When he asked, she said yes. When he asked why, she had no answer. She could not answer the man she was about to marry, but can she answer a total stranger she encounters in a cemetery?Baltimore-born Ireland Rose, daughter of Irish immigrants, must be married by her seventeenth birthday. Rose's father finds a suitable husband, Captain Camden Lovell, twenty-seven years her senior. Captain Lovell takes his bride to Charleston, provides her with a beautiful home on the Battery and good standing in Charleston Society.Three years later Rose is a widow. Captain Wyatt, her husband's trusted employee is now in charge of her affairs. Rose senses he does not like her. One day he brings a young woman with child to her - and a secret that must be kept. A little girl is born, and Rose becomes a mother. Captain Wyatt offers to marry her in name only to protect her from Charleston society gossip, but she is determined she will not marry a second time for protection. She will marry for love or live alone.Just three months later, August 31st, 1886 the city of Charleston suffers the worst earthquake of the century. Her beautiful home is in shambles. Rose has no choice but to return to her parents' birthplace in Ireland. The only record she has of her Irish ancestry is in her mother's Bible. She and her infant daughter take the next ship to Ireland. She has begun to hope she has finally found happiness when Captain Wyatt comes with news that shatters her heart.Every person Rose loves is taken away. Her faith in God is shaken. There is a plan for her, but she can't see it. Captain Wyatt breaks her heart, not once but twice.

From the author of the Loving on the Edge novels comes a story of a good girl who discovers that once you dare to cross some lines, it’s hard to turn back… On the night of her graduation, innocent veterinary student Cela decides to play a game of Never Have I Ever with the two hot neighbors she’s been quietly crushing on for the last year. Always the prim and proper student, Cela thinks she’s earned a wild night before she has to move back home under the watchful gaze of her family. But what starts out as a simple game is about to take a very sensual turn... Ian Foster is tired of playing games. With his membership to The Ranch, an exclusive BDSM resort, and a musician roommate named Pike who brings home groupies with a taste for ménage, Foster has a life most guys would kill for. But lately, his need for dominance is no longer satisfied via one-night stands. He craves the full surrender of one woman—a submissive of his own. But when his quiet, sweet-as-sugar neighbor shows up at their door with a bottle of tequila and an invitation, Foster decides he and Pike may have time for one more fling… *This will be an e-serial, releasing in 8 parts.

Bull riding and beer. That's all the big arena in town is known for, even though Tracy works herself ragged every night of the week to make it a popular rodeo stop. Too bad her dad owns the place and is in debt up to his eyes. What's his solution? Make Bronco an offer he can't refuse. Bronco isn't looking to buy an arena, especially one that's run down and falling in. But when the owner says the deal comes with Tracy, how can he refuse? Warning: grab your spurs and giddy up! Find out if this cowboy can hang on for more than eight seconds... and how fast he falls in love.

Lorenzo Alzaro Battaglia has survived the battle, but he has lost the war. Giovanni has pushed him to the brink of madness and stripped him of money, power, alliance that could be used to overthrow the Camorra. However, Lorenzo refuses to give up his vow to be the one who rules over the Battaglia legacy. Backed into a corner, Lorenzo fights the very last fight to reclaim it all. The gamble he takes could be the death blow that destroys it all.nbsp;Can he overthrow Giovanni and reclaim his family and power? Is he the forgotten son of the once powerful clan boss Don Tomosino? Or will it matter when he is face to face with the past and future under Don Giovanni's gun? In the end the tenants of omertaacute; maybe the only way to keep his wife and child alive? So he must decide. Their lives or his?

“Too bad this isn’t a sci-fi holo. Then, we could just ignore physics.” Something’s afoot. Every Owl-class frigate in the fleet has been summoned to Hevetich, including Laughing Owl. Astrogator Cai and Captain Steele arrive prepared for anything, but they don’t expect the mission Admiral Nbuntu hands to them. Humanity may be ready to strike back at the aggressive Rels, but Cai thinks the plan has more holes in it than a block of Swiss cheese, and it’s up to the strategic mind of his husband to salvage the situation yet again. With the war hanging in the balance and an admiral breathing down their necks, will Nick and Cai manage to complete their mission and take the fight to the enemy?