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Mad Jack: Bride Series (Bride Series #4)
by Catherine CoulterA historical romance set in 1811 England from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. To hide from her abusive stepfather, Winifrede Levering Bascombe disguises herself as male valet Jack. She arrives in London with Grayson St. Cyre’s aunts, Mathilda and Maude, to beg his assistance. He welcomes the aunts, briefly spots Jack, and proceeds very quickly after their arrival to fall down the rabbit hole. He catches Jack stealing his horse, Durban; chases her down; and then all sorts of interesting things happen. Amidst all the laughter, however, there lurks a deadly secret that’s ready to leap out and crush both Jack and Gray. . . . “Coulter is excellent at portraying the romantic tension between heroes and heroines and she manages to write explicitly but beautifully about sex as well as love.”—Milwaukee Journal
Mad Love
by Suzanne SelforsWhen you're the daughter of the bestselling Queen of Romance, life should be pretty good. But 16-year-old Alice Amorous has been living a lie ever since her mother was secretly hospitalized for mental illness. After putting on a brave front for months, time is running out. The next book is overdue, and the Queen can't write it. Alice needs a story for her mother-and she needs one fast. <p><p> That's when she meets Errol, a strange boy who claims to be Cupid, who insists that Alice write about the greatest love story in history: his tragic relationship with Psyche. As Alice begins to hear Errol's voice in her head and see things she can't explain, she must face the truth-that she's either inherited her mother's madness, or Errol is for real.
Mad Morelands Collection Volume 1: Mesmerized\Beyond Compare\Winterset (The Mad Morelands #1)
by Candace CampThe first three Mad Morelands novels by New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, collected here!MESMERIZED: Olivia Moreland prides herself on discrediting charlatans, particularly the false mediums that flock to London. But when Lord Stephen St. Leger requests her help in investigating an alleged psychic’s claims, she can’t deny the ominous feeling she has within the walls of his ancient estate—or the intimately familiar connection she has with Stephen himself. BEYOND COMPARE: Though Kyria Moreland is beautiful enough to earn the sobriquet “The Goddess” and rich enough to attract London’s most sought after gentlemen, she has yet to find love and refuses to marry without it. When she receives a strange package under mysterious circumstances, she is confronted with danger, murder and a handsome American whose destiny is entwined with hers….WINTERSET: Ever since Anna Holcombe inexplicably refused his proposal, Reed Moreland has been unable to set foot in the home that was the backdrop to their romance—Winterset. When Reed begins having troubling dreams about Anna being in danger, the two are drawn back together, and old passions flare.
Mad Morelands Collection Volume 2: An Unexpected Pleasure\His Sinful Touch\His Wicked Charm (The Mad Morelands #4)
by Candace CampThe last three books in the popular Mad Morelands series from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp, collected here as a box set!In An Unexpected Pleasure, American journalist Megan Mulcahey is determined to solve her brother’s murder by infiltrating the Moreland household as a governess. What she hadn’t expected, though, was falling for Theo Moreland himself. Originally published in 2005.In His Sinful Touch, Sabrina remembers nothing about herself except for her own name, and the only one who can help her is the handsome Alex Moreland. As they race through the countryside, Sabrina and Alex must solve the mystery of Sabrina’s past—before it catches up with her present.And in His Wicked Charm, sworn enemies Lilah Holcutt and Con Moreland are thrown together when a shocking crime is committed. A crime that leads them back to Lilah’s peculiar childhood home, Barrow House—where they may find answers to a mystery darker than either of them ever expected.
Mad River Road: A Novel
by Joy FieldingNew York Timesbestselling author Joy Fielding returns withMad River Road,a sexy, suspenseful novel of murder, romance, and revenge. After spending a year in prison, Ralph Fisher has explicit plans for his first night of freedom: tonight, someone will be held accountable. He goes to murderous lengths to obtain the address of his former wife -- the woman he blames for his fate and against whom he has sworn vengeance. Determined to bring her to his idea of justice, Ralph's next step is to travel from Florida's sandy beaches to Dayton, Ohio, where his ex-wife is struggling to make ends meet on Mad River Road. Also in Florida, Jamie Kellogg wakes from an agonizing nightmare of her mother's funeral, and assesses her life: a pretty but unaccomplished twenty-nine-year-old woman in a dead-end job, with an ex-husband in Atlanta, a married lover in the hospital, and a virtual stranger in her bed. But this stranger is everything the previous men in her life weren't: tender, attentive, and adventurous. After convincing Jamie to quit her miserable job and ditch her judgmental, perfectionist sister, he proposes a romantic getaway. While Jamie wonders if this thrilling man might finally be her Prince Charming, they plan a road trip to visit his son, who lives with his mother on a street called Mad River Road. . . . As riveting and beguiling as Joy Fielding's previous bestselling novels, which includeWhispers and Lies, Lost,andPuppet, Mad River Roadis a novel about courage, truth, and the strength that comes only when you believe in yourself.
Mad World
by Pepper EspinozaMutilated corpses litter Pomona, California, and Detective Jason Squires is pressured to find a killer who leaves no evidence. His private life is a nightmare as well. Estranged from his wife, he finds himself in the grip of growing obsession with young prostitute, Daisy Winters.As Jason and the killer dance around each other, Jason is increasingly distracted and frustrated by Daisy, who never loses control in their mercurial, violent relationship. Daisy, who is willing to do whatever it takes to protect herself and her interests. Daisy, who will take down anyone who gets in her way. Daisy, who cannot resist the agonizing passion she shares with a man who could destroy her without a twinge of remorse.Content Notes: anal sex, public sex, bondage, domination, knife play, blood play, forceful sex, non sexual violence, prostitution, foul language
Mad about the Major
by Roz Denny FoxIN UNIFORMHer heart's gone AWOL!Ever since Lieutenant Colonel Ryder McGrath broke Major Hope Evans's heart, she's devoted her life to the military. But now a strange mission has thrown Hope and Ryder together again.Something odd is going on at a dismantled-missile site in Arizona. Is the problem a mere figment of Hope's father's imagination or is it something more sinister? Hope and Ryder seem to be the only ones who are worried about it as they race against time and the enemy to prove their suspicions correct.Once again, Ryder and Hope find they're an unbeatable team-and they rekindle the love that never truly died. But is it too late to save what might have been?
Mad for a Mate (BeWere My Heart #3)
by MaryJanice DavidsonBeloved and bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson is back with a hilarious and heartfelt shifter romance:A delightful cast of shifters and supernatural creaturesSide-splitting hijinks that'll make you snort-laughSlow-burn romanceVerity Lane might be a Shifter who can't shift (known as a "squib")—but woe betide anyone who tries to tell her who she is or what she's capable of. She's a proud member of a club for squibs out to prove themselves by participating in dangerous stunts. Which is probably how she ended up on this strange island…Bear shifter Magnus Berne wants two things: to connect with his motherless goddaughter, and to find out who keeps dumping dead bodies on his property. When he discovers Verity on his island, he's determined to get some answers—but it's clear that whoever has been killing squibs is just as resolved to keep it quiet. And now that Verity is in the crosshairs, they'll have to move quickly to stay ahead, stay alive, and stay together.You won't want to miss the rollicking series readers are raving about!Praise for A Wolf After My Own Heart:"Hilarious, quirky, unique, and fun."—CHRISTINE FEEHAN, #1 New York Times bestselling author"Super cute…sure to keep you flipping pages."—TERRY SPEAR, USA Today bestselling author"A droolworthy hero and high-stakes…a winner!"—PAIGE TYLER, New York Times bestselling author
Mad for the Dad
by Terry EssigFabulous Fathers DO YOU TAKE THIS DADDY? What luck! The sexiest man had just strolled past Rachel Gatlin's window. Newly single, Rachel was all set to welcome her handsome new neighbor-and see if he had any plans for the rest of his life. But was that a baby he was holding? Though Rachel adored little tykes, she'd done motherhood already. Then Daniel Van Scott started coming around with his cooing kid and bedroom eyes, and she couldn't resist sharing parenthood tips-and candlelight dinners-with the befuddled dad. But marry him for baby's sake? Not unless Daniel could love her as the passionate wife she longed to be! Fabulous Fathers. This FABULOUS FATHER needs a full-time wife and mom!
Mad for the Plaid (The Oxenburg Princes #3)
by Karen Hawkins"What more could New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins's fans desire" than the "sharp repartee, clever plotting, memorable characterization, and sizzling sexual tension" (RT Book Reviews) of her sparkling Oxenburg Princes fairy tale romance series?Nikolai Romanovin, a royal prince of Oxenburg, has travelled to the deepest wilds of Scotland to rescue his grandmother the Grand Duchess, who was abducted while visiting an old friend in the Highlands. Wanting to avoid an international incident, Nik plans to quietly slip into enemy territory disguised as a groom at Castle Cromartie. But his plans go awry when he falls under the cool gray gaze of the laird's daughter. Pragmatic and clever, Ailsa Mackenzie has been left in charge of the family estate and her unruly grandmother in her father's absence. Something about the new groom catches her eyes, and makes her think he's not who he pretends to be--and even more shockingly, stirs her senses. Is it his obviously educated manners? His arrogant, non-servant-like presence? It's certainly not his towering, powerful form, or slumberous, inviting green eyes! After confronting the imposter and learning the truth, Ailsa agrees to help Nik--for she, too, understands difficult relatives and would do anything for family. Soon their secret partnership leads to growing respect, searing kisses, and then something far more perilous. And when their quest turns dangerous, Ailsa and Nik must discover this unknown enemy while facing the dangerous demands of their own unruly hearts.
Mad in Mississippi and Rain Down on Me
by Sharon SalaFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, two novellas featuring southern women who have loved and lost—and are surprised by a second chance at romance. Mad in Mississippi Bitsy Yarborough believes she&’s played her cards right by marrying her high school sweetheart and settling down to a sweet life in her small southern hometown. Until she discovers, on the night of her fifteenth wedding anniversary no less, an unrecognizable lipstick shade on her husband&’s collar and a blue pop-off nail in his tighty whities. Shocked to the core, Bitsy knows revenge is the only answer for the scoundrel she vowed to love forever. So she hires local PI Fisher Means to help build a case against her cheating husband and his harem of hussies. Only to discover she might have a few tender feelings left in her heart—for a man who is most definitely not her husband. . . . Rain Down on Me A life of solitude in a remote cabin in the Ozarks is all Skye Raley wants after the devastating loss of her husband. Until the self-sufficient widow encounters a man stumbling across the road in a thunderstorm, injured and in need of care. Once Skye opens her home to Max Bridger, healing his wounds and hearing the stories of his own lonely life, she discovers a connection to the rugged military man she never dreamed she&’d have again. But once the rain stops and Max returns to his world, will her heart ever be content again? &“Sharon Sala is a consummate story teller. . . . If you can stop reading, you&’re a better woman than me.&” —#1 New York Times–bestselling author Debbie Macomber
Mad is the Heart
by Denise RobinsHeiresses twice over, Viola and her young sister traveled to exotic Khartoum to be with their guardian, the sophisticated rock-steady Lionel. But Viola's excitement was spoiled by her sister's obvious infatuation with Lionel -- and the presence of the out-going Ted, Viola's determined suitor. Violently objecting to a marriage between Viola and Ted, Lionel proposed himself -- and Viola, already deeply in love with him, happily accepted. But her chance for happiness was destroyed by the vengeful Ted --who knew of Lionel's financial affairs. Viola could never be sure if Lionel really loved her--or her money.
Mad is the Heart
by Denise RobinsHeiresses twice over, Viola and her young sister traveled to exotic Khartoum to be with their guardian, the sophisticated rock-steady Lionel. But Viola's excitement was spoiled by her sister's obvious infatuation with Lionel -- and the presence of the out-going Ted, Viola's determined suitor. Violently objecting to a marriage between Viola and Ted, Lionel proposed himself -- and Viola, already deeply in love with him, happily accepted. But her chance for happiness was destroyed by the vengeful Ted --who knew of Lionel's financial affairs. Viola could never be sure if Lionel really loved her--or her money.
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
by Samira AhmedTold in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men. It&’s August in Paris and 17-year-old Khayyam Maquet—American, French, Indian, Muslim—is at a crossroads. This holiday with her parents should be a dream trip for the budding art historian. But her maybe-ex-boyfriend is probably ghosting her, she might have just blown her chance at getting into her dream college, and now all she really wants is to be back home in Chicago figuring out her messy life instead of brooding in the City of Light.Two hundred years before Khayyam&’s summer of discontent, Leila is struggling to survive and keep her true love hidden from the Pasha who has &“gifted&” her with favored status in his harem. In the present day—and with the company of a descendant of Alexandre Dumas—Khayyam begins to connect allusions to an enigmatic 19th-century Muslim woman whose path may have intersected with Alexandre Dumas, Eugène Delacroix, and Lord Byron. Echoing across centuries, Leila and Khayyam&’s lives intertwine, and as one woman&’s long-forgotten life is uncovered, another&’s is transformed.
Mad, Bad And Totally Dangerous
by Susan DavisAbbie, Lauren and Ruby are earning some holiday dosh at the Northgate Poetry Festival. It promises to be dull, dull, dull until they meet the ravishing Ron Lord. But then some seriously weird goings-on lead Abbie to suspect that the drop-dead-delicious poet may actually have dropped dead quite some time ago . . .Posing poets, fit photographers and a ghostly ex-girlfriend stalk the pages of this hilarious new novel from the author of The Henry Game and Delilah and the Dark Stuff.
Mad, Bad and Blonde
by Cathie LinzAfter being jilted at the altar, librarian Faith West goes on her Italian honeymoon solo, but doesn't stay that way too long. And though her sexy rebound man has ulterior motives, feelings surface that neither of them are prepared for.
Madam X
by Niobia BryantBy popular demand, national bestselling author Niobia Bryant brings you the sizzling, sexy, twist-a-minute follow-up to Madam, May I, in which Manhattan's most exclusive madam discovers her past is back with a vengeance. For fans of steamy, juicy, action-packed stories and Mary B. Morrison and Noire. Billionaire celebrity clients, anything-goes erotic nights, seductive betrayals—Desdemona Dean couldn't wait to leave the high-end prostitution game behind. Now settled down with the only man she&’s ever loved, Desi is getting the chances her shattered childhood denied her—and making her life truly her own. Until a basketball superstar publicly credits Madam X's unmatched sexual services for his astonishing career. Add an anonymous tip to the police—and suddenly Desi is in the center of a social and tabloid media firestorm . . . Knowing others&’ secret desires has always kept Desi safe—and hiding her own wrenching past is the only protection she could ever trust. But her lies are taking her relationship apart piece by piece, keeping her only seconds ahead of the police—and exposing her to a malicious blackmailer determined to destroy her for good . . . Now Desi will need all her nerve and cool, calculating bravado to take down her enemies and outmaneuver the law. But once she reveals who she used to be, can she survive the consequences to hold on to the woman she&’s become? Praise for Madam, May I&“The heroine is the hook, and she rocks it.&” —Kirkus Reviews&“There's plenty of heat in this absorbing romance.&” —Booklist
Madam, Don't Try to Escape: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Da LianmengThere was a charming smile at the corner of his eyes as he gently hooked his arm under her chin. "You are destined to be my woman!" She stood on her tiptoes and glared at him. "You scoundrel, it's obviously you who stole from me."
Madam, Don't Try to Escape: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Da LianmengThere was a charming smile at the corner of his eyes as he gently hooked his arm under her chin. "You are destined to be my woman!" She stood on her tiptoes and glared at him. "You scoundrel, it's obviously you who stole from me."
Madam, Don't Try to Escape: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Da LianmengThere was a charming smile at the corner of his eyes as he gently hooked his arm under her chin. "You are destined to be my woman!" She stood on her tiptoes and glared at him. "You scoundrel, it's obviously you who stole from me."
Madam, Don't Try to Escape: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Da LianmengThere was a charming smile at the corner of his eyes as he gently hooked his arm under her chin. "You are destined to be my woman!" She stood on her tiptoes and glared at him. "You scoundrel, it's obviously you who stole from me."
Madam, Don't Try to Escape: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Da LianmengThere was a charming smile at the corner of his eyes as he gently hooked his arm under her chin. "You are destined to be my woman!" She stood on her tiptoes and glared at him. "You scoundrel, it's obviously you who stole from me."
Madam, General Revives Again: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Bai YanThe female doctor, Yi Qing, had transmigrated to become an exiled Shu girl, had brought along an unknown father as a burden, and had been forced into marriage by her mother, how could this be a tragic word?When Yi Qing heard that the revered 'Hades' General Xiao Jinghan had sacrificed his life for his country, he immediately fished out a life-saving straw, "I am Xiao Jinghan's widow. My son is Xiao Jinghan's."Raising the steamed buns and hooking up with the pretty boy, she was like a fox that was faking its tiger's might as she massacred in every direction. Unexpectedly, the maidservant came back to report in panic, "Madam, the general is alive again!"Xiao Jinghan said sinisterly: "Madam? "Son?"Yi Qing said, "General, spare me!"
Madam, General Revives Again: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Bai YanThe female doctor, Yi Qing, had transmigrated to become an exiled Shu girl, had brought along an unknown father as a burden, and had been forced into marriage by her mother, how could this be a tragic word?When Yi Qing heard that the revered 'Hades' General Xiao Jinghan had sacrificed his life for his country, he immediately fished out a life-saving straw, "I am Xiao Jinghan's widow. My son is Xiao Jinghan's."Raising the steamed buns and hooking up with the pretty boy, she was like a fox that was faking its tiger's might as she massacred in every direction. Unexpectedly, the maidservant came back to report in panic, "Madam, the general is alive again!"Xiao Jinghan said sinisterly: "Madam? "Son?"Yi Qing said, "General, spare me!"
Madam, Will You Talk?: The modern classic by the Queen of the Romantic Mystery
by Mary StewartThe original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart leads her readers on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence in this tale perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym. 'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent'The terrible thirsty heat of the Provençal summer, the noise of the cicadas, the dust of the country buses . . . an excellent tale of mystery' The TimesIt sounds idyllic: a leisurely drive through the sun-drenched landscape of Provence. But Charity's dream holiday turns into a nightmare when she becomes embroiled in a sinister plot to kidnap a young boy. She soon finds herself in a deadly pursuit and must uncover who to trust . . . and who to fall for. Whenever I look back now on the strange and terrifying events of that holiday in Southern France, I remember the minutes I spent gazing at the golden arches of the Roman aqueduct over the Gardon... the last brief lull before the thunder.'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans'She built the bridge between classic literature and modern popular fiction. She did it first and she did it best.' Herald