C. H. Admirand

Gwendolyn guards her bruised and battered heart like a warrior...Patrick O'Malley has no time for distractions... The Duke of Wyndmere's quest to find a nanny for his newborn twins brings yet another applicant to his door. Widowed Gwendolyn Alexander's reputation precedes her as one of the most sought-after nannies among the ton. Patrick O'Malley, head of the duke's personal guard, hopes this latest applicant will meet with the approval of the most difficult members of the duke's family...his twin babes. Nothing prepares him for the physical reaction that slams into him as the petite woman, dressed in drab peat-brown from head to toe, steps down from the duke's carriage. Her Irish whiskey-colored eyes hold him captive, while her voluptuous curves have his breath snagging in his lungs as unbidden images slam into him of tangled sheets...flickering firelight, and silky brown tresses spread across the white of his pillow. Gwendolyn Alexander anticipates her reputation preceding her as she alights from the duke's carriage. She steps down from the carriage to thank the footman for his assistance, and her gaze collides with an impossibly handsome, broad-shouldered man, garbed in black from head to toe. Desire flickers in eyes the color of polished emeralds, reminding her of Beltane fires, drawing her inexorably toward him. When Gwendolyn and Patrick find themselves at cross purposes protecting the little ones from threats of kidnapping, they must learn to compromise and work together before the kidnapper strikes again! Will they walk away or face the fire of desire that threatens to consume them? The Duke's Guard Book 1 - The Duke's Sword Book 2 - The Duke's Protector Book 3 - The Duke's Shield Book 4 - The Duke's Dragoon Book 5 - The Duke's Hammer Book 6 - The Duke's Defender Book 7 - The Duke's Saber Book 8 - The Duke's Enforcer Book 9 - The Duke's Mercenary Book 10 - The Duke's Rapier Book 11 - The Duke's Man-at-Arms Book 12 - The Duke's Lance Book 13 - The Duke's Champion Book 14 - The Duke's Sharpshooter Book 15 - The Duke's Cavalier Book 16 - The Duke's Blade

The Duke's Sword

A chance meeting at dawn on Hogmanay brings a tall, dark, and handsome man into Lady Calliope's life. Will he bring good fortune and the promise of love, or disaster? Viscount William Chattsworth is envious of his cousin, the duke. The duke's good fortune and lofty position in society has been well-earned. The viscount's circumstances have been drastically reduced after his father, the earl, mysteriously disappears. Thinking to make the most of the distant familial connection, he seeks an audience with the duke. The audience does not go as planned, and the half-truths he tells the duke are exposed as angry words are exchanged. Lady Calliope Harrington has been enjoying an extended stay at Wyndmere Hall with the duke's sister, Lady Phoebe, and their good friend, Lady Aurelia Coddington, as she prepares to marry the duke's brother. Distracted by the raised voices coming out of the duke's upstairs study, she pauses at the top of the stairs to listen. The viscount storms out of the study and barrels into Lady Calliope, catching her before she falls headlong down the staircase. Breathless from having the wind knocked out of her, Calliope cannot speak, only cling to her rescuer's arms. The duke rushes out of his study and sees Lady Calliope in the viscount's arms, the butler and housekeeper at the bottom of the stairs staring at the couple, and immediately demands his cousin marry Calliope to save her reputation. The viscount is saddled with a bride-to-be, who has no fortune or family to speak of, and is on shaky terms with his benefactor, the duke. Calliope is about to marry a man who is blinded by envy and desperately in search of an heiress, while she has nothing to offer him. Living apart, the viscount in London at the behest of the duke, and Calliope at Chattsworth Manor, the couple slowly realize the instant attraction they had felt on Hogmanay has only grown stronger, while Calliope's frustration over their hasty marriage to protect her name, and the viscount's need to marry an heiress, lessen over time. Will the viscount let go of the crippling envy that keeps him from seeing the inner strength beneath Calliope's quiet beauty and come to love her? Will Calliope learn to trust the viscount and finally find her true place in life--at the viscount's side?

Tempering the Viscount's Envy

Pride, Lust, Envy and Greed...vices that could lead a gentleman down the road to ruin. Unless he meets his saving grace in the form of a bespectacled bluestocking... Jared Malcolm Lippincott, the Sixth Duke of Wyndmere, has restored the family fortune. Will his plans to restore the family name mend his pride? An unknown enemy from the past will stop at nothing to ruin him. Lady Persephone does not wish to marry, cleverly donning the guise of a bespectacled bluestocking to discourage offers of marriage. Fate has other plans the night she falls into the duke's arms, captivated by the sparkle in his brilliant blue eyes. Society is all agog speculating if the two are more than just strangers. Restoring the family name is not as important as protecting Lady Persephone, who is now in his enemy's crosshairs. A marriage of convenience binds the duke and his lady together, but duty is soon overshadowed by desire. Will love triumph in this sweet tale of love and second chances?

Mending the Duke's Pride

Welcome to Apple Grove, Ohio-Population 597 Where townsfolk take care of one another, meddle in your life (even if you don't want them too), then stop in The Apple Grove Diner-aka gossip central-to pass on the latest news.

Welcome Back to Apple Grove

C.H. Admirand sweeps her readers back into the past to Regency England with book one in her Regency-Era Historical Trilogy: The Three Vices. This re-release has the previously deleted prologue, chapters, and scenes added back in for an enhanced read. For readers who have already read Patience, I have toned down the love scenes to appeal to a broader range of readers. Never fear, the romance is still the most important part of Lady Patience and Viscount Rexley's story. Here's the trilogy overview: Three cousins: Lady Patience Wainwright, Lady Charity Fenwick, and Lady Prudence Thompson, (daughters of three sisters) each have a vice that has their respective parents despairing that they may never find suitable matches for the highly spirited and willful daughters. Patience, Charity, and Prudence...Virtuous qualities a young lady seeking a husband would surely wish to possess. Unless, of course, a well-meaning parent chose to name her daughter Patience, with an eye to the future, hoping her precious child would seek to emulate the meaning of her name. Never imagining her beloved daughter would grow up preferring the break-neck pace of racing her horse across the meadow to taking tea with callers, or that she would prefer angling for trout and firing a pistol to plying fabric with a needle. And, Lord help us all, that she would grow to stand just four inches shy of six feet tall Patience is impetuous, impulsive, and impossible. Ah, but her parents have a plan to secure a marriage, and their daughter's future. They intend to find a gentleman of noble birth-with deep pockets-who has never met their daughter. Surely somewhere in all of England there is a gentleman who will embrace their daughter, thorns and all. All he need do is overlook her height, and her talent with rod, reel, and pistol. The virtue has become the vice ...

Patience

The Three Vices

C.H. Admirand sweeps her readers back into the past to Regency England with book one in her Regency-Era Historical Trilogy: The Three Vices. This re-release has the previously deleted prologue, chapters, and scenes added back in for an enhanced read. For readers who have already read Patience, I have toned down the love scenes to appeal to a broader range of readers. Never fear, the romance is still the most important part of Lady Patience and Viscount Rexley's story. Trilogy overview: Three cousins: Lady Patience Wainwright, Lady Charity Fenwick, and Lady Prudence Thompson, (daughters of three sisters) each have a vice that has their respective parents despairing that they may never find suitable matches for the highly spirited and willful daughters. Patience, Charity, and Prudence...Virtuous qualities a young lady seeking a husband would surely wish to possess. Unless, of course, a well-meaning parent chose to name her daughter Patience, with an eye to the future, hoping her precious child would seek to emulate the meaning of her name. Never imagining her beloved daughter would grow up preferring the break-neck pace of racing her horse across the meadow to taking tea with callers, or that she would prefer angling for trout and firing a pistol to plying fabric with a needle. And, Lord help us all, that she would grow to stand just four inches shy of six feet tall! Patience is impetuous, impulsive, and impossible. Ah, but her parents have a plan to secure a marriage, and their daughter's future. They intend to find a gentleman of noble birth--with deep pockets--who has never met their daughter. Surely somewhere in all of England there is a gentleman who will embrace their daughter, thorns and all. All he need do is overlook her height, and her talent with rod, reel, and pistol. The virtue has become the vice ...

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When Daniel Egan moves to the town of Apple Grove, Ohio, he immediately falls victim to his matchmaking neighbors who send a beautiful handywoman to his doorstep.

A wedding in Apple Grove

Pamela Morsi

Jeff DePew

Linda J. Parisi

Mathew Kaufman

 Christina Skye

 Lori Avocato 

 Connie Corcoran Wilson 

The Excelsior Hotel and Casino. Built in Las Vegas in 1960 by mobster Louis "The Lip" LaFica. For decades the towering hotel has been the subject of incredible stories and rumors that have kept it in the public eye the world around. Why have so many lovers been mysteriously, magically, magnetically drawn to this magnificent edifice? And why now have so many bestselling authors at last come together to reveal the adventures of these lovers who have stayed at the glorious Excelsior?

Romantic Times: Vegas: Book 2

Pride, Lust, Envy and Greed?vices that could lead a gentleman down the road to ruin. Unless he meets his saving grace in the form of an innocent debutante?Edward, Earl Lippincott is cut from the same cloth as his late and unlamented brother, the Fifth Duke of Wyndmere. When a madman has the earl's family in his crosshairs, the earl's overindulgence, and self-destructive ways halt. He works alongside his brother, the Sixth Duke of Wyndmere, restoring the family name to secure a suitable marriage for their sister, but is distracted by their sister's lovely friend Lady Aurelia.Lady Aurelia is enthralled by the handsome earl and secretly delighted when he dances with her at his sister's ball. Everyone warns her to stay away from the earl-even his own sister! The earl's social invitations tempt her to accept, but her uncle insists she decline.Will she follow her heart or listen to her head in the sweet tale of love and redemption?

Avoiding the Earl's Lust

While covering his brother's shift at the Lucky Star, rancher Dylan meets his match in raven-haired spitfire Ronnie DelVecchio.

Dylan

The Saxon Bride

Welcome to Apple Grove, where everyone has your best interests at heart, even if they can't agree on the best way to meddle. When folks need handiwork done, there's no job too small for the Mulcahy sisters. Hardworking tomboy Meg has left behind any girlhood dreams of romance. Enter newcomer Daniel Eagan, looking to bury his broken heart. He's surprised and delighted by the winsome girl with the mighty tool belt who shows up to fix his wiring.

A Wedding in Apple Grove

A rancher with a dark past of his own takes in a widow and her son and opens his heart to love.

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