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Even as they mourn the loss of their colleague, psychic Nan Killian, medium Sarah Lyon-White, and Elemental Masters John and Mary Watson must be vigilant, for members of Moriarty’s network are still at large. And their troubles are far from over: in a matter of weeks, two headless bodies of young brides wash up in major waterways. A couple who fears for their own recently-wedded daughter hires the group to investigate, but with each new body, the mystery only deepens. The more bodies emerge, the more the gang suspects that there is dangerous magic at work.

A born sailor, Jonathan Kennebrae thrives in his role running his grandfather's shipping enterprise. That is until his grandfather delivers a crippling ultimatum—Jonathan will marry Melissa Brooke or lose his inheritance and everything he’s worked for. Though Jonathan finds himself drawn to Melissa, he can’t help feeling his intended may not be who she appears to be.

After building a fortune amid the splendor and dangers of the China seas, American adventurer and Merchant Prince Gavin Elliott is sailing for London, where he intends to establish himself in the society that forced his family to leave in disgrace when Gavin was only a child. But fate intervenes on an infamous island in the East Indies when he tries to save a European woman being sold at a slave auction. By the sultan’s decree, the woman can only be freed if Gavin wins her by enduring an ancient tribal challenge that may cost him his life. 

Rose Hawthorne’s world is turned upside after her father’s death. Her brother ran the company into the ground, he gambled away their inheritance, and now he’s lost their home. He’s decided to seek his fortune in Colorado by buying a goldmine and striking it rich. As Rose’s guardian, he orders her to go with him, and she has to obey him until she’s married. She doesn’t want to abandon her life in Boston but her brother leaves her no choice. The two gather the last of their possessions and travel to the tiny mining camp of Manhattan, Colorado, nestled forty-five miles west of ...

Can a mistaken identity lead to love? When Matthew Canton's mail-order bride is kidnapped from her wagon train, he doesn't hesitate to rescue her. But he didn't expect to have to bargain for her--and he certainly didn't expect her to be someone entirely different. Sophia Zane needed a quiet, quick way out of Kansas City with the money she inherited. Opting to join a wagon train headed west, she doesn't correct the wagon master when he assumes she's someone else. It's safer to leave under a different name, and her way is now already paid. When outlaws kidnap Sophia from the wagon train, she ...

Billion-dollar bargain… for an on-paper wife! Odysseus Diamides never expects a warm welcome at his family's imposing estate. Until he's greeted by maid Grace Foster—who spent last night in his bed! He can't allow her life to be ruined by his controlling grandfather, so the Greek barters for her freedom by making Grace his convenient bride… Odysseus's diamond is the lifeline Grace requires. She can escape her boss and ensure her grandmother is cared for. Yet after their idyllic island wedding Grace realizes just how cynical Odysseus truly is.

Greek's Bartered Bride is a marriage of convenience, deal for his diamond, Greek billionaire romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Sharon Kendrick. Billion-dollar bargain… for an on-paper wife! Odysseus Diamides never expects a warm welcome at his family’s imposing estate. Until he’s...

USA Today best-selling author Caitlin Crews has the uncanny ability to transport listeners to exotic locales with her mesmerizing prose. Pure Princess, Bartered Bride stars Princess Gabrielle, a pure and true royal who has caught the eye of dashing rake Luc Garnier. After arranging a marriage, Luc is shocked to discover the princess is just as proper in public as she is behind closed doors. Luc then makes it his mission to find the wanton hellcat she must keep hidden within.

Billion-dollar bargain...for an on-paper wife! Odysseus Diamides never expects a warm welcome at his family’s imposing estate. Until he’s greeted by maid Grace Foster — who spent last night in his bed! He can’t allow her life to be ruined by his controlling grandfather. So the Greek...

The King's Hidden Heir What’s a king… Without an heir? Emerald Baker was a checkroom attendant when she spent one mind-blowing night with a prince. Now Kostandin is a king—and he insists that Emmy marry him when she tells him he is a father! For the sake of her son, she’ll consider his...

What’s a king… Without an heir? Emerald Baker was a checkroom attendant when she spent one mind-blowing night with a prince. Now Kostandin is a king—and he insists that Emmy marry him when she tells him he is a father! For the sake of her son, she’ll consider his ruthlessly convenient...

Low-stakes magic, crafting cocktails, and discovering the power of who we truly are. Emma grew up as a Hunter of the Cursed—those charged with eradicating monsters and magic from the Kingdom. She's good at it too and is revered as one of the King's most skilled hunters. At least she was—until she discovered she possessed magic herself. Before anyone else can discover her secret, Emma abandons her post and flees to the far edge of the Kingdom, where she hopes she can settle down and live a quiet life as a bartender, out of the Hunters' watchful eye.

Forced to wed to keep her inheritance, independent Lady Jocelyn Kendal finds an outrageous solution: she proposes marriage to Major David Lancaster, an officer dying from his Waterloo wounds. In return for making her his wife, she will provide for his governess sister. But after the bargain is struck and the marriage is made, the major makes a shocking, miraculous recovery.

After the death of his fiancée, Kai Ramsay left Scotland to roam distant lands. He has searched ancient ruins, collected priceless antiquities, and escaped certain death after being imprisoned as a spy during the Napoleonic War. Ramsay has lived on the edge of danger for years — but everything changes the day a letter arrives for him from Scotland....   

The King’s Hidden Heir What’s a king...without an heir? Emerald Baker was a checkroom attendant when she spent one mind-blowing night with a prince. Now Kostandin is a king — and he insists that Emmy marry him when she tells him he is a father! For the sake of her son, she’ll consider...

Achieving the impossible is one of Luc Garnier's defining characteristics. Yet Luc has defied the odds and a contract for marriage with Princess Gabrielle is drawn up. This will be a union on paper first, and of flesh later... Except Gabrielle is just the same in private as in public - well bred, well-behaved, and a credit to her country. Luc is determined to find the wanton within...

Jean Macrae’s family is one of the most prominent clans of Guardians, humans whose magical powers come from nature, but Jean considers her skills modest at best. She has never been able to summon the intense, earth-altering ability that has marked the most talented Guardians, and she is content without the adventure that such skill brings, until the day she is confronted by a handsome stranger whose magic imprisons her on his pirate ship.

Tragedy comes to Allemonde when a bride dies only moments after she’s married. Is it suicide or is it, as her groom insists, murder? Either way, this tragedy strikes the Allemonde Grand Ducal Police all the harder since both bride and groom are closely linked to the department. As the local opera theatre mounts its spring production of Bedřich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, deaths continue to occur in the duchy, and Chief Inspector D.T. Giovanni must overcome his own grief in order to lead the investigation. Twists, turns, and several surprise appearances make the Case of the Battered ...

Dragged to London’s Smithfield Market in a halter to be auctioned off like a barnyard animal by her abusive husband, Iris is rescued from a stampede by a handsome stranger who offers to buy her. But her dream of finding happiness with him is shattered when he takes her home and fails to consummate the marriage, relegating her to a servant’s bed in the kitchen. Iris perseveres, bearing the humiliation and frustration of living in the shadow of his late wife, trying to please her new husband and his hateful daughter, and failing miserably. All seems lost until a handsome stranger shows up...