He’s my father’s best friend… but now I call him Daddy. To Braden Elliott, I’m still that spoiled little girl next door. A child to be taken care of, instead of the woman I’ve become. Until I walk in his club on the arm of the man who put in the winning bid for my innocence. Now, Mr. Elliott is determined to have me. To own me. All of me. No matter the cost.
Hockey players and ice skaters do not mix. Tell that to the new bane of my existence, Olivia Tyler-Branch, figure skater turned NHL skating coach. She knows her stuff, but I can’t let her past my defenses. I fell hard for her once before… Now I need to be focused on the game not on Olivia’s soft honey blonde hair, her feisty competitive streak, or the heartbreak behind her eyes. The two of us are hot enough to melt ice, but the stakes are too high. A relationship between us could ruin everything we’ve spent our lives working for. There is only one option. Liv has got to go. But will my heart survive it? Author Note: This is a STANDALONE Calico Cove hockey romance. Dillon is a scorching hot hockey player who always shares his dessert and Liv is feisty figure skater who can take a puck to the butt cheek. These two burn up the ice!
What doesn’t kill you might make you stronger unless it forces you to become what you hate… Alexander Sutcliffe—the 8th Duke of Ravenhurst—has finally returned to England after a twenty-year absence, and he wants the man who destroyed his life punished. At the age of twenty-two, after being forced to witness his parents’ brutal murder, he was kidnapped from his bed in London and shanghaied onto a ship to toil in the English navy. Finally able to escape that life and the complications therein, he’s back and he has revenge on his mind. Miss Madeline Hardesty will marry the Marquess of Inglehart in a week. Yet one rainy night she’s taken from her bed and kidnapped by Ravenhurst, the man she used to harbor a secret tendre for. When he disappeared from London and society, her brother spun her horrific tales about him, and she promptly forgot him out of necessity. Now that her less-than-savory brother wishes to marry her off to Inglehart, she wonders if everything she’s ever been told has been a lie. Once Ravenhurst kidnaps her and takes her to his country estate in Cornwall, he intends to ruin the hell out of her, ransom her off to the highest bidder so he can restore his neglected properties, and wash his hands of his revenge, but he didn’t count on Maddie being a spirited fighter or an accidental support. Attraction clashes with resistance until one stormy night when secrets are discovered, and they finally give into desire. As the weeks go by, feelings and outlooks change, but unless they make peace with themselves and start living for a future they were denied years ago, nothing will change. …yet there are many paths to redemption, but only if you take the first step.
In the eyes of the ton, finding a love match is almost impossible… can the Seymour siblings defy the odds? The Seymour siblings have learned to accept their fates—lives filled with rigid rules, dull duty and vicious tongues. But soon their lives are turned upside down by the last thing they ever expected to find. Love. Book 1 – The Duke’s Marriage of Convenience. A reluctant bride. A jaded Duke. And a love that could save them both . Kitty’s family is on the brink of financial ruin, and her hand in marriage is their most valuable asset, so she’ll accept the dull life of a Duchess that will surely crush her soul. But shared interests and a sizzling attraction make her yearn for more than a marriage of convenience with her devilish Duke. James Seymour, Duke of Somerset, is resigned to his fate… he will marry for duty, rather than love. But his fiancé is no simpering society Miss. Soon her sharp wit and an even sharper tongue leave him bewitched and bewildered. Can James escape the cold, dark shadows of regret, and embrace life again? Book 2 – An Unconventional Bride. Can a flame-haired hellion ignite a spark of adventure in this strait-laced gentleman? Emma wants more from life than a loveless marriage. Her heart yearns for love and passion and adventure. So why is arguing with strait-laced Will Seymour more exciting than dreams of faraway lands? Will must find a suitable wife. An upstanding member of the ton. Until he finds himself lusting after the smart-mouthed hellion who ignites his temper like no other. Before long they give in to passion, and Emma’s reputation is ruined. Can Will prove his love before Emma disappears from his life forever? Book 3 – Marrying her Best-Friend. A well-bred lady with a ruined reputation… and the man who’d do anything to protect her. One mistake left Elizabeth Seymour with a tattered reputation and destined for spinsterhood. She’s been abandoned by her peers, except her loyal best friend, Carson. But the boy she’s known her whole life has become a handsome man who makes her heart pound and pulse race. Elizabeth’s rejection from society broke Carson’s heart, so he protects her from the vicious vipers of the ton. And somewhere along the way he’s fallen in love. But as Elizabeth’s life hangs in the balance, are they too late for their happy ever after?
“The perfect feel-good read” about a woman who heads to small town to track down the man she married in a whirlwind wedding a decade earlier (Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times– bestselling author). Lily has reached a crossroads in her life. Her career hasn’t taken off, her best friend may no longer be the trusted friend she thought, her boyfriend is a disappointment, and now she can’t keep up with the rising cost of living in the city. With no one to turn to, Lily is forced to move from her beloved apartment, but while packing she comes across a piece of mail that had slipped to the back of her junk drawer: a letter detailing further action needed to finalize the annulment of a quickie Vegas wedding. Ten years ago! Lily takes to the road to track down her husband —the charming, fun, and sexy man she connected with all those years ago—Ben Hutchinson. Ben Hutchinson left a wealthy dot-com lifestyle behind to return home to his family and the small town he loves, Minnow Bay. He’s been living off the grid and the last thing he expects is a wife he didn’t know he had to show up on his doorstep. By chance, Lily arrives at the magical Minnow Bay Inn, and there she will discover not just a place to lay her head, but new friends, a thriving art community, and maybe even the love of her life. “Delightful. . . . had me turning the pages into the night.” —Eileen Goudge, New York Times –bestselling author of Garden of Lies “Kelly Harms writes with such tender insight about change . . . and hurtling into the delicious unknown.” —Luanne Rice, New York Times– bestselling author