Emma Lea

Bailey Sheppard has loved Nick Heart for as long as she could remember. They had been best friends in school and had graduated to a friends with benefits arrangement after she left home to study at a University two states away. Their once a month weekends were the highlight of her life, when he would fly in to visit her and she would have him all to herself for the entire, uninterrupted weekend. And then he told her he was getting married. Bailey’s perfect world was threatening to implode and she had to do something to set it to rights. She needed Nick in her life, she wanted to be the one he married and lived happily ever after with. So she hatched a plan to stop the wedding and steal the groom. And then she met Hunter. Hunter Green, the reclusive aviation billionaire offers to act as her boyfriend to make the groom jealous and help her put a stop to the wedding. But his beautiful green eyes and the way he makes her feel when he touches her cause her to question her loyalty and feelings towards Nick. Oh, and he just happens to be Nick’s stepbrother. Now she has feelings for Hunter that won’t be denied, but what does that mean for her future with Nick? Does she take a chance on a new relationship with Hunter or should she stay the course and reach for the happily ever after she’d always imagined with Nick?

A Sexy Billionaire Romance

The Billionaire Stepbrother

The Spare is now the Heir Alyssabeth never expected that one day she would be queen. She was the second child of the king and queen of Merveille and female. Two strikes against her as far as the patriarchal society of Merveille was concerned. But that all changed the day her father and brother were killed in a hunting accident. Her dream of joining the UN is no more and instead she needs to return to the small European country of her birth to pick up where her father and brother left off. Her Harvard degree in International Relations is forfeit and in it's place she must become Queen, that is if the misogynistic Parliament can see past their prejudices. Not much has changed in the small country in her four year absence, but there are two noticeable differences. Her brother's two best friends, Will Darkly and Jordan Wicks, have grown up into two very intriguing men. Jordan practically sweeps her off her feet from the moment she steps off the plane, but Will's more reserved, darkly intense interest in her gives her tingles. Alyssa isn't sure she is cut out to be Queen, but she knows that she wants to do her father and brother proud, so she is willing to give it her best shot, even if it means going toe to toe with Parliament. And then there is the small matter of her needing to be married in order to fulfil her birthright and take her place as the Head of State. *This is a sweet romance

The Young Royals Book 1

A Royal Engagement

The corporate shark and the nanny... After five years of travelling the world, Brooks Barry decided it was time to settle down. He never expected it to include a ready-made family.

The Young Billionaires Book 2

The Billionaire Daddy

Declan was just being a nice guy. He saw a woman in need of assistance and he stepped in and pretended to be her fiancé. It was just the kind of guy he was; a knight in shining armour ready to rescue the damsel in distress. Yes, she was pretty – beautiful, gorgeous, a goddess – but he would have done it for anyone…probably. It was only fair that she return the favour when he found himself in need of a fake girlfriend. It wasn’t meant to go anywhere. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement and they both knew the rules going in. He wasn’t free to fall in love. There were…complications…that prevented him from pursuing her for anything more than just a fun time between adults. But you know what they say about best laid plans… Brandi wanted it all – a career she loved, a happy home, the husband, the white picket fence, and the two point five kids. That was the dream. Unfortunately for Brandi when men looked at her they saw something other than a potential life partner, they saw an opportunity to tick something off their bucket list. Blonde, beautiful and bearing a striking resemblance to a certain famous blonde-haired, blue-eyed doll, Brandi was a Marilyn when she desperately wanted to be a Jackie. So when she met Declan and he treated her like a person instead of just a piece of arm candy, of course she was going to develop feelings for him. The only problem? Their little agreement. But then things got complicated…

The Billionaire Replacement

On the day of the new Queen's coronation, a man from Lady Alexandra's past turns up unannounced in Merveille. Lord Frederic intercepts him and discovers that Alex had left this man at the altar six months ago and now he was here to claim her. The last thing Freddie wants is to get entangled with a woman. He liked to keep his options open, but now that he has returned to Merveille for good, his mother is trying her damnedest to get him married off and producing the next Bingham heir. When Alex asks for his help, he is only too eager to help her and maybe get his mother off his back in the process. Alex hasn't told anyone the real reason she left everything she had worked so hard for in the States to return to Merveille and take up the position of Queen Alyssa's personal assistant. But now the main reason for her flight from the US as turned up on the palace's doorstep and she is backed into a corner. The only person that she can think of to help her is Freddie, but she worries that getting too close to him might just do more harm than good. *This is a sweet romance

The Young Royals Book 2

A Royal Entanglement

The Queen is getting married and Lady Priscilla is required to work alongside the Lord Chancellor, Dominique, to ensure that the whole affair goes off without a hitch and that they don't, unwittingly, start World War Three. The only problem is that Priscilla finds Dominique insufferable and Dom isn't all that enamoured with Priscilla either. When Priscilla's sister, Bianca, falls for Dominique's brother, Louis, the two young lovers hatch a plot to ensure that they can spend time together, but it means that Dom has to pretend to be interested in Priscilla and get her to date him. The more time they spend together, the more Dom and Priscilla start to like each other, except that now Dom is caught in a difficult spot...should he tell Priscilla that he only asked her out because his brother wanted to date her sister, or should he keep quiet and hope she doesn't find out?

The Young Royals Book 3

A Royal Entrapment

Lady Jeanette Bower had always known what her life was going to look like. She would marry a titled gentleman and make him a splendid wife who was above reproach. The only problem was, she didn't expect a six foot four Australian to walk into her life and show her that there was perhaps another path for her to take.

The Young Royals Book 4

A Royal Expectation

“I got stuck in an elevator with a Christmas elf,” was not a sentence Zoë Farraday ever thought she would have to utter. And to have it happen in the building of her brand spanking new job kind of made the entire situation worse. Of course she had to then have a melt-down in front of him to make her humiliation complete. Asking him to come home with her for Christmas and pretend to be her boyfriend was madness and her only excuse was the trauma of her near-death experience by way of plummeting elevator. Or perhaps the way he filled out that elf costume momentarily melted her brain. It may also have had something to do with her mother’s meddling and the very real possibility of being set up with one of her dad’s colleagues that pushed her over the edge. She didn’t think he’d accept. Blake Austin—AKA the Christmas Elf—spent the previous twelve months back-packing around the world in an attempt to ‘find himself.’ Growing up as the middle child in a family that only ever cared about the almighty dollar messed him up and his only redemption was to escape the toxic environment and find out who he really was when all the trappings of wealth were stripped away. Now he was back and determined to somehow mend the ragged, torn seams of his family and Christmas was the perfect time to do it. Except none of his family planned to be in the country. Abandoned at Christmas by his family made the outrageous proposal from Zoë more than tempting. And it didn’t hurt that she was a knock-out. It was only for a week and it was only pretend…what could go wrong?

Christmas with the Billionaire

Lady Meredith Bingham thought that she had her life sorted. She was a member of the royal guard and a close personal friend of the queen. But then her mother had to go and ruin it al by insisting it was time her daughter found herself a suitable husband. Much to Meredith's chagrin, the queen agrees that Meredith must step down from her post.

The Young Royals Book 5

A Royal Elopement

Savannah has a secret...a secret that could cost her everything she's been working for. Coming to Merveille and taking up a position as one of Queen Alyssa's ladies in waiting hadn't been part of Savannah Rousseau's plan, but she wasn't going to turn down the opportunity when it came her way. The daughter of an impoverished viscount, Savannah had nothing to lose and everything to gain by being included amongst the new queen's entourage...as long as no one found out about her secret. Savannah loved her son. Archer was the sun and moon of her life, but being a single mother would mean instant disqualification from the ladies in waiting. So she hid him from the queen and her new friends...for two years. Now someone had stumbled upon her secret and Savannah would do anything to ensure that she didn't become a royal embarrassment. Jed Fairchild came to Merveille to escape his own scandal and the last thing he wanted was to be embroiled in another. Finding out about the young boy and impoverished viscount that Savannah had stashed in the abandoned hunting cabins was a complication that he didn't need. Being attracted to the hot-tempered lady in waiting was another. All Jed wanted was to live a simple life working with his horses and ignoring the rest of the world, but with Savannah in his life and the inquisitive Archer following him like his very own shadow, the quiet life was the last thing Jed had...and maybe it wasn't really what he wanted after all. This is a Sweet Romance - These are romantic tales without the bedroom scenes and the swearing, but that doesn't mean they're boring!

The Young Royals Book 6

A Royal Embarrassment

Lucas Andino had been summoned by the king…the only problem? He needed a wife…or at least a fiancée, which wouldn’t have been a problem except…his girlfriend just broke up with him. In desperation, he turned to his best friend, Francesca—or Frankie as she was known to, well, everyone. Frankie needed a topic for her sociology dissertation, and she needed it yesterday. When Lucas suggested they become fake engaged so he could answer the summons of the king, Frankie saw the opportunity for what it was. Who else would have unfettered access to a monarch for their dissertation? Who else could do an up close and personal examination of an emerging nation? Besides, Frankie would do anything for Lucas. They were best friends for a reason and if he needed her, then she was his girl. So what if she had a tiny crush on him? They were both going into it with their eyes wide open. No one was going to get hurt.

The Kabiero Royals Book 1

Royal Ruse

Lady Georgina Darkly, the newly titled Duchess of Pemberton, did not need one more thing to deal with the week before Christmas. The temperature was dropping alarmingly, a snow storm had been predicted, the milk tanks in the dairy were close to freezing and there was a leak in her bedroom roof. To top it all off Clarabelle, the cow that had a mischievous streak a mile wide, had escaped the confines of the barn and could very well freeze to death if Georgie didn’t find her soon. The absolute very last thing she needed was an arrogant, stubborn, wealthy, and undeniably gorgeous Italian to turn up on her doorstep in need of rescuing. Leonardo Ricci, youngest son of one of Italy’s wealthiest families did not want to be stuck in the middle of a snow storm in a country barely more than the size of a postage stamp. He wanted to be with his friends in Milan not suffering through a stilted family Christmas with his parents. When a cow appeared in the middle of the road and caused his beautiful Ferrari to careen out of control into a snow bank, he honestly didn’t think his day could get any worse…and then he met the Duchess. She was opinionated, stubborn, far too capable for her own good, stunningly beautiful, and immune to his charms. They had nothing in common and if she hadn’t rescued him then he probably would never have given her another thought. But then they got stuck together in her rundown mansion with no electricity and no phones…and that’s when the sparks really started to fly.

A Sweet Royal Romance

A Very Royal Christmas

Lady Margaret de la Fontaine was the forgotten lady in waiting. She didn’t mind…most of the time. She liked working with Lady Savannah and the others and believed whole-heartedly in what the queen was trying to achieve in their small country of Merveille. She just wished that someone would notice her, just once. Queen Alyssa’s ladies in waiting had, one by one, met and fallen in love with their dream partners, all except Margaret, not that anybody had given her single status another thought. That didn’t mean she didn’t also wish for someone to love, but she wasn’t holding her breath, especially since her best friend, Lady Hadley Winchester, was now part of the ladies in waiting. It seemed the newest member of the group was a hit with everyone, including the queen, which was great but once again left Margaret as the wallflower. Until Brín. Brín noticed the sweet wee Maggie standing against the wall while everyone else at the ball danced and chatted. He felt a kinship with her, even across the room and sought her out for a little bit of harmless flirting. He was supposed to be checking out the candidates for his arranged marriage, but he really wasn’t keen on the whole idea. He understood his responsibility as the lost heir of a broken down estate that was haemorrhaging money, but he didn’t really see himself as the marrying kind…and even if he did, he’d want to do it for love, not money. Brín was immediately taken with Lady Margaret, but alas, she was not the debutante his advisors had picked out for him. That honour went to Maggie’s best friend, Lady Hadley. But what was a newly minted earl to do when he had the livelihoods of several staff and families to look after? Not to mention, if he didn’t find a solution he may very well lose the estate and the title that went with it.

A Royal Enticement

No one ever got a second chance to make a great first impression. That was something Jack Daniels knew all to well. (Yes, that was his real name. No, he was not related to that Jack Daniels). Jack wouldn’t normally care what someone else thought of him, but when it impacted his job? That was another matter entirely. It wasn’t even his fault, not really. If anyone was to blame for Jack making an absolute fool of himself in front of his new neighbour it was his ‘friend’ Carter. But now Jack had to make things right…or he would miss out on the biggest coup of his career. Dianna Fletcher was just trying to live her best life. Yes, she suffered with chronic pain and no, it wasn’t all in her head. It made getting in to the office every day a bit of a challenge, but that was what the internet was for, right? Working from home was a legitimate way to do her job, even if some people didn’t agree. Besides, she was currently experiencing one of the highest points of her career as a game designer…the launch of a game she conceptualised and ran point on from design to production…and the biggest game to come out of Black Sheep Software and Gaming ever. She was living the dream and it should have been the best time of her life if not for the little snag of the grumpy DILF living next door. Dianna would have quite happily gone on ignoring Jack for the rest of eternity, but her boss had other ideas. Now Dianna and Jack had to work together in order to promote her game launch. Dianna would have been quite happy to work with anyone else at The Playbook, but that wasn’t an option. Jack—the grumpy DILF next door—was the guy who could take her game launch from good to great. Working with Jack would be a game changer…if only she didn’t hate him so much.

The Playbook Book 3

Game Changer

Darcy I liked Cole from the moment my best friend introduced us, and if I hadn't been seeing someone we might very well have hooked up. Instead, we became friends, good friends, and I came to value that friendship more than I'd ever imagined. Cole just got me. When I was around him, I could let all my defences down and just be me. Sure, he was hot, and I knew if we ever went beyond friends, we would rock each other's world, but our friendship was too important to me to throw it away for one perfect night between the sheets. Cole?Darcy knocked me on my arse the first time I met her. She was gorgeous; a tiny little thing that I'd like to pick up and carry around in my pocket. But she was also smart and funny and a great wingman. Except that I'd rather sit at the bar talking to her all night than go home with the women she picked out for me. And now my body had gotten on board, and it wanted more, much more. But Darcy was my friend, and the relationship I had with her was probably the healthiest male/female relationship I'd ever had, and I just didn't want to screw it up. She was too important to me to be a one-night stand-even though I knew it would be amazing-and I'm a one-night stand kind of guy. That might be an awful thing to admit, but I'm not whole, and I didn't think it was fair to lump my baggage onto someone else. So having Darcy as a friend was the only way to keep her in my life, and I definitely wanted to keep her.

Want to Date You

After Scarlett Morgan-aka pop star Ruby-collapses on stage, she doubts whether she will ever be able to sing again. So she heads to the small town of Hope Springs-her safe place, the place where she found her voice all those years ago-in the hope of saving her career. Scarlett doesn't even know who she would be if she could no longer be Ruby. Archer Paterson recognised Scarlett the moment he saw her. He'd been following her career for years and he knew that behind the wig and the makeup was the same girl who'd won the Hope Springs talent quest all those years ago. But the last thing he expected was for her to pretend that she wasn't the mega-popular recording star everyone knew as Ruby. He went along with it, because why not? She wanted to be incognito and he didn't want the status quo of his small town to be disrupted by a horde of media. But then things got complicated. *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English

Hope Springs Book 3

Unravel My Heart

Bailey Sheppard had loved Nick Heart for as long as she could remember. They had been best friends in school and had graduated to a friends-with-benefits arrangement after she left home to study at a university two states away. Their once a month weekends were the highlight of her life, when he would fly in to visit her and she would have him all to herself for the entire, uninterrupted weekend.And then he told her he was getting married.Bailey’s perfect world was threatening to implode and she had to do something to set it to rights. She needed Nick in her life, she wanted to be the one he married and lived happily ever after with. So, she hatched a plan to stop the wedding and steal the groom.And then she met Hunter.Hunter Green, the reclusive aviation billionaire, offered to act as her boyfriend to make the groom jealous and help her put a stop to the wedding. But his beautiful green eyes and the way he made her feel when he touched her cause her to question her loyalty and feelings towards Nick. Oh, and he just happens to be Nick’s stepbrother.Now she had feelings for Hunter that won’t be denied, but what did that mean for her future with Nick? Did she take a chance on a new relationship with Hunter or should she stay the course and reach for the happily ever after she’d always imagined with Nick?This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!*This is a ‘Too Hot to Handle’ romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart

The Young Billionaires, #1

Lady Meredith Bingham thought that she had her life sorted. She was a member of the royal guard – an elite security team tasked with protecting the queen of Merveille. She was also close personal friends with the queen and part of her inner circle – the ladies in waiting. But then her mother had to go and ruin it all. Lady Caroline Bingham was sick of her daughter fooling around and playing soldier. She thought it was high time her daughter got serious about her future and found herself a suitable husband. With the duke pulling double duty as the country’s prime minister, it was only right that his daughter start acting like a proper daughter of nobility. Much to Meredith’s chagrin, the queen agrees that Meredith must step down from her post. Prince Christophe Kostopolous was a prince in exile. For the last ten years he had been living under the pseudonym of Jamie Kosta, and for the last seven years he has been part of the royal guard. Very few people knew his true identity, but that was all about to change. The people he had been hiding from all these years have found him and he may finally have his chance to reclaim his rightful place on the throne of his small island nation of Kalopsia. The only problem is, he has fallen for a certain duke’s daughter and she has no idea who he really is.

Brooks Barry is a corporate shark and one of the youngest billionaires in Australia. For the last five years he’s travelled the world, buying up floundering businesses, streamlining them and then selling them off for profit. He is good at what he does, but there’s something missing in his life. When one of his good friends falls in love, Brooks decides that maybe it’s time to come home and actually live in the mansion he built for his wife before she left him for her ex-boyfriend. Seeing Hunter and Bailey together makes Brooks think that maybe he could find that if he would only stop running from the heartbreak of his divorce. Harper Fenwick has been a nanny for the last three years, but she’d never had to face this situation before. Her employer, Heather, has decided that she’s sick of being a single mother and instructs Harper to take her daughter, Piper, to her father, only he doesn’t know she exists. When she first lays eyes on Brooks Barry, she can barely get a word out due to a large part of her brain shutting down as lust takes over her frontal cortex. Now she has a major crush on her boss and she still has to explain about the five year old little girl who’s dying to meet him.

Sexy Billionaire Romance

Sara was a cliche, the third wheel, the one who didn’t get the guy…and the whole town knew about it. But with Christmas coming, Sara was determined to turn over a new leaf and shake off the dust of the past. Her heart may be broken but that didn’t mean it wouldn’t mend and what better way to get over her unrequited crush than to get under someone new. Mitch was the fun guy, the side-kick, the comedic relief. He was fine with that…sort of. He knew he was to blame for the way the town saw him, and it honestly didn’t bother him that much. Mitch knew he would never be the leading man. Then he started to see Sara in a new light. He could never compete with her life-long crush, but maybe they could have a bit of fun over the Christmas season. He could help her get over Archer and maybe she could help him get over…that thing that happened. *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English

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