Kirjahaku

Welcome to Fortune, Colorado--where the air is clean, the men are rugged, and the all the good ones... are bachelors.Born into the infamous Charlemagne equestrian empire, Shannon has been raised to do whatever it takes for the family business. Even if it means going undercover and digging up dirt on a competitor. It's easy enough when she believes he's a bad guy whose success seems too good to be true. In fact, Shannon's excited to put the aggravatingly sexy Irishman in his place and get back in her father's good graces. All she needs is to stay focused on the goal ... and out of Sean Muldoon's arms.From stealing a thoroughbred racehorse from the Irish mob to striking gold in the mountains of Colorado, there's little Sean hasn't experienced. But when it comes to resisting his hot new stable manager, he's out of luck. With the mob hot on his heels, keeping Shannon off their radar is all but impossible, and he's not about to put her in danger too. Sean wants Shannon, but how can he offer her a future ... when he can't even guarantee tomorrow?

Jake Stone has always been an outsider, even in his hometown. As the misfit son of the town drunk and a descendant of Fortune's mysterious founders, he's spent his whole life not living up to expectations. So when Apple Woodman comes poking her pert little nose around his business, trying to sniff out juicy bits for a book she's writing on the town's history, he decides he's had enough. He'll give her the answers, at a price: one piece of clothing for every question. If the town's good girl librarian wants the dirt on this bad boy then she's going to have to bare all to get it. Nothing is going to stop Apple from achieving her dream of being a published author, not even surly Jake Stone. She's got a hefty advance to make good on and a looming deadline, and the last bit of crucial information she needs is being held hostage by the infuriating man. But Apple believes in equality between the sexes and she's not going to be the only one playing along--he's going to have to take it all off too. They're only clothes; it's not like they're baring their hearts. Right?

A cold heart meets blazing passion . . . can it be love?Stifled by the rigid confines of Mayfair society, Lady Carenza Castlebury lives a secret life. One full of passion and color in the heart of London's rookery, where she sings in a tavern as the infamous Masked Meadowlark. Coveted by many, claimed by none, Carenza refuses to conform to a life dictated to her by her controlling father, the powerful Earl of Castlebury. She will run away from his every attempt to quell her freedom, regardless of what her father believes-and regardless of any man he sends to bring her home. Or so she thinks, until she encounters the one man who stops her-and her heart-dead in her tracks.Commoner Damon Crowe has made a lucrative living digging through the secrets of the rich and titled. In the recovery business, Damon thinks nothing of assisting the Earl of Castlebury in retrieving his spoiled daughter from her covert nighttime escapades before her ruse is discovered. Damon sees only a hefty payout on an easy assignment. Truly, how big a problem can one nobleman's bored and pampered daughter be?Turns out, she's a rather large one. But when Carenza's brazen nature puts her directly into the path of the Revivalists-a group of murdering noblemen rampaging London-Damon can no longer deny his feelings for the passionate hellion.Now he must use all his impressive tracking skills to find her . . . before it's too late and he loses the only woman he has ever loved.The CastleburysMayfair MisfitDuke UndoneDockside DuchessLondon's Leading LadyBow Street Baron

A lady's secret can be a duke's undoing.Scandalous paintings of the ton are taking London by storm, and Joss Rainville, Duke of Somerton, is the latest target. Flattering as the nude is, it simply won't do. Left a failing dukedom by his late father, Joss needs hislatest venture, sole proprietorship in London's newest theatre, to be successful. Any scandal and investors disappear-which he sorely needs. He's going to track down this Anonymous artist and make them pay dearly. Only Joss doesn't expect his trap to catch Lady Ceranora Castlebury, the most frustrating female of his acquaintance... and the most irresistible.Fed up with aristocratic, over-entitled men dictating the rules of society, Nora sets about putting them in their proper place. A brilliant artist, she takes great satisfaction in painting noblemen in the nude, giving them a taste of what it's like to be a woman, to feel exposed and powerless. When she paints the Duke of Somerton and he miraculously tracks her down, she realizes she's perhaps gone too far. But she refuses to apologize. Men don't, why should she? Oh no, Nora won't apologize to the duke for the insubordinate attitude, or the argument... but she will apologize for the kiss that lands them unexpectedly in wedlock.One passionate kiss in a moonlit garden and their fates are sealed. Forced to marry, they cannot deny their attraction. But when Nora's secret is uncovered and revenge comes calling, they discover they cannot deny their hearts, either.Now Joss must save Nora and their love . . . before it's too late The CastleburysMayfair MisfitDuke UndoneDockside DuchessLondon's Leading LadyBow Street Baron

Gentlemen have all the fun . . . or do they?The newly titled Earl of Castlebury, Crawford is under a lot of stress. New title responsibilities, pressure from his mother to find a suitable wife, his late father's shipping empire to run. The last thing he needs is a feisty female pretending to be a deal porter down at his shipyard. She's obviously in hiding for a reason, and try as he might, he cannot refuse his attraction for the spirited brunette. Soon he can't keep his hands off her, either, even knowing he can never offer the common born beauty a future. He can offer her his body, his passion, and his patronage . . . but never his title or his heart.Heiress to an ancient dukedom, Sadie Crisp is in hiding from her awful Cousin Archibald, who wants her dead rather than married, so that he can keep her fortune for himself. Disguised as a young male deal porter at the docklands, all is smooth sailing until the new owner of the Castlebury's shipyard appears. Everything she's ever wanted, Crawford ignites her passion and sets new hope aflame. Yet she cannot dare tell him of her deepest secret for risk of discovery. And she dare not love him for risk of her heart.But when the enemy hunts her down and all seems lost, she must trust Crawford with her heart . . . or risk losing her life Note: This series is part of Dragonblade's Flame line, so this is a scorching-hot read with open-door steam.The CastleburysMayfair MisfitDuke UndoneDockside DuchessLondon's Leading LadyBow Street Baron