-Taken from [FictionDB:] Catherine Coulton strikes a deliberately provocative pose. It's hot and her feet hurt, but she's got a job to do--arrest the man for solicitation. Instead, she kisses him back for all she's worth...and is fighting mad when she learns he's Nick Samuels, celebrated vice-squad cop and infamous womanizer. Nick wants Catherine badly. When she furiously refuses to get involved with another police hero, Nick woos her with unexpected charm and humor. He's tough, brash, fiercely passionate, and heart-rendingly tender--all she's ever wanted. But she knows he'll take foolhardy chances to right the world's wrongs, yet never risk his heart for love...
[from FantasticFiction] Princess Marie-Therese and her brother elude their escorts to spend seven carefree days in Paris before she becomes engaged to an English Duke. In the glittering world of gaiety that marked the Second Empire, the Princess pretends to be Zena, her brother's mistress. This farce brings unexpected problems, especially when she falls in love with the Comte de Graumont. Can love triumph over a royal decree and her father's anger?
King Maximilian of Valdastien is being pressured to marry due to the political unrest in Europe, so he decides to visit the surrounding countries in order to find a Queen! On his visit to Aldross, Princess Zita is ordered to stay above stairs so that she won't interfere with the King's meeting with her sister, Princess Sophie. For a lark, she pretends to be a waitress at the inn where the king is staying and that's how they meet and fall in love!
[taken from fictiondb] When strong-willed socialite Laureen Reisel inherits controlling shares in a near-bankrupt foot- ball team, she also acquires its star player, Vince DiMoro--who just happens to despise rich women. Tension crackles between them--and then Vince arrogantly declares they'll share passion's embrace after the team's first victory. She is enraged at his brazen presumption...yet all too aware of his masculine appeal. One moonlit night he reveals a charming, vulnerable side of himself she's never seen... and her defenses topple in a tumult of passion. But unless Vince can put his bitterness aside, they're doomed to replay past disasters.
Gigi has been brought up by her Grandmama and Aunt Alicia, an old-school courtesan, to be a stylish coquette and set her sights on a rich man. When Gaston visits, he brings her candy and lets her cheat at cards, captivated by her girlish ways. Now 16, Gigi is ripe to put away childish things and prepare to become Gaston's mistress. The clever girl however, has other plans...
In the *Megami no Musuko* series: 1. *Bara no Tiara* 2. *Bara no Prince* 3. *Megami no Musume*
Perdican (Nicolas Van Burek), a baron’s son, and Camille (Julie Le Gal) the baron’s niece, have loved each other since childhood. The Baron (Raymond Accolas) assumes that when they meet after their years of separate schooling they will marry. Here, however, the pride of the younger generation frustrates the hopes of the older. Camille’s convent education has led her to believe all men are cads, while Perdican’s life away in Paris has led to several affairs. To test Camille’s unexpected coldness, he begins a fling with a peasant girl Rosette (Mélanie Beauchamp).
When her beloved brother incurs a disastrous gambling debt, lovely Carmella knows that his reckless plan offers their only hope of escaping disgrace. But does their host, the formidable Marquis of Ingleton, really believe her to be a worldly Society beauty? Or does this disturbingly handsome man suspect the terrifying shame that Carmella must risk? [From FictionDB]
[taken from fictiondb] Why does Phillip Manning accuse respectable Darcy Kincaid of being a high-class hooker? Why does Darcy's teenage sister hit him over the head with a gin bottle? Darcy doesn't know the answers only that Phillip conducts the strangest job interview. And that suddenly she's promising to soothe his fevered brow all night! Somehow Phillip's study of suburban prostitution has run amok. Now he's got a bump on his head and a longing in his soul for a woman who dyes his shirt pink, sets hamburgers on fire, and cures headaches with kisses! Can he survive such chaos? Or will Darcy's unique brand of hanky-panky drive him crazy in love?
