Made to marry!Lilli had drunk just a little too much champagne. However, barely three months had passed since her world had been rocked by trauma. She remembered allowing herself to be taken away from the party by devastatingly handsome banker Patrick Devlin… but how had she come to wake up the next morning in his bed?Whether or not they'd become lovers, Patrick wasn't about to let Lilli forget it. He vowed that she'd marry him within a month. The fact that...

I woke up in Vegas, with a ring on my finger, and my boss' shirt on my back. Apparently, we got married last night. And the best part? I don't remember a thing.My boss and I signed a contract to be fake-married for a year, with a strict "no sex" clause. But as we spend more time together, things are getting complicated. One minute he's charming and sweet, and the next he's back to being his grumpy self.It doesn't help that he's jealous of every guy who even...

As the middle child of the Shanahan family, Zaira does her best to keep the peace. She doesn't share her dream of becoming a published author with her family to spare herself their disapproval. When she's caught in a scandal involving the local matchmaker, Bellamy McKenna, she must put her storytelling ability to good use and feign a match with him to avoid wagging tongues and her parents' anger.Feeling the growing pressure to marry as a well-known, yet single matchmaker to St. Lou...

The reigning queen of London society, Lady Elizabeth Worthingham, has her future set out for her. Marry well, and marry without love. An easy promise to make and one she owed her family after her near ruinous past that threatened them all. And the rakish scoundrel Henry Andrews, Earl of Muir who's inability to act a gentleman when she needed one most would one day pay for his treachery.Returning to England after three years abroad, Henry is determined to make the only woman who cap...

From captive to bride…Lady Aediva of Etton will do anything to protect her sister, Cille. So when enemies storm her family’s keep, Aediva assumes Cille’s identity…taking her place as prisoner of Sir Svend du Danemark.Svend’s sole aim is to fulfil his service to William the Conqueror, and rebuild the life a woman’s betrayal once lost him. So when he receives his new orders to quash the Saxon rebellion, he is stunned. To do his duty, he must vow to take the beautiful yet prov...

Yoshon Santana ran Brownsville, Brooklyn, with an iron fist. When his fiancée fell ill, he stepped back and allowed his sister, Yolani, to step in his place. After the death of his fiancée, the streets didn’t do it for him. Allowing his sister to take over, he stepped back and watched from a distance. With a possible girlfriend, Yoshon just wants to find someone to love. At thirty-eight, he’s looking for a wife, kids and the white picket fence that surrounds his mansion. During one of New ...

This in-depth biography of Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci casts new light on his life and writing, emphasizing his unflagging spirit, even in the many years he spent in prison.One of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century, Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) has left an indelible mark on philosophy and critical theory. His innovative work on history, society, power, and the state has influenced several generations of readers and political ac...

Spain, 1147Isabel Ruiz saw herself at a crossroads when her friend married and went to live in another castle with her new husband. Unwilling to impose on the generosity her hosts bestowed on her at Moncaster, she concludes it is time to return to her native Granada. Her motivation holds a more convoluted twist, however. She wants to put as much distance between her and the man who abandoned her after promising to take her with him: Khalid Aziz, the word breaker. Her heart never fa...

A short story by Tessa Hadley from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In ‘My Mother’s Wedding’, a bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved na...

They met at a wedding…Will they say ‘I do’?It’s wedding photographer Harper’s job to capture other people’s happy ever afters, but she doesn’t believe in one for herself. Until she meets ruggedly gorgeous best man Drew. Having offered to be a surrogate for her best friend, Harper tries to fight their instant chemistry, until Drew sneaks past her defenses. But she’s about to learn this extraordinary man has an extraordinary secret!Ma...

Clarice's younger sister is her whole world. In a world of monsters, born into a noble family that's gone broke, there's nothing Clarice wouldn't do for her. So when she gets sick, and there's only one way to save her, Clarice doesn't blink! She agrees to an arranged marriage with the Dark Knight, a ferocious warrior who goes everywhere in magical armor-even their wedding! Afterward, Clarice is ready to consummate the marriage and charm her new spouse into paying to save her sister's life....

Spain, 1147Jimena De la Torre, daughter of the Duke of Moncaster, watches in horror as the Moors reclaim her family's lands. Left to fend for herself when her father falls in battle and her brother strives to live to fight another day, she'll have to accept whatever fate dictates. And it dictates she marry to keep Moncaster and its people safe and in peace. When the leader sheds his helmet, she has a vision of the tautest, most devastatingly sinful warrior she'd ever seen as he sha...