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Catherine Rutherford was a success - a self-made woman from the ground up, she'd had to fight hard for everything she had with only herself to rely on. But she had it all - a great job, a house, friends, a fiancée... well, perhaps not so much in the fiancée area. Glen was not quite what she'd hoped for in a man. He was nice enough - smart and funny and damned good in bed - but also indecisive and passive and quite happy to let her take care of him. She'd always yearned for something... more.

Adult little girl Francesca finds herself as the ward of a very strict paternal guardian who, unfortunately for her, is getting on in years. Feeling a tremendous sense of duty to her, Sir Bertrand sets about finding a man to take over for him, which he knows is a very tall order. From a field of several candidates, he eventually chooses one particular fellow who seems to share his somewhat unorthodox view of females and how they should be treated by their more rational counterparts. Sir Anthony Bennington has known Sir Bertrand for some time, but he barely knows that Francesca exists until ...

Rissa has been hurt, badly, and the idea of marriage - to anyone - is enough to make her run. Kane finds occasion to take the beautiful, stubborn woman in hand many times over the course of their budding, heated relationship, but will he be able to convince her to stop making him pay for the sins of her ex? Will an ultimatum bring about the desired reply or will Rissa run like the wind?

Carolyn Faulkner is the pioneer that started this genre with this cult classic. His Little Miss is where it all began. This Victorian age play series follows the story of first, Lacy, as she comes into the household of her new husband, Edmond, only to find out that Edmond wants BOTH a wife AND a little girl. Training is severe under the stern gaze of Nanny Estelle - and Lacy is one sore and unhappy little girl, as nanny doesn't hold anything back. Then, Edmond's friend, Charles, also wants a little of his own - and Amy, under the tutelage of Nanny Lydia, is added to the household. Extremely...

Submission didn't come easily to Miranda LaVoie, least of all to a man like Mace Kennedy, who everyone in town but her seemed to be chasing. But she didn't need a man - she didn't need a dom, especially, she was quite sure. Her streak of independence was a mile wide. Mace had known he'd wanted Miranda from the moment he'd seen her - as she was gracefully gliding away from him, which she seemed to do a lot of. But he could be a patient man when the goal was worthy enough.

Princess Avaegna of Tonyeh wasn't supposed to be married off to the Kohnzi warrior, Prince Stohsz. That was supposed to be her older sister's fate. She hadn't been raised as the usual Tonyeh woman, content to keep a house, raise children, and defer to her man. Indulged by her father and five older brothers, they taught her to fight, ride, and use a crossbow with deadly accuracy. But when her sister dies unexpectedly, she is required to step into her sister's tiny, pristine shoes.

devastating plague has changed the world's society. In rebuilding the population, the government has deemed that all women are to be nothing more than slaves, bought and paid for, with one purpose - to breed. Prima is such a woman, sold by her father to Joseph, a man who intends to get full use of her in every conceivable way. As Prima learns to adjust to her life and the harshness of Joseph's punishments, will she discover that she feels more for this demanding man than she is willing to admit?

Curvy girl Jane Medford had always had her eye on hunky rancher Eli Ridgeway, but she’d never thought it would ever be more than her occasionally stalking him and dreaming about him alone in her bed at night. But that all changed when he approached her. Shy Jane is amazed that he’s taking an interest in her, but old wounds make her suspect his attentions. Can Eli make her believe that he loves every inch of her? Publisher's Note: This steamy romance contains a theme of power exchange. Please do not read it if that is offensive to you.

When rich, city boy meets poor, country girl, there is no way they can fall in love. Is there? Jayne Keller is fighting to keep her farm from being bought by a big city company for a new development. All her neighbors have sold out and she could really use the money, but it's the home of her ancestors, the legacy she wants to pass on to her toddler daughter someday. Bowman Getty is used to getting what he wants. He wants the last farm standing in his way for the new development he has been working on for months. That is until he meets the owner. Now, he only wants her. Which one will give ...

Wealthy, easy on the eyes and overwhelmingly male and dominant, Arik Southgate was everything I'd ever wanted in a man, and, surprisingly, he seemed to want me, too. After my recent disastrous relationship, it felt good to be an object of desire again. He made me feel as if I was the only woman on the planet for him - he paid attention, close attention - to me, and he didn't hesitate to call me on what he considered to be bad behavior.

Could an average woman survive being kidnapped and sexually tortured and teased? A case of mistaken identity causes Faith Whittaker to become such a woman, captured and held by powerful drug lord Cordero "El Diablo" De La Fuente, subject to the painful whims of his twisted pleasures. What will happen to her when he discovers she isn't who he thought she was?

Seraphina Delaney is a competent, successful woman, but she has always known that an inner five-year-old lurked beneath the surface, hidden from the world. Lee Randall, her best friend's brother, was intrigued from the moment he met Sera. When she, uncharacteristically, lets her little side out with him, he reveals to her that he has always wanted to be a Daddy to a grown-up little girl.

Rachel Dunham doesn't want to meet the son/brother of her new British friends, and she is quite sure that if he knew her, he wouldn't want to meet her, either. What would a reclusive, antisocial widow want with a well-known Hollywood actor? Or rather, the other way around? Publisher's Note: This sweet romance contains elements of power exchange.

When she is released from the stasis she voluntarily entered, the world that greets Emily Harding is far from what she expected. It more closely resembles a post-apocalyptic novel than the rolling green Tennessee hills she’s left behind. Worse than that, it seems that the rule of law is a thing of the past, and that society has devolved into what it was thousands of years ago - feudal tribes warring with each other over precious and rare supplies, which includes females. One type of female in particular. It is raw, unforgiving, and animalistic.

Taren Cavanaugh and her brother, Sam, run the Circle Star Ranch - a working cattle ranch outside of Albuquerque, N.M. Bruce "The Bruce" McCullough is a well-known actor who could have his choice of any woman on the planet - and most of the men. He came to the Circle Star to learn what modern ranching was like, to prepare for his next movie role. What he didn't expect to find was the love of his life, Taren.

All Cecelia Franklin wanted out of this encounter was enough information to keep working on the novel she was writing, but she ended up getting a lot more than she bargained for. She'd managed an incredible coup - she got a meeting with Nicolo Antonelli. They called him the lion, for his long, shoulder length hair and his ruthless reputation.

J.D. Holt wasn't at all what he seemed when he tackled Sister Mary Francis in the vegetable garden of her ramshackle convent near Deadwood in the Dakota Territories. But he needed a safe place to hide and recover, and a convent seemed better than most. Especially if all of the other sisters looked like this one. Sister Mary Francis was sure he was an outlaw, a claim jumper, or both, especially since he seemed to be all too ready to use the business end of that knife to get what he wanted.

Marielle DeVane had her life planned out. Her fiancé, Evan, was everything she wanted in a man, and their marriage would be the culmination of years of fantasizing about their perfect life together. But the rich and powerful Connor Wetherby, Duke of Whitford, had other plans for her, plans that Mari found herself unexpectedly subject to when her brother's debts forced her to wed the overbearing stranger rather than her beloved.

Gloria Owens never intended to marry. She had other plans - she wanted to teach. Very neatly circumventing her father's wishes, Gloria got her certificate and found herself a job in Culpepper Cove, California, where she intended to be a very happy old maid schoolteacher until her dying day. But she hadn't accounted for the man who had offered her the job - Seth McIntrye. He seemed to take it upon himself to get under her skin to the point of deciding to appoint himself in charge of what he considered to be her desperate need for discipline.

Hannah Cooper fled her home in England to escape the aristocratic marriage her father had arranged for her. Now in the Colonies, posing as a widowed seamstress, she's poor but content with her modest and independent life. But when war comes to the Colonies and with it, the dreaded Quartering Act, all households are ordered to feed and shelter British troops.