Paula Quinn

Millionaire Garion Gold is the last Drakkon alive on earth, but he doesn't have to be. His blood holds the power to transform at will or alter any descendant of the ancients. He doesn't have to live his life alone, hiding from those who seek his blood, secluded in a villa in the mountains of Norway. He can rule the sky with his kind, but the cost to humans is too high. So he remains a man, alone in the clouds, giving up flight and fire for a nobler purpose. He's suspended in both worlds, belonging to neither, an outcast with a price on his head that has cost others their lives.Never again.Helen White will never forget the Gold Drakkon that burned her family to ashes and set her path toward a purpose. To find and kill him before he turns any more Drakkon. But he isn't the monster she'd prepared herself for. He's six feet five inches of pure, golden muscle and built like he could lift that hammer from the ground with a tug. He's mystery and radiance draped in sunshine or starlight. A man whose kiss sets music to the stars and whose truest heart is revealed in his gentleness with the most delicate of creatures; his cat. What will losing her heart to her sworn enemy cost her? And when a life-altering truth is revealed, what will stop her from killing him?

From the streets of New York to the halls of 1718 England, one kiss could rewrite history.Homeless and resourceful, Fable Ramsey thought she'd seen it all surviving on the streets of New York City. But nothing could have prepared her for the mysterious man with a sword and a glowing sapphire pocket watch, appearing out of nowhere. When a struggle over the timepiece catapults her back to 1718 England, Fable finds herself thrust into a world of powdered wigs, sprawling estates, and rigid social hierarchies-and she's utterly out of her depth.Benjamin West, the Duke of Colchester, is a soldier-turned-reluctant noble, hardened by loss and duty. Known for his disciplined demeanor and sharp wit, Ben has no patience for the fiery, outspoken woman who faints in his garden. Yet, there's something about Fable that stirs his long-buried instincts to protect, even as she challenges every aspect of his carefully ordered world.As Fable searches for a way back to her own time and Ben wrestles with his growing desire for her, the two are drawn together by a perilous secret: the pocket watch holds the key to reuniting Fable with her past-or destroying their future. With an enemy from Fable's time pursuing them, and the societal pressures of 18th-century England closing in, they must learn to trust each other.But will their connection withstand the centuries, or will their love be lost to time itself?For All Time SeriesBook 1 - A Promise For All TimeBook 2 - A Kiss For All TimeBook 3 - A Touch For all Time

"You're like the treasure box filled with all the laughter I've lost."When social outcast Mercy Blagden accidentally cuts herself on an ancient ruby dagger, her blood mixes with the blood of a cursed seventeenth century English lord and casts her into his time, his castle, and his father's dungeon. It's one thing that the young man who takes pity on her and sets her free in his care has the kindest heart of any guy she's ever known, sees beyond her scarred face, and claims her blood can heal him. It's another when she begins to fall in love with him and learns she's been sent there to kill him.Josiah Ashmore, seventh son of the duke of Dorset, turns every head and sets almost every heart to fluttering when he enters a room and sweeps his guileless, jaunty smile over all, rich and poor. He's well loved by everyone who knows him, most especially by his father and six older brothers. But his smiles, even his joy, are well-practiced to convince others that he isn't the devil they fear from some age-old prophecy. They love him but they keep their children from becoming his friends and their daughters from becoming his wife. For all he has, he lives a lonely life. But when he meets the mysterious woman who claims to be from another time-before he speaks to her or touches her-he knows he's been waiting for her all his life. The more time he spends with her, the more hope fills his heart for a brighter future, and the more genuine his happiness becomes until he's convinced that now that he can breathe, he will suffocate without her.Mercy doesn't care about some stupid prophecy. She's been alone her whole life in a self-imposed prison waiting for him to set her free. With his smile and his kiss he fills all her empty spaces and makes her whole. Her life finally has a purpose. To love Josiah Ashmore and to be loved by him.But can their love survive the cursed ruby dagger when it brings Josiah's worst fears to the castle doors and then hurls Mercy back to the twenty-first century? And what will happen when, after four years, Mercy finally finds a way back to the man who holds her heart and discovers that he wants nothing more than to crush it in his fingers?Will Mercy use the dagger to fulfill her destiny? Or will she create a new path paved with forgiveness like a hopeful light. A light that can shine in a lonely monster's darkness?For All Time SeriesBook 1 - A Promise For All TimeBook 2 - A Kiss For All TimeBook 3 - A Touch For all Time

Like the sun, Tanon's fire cannot be extinguished.By the king's order, Lady Tanon Risande has been promised to wed a fierce Welsh prince as a gesture of Norman goodwill. But the Prince Gareth ap Owain seems more like a pulsing beast ready to devour, and Tanon doubts she can obey her king and wed the untamed dragon prince. When he claims her hand in a tournament, beating dozens of men to win her, she knows he won't leave without his promised prize, and she can't help but fear bedding a barbarian. But like the sun, Tanon's fire cannot be extinguished. In it, she possesses the power to subdue a king, tame a dragon, and bring peace to the wild lands of Cymru.Gareth may be a prince, but his primal sensuality proves he's no courtly gentleman. But he's determined to show the woman he's loved since he was a boy that he saves his savagery for the battlefield, not the bedchamber. He'll use far more persuasive methods to draw his lady into his arms. But though Gareth is a prince, he can't offer Tanon the finery she's used to, nor can he be sure she will be safe in his untamed land of Cymru, where princes plot against princes and Marcher lords take more of their land each day.What he can guarantee her is a love unlike any she has ever known, and a life of intrigue, trust, and passion.Hearts of The ConquestBook 1 - The Passionate HeartBook 2 - The Unchained HeartBook 3 - The Promised HeartNOTE: This story was previously published under the title Lord of Seduction. It now has newly added content for you to enjoy.

Norman lord Dante Risande never met a woman he couldn't seduce... until a lovely servant named Gianelle refuses his attention and his help when she's accused of murder. As the King's right hand, he can't sit idly by. It's his duty to investigate. But in order to save Gianelle, he must buy her, which makes him an enemy in her eyes. She's no easy woman to win over, which makes her even more alluring. The more time he spends with her, fighting, laughing, breathing the same wonderfully charged air -like being on the ocean when lightning strikes nearby, the more he begins to long for her to be his. He'll give her anything she asks, but he can't give her what she truly wants while her accusers are alive.A slave all her life, Gianelle Dejiat wants nothing to do with men. Especially the abusive kind. That's why she's caught trying to escape her lord's castle, and why she's accused of killing him when he's found dead in his bed. But the true danger is just beginning. The only thing worse than a mean-tempered master taking interest in her is a silver-eyed, velvet-tongued warrior like Lord Dante Risande. What Gia wants is her freedom, to disappear and live her own life, not to become another of Dante's conquests. But when he buys her and brings her home to Dover, will his castle high on the cliffs become a new prison or the place where she finally learns how to fly?And when her accuser shows up in her life again, this time to kill her, will she use her wings to fly away to live her own life? Or will she leap into the arms of the man who unchained her heart and set her free to keep her close?Hearts of The ConquestBook 1 - The Passionate HeartBook 2 - The Unchained HeartBook 3 - The Promised HeartNOTE: This story was previously published under the title Lord Of Temptation. It now has newly added content for you to enjoy.

Norman Lord Brand Risande, known as "The Passionate" is temptation incarnate with the power to pull and lure, and cause kingdoms to fall. But he hides a bitter secret; the betrayal that has sealed his heart. Now as this most feared warrior rides out to possess the lands he has won in war, he engages his most formidable enemy ever.Saxon Lady Brynnafar Dumont is prepared to do anything to protect her people-even seduce the savage knight who defeated her father. But instead of a cold-blooded beast, she confronts a purely sensual scoundrel who wants nothing to do with her.Innocent as she is, she must use all her wiles to defeat Lord Brand in the only battle worth fighting-the one for his passionate heart.NOTE: This story was previously published under the title Lord Of Desire. It now has newly added content for you to enjoy.

A conquering eleventh century Viking chief who doesn't believe he can lose his heart to a Saxon slave will hand it over willingly.Welcome to book 3 in the fabulous series Echoes in Time by New York Times Bestselling author Paula Quinn When actress Camelee Pendrey is hurled back in time a thousand years and finds herself caught under the nets of deadly-looking men on horseback, she's sure of one thing: she will never survive. Eleventh century Britain is nothing as she imagined. To begin with, there is a Dane on the throne Worse, there's one in her bed. They are everywhere. Conquering, capturing, enslaving the Saxons acre by acre.But Camelee isn't a Saxon, and she's nobody's servant. Not even the deadly Viking who claims to own her and then promises to own her heart as well.Chief Wolf Kristiansen is the king's most dangerous warrior. When his men capture a beautiful new servant beneath their nets, he does not know where she came from, nor does he care. She is his now. That is all that matters. Along with his possession comes protection, and he is called upon many times to keep Camelee Pendrey safe. But it's Wolf who is in danger.His heart is given up for one woman and casts him into a fight with a king and his legendary sword, an enemy sorceress out for revenge, and the very fabric of time itself.Echoes in TimeEcho of RosesEchoes of AbandonThe Warrior's Echo

NYC Detective Michael Pendridge doesn't have to think about all he's lost since the day he put on the uniform eleven years ago. The ghosts are always there, fresh in his mind. This job has cost him his soul. It has taken everyone he's allowed himself to care about. It has made him a monster and robbed him of any woman he could have loved because of time, and danger, and his increasingly screwed up head. It has wrenched compassion from his heart and replaced it with the hard shell of apathy. People are liars. They are capable of the worst crimes. He has seen it all. He's weary of the dirt and dark deeds of others.But justice is in his blood.In fact, even after rubbing a blackened brooch and being sent back to eighteenth century England, one of the first things he witnesses is a pickpocket in the crowd. A beautiful pickpocket who will lead him on a journey where he will find himself again-in the eyes of a thief.Lady Charlotte Whimsey, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Croydon has been picking pockets since she was twelve. She's good at it. She's not about to let the fact that her estranged father is a judge stop her, or that he hires the handsome, dark-haired stranger who shows up at the door to keep law and order in Croydon, and also to keep her under control. After a failed attempt at out-witting the new lawman, she finds herself in his care-and it isn't so bad. She expects to fight with him. She doesn't expect to fall in love with his rare smiles and his tender gaze. He's menacing, rough, and gritty, and he makes her forget everyone else.But the closer she grows to the detective, the closer he grows to discovering how deeply she's involved with the elite thieves known as The Horsemen, guilty of murder.Will this man of honor ever look at her as anything but a criminal when the truth becomes known? Will Charlotte give up everything for him? Can Michael give up the only woman his heart will ever love? And when the dust all clears what will he do when he learns he's the son of a king?Echoes In TimeEcho of RosesEchoes of AbandonThe Warrior's Echo

Was she ready to explore the heart of a warrior?Welcome to book 1 in the exciting new series Echoes in Time from New York Times Best Selling author Paula Quinn.After receiving a dragon brooch from a distant great aunt, twenty-first century historian Kestrel Lancaster finds herself in fifteenth century England. Smack in the middle of a war. Like...in the middle of a blood and guts spewing, heads flying around her war. With six armored men riding toward her, bloody swords raised high in the air, horrified looks on their faces, there isn't time to think. Only to scream. But like a dream, a dark knight rides into the fray and saves her from them all. When she realizes where and when she is, she doesn't know whether to thank him for keeping her alive or curse him for it.Sir Nicholas de Marre has seen many things in his years as military commander for the House of York, but he has never seen a woman appear right before his eyes-and in the middle of the battlefield. Without thinking, he kills the Lancaster bastards closing in on her. Thankfully for her he is able to fight with her deafening screams behind him. He saves her from certain death, not knowing if she is mad, or he is, and carries her to safety.That's his first mistake. The second is showing her mercy when he finds out she's a Lancaster. But this odd woman who takes pictures with imaginary phones and teaches Cook to make cupcakes is easy to fall for, and before long, the heart of York's champion is captured by a Lancaster.England's throne is about to change. The House of Tudor will reign, and the War of the Roses will finally be won with the intimacy of a kiss, the tenderness in a touch, and love that will echo through time.Echoes in TimeEcho of RosesEchoes of AbandonThe Warrior's Echo

She was like a living flame, an all-consuming fire, lighting up the way so he could find everything he'd lost Book 3 Heart of Stone is now available. Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited When widowed Nicholas MacPherson, Earl of Rothbury, returns from a two-year pilgrimage and finds himself in desperate need of a governess for his son, the last person he wants to see at his door is Julianna Feathers, the lass he had loved since he was a child servant in her father's castle. He doesn't want her back in his life, but his son needs her. Soon, Nicholas realizes that he needs her, too. Her familiar smiles and the ease he feels when they speak - even to argue - becomes harder to resist. But he doesn't trust love. Her love. Still, when she stirs the rubble in search of his heart, the heart she once knew, he is helpless to stop her.Julianna Feathers once lived the life of the privileged, but that was before the Scots attacked her castle and killed everyone in it. Before her father's debts left her penniless and without title. Before she married a monster. Dreams of the love of her youth gave her strength to run, to free herself and find him. She knows him as William Stone. She let him go once because she was a coward. But she has changed. She has grown up, and she wants him back...until she meets him and decides she doesn't like the earl with his new name and the diamond-hard set of his eyes against her. But she sees him beneath the rocks and rubble and she resolves to help him find his way out. Falling in love with him all over again is the easy part. Being torn from his arms by an enemy from their past is something else entirely. Will their love survive?Hearts of the Highlands SeriesHeart of AshesHeart of ShadowsHeart of Stone

Adam MacGregor has no interest in becoming the next clan chief of the MacGregors of Skye. More reckless rogue than responsible leader, Adam will do everything he can to escape this position of power...until Sina d'Arenberg, his beautiful betrothed arrives. Sina wants nothing to do with the unsavory MacGregors--especially the savage Highlander she will soon call husband. She is alone in a foreign place, mourning the loss of her beloved grandmother. Being used as a pawn by Queen Anne to secure an alliance infuriates her. But the more time she spends with the dark and dangerous Highlander, the more he captivates her, body and soul.As desire ignites between them, Adam will do anything to protect the family and the clan that mean the world to him--and to claim the woman who has stolen his heart.

Cainnech (Cain) MacPherson's hatred for the English was born when he was a lad of seven, the day they raided his village and killed his family. They took everything from him without mercy and tossed him onto the battlefield, where the memory of love faded to dust and left nothing in its wake but violence. Now, as Robert the Bruce's most formidable, most lethal warrior, he wreaks havoc on his enemy, taking land by force and without mercy. But when he raids a small castle in Northumberland, he faces his greatest opponent yet-a bold, beautiful Norman lass who will see him dead at any cost rather than give up her home...even if it means tearing open his armored heart and stirring the ashes that remain. Aleysia d'Argentan will do anything to keep the hated Scots out of her castle and away from her villagers. She has prepared for this day for the last four years, building traps in the forest, poisoning the grain, and hiding daggers wherever she could use them to kill her enemy. But she isn't prepared for the brawny, brooding Highland warlord who invades her life-and her heart. He is an infuriating, irresistible opponent with a curious touch, a smoldering kiss, and a reluctant smile that begins to shine on her alone.

Welcome to Book One in the Rulers of the Sky series It's Drakkon vs. Mankind in this sexy epic Marcus is a Drakkon as ancient as the stars, stronger than a mountain, and the last of his kind. Men now rule the earth. The time of the Drakkon is over thanks to the legendary Phoenix Amber and the Council of Elders who use its power to transform Drakkon into humans. When the Council discovers he may be hiding a treasure worth more than any dragon horde, they will stop at nothing to have it and transform him against his will. Being human is worse than anything Marcus could have imagined. His brilliant cerulean scales are gone, replaced with paltry skin he is sure could not even stop a bird if one flew into him. But worse than imprisonment in a male body are the awakenings of unfamiliar human desires that are nothing like the animal urges that were so easily satisfied as a Drakkon- emotions like loneliness that make him seek out companionship with a woman who, unfortunately for him, happens to be a sweetly-scented virgin. Samantha Montgomery isn't about to go to bed with a man who believes he used to be a reptile, especially one whose smoldering smiles make her think of being consumed alive by fire, and loving it. A romance writer and product of the New York State foster care system, Sam just wants some normalcy in her life. She'll never get it with Marcus. Should it matter that his wickedly passionate touch tempts her to yield all, even if all he wants is her virtue? He is everything she doesn't want in a man. Fear of commitment is one thing, not loving anyone or anything for ten centuries is another. But he won't leave her castle. He's arrogant, proud, and a bit delusional as to his abilities, but despite all his infuriating ways, including reading her mind and ceaselessly trying to convince her that the knights she writes about were useless beings clad in metal, he works his way into her life by fixing what's broken; from the stone wall outside her battle-beaten castle to the wall around her heart. When Marcus discovers the treasure that prompted his transformation, he must make a choice. Give up his human heart and save the Drakkon race, or surrender his heart to love and remain a man forever.

Lachlan MacKenzie's world ended when Annabelle, his daughter, was murdered. And ever since then, the Dragon Laird of the Black Isle's life has been joyless, a mere act of survival....until Lord Sinclair appears at his door with an offer. Sinclair believes that Annabelle is actually alive and will reunite Lachlan with his little girl. But he wants something in return: Lachlan must kidnap the woman Sinclair intends to make his bride, against her family's wishes. And while it turns Lachlan's stomach to destroy another family, there's nothing he won't do to be reunited with his little girl. But Lachlan never counted on Sinclair's future bride, Mailie MacGregor, being so spirited...and so utterly irresistible.

Patrick MacGregor is content to spend his days fighting for coin and bedding Scotland's loveliest wenches. Life is about the most blows landed and the most skirts chased, after all. But one day, while nearing his Uncle Tamas's land, he happens upon a bewitching lass sunbathing near the loch, and his heart stirs at the sight of her. When he finally arrives at the castle, he's assigned to protect the very woman who moved him so in the forest, and he soon discovers that she's as infuriating as she is beautiful.Charlotte Lindsay refuses to abide by the barbaric highlander her guardian Tamas has assigned to keep her out of trouble. Charlie is determined to enjoy what freedom she has before she's married off by her distant father. But Patrick MacGregor's constant vigilance--and warrior's body--are starting to become distracting. What's Charlie to do when her biggest temptation is the man charged with keeping her a proper young lass? And when her feelings start to deepen, will she dare defy her father and put herself at risk in the name of love?

As a mercenary for Lyon's Ridge Castle, Cailean Grant can finally unleash his inner warrior and try to forget the darkness tormenting him. One day, as he's walking through the local village, he notices from afar the most beautiful woman he's ever seen, her eyes haunted with sadness. Just as he's about to approach her, he's attacked from behind...and wakes to find this beautiful woman nursing him back to health. But he has a dark secret, one that could keep this Christmas love from growing into more.Temperance Menzie will never get over the grief of losing her beloved father or her desire for revenge on the men who murdered him. But when she finds a braw warrior injured in the woods, she's unable to leave him behind. As she nurses him back to health she can't deny how drawn she is to his warm smile and his quick wit. But there's so much she doesn't know about his sexy stranger...As the days grow colder, their nights heats up. Will they get the gift of forever for this Christmas? Or will Cailean's secret past destroy their blossoming love?

Abigail MacGregor has a little secret--she's a princess and an heir to the English throne. Her birthright has never been of any consequence to the few people who know the truth in Camlochlin...until Queen Anne demands she appear in London immediately and act as her handmaiden. Abby isn't afraid to meet her aunt, the Queen, or to travel to London. What could be better than an adventure? And then she meets General Daniel Marlow, her escort. She's never met a more insufferable, arrogant, stubborn man in all her life...The last thing General Daniel Marlow wants to do is babysit a spoiled Scottish lass. But an order from the queen is an order. He doesn't think kindly of the savage Highlanders, especially Abby's proscribed clan, and he isn't shy about telling her so. But as time passes, he's drawn to Abby's beauty, her sharp wit, and her spirit. She's hiding a secret--that much is clear--and he can't allow her to navigate the backstabbing and rather vicious waters of Queen Anne's court alone. He just never expected the queen to be threatened by his affection for Abby, and turn on them both. Forced to betray the queen and country he's sworn to protect to save the woman who has stolen his heart, Daniel will find himself in the battle for his very life.

AN INNOCENT STOWAWAYAs the sheltered niece of a Highland chief, Caitrina Grant longs for adventure beyond the lush hills of Scotland. So when a pirate ship glides into the loch, tempting her with promises of exotic lands and hidden treasures, Trina sneaks aboard. But she is unprepared for the consequences-and the seductive captain who demands the ultimate price for her deception . . . A SINFUL PIRATEFor Alexander Kidd, the sea is no place for a lady. Pursued by deadly enemies from every direction, Alex won't rest until he claims the bounty of riches left to him by his father, the notorious Captain Kidd. A stowaway will not be tolerated-no matter how beautiful. But soon fighting his desire for Trina becomes his toughest battle yet, and he will have to make an agonizing choice: sacrifice his quest-or lose the woman who has stolen his heart.