Showing results for "A Hanging" in Romance

Elorie has never known anything beyond the magic-void prison island of Alyssium. She tends to the dead who are sent to the shore for burning, while living among the humans who help guard the Fae prison. Until one day, she rests her hands on a dead Fae prisoner's chest and accidentally wakes the most lethal warrior in the constellation of realms. Fascinated by Elorie's unique ability to resurrect such power, the King summons her to the Ley Court. He declares her to be his chosen, promising a union that will restore magic to a dying land. But the Fae she woke has other plans.

Harper has two rules: don't take life too seriously, and never ever fall in love. After growing up with a mum who had a revolving door of boyfriends, she's learned that love is messy and guaranteed to ruin your life. So when a quick, flirty trip to the hardware store turns into a supernatural ambush of pheromones, fate, and three sinfully attractive shifters claiming she's their fated mate, Harper does what any gun-shy woman would do. She runs. But the bond won't let her forget them.

Owen’s become an outcast for losing his tribe, and that label is enough to prevent him from claiming his mate under pain of death. Tara won’t understand that he’s a bear, anyway. She’ll be scared. She’ll run away. So, he keeps his distance. For now. But Tara’s being hunted by a group of guys who act more like a pack - because they are. Wolf shifters are nothing to joke about, and once they attack, Owen can’t stay away any longer.

As a nurse and single mom, Darla Battle hides her loneliness behind a smile. But when she discovers that the new cute doctor everyone is talking about is her daughter’s father, she knows she needs to keep her distance from the man who abandoned her and their child, Stella. When Theo Edwards returns to Nashville to finish his medical training, he never expects to run into Darla, a girl he spent one night with seven years ago. For reasons he can’t fathom, her attitude toward him is frosty, but he still hopes to ignite the spark they once felt.

Angel Daniels grew up hard, one step ahead of the law and always looking over his shoulder. A grifter's son, he'd learned every con and trick in the book but ached for a normal life. Once out on his own, Angel returns to Half Moon Bay where he once found...and then lost...love.

“Es sei denn, ich übernehme die Rolle von Sebastian. Einem Idioten, der sich nicht eingestehen möchte, von einer Hölle in die nächste geschlittert zu sein.” Als Kind misshandelt, als Jugendlicher weitergereicht. Sebastian Piers setzt all seine Hoffnung in ein neues Leben in Salzburg. Endlich kann er sich ganz der Schauspielerei widmen und somit seiner traumatischen Vergangenheit entfliehen. Schnell wird ihm allerdings klar, dass sich diese nicht durch einen Ortswechsel abschütteln lässt. Einsamkeit und altbekannte Ängste drohen ihn zu überrollen.

Koa Davidson has reached her breaking point when it comes to love. After enduring heartbreak at the hands of her partner, Kyle Jacobs, Koa has been left emotionally manipulated, deceived, and stripped of her self-esteem. The consequences of this toxic relationship have thrown Koa's life into a downward spiral, leaving her to grapple with the chaos that now surrounds her.

Bebe Banerjee’s genius IQ didn’t stop her from doing something stupid: agreeing to a sham engagement in exchange for a free ride to Harvard Law. And now, her fake fiancé is trying to blackmail her into a real marriage. While she can’t choose her future husband, she can choose her first lover. But she never imagined that man would be Cal O’Brien, the handsome heir to the Riley O’Brien & Co. denim empire....

From the moment Mandy's husband took his last breath, Mandy felt a piece of her died with him. After a year of unbearable grief, Mandy found herself longing for companionship once again. With the rise of online dating and the dangers of romance scams looming, Mandy was hesitant to put herself out there. She built walls, determined no swindler would walk in her front door and crawl into her bed.

1962. Marlie Bloom keeps people at arm’s length. Though the aspiring fashion designer struggles to keep up with the New York City, she puts up with a stuffy fiancé who will provide for her broken family. But the world and its worries all stop spinning when she meets a rugged man over twice her age who sparks a burning primal attraction. Jack Watson has lost his sense of purpose since the death of his daughter and his subsequent divorce. So when a beautiful young woman relights the fire in his heart only to flee because of her engagement, he’s determined to win her over.

When Kurtis’ last will was read before his coffin, billionaire Jack Lawrence lost everything he thought he would one day gain, and Meagan gained something much more substantial than she would have ever expected. And neither individual is happy about it. Meagan takes a much-needed vacation to cope. When it’s finally time to come back and accept the responsibility bequeathed to her, she knows that everything is different between her and her “husband” Jack. She must face the man who has every right to hate her for what she was given. There is something much deadlier at her back.

Lindsey Waters never wanted to return to the seaside inn where she grew up. Too many traumatic memories haunt the place, both from her childhood and from days gone by. But with guilt relentlessly chasing her after a tragic choice, she’s desperate for a fresh start. Mysterious incidents begin plaguing the inn—dangerous incidents—that make it clear someone wants to scare Lindsey away. But why? Does it have anything to do with the two weeks missing from her memory when she was abducted at age 12?

When you’re in love with a beautiful woman, you’ll do anything to keep her - even face the hangman! When one man finds himself fighting for the woman he loves, he goes up against seemingly unbeatable odds. Secrets, lies, and pain force him to face the barrel of a good man. Will her hero survive? Or will he die facing the hangman of Bloody Ridge?

Jago Gist’s dreams for his Lazy G Ranch stand on the cusp of fruition when friend and neighbor Calhoun Hoskins is served papers. The betrayal threatening Hoskins’s Blue Hill Ranch quickly pulls Jago into the struggle. Texas in 1884 is moving to the rule of law, but not fast enough for Jago and Calhoun to rely on it to keep barons like William Wilkins from usurping the land and cattle of others.

Margot was moving toward the speaker. The sound seemed to draw her. She wanted more noise, so she stepped in front of it, turned, and the feedback shrieked, it screamed, it was wires and electronics and atmosphere and almost, almost human. She liked it, it seemed. She fell to her knees, and the feedback grew terrible, the noise almost seeming to startle her, although she continued to play. Teddy could see her face now, bent down toward the speaker. Her expression was different. No smile. No frown.