The Heart of Lies
The Heart of Lies - By Debra BurroughsPROLOGUELies are deceptive little things. Whether they are innocent white lies or the evil midnight black ones, they all have a way of coming back to expose us at the most inopportune mo...
The Guy Next Door
The Guy Next Door - By Lori Foster, S Donovan, V DahlCHAPTER ONEHANDS ON HIS HIPS, impatience growing, Jett Sutter paced the length of his living room while his youngest sister, Betts, blathered on about God-knew-what. She&rsqu...
The Gunfighter and the Heiress
The Gunfighter and the Heiress - By Carol FinchChapter OneWolf Ridge, Texas, 1880sGo away.Donovan Crow groaned as he dragged the pillow from his head and listened to the persistent knocking at the door of his hotel suite.Can&rs...
The Game Changer The Final Score
The Game Changer The Final Score - By L.M. TrioChapter 1(Jesse)The buzzing of my phone startles me as I lie curled up in the twin bed that I have become so familiar with since arriving at the University of South Florida se...
The Escort
The Escort - By Gina RobinsonPrologueNew York 1898The Barge Office was choked with people. Immigrants seeking entry into the United States nervously waited their turn in ragged columns, shuffling, looking longingly out through gri...
The Englishman
The Englishman - By Nina LewisChapter 1I KNEW FROM STUDYING THE MAP that at some point after turning off I-95 I would catch a glimpse of it across a long bend of the river. So I was expecting this view, and after all, I...
The Elsingham Portrait
The Elsingham Portrait - By Elizabeth ChaterOneKathryn Hendrix entered the fashionable restaurant at exactly noon. Donald had said about twelve, but she had a horror of being late for a treat which had been drilled into her du...
The Duke and His Duchess
OneYou’re young and have all your teeth. George, His Grace, the Duke of Moreland made this state of affairs sound as if Percival had committed a double hanging felony. If you swive this wife to death, you can always ge...
The Dragon and the Pearl
The Dragon and the Pearl - By Jeannie LinChapter OneTang Dynasty, China—AD 759Lady Ling Suyin waited in the parlour at the edge of the Snake hour, her house rendered silent except for the buzz of dragonflies outside. The tea...
The Do Over
The Do Over - By A. L. ZaunI stood with my arms crossed in the dimly lit doorway, watching him. Even in the dark, I could make out his features. His dark brown hair was tousled, and his unshaven face had that perfect stu...
The Devil's Heart The Chattan Curse
The Devil's Heart The Chattan Curse - By Cathy MaxwellChapter One1814The last days of DecemberThe Road to Loc...
The Devil and the Deep
The Devil and the Deep - By Amy AndrewsPROLOGUELady Mary Bingham had never seen such a fine specimen of manhood in all her twenty years as she held out her hand to her unlikely saviour so he could aid her aboard. Pirate o...
The Demon's Song
The Demon's Song - By Kendra Leigh CastleChapter OneOnce a fallen angel got kicked out of Hell, there weren’t a lot of places to go.He’d found one...but that didn’t mean he had to be happy about it. Then...
The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride
The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride - By Cora SetonCHAPTER ONEYou did what? Ethan Cruz turned his back on the slate and glass entrance to Chance Creek, Montana’s Regional Airport, and jiggled the door handle of Rob Mathes...
The Cost of Her Innocence
The Cost of Her Innocence - By Jacqueline BairdPROLOGUE‘I REPEAT, MISS MASON, do you understand the charge brought against you by this court?’Jane, in a voice choked with fear, finally answered, ‘Yes.’She st...
The Chocolate Kiss
The Chocolate Kiss - By Laura FlorandChapter 1It was a good day for princesses. The rain drove them indoors, an amused little rain with long, cool fingers that heralded the winter to come and made people fear the drafts in ...
The Chain of Lies
The Chain of Lies - By Debra BurroughsCHAPTER 1Evan! No!Emily Parker shot up straight in her bed, her eyes clamped tight.No! she screamed, both arms outstretched, hysterically reaching for him. Her eyes flew open and she sat f...
The Call of Bravery
The Call of Bravery - By Janice Kay JohnsonPROLOGUECONALL MACLACHLAN SLUMPED on the bathroom floor, his back against the tub, a wet washcloth pressed to his face. One eye had already swollen shut, and the other lid barely ope...
The Bridgertons Happily Ever After
The Bridgertons Happily Ever After - By Julia QuinnThe Duke and IMidway through The Duke and I, Simon refuses to accept a bundle of letters written to him by his late estranged father. Daphne, anticipating that he might somed...
The Betrayal
The Betrayal - By Ruth LanganChapter OneScottish Highlands, 1559The clang of sword against shield rang in the Highland forest as barbarians rose up from their places of concealment to attack the horsemen in plaid who rode towar...
The Best Man to Trust
The Best Man to Trust - By Kerry ConnorChapter OneThe storm was getting worse.Meredith Sutton stood in the open doorway and watched the darkness gathering over Sutton Hall. The snow had been coming down for a several hours no...
The Beautiful Widow
The Beautiful Widow - By Helen BrooksCHAPTER ONESTEEL LANDRY WAS running out of patience. A man who suffered fools badly, he’d spent most of the morning sorting out what he termed as a ‘pig’s ear’ of a ...
The Banshee's Revenge
The Banshee's Revenge - By Victoria RichardsPrologueThe Celtic goddess Morrigan had never understood human behavior.In truth, she'd never really tried. After all, she wasn't the one who created them. She'd been perfe...
The Banshee's Desire
The Banshee's Desire - By Victoria RichardsChapter 1A cold wind howled outside Antrim Castle as if the Devil himself rode it.The shrieking wail ripped through the enchantments safeguarding the old Irish ruins from mortal eyes...
The Baby Jackpot
The Baby Jackpot By Jacqueline DiamondChapter OneNurse Stacy Layne almost didn’t hear the anesthesiologist’s question. She disliked chitchat in the operating room, especially when she was assisting Dr. Cole Rattigan, head...
The Art of Control
The Art of Control By Ella DominguezChapter 1DylanThe drive home isn’t quick enough. The last two months since Cassiegate have made work mind-numbing as hell as Sawyer and I struggle to get all of our work accounts caugh...
The Argentine's Price
The Argentine’s Price by Maisey YatesCHAPTER ONEYOU’RE buying up my company’s stock. Why? Vanessa clutched her silver purse tightly in her hand and tried to ignore the heat and anger curling in her stomach as s...
The American Bride
THE AMERICAN BRIDE BY KARLA DARCYChapter One"I wish I were dead.""Nonsense, Caroline. Where's your backbone?" the Duchess of Landglower snapped."But I've never even seen this Lord Wilton. What if he's repulsive?""Your ma...
That Would Be a Fairy Tale
chapter One‘Are you sure?’ asked Mr Weedon. ‘It’s still not too late to change your mind.’Miss Cicely Haringay braced herself. ‘Quite sure.’ Picking up the pen she signed the document. As sh...
That Carrington Magic
chapter 1Matchmaking? So I’m a guinea pig to check out your Internet dating questionnaire? Jami Rhodes rolled her eyes, then stared back at the form on her laptop screen. Who helped you think of these questions? It reads...
Texas Tiger
Chapter 1His leg ached from sitting still so long. Crossing it over his other knee, Daniel Mulloney idly massaged the rebellious muscle while staring out at the Ohio cornfields flying past. He should have ignored Evie's adv...
Texas Rose
Chapter 1"Excuse me, gentlemen. I am looking for Pecos Martin. Is he here?"The drawn shutters of the gambling ha...
Texas Blue
CHAPTER 1November 19, 1875South of Austin, TexasDUST CIRCLED LIKE TINY WHIRLWINDS IN THE SHADOWY barn as a dozen Texas Rangers saddled horses and prepared to ride.Lewton Paterson, dressed in his best white suit, moved among them...
Tender Mercies
PrologueDarcy.She turned at the sound of Asher’s voice and smirked, wiggling her ass at him.He sucked in a breath at the sight of her. Her long, elegant limbs, the supple leather collar, the black heels. The slutty kitty...
Tempting the Bride
PROLOGUEJanuary 1896David Hillsborough, Viscount Hastings, had never been in love. And he had most certainly never been in unrequited love. Why, his was a heart buoyantly and blissfully unattached, while he devoted himself to sam...
Tempting the Best Man
Chapter OneThe ivory invitation with its elegant calligraphy and lacy embellishments felt more like a humiliation time bomb just waiting to blow up in Madison Daniels’s face than a beautiful wedding announcement. Man, did s...
Tempting Cameron
Chapter OneWanna dance?Chloe Dawson stiffened at the sound of that voice. Low, husky, thrumming along her nerve endings. His voice, his face, his tall, rangy body had haunted her dreams for years. Years. Like since she was too...
Tempted by Trouble
CHAPTER ONEHey, we’re here, Carolina poked her cousin. She parked the car near the side entrance to the chapel. You’d better get on the move. My mom is pointing to her watch. Crap, she’s undeniably on the war...
Temporarily His Princess
PrologueSix years agoVincenzo froze as he heard someone fumbling open the door.She was here.Every muscle turned to rock, every nerve fired like a high-voltage cable. Then the door slammed with an urgent thud and frantic footstep...
Tempest Rise (Treborel)
Chapter OneThe room shook with Prince Katars laughter. Enda’s large her blue eyes filled with delight as the tall mountain Prince winked at her. Turning his attention back to the Queen's Chief Advisor he asked mischiev...
Taste of Love
Chapter OneMadison looked in the mirror as she brushed her long brown hair, gathering it all in one hand. She put the brush down, and after a series of twists and turns, her hair was in the ever present sloppy bun that sh...
Taste of Desire
PrologueCornwall, 1816Minerva, Lady Harburton, tipped her glass to him across the ballroom. He watched as she let her lips linger on the edge, parted her mouth further, and then slid her tongue artfully along the rim. She lowe...
Tap Dance (Dance Series)
Chapter One"Now that was a party," Julie said getting out of the back seat of my midnight blue 2010 Charger, also known to one and all as Marianne's 'Metal Boyfriend'."It was all right," Sara agreed. "Not enough go...
Taming the Tycoon
Chapter OneNathaniel Montgomery was not amused. He was surrounded by a bunch of tree-hugging, placard-carrying hippies who were standing between him and his place on Billionaires Row.Nobody stood in Nathaniel Montgomery’s way....
Taming the Lone Wolff
OneLarkin Wolff stopped at the computerized video panel, pressed a button and showed his ID. After a brief pause, a light blinked green and the gate swung open. He passed through onto a long winding driveway constructed of al...
Talking Dirty with the CEO
Chapter OneJoseph Ashton sat at Karl’s desk and looked idly around the office, tapping his pen on the desktop. Christ, he hated waiting. Especially when he was working late and there was a lot of work to be done. It w...
Taken by Storm (Give & Take)
OneThe soles of MJ’s boots echoing off the concrete driveway sounded like drum beats in his head. A raging, metal death band soundtrack to his shit life. He reached his car—a black ’68 Camaro convertible bought wit...
Sweet On You
Chapter OneDaniela lay on the cold tile of Ground for Thought's kitchen and contemplated her life. It was, in short, a mess.Her grandmother used to tell her there was a recipe for everything. If her grandmother were still...
Sweet Madness A Veiled Seduction Novel
PrologueLeeds, June 1817Yellow suited her. Gabriel Devereaux’s gaze followed the young woman’s lithe form as she floated around the dance floor in her partner’s arms. Her flowing skirts of lemon, shot with some s...
Sweet as Honey (The Seven Sisters)
Chapter OneThe bright March sun slanted through the café windows and spilled across the tiled floor in a pool of yellow.For a brief moment, Honeysuckle Summers thought she’d knocked the pot of melted butter she was...
Survivor
Chapter 1The doors clattered open and I pushed my wheelchair over the threshold. A couple of people squeezed in before me. Everyone was always in a hurry to get where they were going. Busy, busy people with busy, busy lives....
Sunset Seduction
OneUsually nothing much unnerved Audrey Faith Thomas, except for the time six months ago when her big brother was bucked off Old Stormy at an Amarillo rodeo and broke his back. He was tossed eight feet in the air and landed...
Sunny's Love
Sunny’s Love written by Anna KristellChapter OneIt was late afternoon in the small Mississippi river town of Clinton, Iowa and as the last patient of the day walked out the door of Dr. Thomas Rose’s office, a tired...
Summer in Napa
CHAPTER 1If there was one thing Alexis Moreau knew, it was how to make an entrance. Timing, posture, and that enchanting smile that had been passed down from Moreau mother to Moreau daughter for over five generations were key...
Suddenly Sexy
CHAPTER 1For Maddie Clarke, high school had been a blur of homework, bad skin, worse hair, raging hormones and a crush on Sam Hennessy. Being thirty wasn't much better. Work had taken over from homework and the bad hair ...
Strangely Normal
CHAPTER 1Sophie’s small finger poked me hard in the center of my back. Eden, you should come.I rolled away from her only to fall into the mammoth sized hole in the center of the mattress. A hard metal spring jabbed my...
Stranded with a Billionaire
Chapter OneEven though the bar was thumping with loud music and the crowd was shoulder to shoulder, no one approached Logan Hawkings. He stood alone, an island of calm in a roiling sea of bodies. It might have been the fuck...
Straddling the Line
OneJosey took a deep breath, squared her shoulders and opened the door to Crazy Horse Choppers. She did this all while managing to completely ignore the impending sense of doom in her stomach—a sense of doom that told her s...
Stormy Surrender
For Sam, my Joey.There’s no one in this world that I’d rather fight with, laugh with, live for, and love.Thank you for my second chance, my amazing life, and making it possible for me to live my dream.I’m yo...
Stolen Heart
CHAPTER 1AltVeritas of Vyronas - KestevayneKieran Dunne awoke right on time, as he did every morning. 6:30a.m. sharp. As a member of the Royal Army of the House of Clairmont, his years of military training couldn’t let h...
Stealing Home
Chapter 1DESPERATION WAS A funny thing. Everybody thought they knew themselves until it crept into their subconscious like a stealth ninja. Perfectly logical, intelligent people scoffed at the idea that a single emotion could ove...
Star Witness
Chapter OneHarte Delancey always felt like such a wimpy kid around his older brothers—probably because that’s how they treated him.He looked up from the grill where steaks were sizzling. Lucas and Ethan were tossing long ...
St Matthew's Passion
Chapter OneThough there were perhaps two dozen people between Melissa and Mr Finmore-Gage, he was the first person she saw when she set foot on the ward.He stood at the centre of a cluster of people in nurses’ uniforms...
Splintered Memory
Splintered Memory By Natascha HollowayMatt was sat on the window ledge of Charlie’s bedroom. He had his feet on the large chest that she kept beneath her window, but for what purpose he had no idea, and he had his for...
Special Ops Exclusive
Chapter 1Mala, CortegaThe crowd was growing disruptive. Angry shouts boomed in the afternoon air as hundreds of protesters raised their fists and chanted their outrage, standing united outside the parliament building. The mob&rsquo...
Special Forces Rendezvous
Chapter 1Are you lost, Blondie?Sebastian Stone killed the engine of the Jeep and glanced over his shoulder, ready to work the charm on the female whose tone had been more mocking than welcoming. But when said female strode up...
Special Forces Father
Chapter OneTravis Delancey knew exactly what Wild Will Hancock was thinking as he eyed Travis’s trembling hands. Drugs.That wasn’t Travis’s problem, but he didn’t bother explaining. He just shifted in the cre...
Southern Beauty
Chapter 1January 1861ay attention McPherson, we’re being summoned, A sharp voice broke Lieutenant David McPherson’s daydream of his family who had seemed to be right in front of him.David had been gazing into the clea...
Soul Bonded
CHAPTER ONEFour days after losing control of her car and sliding into a mercifully shallow embankment during a Sierra Nevada snowstorm, Katie Connelly’s entire existence had been pared down to only one thought: I don’...
Son of a Preacher Man
DedicationThis story is dedicated to my dad. He was always there for me whenever I need a shoulder to cry on, a joke to cheer me up, or a word of advice. I never let him read a single book I wrote, but he was proud of...
Something of a Kind
Something of a KindMiranda WheelerKindle Edition | Copyright Miranda Wheeler 2012 | All rights reserved. | Released September 2012. | Cover Art & Design by Miranda Wheeler.Something of a Kind is a work of fiction. Names, charac...
Someone I Used to Know
PrologueSo you remember the book?In the pitch black of my dorm room I was momentarily befuddled by the nervous question that echoed in my ear. It was seconds before I realized I’d answered my cell phone in my sleep. Th...
Some Like It Charming
OneMackenzie Wyatt looked up from her desk as two women went running by as fast as their fashionable heels could take them and sighed.He was here.She could turn off her email alert and she could refuse to answer his calls, ...
So This Is Love
Chapter OneEmma Callaway walked quickly down the dark street, wishing she'd arrived at her father's party on time so that she could have gotten a better parking spot, instead of having to hike three blocks up hill. As...
Snow Falls
Chapter OneShe turned in a circle, hands held out as she sunk past her knees in the fresh snow. The snow clouds had drifted lower, but up here on the mountain, the sun was shining brightly, the blue azure sky almost an ov...
Slow No Wake
ONEApparent WindMoving is always difficult. Moving to another state is really difficult. And moving across the country is nearly impossible. I had a limited amount of space in the tiny moving truck I could afford to rent, so ...
Sins of a Ruthless Rogue
PrologueSwift Paper Mill, England, 1807Olivia crept around to the back of the mill, the note held tightly in her...
Sins and Scarlet Lace
PROLOGUETen Years Ago…Mmm, is it morning already?Declan MacKenzie grabbed a stack of shirts from the drawer and put them in his duffel bag before turning to look at Sophia. Just the sound of that sexy, sleepy voice had his ...
Shipwrecked with Mr. Wrong
CHAPTER ONEPulu Keeling (Island), Western Australia‘What the...?Rob Dalton throttled the powerboat down to a gentle chug-a-lug and snatched up his binoculars. A frown stretched his sea-whipped skin and tipped his lucky fishing...
She's Having the Boss's Baby
OneWhat else can go wrong today?Aidan Sutherland stared at the latest cryptic email from his foreman on the nearby construction site and swore. Usually, Aidan let stuff like this slide right off him. Despite his power and weal...
Shameless
BeginningLondon, 1842Benedick Francis Alistair Rohan, Sixth Viscount Rohan, arrived at his town house with a mission. First and foremost, find a biddable bride, get an heir and a spare on her and then proceed to ignore her for...
Shadow of My Heart
PrologueThump thump, thump thump, the tribal drumbeat echoed the rhythm of fourteen-year-old Raven Darkwood’s heart as he faced his final and most dangerous test. Would the Shadow Dimension accept him as one of her own? If...
Serengeti Sunrise
Chapter OneZoe King was screwed—in the least fun interpretation of the word.You break one little rule and it bites you on the ass. Every. Damn. Time.She glared at the white smoke billowing out from under the jeep’s hood...
Selling Scarlett
Prologue~HUNTER~It's Saturday night, and I'm coming off a two-day tournament. I'm tired and hungry, chugging back a DeVille bottled water as I steer my Aston Martin through the clot of traffic on The Strip, toward th...
Seductive Company
PrologueShe wanted him. She knew it as she placed his sex in the warm recesses of her mouth. She knew she could convince him to do almost anything she wanted, because of his helplessness against her powers of persuasion. She...
Seduced The Unexpected Virgin
OneThe last thing Ana Rodriguez needed in her life was another preening, self-indulgent star. Mere weeks ago, she’d walked away from her successful career as a costume designer in Hollywood for precisely that reason. So wh...
Secure Location
Chapter OneMeg was halfway through her salad when her office door swung open. She looked up, saw him, swallowed too quickly and coughed as if she had a two-pack-a-day habit. When she finally stopped, her eyes were tearing.Cruz...
Secrets to Seducing a Scot
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe cover of this book may have my name on it, but that’s only because there isn’t space to credit all the people who helped in its creation.I’d like to thank my editor, Rose Hilliard. It was h...
Second Chance
PROLOGUEThe AltVeritas of Vyronas – Present DayLaina Mercea, Chief of the Conclave of the Royal House of Clairmont, walked through town on her way to Conclave Hall. She had a meeting. One she was not looking forward to.S...
Searching For Treasure
Chapter 1Jack, as usual, got right to the point. "We've been had."Dana studied the rundown, rather unfriendly-looking castle at the end of the drive and stifled a small sigh. This was to be their weekend getaway home-away-f...
Scene of the Crime Mystic Lake
Chapter OneAmberly Nightsong watched the children pouring out of the grade school, the variety of shapes and sizes and colors decorating the last of the summer grass as they raced to awaiting school buses and parked cars.As al...
Scene of the Crime Deadman's Bluff
Chapter OneThe sand dunes were nearly blinding in the late-June sunshine, but that didn’t stop the surge of adrenaline that raced through Seth Hawkins as he pulled his pickup to a halt and cut the engine.Deadman’s D...
Scandal at the Cahill Saloon
PrologueCentral Texas, early 1880sLeanna Cahill closed the front door on the most awful hour of her life. Folks from neighboring ranches would soon be showing up with food, wanting to tell stories about Mama and Papa and tryin...
Saved by the Rancher
PrologueDAVID SAT BEHIND his massive desk, his hand wrapped around a tumbler of whiskey instead of his high-priced, highly educated, but still incompetent lawyer’s neck.She outmaneuvered us, Mr. Merrick. If we’d known a...
Saved by the Bride
Chapter OneWho knew that being a klutz and combining it with a distrust of wedding bouquets could lead to a black eye?Annika Jacobson automatically touched the four-day-old berry-colored bruise with its spectacular vivid yellow e...
Savage Redemption
Chapter 1Yes, Joss, for the last time, I’ll be there.Not that he wanted to be. Conlan kicked back in his chair and propped his feet on the scarred top of his desk. I said I’d come, and I will. Heck, I even put...
Sand Angel
Chapter OneOver a dune, affectionately called a hit, a rider on a dirt bike capped the rise, soaring twelve feet or more into the air. Like a choreographed move, his lithe body parted from the Honda 250 CR, hands gripped ti...
Sagebrush Bride
CHAPTER ONEAugust 1865 Dakota TerritoryI need a man.The quietly spoken words had nearly the same effect as though they had been shouted at the top of the woman’s lungs, drawing every ear and eye within spitting distance....
Rustled
Chapter OneDawson Chisholm reined in his horse to look back at the ranch buildings in the distance. This was his favorite view of the Chisholm Cattle Company. He’d always felt a sense of pride and respect for the ranchi...
Running Barefoot
1. PreludeI’ve lived all my life in a small town in Utah called Levan. Levan is located right in the center of the state, and people from the town like to joke about how Levan is ‘navel’ spelled backwards -...