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Subject: K-9 Handler Ty ColsonMission: Deliver an injured war dog to the woman of his very naughty dreams.Savannah “Van” Cantrell is the girl Ty Colson could never have. She's also the sister of his best friend—and blames Ty for his death in Afghanistan. The last thing Ty needs is a reunion with Van. Or a reminder of their too-potent chemistry.Van wants to give her brother’s dog a loving home, but seeing Ty means facing the anger, the blame, and the electric current of sexual energy between...
| Автор | Kira Sinclair |
From Heiress to NannyWhen heiress Victoria Templeton learns her fortune is gone, she has to move to the Colorado frontier to live with her uncle. But with no money to pay for the trip, she must accept a position as a traveling nanny for a widowed rancher. And, much to the chagrin of the man entrusting his children to her care, she soon finds herself in over her head.Mitch MacLeod lives for two things: his ranch and his children. And pampered Victoria isn’t qualified to help with either. But the...
| Автор | Barbara Phinney |
Scottish Highlands, 1822Two hundred years ago, a witch cursed all the women in Jura Mcnair’s family to be widowed on their first wedding anniversary, until a true and perfect love could break the spell. Jura has chosen a life of loneliness instead of risking the sorrow of losing a husband.Then fate brings handsome Lawrence Connaught to her cottage, and for the first time she realises the lure of temptation. She may never know love, but just once Jura is determined to experience a taste of...
| Автор | Marguerite Kaye |
An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine’s day approaches, in 1941 wartime London‘Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war…’Tilly is passionately in love with the dashing American journalist, Drew. But he is harbouring a secret that threatens their burgeoning love. At the same time, Dulcie’s brother Rick walks back into her life, the man who she longed for all those...
| Автор | Annie Groves |
Sometimes scandal is worth more than its weight in gold. Love was folly, in Prudence Wellbourne's innocence. Now well-coined, sophisticated and wiser, she can easily live without it. But the one man who holds the key to her stubborn heart calls that belief into question. Fifteen years has done nothing to cool Argyle Clairmonte's desire for Prudence. His bold attempt to regain her love lands him in Newgate prison and the Bailey court. Only Prudence's public admission of the truth,...
| Автор | Daisy Banks |
‘Pure, unadulterated romance’ Best Chick Lit.comThe sounds and scents of the Crimean War are strangling Harry Marlow, shutting him off and silently smothering his soul. But he is a soldier and that is his life, and he can see nothing else besides that. So why should he care when a woman watches him? His life is not one to share with a woman, other than for a few moments in his bed.When a woman is already drowning so deeply in sin she is without any fear of judgement – what can it matter if she...
| Автор | Jane Lark |
‘A lovely, romantic and historical read’ – Linda’s Book BagJune 1963, Clematis Cottage, Stoke St. Mary, HerefordshireI am really not sure why I am writing this. A foolish whim by a foolish old lady and it will probably sit in a box unread and decay much like its writer when Death makes his careless decision.But perhaps someone will find it. Someone will care enough to read and somehow I know that will happen.April 2000, Clematis Cottage, Stoke St. Mary, HerefordshireTired of her life in London,...
| Автор | Georgia Hill |
Miranda Mayne, the daughter of a notorious pirate, spent most of her life in the hustle and bustle of London society, though her true love was always the sea. Promising her father she will stay away from the life that killed her mother, Miranda accepts the marriage proposal of a man she thinks she can trust—only to discover that his true intentions are to secretly capture her father. Trapped between loyalty and deceit, Miranda’s heart falls prey for her true match only to find that he is out of...
| Автор | Renee Hand |
Arrogant pride and an impassioned love of a woman bring to ruin the greatest of Aztec warrior-kings, Ahuitzotl. The fierce conqueror Ahuitzotl shapes the events that ultimately destroy him. Ambitious, bold, proud, and undefeated on the battlefield, the charismatic and dynamic warlord, Ahuitzotl, stops at nothing in order to attain his vainglorious ends. He is involved in a plot to depose the present monarch after being assured by the leader of the inter-clan council that he would be appointed...
| Автор | Herb Allenger |
Bridie is the daughter of a farrier on an estate near Aberdeen, in Scotland. Her father wants her to marry his apprentice; Lord John Dunwoodie wants her to become his mistress. All Bridie wants is to read books and study. To escape marriage to a loutish farrier or ruin in the arms of a dilettante aristocrat, Bridie accepts a proposal from a man she has never met. A man who, above all, says he wants an educated wife. But Angus MacAllister is steward or ‘tacksman’ of a remote...
| Автор | Fiona Monroe |
Anna Maria, Ia to her family and friends, is twenty-five and still lives with the brother who raised her after their parents' tragic death. Daniel is married now, and Ia wants nothing more than to be on her own and out from under his thumb. Resigned to being single, she is surprised when her brother's business associate from across the pond comes to visit. Douglas is quite taken with the lovely Ia and falls head over heels in love with her at first sight. But can he convince her to...
| Автор | Carolyn Faulkner |
Acclaimed author Mary Wine proves that romance is never hotter than amid the rugged castles of distant Scotland. . .Brawny and brave, Hayden Monroe is a laird in need of a wife and the beautiful Elspeth Leask shall be his. But he must bed her to wed her–and fully satisfy her deepest desires. . . Praise for the Novels of Mary Wine "A wonderful summer read." – RT Reviews on My Fair Highlander "Readers. . .will be glued to the passion, humor, escapades, and court intrigue till the very...
| Автор | Mary Wine |
[b]Winner of the European Union Prize in Literature "Addictive (…) Janna’s plight is that of Jane Eyre and the narrator of du Maurier’s “Rebecca.” She is a young woman who falls in love with an older man so damaged he cannot possibly be good for her. Fencing and love. Battle and desire. The combination transforms Janna’s attempts at love into a match of skill, a game that leaves one bloody and scarred, giving the novel a cruel beauty. (…) One of the most delicious novels I've read in...
| Автор | Marente De Moor |
In 1938, Colette, an eighteen-year-old Parisian girl, falls for American professor Adam Walker. Within weeks, the young couple married and moving back to the United States, and Colette must say goodbye to the only home she's ever known. After traveling to New York and eventually to her new home in Berkeley, Colette discovers that she's expecting, and life doesn't seem like it could get any better. <br><br>Colette soon discovers, however, that Adam...
| Автор | Michelina Vinter |
Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome, clever, and rich" but is also rather spoiled.<br><br>This edition includes:<br>* 12 tinted line drawings by C. E. Brock (1898)<br>* 24 watercolors by C. E. Brock (1909)<br>* 39 black and white drawings by Hugh Thomson (1896)
| Автор | Джейн Остин |
How could he possibly know that she, a complete stranger, would inexplicably affect his life and be with him forever, whether she was at his side or not? This epic story traces two lives across decades and continents. Drawn together in Russia on a romantic Black Sea beach, Serge and Janna fall headlong in love and rush into marriage. <br><br>Their divorce, months later, leads to years of "if only…" Pressured apart by family and fate, they repeatedly cross paths,...
| Автор | Janna Yeshanova |
Two city women – a century apart – find love and adventure with rugged men in the Queensland outback.<br /> <br />Two love stories; two parallel lives; two destinies.<br /> <br />Set in the 19th and 21st centuries, Heather Garside's debut novel is a passionate rural romance of love and its consequences.<br /> <br />Shelley and Emma are separated by time but bound by a dark secret to a place called Breakaway Creek.<br /> <br />Betrayed by her...
| Автор | Heather Garside |
“Diana Cosby is superbly talented.” —Cathy Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author Deep within Scotland, a healer and a warrior join forces to protect Scotland’s future . . . There is an intruder in the woods near King Robert Bruce’s camp, but when Sir Thomas MacKelloch comes face-to-face with the interloper, he is shocked to discover his assailant is a woman . The fair lady is skilled with a bow and arrow and defiant in her responses. The wary Knight Templar dare not allow her beauty to...
| Автор | Diana Cosby |
Beautiful, headstrong and reckless, Lady Elspeth Dunwoodie is the youngest child of the Marquess of Crieff, one of Regency Scotland’s most distinguished peers. When she is discovered in a compromising situation with the notorious Sir Duncan Buccleuch, her family sends her to the West Indies to marry a wealthy plantation owner she has never met. But on the way to Barbados, the ship is attacked and Elspeth finds herself prisoner of the Black Scot, an infamous pirate captain with a...
| Автор | Fiona Monroe |
They have nothing in common… Pretty, clever, and independently wealthy Margaret Bell lives just as she pleases in Regency Edinburgh’s gracious New Town, until her indulgent uncle marries a pious widow with strict ideas about how a young lady ought to behave. Only marriage can offer an immediate escape. Lord John Dunwoodie, rakish younger brother of the Marquess of Crieff, is at the end of his tether. A family quarrel has left him homeless and penniless, and the secrets...
| Автор | Fiona Monroe |
CHRISTMAS MIRACLES brings together three previously published and long out-of-print novellas, each of which demonstrates how the wonder of the season can bring together two would-be lovers or two estranged lovers and create a bond between them that will last a lifetime and beyond. In «The Wassail Bowl» an aristocrat has summoned his young son to a family house party but is disconcerted when his estranged wife and her illegitimate daughter arrive with him. When he expresses his displeasure, she...
| Автор | Mary Balogh |
CHRISTMAS GIFTS brings together three previously published and long out-of-print novellas, each on the theme of Christmas gifts that will last forever because the gift, in essence, is love. In «The Best Christmas Ever» a boisterous house party is in progress and all the children when asked are eager to tell what they want for Christmas. But one man feels sad, for his young child has not spoken since her mother died and he does not know if the gifts he has bought her will be what she really...
| Автор | Mary Balogh |
Feelings of the heart do not abide by the rules of society, do they? Rose is a proud and egotistical courtesan. She has a reputation of exacting her revenge on those who dare to cross her or put her in a bad mood. Still, her flawless beauty and skills at her trade make her the most sought-after courtesan in Madam Dustin’s brothel. As skilled as she is, she is unprepared for the moment Lord William Clifford makes his presence known and shakes the very foundation of her life. Lord William agrees...
| Автор | Nancy Wells |
Russell is accomplished in his dangerous, mysterious work and truly never expected to fall in love or marry. He spends his time with his eccentric twin brother and the demons of his past. But a chance encounter with a beautiful yet sad young lady humming a melodic tune, hiding on a balcony instead of enjoying the party inside, changes his outlook for the future. He finds something his life has been missing. Isabella’s life has not always been easy. She once was an Earl’s daughter, but upon...
| Автор | Nancy Wells |