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Wicked Deception


M.V. Kasi - 2021
    Any intimacy with a man would cost her everything. Narmada has never been tempted to waver from the irrational clause... until him.A night of passion with the darkly handsome stranger in a far away country was supposed to remain her secret. But a month later, she is introduced to him as her company's new owner. Narmada is yet to discover the true extent of his deception...Yash Varma has no qualms about using deceptive means to win what he wants, especially to avenge an old family debt. Sleeping with the beautiful widow was supposed to be a cold, calculated plan. But it left a searing impression on his ruthless heart.Yash is no longer satisfied with destroying an enemy, he burns to conquer the body, heart and soul of the woman who now hates him with a passion...Wicked Deception is a standalone passionate romance.

Montana Ever After: The Wildes of Birch Bay Book 8 (BONUS story)


Kim Law - 2021
    After all, he was the first man she’d fallen in love with. He was the only man she still had any real fondness for. Oh, and he was hot.Seriously . . . hot. And he liked dogs. And kids. And he was oh-so-sweet.Sigh.He was basically all the things she wanted. Only, he was also all the things she had zero time for. Her career was finally on the cusp of soaring, and no way would she do anything to risk that.But she would “do” Mason for old times’ sake—provided she could talk him into it.Mason Crowder has been dreading Jade’s return since his sister announced her engagement. After all, he’s spent more years than he would ever admit pining over the woman, and that includes the two years they were together!And dang it, he still wants her.Not that he’s going to admit it. Nor will he stall his own life by waiting for her any longer. If Jade can’t see that he was the best thing to ever happen to her—and that with him, she could have both her career and a family—then he’s out. It’s time to finally move on. Find a woman who will settle down.Only, he really, really wants the one who’ll be heading back to LA in less than two weeks.

Meddling with a Millionaire


Cat Schield - 2011
    The talented jewelry designer would just make her own way. Or go down trying. Too bad her intended groom--maverick businessman and former crush Nathan Case--made her stubborn stance so difficult. The heat of his touch had her nearly betraying herself at every turn. Resisting Nathan and regaining her money were the name of the game--but meddling with this millionaire might land her right back in his arms!

Her Secret Thrill


Donna Kauffman - 2001
    But straitlaced Natalie is determined to play by the rules and get more of what her body is craving....The ground rules: Keep the relationship strictly sexualJake Lannister may live in another town, but after his incredible night with Natalie he just can't say goodbye. But when Jake's lust turns into something more, he's faced with an unfamiliar problem - honor his rules and ignore his building emotions, or give up sex this good and risk losing what he has with Natalie?

Shades of a Desperado


Sharon Sala - 1997
    This lady loves the outlaw…forever.Night after night, the visions kept Rachel Brant from sleep—a hard-eyed outlaw straight out of the old West, claiming her as his woman. And though she knew it was madness, still she longed, body and soul, for that fevered dream to become reality….Then, in one stunning moment, it was made real—by a flesh-and-blood man who stirred her soul just the way her dream lover had. And she had to accept the shattering truth, that she and the mysterious Boone MacDonald were the reincarnation of two long-ago lovers whose story had never been ended—not even by death itself….Originally published in 1996

Living on the Edge


Susan Mallery - 2005
    Hired to rescue her, he kept her safe from a corrupt ex-husband who wanted her dead.While hiding her in his safe house, Tanner quickly realised that he enjoyed her company more than any other client. With close proximity escalating their desires, it soon became clear that there was another danger lurking - their wildest fantasies!For a man who was once tough to the world, Tanner now faced real danger, not only protecting his client, but the woman he loved!

The Wilder Widows


Katherine Hastings - 2020
    Four wishes. One wild adventure.When Sylvie’s husband passed away, she’d barely hung her black dress back in the closet when three widows on Wilder Lane showed up on her doorstep. Who had time to properly mourn when an adventure spanning the globe awaited her?After putting their own needs on the back burner to raise their families, Sylvie, Doris, Alice, and Marge struggle to find purpose now that their children are grown, and their husbands are gone. Loneliness pushes them together while they knit away the rest of their days. Then one night, a whiskey-filled pact catapults these ladies onto the adventure of a lifetime.Each widow gets one wish, one wild adventure, she’s dreamed of doing her whole life. With their wishes tucked away on notes inside their knitting basket, they pull them out, one at a time, vowing to do whatever it takes to help each other fulfill their wildest desires.Hilarity ensues as these four diverse women stretch their boundaries to go where no widows have gone before. They stare death in the face, have cops hot on their tail, and shed away the responsibilities they’ve shouldered their whole lives. The Wilder Widows soon find out their lives aren’t over... in fact, in this second act, their lives are just beginning.

What Bad Girls Get


Emily Tilton - 2020
    But as the stern, sexy men set about taming and training Sophie, a burning backside soon proves to be the least of her worries.Though she is determined to resist both their skilled dominance and her own helpless arousal, Sophie's new daddies have plenty of experience breaking naughty girls, and the harder she fights the more her need for them increases. But when she finally surrenders to her body's demands, will Sophie be ready for an even more shameful role as a plaything for a platoon of soldiers?Publisher's Note: What Bad Girls Get is the third entry in the series The Institute: Bad Girls. The books of this series are stand-alone novels which share the same near-future setting as The Institute Series. What Bad Girls Get includes spankings, sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

Murder on the Orient Express / Death on the Nile / The Mirror Cracked / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie Boxed Set)


Agatha Christie - 2003
    

Let It Ride


Jillian Burns - 2009
    And all the hot flyboys in the world won't make a difference--until Major Cole Jackson sends Jordan's thoughts and hormones into wicked places indeed....What Jordan doesn't know is that Cole made a deal with his buddies: get some hot-'n'-heavy action from the Keno girl, or pay up! But Cole doesn't need an incentive. Every time he looks at Jordan's lips (or any part of her body, for that matter), he's immediately aware that something is up--and it isn't his ante!It looks as if Cole won't lose just his shirt. He'll lose all control, too!

Little Secrets: His Unexpected Heir


Maureen Child - 2017
    Six months. That's how long Rita Marchetti has mourned Jack Buchanan. Yet here he is, alive, standing in front of her, perfect...and devastatingly sexy! Even more amazing is the former marine's admission that he wanted Rita to think he'd died. But the two of them are about to become three and Jack is back just in time.That baby Rita is carrying is his. Despite the pain he holds so close to his heart, Jack can't walk away from his child. A marriage in name only would solve everything. Everything except a desire too deeply buried and too long denied...

Goddess Isles: Volume One


Pepper Winters - 2021
    Any wish, any desire--he is the master at quenching any appetite. His private paradise and perfectly trained goddesses are there for one purpose: to ensure every guest is extremely well satisfied.Included in this Boxed Set: Once a Myth He bought her.He trapped her.She belongs to him. Twice a Wish She’s jinxed him.Cursed him.Awakened him. Third a Kiss An elixir given to a monster.A goddess running for her life.An ending neither of them can survive.

A Mother's Love: Dual Image / The Best Mistake


Nora Roberts - 1994
    Playing Booth DeWitt's cruel ex-wife in his semiautobiographical film is the chance of a lifetime. Not only that, she's secretly in the middle of a custody battle for her brother's son. The last thing she has time for is a complicated relationship with a moody screenwriter, yet Ariel can't get sexy Booth out of her mind. Ever since his very public breakup with his ex-wife, Booth has had serious trust issues. All the same, he can't help it when Ariel makes her way into his life--and into his heart.THE BEST MISTAKEEx-model Zoe Fleming is now a hardworking single mom--and she wouldn't have it any other way. That being said, she needs a tenant to share household expenses. What she gets is confirmed bachelor J. Cooper McKinnon. Coop has no intentions of settling down anytime soon, but when he meets Zoe's son, Keenan, he can't help but bond with the young boy--and fall for his independent mother. But Zoe has zero room in her life for a man! Either this was a recipe for disaster or the best mistake she's ever made. Previously Published.

Saving Grace


RaeAnne Thayne - 2000
    He’ll do anything to repay her. But Grace Solarez turns out to be more than he expected, for her sad brown eyes tell him she needs to be saved, too. Until the night she saved Jack’s little girl, Grace felt she had no hope. Soon, Grace begins to care about something again—about the sexy single dad and his daughter. But will it all disappear when she finds out the truth about Jack Dugan?

The Westmoreland Collection: Zane \ Canyon \ Stern


Brenda Jackson - 2013
    Follow Zane, Canyon, and Stern as they find love, resist temptation and court desire the Westmoreland way.