(Please note that this is the spicy version of Elspeth: The Remarkable Bride)
Everybody in Haskell, Wyoming knows that railroad stationmaster Athos Strong, widower and father of eight rambunctious children, needs a new bride. Even Athos knows it, but being a single father and a responsible stationmaster doesn’t leave him time for romance. It barely leaves him time to remember the hopes and dreams of his younger self. Once, he dreamed of being a hero, a valiant musketeer, like his namesake, but then life took over. He sends away to Hurst Home for a mail-order bride, not expecting anything more than a friend to help him raise his brood. The last thing he expects is love…
Elspeth Leonard was once a rising star of the British nobility, until she was seduced into following a wealthy American across the sea. Betrayed, abandoned, and disowned by her family, she has spent the last six years struggling to keep her dignity as a third-rate governess and tutor. Finding Hurst Home was her saving grace. So when she was offered the chance to go west as a bride for a man with eight children, she took it, expecting nothing more than a stable home…
But between the lively and mischievous Strong children and the conniving and revenge-seeking Bonneville family, Elspeth has no idea what she’s stepping into. When the children are taken away after allegations of neglect leveled against Athos by the Bonnevilles, Elspeth must step up to help Athos fight to keep his family together. What was supposed to be a mutually-beneficial, platonic marriage becomes something much more as both Athos and Elspeth come to see the heroism in the person they’ve married…
The greatest heroes are sometimes found in the most ordinary hearts…
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Steam Level = VERY HOT
If you would like to read this story without any “scenes,” check out Elspeth: The Remarkable Bride.
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Carina Bell is the mysterious woman who heats up red carpets and has men from celebrities to business moguls eating out of the palm of her hand. Carrie Bishop is the poised efficient secretary of an up and coming marketing firm in downtown New York. The women live in two different worlds and it is Carrie's number one goal to keep those worlds as far away from each other as possible until she can escape. But her mother Cordelia has too much riding on the success of her daughter and is not about to let her walk away without a fight.Carrie can handle Cordelia. But things quickly begin to spin out of control as her younger sister Delia is put at risk also. Her handsome and overprotective boss Dutch Haverford provides a tempting shoulder to lean on, but Carrie is not sure she can trust him with the secrets of her dark and complicated life. If he knows who she really is, will he turn away? But when the most dangerous man she has ever met forces his way back into her life... Views: 35
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The greater the risk, the hotter the reward…Homicide cop Troy Bennett had a reputation with the Chicago PD for being fearless and in control—until the night his daredevil partner is killed during a raid. From that moment on, he swears he’ll never again be responsible for the loss of a loved one. To escape his demons, Troy transfers to the NYPD, bringing him up close and personal with Ruby Elliott, a beautiful, street-savvy pool hustler. Reckless and stubbornly independent, Ruby embodies everything Troy’s avoiding, but when she walks into the pub he’s at with his new coworkers and blows his carefully laid plans to hell, Troy knows he has to have her—risks be damned. But there’s a connection between Ruby’s shadowed past and a case Troy’s working involving a notorious Brooklyn felon, throwing her safety into jeopardy. Confronted with his biggest fear, will Troy push Ruby away to keep her safe or fight to keep her in his arms where she belongs? Views: 35
