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A wealthy playboy must marry to gain his inheritance and control of the family business in this classic contemporary romance. Gabriella Benito fell for wealthy Rufus Gresham the first time she saw him. But Rufus believed Gabriella only wanted a rich husband-just like her mother. Five years later, Rufus and Gabriella must marry to obtain their inheritances. On their wedding day, Gabriella is shocked when Rufus kisses her passionately! Will Rufus...

A forbidden passion!Shortly after Brianna's twenty-first birthday, a letter arrived that changed her life. It led her to discover she was adopted, and also to meet darkly handsome lawyer Nathan Landris. Brianna sensed she shouldn't get involved with Nathan, but he could help her discover the secrets of her birth parents. So she accepted his invitation to have dinner. Within days, Brianna was riding a roller coaster of emotion: surprise after surprise...

From the first, Danie clashed swords with Jonas Noble, realizing that he was determined not to disclose the reasons for his dealings with her family. But Danie also found Jonas incredibly attractive, which made her plan to discover his motives all the harder to follow; the closer she got to Jonas, the more she fell in love! However, her heart was quietly breaking because of the secret she was hiding...a secret that would surely prevent what she really...

Pleasured by a Duke is the 7th book in USA Today Bestselling author, Carole Mortimer's, #1 bestseller and highly acclaimed Regency Unlaced Series. Approx. 40,000 word count. Author's Note: The stories in the Regency Unlaced, Knight Security, and Alpha Series, have stronger sexual content and language than my other books. Sebastian Falkner, the Duke of Stowmont, having only recently rid himself of the guardianship of one ward, by marrying her off...

Warriors, from the mists of time? Dragons, of myth and legend? Or both? If Deryk doesn't find his mate soon, he will become pure dragon, and once he's done that, his brothers will have no choice but to hunt him down and destroy him. Arrogant, rude, and abrasive, Deryk is the original bad boy. Which is why he finds it highly amusing when his eldest brother asks him to go in his stead on a visit of diplomacy with the Romanov dragons in Russia. The...

Lightning that Lingers Cyn was certain that Harcourt wedding would finally launch her bridal consulting and catering business. But anticipation turned to shock when she met the groom-;Wolf Thornton, the man she'd once intended to marry. Clearly, the upcoming union was not a match made in heaven. And if Wolf could still kiss her with such passion, then he had no right to marry Rebecca Harcourt at all! But how far could Cyn go to assuage her own burning...

Her heart pounding beneath the bright lights of London's most fashionable gambling club, Lady Caroline Copeland nervously steps out from behind the curtain...;. Eyes scanning the crowd, she's drawn to a devilish-looking gentleman glowering at her from the back of the room. The intensity of his gaze burns through her disguise, making her throat dry, her cheeks pink. Caro's gambled her reputation to be here, and can't risk letting anyone close enough...

ATTICUS (Steele Protectors 2) is the 2nd book in USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer's, BRAND NEW Contemporary Romantic Suspense series.Author's Note: Beware of the very sexy & very alpha Steele brothers. These books are HOT!Atticus is eldest of the six Steele brothers, and he takes that role very seriously. Even more so when it comes to the welfare and safety of his fiercely independent and adopted sister, Jenna Riley. Except...

Maximillian Smythe, the Earl of Carlton, is the fourth of the eight gentleman, known as The Sinners, tasked with proving or disproving the guilt of a lady in Society as being a spy for Napoleon, and a traitor to the English Crown. The lady Maxim is to investigate the widowed Lady Heather Smythe, the Dowager Countess of Carlton. Maxim remembers Heather as being passionate and wild as the rugged Cornish coastline where she resides with her young son. Heather...

When billionaire Maddox Wilder's helicopter develops engine problems it forces the pilot to make an emergency landing in North Wales. With a heavy layer of snow on the ground, and a temperature approaching zero, Maddox seeks shelter in the local inn after his pilot volunteers to wait for the arrival of an engineer needed to make the necessary repairs. But Maddox doesn't remain at the inn for long, somehow feeling himself drawn toward Pendragon Castle...