1852 ~ After the death of her parents, Miss Lillian Whitmore travels to London to live with her aunt and uncle, the Duke and Duchess of Suffolk. Sick with grief, guilt and loneliness, and shunned by her aunt and cousins, Lillian is constantly reminded of her ignorance of society customs. Forced to find a husband, she encounters two men who vie for her affections--handsome, poised Lord Dominick Wade and the sensuous rake, Sir Trenton--but the skeletons in Lillian's closet keep her from making a choice. Expectations are high for Lord Dominick Wade to marry a woman of social stature, but the American beauty has literally wreaked havoc with his senses. Lillian is everything Dominick wants in a companion, lover and wife. Even more rankling is his competition, Sir Trenton, and the influence he holds over her. Which man will Lillian choose? Fate lies in his kiss... A GENTLEMAN'S KISS, is the new, improved, expanded Victorian romance, previously titled LOVE WILL BLOOM... Read an excerpt from CHAPTER ONE: Off the coast of England, 1852 The ship swayed in the water as the sails moved back and forth with the wind. Lillian Whitmore, lay flat on her stomach on the small bed in the cabin assigned to her for her travels. Her face planted on the rough wool coverlet, its mildewy, musty scent assaulting her nose. Wave after wave of nausea passed through her, in sync with the sways of the ship. She lurched to her feet when she felt her empty stomach was to give way, only to hunch back onto the bed with a groan, knees tucked up to her belly. Nearly two weeks had gone by since she boarded The Elizabeth in New York. She didn’t think she would make it all the way to London. She’d barely eaten a morsel since boarding and what she was able to consume came pouring forth sooner or later. The few gowns she brought with her now billowed around her slender frame. Please Lord, have mercy on me. Already a passenger died from infection. She hoped to God the only illness she would have was the incessant seasickness. Why me? Why did this have to happen to me? I was so happy… Tears glistened in her eyes, as they had a thousand times before in the previous weeks. She was not strong enough to hold them back. They spilled over, stinging her already swollen lids and wetting her cheeks. Racking sobs shook her weak body. Slowly she drifted away, to another time and place, worse than this one…
A sizzling, hot, post-apocalyptic romance novella... The world as we know it ended on December 21, 2012 when world wars, and nuclear powered weapons destroyed the planet. Now, nearly twenty years to the day of the apocalypse, two factions, the Sols and the Scies must come together to save the planet once again from unseen forces who threaten a second apocalypse. Cambria Sullivan, is the sister and co-leader of the Scies, scientists who believe in using the power of the brain and development of new power sources to help aide in their survival. Her brother is missing and she fears the Sols—soldiers who rule by power of might over mind—have taken her brother in order to steal his natural power plans. But before she can make plans to avenge her brother, the leader of the Sols, Gerard Vaughan, shows up at her compound offering a trade: Marry the enemy and save the world. Cambria’s deep-seated hatred of the Sols and what they’ve done to her, wreak havoc with her conscience, and at every turn her body and mind betrays her. Can Gerard and Cambria save the planet and find a deep love, one that started before the apocalypse of the world, and ends with an apocalypse of the heart? Excerpt from Chapter One: October, 2032 Albert Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. How right he was. The man was a genius. And does that make the rest of us ignorant? How we could use a man like him right now. Nightfall. Here I am again, atop the cement warehouse, our faction’s compound, gazing out over the wreckage that used to be Washington, D.C. I kick a small chunk of rubble to the ground below to see if I can hear it crash as it lands. But I can’t. My gaze is drawn back to the abandoned buildings. Some razed. Some still standing. I’m looking for my brother. I’ve done the same thing the last three nights, and yet I don’t see him. He doesn’t come ambling up the street past decades old broken down, rusted vehicles, bones and trash. I’m worried. I want him home. My heart constricts, and every muscle in my body clenches. Does this make me insane? I keep looking and expecting for him to walk from the shadows… The Scies need him. I need him. In the distance I hear a blood-curdling scream, shouting, and the tell-tale signs of imminent destruction. One hears those sounds a lot. And the protector inside me wants to run and help, but I know to do so would mean my own death. These streets are safe for no one. My gaze falls on the old bridge in the distance, its name long since forgotten. Across the structure, which managed to stay intact through it all, there is another compound. That of the Sols. Our rivals. I’m almost sure they have my brother. And I pray that he’s still alive. Not that praying will do me any good. Any God there once was has surely deserted us. A shudder passes through me, and I gaze up at the full moon, which seems to get larger and closer to earth with each passing month. Stars are out, and they too get brighter and brighter. Does the universe sense we need the light of the moon and stars? When daylight breaks the sun will shine brighter and hotter too. The cynical side of me thinks the universe doesn’t give a damn. When the Eve of Destruction arrived nearly twenty years ago, this world was abandoned to its fate. Life as we once knew it disappeared, and mayhem ensued. Mayhem still surrounds us, and we capitulate to her demands. Survival of the fittest. A fight for power—and fight for energy. Scies vs. Sols. We’ve been led to believe the rest of the world is dead. Without power or any means of communication, we are powerless to prove otherwise. But I don’t believe it. We can’t be the only ones left. Communication may have been cut off. The way we live may have changed. There may be no more satellites, electricity and all other manners of the old world, but we are remedying that. We will bring the world together again. We will survive this.
Invitation to Pleasure As the wife of the elderly Earl of March, Olivia Covington has never known the intimacies of the bedroom. Though her curiosity is piqued by the shocking whispers of society ladies, she is too wary of causing scandal to indulge in an affair. But Tristan Knightley, Earl of Newcastle, tempts her to throw off propriety. Tristan wants Olivia for his own, and has sworn off all others until he can rid himself of the obsession. He is sure once he has a taste, he will tire of her, and can return to his rakish existence. Unable to wait to have her in his bed, he invites her for a tryst at Lady Seductress's Ball... 24,000 words
A KILTED CHRISTMAS WISH is a sexy, contemporary novella of about 20,000 words. Down on her luck with men, Darla Strider wonders if she’ll ever meet her own kilted hero. Considering she lives in present day New York City, the likelihood of that happening is nil. She’s certain only a Christmas wish could make her dreams come true. Until the day Aaron Sutherland walks into her café, and changes her whole world. Leaving his pain in Scotland for life in the States, the last thing Aaron has in mind is hooking up with a city girl. But one look at Darla and she’s got him singing All I Want for Christmas is You.
For eight months, Thane Shaw has patiently waited to enact his revenge against the Campbells, and finally he can’t resist the opportunity that’s presented itself: stealing their most precious treasure for his own—Lady Sarah.
When a Highlander lands at her feet, what’s a modern woman to do? Having given up on love, Kari Howard isn’t averse to a little tryst when a hot Highlander lands at her feet. The way Fin sports his kilt has her imagining all sorts of things. However, she never would have guessed that he’d traveled through time. In order to save his clan in the past, Fin has to find love in the future… Kari is happy to help him figure out how to return to his time, and maybe have some fun along the way. But what she doesn’t expect is that Fin will shake her very foundation…and make her question the path she’d sworn to follow.
One little mistake and a twist of fate cause sparks to fly... Sixteenth-century Highland Laird Camden MacLeod wakes up in the modern world. Confused with his surroundings, he haphazardly throws on his kilt and goes in search of whoever has played such a foul trick on him. What he finds instead is beyond tempting… Amanda Bennett is thoroughly exploring the medieval Scottish castle she’s rented for her best friend’s bachelorette party. Not only does an oddly shaped stone in the tower catch her fancy—it somehow brings her dream man to life.
From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes a fun, new Regency novella! When Terrence Howard, the Earl of Shaftesbury’s wife returns out of the blue after having gone missing for two years, he’s filled with questions—and an undeniable love for her that never waned. Elizabeth, a lady by chance and a pauper by birth, is hiding a secret. Her disappearance was more than just a mere escape, but a chance at revenge for a life upended by the man she tricks into marrying her. Whatever game Elizabeth had been about however has the last lark, as her heart has played the ultimate hand…and she’s most definitely doomed to lose.