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Hiding Places
by Ellen ParkerMona Smith’s plans to finish her culinary education are on hold and replaced with the need to economize and work hard. A warning from her brother - a local drug kingpin intends to collect money she doesn’t have - prompts her to flee Minneapolis with only the possessions she can fit into a backpack. At the airport baggage claim she begs a ride with a stranger, willing to risk time with an outsider over the drug dealer’s certain reputation.Yesterday, Linc Dray was rejected by the final prospect on his list. Unless he’s legally married within thirteen days, he can’t inherit his grandfather’s farm. Years of work and dreams, including expanding a tiny apple orchard to commercial size, will be lost. When Mona sprints into his life pleading for protection and transportation, he hesitates. Is she a clever con artist or the solution to his dilemma?Mona sees how Linc’s location and occupation offer her advantages . . . if only they didn’t come with a marriage proposal. A public marriage, he insists, for legalities and show. She requests two days to consider the deal.The budding trust between Mona and Linc is tested when a renter on the farm is murdered. The obvious clues point to Linc. Can they prove the real killer framed him? And what are they going to do about the inconvenient emotions invading the marriage of convenience?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Hiding Places
by Ellen ParkerMona Smith’s plans to finish her culinary education are on hold and replaced with the need to economize and work hard. A warning from her brother - a local drug kingpin intends to collect money she doesn’t have - prompts her to flee Minneapolis with only the possessions she can fit into a backpack. At the airport baggage claim she begs a ride with a stranger, willing to risk time with an outsider over the drug dealer’s certain reputation.Yesterday, Linc Dray was rejected by the final prospect on his list. Unless he’s legally married within thirteen days, he can’t inherit his grandfather’s farm. Years of work and dreams, including expanding a tiny apple orchard to commercial size, will be lost. When Mona sprints into his life pleading for protection and transportation, he hesitates. Is she a clever con artist or the solution to his dilemma?Mona sees how Linc’s location and occupation offer her advantages . . . if only they didn’t come with a marriage proposal. A public marriage, he insists, for legalities and show. She requests two days to consider the deal.The budding trust between Mona and Linc is tested when a renter on the farm is murdered. The obvious clues point to Linc. Can they prove the real killer framed him? And what are they going to do about the inconvenient emotions invading the marriage of convenience?Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Hiding Scars
by Richard ZaricWinnipeg 1913. Something happened to Marko Gobinski’s wife and daughter. Something horrible. The Ukrainian arrives in Winnipeg hoping to start a new life. But how can he when his past continues to haunt him? Mildred Spencer was beautiful, but not anymore. At least not since the horrible accident that left her with a grotesque scar on her face. Filled with self-doubt and apprehension in a society that doesn’t hold much regard for women, much less damaged ones, will she ever find true companionship? Can two people from wildly different classes ever be more than acquaintances? Hiding Scars follows Marko and Mildred as they struggle to find meaning and happiness during one of the most tumultuous periods of social upheaval in Canada’s history. They cope through The Great War, prohibition and the influenza epidemic, but can they survive Winnipeg’s explosive General Strike of 1919 when their past finally catches up?
Hiding the Moon (Fish Out of Water #4)
by Amy LaneFish Out Of Water: Book Four - A Fish Out of Water/Racing for the Sun CrossoverCan a hitman and a psychic negotiate a relationship while all hell breaks loose? The world might not know who Lee Burton is, but it needs his black ops division and the work they do to keep it safe. Lee’s spent his life following orders—until he sees a kill jacket on Ernie Caulfield. Ernie isn’t a typical target, and something is very wrong with Burton’s chain of command. Ernie’s life may seem adrift, but his every action helps to shelter his mind from the psychic storm raging within. When Lee Burton shows up to save him from assassins and club bunnies, Ernie seizes his hand and doesn’t look back. Burton is Ernie’s best bet in a tumultuous world, and after one day together, he’s pretty sure Lee knows Ernie is his destiny as well. But when Burton refused Ernie’s contract, he kicked an entire piranha tank of bad guys, and Burton can’t rest until he takes down the rogue military unit that would try to kill a spacey psychic. Ernie’s in love with Burton and Burton’s confused as hell by Ernie—but Ernie’s not changing his mind and Burton can’t stay away. Psychics, assassins, and bad guys—throw them into the desert with a forbidden love affair and what could possibly go wrong?
Hiding Things
by S. C. WynneMason Downing is good at a lot of things, but math isn't one of them. What he is good at is hiding the fact that he's a poor kid on a full scholarship at elite Bragson University--though he won't be there for long if he can't get his grades up. Carter Lantor is the embodiment of all that Mason pretends to be: rich, confident, and smart. But when Carter is handpicked to be Mason's new math tutor, Mason learns that he's not the only one hiding things. Soon, Carter's picture-perfect façade begins to crack under the pressure of his father's expectations and his own unhappiness. Together, Mason and Carter must teach each other that no matter how much they question their place in the world, their love for one another might be the answer they are looking for.
Hielo en el alma
by Sharon Kendrick Luis PugniLa camarera Zara Evans no pertenecía a la alta sociedad. Al menos, hasta que, sin esperarlo, asistió a una fiesta y cautivó al hombre más deseado del lugar: el oligarca ruso Nikolai Komarov, atrayendo toda su atención... Para Nikolai, había algo en la belleza de Zara que hacía que sobresaliera de las demás. Era la primera vez que conocía a alguien como ella, una joven demasiado orgullosa, independiente y obstinada como para dejarse comprar...
Hielo en las venas (Los hijos del monstruo #Volumen 3)
by Marcia CotlanTercera y última entrega de la apasionante trilogía «Los hijos del monstruo». ¿Cómo reaccionará El Monstruo de Florida cuando otro asesino como él amenace la vida de sus hijos? ¿Cómo derretirá Colter Bronstein el muro de hielo que Freya Skald levantó para mantener lejos a todo el mundo? Varias mujeres aparecen brutalmente torturadas y asesinadas en diferentes vertederos de Miami y Hans Skald, "El Monstruo de Florida", es el único que tiene la clave para encontrar al asesino, por eso la policía acude a pedirle ayuda a la cárcel. Sin embargo, no resultará tan fácil... Skald solamente dirá lo que sabe si quienes hablan con él son su hija Freya y Colter Bronstein, el periodista que años atrás escribió dos libros sobre él y a quien El Monstruo confió dónde había enterrado a muchas de sus víctimas. ¿Podrán Freya y Colter dejar al margen sus problemas y trabajar juntos para capturar al peligroso asesino en serie que mantiene en vilo a la ciudad de Miami o pesará más el dolor que él le causó años atrás y el rencor que ella siente aún?
Hielo y fuego (Buchanan #Volumen 7)
by Julie GarwoodJulie Garwood, la maestra del suspense romántico, nos ofrece otra historia rebosante de pasión y aventura. La vida de la periodista Sophie Roser ha sido bastante atípica. Con un padre considerado como una versión de Chicago en Robin Hood, se ha visto envuelta en más de un problema legal. Pero desde que su amiga Regan está casada con el agente del FBI, ya no puede evitarlos. Tras haber entrevistado al corredor William Harrington, un narcisista en toda regla, las autoridades de Alaska informan que ha sido devorado por un oso polar. Mientras ella busca respuestas, sus amigos insisten en que la investigación es peligrosa y debería contar con alguien que la proteja. Pero este no será otro que el sexy e irritante agente del FBI Jack MacAllister# Opinión:«Una Aventura electrizante.»Romantic Times
Hierarchy of Love: The Guide to Help You Get the Best of Someone's Love
by Kenya L. ColemanA self-help guide with tools and tips for finding new love and building an emotionally satisfying relationship. Learn How To Get The Love You Want Love can be painful or it can be joyous. Knowing how to inspire the love you want can make falling in love the gift that keeps on giving. There is no perfect person but there is likely someone who is perfect for you. However, it all starts with you! Hierarchy of Love is a guide for love that teaches you how to love and be loved in a way that enhances your partnership and neutralizes conflict. The hierarchy is a system of ranking things in order of power, necessity, or importance; from top to bottom. This formula for love starts with a strong foundation which is self-love and ends with lasting-love. Reading The Hierarchy of Love will help you: Improve your sex appeal Build the friendship Create trust Earn respect Strengthen the bond
Hieros
by Sunny MoraineIn a valley set between two mighty mountains lies a quiet village, full of peaceful people who hold the two mountains high as gods. When the gods' annual festival day arrives, brash young Jaith and his childhood friend Shoa are chosen for a mysterious ritual on which depends the success of the harvest and the very future of their village. To be chosen carries with it fame, honor, and induction into the deepest mysteries of the gods--mysteries that bring pleasure beyond anything Jaith or Shoa has ever known. But even the most pleasurable mysteries can shake, unsettle, and change. In the aftermath of the ritual, Jaith and Shoa's friendship may be damaged beyond the help of the gods--or each other.Let the will of the gods be done ... but let them be kind.Content Notes: M/M, anal sex, bondage, D/s
High-Altitude Doctor (24/7 Ser. #10)
by Sarah MorganDr. Juliet Adams is an expert in her field of high-altitudemedicine and she's about to take on the most dangerous,grueling challenge of all—Mount Everest!It's Juliet's life ambition to reach the summit to finish what herbrother couldn't—he died climbing it. But one man stands inher way. Brooding Dr. Finn McBride is also on the expeditionand it's their job to work together, trust each other and ensureeveryone's safety, when every moment could be fatal.Finn's natural instinct is to protect his determined,beautiful colleague. He knows she's got secrets,but on Everest, there's nowhere to hide.
High and Tight
by Vanessa North<p>Pilot Adam Walker has had one great love in his life: Harris Kingston. But twelve years ago, when he accepted a scholarship and joined the Navy, he chose duty to his country over love. Their on-again off-again relationship was never more than private joy, a frustrating fact of military life. Harris never wanted to be anyone's dirty little secret.</p> When Don't Ask, Don't Tell was repealed two years ago, Adam broke his heart one last time. He's picked up the pieces and moved on, building a great career and dating guys who aren't afraid to be seen in public with him. But when Adam strolls into his salon asking for a haircut, his newfound happiness goes to hell in a handbasket. Adam's been at war with himself for over a decade. Now on the verge of leaving the military, he's desperate to court Harris the right way and be forgiven. With two weeks' leave and a Navy man's conviction, he's ready to start over...if he can convince Harris he's ready to come out and commit.
High Anxiety
by Charlotte HughesReaders will go crazy for the latest Kate Holly case. . . Kate Holly needs a temporary secretary. Amanda Davis is a competent worker with a friendly personality and-after altering her hairstyle and fashion sense to identically match Kate's-more issues than a lifetime subscription to Psychology Today. .
High Balls (Balls to the Wall #5)
by Tara LainA Balls to the Wall RomanceThough only twenty-six, single father Theodore Walters lives with his head in the clouds and his feet firmly planted in reality. At the center of his life is Andy, his seven-year-old son, with whom he shares no DNA, though nobody—including his religious-fanatic in-laws—knows that, and Theodore will do anything to keep them from finding out. Theodore works hard to get his PhD and the tenure and salary that might follow to make a better life for Andy—but the head of his department thinks his dissertation on Jane Austen and romance novels is frivolous. Theodore’s carefully planned life goes off the rails when he walks into a popular Laguna Beach bar and meets the bartender, “Snake” Erasmo, a pierced and tattooed biker who sends Theodore’s imagination—and libido—soaring. Snake has even more secrets than Theodore and couldn’t be a less “appropriate” match, but he might be the only guy with the skills to show Theodore that happily ever after is for real.
High-Caliber Christmas: High-caliber Christmas Winchester Christmas Wedding (Whitehorse, Montana: Winchester Ranch Reloaded #2)
by B. J. DanielsA secret agent returns home to the woman he left behind and puts them both in danger in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author.When Jace Dennison left Whitehorse twelve years ago, he never meant to return—until a family tragedy draws the undercover agent back to the town—and the woman he left behind. Suddenly Jace must deal with a life-changing Winchester revelation and serious danger. His Christmas homecoming is stirring up a hornet’s nest of trouble, and his ex-fiancée, Kayley Mitchell, is smack dab in the middle.The last thing Jace wanted was to put the warm and loving woman in harm’s way, but whoever has it out for him has taken Kayley hostage. Jace knows, without a doubt, he’ll risk his own life to save Kayley’s—and if he’s given a second shot at her love, he’ll take it.
High-Caliber Cowboy
by B. J. DanielsLand. Money. Cattle. All part and parcel of the Big Sky business in New York Times bestseller B.J. Daniels’ MCCALLS’ MONTANA. The McCalls have been sworn enemies of the VanHorns for generations…until now. Black sheep of the family, Brandon McCall, has zero to lose by crossing the property line. His own father can’t fault hard work—no matter the employer. But fraternizing with a female VanHorn is out of the question. Except this woman is already in a heap of trouble. Anna Austin is determined to find out what happened to her past, her parents…only, someone else wants those secrets to remain buried. With Brandon by her side, only certain death can stop her pursuit.Anna Austin is determined to find out what happened to her past, her parents…only, someone else wants those secrets to remain buried. With Brandon by her side, only certain death can stop her pursuit. Originally published in 2005.
High-Caliber Holiday
by Susan SleemanCAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS Held hostage on a train, ex-lawyer Morgan Thorsby finds her powers of persuasion failing her for the first time. Former marine sniper Brady Owens is her only hope-but his split-second hesitation on the trigger leaves her wounded. Yet when an obsessed stalker threatens Morgan, Brady steps up. Protecting someone so tough and beautiful is hardly a chore, but Brady pulls back every time they get close. Morgan isn't ready for the connection forming between them, either, but she knows she needs his help. Can Brady capture the culprit in time for Christmas? First Responders: Brave men and women alert and ready for danger and love.
High Cotton (Bucklin Family Reunion #1)
by Debby MayneShay Henke has mixed feelings about going to her family's next reunion. On the one hand, she'll get to see everyone she loves unconditionally. On the other hand, she knows there'll be more drama than Carter has liver pills.The days leading up to the event bring one surprise after another. First Shay must deal with her sister-in-law's deep, dark secret. Then she has to contend with the childish ways of her business-mogul twin cousins. And when her high school crush wants to be her date to the reunion, it may be a dream come true for her teen self, but the woman she's become doesn't know what to make of it.Shay's contentment is challenged, and she's determined to shake things up a bit. But will she find the excitement she's looking for, or will she realize she prefers her quiet and predictable life?
High Country Baby
by Joanna SimsAll Taylor Brand wanted was a baby of her own But at nearly forty and recently divorced, embarking on a "solo" trek on the Continental Divide Trail, her time was tight and her options slim. Maybe the curt cowboy who'd been charged with watching out for her was her best shot. After all, Clint McAllister was shadowing her on a high-country horseback trip for the money. Would he be up for being hired for something else? Classy ladies like Taylor didn't normally give a rough rodeo-rider like him a second glance...much less ask him to father a baby. And while Clint didn't need an excuse to take Taylor to bed, he did wonder if this plan was perhaps the wisest. Who knew what would happen once he got to taste the forbidden?
High Country Bride
by Jillian HartFor widow Joanna Nelson, life presented constant hardships. Evicted from her home, she and her two children sought refuge, which led them to rancher Aidan McKaslin's property. The kind but embittered cowboy couldn't turn her away, and their agreement benefited them both. He sheltered her family, while she brought faith and a woman's touch back into his world. When outside forces threatened their blossoming friendship, Aidan decided to take action. Could he convince the special woman to bind herself to him permanently or would he drive her away forever?
High Country Bride (McKettrick Cowboys #1)
by Linda Lael MillerIn this first novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling McKettrick Cowboys trilogy, three brothers are in a race against time to inherit their father&’s ranch.One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit, and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides. Rafe McKettrick loves only one thing more than his freedom—the Triple M ranch. In his bid to win it, he marries a woman he&’s never met. To his surprise, Emmeline is as beautiful as she is spirited…but she&’s clearly hiding a secret. Emmeline Harding discovered she couldn&’t hold her liquor the hard way. Uncertain why she woke up next to a stack of gold coins in a brothel and fearing the worst, she fled town as a mail-order bride. Now, she must confess her past to her handsome new husband. But as the newlyweds are suspiciously circling each other, a visitor from the past enters the high country. Can Rafe and Emmeline give up on a marriage in name only and seek a union that satisfies them body and soul?
High Country Bride & A Man Most Worthy: An Anthology
by Jillian Hart Ruth Axtell MorrenCan they open their hearts to love?High Country BrideEvicted from her home, widow Joanna Nelson and her two children had nowhere to turn. Still bearing the pain of his own loss, Aidan McKaslin offered her refuge on his ranch. It was an arrangement that benefited them both. He sheltered her family while she brought faith and a woman’s touch back into his world. Could this be the second chance at happiness they both deserve?A Man Most WorthyThough they came from different worlds, a friendship between Nicholas Tennant and Alice Shepard bloomed into mutual admiration. Until circumstances tore them apart. Now, years later, Nicholas has returned to London, determined to seek revenge on Alice and her father. But Alice has grown from a schoolgirl to a young widow of conviction and faith. And only in abandoning his thirst for revenge can Nicholas become worthy of her love.
High Country Christmas
by Joanna SimsThis cowboy's in a family way! It was supposed to be a harmless summer fling. Until a night of passion leaves ranching student London Davenport with an unexpected preholiday gift. And although wedlock wasn't in Tyler Brand's immediate plans, the footloose rancher is ready to step up and do the honorable thing by the stunning woman he secretly adores. The only obstacle is the stubborn mother-to-be. London can't let anything stop her from returning to Virginia at the end of the semester...not even the irresistible father of her unborn child. How can she tell Tyler the truth about why she can never live happily-ever-after on his cattle ranch? But London's about to find out how far one determined cowboy will go to fight for her and the future of their family.
High Country Christmas: High Country Christmas The Marine's Return Her Cowboy Sheriff An Alaskan Proposal (The Cahills of North Carolina #4)
by Cynthia ThomasonA runaway teen at Christmas…brings a special gift into her life.When Ava Cahill returns to Holly River to reunite with the son she gave up for adoption, she’s stunned to encounter Noah Walsh again. The attractive biker she knew six years ago had no idea of her secret. And now Ava’s mentoring his troubled daughter. As she and Noah rekindle powerful feelings, can she tell him the truth and become one forever family?
High Country Cop
by Cynthia ThomasonHe’ll always love Miranda Jefferson…But this cop has a job to do.Seeing his high school sweetheart after fourteen years fills Holly River police chief Carter Cahill with so many conflicting emotions. One thing hasn’t changed—the love that brought them together in the first place. But the single mother’s asking something Carter isn’t sure he can give. Is he a man who follows the law…or his heart?