Why wait for the wedding night? Tying the Knot Jessie might not forgive Leo for his long-ago betrayal, but after one scorching kiss, she can't fight the chemistry anymore. But a girl can't base her future on great sex. Or can she? Take This Man Can hunky Drew convince his longtime crush Annie that he's the man for her? All he has to do is sweep her off her feet…then make her forget that he's a much younger man…. Bedded Bliss When playboy billionaire Ajay is ready for real commitment, he thinks sexy, sensible Mallory is his woman. Too bad her only desire is to experience his reputed prowess in bed!

Can a bad boy change for the better? Thief Danny Burnett wonders if the heirloom ring in his possession—once owned by a legendary masked bandit—is as powerful as his brothers say it is. But when heiress Abby Albertini steps back into his life after five long years, Danny knows he's about to find out.... Abby needs Danny's help to retrieve something he stole from her. Besides her heart. But Abby's not the naive girl she once was. She has a few naughty tricks up her sleeve. She'll get Danny's help, and teach him a lesson about payback that he won't soon forget—one hot, wicked night at a time!

Courting, Danger, & Seduction by Brooke Comeau Her Perfect Match Madaline was ready for an adventure and Ben Reed was the perfect gentlemen for her needs. If they can survive the unseen villain lurking in the shadows trying to destroy her happiness, then she might just get her happily ever after. After saving Mady from a carriage accident and looking into her lively green eyes, Ben knew he had found his perfect miss. Once he figured out who was behind the threats he might just get to claim her. Her Pirate Duke Daffney was determined to find her match this season - but who knew she would be thrown into the middle of an old war between pirates! The new Duke is unexpected; Daffney is drawn to him and his wicked smile. Sebastian is not looking for a wife but can’t seem to stay away from the delectable Miss Grey. When his enemies put her in harm’s way he has no choice but, to his utter enjoyment, keep her close. And if he should steal a kiss or two all the better. Her Complete Surrender Abby was not interested in allowing any man to have complete control of her identity, hence the no husband policy! If the distracting Laird Merrick Murphy would just get the memo and stop making her pulse flutter she might just keep her single status. Merrick was smitten and wouldn’t allow Abby to withdraw from him. But, with unexpected danger at his castle does he dare pursue her until she surrenders to a passion that will be an inferno? Or must he wait for the danger to pass?

This book will be essential for scholars and students interested in Ibero-American cultural studies, gender, religion, and totalitarian politics. --Book Jacket.

Though the law and courts of nineteenth-century Peru were institutions created by and for the ruling elite, women of all classes used the system to negotiate the complexities of property rights, childrearing, and marriage, and often to defend their very definitions of honor. Drawing on the trial transcripts of Cajamarca, a northern Peruvian province, from more than a century ago, this book shares eye-opening details about life among this community, in which reputation could determine a woman's chances of survival. Exploring the processes of courtship, seduction, and familial duties revealed in these court records, historian Tanja Christiansen has unearthed a compelling panorama that includes marital strife, slander, disobedience, street brawls, and spousal abuse alongside documents that give evidence of affection and devotion. Her research also yields much new information about the protocols for conflict and cooperation among nineteenth-century Peruvian women from all social strata, and the prevalence of informal unions in an economy driven in large part by migratory male labor. Reviving a little-known aspect of Latin American history, Christiansen's book simultaneously brings to light an important microcosm of women's history during the nineteenth century.

Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.

Why marry? The personal question is timeless. Yet the highly emotional desires of men and women during the period between 1450 and 1650 were also circumscribed by external forces that operated within a complex arena of sweeping economic, demographic, political, and religious changes. The period witnessed dramatic religious reforms in the Catholic confession and the introduction of multiple Protestant denominations; the advent of the printing press; European encounters and exchange with the Americas, North Africa, and southwestern and eastern Asia; the growth of state bureaucracies; and a resurgence of ecclesiastical authority in private life. These developments, together with social, religious, and cultural attitudes, including the constructed norms of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality, impinged upon the possibility of marrying. The nine scholars in this volume aim to provide a comprehensive picture of current research on the cultural history of marriage for the years between 1450 and 1650 by identifying both the ideal templates for nuptial unions in prescriptive writings and artistic representation and actual practices in the spheres of courtship and marriage rites, sexual relationships, the formation of family networks, marital dissolution, and the overriding choices of individuals over the structural and cultural constraints of the time. A Cultural History of Marriage in the Renaissance and Early Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage.

She never expected it would come to this Desperation and an empty stomach forced Fiona Lachlan to agree to a plan that ended up luring the wickedly notorious Duke of Holburn into trouble. Everything went terribly wrong, and now she has found herself posing as his ward! And while she swore nothing could make her desire a scoundrel, even if he was a duke, she is now drawing ever closer to the one man she cannot have . . . "Beware of innocence!" The Duke of Holburn had spent years heeding this warning, and in doing so, managed to avoid the virginal young ladies who had been put in his path. But now his wild ways have gotten him into real danger. There are killers at the door and a temptingly beautiful woman in his arms. He is about to find himself seduced . . . and he isn't quite sure he wants to resist this time.