Arianna Fraser

Catriona: We’ve both been dancing around our attraction to each other since Lucas became my personal bodyguard. I waited years for this, for us to admit how we feel and to do something about it. When I woke up the next day, I was so happy. It was time to build on our relationship. Until I found out he was gone. Lucas: “You do not get involved with your asset.” The first rule of being a bodyguard. I broke my oath to my Chieftain by sleeping with his daughter. It didn't matter how I felt about her, I couldn't stay there. I left Scotland and worked with a new assignment for three years, trying to forget Cat. But when I receive word that she’s been kidnapped, I’m on the first jet home. Saving Catriona is the only thing that matters.

At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse note - a brutal accusation. There are no explanations, no ransom demands ... and no hope. Policeman Jonas Holly faces a precarious journey into the warped mind of the kidnapper if he's to stand any chance of catching him. But - still reeling from a personal tragedy - is Jonas really up to the task? Because there's at least one person on Exmoor who thinks that, when it comes to being the first line of defence, Jonas Holly may be the last man to trust ..."--Back cover.

She saved my life. It's only fair that I save hers, even if she doesn't want me to. Arabella I'm losing my hearing, so I've learned to read lips to help me cope in my soon to be silent world. When I see two men discussing their plan to murder another guest at this event, I have to warn him. I should have minded my own business. Logan This clever wee thing races up to me, all earnest and concerned about my safety. Her huge brown eyes staring up into mine are making me feel things. Filthy things. My family calls me reckless and unhinged, but taking her isn't reckless. She was mine from the moment I saw her. Recklessly Mine is a dark Scottish Mafia Romance with no cheating and a HEA.

They say when you save someone's life, you're responsible for them for the rest of yours... Wallace: When I saved Scarlett from a fire I created, I realized I'm not just responsible for her. I own her. I burn for her. She's mine, whether she wants to be, or not. Scarlett: This enormous man raced through the flames to save me and now, it's all madness. I'm in Scotland, in his house. But I know that what's waiting for me back in Boston is so much worse. He shows me all the darkest places in Edinburgh. Dark places, he says, for doing dark deeds. He forces me to marry him for "protection." There's a much darker side to Wallace, too. As the days pass, I'm not sure if I'm scared that he'll reveal it, or if I'm desperate for him to show me who he really is.

Heather's given to Mafia King Ari Levinsky in an arranged marriage to create an alliance with her terrible mobster dad. She's supposed to be touring Europe after graduating from college, but before she can blink she's standing at the altar trying to read her vows in... Aramaic? Heather's new husband is gigantic; tall, muscled, terrifying, and loud. And she doesn't even get to pick out her own wedding dress! Then, it's on to a romantic beach honeymoon, so much double-crossing, and she finds the only way to outsmart her scary, ridiculously hot husband... is to out-sex him.

Even a man who knows his duty can be selfish. I'm Michael MacTavish, first born to Cormac, Chieftain of the MacTavish Mafia. I will take over my father's role, overseeing the biggest crime family in Scotland and our multi-billion dollar empire. I know my duty. I also know what I want. What I crave. Sweet Sophie, our housekeeper's daughter. I've kept my distance. But when she's caught in the middle of a web of betrayal, the only way I can save her from being punished by my family is simple. Marry her. Sophie: There's nothing more ironic than the realization that getting everything I ever dreamt of... is the worst possible thing that could happen to me. When the man I knew as charming and kind, turns cold and cruel when he thinks I'm a traitor to his clan. That a hasty, forced marriage is nothing like my ridiculous, girlish dreams. And the most difficult thing of all? The knowledge that I'm still hopelessly in love with him.

Maura MacLaren - mousey, dowdy, and very, very good with technology - is a perfect Corporation employee. Brilliant at her job, smart enough to know to keep her head down, and in debt to the criminal enterprise that gave her a chance when her past left her with nowhere to turn. But this puts her under the watchful eye of the Corporation's diabolical, gorgeous, and utterly unforgiving Second in Command, James Pine. Pine has been sent by the head office in London to be sure nothing will go wrong with the Corporation's largest deal to date. The last thing a man in his dangerous position needs are feelings, or surprises. Especially feelings for a nerdy underling who is turning out to be full of surprises, including a sensually submissive nature that Pine finds too compelling to resist. But Pine is as cold-hearted as he is handsome and he never denies himself what he wants. But when Maura's darkest secret puts her life and Pine's deal in danger, they both find themselves shocked at the sensual depths he will drag her to for revenge. And the lengths he will go to in order to save her life.

If you don't know the show;: take one kick-ass, bike-riding genetically-modified girl, created in a government laboratory to become the perfect soldier.If you don't know the show;: take one kick-ass, bike-riding genetically-modified girl, created in a government laboratory to become the perfect soldier. Let her escape from the lab and put her on the streets. Throw in more genetically-modified 'siblings' who she tries to locate and pit them against sinister and corrupt government forces. Light torch paper, stand back.If you do know the show: this novel fills in some of the gaps from the ten years between Max's escape from Manticore in 2009 and her current adventures in Seattle in 2019. We meet for the first time Original Cindy, Sketchy, Kendra and Normal, as well as Lydecker and Logan Cale.We see Max working as a cat-burglar in Los Angeles, and then moving to Seattle where she meets various figures from her past and future, and gets involved with a multi-millionaire art collector. The book culminates in a thrilling confrontation at the top of the Seattle Space Needle, where one of Max's siblings dies in order to save her.

A nameless princess: innocent, damaged and very lethal. A ruthless king with the power of a god. And trouble, lots of it. When King Loki of Asgard takes the daughter of the Dark Elven Queen captive, he not only strips an enemy of a powerful weapon, but gains for himself a wife. Now the newly named and wed Queen Ingrid must learn to survive the perils of court life, the wages of war, and most dangerous of all, her seductive husband's bed.

I don't. I may be a MacTavish, but it's not an emotion I'm capable of, one I don't understand. So, if someone in my clan must agree to an arranged marriage, it might as well be me. The bride being pulled down the aisle to me is beautiful, and terrified. But she's got a stubborn tilt to her jaw that's making me think she's not giving up so easily. Perfect. She's just the kind of girl I love to break. Beautiful Monster is a dark Scottish Mafia Romance with no cheating and a HEA.

Just for one night, I didn't want to be a pure Mafia Princess. When I - quite literally - ran into the insanely hot Scottish mystery man on a London street, we agreed to spend the night together. No backstories, no history, no names. This was a huge mistake. When I arrived back at the Ares Academy, the brutal college for the offspring of crime families, guess who's my new professor? He's not happy about this discovery, but neither am I. He thinks he can just dismiss me. We'll see who lasts the entire year. Because I'm not giving up.

I had been mistaken for him so many times that when he died it was as if part of myself had died too. Kevin Thunder grew up with a double a boy so uncannily like him that they were mistaken for each other at every turn.

Dear Reader,Every so often you pick up a book that captures your heart, reminding you of all the reasons you first started reading romances . . . the breathtaking setting, the rich passions of a noble hero, the rapturous story of a love that cannot be denied. All these wonderful elements can be found in LORD OF VENGEANCE by Tina St. John.Set in majestic medieval England, LORD OF VENGEANCE is the compelling tale of two valiant people who struggle with the sins of the past to forge a love as turbulent as the land they live in. Devilishly handsome Gunnar Rutledge has spent years plotting against the man who nearly destroyed his life. He seeks the ultimate vengeance on Raina d'Bussy--his enemy's daughter--a proud beauty who will be slave to no man. Gunnar sets out to break Raina's glorious spirit but instead finds himself bewitched by her goodness, her strength.I was swept away by this first novel, and I believe that Tina St. John shows exquisite talent--she is a shining new romance star. And LORD OF VENGEANCE is just the beginning. . . .Enjoy!Shauna SummersSenior EditorThe Ballantine Publishing GroupFrom the Paperback edition.

Suffolk, 1817. In addition to a fine estate, Oliver Fitzwilliam has inherited a nineteen-year-old ward, Simon Cavandish. Oliver has no time at all for Simon—the feeling is very much mutual—but he can no longer ignore the boy’s reputation as something of a hellion. When Simon embarrasses Oliver at a neighbour’s ball, the brat’s just asking for a spanking. It turns out that might just be the best thing for both of them.

I may be Ekaterina Morozov, dutiful Bratva Princess, but I am not the sweet, well-behaved girl that everyone thinks I am. I'm promised to Don Giovanni Toscano to create an alliance between his famiglia and the Morozov Bratva. I'm expected to step into my role as a Mafia bride and give up my dreams of a normal, happy life. I'm having second thoughts. Unfortunately, Giovanni is exactly the man everyone thinks he is: autocratic, lethal, and he never accepts less than what he thinks he's due. Which in this case, is me.

When I went hunting a monster in the Black Forest of Germany, I discovered someone far more challenging than the lunatic who bought and sold women. There was a girl, chained in his basement. When I tried to rescue her, she took matters into her own hands. She knocked out my best man and stole his wallet. And his gun. And disappeared. I'm never letting him live that one down. Letting her get away? That's on me. She's the most cunning girl I've ever met. She likes to run. Well, I like to chase. Aren't we a match made in hell? Because when I catch her, I'm keeping her.

Wait. What do you mean, my dad gave me to you? I was ready for a fresh start in England, a career with the London Symphony Orchestra. But my father's "underperforming" company is bought out by The Corporation. Suddenly, I'm being told I'm marrying the tall and terrifying Thomas Williams, because dad would rather trade me to keep control of his company. Thomas tells me that it "looks better" to be a married man as his organized crime empire starts a partnership with the Russian Bratva Syndicate. Really? I'm a wife. I have a giant diamond ring to prove it... and a husband who can be kind in one moment and scary in the next. And there's car chases, and assassination attempts. There's a body in my cello case! Who has a marriage like this? But by the time we're in St. Petersburg and surrounded by new friends and old enemies, my gorgeous, terrifying husband might just need me.