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Royal Academy: Bedding the Royals
S. Cinders
1Princess Lia has been banished to the Royal Academy to teach Manners and Deportment. Not only did she hate her time as a student there but the teachers aren't happy about her return as a guest professor for the year. Banking on making friends with the other new teacher, Lia imagines Professor Lehman to be a lovely elderly gentleman with tuffs of white hair and a bent spine. When the real Nick Lehman arrives with his striking Godlike looks, Lia is bound and determined to ignore him. After all, her father has finally promised her freedom if she serves her time and stays away from scandal. Who cares if he makes her knees weak and haunts her dreams? That smoking hot body and chiseled chin, not going to be a problem. Lia's a princess on a mission, what could go wrong?
Protected by the Vengeful Highlander: A Steamy Scottish Medieval Historical Romance
Ann Marie Scott - 2019
Handsome, brave and with a sense of honour. But falling in love is the last thing on his mind.Devastated from his sister's Nessa mysterious death, he will not rest until he takes vengeance.Nora is a young lass full of life struggling to take care of her family and clan. Having no father and mistreated by her cruel brother, is forced to marry Laird MacKinnon, Nessa's former husband!Although he has no evidence, Lennox secretly suspects Laird MacKinnon for his family's tragedy.When he meets Nora in MacKinnon's castle, driven by a primitive instinct of affection, Lennox decides to stop this marriage and protect Nora.They will soon realize that their real enemies are still hidden in the shadows..."Protected by the Vengeful Highlander" is a story packed with romance, tragedy, and redemption, set on the beautiful backdrop of the Scottish Highlands. Get your copy TODAY for 99c OR FREE With Kindle Unlimited!Enjoy!
Vengeance (Green Bayou, #6)
Rhonda R. Dennis - 2013
Déjà Vu set in when Jackson Sonnier paid a visit to Green Bayou, but despite the unforeseen circumstances, she managed to overcome many obstacles to find a life with the man she loved. Then came the ultimate hurt, Emily was deceived by someone she thought she could trust. Now Vengeance will be hers!
The Irish Don's Black Beauty: Part One: The Irish Mafia (The Savage O'Shea's Book 1)
Rose Marie - 2021
A Fiery Bluestocking for the Earl: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel
Leah Conolly - 2021
Seasons of Fidelity: End Game
Takerra Allen - 2020
But have they cleared all of the rubble away? What happens when a solid union is constructed on shaky foundation? Will it stand or will it crumble?Derrick and Aleeya are not Derrick and Aleeya. For the second time, they've entered a new season apart. Is it destiny or doom that await if they should connect? With so many odds stacked against them, will the dice ever roll in their favor?Yael has gone missing at a fragile turn in Justice's life, leaving him feeling more isolated than before meeting her. With time to reflect, he begins to analyze why he's so dedicated on saving others. Should he toss out the raft once more, or stop himself from drowning this time?The Finale packs answers to the burning questions. For two seasons, readers have trekked further into the dark cave of Takerra's mind and these characters' soul-twisting world, and now suddenly - they're handed a flashlight. All they have to do is make it out.Let's see who makes it out with them...together.
Ferocious Warrior: Dismantle Your Enemy and Rise
Cora Jakes-Coleman - 2019
This book will teach me how to train with my pain, push with my prayers and conquer what’s trying to conquer me. SUMMARY: This book isn’t about winning pretty. Rather, it will show you how to punch through your pain, deliver a fatal blow to the enemy, possess all God has for you, and experience ferocious victory. The devil is striking from every side and it’s not because he wants to distract you or ruin your day—he wants to take you out! He’ll do anything to break you down. But you can flip the script and dismantle him instead! When the enemy attacks, the fight gets ugly. Your prayers and your faith have to get intense. You have to remove the makeup, take off the tie, and get down in the dirt of life to destroy the work of the devil. In Ferocious Warrior, Cora Jakes Coleman shows you how to win. Sharing keys that helped her through personal battles with depression, insecurity, infertility, and loss, Cora offers strategies to help identify the tactics and agenda of the enemy, and the obstacles to your breakthrough. Ferocious warriors don’t shrink back from the enemy—they go into his camp and take back everything he stole from them. The book also reveals:
How to use the weapons of warfare that are already at your disposal
How to implement the five principles of prayer
How to let your pain push you to your next level
How to think like a warrior and win even the toughest fights
FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
Prayers and affirmations to help readers activate their faith
How to experience and maintain deliverance
Guidance to develop the lifestyle of a warrior and sharpen the weapons that bring victory
The Cartel Deluxe Edition: Books 1-3
Ashley Antoinette - 2018
The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond, leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret. The secret is his illegitimate son, Carter Jones. When young Carter learns of his father's death, he comes to town and is introduced to the legacy of the CartelMiamor is a woman who uses her beauty to enhance her skill as a contract killer. She is the leader of The Murder Mamas. When her crew is hired to take down the Cartel, they get caught slipping, and Miamor loses her sister in the process. She is determined to get revenge. Unknowingly, she meets the son of Carter Diamond, and he immediately catches her heart. She is sleeping with the enemy, and when she finds out, she is torn between love and revenge.Thus begins the saga of the Cartel, the New York Times bestselling series by street lit superstars Ashley & Jaquavis. Every book in the series is full of their trademark fast-paced drama, deceit, and plot twists that will leave you shocked. Now fans can relive the story of the Diamond family in this deluxe edition, with books one through three all under one cover.
A Virgin to Tame the Duke
Harriet Caves - 2022
And no one must ever know that she was kissed by the most depraved one against a dark garden wall. Or even worse, that she enjoyed it.Aaron Brighton, the Duke of Hexham, has everything planned out. He has arranged his sister’s marriage and he is now on the market for his own Duchess. One that will not meddle in his affairs. And certainly, one that will not bite.Just when his sister’s disappearance has Aaron feeling that nothing could go worse, a gossip column changes his mind. For it appears that he is engaged to the most obnoxious and intoxicating Lady of the Ton. And she will pay for trapping him so. Just as soon as she helps him find his sister.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Volume I
Anne Brontë - 1848
The character development is very strong and realistic, and the dialogue of the novel is very powerful.
Nuptials in Nevada: An At the Altar Story
Keira K. Barton - 2018
Her agent and her parents are all too involved in her acting career, and she longs for a real connection with a man—not one driven by money and greed. When Scarlett meets Dr. Lachele Simpson on Timmy Callen’s talk show, she hopes that signing up for Matchrimony will be her way out of a life she’s never wanted. Beau Lawrence doesn’t even flinch getting on the back of a bull, but he wouldn’t be caught dead talking to any of the girls who want his attention after a rodeo. Beau has always chosen his bull riding career over his relationships, and he doesn’t see that changing anytime soon. When Beau’s friend Josh convinces him that he won’t ever be happy alone, he decides to take a chance and let Dr. Lachele find a match for him. Will Scarlett be able to accept Beau’s cowboy lifestyle? Or will the man she met at the altar make her wish she’d never left LA? www.keirakbarton.com
America's First Daughter
Stephanie Dray - 2016
As Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother’s death, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France.It is in Paris, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love—with her father’s protégé William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love, principles, and the bonds of family, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as William’s wife and still be a devoted daughter.Her choice will follow her in the years to come, to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and even the White House. And as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation, in the process defining not just his political legacy, but that of the nation he founded.
Half Pleasure Half Pain
Mohamed Ghazi - 2016
This book is about the girls whose lives were ruined by me. I want to write about my story, for it’s the only way to be immortal. I want you to feel the pleasure of falling in love. The lust, the passion, the desire, and the craving that turns into an unhealthy addiction. And I want you also to feel the pain of losing someone, the ache, the agony, the bitterness, and the grief that cripples your soul forever. This is for everyone. The forgotten souls buried under the melancholy of the past. Yes, I will show you how much you hurt me, I will write. This is what my heart holds for you; half pleasure, half pain.
Burning for the Highlander
Maddie MacKenna - 2021
Which is why she finds herself working as a maid for a Scottish Laird...a scandalous position for an Englishwoman.Angus Murdoch’s life was turned upside down after a fire, set by the enemy clan, burned down half his castle. Many lives were lost; but the fire sealed away one of his biggest secrets…One he would guard with his own life.As their forbidden romance blooms, Daisy and Angus have to combat not only the distrust between them, but also ghosts of the past...When Daisy learns about Angus’ secret, the world around her crumbles; and a mystery unravels around those who were long thought dead.
Highlander’s Winter Rose
Fiona Faris - 2021
Heartbroken and alone, she finds solace in the arms of the wounded Highlander.Maximus, son of the Mackay Laird, lost everything. After his sire and older brother die at the hands of a traitor, he must stay alive to claim back his legacy.Half-dead after the sneaky attack, he is rescued by a lass. His general's beguiling, illegitimate daughter.An all-consuming passion engulfs them both, though Maximus knows that they cannot be together.To get his revenge, he must gain powerful allies. And that means marrying another. A noble Lady. Specifically, his dead brother's betrothed.Now Maximus has to make a choice; lose his clan or stay with the woman he loves.But before he can decide, Rosallyn is violently abducted…She healed her wounds, he mended her broken heart…