Download or read book A Royal Ruse written by Ellie Finch and published by Enfield Books, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Finalist in the 2020 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award for LGBTQ Fiction and Non-Fiction* What's the only Christmas surprise better than a prince in disguise? Two of them. Even though Christmas is fast-approaching, Prince Alaister is having trouble getting into the holiday spirit. A member of Parliament has been stealing and laundering public funds, and Alaister can't rest until he solves the crime. When he tracks the stolen money from his country, Alstadia, through the Caribbean, all the way to a sleepy little town in New England, he knows he needs to follow the lead. So he books himself a holiday trip to America. The town of Yuletide, Maine is a veritable winter wonderland, full of Christmas-themed shops, light displays, and cookie baking contests. Since no one knows he is a prince, it is tempting to dive into the celebrations. But Alaister is not here to celebrate; he is here to investigate. Which becomes difficult when he meets Ama, a handsome commoner visiting the town...or so he thinks. But Ama is not a tourist on a Christmas vacation. He is Prince Jean-Michel Amadou Musa Des Rois, younger brother to the King of Port des Rois, a small island nation in the Caribbean. Like Alaister, Amadou has come to Yuletide following threads of corruption. An international company is laundering money through his country, and he wants to find out why. Both men are clever in their investigations, but their efforts thwart each other in a comedy of errors as their identities get tangled and their intentions get steamy. It will take a Christmas miracle to untangle this royal ruse! Content Note: This book contains explicit sexual content and mature language. This book contains depiction and discussion of depression/seasonal affective disorder, which may be sensitive for some readers.
Download or read book Royal Ruse written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas Andino had been summoned by the king…the only problem? He needed a wife…or at least a fiancée, which wouldn’t have been a problem except…his girlfriend just broke up with him. In desperation, he turned to his best friend, Francesca—or Frankie as she was known to, well, everyone. Frankie needed a topic for her sociology dissertation, and she needed it yesterday. When Lucas suggested they become fake engaged so he could answer the summons of the king, Frankie saw the opportunity for what it was. Who else would have unfettered access to a monarch for their dissertation? Who else could do an up close and personal examination of an emerging nation? Besides, Frankie would do anything for Lucas. They were best friends for a reason and if he needed her, then she was his girl. So what if she had a tiny crush on him? They were both going into it with their eyes wide open. No one was going to get hurt.
Download or read book In Our Own Time written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one hour cosy romance…with a hint of spice. Finn and Elizabeth are roommates…so what if Elizabeth has had a crush on him since she was a teenager. Finn is also Elizabeth’s brother’s best friend…her twin brother. She knows there could never be anything between them, except…maybe the attraction isn’t one-sided after all. *This is a short story, but it is a complete story…no cliffhangers.
Download or read book Music Lyrics written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete Music and Lyrics series. Includes Books 1-5: Rock Star - Nate Nash was a rock star...used to be a rock star, now he was just a cautionary tale. Songbird - Stevie Jacks was on her way to the top. Her dreams of being a country music star were on the precipice of coming true, but there was something missing. Nate Nash. Strings - Nadine Court was a hot mess. After crashing and burning in spectacular fashion during her debut tour with her band Court’n Jacks, Nadine had gone to rehab. Now she was ready to try again and hopefully, this time, they might actually finish the tour without ending up in hospital and on the front page of every country music website in the world. Which was why it was a very, very, very bad idea to get involved with her therapist… former therapist. Sticks - A chance meeting between Vanessa Court and Carson Giles had them losing themselves in the physical pleasure of being with someone who didn’t expect more. A ‘friends with benefits’ relationship was what they both needed to blow off steam and reduce the stress in their lives. It was fun. It was secret. And best of all…there were no strings attached. Symphony - The last thing Maeve needed in her life was drama that came in the shape of a six-foot, grumpy musician with control issues. Unfortunately, she needed the job. It was just too bad that six-foot, grumpy musicians were her catnip. So what if it had been a long time since she’d had any adult cuddling…she could keep her hands, and lips, and tongue, to herself, couldn’t she?
Download or read book Final Notice written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hana Park has had enough. She has worked with Carter for nine years but she is absolutely done with his demanding ways. The payout she got for the apps she sold went a long way to helping her make the decision, but Carter doesn’t need to know that. Carter Beckett, CEO of The Playbook, cannot believe his right-hand-person could just up and leave him. Even an offer for a bigger pay check did nothing to sway her. His last resort is to get her to fall in love with him. She wouldn’t leave him if she loved him, right? It started out as an air-tight if stupid plan but then those darned feelings got involved. It was a classic case of her falling first but him falling harder. *The final book in The Playbook Series is a spicy workplace romance where the guy who thinks he has it all together slowly unravels as he experiences all the feels.
Download or read book It s About Time written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one hour cosy romance…with a hint of spice. Emmy has had a penpal for years (can it still be called penpals when it’s via email?) but they’ve never met. Emmy has had a low-key crush on him, even though she doesn’t even know his real name or what he looks like. After going through a rough breakup, Emmy wonders if it is finally time to meet her anonymous penpal. Is he the remedy for her broken heart? *This is a short story, but it is a complete story…no cliffhangers.
Download or read book That one Time written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one hour cosy romance…with a hint of spice. Anna and Damon hooked up once, years ago, but then Damon disappeared and Anna never heard from him again. Okay, so maybe Anna had purposely avoided him after she woke up and found him gone from her bed without leaving a note. When they find themselves face to face after more than a decade, will they get the answers they’ve been looking for? *This is a short story, but it is a complete story…no cliffhangers.
Download or read book Want To Date You written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2021-02-14 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Two broken people didn’t make a whole one. The friendship we had, it just worked. We were kindred spirits. We had shit in common. We were both running from the same demons. That didn’t mean we could make a romantic interlude work, in fact, it almost guaranteed that we would be a complete bloody disaster.” Darcy I liked Cole from the moment my best friend introduced us, and if I hadn’t been seeing someone at the time, we might very well have hooked up. But, instead, we became friends, good friends, and I came to value that friendship more than I’d ever imagined. Cole just got me. When I was around him, I could let all my defences down and just be me. Sure, he was hot, and I knew if we ever went beyond friends, we would rock each other’s world, but our friendship was too important to me to throw it away for one perfect night between the sheets. I didn’t do long term relationships, so one night was all we could ever have, and that just wouldn’t be enough. Cole and I would be spectacular, and then we would self destruct. Neither of us was emotionally available to deal with the fallout. Maybe if things were different, if I wasn’t so broken, but they’re not, and I’d rather have Cole as a friend for life than just a sweet memory. Cole Darcy knocked me on my arse the first time I met her. She was gorgeous; a tiny little thing that I’d like to pick up and carry around in my pocket. But she was also smart and funny and a great wingman. Except that I’d rather sit at the bar talking to her all night than go home with the women she picked out for me. And now my body had gotten on board, and it wanted more, much more. But Darcy was my friend, and the relationship I had with her was probably the healthiest male/female relationship I’d ever had, and I just didn’t want to screw it up. She was too important to me to be a one night stand—even though I knew it would be amazing—and I’m a one night stand kind of guy. That might be an awful thing to admit, but I’m not whole, and I didn’t think it was fair to lump my baggage onto someone else. So having Darcy as a friend was the only way to keep her in my life, and I definitely wanted to keep her.
Download or read book Untangle My Heart written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sutton Sharp’s life was perfectly fine, thank you very much. Maybe the entire town of Hope Springs treated her like a kid, but was it really that bad if people looked out for her? Okay, so maybe she could do without walking in on her brother and his girlfriend doing it on every available surface in the house she shared with them, but apart from that inconvenience (and frankly disturbing image) her life was great. She certainly didn’t need her brother’s best friend riding in on a white horse to offer her a place to live where she wouldn’t be constantly confronted with her brother’s bare backside. She had her own plans…and she had a secret that would be impossible to keep if she moved into Daniel’s place. Daniel Forster had only ever thought of Sutton as Tony’s annoying little sister…okay, there was that one time at the B&S ball where he kissed her, but that was just to shut her up. She’d been arguing with him at them time and he couldn’t think of another way to make her be quiet. That was his story and he was sticking to it. Asking her to move in with him had come as a shock not only to her, but to him as well. Yes, he needed a new housemate to cover his mortgage payments, but Sutton was the last person he wanted to give an up close and personal look at his life…especially not after the incident in the warehouse behind the hardware store. Despite both of their aversions to living together, neither of them had any other choice. But it was only temporary and they both agreed they could do temporary. Neither one of them was prepared for what being ‘up close and personal’ would do to their relationship. *This is a hot and steamy best-friend’s little sister/enemies to lovers romance with a happy ever after and lots of flying sparks and lacy lingerie along the way. **This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English
Download or read book That s The Way The Christmas Cookie Crumbles written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly divorced and relieved of her position as head pastry chef in the restaurant she had slaved over for the last seven years, Ella Templeton was headed to the Sunshine Coast to lick her wounds and decide what to do with the rest of her life. This wasn’t the dreamy Christmas holiday that it sounded like. Ella hated Christmas and she was only going to the Sunshine Coast because that was where her parents lived and they’d offered her a place to stay. Thirty-four year old women shouldn’t be going home to their mothers—especially not Ella’s mother—even if her parents lived in a multimillion dollar mansion right on the beach and Ella could probably avoid her mother all together. No one told her she would be expected to take part in a bake-off on her mother’s YouTube channel, nor did they tell her about her fellow competitor. Michelin starred chef, Jake Collins. Please note: This story takes place in the sub-tropical area of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It’s a Christmas story that takes place in Summer because…that’s how it happens down under. There is no snow, but there is plenty of heat…and I don’t just mean the temperature *wink wink* *This book uses UK/Australian English
Download or read book Love to Hate You written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noelle I was having a very bad day. The worst day of my life. With only eight weeks left until my thirtieth birthday (oh, and Christmas) I was determined to cram every last ounce of fun into my life before I officially became an 'adult'. But my pursuit of the perfect lead-up to my thirtieth birthday was ruined when I turned up at work to find out I no longer had a job. Then I got home to find my boyfriend in bed with someone else. I didn’t hang around for his explanation, instead packing my stuff and walking out, leaving him and the apartment we’d shared behind. Now I was jobless, homeless, and broke. Things couldn't get much worse. Logan I was having a very bad day. With less than an hour before I was due to address the board of investors about the next round of funding for my medical research, I couldn't find a damn thing. My PA had abandoned me for marriage, leaving me high and dry (well, not really, she did arrange for a replacement, but apparently I was impossible to work for) so now I was stuck with an office that looked like a tornado had torn through it and no report to give the investors and the very possibility of being refused the money I needed to make the medical breakthrough I knew was within my grasp. I was a genius—my mother had me tested—but I really sucked when it came to filing. One drunken online ad later and Noelle walked into my life, turning it upside down and leaving me wondering how I ever survived without her. But being a PA is just a temporary solution for Noelle, and she has no intention on staying permanently. No matter how good we are together. *This is a sexy office romance set at Christmas time in Australia where things get hot and steamy (and I don't just mean the weather). **This book was previously published as 'Girl Friday'
Download or read book Introduction To English Renaissance Comedy written by Alexander Leggatt and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasizing the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy--its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. In his close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, Alexander Leggatt makes some unexpected connections between them. The reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.
Download or read book Game Changer written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one ever got a second chance to make a great first impression. That was something Jack Daniels knew all to well. (Yes, that was his real name. No, he was not related to that Jack Daniels). Jack wouldn’t normally care what someone else thought of him, but when it impacted his job? That was another matter entirely. It wasn’t even his fault, not really. If anyone was to blame for Jack making an absolute fool of himself in front of his new neighbour it was his ‘friend’ Carter. But now Jack had to make things right…or he would miss out on the biggest coup of his career. Dianna Fletcher was just trying to live her best life. Yes, she suffered with chronic pain and no, it wasn’t all in her head. It made getting in to the office every day a bit of a challenge, but that was what the internet was for, right? Working from home was a legitimate way to do her job, even if some people didn’t agree. Besides, she was currently experiencing one of the highest points of her career as a game designer…the launch of a game she conceptualised and ran point on from design to production…and the biggest game to come out of Black Sheep Software and Gaming ever. She was living the dream and it should have been the best time of her life if not for the little snag of the grumpy DILF living next door. Dianna would have quite happily gone on ignoring Jack for the rest of eternity, but her boss had other ideas. Now Dianna and Jack had to work together in order to promote her game launch. Dianna would have been quite happy to work with anyone else at The Playbook, but that wasn’t an option. Jack—the grumpy DILF next door—was the guy who could take her game launch from good to great. Working with Jack would be a game changer…if only she didn’t hate him so much.
Download or read book Just a Matter of Time written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one hour cosy romance…with just a hint of spice. Ellie and Nick had been friends for years, and it could have been more than friends, except they were never single at the same time. Until the night of their university reunion…were their stars finally going to align? *This is a short story, but it is a complete story…no cliffhangers.
Download or read book How to Read Shakespeare Like a Royal Vol 1 written by Charles N. Pope and published by DomainOfMan.com. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shakespearean plays contain a stunning breadth and depth of knowledge about English history, European royal history, classical and contemporary literature, and about the complex relationships between the various royal courts of the day. Authorship by the Elizabethan Court is therefore discernible based on content alone, that is, by what the plays revealed and just as importantly, what they threatened to reveal about international royal affairs if the will of Elizabeth was not respected. One of the most significant (and surprising) functions of the plays was to act as a type of "Defense Program" for Queen Elizabeth's throne against her European rivals. However, the plays also served to instill solidarity in the members of the Elizabethan Court and to inspire the English people as well. The plays accomplished all of this without coming across as overly pedantic. They were not merely great works of literature, but a brilliant expression of Elizabethan foreign and domestic policy! The story of Shakespeare turns out to be the story of Don Juan of Austria, from his princely legitimization as a boy; to liaisons with royals ladies from his teens; to being hailed at the age of 24 as “Savior of Europe” at the Battle of Lepanto (1571); to his suppression by jealous males of the Habsburg royal family (1578); and to his rehab by Queen Elizabeth under the English identity of George Carey. As George Carey, Don Juan had been present at the christening of his true son King James in Scotland (1566) and in command of the strategic Isle of Wight during the invasion of the Spanish Armada (1588). He was intimately involved in the founding of the Shakespeare Company both before and after becoming Queen Elizabeth’s “Lord Chamberlain.” The rise, fall and rising again of this international man of mystery was the central theme of the Shakespeare plays. He and Queen Elizabeth appear again and again in the plays, and under such character names as Claudio and Isabella in Measure for Measure; Claudio and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing; Claudius and Gertrude in Hamlet; Bassanio and Portia in The Merchant of Venice; Duke Theseus and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Petruchio and Kate in The Taming of the Shrew; and even Falstaff and Mistress Quickly of the Henry IV plays. Don Juan was the love of Queen Elizabeth’s life and she found a way to keep him near. Together they not only founded the Stuart Dynasty but became the progenitors of future generations of European royalty.
Download or read book The Billionaire Stepbrother written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bailey Sheppard had a plan; stop a wedding and steal the groom. Bailey had loved Nick Heart forever, and their friends-with-benefits arrangement suited her just fine…until he told her he was getting married. She wanted to be the one he married and lived happily ever after with. So, she hatched a plan to stop the wedding and steal the groom. And then she met Hunter. This is a standalone sexy billionaire romance - no cliff-hanger! *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English
Download or read book Life After You written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you could do your life over again? What decisions would you change? After a horrific traffic accident, January Anderson wakes up to find herself twenty years in the past. She knows she wants to make changes—her life hadn’t turned out the way she’d dreamed the first time around—but will anything she do really bring about the change she desires?
