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Fate is Remarkable


Betty Neels - 1970
    Both of them were still recovering from previous unhappy love affairs, which was why Sarah decided to accept. Surely neither of them would wish to get emotionally involved again for a very long time, but she had not considered what would happen if her feelings for Hugo changed, while his remained the same. Could their need for love overcome their painful pasts, and allow a new companionship to grow?

Pleasured in the Billionaire's Bed


Miranda Lee - 2006
    He knew it would take time, careful planning and execution--Lisa was the ultimate ice princess, perfectly groomed, controlled and cautious. She never dated rich, renowned playboys like Jack!But one long, hot night unleashed the kind of passion Lisa had never dared dream of...and the realization that she might have conceived Jack's baby....

The Ortiga Marriage


Patricia Wilson - 1987
    Nevertheless, Merry couldn't ignore the pain of her young brother, Manuel, and felt impelled to return to the hacienda to guide him through his grief. But Merry knew that going back meant being trapped by her own yearnings for the man who had once protected and dominated her--for the aristocratic and unbending male that was Ramon Ortiga.

The Greek Boss's Bride


Chantelle Shaw - 2006
    But Nik onlysees Kezia as his efficient assistant.But Kezia's dreams become reality when theybegin a passionate affair. Wined, dined andseduced by Nik during long Mediterraneannights, Kezia almost forgets the secret reasonwhy their relationship can't last--untilNik proposes....

Monk Paletti: Taming Ashley Sinatra


Mallory Monroe - 2020
    His idea of fun is when nobody’s bothering him. But when he and his best friend, Teddy Sinatra, stop by Teddy’s uncle’s house, Monk finds himself unable to take his eyes off of one of the uncle’sdaughters: the bad one. And soon he finds himself, the eternal bachelor, ready to give his all for the love of a woman he sees as nothing but good and kind and sexy in a way that keeps him up nights.Ashley Sinatra, the adopted daughter of businessman Big Daddy Charles Sinatra and the niece of preeminent crime boss Mick Sinatra, is always looking for love in all the wrong places. But when she meets The Monk, who looks and talks like a gangster straight out of an old movie, she realizes she just met the bad boy of all bad boys. He’s even too bad for her! Until he shows her a kindness and gentleness no man had ever shown her before.Monk Paletti: Taming Ashley Sinatra is the first book in the Monk and Ashley Romantic Suspense Thriller series.

The Glass Castle


Violet Winspear - 1974
    Why then had he asked Heron to marry him? More to the point, why had she accepted? True, he had much to offer her -- money and his fascinating house, the house that had meant so much to Heron all her life, the Glass Castle -- but Heron was not the type to marry for mercenary reasons. Yet her feeling for him was of fear and curiosity more than any other emotion. Could she ever understand such a strange, arrogant man? Or still less, make him a successful wife?

The Tycoon's Unexpected Baby (The Abbot Sisters Book 3)


Elizabeth Lennox - 2020
    Despite his attempts to keep his relationship with the lovely, vivacious Pepper Abbot casual, after their first dinner together, he was lost. Pepper Abbot had warned him! She’d told Dimitri Bosalis that they needed to hold off on an intimate relationship. So when the intense heat flared between the two of them, the freakish Abbot fertility struck again. Extravagant Pepper didn’t mind since she was already madly in love with the conservative businessman. The world was rosy and beautiful…until tragedy struck. Could Dimitri bring Pepper back from the dark depths of her sadness? Could they recover from the fluke that had devastated their world?

For the Love of God


Janet Dailey - 1981
    As he drove away, she forgot the broken heart that had brought her home to Arkansas. She only remembered the rugged face of her rescuer, who she soon discovered was Seth Talbot, the town's new minister.

Love & Other Lessons


Susan Fanetti - 2021
    She’s always wanted to visit the city and had hoped to honeymoon there. But things didn’t work out that way.Now she’s alone in the City of Light, the City of Love, trying to decide if she can make an expatriate life work, or if she’s merely on a honeymoon alone.Oliver Ward, a dual citizen of France and England, has been living in Paris for years, regularly entertaining his assorted American friends from his days at university in the States. The youngest son of an English marquess, he’s been living the self-indulgent life of the idly rich, but lately that life has lost much of its luster, and he knows he needs to do, and be, more. To be better. Trouble is, he doesn’t know how.Cora and Oliver meet on a tour of the Eiffel Tower. The attraction is instantaneous, and they spend an evening together made for fairy tales. But they will both have to learn who they are for themselves, and for each other, before their tale can find its happy ending.

Shadowed Stranger


Carole Mortimer - 1982
    Not that she knew he was married. That was one little detail Rick hadn't mentioned.When Robyn found out, she soon realized that she could never be the "other woman" in Rick's life, so she firmly resolved to give up the only man she would ever love....

Star Assassin


D.R. Rosier - 2018
    She’s rather unique, and doesn’t have a choice. She’s different, enhanced, and modified. Highly intelligent, faster reflexes, enhanced proprioception, and enhanced spatial awareness, all together make her deadly, and a force to be reckoned with. She’s also virtually a slave, and running would just end in her death. She was working on a way to escape, it wasn’t as simple as just avoiding her handlers. Except, everything changes when she’s taken. Abducted by aliens, and enslaved. Those poor bastards have no idea what they’re in for…   Content Warning:  This is an Erotic Sci-Fi Space Opera, with a polyamory theme, and contains some scenes of an explicitly sexual nature, both MF and FF.

Forbidden


Anne Mather - 1976
    She was shocked to discover that the position she had accepted as governess was the in the home of the man she had spent six years trying to forget. Aware that nothing had really changed, that he could still create havoc with her life, Caroline's first instinct was to flee. Then she found herself trapped - by his daughter's need of her and by the demands of his invalid wife. And by her own need of James!

A Ring to Claim His Legacy


Rachael Thomas - 2018
    Coming face-to-face with Imogen in England is shocking—especially when he learns she’s expecting his baby! Convinced their child will secure his family’s dynasty, Marco is intent on persuading Imogen to wear his ring. But once they’re engaged, their burning desire and Imogen’s warmhearted allure test Marco’s control to the limit…Indulge in this passionate engagement of convenience romance!

His Submissive Husband: The Complete Series


D.J. Heart - 2015
    His third wife's son, Cole, is crashing with him, and though the boy has a heart of gold - he's a disaster. He has no skills, he's dropped out of college, and the only thing he's got going for him is an incredible ass. Landon decides that Cole would be much better off if he were in control of the boy's life. He has three wives behind him, but maybe he'll have better luck with a submissive little husband... Part TwoLandon loves life as a married man. Cole is obedient and eager to please, and when he's not... well, a little discipline and he's right back on track. Though Cole sometimes struggles with the demands Landon places on him, he's settled into a routine and is happy. The relief of not having to worry or think is amazing, and the fond way Landon looks at him more than makes up for whatever depraved fantasies the older man wants to act out. When Cole is kidnapped, Landon is forced to consider how much the younger man really means to him... Part ThreeIn the aftermath of Cole's kidnapping, Landon is gentle, caring and attentive, and it's driving Cole crazy. He misses his brute of a husband. The one who would lock him up in a leather sleepsack the whole day, just because it turns him on to think of Cole trapped and helpless while he's at work. That's the Landon Cole wants. But how is he supposed to tell his hunky husband that this new, kinder version of him is boring? Cole doesn't know... (Warning: This story contains dubious consent, BDSM, punishment enemas, watersports, CBT and fisting. Do not proceed if any of these bother you.)

Mia


Marie Kelly - 2011
    When her car breaks down on a stormy night, she takes it as an omen that she should have stayed away, until she is rescued by the handsome and enigmatic Paul James. Her plan to sign papers and leave as quickly as possible thwarted. Six years ago after being attacked, it was Mia and another victim who had ensured the attacker was put into jail. However, somebody with a sinister agenda of their own seems to be going to a great deal of trouble to keep Mia in town, but time and again, it is Paul who comes to her rescue and for the first time in her life Mia finds somebody worth loving.Show More Show Less