When Elle was fourteen, her father remarried, and along with a stepmother she gained an older stepbrother, Apollo. She had always kept her love for him secret, but twelve years later everything changed. Apollo started buying up bits and pieces of her father's company until he had taken it all. What motivated him to do it? Wanting to hear him out, Elle goes to meet Apollo, but the meeting quickly turns into a quarrel, anger sparks passion and the two of them go to bed together! That one moment is all she's ever wanted, but this is not how she imagined it! (Source: Renta!)

After getting into a car accident, Lorna is taken to the hospital where her ex-husband, James, is a doctor. It's been ten years since she had a miscarriage and divorced him. Lorna's heart races when she sees James, who is still as gentle as before. There are still feelings lingering, but Lorna knows she has to move on. But jobless and homeless, she can't help but accept James's offer that she recover at his place. And he's ready to offer her much more than that... (Source: Renta!)

[from Carla Kelly's site, this is the synopsis of the novel version] Emma Costello owes a debt of honor to one of the most dishonorable lords in the realm. The infamous Lord Ragsdale is as sinful as he is rich and as heartless as he is handsome. But after he saves Emma from a life of indentured servitude and shame, she decides it is her personal duty to save him from his reckless ways . . . without his permission. The libertine Lord Ragsdale came to aid Emma, saving her from a lecherous brute's attempts to press her into indentured servitude. She vowed to help him reform his ways so he could marry a woman of society. But was she merely leaving the frying pan and diving into the fiery arms of this unrepentant rake? A Regency romance original. "Don't cry, Emma," he said. "I'm not crying," she murmured, attempting to wipe away the tears. "Thank goodness for that," he replied, keeping his tone light. " 'Pon my word, Emma, I hope you are worth five thousand pounds." The infamous Lord Ragsdale is as rich as sin, as sinful as he is rich, and as heartless as he is handsome. But after he saves Emma from a life of indentured servitude and shame, Emma decides that it is her personal duty to save him from his wicked ways. **Step one** - Stop his drinking, his gaming, and his wild revelry. **Step two** - make him break up with his mistress, the superbly sensual Fae Moullé, and transform him into a suitable suitor for the ideal wife that prim and proper Lady Clarissa Partridge would be. **Step three** - don't fall in love with him.

[from Amazon] When shy and secluded author Sara Fielding ventures from her country cottage to research a novel, she inadvertently witnesses a crime in progress—and manages to save the life of the most dangerous man in London. Derek Craven is a powerful and near-legendary gambling club owner who was born a bastard and raised in the streets. His reputation is unsavory, his scruples nonexistent. But Sara senses that beneath Derek's cynical exterior, he is capable of a love more passionate than her deepest fantasies. Aware that he is the last man that an innocent young woman should ever want, Derek is determined to protect Sara from himself, no matter what it takes. But in a world where secrets lurk behind every shadow, he is the only man who can keep her safe. And as Derek and Sara surrender to an attraction too powerful to deny, a peril surfaces from his dark past to threaten their happiness . . . and perhaps even their lives. Together they will discover if love is enough to make dreams come true.

From fictiondb: A DEVIL'S BARGAIN Easily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to become the wealthiest, once her inheritance comes due. Because she must first escape the clutches of her unscrupulous relatives, Evie has approached the rake Viscount St. Vincent with a most outrageous proposition: marriage! Sebastian's reputation is so dangerous that thirty seconds alone with him will ruin any maiden's good name. Still, this bewitching chit appeared, unchaperoned, on his doorstep to offer her hand. Certainly an aristocrat with a fine eye for beauty could do far worse. But Evie's proposal comes with a condition: no lovemaking after their wedding night. She will never become just another of the dashing libertine's callously discarded broken hearts -- which means Sebastian will simply have to work harder at his seductions...or perhaps surrender his own heart for the very first time in the name of true love. Series: Wallflowers#3

THEIR LIVES DEFY CONVENTION. When an unexpected inheritance elevates her family to the ranks of the aristocracy, Amelia Hathaway discovers that tending to her younger sisters and wayward brother was easy compared to navigating the intricacies of the ton. Even more challenging: the attraction she feels for the tall, dark, and dangerously handsome Cam Rohan. THEIR DESIRE CONSUMES THEM BOTH... Wealthy beyond most men's dreams, Cam has tired of society's petty restrictions and longs to return to his "uncivilized" Gypsy roots. When the delectable Amelia appeals to him for help, he intends to offer only friendship--but intentions are no match for the desire that blindsides them both. But can a man who spurns tradition be tempted into that most time-honored arrangement: marriage? Life in London society is about to get a whole lot hotter.... * The hero of this book is Cam Rohan, the handsome half-gypsy from the Wallflowers Book 3. Series: The Hathaways #1

from fictiondb: FROM PLAIN JANE TO PRINCESS? Amy Scott had been more at home sitting in her small-town bookshop than she'd ever be on the imperial throne of Lufthania. But according to heart-stoppingly-handsome Crown Prince Wilhelm, that is exactly where the striking redhead belonged, on his throne. Then just as Amy, uh, Princess Amelia, was getting the hang of the princess thing -- and oh-so-much closer to her regal tutor -- Prince Will wanted to bow out of her life. It seemed he had a personal rule about falling in love, especially with his new sovereign.

From fictiondb: Dating Bryan Falcon was only supposed to be a decoy, something for the tabloids to latch on to and run with. Still, Grace Pennington never expected to actually have feelings for the hard-core businessman. And although she'd simply promised her twin sister that she'd "date" Bryan until her sister's nuptials and then say goodbye, Grace sensed an attraction between herself and Bryan that was hard to deny. But were Bryan's signals for real, or was he doing an excellent job of playing the doting boyfriend? Either way, Grace knew that -- if she let him -- Bryan Falcon could invade parts of her life she had fiercely protected for years. For that reason alone, they had to part ways, no strings attached -- and no broken hearts.... Or so she thought.

[Taken from FictionDB:] When Shannon Blanchard won television's hottest game show, the brainy beauty never dreamed that her prize of two weeks at a royal castle would change her life. Until she set eyes on her tall, dark and daunting host, Prince Michel de Mornay. Logic told her that an American commoner had no business posing as a princess and tangling with a man born to the throne. But Shannon's heart wasn't listening. Not when Michel's breathtaking virility called out to her soul. Not when her innocent body ached for his loving touch. Not when a voice deep inside told her that fairy tales can come true....

[from fictiondb] In her fantasies Megan Lord was sophisticated, alluring, and completely in control. But real life kept catching her by surprise--toppling her into swimming pools, popping out her contacts, setting her face-to-face with a teeth-gnashing Doberman ... and landing her in the arms of devastatingly urbane Sebastian Gladstone. Sebastian melts her resistance in one second flat But he's threatening to put her specialty store out of business by raising the rent ... and soon his persistent personal demands send her running for cover. Just when she's standing on her own two feet, finally free and independent, he sweeps her off them ... She's got no choice but to come up fighting!