Lara Bradley, a renowned mage, sets off to defeat a low-risk monster with her young apprentice Alistair, who never stops proposing to her. But instead of a minor threat, they encounter the world's most dangerous creature--a dragon! In a desperate bid to save Alistair, Lara faces the dragon alone and casts a spell that turns herself to stone.Twenty years later, the petrification spell breaks, and Lara awakens in a world that has moved on--except for Alistair, who never forgot her. The boy s...

Prof. E. H. Crane's Manual of Instructions to Undertakers is a comprehensive and authoritative guide designed for professionals in the funeral and undertaking industry during the late 19th century. This manual, written by Professor E. H. Crane, offers detailed, practical instructions on every aspect of the undertaker’s duties, from the initial care of the deceased to the final arrangements of burial. The book covers essential topics such as the proper methods of embalming, the use and sele...

Playing the fake girlfriend of arrogant secret agent Cole Hawkins? It’s the last thing Angel wants to do. But she can handle anything for a weekend…right?ANGEL left the safecracking game five years ago, and she’s worked hard to build an honest life. But when a beloved aunt is kidnapped, she must reunite with her girl jewel thief gang to get the unique ransom: a psycho’s prized diamonds.It’s a simple job that turns into a nightmare, thanks to a surprisingly ...

Cowboy looking for wife to work the land, help with the business, and raise the next generation. Must be practical, reasonable, and honest.Harlan Carey needs a wife, and fast. Because his father is dying and wants to see his five sons settled before he goes. It makes sense to put out an ad like he’s on the frontier and he’s looking for a bride from somewhere back in civilization. He’s expecting something workable. What he gets is a wildfire.Kendall Darlington needs to disap...

“Addictive and loads of fun to read…one of the very best romantic suspense novels I read this year.” ~Dabney, The Passionate ReaderHunted by her psycho ex-husband for years, Lanie flees across the globe to start a new life with a new identity.She thought she was safe in Bangkok, but now familiar faces are appearing in the crowds. Has her dangerous past caught up with her?The last person she wants to turn to is her ultimate frenemy, sexy Professor Peter Maxw...

"God, I love Thorne! He's so ridiculously bad, yet vulnerable!" ~Romance ReviewerRule #1: Don’t fall for your crime boss father’s favorite killerNADIA fell for the most feared hitter on her late father’s payroll. Thorne’s a lost cause—as dangerous and damaged as they come, but she’s not sorry. Without Thorne she wouldn’t have their beautiful boy.Now Thorne’s burst back into her life after being gone for two years, arrogant ...

This Christmas season, Christina Grey Cooper has finally accepted that her marriage to her college sweetheart Dare is over.So she packs up her things, leaves a note, and heads back home for Marietta, Montana in the hope that a Christmas with her family will help piece her head—if not her heart—back together.Dare isn’t about to let the love of his life go, and who cares if that’s what he thought he wanted? He’ll do what it takes to win Christina back—even if that means suffe...

In the start of a sizzling new series, bestselling author Megan Crane takes readers deep into bayou country, where the sultry swamp has nothing on the heat of Louisiana’s fiercest bikers: the Devil’s Keepers.Merritt Broussard grew up knowing she had two choices if she stayed in Lagrange: run with the outlaws or get left in their dust. So she got the hell out, leaving behind a bad-boy biker and scorching memories of their summer fling. Now Merritt’s back, with troub...

Ryder Carey has known Rosie Stark their whole lives, including one very hot night three years ago—but he’s always been about the rodeo. Finally back home and ready to make it up to her, he takes one look at Rosie—and her twin boys who look just like him—and realizes the truth.When Rosie found out she was pregnant, she figured Ryder would at least come and say hello when he was home the next time so she could tell him. But he never did.So she’s made her own life as a single ...

Karl Larsson is an out of work roughneck, home from the oil fields of Alberta and back on the west coast for the first time in years. His wife has left him and his future looks bleak. Becoming a detective is the last thing on his mind, but when Karl learns that he has inherited his estranged grandfather’s agency he decides to take a chance.He doesn’t expect much action in a city as small as Victoria, BC, but Karl soon finds that Victoria is only the base of operations. His grandfat...

Wilder Carey has always enjoyed living up to his name. When he spots pretty Cat Lisle in the seediest bar around, he ignores the bad blood between their families to step in. But his uncharacteristic good intentions scatter when she kisses him—and this unrepentant heartbreaker faces three uncomfortable truths:He’s been nursing an attraction to an innocent.He’s not a man built to resist temptation.And Cat is not only not the little girl he’s been pretending she is, sh...

Donate Body to Science. Check.When seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was.Kaitlyn finds an unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scient...