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Charlie Wolfe jumps at the chance to help his uncle renovate a tumbledown cottage overlooking Nomansland Common. Number One Constable’s Cottages was once the home of the man charged with ridding the common of the highwaymen who terrorised travellers. But it’s the story of The Wicked Lady, the notorious female highway robber, that captures Charlie’s imagination, and some long winters’ nights he’s sure he can the hoofbeats of her horse echoing across time.

Newly widowed, wicked Kate Crowmore is in trouble. Scandal has broken over her head, and someone is trying to kill her. When she seeks refuge in Blackhaven, she doesn't expect a clergyman to be the solution to both these problems. Tristram Grant is not just any clergyman. The cast-off, illegitimate son of an earl, and a one-time army officer of great promise, the charismatic new curate is making his mark in Blackhaven. As soon as he sees the beautiful, defiant Kate, he sets his heart on her. And he is used to achieving his goals.

Nicholas Eastwood is finally about to get everything he ever wanted. As a reward for his service to the Crown, he has been offered the title of marquess. All he has to do is stay scandal-free until the papers are signed. There's just one problem: His ex-lover, presumed dead, is remarkably alive.

One reckless moment was all it required for Lady Julianna Somerset to lose her innocence to her best friend’s brother. When he broke her heart, she fled London to heal her wounded pride. But a desperate change in circumstance has forced her to return. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who ruined her may be the only one who can save her.

Edinburgh, Scotland. March 1832. Kiera and Gage have been eagerly awaiting their bundle of joy but trouble has been brewing in the form of the roguish criminal Bonnie Brock Kincaid. A new book and subsequent play features some of Kincaid's daringly heinous exploits, although he swears he had nothing to do with it or the characters which are obvious representations of Kiera and Gage. A rash of crimes break out across the city, seemingly inspired by the play and book. Then the publisher is found brutally murdered.

When Lady Serena Boyce's husband, the elderly duke of Warrington, could not give her an heir, he begged her to take a lover in order to conceive a child. She never dreamed it would mean falling in love. One look at the handsome stranger who rescued her from a thief and virginal Serena was overcome with desire. Dark and compelling, Lucien Clayborne, marquess of Daneridge, was everything her honor warned her against. Yet before the night was through, she had gifted him with her innocence. Then the duke was murdered, and Lucien discovered that Serena was pregnant.

A rabble-rouser for justice, Sophie's latest mission is to fight for the rights of the poor, the wretched - and the employees at Madame Hartley's brothel. She's not concerned about the criminals who will cross her path, for Sophie has mastered the art of deception - including the art of wearing trousers. Now her fate is in her own hands along with a loaded gun. All she needs is instruction on how to shoot it. But only one person can help her: Lord Quint, the man who broke her heart years ago.

Lady Portia North is in love with her brother’s friend. She fell in love with him when she first met him years earlier and hasn’t been able to set those feelings aside. He’s always been kind to her, but nothing remotely amorous. She’s already had three seasons, and turned down several proposals. If she doesn’t let go of her dream of the Earl of Lyonsdale, she’ll end up a spinster.

This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled doves, and other wicked women offers a glimpse into the Western women's experience that's less sunbonnets and more six-shooters. During the late 1800s, while men were settling the new frontier and rushing off to the latest boomtowns, women of easy virtue found wicked lives west of the Mississippi when they followed fortune hunters seeking gold and land in an unsettled territory.

Eden Barrett, the Countess of Moreland, is a young widow. Her foolish husband died in a duel, after having an affair with her closest friend. With one affair her entire life changed. Having freedom for the first time in her life she embraces it. Roslyn, her sister by marriage, is about to debut and Eden is her chaperone, and she’s determined to aid her to find a husband that won’t disappoint her.

Lady Roslyn Barrett’s launch into society was delayed by her foolish brother’s untimely demise. It makes a lady wish she’d been born an only child… All right, she did love the nitwit, and didn’t wish him to die; however, that doesn’t negate her irritation. Now she is at a disadvantage and the ton won’t let her forget her family’s scandalous past. She has a secret though, one that she won’t confess under any circumstances: Roslyn has already met the man she wants, but he doesn’t appear to return her feelings.

While Jane, possessed by the futa-succubus Lilith, writhes in a hot threesome with her fellow futa-succubus Lizette and Chloe, a futa-angel has arrived. Cecilia has a mission to stop the corruption from spreading. The angel appears before innocent Adelle, a nun teaching at Jane's college. While struggling with her lesbian desires, Adelle is overwhelmed by the beauty and majesty of the futa-angel. To fight evil, Adelle has to submit to Cecilia and be the futa-angel's bride! And Adelle is eager to submit and be taken hard for the first time by the futa-angel's heavenly passion!

Mrs. Claudine Grant married when she was 18 and lost her husband less than six months later to the ravages of war. Her heart is too bruised for anymore foolish whims, and she's determined to never marry again.

Jane is heartbroken. Her boyfriend, her college's hunky quarterback, was with another woman, a perky cheerleader. Racing back to her sorority, Jane cries in the bathroom. In a fit of desperate anger, she uses an ancient prayer to the goddess Ishtar. Only Lilith, the futa-succubus, answers her call. Jane submits to Lilith and is transformed, becoming a futa. Shocked by the extra bit, and unable to resist stroking herself, Jane finds her released just as her friend, Septima, enters the bathroom.

Das Finale der Urban-Fantasy-Reihe um die Herrin der Wicked - Spannung garantiert! Darcia Bonnet musste dreizehn Hexen töten, auf einem Scheiterhaufen verbrennen und im See der Sterne ertrinken - und wurde so zur Herrin der Wicked, der bösartigsten Hexenseelen. Doch sie ist nicht die Einzige, die Anspruch auf die Macht der Wicked erhebt. In den Schatten der magischen Stadt Babylon erhebt sich der Dunkle, ein Hexer, der sich die Seelen der Wicked in einem Ritual unterwerfen will.

Spannende und romantische Urban Fantasy: voller Intrigen und weitreichender Geheimnisse. Darcia Bonnet will zur Herrin der Wicked werden, der finstersten Hexenseelen, um mit deren Macht ihre Schwester aus dem Jenseits zurückzuholen. Doch dazu muss sie dreizehn Hexen töten. Während Darcia in den verwinkelten Straßen von New Orleans unerbittlich Jagd auf Hexen macht, kommt ihr Valens Mariquise in die Quere, auf dem ein grausamer Fluch lastet. Darcia könnte seine letzte Hoffnung sein.

At the same time as the women's rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk was wielding influence unprecedented for a woman. Yet, while history remembers the women of the convention, it has all but forgotten Sarah Polk. Now, Amy Greenberg brings her story into vivid focus in this riveting biography and reveals Sarah Polk's complicated but essential part in American feminism.

Brilliant Egyptologist Alexandra Quinn is stunned when the man who'd shattered her young heart rescues her from an intruder at the last minute. Forced to work with the rakish Lord, they must identify a cunning murderer who's left a blood-drenched trail from Cairo to London. Alex knows better than to trust Benedict, but the wicked promise in his kiss tempts her.

Miss Eleanor Jones is forced to find work as a governess after her father’s death. Being the daughter of a vicar gives her a certain respectability, one that she uses to her advantage. Her new position comes with unavoidable issues. The biggest one? Her new charge’s wildly attractive uncle…. She does her best to keep her distance, but he’s making it difficult at every turn.

Jane doesn't like being possessed by Lilith or being a futa-succubus. Though she has greatly enjoyed her extra bit throbbing beneath her skirt, she wants to go back to being a normal girl. Then she turns to an innocent nun for help. But Cathanne finds her lusts burning when she sees what lurks beneath Jane's skirt. Jane might not like being a futa, but she can't help herself. The innocent nun is too inviting. The nun is taken hard by the futa-succubus for the first time! But can Cathanne help Jane? Or will Lilith come out on top?