FAST AND LOOSE From Fictiondb: Seduction -- second time around! Darcy Weston knew everything there was to know about humiliation. Seven years ago she'd made a pass at heartthrob Keir Robards in his hotel bedroom. And he'd been tempted but had turned her down flat. Now Darcy was going through a repeat performance--on a Broadway stage, playing Keir's leading lady and lover! To top it all, Keir seemed intent on beginning rehearsals back in his bedroom-where else? Well, Darcy had been here before, but this time she was going to get her own back...
During her first Season, Tilda found her first love…or at least she thought she had. She’s deeply hurt when the man she fell for proceeds to throw abusive words at her. Seven years have passed since then, and as a chaperone Tilda attends a party hosted by the duke who has proposed to her cousin. The moment Tilda sees the duke’s face, she grows pale. It’s the man you hurt her all those years ago!
from fictiondb: Abducted! Torn from her life of privilege and held in a ravaged Saxon keep, Thea Bellamy soon realized her true nature. And found love in the arms of her captor, Roderick, a man her reason cried out she should hate, but her heart could never deny! Hawk, they called him, for Roderick, Duke of Emory, soared in battle. And though the warrior had fallen to his enemy, he was determined that his people would survive. Even if the price paid be Thea, the woman who had become part of his very soul.
From Seven Seas: **He was the world's greatest ninja... or so they tell him.** The Shadow Clan is a US-based ninja clan hidden in small-town middle America. Their newest grandmaster, the 18-year-old "Inazuma," was destined for greatness. But on an important mission, he was ambushed and fell to his death. Or so everyone thinks. Because oddly enough, five years later, he reemerges in Hollywood as a struggling actor. The new Grandmaster of the clan dispatches his beautiful daughter, Anna Pearson, a full-fledged ninja herself, to Los Angeles to track down their lost ninja. But Anna has never been outside the clan, and she’s in for quite a shock when her traditional ninja values collide with LA life, not to mention when she meets the deadbeat actor in person, with no memory of his former life as a ninja.
**He wants an heir from her and nothing more…** In order to repay her half brother’s debt, Penny marries the Earl of Darleston instead of her twin sister―while hiding the fact that she’s legally blind! Meanwhile, the earl, a war hero and the fantasy of every young maiden, is rushing to get married so that he can pass on his title and inheritance to his own child. When the earl learns that Penny’s deceived him, he is filled with rage. He proclaims that he will divorce her if she cannot bear him a successor, but then he steals a kiss!
Jayne Pembroke's entire Monday has been a disaster. She was soaked from the rain, she was late for work, and she's just heard rumors of company restructuring. But when billionaire Erik Randolph overhears her joking about trying to get easy alimony, he presents her with an offer she can't refuse. And when they soon find themselves walking down the aisle, Jayne can't help but wonder—could a marriage of convenience turn into one based on love? [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/88204/)
Tess Monahan grew up surrounded and protected by her five brothers, and her current life has nothing to do with romance. Still, when she almost collapses on stage while being awarded the "Teacher of the Year" award at the school where she teaches, a coworker speculates that she must be pregnant. The rumor about her pregnancy spreads through town like wildfire even though she's still a virgin! Her first love, Will, believes the rumor and offers a gentle, helping hand. But the way he looks at her has changed, and he's stopped treating her like a child. (Source: Renta!)
Outwards I In a dry inhospitable future world, the privileged live in big cities while the outsiders are forced to fight for a piece of bread in the desert. Mark Koch, a weapons builder and trafficker lives on the outside in a place known as The Colony within the rusty hull of a buried aircraft carrier. Tough and arrogant, he enjoys his position and free ways with the Colony women until one day he comes upon a stranger collapsed in the sand (Stefan). He takes this young man into the infirmary where he notices a striking tattoo on his cheek – a tribal design that marks this mysterious wanderer as a murderous renegade. Outwards II As Mark's relationship with Stefan heats up, the colony residents begin to notice not all men are being treated equal in Mark's eyes. Jealousy erupts as Mark's followers pressure him into putting Stefan to the test. Can this man be trusted to handle a high-risk delivery of weapons to the City? or will Mark and Stefan's troubled pasts with the privileged sect put them all in danger?
From Seven Seas: Brian De Bois Guilbert, villain in Sir Walter Scott’s *Ivanhoe*, returns as the doomed hero in this thrilling sequel to the classic work. After a brutal death at the hands of Sir Ivanhoe, Brian is reborn as Ravenskull, undead walker of the Shadow World, cursed by an impossible love. To save himself and the woman he loves, he must embark on a perilous journey to the East, facing all manners of monsters, black magic, and evil assassins!