Download or read book Secrets of An Accidental Duchess written by Jennifer Haymore and published by Forever. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her pale hair and slim figure, Olivia Donovan looks as fragile as fine china, and has been treated as such by her sisters ever since a childhood bout with malaria. But beneath her delicate facade, Olivia guards a bold, independent spirit and the kind of passionate desires proper young ladies must never confess... It was a reckless wager, and one Max couldn't resist: seduce the alluring Olivia or forfeit part of his fortune. Yet the wild, soon-to-be Duke never imagined he'd fall in love with this innocent beauty. Nor could he have guessed that a dangerously unpredictable rival would set out to destroy them both. Now, Max must beat a Madman at his own twisted game-or forever lose the only woman to have ever won his heart.

Download or read book The Accidental Duchess written by Madeline Hunter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Madeline Hunter comes this seductive tale of a headstrong young lady, a scandalous manuscript, and the iron-willed duke determined to save her from her ruin. For fans of Mary Balogh, Eloisa James, and Julia Quinn. When Lady Lydia Alfreton is blackmailed over the shocking contents of a manuscript she once wrote, she must go to the most desperate of measures to raise the money to buy back the ill-considered prose: agreeing to an old wager posed by the arrogant, dangerous Duke of Penthurst. At least Penthurst is a man she wouldn’t mind fleecing—and she’s confident she’ll win. Penthurst long ago concluded Lydia was a woman in search of ruinous adventure, but even he is surprised when she arrives at his house ready to bet her innocence against his ten thousand pounds—a wager he only proposed to warn her off gambling. When she loses to a simple draw of the cards, Lydia is shocked. Now, her problems are twofold: a blackmailer determined to see her pay and a duke determined to tame her rebellious ways. One misstep and Lydia could find herself ruined—or bound to the seductive man who would make her his duchess.

Download or read book The Accidental Duchess written by Jessica Benson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader, I married the wrong man. I had every intention of doing the thing right. Of saying my vows and walking out on the arm of Bertie Milburn. Nice, safe, easygoing Bertie. And that is precisely what I thought I had done. But as it turned out, I'd been tricked! Tricked into marrying Bertie's twin brother Harry, the Earl of Cambourne and (as my mother would insist on reminding me at every opportunity) future Duke of Winfell! And the shocking way in which I found out -- on my wedding night, no less...well, it doesn't bear repeating here! And the truth is that Harry, who is my husband, but should not be, makes my hands shake and my heart pound in a way that Bertie never has and never will. Vexing, dangerously charming Harry, who won't tell me why he had to marry me, why he insists on masquerading about town as his brother, or most bothersome still, why he won't stop that annoying (and rather excitingly successful) habit of trying to seduce me! What is a young lady to do? Gwen

Download or read book Kiss of the Vampire written by Cynthia Garner and published by Forever. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warriors of the Rift Once a generation, the rift between the paranormal world and the human world opens, allowing supernatural entities to cross. Vampire, demon, or shapeshifter, they can save the world-or send it spiraling into chaos. Half-demon, half-human, Nix de la Fuente is accepted by neither and mistrusted by both. Determined to prove she's more human than not, she devotes herself to solving crimes between the world's mortals and its most unsavory undead. But her latest case brings her face to face with the one vampire she could never resist . . . Called in to investigate a string of violent murders, special agent Tobias Caine isn't interested in rekindling his relationship with Nix. Yet one look and the vampire knows his need for her is as strong as ever. Once, their all-consuming passion nearly cost Nix her fragile hold on her humanity. Now, as their hunger for one another intensifies, exposing them to an unimaginable danger, it could cost them both their lives.

Download or read book Forever Yours Valentine s Day Sampler written by Forever Yours Various Authors, and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREVER YOURS VALENTINE'S DAY SAMPLER Forever celebrates its diamond tenth anniversary with this special Valentine's Day sampler of sparkling romance titles featured on the Forever Yours digital-first list. In Ember, Kristen Callihan presents the mesmerizing prequel to her gothic Darkest London series. Bestselling author Jennifer Haymore offers another chapter of the scandalous Donovan family in Once Upon a Wicked Night. Cynthia Garner introduces a fearless female soldier whose heart-pounding journey takes her across dimensions and Into the Rift-to a love she never knew existed. In Hailey Edwards's Soul Weaver, Chloe's life takes a dramatic turn when she meets the angelic Nathaniel, and finds a love that defies the boundaries of Heaven and Earth. Wedding bells are ringing in Hope Ramsay's delightful and charming Last Chance Bride. Vicky Dreiling turns up the heat with a tale that introduces the Sinful Scoundrels, rakish noblemen who are about to meet their match in A Season for Sin. Love takes a suspenseful and dark turn in Debra Webb's Obsession, in which a law-enforcement agent must face a serial killer from her past. Making her fiction debut with Renegade, Nancy Northcott presents a fast-paced paranormal romance featuring a sexy sheriff hunted by magical criminals. The rustic Texas town of Maverick Junction is the setting for the sizzling tale of a rough-and-tumble cowboy and the heiress who wins his heart in Lynnette Austin's Somebody Like You. And finally, Forever Yours proudly concludes this collection with Jessica Lemmon's Tempting the Billionaire, a sultry, tantalizing chronicle of two lovers who discover the perfect merger between business and pleasure.

Download or read book One Scandalous Season written by Grace Burrowes and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four bestselling authors bring you the magic of the season in this holiday historical anthology! His for Christmas by Jennifer Haymore Lady Amelia Witherspoon simply must get home to her beloved family on Christmas Eve. So when a terrible storm threatens to leave her snowbound, she refuses to admit defeat—even if that means sharing a carriage with Evan Cameron, the last man she ever hoped to see. Their only option is to take refuge together at a nearby inn, sharing the one remaining room. Evan promises to be a gentleman . . . but it's a promise neither of them wants him to keep. Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt Adam Rutledge loathes Christmas. But he'll brave the fiercest snowstorm to please his grandmother. Though when their carriage wheel snaps, they're forced to seek shelter. Sarah St. John loathes rakes. But in the spirit of the season, she'll welcome this viscount into her home. As the storm rages and the tension rises, Sarah and Adam find themselves locked in a fiery kiss. If love is the true meaning of Christmas, it's the one gift this mismatched pair can't wait to unwrap. Patience for Christmas by Grace Burrowes Advice columnist Patience Friendly's relationship with her stubborn, overbearing publisher, Dougal MacHugh, is anything but cordial. Dougal challenges Patience to take on a rival writer in a holiday advice-a-thon, and sparks fly clear up to the mistletoe hanging from every rafter. Will Patience follow the practical guidance of her head or the passionate advice of her heart? The Duke’s Christmas Miracle by Christina Britton After learning the horrible truth of her birth, Poppy Tilburn was driven from the only person who ever cared for her, her childhood friend Marcus. Now a lady’s maid, Poppy visits the Duke of Hollyton’s house party for the holidays—only to learn the duke is Marcus. If a romance between them was out of the question before, it is so much worse now that he is a duke. But as Marcus and Poppy find the romance between them that sparked long ago rekindling into something much stronger, will he get a Twelfth Night miracle and convince her to stay for good?

Download or read book The Darkest Day written by Britt Bury and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALL-CONSUMING DESIRE . . . Izel Campbell was raised to believe she is an immortal Fionn with the magical skills of persuasion. But when she travels to Scotland to visit her ancestral home, Izel discovers that she is actually the world's last living human. Forced to run for her life, Izel crosses paths with Kelvin Kerr, the Campbells' greatest foe-and the most magnificent warrior she has ever seen. BURNS BRIGHTEST . . . A thousand-year-old battle chief of the Kerr clan, Kelvin lives only to avenge his father, who died at the hands of the bloody Campbells. Honor demands he kill the Campbell heir, but when he learns that the lovely Izel is both Campbell and human, Kelvin is torn between duty and desire . . . ON THE DARKEST DAY Word Count: 86,000. This is Book 1 in The Immortal Heat series.

Download or read book Into the Rift written by Cynthia Garner and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a generation, the rift between the paranormal world and the human world opens, allowing supernatural entities to cross. Vampires, demons, or shapeshifters, they can save the world-or send it spiraling into chaos. In this exclusive ebook short story, Sirina Lan Maro, a fearless warrior from beyond the Rift, fights to save her world. But when her own cousin plots against her, Sirina is forced through the Rift and finds herself in nineteeth-century London. Alone and trapped in the body of a human host, she struggles to survive in this strange new world-- until she meets a man who offers everything she needs...

Download or read book The Ice Princess written by Elizabeth Hoyt and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Nights of Sin As the madam of Aphrodite's Grotto, the most infamous brothel in London, Coral Smythe knows everything possible about men's needs and desires. Yet she's never experienced the love of a single man-not even that of Captain Isaac Wargate whose hawk-like eyes stare at her with both condemnation...and lust. Seven Nights of Ecstasy Captain Wargate heartily disapproves of the sensuous madam who always wears a golden mask. She lures his officers from both his ship and their duty. But when Coral herself is offered up as the prize in a game of chance, Wargate impulsively enters...and wins. Seven Nights of Love Now the puritanical navy captain has just seven nights to learn everything he can about the mysterious madam and what she knows of a man's desires. But when Coral is threatened by the new owner of Aphrodite's Grotto, will Wargate take a chance on the woman beneath the mask...and on love?

Download or read book It Begins with a Kiss written by Eileen Dreyer and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Drake's Rakes Short Story! Fiona Ferguson wants nothing more than to flee Miss Lavinia Chase's Finishing School. Rather than the safe haven the girls' families presume it to be, the school is intent on making its charges conform to the rules-by any means necessary. For Fiona, the only thing worse than staying at the dreaded "Last Chance Academy" would be abandoning the friends she's made there. But when she receives word from home that her sister is in trouble, Fiona plots her escape . . . A devoted spy in service to the Crown, Alex Knight takes his duties very seriously. His latest assignment-to ensure that the incorrigible Fiona remain safely at school-turns out to be far more of a challenge than he expected. After matching wits with the fiery Scottish beauty, he learns that the greatest danger of all . . . begins with a kiss. This download includes a sneak peak from the first book in the Drake's Rakes series, Barely a Lady!

Download or read book Confessions of an Improper Bride written by Jennifer Haymore and published by Forever. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWICE TEMPTED Serena Donovan left London six years ago, her heart broken and her reputation ruined by devilishly handsome Jonathan Dane. Now, with her family's future in peril, she reluctantly agrees to return to England and assume her late twin's identity. The price? Marry a man she doesn't love and spend the rest of her days living a lie. Jonathan Dane, Earl of Stratford, has become an incorrigible rake, drinking, gambling-and trying to forget Serena Donovan. Yet the moment he's introduced to the prim and proper "Meg", he recognizes the sensual young woman who captured his heart. Haunted by his past mistakes, he refuses to lose Serena again. But convincing her to trust him is no easy task. Claiming his lost love means exposing the truth and destroying the life Serena has sacrificed everything to rebuild. With the future of all the Donovans at stake, and their undying passion capable of triggering yet another scandal, how much will Jonathan and Serena risk for a chance at true love?

Download or read book A World Slowed written by Rick Tippins and published by Rick Tippins. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World Slowed, stretches the Post-Apocalyptic genre in a slightly different direction as the story follows an unprepared Silicon Valley computer engineer, Jared, through his struggle to survive in a world devoid of modern amenities connected to electricity. While many people hunker in their homes, waiting for government assistance, Jared quickly realizes he needs to take action if he intends to survive. Fending for himself proves far more difficult than he ever imagined. When an old man, Bart, takes him in, Jared learns skills he is forced to use when hiding and scavenging are no longer options. Even before Jared acquires the skills to sustain his own life in this new world, he unexpectedly becomes the caretaker of a seven-year-old girl who is left all alone after her parents are tragically murdered. From the beginning to the end of this book, Jared is tested to his limits, escaping harm time and again only through his thoughtful approach to a new way of living.

Download or read book Once Upon a Wicked Night written by Jennifer Haymore and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of London looks forward to the Dowager Duchess of Clayworth's annual ball. For no matter how hard the serious society matron strives to host an elegant event, scandal always ensues . . . Seven years ago it was a young Serena Donovan and Jonathan Dane who shocked the ton when they were discovered in a most compromising position. Tonight they return for the first time as the Earl and Countess of Stratford. And while Serena hopes for a quiet evening to introduce her younger sister Olivia to society, Jonathan's only desire is to pick up where he and Serena left off . . . Though innocent Olivia secretly longs for the kind of passion her sister shares with her husband, none of the men she's met spark a fire inside her heart-least of all the notorious Marquis of Fenwicke. When his request for a waltz turns into something sinister, Olivia must use her wit and wiles to evade a powerful peer who vows if can't have her, no man shall...

Download or read book The Accidental Duchess written by Emma Manners Rutland, Duchess of and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She didn't realise she was falling in love with a duke . . . Filled with anecdotes and insights, this is a unique and fascinating look into the life of an accidental duchess.

Download or read book The Duke of Windsor s Last Secrets written by Clive Fletcher and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Novel revealing the deep dark hidden secrets of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor never previously published. Many of their secrets are deemed so sensitive that they will probably never be read by the public. Also read the many unacknowledged legacies the Duke left to mankind.

Download or read book Secrets of His Forbidden Cinderella written by Caitlin Crews and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Spanish aristocrat’s forbidden indiscretion yields scandalous surprises in this contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Overwhelming. Irresistible. Off-limits. Teo de Luz was all those things to innocent Amelia. Until she attends his opulent masquerade ball, and they share a deliciously anonymous encounter! Now Amelia must tell this brooding Spaniard he’s the father of her unborn child. Teo can’t forget his runaway Cinderella, but discovering her true identity stuns him. His loathing of Amelia’s family means he cannot dismiss her deception! He will marry her. He will claim his heir. And he’ll exact a sensual revenge on Amelia, one pleasurable night at a time . . .

Download or read book The Highlander s Accidental Marriage written by Callie Hutton and published by Entangled: Scandalous. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland, 1817. The Duke of Manchester's sister, Lady Sarah Lacey, always abides by the rules of etiquette. Fate, however, has no such confines. On a journey to the Scottish Highlands, Lady Sarah is set upon by misfortune–leaving her without carriage or chaperone, and left to the mercy of a kind and handsome gentleman. Whom (in order to secure a room at an inn) she announces is her husband. When she proclaims they’re married in public, Professor Braeden McKinnon can't bring himself to correct the lovely Lady Sarah. After all, her reputation would be ruined. Nor can he tell her that her proclamation is not only legally binding in Scotland, but sharing a room is considered to be an act of consummation... Now they are bound together until death do they part–even if Sarah has no intention of becoming any man's wife. The Marriage Mart Mayhem series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 The Elusive Wife Book #2 The Duke's Quandary Book #3 The Lady's Disgrace Book #4 The Baron's Betrayal Book #5 The Highlander's Choice Book #6 The Highlander's Accidental Marriage Book #7 The Earl's Return