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Taken by the Bratva (Bratva Brotherhood)


Bianca Cole - 2022
    The man I’ve secretly craved since he was assigned to me. The man who won’t tell me why he has kidnapped me. There’s a darkness in his eyes I’ve never seen in them before. I fear him as much as I long for him. Now I'm alone with him, feelings I’ve tried to ignore return.He has my heart in the palm of his hand, but will he crush it or claim it? Taken by the Bratva is the fifth and final book in the Bratva Brotherhood Series. It's a safe story with no cliffhangers, a HEA and no cheating. This story has hot scenes, some dark themes, and bad language. Like most of the books by Bianca Cole it features an over the top possessive alpha male.

The Russian Key


Jeri Laber - 2021
    . . Those seeking a fresh take on the genre will be satisfied.”—Publishers WeeklyAn exciting debut for fans of The Americans and Red Sparrow.             In 1964, at the height of the Cold War, Kate Landau, a young American expert on Russia, joins the CIA. Drawn to danger and adventure, she hopes to be sent to Moscow, but instead finds herself stuck in an office doing boring translations. When her big break comes, she’s recruited to work undercover in New York City, investigating a KGB officer posing as a UN diplomat. Exactly the kind of work she’d hoped for.   The KGB officer is not a stranger. She’d met him in Moscow years before when he was a handsome university student named Max and she was a naive American college girl visiting the Soviet Union on a rare friendship tour. Max had been her first lover. She still treasures the little gold key he'd given her one memorable night in a Moscow park.   When Kate and Max meet up again in New York and inevitably resume their love affair, it is passionate, but fraught with distrust and secret agendas. A series of dangerous events lead Kate to fear for her life—and to suspect the man who is both her lover and her enemy. Against a background of Soviet brutality and international intrigue, The Russian Key will keep you guessing as it builds to its shocking and unexpected climax.

Taking Emmaline


K.L. Donn - 2020
    From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes the first book in an all new Adair Empire spin off standalone series Power of Vashchenko.A picture says a thousand words.Hers gives me a lifetime of peace.I am Viktor Vashchenko.Prince of darkness.The last standing male in my blood line.I toppled the Russian Bratva.Avenged my family.Now it’s time I make my own.Emmaline Taylor will give me an heir.Her life.And when I’m finishedHer heart.

Russian Teacher


Flora Ferrari - 2019
    I tell him my lips should be learning how to pronounce these strange Cyrillic sounds, but he tells me his lips need to learn every curve of my body instead.If my dad finds out our lessons consist of a little less talk and a lot more action, will he pull us out of Moscow for good? Or will my Russian teacher, who constantly has me screaming vowels, tell me there’s no pulling out…not now, not ever…making me his and filling me full of babies as he breeds me in the land famous for bears and borscht…forever?*Russian Teacher is an insta-everything standalone instalove romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

Montega's Mistress


Doreen Owens Malek - 1986
    Armed and wounded, Montega was a man on the run with a secret mission to complete. At first frightened, then fascinated, Helen had chosen to help her midnight intruder and thus was drawn into the web of danger and intrigue that surrounded him.From the Florida beach where they first met to his Central American homeland, Montega showed Helen a new world filled with passion, risk and the commitment to dare everything for a goal she came to share. But when the adventure was over and he had his victory--would she have won or lost?

Wycked Crush


Wynne Roman - 2017
    More than that, it’s the story of my five-year crush on the band’s lead singer, Ajia Stone. When things at home turn bad, I get the chance to spend three months on tour with the band. Finally, it’s my chance to make Ajia to see me as more than the band’s mascot. Their baby girl. Or will the ugliness at home, the parties, the groupies, and my over-protective brother ruin my transformation and turn it all into a nightmare? AJIA STONE Wycked Obsession—the rock band that my buddy Knox Gallagher and I formed five years ago. His baby sister Bree has always been our biggest fan. Now things have changed. Bree’s on tour with us, and suddenly she’s not our baby girl anymore. She’s a woman, and she’s pushing every button I have. Can I go from a never-ending list of nameless, faceless girls to just one? I’ve done stuff I’m not proud of, don’t deserve a happily-ever-after, so why does Bree make me want to believe otherwise? **This is an adult rock star romance intended for mature audiences. Not appropriate for readers under 18.** No cliffhangers. Guaranteed HEA. Book 1 in the Wycked Obsession series, the beloved fantasy of romance between hot rock stars and the ordinary women who love them.

The Australian


Diana Palmer - 1985
    Reissue.

Blind Promises


Katy Currie - 1984
    He had run off his last four nurses, but Dana's determined she won't be the next on that list. A powerful entrepreneur until a devastating accident left his future in doubt, Gannon raged at all who approached him. Dana hoped to light a candle in his darkness--and to escape from the shadows in her own past. But when she fell in love with her curmudgeonly employer, Dana's challenge was no longer strictly professional. Could Dana and Gannon heal to find a true happily-ever-after?

A Rich Man's Whim


Lynne Graham - 2013
    And with money tighter than ever, she's in desperate need of help. Innocent Kat has hidden her dreams away until she meets enigmatic Russian, Mikhail Kusnirovich, whose outrageous offer could make them all come true….Billionaire Mikhail doesn't have dreams. He has money, lots of it, and he always gets what he wants. Bedding Kat should be easy, but the tempting redhead is impossible to seduce! So Mikhail offers to pay off her debts—in exchange for a month on his yacht, and in his cabin, virginity included!

Message from Absalom


Anne Armstrong Thompson - 1975
    Four years later, Susannah left her covert job with the CIA, still wondering where Novak had been sent, what important and dangerous assignment claimed him. Then - on an innocent vacation in Bulgaria - she watches as Novak is shot down on a street in Sofia. But Susannah already has his message, an urgent message that she alone must deliver to the President of the United States.And Susannah is back in the business again - with no one to trust, no one to help her, and one of the best agents in the Russian KGB pursuing her. As this shrewd, handsome, magnetic man comes closer to her secret, Susannah finds herself irresistibly attracted to the one man who can destroy her.

Bratva Beast


Misty Winters - 2022
    The most powerful Bratva Boss in Moscow.He terrifies me in ways I have never been terrified before, yet he fascinates me.He’s dark, dangerous, and delicious.I was instantly drawn to him…but when he discovers the truth about me, it sends shockwaves that could get us both killed.Whoever says the truth will set you free is a f**king liar; the truth screws you over before it sets you free.

Britannia All at Sea


Betty Neels - 1978
    In every way Madeleine was right for Jake, and Britannia became more convinced that to go ahead with the wedding might ruin Jake's life.

The Tamarind Seed


Evelyn Anthony - 1971
    She never suspected that the attractive stranger she met on holiday in Barbados might be connected with Russian espionage. Until the secret police intervened in their love affair to suggest that Judith might help them obtain the secrets she dealt with at the UN - or see her lover die.

Take Me Gently: A High School Forbidden Love Steamy Standalone Romance (Dirty Elite Academy)


Kate J. Blake - 2021
    I can have any woman, then why do I want the only one that will never be mine?The second I laid my eyes on her, I knew she was different. She didn’t belong to the place we met at. I had to ask her to leave, but what I didn’t know was how hard it was going to be for me to let her go...SavannahIt was supposed to be a one time only experience. A one-night stand with the man of my dreams, but not only did he throw me out of his night club after figuring out that I lied, but now he also happens to be my school professor: a man I have to look at every day, but forbidden to touch.Will he ever let me get closer again? Maybe after another try...“Take Me Gently” is a new adult standalone forbidden novella between a high school professor and his student. There’s NO cheating or cliffhanger, and a beautiful HEA guaranteed.

A Minute to Smile


Ruth Wind - 1992
    But Alexander Stone brought out much more than just Esther's maternal instincts. And she knew that loving the tall, dark loner would make her need a fix-it person of her own ....Alexander Stone didn't know if he agreed with that old saying about having loved and lost--he just knew he'd never love again. But how could he resist a warm, sexy woman who always had a minute to smile and two little boys who made him remember what it was like to laugh... or to long for a family to call his own?