The raging fury of war was ending. But their perilous passion had just begun…Hauntingly beautiful Perry McLain was desperate to escape the powerful Union Army captain who pursued her, seeking vengeance for her rebellion. Yet, her vow to save the handsome Hunter Kirkland plunged her deep into enemy territory… and into the tortuous flames of desire.To Hunter, weak with fever, she was nothing but an alluring dream visiting him in the darkness… a sultry vision he could embrace only in the heat of his own imagination. Yet the memory of her warm caresses, the urgent ecstasy of her closeness refused to fade in the morning light.He did not realize that underneath the dirt-caked, boyish clothes of his daytime companion was the body of the woman whose nighttime passion he craved…
What does a gal have to do to get a good date in this town?Adele Harris can't even begin to answer that question. She's had so many lousy dates that she's sure she's cursed. Why else would every man she goes out with suddenly act like he's lost his mind-and his manners? Adele thought life couldn't get any more confusing… until she learns the marriage of her seemingly Miss Perfect sister is on the rocks. So she goes back to their hometown to give her a shoulder to cry on, only to run smack into Zach Zemaitis… ...
A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in this explosive new novel from Barbara Delinsky, 'a first- rate storyteller who creates characters as familiar as your neighbors.' (Boston Globe)When Susan Tate's seventeen-year-old daughter, Lily, announces she is pregnant, Susan is stunned. A single mother, she has struggled to do everything right. She sees the pregnancy as an unimaginable tragedy for both Lily and herself.Then comes word of two more pregnancies among high school juniors who happen to be Lily's best friends-and the town turns to talk ...
Three years ago, Lady Victoria Wexhall was humiliated when Nathan Oliver waltzed brazenly out of her life after favoring her with one glorious kiss… her very first!Now, when her father insists she pay a visit to Nathan's family estate in Cornwall, the pampered Society beauty devises a plan to drive the heartless rake mad with desire, then drop him cold. Because the man is a cad – and he will rue the day he trifled with her affections!But Victoria's plan isn't the only plot that's afoot. Nathan's sworn duty to the Crown has immersed him in a perilous intrigue, and he is certain this infuriatingly tempting lady is somehow involved. Using his winning charm and sensuous allure, Nathan intends to discover the lady's secrets.And the dashing rogue is bound and determined to prove that, while not quite a gentleman, he is every bit a lover!
Trouble…Chelsea Ross's acting career has been a total bust. The closest she ever came to stardom was her brilliant performance as "Pretty Dead Girl #1." But leaving Hollywood to become the personal assistant to a famous hockey player could be her stupidest career move ever.More trouble…Injured superstar Mark Bressler's glory days are over. The bad-boy ex-jock could at least be civil to the pint-sized, pink-haired bombshell who the Seattle Chinooks hired to be his P.A. If Chelsea didn't need the money, she'd be running from the world's biggest jerk as fast as her feet could carry her.Big trouble!Chelsea can deal with Mark's rotten attitude and dark moods. The problem is those biceps and that red-hot bod! And when the bad boy starts to put the moves on her, Chelsea knows it's time she banished him to the penalty box… if only she could resist the kind of trouble he has in mind!
Book 1 in the Oath series Sharon took an oath at the idealistic age of eighteen to mate with an unknown alien from another planet, never expecting the alien to actually show up and invoke it eleven years later. A librarian with a love for the orderly and ordinary, she prefers a calm, quiet existence. Surprises are life's way of indicating you did not plan well enough. Adventures are for people with more guts than sense. And sex, well, it's okay, but nothing to get too worked up over. Liken is a warrior cop from Shimeria. He is six feet seven inches of walking, talking sex personified. Having been inside Sharon's head he knows her deepest fantasies, and knows that she is the perfect mate for him. But first he has to seduce her…
Kate Starr nie chce pogodzi? si? z my?l?, ?e jej m?? zagin?? w Wietnamie. Postanawia odnale?? go za wszelk? cen?. Wytrwale walczy z oboj?tno?ci? ameryka?skich w?adz, dzielnie pokonuj?c trudno?ci codziennego ?ycia. Wreszcie wygrywa. Po dwudziestu latach m??czyzna powraca. W?wczas okazuje si? jednak, ?e oboje musz? podj?? decyzje ca?kowicie zmieniaj?ce ich ?ycie…
What would you do for your kids?Emma Toussaint would do anything – or so she's always thought. She needs money – lots of it – to regain custody, and then one day, opportunity comes knocking. All she has to do is break the law.What would you do to get even with the man who stole your life?Raul Santos would do anything – or so he's always thought. He was framed and sent to prison by a corrupt DEA agent. Now he wants revenge, and he doesn't care who gets hurt along the way – until he meets Emma.What would you do if the person you love is caught between you and your worst enemy? That's the question Raul has to answer.
The French Quarter: where seduction is a game…and the rules are meant to be brokenThe Game: ObsessionThe Players: Josie Villefranche, notorious hotel owner, Drew Morrison, business sharkObject of the Game: Have a Cajun-hot love affair, without getting burnedBordello-turned-hotel-owner Josie has a hands-off rule when it comes to men. Too many have wanted her only for her talents in bed. But when too-sexy-to-resist Drew checks in, she decides to make an exception: use him, then lose him – no regrets.Ruthless businessman Drew has a hidden agenda: to buy the cash-strapped hotel. But he's been bedding its bewitching proprietor instead. When a murder puts Josie in both financial and legal trouble, Drew must make a choice: grab the hotel and run – or sacrifice everything for another night in her bed…
Czy mo?na dok?adnie zaplanowa? ca?e ?ycie? Amanda nie ma co do tego w?tpliwo?ci. Jest ambitn? kobiet? sukcesu, w?a?cicielk? ?wietnie prosperuj?cej firmy i do szcz??cia brakuje jej tylko dziecka. Gdy spotyka Daniela, natychmiast postanawia go uwie??, zaj?? z nim w ci??? i… porzuci?. By nie onie?miela? m??czyzny, kt?ry jest tylko szoferem, podaje si? za sekretark?. Nie wie jednak,?e Daniel r?wnie? ukrywa prawd? na sw?j temat. Kim w rzeczywisto?ci jest ten m??czyzna i jak? gr? prowadzi?
As soon as Octavia caught a glimpse of Jeremy in the nightclub, she knew she just had to have him. It didn’t matter that he was engaged to an old school friend of hers, Gussie. An invitation to join them on a cozy weekend is the perfect opportunity. But the the whizz-kid business tycoon Gareth Llewellyn come along too and manages to thwart her plans…
OH-SO-SENSIBLE SECRETARY Jessica Hart Here – at last! – was my new boss, lounging in the doorway and smiling an irresistibly lop-sided smile. You know how it feels when a million butterflies are fluttering inside you? Well, that's what it felt like the first time I, Summer Curtis, laid eyes on Phin Gibson. HOUSEKEEPER'S HAPPY-EVER-AFTER Fiona Harper Ellie Bond's heart has ached ever since she lost her beloved husband and little girl. Now her head is telling her it's time to get her life back on track. Her first small step: answering big-shot music executive Mark Wilder's Housekeeper Wanted advertisement!
Para Mick, era perfecta: inteligente, atractiva, apasionada. Desde el momento en que entr? en su vida, s?lo tuvo ojos para ella. Kat era un mujer preparada para el amor, pero hab?a una parte de ella que no pod?a alcanzar…El conocer a Mick era lo m?s maravillosos que le hubiera sucedido. Pero comprend?a que las mujeres como ella no pod?an pensar en el matrimonio. Y a pesar de que lo amaba, Kat sab?a que cuando le dijera la verdad, lo perder?a para siempre.
Amelia Cynster hears these words from handsome, enigmatic Lucien Ashford, 6th Viscount Calverton, and is stunned. It's near dawn and she's risked scandal by lying in wait for him just outside his London house. But he agrees to her outrageous marriage proposal — just prior to falling unconscious at her feet. Amelia is torn between astounded relief and indignant affront, then decides she doesn't care. She has always loved him — no other man will do for her — and she's tired of waiting.Sometimes a young lady needs to take matters into her own hands.But matters of the ...
Stephanie Laurens's books have shown the Cynster men to be wealthy, attractive -- and elusive when it comes to matrimony. Their lovely, headstrong cousins, Amanda and Amelia, are clearly their equals. They're beginning their sixth social season and seem to be no closer than ever to accepting any of their numerous suitors. Indeed, the young beauties are obviously unimpressed with the quality of bachelors available in the venues approved for proper young ladies. That being the case, they've decided it's time to search less respectable locales. Wild Amanda begins among the gaming clubs and salons that are the domain ...
Rita AwardsA funny thing happened…Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except…She wasn't the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love. With Gregory! Except…Lucy is engaged. And her uncle is not inclined to let her back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing. And now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar…
Billie Ames i jej matka mieszkaj? na przedmie?ciu Filadelfii, utrzymuj?c si? ze skromnych dochod?w. Agnes Ames marzy o lepszym ?yciu dla c?rki i robi wszystko, by wyda? j? za Mossa Colemana, syna teksa?skiego milionera. Marzenie si? spe?nia, cho? Moss ?eni si? z Billie nie z mi?o?ci. Nowo?e?cy przenosz? si? do Teksasu, lecz nowe, dostatnie ?ycie zaskakuje zupe?nie niespodziewanym biegiem…
Marko i Janey gin? w wypadku, osierocaj?c ma?? Lily. Rico – brat Marka, znany milioner, proponuje Catherine – siostrze Janey, by zawarli ma??e?stwo i wsp?lnie zaopiekowali si? dziewczynk?. Catherine si? waha, bo czuje, ?e Rico jest bezwzgl?dny i nie umie kocha?…
Away in a – truck stop?FA LA LA LA – LABOR!Okay, maybe driving solo cross-country in her eighth month wasn't the most brilliant idea Mirabella Waskowitz had ever had. And maybe she should have turned back when she heard the blizzard warnings. But the feisty mom-to-be certainly didn't need advice from that strapping Southern trucker who kept crossing her path…UNTIL HER WATER BROKE.Here it was Christmas Eve, and single dad Jimmy Joe Starr wanted only to be home with his young son. Instead, he was snowbound with a beautiful "virgin" who was about to give birth. Jimmy Joe had long ago stopped believing in miracles. But Mirabella and her baby were about to change that…
Stranded with the tempting stranger: Cutthroat litigator Brandon Washington wasn't used to being ignored. So when Cassie Garrison – the newly discovered half sister of his firm's biggest client – refused his repeated attempts at contact,… Captured by the billionaire: Billionaire Gabriel Vaughn had all but forgotten the past… until Debbie Harris arrived at his luxury resort… Maverick: Any other time Tanner Wolfe would have balked at being hired by a woman. But the price was just high enough to gain his interest – the lady's beauty definitely strong enough to keep it. Yet he wasn't about to allow her to tag ...
Single mom and B B owner Stephanie Wynne lived without stopping, until FBI Agent Nash Harmon showed up as her guest…and the star of her passionate fantasies. When he kissed her for real, Stephanie set some ground rules to avoid the messy complications of relationships with men. Sexy pillow talk was fine, but love…?Nothing surprised Nash, until Stephanie's lively and quirky attitude brought out the beast in him and made his hormones rage out of control-not to mention his steely emotions. Nash experienced an intimacy with Stephanie that stunned him. Of course, he agreed to a no-strings relationship with her, but his mission soon changed into a burning desire for matrimony!
FOR HER CHILD's SAKEYears ago, Charlene "Charly" Phelps had been talked into leaving her hometown and her baby behind – to giver her son the life she never could. Then, on a visit home, she saw a picture of a boy who seemed impossibly familiar – and knew she had to get out of town. Again. How she ended up in jail was another matter – the question was, how could she get out? She had only one phone call….which Troy Starr happened to answer. He knew that Charly had a reputation for trouble, but troubleshooting was Troy's business. And though she acted as if he was the last man on earth she wanted to be near, Troy figured it was only a matter of time before this soft-at-the-core lady fell for him – and time was something Troy had plenty of…
Book 2 of the Bluestocking Brides Trilogy. Widowed Mrs Deborah Stratton needs to find a gentleman to act as her betrothed in order to foil the plans of her matchmaking parents. The last person she would voluntarily choose is Lord Richard Kestrel, who is too arrogant, too attractive and simply not biddable enough to fulfil the part. So she decides to advertise for an obedient gentleman to pretend to be her betrothed… Yet when Deb looks around for a lover to show her what was missing from her unhappy marriage, it would seem that for that particular purpose, Richard would be the perfect choice…
Headstrong Travis takes a journey that opens his eyes to the splendor of his beloved West—and his heart to Bostonian Emily Finnegan. Steady and quiet, Douglas will do anything to protect a creature in need—and that includes the strong-willed Isabel Grant. Thoughtful Adam learns a powerful secret from the irrepressible Genevieve Delacroix—that true freedom only comes when he trusts his heart.
