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Sarah-Jane is perfect. She's petite, and adorable and happy. There's not a young woman in all of Manhattan that doesn't envy her. But beneath the easy-going charade she displays, Sarah is desperate. Her life is full of a gentle complacency. She's entirely dependent on the will and whims of others, and she also has a secret. A desire that takes hold of her when she's least expecting it. A reckless, misguided need that she can never allow to surface. When Carson Williamson stumbles across a fiery-tempered woman in the ruins of his great great grandfather's mansion, he never once suspects that she would be the same well-bred, high-class lady he has arranged to meet the following week. Under the distinct impression that Sarah-Jane is hiding a myriad of insane emotions from her family, he sets about attempting to force her to show her true self to the world, and thereby have her committed. But Sarah-Jane isn't about to have that. She's not insane. And now she has to prove it to Carson before he does something drastic.
Charlotte Brittler is content. Unlike her elder sister, Dianna, who headed West in search of a life of adventure, Charlotte thrives in the bustling, overcrowded Manhattan streets. If she could only find a husband, her life would be complete. So, when the son of a local oil baron captures Charlotte's hard-won interest, she is immediately swept away down a path full of secrets and intrigue, in a twisting game that threatens her very heart. Logan Drexel is the son of a professional con man. Nothing more and nothing less. His father has gambled away his grandfather's company, wasting any funds they bring in on maintaining an appearance of exuberant wealth to the Manhattan society. Charlotte Brittler is his only chance. Logan knows that if he is to recover his dignity-and his family's good name-he needs money, and a lot of it. So, he promises himself one more con. One last time, he will seek to deceive someone for monetary gain. If he can marry Charlotte, every debt collector can be safely swept under the rug, and he can escape the clutches of a father that has used him time and time again.But Charlotte is not a prize to be won. She's a furious, flame-driven storm that will stop at nothing to get what she wants, and Logan quickly realizes that the tables have turned. When he set out to steal Charlotte Brittler's heart, he never banked on losing his own."I loved it...the vibrant characters, the story, and humor, all came together perfectly! Truly one I could sit down and read again right now. I highly recommend this book; what a fabulous adventure!" - Amazon Reviewer"...full of deceit, suspense, love, and lies, just enough to keep in guessing."- Amazon Reviewer "Charlotte is an enticing tale of love and redemption. You will fall in love with the characters as they fall for each other..."- Amazon ReviewerThe Bestselling Brittler Sisters Series is a fantastic look into Victorian America and the Western Frontier. Each story is clean, sweet, romantic and character driven, with a creative touch that speaks for the unique writing style Josephine Blake has developed.
Noelle Brittler's task is simple. Marry and marry well. And yet.... Emboldened by the successful marriages of her four elder sisters, Noelle is determined that she will have nothing but perfection in a suitor. She lives her day-to-day life, planning parties, organizing charity events and taking slow, wistful turns around the garden, burdened with dreams of a future that she feels is slipping away from her.Kenneth Black is anything but perfect. Destitute from a young age, Kenneth has managed to make a name for himself. His Bakery, La Petite Paradis, is frequented by adverse clientele. He feels that even the wealthiest of lives can be made a little richer with the taste of something sweet. When Kenneth rescues a young, attractive woman from a terrifying encounter, he never expects to find himself presented with an invitation to one of the most coveted events of the year- a 50th birthday celebration for the girl's mother, one Samantha Brittler.The Brittlers are notorious amongst the lower class for their wealth and standing. While Thomas Brittler, the owner of Brittler Steel, is a self-made man, just as Kenneth is, Kenneth is under the impression that he would not be welcomed at this event as himself, the lowly town baker. Aided by the intoxicating Miss Noelle Brittler, he adopts the character of a well-known architect. Their plan seems to be working well, that is, until certain costly items begin disappearing beneath the noses of the many wealthy guests in attendance. There are cries of theft and everyone is looking for someone to blame... As tensions rise and passions come to fruition, the pressure is on to find the thief and clear his name. He can't have Noelle, but he'd sooner be tossed out on his ear than let her think him a thief.
Not every mail-order bride falls in love with her groom. Dianna Brittler isn't interested in love anyway. She's looking for an adventure. Sick of the stuffy life of a Manhattan socialite, Dianna takes a terrifying chance and rides West. West. Where there are mountain lions and bears and savages lurking around every corner. West. Where she finds a fiancé more intent on his drink than anything else. West. Where she is rescued by a savage Indian with zero sense of propriety. I mean. Really. What else could go wrong?The tale of Dianna Brittler is a sweet adventure in the Old West that will leave you craving more. Lucky you, Dianna's story continues in The Brittler Sisters Series: Book Two-Little Rose.
Can love conquer the darkness to let the light shine through?Rhys Blackseed is a knight favored by the king of Kasculbough in the land of Mura. When a portal opens and two women and a dragon come through, his orders are to kill them. Magic is prohibited on Mura. Three kings fight for total control. Rhys is loyal to his king, but how can he kill the beautiful witch named Medea when all he really wants to do is kiss her?Rhys holds and hides the power of extreme strength, however, all the strength in the world isn't enough to fight off dark magic or a dragon. Others warn him against Medea, but he's seen a spark inside her that he believes he can turn into a flame. The race is on to capture the dragon and send it and the witches back through the portal before all of Mura is doomed. In order to do this, Rhys must first convince the witch that she really wants to leave, when all he desires is for her to stay.Medea de Bar is the daughter of an evil witch, and born from both dark and light magic. After the death of her mother, a struggle inside her has kept her isolated from her family. She has never known happiness, and her biggest fear is to live her life alone. Medea is reckless and bored, and decides one day to steal a dragon for a ride. Things don't go as planned, and she ends up with her sister, Rapunzel, and the dragon, entering a portal to another land. Will this be where she finds her happiness, with the handsome knight named Sir Rhys? Or will the uncontrollable darkness within her only bring about death, destruction, and doom once again?With love as a contestant in a race against dark magic, only the strongest will win.
SHE DOES SAY SHE'LL NEVER MARRY...Miss Elizabeth Paxton is a new sort of heiress--educated, opinionated and entirely independent. The last thing she wants is a husband mucking about her life. Even if he is the only man she's ever loved.BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A WIDOW.When dashing Captain Jameson Marlowe returns to Dartmouth, he proposes to give Lizzie exactly what she wants--a marriage without the man. After one night of searing passion, his sworn duty will take him far off to sea...or so she thinks until secrets and lies set a collision course with the smugglers along the south coast, and Lizzie is caught in the dark tide of treason. Can she salvage her pride and learn to trust in true love before it's too late?----The Pursuit of Pleasure was originally published in 2010. This new edition has been revised and reedited. This book was a 2009 Golden Heart finalist with the Romance Writers of America.
A LADY WITH A SECRETThe Ravishing Miss Burke has everything a young lady could want-beauty, status and suitors lined up just to beg for her hand. Until a blackmailer from her past holds her future for ransom.A MAN HELLBENT ON REVENGEColonel Rupert Delacorte, Viscount Darling will go to any length to ruin the woman responsible for his beloved sister's death. But the Ravishing Miss Burke is nothing like the icy murderer of his waking dreams-she's nothing but a bluestocking with a shocking secret she'll go to almost any length to keep. Even succumbing to his sinful seduction.--A Sense of Sin was originally published in 2011. This new edition has been revised and reedited.
THE OFFICER IS A GENTLEMANRoyal Navy Captain Hugh McAlden will do anything to stop the treasonous flow of information out of the Admiralty, even if it means taking in a slyly attractive street thief to steal those secrets back.THE LADY IS A TRAMPCircumstances might have forced Meggs Evans into a life of crime, but she's bound and determined to lift herself out of the gutters even if it means stealing for the wickedly handsome captain. On the trail of a traitor, the undeniable attraction between Meggs and her captain explodes. But when danger ignites their desire, the only thing in danger of being stolen is her heart.
Set a thief...Rory Cathcart's appreciation of the exquisite makes him the perfect man to expose forgeries and root out fraud in London's tempestuous art world. But when his latest investigation into forged paintings puts him squarely in Mignon du Blois' shaky sights, he finds himself deep in trouble, and captured by something more powerful than mere beauty.To catch a thief...The moment Mignon stops a rakish thief from making off with one of her father's brilliant forgeries, she knows she's found the perfect man to help her steal back a priceless statue, and save her family from unspeakable scandal. She has no intention of falling for Rory's Caledonian charms, nor his seductive Scottish persuasions. From the drawing rooms of the ton to the auction rooms of the art world, the pair embark on a madcap adventure to save them both from ruin. But will the love they uncover be most priceless treasure of all?
"If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village,she must seek them abroad." Jane Austen Miss Otis regrets...The entirely of Miss Elspeth Otis's inheritance from her wastrel father is a battered old trunk with some scrawled-upon foolscap sheets. Nothing that could free her from a stifling life with her fusty maiden aunties in a musty old cottage in a misty corner of Scotland. Nothing that will give her the life she's always dreamed of-a life full of kindness and kisses and love. Or will it?Nothing...Mr. Hamish Cathcart wants more than anything to avoid the hasty marriage to a brewer's daughter his father, the earl, has arranged to revive his fortunes. Hamish's only hope is his failing publishing company, whose only asset is a scandalously banned book by an infamous, but unfortunately deceased, author. But when a new novel written by the same man lands on Hamish's doorstep, he'll go to any length to secure it-any length but love.
WHEN A LADY TAKES TO THE ROADS TO PLAY ROBIN HOODLady Quince Winthrop has been robbing from society's rich and giving to Edinburgh's poor for years. But everything changes the day she can't resist the temptation to steal from the Marquess of Cairn.SHE MUST BE ON HER GUARD AGAINST HER SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAMAlasdair, Marquess of Cairn, has come back to Scotland to stop a thief, never thinking that the lass he's trying to woo is about to give him a lesson in larceny he won't be able to forget. From the twisted streets of Auld Reeky, to the hills of the highlands, Quince leads Alasdair on a merry chase, and finds that the one man she can't fall for is the one man she can't resist.
This print edition includes the short story The Demon You Know.If you want something done, ask a busy person. Kate Conner could kill whoever first said that.As if the full-time mom, part-time demon hunter didn't have enough to do, she's now been given a third job-as headmistress at a special academy for up-and-coming slayers.Kate's first charge? Her own teenage daughter Allie, who thanks to her unique heritage, has more power than either she or Kate understands. And definitely more than either knows how to use.But they'll have to figure it out fast when dark forces descend on the school, and ... Seriously, can Kate just catch a break already?!"Julie Kenner's Demon Hunting Soccer Mom is one of the high water marks in urban fantasy." -ChristopherGolden, New York Times bestselling author of ARARAT and RED HANDSAll titles in the Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series of paranormal women's fiction novels:Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomCalifornia Demon: The Secret Life of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomDemons Are Forever: Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomDeja Demon: Days & Nights of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomThe Demon You Know: A Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom Short Story (bonus story)Demon Ex Machina: Tales of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomPax Demonica : Travels of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomDay of the Demon: Trials of a Demon-Hunting Soccer MomHow to Train Your Demon: The Education of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom
What happens when a Duke is mistaken for a Viscount-on purpose?Add that to two Michelangelo sketches, hidden passages, vanishing and reappearing art, threatening messages, conniving art collectors, arrogant academicians, a Bow Street agent, a lovelorn couple, and an elderly prankster.It's enough to give a Duke a headache.Miles Wingate, the Duke of Ellinbourne, was not supposed to be at the Dowager Duchess of Malmsby's house party. He was supposed to be in London preparing for the spring opening of the Royal Academy of Art, yet here he was, a stand-in guest for his injured cousin, Viscount Redinger.This was taking family loyalty too far. The only rational person at the house party was Miss Ann Hallowell, the Duchess's granddaughter, and as his luck would have it, his cousin's intended!Thrown together when he's mistaken for his cousin, Miles and Ann join to unravel the house party mysteries. But every time they pull one mystery thread free, another appears, for seemingly everyone has a hidden agenda-including the Duchess!
When Tom Apollyon returns to Cromer to help oversee his uncle's pub, it's a difficult adjustment. Overwhelmed by his born ability to sense auras, Tom relies on constant drinking and drifting to function normally. Coming back is too much to handle and one night, he decides to end it all. He just doesn't expect to encounter a bewitching stranger when he tries.While on an annual seaside holiday with his lover, Theo Harper takes a solitary evening stroll near the water. He thinks it's just the thing a landlocked selkie needs, yet instead of being soothed, he stops a troubled man from drowning. The earnest good deed sparks a romance that makes Tom and Theo hope for a happier, gentler life together.While both need to decide to trust themselves and each other, they're not daunted until an alarming problem presents itself. Theo's skin - which can definitely be used to capture or kill him, to Tom's horror - has gone missing.To build the future they want, they have to get the skin back...
In Behind Closed Doors, you were introduced to Seth's partners, the sexy and dangerous McCloud brothers...and now it's Connor McCloud's turn to face the fire...She haunts his dreams...Ex-FBI agent Connor McCloud barely survived being set up to die by a trusted friend and fellow agent, Ed Riggs. That disaster cost him not only his partner Jesse's life, but his hopes of winning the love of Erin, Ed's beautiful, studious daughter. She would never be with the man who had put her father in prison.Forever out of reach...Erin is hanging on by her fingernails. Her father is disgraced and imprisoned, her mother and sister are falling apart, the scandal has cost her a job she loved as a museum curator, and the man she's secretly craved for years is responsible for all of it. When an opportunity comes up to appraise a trove of priceless Celtic artifacts for a rich, reclusive, she leaps at the chance. Maybe things are starting to look up.Then Connor discovers that his old nemesis, Kurt Novak, is back, hungry for payback...and that Erin is his weapon of choice. He has no choice but to leap into action, whether Erin trusts him or not, whether she hates him or not. Nothing matters but protecting the woman he loves from a vengeful, sadistic killer...This title is a re-release, originally published by Brava.
He can't stop watching her...Surveillance expert Seth Mackey is mesmerized by Raine Cameron, the gorgeous blonde he's been monitoring every night on video. She's the latest in the long line of mistresses, kept and discarded by his billionaire boss Victor Lazar, but this one seems different from the others. This one seems...innocent.Right. Innocence was unlikely, in this hellhole of violence and lies. Victor Lazar had ordered the murder of Seth's half-brother Jesse, and Seth has to know everything Raine knows about it. Tempting and luscious though she was, he senses that she knows more than she's saying, and he couldn't let his laser-focus waver for a single second.Every move she makes...Raine knows she's being watched, but she can't lose her nerve. She wants revenge for everything Victor Lazar has taken from her, and she'll stop at nothing to get it. But the brooding and difficult Seth Mackey is a dangerous distraction, arousing longings she never knew she had. Hungers so powerful, they frighten her.But Raine is sick of being afraid...of Seth, of Lazar, of anything. Surrendering to Seth Mackey's ruthless desires might be dangerous...but she was playing a deadly game, so she damn well better work on her courage.And the two of them will need all of their courage to face the twisted danger and treachery that's coming for them...
How would you know your own true love if you didn't know yourself?A man without a futureFor Ewan Cameron, Duke of Crieff, the time has come-his carefully-planned future is about to begin. Heir to a great Highland estate, he will finally meet and marry his long-time betrothed, Lady Greer Douglas, and be happy. But on the way to his wedding, a vicious attack steals everything he holds dear-his home, his happiness, and his every memory.A woman in love with the pastAfter ten years of faithful correspondence, Lady Greer and her betrothed are two souls in perfect harmony-she has spent an enchanted girlhood in the Highlands preparing become the Duchess of Crieff. But on the day of her long-planned wedding to Ewan Cameron, fate plays a devastating hand. Without Ewan, all hope of happiness is gone. So when she happens upon a devastatingly handsome man injured on the moor, Greer convinces herself he must be her lost duke. She hides him high in the heather-clad hills so he can regain his shuttered memories-and his true love for her. But every step into the past tests their faith in each other and puts their lives in danger as his would-be assassins draw ever closer. Will the power of their love be strong enough to regain their future without losing each other-this time for good?
In English society, the rules of engagement have stood the test of time. Until a Reckless Bride falls in deeply, scandalously in love…CAN AN INDECENT PROPOSALWhen Lady Claire Jellicoe agreed to a walk in the moonlight, she never imagined her titled companion might have brutal motives. Nor could she have dreamed up such a brave rescue by the most unexpected savior of all: an inscrutable nobleman with a daring plan of escape-and a deliciously tempting embrace…LEAD TO EVERLASTING LOVE?Timothy Evans, the Duke of Fenmore, has palmed more treasures than he can count. Even for a man who grew up thieving in London's stews, a stolen bride should be beyond the pale. But Fenmore won't let scandal ruin the spirited beauty's reputation. And now that she's stolen his heart, how can he ever let her go…?
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