Resultados para "The Heiress" en Contemporánea

I don’t take kindly to jerks. So when Lorde Sheen – yes, that Lorde Sheen – crashed into my carefully curated life, I knew she was trouble. She’s the daughter of a Hollywood icon, all bad attitude and devastating charm, and she challenged me from the second we met. I tried to shut her down. She made me feel alive. I told myself it was just a game. But the moment she saw through me, it stopped being pretend…

I never wanted to fall for a man. And definitely not two men. They tear me apart until I don't know how I'll ever be whole again. Until I'm not sure I want to be. How can I choose between two halves of myself?

I return home from college to a nightmare, discovering my parents plan to marry me off. Rather than being forced into a loveless marriage, I grab my cat and embark on an adventurous journey to the Wild West. I may be trying to find myself, but what I find instead is the handsome Jack Graysen. Or rather, he finds me.

I'm no knight in shining armor. My suit is tarnished. It was a mistake to lie to Neela, but I had no choice. Protecting her and her baby has become more than a job to me. It's personal. But she'll never trust me again now—and I can't blame her. Our relationship was a house of cards that came tumbling down when she discovered the truth. Luckily for me, she can't fire me. We're stuck together, at least for as long as the threat remains. And I plan to use every second to convince her we belong together.

Ben McCallister wasn't like any man attorney Harper Finch had ever dated. For one, his hands were rough and calloused from working all day at his mechanic shops; two, his muscled arms, back, and chest were covered in tattoos; and three, he rode a Harley. The men Harper dated were the ones her daddy would approve of: white-collar, with hands as soft as hers, and the most ink any of them had ever had was a fraternity seal that stayed hidden under short sleeves.

I've wasted years waiting to get my life back, and I finally have an opportunity. It's a simple undercover job-but with a catch. A thirteen month-old, crying, diaper-wearing catch. Because I'm not going undercover as a cook, or a driver. I'm the new manny. If it will get me back in the royal family's good graces, I'll grin and bear it. Even on the worst days, I know this will be worth it. I'll keep my head down and do my job. But it's getting harder and harder to ignore my forbidden attraction to the baby's mother.

Lord Frederick Bowen, Duke of Salisbury, is expecting an heiress for Christmas. The fact does not bring him pleasure. Ever since the war ended, he would rather focus on experiments for his new waterproof material. Celia might be the daughter of an earl, but she's of the illegitimate variety. She has resigned herself to life as a maid for the wicked countess and her two half-sisters. When Celia's half-sister begs her to pretend to be her, Celia is thrust into a fairy tale. Everyone knows though that fairy tales never come true....

Willkommen in der Familie Falcone. Vier mutige Schwestern, vier skrupellose Männer und zahllose gebrochene Gesetze. Als in meinem Horoskop etwas von einem geheimnisvollen Fremden und einem Abenteuer stand, hätte ich gleich zu Hause bleiben sollen. Mit drei willensstarken Schwestern, einem kürzlich ermordeten Vater und meiner Position im »Familienunternehmen« ist meine To-do-Liste lang genug. Ich habe keine Zeit für einen attraktiven Fremden mit dunklen Augen, einem hervorragenden Sinn für Humor und einem Körperbau, der mich zu schmutzigen Gedanken anstiftet.

Ich verfluche den Tag, an dem mein Boss und bester Freund Sidonio Rado in die Falcone-Familie eingeheiratet hat. Denn seitdem habe ich eine neue Obsession: Vissia Falcone.

Willkommen in der Familie Falcone. Vier durchsetzungsfähige Schwestern, vier bösartige Männer und zahllose gebrochene Gesetze. Eigentlich hätte mir klar sein müssen, dass es keine gute Idee ist, einen Deal mit dem Teufel einzugehen – denn natürlich taucht er eines Tages auf und verlangt, dass ich meinen Teil der Abmachung erfülle. Und weil eine Falcone immer ihr Wort hält, habe ich leider nicht die geringste Chance, aus der Nummer unbeschadet herauszukommen … Dark Mafia Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache.

Ben McCallister wasn’t like any man attorney Harper Finch had ever dated. For one, his hands were rough and calloused from working all day at his mechanic shops; two, his muscled arms, back, and chest were covered in tattoos; and three, he rode a Harley. But there was something about this bearded man…how gentle and caring he was with her — outside the bedroom, that is. But his manners in the bedroom? Let’s just say he didn’t have any — which suited Harper just fine. He was a dream come true. If only she were allowed to dream anymore…

“You'll stay up long past your bedtime to finish this fast-paced thrill ride where a couple runs up against the dark side of human nature and an enemy who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan A brave woman on the run from her...

Willkommen in der Familie Falcone. Vier willensstarke Schwestern, vier furchtlose Männer und zahllose gebrochene Gesetze. Vor zwei Jahren habe ich Sidonio Rado mithilfe meiner Schwestern übel hereingelegt, um ihm eine Lektion zu erteilen. Leider brauche ich jetzt ausgerechnet seine Hilfe – nur sagt mir das gefährliche Glitzern in seinen Augen, dass er mir noch lange nicht vergeben hat ... Dark Mafia Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache. Alle Teile der Reihe sind in sich abgeschlossen und durch wiederkehrende Figuren verbunden.

Bella Whittington’s caviar-and-Cristal life comes crashing down when she walks in on her fiancé and best friend tangled up in page 34 of the Kama Sutra, limbs everywhere. But her plan to dull the pain with Daddy’s credit card is totaled by the news that they’ve lost the family business. Suddenly, Bella’s both single and completely broke. Shivering in her dingy, new studio apartment, after a traumatic incident with a homemade turmeric face mask (Hello Tangerina Jolie!), Bella realizes she must pull up her Gucci socks and get a job, fast.

The Third Heiress. The tragic death of her fiance in a harrowing car accident plunges Jill Gallagher into a dark mystery. His final words to her: "I love you…Kate," force her to realize she neither truly knew this dashing British photographer, nor understood his true motives for being here in America. When she brings his body back to his English family, she enters a world of hostility, suspicion, and closely guarded secrets. Then she finds a century-old photograph of an American heiress named Kate Gallagher who looks remarkably like herself-and who disappeared nearly a century ago.

The last few months of Mia Harrington’s life have been tumultuous, to say the least. Losing her father, the bombshell in his will, followed by her multiple whirlwind romances and subsequent marriage - it’s little wonder she’s so thrilled to be spending three weeks in a tropical paradise with her four men. Rest, relaxation and a hefty dose of fun is precisely what they all need.

Denver publishing heiress Miranda Clayton craves more from life than society parties and shopping sprees, but her tycoon father refuses to take her seriously. Her solution? Beat him at his own game by going to work for his top competitor, Connor Reeves, in Las Vegas.

Mia Harrington has had a difficult time of it lately - her father’s illness and subsequent death, then her finding out she must get married if she is to inherit what’s rightfully hers. Mia might be planning to marry investment banker Elias Pym, but she’s also having a relationship with his best friend, Doctor Alex Cartwright, and is in love with her gardener, Thomas Walker. Add to that broken dates, flashy proposals, a sexy Asian tech billionaire, and a nosy housekeeper, and you’ve got a situation hectic enough to drive even the most capable person to distraction.

Evelyn Smythe has been dying a thousand deaths inside, secretly planning to leave England to escape a life of misery at the hands of a monster. She receives aid from an unexpected source and her life changes forever. Knowing she was falling in love with the new butler, she feels torn between leaving him behind and getting away from her arranged marriage.

For over a year Alistair Godstone has been the Duke of Marlowe. Though he's now a wealthy nobleman, it's his wife and daughter who are most important to him. With Christmas at his lavish estate approaching, all Alistair wants to do is celebrate with his family by honoring the father he never met. But rumors start to spread that threaten to tarnish the family name. Rumors suggesting that Alistair isn't the true heir to the Marlowe title.