Madeline Ash

At sixteen, Dee Johnson gambled her heart on her best friend Jed Brown – and lost when he disappeared without a trace. Ten years on, Dee’s life is uprooted when Jed turns up on her doorstep, asking for her help. Dee has been left behind by everyone she’s loved: her parents, her close friend Alexia, and a stream of lovers. She moves fast with men and suspects this is why they move on fast. Now that’s Jed’s back in her life, she’s taking no chances. Despite the attraction ripping at her seams, she holds back, knowing she wouldn’t recover from being loved and left by him a second time. A constant traveler, Jed has only felt at home once in his life – with Dee. Now that he’s found her again, he’s determined to make up for lost time. He’ll never leave her again. Until an unexpectedly royal revelation threatens to strip Jed of his freedom and future – including his place by Dee’s side.

Her Secret Prince

Wanted: Sexy sun-kissed surfer for hot summer fling. Innocent Alexia Burton needs to become sexually confident for an upcoming acting role, and that means taking a lover. Someone she’s attracted to. Someone who’ll teach her what she needs to know, but not ask for more than she’s prepared to give. She needs to learn the intensity of true desire and then have him walk away. Parker Hargreaves is determined to make amends for treating Alexia badly all those years ago. He’s changed and wants her to think better of him. If that means letting her sharpen her sexual moves on him, so be it. He’ll do it. His playboy reputation certainly won’t suffer. He just doesn’t count on walking away being so hard.

The Playboy

Vera Cole is a passionate sculptor whose dream is to study art in Spain. But when wealthy investor Leeson Stone offers her work at his gallery, Vera's dwindling bank balance forces her to agree. Leeson is a man who measures himself by financial success, while Vera couldn't be less interested in material things. And both have secrets they are desperate to hide. But the more time they spend together, the more they struggle to resist the powerful attraction between them. Knowing the truth would ruin him, Leeson avoids commitment. But when Vera works up the courage to reveal her past, Leeson falls hard for the bravest woman he has ever met. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their fears and learn to trust in love and one another? A moving, contemporary romance about love against all the odds. 'I will definitely be reading more from Madeline Ash.' – Reading Rehab 'Every once in a while we come across a book that just clicks – it ticks all the boxes of what we feel makes up a perfect story. For me, 'Uncovered by Love' was one of these rare finds.' – Romance Novel News 'an emotionally wrought, beautifully exquisite, love story that will keep you hanging on to every word…Madeline Ash has managed to write the perfect love story. .. I am eagerly awaiting the next book by Ms. Ash and she has been added to my favorite author's list!' – Harlequin Junkie OTHER BOOKS BY MADELINE ASH: The Playboy's Dark Secret Love & Other Lies

Destiny Romance

Uncovered by Love

Small town vet Abby Benson has fled to the country to put her shameful past behind her. She's just beginning to find her feet again when handsome stranger, Rue Thorn, arrives in town and begins to stir things up. Rue is gorgeous, kind and thoughtful and the two share an instant attraction. But convinced he'll despise her if he learns about her history, Abby reluctantly keeps him at arms length. Determined to win Abby over, Rue tries to reshape himself as the sort of guy he thinks she might be interested in. And for a while it seems his act is working. But when he finds out that Abby has been lying to him, it isn't long before everything start to unravel ... A moving story of trust, forgiveness and the power of love from the author ofUncovered by Love and The Playboy's Dark Secret.

Love & Other Lies

Meet the cowboy royal who bows to no authority-including his own.Kris Jaroka didn't sign up for this. He and his triplet brothers were uprooted from their ranch to inherit the throne of Kiraly. His duties keep escalating, and no amount of shirking his guards can stop the gut-ache of leaving his best friend Frankie behind.But his biggest challenge lies ahead. For years, Frankie Cowan has secretly monitored the safety of Kris and his brothers. When Kris's recklessness forces her to reveal herself as palace security, her duty to protect him and his refusal to be tamed meet head on.Bound together, their lies and hurt soon surrender to their chemistry, and Kris burns to offer her his future. But Frankie's past isn't fit for a cowboy, let alone a prince-proving that the person she most needs to protect him from is herself.Her Cowboy Prince is book two in the Cowboy Princes series. If you enjoyed the heartfelt emotion and trope-blending romance of book one, you'll love this next cowboy-royal romance by award-winning author Madeline Ash.

Cowboy Princes #2

Her Cowboy Prince

Leaving behind an international career and an elite party lifestyle, soccer star Dean Thorn has returned home to run the family vineyard after thirteen years abroad. Tormented by a dark secret, he has vowed never to get close to a woman again. No stranger to hard work, Rafi Dalton is too busy for love. Since running away from her career as a professional ballerina, she has been building a new life for herself as a seasonal worker with little money and no fixed address. Rafi is nothing like the women Dean left behind. She is strong, independent and not remotely interested in his fame or money. The attraction between them pushes him right to the edge - but can he trust her enough to leave his past behind? The Playboy's Dark Secret is a tender, sexy romance set on a beautiful Australian vineyard.

The Playboy's Dark Secret

Follow the lives of close friends as romance works its way through the group. Experience a hot summer fling on the beaches of Byron Bay, the lasting love of teenage sweethearts in a European principality, the mending of broken souls during Christmas in Melbourne, and the emotionally wrought clash of old lovers back where it all started. The Playboy Innocent Alexia Burton needs to become sexually confident for an upcoming acting role, and that means taking a lover. Someone she’s attracted to. Someone who’ll teach her what she needs to know, but not ask for more than she's prepared to give. She needs to learn the intensity of true desire and then have him walk away. Parker Hargreaves is determined to make amends for treating Alexia badly all those years ago. He's changed and wants her to think better of him. If that means letting her sharpen her sexual moves on him so be it. He’ll do it. His playboy reputation certainly won’t suffer. He just doesn't count on walking away being so hard. Her Secret Prince 2016 RITA® Nominated in the Contemporary Romance category At sixteen, Dee Johnson gambled her heart on her best friend Jed Brown – and lost when he disappeared without a trace. Dee has been left behind by everyone she’s loved: her parents, her close friend Alexia, and a stream of lovers. She moves fast with men and suspects this is why they move on fast. Now that’s Jed’s back in her life, she’s taking no chances. Despite the attraction ripping at her seams, she holds back, knowing she wouldn’t recover from being loved and left by him a second time. A constant traveler, Jed has only felt at home once in his life – with Dee. Now that he’s found her again, he’s determined to make up for lost time. He’ll never leave her again.Until an unexpectedly royal revelation threatens to strip Jed of his freedom and future – including his place by Dee’s side. You for Christmas Regan Case wouldn’t know the right side of the tracks if they ran her out of town. She’s lived hard since she ran away at sixteen, but eight years later, an accident has terrified her into pulling her life together. And that means finally going home for Christmas. Taking her return one step at a time, she ends up on the doorstep of her sister’s best friend, Felix Nickson. The man indebted to her after she jammed ten grand down his trousers in high school and enabled him to escape his own demons. Felix agrees to let her stay, but doesn’t count on the chemistry that burns hot between them. As they get into the Christmas spirit, he watches Regan’s shadows fade away and discovers that beneath her careless attitude, she is by far the bravest woman he’s ever met. He falls for her, fast and hard, but she fears she doesn’t deserve such a good man. A black sheep cannot change her colors. Breaking Good 2017 RITA® Nominated in the Contemporary Romance category At eighteen, Stevie Case finally surrendered to her attraction to bad boy Ethan Rafters, sharing one night with him before she graduated and he skipped town on a one-way road to destruction. Years later, Stevie has hit back life’s curveballs and is no stranger to hard work, but when she finds herself working for Ethan, who’s turned his life around, her world shatters not only because their chemistry is still fierce and undeniable but because fate separated them before she could tell him he has a son. Ethan desperately wants to be a good father and a partner yet he believes he’ll never be normal. The chaos that defines his life has destroyed his relationships, yet Stevie’s acceptance of his flaws tempts him with a life he thought impossible. Dare he risk Stevie's life of hard-fought stability for his own chance at happiness?

Love Down Under

Vera Cole is a passionate sculptor whose dream is to study art in Spain. But when wealthy investor Leeson Stone offers her work at his gallery, Vera's dwindling bank balance forces her to agree. Leeson is a man who measures himself by financial success, while Vera couldn't be less interested in material things. And both have secrets they are desperate to hide. But the more time they spend together, the more they struggle to resist the powerful attraction between them. Knowing the truth would ruin him, Leeson avoids commitment. But when Vera works up the courage to reveal her past, Leeson falls hard for the bravest woman he has ever met. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their fears and learn to trust in love and one another? A moving, contemporary romance about love against all the odds. 'I will definitely be reading more from Madeline Ash.' - Reading Rehab

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Royal Holiday

Mark Jaroka is content with his life on the ranch, his brothers by his side. Until he becomes the cowboy king. Hauled halfway across the world after a royal family tragedy, Mark resolves to be worthy of the title. He'll learn the ways of a monarch, but between him and his untamed brothers, the marble floors better get used to worn leather boots.

Her Cowboy King

Vera Cole is a passionate sculptor whose dream is to study art in Spain. But when wealthy investor Leeson Stone offers her work at his gallery, Vera's dwindling bank balance forces her to agree. Leeson is a man who measures himself by financial success, while Vera couldn't be less interested in material things. And both have secrets they are desperate to hide.?? But the more time they spend together, the more they struggle to resist the powerful attraction between them. Knowing the truth would ruin him, Leeson avoids commitment. But when Vera works up the courage to reveal her past, Leeson falls hard for the bravest woman he has ever met. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their fears and learn to trust in love and one another? A moving, contemporary romance about love against all the odds. 'I will definitely be reading more from Madeline Ash.' - Reading Rehab

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