She's the mob boss's daughter. He left everything to build his own empire... for her. When a rival family tries to lay claim on her he will tear the city part and everything in his way to protect her. Growing up I had one friend. One person brave enough to befriend the Mafia Princess. Then one day it all went away I was locked in a tower on my family estate. I know the deal. I'm nothing but a bargaining chip in a contract for the better good of the family. Then I get a taste of freedom. My first day out in town one family tries to kill me and another kidnaps me. Why is this my life? Now I sit in front of that brave little boy who made friends with me all those years ago. Only he's head of his own family now and he says I'm his. The problem? My dad will burn the town down to find me and he says he will burn the town down to keep me. And I just want my freedom.

"From #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley, an epic story of family secrets, love, and betrayal set in Imperial India, a magnificent English country house in the 1920s, and that same house today"--

novella 3 of The Dark Heat series. ( bisexual, m/m) The race for the matching key is on. There are several who want it for their own purposes. Tai has given James the job to locate where the other matching key actually is. Jasmine, a sultry vampire wants the key that Tai has hidden in his house and she wants James to give it to her so she can make a deal with the one who has the matching key. James is not falling for her games. A tough fighting Tessa witch by the name of Dani wants the key even more. James has to sort out who is telling the truth and who just wants to make deals. It ends up on a deadly journey into the hells realms to carry out a rescue in exchange for the key. While in the realms James meets one of the demon gatekeepers who decides he wants James for himself. The battle for James's heart is on as he got himself bound to a Fey lover, Jax. who has plans on keeping James all to himself and Jasmine who also wants James to herself. Who will end up with James and will they get out of the hellish realm that they went into?

Spanning the 1930s to the present day, from a magnificent estate in war-torn England to Thailand, this sweeping debut tells the tale of a concert pianist, Julia, and the prominent Crawford family whose shocking secrets are revealed, leading to devastating consequences for generations to come.

Rose lives with her dog, John Brown. They are happy together, just the two of them. But she reckons without the mysterious midnight cat, and it was John Brown who realised that things were going to change.

My grandfather had once told me that life was an unpredictable beast-one moment calm with a full belly and heavy eyes, and the next, digging its paws in the dirt, snarling just before it took down its next victim. Until recently, I would argue with that notion, listing all the reasons why my life was as predictable as the tides coming and going. While I listened, I was young and never put much thought into a lot of the things my grandfather told me, but all that changed when the Hunters moved back to Sandpoint. More specifically, Wes Hunter. That was when the impossible became possible and the predictable became unpredictable. As Abigail Rose looked down on her new world, she couldn't deny the things she had seen and all the things she had learned. There were days she wished she could go back to her old life, but she had changed. Evolved. She was no longer a love-struck seventeen year old. She was a chosen leader and her path was undeniable. The black and white was fading to gray, and the only thing between mortals and immortals was her.

Everyone had long since gotten tired of seeing an amorous ghost girl chat with a weak scholar. If that was the case, when Taoist Gao Leng met with a ghost of amnesia, what kind of love and hate conflicts would occur between them! Once, you were a ghost and I was Daoist Ling Xu. Even after using all my strength, I was still unable to become the peerless hero in your heart. Now that you're a puppet, and I'm a spirit doctor, I'll protect you no matter what. The Road to River Styx, the Three Way River, the Resurrection Lily, if fate wills it, I'll accompany you ....

"Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully-written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love."—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black Briony has a secret. It is a secret that killed her stepmother, ruined her sister's mind, and will end her life, if anyone were to know. She has powers. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and a great mane of tawny hair. He is as natural as the sun, and he treats her as if she is extraordinary. And everything starts to change . . . A National Book Award Finalist ★ “Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review ★ “Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review