Romance

For years, every time Queenie Taehlor’s life turned a page, another adventure began. From a high school girl band to four of the hottest romance writers around, the Cups had stories to tell. On the heels of their latest signing, feeling as if the thrill really has gone, Queenie finds there’s one more story to tell.

When the Delmirth army destroys the land of Vellas, Princess Cassandra Wellington escapes not only with her life, but with the sacred Ruby Idol. This idol has the power to bring peace and prosperity to its people if returned to the Sunken Islands where it was stolen. In order for Cassandra to complete this mission she must remain pure and untouched. On her quest across dangerous lands she suffers a terrible accident and is rescued by a wild warrior, Keidon Roke. Not knowing of her plight and sacred oath, Keidon falls in love with the princess and takes her virginity. With the Delmirth army determined to reclaim the treasure, Cassandra and Keidon must reach the Sunken Islands in time. Can their newfound love stand the hardships they endure, or will lies and deceit tear them apart?

Tracy Wilkins is in Cornwall researching women pirates for a thesis. Her stay at a wonderful, old inn leads to an unexpected invasion by a ghost. Sidetracked, Tracy learns how lonely the ethereal lady is as the charming captain of long ago reveals the story of her dangerous life and the enticing rendezvous that led to her demise. The friendly ghost of Molly Maguire, a pirate captain of the seventeen hundreds, longs for some excitement. She investigates her new companion and finds the lass quite an unexpected pleasure. The question is, can she charm her new roommate into enticing some leisure entertainment of another sort to join them?

Up and coming dress designer, Mary Moore, meets handsome Benjamin Garrison at one of her fashion shows. Ben sweeps her off her feet and into a whirl of romance and exciting sex. Mary thinks her life is complete until she discovers that someone is stealing her designs and manufacturing them for sale on the black market. Her perfect life crumbles about her when her friend and salon manager, Rebecca Soames, discovers who is behind the counterfeiting but is murdered to keep the discovery quiet.

Stormy Wedding is a romance set in the Texas panhandle of the 1850s. Constance wants to marry Erik, even if her father doesn’t approve of him. She really does. But the circuit-riding preacher shows up a week early and a storm is coming and it’s late enough for snow and Mama has to hurry making her dress and their house-raising isn’t until next Saturday and there isn’t enough baking done and—and most of all Constance just isn’t ready.

When Melanie, the world’s most beautiful and successful supermodel, is proposed to by Adam, the world’s handsomest billionaire bachelor, wedding bells are about to start ringing. Then Sarah, the real woman of Adam’s dreams, suddenly tells Adam she is ready to take Melanie’s place. Adam reneges on his proposal to the blonde bombshell Melanie, making her both bitter and revengeful, determined to stop him from marrying her redheaded nemesis, Sarah, at any cost. When a vengeful shard of glass, wielded in a fit of rage causes scars to mar the once angelic beauty of Sarah’s face, Adam must decide if beauty is indeed only skin deep, or if he actually truly loved Sarah all along. Sarah now wonders if her horribly scarred face will keep her Sitting Pretty where Adam is concerned.

All paramedics know how dangerous their job can be. Kiefer just never expected to experience that truth so early in his career when he lost his cousin and job partner to a tragic accident. Now floundering in both life and his role as a paramedic, Kiefer is in jeopardy of losing everything he worked so hard for. In all his years as a Pontiac City Fireman, Ray’s seen a lot of hurt. Nothing affected him more than the day he found Kiefer, emotionally shattered and near catatonic. Ever since then, Ray hasn’t been able to get the paramedic out of his mind. When he finds out that Kiefer is making a cross-country trip to return some items to his deceased cousin’s mother, Ray jumps at the chance to go along. What Ray doesn’t expect is to fall for the medic. Will he be able to help Kiefer heal enough to give them a chance or will Ray suffer his own heartbreak?

Sarge is a hard as nails construction worker—as rough and tough and as well built as they come. All is well in his life. He’s a softy in the arms of Hayden. He’s a man deeply in love. One who’s touched by his angel on every level, which is a far cry from how he acts in front of everyone else. Life is perfect. What could possibly go wrong? Sarge is told the truth about Hayden—his angel is a peacock shifter from the doomed Boonta colony wiped out years ago by the Schism. What’s more, the Schism know this, too, and they are on the hunt. Will his angel become nothing but a legend like all the other shifters over the eons?

Tony is in trouble. It is against the Muses’ Law to show himself to his client. Convicted of the crime, he now must spend the rest of his life on Earth. Sandy came to the Riviera to finish her latest erotic novel, but things aren’t going the way she wants. Her muse is mysteriously absent and she’s on a deadline. Then she meets Tony, a sexy American living in a palatial villa in France. Tony isn’t quite who she thinks he is. She’s heard his voice in her mind since she started writing erotica. She soon discovers Tony’s secret. Her life with Tony is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her ex-husband.

Andi Thomas has always worn her hair waist-length. But when her carefully-planned wedding evaporates she impulsively has the honey-colored locks whacked off into a chin-length style. In the beauty shop Ruth gives her a romance novel to read, and tells Andi she should use her honeymoon reservations for a solo fling. But librarians don’t do flings. Andi convinces herself that a week on San Antonio’s romantic Riverwalk will be the perfect opportunity to complete research on her book about pioneer Texas women. Even with her new, sassy hairstyle it would be silly to fantasize about stepping between the slick, scarlet covers of the steamy novel and romancing a hero.

Timmon has been sent by the Warder’s to find their missing cousin. After a few weeks of watching this extraordinary woman, he decides that she is the one for him. The problem is that he has been watching her in a non-human form. Now he needs to get onto her radar. That can mean only one thing. Moving in next door. You have never seen a house-warming this hot.

Serafina was born a dhampir. The offspring of a Warder and a Vampire. The first in centuries. She has no idea that an ancient spirit is plotting to take over her body and use it for a purpose she couldn’t imagine. Franc has been a vampire since he was born. He has never been exposed to magic in this form, and being dragged into Realm, fighting with dragons and goblins is so far off his personal scale that he might have to consult a therapist after it is over. Together, they make Halloween a night to remember for all the Warders and the inhabitants of Realm.

All his life Jochen has had one dream and one dream only—to become a professional hockey player. Now after years of hard work, he’s close to his goal. Well…maybe a better term would be almost there since he’s playing for a minor league team and is barely making a livable wage. Still, he’s not complaining since he feels like it will only be a matter of time before he’s called up to the NHL. He just needs to make sure that he doesn’t allow any distractions to get into his way. Then a huge distraction plows into his life when Jochen volunteers to help at a summer youth clinic. There he meets Rebel, a very sexy, cute and tempting goalie. The problem is both of them are deep in the closet. They both fear that coming out could hurt their careers. Besides, all they’re doing is having a little fun on the side and they don’t feel like it’s anybody’s business. Then just as they least expect it, their secret comes out in the most explosive way possible, forcing Jochen to admit just how much Rebel means to him. Will their love be able to survive the fallout, or will they lose everything they ever wanted?

Helping his brother escape the zoo, Rainy discovers more than just an array of animals. Rainy scouts the zoo, planning a mission to rescue his brother, who’d been sold by poachers while in wolf form. He gets a whiff of the most intoxicating scent, the man Travis Carlyle, his mate. But he quickly finds out that before he can claim the handsome veterinarian, Rainy has to convince Travis that he’s worth coming out of the closet for. Travis leads a quiet, discreet life, avoiding any situation that could possibly out him to his family. After so many years alone, Travis finds the love, affection, and acceptance Rainy offers him too hard to resist. But just when he decides Rainy might be worth the persecution of revealing his sexuality, he discovers Rainy has been keeping secrets, a lot of secrets: Werewolves, Shifters, Mates? When he watches a shift with his own eyes, Travis is forced to accept the truth. Too bad not everyone wants Travis to know the wolves’ secrets, tossing him into a feud between shifters. When Travis’s father tries to come between them, can Rainy convince Travis to choose a dangerous, love-filled life with him instead of the comfortable, quiet existence he’s led with his family?

Veronica Aquirre Demetri’s side is taken over and her need to kill is overpowering. Xavier Aquirre has returned from the dead and will help Veronica through her time of need. He must show her that she is loved and there is no need to give up her soul and kill.

Even though the Drones have struck a staggering blow against the Pure Born government, the war is far from over. Now on the defensive against more attacks from their enemies, it’s never been more dangerous to be a Drone or one of their allies. However, Toby and his warlock mate, Blaine, have no choice but to leave the safety of their clan and venture out into this hostile world. If they are to be truly happy together, they must get rid of the evil warlock who not only threatens their happiness, but their lives. So they set out to find and destroy this menace before it can come to them. As they hit the road, they run into additional danger and forge alliances in the most unlikely of places. Time is running out, though and they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives. Will Blaine and Toby be able to eliminate this darkness that is endangering them or will they be doomed to fail?

After all the disappointments in her life, Samantha Bailey locked herself away from the world. All she has is her love for romance novels and for one romance novel hero in particular. Deny it as much as she will, Sam is in love with the gorgeous, sexy, and very fictional Cole Grayson. It’s a hopeless and insane situation until her make-believe hero turns to utterly desirable flesh and blood. Thrust into the world of her vampire novel hero, Sam finds all the erotic passion and love she could ever want. If Sam can survive Cole’s murderous ex-girlfriend and accept that fiction is sometimes real, she may be able to keep her dream man.

After defeating the Black Druids, life was supposed to go back to normal for Detective Selena Hawke, or so she thought. As the new queen of the Unseelie Court, a position she tried desperately to hand over to someone more appropriate, it’s her job to ease the tension between the high courts of Faerie. But when two of her closest friends are suddenly attacked and left for dead, and their two year old son kidnapped, Selena must put all her police training and faery instincts together to find the remaining Black Druids before they use the child to open the gates of Hell. As if that wasn’t her only trouble, a lover from another life time has returned with every intention to woe her away from her present lovers, whether she wants him or not.

What do you get from sleeping with a vampire? No sex that's what. Gabrielle Claremont is fit to be tied. After a hot night of some seriously steamy sex with a gorgeous vampire named Demonte she's totally open to dating a different species, but soon finds out that Demonte is like a lot of other men. Unreliable. After three months and no word from Demonte, Gabrielle has given up hope and decides to see other men with one small hitch. She can't even think about sex with another man without becoming violently ill. So when Demonte shows up on her doorstep Valentine's evening bearing flowers and candy, what's a girl to do? Hormones bumping into each other she takes advantage of the one man who can satisfy her craving to be Twice Bitten.

Trained to be a knight, to protect her father’s lands and earn enough to pay their taxes, Rose is astonished to find that her demented parent has promised her in marriage to a Lord she does not remember meeting. Osgood has been waiting for her father to accede to the betrothal and does not waste time in claiming his bride. How does a man court a woman who has no idea of what courtship is? When she is armed, he does it very carefully.