An Arranged Marriage Standalone Mafia Romance. The first time Cassio meets his fiancée, she calls him "sir." After losing his wife, Cassio is left to take care of two small children while trying to establish his rule over Philadelphia. Now he needs a mother for his children and someone who can warm his bed at night. But in a world as traditional as his, choosing your wife is duty not pleasure.Rules have to be followed, traditions heeded. That's how he ends up with a woman-a girl-barely of age. She may not be what he and his children need, but she's lovely and a sweet temptation he can't resist. Giulia has always known she'll marry the man her father chose for her, but she never expects to be given to someone so much older. Suddenly she's supposed to be a mother to two small children when she hasn't even held a baby before.Giulia quickly realizes that Cassio isn't interested in a relationship on equal footing. Her mother has warned her that men of power, like Cassio, don't tolerate insolence. Tired of being treated as a nanny, Giulia decides to fight for her version of a happy family.

A story of love, life and going completely la-la in LA, from the internationally bestselling author of Bare Necessity and For Better, For Worse, Carole Matthews. One girl in love with two guys… Isn't that the sweetest taboo? Sadie Nelson knows that falling in love can be big trouble - especially when she discovers that the best things in life are never free. Her heart starts causing trouble when she first lays eyes on Gil McGann, the sexy and powerful Hollywood producer at the London Book Fair. In no time, Gil is whisking her away from her dead-end job and drizzly old England to join him in the land of the perfect suntan. Then there's Tavis Jones, an irresistibly endearing -- and criminally good-looking -- actor who's soon pulling her heartstrings in a different direction. Suddenly the choices facing Sadie in the home of the famous and the desperate-to-be-famous are enough to drive a good girl insane -- especially when no-one is quite what they seem to be. It's not great to find out that Gil has a sticky ex who won't let go or that Tavis's uncertain orientation may permanently cast him in the role of "good friend". With her real life turning rapidly into a mad movie plot, what does a slightly crazed woman two much in love do? Lights, camera, action...

This swoonworthy, romantic companion novel to Wendy Higgins's New York Times bestselling Sweet Evil series is told from irresistible bad-boy Kaidan's point of view. Readers will love getting inside Kaidan's head, especially fans of the Divergent series by Veronica Roth, the Selection series by Kiera Cass, and Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire. When bad-boy drummer Kaidan Rowe encounters good girl Anna Whitt, the girl chosen to vanquish the demons from earth, he can't stop thinking about her. The Nephilim son of the Duke of Lust, Kaidan tries to help Anna embrace a life of sin, but she gradually helps him see that he's meant to do more with his life. Their relationship is as tortured as it is passionate, for Nephilim are forbidden to fall in love. But as hard as they may try to obey, Kai can't seem to stay away from Anna, nor Anna from Kai. Full of chemistry and high-stakes drama, this companion book is darker, hotter, and completely satisfying.

Best Friend's sisters are always off-limits, it's like an unspoken rule in every friendship but that doesn't change the fact that I am completely and utterly attracted to my best friend's sister..... He says I'm off limits but he wants me and I want him. That's all that should matter. Resisting only makes us want each other more, I can't resist any longer longer so I'm going to have him even if I have to seduce him.

Sawyer, an ex-navy SEAL comfortable with no-strings attached relationships, finds that's he's interested in more than that with Grace, but she holds deep secrets and pain.

NOTE: This is a special edition cover. The content is the same as the original work. A fortune teller once told Mila she'd find a man who would take her breath away. She refrained from telling her it would be literally while Mila ran for her life. Having always done what is expected of her, Mila dresses the part, only dates college boys with exemplary backgrounds, and doesn't ask questions. Not about her papa's absences or his refusal to let her set foot in her birthplace--Russia. Suffocated by the rules and unanswered questions, Mila does what she's always wanted to. She boards a plane to Moscow. She never expected to fall for a man on the way. One with unexplained wealth, tattoos on his hands, and secrets in his eyes. But it doesn't take long for his caress to become a rough grasp muffling her screams. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Unfortunately, a Russian winter is the coldest of them all, and Mila soon learns the only way to escape intact is to do the impossible and thaw her captor's heart.

In this delicious romance, bestselling author Rochelle Alers brings an unlucky-in-love bakery owner and an Air Force pilot together in the sweetest of ways! Once Faith Whitfield dreamed she’d find her prince, but enough frogs have dispelled that fairy tale. She’s been too busy running Let Them Eat Cake and satisfying other people’s sweet tooth to lament her own love life. Still, a woman’s got to get out of the kitchen sometime and Ethan McMillan’s seduction heats her passion to the boiling point. But even decadent weekends of romance and Ethan’s sweet sensuality can’t convince Faith to trust him with her heart. Does he really want happily ever after—with her? Former air force pilot Ethan McMillan comes to the aid of a damsel in distress, but soon realizes he’s the one in danger—of falling for luscious pastry chef Faith Whitfield. Originally published in 2008

Do you believe you can find love in a one-night stand? Successful and beautiful, Hazel Morris is living her best life and doesn't know that she is missing anything until one lustful night changes it all. After meeting Charvez, a bad boy to the core, on the night of her best friend's wedding, she is caught up in the moment and lets her lust take over to enjoy one night with him, even though she knows it is wrong. It is only supposed to be a single night of fun but there is one problem: Hazel's emotions are quickly caught up and she wants more. Charvez was a street nigga in every sense of the word but after running his father's empire for years, he was ready to call it quits. When he ran into Hazel at his friend and right-hand man's wedding, love was the furthest thing from his mind, but her beauty was too much for him to ignore. After drinking the night away with Hazel, he's overcome with sexual desire and ignores the urgings in his mind telling him that she is off-limits. Once the night is over, he tries to rid her from his mind but the sweet temptation of pursuing a woman he can't have begins working against his self-control. It's dangerous to want her and pursuing her could cost him his life, but he's unable to resist his desire. Is having a woman that he can't get out of his mind worth the fight?

In this first ever short story collection, New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray takes us on five steamy, sexy adventures. From a timid, dowdy duckling who turns into a confident, sexy swan which sends her into the arms of a handsome artist to a bridesmaid's explosive encounter with the best man to an unproven actress who is being wooed to the stage by a handsome Broadway director. From a journalist's very steamy night with an old flame to a woman who pretends that she is dating a wealthy businessman but never imagines he would show up to collect on that claim. Experience just how much Francis Ray can turn up the heat!

Brinley Delvaux loves to bake tempting treats that can change people’s lives. But when he moves to a quaint seaside town in order to alter his own, the last complication he needs is falling for Jack Brewer, a man whose sudden appearance messes up Brinley’s timetable to renovate the old Holberton place, as well as his plans for a quiet future. Worse, Jack is a normal human, whereas Brinley is one of the Gifted, with powers most people cannot comprehend and which Brinley isn’t at liberty to share. Spending time with Jack is potentially dangerous for at least one of them, and Brinley’s seeking a quiet future separate from his past with the Gifted community. There’s only one answer ... to use his powers to solve the problem of Jack. Aside from some personal trauma, what could possibly go wrong?