Showing results by publisher "Author's Republic" in Romantic Suspense

Nila Weaver's family is indebted. Being the first born daughter, her life is forfeit to the first born son of the Hawks to pay for sins of ancestors' past. The dark ages might have come and gone, but debts never leave. She has no choice in the matter. She is no longer free. Jethro Hawk receives Nila as an inheritance present on his 29th birthday. Her life is his until she's paid off a debt that's centuries old. He can do what he likes with her - nothing is out of bounds - she has to obey.

"You say I'll never own you. If I win - you willingly give me that right. You sign not only the debt agreement, but another - one that makes me your master until your last breath is taken. You do that, and I'll give you this." Nila Weaver's family is indebted. Stolen, taken, and bound not by monsters but by an agreement written over 600 years ago, she has no way out. She belongs to Jethro as much as she denies it.

After the deaths of three undercover cops investigating a drug ring in a seedy strip club in Seattle, Detective Mahir Hussain has been sent to finish the job. He joins the club’s security team in the hopes of finding enough evidence to bust the operation before the men in charge find a reason to put him in a shallow grave.

I wanted her the moment I first saw her. Chanelle Nicolls, the great CNN reporter, was more beautiful in person than on TV. Looking into her gorgeous eyes was like being struck by lightning. The feeling was enchanting. I'd never before wanted to possess a woman. But I wanted to make Chanelle Nicolls mine. Mine... This word, which had so far been unfamiliar to me, appeared in my mind. Something was changing in me, too quickly and dangerously.

When a routine transfer to a safehouse goes horribly wrong, Rich and Leo narrowly escape with their lives. With the Marshals compromised and Leo being framed for murder, he and Rich are on the run from criminals and law enforcement alike. They have no one to trust except each other, and nowhere to go that their enemies can’t reach. And the only way out might mean making a deal with the Devil.

Chris Emmett has a talent for screwing up and landing on his feet. As a SEAL, he managed to evade bullets and court-martials alike. As an FBI agent, he dodged danger and disciplinary action - right up until he didn’t. With his career and freedom hanging in the balance, he’ll do whatever it takes to clean the slate...including an off-the-books deep cover solo mission.

Dr Simon Mráz is a respected specialist and lecturer at the Charles University in Prague. He is a serious man, responsible. His students call him "The Cruel Doctor Frost" not because he's unkind, but because of his unwavering, ice-cold composure. As a psychiatrist, he values sanity. And sanity can be found in work, restraint, and self-control. But not many know of that one time in the past when The Cruel Doctor Frost lost his cool.

When Lady Eleanor Sotheby unexpectedly enters the life of Jayne Clark, a 23-year-old waitress from Wichita, Kansas, Jayne's world is turned upside down. Not only is she welcomed into a family that she never knew, but she is thrust headlong into the highest strata of European society. Nothing is too grand in the fairy-tale lives of the uber-rich - the spectacular seaside villas, the sleek chauffeured limousines, the outrageously expensive designer clothes.

Set at a time before Brexit and Ireland's peace process, Australian journalist Steve Kennedy travels to London for a vacation after losing his job. The holiday is two-fold: to do some sightseeing and to catch up with a former colleague Jill Redmond who has been working in the English capital. Steve has always liked Jill, and he secretly hopes a relationship might develop between them. The vacation starts to turn sour when London is hit by a series of bombings. There are further complications when one of Jill's journalist colleagues Emma Barrett suddenly vanishes.

Rachel is on her property in the remoteness of the Australian outback, alone. Her husband has passed, and her estranged son, having left years ago, returns to demand a share of his father's inheritance. Rachel is frightened of him and then becomes suspicious of him when she discovers a dead body in her creek. She calls the police and meets a new police sergeant, Mike, and his new and enticing friendship is something Rachel finds refreshing. With Mike confronting her son and a gun fight ensuing with a motorcycle gang, everything seems to be spiraling out of control.

Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the kitchen, a fatal accident leads five survivors to the doors of the newly appointment Aged Care Facility, Hideaway House, where Joan Holloway-Potts-Jones rules the roost much to the irritation of some of the residents. When a Category 5 Cyclone compounds the problem, all hands are called to prepare the Home for the blast. But cyclones are not predictable and all the preparation in the world could not prepare them for the worst.

Rosehill Home for the Elderly is run by the almost evil Joan Holloway-Potts-Jones-Bristowe. The same crowd is in residence, but nothing is quite what it seems. With an eye on the income revenue, Joan decides to turn the clock back after a devastating fire, and redecorates the whole home in retro style, with furniture and music from the '60s, and one extra ingredient grown in the garden.

Kendric MacArthur is in Venice to write the novel that will put him on the literary map. When a beautiful girl walks into his life, only to disappear without a trace, little does he know that the next time he'll see that mesmerizing walk will be on a webcam view of the Piazza Navona, in circumstances he is compelled to investigate. Murder, revenge, political intrigue, and a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse, where it isn't clear who the cat is, complicated by sizzling romance and uneasy friendships.

Sam and Scarlett have been married for a little more than a year. Scarlett has recently inherited her fathers multimillion-dollar business empire, and Sam has retired from being a private detective to help Scarlett run the business. A four-day weekend at the Windsor, designed as a "getaway" from the pressures of their new life, is interrupted by Detective Inspector Blank, who tries to entice Sam out of retirement to help him with a high-profile murder committed not far from Sam and Scarlett’s iconic hotel, The Windsor.

This isn't the first time John Ford has come to, not knowing where he is. The previous time was several years ago, after he had been knocked down by a car. He woke up in hospital not knowing who he is or why he had been to Charlottesville. He still doesn't know. He has had to start his life afresh. The woman sends John on a mission, apparently to try to save a homeless hostel destined to be redeveloped. The hostel was gifted by Abraham Randolph. She guides John to other people who will help him on his quest.

Seventeen-year-old Marylyn Zhasa is a very ambitious young girl who has her future all planned out. She meets Dan, a charming fellow student whose own ambition is to get her at any cost. Not the kind of girl to stand by and let things happen, Marylyn puts up her well-practiced defenses against Dan's unusual advances, in spite of which she gets sucked into a fast-paced world of danger and uncertainty, where plans don't always work out as expected....

After Cassie Rowe's husband dies in a car accident, with another woman, the truth comes out about his abusive ways. Even after his death, Cassie must run for her own safety, and after two years she is found, by the other woman's husband! He doesn't plan on leaving until he gets what he came for. Ricky Thornton, an abandon husband, has been searching for seven years for the rings his grandmother left to him when she died. The trail ends at Cassie Rowe. He can tell she is hiding something.

Claire doesn't miss her lying, cheating husband, but that doesn't mean she killed him. Someone else committed the crime and framed her for it, and she prays it was anyone but her twin sister, who had motive and opportunity....

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favor. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and meets their criteria.

It's May 2055, and Paris-Brooke Seabrook is hoping that Theodore King-Lake will invite her to the school prom, but at a party at Theodore's home Amberton Hall, Theodore's older brother Rufus, is shot.