A mash-up of "The Princess Diaries" with the millionaire romance. Here's a down-on-her-luck orphan, trying to make it big in Hollywood while sleeping out of her car to make ends meet. Enter a millionaire software mogul who needs an "in" to break into the EU market. His solution is her: Alyx is th...
A great second chance story! Luke, during a tragic and painful time in his life, made a decision that broke his heart and the girl he loved. It wasn’t a matter of right or wrong, he just didn’t handle it well. Then, he was a boy finding his way. Eleven years later, he was a man staring down the c...
This is the first book I've read by Heather Long. I must say she knows her marines! Like most of the 1 Night Stand stories it left me wanting to know more. Some of the sex scenes were glossed over and I would have liked them explained. It was a menage but not smoking hot. Both of the men were mor...
“I’m sorry I’m late.” He slid into the passenger seat. “Was in surgery most of the night, we had new patients airlifted in and—”“It’s okay.” Eli stopped him with a hand on his leg. “Ease up. You had to work, you couldn’t get leave first thing this morning. We’re good.”Of course Eli understood. Th...
By mutual agreement, they’d settled it all down for the day. Jacob called Miller back in to meet with the Brotherhood of the Crimson Rose and to keep an eye on Vanagan and their purple-haired prisoner. In an effort to get Cassandra to rest and Helcyon to heal, he’d talked the Elf into keeping her...
Glancing around the darkened parking lot, he swore and started for the street. He’d find a taxi. “Mr. Prentiss?” Peterson’s voice cut through the darkness. “If you’ll give us one minute, we’ll have a car here for you.” Richard stopped. He was covere...
Ilsa added a tablespoon of sugar and then a second, vividly aware of the large men filling the little kitchen area around her. Rory sat across the table, calm and serene, as if they sat at some table outside a café rather than in a non-descript kitchen with warehouse walls and five men—soldiers, ...
She sat next to a stranger. No, she sat next to Luke, far worse than a stranger. She didn’t know what to say. Her tongue seemed thick against the back of her teeth.Two glasses of wine left her mildly tipsy. The only explanation for why she got into the truck with the man eleven years after he wal...
Cassie’s fingers dug into Jacob’s biceps. She couldn’t pull her gaze away from the mirror or the pair of golden orbs flaming back at her. Nothing about her eyes looked human. Nothing. “I don’t know.” Jacob’s words were not what she wanted to hear. She wanted him to come up with some great magical...
The desire to sweep her room for magical interference overwhelmed him, but she’d planted her hand against his chest and shook her head. Brushing off her rejection wouldn’t do, he’d pushed her hard enough for one day. So he let her go and went back to his room to check the recordings. It was none...
She fumbled for the light switch, her gaze darting everywhere in the room. She still slept in the med lab, despite the damaged walls and equipment. A plain wooden door replaced the one she’d apparently destroyed earlier in the week. It was the middle of the night, and the house slept. Heart racin...
Every statement he made, she challenged with her own experiences—and while he’d taken a chance with that kiss, it paid off in spades. Her lost vulnerability vanished. The heat in her cheeks reflected in the sparks in her deep brown eyes. He watched her, in between bites and whenever she spoke. He...
Her relationship, tenuous at best, didn't survive that first meeting. At sixteen, the pampered daughter of a wealthy diplomat and industrialist probably didn't have the reserves to combat such profound disappointment. In the years since, she armored herself against that memory. It's what sur...
The Amazon’s shackles were cast from the finest spun gold. He couldn’t help but prowl closer to inspect the bracelets that began at her wrists and extended to mid-forearm. The markings reminded him of gauntlets worn into battle, only without the mesh or gold to cover the hands and fin...
He was also there when she woke in the morning, rousing her in a slow, devastating sensual assault that left her boneless as well as breathless. Their day together—bed shopping included—reminded her of all the fun times they’d spent as teens—though they’d hardly shopped then. The familiarity lay ...
Rick stood on the far side of the baggage claim area, just beyond the glass separating customs from the outside world. A tidal wave of humanity flowed ahead of him, eager to stretch its legs after the seventeen-plus hour flight. The passengers greeted their loved ones with enthusiastic hugs or sw...
Dylan said with a sigh as he tapped the bar and slid onto a stool. Late Friday at the Wheelhouse and the crowd hadn’t gotten loud yet. The partiers would arrive in another hour or so. The majority of the population dining out at the adult-only establishment on the weekend evenings was mated coupl...
She slept hours at a stretch. Meredith and Joe took turns sitting with her and Libby, making sure she could shower, eat meals, and watch more football—although the night before, Meredith insisted on a movie and Melody had fallen asleep on Joe’s arm watching an old black and white film noir. The M...
Taglioni…” The judge studied the petition in front of her. If Ryan hadn’t been sitting steadfast at her side, Tiffany would have left. She’d thought having a woman judge would make all the difference, but the sixty-year-old woman seated across from her at the desk scared the hell out of her. From...
Rage burned like acid in Armand’s veins. He took in the scene with one glance from Anna’s red-rimmed eyes to the way his younger brother held her hands—comforting and familiar. Too damn familiar.Sebastian jerked to his feet, releasing her in the process. “Armand, I—”“Silence.” For once, his broth...
Years of performing in front of a camera with only a thirty-minute nap and a cup of decaf to stave off exhaustion had made her a master of poise and controlled expression. A talent she was immensely grateful for because she’d glanced out of the booth to see the tall, athletic man with his broad s...
Everything about her screamed fragility, but a core of strength lay beneath her fragile exterior. The quaver in her voice when she confessed why she’d come on this 1Night Stand shamed his earlier thoughts. Thankfully, he’d never voiced them so he had no apologies to make. He could wis...
Narrowing her eyes, she studied his too-calm expression. “What?”“You heard me. That’s stupid.” Repeating it didn’t endear the word to her further nor did the kiss he pressed to the tip of her nose. “Come on. You’re stubborn, but you’re brilliant, too. Work through everything you told me and tell ...
Bianca had been waiting for him in Albuquerque, exactly as he’d ordered. Of course, the healer, unlike the other wolves, didn’t seem as keen to rebel about his orders. Hands on his hips, she rode the bitch seat as though she’d been born to it. Tingles radiated over his skin from the contact, her ...
He’d shifted hours ago, criss-crossing their back trail and erasing it, but still the posse followed them. It made no damn sense. The man leading them, however, seemed to have the same grit and determination in chasing them as Cody did it trying to evade that posse. Three days since they’d ...
A part of her wanted to laugh aloud. With a firm grip, she fought to stay centered along him and at the same time she didn’t want to hurt him by squeezing too hard. You can’t hurt me. The reassurance purred through her mind as startling and clear as when he spoke to her th...
He swept his tongue across the seam of her lips, and they parted on a gasp. She’d wanted to know him; and he wanted to know her. The sizzle of contact shimmered over his skin with every stroke of her tongue against his as he devoured her. He’d promised he wouldn’t force he...
The local police questioned her at length about the events at the cottage. Though they tried to separate her from Ethan, he refused to budge. After several hours, other marshals arrived with the news that Angela Krueger had been arrested. The man Ethan shot at the house had been identified, and w...
Next, he removed the addition to his cheeks and ducked his face into the water. In minutes, he washed away the Walter Curry appearance he manufactured when he dealt with his assets. Glancing at the mirror again, he studied his altogether nondescript face. A single scar ran parallel to the undersi...
The news from Belaria continued to feed the major news outlets. Most regarded the latest protests as merely a symptom of the growing unrest throughout the region. Factionalism always thrived amidst discontent, but moves by the Russian government in the Ukraine fed the dissent in other countries. ...
Murphy repeated the information for the third time. The connection sucked, but she’d promised to let her family know prior to boarding the flight taking her back to the United States. After two years of hopping all over Europe, she was actually ready for a good old fashioned burger and beer with ...
Biting Oz © 2012 Mary Hughes Biting Love, Book 5 Gunter Marie “Junior” Stieg is stuck selling sausage for her folks in small-town Meiers Corners. Until one day she’s offered a way out—the chance to play pit orchestra for a musical headed for Broadway: Oz, Wonderful Oz. But someone is threate...
Seated in a tilted chair, balanced on its back legs with her feet propped on the edge of the table, Serafina soaked in the buzz of conversation surrounding her. Amy Lange, the Delta Crescent Traiteur, occupied the breakfast nook bench. A cup of coffee sat on the table to her right, some beignets ...
Jana couldn’t believe she’d cried all over the captain. Despite his fantastic letters, and the genuine apology in his behavior and words, he was a stranger, and she’d wept brokenly in his arms. “And then I laughed.” She stared at the small round mirror affixed to the wall in the tiny bathroom. “L...
Running his hand through his hair, he freed his ponytail before wrapping the band around the gearshift. Two years of roaming had left him with shoulder length hair and a scruffy appearance so far away from his family’s clean-cut image, he couldn’t help but enjoy it. Shutting off the engine, he sl...
Alyx held herself loosely in his arms as they waltzed around the floor. The private party took place in the executive suites of the Takahashi building. Over his shoulder she caught sight of Daniel and smiled. He grinned, leaning against the bar, surrounded by the company’s executives, and his gaz...
Even then, he believed it possible all she needed was his presence to back down from the untenable situation she’d created. Her temper, her unwillingness to lower her eyes, and her wolves attack decided him.His baby sister, the delicate and fragile flower of his mother’s eye, had lost her mind if...
The judge had requested all parties to the courthouse for questioning. But, instead of the courtroom, Robin and her attorney were in with the judge while Tony and his attorney cooled their heels.“Sit down and take a breather,” Derek advised. He sat in one of the conference room’s black leather ch...
The patch of sunlight from her window angled perfectly to slice across her tear-swollen eyes. Scrubbing the heel of her hand against her face, Claire sat and studied the white curtained room with its festive blue trim. Deeply feminine with its touches of lace and delicate things, it also boasted ...
Not only had she been attacked, but someone had tried to kidnap her and he’d shot another woman in the process. The woman survived, but she would be in the hospital for the foreseeable future. Some primal part of Brody had shut down his emotional responses, dug in, and crouched to wait as t...
He should have waited to call, but he’d needed the reassurance of hearing her voice. The question of pregnancy simply hadn’t occurred to him. He took precautions and wore condoms with other women, most often, but with Cassie, even his most jaded decisions, such as never allowing for another child...
A hot, masculine blanket wrapped around her—Justin—his hand fastened to her breast. She damn near sighed at the reality of it. They’d never made it out of her bed the first day—not for long, anyway. Other than a break to shower—together—and to raid her kitchen for food, they’d retreated to her be...
Sophie's father was a big man, thick shoulders, thick arms and a broad face marked by a lifetime of laughter and worry. She'd inherited her black hair from him, but her darker skin and eyes from her mother. Everything about her father was buttoned down, from his ties to his slacks to his sensible...
His pack knew to let themselves in, and he didn’t have time for strangers so he’d ignored the knock and the doorbell ring. The unfamiliar feminine call of ‘hello’ alerted him to the stranger entering his house. Surprise followed by fury rushed through him. Then she called again, but he missed the...
“Matt…” “Don’t Matt me.” The dangerous whisper right next to her ear sent a shiver skating over her skin. “Dog breath, don’t pull big, bad wolf with me. It doesn’t work, remember?” When his eyes went gold and his voice growly, it always made her lau...
His mind buzzed with raw need. It had taken every ounce of his control not to roll her down on the pavement and drive into her. Mark her. Brand her. Ensure that she knew that she was never to leave him, never to belong to another, that there would never be another. Mine. I...