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Lady Arabella Windham, sister to the Duke of Manchester, has given up on ever attracting the positive attention of Lord Thomas Hood. After discovering he still sees her as the same hoydenish young woman she was in the past, no matter her current perfectly ladylike behavior, and realizing she will never match up to his infamous list of attributes for a wife, she throws caution to the wind and becomes more reckless than ever. Why bother being good if it's not going to even be noticed, much less acknowledged? 

Isaac Bailey returns home after four years at sea, expecting a welcome from his family. Instead, he finds his parents' graves and his sister, Scarlett, waiting to be rescued from the orphanage. Against his will, Isaac is thrust into a world of smuggling, forced into the service of wealthy syndicate boss Charles Reuben. "Prove yourself trustworthy," says Flora, the witch's daughter, "and the chance for escape will come." 

If Charlie cannot believe in himself and accept that he is much more than what he sees in the mirror, the Dark Master will have finally won. Violet has absolute faith in him; Narya trusts that Destiny will always find a way; only Charlie cannot understand why or how he can possibly be the hero they all think he is - and he doesn't believe in magic either! When he loses everything to the forces of the Dark he has no choice but to join Violet in her search for the other Watchers of the Crystal shards and hope that somehow along the way he finds the magic and belief in himself....

Ilanna has lost everything: her friends, her home, her family, her dreams of freedom. All that remains is a burning desire to find the bastards who burned down her city and tried to kill her. But a traitor hides among the ranks of the Night Guild, poisoning her friends and allies with lies. Cast out and condemned to death, Ilanna has no choice but to turn to old enemies to save not only her life but her Guild and city in the process.

A cunning thief of unrivaled ingenuity, Ilanna is determined to secure her freedom. Nothing will prevent her escape from the Night Guild's callous cruelty, not even the most powerful man in Praamis, Duke Phonnis. Commanding a crew of pickpockets, bounty hunters, poisoners, and assassins, Ilanna schemes to disgrace the Duke. She must survive blackmail, a rival syndicate, and enemies within her own House to claim her spoils: vengeance for the deaths of her friends and gold to buy independence. But all Ilanna's skill may not suffice to protect the person who matters most: her son.

Angelica Douglas has no idea that she’s the Countess of Melrose. What she does know is that she needs to support her family as a card shark, while finding a way to seek revenge on the men who ruined her father and sent her family spiraling down into poverty. Robert Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, heir to the Duke of Inverary, has no idea who Angelica truly is. He just wants to watch over her and make her his mistress.

They say only the brave ride Bridles Lane at night. Vicar Richard Dodge speaks of ghosts and demons, conducting elaborate exorcisms in his churchyard overlooking the lane. And with the villagers sheltering in fear, local smugglers carry their haul up the road to be hidden in the safety of the church. Isaac and Scarlett Bailey have spent their lives hiding contraband in Talland church. Forced into free trade by their father's mistakes, they want nothing more than to escape the smuggling syndicate and build a life above the law. 

Summoned from her contemplative life in the abbey, Alexandra Ashford finds herself at the mercy of her malicious guardian, a cousin she fears and despises. He plans to force her to marry his crony and so forfeit her estate. Her only chance of escape is to trust the wounded man imprisoned by her cousin. Taken captive and chained to his torturer's floor, clan laird Ian McGregor is left for dead after a brutal beating. He has little hope of escape. But when his enemy's betrothed offers him freedom and asks for his help, he realizes revenge could be sweet indeed.  

Running away isn't always an escape...After a traumatic experience with her graduate school professor, Anne Fleming disposes of all her possessions, boards a plane, and plans to check out of life. But a chance meeting on an international flight leads her to Wildfell, a gothic mansion north of London. At first glance, Wildfell seems like the perfect place to hide out, and Anne is intrigued by its strange atmosphere and history of disappearances and deaths.

Multiple husbands, a group of kids, the Australian Outback...complicated much? Oh yeah! When Olivia sets foot in Spain, her life becomes an explosion of the unexpected. With husbands, mothers-in-laws and children thrown into the mix, she finds her head spinning - when her body isn't writhing in pleasure, that is. But there is trouble in paradise, and she soon finds herself on the move again, but will it be to permanently put down roots with her men? Can she hold it together when the going gets tough? And will Australia be the ultimate challenge?

Desire comes in many forms that raise the temperature, and the stakes, higher. When tensions soar in Africa, Olivia has to rise to the new set of challenges she faces. Having six husbands to keep happy and satisfied was never going to be easy, and soon she finds herself caught in the middle of a whirlwind of uncertainty and a cyclone of illicit desires. Throw in dangerous creatures, someone who just won't conform to his new role, and a volatile relationship within her harem, and she knows she's playing with fire.

Olivia fears her life is about to be torn apart. Being separated from her men isn't something she can contemplate. How can she possibly go back to her old life in Portsmouth after all that's happened? When Raul's ambitious idea begins to take shape, she soon finds herself in another continent and with another challenge ahead. A challenge that will test all of her skills and demand nerves of steel. Because, Africa is hot and wild. A new adventure awaits around every corner.

Having survived The Challenge, Olivia is now hitting the road with her five sexy men. Seeing them all dressed in tight leathers, with big, growling Harleys between their legs, is enough to have her pulse racing and her mouth watering. So naturally, before long bonds strengthen, love blooms and they're all enjoying the ride of their lives. But with little more than bikes and the clothes on their backs, how will they survive a long, arduous journey?

Angel World is no heaven.... Held prisoner, Violet never anticipated her long-lost mother would be the poisonous queen of angel world. Or that she’d be forced to rule as a corrupted princess or risk a perilous escape. When a harem boy angel draws Violet into the dark court, she’s thrown into deadly trials that even her monstrous powers may not be able to overcome. If she refuses, both the snarky angel and geek vampire she loves will be enslaved to a powerful cult.

Peter Stewart grew up on a unique version of the Arthurian legends taught him by his father, a harebrained quantum physicist. But Peter disbelieves anything which cannot be scientifically explained. Lily Portman is an orphan with a secret: she can see creatures that are invisible to everyone else.  These creatures control every human being she has ever met to varying degrees...until she meets Peter and his father. When a mysterious stranger stages an accident which nearly costs Peter and Lily their lives, Lily learns that she is not crazy after all, and Peter discovers the truth of his father’s stories....

Lord Zeke Thurgood, future earl of Claybourne, sees no problem taking on the role of Lady Kitty's fake fiancé for the six month period his grandfather, the earl, deems necessary. You needn't worry. You do not meet my criteria for a husband, Lord Thurgood. Given the choice, Lady Kitty would as soon flee than put Lord Thurgood to the trouble of acting as her fiancé. As for his arrogant admonition, she assures him she has no desire to marry him, even if, in her heart-of-hearts, she's half in love with the man.

Interpol cop, Anna Leyton, spirals down into a hopeless vortex of sexual and emotional turmoil, as she fights to keep her professional cool in her latest assignment. A boxing referee is dead in a river, and millions of dollars are placed on sexy boxer and playboy Freddie La Salle's next fight. What will happen when the charismatic suspect she is tracking turns on his charm and seduces her? Will passion take control? Find out in this suspenseful, action-filled, pulse-pounding adventure that will take you on a roller-coaster ride of passionate romance, deception, danger, and love.

Ciara, Immortal Fury, spends her days locating evil and administering justice. When her goddess mothers inform her they need a gifted child, Ciara agrees to their plan. She will swap places with Faolan MacKay's shy bride long enough to conceive, bear, and train a child in the old ways, before resuming her duties as avenger of wickedness. Laird Faolan MacKay's advisers are pushing him to wed. To silence his advisers, Faolan chooses a woman rumored to be meek and easy to ignore. One problem: Nobody ignores Ciara.

Half-vampire/half-angel, Violet was abandoned among the humans in London as a baby. Suddenly discovering monstrous powers on her 21st birthday, she thinks she's the most dangerous creature to prowl the streets. She's wrong. When a snarky angel falls into her lap and her adopted sister disappears, Violet is forced into a new role: huntress. But the deeper she's dragged into this supernatural world, the more she struggles to survive. 

What's a girl to do when the guy she falls for is married to another man? This is exactly what happened to me. Seeing Josh Kendal stroll out of the Mediterranean Sea wearing tight navy swim trunks and looking like a hot new James Bond was a truly delicious moment. Catching sight of his wedding ring was like a kick in the shin and meeting his gorgeous husband, phew, that was enough to make any girl groan at the cruel joke God was playing on her. But all was not as it seemed, and when Josh needed a woman to sort out a 'delicate predicament' I was the one for the job.