Download or read book Harbor of Secrets written by Alyssa Drake and published by Seductive Quill LLC . This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl on the run plays a high-stakes game of chicken with the man who murdered her parents. Three years of hiding in the shadows. Three years of looking over her shoulder. Three years of jumping at every shadow. Invisible, Eliza passes from town to town, leaving no trace of herself. A chance encounter with socialite, Sabrina Maldove, leads to an unexpected car ride and a proposal; a ten-thousand-dollar payment in exchange for auctioning herself at a charity event. Desperate and broke, Eliza agrees, finding herself thrown into a world of luxury, and into the path of Sabrina's sexy brother, Nate. Her immediate attraction to him puzzles Eliza. Love-struck, she straddles a fine line between the life she knows and the possibility of a different future. However, someone at the auction recognizes Eliza, and they will do anything to keep her true identity a secret. Turning to Nate for protection, Eliza and his family develop a risky plan to draw out her parents' executioner; offering Eliza as bait to the highest bidder. If they succeed, they will catch a killer, but if they fail, Eliza will lose her life. Adventure, mystery, and passion await in this spicy contemporary romance. Fans of Cristin Harber and Sandra Brown will enjoy this next installation of the Damsels Defeating Distress series. One-click to join the auction.

Download or read book Fortress of Desire written by Alyssa Drake and published by Seductive Quill LLC . This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destitute, an actress accepts a job impersonating the princess of an island nation, only to discover her subjects are plotting murder. Lily Lyon's acting career is dead; her latest play closed on opening night. Broke, jobless, and willing to accept anything, Lily agrees to a unique opportunity offered by the mysterious and sexy Jasper, royal guard to Princess Genevieve of Ceresus. The offer? One week in paradise pretending to be the princess and twenty thousand dollars. However, her dream job quickly turns to a nightmare when Lily learns Her Highness' picture perfect life is a charade. Navigating a minefield of hate, Lily struggles to portray the princess' venomous demeanor without revealing her true identity. When Genevieve's body is discovered skewered through the heart, Lily realizes she is in grave danger, but who can she trust, when everyone has a motive? If you enjoy the sensual intrigue of Julie Garwood and Fern Michaels, plunge into this thrilling series filled with romance, mystery, and a dead body...or two. One click now before time runs out!

Download or read book Wicked Christmas Nights 3 Book Box Set written by Tawny Weber and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Happened One Christmas – Leslie Kelly Six years ago, Ross Mitchell and Lucy Fleming shared a hot holiday weekend. Now Ross and Lucy meet again at his office Christmas party. And when they find themselves alone and snowed in after hours, it's not long before they're making their own body heat! But is it just another holiday romp between the sheets? Or will Lucy and Ross finally get what they really want for this year – each other! Sex, Lies and Mistletoe – Tawny Weber Undercover DEA agent Caleb Black is home for the holidays – possibly to bust his own father. But maybe Caleb's con–man dad isn't the one running drugs through the small town of Black Oak. Maybe it's the green–eyed goddess who runs the New Age shop... Pandora Easton saved the family store with two words: sex sells. And her delectable aphrodisiacs really work, as she's proven with notorious bad–boy Black again and again. Sexy Silent Nights – Cara Summers It never should've happened: club owner Jonah Stone was her boss' best friend. But one look into his stormy grey eyes and security specialist Cilla Matthews was in for a mind–blowing one–night fling in his sumptuous suite. No talking. No strings... No such luck. When Jonah starts receiving threats from a vengeful ghost of Christmas past, he hires Cilla on as a bodyguard...and makes no secret about how close he wants her to be!

Download or read book An Imperfect Engagement written by Alyssa Drake and published by Seductive Quill LLC . This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning her wedding takes a dangerous turn, when a woman realizes a member of her engagement party would rather kill her than walk down the aisle. So far, Miss Samantha Hastings' engagement to Benjamin, Lord Westwood, has been tumultuous at best. Kidnapped by the man who murdered her father, nearly beaten to death, and severely poisoned, Samantha barely manages to escape alive. When the killer reveals his revenge plot had assistance, the Hastings and Westwood families must band together to defend themselves against a new threat, and Samantha concocts a risky plan to draw the accomplice out of hiding. However, this scheme may cost her more than she is willing to sacrifice. There is a traitor in their midst—one who has already committed murder and is willing to do so again. The masked ball approaches and, by the evening's end, at least one more person will die. Will Samantha survive until her wedding day... or will her imperfect engagement become a grizzly prelude to murder? The second book into this intriguing series drags you deeper into the mystery, surrounding the reader in a dizzying array of passion, intrigue, and the richness of the Victorian era. In the vein of Deanna Raybourn and Amanda Quick, this darker installment of the Wiltshire Chronicles will reveal the violent nature of man.] Click now to capture the culprits. *Author's note - Dear readers, this story is part two of a trilogy, with a happily ever after in this book and a surprising conclusion in book 3.

Download or read book Kissed at Christmas A Two Book Box Set written by Sophia Knightly and published by Victoria Koch. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Wicked Wedding written by Laura Trentham and published by Laura Huskins. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s the best Christmas present? A wicked wedding… Cole, Lord Linley, never thought to ascend to the title. After all, he was not the heir or the spare, but a lowly third son. Miss Diana Grambling is painfully aware her blood isn’t blue enough for an earl to consider her as a match. When the childhood friends stumble across a smuggling ring operating along their coast, they are in need a Christmastide miracle. If they can survive, will they be strong enough to follow their hearts? Warning: Contains a hero battling his gentlemanly impulses, a heroine who falls for her brothers’ best friend, and a wicked night in front of a fire that changes everything.

Download or read book Born Bad Boxed Set Serial Killer Thrillers 1 3 written by Meghan O'Flynn and published by Pygmalion Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To save herself, she'll have to face a man deemed one of the world’s most brutal serial killers. She just calls him “Dad.” Compulsively readable with twists and turns you won’t see coming, the Born Bad serial killer series is unlike anything you’ve read before. From clinical therapist turned bestselling thriller author Meghan O’Flynn, this boxed set includes the first three novels in the Born Bad series: Wicked Sharp, Deadly Words, and Intended Victims. “Full of complex, engaging characters and evocative detail—a white-knuckle thrill ride. O’Flynn is a master storyteller.” ~Paul Austin Ardoin, USA Today Bestselling Author “Nobody writes with such compelling and entrancing prose as O'Flynn. The perfectly executed twists and expertly crafted web woven into this serial killer series will captivate you. Born Bad is chilling, heart-pounding suspense that kept me guessing all the way up to the jaw-dropping conclusion and eager to continue the series following Poppy into the next twisted tale. This is my new favorite thriller series.” ~Bestselling Author Emerald O’Brien *** KEYWORDS: serial killer’s daughter, serial killer father, female protagonist, psychopath thriller, serial killer books, serial killer series, mystery domestic crime, dark suspense thriller, female serial killer, amateur sleuths, whodunnit mystery, whodunit thriller, psychological suspense, suspense fiction, suspense book, nail biting fiction, nail biter mystery, vigilante justice, edge of your seat suspense, dark crime, serial killer, revenge, vengeance, mystery suspense thriller series, hard-boiled mysteries, pulp, noir, noir thriller, crime noir, crime, gritty psychological thrillers, serial killers, crime thrillers, crime fiction, gritty mysteries, mystery series, thriller series, psychological thrillers, psychological thriller series, psychological suspense, psychological thriller books, pulp, nail biter mysteries, crime fiction, murder mystery, serial killer thriller, whodunit, whodunnit, nail-biter, intense mystery, suspense fiction, family drama, small town mystery, dark and suspenseful, dark suspense, daughter of serial killer, family crime, psychopaths, mystery domestic crime

Download or read book A Scot For Christmas written by Bronwen Evans and published by Bronwen Evans. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestselling author, Bronwen Evans comes a friends-to-lovers Christmas Romance. Previous available in the Christmas in Kilts Anthology. Lady Emma Duckworth has despaired of ever receiving an offer of marriage. The daughter of an Earl, with a large dowry should have no difficulty finding a husband. Nicknamed ‘Giraffeworth’, apparently towering over men is not conducive to matrimony. She’s therefore decided to embrace her life and future as a spinster, but has one wish to fulfil before she locks herself away. She has to convince the man who owns her heart, a man who barely acknowledges she’s alive, to give her one night of passion. Since he lost his wife, Dougray McGregor, Earl of Lorne has shut himself away. He’ll never risk his heart again, and is happy to abide by his late father's wishes and marry his neighbor’s daughter to save their family from the poorhouse. But fate has other ideas when his best friend’s spinster sister arrives at his door. Lady Emma is all grown up, and for the first time since his wife’s death his passions are stirred. It would be so easy to give into her request. But when Emma stirs more than his lust, can he protect his battered heart and fulfil his vow to his father.

Download or read book The Possession Series Box Set Book 1 3 written by JM Blake and published by JM Blake . This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the couples from the first three books of the Possession Series with some additional content and all the angst! 1. His To Belong To 2. Hers To Belong To 3. Free Note: The fourth book, 'Theirs To Fight For' coming in Summer 2024. Further Note: You will learn how everything ties together in the fourth book. SWEAR Lastly, Book 3 may SEEM unrelated, but its NOT!

Download or read book The Redemption of a Dissolute Earl written by Julie Johnstone and published by Night Shift Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day Andrew Whitton, Earl of Hardwick chooses his fortune over the woman he loves, Drew discovers that money makes for a cold bed partner. Now, no matter how far he runs, the memory of his betrayal haunts him, and there’s not enough liquor to dull the past or diminish his disgust. Charlotte Milne trusted in happily ever after until her knight turned out to be wearing rusty armor. Drew, the scoundrel, seduced her, though she very much enjoyed the seduction by the man she’s loved since childhood. Left scandalously ruined, Char flees her home intent upon forgetting Drew and proving her worth. Separated by disloyalty and pain, each struggle to bury the memories of the other until a mandatory summons from the Duke of Danby sets them on a path of collision to Danby Castle. With the tides of irrevocable change rising, Drew must find a way to show Char that even the most selfish of rakes can be redeemed by love before the woman of his heart becomes the wife of another.

Download or read book My Enchanting Hoyden written by Julie Johnstone and published by Night Shift Publishing. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bargain born of desperation ignites into passion as one lord’s quest to save his family leads to the discovery that he can never settle for less than love. Forsaken, abandoned, and duped, Miss Jemma Adair has no other recourse but to request her grandfather’s help to avoid living on the streets. His asking price? She must marry a neighboring lord’s odious son. Thankfully, there is a way out of her dilemma—ensuring the rake never asks for her hand. But what is Jemma to do when her ally is an all-too handsome silver-tongued lord with a penchant for poetry that makes her question giving her heart to another man? Philip De Vere, Lord Harthorne, wishes to marry for love, but inherited debt and family obligations force him to seek a wealthy wife. Yet experience has taught him that ladies of the ton prefer rogues to gentlemen with a poet’s soul. But when an unrepentant hoyden claims to know a thing or two about how to make a man a rake, Philip finds he cannot resist Jemma’s offer or her.

Download or read book Reading the Cozy Mystery written by Phyllis M. Betz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their intimate settings, subdued action and likeable characters, cozy mysteries are rarely seen as anything more than light entertainment. The cozy, a subgenre of crime fiction, has been historically misunderstood and often overlooked as the subject of serious study. This anthology brings together a groundbreaking collection of essays that examine the cozy mystery from a range of critical viewpoints. The authors engage with the standard classification of a cozy, the characters who appear in its pages, the environment where the crime occurs and how these elements reveal the cozy story's complexity in surprising ways. Essays analyze cozy mysteries to argue that Agatha Christie is actually not a cozy writer; that Columbo fits the mold of the cozy detective; and that the stories' portrayals of settings like the quaint English village reveal a more complicated society than meets the eye.

Download or read book My Seductive Innocent written by Julie Johnstone and published by Night Shift Publishing. This book was released on with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Sophia Vane, a hoyden of the first order, makes an unlikely match when she weds Nathaniel Ellison, the rich and wary Duke of Scarsdale. What starts with an unexpected friendship soon blooms into a fiery passion. But a betrayal plunges Sophia into the thorny world of London Society and entangles her in a labyrinth of manipulation and jealousy that will test the strength of her marriage. Behind her husband’s sudden icy facade, Sophia believes dwells the caring, passionate man she loves. To break through the barriers and reclaim their happiness, they must do more than simply cast away their pride. They must fight for their very lives.

Download or read book A Dickens Boxed Set 20 Novels Over 200 Short Stories Plays Poems Articles written by Charles Dickens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 12863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Dickens' 'A Dickens Boxed Set' is a comprehensive collection of the acclaimed author's works, including 20 novels, over 200 short stories, plays, poems, and articles. The collection showcases Dickens' versatile writing style, ranging from social commentary to ghost stories, all set against the backdrop of Victorian England. Readers will be captivated by Dickens' intricate plots, vivid characters, and poignant themes that continue to resonate with modern readers. This boxed set offers a glimpse into the literary world of one of the most influential writers of the 19th century. Dickens' use of satire, humor, and compassion makes this collection a must-read for any literature enthusiast. Dive into the pages of this boxed set to experience the timeless brilliance of Charles Dickens' storytelling. With something for everyone, from the casual reader to the serious literary scholar, 'A Dickens Boxed Set' is a treasure trove of literary gems waiting to be explored.

Download or read book Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews 1993 1994 written by Prouty and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors. Miola's edited work also features a comprehensive critical history, coupled with a full bibliography and photographs of major productions of the play from around the world. In the collection, there are five previously unpublished essays. The topics covered in these new essays are women in the play, the play's debt to contemporary theater, its critical and performance histories in Germany and Japan, the metrical variety of the play, and the distinctly modern perspective on the play as containing dark and disturbing elements. To compliment these new essays, the collection features significant scholarship and commentary on The Comedy of Errors that is published in obscure and difficulty accessible journals, newspapers, and other sources. This collection brings together these essays for the first time.

Download or read book Santa s Subpoena written by Rebecca Zanetti and published by RAZ INK LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So Much for Peace During the Holidays Anna Albertini has her hands full during the holiday season. Her boyfriend Aiden is back in town after being undercover across the country for the last three months, and his sudden over-protectiveness is a little too much. In addition, Nonna’s latest matchmaking scheme has been so far thwarted by the two most stubborn candidates alive, and Nonna is out of patience and bringing out the big guns. Anna is forced to both protect her sister and run interference, when she’d like to jump in and find a happily ever after for everyone instead. To add to her already hectic life, her life-long stalker is about to make a move and doesn’t hide that frightening fact, although Anna is more than ready for him. In fact, she’s willing to draw him out to finally bring him down—regardless of the consequences. Finally, Santa has been arrested and charged for murder, needing a good lawyer. Who would arrest Santa? Anna can’t let this stand. It’s a good thing Christmas is a time of magic and miracles, because she’s going to need one.

Download or read book Own The Night written by Susan Harris and published by CTP Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new vampire series to sink your teeth into from the creator of the best-selling Ever Chace Chronicles. Detective Sergeant Maximillian “Max” De Barra has always preferred working the night shift in the homicide unit, more at home in the shadows with his own company than saddled with a partner. His single-minded focus to solve crimes has earned him a reputation so when he is called in to solve a string of murders whose only link is the stamp of a nightclub downtown, Max must use that determination to get passed a veil of secrecy. Theodora Caden or "Theo" to her Scion, has managed to stay under the radar of humans for most of her immortal life. As the Suzerain, it's her responsibility to keep her vampires safe while also making sure that none of her kin do anything stupid that would draw the attention of the humans. When human attendees of her club end up dead, with vampire bite marks, Theo must do everything in her power to stop the lead detective from discovering that monsters really do come out at night.