’s fiercely protective of her family and her independence, so Highlander Camron must prove to Anna that she’s more than just a bet — and that he’s a man she can trust with her safety and her heart!
An innocent maiden and a legendary warrior
When captured and held prisoner in an enemy castle, Margery of Lyon is guarded by brooding mercenary Evrart, who’s been commanded to watch her — day and night. Margery’s determination to escape brings her closer to Evrart and the kind heart hidden beneath his granite-hard body. Now Margery is torn… Fleeing under the portcullis will mean leaving behind the man she’s falling for…
Black Robert. The most feared of all King Edward's men…
When an English knight approaches the charred ruins of her sister's Highland village, Gaira of Clan Colquhoun knows better than to trust this fierce-looking man. Yet, struggling to set her war-shaken world to rights, she has little choice.
Robert of Dent will see her to safety. He can promise nothing more. Never again will he make a vow like the one he broke years ago, even though Gaira's fierce resilience makes him long to protect her.
But what will happen when Gaira discovers exactly who Robert is…?
In the wilds of Scotland…
Impulsive Mairead Buchanan's only goal is to track down the man responsible for her brother's death. Until a shameful encounter with Caird of enemy clan Colquhoun proves a distraction she can't ignore…
Nothing could prepare Mairead for the path she's thrown onto when the secrets of a jewelled dagger are revealed and she finds herself kidnapped by this sexy highlander! With Mairead's recklessness a perfect foil to Caird's cool command, can these two enemies set their clans' differences aside and surrender to the desire that rages between them?
He left to save his family…now he's back!
Nicholas of Mei Solis swore to do anything to protect his home – even going away to fight for it. This meant leaving beautiful Matilda, too. Now Nicholas has returned briefly to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. But one look at Matilda, now widowed and with child, changes everything. Suddenly Nicholas is compelled to stay…and to take back the future they both thought they'd lost…
","rating":"4.14","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2018-08-20 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2018-08-20 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":23560,"isbn13":"9781489270542","title":"Reclaimed By The Knight","seo":"reclaimed-by-the-knight","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489270542.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027070"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"‘This man was shadow and night. He was Darkness.’
Homeless Aliette is saved from punishment for stealing by a mysterious knight. To stay alive, she’s informed by this stranger that she must claim his child as her own. She should fear the dark knight’s power, yet it’s clear there’s more good to this man than he’s prepared to show. Can she break down the barriers of the tortured knight she calls Darkness?
The key to his past...lies with the enemy sharing his bed!
Rory Lochmore had expected to wage battle, to claim land and finally secure his standing within his clan. Instead he won a wife. A McCrieff wife. Their convenient marriage could unite the two long-feuding clans forever. But can a political alliance give way to a passion strong enough to stand the secrets of the past?
","rating":"3.99","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2019-06-17 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2019-06-17 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":25106,"isbn13":"9781489288004","title":"Secrets of a Highland Warrior","seo":"secrets-of-a-highland-warrior","summary":"The key to his past...lies with the enemy sharing his bed!Rory Lochmore had expected to wage battle, to claim land and finally secure his standing within his clan. Instead he won a wife. A McCrieff...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489288004.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC014000"},{"name":"Historical / Medieval","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC014020"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027160"},{"name":"Romance / Historical / Medieval","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027150"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"Captured by her enemy...falling for the man.
Cressida Howe, the Archer, is a well-tuned weapon. But she’s also a woman captivated by a man — Eldric of Hawksmoor the warrior knight her father ordered her to kill. Instead, for years, Cressida has simply watched him. Now she’s been captured by her formidable enemy, and her well-ordered world comes crashing down, for Eldric is even more compelling up close. Cressida curses her traitorous heart — this assassin has fallen for her target!
A knight to protect her – this Yuletide!
Alice of Swaffham searches the London nobility for a traitor dealing information to the Scots. Little does she know that the mysterious spy she seeks is the man she once loved.
If Hugh of Shoebury felt unworthy of Alice before, he can never claim her heart now. He must fight to keep Alice safe…and to keep his burning longing for her at bay!
","rating":"4.06","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2017-10-23 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2017-10-23 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":9203,"isbn13":"9781489249579","title":"Her Christmas Knight","seo":"her-christmas-knight","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489249579.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027070"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027050"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"Anwen, bastard of Brynmor, has fought hard for her place in the world. But she's rethinks everything when she's saved from death by her enemy Teague, Lord of Gwalchdu. Instead of releasing her, he holds her captive…
With his life threatened, Teague keeps Anwen under his watch, even if her presence drives him wild. But when heated arguments turn to passionate encounters, Teague must believe that their bond will conquer all!
","rating":"3.74","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2016-11-21 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2016-11-21 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":19470,"isbn13":"9781489228260","title":"In Debt To The Enemy Lord","seo":"in-debt-to-the-enemy-lord","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489228260.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027070"},{"name":"Anthologies (multiple authors)","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC003000"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"A maiden for the mercenary!
Mercenary knight Rhain is living on borrowed time. With a vengeful warlord pursuing him, he has accepted his fate.
When he rescues mysterious and deeply scarred Helissent from her attackers, Rhain soon wishes he wasn't marked for death. He can never be the man she deserves, but Rhain can't resist the temptation to show this innocent maiden how beautiful she truly is…
","rating":"3.80","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2017-07-24 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2017-07-24 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":8927,"isbn13":"9781489245120","title":"The Knight's Scarred Maiden","seo":"the-knights-scarred-maiden","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489245120.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027070"},{"name":"Romance / Action & Adventure","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027260"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"At the gates of a Scottish keep…
Lioslath of Clan Fergusson has defended her clan and her orphaned siblings against countless enemies. So when Laird Colquhoun, the man responsible for the death of her father, arrives at the gates of her crumbling keep, she'll fight him all the way!
It's soon clear Bram's famed tactics of seduction and negotiation won't work on this guarded, beautiful woman. But when the sparks between them turn to passion, and they're forced to wed, Bram must do whatever it takes to win over his new bride…
","rating":"3.85","stock":0,"date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2016-05-23 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"sale_date":{"__className":"DateTime","date":"2016-05-23 00:00:00.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Australia/Sydney"},"product_id":18560,"isbn13":"9781489213969","title":"The Highland Laird's Bride","seo":"the-highland-lairds-bride","summary":"...","image":"https://harpercollins-millsandboon-au.imgix.net/covers/9781489213969.jpg?auto=format&w=298&blend=https://supadu-imgix.s3.amazonaws.com/harpercollins-millsandboon-au/EBOOK.png&blend-mode=normal&blend-size=inherit&blend-y=0","hide":false,"categories":[{"name":"Romance / Historical / Medieval","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027150"},{"name":"Historical","type":"bisac","seo_name":"FIC027160"}],"scheduled":[]},{"description":"Escape to Medieval Scotland, where a Highlander searches for a bride…
Is the wife the Highlander seeks…already by his side?
Back from battle, Hamilton of Clan Graham makes a bet with his brother to find a wife by summer’s end. So, the Scottish warrior enlists the help of his childhood friend, Beileag, to help him woo his perfect woman. But like Hamilton, Beileag has changed whilst he’s been away…and she intrigues him like never before! His focus should be on winning a bride. Yet why is Beileag all he can think about?