Crimson Romance
6 total works
In Lord Hugh Davenport's opinion, women of the ton perpetually hide behind a mask of deception. That's hard for Ellie Albright, the daughter of an earl, to swallow-especially since she's disguised herself as a stable hand to get back the prized stallion her father sold to Hugh to pay a debt. If Hugh learns her true identity she'll lose the horse and her family will go bankrupt. Somehow, though, losing Hugh's affection is beginning to seem even worse.
Already only a step away from being snagged in her own web of lies, Ellie's deceit threatens to spin out of control when Hugh's mother invites Ellie and her sisters to a house party. Now Ellie has to scramble to keep Hugh from knowing she's the stable girl he wants to marry, while simultaneously trying to win his trust as herself. Can she keep her costumes straight long enough to save her family? And even if she does, will it be worth losing his love?
Sensuality Level: Sensual
Already only a step away from being snagged in her own web of lies, Ellie's deceit threatens to spin out of control when Hugh's mother invites Ellie and her sisters to a house party. Now Ellie has to scramble to keep Hugh from knowing she's the stable girl he wants to marry, while simultaneously trying to win his trust as herself. Can she keep her costumes straight long enough to save her family? And even if she does, will it be worth losing his love?
Sensuality Level: Sensual
Former NYPD detective Meghan McCafferty is finished taking chances. Safety first, that's her motto these days. But on a certain Wednesday in March, she happens to walk into the same coffee shop as Marcus Bixil, a man who closes deals for the powerful Kozlova Group. To her, Marcus is a charming man with quirks. He makes her forget the importance of staying safe.
Oops.
Only after a black-ops government agency tries to permanently retire her does Meghan realize that Marcus isn't a charming man with quirks: he's something else entirely. But what?
Along with her friend Danny Yi, and against adversaries ranging from Marcus's employer to a freelance operative whose allegiance shifts like sand, Meghan races to discover the secret of Marcus, knowing only that revealing it will protect her - but not knowing the price she'll have to pay to learn it.
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Oops.
Only after a black-ops government agency tries to permanently retire her does Meghan realize that Marcus isn't a charming man with quirks: he's something else entirely. But what?
Along with her friend Danny Yi, and against adversaries ranging from Marcus's employer to a freelance operative whose allegiance shifts like sand, Meghan races to discover the secret of Marcus, knowing only that revealing it will protect her - but not knowing the price she'll have to pay to learn it.
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
When ex-Army officer Matthew Blake starts a new career, he comes up against the most challenging obstacle to his happiness he's ever encountered: Greta Ferguson, the interior designer who's supposed to be making his life easier. He's used to giving orders and having them obeyed; she's a determined businesswoman who's not used to be challenged. Sparks fly-sparks Greta is determined to squelch, not caring to repeat the mistakes of her past. But with a little help from a little sister, they both learn how to give up control to find love.
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Coming out of suspended animation one by one, the survivors of a global disaster must try to make sense of the world they live in now. When they're newlyborn, they have no memory of the lives they left behind. As they awaken, they remember parts of the lives they lived before the disaster, discover what they can contribute, and become full members of the tribe.
But sometimes they don't awaken. Those are the soulless ones. So the Elders say.
Jelena has been unawakened for seven years long past the time she should have. Her protector, Michael, does not complain, but she knows that she is just another burden to him. Everything she does, from befriending the wolves that terrify the rest of the tribe to challenging the decrees the Elders lay down, puts her in conflict with the tribe and thus with Michael.
Jelena and Michael must find a way beyond custom and fear to live and love as equals.
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
But sometimes they don't awaken. Those are the soulless ones. So the Elders say.
Jelena has been unawakened for seven years long past the time she should have. Her protector, Michael, does not complain, but she knows that she is just another burden to him. Everything she does, from befriending the wolves that terrify the rest of the tribe to challenging the decrees the Elders lay down, puts her in conflict with the tribe and thus with Michael.
Jelena and Michael must find a way beyond custom and fear to live and love as equals.
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
When English professor Gabriella Kurtz is dumped by her ho-hum boyfriend because she doesn't have the energy to do the breaking up herself, she knows a drastic change is in order. But she's not counting on just how drastic the change is going to be . . . .
While she's reinventing herself as a hot sexy chick, Gabriella imagines her perfect man. Big and masculine but gentlemanly, he's going to take one look at her and then it'll be mind-blowing sex all weekend. That's what she wants. That's what she tells her colleagues she . . . already has. Because she just can't stand the fact that everyone knows she's been dumped by a boring academic colleague. What's wrong with an imaginary boyfriend to shield her from the worst of the humiliation?
And that's when Duncan Sinclair, Sin to his friends, enters the picture. Ex-military, now working for an oh-so-secret government agency, he's on the hot seat. Take out an undercover terrorist posing as an accomplished academic, his boss tells him. Sin gets the game plan: the terrorist will be giving a talk at a big Midwestern university.
When Gabriella's colleagues mistake Sin for her imaginary boyfriend, he thinks she's set up the situation to provide him cover, which means she must be a deep-cover asset. Brilliant deductive reasoning. Except it's wrong . . . .
Sensuality Level: Hot
Alicia Thorne is a former college professor who has invented a boyfriend or two in her life, although she found the results not nearly as satisfying as her heroine does.
While she's reinventing herself as a hot sexy chick, Gabriella imagines her perfect man. Big and masculine but gentlemanly, he's going to take one look at her and then it'll be mind-blowing sex all weekend. That's what she wants. That's what she tells her colleagues she . . . already has. Because she just can't stand the fact that everyone knows she's been dumped by a boring academic colleague. What's wrong with an imaginary boyfriend to shield her from the worst of the humiliation?
And that's when Duncan Sinclair, Sin to his friends, enters the picture. Ex-military, now working for an oh-so-secret government agency, he's on the hot seat. Take out an undercover terrorist posing as an accomplished academic, his boss tells him. Sin gets the game plan: the terrorist will be giving a talk at a big Midwestern university.
When Gabriella's colleagues mistake Sin for her imaginary boyfriend, he thinks she's set up the situation to provide him cover, which means she must be a deep-cover asset. Brilliant deductive reasoning. Except it's wrong . . . .
Sensuality Level: Hot
Alicia Thorne is a former college professor who has invented a boyfriend or two in her life, although she found the results not nearly as satisfying as her heroine does.
In the fall of 1053, Lady Imma has one loyalty: to help her uncle, the king of Wales, win his war against the English. Lord Robert, the steward of Wessex, has one loyalty as well: to keep his beloved Wessex safe from enemies. When she is forced to seek shelter in his keep, they must decide if they can listen to their hearts - or if they would be wiser never to trust each other.
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors