Sparkling, funny and witty, this smart little novella is rather like the warm, friendly author Victoria Vane herself. This is a steamy, little gem of a book, not for the prudish as the content is definitely naughty. Because it is a fun read, it is hard to take seriously, even the hot love scenes ...
Lydia Trent is a young woman betrothed to a man she barely knows. Her fiancé, Marcus, Lord Russell, prefers the notion of a prospective wife more than the reality of being wed. But on Lydia’s betrothal night Marcus releases a passion locked within Lydia she was barely aware of. Once ignited this ...
Staring through the matching canopy of blooms above her bed, she allowed herself the indulgence of lingering a little longer in her fantasy. She’d dreamt that she was once again thirteen and walking between Julian and Harry at the Michaelmas Fair. As before, when Harry left her unchaperoned to ta...
The footman had announced his arrival, but it was clear the duke would acknowledge him no sooner than His Grace chose to do so. Nick shifted his stance, refusing to sit and fighting the urge to pace. Such was his lot in life. Neither servant nor peer, he occupied the slive...
Polly asked with a look of ap-prehension. Diana knew she was a mess both inside and out. Weak and mildly nauseated from her exhausting emotional display, her eyes burned, and her hair hung limp and lank about her tear-stained face. She needed no mirror to explain the maid’s alarm. “Yes, Polly. I ...
We came together,” Haley protested. “C’mon.” The asshole bouncer took her by the arm. “Big mistake.” Reid stepped in. He had little tolerance for bullies, let alone one who’d lay hands on a woman. “Hands off her. Now. I already told you what I’d do,...
Where was Keith? His rifle was gone and the campsite packed up, all but the canvas bedroll she’d slept on. She sat up, rubbing her bleary eyes with panic blooming in her chest as the events of last night replayed in her mind. She reached up to touch the bear tooth necklace and felt instantly at e...
The row of bottles sat just out of reach on the top shelf in front of the antique diamond-dust mirror, the shelf he’d been painfully aware of but careful to avoid for seven long and sober years. But now he needed something, anything, to numb this desperate ache deep in his chest. The craving for ...
His boots kicked off, coat and cravat discarded, he stared blankly into the empty hearth. “I want her, Ned,” he said. “My bloody bollacks ache for want of her.” Ned poured them both a drink, replying without the least compassion, “If you refer to Diana, my friend, you waste your effort sniffing a...
In reality, he knew he could not force that which she was unwilling to surrender. When she dropped her gown, exposing her full body to his view, he exhaled in a long, slow gush. It was certainly a propitious beginning, for Diana had become timid and almost abashed about her body, while he had onl...
A log cabin? Where the hell am I? Montana! She was in Montana. She remembered arriving in Bozeman the night before last and then driving to Sheridan with Wade. She’d seen her father and then…then…her throat tightened. Oh shit...
He didn’t need a doc or x-rays to tell him he’d broken his wrist. The grinding of bones was a sure enough sign even if the pain hadn’t already clued him in. He was used to pain though. After fifteen years of rodeo, the last ten dedicated strictly to bulls, he’d experienced his fair share of it. T...
Once more he’d been a jackass, lashing out at her for no good reason. He should be happy as hell just to have gotten laid, but the situation was exactly as he’d feared. Being with Janice made him crave everything he couldn’t have—a normal life. He’d accepted long ago, four...
said the stony-faced butler barring Diana’s entrance.“But I sent word to Lord DeVere hours ago!” she protested. “He was to have taken his goddaughter to the theater earlier this evening, but she has not returned and her maid has no recollection of anything! I insist on speaking with him immediate...
In a matter of days, Monica Brandt had managed to turn his entire life inside out. As soon as Tom was taken out of critical care and moved to rehab, she’d wasted no time in making good on her threat, waltzing right to the hotel’s corporate floor and moving herself lock, stock, and barrel into the...