Discovering his ex-girlfriend was behind his company's bad press was one thing. Learning she'd secretly borne his son was entirely different. Millionaire PR guru Max Preston would not accept any of Gillian Mitchell's excuses. She would marry him—or he'd use his power to take his son away from her. After a whirlwind Vegas wedding, however, Max's desire for Gillian was as intense as ever. But he knew thinking of their marriage as more than a convenient arrangement meant entering territory even a tycoon was unprepared to tackle!
A mysterious man shows up at a dog rescue and discovers the child he didn't know he had-- and falls in love with the foster mother caring for her and wanting to adopt her.
DI Amy Winter knows evil. She's lived through it. Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the bone. But she always knew this would happen. She's been expecting it for years . . . According to the note, one of the phials is poisoned. Nicole is given a deadly challenge: if she drinks one, the sadistic kidnapper will notify the police of Ellen's location. The sender claims to be Luka Volkov but Luka is supposed to be dead, killed long ago in a fire that haunts all those involved. DI Amy Winter is still reeling from the discovery that she is the daughter of a serial killer, and her childhood trauma only makes her more determined to bring Ellen home. When another child is taken, Amy finds herself in a race against time. To rescue the children, must she seek help from the one person she wants to forget?
BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. SAFE HAVEN Ebenezer Scott is done being a mercenary. All this retired soldier of fortune wants is to finally have some peace and quiet. Though when schoolteacher Sally Johnson’s life is put in danger, Eb will do anything to keep her safe. Sally doesn’t want his help—or his advances—but Eb is determined to protect her, and to prove he’s exactly what Sally needs, one kiss at a time. Sally used to dream of the day Eb held her in his powerful embrace. But he broke her heart six years ago, and she can’t trust him to not hurt her again. But when someone threatens her and her nephew, the reclusive mercenary is the only one she can turn to. Now Eb must risk it all to win the sweet-natured beauty over…before it’s too late. FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! His Secret Child by Lee Tobin McClain When a storm strands Fern Easton and Carlo Camden at a dog rescue farm, it’s hard for her not to be won over by how capable he is with her foster child. Carlo has returned home to be a father to a daughter he never knew existed. But he might just have found the woman of his dreams, too… Previously published.
He wasn’t looking for romance. But love had other plans… Slade only cares about two things…his job and his team. He’s never been interested in settling down or starting a family. Those are attachments he doesn’t need. But when he goes to check on the boy left behind by the death of his business partner’s ex-wife, Slade meets Bethany Simmons. This computer programmer is smart as a whip and beautiful as well. And Slade can’t help but take notice. When Bethany contacted Slade Security to let them know of her sister’s death, she never thought it would be Slade who would show up. With his tanned skin, salt-and-pepper hair, and ripped body, one look at Slade makes her go weak in the knees. But despite her attraction, Bethany’s not going to let anyone take her nephew away from her. Not even a silver fox like Slade. Bethany’s determined to find a way to adopt her nephew. But as the simmering attraction between her and Slade grows, a dark secret is revealed. And it just might change both their lives forever.
When Allegra Huston was four years old, her mother was killed in a car crash. Soon afterward, she was introduced to an intimidating man wreathed in cigar smoke -- the legendary film director John Huston -- with the words, "This is your father." So began an extraordinary odyssey: from the magical Huston estate in Ireland to the Long Island suburbs to a hidden paradise in Mexico -- and, at the side of her older sister, Anjelica, into the hilltop retreats of Jack Nicholson, Ryan O'Neal, and Marlon Brando. Allegra's is the penetrating gaze of an outsider never quite sure if she belongs in this rarefied world and of a motherless child trying to make sense of her famous, fragmented family. Then, at the age of twelve, Allegra's precarious sense of self was shattered when she was, once more, introduced to her father -- her real one this time, the British aristocrat and historian John Julius Norwich. At the heart of Love Child is Allegra's search through the unreliable certainties of memory for the widely adored mother she never knew -- the ghost who shadowed her childhood and left her in a web of awkward and unwelcome truths. With clear-eyed tenderness, Allegra tells of how she forged bonds with both her famous fathers, transforming her mother's difficult legacy into a hard-won blessing. Beautifully written and forensically honest, Love Child is a seductive insight into one of Hollywood's great dynasties and the story of how, in a family that defied convention, one woman found her balance on the shifting sands of conflicting loyalties.
Secrets drove them apart. Can their child reunite them? Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Olivia Gates... Richard Graves has long battled his dark heritage, and only one woman nearly shattered his elegant facade. Though he seduced Isabella Sandoval to take revenge on the man who'd destroyed his family, walking away from her was the hardest thing he's done. Now he's learned the truth about her son, and he won't walk away again. Richard's mission of vengeance nearly cost Isabella her life. But she can't resist rekindling their dangerous passion. Can she protect her child from the man sworn to claim him--and herself from the desire she can no longer fight?
Previous International awards for the series: Circles of Time: Book One - The Sword of Saint Isidores. IRDA Best Fantasy 2022. Book Two - The Ring of Mann. Readers' Favorite. Silver Medal Winner for Young Adult Fantasy. THE SECRET CHILD: Bool 3 in the series Circles of Time. Life in the District is not as it seems. An intriguing family saga of Reincarnation, the Supernatural, Gypsy folklore, fantasy, mystery, and romance. 1740 AD. Mary Atkinson’s life is fading, and the ghost of the white wolf waits patiently as the frail lady re-lives the vision of Freydis, the Viking warrior of revenge. But the saga is ongoing, and the pulse of Freydis, intensifies as the inheritors of the runic ruing are entrapped. 1921 AD. Appleby Castle is awash with scandal, and Annie Burton flees to Bengal. She returns twenty years later with Amelia Atkinson, and the truth slowly unfolds. Helena, a psychic, and Pali, a Gypsy fortune-teller are reincarnate and share inconceivable visions of an ancient past. A white wolf, a full moon, and a mysterious floating island are ingredients that will shape their destiny. Thomas Johnson, a young miner with ancestral links to Helena and Pali, gains possession of the runic ring and suffers misfortune. Life in the district is not as it seems. The novel is set in the English Lake District, Whitehaven collieries, and London during the early reign of Queen Victoria and Albert and the winding down of the East India Company.
“You want to get married—again?” He’ll do anything to secure his shock child! By the time Theodora realized she was pregnant, her turbulent marriage to Greek hotel magnate Aristotle Leonidas was already over. Since then, she’s zealously guarded her secret… Until Aristotle discovers his heir—and demands Teddie marry him again! But even with their chemistry as red-hot as ever, Teddie wants more this time. Now to claim his son, Aristo must reclaim his wife! A reunion romance with a secret baby twist.
