THERE GOES THE BRIDEAll her life, Eve Waskowitz had imagined what her wedding day would be like, but jumping into a Dumpster, with train in hand and veil askew, to escape her prospective groom was not it. If she lived, there would be time enough to ponder her questionable taste in husbands-now the question was, where could she go? Who would help her?Enter FBI agent Jake Redfield, whose surveillance vehicle just happened to be within Eve's reach-and unlocked. He'd been after Eve's former groom-to-be for years-but one look at the disheveled, hysterical and utterly irresistible bride had Jake shifting his target somewhat. Was it too much to hope that he could get his man-and his woman?
New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers a powerful novel of romantic suspense that proves no price is too high, no risk too great, for love…Knowing she'd have only one chance to enlist his help, Kira Rubinoff plotted her approach carefully. Formidable, seductive, handsome to the point of dangerous, Zack Damon didn't suffer fools gladly, but Kira was no one's fool. In this day and age, even a bona fide princess had to be more than just a pretty face. But from the moment of their first encounter at his mountaintop lodge, Kira's well-laid plans – and her life – were turned inside out. For the self-made international financier had been watching her for as long as she'd been watching him.Together they will embark on an adventure to a country as exotic as it is treacherous, linked by a shared destiny and a secret Zack has been keeping until the time is right. And with danger closing in on all sides, the time to reveal it could be now…or never.
To: Jane Harris Fr: Claire Harris Re: YouHi, honey! It's me, Mom. I know it's a big secret that your friend Holly and her boyfriend Mark are eloping in Italy, and that you and Mark's friend Cal Langdon (the handsome reporter with the big book deal) are going, too, as their witnesses. But I just saw Holly's mother at the Kroger Sav-On, and I thought I'd warn you: She doesn't seem to like Mark very much at all. Just wanted to let you know.PS I don't understand ...
Sold to the Sexy Cowboy!For Macy Tarlington, the only good part of seeing her legendary mother's possessions sold at auction is ogling Carter McCay, the tall Texan who buys the famous diamond ring. Even better is seeing him again when he rescues her from the paparazzi like a white knight in a Stetson.Carter whisks her to safety at Wild River Ranch, hiding her identity by day and lusting after her by night. Yes, he's sworn off love. But with the Hollywood runaway starring in his every fantasy, Carter may find Macy too much temptation-even for a hard-hearted cowboy.
First comes love, then comes marriage…Or that was Gracie's plan, anyway, at the ripe old age of fourteen. She loved eighteen-year-old heartthrob Riley with a desperation that made her a town legend. Even now that she's all grown up, the locals in sleepy Los Lobos won't let her forget her youthful crush.…but it's not as easy as it looks.And how can she, when she's face-to-face with Riley at every turn? The onetime bad boy has come back to town seeking respectability-but the sparks that fly between them are anything but respectable! Gracie's determined to keep her distance, but when someone sets out to ruin both their reputations, the two discover that first love is sometimes better the second time around.
Danielle Steel delves deep under the surface of contemporary American life in this compelling ensemble novel in the vein of her #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters, as a young woman overnight becomes mother to her sister's three small children…Grown now, each of them will choose a different path…Through it all, one thing remains: Family Ties.From Manhattan to Paris and all the way to Tehran, Family Ties is a novel that reminds us how challenging and unpredictable life can be, and that the powerful bonds of family are the strongest of all.
"Refreshingly original, witty and touching." – LaVyrle SpencerShe was the most beautiful British bauble in Europe's jet-set playgrounds. Now she's broke, furious, and limping down a backwoods road in an ugly pink Southern Belle gown…He was tall, lean and All-American gorgeous. He liked his brews cold and women loved to keep him warm. Why in hell is he stopping his car for this woebegone, surly Scarlett?Meet Francesca Day and Dallie Beaudine, two incredible characters whose tangled love affair is one of the most ravishing, satisfying, irresistible novels you'll ever read. From the glamour and excitement of London and New York to the dust and down-home grit of Texas, come enjoy the adventure of a lifetime-a wonderfully involving story that's heart-wrenching, hilarious and hellcat passionate-and as full of surprises as life itself. You'll never forget Dallie and the sassy lady who needs a good swift kick in her…fancy pants.
Despu?s de muchos a?os en los que lo primero para ella hab?a sido su negocio, Alexis Baylor hab?a decidido ocuparse un poco de s? misma. En aquella isla iba a poder disfrutar de una apasionada aventura sin compromisos con un guap?simo desconocido. No pod?a sospechar que aquel desconocido tuviera sus propios planes…Jackson Witt estaba all? para hacer pagar a Alexis Baylor por todo lo que hab?a hecho. Convencido de que ella le hab?a robado la tecnolog?a que le habr?a hecho ganar una fortuna, decidi? que ?l tambi?n deb?a robarle algo a ella: el coraz?n.El plan era muy sencillo; s?lo ten?a que seducirla, hacer que se enamorara locamente y despu?s largarse. El problema era que ?l no hab?a contado con que la atracci?n pod?a ser mutua.
El futuro profesional del reportero Doug Houston ten?a un aspecto tenebroso. Despu?s de informar sobre una noticia que est? siendo cuestionada y rectificada por el protagonista principal de la historia, se da cuenta que la ?nica forma de limpiar su integridad profesional es dar con la persona que jug? un papel importante en esa historia, la novia del senador, la cual, seg?n sus informes, lo dej? plantado. S?lo ella puede confirmar la historia que Doug hab?a escrito y nadie cre?a. Lo ?nico que ten?a que hacer era convencerla para que colaborara… aunque para ello tuviera que hacer realidad alguna de sus fantas?as…
El doctor Jock Blaxton era un estupendo obstetra y adoraba a cada ni?o que ayudaba a traer al mundo. Sin embargo, su pasado le imped?a tener uno propio. Su relaci?n con las mujeres era muy problem?tica. No sol?a salir m?s de dos veces con ninguna, pero la doctora Tina Rafter, que lleg? para cuidar a los hijos de su hermana y comenz? a trabajar en el hospital de Gundowring, lo deslumbr?.?Estropear?an su relaci?n los fantasmas del pasado?
Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I knew everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She, alone, bothered to take me out of the bedroom and into the world. She taught me to love again. But I was not born to know love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace-the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two thousand year old curse?
An omnibus of novelsA new anthology of erotic, sensuous historical romance tales presents four original tales, including "Mastering Lady Lucinda" by Bertrice Small, Susan Johnson's "Risking It All," "The Pleasure Game" by Thea Devine, and "A Man and a Woman" by Robin Schone.
Grethe i Eryk Moe nie darzyli sympati? Lilly Bakkelund, piel?gniarki, kt?ra opiekowa?a si? ich owdowia?ym ojcem po tym, jak przeszed? zawa?. Kiedy na domiar z?ego okaza?o si?, ?e Lilly zamierza zosta? ich macoch?, poprzysi?gli jej straszliw? zemst?. Nie przypuszczali jednak, ?e po kilku latach ich dziecinne pomys?y wykorzysta bezwzgl?dny morderca…
Single mom Sandy Walker came to Glenwood seeking a quiet, friendly place to raise her three children. No way was she looking for a walk on the wild side with notorious bachelor Kyle Haynes. So what if the impossibly sexy deputy enthralled her kids and made Sandy ache with desire? She needed a provider, not an adventurer.For sixteen years, Kyle had been harboring a crush on Sandy. And as luck would have it, she didn't want to be anything more than friends. She insisted he wasn't the father type. But didn't she realize he'd been in training for this all his life?
Morning sickness sucks. Which is why fashion designer turned amateur sleuth Maddie Springer has spent the last six weeks being a couch potato and Moonlight vampire movie devotee. But when Maddie's best friends finally convince her to venture out, Maddie stumbles on a dead body of a girl who has been bitten on the neck, and life suddenly imitates art in the most deadliest of ways. Now Maddie is smack in the middle of a murder investigation involving a deadly dance club and a coven of Hollywood "vampires". Not to mention navigating the world of baby showers, diaper genies and Lamaze classes with her LAPD Homicide detective husband who would rather his pregnant wife not continue popping up in his murder investigation. Between the hormones, the homicides, and a flurry of fangs, Maddie and her gang work to track down the deadly truth… before the killer bites again!
Казалось бы, у Ирины есть все для того, чтобы быть счастливой. Любящий муж, две очаровательные дочери, интересная работа наконец. Но кто сказал, что человеку нельзя мечтать о большем? Самое сложное – найти свою настоящую любовь и вновь ощутить себя желанной. Почувствовать вдруг, что хочется совершать прекрасные глупости, забыв о наскучившей роли примерной матери и жены. Ирина встречает свою любовь на курорте, и ее сердце начинает биться в унисон запретным желаниям и страстям. «Febris erotica», или любовная лихорадка, – прекрасная болезнь всех влюбленных. Вот только сможет ли героиня начать жизнь с чистого листа, поставив на карту благополучие семьи? Время покажет…
A fire inspector who gives into a moment of desperate desire, a playboy firefighter who finds love with the woman he least expects, and a smokejumper who reignites the passion with his ex… The three sexy firefighters in this bundle really know how to turn up the heat! The Feisty Firefighters Bundle includes Aftershock by Jill Shalvis, The Firefighter's Baby by Alison Roberts, and Facing the Fire by Gail Barrett.
…Ну-с, милочка, не вижу никаких препятствий для того, чтобы вы могли родить ребенка. Здоровы, абсолютно здоровы! – благожелательно произнесла пожилая темноволосая докторша, захлопнув карту....
Carole Barber es una afamada actriz estadounidense. Hace tres a?os su marido enferm? a consecuencia de un c?ncer y desde entonces no ha vuelto a formar parte del reparto de una pel?cula.Aunque Sean, como se llamaba su segundo esposo, falleci? pocos despu?s, nuestra protagonista a?n no se siente animada y quiere, antes de volver a la gran pantalla, cumplir una promesa muy especial que le hizo a su c?nyuge: escribir una novela.Tras meses sin avanzar en su proyecto decide ir a la ciudad del amor en busca de inspiraci?...
Fast music, powerful beats and wild reputations on stage and off have made Slurry the band of the year--and the media's newest bad boys. Described as temperamental by their kindest critics, they've just lost their latest opening act and their red-hot summer tour is on the fast track to disaster., Slurry's tall, dark, and enigmatic virtuoso guitarist, knows that this is no time to be picky, but he never expected what was waiting when he, Charles Bingley and Richard Fitzwilliam crashed the Meryton Public House. , the fiercely independent and talented lead singer of Long Borne Suffering has serious reservations about joining such a trouble laden tour with the bad boys of Rock and Roll, but the opportunity is just too good to pass up!On the Slurry tour, the music's hot, but backstage is an inferno.
Firefighter Aidan Donnelly has always battled the flames with trademark icy calm. That is, until a blazing old flame returns – in the shape of sizzling soap star Mackenzie Stafford! Aidan wants to pour water over the unquenchable heat between them. But that just creates more steam…Kenzie is not the delicate, fragile female she looks like. She has one clear objective, and nothing will stand in the way of her goal – well, nothing but the red-hot touch of a certain dangerously sexy fireman, that is!
Zach Thomas risks his life battling flames every day. But since sexy EMT Brooke O'Brian joined the crew, he can't resist playing with fire. Brooke is feisty, a little uptight.and sexy as hell. And as Zach soon discovers, she's definitely hot stuff between the sheets. Still, every firefighter knows that the hotter the blaze, the faster the action's over…After the whirlwind ride Zach's been taking her on, Brooke is ready to do anything for this man – in and out of bed! But she knows footloose and fancy – free Zach doesn't do commitment. So she plans to build up a five – alarm fire between them. The kind he won't ever want to put out.
" Once, years ago, Pippa Davis and Luke Danton had been everything to each other. Then fate had led Luke one way…and Pippa and their unborn child the other. Now she had to find her way back to Luke. For her daughter's sake, of course…Despite the lost years, Luke had never been able to forget the woman who'd meant the world to him. Suddenly she was on his doorstep- with a little girl in tow. His little girl! And suddenly, once more, everything he'd ever wanted was within his grasp. Or was it?"
Nick Cooper can't believe he's in Cooper's Corner sharing a room with the object of all his high school fantasies-Danielle Douglass. And sharing that overstuffed, king-size bed in this cozy inn is driving him crazy with wanting her. However, she needs his protection, not his overactive libido. But in these close quarters, just how long will he be able to keep his hands off her?Under any other circumstances, Danielle would love staying in a room with the sexy Nick. But right now she's in trouble and shouldn't be so distracted. She should be planning her next move, not indulging in steamy thoughts about him. The longer he's around, the less she's thinking about running and the more she's thinking about seducing him!
