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Bats Out of Hell

by Lily Harlem

Strong and willful Kenna MacCallum is a keen hunter and a sharp shooter. The stoic beauty has spent her life battling to prove she’s as good as the men in the village of Tillicoulty. Her heart knows no fear of the wolves and boars that live in the forest…but Vikings… The invaders seen passing on their mighty longboats freeze the blood in her veins. She prays nightly that they’ll keep on sailing on by. When Haakon Rhalson, son of King Urd of Drangar, washes up on the shores of Lothlend and encounters this woman, his heart instantly beats to the sound of a new song. His desires know no limits. This mortal Valkyrie will be his. She’s a goddess, the only woman he’ll ever need in his life. He will wear this new crown with her at his side. That is his destiny mapped out by the gods.

Crimes, Conspiracies, and Courtship

by Aubrey Wynne

As Lady Matilda’s first Season arrives, she must put away her bluestocking ways and concentrate on finding a husband. But Mattie is terrified of finding herself betrothed or even worse— not betrothed. Mr. Harry Walters is an orphaned, ex-Bow Street runner turned investigator, who makes a living by his wits. When a peer approaches him about a new assignment, Harry realizes they are both after the same man. He accepts the job but soon finds himself also protecting the earl’s sister. While working in costume at a masquerade, Walters makes a fatal mistake when he asks Lady Matilda to dance. Mattie is determined to win the heart of this handsome, rugged man. Harry is just as determined to keep her safe. Will fate find a way to bring a common man and an earl’s sister a happy ever after? Or will his lack of title and dangerous life keep her at arm’s length?

Curse of the Healer

by Ashley York

Fated to be a healer... Aednat has spent her entire life training to be the Great healer and is more than willing to remain alone and untouched to attain that goal. Destined to be his... Diarmuid of Clonascra is renowned for his bravery in battle. Only one thing daunts him: the prospect of taking a wife. What starts as duty for Diarmuid quickly transforms into something more. Aednat's power might be at risk, but so is his closed-off heart.

Just About a Rake

by Tanya Wilde

Lady Leonora Heart is clever, flirtatious, and always ready to seize a moment—especially when that moment involves a rake. And particularly if that rake is the Earl of Dare. It’s all harmless fun—after all, she has no intention of reforming any man. The only problem? She is drawn to Dare in a way that defies logic. He is dangerous—and not just in the usual rakehell way. No, he is dangerous in a way that makes her pulse race, her breath hitch, and her common sense abandon her entirely. Rake Sloane, the Earl of Dare, is handsome, hardened, and infamous. He is a rake through and through—one who will never be reformed. The only thing he loathes more than pain is entanglements. Love? Marriage? Never. He refuses to make the same mistakes as his father. But he has one glaring weakness, and her name is Lady Leonora Heart. She is temptation incarnate. A living, breathing complication.

Journey of the Heart

by Stephanie Burkhart

James returns to his home in California after World War II only to find out he's lost his farm. His way of life gone, James becomes a journeyman, selling Bibles, looking for a sense of purpose. Rachel Santori's winery is in trouble. She's looking for someone to trust. When Rachel meets James, she can't deny how he penetrates her soul with his long, lonely looks. Can James find a sense of belonging at Rachel's winery? Can love mend both their weary hearts?

Ellena's Secret

by Elizabeth Donne

An arranged marriage, sight unseen. Or have they met before? George Howell, a viscount and the most eligible bachelor in Munro, has almost given up on finding a bride. The ladies of the ton only want him for his title, mocking him behind his back for his tongue-tied ways. So when he hears of Ellena Trenton—beautiful, unjaded, and raised to know her duty—he seizes the chance to claim a wife who might accept him as he is. Ellena believes herself fated to repeat her parents’ joyless marriage. When her ambitious father negotiates her betrothal to Lord Howell, without her even having met him, it seems her worst fears are about to come true. But fate has other plans. As she reluctantly journeys to the city of Munro, a carriage accident leaves her stranded overnight in a woodland cabin with a handsome stranger.

The Count's Charade

by Elizabeth Bailey

A shot across the marshes heard by a lone, disabled woman. The Frenchman in Grace’s lean-to is at death’s door. An enemy spy? Who are the men who seek him? What secrets lie in the papers Henri entrusts to her charge? Living alone but for her faithful maid, Grace’s reputation is at stake. But Henri’s safety comes first. If he is to have a chance, she must hold the authorities at bay. Barely has he recovered when his pursuers come calling. Pitting those who would interfere one against the other, Grace risks all to keep her Frenchman alive. Will the truth emerge before Henri’s enemies manage to silence him forever?

Lord Fournier's Shameless Princess

by Cerise DeLand

Elizabeth von Rittenburg—Liesel, as she is known—is a princess with a plan. She’ll save her sisters and young brother from the French who would abduct and ransom them to get her renegade older brother, Crown Prince Rainer to turn himself in to the French. Liesel has always made her own rules, disrupting London society and refusing to marry her betrothed, a dispeptic British prince. She ignores those who would dampen her exuberant nature. Now to save her family, she will do anything, even barge into a stranger’s bathing room and upbraid him for his failures, while the poor fellow stands before her naked.

The Dandy Lyon

by Jenna Jaxon

Ruthless, wealthy, social outsider Marcus Dandridge has fallen in love. Hard. So hard he’s already attempted to force marriage to Lady Joanna Longford by means of blackmail—and failed utterly, gaining the eternal enmity of her brother. Now desperate, Marcus consults his friend, Mrs. Dove-Lyon at The Lyon’s Den, whose recommendation is a wild gamble--one Marcus would never lay odds on at his gaming establishments. But he’s so desperate to have Joanna, he’s willing to roll the dice just once more.

The Sentinel

by Avril Borthiry

Haunted by the memories of a tragic betrayal, Turi has been forced to endure a torturous existence. He is a mercenary warrior, his soul tainted by the sinful distractions of a reclusive life. When at last the promise of redemption beckons, Turi returns to the land of his birth, eager to find the peace that has eluded him for so long. Cristen St. Clair is a fugitive. Alone and defenseless, she is easy prey for men who would do her harm - until an enigmatic warrior comes to her aid. It is a fated meeting. Turi and Cristen each have something to offer – and they each have something to hide. But before their shocking secrets are even brought to light, they are faced with another daunting challenge. The Black Death has already decimated the lands across the narrow sea. It is merciless. Deadly. And it has just arrived on England’s southern shores.

The Duke's Lance

by C.H. Admirand

The winsome, ebony-haired lass with the violet faery-eyes captures O’Malley’s heart when she steps down from the carriage, but it is the ugly dark bruise on her cheek that has his protective instincts offering his strength and the protection of his name. O’Malley’s stubborn pride takes a hit when the lass thanks him, but refuses his offer. Helen Langley accompanied her mistress, the duke’s ward Emily, to Wyndmere Hall after a perilous journey from London. The broad-shouldered, green-eyed, handsome giant barely knows her, yet offers her marriage. Helen cannot accept O’Malley’s offer, her past could ruin their future! O’Malley is willing to wait when she leaves for the Borderlands intent on securing a position as a companion. But the man who murdered Emily’s father has Helen in his sights and follows her. When she is abducted—twice—Helen must decide whether to trust O’Malley...

War Torn Book 1

by Jan Lloyd

War Torn: A Riveting Tale of Love, Sacrifice, and Survival in the Heart of WWII Amid the horrors of war, can love cross enemy lines and survive the battle within? October 1942. Frances Meyer, a gifted violinist, faces an unthinkable choice: stay in Nazi-occupied France under the menacing gaze of an SS officer obsessed with her or risk everything for freedom. With her ailing Jewish husband, she boards a fragile boat to escape, but fate has other plans. Shipwrecked in the unforgiving Atlantic, her fight for survival lands her in the last place she expected—a German U-boat. Commanded by the enigmatic Kapitan Kristian Mueller. Frances soon finds out that the submarine is a perilous refuge. Trapped in a metal coffin with fifty restless young men oozing testosterone, she struggles to remain unseen and untouched.

This book contains scenes of: sexual violence

Scandalous Scions Box One

by Tracy Cooper-Posey

The first four titles of the beloved historical romance series in one set. The sexy historical romance series, Scandalous Scions, brings together the members of three great families, to love and play under the gaze of the Victorian era’s moralistic, straight-laced society.

Caught with a Stolen Diamond (Thieves of the Ton Book 5)

by Sandra Sookoo

Miles Lawrence Hawkins, the fifth Earl of Archewyne and his countess, Emmaline, are on a mission: to trade a priceless diamond for a kidnapped daughter of a marquess, but a power-man Englishman has teamed up with an Indian prince to make certain they won’t leave the dark subcontinent alive. Only belief in themselves and the power of love will see them through every pitfall before them.

Loving an Earl

by Christine Donovan

Entering London Society for the first time as a young, wide-eyed widow—will the ton eat her alive? Lilliana St. Claire finds herself orphaned and married to an elderly earl days later. Lord Henry Langford, her deceased father’s closest friend, is her savior, and their marriage is one of convenience. Lilly will care for Henry in his advancing years, and he will prepare her for a life within the Beau Mondewhen shebecomes his widow. Sadly, the title belongs to her only one year later at the tender age of eighteen. Edmund Weston, the new Earl of Langford, returns from the West Indies to the news of his uncle’s death and that he has taken a wife. He arrives at Langford Manor in Kent, expecting an older woman, and is flabbergasted to find a mere slip of a girl. Tempers flare, and he accuses Lilly of tricking his uncle into marrying her and stealing from the earldom.

The Honor of an Heir

by Linda Rae Sande

Twin brothers who must marry. Twin sisters who don’t wish to wed. It will take the ghost of the girls’ father and the fear of forever being haunted to see to it these two couples tie the knot.

Lion of Thunder

by Kathryn Le Veque

Westley de Lohr has known his betrothed since she tormented him as children. She's grown into a beautiful young woman and he no longer dreads the arranged marriage. They might find happiness together after all. But when Westley is taken captive his betrothed will have to bargain with everything she's got to save him. Including their new found love.

Miss Thornfield's Daring Bargain

by Addy Du Lac

As the daughter of an old wealthy merchant family, Ada was looking forward to this London season with her friends, but all her plans grind to a halt when her beloved older brother, Richard goes missing. Basil Thompson is the only thing standing between herself, what remains of her family and a life of isolated humiliation. Surrounded by enemies and with her list of allies growing thinner by the day, she strikes a daring bargain with him. They will marry long enough to find and secure her brother, then Basil can seek an annulment and leave her behind. Basil is a man on a mission; come to London and meet his new fiancée. When he sees his friend Richard get kidnapped, the mission changes to saving him and protecting Richard’s sister Ada. But blood is thicker than water and keeping up with Ada Thornfield is a mission unto itself.

The Restless Duke

by Sandra Gharabaghli

Happily Ever After comes at a price, but at what cost is The Duchess of Bedford willing to pay for love? Her husband is in secret service to the crown and they wed secretly. When her husband is captured in a French dungeon she works to free him.

One Scandal Too Many

by Dawn Brower

A dazzling romance of forbidden attraction and slow-burning passion. Lady Charlotte Beckett has resigned herself to her fate. Sent to Havenwood Academy—a finishing school for unmarriageable ladies—she knows her future holds no grand romance, no whispered promises of devotion—only the plans her father has in store for her future. But when an invitation arrives for the students to attend a house party at Easton Abbey, she finds herself in the path of the one man who threatens to unravel her carefully constructed world. Declan Hayes, the Marquess of Easton, is a notorious rake with no intention of surrendering his heart to any woman. Yet from the moment he clashes with the sharp-witted and utterly fascinating Lady Charlotte, his carefully honed indifference begins to crack. She is unlike any lady he has ever known—bold, intelligent, and apparently immune to his charms.

Rules for a Bastard Lord

by Katherine Lyons

A bastard can protect a lady, but dare he love her? Bram Hallowsby has spent his life knowing his place. As the duke's illegitimate son, he's carved out a precarious position serving society from its shadows. When he meets the newly-discovered granddaughter of the Earl of Cavener, he recognizes a woman who deserves better than the scandal of loving a bastard. Maybelle Ballenger awakens feelings Bram has denied his entire life. Though he can protect her, guide her through society's treacherous waters, and even warm her bed in secret, he knows he must never claim her openly. A bastard's love would destroy her chance at the life she deserves. But as Maybelle's suitors circle and pressure mounts for her to make an advantageous match, Bram faces an impossible choice: step aside and watch another man claim the woman he loves, or defy society's strictures and risk destroying them both.

A Dilemma for the Duke

by Ruth Casie

In a game of loyalty and lies, surrendering to love is the boldest move of all. Lady Lora has spent years forging her independence, dedicated to her work and determined to carve her own path. Marriage was never a priority—until Duke Rockford returns to Sommer-by-the-Sea. With his smoldering gaze and quiet strength, he awakens a longing she never dared acknowledge. But Rockford is a man bound by duty, harboring secrets that could shatter the fragile trust between them. Duke Rockford’s world has always been defined by honor and responsibility, but Lora makes him dream of something more—something dangerous. As whispers of betrayal swirl and an unseen enemy threatens the very fabric of England’s security, he is forced to make an impossible choice: protect the woman who has captured his heart or fulfill his mission before it’s too late.