The citadel has long been the stronghold of Highkell. All that is about to change because the traitor, Vasic, is marching on the capital. Against her better judgement, Queen Alwenna allows herself to be spirited away by one of the Crown’s most trusted servants, safe from the clutches of the throne’s would-be usurper.
Fleeing across country, she quickly comes to learn that her pampered existence has ill-equipped her for survival away from the comforts of the court. Alwenna must toughen up, and fast, if she is even to make it to a place of safety. But she has an even loftier aim – for after dreaming of her husband’s impending death, Alwenna knows she must turn around and head back to Highkell to save the land she loves, and the husband who adores her, or die in the attempt.
But Vasic the traitor is waiting. And this was all just as he planned. Views: 6
Electing to Love
The Roses of Ridgeway, Book 4
by Kianna Alexander
Historical Romance Victorian
Historical Romance Western and Frontier
Enemies to Lovers Romance
A Time of Change
In the fall of 1888, the tiny hamlet of Ridgeway is gearing up for elections on the local and national level. On the national stage, Grover Cleveland is campaigning for re-election against Benjamin Harrison; locally, two men are vying for the mayor's seat being vacated by the retiring Bernard Ridgeway.
A Woman Ahead of Her Time
Saloon owner Angel May Lane is an unconventional woman in every sense of the word. When she's not tending the bar at the Crazy Eights Saloon, she's caring for her elderly aunt, or out with her friends agitating for women's suffrage. Her activities make her a thorn in the side of some folks, but she's determined to see the day when women and men have equal rights- even if it's only in her own small town. Arrested by the town's deputy sheriff, she finds herself both outraged and intrigued by the man who's taken her into custody.
A Man Anchored in Tradition
Deputy Gregory Simmons isn't interested in politics. His main concern is keeping the peace, and that's become an even more complex job since sheriff Noah Rogers announced his candidacy for mayor. Angel May and her cohorts are causing a ruckus, so he hauls her in. She turns out to be the most enchanting prisoner he's ever had, and before he can stop himself, he's falling for her. She's as troublesome a woman as they come, but he can't deny the way she makes him feel.
Love Among the Chaos
The issues of race and women's rights are dividing the town, pitting husbands against wives and neighbor against neighbor. In the midst of it all, Angel and Gregory must decide if their budding love is worth opening their hearts and changing their minds, in a way they never imagined before.
Other Books in the Roses of Ridgeway historical romance series:
Kissing the Captain (Ricardo and Lilly's story)
The Preacher's Paramour (Derrick and Prudence's story)
Loving the Lawman (Noah and Valerie's story)
A Ridgeway Christmas (Visit your favorite couples for the holidays)
**About the Author
Like any good Southern belle, Kianna Alexander wears many hats: loving wife, doting mama, advice-dispensing sister, and gabbing girlfriend. She's a voracious reader, an amateur seamstress and occasional painter in oils. Chocolate, American history, sweet tea, and Idris Elba are a few of her favorite things. A native of the TarHeel state, Kianna still lives there with her husband, two kids, and a collection of well-loved vintage 80's Barbie dolls. Views: 6
Last part of the BWWM trilogy! When Emily enters a club one night, she never expects to see the man who broke her heart ten years ago; Chase Hammond. She bumps into Chace and unwittingly enters his high-flying world. Now rich and famous, he’s even more dangerous than he had been all those years ago. Dangerous to her heart - and possibly, to her safety as well. Chase is determined this time to never let Emily go. But will nightmares of the past prevent Emily from getting involved? *This story contains very steamy, adult scenes with an alpha billionaire. Not intended for anyone under 18.** Views: 6
Before he became a household name in America as perhaps our greatest hard-boiled crime writer, before his attachment to Lillian Hellman and blacklisting during the McCarthy era, and his subsequent downward spiral, Dashiell Hammett led a life of action. Born in 1894 into a poor Maryland family, Hammett left school at thirteen and held several jobs before joining the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as an operative in 1915 and, with time off in 1918 to serve at the end of World War I, he remained with the agency until 1922, participating alike in the banal and dramatic action of an operative. The tuberculosis he contracted during the war forced him to leave the Pinkertons—but it may well have prompted one of America's most acclaimed writing careers.While Hammett's life on center stage has been well-documented, the question of how he got there has not. That largely overlooked phase is the subject of Nathan Ward's enthralling The Lost Detective. Views: 6
Paranormal Romance
demons, spells and magic, witches, arranged marriage, manupulation, trust, mercenary, redemption Views: 6
SMOLDERING HUNGER (The Dark Kings): Part 1 is the first in an exclusive four-part e-serial by New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant.
His kisses were soul stirring, leaving her gasping and hungry for more...
Darius is back. Edinburg thought it had seen the last of this seductive Dragon King, but that was before Darius found something worthwhile in a woman named Sophie Martin, a doctor who arrives at the scene. Can he tame the desire he feels for her? With just one kiss, life as Darius once knew it will never be the same...
Read all four parts of this sensation e-series-and look for the full volume of Smoldering Hunger from St. Martin's Paperbacks (available in February 2016).
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Tyler Colton is exactly the irritating, overbearing take charge, livin’ large kind of guy that Heather LaBianca has been dodging her whole life. So, why exactly does her heart beat faster every time Officer Colton enters the room?
Tyler wasn’t exactly looking for happily ever after when his best friend got married and started hanging out with a new group of friends. Sure, the curvy spitfire blonde Italian who had as many jokes as a standup comedian intrigued him, but exasperatingly his natural charms seem largely ineffective for this fiercely independent woman.
When personal tragedy strikes in Heather’s life, Tyler gets a chance to be Heather’s real life knight-in shining-armor. Yet even as he’s helping her dreams come true, Tyler realizes that this puzzling enigma of a woman is quietly helping him exorcise the nightmares of a mission that went horribly wrong. Will he be brave enough to accept her love so that they can move forward together through Joy and Tiers? Views: 6
Being at the top of the food chain doesn't cross your mind... until you're on the menu. Lured to a hidden mansion and held captive Calynn is waiting to die. Served up as a sacrifice to beings that shouldn't exist. Only things don't go as planned... for her or her captors. She has one chance to escape, but the plan might trap her deeper into a world of nightmares. Views: 6
Christmas is here and the Hardy family is ready to celebrate in style. James Hardy has a big gift for his wife for their first Christmas as a married couple, but keeping her from finding out what presents he's hiding is only one of the things on his to-do list. After a job takes James out of town for longer than he would like, he expects a happy reunion with his wife, Mandy. He gets it, even though it's short-lived, and he's taken by surprise when trouble comes knocking. Someone is going to be on Santa's naughty list this year, and that someone has set his sights on the Hardy family - and James and Mandy in particular. James has information someone desperately wants, and Mandy is in the way when danger comes to collect. James will do anything to protect his wife, and when his own actions threaten her life, he's determined to make someone pay. Will the Hardy's get a merry Christmas? And who will be spreading their love under the mistletoe? It's all hands on deck for another Hardy romp, and laughter, love and eggnog are on the menu - as long as everyone survives to enjoy a magical holiday together.Read More Views: 6
“I knew it the first time I saw him. Some men have that power. They instantly ignite something feral in you, whether you want it or not, and the sexual electricity is always there, in every room and every moment, from the first time you see them. An inescapable web, swirling around you until you surrender. And at that point, they devour you.” ~Linda Cray Leaving Jack a second time is the hardest thing Linda has ever done. Keeping their love intact proves an even greater challenge as she embarks on a new career: road manager for the British rock band Blackpoll and the girl expected to keep the mercurial Alan Manzone from self-destruction. Building a successful career for herself fast becomes the least of her concerns. Jack’s heated custody battle over his daughter continues to thwart the great love of Linda’s life. Alone and heartsick and forced to stay away from Jack, she finds herself soon caught in a spinning web of lust for Alan Manzone. She wants him. She hates him. Yet there is something elusive about the enigmatic Brit that melts her heart. Linda is determined not to falter in her love for Jack while they wait for his custody battle over Chrissie to be resolved, so they can at last start their future together. But will she surrender to the burning pull of Alan’s pursuit? Views: 6
My boss, John Powers, represents everything I want in a man. He’s the CEO and founder of a powerful company, that position having made him a billionaire, striking in an I-survived-a-bar-brawl sort of way, and too clever for my sanity. I’m his assistant and desperately in love with him. I’d willingly serve him both in the boardroom and in the bedroom. There’s one problem. He doesn’t mix business with pleasure. Ever. Views: 6
Malaika Jordan has always had visions, but none as gruesome as this: Innocent people lured to their deaths by a beautiful woman, killed by a man she can not see and left behind for beasts to eat.Baltimore homicide detective, Jonah Porter, seeks the beautiful young mother's help, recognizing her psychic ability, but blind to the full depth of her powers.The closer they get to solving the case, the more dark secrets they discover about themselves, their connection to the killers, and to each other. Views: 6
Rebounding is a FULL-LENGTH novel. CONTEMPORARY ADULT ROMANCE Recommended for 17+ due to mature language and adult situations. Charlotte Hart used to have the perfect life. Or…what she thought was perfect. President of her sorority. Legions of friends. A promising career in journalism. It’s exactly what she wanted, exactly what she’d always planned. But after her slimy bastard of a boyfriend cheats on her with her archenemy, everything she built comes crumbling down. She needs out. Now. But leaving everything behind means she has to live with Max, a mysterious guy from the past. Living with him isn’t the wisest decision she’s ever made—Max isn’t friendly, he keeps a lot of secrets, and sneaks out in the middle of the night. There’s definitely something shady about him, but at least he seems to understand what she needs. In fact, he seems to know it better than she does. When Charlotte shows up on Max Archer’s doorstep, he knows he can’t turn her away. He wishes he could—she’s broken, lost, comes with too much baggage, but he owes her his life. Whatever she wants, he’ll find a way to make it happen. Problem is, Max doesn’t count on Charlotte wanting more than he’s willing to give. He doesn’t count on her wanting his heart. REBOUNDING follows characters that were introduced in the novel PRETENDING, but you do not need to read PRETENDING beforehand as REBOUNDING is its own story and is a standalone novel. ** Views: 6
