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The night I catch my husband cheating is the night I stop pretending. I don't cry. I don't scream. I don't get mad—I get even. So I bring home another man—a stranger with wicked eyes and a smile sharp enough to carve me open. I let him have me in the house I share with a liar. A moment of weakness? Maybe. A moment of revenge? Definitely. But he saw me—the darkness, the hunger, the parts my husband hated—and he wanted more.

Lady Guinevere Mallory has been married four times in 12 years, and each of her husbands has died mysteriously. Adept in the laws of property, she has secured the land of each of her late spouses, vastly increasing her personal wealth. After the death of her fourth husband, this trend raises some eyebrows at the royal court, and Hugh of Beaucaire is sent to investigate these puzzling events.

Lady Philippa Nielson had no memory of what took place in her bedchamber in the dead of night—nor knowledge of the dangerous plot that put her life in jeopardy. But with a brief touch of his hand and one glance of his knowing gray eyes, Pippa felt a connection to the dark stranger who should have been her greatest enemy. Who was this man who seemed to understand more about her life than she did herself? Why did she respond to his most casual caresses with the most urgent and reckless of desires?

Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares. At the center is Mencheres, a breathtaking Master vampire who thought he'd seen it all. Then Kira appears—this fearless, beautiful...human who braved death to rescue him. Though he burns for her, keeping Kira in his world means risking her life.

Donna Grant presents Book 8 in the Skye Druids series. Contains mature themes.

If Sarah Mercer had ever been asked to describe herself in one word, it would be sensible. After all, she had a steady job. Made prudent decisions. Was in what she though was a logical relationship. But when her fiance dumps her for an exotic dancer, Sarah decides it's time to change . . . everything! The first thing on her agenda? To get out of town and take a three month trip to Ireland.  

1893 Oklahoma Territory. Robert Hiram's is in love with his boss's daughter, but she is betrothed to another. Amidst roving outlaws and the chaos of a land run, can faith and love overcome the drive for revenge? Robert Hiram dreams of claiming his own land and escaping the grip of a cruel boss, but his heart belongs to Belle, a woman promised to another. When Belle's brother, Frank, falls in with a gang of outlaws, tragedy strikes, shattering lives and testing faith. After everything, a woman of deep faith stands as a beacon of hope for Frank.

When I discover my boyfriend is cheating on me, I quit my job, and move to take up a role as the PR manager for a hockey team. Only problem? There’s a mix up. Now I’m stuck sharing a flat with the grumpy, hockey captain who's a former marine. Worse? (or is that better?) there’s only one bed! Even worse? My ex too has moved, as the captain of the rival team, ugh! When my enigmatic roomie realizes how much I want revenge he comes up with a plan.

Ungeplant schwanger, kehrt Vi Stone, die jüngste der drei Stone-Schwestern nach Hause zurück. Zu ihrer Überraschung weckt sogar ein Mann ihr Interesse. Nur schade, dass ausgerechnet der, auf den sie ein Auge geworfen hat, aus seiner Abneigung gegen ihr geplantes Tattoo-Studio keinen Hehl macht. Durch eine Reihe unglücklicher Umstände verlor der Starkoch Gregory Dumont nicht nur seinen Stern, sondern anschließend auch seine Anstellung als Hilfskoch. Seine letzte Hoffnung ist die Eröffnung eines eigenen Lokals mitten in den Rocky Mountains.

Emma Ruiz knows two things. 1) Her father is innocent, and 2) there is no convincing the smoking hot U.S. Marshal looking for him of that. When McCabe comes knocking on her door to gain intel on her ill father's escape from federal prison, Emma needs to find a way to keep his attention on anything except the case—the question is, will she survive the sparks that fly whenever he's close?

He's my best friend's brother, and he's completely deranged. Dark, disturbed, and hell-bent on making my life as his new tutor an actual living nightmare, he's the enemy I should shy away from. Secrets are locked behind my red lips, just as his are concealed by his pressed tie and crisp school uniform. We are more alike than either of us are willing to admit. Tobias says heartless boys never kiss... But he kissed me.

Hannah’s stubborn, abrasive, and vicious. She’s also mine. Hannah: My life as I knew it ended the night my boyfriend tried to rape me. I killed the swine, and I’m not sorry. After that night, it became my mission to rid the world of as many predators as I could. If that meant I got slapped around a little, I’d sacrifice for the cause. What I didn’t count on was my brother’s best friend coming to my rescue. That dangerous vibe he’s giving off is making me feel things I never expected. Knuckles fought for me. Protected me.

My life has been shaped by some kind of underworld scheming I don’t really understand. Or maybe I don’t want to know. But now I’m living in darkness and violence, unable to break free but unwilling to succumb to the drug induced stupor my captives force on me. Then Gunnar, a fierce man with a dark relentlessness, charges to my rescue like a black knight, taking vengeance on those who have hurt me. Our first meeting isn’t a rescue out of a fairy tale -- it’s pure chaos. Gunnar may be an ex-con, but he protects me with a ferocity I never knew existed.

Eine tödliche Diagnose. Ein Scharfschütze. Und die unmöglichste aller Liebesgeschichten. Jule ist Mitte dreißig, als sie die Diagnose ALS erhält – unheilbar. Statt dem qualvollen Ende entgegenzusehen, beauftragt sie einen Auftragskiller, sie in einem Moment des reinen Glücks zu erschießen. Der Sniper soll den perfekten Moment finden, doch während er sie beobachtet, verliebt er sich in die lebensfrohe Jule. Als sich die beiden ungeplant begegnen, flammt zwischen ihnen eine Leidenschaft auf, die alles verändert.

Ich gab ihm meine Unschuld und meine Tugend. Ich gab ihm meine Liebe und meinen Hass. Gibt es noch etwas zu geben? Angelo Russo kam wie ein Sturm in mein Leben und hinterließ eine Spur der Zerstörung. Der Mann, der mich über alle Maßen hasst, ist der Mann, der mir einen Ring an den Finger steckte und mir seinen Namen gab. Mein Mann ist mein schlimmster Feind. Aus den Trümmern unseres Lebens ist nichts mehr zu retten. Er hat mich geheiratet, um mich zu zerstören, und das hat er hervorragend gemacht. Er hat mir meine Unschuld und meine Tugend genommen. Ich gab ihm meine Liebe und meinen Hass.

Meretta Larsen is smitten. Her job at the library is safe and quiet, healing her from a painful past, until the new mystery man in town asks for her help. When his face turns up in a hundred-year-old photo, Mere’s rational mind wars with the evidence in front of her eyes. Accepting his offer for dinner, she trusts her gut and takes a leap of faith. Their passionate night together leads to the revelation he calls another planet home. Will Meretta help her lover escape the agents hunting him, even if it means breaking her own heart?

Life comes in stages. Even the Sisterhood has been content to let their gold shields gather a little dust while they enjoy their friends and family. But when a string of anonymous emails arrives at Pinewood, suggesting shady dealings at a local assisted-living facility, Myra Rutledge and her best friend, Annie de Silva, are more than ready to out-hustle a master con artist at his own game. They’ll need to enlist some new and untested allies in order to pull off their brilliant plan.

Life comes in stages. Even the Sisterhood has been content to let their gold shields gather a little dust while they enjoy their friends and family. But when a string of anonymous emails arrives at Pinewood, suggesting shady dealings at a local assisted-living facility, Myra Rutledge and her best friend, Annie de Silva, are more than ready to out-hustle a master con artist at his own game. They’ll need to enlist some new and untested allies in order to pull off their brilliant plan.

Wir haben schreckliche Verluste zu betrauern, die uns bis ins Mark erschüttert haben und alles verändern werden. Die Entscheidung, wer mich zur Frau bekommt, ist durch diese Tragödie gefallen. Und gerade jetzt sollte ich eigentlich meinen Fokus nicht verlieren und meine Konzentration auf meinen zukünftigen Gatten lenken. Doch die schwarze Seele meines Stiefbruders zieht mich an wie die Motte das Licht und lässt mich für ihn in seiner Hölle verbrennen.

Savannah McIntyre is estranged from her family, haunted by the destruction that her father's development business has visited upon the landscape that she loves. So when a family wedding calls her home, the hope of reconnecting with her dad surfaces, putting her directly in the path of Gabe Tanner, an archeologist on her father's payroll. Navigating their mutual attraction on a remote and dangerous archaeological survey proves difficult, given their differences in ideology, but Savannah and Gabe are about to find out that love can thrive in any landscape.