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In his world, control is power—and I won’t be controlled. I hate Benjamin Baranov. He stole everything from me—my dream internship, my friends, my future. And now, thanks to his father’s ruthless decree, I’m trapped… married to my enemy. He’s cold. Calculating. Consuming. A master manipulator who moves through the world like he owns it—and now, he thinks he owns me. He watches my every move. Twists my thoughts. Controls the very air I breathe. He’s not just playing a game. He’s writing the rules, stacking the deck, and locking the door behind me.

My sister is the one who's supposed to marry the prince. I'm just here to fake it for one tiny, harmless, royal engagement week. What could possibly go wrong? Sweet, shy Lizzy has spent twenty years dreading her arranged marriage to Prince Andrew of Gallantia, the little monster who made her cry every summer of our childhood. So when she begs me to take her place at the engagement festivities while she finishes the lingerie collection that could change her life, I say yes.

It’s been fifteen years since her sister died, and Rae McDonald still hasn’t recovered from the accident—or the ways she tried to cope with it. Not even a PhD in psychology has helped her deal with her feelings. It’s safer to shut them out. But that makes it difficult to connect with the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager. Lisa Smyth hasn’t fared any better. She was in the car with Rae’s sister that tragic night and keeps the truth of what really happened buried in her own grief. Still struggling, she drowns her guilt with glass after glass.

In this short companion story to her new novel Henry VIII: The Heart & The Crown, Alison Weir portrays the infamous king through the eyes of the woman who knew him from the very beginning. 1491, Eltham Palace. Anne Oxenbridge is still mourning the loss of her young child when she accepts the...

Cynthia Swan is not an uptight workaholic who doesn't know how to have a good time. No matter what her sister says. So what if Cyn is working two jobs, volunteering at an animal shelter, and hasn't had a boyfriend for over a year. She still knows how to have fun. She's going to prove it too...

When it comes to women, Prince Bennett has always enjoyed a challenge. So after meeting the quiet and beautiful Lady Hannah Rothchild, the dashing playboy cannot rest until he breaks through her careful reserve. Love had always been a game to Bennett, but with this elusive, mysterious woman, he discovers his heart is on the line, and he's playing for keeps....

The night Luke Rosen met Scarlett Marks was the only time he’s regretted becoming chief of police. One horrific night of blood and death, and now she’s living under his roof — all because he swore an oath to serve and protect. Scarlett is stubborn and infuriating. She has no respect for the order in his structured life, and she never does anything she’s told. Worse, she doesn’t seem to care that the information she has on a motorcycle gang means she might end up dead.

Would I like to know what all the sexy times fuss is about? Heck yes. Do I want to lose my virginity to a prince out to ruin my plans? Or risk breaking the heart of a man I'll have to leave behind? Hell. No. I'm already living on borrowed time. If the firstborn curse on my family is real, I only have six months to ensure my twin sister lives happily ever after. But Jeffrey wants to slam the brakes on my sister's romance with his brother and force me to stay in bed until I recover from a touch of pneumonia.

When virgin waitress Holly is thrown into Prince Casper's arms he lives up to his reputation by bedding her and casting her aside. Then Holly informs the Prince she is pregnant. Although furious, royal protocol demands he make her his bride. Innocent Holly has the wedding of her dreams - only...

'A beautifully woven tale with brilliant, confident writing, [Heywood] has illuminated the stories of ladies too often relegated to the role of villain or damsel' CLAIRE M ANDREWS The King of Tyre is dead, his final words anointing his clever and strong-willed daughter, Elissa, as the new queen...

She claims to hate me more than karaoke and liverwurst combined, and that's before she finds out I'm her new boss...Yes, Princess Alexandra and I have both been keeping big secrets. The spoiled royal bit is just our cover, a smokescreen we hide behind to keep our counterintelligence work from the people we love. Being spies, we can't let anyone too close. But close is exactly what we'll be pretending to be on our first mission posing as lovers. I honestly can't decide which will be harder - taking down a notorious drug lord or keeping my growing attraction to Alexandra under wraps.

A dark and steamy romance from bestselling American author Lynn Raye Harris Alone and scared on the dark streets of Moscow, staid, bespectacled Paige Barnes has no choice but to comply with the handsome stranger's command… Little does Paige know she's been rescued by Alexei Voronov - a Russian...

A blonde, a brunette, a redhead...he can have his pick of them all on any given night and he knows it. They wait, hoping he looks up and gives them his signature smirk, choosing them over the others because that’s his game. Except now he's signed the contract of a lifetime, one with a pesky little clause that says his zipper must stay up and his playboy image has got to tamp down.

I do what I want and who I want. I don't follow anyone's rules-even my own. I knew I shouldn't touch her, but it didn't stop me. Didn't stop me the second time either. Only made me want a third. My lifestyle suits the savage I am, and she doesn't. But Temperance Ransom is my newest addiction, and I'm nowhere near ready to quit her yet. I'll have her my way, even if it means dragging her into the darkness. Hopefully it doesn't kill us both.

Maxence is the next person in line for the throne, but he doesn’t want it. He doesn’t want anything to do with it. But other people do want the throne and the billions in wealth that go with it, people with evil agendas or who just want the money. Max is the only guy who stands in their way. And good people seem to be in short supply. Plus, he’s constantly distracted by the constant thorn in his side Dree Clark, who he’s conscripted to be his new secretary. Her curves drive him out of his mind, and her sweet soul is more than he’s ever hoped for. 

A city girl can survive. Or at least that's what New Yorker Frances Genovese hopes when she agrees to stay in Morning Glory, Mississippi for a few weeks after her brother's wedding. Though she may not know much about small-town living, she does know a thing or two about the new restaurant her brother's building. But she didn't bargain for a big country boy naysaying her vision. And she darn sure didn't expect to be so attracted to the infuriating contractor.

A fiery passion which treads the line between lust and hate… He wants to hate her, but he’s passionately attracted to her. Just who is Lily Wrightington – cynical fashion photographer or studious art historian? Prince Marco di Lucchesi can’t hide his haughty disdain for this Englishwoman...

Málik Danann reveals his true self... and his true heart. But even with a Fae Prince by her side, Gwendolyn of Cornwall is not assured victory against Locrinus, the Usurper. Indeed, she may have come to understand the true meaning of her prophecy, but now she must rise to her destiny and become the First Queen to unite Pretania's fractured tribes—a daunting task, when the people have lost hope, and the land itself is dying.

Cathy is used to making the beds - not slipping between the sheets! Arrogant Prince Xaviero has one rule: after he's taught Cathy everything he knows, their affair will be over. But when the King of Zaffirinthos is taken ill, Xaviero is forced to take up his role as Prince Regent. The voluptuous...

Prince Cor of Seingalt is about to announce his engagement. The court, the country, and the world are waiting to meet his fiancee. The trouble is, he hasn't got one. He needs a fake, and fast. Rhian Rothe is trapped. With her dreams of stage stardom in tatters, she needs a new opportunity - enough to agree to play Cinderella to an arrogant prince. But this is no fairytale, and Rhian's not the one who needs to be rescued. If Prince Less-Than-Charming wants her help, he'd better start acting like it.