The Scarred Heart
Volume Two of The Scars of the Heart Series
Volume Five of The Rakehell Regency Series
Sorcha MacMurrough
Ireland, 1812

Elizabeth Eltham, beloved sister of the Duke of Ellesmere, travels to Ireland with the Duke and his friend Clifford, known as the Rakehells from their days at college and in the Peninsular War. After the tragic death of their sister Jane, her brother and his friends want to protect her more than ever.

One chance meeting with a dashing stranger in a cave is enough to awaken Elizabeth as a woman ripe for love, the love of the right man. Everyone she meets longs to marry a Duke’s daughter; she must trust her instincts to choose the man who loves her best.

But her choice of husband has far more cataclysmic consequences that her own personal ones, as Elizabeth must help save her beloved, and all of Ireland, from a devastating French invasion….

“Elizabeth,” the mysterious man murmured, her name upon his lips sounding like a tender vow that the most sensual delights would soon be hers. “I shall see you again soon, my most beautiful Elizabeth. Just promise me, darling, you’ll never tell anyone about this place, our secret haven. If you promise, then one day soon, you shall be mine.”

She would have asked a million questions, and yet only one: Will you make me yours now?

Her enigmatic lover had stilled, waiting for her answer, one hand now poised around her tender throat.

She whispered, “I promise. You and the cave are mine. I don’t want to share you with anyone. I want you.”

His hand between her thighs stroking her, and his mouth descending upon hers once more, silenced her utterly. She had no urge to ask him any more questions. All she wanted was to let the incredible sensations wash over her like the thundering tide.

Elizabeth felt a flood of heat fly upwards to her face, downwards toward her hips. As one of his fingers pressed in deeply, she dug her nails into the bare flesh of his back and mewled like a kitten.

He laughed tenderly against her lips, and moved his finger and thumb. An inward quiver so strong it shook her from head to toe rippled through Elizabeth, causing her to gasp and pull away, open-mouthed with desire.

“Don’t be afraid. It’s only the beginning. A bit of light loving. I won’t damage you. Enjoy this, and keep it locked in your memory until next we’re alone, my love.”

His hand moved again, and a rainbow sparkled in her head. Elizabeth gasped, writhed, and panted, her eyes tightly shut, swirling like a feather wafted by a hurricane….

The Scarred Heart
Volume Two of The Scars of the Heart Series
Volume Five of The Rakehell Regency Series
Sorcha MacMurrough
Setting: Ireland, 1812
Word Count=82,000 (approx 300 pages)
Rating: Quite Sensual

Click on the link to read the first chapter: The Scarred Heart

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The Battle for Ulidia by Shanna Murchison

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Italian Interlude by Evelyn Trimborn
Sensual Contemporary romance; Setting: Florence and Venice, Italy

Handsome sculptor Mason York meets beautiful art historian Sibylla Monroe on his whirlwind cultural tour of Florence and Venice. Both have had difficult relationships in the past; the last thing they are looking for is love.

Yet as the romance of Italy takes over, they find it increasingly difficult to resist their mesmerizing attraction for one another, however much their common sense tells them they are too different to ever have a future together.

What seems a small lie to Mason causes Sibylla’s whole dream to come crashing down around her. Mason lives in a world she knows nothing of-one of power and prestige. How can she ever be happy in his world? But how can she be happy without the compelling man who has captured her heart?

Mason and Sibylla must decide if their love is a mere Italian interlude, or the kind of passion that comes along once in a lifetime, and lasts forever.

Italian Interlude by Evelyn Trimborn

Setting: Florence and Venice, Italy, Modern Day

Rating: Very Sensual

Click on the link to read the first chapter: Italian Interlude

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The Stolen Heart

Volume Two of The Starbuck Saga

Jacinta Carey

Almira Hussey is a desperate young woman. Her father’s ship has been reported lost at sea, her mother is seriously ill, she has two younger sisters to take care of, and her brother had just shipped out on a whaler she soon discovers is a hell ship.

When her mother dies, Almira grows determined to secure a better life for them all. A three-year stint at sea on a whaler will give her the money she needs to apprentice her sisters to a decent trade and support herself. With any luck, she might even be able to rescue her brother and find news of her father’s fate.

Almira disguises herself as a man and throws herself upon the mercy of famous whaler captain Jared Starbuck, said to have the Devil’s own luck turning a profit. He agrees to sign on the puny lad as a cabin boy, and pay the apprenticeship articles for her sisters as an advance on her wages.

It seems a dream come true for Almira, especially when she begins to fall in love with her handsome captain.

Jared soon begins to wonder if there is more to ‘Al’ than meets the eye. Uncovering her disguise at last, there is no resisting the magnetic attraction between them.

Jared doesn’t believe the whaling life is the right one for the woman he loves, but a run-in with the notorious pirate Xavier Delgado makes him glad Almira is on board.

Almira must outwit Delgado to save the crew and the man she has come to love above all else from certain death. And together Jared and Almira must risk all to navigate the most perilous waters of the Atlantic and Pacific if she is ever to save her family.

The Stolen Heart

Volume Two of The Starbuck Saga

Jacinta Carey

Setting: Nantucket, the coast of Chile, Valparaiso

Word Count=82,000 (approx 300 pages)

Rating: Quite sensual

Click on the link to read the first chapter:

The Stolen Heart

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