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By Love Acquitted
by Yvonne LehmanMegan McKinney's father walked out on her, her fiance proved to be unfaithful, and her boss has tried to take advantage of her. So why is she so drawn to this mysterious new man in town? Tyler Corbin is back home after two years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. To protect his sister, he needs to keep the truth of the matter quiet, even if it means sacrificing his own reputation. Love was not anything he expected to find as he rebuilt his life--but then he met Megan. Will telling the truth ruin Tyler's chance at love, or will it be what sets him free?
Bygones (Sommerfeld Trilogy #1)
by Kim Vogel SawyerTWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO, Marie Koeppler left her Old Order Mennonite family and faith to begin an exciting new life with Jep Quinn. But her husband's early death cut her dreams short. Widowed and alone, Marie makes just enough to survive and raise her daughter, Beth, in the outside world. Ensnared by life's rhythms, Marie has but a faint memory of her former life in Sommerfeld, Kansas. That is, until ex-beau Henry Braun suddenly shows up, bearing news: An elderly aunt has died, leaving Beth a house and small café back home. But there's a hitch. To claim the inheritance, Beth must temporarily reside in Sommerfeld. Reluctantly, Marie and Beth return to the Mennonite community Marie had once abandoned. But soon after their arrival, a chain of mysterious thefts raises the community's suspicions against the 'outsiders.' Can Marie prove their innocence, or will she be forced to flee once more? Henry Braun thought he'd gotten his love for Marie out of his system but soon begins to wonder if she's stolen more than his heart. When it's all said and done, can Henry and Marie let bygones be bygones, or has their love been doomed from the start?
Byron: The Annual Byron Lecture, University Of Nottingham, 19 March 2001 (Routledge Guides to Literature)
by Caroline FranklinLord Byron (1788-1824) was a poet and satirist, as famous in his time for his love affairs and questionable morals as he was for his poetry. Looking beyond the scandal, Byron leaves us a body of work that proved crucial to the development of English poetry and provides a fascinating counterpoint to other writings of the Romantic period. This guide to Byron’s sometimes daunting, often extraordinary work offers: an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of Byron’s texts, from publication to the present an introduction to key critical texts and perspectives on Byron’s life and work, situated in a broader critical history cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Byron and seeking not only a guide to his works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.
Cabin Fever
by Mary LeoSometimes you need someone to teach you the things you already know. . . Becky Montgomery's husband was a real catch. And when he died two years ago, she buried her emotions--and her needs--with him, and buried herself in her job. Sailing aboard the cruise ship Alexandra's Dream for a weeklong vacation with her two children and a painfully exacting mother-in-law, Becky figures a Christmas holiday doesn't seem like the time to start dipping her toes into the sea of love. But when she finds a pendant that's supposed to bring her luck--and meets Dylan Langstaff, the ship's charismatic diving instructor--she may be ready to take the plunge. Dylan has charmed a lot of women in his time working aboard Alexandra's Dream, but there's something different about Becky. It's changing the way he wants to live. . . just the way something about him is changing the way she wants to love. . . .
Caine's Reckoning
by Sarah MccartyCaine Allen is definitely not the marrying kind. But when he rescues a kidnapped woman and returns her to town, his honor and his desire for Desi won't allow him to let her go.From the moment he beds Desi, Caine knows turmoil will follow. Desi might have the face of a temptress, but she also has a will of iron. And while she needs his protection, she's determined that no man will control her again. They establish an uneasy bond, but it isn't enough for Caine. All he wants is to keep her in his bed. But with a bounty still on her head, first he must keep her alive.
Calamity Jane Goes to College
by Kathleen BacusHi. My name is Tressa Jayne Turner. I should tell you up front that I never attended Catholic school. (The "Rick" I referred to, did, and does exist.
Call Me By Your Name: A Novel
by Andre AcimanNow a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar™ Nominee James Ivory The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay - A New York Times Bestseller - The USA Today Bestseller - A Los Angeles Times Bestseller - A Vulture Book Club Pick An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time.
Call Me Wicked
by Jamie SobratoLauren Parish's hottest fling was with Carson McCullen-a mortal and a huge no-no in her witching world. His reappearance in her life has her imagining many new steamy encounters. Too bad his timing sucks. She's busy avoiding the witch-hunters who want her dead, and her only option is to go underground. And when the hunters spot Carson, he has to join her. Still, there are worse ways to pass the days than in seclusion with such a scrumptious man. Before long their bedroom maneuvers make their previous affair seem G-rated. All too soon, however, they have to return to the real worldhellip;and the threat facing Lauren. Logically, she knows she should let Carson go. But how long can she go without this hot sex?
Call of the Trumpet
by Helen A RosburgBorn to a rich Frenchman and a Bedouin beauty, the lovely Cecile Villier can find no comfort in the immense wealth of Parisian society. Intent on finding a home she can call her own, Cecile returns to her mothers birthplace, the Sahara Desert. There she finds freedom in a new way of life--and the most captivating man shes ever seen.
Can I Get an Amen
by Janice Sims Natalie Dunbar Kim Louise Nathasha Brooks-HarrisA Love SupremeLandscaper Alexandra Cartwright has no time for men, until she meets sexy construction company owner Jared Kyles. When he joins her for worship at Red Oaks, Alex knows she's falling for him-but is it lust or a lasting love?Love and HappinessRenata Connor has dedicated her life to Success Unlimited, helping at-risk youth. Devin McKenna is thinking of leaving Red Oaks, until he hears of Renata's program. But when Devin's protÉgÉ is accused of stealing, can they find a way to clear his name-and find love in the process?A Love Like ThatWealthy, elegant Dominique Winston has sworn off men since learning of her ex-husband's infidelity. Then at the Red Oaks' Men's Day picnic she meets gorgeous Blair Thomas, who is leaving town in a few weeks. Is their relationship a passing fling, or does love have more in store for them?Love Under New Management Gifted singer Valerie Freeman gave up on love-and music-after a shady producer stole her heart and her songs. But when she hears the gospel choir at Red Oaks, she can't stop herself from joining. Choir director Norman Grant knows Valerie's his dream woman-but can he approach this fragile songbird without scaring her off?
Can I Get an Amen Again
by Janice Sims Natalie Dunbar Kim Louise Nathasha Brooks-HarrisIn Janice Sims's Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, recently widowed Gena Boudreau has just about given up on motherhood, until a precocious teenager tries to set Gena up with her single father, Nathan Lincoln.The star of a reality dating show cooked up by creative director Justine Graves turns out to be a hit. The only thing that can stop the show is the reluctant bachelor Markos Raineau and the growing attraction Justine feels for him. The Real Thing by Kim Louise reveals what can happen when fate and faith run their course.Will money come between Charlimae Watson and her estranged husband, Sam, in Natalie Dunbar's My Promise To You? Sometimes divine intervention is the only thing that can save a marriage, and Red Oaks' Mother Maybelle just may have the answer to Sam and Charlimae's prayers.When Dr. Gabrielle Talbot arrives in Red Oaks, Georgia, the last thing she has on her mind is romance-that is until she meets Marcus Danforth. But will he break her heart like her ex-fianc?, or will he find a way to win her trust in A Change Is Gonna Come by Nathasha Brooks-Harris?
Can't Stop Loving You
by Lisa Harrison JacksonKaycee Jordan is all set to give her exasperating new neighbor a piece of her mind, until he opens the door half-naked--and fully fine. A former pro athlete turned caf? owner, Kendrick Thompson is as delectable as chocolate. And Kendrick finds the strong-minded, gorgeous Kaycee as irresistible as the mouthwatering gourmet desserts she creates, although he is convinced she's way too young for him. Even so, when Kaycee asks Kendrick to help her build her business, it's an offer he can't resist. And soon, long days of work give way to nights of luscious, soul-searing pleasure.But when their budding relationship causes a rift between their families, Kaycee and Kendrick must decide what hurts more--going against their loved ones or denying what's in their hearts.
Captain's Surrender
by Alex BeecroftAmbitious and handsome, Joshua Andrews had always valued his life too much to take unnecessary risks. Then he laid eyes on the elegant picture of perfection that is Peter Kenyon. Soon to be promoted to captain, Peter Kenyon is the darling of the Bermuda garrison. With a string of successes behind him and a suitable bride lined up to share his future, Peter seems completely out of reach to Joshua. But when the two men are thrown together to serve during a long voyage under a sadistic commander with a mutinous crew, they discover unexpected friendship. As the tension on board their vessel heats up, the closeness they feel for one another intensifies and both officers find themselves unable to rein in their passion. Let yourself be transported back to a time when love between two men in the British Navy was punishable by death, and to a story about love, about honor, but most of all, about a Captains Surrender.
Captivated by the Tycoon
by Anna DepaloHe was the most-sought-after male in town and he wanted Lauren Fletcher to find him a wife. Matchmaking was Lauren's business, but she'd never thought Matt Whittaker-gorgeous, rich and powerful-would need her type of help. Yet the tycoon insisted only Lauren could get him the woman he wanted. After spending several days-and nights-together, Lauren soon suspected that not just any woman was going to fulfill Matt's needs. Perhaps the only woman able to capture the tycoon's heart was the matchmaker herself!
Captured
by Helen KirkmanA princess of defeated Mercia, Rosamund had lost all hope of a future, until she stumbled across a chained Mercian prisoner. Drawn by Boda's brutal strength and the defiance in his closed fist, she impulsively wagered her safety for his and won him from their Viking captors. But Rosamund's risk is great. For just as Boda's loyalties may not be all they seem, she too, is not what she pretends to be. And though she yearns to trust his honor and lean upon his strength, the scars of war run deep, and betrayal may be the price of love....
Captured by the Billionaire
by Maureen ChildRevenge is sweeter in paradise. Billionaire Gabriel Vaughn had all but forgotten the past. . . until Debbie Harris arrived at his luxury resort. She'd walked away from him once, but now he wasn't letting her leave his island without exacting his own brand of revenge--the ultimate seduction. Debbie realized Gabriel would only release her if she revealed the true reasons she'd left him years ago. But could she resist their heated attraction long enough to learn if Gabriel had a deeper motive for making her the billionaire's captive?
Capturing the Millionaire (The Sons of Lily Moreau #3)
by Marie FerrarellaWOMAN'S BEST FRIEND?Being stranded without electricity in a houseful of orphaned dogs wasn't high on Alain Dulac's agenda. But when a car accident landed the West Coast attorney in the care of Kayla McKenna, he had a change of heart. Something about the compassionate but oh-so-seductive vet was making Alain suddenly yearn for the simple life.…Kayla had a soft spot for wounded animals—not footloose bachelors. But after coming to the attractive stranger's rescue, she found him awfully hard to resist. Bringing Alain into her home might have been an act of mercy, but when his injuries healed, would she lose him forever…or would love come just in time?
Career Stories: Belle Époque Novels of Professional Development (Penn State Romance Studies #3)
by Juliette M. RogersIn Career Stories, Juliette Rogers considers a body of largely unexamined novels from the Belle Époque that defy the usual categories allowed the female protagonist of the period. While most literary studies of the Belle Époque (1880–1914) focus on the conventional housewife or harlot distinction for female protagonists, the heroines investigated in Career Stories are professional lawyers, doctors, teachers, writers, archeologists, and scientists.In addition to the one well-known woman writer from the Belle Époque, Colette, this study will expand our knowledge of relatively unknown authors, including Gabrielle Reval, Marcelle Tinayre, and Colette Yver, who actively participated in contemporary debates on women's possible roles in the public domain and in professional careers during this period. Career Stories seeks to understand early twentieth century France by examining novels written about professional women, bourgeois and working-class heroines, and the particular dilemmas that they faced. This book contributes a new facet to literary histories of the Belle Époque: a subgenre of the bildungsroman that flourished briefly during the first decade of the twentieth century in France. Rogers terms this subgenre the female berufsroman, or novel of women's professional development.Career Stories will change the way we think about the Belle Époque and the interwar period in French literary history, because these women writers and their novels changed the direction that fiction writing would take in post-World War I France.
Caressed By Ice
by Nalini SinghBrenna, a she-wolf Psy, was abducted by a serial killer-and returned a monster. The only person who can help her is Judd, a telekinetic and Council defector. But the passion burning between them could push them both over the edge of sanity.
Caressed By Ice
by Nalini SinghThe author of Shards of Hope and Shield of Winter presents a Psy/Changeling novel in which two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts...As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now a defector, his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins--cold, pitiless, unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna...Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted--and had her mind violated--by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep, she fears she could become a killer herself. Then the first dead body is found, victim of a familiar madness. Judd is her only hope, yet her sensual changeling side rebels against the inhuman chill of his personality, even as desire explodes between them. Shocking and raw, their passion is a danger that threatens not only their hearts, but their very lives..."The alpha author of paranormal romance."--Booklist
Caressed By Ice
by Nalini SinghThe author of Shards of Hope and Shield of Winter presents a Psy/Changeling novel in which two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts...As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now a defector, his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins--cold, pitiless, unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna...Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted--and had her mind violated--by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep, she fears she could become a killer herself. Then the first dead body is found, victim of a familiar madness. Judd is her only hope, yet her sensual changeling side rebels against the inhuman chill of his personality, even as desire explodes between them. Shocking and raw, their passion is a danger that threatens not only their hearts, but their very lives..."The alpha author of paranormal romance."--Booklist
Caressed by Ice (Psy-Changelings #3)
by Nalini SinghBook three in the Psy-Changelings series. Brenna, a she-wolf Psy, was abducted by a serial killer -- and returned a monster. The only person who can help her is Judd, a telekinetic and Council defector. But the passion burning between them could push them both over the edge of sanity.
Caricias de hielo (Psi/Cambiantes #3)
by Nalini SinghCuando era soldado de élite de las fuerzas del Consejo de los Psi, Judd Lauren se vio obligado a hacer cosas terribles en nombre de su gente. Ahora es un desertor y sus tenebrosas habilidades le han convertido en el más letal de los criminales: frío, despiadado, insensible. Antes de ser abducida, brutalmente torturada y mentalmente violada por un poderoso asesino en serie Psi, Brenna Kincaid era una cambiante intrépida y voluntariosa. Ahora ha vuelto con los suyos e intenta reponerse de la pesadilla. Pero en cuanto se descubre un primer cadáver víctima de una violencia que le resulta demasiado familiar, Brenna teme que la sensibilidad diabólica que merodea en su interior, consecuencia de la cautividad y las torturas, la haya convertido en aquello que más teme. Consciente de que Judd Lauren es el único que puede entenderla y ayudarla, recurre a él, aunque su faceta sensual se rebela contra la personalidad fría e inhumana del guerrero. Y el deseo estallará entre ellos, y su pasión mutua supondrá un peligro que amenazará no solo a sus corazones, sino también sus vidas. «Una aventura sensual y peligrosa que no puedes perderte.» LORA LEIGH
Caring for His Baby
by Caroline AndersonFor the love of a tiny baby. . . Emily thought she'd never see Harry again. Then he's suddenly on her doorstep--cradling a little baby in his arms! The man she once knew, so strong and sure, now looks lost, and when Emily discovers why he's come to her with this premature baby, she melts. For the love of a good man. . . Harry once broke her heart and, now a single mom, Emily can't afford to let Harry and his child into her life. But she can't deny the growing love she feels for this special man and for their patchwork family. . .
Caroline's Child / Dr. Texas (Heart of Texas Omnibus #1)
by Debbie MacomberCaroline's Child: Who's the father of Caroline Daniels' child? Everyone in town wants to know, but no one's ever asked--or ever will. The people of Promise are protective of Caroline and five-year-old Maggie. They care. Especially rancher Grady Weston, who's beginning to realize he more than cares... Dr. Texas: They call her Dr. Texas. She's Jane Dickinson, a newly graduated physician from California who's working at the Promise clinic- but just for a couple of years. They call him Mr. Grouch. Cal Patterson was left at the altar by his out-of-state fiancée, and he's not over it yet. Too bad Jane reminds him so much of the woman he's trying to forget!