A playboy bachelor helps a grieving widow learn to love again, but her heart is broken once more when she learns their relationship was based on a bet in the latest novel from Anna Black. Chase Storm is a rich, young bachelor with no intention of settling down. His reputation as the town's playboy is ruining his family's name, so his brothers decide to take action. To tame their youngest brother's appetite for women, they offer him a sweet deal. Unwilling at first, Chase finally agrees to take on the challenge and is introduced to Madison Atkins-Morgan. Madison, a widow, has moved back to her hometown of Tyler, Texas. After losing her husband and twin sons in a car wreck, she needs a fresh start. When things don't go as planned, she finds herself in a slump. Four years later, after having isolated herself, she decides to rejoin the real world and start living again. Unaware of Chase's reputation for being a ladies' man, she accepts his dinner invitation. They've met before, but he hadn't seemed interested in her during any of those brief encounters. Now, however, there is a definite connection between the bachelor and the widow. When his reputation comes to light, she chooses to continue their budding relationship. She is falling in love with the person the whole town warned her about, and she couldn't be happier--until she discovers she was part of a wager that could cost both of their hearts.

From the acclaimed mistress of the erotic historical romance comes this legendary novel of tempestuous passion . . . Desperate to avoid a loathsome match, Zena Turku ran from the glittering ballroom into a snowy night—and threw herself on the mercy of a darkly handsome stranger. He was her only hope of escape, her one guarantee of safe passage to her home in the Caucasus Mountains. But Prince Alexander Kuzan mistook the alluring redhead for a lady of the evening, the perfect plaything to relieve the boredom of his country journey. Only after her exquisite innocence was revealed did the most notorious rake in St. Petersburg realize that his delicious game of seduction had turned into a conquest of his heart. “[Susan Johnson] writes an extremely gripping story . . . with her knowledge of the period and her exquisite sensual scenes, she is an exceptional writer!”—Affaire de Coeur

A true story of men against the sea.

In the aftermath of a hurricane, Sara’s got a new secret—and an old crush—to decipher. A hurricane hits the New Jersey shore, and while Sara’s hometown of Stellamar is spared from any major damage, things will still never be the same. At home, a spirit reveals to Sara that he has a secret about her mother...but then the spirit is spooked by the storm and leaves before Sara can find out more. Sara enlists the help of her best friend, Lily, and together they try to find out what other secrets might be hidden away in the old house. At school, there are some new faces as kids from a neighboring town start attending Stellamar Middle School since their own school was damaged in the storm. One of the new kids is Mason, Sara’s summer crush. Will sparks continue to fly between Sara and Mason?

Love and Flames Follow the growing romance as Chase extinguishes some fire, follows his heart as he tries to keep the fire in a growing romance with Lilly, and finds the way to a lady's heart through just being there. He fights for the rights of an orphaned child through the courts, all during a courtship and marriage to the only woman he could ever love. Cabana Boy You'll have tears in your eyes and love in your heart as you read this rags-to-riches story in reverse as Blair meets and falls in love with the only thing he can't stand (rich people). See how Sophia tries to hide the fact the she's a multimillionaire. As she falls in love with the cabana boy, she knows she has to tell him the truth. Will this be their undoing? For the Love of a Woman Come along with Joe as he puts all his survival skills and wilderness knowledge to the test as he becomes a one-man rescue team battling the Alaskan wilderness to save his wife, who is trapped in a crashed airplane on the side of a mountain above the timberline. Survival After their near-death experience in Alaska, Joe and Kay take a backpacking trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness area of Northwestern Montana. Come along as they see beautiful scenery and unbelievable wildlife only to end up fighting for their lives. Will Joe's experience and Kay's love for him be enough?

For Better or Worse! "Do you really imagine that people are going to believe that this marriage is for real?" Helen was facing a "no win" scenario: she could either marry Jacob Hunt or find herself, and her father, out on the street. The question was—why did Jacob want to marry her? He'd hated her and her family all those years ago. Now the local bad boy had made good and Jacob was in a position to dictate terms. The answer was obvious. Jacob was settling old scores! And, unfortunately for her, Jacob believed that marriage was for life….

A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. You don't have to travel through time to experience catastrophe on an epic scale, as the disaster-magnets from St Mary's are about to find out... For Max, what starts off as a perfectly normal week is about to degenerate into a quagmire of egotistical film producers, monumental pub crawls, unsigned contracts, exploding rocks, Professor Rapson and his megaphone, the world's biggest bacon butty - and Angus - the third component of the most notorious love triangle since Menelaus, Paris and Whatshername - the one with the face they launched ships off. A Perfect Storm of calamity, devastation and misfortune only ever encountered at St Mary's. Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'