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DarkWolfe: Sons of de Wolfe by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing a terrible tragedy that robbed him of his wife, the dark and fiery second son of the Wolfe of the Border finds solace in battle.... Quick to temper, and an aggressive fighter, Troy de Wolfe is at the helm of his father’s army when it subdues a smaller castle south of Kelso. Assuming command, Troy is in the heart of Scots territory and the Scots aren’t happy about it one bit... -
![Savior Bear by Harmony Raines]()
Savior Bear by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlus size model, Madison, is comfortable in her own skin. She’s worked hard to create a life she loves. But when bodyguard, Rob, is hired to protect her comfortable is the last word she’d use to describe the way he makes her feel. Their attraction is instant. And mutual. But love at first sight? Madison has never experienced love at all. Not true, deep love... -
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Wild Sweet Love by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTeresa July has led a hard life, but now she has a chance to put her train robbing past behind her. Armed with a new job as a cook to one of Philadelphia's elite families, Teresa is determined to start her life anew, and nothing––not even her boss's stuck–up (and far too handsome) son––is going to stand in her way... -
![Menacing by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox]()
Menacing by E.C. Land, Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomeone's trying to use my past against me.VanirThe one thing I love about my life is that when I go through shit, I'm not alone. The club's always got my back. I've been seeing Vail for a while now and when a series of old photographs are brought to light, Vail almost leaves. I almost lost the best thing in my damn life. While things might've been fine, I wasn't going to simply let it go... -
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![I Never Knew Myself: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel]()
I Never Knew Myself: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElizabeth Bennet is living a lie.She’s known since she was fifteen that she isn't truly a Bennet, but who is she? Are the people and places that appear in her dreams just a sign of her active imagination, or are they memories of her true family? Could the stories she'd told Jane when they were children not be stories at all?Fitzwilliam Darcy is reliving a nightmare...Categorized as:
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![Stranger at the Grove by Mary Kingswood]()
Stranger at the Grove by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn estranged brother is forced to return to his home and face up to his past.Malcolm Gage walked out of his brother’s life sixteen years ago when they both wanted to marry the same woman. Malcolm lost that battle, and he’s never forgiven his brother for it, preferring to live in poverty as a schoolmaster rather than swallow his pride and go home... -
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![Descent by Gemma James]()
Descent by Gemma James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion of Alex and Rafe's saga is here! We did it. We said the vows, dressed for the occasion, dared to believe in Happily Ever After. Alex Mason. It has a nice ring to it, the promise of forever. Until I awake the morning after to an empty bed and my worst nightmare waiting to strike. Rafe is gone, but his twisted desires leave me with the chance for survival... -
![A Demon's Bliss by E.C. Land]()
A Demon's Bliss by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChazI swore five years ago that I'd never allow another woman get to me. To never allow them in my heart. Not after everything that happened, not after the heartache and pain I felt. I've lost people before, but never in the way I lost her. After being on my own for this long I've determined all I need is my music and the people I call my family -- my band.Or so I thought... -
![Entangled by E.C. Land]()
Entangled by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKenyonA baby was left on my doorstep, with a note saying it’s mine.It’s something out of a movie, but it’s not fictional. It’s my life. I hired someone to confirm this wasn’t just a big hoax, and the baby’s mine.In my family, we take care of our own, regardless of the circumstances... -
![Stealing the Heiress by Samantha Holt]()
Stealing the Heiress by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe was looking for adventure...Lady Rosamunde Stanley just never expected in the form of a kidnapping.Well, an almost-kidnapping. The dastardly man only went and took the wrong woman!But she soon discovers the dark, handsome man is not quite the terrible rogue she thinks him to be and she decides to put his experience to use... -
![A Demon's Song by E.C. Land]()
A Demon's Song by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHunterThe day she walked through the front door, I wanted nothing more than to hate her. I didn't trust her, and she rubbed me the wrong way from the get-go.I wanted nothing to do with her, so I ensured I'd avoid her at all costs. It worked for a while, until I found her on the side of the road in the middle of the night... -
![Yellow Rose Trilogy 3 In 1 Collection: Every Little Thing About You, A Texas Sky, City Girl by Lori Wick]()
Yellow Rose Trilogy 3 In 1 Collection: Every Little Thing About You, A Texas Sky, City Girl by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree in one... -
![Happier Than We Deserve: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Melissa Halcomb]()
Happier Than We Deserve: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Melissa Halcomb
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThat terrible event Elizabeth and her family has ever dreaded has come to pass and brought with it changes which none of them could have anticipated... -
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![Ensnared by E.C. Land]()
Ensnared by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForced to marry a traitor's daughter, I'll shed blood to make sure it doesn't happen. MarcAs a child I was put on a silver platter and my parents were presented with marriage opportunities. Many other mafiosos were trying to secure their daughter's hand in marriage to me, a cousin of the Irish Boss. Eventually, they accepted one. The only problem is, I've never intended on being with one woman... -
![Song of Songs by Beverley Hughesdon]()
Song of Songs by Beverley Hughesdon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of ROSES HAVE THORNS, a novel telling of a woman who walks with the ghosts of war by her side, and with shame in her heart, for past dreams forgotten, for loved ones dead, and for the awakened sexuality that binds her to her new husband... -
![A Bride for Clay by Cynthia Woolf]()
A Bride for Clay by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Prescott Brides. A thrilling new series by USA Today Bestselling Author Cynthia Woolf!Five outlaw brides. Five brothers. They take a chance and each find love.She might be forging a new life as a bride for Clay, but Gwen has a past. A lawless past she escapes by becoming a mail order bride where she hopes to find a love she could only dream about.Her new groom is all she imagined...Categorized as:
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![Entwined by E.C. Land]()
Entwined by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMitchI lost the love of my life ten years ago, and now I'm being thrust into a marriage I never wanted.I agreed to help find a prominent Irishwoman, but in doing so I didn't realize the magnitude of what I was agreeing todo. I was to marry a complete stranger. This woman is a mafia princess, who happens to be my boss's wife's sister... -
![Rescuing Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Kate Beauford]()
Rescuing Elizabeth Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Kate Beauford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn arrogant gentleman concerned with family pride. A spirited young lady who vows only to marry for love. What happiness can they find if they are forced to wed?Fitzwilliam Darcy distrusts the workers employed to prepare Netherfield Park for the much-awaited ball...Categorized as:
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![The Sinister Heart by Mary Lancaster]()
The Sinister Heart by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRead Book 2 in Mary Lancaster's latest hit series, The Unmarriageable Series! Lady Cecily, a daughter of a duke, has a habit of getting into trouble. Perhaps it’s her natural curiosity or maybe, she likes excitement, especially where the notorious Lord Verne is concerned... -
![Gilliane by Roberta Gellis]()
Gilliane by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaught in a political feud between rival barons, Gilliane is forced to marry a man she abhors, but, after being taken prisoner by Adam, her husband's sworn enemy, she finds herself both captive and captivated. Reprint... -
![The Long Road to Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Renata McMann, Summer Hanford]()
The Long Road to Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Renata McMann, Summer Hanford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFitzwilliam Darcy has nearly everything a gentleman could want. Looks, wealth, connections. He lacks but one aspect of a perfect life, a bride. He’s chosen Miss Elizabeth Bennet to fill the role but when he proposes, to his utmost chagrin, she refuses him in no uncertain terms. His heart stomped on by a country miss who is by no societal measure his equal, he can’t imagine a worse moment... -
![The Hidden Duchess by Isabella Thorne]()
The Hidden Duchess by Isabella Thorne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Duke is an odious man.To keep her father from hanging, Caroline must marry this repulsive man. Unless fate steps in and lends a hand, she will be miserable for the rest of her life.Fate does step in, but only to muck up the works.Caroline is thrust into a seedy world where she must struggle to survive.Love is the furthest thing from her mind, as she scrubs chamber pots...Categorized as:
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Captive of the Corsairs by Elizabeth Ellen Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBluestocking Sophia Green’s future is uncertain. Orphaned as a child and raised by the wealthy Cappleman family, she has become the companion to her attractive younger cousin, Laura, while harboring to her breast an unrequited love for Laura’s diffident brother.Sea captain Kit Hardacre’s past is a mystery – even to him...Categorized as:
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![Stealing The Bratva Bride by Flora Ferrari]()
Stealing The Bratva Bride by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsToday doesn’t feel like a celebration. I’m getting married, but not to a man I love. When I walk down the aisle, I’m being led down it in chains. All I am is a pawn in someone else’s game. My job is to shut up and look pretty, and marry the man my father wants. But that’s not who I am... -
![Dirty Stack by D.D. Prince]()
Dirty Stack by D.D. Prince
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn life and in love, sometimes you're just gonna have to play dirty.The continuation of Killian and Violet's story. A romance duet that starts with Kill Game.Release date will follow...Categorized as:
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![The Devil Baron by K.J. Jackson]()
The Devil Baron by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis vengeance depends upon her seduction.Rafe Somner, Lord Winfred, has been planning, meticulously, revenge for the day his father and most of his men were killed. Vengeance upon the four Englishmen that not only killed his father, but once ruined his life, driving his family out of England. Bloodlust demands the four men will be broken in the most brutal way—by taking their women... -
![Joanna by Roberta Gellis]()
Joanna by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeautiful, iron-willed heiress to power, Joanna secretly burns with an explosive inner passion as wild and-- radiant as her flaming red hair. But her deepest emotions are tragically frozen by the cold fear of a man's tender love... -
![The Earl Returns by Lillian Marek]()
The Earl Returns by Lillian Marek
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Earl of Merton is back. Can he stay alive? After three years as an involuntary seaman in the Royal Navy, the Earl of Merton returns to an England roiled by unrest. The end of the war has brought economic hardship and unemployment. Merton starts a shipyard, bringing employment to his neighbors but embarrassment to his family... -
![Mistress of Marymoor by Anna Jacobs]()
Mistress of Marymoor by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1759: Deborah Jannvier and her widowed mother are at the mercy of her cruel uncle. When a stranger brings a message from a dying relative, offering to leave her everything if she does as he asks, she doesn’t hesitate. A midnight ride with a stranger takes her to Marymoor and unexpected danger... -
![Follies and Vices: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Emily Russell]()
Follies and Vices: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Emily Russell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat was Wickham’s real reason for not attending the Netherfield Ball? Elizabeth Bennet had been looking forward to the ball at Netherfield Park. In particular, she’d been looking forward to dancing with the charming, amiable George Wickham. But when he fails to appear, Elizabeth blames the proud Mr Darcy and his animosity against Wickham for keeping him away...Categorized as:
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![You, and No Other by Cynthia Wright]()
You, and No Other by Cynthia Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I find that I am in love with Mademoiselle de Fleurance," said St. Briac to the King. "I came here to ask her to be my wife." What a thrill to hear those words from him! Yet Aimee was certain that he spoke them out of pity, not love. St. Briac knew that only his own marriage proposal could keep the king from seducing her -- a fate she was desperate to avoid...Categorized as:
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![Love in the Wind by Madeline Baker]()
Love in the Wind by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHER ENEMY'S EMBRACE Shattered by grief at her fiance's death, lovely Katy Marie Alvarez decided to enter a convent. But fate had other plans. En route to her destination, the coach in which Katy traveled was attacked by Indians and Katy, the lone survivor, was taken captive. Thus she became the slave of the handsome, arrogant Cheyenne warrior known as Iron Wing... -
![The Viscount's Rose by Meara Platt]()
The Viscount's Rose by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings**Special limited pre-order price of $2.99!** When Rose Farthingale is saved from the rubble of her pottery workshop, she knows that she must repay this debt to her handsome rescuer by abducting him (at his family’s desperate urging) in order to save him from the clutches of the scheming woman he is presently courting and intending to marry... -
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![A Highwayman's Mail Order Bride by Blythe Carver]()
A Highwayman's Mail Order Bride by Blythe Carver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last thing a mail order bride needs is a highwayman’s intervention in the form of a stagecoach robbery. Especially when time is of the essence and she needs a father for her baby. Preferably before she begins to show. When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man...Categorized as:
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![Miss King's Rescue by Audrey Harrison]()
Miss King's Rescue by Audrey Harrison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is under threat and turns to the only man she's ever loved...He's a damaged war hero who can't allow anyone to get close.Miss Susan King is an heiress, who doubts her own worth because of the harsh treatment she receives from her family. Constantly belittled, she can't turn to them when she is faced with danger.Lord Miles Longdon, has returned from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars... -
![Tangled Loyalties by Ajme Williams]()
Tangled Loyalties by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI wanted to scratch his face when I had to call him husband...Alessandro De Luca comes from a rival mafia family, and I’m supposed to hate his guts.Except that now I’m waking up married to him.Alessandro sees me as a pawn in this arranged marriage.I mean nothing to him...So why do I still feel like he owns my heart when he claims me every night?My wedding ring reminds me of our big lie... -
![The Mafia Don's Bride by Rosa Milano]()
The Mafia Don's Bride by Rosa Milano
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI walk her down the aisle. I take control of an empire.I'm about to become the boss of an entire criminal world.All I have to do is make one small town girl marry me.But she refuses to walk down the aisle.She says I'm a cruel mafia villain. A heartless devil. A monster.She thinks I'll just let her walk away?My firm hand is going to keep her right here, draped over my knee... -
![Pursuing Monoceros by Linzi Baxter]()
Pursuing Monoceros by Linzi Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA billionaire second chance office... -
![Spirit's Song by Madeline Baker]()
Spirit's Song by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was a runaway wife, with a hefty reward posted for her return. And he was the best darn tracker in the territory. For the half-breed bounty hunter, it was an easy choice. His had been a hard life, with little to show for it except his horse, his Colt, and his scars. The pampered, brown-eyed beauty would go back to her rich husband in San Francisco, and he would be ten thousand dollars richer... -
![Zoe by T.A. Ford]()
Zoe by T.A. Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Cinderella fairytale for all time, Zoé takes the reader beyond color and shares the true nature of humanity and passion in a page-turning tale that will keep you reading-and believing that true love knows no bounds... -
![A Battle for Love by Cynthia Wright]()
A Battle for Love by Cynthia Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA BATTLE FOR POSSESSION ... in which the beautiful young French widow Michelene Tevoulere becomes the pawn in a royal scheme involving England's King Henry VIII and the court of France's Francois I. A BATTLE FOR POWER ..Categorized as:
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![Ride the Wind by Constance O'Banyon]()
Ride the Wind by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is a race against time. In a desperate bid to rescue his best friend's bride-to-be, Reese Starrett thunders across the dusty plains, praying for a miracle. Because it will take a miracle to save the beautiful and pampered Saber Vincente from death, or worse, at the hands of her kidnappers. Dealing with a lowdown snake like Graham Felton, Reese expects hardship, expects bloodshed... -
![Lady Pamela and the Gambler by Callie Hutton]()
Lady Pamela and the Gambler by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShould she live in fear, or turn to the man who she once rejected?Lady Pamela Manning has happily made her home in Bath after several disastrous Seasons in London. Although she sings like an angel, Pamela cannot complete a full sentence without stuttering.The life of a social recluse with two friends whom she adores is fine with her, and she easily dismisses the attentions of Mr... -
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![Her Beast by S.M. LaViolette]()
Her Beast by S.M. LaViolette
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe beast only wins the beauty’s heart in fairy tales. In real life, he destroys it…and her.Malcom Barton is what the man who murdered his wife made him—a beast. Scarred and broken in mind, body, and spirit, he lives his life in the shadows.Until he sees her.Julia Harlow is the only light and warmth to shine into his cold, dead heart for years. Wild, spirited, and free, she’s…everything...Categorized as:
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![Tame a Wild Wind by Cynthia Woolf]()
Tame a Wild Wind by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn TAME A WILD WIND, an exciting, historical, western, romance, Sam Colter is running from his past as a Texas Ranger, from the pain of losing his wife and daughters, from his own broken soul. He finds peace running a ranch and minding his own business until the beautiful, widowed ranch owner, Cassie O'Malley, offers him a devil's bargain...to become her lover with no strings attached... -
![When May Follows by Betty Neels]()
When May Follows by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe future Baroness van Tellerinck isn't exactly sure why she has agreed to get married. Perhaps it's because the tall and broad-shouldered Raf doesn't make her feel like a giant. It certainly isn't a love match. She doesn't love Raf, and he seems indifferent toward her. Everything changes, though, when Raf's ex-girlfriend, Beyke, returns and shakes up this marriage of convenience... -
![Halfbreed Warrior by Bobbi Smith]()
Halfbreed Warrior by Bobbi Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHawk always knew he was different. Everywhere he went, people scorned him, feared him, hated him. He never expected to meet a woman like Randi. Her impulsive spirit and generous heart broke through his reserve and made him want to love again. But he couldn’t afford to get close to anyone. Not with the job he had to do. Randi Stockton grew up around rough cowboys on her father’s ranch... -
![Forsaking The Prize by Heather Boyd]()
Forsaking The Prize by Heather Boyd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was a faithful widow until… Abducted at fourteen and sent away to sea, rough and ready sailor Tobias Randall endured exile and cruelty only to have his plans for revenge crumble. He may have made a terrible first impression upon his return to Romsey Abbey, but he has a plan to reclaim his place—he’ll marry quickly and marry a woman of wealth... -
![Moontide Embrace by Constance O'Banyon]()
Moontide Embrace by Constance O'Banyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNIGHT CLOAKED SPLENDOR Ever since notorious Judah Slaughter had kissed thirteen-year-old Liberty Boudreaux in thanks for helping him escape, she knew there could be no other for her. Now, five years later, the gangly girl had become a breathtaking beauty, ready to find the one who had sparked her passion and show him how much of a woman she had become...Categorized as:
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