When tough battle-scarred photojournalist-turned-wildlife-photographer Lacey Sommers travels to Costa Rica in a last-ditch effort to save her job, she meets beach-bum-gorgeous Luke Hancock, an outdoor guide, environmentalist and expert on economics and sustainability, who's been hired by her magazine to serve as her pilot and wilderness guide for the duration of her stay. It's clear from the outset there is a powerful physical attraction between the two, but strong personalities, pre-conceived notions, an unexpected and contentious family connection, and the scars from a tragic death and a terrifying event threaten to keep them apart. Will Lacey shed the mantle of Kevlar she's worn for so long and allow Luke inside her heart? Or will her ostensible strength be her downfall?
Not All Scars Heal For Donovan Pate, the lake town of Evergreen Cove is a minefield of tough memories-including the day he had to let go of Sofie Martin. Years later he still can't forget the taste of her lips and the feel of her killer curves. He knows he's too damaged, that he should stay away for her own good. But what the head says and the heart wants are two very different things . . . Seven years ago, Donovan broke Sofie's heart. Now her career depends on playing nice in order to pull off the charity fund-raiser of the decade. She vows to keep things professional . . . yet working by his side every day doesn't make it easy to fight temptation, and it isn't long before she finds herself falling for this bad boy all over again. But loving Donovan means helping him face his past-so they can fight for a future together. "Jessica Lemmon is an author to keep your eye on!" -- Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author "Everything I love in a romance." -- Lori Foster, 2014
Can a one-handed cowboy and an overzealous social worker bridge the gap between their worlds? Former Sergeant Seth Black, his right hand missing and his ranching dream demolished, has holed up in a remote cabin to avoid his hovering brothers. He agrees to let Tank, an army buddy who’s also an amputee, stay for a while. Tank’s sister unexpectedly comes with him, though, and while she may be gorgeous, she’s as over-helpful as his family. Social worker Riley Callahan loves helping children and families but got suspended for following an impulse. While she waits for a final decision, she’s making sure her brother takes time to sort out his own problems...and trying not to get involved with the cowboy they’re staying with. But Seth is handsome, hurting, and obviously needs her help. Seth begins to accept his situation, but his dreams are gone. Riley wants to help him adjust to his new abilities, but she doesn’t know where she’ll be in a month. Can a one-handed non-cowboy and a city social worker figure out what God wants them to do? Each Black Rock Ranch romance is a stand-alone story with its own HEA, but the family saga is best enjoyed in order: 1. Cherished by the Rancher (Adam & Maddy 2. Resisting the Rancher (Caleb & Jo) 2.5 Romancing the Rancher (Jesse & Sam) 3. Falling for the Rancher (Micah & Cassie) 4. Rescuing the Rancher (Seth & Riley)
2nd in the series. The Wainwrights wed and honeymoon in Salzberg, Austria. Wainwright makes an accidental sighting of the pair who were suspects in the killing of his partners and calls the FBI's Vienna office for help. In the middle of all the excitement, a cablegram informs the newlyweds that Wainwright's brother died in a construction accident. They return to California for the services and his bride is kidnapped. And the fun piles-on from threre.
Falling in love is the last thing on Verity’s mind. Unveiling crime and preventing another murder at her Vancouver workplace exhausted her. And while she doesn’t expect to meet the love of her life while escaping to an island in the Bahamas, there he is…with women falling all over him. Then when Verity is thrown in harm’s way by Rylan’s ex-girlfriend, treachery takes on a whole new meaning. She learns fast that danger lurks on the edge of this island paradise where fortunes are built on the illicit drug trade. And that hurricane about to make landfall? Verity ignores all the warning signs. Can Rylan prove to Verity that she is his one-and-only or will a catastrophic hurricane destroy their chance to be together forever?
STEAMY HOT ALIEN ROMANCE COLLECTION 4 Standalone Romance Short Stories With No Cliffhanger Ternion of Intimacy When Lacey Stern is banished to a maximum security intergalactic prison, the lovers in her life, Prince Korun and Blaen of Ubos, will have their loyalties tested. Who will they fight for…the crown or their happiness? Alien Prince’s Son A lost princess or a lost cause? Melody Harp is taken by a handsome blue-skinned prince who claims she is the key to his planet’s liberation. In the city that never sleeps, Melody Harp has found her boring life to be unfulfilling. Her career is relatively normal, working for a successful graphic design company that only seems to pass the time. But she’s distracted. A reoccurring dream of flashing lights and humming discs remains in the back of her mind until she finally encounters the source: an alien prince from a distant planet. The blue-skinned prince named Tezod Moss appears to her suddenly during a night out and insists she is a princess of the planet Efloe. Their connection is instantaneous and Melody falls for him immediately, the puzzle of her dream finally coming together with a passionate kiss. But the planet is in disarray. The Eflorian people have only one hope—and that hope is her. Could she really be the lost princess or has her dream seeped into her reality? Two Alien Lovers Polina Marsh has been stuck in a dead end job as a Junior Ambassador for the Intergalactic Alliance for over a decade. She’s all but given up on adventure and excitement, when an alien diplomat from an embargoed planet begs her for a secret rendezvous. She knows that she should say no, but Polina isn’t one to turn down a mysterious meeting, especially one with a shockingly attractive alien ambassador and his rough around the edges pilot. Things don’t go according to plan and Polina finds herself stranded with the two aliens on a distant, forgotten moon. As the true nature of the mission is revealed, Polina finds herself torn between the diplomat and his pilot. Polina needs to follow her heart, which is hard to do when the future of the galaxy could be at stake. Trinity Eliana Russet lives an ordinary life with an ordinary job and an ordinary best friend. But her whole world is twisted upside down when she finds out that she’s pregnant…which is virtually impossible considering she’s been celibate for the last six months. Zander Olgarian, an impossibly attractive man, reveals himself as the father of her child and Eliana’s world comes crashing down. Not only is Zander her child’s father, but he is also an alien prince, sent down to Earth to create his heir. Eliana has to fight through secret government groups trying to hunt her, loud-mouthed best friends, and hot-headed women on her quest to protect her child and figure out exactly what she’s gotten herself into. With every new turn, she doesn’t know who to trust. She’s becoming lost in a world unknown to her and she’s struggling to keep a hold on her sanity. But she’s a fighter, and she’ll be damned if she lets anyone hurt her baby.
Walter de Lasci is one of the earliest known progenitors of the De Lacy family. He accompanied William the Conquerer to England. One of his descendants, Gilbert de Lacy, helped with the Norman invasion of Ireland. The De Lacy family was a powerful family in Anglo-Irish politics. One of the numerous De Lacy descendants, James Lacy (b. 1828) immigrated to America in 1847. His descendants live in the United States. There are descendants of the original De Lasci who live throughout the world.
A storm brewed beneath her skin that she couldn’t identify. Not what had stirred it up. Not where it had come from. And not what distant land it might whisk her off to. She couldn’t put her finger on it. But there was something out there that felt like claws at the tips of long, wrinkly hands covered in black lace, reaching for her. Like the monsters she’d once imagined crouching in the closet or under her bed; like the bad-guy-lady in the story of Snow White. Lacey had lived with night terrors since she was a child. Shifting shadows that threatened to carry her away from her family. And she had never told anyone the root of that fear. But now, for the first time in her life, she felt as if trouble waited outside her door—in broad daylight. As a local, small-town attorney, Lacey Lujan willingly represented juveniles on a regular basis, a service that had become routine. But there was nothing routine about murder. As the plot unfolds we discover that a second threat to her homespun happiness lurked in the background. Desperate men who believed she held the secret to a hidden treasure obtained during an act of treason. Lacey had nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Her father’s past had put her directly in the line of fire. From what direction would the trouble hit first? From an angry teen with an inflated ego or from the sons of military traitors, who let greed consume them? Where would they strike and how would the dangerous saga end?
A massive house fire kills an entire family with the exception of Lacey, the nine-year-old. The neighbor, a young adult named Ezekiel, seeing this disaster, makes a promise to visit the young girl at the hospital. Keeping this promise he becomes enamored with Lacey and the two quick form a bond. As Lacey has no relatives to take her in, Child Services is her only option. Wanting to keep Lacey out of the foster care system, Zeke takes Lacey into his home. Ezekiel soon learns that the fire was no accident and that there thugs looking to find her.
