Lia's secret life of torment and abuse appears to take a turn for the better when she crosses paths with a mysterious young man. Adam's angry demeanor and murderous reputation create a strange and fearful arousal in Lia. Sharing a background of child abuse, the two find temporary solace in each other's arms.

Unfortunately, their newfound happiness proves short-lived, due to an act of explosive violence on Adam's part, and even worse, to Lia's twisted stepfather's continued obsession with her. Wishing to spare Adam any more bloodletting, Lia decides to take matters into her own hands - wishing, once and for all, to rid herself of the man who ruled the nightmares of her childhood.

But how much more abuse is Lia willing to endure to bait the elaborate trap for her stepfather?

Forbidden romance and sexy cowboys... Escape to the Wild West with the first book in the steamy small town cowboy romance series that will leave you breathless... Perfect for fans of the Chestnut Springs series by Elsie Silver.

Nash Carter. Retired ice hockey player and part time cowboy. Also my brother’s best friend and therefore strictly off limits. Despite the fact he can’t stop staring at me like I’m his favourite snack. And I . . . like it?

After finally escaping the toxic relationship that consumed most of my adult life, I thought I’d sworn off men. Then Nash hired me to work for him. And somehow we ended up spending the night together.

It was only supposed to happen once. But now that I’ve had a taste, there’s no way I’m walking away.

All I have to do to give us a shot? Take a deep breathe and let go of the reins. . .

The price of deception is about identical twins who are the only children of King Lerole, the king of a rural South African state called Dipororo. The twins, Naledi and Noko, went to Johannesburg to study medicine on the insistence of their mother, Queen Dudu, who conceived them at the age of forty-seven by artificial insemination without the king's knowledge and consent. A ritual was performed for them before they began with their medical studies, and they were given beads by a traditional healer, Lenaka, who instructed them not to take them off, but the twins took them off and lied about it. As a result, bad luck followed them, and the younger twin, Noko, failed her first year of medical studies, and her twin sister, Naledi, decided to commit fraud by assisting Noko to obtain a medical qualification by impersonating her during tests and examinations. Naledi was impregnated by a player, Wandi, who didn't love her, and she gave him money to marry her, but he did not turn up for their wedding, which led to the king's poor health to deteriorate further, and he eventually died at the hands of his brother, Monate, who blackmailed the twins to abdicate, and he crowned himself as the next king after his brother's funeral. Naledi was mugged by thugs in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg and was raped and assaulted by one of the thugs. Naledi was found lying naked and unconscious by a homeless man by the side of the road, her face bruised and unrecognizable. The homeless man covered her with his filthy jacket and took out his worldly possessions from his trolley, carried Naledi in it, and pushed her to the hospital. Naledi was mismanaged by her twin sister during labor, resulting in a ruptured uterus and other complications, and she ended up in Intensive Care Unit. During her recovery, she was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and was transferred to a mental institution.

My God Kidnapping Lord David, single father and reclusive architect, still couldn't quite believe he'd done it. He knew the moment he and his sister entered Laurel Andrews' home that he needed to hire her decorator. Imagine his surprise when the realtor informed him that Laurel, married for twenty years to Greg, was the decorator, the house had predominately been done in three weeks time, and that it was her "hobby." He should have known.

He had never seen anything like her home or felt anything like her home. Every room had a comfort that drew you in and made you feel at ease as if in slippered feet looking for your favorite chair. Her home emanated the feel one gets only from well worn furniture and yet everything was flawless and only marked if intended by design. Each room had touches of nature and as one turned from here to there a surprise just waited to delight the eye. No one would be able to recreate the combination of texture, color and warmth permeating his senses. He would have done anything to give his children the home he had always wanted for them.

Lord David might have turned the plane back to California if he had known the emotional pandemonium about to reign over Whitethorn Castle

This book is about the lives of three devoted college friends who loved, lost and magically found love again. These women stood by each other through physical and emotionally abusive relationships. Alease Avery almost lost her life at the hands of her abusive husband; Mavis Maxwell almost lost her freedom after she attempted to murder her husband and Bridgett found love across racial lines after she lost the man she loved. If you are a romantic, love reading about matters of the heart or perhaps searching for Mr. Right, Love Requited will capture and inspire you. You will find yourself spell bound and dreaming of finding Mr. Right as love finally comes at last.

Amanda Prescott is at a low point in her young life. Not only has her fiance succumbed to cancer, but her career as a concert pianist has evaporated, and her position with a prominent Senator has been derailed by government funding quirks.

Amanda has few choices. A simple fender bender with Sheila Cameron, owner of an elite real estate agency, however, changes everything. Crippled by financial need, Amanda accepts a temporary position as an agent. Though insecure about her ability to handle exclusive estates and wealthy clients, Amanda uses pluck and creativity to sell her first home-the oldest historic home in Loudoun County.

The home once belonged to the Davis family, who immigrated to Virginia in 1725 seeking religious freedom. When Amanda and her next client, Ali Ahmed, discover the injured owner of a horse farm clutching a cryptic poem, Amanda is both frightened and intrigued by the cascading, intertwined events that follow.

Seamlessly weaving a historical storyline with a contemporary plot, this enticing novel captures one family's struggles, their immigration from Wales, and their efforts to establish places of worship-and one woman's plunge into unforeseen romance and danger.

Olivia comes to live with her aunt to start a life; heading to a new town with a new name under protective custody. She comes to find herself falling in love all over again. Too scared to start another relationship after getting out of a very abusive one. Is it fate that puts them together? Their relationship is tested by jealousy and hate. Shattered when her ex-boyfriend finds her with the help of Matt's jealous ex-girlfriend. The strong love that has put Olivia and Matt together is tested by an old flame gone wrong.

Reeling from the pain of being abandoned by her husband-the father of her son-Megan Richardson's world is closing in around her in a dark haze of depression. She feels lost, without hope or answers.

Worse, she must face the death of her beloved mother. She reaches for answers, wondering what really matters in life. Her mother's final letter to her may hold some of these answers, and Megan clings to hope once again. She reads the letter over and over, desperate to find the meaning of her mother's last words. Megan tries to understand the lesson the Lord is supposed to be teaching her, but she has pulled away from her faith of late.

Perhaps that lesson is hidden within her work as a nurse on a cancer ward. When a patient, a frail young girl, reaches out to save Megan from a panic attack, they make a connection. Sarah heals a bit of Megan's heart with that moment, and Megan's life begins to change. She starts searching for God's place in her life ... and for the man who will make her heart whole again.

Megan returns to her family farm in search of the solitude she needs. There she meets Darrin, the new hired man. Is he the answer to her prayers?

Successful writer Vashti Williams longs for romance. Unfortunately, she has given up on finding an honest man. Still heartbroken over the one man who betrayed her, Vashti has promised herself that there will be no more Nathaniels. But after she receives an assignment to travel to St. Croix to write an article on an up-and-coming male model, she suddenly realizes he is the man she had a brief affair with while vacationing in Spain five years earlier.

As her plane lands in St. Croix, Vashti has no idea that Ramon Perez is secretly still infatuated with her. Now engaged to a beautiful woman he does not love the way he should, Ramon panics when he discovers Vashti is the woman he has not been able to forget. Now he is torn between following his heart and following through with his promises to his fiancee. But the lure of passion and an unforgettable love sends Ramon straight back into Vashti's arms, leaving a path of anguish and devastation for his fiancee to reluctantly follow.

In this contemporary romance novel, tempers flare and hearts break all over again as Ramon and Vashti both discover the truth about family, home, and most importantly, surrendering their hearts.

'Bear,' she cried. 'I love you. Pull my head off.'

Lou is a librarian at the local Heritage Institute who lives a mole-like existence, buried among maps and manuscripts in her dusty basement office.

The chance to escape the monotony of her city life comes when she is summoned to a remote island to inventory the late Colonel Jocelyn Cary's estate. Hoping for an industrious summer of cataloguing, Lou heads north.

Colonel Cary left behind many possessions, but no one warned her about the bear. After a tentative start, Lou soon begins to anticipate the animal's needs for food and company. And, as summer blooms across the island, she discovers that the bear might satisfy some needs of her own.