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Eleanor Eastwick is out of tricks. This alleged wallflower is hiding a secret, beyond the fact that her family is skint broke. If she wants to ensure the survival of her aged grandmother and younger siblings, she'll need to leverage the only thing they have left—their good name—and land herself a rich husband. There's only one problem: she has no bloody idea what she's doing. Enlisting the help of the wickedly rakish Marquis of Basingstone, Eleanor embarks on a crash course in how to attract the monstrous Gentry, high society courtship, and lessons in lovemaking . . . academically, of course.

Scappato da un'infanzia difficile, Jimmy O'Brien si trova nella cerchia di George Finn, boss irlandese e braccio destro di Bugs Moran, famoso rivale di Al Capone. Da quel momento, Jimmy diviene parte di un mondo fatto di violenza e cieca fedeltà al capo, pur con il tormento interiore che alcuni incontri gli provocheranno. In questo mondo per "veri uomini", in cui non c’è spazio per la debolezza, Jimmy si troverà a dover lottare per la propria vita e quella delle persone a cui tiene, tenendo a freno le sue passioni e i suoi desideria più privati.

Love bears all. Bear doesn't need anyone but himself... but Eyan needs Bear. Lila has been in love with Bear all along; now she'll find out what it means to be his. Bayn owes Ren his life, but Ren feels he owes Bayn more than that, and he'd do anything to keep his brothers. Eyan would do anything. Book Four of the Keep series, an erotic polyromance contains mature content and dark themes.

Based on the history and stories of Bakersfield California, Cookesville is a fictional western town whose story, location and peoples have been ripped from the pages of history. Listeners learn the intense backstory of those who initially settled the wild west town of Cookesville in the 1850’s and follow the founders of Cookesville—Frank Cooke, his Native American wife Lily, and their entourage of Native Americans, Mestizos and Chinese—and their offspring, into the 21st century.

Carlo meets the famed nun, Sister Giulia di Marco, and her confessor, Father Aniello Arcieri, a few years later, while restoring an altarpiece in a church. The charismatic pair gradually draw the lonely artist into their scandalous Confraternity of Carnal Charity, whose wealthy noble acolytes believe divine glory can be achieved through sexual ecstasy. Unable to continue living a lie, Carlo confesses a big secret to Sister Giulia. The crafty nun wastes no time assigning the novitiate a prominent role within the cult, which soon captures the attention of the Holy Inquisition....