Romantikk og erotikk

AUDITED BY A MONSTER-sounds awful, right?I knew I shouldn't have opened my door, but when a seven-foot descendant of a death god comes calling, you answer.Especially if this Anubis is from the government, but I don't have anything to hide from the IRS.Right?Right?!Turns out, my mom-a.k.a. my business accountant-does.Now, every time I turn around, he's there.Assessing.Advising.Arousing me until I can't think straight.But I don't need a stranger to fix my problems. I'm doing just fine on my own, and I swear the only thing crumbling in my life is the topping on my amazing fruit cobblers.Will I let Ahnou past the defenses I've built around my heart, or is my fall about to get taxing?

Iris becomes a mail order bride if only to escape the clutches of a rich ugly man and the town that is pressuring her to get married. She travels across the country and has agreed to drop off a letter to a farmer who's own mail order bride has decided not to go through with their arrangement. Bored, she decides to read some of the correspondence between the two and becomes fascinated with the cowboy who is writing Eleanor, her fellow mail order bride. When she arrives on the prairie, she hands off the letters to the handsome cowboy and decides maybe he's the one for her. What will happen when Iris' husband-to-be comes calling? Will she stay with the man whose letters she fell in love with or will she go through her arrangement?

A woman's journey through life and all her joys and sorrows from her teens to middle age. Through it all, Danny was the one she could always count on to break her heart. Allie loved with everything she had.

Daisy has been a widow for awhile now and decides to answer a mail order bride advertisement which brings her to Wyoming. Once there, she meets John...John is a former Sheriff in the area who now wants a quiet life on the ranch. Daisy has some expertise in farming and together they begin to turn the ranch around. Brought together by different wants, will Daisy and John find love or will their attempt to meet their individual needs be met with failure?

He can buy anything he wants...except her trust. Asa Wexler is used to getting his way. The billionaire rolls into the small town of Oak Creek on business and takes a shovel full of snow to the face for his efforts. When he sees who threw the powder, he's a goner for the beautiful botanist. Not even the icy shock can cool his jets.Diana Crawford has been burned by men before. She shuts herself up in her lab and vows never to open her heart again.Asa offers financial support for her business, and Diana shuts him down. This, of course, only makes him want her more.Can Diana overcome her past and learn to love again? Will Asa succeed in his quest to win her heart?The Botanist and the Billionaire is the second book of the Oak Creek series. If you like small-town characters, a family who won't butt out, and scorching hot love scenes, then you'll devour this laugh-out-loud romance by Lainey Davis.

From the author of Rohini & Panch Phoron, an epic story of love and romance originating from the hot and humid plains of Gangetic Bengal, through the cloud caressed Himalayan foothills of Assam, the torrid jungles of Myanmar to the cool temperate climes of England and America. The story of a Bengali girl, her dreams, aspirations and passion in the backdrop of the generation of archetypical Bengali families torn by the ravages of the second world war.

Elias Stevens, the Marquess of Savorton doesn't believe he'll ever fall in love. He may marry one day, because the title demands it; however, that elusive emotion will not be freely given to his future wife.A house party changes everything for him though. His dearest friend makes a wager with him. He'll fall in love by the new year. Elias takes that bet because he knows his own heart.Lady Gabriella St. Giles lives a charmed life. She has a good family and fully believes one day she'll meet a gentleman sure to steal her heart. What she doesn't count on is meeting an scandalously intriguing marquess at a house party.Love is on the agenda. One of them wants it and the other hopes to desperately escape it. That wager gives the marquess far more than he could ever imagined, and Gabriella may just acquire her own future duke to savor.

To save a kingdom, she must lose her heart.Born a princess in a land where the sun never sets, Arynne longs for the freedom to use her inborn magic. When an emissary from the dark side of the world requests an alliance sealed by marriage, Arynne jumps at a chance to escape the rules of her homeland, even if it means marrying a prince she's never met and never seeing the sun again. The starlit kingdom of Frorheim believes that only a marriage of a Solean Sun Princess to their Star Prince will thwart the return of a feared sorcerer. Arynne meets the qualifications, but the journey is perilous. Even more dangerous to Arynne, however, is her growing attraction to the roguish Frorian soldier, Kajik. In the throes of true love, Arynne rues her betrothal to the unknown prince. Can she follow her heart knowing that if she forsakes her vow, Frorheim is doomed, and herself along with it?

Miley is in her last year of school at UCLA to become a veterinarian. Her best friend from high school has come to visit and couch surf for the weekend. It turns out that she has a friend who is an actor and invites them both along to a film shoot where they are making a Christian romance movie. Once there, Miley spends an afternoon with one of the lead actors who may just turn out to be what she has been looking for her whole life...her leading man.

Kane needs a parcel of grace. He is special delivered a package of love. Kane Westbrook was born from a wealthy Christian family and is living his life in Texas. The handsome former college football star and accomplished automotive engineer endured an unthinkable catastrophe, one that changed his life forever. He now isolates himself from the outside world, creating a cocoon of a false sense of comfort.Jessica Franco is as level headed and calm as they come. She's worked for years at the United States Postal Service, owns her own home and shares her space with a dear friend who can't seem to get her own life together. Despite having a rather difficult childhood and being viewed as the 'not so pretty one' of her family and friends, she has not only survived, but thrived. Everyone loves Jessica, and though she appears well adjusted and centered, there are secrets and abundant pain she possesses deep inside, the kind of emotions that tear her apart in more ways than one.Kane and Jessica meet in the simplest of ways, but their complicated lives intertwine. Fate came knocking, and they answered. The unexpected package of love was Signed. Sealed and Delivered.Will Kane be able to escape the prison of his own mind and follow his heart to make a life with Jessica? Will Jessica be able to be vulnerable enough to accept Kane's love and most of all, believe that she is deserving to receive it?From USA Today bestselling author Tiana Laveen comes an opposites attract, Plain Jane, grumpy sunshine, steamy romance. Nobody is an inspiring contemporary romance. It is a standalone novel with a HEA (Happily-ever-after). This book includes mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences; reader discretion is advised. Please look inside under the 'Trigger Warnings' for possible topics that may be deemed personally objectionable.

Janet's father told her that she should count her blessings that he had found her a suitable husband. He was a banker and was very well off. But Janet had other ideas. She would not let it happen. She didn't want to give up her calling as a nurse and be some banker's wife. Defying her father for the first time in her life, she came up with a plan. She would move out west as a mail-order-bride. Together with her young daughter, she had already found the perfect candidate: Dr. Race Barton. He needed a partner and she needed an excuse to keep working as a nurse. It was the perfect arrangement, if not for love than for practicality's sake. But would he feel the same way?

She's my daughter's beloved teacher. She's even in my mom's knitting club. Clearly, she's off limits. Layla Shah deserves a white picket fence and a brood of children with a successful young man.I might be a successful doctor but I have too many years under my belt to be called young. My daughter thinks I'm the world's trashiest human being and my job takes up so much of my time, all I'm interested in a woman is the occasional hookup.Yet, when Layla and I are stranded in a cabin, resisting the curvy beauty is like asking me to stop breathing.Single Dad's Christmas Gift is a forced proximity, forbidden love, age gap, holiday instalove romance between a workaholic single dad and the younger curvy teacher who steels his heart. It can be read as a standalone or together with the rest of the books in The O'Connors of Blossom Ford Series.

Deadly secrets. Sinful power. Forbidden love.Everyone in the city fears the return of dark magic, except the psychic Ivy. That is, until dark magic kills one of her clients, and threatens to send her family's century-old private security company to its financial ruin.Killian, the most powerful shapeshifter in the region, throws her company a lifebuoy, but in exchange, Ivy must do something she'd swore she'd never do: take on a supernatural client. Namely, Killian himself.He needs her to protect him against a curse. At least, that's what he tells her, though the truth is a bit more complicated than he's let on. But Killian isn't the only one with a secret, and when he learns hers, it may be worse than her undoing.It may mean her death.If you like the bite of True Blood, the whimsical world of A Discovery of Witches, and the love of Outlander, then you'll devour D.N. Leo's Curse of the Alpha series. Books in the Series:1. Wolf Cursed2. Wolf Hunted3. Wolf Trapped4. Wolf Betrayed5. Wolf Turned6. Wolf Mated7. Wolf Ascended

Ana je ve¿ godinu dana dolazila u blokove da bi se vi¿ala sa Filipom. Nisu imali ozbiljnu vezu, i to im je oboma odgovaralo. Svakodneni susreti su bili ne¿to ¿to im je bilo dovoljno.Onda je jednog dana u hodniku Filipove zgrade naletela na Darka. Izgledalo je kao da je saznao da Ana nije bila Filipova ''prava'' devojka. Ana nije imala nameru da prevari momka sa njegovim kom¿ijom, koliko god neozbiljnu vezu da su imali. Ali, Darko nije delovao kao neko ko lako odustaje...

"Tight end," noun: 1. a position in American football, 2. NFL star Marcus James, 3. what any hot-blooded woman can't stop staring at every time Marcus walks by.Bree Novak is so close to earning her Ph.D. she can taste it, but she's supposed to be writing her dissertation, not giving lectures while her advisor slacks off. The semester gets even crazier when veteran tight end Marcus James-Bree's celebrity crush-enrolls in her "Intro to Physics" class. The man's even hotter in person than he looks on Sunday Night Football. So why is Bree hoping he drops out? Maybe it's because Marcus, with his cocky smile and chiseled body, is the ultimate distraction. . . .Drafted out of college years ago by the Milwaukee Dragons, Marcus is taking advantage of a season-ending knee injury to finish his bachelor's degree. Plus, thanks to a required science credit, he's also getting to know the geek goddess who teaches physics. With brains and beauty, Bree is living proof that opposites attract. She's even kind enough to give Marcus extra help with the material, as if she didn't have anything better to do. And the more time Marcus spends with her, the more he realizes he's not just crushing on his teacher-he's falling for her.

Bitsy Russo is trapped in an abusive marriage. Lawyer Simon Levine is trapped in an abusive marriage of his own. Living in the same apartment building in the borough of Queens, New York they pass like ships in the night, until Simon takes a second look at the shy young woman. Little does he know she's taken a second look of her own. Recognizing the signs of abuse, Simon wants to rescue Bitsy. But, does Bitsy need to be rescued or will she be strong enough to save herself? Tensions build, tempers flare, and passion erupts in this contemporary tale of domestic violence, hidden romance, and unexpected courage. The first in the Loving Bitsy series.

To Darkness I Fall is a captivating short story by Debra Rose, author of The Phoenix Curse series. The story revolves around Sofia, a talented editor working at the Morning Press. Unfortunately, Sofia finds herself trapped in a toxic workplace environment, with a misogynistic boss who makes her life miserable.To cope with her daily struggles, Sofia immerses herself in memories of Nikolaj Dunkan, a mysterious man who had briefly entered her life and then disappeared without a trace. Nik's enigmatic presence had left an indelible mark on Sofia's heart, and she longs to uncover the truth behind his sudden departure.As Sofia delves into her memories, creating scenario after scenario to explain Nik's disappearence, nothing she dreamed up could prepare her for the dark and tempting truth.Through Rose's powerful storytelling, readers are drawn into Sofia's world, sympathizing with her frustrations and yearnings. The author expertly intertwines themes of love, loss, and revenge, crafting a narrative that keeps the readers eagerly turning the pages.

Official job working security? Check.Dragon sidekick along to keep her out of real danger? Check.Mythological monsters let loose on the town? Oh, crud.It's been rough adapting to her new lifestyle, but Danni's gotten used to the fangs and venom, and found strength within to overpower her worst enemy: her own self-doubt.Now she's on her first official job as a member of Rider's security firm.Assigned as security at Gruff's Bar and Grille in Moonlight, West Virginia, Danni is bored to tears until a man stumbles in, missing a few important body parts.The overprotective Rider wants to take her off the case, but she's determined to prove she can handle the job and convince her stubborn sire she's tougher than he gives her credit for.She's taken on shifters and gangbangers, and earned the moniker of Danni the Teste Slayer. Surely she can take on whatever is preying on the people of Moonlight...

Tabitha set down the things she had purchased from the general store on her kitchen table. She pulled out a crisp sealed letter that she had picked up at the post office. The Matrimonial Times, who would have known that would be where she would meet her future husband?Tabitha had thought that her married days were over. Since her first husband, Alexander, had died, she had thought that the rest of her life she would live alone, with no one to call family. But the years had been rough on her and she had begun to feel lonelier than she'd even thought was possible...Until she answers Terrence's advertisement in the Matrimonial Times, the two exchange letter after letter and fall in love with each other's words. They finally meet and marry but en route to their new home in California they encounter a murderous Indian tribe that tries to hunt them down. Will they survive the attack and will their imagined love for one another become more real?

In the opulent realm of Regency England, Lord Brian Kennington, the Fifth Earl of Connlee, reigns as a maestro of persuasion, his every word a seductive melody. Yet, when fate intertwines his path with the intriguing Lady Minerva Fox, whose propriety veils a yearning for excitement, his artful intentions take center stage. Determined to infuse her life with thrills, he orchestrates a dance of adventure and passion, embracing his moniker-the Earl of Persuasion-wholeheartedly. However, amidst the whirlwind of their exhilarating escapades, an unexpected crescendo emerges: the haunting strains of love's melody, playing a tune both exhilarating and perilous. As Minerva is swept away on a current of enchantment, and Brian's mastery of persuasion falters under the weight of burgeoning emotions, they find themselves at a crossroads. The allure of uncharted romance clashes with the pragmatism of their arrangement, raising the ultimate question: Can an artful seducer evolve into a tenderhearted lover, or will their enthralling pas de deux dissolve into the echoes of what could have been? In the symphony of their desires, the Earl of Persuasion faces his greatest challenge yet-taming his own heart.

Bethany is a young woman who journeys to a third world country as part of the missionary team of her church. Once there, she meets a native doctor who melts her heart with both his compassion and handsome features. The two become close and battle the odds as they fight the medical problems of the poor country until it finally becomes time for her to leave. But with this unexpected romance she has a new problem, can she stay in the country with the man she has grown to love or return home?

"What if I asked you to marry me? I own a ranch, I have enough money to support all three of you, and my house is more than big enough." Michael paused, wincing as if just realising the full extent of his own words. "What I mean is - we would be married in law only. I would not expect anything from you and we would simply share a house. A marriage of convenience, if you will."Imogene opened her mouth - to shout, to order him to leave, anything - but all that left her lips was a heavy sigh. If Michael was as genuine as he seemed, it was a decent option. It was either that or let her children starve. With a sigh, Imogene looked him in the eyes and muttered, "I suppose it's better than my other options. All right, then."They looked at each other for a long moment; her eyes dark and sombre, his concerned but relieved. The only thought that passed her mind was what have I just agreed to?

Teresa is an orphan who has the misfortune of being raised by her step-mother and step-sister. They hate her guts so her step-mother does herself a favor and places Teresa with a mail order bride agency. Teresa resists until she gets correspondence with a thirty-five year old farmer who wants a wife to help him on the farm...But on the way out west, she begins falling for the man taking her to meet her new husband. Throughout the long trip, the chemistry develops between the two. Will she keep the reason for her trip a secret as their romance blooms? And will she even go through with her mail order bride obligations?

Every day was already a battle for Amaiya Moriase, but nothing prepared her for the daunting challenges that awaited her. Abandoned in the shadows of a gloomy alley, her clothes clinging to her body, soaked in sadness, a flicker of hope emerges, presenting her with shelter and solace. Under careful guidance, Amaiya tentatively embarks on the path of reclaiming her shattered life, uncertain but determined. At long last, she encounters the comforting embrace of a nurturing family and the elation of belonging. However, a foreboding presence emerges in the distance, jeopardizing the delicate tranquility she has attained. Aided by her recently acquired family, Amaiya must muster the courage to confront her challenges and fiercely pursue the future she longs for. Within this deeply moving narrative of strength and renewal, Amaiya's odyssey serves as a poignant testament that amidst hardship, love possesses the ability to mend scars and guide one's path homeward.

Samantha became a mail order bride but found her husband to be abusive. She wants out and turns to the relative of the Sheriff. John is a bit of a ladies man but Samantha needs his help desperately. He does become smitten by her and makes a plan to clear her name. But her husband is more clever than they think and wants to make Samantha's life miserable. Can John and Samantha free themselves and make finally make things right in their own lives.

After acting in his cousin's film school project, Kyle is offered the starring role in the science-fiction TV series Bridger. Its overnight success forces him into the reluctant role of heartthrob. Raine is a high school sophomore when her TV writer mentor convinces her to write a script for Bridger. When she's cast as her own female lead, Jess, she meets Kyle. Loving Bridger is easy, but immature Kyle breaks her heart. When the show ends, Kyle gladly leaves Hollywood to return to his family's wilderness outfitting station in Colorado. Raine goes on to earn her veterinary degree. Years later, they meet again. Wearing a beard and having dropped his stage name, Kyle manages to convince Raine he isn't the jerk who shattered her last time. But their growing friendship is threatened when fandom pressure convinces the network to revive Bridger, with Raine and Kyle reprising their roles. The revelation of his minor deception pushes their relationship backwards again. As Kyle struggles to regain Raine's trust, and maybe win her love, she struggles to see him for who he is--not as Bridger or the jerk he used to be. Then a new problem emerges. Someone doesn't want the series to return to TV. They want it badly enough to threaten Raine, Kyle, and the whole production.

A Symphony of Defiance: Unconventional Love Stories Set in Vibrant Delhi Get ready to be swept away by a kaleidoscope of love stories that defy expectations, resonate with music, and celebrate individuality. This isn't your grandmother's romance novel. Forget predictable plots and cookie-cutter characters. Dive into vibrant Delhi, where love stories unfold amidst the rhythm of instruments, the clash of traditions, and the pursuit of dreams. Here's what awaits you:1. Unconventional Love Stories:Violin's Vibrant Vow: A runaway elopement leads to a defiant celebration of love that transcends societal norms.Nagaswaram's Nuptial Notes: A wedding ceremony blends traditions, uniting families and celebrating acceptance.Flute's Flourishing Family: Years later, their love story inspires their children to pursue their musical dreams.Sarangi's Soaring Success: Reshma's Sarangi music conquers international stages, while Badal supports her journey.Tabla's Triumphant Tour: Badal's dhol beats bridge cultural divides, sharing his heritage and inspiring others.Sitar's Silver Serenade: Their love endures, their music evolves, and their story continues to inspire even in their twilight years.2. Music-Infused Narrative: Immerse yourself in the emotions conveyed through the melodies of instruments like the violin, sarangi, sitar, dhol, and more.3. Defiance with Heart: Witness characters challenge traditions, overcome societal pressures, and fight for their right to love and dream.4. More Than Just Romance: Explore themes of family, cultural clashes, personal growth, and the pursuit of dreams.5. Vibrant Setting: Experience the sights, sounds, and energy of Delhi, a city bustling with life and diverse traditions. This book is a must-read for anyone who:Loves unconventional love stories with strong protagonists.Enjoys reading about different cultures and their unique traditions.Appreciates stories that blend romance with themes of self-discovery and societal challenges.Wants to be transported to a vibrant and colorful setting.Seeks inspiration to embrace their individuality and fight for what they believe in.

Kathryn wants out. She barely gets out of the Civil War unscathed as her home and land were burned to the ground. Looking for a new life, she answers a mail order bride advertisement. Upon her arrival, however, she meets a formidable foe in her new mother-in-law. Carl has aspirations of being a mayor and father, but his mother wants him to marry the women of her choice. Can he go against his mother's wishes and experience the life with Kathryn he always wanted?