When Crown Bureau agent Theodore Gray is assigned to infiltrate the ton's most glittering drawing rooms, he expects boredom. What he does not expect is Penelope Stuart, blonde, bespectacled, and apparently decorative, who turns out to be the most dangerously perceptive person in any room she enters.Penelope has spent years perfecting the art of being underestimated. It is, she will tell you, a remarkably useful skill. So when her brother Nate proposes a fake betrothal to give Theo ...

A brooding Duke. A fiery governess. A will with very inconvenient terms.Leo Seymour, the new Duke of Bedford, has spent his life preparing for duty, not desire. Reserved, regimented, and utterly respectable, Leo expects his inheritance to come with ledgers, not a loophole.Instead, it comes with her.Olive McKenzie has spent years raising other people's children, biting her tongue, and counting coins, until an absurd clause in a dead man's will whisks her fro...

She was meant to be a queen. Now she might just burn a kingdom down.Aveline mastered the art of silence and charm in a realm that prized beauty over power, until the prince she was promised to shattered everything, choosing a seductive stranger and casting her into exile like discarded silk.Banished to a land where strength devours weakness, she faces Kael, a brooding king forged by war who has no patience for fragile or broken queens. But Aveline is far fr...

She married him to escape her past. She never expected him to fight for her future.Lady Geneviève de Montenay has spent her life surviving in silence. Daughter of a celebrated Duke and a quietly vanishing mother, she knows the value of obedience, the cost of secrets, and the danger of being seen. When a desperate plan lands her in the path of the Earl of Ashcombe, she finds herself unexpectedly wed to a man she barely knows.Lord Nathaniel Ashcombe has no patience for societ...

I saw the future.Years on the run taught me fate always catches up. And that's what happened when Sage Jackson found me.My destiny. My keeper. My father's enforcer.Sage owes the club a favor, and now that I'm back, it's his time to pay up. My freedom for his. A task he's happy to accept when I'm the reason his father is dead.Sage swears to protect me. To guard me. To keep his hands off me.He thinks showing me his dark side will make ...

I chose wrong.While my future is promised to one man, my heart wants Crew Kingsley. My enemy. My addiction. My boyfriend's brother.Crew isn't the prince in any girl's story. He doesn't want to win my love; he wants to steal it—simply so he can make me regret ever letting him.If only I wasn't addicted to his pain.Crew's hate burns too hot. His heart is too cold. But his punishment… is just right.When given two choices, a smart girl pi...

This is no fairytale...As the daughter of a biker, I've been toe-to-toe with brutal men. I grew up surrounded by violence, so I thought I could survive anything.Until I learned what it really means to be at the mercy of a monster. One I loved. One I trusted.Now that I've escaped, I refuse to go back.But when I show up on my brother's doorstep looking for help, I find myself face-to-face with Mason Zane.My protector. My safety. My bro...

I made a mistake.Hearts are the most fragile part of the body, and I trusted mine with Jude Carlisle.My villain. My weakness. My stepbrother.Fairytales have a way of turning the most innocent things wicked.Jude lied through his teeth, and I fell for every word. Then he burned both our families to the ground in a sick game of revenge and never looked back.When I see him again years later—tattooed, pierced, as vicious and lethal as eve...

Swoon over this romantic feel-good read from the bestselling author of Maybe This Christmas?Life in Little Leyton is never quiet, and when handsome developer Max and his bride-to-be Ellie receive some sad news, he decides to whisk her away for a romantic break.The time away gives Ellie a new perspective, and she's eager to get home to get on with planning their wedding. But a devastating incident at the pub she runs, the Dog & Duck, puts everythi...

A unique collection of stories from bestselling authors Angela Marsons, Rob Sinclair, Joy Ellis, Louise Beech and many more!Written in the Stars is a festive charity anthology with short stories from a variety of authors, including international bestsellers and award-winning writers. There's something for everyone, with tales that will make you laugh, make you cry, or make you sleep with the light on. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's...

Herbst in Linz, und die Atmosphäre ist so trüb wie das Wetter. In der belebten Pizzeria Margherita herrscht reges Treiben. Tino, der Pizzalieferant, wartet auf die Pizza, die er einer Kundin auf den Linzer Pöstlingberg zustellen soll. Er hat es eilig, da er das Fußballspiel seiner Mannschaft nicht versäumen will. So schnappt er sich kurzerhand an der Theke eine Olivenpizza. Hungrig beißt er auf der Fahrt in ein Stück und verursacht einen Verkehrsunfall - die Pizza war vergiftet! Doch für w...

Frühling in Linz – und im beliebten Fahrradgeschäft »Like Your Bike« herrscht Hochbetrieb. Doch die Saison nimmt eine dramatische Wendung: Ein Mitarbeiter wird nach seiner Mittagspause leblos im Reifendepot entdeckt. Rätselhaft ist, dass das Lager von außen verschlossen war. Fast zeitgleich wird die Nachbarin des Toten die Treppe hinuntergestoßen. Anfangs glauben die Ermittlerinnen Eva Murauer und Lilly Peischer nicht an einen Zusammenhang. Doch als eine dritte Tat geschieht, erkennen die ...