The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Earl Granville travels to Windsor Castle for an audience with Queen Victoria.He had been asked by Count Yuri Unkar of Samosia, a small but significant country in the Balkans if an English bride of Royal Blood could be found to marry Prince Ivor and thus ensure the country's protection of Great Britain and the Union Jack.Queen Victoria had already sent many of her relations to sit on thrones to protect the Balkans from invasion by the Russians, who were intent on expanding their Empire at the expense of many small States. This time Queen Victoria could think of no one as she was rapidly running out of suitable relatives. However, Earl Granville had been awake all night thinking of solutions to the problem and then he remembered. Prince Vladimir a cousin of the Queen. He had married a woman who played the piano in public, which was not considered correct for a Prince of Royal Blood. They had been banished from London and had... Views: 49
Fatal Jeopardy: Book Seven of the Fatal Series By Marie Force Book 7 of the
Fatal series from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Force
Washington, D.C., Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her husband, U.S. Senator Nick
Cappuano, have been looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving with their son. But any
thoughts of a restful holiday are dashed when Sam and Nick return home to a gruesome
scene: Sam’s seventeen-year-old niece Brooke, barely conscious and covered in blood on
their front stoop. With lines between personal and professional blurring in this
emotionally charged, deeply personal case, Sam is relying on Nick more than ever for
support. But when suspicious images from the night in question appear on social media,
Sam begins to wonder if her niece is telling her everything she knows about what really
happened. And when Nick questions her tactics—and her ethics—as she races against the
clock, Sam will need to decidehow far she’s willing to go to prove Brooke is a victim,
not a murderer. See how it all began for Sam and Nick in Fatal Affair 95,000
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Popular TV presenter Belle is married to gorgeous billionaire Ivo. But beneath the veneer of her perfect life is the truth of their marriage of convenience. Belle knows that workaholic Ivo prefers their family of two, but somewhere along the way she fell deeply in love with her husband, and can't help wishing for a baby. Now they must find it within themselves to share the secrets they've never trusted each other with, and make their marriage one in a million again. Views: 49
When Lady Verena's widowed father suddenly remarries, she finds that her stepmother is anxious to make a match of convenience for her new stepdaughter and produces a suitor whorepels her.Verena has always sworn that when she marries, it will be for love and for no other reason.Feeling that she has no choice but to run away, Verena makes a daring midnight escape from her home. With the help of the family groom she reaches the nearest port intending to flee to France, only to find that the tide is against her.A change of identity and a stroke of luck soon see Verena sailing away to a new life, where her culinary skills learnt at school come in surprisingly useful.But meeting the Marquis of Hilchester brings a new dilemma – as her feelings for him grow, how can she win the heart of the man she loves when she is not who she claims to be?And when a friend of her stepmother's enters the picture, events take a sinister turn.Can Verena find love and true happiness... Views: 49
Lies and love. This is how a war starts. A life for a life. That’s the mafia way. Damian Rossi owes his life to a man who is ready to collect. That payment comes in the form of an arranged marriage to the daughter of another leading family in the Chicago Outfit. He’s ready to follow through, even if that means making sure Lily knows she’s his. Lily DeLuca isn’t being given a choice. Forced home to marry a man she doesn’t know and back into a life she’d rather forget, her world is full of half-truths, buried pain, and uncertainty. But Damian is nothing like she expects. His motives aren’t clear. Her beliefs are being tested. When it comes to this world, no man can be trusted. Someone is ready to flip the Chicago Outfit on its side all for the promise of something better. But no one runs a clean game and these men play for keeps. When blood begins to paint Chicago red, four families will be divided by loyalty, hatred, and revenge. There is no hiding. There is no safety. No one is deathless. No one. Views: 49
Their hearts have belonged to their significant others for years . . . and then they met each other. Doing the right thing means cheating is not an option. So it's time to decide. Should Aaron and Henri stay with the ones they love or take a chance on something so extraordinary it's impossible to even explain—understand. Making such a life-altering decision is truly scary. But even more scary than that? Regret. Defining Love. Which is the forever kind? This book is the final in a 3 book serial. Aprx 50k works long Views: 49
Noah Jackson just wants to be a surgeon – but first he must endure a GP placement in Turraburra, with beautiful midwife Lilia Cartwright! She lectures this gorgeous but brooding doc about his bedside manner, but she also sees into his soul and touches his locked-away heart. Can Noah also give Lilia the happy-ever-after she deserves? Midwives On-Call: Midwives, Mothers and Babies – Lives Changing For Ever... ! Views: 49
Passion and danger awaken in the dark...The Night, Book 3Like most humans, Erin was totally in the dark about the hocus pocus going on around her, until she learned a hairy little secret—her aunt and her new husband were both werewolves.To say family politics got complicated is an understatement, especially when she dated and broke up with a vampire. She has no plans to get involved again with anyone anytime soon, but hey, a girl has to scratch an itch every now and then.FBI agent Luca Cavalli doesn't mind Erin's occasional booty call. He's not looking for commitment, either. Plus, her family would be none too pleased to learn she's seeing another vampire.But when a stalker starts making Erin's life hell, memories of other women Luca's loved and lost punch him in the gut. She's in danger and he's determined to provide her with protection that's as up close and personal as it gets...Warning: Stalkers and werewolves, vampires and gun-toting ... Views: 49
Parrish Locke has a gift she never asked for; yet is compelled to use for the good of the 'stalled souls' that need her help. This second installment in the 'Limbo Series' finds 27 year-old Parrish going to Evanston, Wyoming. She must unravel the circumstances surrounding the 1974 death of a popular teenage cheerleader named Cecily (Cece) Adams. All is not what it appears to be, or what the records show. Parrish takes a trip back to the tumultuous 1970's to re-live the events leading up to Cece's untimely death. During Parrish's episode she reaches out to her newly acquainted father, Nick, for support and guidance. Nick contacts an old acquaintance of his who was previously with the FBI and calls in a favor. That favor brings sinfully sexy Marco Trevani Jr., an FBI agent into the picture and into Parrish's life. One relationship fizzles, and another one sizzles! Views: 49
Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship, philosophy, fitting in, and love from Amy Zhang, the acclaimed author of Falling into Place and This Is Where the World Ends.Ocean Sun has always felt an enormous pressure to succeed. After struggling with depression during her senior year of high school, Ocean moves to New York City, where she has been accepted at a prestigious university. But Ocean feels so emotionally raw and unmoored (and uncertain about what is real and what is not) that she decides to defer and live off her savings until she can get herself together. She also decides not to tell her mother (whom she loves very much but doesn't want to disappoint) that she is deferring—at least until she absolutely must.In New York, Ocean... Views: 49
