Franco's Fortune

Cara Marsi

Somebody wants rich playboy Franco Callahan dead. When security expert Josephine Fortune arrives on his doorstep, Franco finds it hard to refuse. Combat boot-clad Jo is not the kind of woman Franco usually loves and leaves. Martial artist Jo can take down men twice her size, but Franco's appeal outmaneuvers her emotional defenses. Franco soon realizes he needs her in his life, and not as his bodyguard. As the threats to Franco escalate, Jo must use her combat skills to protect him. Can Jo keep both Franco and her heart safe, or will they pay the ultimate price for love?

Franco's Fortune

Affaire de Coeur

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                Affaire de Coeur

Author: Stephanie O'Hanlon
Genre: Mainstream/Historical Romance
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“Mademoiselle Dumont?”

     I turned to the voice to see a pair of large dark blue eyes, such a dizzying mix of blue and black with light tints of green staring me in the face. Then his defined, angular shaped face came into focus, which had his straight chin sloping back to his jaw. On top of that I was struck silent by his soft, deep voice repeating my name.
    

     “Madeleine, are you all right?” His dark brown eyebrows arched lightly.

    

Still the One

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             Still the One

Author: Joan Reeves
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary Romance
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Ally Fletcher had waited six years for this opportunity. Six long years. There was no way a mere thunderstorm was going to stop her. Of course in Texas, calling this a mere thunderstorm was like saying a Texas tornado was mere puff of wind.

She peered anxiously through the river of rain that washed down the windshield. The sluggish wipers couldn't keep pace with a downpour that reduced visibility to zero. Where was the church? It would be easy to miss through the curtain of falling rain. Suddenly, the church loomed out of the rain like the iceberg that had sunk the Titanic. Ally slammed on the brakes and jerked the steering wheel sharply to the right, trying to make the turn into the parking lot.

Big mistake.

Derailed

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              Derailed

Author: Angela K. Austin
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary/Interracial Romance
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“Damn it!” JoAn Fentress sprinted through the traffic of downtown Memphis, Tennessee – not much compared to Nashville, but enough to stop her from reaching her car. “Wait! Wait!”

The young driver danced to the beat of whatever played through his headphones. He didn’t see her flailing her arms, and definitely didn’t hear her pleas. He continued to hook her car to the back of his truck.

A gust of wind, powered by the bus barreling down the road beside her, blew her skirt in soft waves around her legs. The faster she ran the more the ankle strap of her shoe slipped. With one misplaced step the shoe twisted, along with her ankle, and the heel snapped. She fell to the cold hard ground beneath her, tearing and muddying the papers she carried.

The Beltane Choice

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               The Beltane Choice

Author: Nancy Jardine
Genre: Mainstream/Historical Romance
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“That you listen is all I ask.” Riveting looks relayed his strength of purpose. “Now is a time when all Celtic tribes must work together. The Brigantes confederation is large in numbers, and we are spread over a huge area, but it is vital we join forces with other tribes to repel the Roman threat. That means we must make peace with our neighbours.”

“You seek the impossible, Lorcan.” Her answer was derisive, but she needed him to appreciate she was not fooled into believing him. “How do you expect to achieve peace? We have been enemies for time immemorial, yet you expect accord at your command.”

Rhianna

Amanda L.V. Shalaby

Upon the unexpected death of her parents, Rhianna Braden finds the enigmatic Lord Guilford Kingsley on her doorstep. He escorts her to Kingsley Manor, where family secrets and scandals begin to unfold.

Her uncommon beauty captures the attention of the dashing Lord Thayne Brighton of Ravensleigh, but Rhianna is certain, despite their mutual attraction, that he would never choose her over his wealthy intended. Meanwhile, Lady Lydia Kingsley suspects her husband’s attention to Rhianna has led to an affair between them. Events turn deadly when the truth of their relationship is discovered.

Eventually, Rhianna is forced to make a life-altering decision—while discovering that some secrets are not meant to be kept.
Rhianna

Mickie Sherwood's Men and the Hair of the Women They Love

It's a hair thang!

Men in a moment of weakness.

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       Chance kept his eyes on hers as he lowered his head for a kiss. "You make loving you so easy. And it feels so good."

"I'll bump my hair and let you have the bathroom." Chance let her go with a look that said he had no idea what she meant. "Want to watch?"

"Hmmm," he moaned suggestively.

Banking on Temperance

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Becky Lower

Basil Fitzpatrick was born into a life of privilege. In 1856, at 23 years of age, he is the owner of the St. Louis branch of the family banking business. He has his pick of the ladies and life by the horns. Temperance Jones and her family are far from privileged. Her father is a circuit-riding preacher from Pennsylvania. But the rumblings of a war between the North and the South force the preacher to move his family to Oregon rather than to take up arms against his fellow man. However, hardship and sickness have slowed their pace, and they are forced to spend the winter in St. Louis, waiting for the next wagon trains to leave in the spring.

Basil is drawn to the large family the moment they roll into town, partly because they remind him of his own big family in New York. But also because of the eldest daughter, Temperance. She is a tiny, no-nonsense spitfire who is bent on fulfilling her father’s wish to get the family safely to Oregon. Basil is only interested in finding a mistress, not a wife. He knows if he allows Temperance into his heart, he is accepting the obligation of her entire family and their quest to settle in Oregon. He wants Temperance like he has wanted no other, but the burden of her family may be too much for him. And he can’t have one without the other.

Banking on Temperance

Perfect Partners

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              Perfect Partners

Author: Stephanie Cage
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary
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     Lisa never knew why she said what she said next.

“Wouldn’t it be easier if we didn’t have to pretend?”

Redmond stared at Lisa for a long moment and she couldn’t read his expression. She wished she could swallow the words back, but they were spoken and a lump of tension was forming in her throat. Then he began lifting his hand slowly. She watched, mesmerised, almost feeling the heat of his hand before it reached her cheek. Her mind ran ahead of the reality, seeing his strong fingers cupping her face and drawing her into the kiss she’d found herself daydreaming about earlier.

Even as she imagined his hungry lips on hers and the familiar warmth of his body close against her, the cautious, hurt part of her mind was warning her not to believe it.

Hunting Heartbreak

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               Hunting Heartbreak

Author: Marie Hampton
Genre: Mainstream/Contemporary/Romantic Suspense
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“How are—I hate these things.” Ryan readjusted his chopsticks for the tenth time.

Kas laughed, and she pointed to a roll covered in sticky rice and topped with roe. “Try this one. It’s really good. Oh, and don’t forget to add this.” She put a dime-sized smear of wasabi on her roll and pushed the cup to Ryan.

He dipped his pinkie in it and sucked off a sizable amount of the green paste. “Ah d***!” He reached for his beer, but it was empty. Instead he grabbed Kas’ sake and chugged it, coughing, eyes watering. Other patrons glared at their table as Kas and Jamie broke out into a fit of raucous laughter.

Logan's Redemption

(Redemption Book 1)

Cara Marsi
Doriana Callahan's life is unraveling. Someone is stalking her; her teenage son is rebelling; and Logan Tanner is back in town. For sixteen years she's kept an explosive secret from Logan . He never belonged in Doriana's world, but he’d allowed himself to dream of a future with her, until the awful night he was forced to run. Despite the secret Doriana kept, Logan vows to protect her. He races against time to stop the culprit threatening her. Can the love and passion that still burn between Doriana and Logan overcome old lies and new dangers?
 
Logan's Redemption (Redemption Book 1)

Affaire de Coeur

Stephanie O'Hanlon

Paris, May 1770—in the midst of aristocracy—country girl, Madeleine Dumont is privileged to partake in social events while living with her friend Colette du Lorme, daughter of a Marquis. While following in the shadow of her popular and socially versed friend, she is caught up with her infatuation with a man—a Comte. Lucien de Laurent is one of King Louis XV’s favorites and established bachelor social recluse. How does a woman win such a man without playing the game?
Affaire de Coeur

Topaz Eyes

Nancy Jardine

Summoned to Heidelberg, Keira Drummond is embroiled in the search for extraordinary jewels originally owned by a Mughal Emperor. Who among the descendants of Geertje Hoogeveen-last known owner-can Keira rely on? Distrust among the cousins is rife. Who has hired thugs to tail her and Teun Zeger as they unearth the jewellery? A trail of clues leads to Vienna, Amsterdam, the US - but will the hired gun kill them before they’re successful? Only death reveals family secrets. What’s the ultimate item even more precious than the Mughal jewels? Greed, suspicion, murder are balanced by family loyalty, trust, and love.

Topaz Eyes

Duty: a novel of Rhynan

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              Duty: a novel of Rhynan

Author: Rachel Rossano
Genre: Mainstream/Historical/Fantasy
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"The red one is mine," he said. 

I didn’t raise my head although instinct urged me to. Father had called me Red. He said I was born screaming, skin deep red like the beets in the garden and hair fiery like the setting sun. The man who spoke was not my father. 

I glanced at him from beneath my cloak’s hood. Arrogant in his size and superior mass, his eyes picked me out of the writhing mass of captives. Early morning sunlight glinted off plain armor and an unadorned helm, yet the unwashed barbarians treated him with the respect due a commander. 

Detour Trail

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              Detour Trail

Author: Joy V. Smith
Genre: Mainstream/Historical Western Romance
Buy: Melange Books

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“It wasn’t that I didn’t think about you before,” he said; “I felt good just sitting next to you, and you only cared about me getting better and going back to the wood. I thought about touching you, but I knew I’d scare you, and that would be the end of the porch sitting, and I didn’t want Brock to kill me.”

Oh, maybe he did have a sense of humor after all. And he could cook. She might be one of the few women who’d take that into consideration. “Are you sure?” She didn’t want a man who had to be dragged into marriage like a horse being dragged into the corral to be broken. “You don’t want to take another year or two to make up your mind for certain?”