Temptation's Darling

Temptation's Darling
Author: Johanna Lindsey
Publisher: Gallery Books
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982110805

#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey blends passion and humor in a dazzling Regency-era novel in which a disastrous debutante becomes the toast of the town with a little help from a friend of the Prince Regent’s. Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her father, never imagining the high price she will have to pay. Lord Montgomery Townsend enjoys living on the edge, courting danger as he fixes potentially scandalous problems for the Prince Regent. While hiding out at the home of the Countess of Ketterham, Monty watches a disaster-in-the-making as his hostess tries to prepare her estranged daughter for a match with the pompous son of a powerful family. Puzzled as to why independent-minded Vanessa submits to being turned into a puppet and wants to marry the arrogant rogue, Monty nonetheless steps in to make her dreams come true. But no good deed goes unpunished and soon he faces more pressing problems, including the temptation to upend Vanessa’s wedding plans so he can marry her himself!

All Right Here

All Right Here
Author: Carre Armstrong Gardner
Publisher: Tyndale House
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2014-05-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1414396066

Ivy Darling can’t have children of her own, and her husband Nick’s resentment is forcing them apart. And while Ivy has the support and love of her large, close-knit family, Nick’s family has never welcomed her into the fold. When the three children next door are abandoned by their mother, Ivy and Nick take them in for the night. One night becomes several, and suddenly Ivy and Nick find themselves foster parents to the only African-American kids in the town of Copper Cove, Maine. As Ivy grows more attached to the children, Nick refuses to accept their eclectic household as a permanent family. Just as Ivy begins to question whether or not she wants to save her emotionally barren marriage, Nick begins to discover how much Ivy and the children mean to him. But is his change of heart too little, too late?

Beautiful Tempest

Beautiful Tempest
Author: Johanna Lindsey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2017-07-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501175211

#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey now reveals the tempestuous story of Jacqueline Malory whose furious desire for revenge leads to a confrontation with the handsome pirate who abducted her—and sparks a much steamier kind of desire. For the first time, James Malory and his Anderson in-laws agree on something: It’s payback time for the culprit who kidnapped James and Georgina’s beloved daughter Jack from her American debutante party and whisked her away to the Caribbean, no matter that she escaped unscathed. James figured out who masterminded the dastardly plot and is leading a fleet of ships to the West Indies to deliver some Malory-style retribution. More interested in revenge than in finding a husband during her first London Season, Jack is furious that her father left her behind. Then an intriguing stranger leads her and her older brother Jeremy to her mysterious abductor. But instead of capturing him, the Malory siblings wind up as his “ guests” on a ship sailing away from England. As Jack re-engages in a battle of wills with her all too attentive captor, she realizes he is no ordinary pirate, perhaps no pirate at all, but a nobleman determined to settle a score that dates back to the days when her father was known as Captain Hawk—and what endangers her most is the increasingly passionate attraction they feel for each other.

Marry Me by Sundown

Marry Me by Sundown
Author: Johanna Lindsey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501162268

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Tempest and Make Me Love You brings her “mastery of historical romance” (Entertainment Weekly) to 1880s Montana where passions and gold fever run high as an American heiress turns to a rugged mountain man to help her locate her father’s fortune. After a social whirlwind in London, Violet Mitchell is summoned back to Philadelphia only to discover her family living on the edge of financial ruin while their father seeks new wealth in Montana’s gold fields. With the family’s home and social standing at risk, Violet makes a drastic decision. Meanwhile, Montana rancher Morgan Callahan rode away from his family’s cattle farm to make his own fortune. Now as he finishes exploiting a mother lode of silver, a young woman claiming to be his late partner’s daughter turns up wanting to be taken to her father’s mine. Suspecting that the pretty schemer works for the mining outfit that is trying to steal his land, he has no qualms about snatching her and holding her at his camp where she can do no harm. But he underestimated the new thorn in his side. Determined to claim what rightfully belongs to her family, Violet summons up the courage and grit to cope with the hazards and discomforts of an untamed land and the disturbingly masculine stranger who holds her fate in his hands. But an error of judgment brings down a hailstorm of danger that upends her plans and deepens her bond to a man who may turn out to be all she desires. With her signature “strong characters, humor, interesting plots—and, of course—romance” (The Cincinnati Enquirer), Johanna Lindsey crafts another irresistible and adventurous love story.

Welcome to the Dark Side

Welcome to the Dark Side
Author: Giana Darling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2018-12-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780995065093

An erotic MC romance from International Bestseller Giana Darling about a good girl and the much older outlaw biker Prez who seduces her to the dark side.

The English Exorcist

The English Exorcist
Author: Brendan C. Walsh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 100009684X

In 1598, the English clergyman John Darrell was brought before the High Commission at Lambeth Palace to face charges of fraud and counterfeiting. The ecclesiastical authorities alleged that he had "taught 4. to counterfeite" demonic possession over a ten-year period, fashioning himself into a miracle worker. Coming to the attention of the public through his dramatic and successful role as an exorcist in the late sixteenth century, Darrell became a symbol of Puritan spirituality and the subject of fierce ecclesiastical persecution. The High Commission of John Darrell became a flashpoint for theological and demonological debate, functioning as a catalyst for spiritual reform in the early seventeenth-century English Church. John Darrell has long been maligned by scholars; a historiographical perception that this book challenges. The English Exorcist is the first study to provide an in-depth scholarly treatment of Darrell’s exorcism ministry and his demonology. It shines new light on the corpus of theological treatises that emerged from the Darrell Controversy, thereby illustrating the profound impact of Darrell’s exorcism ministry on early modern Reformed English Protestant demonology. The book establishes an intellectual biography of this figure and sketches out the full compelling story of the Darrell Controversy.

Wicked Women

Wicked Women
Author: Laikyn Meng
Publisher: The Orange 9 Publishing Company
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

What happens at the Club Curious after the crowd leaves? What happens when the curtains close, and two lonely souls find themselves thrust together battling a bridge between loyalty to the Empress and love for each other? Cassian shares her skin with audiences from around the world. Inside the Chicago Leo, she is the main attraction, the spotlight made just for her. She isn't used to sharing the limelight, not on her stage or in her club. But when a singer breaks down the barriers, there is no noise she doesn't want to hear scream out of that pretty pouting mouth. Once a condemned woman was tied to a traitor of a man, retribution sounds so sweet, especially when Sippie sings it. Sippie, the singer, is down on her luck; her boyfriend got back together with his ex. A woman people in the hotel admire and applaud; one of the elites, one of the firsts of the Empress's friends. But Sippie is feeling forgotten and unseen. Maybe a few nights filled with passion and secrets can make the torment of living in the shadows worth the pain. Because Cassian knows all about torture and temptation, maybe Sippie might find what she has been looking for all along, someone to believe in her and force her to be bold enough to believe in herself. Wicked Women is a lesbian age-gap romance. There are dark themes, such as sexual content, explicit language, and scenes involving violence. 18+ Content.

A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition

A Dreadful Temptation; or, A Young Wife's Ambition
Author: Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This novel explores the dark side of ambition and the consequences that come with it. Set in a world of high society and filled with intrigue, scandal, and betrayal, the story follows the life of Xenie Carroll, a young and beautiful woman. Xenie Carroll marries a wealthy old man for his money but finds herself struggling with the dreadful temptation to pursue her desires at any cost.