Download or read book The Arrogance Of Love Mills Boon Modern written by Anne Mather and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mills & Boon are excited to present The Anne Mather Collection – the complete works by this classic author made available to download for the very first time! These books span six decades of a phenomenal writing career, and every story is available to read unedited and untouched from their original release. The Duque’s willing captive...

Download or read book Sicilian Husband Unexpected Baby written by Sharon Kendrick and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sicilian Husband, Unexpected Baby Sharon Kendrick When Emma's billionaire Sicilian husband found out she was likely to be infertile, he declared their marriage was over! But then, back in England, Emma discovered the impossible had happened – she was pregnant. But life as a single mother is tough, and, unable to pay her bills Emma has only one option: Vincenzo. Once he learns he is a father, though, Vincenzo is intent on claiming his son and returning to Sicily with him. So now, if Emma is to stay with her beloved child, she must also return to the marriage bed!

Download or read book The Marciano Love Child written by Melanie Milburne and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alessandro Marciano threw pregnant Scarlett out on the street—this gold digger had betrayed him! Now he has returned—and he has a business proposition for Scarlett: he'll bankrupt her or bed her. The choice is hers…. But when Alessandro's faced with the fact that Scarlett's child is his son, there is no choice. Scarlett will be the Marciano bride—willingly or not….

Download or read book The Arrogance of Love written by Anne Mather and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lost in Love written by Michelle Reid and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someplace Between Heaven and Hell… Four years ago, Guy Frabosa had hurt Marnie so deeply that she vowed never to set eyes on him again and had divorced him in a blaze of pain and anger. He fought her, but she'd had a trump card and had been desperate enough to use it. Now Guy held all the cards—Marnie needed his financial help and had little choice but to play be her ex-husband's rules. He demanded her body and soul, but the thought of returning to his side as his wife filled her with a raging hatred—made all the more consuming by her utterly wanton desire for his lovemaking.

Download or read book Hidden in the Sheikh s Harem written by Michelle Conder and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kidnapped by the desert prince... Prince Zachim Darkhan of Bakaan never expected to find himself bound and at the mercy of his nemesis. But with a skillful ease borne of years as a warrior he escapes his bonds...then takes the man's daughter as his captive and hides her away in his harem! But Farah Hajjar is no man's prisoner, and as the power play between them escalates so, too, does Zachim's desire to taste the forbidden, sensual delights their chemistry promises. As the line between hatred and desire blurs he's led past the point of no return. Now they'll find themselves captured...in marriage!

Download or read book A RING TO SECURE HIS HEIR colored version written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2020-10-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex promised a tycoon he would investigate whether his long-lost granddaughter, Rosie, is a worthy heir. When he met Rosie while undercover, he felt a tremulous excitement that he had never experienced before. While Alex tried to get closer to Rosie and take care of her, Rosie fell in love with him. Their relationship seemed to be going well, but then Rosie realized Alex’s true motives. Shocked and devastated, she has to ask herself if her first love is over.

Download or read book Reading the Romance written by Janice A. Radway and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. Among those who have disparaged romance reading are feminists, literary critics, and theorists of mass culture. They claim that romances enforce the woman reader's dependence on men and acceptance of the repressive ideology purveyed by popular culture. Radway questions such claims, arguing that critical attention "must shift from the text itself, taken in isolation, to the complex social event of reading." She examines that event, from the complicated business of publishing and distribution to the individual reader's engagement with the text. Radway's provocative approach combines reader-response criticism with anthropology and feminist psychology. Asking readers themselves to explore their reading motives, habits, and rewards, she conducted interviews in a midwestern town with forty-two romance readers whom she met through Dorothy Evans, a chain bookstore employee who has earned a reputation as an expert on romantic fiction. Evans defends her customers' choice of entertainment; reading romances, she tells Radway, is no more harmful than watching sports on television. "We read books so we won't cry" is the poignant explanation one woman offers for her reading habit. Indeed, Radway found that while the women she studied devote themselves to nurturing their families, these wives and mothers receive insufficient devotion or nurturance in return. In romances the women find not only escape from the demanding and often tiresome routines of their lives but also a hero who supplies the tenderness and admiring attention that they have learned not to expect. The heroines admired by Radway's group defy the expected stereotypes; they are strong, independent, and intelligent. That such characters often find themselves to be victims of male aggression and almost always resign themselves to accepting conventional roles in life has less to do, Radway argues, with the women readers' fantasies and choices than with their need to deal with a fear of masculine dominance. These romance readers resent not only the limited choices in their own lives but the patronizing atitude that men especially express toward their reading tastes. In fact, women read romances both to protest and to escape temporarily the narrowly defined role prescribed for them by a patriarchal culture. Paradoxically, the books that they read make conventional roles for women seem desirable. It is this complex relationship between culture, text, and woman reader that Radway urges feminists to address. Romance readers, she argues, should be encouraged to deliver their protests in the arena of actual social relations rather than to act them out in the solitude of the imagination. In a new introduction, Janice Radway places the book within the context of current scholarship and offers both an explanation and critique of the study's limitations.

Download or read book The Italian s Runaway Bride written by Jacqueline Baird and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealthy Italian count searches for his unhappy English wife in this classic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Gianfranco asked Kelly to marry him, after her holiday affair with him left her pregnant! But, once married, Gianfranco was often away on business, and his family made Kelly’s life a misery. Then she heard that Gianfranco didn’t want her at all—he just wanted their baby. . . . Kelly had no choice but to run away . . . However, one thing was certain. Gianfranco would find her—but why? Because he wanted to reclaim his bride . . . or his child? Originally published in 2001.

Download or read book Bought Damsel In Distress written by Lucy King and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billionaire's bid... Luke Harrison is always in control. But ever since he bid for the chance to save a green–bikini? clad beauty he's felt his self–possession slipping away... Blind Date... Independent Emily does not want rescuing; until Luke, a smouldering knight in shining armour, swoops in on his private jet and starts to change her mind! Secret baby? Neither is prepared for the heat between them as Emily undoes her steely–eyed billionaire; and their no–strings fling leads to pleasure beyond their imagining...

Download or read book My Shocking Monte Carlo Confession written by Heidi Rice and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night in Monte Carlo… Now I’m about to change the playboy’s life—forever! He’s Monaco racing royalty and I, Belle Simpson, was his housekeeper. But that evening, Alexi Galanti’s searing blue gaze exhilarated me. Neither of us could think about anything beyond our desire for one another… Now, five years later, I finally have the chance to reveal my scandalous secret—Alexi’s a father! Even though he’s scarred by his parents’ abandonment, I know Alexi will never desert his son. But falling for him would be a dangerous mistake, even if I’ve never stopped yearning for his touch!

Download or read book Gambling with the Crown written by Lynn Raye Harris and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Sheikh plays to win! The crown of Kyr holds no appeal for pleasure-seeking Sheikh Kadir al-Hassan--his memories of the kingdom are as dark as a desert's night. But neither will he shirk his duty.... Instead, Kadir returns home with a bride so unsuitable, no one will want him to be king! Long-suffering assistant Emily Bryant is the most important person in Kadir's high-octane life, and the most invisible--until she's promoted to royal bride! Sealing their marriage bargain with a scorching kiss leaves Kadir craving more.... Now Kadir must decide what's really at stake in his royal game--his desert duty, or Emily!

Download or read book THE COST OF HER INNOCENCE written by Jacqueline Baird and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book True Love Story written by Willow Aster and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-02-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in an idealistic home, Sparrow Fisher is sheltered and innocent. When she meets Ian Sterling, a musician who is rising in popularity, she instantly falls for his charm. They run into each other over the next few months and eventually begin an unconventional relationship. At different places in their lives, Sparrow is off to college in New York, and Ian is traveling the country with the band. When they see each other, all seems wonderful and lighthearted, but when they're apart, Sparrow is left to wonder if Ian really cares about her the way he says he does, or if she's just another pretty face to him. Once their relationship steadies, they're both happier than they've ever been, and it's hard to not get caught up in the magic they have together. Until something so devastating comes to light that threatens to shatter everything they've built with each other. True Love Story is a story about the real highs and lows that come with a relationship-happiness, pain, angst, and finding out if love really is enough.

Download or read book Never Underestimate a Caffarelli written by Melanie Milburne and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has this Caffarelli finally met his match? Millionaire playboy Raoul Caffarelli has always lived life in the fast lane. But when an accident confines him to a wheelchair—and to the care of a woman whose beauty taunts him—he's consumed with rage and frustration. Used to difficult patients, physical therapist Lily Archer won't be cowed by Raoul's arrogance or distracted by his Adonis-like physique. Carrying her own scars from the past, Lily has vowed never to relinquish her power to a man again. Both underestimate the power of the shared passion between them. Their physical scars may heal, but some wounds run much deeper….

Download or read book HIS BRAND OF PASSION written by Kate Hewitt and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】Zoe frowned at Aaron upon seeing his rude behavior at her sister’s wedding. Did he think he could do anything at all just because he’s a multimillionaire? Zoe tried to teach Aaron a lesson, but she ultimately lost herself to his charm and ended up in his bed! It was supposed to be just another memory until she realized she was pregnant. When Aaron learned about it, he asked Zoe to give up their baby. Shocked at the suggestion, Zoe left…but Aaron decided to follow her.

Download or read book Entranced by Story written by Hugh Crago and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world of stories; yet few of us pause to ask what stories actually are, why we consume them so avidly, and what they do for story makers and their audiences. This book focuses on the experiences that good stories generate: feelings of purposeful involvement, elevation, temporary loss of self, vicarious emotion, and relief of tension. The author examines what drives writers to create stories and why readers fall under their spell; why some children grow up to be writers; and how the capacity for creating and comprehending stories develops from infancy right through into old age. Entranced by Story applies recent research on brain function to literary examples ranging from the Iliad and Wuthering Heights to Harold and the Purple Crayon, providing a groundbreaking exploration of the biological and neurological basis of the literary experience. Blending research, theory, and biographical anecdote, the author shows how it is the unique structure of the human brain, with its layering of sophisticated cognitive capacities upon archaic, emotion-driven functions, which best explains the mystery of story.