Author: Ally Blake
Title: Falling for the Rebel Heir
Description:
All she wants is to feel safe
Never going beyond the boundaries of her small town, Kendall York craves safety and security since the accident that injured her and claimed her fiance's life.
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Danger is his middle name
Returning from his latest assignment as a war-zone correspondent, risk-taker Hudson Bennington III finds Kendall swimming in the pool at his estate, and is enchanted.
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Will she say yes to this rebel's proposal?
Their lives and ambitions are so different, but he's vowed to ease the pain of her past. Can Kendall trust that he'll be around for her future?
Author: Amanda Quick
Title: Reckless
Description: [From Fictiondb]
From a crumbling fairy-tale castle on the stormy Sussex coast to a dazzling, dizzying masquerade ball comes an enchanting tale of a tarnished knight, a daring maiden, and a sweet, searing storybook love...
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At sixteen Phoebe Layton had imagined that Gabriel Banner was a brave and valiant knight, a noble-hearted hero born to rescue ladies in distress. Which is why, eight years later, when she desperately needed help toe carry out a vital quest, she could think of no one more suited to the job than Gabriel.
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But when she lures her shining knight to a lonely midnight rendezvous, Phoebe finds herself sparring with a dangerously desirable man who is nothing like the hero of her dreams. And when he sweeps her into a torrid -- and blatantly unchivalrous -- embrace, she can't help but fear that she's made a dreadful mistake. It's a kiss that will seal Phoebe's fate. For now the exacting Earl of Wylde has a quest of his own: to possess the most intriguing, impulsive, outrageous female he has ever met...even if he has to slay a dragon to do it.
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Quick Note: Heroine walks with a limp.
Author: Anna Cleary
Title: At the Boss's Beck and Call [Modern Romance]
Description:
Working overtime with the boss!
A sexy Italian should be just the thing to liven up Lara's working life. Except this gorgeous specimen of a man is not only her new boss, he's the last person she ever expected to see again-and the father of her child!
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Now Lara is at Alessandro's beck and call -- but his mind is on more than just work. How is Lara supposed to tell him about their daughter? He may have asked her to step into his office, but his demands have extended to the bedroom!
Author: Anne Mallory
Title: The Earl Of Her Dreams
Description:
They could hide their painful pasts and true identities...
Facing the choice of flight or a wedding she cannot abide, Kate Simon has chosen to flee. Disguised as a boy, she takes refuge in a roadside inn, and finds herself rooming with intensely secretive Christian Black. Kate is breathless in the presence of this handsome, mysterious rogue whose piercing gaze seems to strip her naked. But neither suspects that a savage storm and a murder will draw them closer together still.
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But not the passion in their hearts
Christian dares not let anyone learn of his haunted past--or that he is, in truth, the Earl of Canley -- especially not a slip of a girl whose masculine attire cannot disguise the exquisite female form beneath. But now that destiny and a dastardly crime have united them, Christian can no longer contain his desire to taste the nectar of Kate's sweet kiss. Danger certainly abounds, but the gravest peril might be resisting a once-in-a-lifetime passion that can heal all wounds.
Author: Anne Marie Duquette
Title: Her Own Ranger [Modern Romance]
Description:
In Florida's Everglades, Carson Ward is the law.
As a ranger, he's sworn to protect the land. But Carson's taken a private oath, too - that he will track down the poachers who killed his father.
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Alisha Jamison is a well-known wildlife photographer. This assignment in the Everglades will be her last - the poachers who attacked her have seen to that.
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Carson and Alisha team up to search for poachers...and find strength in their partnership of two. They're alike in their independence, their willingness to take risks; they're also alike in their capacity for deep love - and for passion.
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Danger in the Everglades brings them together. Will it also tear them apart?
Author: Anne Marie Winston
Title: Rancher's Proposion [Modern Romance]
Description:
Rancher Cal McCall needed to resist his alluring new housekeeper to shield his battered heart.
But when her troubled past returned to haunt her, Cal offered her protection...in the form of a convenient proposal.
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Lyn knew that a marriage license was no guarantee of happily-ever-after.
But she couldn't say no to handsome Cal's proposal. Soon close proximity was providing temptation not easy to deny! Could Cal also heal her wounded soul with a forever kind of love?
Author: Annie West
Title: A Mistress For The Taking [Modern Romance]
Description:
Made to be his mistress...
Inexperienced Marina Lucchesi must save her brother from ruin. Rich, handsome Ronan Carlisle wants to settle a score.
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Ronan's strategy is simple: if Marina poses as his mistress, he'll ensure that the man who made them both suffer will pay. But Marina wonders, why would Ronan, one of Australia's most eligible tycoons, want her?
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However, she's not in a position to refuse Ronan's offer...or resist the overwhelming physical attraction pulsing between them....
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MISTRESS TO A MILLIONAIRE: She's his in the bedroom, but he can't buy her love...
Author: Barbara Dawson Smith
Title: One Wild Night
Description: [From Fictiondb]
I have always taken pride in my bad reputation.
Polite society viewed me as depraved and utterly dissolute, for I was a disciple of passion. Pleasure was my hallmark, women my pastime. That is, before the incomparable Lady Charlotte Quinton disrupted my life--again.
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Due to a scandal of her own making, she had been banished from home for five years. Apparently she decided that a life of boring respectability was the key to her happiness., We might have continued dawn our divergent paths if not for a vicious attack on our families.
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Tracking a dangerous criminal occupied my time, but the tart-tongued spinster Lady Charlotte occupied my mind--and my desires. Certainly no other woman in London was immune to my charms. Yet the more Charlotte spurned me, the more I vowed to have her. After all, I can resist anything but temptation...
Author: Carrie Lofty
Title: What A Scoundrel Wants
Description: [From Fictiondb]
A Passionate Lover...
A swordsman for the Sheriff of Nottingham, Will Scarlet has finally emerged from his famous uncle's shadow. But when he's unwittingly drawn into a bloody battle between the Sheriff and a nobleman, it's impossible to tell friend from foe. A woman's screams lead Will straight into the carnage to save her--but the ravishing young lady is not the helpless maid she appears to be...
An Amorous Lady...
Meg of Keyworth lost her sight to illness years ago, but that hasn't stopped her mission to save her imprisoned sister, who's been arrested by none other than Will Scarlet. Meg wants to hate Will for betraying her family, but he sparks heated desire in her heart--a desire that only he can satisfy. Meg is lovely and loving, and bedding her is sensual bliss. To please her in every way is what he wants most...for Will knows he will cherish her forever....
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Quick Note: Blind heroine.
Author: Catherine Anderson
Title: Phantom Waltz [Contemporary Romance]
Description: [From Fictiondb]
One glance. That's all it takes.
Wealthy rancher Ryan Kendrick falls hard - and fast - for lovely Bethany Coulter. A beguiling mix of sass and shyness, naivete and maturity, she shares his passion for horses, has a great sense of humor, and can light up a room with her beautiful smile. She's absolutely perfect - in every way but one....
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A long-ago barrel-racing accident has left Bethany confined to a wheelchair.
In the years since, she has known both betrayal and heartbreak - and vowed never to open her heart to a man again. She has even accepted the possibility that she'll never be able to enjoy a healthy intimate relationship - or have children of her own. But there's something about handsome Ryan Kendrick. Something that makes her believe she can overcome every obstacle. Something that makes her believe in lifelong, lasting love....
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Quick Note: Heroine is confined to a wheelchair (as stated above).
Author: Christina Dodd
Title: Candle In The Window
Description: [From Fictiondb]
Two lovers ignite a world of darkness with their wild, breathless passion.
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Raven-haired Lady Saura of Roget was the love lest maiden in all Christendom, unrivalled in face and figure. Yet her fortune and her day-to-day existence were controlled by her unscrupulous stepfather. She lived a life of lonely servitude until she was summoned to the castle of Sir William of Miraval, the magnificent knight sworn to live--or perish--by the sword. But that was before his world exploded in agonizing darkness.
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Bound by their need, they came together in a blaze of passion --Saura, the proud Norman beauty, and William, the golden warrior who laid siege to her heart. Yet blackest danger awaited them just beyond the castle walls, and Saura and her beloved soon found themselves fighting for their lives against a treacherous enemy, even as they surrendered to a love that would consume them in its brilliant flame.
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Quick Note: Blind heroine.
Author: Diana Palmer
Title: Fearless [Romantic Suspense]
Description: [From Fictiondbl]
DEA agent Rodrigo Ramirez is sent undercover to Gloryanne Barnes's stepbrother's farm in Jacobsville, Texas, where he's looking to bust a new and vicious drug cartel. Gloryanne is smart, savvy and fiercely independent, but her job has put her in danger from the same criminal Rodrigo is investigating. She's drawn to the enigmatic new farmhand, Rodrigo, a man who is much more than he seems.
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Confused and bitter about love, driven by his dangerous job, Rodrigo's not sure if his reckless offer of marriage to the oh-so-tempting Gloryanne is just a means to completing his mission -- or something more. But as Gloryanne's bittersweet miracle and Rodrigo's double life collide, they must face the truth about each other, and decide if there's a chance for the future they both secretly desire.
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Quick Note: Heroine also walks with a limp.
Author: Donna Fletcher
Title: The Irish Devil
Description: [From Fictiondb]
The Beauty and the Barbarian
Ireland in the Middle Ages-a land of both heavenly landscapes and hellish warfare. It is in this world that Lord Eric of Shankill is both feared and revered. His unstoppable rage on the battlefield has made him known as the "Irish devil." Little did he know that his greatest battle would be fought in his own heart...
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Faith, daughter of Lord Terra is a healer who lives on the edge of society. Shamed by a cruel act of injustice, cast out by her father, she is the last one anyone would choose for a wife...But when the "Irish devil" is given his choice of Lord Terra's daughters, he demands Faith's hand in marriage. Against all obstacles, they struggle to overcome the pain of their pasts and realized the passion which both have desired-and denied-for so long...
