Showing results for "Stella" in Romantic Suspense

At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished—seemingly without trace. Time passes. In London, his uncle and cousin move into his home, while his unofficial fiancée, Sophia, is left desolate and in limbo.

Sebastian Audley has spent years setting every city in Europe by the ears and keeping the scandal-sheets in profit. Word that he is finally returning to London becomes the hottest topic of the Season and casts numerous young ladies - many of whom have never seen him - into a fever of anticipation. Cassandra Delahaye is not one of them. In her opinion, love affairs and duels, coupled with a reputation for never refusing even the most death-defying wager, suggest that Mr. Audley is short of a brain cell or two.

The Duke of Rockliffe is 36 years old, head of his house, and responsible for his young sister, Nell. He is, therefore, under some pressure to choose a suitable bride. Whilst accompanying Nell to what he speedily comes to regard as the house-party from hell, he meets Adeline Kendrick - acid-tongued, no more than passably good-looking yet somehow alluring. Worse still, her relatives are quite deplorable - from a spoiled, ill-natured cousin to a sadistic, manipulative uncle.

Hazard: A game of Chance and Luck, made riskier when Fate is rolling the dice. For Aristide Delacroix, the first throw summons shades from his past. A man he had met, just once, over a card-table... and the lovely girl indirectly responsible for plunging his life into catastrophe. For Lord Nicholas Wynstanton, tired of waiting for Madeleine Delacroix to make up her mind, it slyly suggests he begin a whole new game with loaded dice; while for Madeleine, it devises a terrifying lesson in missed opportunities and the uncertainty of second chances.

Upon learning that his stepsister, Mariella Talbot, is the beneficiary of a surprise inheritance, Sir Jerome Farrell decides to seize it for himself. Already struggling to thwart her step-brother’s other wicked intentions, Mariella realizes two things: To claim the Montesoro legacy, Jerome must make a lengthy journey...but without a certain item in her possession, he will return empty-handed.

She is my fair lady—my Eliza Doolittle if you like. A blank canvas on which I will create a masterpiece. Somebody to fool the most discerning eye. But I am no gentleman. I am the man she fears the most. The devil waiting behind the mountain range. I will teach her how to be my perfect woman, and she will thank me for it. I am the master of the game. She doesn't even realize we are playing one. She signed a contract inked in tears and sealed with blood. Now she is mine, and there is nothing she can do about that because hidden in the small print—she gifted me her soul.

Lucas Blackthorne ruined me. Because of him I lost my pack. My heart. My soul. He was the bastard prince of the Blackthorne vampires, and I fell for his charms. It’s a mistake I won’t make again. He’s wicked and dangerous, but I have plans for revenge. Lucas might be estranged from the royal family, but that doesn’t mean he’s not useful. I’ll turn him against his brother and bring down the vampires once and for all. Just like he tried to do with me, once upon a time. He stole my heart once before. He can’t take it again. But it'll be fun to let him try.

Elliot Smith has trained hard to live and work alone, even in her job as a security specialist for JCL Security. No relationships, no ties, except the one to the man who kidnapped and murdered her mother. She’ll do anything to kill Martin Diako, the untouchable South African pirate king. When Deacon Walsh walks into her office, she finally sees a chance to do just that.

My ex-husband was a cheap, conniving SOB with ties to the mob. When he died, I cheered. Years later, quite by accident, I capture his voice on a recording. If he's come back to life, I'm dead meat, and no one, not even my sexy lawyer, can save me. The only thing I can do is ignore the law and run.

I specifically told the agency I wanted a male dog walker. She’s way too leggy. That’s the problem. And young. And naïve. I got no business letting her stay in my guesthouse, especially the way my blood runs south whenever she’s near. In another lifetime, I might’ve pursued her but I suck at relationships.

Kiana Taylor's life is spiraling out of control. Plagued by insomnia and dark memories, she is on the verge of insanity. She sees a sexy doctor on TV, promising a way to solve her problems, so she pays him a visit, deciding she has nothing to lose. He is willing to help, taking her on as a subject in his sleep study. How much trouble can a psychiatrist be? Dr. Stavros Kane comes alive when Kiana steps into his office. She is perfect for his study, but not for the reason that she thinks.

Was Marlen Haushofer auszeichnet, ist ihre Fähigkeit, in scheinbar schlichter Sprache messerscharfe Beobachtungen anzustellen, die unter die Haut gehen. So auch in der meisterhaften Novelle Wir töten Stella, einer furiosen und nüchternen Darstellung der Machtstrukturen und -kämpfe in einer Familie, einer eiskalten Bestandsaufnahme einer gescheiterten Beziehung.

Ethan - He’s going to pay for what he’s done to me. No matter what it takes, I'm going to find him, and I'm going to destroy him. Jo - I'm not even a person any more, I'm a number, a statistic. Why would anyone do something like that to me? I just want this to end. I want to be normal again. In the shadows of a broken life, what does it take to find love? This standalone novella explores themes of rape, murder, suicide, violence, revenge, and love.

When a man walks into a police station confessing to a series of gruesome murders, lead detective Devizes Marsh doesn't believe he's telling the truth, until he reveals his true identity. As part of his sick game, the killer gives Marsh 48 hours to save the last victim, a prostitute with whom the wayward detective has become romantically involved. Marsh battles against time to try and save the girl from an almost certain fate, while his public and private lives, and his integrity as a police officer, come under severe scrutiny.

Stella Hart has less than a month to finish her latest picture and sail home to England to marry her darling George. If she postpones the wedding again, her mother will disown her, and even the groom is getting restless. When her swashbuckling co-star smashes into a wall and breaks his nose, putting production on indefinite hold, she and George make plans to slip away and leave the movie unfinished. But studio head Nathan Stanley has other ideas. As a free agent and the future wife of a baronet, she can afford to let him do his worst. But when Stanley turns up stabbed to death...

Bain - I could have run her over, and now, I'm going to do a lot worse. I'm going to break her, because that’s what I do. I break women. Standing on the sidewalk in the snow, she looks like an angel. Let’s see how long that lasts. Violet - If your life is going nowhere, like mine, what’s the best thing to do to solve it? Right, get into a car with a mysterious stranger. I could end up in pieces at the side of the road, or worse, but something about that excites me. Something tells me I have to do this.

Christopher - Bone is going to kill again, I can feel it. One little bone at a time until the whole skeleton is complete. Maude seems like such a lovely girl too, perfect for what we need her for. I just hope I can get to her before Bone does. It would be a shame to waste this one.

Jess has fallen for yet another loser, but this one is hiding a secret that puts her and her son in a huge amount of danger. He's a killer from across the state line, with a string of grizzly murders behind him, of young and pretty prostitutes. Jack, a sexy private detective with a checkered past, is on the hunt to bring him back, and save Jess from a similar fate. Can he capture the devil himself, and resist falling in love with the damsel?