Shayna Kenyon knows heartbreak. After she catches her fiancé cheating on her the night of their wedding, a reality break in Jamaica is just the pick-me-up this romance author needs. Especially when Shayna arrives at the exclusive resort…and notices the seriously sexy brother checking her out. In the Caribbean for a wedding, Donovan Deval isn't thinking about making a love connection. But it's time to move on with his life—and that means pursuing Shayna, the exotic beauty who's making his libido leap off the charts! Shayna wants to take it slow, but Donovan's ready to turn up the heat. As passion ignites, he vows to turn their sizzling island paradise into the real thing.

A comprehensive guide that defines the literature and the outlines the best-selling genre of all time: romance fiction. More than 2,000 romances are published annually, making it difficult for fans and the librarians who advise them to keep pace with new titles, emerging authors, and constant evolution of this dynamic genre. Fortunately, romance expert and librarian Kristin Ramsdell provides a definitive guide to this fiction genre that serves as an indispensible resource for those interested in it—including fans searching for reading material—as well as for library staff, scholars, and romance writers themselves. This title updates the last edition of Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, published in 1999.While the emphasis is on newer titles, many of the important older classics are retained, keeping the focus of the book on the entire genre, instead of only those titles published during the last decade. Specific changes include new chapters on linked and continuing romances, a new section on "Chick Lit" in the Contemporary Romance chapter, an expansion of coverage on the alternative reality subset. This is THE romance genre guide to have.

Enchanting conclusion to the Lost Shrines fantasy romance series! Ranulf never expected to return to the home of his family's oldest rival. But to stop the violent plans of a blood-sorcerer, he must protect the island's magic. And face the only woman he ever loved. He doesn't expect it to be easy, but the family is stonewalling him at every turn and Ran knows something more than an ancient feud is behind the deception. Years ago, Tara was forced to make a choice: Ran or her family. She's never regretted staying for her siblings, but she's never forgotten the boy she loved. Now he's back and she's facing the choice all over again. Protect the family's dark secret by lying to him? Or trust him with her heart and risk destroying everything generations of Tirnan's had built? With enemy ships only days away, Tara and Ran have to move past the hurt and secrets if there is any hope of saving the island and stopping a madman bent on ruling the world with blood magic and terror.

From award-winning author S. Usher Evans comes a luscious tale of forbidden love, survival, and overcoming the odds. Fans of Mary Pearson's Kiss of Deception and Marie Rutkowski's The Winner's Curse will fall in love with this dystopian new adult fantasy romance, featuring a prince and pilot from warring nations who become stranded on an island. A prince with something to prove A pilot who just wants to be free Prince Galian thought he could escape the gruesome Madion War by enrolling in medical school. But when his elder brother is killed in battle, the king demands his youngest son hang up his stethoscope and fight for the just cause of reclaiming their rebellious colony. Across the Great Madion Sea, Captain Theophilia Kallistrate just wants to stay alive. Bombarded daily by the ruthless oppressors across the sea, she has only her skill as a fighter pilot to keep herself and her fledgling country safe. But when an air skirmish goes wrong, Galian and Theo are marooned thousands of miles from either country, and must rely on each other to survive a harsh and unforgiving terrain. But with a fifty-year war hanging above their heads, overcoming their differences may be harder than surviving the island itself. The Island is the first book in the Madion War Trilogy, a new adult fantasy romance series. Content warnings for adult situations and violence. Praise for The Madion War Trilogy: Hello hotness: a doctor prince who is forced into the military by his dictatorial father? Um, yeah, doesn't that just grab you? Anyhow, this is a new trilogy not to be missed!! - Meradeth Houston, author of An Absence of Light I've always known S. Usher-Evans is an author to watch. In The Island, she delivers with the richly woven tapestry of the Raven & Kylaen worlds set against fast-paced action, forbidden romance, and uncertain outcomes. Looking forward to more! - Deirdre Riordan Hall, author of Pearl and Sugar The Island has everything; romance, action, the ethical dilemma of war, morality, morals, and despite the horrors, there's hope (and not just Galian's unwavering optimism). - Liz Konkel, Reader's Favorite Keywords: fantasy romance, dystopian fantasy romance, enemies to lovers, human heroine, hero redemption, anti-hero, hate to love, magicless fantasy, pilot, prince, royal fantasy romance, action adventure, survival romance, action adventure romance, new adult fantasy romance, new adult fantasy, fantasy new adult, new adult & college romance, Girls and Women’s Issues, Survival Stories

In the series collection, follow Sea Slayer Kelia Starling as she's forced to team up with Sea Shadow Drew Knight in search of her father's murderer. She's supposed to hate the vampire pirate, but even she can't deny the information he's uncovered, and the tangled web of lies she's forced to unravel as danger creeps closer. To make it all worse, there's a good chance she's falling for him -- which would be more than forbidden, it would be fatal.