His brother’s betrothed becomes the captive pawn of his revenge…and the woman who steals his heart. Wrongly accused of murdering his father, Drake MacDougall wanted nothing more than to strike back at his guilty, duplicitous half-brother. So he made the fiend pay by abducting his bride-to-be. But as Drake carried his captive off to a windswept Scottish isle, he soon found that vengeance wasn’t the only thing on his mind. Lady Averyl Campbell proved herself no biddable maiden, but an alluring, strong-willed beauty who could tame his dark moods with her touch. When danger and treachery threatened to part them, Drake realized that only she could heal his tormented soul, for she had won his love.

Dalanie's world crumbles around her, leaving her feeling lost and abandoned. Forced into a marriage she dreads, she wonders who her mysterious future husband is. The situation worsens as he demands secrecy, forbidding anyone from revealing his face before the wedding. With only his name as a clue, uncertainty consumes her. Amidst her nightmare, Saul enters her life like a beacon of hope. Their eyes meet, and Dalanie's heart is instantly stolen. Little does she know, Saul harbors a secret, including a hidden identity. Their chance encounter at a pub was no mere coincidence. Saul, alias Ponzio, bears a mission - to dismantle Dalanie's entire family, even her. Yet, things take an unexpected turn. Time is no match for the intense connection that ignites between Ponzio and the woman over a decade his junior. Caught at a crossroads, Ponzio's mission takes an unforeseen twist. Now, he must abduct Dalanie before she becomes tied to her fiancé in matrimony. Experience the gripping tale of forbidden love and dangerous alliances in this captivating dark mafia, contemporary, interracial romance novel with age gap. Search terms: alpha male romance, billionaire romance, contemporary romance, young adults romance, bad boy romance, romance short stories, second chance romance, steamy romance, hot romance books, love story, office romance, boss romance, beach reads, new adult, romantic fiction, romance fiction books, bwwm, bwwm romance, bwwm interracial romance books, african american romance, black authors books, interracial romance books, black women books, african american books

Wrongly accused of murdering his father, Drake Thornton MacDougall wanted nothing more than to take revenge against his guilty and duplicitous half-brother. So he struck at the fiend the only way he could...by abducting his bride-to-be. Yet when Drake carried his captive off to a windswept Scottish isle, he found more trouble than he ever dreamed. For Lady Averyl Campbell was no biddable maiden, but an alluring, strong-willed beauty who would not be cowed by his dark moods and smoldering anger. But then danger and trechery threatened to part them, and Drake discovered the truth: that Averyl was the only one who could heal his tormented soul...for she had won his love.

A PI vows to love, honor and abduct a beautiful bride in this exhilarating romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of A Bargain with the Boss. RITA Award Finalist for Best Short Contemporary Romance “Will you take this woman?” Yes. As a favor to his estranged father, investigator Jackson Rush agrees to kidnap Crista Corday from her high society wedding. His job is to stop her marriage to a con man, not seduce the alluring Crista himself. But two days together, on the run from her fiancé’s shady family, obliterate every rule . . . Crista has no idea of the danger drawing near. Jackson can’t reveal it without divulging who really sent him. And that’s a risk that could cost him everything . . . unless Crista will put herself under his passionate protection forever.

Sean O’Neil was once everything to Eleanor de Warenne—but since he disappeared from his ancestral home, there has been no word, and even Eleanor has abandoned hope, promising her hand to another. Then, just days before her wedding, Sean reappears…but the boy who was once her protector is now a stranger, hardened by prison and on the run. Weary and haunted, Sean is shocked to find that little Elle has become the beautiful, desirable Eleanor. Though he refuses to endanger her by pressing his claim, his resolve to stay away is sorely tested by the determination of a woman who will not be forsaken again. And when, in a moment’s passion, Sean steals another man’s bride, it is Eleanor who has the power to steal his heart….

Sebastian... Sharp. Cool. Controlled. Ruthless in business and revered by many, Sebastian is at the top of his game professionally. Emotionally, he keeps himself alone, aloof and almost untouchable. Some say his heart is made of stone. Escaping her sham of a wedding, Bollywood star Aneesa Adani takes one look at ice-cool Sebastian and is hooked Now he's harboring this stolen bride in his penthouse, and the passionate Aneesa is the biggest risk Sebastian has ever faced. Letting her close could ignite the fire that melts even the hardest of hearts...