Showing results by narrator "Allison Cope" in Romance

He made a vow to fetch the woman back through time. 'Twas a task not taken lightly. But he had not predicted her stubbornness or her beauty. The petite woman with the tenacity of a mule may just find a way into his roguish heart.

Someone wants Alyce Hythe dead…Shunned from London society for being the daughter of England's most notorious spy, Alyce Hythe desires only to clear her father's name. For years, she has been hidden away from all prying eyes, given a new identity and told to forget who she was. But strange things have been happening causing old rumors to once more be whispered. Long has Lord Julian Casvelyn lived with guilt brought on when his brother was murdered by England's most infamous traitor. But one eventful night has changed everything Lord Julian believed about his brother's death.

Trish Sullivan, archeologist and favorite aunt to the MacKay children, never thought she'd regret those words until Ramsay, the eldest MacKay lad, hurls them back to the 1400s with a botched transportation spell. Now she and Ramsay must find a way back before accidentally altering the past and unknowingly changing the future. That is, if Trish can survive the first trip across time without losing her life... or her heart.

Tension against the crown is mounting daily. In Williamsburg, the rebellion burns strong in the hearts of two siblings, Jonathan and Hannah Corbett. Spirited and headstrong, Hannah finds herself thrust in the middle of a conspiracy when her father receives a strange package from Philadelphia. Jonathan, a physician for the Continental Army, is torn between duty and family. With war looming on the horizon, the siblings soon discover there is a high price to be paid for the cry for freedom.

He'll bring out the best and worst in her. A pariah amongst London's elite, Julia Westchester has become the toast of Parisian society. She's stunning, well-versed, and in high demand. Little does she know the real reason she's garnered the attention of many a young man is that she's half paranormal and about to enter her first mating season.

Lord Gerard Lenister needed the lady…after their meeting, he wanted her. For 17 years Lady Eloise Granville lived in France thinking herself a bastard. Not until her life was threatened did her father cross the English Channel to reclaim her as his legitimate daughter. Now four years later a revolution roars its ugly head in France. Rumors abound of Lady Eloise's life before her emergence in England…rumors that link her to the notorious leaders of the French Revolution.

Disgraced in her father's eyes, Isobel Maitland travels to Scotland, determined to purchase her sister's happiness at the cost of her own. But when her coach is held up and she is abducted by a dangerous highwayman, she faces an unexpected choice: Suffer the loveless union to which she has resigned herself, or marry this ruthless, Scottish outlaw who can ignite her desire with a single touch.

Harriet Burke has long been haunted by a family scandal. Abandoned by her mother as an infant, she has grown up in the shadows of the events that led up to that scandal. But all changes when she meets the future viscount of Daneford. The dashing young Lieutenant Arthur Hammett defies his grandfather. Professing his undying love, he proposes to Harriet. Harriet quickly learns that all is not what it seems. Secrets, lies, and betrayal shatter Harriet's life, leaving Harriet little choice. She has to begin life anew....

Vanessa Fitzwilliam is in dire straits. Her father's death a year ago left her with a crumbling manor and a handful of old retainers relying on her for support. When the Duke of Northbridge sweeps into her life with a surprise proposal, Vanessa is tempted - but the arrogant duke believes her to be something she's not. Hardened by the ravages of war, Northbridge seeks a wife who will provide him with an heir but make no demands on his emotions. The scandalously experienced Vanessa, neither clinging nor innocent, seems the perfect choice. But Northbridge isn't prepared for her reluctance to accept him....

Leta Preston had no idea she was a cat-shifter until a threesome with her bosses brought what she was to light. Still, being only half-cat and coming from a broken home has her second-guessing everything except the blistering hot sex she has with Alexi Amuritskya. Alexi knew Leta was his mate but he had no idea how much her past had affected her. It will take all his discipline and much of his training as a Dominant to break down the walls she's built up around her heart.

Once they had decided to take the plunge, Marcus and Liam O'Faoláin knew what they had to do. The Mating Balls were the place where they could find the woman who would complete them. Too bad they didn't know there were going to have to hunt for her.

Valkryean warrior Takawain Brishstalker has just attended her first Trollian mating ceremony - a wild and wicked experience where sex is as much a part of the ritual as the vows exchanged.

Amber Mentor never suspects her idea to teach her sloppy cousin a lesson will lead her to a different time. Soren Elrickson is on the hunt for food, real food. The delectable treat he finds tangled in a bramble bush won't satisfy his hunger, but she will serve another purpose. His lust ignites in the same instant he understands his colony can't support another mouth to feed. He knows how his helpless find will pay her way - on the flat of her back. Amber and Soren can't resist each other, but passion doesn't put food on the table in the unforgiving land of 14th-century Greenland.

Three years past, Lady Victoria Cummings was the talk of the Season. Adored by her friends, the beloved only child of her doting father, and rumored to be wed to the most eligible bachelor in all England, Victoria's future looked bright indeed despite the secret she was an empath with telepathic tendencies. Her world crashed to bits the morning of her eighteenth birthday when her gifts went out of control.

The Gods give two wary lovers a nudge in the right direction... Luke and Megan are fighter pilots and soldiers fighting side by side in order to find a new home for their lost people. They have loved each other for years, but neither will admit it for fear of betraying the memory of their best friend, Megan's dead fiancée. With a little help from the Gods above, will these brave warriors find the courage to engage in a battle for each other's hearts?

Charlotte, the infamous Lady Mallen, has divorced her husband for his rakish ways, even taking his dog when she left. Now she wants only to be accepted by the ton, a nearly impossible desire. The Earl of Devlin's cousin has romanced her but is announcing his betrothal to another. Forsaken and snubbed at the engagement party, she burns his love notes, one by one, in the drawing room where she has taken refuge.

Selena had a vast number of gentleman callers, as she was considered quite beautiful - and her father's wealth was an additional inducement for such attention, but she found it all rather tiresome. She was merely a woman, after all, not some paragon of perfection. And yet upon meeting Dr. Horace Kensington, a man stubbornly tight-lipped in regards to his work, she embarks on a mission to not only discover the truth about her father's illness, but to entice the handsome doctor himself.

Lady Danielle Hampton has really made a muck of her life. Not only is she guilty of entreating carnal fantasies, but her aunt has sold her into slavery to pay off the family's debts. Little does Danielle know the group she's been purchased to service aren't just Lords and Princes, they are the legends from which fairytales are wrought. Prince Gabriel LeFay is in search of his next mate. First he has to find a woman who is as uninhibited as his kind, the Fairefolk, and then he has to teach her the ways of a submissive. In Danielle he finds the woman of his dreams.

In 1896 Manhattan Kristin Van Buren aches to be free of her repressive grandfather, who wants nothing more than for her to get married. When she is ordered to discard any dreams of singing and to instead focus on debutante season, Kristin falls into despair, knowing that the chances of finding a husband who will allow her to follow her passion are slim.

Finally cornering her at a debutant ball, Joseph is stunned to discover his new minion is a young woman he met over a century ago. A woman who was destined to be his mate. Tormented by her creator, Elspeth Moore never understood why Robert de Belesme made her a blood-sucking nightwalker. The truth is she is a pawn in a feud nearly a millennium old.