Constantine's Defiant Mistress

Constantine's Defiant Mistress
Author: Sharon Kendrick
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2009-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426840888

A waitress serves up a shocking secret to a Greek billionaire in this unforgettable romance from the USA Today–bestselling author of Seduced by the Sultan. Constantine Karantinos is Greek through and through! When he learns he has an heir he’ll do anything to claim him. Even if he finds it hard to remember bedding Laura—she was nothing more than a mousy little waitress. Maybe if he were to have her again, it would refresh his memory . . . Now that Constantine has summoned Laura to Greece, she’s more stubborn than he recalls. Determined to pay her way as housekeeper, by day she insists on cooking and cleaning. However, by night Constantine demands she fulfill her bedroom duties . . .

DEFIANT MISTRESS, RUTHLESS MILLIONAIRE

DEFIANT MISTRESS, RUTHLESS MILLIONAIRE
Author: Yvonne Lindsay
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-08-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596282633

Callie was abandoned by her parents at a young age. Fortunately, she was taken in by a wealthy family who owned a large business. Now she works for their company as a secretary. But it seems that someone in the company has been leaking information to a rival business. It took some persuading, but Callie finally agreed to spy on the competition in return. However, she runs into an immediate roadblock when she realizes Josh Tremont, the owner, is far more handsome and charming than she expected…

The Greek Tycoon's Defiant Bride

The Greek Tycoon's Defiant Bride
Author: Lynne Graham
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596894825

Maribel has a crush on her cousin’s boyfriend, Leonidas, the Greek billionaire who constantly makes the tabloid headlines. She has a passionate one night stand with him, the day her cousin dies in a car crash! Maribel is convinced that she is nothing but a poor replacement for her cousin, yet she can’t help feeling hopelessly destroyed by Leonidas’s cold goodbye the morning after their tryst. Two years later, she is unexpectedly reunited with Leonidas, but she has a secret that she can never reveal to him. She had given birth to his child. Now, the truth has leaked to the paparazzi and tabloids alike!

Ruthless Billionaire, Inexperienced Mistress

Ruthless Billionaire, Inexperienced Mistress
Author: Robyn Donald
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426826400

Alli Pierce is desperately seeking her real mother. But hotel magnate Slade Hawkings is convinced she's after his family's money, and that she is nothing but a scheming gold digger! Despite Slade's misgivings, the handsome billionaire can't deny the incredible chemistry between him and Alli. Unaware that Alli is a virgin, Slade makes a proposal that will give them both what they want. He'll help her find what she's looking for—in exchange for one night in his bed.

The Ruthless Billionaire's Virgin

The Ruthless Billionaire's Virgin
Author: Susan Stephens
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426832397

Handsome but brutally scarred, elusive billionaire Ethan Alexander shuns the limelight. So when his gallant rescue of Savannah Ross forces him into the media's glare, he's less than thrilled. Savannah's buxom figure belies her inexperience—she's not quite sure how to handle her fierce protector! But when he whisks her to his palace deep in the Tuscan hills, she sees a glimpse of the magnificence beneath his flaws. This is a man with a darkened heart in need of salvation—and only an innocent in his bed can unlock it….

The Ruthless Magnate's Virgin Mistress

The Ruthless Magnate's Virgin Mistress
Author: Lynne Graham
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2008-12-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426826311

A Russian billionaire playboy will do anything to have an innocent young widow in this classic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. From the moment he sees Abbey at a charity fashion show, Russian tycoon Nikolai Arlov wants every inch of that curvy, creamy body. When she refuses him, he mercilessly switches tactics, aiming straight for her vulnerable heart . . . With her family’s business in serious trouble, Abbey knows Nikolai’s money is their only hope. She submits to his lethal brand of seduction and blackmail—ready and willing to do anything he desires. Only, Nikolai has no idea his reluctant mistress is . . . a virgin. Originally published in 2008.

The Italian Count's Defiant Bride

The Italian Count's Defiant Bride
Author: Catherine George
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2009-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426834284

Count Francesco da Luca doesn't like being made a fool of. When his bride fled the marriage bed, he vowed she'd pay the debt she owed him—their wedding night! But Alicia Cross is no longer the trembling, naive innocent he married—and she won't be pushed around by the masterful count. His runaway bride is proving to be more of a challenge than he anticipated—until he discovers she's still a virgin. The wedding night Francesco wanted is his for the taking!

The French Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress

The French Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress
Author: Abby Green
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426831137

A resilient widow has what it takes to keep a playboy billionaire on his toes in this scorching romance from the USA Today–bestselling author. Devastatingly handsome French tycoon Pascal Lévêque has his sights set on sports reporter Alana Cusack. Her aloofness intrigues him—as well as her reluctance to connect with him on anything but a professional level. Alana’s celebrity marriage to an Irish soccer star was a sham. It left her feeling unattractive and unwanted, even after her husband’s tragic death. Now that Pascal has claimed her as his mistress, he’ll teach Alana how to let down her guard—especially in the bedroom . . . But passion leads to pregnancy, and Pascal vows he’ll take Alana to Paris—and to the altar!

Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance

Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance
Author: Jonathan A. Allan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351240005

Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance seeks to open a lively and accessible discussion between critical studies of men and masculinities and popular romance studies, especially its continued interest in what Janice Radway has called "the purity of his maleness." Popular romance novels, perhaps more than any other genre, explore sexuality and gender, creating an ideal space in which to consider and explore theoretical models that think seriously about gender. The romance novel has long been criticized and celebrated by feminist critics. How can these novels maintain, according to some, feminist ideals, while also upholding what Raewyn Connell has long theorized as "hegemonic masculinity"? This volume is an original and important contribution examining the previously underexamined nexus of masculinity and popular romance studies. It will be of key interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in Masculinities, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Literary Studies, and highly relevant to courses in Masculinity Studies, Pop Culture Studies, Queer Studies and Sexuality Studies.

The Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife

The Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife
Author: Lynne Graham
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2015-12-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459292324

A sheikh blackmails the working-class woman who broke his heart in this royal romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Tilda was living to regret that once she’d had a short-lived romance with Rashad, the Crown Prince of Bakhar. Now, not only had he gained possession of her impoverished family’s home, Rashad was also blackmailing her for the huge debt they owed him—and insisting she pay the price . . . as his concubine! Tilda was appalled—but in no position to refuse. Soon she was the arrogant sheikh’s captive, ready to be ravished in his faraway desert kingdom. But Rashad slipped up by publicly naming Tilda as his woman . . . and under the law of Bakhar this meant she and he were bound together forever . . . as husband and wife!