Bad Business


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From bestselling author JC Harroway comes the first book in The Pleasure Pact series. Grace Metcalf only wanted a onetime fling…but he’s got her risking it all for more! After my sister died, I knew I owed it to her and myself to get out there and start living. First order—calling off my wedding to a man I didn’t love. Then a margarita-filled night led to an agreement with my best friends: The Pleasure Pact. We’ve all agreed to live in the moment, which means behaving badly, embracing passion and saying yes to every adventure…even a red-hot holiday fling. When I agreed to go honeymooning solo in sunny Fiji, I didn’t expect to find a gorgeous paddleboard instructor ready and waiting to take my mind off the mundanity of real life. The mysterious Ryan Dempsey is exactly what I need: no rings, no romance, just raw sex appeal. His enigmatic past has turned him off love—now he’s all about lust and spontaneity. Ryan might be set on keeping things casual, but each electrifying encounter with him only shows me that our scorching chemistry goes beyond the physical. Can I convince this sworn bachelor that risking our tropical affair for a deeper connection is worth it? Harlequin DARE publishes sexy romances featuring powerful alpha heroes and bold, fearless heroines exploring their deepest fantasies. Four new Harlequin DARE titles are available each month, wherever ebooks are sold!




For Pleasure...Or Marriage?


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A mistress is for pleasure, not for marriage... Tycoon Markos Makarios thinks he has the perfect woman in Vanessa: she's beautiful, adoring, living only to please him. In fact, she's the best mistress he's ever had. Until he has to warn her not to think of marriage; a mistress is only for pleasure, after all. But Vanessa had believed she was his partner--not merely a plaything. Now Markos is about to learn the true price of the woman he's obsessed with...and to discover there's something even his billions can't buy!




Dirty Secrets


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Her brother’s best friend is hot as hell...and she’s on his doorstep! In the city that never sleeps, Gabrielle ‘Brie’ Lawson can’t get any shut eye. Not as a struggling actress and definitely not with her off-limits crush Connor Dow letting her stay so close to his bedroom. Soon, the gorgeous club-owner trades late hours at work for sultry nights with Brie. But would he risk losing his best friend — and his business — for true love? Mills & Boon Dare — Take control. Feel the rush. Explore your fantasies.




Captured for the Captain's Pleasure


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Captain Michael Hawkhurst relishes his fearsome reputation, for he lives only to wreak revenge on the Fulton family, who so cruelly destroyed his own. Spirited Alice Fulton knows a ship is no place for a lady, but she is determined to save her father's business…. When fate delivers him Fulton's virginal daughter as his captive, Michael faces a dilemma—should he live up to his scandalous name and find revenge with sweet Alice, or will his honorable side win out—and win the girl…?




HIRED FOR ROMANO'S PLEASURE


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She’s hired to work for the wealthy man who trampled on her heart! When Orla travels to Amalfi to attend her stepfather’s birthday party, she’s worried about reuniting with Torre, whom she gave her innocence to eight years ago. Back then, when he’d found out that Orla was the daughter of his father’s second wife, he’d coldly rejected her, assuming that she was after his fortune. Orla’s avoided him ever since, but when Torre finds out she’s looking for a job, he offers to hire her as his personal secretary…




Dare to Love a Duke


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Named one of Amazon's Best Romances of December! For a dashing duke and the proprietress of a secret, sensual club in the London Underground, passion could lead to love… if they dare Thomas Powell, the new Duke of Northfield, knows he should be proper and principled, like his father. No more dueling, or carousing, or frequenting masked parties where Londoners indulge their wildest desires. But he’s not ready to give up his freedom just yet. The club is an escape, a place where he can forget about society and the weight of his title… and see her, the woman he’s wanted forever. Lucia—known as Amina—manages the Orchid Club, a secret society where fantasies become reality. But for Lucia, it’s strictly business, profitable enough to finance her dream: a home for the lost girls of the streets. Surrounded by lovers, she only observes, unwilling risk her future for any man. No member has ever intrigued her...until him, the masked stranger whose heated looks sear her skin. After months of suppressed longing, they dare to give in to temptation… But the late duke’s legacy comes with a shocking secret, and the scandal threatens to destroy everything Tom loves… his family, the Orchid Club, and even Lucia.




Lost in a Book


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Examines the social forces that have shaped reading, discusses the nature of reading skills, and suggests connections between reading and dreaming and hypnotic trance




PATTERN OF DECEIT


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Bought Damsel In Distress


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Billionaire's bid... Luke Harrison is always in control. But ever since he bid for the chance to save a green–bikini? clad beauty he's felt his self–possession slipping away... Blind Date... Independent Emily does not want rescuing; until Luke, a smouldering knight in shining armour, swoops in on his private jet and starts to change her mind! Secret baby? Neither is prepared for the heat between them as Emily undoes her steely–eyed billionaire; and their no–strings fling leads to pleasure beyond their imagining...




Tears of a Tiger


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The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.