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An amazing start to the series, this book is sweet and sexy and just beautiful. Julian is incredibly hot and is completely flummoxed when Grace doesnt want to sleep with him. Thats not to say that theres not plenty of nail-biting sexual tension in the books, there totally is! Theres also plenty of tender, romantic, emotional scenes, and the characters are so real and so vulnerable that you just want to wrap them up in a big hug especially Julian. Mine to Possess is the fourth book in Singhs Psy-Changeling series and one of the best. Clay Bennett, a member of the Dark River leopard clan, grew up with Talin without the benefit of his pack.

His mother denied his changeling nature, and so Clay was never given any means of dealing with it. All this explodes in Clay and Talins childhood when Clay commits an unspeakable act of violence that scars both of them for life and sends Clay to juvie. Years later, Clay believes that Talin is dead, but when she reappears in his life, she needs his help to save one of the children that she works with.

The love story between Clay and Talin is understandably a rocky one. Both of them are dealing with some serious trust issues as well as a lot of issues from their past. This is a heart-rending, angsty romance that is seamlessly integrated into the larger plot of the missing kids and what is going on with the Psys and Changelings. Though this is easily one of the best books in the series, you should start with the first novel, Slave to Sensation, so as not to miss a minute in this intriguing world.

The first in the eight book Bridgerton series, The Duke and I is about the fourth Bridgerton child and eldest daughter, Daphne. Daphne is dangerously close to becoming a spinster after her second Season in society, as all the men want to be friends with her and none of them want to marry her. Daphne blames her own sweet nature, but the true cause is likely her over-protective brothers.

When she meets her oldest brothers best friend, Simon, she is instantly comfortable with the charming Duke. He proposes a plan that will benefit both of them. He will pretend to court her. This will keep the marriage-minded society mothers away from him, and it will make her more attractive to the men in her circle. The plan works brilliantly. At one point, Daphne is juggling seven suitors, but this is a romance novel. So, we all know who Daphne falls for. While it starts out light and frothy with plenty of witty banter between Simon and Daphne, the book confronts some serious issues, particularly dealing with Simons past.

As their relationship unfolds, the tension spikes between Simon and Daphne as she struggles to help him let go of the past and move toward the future that shes always envisioned. Naked in Death is the first book in the wildly popular In Death series which combines a gritty police procedural mystery, a believably for futuristic sci-fi setting, and a love story that sizzles off the page.

Eve Dallas is a bright star in the NYPD, and she is called in to investigate a high-profile murder case. The victim is the rebellious granddaughter of an ultra-conservative Senator and also, a licensed prostitute. The murder weapon is left at the scene, and its something that Eve has never seen before: In , prostitution is legal, but guns are not except to a few incredibly wealthy collectors. The murderer has promised that he will kill again. Pressure is high, and the list of suspects is small. At the top of the list is the handsome, enigmatic billionaire, Roarke, and when he meets Eve, sparks fly between the two.

This is not a fluffy, sweet love story.

There are some grisly details worked into the book, particularly around the murders, but the unfolding relationship between Eve and Roarke is incredibly sweet and hot. These two are fiercely independent characters who feel like they dont need anyone in their lives, and watching them grow closer together is more gripping than even the mystery. Give this to the friend who is addicted to Law and Order: SVU to introduce them to the romance genre, and they will be hooked on this addictive series.

Jane Eyre combines a gothic mystery, a coming of age tale, and a moving love story all into one unforgettable, haunting novel. Jane is a young orphan who cant seem to get a break in life. The aunt who has been entrusted with her care hates her and sends her away to a charity school where she and the other girls are treated terribly. It is only when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall that Jane begins to find real happiness.

Thornfield is a lonely and strange place, and her employer, Mr. Rochester is moody and secretive. Despite all this, Jane grows to love Thornfield and its master, and when Mr. Rochester announces his plans to marry the wealthy Blanche Ingram, Janes life is once again thrown into turmoil. The romance between Jane and Mr.

Rochester unfolds by degrees, almost imperceptibly until both characters are swept up in it. Their love story is a rocky one with plenty of obstacles to overcome, not the least of which is Janes good sense. Jane is a strong character who sticks to her principles throughout the story. While not a romance novel in the strictest sense of the genre, Jane Eyre, like the Jane Austen novels, has long been considered a classic by romance fans. Poor and plain-looking Louisa Cantwell knows that in order to save her mother and sister from the poorhouse, she must marry well.

So, she employs all types of artifice to attract a wealthy society husband.

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She attracts The Ideal Gentleman, Lord Felix Wrenworth, a feat she only manages because she sees him for what he truly is. The two impostors see right through each others game, and so begins a sexy, fun flirtation, complete with sexual tension that burns through the pages. For all the laugh-out-loud witty banter and sexy talk that borders on dangerous in polite London society, this is not a light read.

Instead, like the many layers of artifice which both Louisa and Felix apply, this book has many layers from the light and sexy to the deeply emotional as each and every wall that these characters put up is shattered. Their happily ever after is hard-wrought but completely worth the journey. Here there are delightfully complex characters, scintillating prose, and a deeply moving love story. If youre looking for the complete package in historical romance, look no further that The Luckiest Lady in London. A rewrite of her RITA award-winning release of The Rake and the Reformer, Putneys The Rake has lost none of its shine and instead has gained the benefit of years of great writing that earned her the Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America.

Reggie Davenport, the titular rake, is a loafer and an alcoholic who desperately wants to turn his life around. His cousin gives him this second chance at life when he signs over Reggies childhood home, Strickland to him. Determined to make this new home work, he finds himself relying on the instincts of the capable steward, A.

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Weston, whom he quickly discovers is a woman. Weston, also known as Lady Alys Weston, was betrayed by a man she loved when she was Because of that, shes given up her considerable wealth and position to become a governess, and later a steward of the Strickland estate. As both Reggie and Alys learn more about each other, they grow to like each other and eventually love each other as Alys becomes his support against his crippling addiction. Though this book tackles some heavy issues,but thats not to say that there arent moments that make you smile either.

Both Reggie and Alys have a witty and sarcastic streak that they let fly throughout the book. This is a wonderfully engaging Regency romance that will have you rooting for the hero and the heroine all the way through their emotional journey. Dream Man is a sexy mystery that delivers all the right kinds of thrills. Marlie Keen is a psychic, who has lost her powers after a horrific incident. Now, in Orlando, Marlie is just trying to lead the quiet life. Shes got a nice job at the bank, a nice home, and shes very glad not to have her powers anymore.

Then, her abilities come back in full force, and she witnesses a brutal murder. Naturally, she goes to the police, but Detective Dane Hollister isnt so sure he believes her. In fact, he thinks that she might be working with the killer! Nevertheless Dane is undeniably physically attracted to Marlie.

Though the two hate each other from the start, as they search for clues in the killings, their chemistry is palpable. Soon, it explodes off the page. Winner of the Romance Readers Anonymous Award for Best Romantic Suspense, this is not so much a mystery, as the killer is revealed early on in the book. Instead, its a suspenseful thrill ride as the characters attraction heats up. The characters go from hating one another to a blazing love affair. The mystery provides thrills of another kind, as the killer becomes a threat to the romance Its a guarantee that you will be drawn into this riveting romance as magnetically as Dane is drawn to Marlie.

Eyes Like Stars, the first in the Theatre Illuminata trilogy, is many love stories wrapped up in one beautiful fantasy. It is the story of Beatrice Shakespeare Smith. Beatrice was raised in the Theatre Illuminata and pals around with the characters from various plays. Unfortunately for Beatrice, she is always at odds with the Stage Manager, and after her latest upset, the Theater Manager has given her a directive, maker herself invaluable to the theater or find a new home. Beatrice sets about attempting to adapt Hamlet to prove that she can be a Director, but strange things begin to upset the play.

Is the mysterious and beautiful Ariel behind the sabotage? So, I know, at first glance, this doesnt look like a romance. It looks like a fantasy some drama and mystery thrown in, but its not. The love triangle between Beatrice and Ariel and Nate will have you constantly switching sides as to which handsome lad should win the fair maidens heart.

Ariel is the ultimate bad boy, smooth, sexy, and manipulative, but for good reason, he just wants to be free. Nate is the ruggedly handsome yet practical pirate who always tries to steer Beatrice in the right direction. In a poignant tale of North Dakota, Lauraine Snelling - best-selling author of Sophie's Dilemma - explores the silent world of year-old Grace Knutson.

Surrounded by her family's love and the townsfolk's kindness, Grace finds all she could want in Blessing - except for a sweetheart. But when God brings a rich New Yorker into her life, Grace fears a deaf girl won't find acceptance in his privileged world. As love restores Rhoda, a sudden tragedy is the test of faith she never saw coming. More settled in her heart than ever before, Rhoda Byler feels a newfound confidence living in the Old Order Amish settlement she helped establish in Orchard Bend, Maine.

Though it has been almost a year since one brother left, Rhoda is happy to be working alongside the other brother as they tend and nurture the settlement' s orchard. Katrina Stoltzfus thought she had life and love all figured out: She was going to marry John and live happily ever after. Those plans started to crumble when her father moved the family to Stoney Ridge then completely collapsed when John decided to marry someone else. Finally free to pursue her dreams, Laura Foster is trying hard not to fall in love. She knows that the Reverend Brand McCormick's reputation would be shattered if her former life is discovered.

But it's not only Laura's history that threatens to bring Brand down - it's his own. Each year at wintertime, Rebecca Miller mourns the loss of her twin sister, who was killed in a skating accident. The ragged scar on her left hand is a cruel and constant reminder of the death of her dream. But another dream is about to come to life - an unexpected, horrifying dream that will present Jill with a responsibility she never wanted.

And choices she never wanted to make. Riddled with doubt and lingering regrets, will Suzanne and Paul find strength in God to explore a second chance at love? It wasn't easy to move back to the Old Order Mennonite community from which quiet, responsible Suzanne Zimmerman was shamefully sent away as a pregnant teen. Returning 20 years later to take care of her mother, Suzanne and Alexa - the daughter she raised as her own - have spent months rebuilding relationships with her family.

But just as Zane gathered the courage to discover if their friendship could develop into something more, her controlling father arranged for her to be courted by their bishop's son. Zane, heartbroken and frustrated, joined the army, running away from his shattered dreams. Lindie Wyse thinks an arranged marriage is the only way to preserve a future for herself and her unborn child. Josiah Plank is certain he'll never love again, but he needs someone to care for his deaf eight-year-old daughter Hannah.

The two take on their arrangement tentatively at first, but soon realize they are each in for more than they imagined. In an abandoned gatehouse on an old estate, Mariah Aubrey lives in seclusion. She supports herself by writing novels in secret—at a time when such writing is considered improper and unladylike. Soon the wealthy and ambitious Captain Bryant leases the estate and is intrigued by the beautiful girl in the gatehouse.

William Whittlestaff, an aging bachelor, becomes a guardian to the much younger Mary Lawrie. Having lost the woman he loved to a richer rival many years ago, he now finds himself falling in love with Mary despite knowing that her love belongs to another man, John Gordon.

John left three years previously in search of his fortune in order to make himself worthy of Mary. Not knowing if she will ever see him again, Mary accepts Whittlestaff's proposal only for her true love to return. One of Jane Austen's most popular novels. Arrogant, self-willed, and egotistical, Emma is her most unusual heroine. Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Gaskell expertly blends individual feeling with social concern and her heroine, Margaret Hale, is one of the most original creations of Victorian literature.

When Margaret Hale's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience she is forced to leave her comfortable home in the tranquil countryside of Hampshire Short-Straw Bride finds Meredith Hayes struggling to let go of her childhood crush on Travis Archer - the strapping young lad who saved her as a little girl. But when Meredith overhears a plot to drive Travis and his brothers off their coveted land, she has no choice but to intervene.

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When Nicole Renard returns home to Galveston from an eastern finishing school, she's stunned to find her father in ill health. Though she loves him, he's only ever focused on what she's not.

Not able to run their family business, Renard Shipping. Vowing to secure a suitable marriage partner, Nicole sets out with the Renard family's greatest treasure: But adventure soon finds Miss Pym in the form of Miss Emily Freemantle, a spoilt violet-eyed beauty fleeing an arranged marriage to a rake she has never met. This book is often thought to be the story of Jane Austen's own lost love. In it, she seems mellowed and more philosophical, touched perhaps by the sentiment of a story in which she saw herself as the heroine but in whose happy outcome she has a premonition that she would never play a part.

Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. Alec finds an unlikely ally in the matriarch's daughter.

Though he's initially wary of Julia Midwinter's reckless flirtation, he comes to realize her bold exterior disguises a vulnerable soul - and hidden sorrows of her own. When Lina Napolitano's nanny position ends, she has no desire to return to the crowded family compound in St. Louis and endure the pressure from all her boisterous and overbearing Italian relatives to marry a local man.

After eight years of living away from her family, she's accustomed to making her own decisions. Lina wishes to be a wife - just not of the local garbage man or fishmonger. Libby Sawyer and her father return from summer vacation to find another family living in their home. Widower Michael Dobrescu brought his family all the way from Romania to stake a decades-old claim on their house, and he has no plans to leave.

As a contentious legal battle drags on, Libby finds herself drawn to Michael and his mysterious past. Through the years, Virginia Simpson had learned that Grandma Marty's wisdom was right. When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better. The long-awaited return of Jonathan and their renewed courtship, with a wedding soon to follow, are proof of God's loving ways. But the inner strength that God has been forming in Virginia's life through trials and disappointments is far from complete.

This inspiring romance by Christy Award winner Deeanne Gist sets a spirited gal and an enterprising lumberjack on a collision course in Washington Territory. Set to lose half his timberland unless he finds a wife soon, widower Joe Denton places an order for a bride who can cook. When she arrives, the bonnie lass certainly cooks up a storm - but she knows nothing about marrying Joe. Eighteen-year-old Katherine Ramsey travels to London with her family to make her debut into society and hopefully find her future husband.

Her overbearing aunt insists that she must secure a proposal from a wealthy young man who is in line to inherit his father's title and estate. But Katherine questions her aunt's plans when she gets to know Jonathan Foster, a handsome medical student and strong Christian who is determined to protect the poor and vulnerable in London's East End. The practice of ministering to the widows and orphans is reflected in this story of Christina Willems, a young woman from Kansas, in , who is determined to reopen the poor farm she manages after a fire devastates the property.

She finds opposition from many surprising corners but an unlikely ally in a lumber mill owner who wants nothing more than to hold himself aloof from the world and its troubles. Levi Jonnson agrees to take care of one of the poor farm residents, a young blind boy - and in doing so opens himself up to Christina's world in ways he wouldn't have imagined. No sooner does Miss Pym board her next stagecoach than she finds herself embroiled in the plight of Miss Belinda Earle, a spirited heiress banished to Bath after swearing off the marriage market.

When the coach founders near Baddell Castle, and the dashing Marquis of Frenton comes to the rescue, Miss Pym decides to give Fate a hand. Although the austere bachelor disdains romance, his furtive glances towards Belinda prove to Miss Pym that her expert matchmaking will soon turn this star-crossed couple into a heavenly match! In Sarah's Quilt, our indomitable heroine Sarah Agnes Prine, the courageous pioneer woman introduced in These Is My Words, shares her homespun wisdom and her heartache as she contends with life in the Arizona territories at the turn of the last century.

Sarah's Quilt opens in after years of drought have devastated the cattle ranches of Arizona. Sarah is faced with starving cattle, a dry well, and romantic advances from a scheming neighbor. Wealthy heiress Jessica McCarthy desperately wants to be married and have a family. A rogue and a scoundrel, Zachary Belk is the only one who has proposed.

Even though her father warns her that Zachary won't make a good husband, she marries him. She soon discovers that her father was right. When the stock market crashes and both families are left penniless, Zachary seeks a new fortune on a property he owns in another Manhattan, in Kansas. They are only there a short time before he deserts her. A tragic case of arson sends Sarah into hiding to escape the terrible fate of her family. She works as a common laborer, and is safe for 13 years, until she receives an ominous note.

Despite her disguise, the killer has caught up with her, and she is once again in danger from a man determined to silence all echoes from the past. William, an inquiry agent, is consumed with curiosity when he meets Sarah and hears about her case. And one look into her gray eyes has him hooked. Why would an accomplished governess respond to an advertisement in the Matrimonial Times?

Myra Gilbert had never considered such a thing, but something has awoken within her and she is determined to take her chance on love.

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Carlton Green claimed his lands, and now has the deeds in his grasp. But something is missing in his life. Will his quest to find love fill that hole, or is there something from his past that could change everything and leave him with nothing? Fiery, strong-willed Deb Grantham, who presides over a gaming house with her aunt, is hardly the perfect wife for the young and naive Lord Mablethorpe.

Ravenscar always gets his way, but as he and Miss Grantham lock horns, they become increasingly drawn to each other. Has Ravenscar finally met his match? Josie is young and ambitious. She just needs a foot in the door. Your homeWhen Josie arrives, she swiftly makes herself indispensable at work and at home. And when childcare falls through before a long-awaited university reunion in Provence, it begins to look as if Josie may be staying longer than Amy had bargained for. Your husbandIn the heat of Provence, Josie's presence starts to unsettle Amy, especially around her husband.

As cracks begin to appear in Amy's perfect life, she cannot shake the feeling that the family friend may not be a friend at all Don't miss this gripping, addictive read. It will make you think twice about who you invite into your home Our Books See all Books.

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