She thought she’d escaped the man who ruined her life… When Cally is ordered to vacate her apartment, she decides to protest. She is stunned, however, that the person behind the eviction is her husband, Nick. Cally ran away from him one year ago, after he cheated on their wedding day. But Nick makes her an offer—if she returns home with him and bears him an heir, he will reconsider his redevelopment plans. But can Cally force herself to play the part of the lonely bride while he continues his life with his mistress?

Virginal beauty Cally Maitland has become accustomed to life on the run since fleeing her marriage to British aristocrat Sir Nicholas Tempest. But Nicholas isn't prepared to let Cally go. He has a harsh ultimatum to deliver: give him their long-overdue wedding night–and provide him with an heir!

The heir to the throne must convince his unexpectedly pregnant lover to marry him in this sexy romance from a USA Today–bestselling author. Bitter life lessons have taught Crown Prince Maksim Yurkovich that duty must come before desire. His country needs an heir, so when he discovers his lover can’t have children, he must sever their ties. Only Maks can’t resist spending one last night in her bed. Now he faces the biggest diplomatic crisis of his life. Against all odds, Gillian Harris has become pregnant. Maks’s royal reserve masks the heart of a fierce Cossack warrior—one who is not above using their mutual passion to convince a hurt, wary Gillian that she must be his queen!

"Bitter life lessons have taught Crown Prince Maksim Yurkovich that duty must come before desire. His country needs an heir, so when he discovers his lover can't have children, he must sever their ties. Only Maks can't resist spending one last night in her bed. ... Now he faces the biggest diplomatic crisis of his life. Against all odds, Gillian Harris has become pregnant. Maks's royal reserve masks the heart of a fierce Cossack warrior--one who is not above using their mutual passion to convince a hurt, wary Gillian that she must be his queen!"--Publisher.

This enlightening narrative takes a look at the wedding night—its origins, history, customs, cultural expressions, and fictional representations through the ages. Though just outside of public view, the wedding night is loaded with expectation and consequence. The Wedding Night: A Popular History is an entertaining, accessible, touching, and humorous volume that looks at the previously unexplored topic of wedding history "between the sheets." Covering a kaleidoscopic array of cultural expressions, this unique study zooms in on what's quintessential and shares insights into the history of intimacy through the ages. The book traces the formalization of the wedding night in the ancient Near East and classical world, provides many examples of historically significant unions in European and American history, and describes the lively variety of traditions leading up to the present. Spicing their narrative with many piquant quotes from contemporary sources, the authors explore the rich cultural context for the wedding night—processions, royal rituals, apparel, food-related traditions, and pranks—throughout Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries. Separate chapters examine sex guides, jokes, and the bed as a special conjugal space.

Pregnant and alone, a woman marries her baby’s uncle for convenience and falls for him in this sexy international romance from a USA Today bestseller. Nic Leandros knows that most people want only his money. So when he finds out beautiful Tina Matheson is pregnant with his late brother’s child, he’s certain her price will be high. . . . However, Tina must agree to his terms: no Leandros heir has ever been born out of wedlock; they will marry for the baby’s sake. But once they are sharing the marriage bed, Nic discovers the price of their unparalleled passion is even higher.