He could have any woman he wants, except the one he’s forbidden himself to take—his ward, Lauren. He longs for her and craves her. Until now, he’s managed to keep her out of his arms by sending her out of the country. Now that she’s finished with college and back home, his resolve is crumbling. She’s determined to have him, and it’s impossible to fight her and himself. If…when…he surrenders, he knows she’ll hate him for doing so once she learns his darkest secret. He killed her father. This story contains situations that might offend some readers. If you don’t enjoy dark romances, this might not be the book for you. However, if you enjoy a possessive Alpha mafia man torn between conscience and desire, prepare to meet “Patrick.”

    Until scandalous family allegations change the headlines overnight to Socialite in Disgrace!Her reputation in tatters and holding on to the last shreds of her pride, Morgan seeks her estranged husband's help, knowing that to convince merciless Drakon Xanthis, she will have to get down on her knees and beg….At first Morgan had merely been the Greek's trophy bride, but their explosive passion shocked them both—leaving Morgan with only one weapon left to negotiate with: her body.The Disgraced Copelands: A family in the headlines—for all the wrong reasons!Plus a Jane Proter reader-favorite story: At the Greek Boss's Bidding

    He's late for a house party and she'll be perfect as his ready-made date!Marin's completely bewildered.... She thought pretending to be a loving couple would be easy, but the chemistry between her and Jake is explosive! She's also left with no doubt that what Jake wants, he gets.and it seems he wants her--badly. How can she, inexperienced and nervous, handle his lethal brand of dark desire?

    Then he insisted she marry him--not because he loved her, but because of the result of his own unbridled passion. "No child of mine," he claimed, "is going to suffer for my mistakes. "Their marriage, seeped in mistrust, was doomed from the start. Rachel refused to be a surrogate wife and fled before Nick could stop her....And before her hungry, foolish heart told her to stay and fight for his love.

    But what about Mia?She had her own reason for agreeing to be Alex's wife--which was not financial gain, as Alex cynically believed. But how could the truth stay hidden, when she shared such intense passion with her new husband...and was now carrying his child?

    That's all it can ever be." But Larenzo Cavelli lied. One blissful wintery night in his bed changed Emma Leighton's life forever. By dawn she knew two things: Larenzo would spend the rest of his life behind bars, and he would never see the baby their union had made. Two years later, Larenzo's name is cleared and he will get his life back…starting with Emma. It was deception that imprisoned the self-made Sicilian, so what will he do when he discovers Emma has a Christmas secret he might never be able to forgive? A passionate read for Christmas nights!

    I will marry you.'Alex Terzakis's words took Sarah's breath away - marriage was the last thing on her mind! She'd wanted two things when she'd impulsively flung her proposal at him: revenge for her young sister's death and the chance to raise her sister's baby son.True, Alex would fight tooth and nail to keep his nephew but, in her anger and grief, Sarah had believed her demand would send him packing - she'd never expected him to accept!!

    He doesn't just want to bed her with a ruthless passion...he wants revenge!The kidnapped mistress: One hot touch has Kira desperate to slip back between Andr�'s sheets! But first she must tell him that she's having his baby....Andr� is convinced Kira betrayed him with his enemy. He has to uncover the secret she's hiding--if he's to claim his child!

    "And I always get what I want."Since Nick's cruel rejection, Abby had built a satisfying new life for herself and little Jonathan. And now Nick needed his son and was quite ruthlessly blackmailing her into returning him.But he needn't think he'd have everything his own way; this time Abby was determined to show that she was more than a match for him. If only the old attraction between them weren't still so powerful...

    She only knew that her new husband's heart seemed to have little room for love.Yet somewhere behind Vince's harsh unrelenting exterior, Cara glimpsed a man who might someday need more than a pawn in a deadly game of revenge.

    She had her music and her innocent childlike fantasies. Nothing seemed capable of changing her world--until Gideon Firth arrived.He was everything she was not: sophisticated, urbane, powerful. And she found herself responding to his magnetism the way no unawakened girl should. . . .He seemed to wield a power she didn't understand, until he forced her to recognize the truth for herself. Then Marina realized what was happening to her--and what had happened!

    Their feud is over and Sebastien Fiorukis is to marry Alesia Philipos.But she has been purchased for her husband's pleasure!Alesia is not a willing wife--she's been bought by Sebastien! He needs an heir...but a child is something she will never give him...!

    Aleksy Dmitriev is after the ultimate revenge. Yet his plan backfires when he discovers that his new mistress, Clair Daniels, is a virgin who could not have been her former employer's lover. Revenge may be out the window, but that won't stop Aleksy from enjoying the perks of his purchase…. But Clair is destined to be more than just this Russian's acquisition!

    When he overhears the hot little number over the wire at one of his clubs saying what she'd like to do with and to him, his curiosity gets the better of him and he takes a look. Now he's bound and determined to own her. Alexandra Conti is a good girl. The daughter of a cop, she's learned to tow the line. But she can't resist the allure of Bad Boy Gio. She has no idea that while she and her best friend had been sneaking into his club, that he'd had her in his cross hairs. How will she handle it when she finds herself stashed away in his house, and he claims he plans to keep her...? For good Bastard Xander Kostanidis is a bastard and he knows it. He pretty much don't give a damn what anyone thinks about him one way or the other, so it's ccol. Now he's decided that it's time to get started on his dynasty and he needs to find a nice, pure virgin; because his mother would skin him if he got one of his usual skanks in the family way. When he catches sight of the lovely Bianca on the street one day, he sets out to...acquire her, by fair means or foul. The Killer Gianni Callieri is a SEAL, but he's also the grandson of a very prominent member of the underworld. When someone puts a hit out on his family, he has no choice but to resign his commission. Everyone in the family knows, that although he's not the eldest son, he's been handpicked by his grandfather to take over when he's gone. On his quest to eliminate the ones responsible for the hit, he takes out the commissioner of police, but there's only one problem. The daughter's there and she sees it all. Now Gianni has taken her hostage and there's only one of two things he can really do here. Kill her or marry her...

    When infamous Raul Carducci learns that a little baby may challenge his inheritance he will stop at nothing—a new Carducci heir will not take away what is rightfully his.To safeguard baby Gino, unassuming Libby Maynard has been forced to pretend she is his mother—but she hasn't counted on having to convince the wolfish Raul Carducci of her deception.And when Raul, with his achingly seductive voice, asks her to marry him, Libby is powerless to refuse...even if their wedding night will blow her cover!