VAUGH (Russian Dragon Heat 2) is the second book in the Amazon #1 Russian Dragon Heat paranormal series. At only two hundred years old, Vaugh is the youngest of the seven Romanov dragon-shifter brothers. He almost died three months ago when he was unexpectedly attacked by a dragon hunter. Having previously been the most laid-back of the Romanov brothers the attack has changed him. He’s no longer the easy-going charmer he used to be but has become introspective and taciturn. It’s this newfound impatience which makes Vaughn reluctant to travel to London to act as bodyguard to one of Russia’s principal ballet dancers. He’ll go, of course, because none of his brothers are available to do so, but that doesn’t mean he has to like babysitting Anastasia Chenkova. Until he meets her and realizes she’s his fated mate. Anastasia had never set foot outside of Russia before embarking on this world tour three months ago with The Turov Ballet Company. It isn’t anything like she’d thought it would be. Their stays in different cities around the world are brief, and with the demands of rehearsals and performances there isn’t any time for her to visit some of the wonders of those cities she had previously only seen in photographs but had long dreamed of visiting. Worse, she has acquired a stalker, one who leaves gifts in her dressing room and hotel suite. How or when he manages to gain access, to the theatre or her hotel room, is a mystery. But the cards accompanying the flowers are becoming more and more demanding of her attention. The company director is concerned enough by them that he no longer considers their own security to be enough and has called in someone from outside. The blond-haired Vaughn Romanov is six and a half feet tall and ruggedly handsome, and in spite of his gruff nature, Anastasia find herself attracted to his good looks and all those defined muscles. It’s an attraction Vaughn doesn’t seem able to resist either. But Anastasia senses Vaughn is hiding something, she just has no idea it’s a secret that will change her previous perspective of the world and challenge every one of her dreams for the future.

The Russian Dragon series you’ve all been asking for! VLADIMIR (Russian Dragon Heat 1) is the first book in the much requested Russian Dragon Heat series. It has passion and excitement, with visits from several characters from my previous dragon shifter series, Dragon Hearts. At a thousand years old, Vladimir is the eldest of the seven remaining dragon-shifter Romanov brothers. Having lived all those years with the hope of one day meeting his fated mate, he can’t believe it when he realises his mate is the female dragon hunter who tried to kill his brother, Vaughn. Not only can’t Vladimir believe it, he fights against accepting it. Tanya holds all of the Romanov brothers responsible, not only for the deaths of her parents ten years ago, but because she and her brother were afterwards sent to one of the notorious Russian orphanages to survive as best they could. After months and years of planning, Tanya is devastated when her attempt to kill one of the fierce Romanov dragon-shifter brothers is unsuccessful. Instead, she once again finds herself incarcerated against her will, this time at the Romanovs’ winter palace, as she waits to learn her fate. Tanya knows nothing of a dragon-shifter’s fated mate, but she certainly has no intention of ever becoming that to the arrogant and cold Vladimir Romanov.

Andrew Belgrade, the Duke of Essex, has attempted for years to restore the Belgrade family name, after his mother ran off with the family butler ten years ago, and his father lost himself in drink and ladies of the theatre, before then dying of the former. To add to the scandal, five years ago Andrew’s only sister, Elena, eloped with a man she had only known for a week. But at least she had chosen to remain in Scotland with her husband after the wedding, rather than bring that scandal back to London. As a result, Andrew holds himself aloof from all possibility of scandal. He does so by choosing his friends carefully and otherwise remaining aloof from Society and any romantic involvements. He is suitably saddened when he receives a letter from a Miss Catriona McGregor, informing him that his sister, and Miss McGregor’s brother, have both been killed in a boating accident. He is shocked when Miss McGregor then adds that the custody of the couple’s four-year-old son, Malcolm, now lies with him. Cat has no idea what to make of the aloof gentleman who arrives in Scotland claiming to be the brother of her now deceased sister-in-law, Elena. Oh Andrew Belgrade, the Duke of Essex is aristocratic enough to bear that title, but he is also cold and arrogant. To such a degree Cat resists relinquishing her nephew, Malcolm, into his guardianship. The last thing Cat expects is to feel attracted to this coldly distant gentleman. Or for him, albeit reluctantly, to return that attraction…

Hidden Desire (Regency Men in Love 2) is the second book in the MM Regency series written by Carole Mortimer as C A MORTIMER Carole Mortimer is a USA Today Bestselling author, an Amazon #1 Bestselling author, and an International Bestselling author of over 260 novels in many different romance genres. Maxim Armitage, the Duke of Lancaster, has become totally smitten with Christopher Brooks since that young man came to work as a server at The Apollo Club, a gentleman’s club owned by Maxim and three of his closest friends. But their ages, Christopher is only nineteen to Maxim’s six and thirty, and the difference in their circumstances, Christopher is employed at The Apollo Club and Maxim is the powerful Duke of Lancaster, force Maxim to keep his distance. Until the night Maxim discovers Christopher being attacked by another man. Christopher Brooks was beyond grateful when he was offered employment at The Apollo Club. He enjoys his work there. The owners of the club are fair gentlemen. Most especially Maxim Armitage, the Duke of Lancaster, whom Christopher very quickly finds himself developing feelings for. His fellow workers have also become the family Christopher no longer has. All except one, and Christopher has managed to evade that man’s demands to date. Until the evening he is no longer able to do so. Being rescued and cared for by Maxim makes Christopher long for things he can’t have. Or can he? And what will become of their mutual attraction if or when Maxim learns the secret Christopher has been hiding from him?

LEON (Dance with the Devil 2) is the second book in USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, NEW Contemporary Romance series, Dance with the Devil. Author’s Note: These books are HOT. There may also be some violence – these are very bad men! Carla Andretti swore off men a year ago, all men, when she came home unexpectedly and found her then boyfriend in their bed with another woman. She is not, most definitely not, going to even think about getting involved with Leon Brunelli, a man who is not only eighteen years older than her but also the most powerful Mafia don in New York. Leon has been on his own since his wife died giving birth to their daughter twenty years ago. Why marry again when beautiful women are lining up to be with him. Except… Those women are attracted to the power he wields rather than the man. Which has never bothered him. Until he meets spitfire Carla Andretti, and she makes it very clear she isn’t impressed, by him being the ruthless head of the New York Mafia or the power that gives him. Leon isn’t accustomed to being told no. Carla doesn’t trust herself to say yes. When Leon channels all his power into seducing Carla into his bed she finds it more and more difficult to resist. Who will win their battle of wills? Or will they both win?

Lily and the Duke is the first book in the new Regency romance series, Regency Spinsters Alliance, by USA Today and International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer. Lily, and five of her friends all suffered through the previous London Season together. One thing they are now all agreed upon, as they are forced to attend a second Season, is that the gentlemen of the ton are invariably arrogant, conceited, and far too full of themselves and their own comfort to be in the least attentive to even the basic needs of a wife. As such, these six young ladies have formed an alliance, one in which they have agreed none of them will ever marry. Accepting a dare from the arrogantly superior Gabriel Lord, the Duke of St Albans, in which he challenges Lily’s decision by questioning her ability to resist his seduction, is the very last thing Lily should do. Most especially when the duke also declares that the victor shall choose their prize, when the time comes. Because Gabriel Lord has never lost a wager or a dare in his life. Gabriel knows, the moment he sets eyes on Lady Lily Tremayne, that she is meant to be his. But not only is she eighteen years his junior, but he also learns Lily is determined she will never succumb to feeling love or desire for any gentleman in Society. A battle of wills is about to commence!

THE HERO (Ruthless Regency Dukes 5) is the fifth book in USA Today and Amazon International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Regency Romance series. Six Dukes, bound together by their friendship and loyalty. When one of them is murdered, the five friends remaining are each given the task of investigating one of the five officers suspected of being responsible for the killing. Gideon Harrington, the Duke of Oxford, is the last of the five Ruthless Dukes tasked with identifying the person responsible for killing their friend, the Duke of Plymouth. Something, in view of the eccentricity of the gentleman Gideon is to investigate, he admits to having delayed for as long as possible, in the hope one of the other dukes will succeed in identifying the culprit. Unfortunately, that does not prove to be the case. Learning that his quarry, Henry Church, the Earl of Dunhill, is to attend a house party at the end of the month, Gideon secures an invitation for himself to attend that same party. He is not in the least prepared for the hoyden that is Henrietta Church, Dunhill’s daughter. A young lady who insists upon being called Harry and proves to be as eccentric as her father. Harry has never met anyone quite as disdainful and toplofty as Gideon Harrington, the Duke of Oxford. A gentleman who makes no effort to hide his disapproval of her. A gentleman she, in turn, takes great delight in tormenting because of his haughtiness. But Harry soon learns, to her complete and blushing surprise, that Oxford is hiding a very passionate and possessive nature beneath that haughty exterior. A discovery she finds irresistible. Except she has no idea of the real reason Oxford is attending the house party.