Showing results by publisher "Candy Cap Publishing" in Contemporary

Alex Hanas' father is making a most atrocious mistake. After twenty years as a widower, he's remarrying to an American gold-digger, and worse, inheriting a step-daughter in the process—as if what this family needs is more children. Now, after months of avoiding a meet and greet, Alex is attending a family brunch—but only so he can give his father's new family the deep freeze. At least, that was the plan until he set eyes on Elynn...

All FBI agent Ethan Thomas wants is to come home to his new apartment and enjoy the luxury of his new flat-screen TV and some frozen pizza. Encountering a tiny toddler alone in the hall changes everything for the rough and rugged agent. Relief sets in when the child's mother appears. But when she collapses at his feet just before a blizzard hits Boston, Ethan is in over his head.

Sergei has pined for months, waiting for his assistant to turn around and see he's the perfect man for her. But Ada only sees him as her boss. Until one night when they both have to work late and the office is deserted.... It doesn’t happen right away, but soon Sergei has Ada right where he wants her - in his bed. Then demons from his past resurface, and he brutally pushes her away before the darkness inside him can consume them both. But Ada isn’t about to let herself be used. Soon she turns the tables on him and disappears.

She's a gamble he's willing to take. When world-class poker player Patrick Tyler meets his match, Tahlia, in an underground game, he's immediately drawn to her swift talent and striking beauty. But it's not long after their meeting that she mysteriously disappears. With nothing but a bloody crime scene as a clue to her whereabouts, she's presumed dead. Or so he thought.... A chance encounter changes everything. Alone, afraid, and homeless, Tahlia needs Patrick now more than ever. Feeling compelled to help, he throws her a much-needed lifeline.

Mercenary Mason Lang never intended to go into this line of work, but with pay this good, he can’t turn it down. The only challenge is getting out with all of his limbs still intact, which is a lot harder than he realized. And when he does, Mason is going to have it all - including the shy and sweet girl next door. Laila James knew her crush on the gorgeous next-door neighbor was hopeless. And following a humiliating incident, she’d rather just forget him completely.

To the outside world, Caroline Wentworth is the new cold and cutthroat CEO of the struggling Wentworth Hotel chain. Always dutiful, Caroline lived by her father's constraints, squeezing into the suffocating mold of the perfect southern socialite. Since his death, she runs the show and makes the hard calls he refused to face, earning her the title of 'Ice Queen' from her employees.