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The Duke: Number 1 In Series (Knight Miscellany #1)
by Gaelen FoleyDriven to uncover the truth about the mysterious death of his ladylove, the Duke of Hawkscliffe will go to any lengths to unmask a murderer. Even if it means jeopardizing his reputation by engaging in a scandalous affair with London's most provocative courtesan--the desirable but aloof Belinda Hamilton. Bel has used her intelligence and wit to charm the city's titled gentlemen, while struggling to put the pieces of her life back together.
The Duke: Number 1 in series (Knight Miscellany #1)
by Gaelen FoleyDriven to uncover the truth about the mysterious death of the woman he loved, the Duke of Hawkscliffe will go to any lengths to unmask a murderer. Even if it means jeopardising his reputation by engaging in a scandalous affair with London's most provocative courtesan - the desirable but aloof Belinda Hamilton. Bel has used her intelligence and wit to charm the city's titled gentlemen while struggling to put the pieces of her life back together. She needs a protector, so she accepts Hawkcliffe's invitation to become his mistress in name only. He asks nothing of her body, but seeks her help in snaring the same man who shattered her virtue. Together they tempt the unforgiving wrath of Society - until their risky charade turns into a dangerous attraction, and Bel must make a devastating decision that could ruin her last chance at love.
The Dukes and Desires Series (The Dukes and Desires Series)
by Marion Chesney M. C. BeatonSeven novels by the New York Times–bestselling author,“a romance writer who deftly blends humor and adventure” (Booklist).From a bride whose scandalous secret is revealed on her wedding day by a talking mynah bird, to a duke seduced by love letters secretly written by someone else, to an ingénue and a vicar’s wife drawn unexpectedly into the whirlwind of the London season, these seven novels are set in a world of high society scheming and passions hidden behind nineteenth-century propriety. The Dukes and Desires Series includes: The Desirable Duchess; Her Grace’s Passion; Pretty Polly; The Sins of Lady Dacey; My Dear Duchess; Lady Lucy’s Lover; and The Scandalous Marriage.“The best of the Regency writers.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Duke’s All That (Synneful Spinsters)
by Christina BrittonA heartbreaking betrayal. A secret life. A love that deserves a second chance. Iain MacInnes, Duke of Balgair, has spent the last thirteen years believing his wife is dead—until he receives word that she is very much alive and living under an assumed name on the remote Isle of Synne. He sets off with only one goal in mind: bring his wife back to Scotland where he can divorce her and expose her for the liar she is. After a devastating deception by the man who was supposed to love her, Seraphina did what was necessary to keep herself and her sisters safe. And though she&’s still haunted by the events that tore her world apart all those years ago, she&’s made a happy life on Synne, surrounded by loyal friends and building a secret career as a popular author. Now that Iain has found her, however, all that is at risk. Despite their long separation, the attraction between Iain and Seraphina still burns strong. But with so much hurt and betrayal between them, can they possibly find their way back to each other?
The Duke’s Christmas Miracle (Isle of Synne)
by Christina BrittonAfter a lifetime of hardship, Poppy Tilburn is working as a cruel debutante&’s maid when she finds herself at a duke&’s holiday party—and the duke turns out to be her beloved childhood friend. No matter her joy at being reunited with Marcus—or the feelings still lingering in her heart—Poppy knows she must keep her distance. Any kind of relationship with a woman like her could ruin his reputation. Marcus, Duke of Hollyton, spent years believing Poppy had died, but now here she is, staying in his home. Surprised as he is, he embraces the chance to convince her to remain with him. Knowing she is too prideful for charity, he offers Poppy the position of companion to his elderly aunt. But as the wintry days pass, and Marcus and Poppy find the romance between them that had sparked so long ago rekindle into something much stronger, will he get a Twelfth Night miracle and convince her to stay for good?
The Dumont Bride
by Terri BrisbinAn arranged marriage to a dishonored woman will restore a man’s fortunes—and awaken unexpected passions—in this medieval romance.England, 1194. Christian Dumont had been to hell to pay for the sins of his father. Now a royal command to wed would restore all he had lost—but at what price? For though marriage to landed, beauteous Emalie Montgomerie seemed to present no hardship, his countess harbored a secret dangerous enough to destroy them both! They were bound by decree, but would they ever find happiness?Though she held her honor unblemished in her heart, Emalie Montgomerie knew coming unchaste to the bridal bed was a sin unforgivable in a noblewoman. Still, the desire flaring in Christian’s eyes offered her hope . . . but would the prideful Dumont ever accept another man’s babe as his own?
The Duncan Andrews Thrillers Vol. 1
by Stephen OsbornePrivate detective Duncan Andrews's best friend Gina is a witch. His dog is a zombie. And his dead boyfriend, Robbie, is a ghost. So it's hardly any wonder that he uses his connection to the supernatural to help him solve cases. In Pale as a Ghost, Duncan's on the trail of a serial killer who may not be human, while also trying to move on in his dating life. In Animal Instinct, someone is using the skull of a powerful wizard--Gina's father--to control animals and attack young Ashton Marsh. In The Scarlet Tide, Duncan's latest case leads him to Chicago and a band whose members are all vampires. And in Dead End, Robbie's cousin Jason has moved into a house that's haunted by a serial killer, and Gina's on the run from witch-hunters. Through it all, Duncan must solve the case and balance a complicated personal life.See excerpt for individual blurbs.
The Duplicitous Debutante
by Becky LowerIn 1859, ladies of New York society are expected to do three things well: find a husband, organize a household, and have children. But despite her mother's best intentions, making her debut is the last thing on Rosemary Fitzpatrick's mind.Writing the popular Harry Hawk dime novels as F.P. Elliott, she's too busy hiding her female identity from her new publisher, Henry Cooper. To protect her clandestine career, she ends up posing as the enigmatic author's secretary.Henry is not the typical Boston Brahmin, nor the typical publisher, and Rosemary entrances him from the moment they meet. As they work together and grow closer, he wonders how his traditional-minded father will react when he brings her into the family, because Henry firmly intends to marry the working-class woman.But when her deception begins to unravel at the cotillion ball, will Henry be able to forgive her or has deceit cost her the man she loves?Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Duplicitous Debutante
by Becky LowerIn 1859, ladies of New York society are expected to do three things well: find a husband, organize a household, and have children. But despite her mother’s best intentions, making her debut is the last thing on Rosemary Fitzpatrick’s mind.Writing the popular Harry Hawk dime novels as F.P. Elliott, she’s too busy hiding her female identity from her new publisher, Henry Cooper. To protect her clandestine career, she ends up posing as the enigmatic author’s secretary.Henry is not the typical Boston Brahmin, nor the typical publisher, and Rosemary entrances him from the moment they meet. As they work together and grow closer, he wonders how his traditional-minded father will react when he brings her into the family, because Henry firmly intends to marry the working-class woman.But when her deception begins to unravel at the cotillion ball, will Henry be able to forgive her or has deceit cost her the man she loves?Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Duplicitous Debutante
by Becky LowerIn 1859, ladies of New York society are expected to do three things well: find a husband, organize a household, and have children. But despite her mother’s best intentions, making her debut is the last thing on Rosemary Fitzpatrick’s mind.Writing the popular Harry Hawk dime novels as F.P. Elliott, she’s too busy hiding her female identity from her new publisher, Henry Cooper. To protect her clandestine career, she ends up posing as the enigmatic author’s secretary.Henry is not the typical Boston Brahmin, nor the typical publisher, and Rosemary entrances him from the moment they meet. As they work together and grow closer, he wonders how his traditional-minded father will react when he brings her into the family, because Henry firmly intends to marry the working-class woman.But when her deception begins to unravel at the cotillion ball, will Henry be able to forgive her or has deceit cost her the man she loves?Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Durango Affair
by Brenda JacksonDurango was raised with the belief that a Westmoreland always takes responsibility for his actions. So when Savannah Claiborne tells him she is pregnant, he realizes that the only thing to do is get married. Their marriage is supposed to be in name only; however, some agreements are meant to be broken.
The Dust Fields of Underburb
by Leon MauvaisIn a world where hip-hop is life, you're only as vital as your last track.Mar'Bo, a young songster, lives in Master T's harem of skerrters. There's only one house rule -- keep the music flowing.Mar'Bo's been suffering from writer's block for weeks. Master T is owed a melody and he's come to collect. What do you do when you've lost the beat?
The Dust of Memories
by Valeria De LucaThis is the story of Pamela, a woman, a mother, a wife, that had to sacrifice many things to make her biggest dream possible: to become a famous writer. This story talks about love for writing, love for the fantastic world of books, but not only, but it also talks about her marriage destroyed because of her dream. And the need to separate herself from the people she loves the most in her life: her children. Sometimes we need to suffer to be able to obtain what we want. What would you be willing to sacrifice for your biggest dream? A story that enters into the heart, especially for those who love books. There is a little of Pamela in each of us.
The Dutch Girl
by Donna ThorlandThe acclaimed author of Mistress Firebrand and The Turncoat continues "her own revolution in American historical romance"* with another smart, sexy, swashbuckling novel set during the American Revolution.Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley, 1778. The British control Manhattan, the Rebels hold West Point, and the Dutch patroons reign in feudal splendor over their vast Hudson River Valley estates. But the roads are ruled by highwaymen. Gerrit Van Haren, the dispossessed heir of Harenwyck, is determined to reclaim his inheritance from his decadent brother, Andries, even if that means turning outlaw and joining forces with the invading British. Until, that is, he waylays the carriage of beautiful young finishing school teacher Anna Winters...Anna is a committed Rebel with a secret past and a dangerous mission to secure the Hudson Highlands for the Americans. Years ago, she was Annatje, the daughter of a tenant farmer who led an uprising against the corrupt landlords and paid with his life. Since then, Anna has vowed to see the patroon system swept aside along with British rule. But at Harenwyck she discovers that politics and virtue do not always align as she expects...and she must choose between two men with a shared past and conflicting visions of the future.READERS GUIDE INCLUDED From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Dutch Wife: A Novel
by Ellen KeithA sweeping story of survival during World War IIAmsterdam, May 1943. As the tulips bloom and the Nazis tighten their grip across the city, the last signs of Dutch resistance are being swept away. Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and deported to different concentration camps in Germany. Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labor camp or—for a chance at survival—to join the camp brothel.On the other side of the barbed wire, SS officer Karl MŸller arrives at the camp hoping to live up to his father’s expectations of wartime glory. When he encounters the newly arrived Marijke, this meeting changes their lives forever.Woven into the narrative across space and time is Luciano Wagner’s ordeal in 1977 Buenos Aires, during the heat of the Argentine Dirty War. In his struggle to endure military captivity, he searches for ways to resist from a prison cell he may never leave. From the Netherlands to Germany to Argentina, The Dutch Wife braids together the stories of three individuals who share a dark secret and are entangled in two of the most oppressive reigns of terror in modern history. This is a novel about the blurred lines between love and lust, abuse and resistance, and right and wrong, as well as the capacity for ordinary people to persevere and do the unthinkable in extraordinary circumstances.
The Dutiful Daughter
by Jo Ann BrownShe Must Marry for Duty Sophia Meriweather will-if all goes as it should-marry the heir to her father's estate. If she's to secure her family's future, Sophia must put her would-be groom's best friend from her mind. But keeping the darkly handsome widower and his two young children out of her heart is proving nearly impossible. Charles Winthrop, Lord Northbridge, doesn't believe in love. Lovely Sophia may have charmed his normally silent children, but, for a man of honor and duty, she was a wife he dared not wish for. Yet nothing is as simple as it seems-especially when it comes to matters of the heart....
The Dutiful Rake
by Elizabeth RollsThe Earl of Rutherford was used to flirting with scandal. But when an act of charity placed his charge's spotless reputation in jeopardy, Marcus knew he must do the honorable thing. There was no point in pretending he was in love. So in return for Miss Marguerite Fellowes's discretion and children, the earl offered his name and protection.Then Marcus watched as proud Meg blossomed in London society. Meg's smile was perhaps the loveliest he'd ever seen, and the glow in her eyes made him feel wildly out of control. Tantalized by her evident passion for life, the dutiful rake soon found himself consumed by far from innocent desires....
The Dutiful Wife
by April KihlstromA headstrong Lord gets the challenge of his life in this original Signet Regency Romance from April Kihlstrom. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED A stipulation in his father's Will requires Edmund, Lord Rothwood to marry by his twenty-fifth birthday, or forfeit the bulk of his inheritance. In search of a dutiful wife who will let him do as he pleases, Edmund remembers young, docile Beatrix Trowley, whom he met years ago, and believes she will do nicely. With her family's welfare to consider, Beatrix quickly accepts Edmund's offer. But only then does he discover that the once docile Beatrix is now a vivacious woman who will challenge his expectations at every turn--and just might be the true love of his life.
The Dwellers in the Hills
by Melville Davisson PostMr. Post has written a story that is fresh and wholesome and quite as full of adventure as the average reader can demand... He impresses upon his reader with consummate skill the strong fascinations that the mountains have for men who, like the writer, have spent many years of their lives among them."--New York Journal.
The Dying Game
by Beverly BartonPlay To Win. . . Its the ultimate game--the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple: To win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die. . . Play To Scream. . . The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies. Lindsay McAllister has seen this signature before, when she was a rookie detective with the Chattanooga PD investigating the death of Judd Walkers wife, a murder that sent the handsome lawyer off the deep end. Now, Lindsay has the brutal task of telling Judd that his wifes killer has struck again, and shes going to need his help to outplay their opponent--because the killer is getting bolder, faster, and more ruthless. The game is escalating, and no one is safe. Play To Die. . . Now as the body count rises, the rules are changing. A killer will do anything to win. And the only way for Lindsay to stop a madmans twisted game is to play it herself. . . New York Times bestselling author Beverly Barton has written over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular "The Protectors" series for Silhouettes Intimate Moments line. This sixth-generation Alabamian is a two-time Maggie Award winner, a two-time National Readers Choice Award winner, and a recipient of a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Adventure.
The Dying Game
by Beverly BartonPlay To Win... It's the ultimate game--the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple: To win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die... Play To Scream... The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies. Lindsay McAllister has seen this signature before, when she was a rookie detective with the Chattanooga PD investigating the death of Judd Walker's wife, a murder that sent the handsome lawyer off the deep end. Now, Lindsay has the brutal task of telling Judd that his wife's killer has struck again, and she's going to need his help to outplay their opponent--because the killer is getting bolder, faster, and more ruthless. The game is escalating, and no one is safe. Play To Die... Now as the body count rises, the rules are changing. A killer will do anything to win. And the only way for Lindsay to stop a madman's twisted game is to play it herself...
The Dying Game
by Beverly BartonPLAY TO WIN It's the ultimate game—the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple: To win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die . . . PLAY TO SCREAM The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies. Lindsay McAllister has seen this signature before, when she was a rookie detective with the Chattanooga PD investigating the death of Judd Walker's wife, a murder that sent the handsome lawyer off the deep end. Now, Lindsay has the brutal task of telling Judd that his wife’s killer has struck again, and she’s going to need his help to outplay their opponent—because the killer is getting bolder, faster, and more ruthless. The game is escalating, and no one is safe . . . PLAY TO DIE Now as the body count rises, the rules are changing. A killer will do anything to win. And the only way for Lindsay to stop a madman’s twisted game is to play it herself . . .
The Débutante
by F. Scott Fitzgerald"Oh, yes, coming out is such a farce nowadays, you know. One really plays around so much before one is seventeen, that it&’s positively anticlimax."
The Déjà Glitch: A Novel
by Holly JamesTo break out of a 24-hour time loop, all Jack needs is for Gemma to fall in love with him in a single day. All Gemma needs is to remember him first . . . Gemma Peters is doing fine. She&’s making a name for herself in the L.A. music biz as a radio producer. She&’s got a ride-or-die best friend in Lila, and she gets to come home to Rex, her loving Labrador, every night. But ever since her rock star ex-boyfriend used her to get a record deal from her rock legend dad, she&’s made a &“no musicians&” rule when it comes to dating that&’s becoming more like a &“no dating&” rule, period. So, when Gemma crashes (literally) into Jack one Thursday morning, at first she feels like fate might finally be doing her a favor. After all this guy is cute and, wait, is she imagining it, or is he staring a little too deeply into her eyes? And how does he know her name? Even harder to explain is the funny feeling of déjà vu she gets every time she looks at him. It&’s not at all like Gemma to kiss a man and forget him completely, so then how can she explain the dreamlike memory of his lips on hers? The truth is this is no ordinary Thursday. Not for them. In fact, they&’ve lived this day over and over for months. And while Gemma has been totally oblivious to the time loop, Jack has been agonizingly aware of every single iteration. Luckily, Jack has a theory to bring his own personal Groundhog Day to an end. And it&’s simple. Before the day is over, he just has to get Gemma to fall in love with him.
The EC Archives: Confessions Illustrated
by Daniel KeyesContained here is the complete run of Confessions Illustrated, an innovative &“Picto-Fiction&” magazine.Containing illustrated prose stories of scandal and forbidden romance, The EC Archives: Confessions Illustrated collects the entire Confessions Illustrated in one volume and is illustrated by industry legends: Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandell, and more! This archive volume contains Confessions Illustrated issues 1 though 3.