I Need You:A Valentine's Anthology By Vera RobertsBOOK I –SOMETHING TO REMEMBERONEI am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my way in the end.Senator Jay Edwards smiled as he remembered the famous quote made by Marga...
Dungeon Royale By Lexi BlakeMasters and Mercenaries, Book 6ForewordThis is my first book with two British leads and set entirely in foreign countries. I’ve been to many of the sites I talk about in this book. I would be...
Crushing Beauty By Celia LorenA Hearts Collective ProductionPROLOGUEBritton was laughing a little louder than was called for; this kid’s joke wasn’t even funny, but that wasn’t the reason for her laugh—she wanted...
Some Girls Do By Clodagh MurphyChapter OneI’ll try anything once (but I won’t try that)You never know...
Top Secret Twenty-One By Janet EvanovichONEI WAS PERCHED on a barstool in a dark, noisy, overpriced restaurant in Princeton, New Jersey. I was wearing a red dress that was too tight, too short, and cut way too low. And I wa...
The Ex Games By J.S.Cooper & Helen CooperThe Ex Games(Part I)Chapter 1It’s one weekend, Katie. You’ll ...
The Ex Games 3 By J.S.Cooper & Helen CooperThe Ex GamesPart IIIPrologueHe watched them as he’d been asked ...
The Ex Games 2 By J.S.Cooper & Helen CooperThe Ex GamesPart IIChapter 1My hands gripped the table as Priscilla ...
Sweet Addiction By Jessica DanielsFor my love. My amazing husband who puts up with my craziness.OneShit. Shit. Sh...
Passion and the Prince By Penny JordanChapter ONELIFTING her head from her camera, through which she had been st...
Fixed on You By Laurelin PaigeChapter OneI felt alive.The alternating flashes of dark and soft lights, the throbb...
Dead Man's Land By Robert RyanSATURDAYONEAs the observation balloon cleared the spindly crowns of the surroundi...
Captured Again(The Let Me Go Series) By L.L. AkersBook 2 of the LET ME go seriesDEDICATION:To all survivors, esp...
Break Away By Ellie GraceFor everyone who’s helped me along the way.***For the first time since I’d a...
Bound By M.R. ForbesCHAPTER ONELandonIt started in a way I could never have expected it to. It started with, of...
Blood on Copperhead Trail By Paula GravesCAST OF CHARACTERSLaney Hanvey—The Ridge County public integrity officer ...
Anywhere But Here The Starborn Ascension By Jason D. MorrowChapter 1 - WaverlyMy body stiffens at the silence af...
An Heir to Bind Them By Dani CollinsOff the boss’s payroll…and into his bedJaya. Her name reverberates aro...
After the Ex Games By J.S.Cooper & Helen CooperAcknowledgmentsFirst off, I want to thank all the readers who hav...
Abducted by a Prince(Cinderella Sisterhood) By Olivia DrakeChapter 1This is a travesty, said Walt Stratham, Viscoun...
A Real Disaster By Molly RyanChapter OneThere was one problem about being a good girl. One single thing that I...
A Question of Honor By Kate WalkerA runaway princess...It should have been easy. Karim al Khalifa, crown prince ...
A Bride for the Black Sheep Brother By Emily McKayProloguePortia Callahan lived her life by one simple rule: when all else failed, make a list.Today’s list was simple, if perhaps a tad more important than most.Usually, ch...
It Takes a Scandal By Caroline LindenDedicationFor Lyssa Keusch, editor nonpareilPrologue1816He came awake with a start, heart racing. The French were upon him—the tirailleurs leaping over the barricades, their long muskets gleamin...
How to Seduce a Vampire(Without Really Trying) By Kerrelyn SparksDedicationTo all the Love at Stake readers,you amaze me!You have kept the Undead alivefor fifteen books!AcknowledgmentsAs you can see in the dedication, my characters...
How To Be A Woman By Caitlin MoranPROLOGUEThe Worst Birthday EverWOLVERHAMPTON, 5 APRIL 1988Here I am, on my 13th birthday. I am running. I’m running from The Yobs.‘Boy!’‘Gyppo!’‘Boy!’I’m...
House of Ivy & Sorrow By Natalie WhippleDEDICATIONTo my Grandma Dorothy,who, though she died when I was eight,I’ve always believed was magical.ONEThey say a witch lives in the old house under the interstate bridge. Always ...
Her Only Desire(Sultry Summer Nights) By Delilah DevlinTo my daughter, Kelly, and my sister, Elle James, who dared to take a wild airboat ride with me in the bayou and shared an even wilder time in New Orleans. If only I c...
Falling for Her Rival By Jackie BraunYou know what they say about playing with fire…For chef Finn Westbrook, it’s time to turn up the heat. Three years ago he hit rock bottom. Now he’s ready for a comeback, start...
Expecting the CEO's Child By Yvonne LindsayNo woman says no to a LassiterMonths after their passionate tryst, Dylan Lassiter can’t get Jenna Montgomery out of his mind. Maybe being named CEO of his adoptive father&rsquo...
The Best Medicine By Tracy BroganChapter 1BIRTHDAY PARTIES ARE A LOT like pelvic exams—a little uncomfortable, a little awkward, a little too personal, but an unavoidable yearly nuisance—like a Pap smear, only with presents. So...
Dreams of Lilacs By Lynn KurlandChapter 1ENGLAND, 1232ARTANEIsabelle de Piaget leaned against the wall of her father’s great hall, out of the torchlight, and wondered if it were possible for a woman to hide her almost unb...
Don't Tell the Wedding Planner By Aimee CarsonThe craziest wedding…Bespoke wedding planner Callie Labeau has a reputation for embracing the crazy. The weirder the concept, the wilder the party, right? And her love of all th...
Deadly Shores Destroyermen By Taylor AndersonPROLOGUE////// CochinSouthwest Coast of Grik IndiaJune 16, 1944Ten days after the great battle that drove General of the Sea Hisashi Kurokawa and the tattered remnants of his once-mighty...
Crazy Little Thing By Tracy BroganCHAPTER 1MY HUSBAND HAD A TALENT for putting the dick in unpredictable, so I wasn’t entirely surprised to catch him at an office party with his hand up the skirt of a giggly, jiggly re...
Burning Dawn By Gena ShowalterNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Angels of the Dark tale about a winged warrior renowned for his ruthlessness, and the woman who becomes his obsession….A tor...
Born to Ride:A Clubhouse Collection By Kasey MillsteadACKNOWLEDGEMENTSTroy – God blessed the broken road that...
Blind Faith By Rebecca ZanettiTo Kathy and Herb Zanetti, AKA Guga and Papa, who love and protect family with ev...
The Swan Book By Alexis WrightFOR TOLYAll those travelling black swansGone to desert lagoons after big rainsIn the Todd River next to Schultz CrossingAnd thirty flying north along Larapinta Drive in Alice Springs on the 14 Janu...
The Scars of Us(Scars Series) By Nikki NarvaezAcknowledgmentsI’ve heard people say that time heals all wounds, but I think that’s bullshit. All time did was allow the wounds to scar, leaving a permanent reminder of y...
The Scar Boys By Len VlahosJanuary 21, 1987The University of ScrantonOffice of Undergraduate AdmissionsScranton, PA 18510-4699Dear Admissions Professional,Thank you for giving me the opportunity to become a matriculating student at t...
The Prosecutor By Adrienne GiordanoTwo attorneys with everything to lose fight for justice in THE PROSECUTOR by USA TODAY bestselling author Adrienne GiordanoChicago assistant state’s attorney Zac Hennings just got handed a p...
The Ornament By Tianna XanderChapter Onehe last thing I need is a date. Pushing asideT the tabletop Christmas tree, Kaylee reached over, grabbed the bottle of ketchup and squeezed a generous portion onto her plate. Here Comes ...
The Lady of Bolton Hill By Elizabeth CamdenPrologueBaltimore, Maryland, 1867C ome on, boy. Your dad needs you.Daniel looked up from his exam in disbelief, certain his father would never pull him out of this test. But a grim-fa...
The Cowboy of Valentine Valley By Emma CaneDEDICATIONTo my editor, Amanda Bergeron, whose visionand guidance for the Valentine Valley series isalways an inspiration. Thanks for everything.* * *What else do you think of when you ...
The Countess Confessions By Jillian HunterFor Gordon, with my deepest love and gratitudeChapter 11820EnglandThe fortune-teller’s tent was the talk of the party. It stood beyond the reach of the light shed by lanterns that t...
Texas Hold'Em(Hotter in Texas) By Christie CraigAcknowledgmentsThanks to my agent, Kim Lionetti, for giving me her all and making me feel like I’m her favorite client, even when I know she makes all her clients feel t...
Temporarily Yours By Diane Alberts(A Shillings Agency Novel)Chapter OneCooper eyed the crowded airport with all of the excitement of a prisoner looking at his solitary confinement cell. Festive red, green, and white shades of the...
Valentine's Day By Elizabeth AstonChapter OneLondon, 1800Valentine stood on the deck of the Salamander, ignoring the to and fro of the sailors as they docked the vessel. So this was England, the land of her birth, the land...
Untouched By Maisey YatesA Silver Creek RomanceChapter OneIt wasn’t like she even wanted any of this for he...
Undercover Captor By Cynthia EdenChapter OneYou’re making a mistake! Dr. Tina Jamison shouted as she was hauled out of the nondescript brown van and pushed into the dimly lit parking garage.But the four men—all wearing bl...
Tingle All the Way By Mackenzie McKadeCan Christmas magic be found with the help of one very irritating little wood faery?High-profile attorney Kayla Jones thinks she just might be losing her mind when Hector, a mischievous woo...
Three Fur All By Crymsyn HartChapter OneShe rubbed her wrists together again, hoping to release the manacles that bound her. October didn’t know how long she had been held captive. It could have been weeks or days. Every...
The Wiccan Diaries By T. D. McMichaelThe Wiccan Diaries, Volume 1Chapter 1 – HalseyIt’s me, Halsey. I don’t know why I’m writing this down... except... Rome. It’s a little after two, the sun is shini...
The Trip By Bianca SommerlandChapter OneWind whishing on glass drowned out the rumble of the heavy engine, rising to an off-pitch howl as the bus swerved and picked up speed. Napping on the road—not something to be undertaken...
The Texas Renegade Returns By Charlene SandsStray DescriptionOn her last day of high school, Cassandra Devlin walked out of exams and into a forest. Surrounded by the wrong sort of trees, and animals never featured in any natu...
Taking the Heat By Sylvia DayACKNOWLEDGMENTSMy gratitude goes to Cynthia D’Alba, who critiqued this story for me in the midst of celebrating her first sale. Now that’s a friend!And hugs to my dear friends Maya Banks...
Steamlust By Kristina WrightFOREWORDMeljean BrookEven if you haven’t encountered the term steampunk before picking up this anthology, you’ve probably read or seen something that fits the genre: an episode of Wild Wild W...
Spellbound By Sylvia DayOneThe Hunter had finally arrived.Victoria studied him carefully through the closed-circuit feed that monitored her office reception area. The urbane Armani suit he wore did nothing to hide the predator wit...
All Revved Up By Sylvia DayCHAPTER 1The smell of motor oil, degreaser, and coolant were among the very few scents in the world that made Miguel Santos’s dick hard enough to drive nails. He blamed that on Faith Bennett....
Aftershock By Sylvia DayDedicationThis one is for all the Cosmo girls.AcknowledgmentsMy gratitude to Kimberly Whalen, Ann Leslie Tuttle, and Dianne Moggy—the fun, fearless women taking this journey with me.And to my dear readers,...
Versed in Desire By Anne CalhounTell me what you want and it’s yours.When Corryn meets Luke at her new boss’s party, their attraction is instant and electric. He’s ready to give her any pleasure she desires—bu...
Hellhound By Rue VolleyAuthors Note...I normally do not write a note in my books, but seeing that this in my 40th book that I have written and had published, I wanted to.First of all I thank my husband for standing by me....
Graveyard of Memories By Barry Eislerchapter oneIf there’s one lesson I learned early on during the decades I’ve spent in this business, it’s that of all the qualities that distinguish a hard target from everyon...
Cider Brook(A Swift River Valley Novel) By Carla NeggersOneSamantha Bennett slipped her grandfather’s antique silver flask into an outer pocket of her khaki safari jacket. He’d claimed the flask was from an old pirate...
Campbell:Book One By C.S. StarrIt’s been ten years since a virus wiped out the entire adult population. Across the world, opportunistic kids worked to reestablish order through the creation of uneasy, fractured territories.A...
By Grace Possessed By Jennifer Blake1EnglandDecember, 1486She could not bear to be present for the kill.It was not that Lady Catherine Milton was unduly squeamish, only that she could not stand to see such a noble stag pulled...
Burn (The Pure Trilogy) By Julianna BaggottPROLOGUEBRADWELLHe knows the ending. He can see it almost as clearly as he saw the beginning.Start there, he whispers into the wind. His wings are bulky. The quills ruffle; some drag ...
Broken By K WebsterGrandmother, you encouraged my love for reading very early on in my life and I will forever be grateful for you showing me how to escape a terrible world and dive in to a wonderful one without ever havin...
Bare Essentials By Jill Shalvis, Leslie KellyTo Wanda,You held my hand on this one, and I’ll never forget it.And to Birgit Davis-Todd,For always being there when I needed you.Thanks, ladies, and here’s to many more…....
Alone with You By Shannon StaceyWhen waitress Darcy Vaughan’s friend asks her to help out with the launch of a fledgling restaurant, she’s happy to oblige. Little does she know the owner is Jake Holland, the perfect...
All Russians Love Birch Trees By Olga Grjasnowapart one1I didn’t want this day to begin. I would rather have stayed in bed and kept sleeping, but the laughter of the fruit vendor and the rattle of the streetcar invaded...
After I'm Gone By Laura LippmanHoldMeJuly 4, 1976They left at dusk, about an hour before the fireworks were scheduled, and by the time they were at the old toll bridge over the Susquehanna, Felix could see glimmers of lig...
A Million Guilty Pleasures(Million Dollar Duet) By C. L. ParkerI am a man who paid for sex. Not that I needed to, mind you, but it was the only way to be sure I wouldn’t get fucked. Well, getting fucked was kind of...
A Demon Made Me Do It By Penelope KingDemonblood Series #1Chapter 1. LioraWhoever says Hell is the worst place imaginable obviously never spent a day at Dove Creek High School. There needs to be an inscription on its front g...
The Sorcery Code By Dima ZalesDedicationI would like to dedicate The Sorcery Code to my wife. Without Anna, this book would not have been possible. I am the luckiest husband in the world. I am also grateful to our families ...
The Sheriff Catches a Bride By Cora SetonChapter OnePLAN SLOWLY, RUN FAST.As her mother’s words repeated in her mind like a well-worn mantra, Fila Sahar struggled to right her clothing in the cramped bathroom of the Emira...
The Forty Column Castle By Marjorie ThelenFirst Novel in the Mystery-in-Exotic-Places SeriesTo my writer and reader...
The Forever Girl By Alexander McCall Smith1I have often wondered about the proposition that for each of us there is one great love in our lives, and one only. Even if that is not true – and experience tells most of u...
The Devil Made Me Do It By Amelia JamesA collection of wickedly fun love storiesMidnight RendezvousIt was a dark and stormy night. Lighting streaked across the sky like silent wraiths chased by roaring thunder. The wind howled...
Tempted Again By Cathie LinzChapter OneWhen in trouble seek shelter. Marissa Bennett had learned that lesson at an early age. She’d had to. Seek shelter from the storm. And there was no safer haven than her hometown of ...
Take This Man By Nona RainesDedicationWith many thanks to Denise Como, critique partner extraordinaire, and to all the members of Central New York Romance Writers.PRAISE FOR AUTHORAND HER BOOKS" One Good Man is really a story w...
Sweet Magik By Penny WatsonDedicationFor Carl, With All My LoveExtra thanks to Natascha (my German consultant), Sarah and Jill (my beta readers),Meghan (art cover genius), Donna (my editor), and The Quirky Ladiesfor all of their...
Somerset By Leila MeachamPart OneChapter OneQueenscrown plantation, near Charleston, South CarolinaElizabeth Toliver observed her younger son, Silas, from under the wide, floppy brim of her gardening bonnet. He stood by the verandah...
Sam's Promise By Anne RaineyBlackwater, Book 1DedicationFor my mom and dad.This last year is proof that with a bit of courage and a lot of love anything is possible.Chapter OneSam rolled his eyes. You better be on your wa...
Most Eligible Sheriff By Cathy McDavidA Reason To StayLas Vegas casino manager Ruby McPhee needs to lay low whil...
Perfect Together(Serendipity's Finest) By Carly PhillipsOneThere was something about being a Marsden that made people think if they asked him for a favor, Sam—the younger brother and the good cop—would be nice and accommodat...
Relentless By Karen LynchPrefaceHe put his mouth to my ear and his words sent waves of fresh terror through me. I am going to savor you, little Sara. I had planned to have you now but why rush when we can take all the t...
Reunited in Love By Nadia LeeHearts on the Line, Book 2AcknowledgmentsWriting is solitary, yet publishing requires so many people’s hard work.Reunited in Love couldn’t have been written without the infinite patience of ...
Rocky Mountain Rescue By Cindi MyersChapter OneWhen the first gunshots sounded, Stacy Giardino ran toward them. Not because she was eager to face gunfire, but because her three-year-old son, Carlo, had been playing in the front...
Mistwalker By Saundra MitchellONEWillaThe hope was used up; all we had left was superstition.That’s why Seth Archambault took my place on my father’s fishing boat. That’s why I stacked egg-salad sandwiches in a c...
Love, Your Concierge By Jessica IngroChapter OneThe Legend of Multiple OrgasmsHello. I’m Elizabeth Ward. Your Personal Concierge.I found myself giggling at the absurdity of that statement. I sounded like I was at an Alcoholi...
Life's a Witch By Brittany GeragotelisTo all the twitches out there who believed in me when no one else didJune 10, 1692It was the day Bridget Bishop was sentenced to die and all she could think about was how she would...
Lassoed by Fortune By Marie FerrarellaChapter OneLiam Jones leaned back in his chair, nursing his beer and listening to two of his younger brothers, Jude and Toby, talking about a third younger brother, Christopher, who had rec...
Lady Thief By A.C. GaughenA Scarlet NovelChapter OneThe fire breathed, the dying embers flaring and cooling in a hot pulse. I watched the cold black creep over the orange. The fire were going out.The cold never worried me ove...
Katabasis By Joseph BrasseyCHAPTER 1:GHOSTS IN KIEVIllarion stood upon the edge of a broken battlement beneath the star-speckled night sky. There was no moon, which meant the desolate ruins of Kiev were lost in the darkness bey...
India Black and the Gentleman Thief By Carol K. CarrONEAt that moment, I’d have given anything to have a rapier in my hand. I’d have used it to fillet French. I believe the poncy bastard knew it too, for he was...
Hungry for More By Diana HolquistMAKE LOVE TO ME.James blinked hard. Was this really happening?Don’t look so surprised. It’s why you came.He crossed the room and stood beside her languid body, his heart beating a mad...
Drive Me Crazy By Tracy WolffA SHAKEN DIRTY NOVELTo Emily McKay,because I can’t imagine writing a book without youPrologueThere were goldfish in her bathtub. Goldfish. In her bathtub. Goldfish. IN. HER. BATHTUB.For long seco...
Down on Her Knees By Christine BellTo the readers of the Dare Me series who wanted Rafe and Courtney’s story, this one’s for you!CHAPTER OneCourtney DeLollis huddled in the corner of the grandly appointed reception t...