She was seeking revenge. What she found was a vampire who swept her into the darkest depths of passion.Chicago, Illinois... the windy city. Home to football greats, dinosaurs named Sue, and, when the sun goes down... powerful vampires battling for the right to rule the city and beyond.Born into slavery, Aden is one of the most powerful vampires in North America, waging war on others of his kind in a struggle to become the next Lord of the Midwest. But in the midst of the deadliest fight of his long life, the ghosts of his past have come back to haunt him. Slavery still exists, and Aden is hellbent on destroying it and the vampires who profit from it.Sidonie Reid is an investigative reporter in pursuit of the biggest story of her career, until that story costs the life of a friend and Sid realizes she has to do much more than write about it. Intent on bringing down the vampires and their slave network, Sid gains entry to the highest levels of vampire society, where she finds herself confronting the raw sexuality that is Aden.Caught up in a dark passion that neither can resist, Aden and Sidonie join forces, determined to defeat the old regime and everything it stands for. The dangers are beyond calculation, but the ultimate reward is worth the risk. If they survive...

The second in a quartet of Maitland Maternity novels connected by a mother's legacy of love.For Michael Lord, head of security at Maitland Maternity, the arrival of the package from his long-lost mother recalled his abandonment as a baby – so he wasn't about to desert his secretary, Jenny Marrow. Seven months ago her husband had died in an accident. Now she was pregnant and her controlling mother-in-law wanted custody of the unborn child. The confirmed bachelor couldn't ignore a woman in trouble. Michael had an idea that could keep Jenny and her baby in Texas – a temporary husband!

Matt McKay thinks he has his life all mapped out. He's on his way to propose to his "suitable" girlfriend – when fate intervenes. Irresistible Erin Douglas is catapulted into his path, with cute twin boys in tow!Matt's chivalrous instincts take over, and his single lifestyle flies out the window as this ready-made family moves in to his bachelor pad. But Matt soon realizes he likes having the twins around – and, even more, he wants the woman who loves them…

Adora's mahogany hair and violet eyes captivated young Prince Murad the moment he saw her in a convent garden, and their love flowered like the peach blossoms surrounding them. But Orkahm, Grand Turk of an empire, claimed Adora for his bride, tearing her from her young love as she wept bitter tears. Destiny might carry them to other lands and other loves, but Murad and Adora were meant only for each other-forging a magnificent love that lies forever in the pages of history…"Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover pasion, a keen sense of history and suspense."PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Two friends, two sons, two shocking and intense love affairs…Roz and Lil have been best friends since childhood. But their bond stretches beyond familiar bounds when these middle-aged mothers fall in love with each other's teenage sons—taboo-shattering passions that last for years, until the women end them, vowing to have a respectable old age.With Adore, Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, once again proves her unrivaled ability to capture the truth of the human condition.

The Keatyn Chronicles - 4.5Join Keatyn on Thanksgiving Break in this Keatyn Chronicles novella. I’ve finally become the kind of girl my little sisters could look up to. Except for the lies. Lying to my friends is killing me. And the longer I’m there—the closer we get—the more I feel like I’m being eaten from the inside out. If I go back to Eastbrooke, I’ll end up nothing but a shell. So I'm not going back. I'm going to St. Croix by myself. And for the first time in my life, I'm okay with being alone. Except...I don't actually end up on the island alone.

Their world was passion, pleasure and secrets.Far too many secrets. But Clay Nichols can't get Julia Bell out of his mind. He's so drawn to her, and to the nights they shared, that he can't focus on work or business. Only her. And she's pissing him off with her hot and cold act. She has her reasons though–she's trying to stay one step ahead of the trouble that's been chasing her for months now, thanks to the criminal world her ex dragged her into. If only she can get out of this mess, then maybe she can invite the man who ignites her back in her life, so she can have him–heart, mind and body.He won't take less than all of her, and the full truth too. When he runs into her again at her sister's wedding, they have a second chance but she'll have to let him all the way in. And they'll learn just how much more there is to the intense sexual chemistry they share, and whether love can carry them well past the danger of her past and into a new future, after this night...

America’s premier author of provocative fiction delivers the dramatic finale to a series set within the inner circle of glamour, sex and privilege.When it came to playing games, my lover Jax was a master strategist. He pulled strings behind the closed doors of D.C.’s most powerful political players, and somehow still found time to nearly sideline my career. What he didn’t know was that when I didn’t like the rules, I threw them out and made my own. I wasn’t going to let Jax get away with it. I wasn’t going to let him get away at all.I loved Jax enough that it was impossible to give up. Jax loved me enough that giving up was the only end he’d consider. He didn’t think I could swim with the sharks. It was entirely my pleasure to show him that I’d already dived in…

Never challenge a cowboy in the courtroom…Surveying the proposed site for a high-end golf course should have been a breeze for spunky Landscape Architect Sophie Smith. But when this born-and-bred city girl is suddenly—and quite literally—swept off her feet by a sexy cowboy on horseback, she realizes that the country life has some serious (and seriously steamy!) possibilities. That is, until she finds out exactly who her smokin’-hot wrangler really is.Cowboy and Tribal lawyer Jake Lodge is desperately trying to block the development. And if that means playing hardball—and being every inch the shark lawyer—so be it. But Sophie is a distraction he didn’t expect. A distraction that makes his blood burn.Two different worlds. Two opposing sides. And when they finally give into the exquisite temptation, the consequences will shake the foundations of both of their lives…

Brinna asiste a una reunión de antiguos alumnos del instituto. Han pasado diez años y la vida de todos ha cambiado mucho. En especial Thomas, un antiguo amor adolescente de Brinna: El chaval tímido y larguirucho se ha convertido en todo un hombre espectacular físicamente, y además millonario…Si Brinna quiere recuperar su antiguo “amor” deberá competir con todas sus viejas compañeras que tratan de conseguir tan buen “partido”.

Mitch Cochran had been kept from enjoying life to its fullest, but he’s now ready for all love has to offer. He wants much more than just a casual encounter, though. He’s looking for love, and Kay Sanders is the real thing. But when he learns she’s a sex ed teacher, Mitch worries that he’ll be unable to live up to the expectations of this very passionate woman.Kay can tell Mitch is hiding something, and the less he volunteers about his past, the more intrigued she becomes. Despite kisses that could tempt Kay to go against her own rule of no sex without commitment, Mitch ends each date like the perfect gentleman. Kay soon realizes that if she wants to move their budding relationship to the next level, she’s going to have to take matters into her own hands…

In high school Sugar Carey had reigned supreme. She alone had decided what or who was cool. Her spiral perm had been the perm against which all others were measured, and her opinion on which boys were acceptable to date the only one that counted. A beautiful, blonde – if not always benevolent – dictator, she had a reputation for being the wild child in her hometown, the girl most likely to set the world on fire, and leave a trail of destruction in her wake. When she left home she swore she'd never return. Only now, fifteen years and several husbands later, she's run out of money, luck and options… Only Sugar arrives back home to discover that everyone else is living her life. Her half sister is married to Sugar's high school sweetheart, the teacher she schemed to get fired is now a successful novelist and owns her old house. She also discovers that people have long memories – especially where Sugar is concerned…

Josie Sheehan collects failed relationships the way some women collect designer handbags. Now, at thirty-five, she has exactly one male in her life: her Labradoodle, Genghis. In fact Josie, along with the three very single women in her dog-walking group, has recently sworn off men, resigning herself to long walks in the park with her devoted, four-legged friend.All bets are off, however, when she meets Rick Rousseau, a pet-company CEO who is smart, sexy, and, best of all, head-over-heels for Josie. Even Genghis, an excellent judge of character, seems to know that Rick is the real deal. But just when Josie starts to think that she has found something more enduring than puppy love, she discovers that Rick has a complicated past - and a secret that could put the woman he loves in serious danger...

Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opening. But someone needed to look out for her sister Frida, whose crush, British heartthrob Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autographs there — along with the newly appointed Face of Stark, teen supermodel sensation Nikki Howard.How was Em to know that disaster would strike, changing her — and life as she’d known it — forever? One devastating accident later, and Em Watts, always the tomboy, never the party princess, is no longer herself. Literally.Now getting her best friend Christopher to notice that she’s actually a girl is the least of Em’s problems.But what Em’s pretty sure she’ll never be able to accept might just turn out to be the one thing that’s going to make her dream come true….

Obligada por la tormenta, Bree llamó a la puerta de una misteriosa mansión sin imaginar que sería recibida por un atractivo hombre y su hija, una niña demasiado lista para su corta edad. Cuando Simon Courtland le ofreció una habitación para dormir, Bree aceptó de inmediato, pero jamás pensó que al poco rato Simon entraría en su dormitorio como sonámbulo y semidesnudo…

El comienzo de una tragedia… Cate Nightingale vive con sus gemelos de 4 años en el pueblo de Trail Stop. A pesar de que ha enviudado siendo muy joven, saca adelante a sus niños gracias a su trabajo en un hostal en el que recibe pocos visitantes. La ayuda de Calvin Harris, muy hábil para la carpintería o la fontanería, es fundamental para que su negocio subsista. Pero Cate ni siquiera se imagina qué tan importante será este hombre en su vida, hasta que la desaparición de uno de sus huéspedes desencadena la tragedia. Y cuando Calvin la rescata de una situación muy peligrosa, Cate comienza a mirar con otros ojos a este ex marine que sólo desea entrar en su corazón…Los llevará a una arriesgada aventura. Calvin Harris es un hombre solitario que realiza tareas de mantenimiento en el hostal de Cate Nightingale. Secretamente enamorado de la protagonista, la ayuda en todo lo que puede para que ella y sus hijos puedan vivir sin apuros económicos. Sin embargo, el destino lo obligará a demostrar su callada valentía para salvar a sus vecinos de un horrible fin. Escapa con Cate bajo el amparo de la noche, para obtener la ayuda que necesitan y así deshacerse de los invasores. Y quizá a través de esta verdadera odisea para contactar con el pueblo más cercano, la mujer a la que ama descubra el verdadero héroe que hay en él.

Jill Strathern había dejado el pueblo por la gran ciudad y jamás había mirado atrás… hasta que regresó años después para dirigir un pequeño bufete de abogados. Fue entonces cuando descubrió que su amor de la infancia, Mac Kendrick, ex policía de Los Angeles, también había regresado al tranquilo pueblo de Los Lobos. Aunque Mac la había rechazado en el instituto, Jill no podía negar la atracción que seguía sintiendo por él. Jill y Mac iban a enfrentarse a emociones suficientes para tener satisfecho a cualquier habitante de Los Angeles… Capos de la Mafia, trabajadores sociales, ex novios rabiosos y una niña de ocho años, todo ello podría complicar hasta el más sencillo romance…

Tess Ryan se consideraba a sí misma una experta en rupturas sentimentales. Bueno, no las suyas, sino las de su hermana. Cada nueva ruptura suponía una catástrofe. Pero la decisión que había tomado Lucy de vengarse de su último novio, sobrepasaba todo lo que Tess podía prever. Estaba dispuesta a teñirle el perro de color violeta, a echarle un bote de pintura sobre el coche y poner su casa en venta.Tess no sabía qué hacer; se había enamorado por primera vez en su vida, para descubrir que el hombre del que se quería vengar su hermana era el mismo objeto de su pasión: Andrew Wyatt.

Allison Weiss has a great job...a handsome husband...an adorable daughter...and a secret.Allison Weiss is a typical working mother, trying to balance a business, aging parents, a demanding daughter, and a marriage. But when the website she develops takes off, she finds herself challenged to the point of being completely overwhelmed. Her husband’s becoming distant, her daughter’s acting spoiled, her father is dealing with early Alzheimer’s, and her mother’s barely dealing at all. As she struggles to hold her home and work life together, and meet all of the needs of the people around her, Allison finds that the painkillers she was prescribed for a back injury help her deal with more than just physical discomfort—they help her feel calm and get her through her increasingly hectic days. Sure, she worries a bit that the bottles seem to empty a bit faster each week, but it’s not like she’s some Hollywood starlet partying all night, or a homeless person who’s lost everything. It’s not as if she has an actual problem.However, when Allison’s use gets to the point that she can no longer control—or hide—it, she ends up in a world she never thought she’d experience outside of a movie theater: rehab. Amid the teenage heroin addicts, the alcoholic grandmothers, the barely-trained “recovery coaches,” and the counselors who seem to believe that one mode of recovery fits all, Allison struggles to get her life back on track, even as she’s convincing herself that she’s not as bad off as the women around her.With a sparkling comedic touch and tender, true-to-life characterizations, All Fall Down is a tale of empowerment and redemption and Jennifer Weiner’s richest, most absorbing and timely story yet.