A gambler in need of redemption… Monroe Grisham, Duke of Chanceworth, is determined to keep his beautiful young ward, Caroline Jellico, out of his life for her own good. Caroline is all grown up now, making it impossible for him to focus on anything but her presence. Hoping to put her out of sight, he leaves it up to his mother to find her a proper husband before he ruins Caroline himself. A woman in search of a gamble… Mathematics prodigy, Caroline Jellico, is tired of waiting for the illusive Roe to notice she’s a woman now. She’ll marry him or no man, and embarks on a plan to support herself in the gaming hells of London while dressed as a boy. A complicated game of seduction… When Roe and Caroline meet across the table, all bets are off. But this game takes more than skill, and the winner may take all but still lose everything. Views: 31
RetailThe lives of two women behind the Iron Curtain take an unexpected turn when they discover a young girl in the garden outside their building. Determined to prevent her from being placed in an orphanage, they must keep her hidden from authorities while they try to figure out where she came from. Their efforts are greatly complicated by a vindictive police officer and intrusive neighbors along with the girl herself, who offers little to explain what she's doing alone in the city. As their adventure unfolds, the women soon discover that the girl's presence will lead to events that are certain to alter their future and challenge their perceptions of life and fate. Views: 31
FORBIDDEN LOVERThe frightened woman standing before millionaire Jared Spencer hardly looked like the housekeeper's spirited daughter who'd once captured his heart then betrayed him. But the moment their gazes met, he felt the same fiery, forbidden desire.Tess Campbell had come with a plea to help find her missing child.A child that should have been theirs...Tess tempted fate by going to Jared. But for her little girl, she'd face the devil himself. Jared's millions would fuel the search--but it was the man Tess needed to keep her safe. For when Jared learned her precious secret, he and Tess would be in more danger than their daughter... Views: 31
India Drummond, author of the Caledonia Fae series"A magical conclusion to a series that has gone on my “must read again” list."Book 4: Kinshield's RedemptionDozens have been corrupted by tainted water from the Well of the
Damned, including King Gavin Kinshield's beloved wife. He's desperate to
reverse the water's effects and restore Feanna to the kind and
compassionate woman he married.
And what of his helpless heir growing in her toxic womb? To save his
unborn son, Gavin must find a solution before the darkness that’s
overtaken Feanna also stamps out the tiny spark within her.
Help seems to appear in the unlikely form of the Guardians, two
ghostly figures tethered to the crystal that lies deep within the
wellspring. Can Gavin trust them... or will their own agenda take the
lives of his wife and son—and bring on the utter destruction of the
seven realms? Views: 31
What happens when a man falls in love with his best friend? How does he convince her to love him in return if she has no idea that his feelings run so deep?Carter London has everything a man should want, a blooming career as a sexy rock star, a loving family, women who adore his model-perfect looks, and great friends. What he doesn't have is the love of the girl who stole his heart nine years ago.Casey Colbert is the converse-wearing epitome of the girl next door. She's smart, beautiful, and best friends with Carter London. She knows all there is to know about her sex-on-a-stick best friend, except the well-guarded secret of her holding the key to his heart.Carter returns to his hometown of Indian Shores, Florida for his ten year college reunion, to profess his love to Casey. Unfortunately, he discovers her heart is already spoken for by none other than Jordan Reid, who is gorgeous, sweet and insanely rich.Carter vows to use his time back home to win over the one woman who can set his world on edge with just a glimpse of her smile. Will Casey see the love that's right in front of her eyes? Or will the mistakes of his past and his obsession with loving her overwhelm the girl who already has it all?About the AuthorM.R. Joseph has rediscovered one of her first loves...Reading. After being a devoted wife and mother for the past 12 years she decided to take some "me time" and get lost in the world of books. After reading her 20th of the summer, she realized that she could do this. She could write a book. In between being a mom and taxi to swim and gymnastics practices, she began her writing process. Music has always been a big part of her life so it became an integral part of her writing. You can always find her dancing in the kitchen with her kids and singing in the car along to the radio. Writing has been a labor of love and she hopes and prays that it will continue. M.R. lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with the love of her life and her two beautiful kids. Views: 31
It's a homecoming, of sorts, for Jayné Heller — and she wants some long-awaited answers to her past, in this fifth book in the acclaimed Black Sun's Daughter urban fantasy series. After years on her own, Jayné Heller is going home to find some answers. How did the powerful spirit calling itself the Black Sun get into her body? Who was her uncle Eric, and what was the grand plan to which he devoted his life? Who did her mother have an affair with, and why? And the tattoo — seriously — what was that about? Jayné arrives during the preparations for her older brother's shotgun wedding, but she's not the only unexpected guest. The Invisible College has also come to town, intent on stopping the ceremony. They claim an ancient evil is threatening the child that would be Jayné's niece, and that the Heller family has been rotten at the core for generations. The deeper Jayné looks, the more she thinks they might not be wrong. And behind them all, in the shadows of Jayné's childhood home, a greater threat waits that calls itself the Graveyard Child... Views: 31
The waves pitched a young beauty on the deck of a sailing ship to America. Victorian England had inflamed her with two visions. One was of a future in America where she would have few limits. The other was an eyewitness memory of a young woman tied to a public whipping post for a ferocious bare-back lashing. She could not escape either vision as the three-masted ship glided toward America. Along the way, her latent lesbian hungers would be awakened and teased. Attention paid to her would also enrage a pretty young Baroness, spiteful in her jealousy. It was a race across the Atlantic between a new world with new opportunities and a young jealous Baroness who plotted Emma's severe punishment. Nobles and commoners on the three-masted ship all would be part of this dark drama. Emma had entered a world of new sensuality, yet she had much to fear from the young Baroness. There would be lies told and injustice inflicted. Would beautiful Emma's life just begin at age twenty, or, would... Views: 31
The report that lands on Commissario Martusciello’s desk is unlike any other. The lifeless body of the Neapolitan singer Jerry Vialdi, a.k.a. Gennaro Mangiavento, has been found at the Naples football stadium; another corpse, this time a Jane Doe, has been discovered in the Bentegodi Stadium in Verona, hundreds of miles away. The bodies were left in a fetal position, there are no signs of physical violence, the method and the madness behind it appear to hide some unutterable secret. Conclusion: a daring challenge left by a psychopath for the police. who are stabbing in the dark with no idea where to begin. All except for superintendent Blanca Occhiuzzi: beautiful, blind from birth, forced by the dark that envelops her to perceive the world through only four senses, she feels the fear in people; she feels their guilt and their innocence. It is she who takes Martusciello by the hand, guiding him into the mind of a murderer with her sensual intuition. It is as if he were the blind one. Allusive, mysterious, rife with double-meanings, saturated with an exotic almost esoteric musicality, Patrizia Rinaldi’s radically new way of writing recounts a captivating story.** Views: 31
