Ergebnis für "Duke" in Zeitgenössische Liebesromane

Wheeler Rankin isn't here for romance—she's come to Lucky River Ranch to visit her best friend, wrangle a business deal, and prove herself to everyone who ever doubted her. But when she collides with Duke Rivers—resident heartbreaker, restless cowboy, and brother to her best friend's new flame—sparks fly hotter than a Texas summer. Duke has always dreamed of more than dusty trails and small-town life. He's itching to see the world, but one unforgettable night with Wheeler changes his course.

Ryder Westbury mag einer britischen Adelsfamilie entstammen, aber sein Königreich ist New York - zumindest noch. Denn wenn er nicht bald heiratet, wird er alles verlieren, was ihm wichtig ist: sein Erbe, seinen Titel und sein Unternehmen. Die Lösung seiner Probleme könnte Scarlett King sein. Die toughe Geschäftsfrau braucht dringend Geld, um ihre Firma zu retten. Und so macht Ryder ihr ein Angebot, das sie nicht ablehnen kann: Er unterstützt sie finanziell, im Gegenzug wird sie seine Frau.

Als Maximilian Cale, der Herzog von Lyons, in der Ermittlungsagentur Manton aufkreuzt, sieht Lisette Bonnaud ihre Chance gekommen, endlich echte Detektivarbeit statt nur Sekretärinnendienste zu leisten. Max behauptet, er habe von ihrem Bruder Tristan Nachricht erhalten, dass sein totgeglaubter Bruder Peter noch lebt. Lisette, die seit Monaten nichts von Tristan gehört hat und sich schon Sorgen macht, besteht darauf, mit ihm nach Paris zu reisen, um Peter und Tristan zu suchen.

Before that night, Addison Milan would never have thought the man she'd been fighting hard not to fall for - her only friend in her new shadow of a life - would be in a position to rip her family apart. Before that night, Caine Spencer would never have believed any woman could make him fall head over heels, let alone make him feel so damn compelled to look the other way when it came to his job. Then that one perfect night changed everything.

Tristan Bonnauds einziges Ziel ist es, alles, was ihm lieb und teuer ist, vor seinem Halbbruder George zu beschützen - und sicherzustellen, dass dieser Tristans Leben kein zweites Mal zerstört. Als die gerissene Lady Zoe Kane, Tochter des Earls of Olivier, in der Detektei auftaucht und Tristan bittet, ihr auf der Suche nach einer geheimnisvollen Frau aus dem fahrenden Volk zu helfen, sieht er seine Chance gekommen, bei dieser auch Informationen über George zu finden.

Victor Cale hätte es nie für möglich gehalten, dass seine Braut Isabella in kriminelle Machenschaften verwickelt sein könnte. Doch dann verschwindet Isa spurlos, nachdem die Diamanten der königlichen Familie Hollands gestohlen wurden. Und alle Indizien sprechen dafür, dass Isa für den Raub verantwortlich ist. Zehn Jahre später begegnen die beiden sich erneut - doch zu Victors Überraschung beschuldigt Isa nun ihn, die Diamanten einst entwendet zu haben.

Ein altes Buch lockt die junge Amerikanerin Julia nach Italien: Es ist die längst vergessene erste Fassung der Romeo-und-Julia-Geschichte...

Gabriel, Duke of Bencalor, allows himself to be kidnapped to save his cousin, the Prince of Caleva. He pays a price—a mutilation that damages his brilliant career as a Flamenco guitarist—yet he would not hesitate to do it again. Quinn Pierson is hired to track down Gabriel’s abductors. As she follows the trail, she and the sexy duke spend more and more time together until a spark ignites between them. Quinn fights her feelings every inch of the way because she knows there can be no future between a royal duke and an American commoner with an ugly past.

As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities. And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one. Ugly duckling...

New York City socialite and perpetual hot mess Portia Hobbs is tired of disappointing her family, friends, and - most importantly - herself. An apprenticeship with a struggling swordmaker in Scotland is a chance to use her expertise and discover what she's capable of. And it turns out that she excels at aggravating her gruff silver-fox boss, when she's not having inappropriate fantasies about his sexy Scottish burr.

Divorced. Broke. Living with a pack of elderly roommates. And those hallucinations she’s diligently ignoring? Her tarot card-dealing mom is convinced they’re clairvoyant visions. Just when things can’t get worse, a so-hot-it-should-be-illegal private investigator shows up on her doorstep looking for a neighbor...who turns up murdered.

When bestselling romance author Ellie Aarons finds herself with chronic writer’s block, she’s pretty sure all she needs is a change of scenery. A beautiful lakeside cottage with her cat seems like a good idea. But she’s wrong. She needs more than a change of scenery—she needs a muse.

I never wanted to inherit a title; I was doing just fine living estranged from my father, making my own rules. Now that he's dead, I'm the new Duke, and people have expectations of me. The first one is to find myself a Duchess. Olivia Adams is innocent to the world, and far too naive to its cruelty. When her brother betrays me, she comes to me and begs me to spare his life, then she makes a deal with the devil. One she can't go back from. All men of title need heirs, and Olivia's going to learn that Bad Dukes don't play fair.

Downsized, broke, and dumped, 38-year-old Marley sneaks home to her childhood bedroom in the town she couldn't wait to escape 20 years ago. Not much has changed in Culpepper. The cool kids are still cool. Now they just own car dealerships and live in McMansions next door. Oh, and the whole town is still talking about that Homecoming she ruined her senior year.

Rodrick Alistair Gastrell MacQuoid, o Duque de Kindubh e também bilionário, dono da mais famosa marca de uísque escocês, é um homem sem laços. Não deseja se casar ou uma família, mas o testamento de seu avô exige que ele o faça até o aniversário de trinta e sete anos, ou perderá o título de nobreza que se encontra em sua linhagem há gerações. Ele precisa de uma esposa de conveniência. Alguém que o deixe viver sua vida sem cobranças.

Not only does Griffin Gentry show up unexpectedly at Riley Thorn’s door—the real shock is that he’s begging her for help. Riley’s hot private investigator boyfriend Nick Santiago refusing to take the job is…well, less of a surprise. Too bad for Nick that his octogenarian business partner overrules him and takes the lead on Griffin’s case. But when a dead body makes it clear someone really is out to get Riley’s ex, the mile-long suspect list means all hands on deck at Santiago Investigations. Even the wrinkly, retired ones.

If you can’t stand the heat, don’t fall for a firefighter.... Fire Chief Lincoln Reed is known for his heroics in the fire department and in the bedroom. Life is a never-ending good time. Until she lands in the middle of the accident scene he’s working...and then his backyard. Too bad she’s immune to flirty first responders. Flight trauma surgeon Mackenzie O’Neil is on a crash course with burnout. She’s got a scar on her face and a shake in her hands. A temporary job as a small-town family physician is just the prescription. She’ll learn to meditate. Sleep more.

Twenty-five-year-old Lily Baines is used to waking up hungover, overweight, and underemployed. Waking up with fangs? Not so much. But when a little light necking has more serious consequences than she ever imagined, Lily is determined to get to the bottom of it or die (again) trying. Tristan hadn't meant to turn Lily—it's against vampire law—but now that she's here, they need to team up to save both their hides. They strike an uneasy truce, fending off other vampires, Lily's work-rival-turned-slayer, and her mother's tone-deaf romance and fitness advice.

She's the air in my lungs. The color in my world. But I'm no prince with a castle. I'm the king of the most feared MC on the West Coast. The kingdom I inherit is everything she hates and everything she's running from. I'm the monster lurking in the shadows. Waiting, biding my time to make her mine. She can try to run, but I've already caught her. She just doesn't know it yet.

Seven damn years of wondering whether the woman was still alive; whether she'd spent the last 2,555 days wondering if he was still alive. Wondering whether that night was as burned into her memory as it was his. Seven years having his heart tethered to Addison - and now she's back. With even more reasons to run than she'd had then. Only this time, Caine isn't letting the gorgeous little flight risk out of his sight. Regardless of how noble her reasons may be.