The historic hotel in BoonsBoro has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother... and they are uncovering secrets from the hotel's past. The new manager of the Inn starts work - and sparks fly with one of the brothers ...
Although Kendall Bettencourt is, at nineteen, Hollywood's hottest young starlet, behind the glamor and designer dresses she's just a girl who longs for normal. Payton Taylor is Kendall's best friend from childhood and the one person who reminds Kendall of who she really is. With her career taking off, Kendall moves Payton to LA to help keep her sane. But Payton is holding a secret that could make everything ten times worse. Because, to her, Kendall is more than a best friend--she is the only girl that Payton has ever loved. Just as they need each other more than ever, they'll have to answer the question of where friendship stops and love begins--and find out whether the feelings they have can survive the mounting pressure of fame.--From publisher description
"The historic hotel in BoonsBoro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett's social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there's another project he's got his eye on: the girl he's been waiting to kiss since he was sixteen."--P. [4] of cover.
Christian Delacorte möchte seine Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen, doch alte Schulden holen ihn ein. Die mysteriöse Mörderin Jasmine Lee verlangt seine Hilfe bei der Befreiung seines in Brasilien entführten Vaters, einem Unterweltboss. Währenddessen spürt seine Freundin Raven, wie er sich von ihr entfernt.
Mary's plans to marry the handsome Viscount Wetherly are disrupted by the irresistible Duke of Blackstone, who persistently teases her. As she tries to ignore him, Blackstone realizes he might be falling for her, despite his intentions to protect his brother from her charms. Will love prevail?
Wild wie eine heidnische Göttin galoppierte Lady Summer mit ihrem Hengst entlang der Küste von Cornwall. Sie hatte sich in das Schmugglergeschäft verwickelt, um das Familienanwesen zu retten, doch eine wohlhabende Heiratskandidatur würde ihrem Zweck nun besser dienen. Lord Ruark Helford schien die Antwort auf ihre waghalsigen Gebete zu sein. Doch während seine heißen, gierigen Küsse sie in Richtung Täuschung und unwiderstehlicher Liebesakte zogen, musste sie zögern. Würde dieser arrogante, gutaussehende Lord ihr Ticket zum Himmel – oder zur Hölle?
En el silencio de la noche, un carruaje recorre las siniestras calles que conducen a la residencia del Ángel Caído, funesto apodo del conde de Algelstone. En el interior del carruaje, la joven Prudence lucha consigo misma por seguir adelante con la difícil decisión que tiene en sus manos: salvar la vida de su joven hermano Trevoy, la única persona con que cuenta en el mundo. La mansión, envuelta en tinieblas, encierra para Prudence infinidad de peligros que conoce y otros que, aunque insospechados, transformarán su vida. Un inusitado huracán de lujuria que abrirá las puertas a sensaciones y pasiones desconocidas.
Crime and punishment is Lieutenant Eve Dallas's business. Murder her speciality. Named by the social worker who found her when she was a mere child roaming that city's streets, Eve Dallas is a New York police detective who lives for her job. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all - and knows her survival depends on her instincts. But she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, a charismatic Irish billionaire - and a suspect in Eve's latest murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about - except the addictive hunger of needing his touch. From international bestselling author NORA ROBERTS, writing as J.D. Robb, comes a novel set in a richly imagined futuristic world. But for New York cop Eve Dallas one irresistible impulse still rules the heart: passion.
Ein mysteriöser Fremder rettet Olympia Wingfield vor einem Nachbarn und wird ihr neuer Hauslehrer Chillhurst. Mit Geschichten von fernen Ländern fasziniert er die träumerische Olympia, doch seine wahren Absichten sind schurkisch.
Die junge Museumsdirektorin Anna Lundgren wird zur Hauptverdächtigen, als ein Wärter ermordet und ein Maya-Dolch gestohlen wird. Nur Detective Gil Garcia glaubt an ihre Unschuld und versucht, sie vor einem cleveren Mörder zu schützen, der anscheinend auch Gils Geheimnisse kennt.
Journalist Lindsay Drummond is about to re-make her she plans to move out of London, change her job, and above all cure herself of her hopeless love for her unfairly handsome colleague, Rowland McGuire. Deadline day is Hallowe'en - but an encounter then with Rowland's friend, Colin Lascelles, a man much less innocent than he seems, quickly teaches hear that the best-laid plans can go delightfully awry... In New York, actress Natasha Lawrence is also trying to rebuild her life. Pursued by a stalker for the past five years, still to her ex-husband, the celebrated film director Thomas Court, she retreats with her son to the precincts of the exclusive - and haunted - Conrad apartment building. But will it provide her the security she so desperately seeks, and will she and her husband be albe to lay to rest the ghosts of their past? Lindsay's and Natasha's lives become inextricably entangled; when the cast of characters gathers for Thanksgiving at the sinister Conrad building, anything can happen, for romance and retribution, marrige and murder are in the air.