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Lydia's Penance: Lydia is desperate to escape her stepfather's household, so when she hears the Duke of Manchester say that he doesn't care who he weds, she decides his reputation for being an honorable man and his indifference to who his wife will be makes him the perfect husband. Unfortunately, the Duke is not pleased to be trapped into a marriage with a woman who is keeping secrets from him. Can love still find a way?

Five stern lords, five naughty wives, and Fifty Shades of Hot! This collection of historical romances will have you reaching for your smelling salts... These books contain sassy wives, their stern husbands, and discipline.

Hazel is ruined. With no money, no near family, and the stagecoach to her old governess’s home vanishing into the distance, she is forced to accept the help of the one man she never wished to set eyes on again. To Hazel, the handsome and respected diplomat Sir Joseph Sayle is an infamous rake who took advantage of the princess she served. She hates his arrogance as much as his inexplicable effect on her senses. Under normal circumstances she would never have dreamed of setting foot in his curricle, least of all when he was, by his own admission, “not entirely sober” after a night’s carousing.

The most important fact about Ehla’s life has been hidden from her. Ehla is beautiful and intelligent, but she lives a sheltered life at her father’s estate in the mountains of Pakistan. Her quiet world is shattered when her father’s friends arrive with their son, who brings with him a mysterious stranger. Ehla fears an arranged marriage, but the truth lies far beyond her imagination. Asfand remembers Ehla, though she has forgotten him. He is determined to outwit Ehla’s father and will do anything to reclaim what is rightly his.

Angel World is no heaven.... Held prisoner, Violet never anticipated her long-lost mother would be the poisonous queen of angel world. Or that she’d be forced to rule as a corrupted princess or risk a perilous escape. When a harem boy angel draws Violet into the dark court, she’s thrown into deadly trials that even her monstrous powers may not be able to overcome. If she refuses, both the snarky angel and geek vampire she loves will be enslaved to a powerful cult.

Loosely based on the story of Lanny and Nicole Donovan, The Illicit Game is an odyssey chronicling the rise and fall of their booming multi-million-dollar cocaine and prostitution business. Lanny has come a long way since his days as a paperboy. It all started in the ‘80s, with his Colombian girlfriend Maria. These days, he’s an advocate for legalizing the world’s oldest profession, prostitution. It’s his street name, “Junior”, that’s on people’s lips when it comes to cocaine.

Perpetually vexed by his misbehaving niece, the Marquess of Camden and Spymaster to the Crown is putting his foot down once and for all. If Evie wants to be part of the hunt for the traitor, she's going to do so under the auspices of Captain Anthony Browne...the man she seduced in France before disappearing into the night after he asked her to be his mistress.

Nestled amongst the cobbled streets of Ives-On-Sea is Rosie’s Cornish Vintage Dress Shop. Rosie, a twenty-something redhead, has left behind her cheating ex-husband, and is pursuing her love for reviving pre-loved clothes and their memories. Surrounded by vintage garments, and her new friends, Rosie is adjusting to single life when Matt turns up on her doorstep. With his brand new suits and crazy ex-girlfriend, Rosie’s life is about to be turned upside down. Can she find her happily ever after?

Adrian Strathmore, a reclusive genius haunted by his past, leads a double life. By day, he is an enigmatic genius, revered for his intellect and eccentricity. But it is under the cover of darkness that he becomes Prometheus, the masked avenger who rescues innocent children from the clutches of a merciless underworld. Scarred both inside and out, he finds solace in his hidden identity and the noble purpose it serves.

Although the Great War is over, the world is not at peace. Off in the East, the Russian Revolution rages, and the Great Powers, including Imperial Japan, are struggling to contain the threat of Bolshevism. Meanwhile, hundreds of tons of gold have been looted from the Imperial Treasury. Whoever controls this vast wealth wins the revolution.

Pam and Gary have been together for six years, and they are just about to have their dream wedding at their favourite location, Cancun, Mexico. But the reality is, things have gotten rather stale between them, and both secretly desire to light up the fire again. Pam has always had a naughty fantasy of sleeping with another guy, and she lets Gary in on her secret. To her surprise, Gary is open to her idea under one condition; it must be with another couple instead.

Newly single and still reeling from the revelation of her ex’s infidelity, only just about ready to stop wearing her engagement ring, it’s safe to say romance is the last thing on Rosie’s mind at her employer’s lavish summer party. Then Ethan Harber bursts on the scene. Rich, handsome, uncompromising, and dangerous, the magnetic connection between them is instantaneous, and Rosie finds herself drawn into a confusing and intense world of uncertainty and passion.

Being snatched off the street should be scary, right? Wrong! I'm an omega with a strong instinct to make the best of a bad situation. Armed with my designer handbag full of junk, and the brooding, hot alpha who's crossed over to my side, he ensures my safety by handing me over to his estranged brother's pack. I quickly learn I can trust them when they make a generous gesture.

The war that everyone had feared has finally broken out. While Sir Thomas and Mr. Bertrand cope with the grim realities of the modern battlefield in Flanders, Adelaide is sent to hunt for spies in the wilds of Yorkshire. The safety of her adopted countrymen, and England's ability to resist the German onslaught are both at stake, and she soon learns that the fight is not limited to Europe alone, but elsewhere, and in the shadows...

Journey through the colonies of 19th-century Australia with three stand-alone novels of love, loss, survival, and redemption. In 1806, a fateful decision sends Eleanor Marling from the salons of London to a prison ship bound for New South Wales. She is put to work at the female factory of Parramatta. English settler Grace Ashwell flees an abusive lover in Hobart Town, with six-year-old Violet in tow. Deep in the wilderness, they find a crude hut inhabited by an escaped convict long presumed dead.

Australia, 1857. Life is brutal on the goldfields of Castlemaine. With death around every corner, people are all too willing to believe in ghosts and embrace the spiritualism movement finding its way across the seas. For Lucy Earnshaw and her husband Tom, their arrival in Australia is marred by unimaginable grief. In the wake of her loss, and amid a failing marriage, Lucy is drawn into the world of spiritualism and theater—and into the path of dashing young playwright, Will Browning. Lucy’s new obsession leads her into the dark underbelly of the goldfields.

Lily Davies' first—and final, if she has anything to say about it—Season in London is mercifully coming to an end. Exhausted by the parade of balls, importuning gentlemen, and the endless dismissal of her suspicions about a certain captain, Lily wants nothing more than to return to her quiet life of country walks and intensive study. Unfortunately for this bluestocking, she is besieged en route to Derbyshire and kidnapped by a highwayman.

The Romans have ceased their war with the Druids, at least temporarily. The division between the Orders is beginning to heal, at last. With relative calm returning to the new Highland Skyhold, Caedwyn, Brianna, and Muirenn leave the Order in Catarina’s hands. The three now find themselves on the island of Eire where they encounter the Draoi and the Semnotheoi of the island. All seems well, yet an ancient evil is stirring, and before long, makes itself known. A rage festering for thousands of generations now threatens not only Eireland, but Britain and Gaul, as well.

In Ancient China, a young woman will make a stand against evil, and her courage will herald the dawn of a new order: The League of Demon Hunters. But before the League, there was the Brethren. Zen drew her sword, the Sword of Divinity Xuan Yuan, and she held the sacred blade aloft for all to see. The late afternoon light caught Xuan Yuan's burnished copper, and the sword gleamed like the sun.

She always dreamed of marrying a Stuart brother. Just not the one who meets her at the altar. Furious at the circumstances leading her to be wed to the wrong Stuart brother, Josephina Pennyworth clashes immediately with her bossy new husband. As she tests her husband's patience and the boundaries of her new life, the threat lurking in the shadows grows larger and places more lives in peril. Who among them will survive?