Showing results by publisher "Audible studios" in Action & Adventure

In the wrong place at the wrong time. Amber Larkspur is on a cruise ship headed to the Caribbean when she witnesses an abduction. The target is a powerful Washington senator who is a friend of her father's and a member of the president's inner circle. Then Amber is abducted too. Terrified that she's going to die, she is shocked to be rescued by the seductive stranger who shared her bed a year ago. But Michael Adams hasn't come to save her.

Kathy O'Hara and Brent McQueen were wild kids whose high school romance segued into the perfect marriage - until sudden tragedy drove them apart, leaving Kathy a single mom raising their daughter, Shanna, on her own. But when Brent is rumored to have been aboard a yacht that exploded in fire, leaving no survivors, Kathy grieves for the celebrated rock musician she still loves. Except Brent isn't dead. And now his family is in mortal jeopardy.

Determined to find a husband for his stubborn daughter, Shona MacGowan’s father has called to his castle Scotland’s most eligible clansmen. But for Shona, only one stands out: the stranger, Dugald Kinnaird. His raw, masculine power entices Shona, and when he sweeps her into his embrace, she knows her vow to never marry will soon be broken. But Dugald’s true mission is not to marry the bonnie Scottish lass, but to uncover her as the traitor he believes she is. If playing the suitor will get him what he needs then he’ll pretend to be eager to wed this high-spirited beauty.

From the incomparable Jane Feather, author of national best sellers Vanity, Violet, and Valentine, comes this enthralling new romance of daring deception and forbidden passion...Juliana drew the line at becoming a harlot. She had already begun the week as a bride...and ended it as a murderess.

Picking pockets as her only means of survival, Octavia Morgan realizes that she has made a terrible mistake when she targets Lord Nick, the most notorious highwayman in England, who vows to ensnare Octavia's passions.

From the extraordinary pen of Jane Feather, nationally bestselling author of Valentine, comes a bewitching tale of a beautiful bandit who's waging a dangerous game of vengeance--and betting everything on love...

Masquerading as a widowed French comtesse, Gabrielle de Beaucaire returns to England to destroy the man responsible for her lover's death and sets out to seduce Nathaniel Praed, Britain's greatest spymaster, into letting her become a secret agent.

What comes to mind when you think of a diamond slipper? Cinderella, perhaps? That's what Cordelia Brandenburg imagines when her godparents arrange a marriage for her with a man she's never met - a marriage that will take her to Versailles, far from the rigid confines of her childhood home. The betrothal gift is a charm bracelet with a tiny, glittering diamond slipper attached... as befits a journey into a fairytale future.

Duping unwary nobleman out of their fortunes in the gaming halls - a dangerous game she plays in order to raise money to avenge her father's death - Judith Davenport finds herself under the scrutiny of the honorable Marquis of Carrington.

Margaret, a resourceful midwife, is living with the insufferable relatives of her third husband, Gilbert de Vilers, known as Gregory. She is carving out a life for herself and her daughters despite the hostility and greed of her in-laws. But when Gregory is captured in France and held for ransom, Margaret knows she must take action - her in-laws are too tight with money to be of any use - so she teams up with her old friends Mother Hilde, the herbalist, and Brother Malachi, an alchemist on a quest for the secret of changing base metals into gold.

Fleeing a fiery inferno, beautiful, aristocratic Bryony Paget falls unconscious into the arms of a handsome stranger. She awakens with no memory of her proud aristocratic past - only the stirrings of desire kindled by her mysterious rescuer. American patriot Ben Clare has no time for romance - or for the dark-haired beauty who interfered with his midnight raids for liberty. But he cannot resist Bryony's innocent passion - and together they steal joy amid the strife of bitter war. Too soon the cruel discovery of Bryony's true identity forces her to choose between the Loyalist father she adores and the rebellious man she could never live without.

Saddled with Chloe Gresham, his beautiful and irresponsible young ward, Sir Hugo Lattimer, a man driven by dark memories and a tormenting despair, has no intention of caring for her - until he falls in love.

The last thing Lord Nicholas Kincaid expected to see in the gloom of a London tavern was a vision of loveliness. And when she led him to a bedchamber with a come-hither smile, there was no question of resisting - until he realized the lying wench meant to render him senseless so the landlord could rob him blind!

Ariel Ravenspeare has been taught to loathe the earl of Hawkesmoor and everything he represents. Their two families have been sworn enemies for generations. But it's one thing to hate him, and another to play the part her vicious brothers have written for her - trapping Hawkesmoor into a marriage that will destroy him, using herself as bait. Forced into the marriage, Ariel will find her new husband unexpectedly difficult to manipulate, as well as surprisingly - and powerfully - attractive.

A Tocoloché inizia e finisce il mondo: così pensa Antiocou Cassola, che da lì e dalle sue pecore mai si é allontanato. Ma Virgilio Ventosu, "Matematicu", ha una missione: portare Antiocu nella nuova epoca, nelle maglie della Rete. E per quante resistenze il pastore faccia, c'è una tentazione a cui dovrà cedere: ottenere l'amore di una donna, la bella Andriana, scaltra navigatrice negli oceani di Internet. Ora che il pastore è nella Rete, avrà trovato la terra promessa o dovrà scovare un modo per fuggirne?

Anno Domini 1076. Sopravvissuta alla strage della sua famiglia, Doralice di Lacus trova ospitalità a Canossa, dove la grancontessa Matilda la accoglie come una figlia. Quando l'orrore per l'assassinio dei suoi genitori sembra aver lasciato posto a una tranquilla quotidianità, i piani di conquista di Enrico IV sconvolgono il suo mondo. Tristan di Holstein, indomito guerriero forgiato da mille battaglie, ha un'ultima missione prima di riconquistare la libertà: deve colpire al cuore Matilda, strappandole quanto ha di più prezioso.

Le piane dell'Allaro sono un giardino delle meraviglie, la grande azienda agricola dà impiego all'intero paese e le stagioni si inseguono tra le sfide a saltozoppo dei bambini, il lavoro dei padri e la festa del santo patrono. Crescono così, in quel "composto di razze diverse costrette a condividere la terra", Julien Dominici e i gemelli Agnese e Alberto Therrime. Crescono legandosi fra loro, come se fosse possibile per un Dominici e per una Therrime essere amici e poi amarsi. Solo i bambini possono crederlo, solo le donne.

Il giorno in cui la giornalista Katherine James, una donna dalle radicate convinzioni e dai forti valori morali, incontra Gabriel Rossiter le manca letteralmente la terra sotto i piedi. Quasi uccisa in una frana durante un'escursione, trova la salvezza tra le braccia dell'affascinante ranger. Sebbene quell'uomo non le sia indifferente, è convinta che non lo rivedrà mai più.

Presa in ostaggio da un assassino condannato durante un reportage in prigione, Sophie Alton non può sapere che l'uomo che le punta la pistola alla testa è il "cattivo ragazzo" che fu il suo primo amore al liceo. Condannato all'ergastolo senza condizionale, Marc Hunter è costretto a fuggire dalla prigione dopo aver saputo che sua sorella minore è scomparsa con il proprio bambino.

La giornalista investigativa Tessa Novak non poteva immaginare di trovarsi nel posto sbagliato al momento sbagliato. È sera, e una ragazza la supplica di aiutarla, ma lei non fa neanche in tempo a rendersi conto di quanto sta accadendo che un sicario in giacca di pelle nera fredda la giovane davanti ai suoi occhi. Tra la folla che si aggira intorno alla scena del crimine Tessa scorge un uomo con la stessa giacca che indossava il killer e, ancora sconvolta dall'accaduto, è convinta di riconoscere in lui l'assassino.