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ONCE UPON A TRUE LOVE’S KISS
USA Today Best-selling author, Julie Johnstone, joins
best-selling, award-winning authors, Katherine Bone, Collette Cameron, Jillian
Chantal, Samantha Grace, Alanna Lucas, Lauren Smith, and Victoria Vane in this
delightful limited edition, containing eight tantalizing kiss-and-tell stories.
Meet dashing, wildly charming rogues, spies, pirates, rakes and their
extraordinary, intrepid heroines as they whisk you along on sweet to sizzling romantic
romps in these wickedly entertaining historical romances.
AFTER FOREVER by JULIE JOHNSTONE-
Widowed Lady Julianna Barrows never wants to
fall in love again. But when the notorious former boxer Nash Overton
hires her to transform him into a gentleman, Julianna quickly becomes the student,
learning more about passion than she’s ever known, and more importantly,
learning how to love again.
THE PIRATE’S DUCHESS by KATHERINE BONE -
Duty forces him to take
on the pirate code, but honor brings him back.
Prudence, Duchess of Blackmoor,
has one desire—to be happy again. After struggling to overcome the horrifying
death of her husband, she accepts an earl’s offer of marriage, confident she’s
taking a step in the right direction. But demons, refuse to die, and Prudence
finds herself caught in an intricate web of deceit that threatens the very
foundations of all she holds dear.
Tobias, the Duke of
Blackmoor, crosses the line when an assassination attempt on him fails. To
restore the reputations of friends under attack by the same villain, and ensure
his wife’s safety, he stages his own death, becoming The Black Regent, a
notorious pirate bent on brandishing justice, never thinking he’d survive. But
to his amazement, he has, and now the darkest-kept secrets are not worth losing
the duchess his wife has become.
HER SCANDALOUS WISH by COLLETTE CAMERON
A
marriage offer obligated by duty . . . an acceptance compelled by desperation.
Philomena
Pomfrett is resigned to spinsterhood, but to ease her dying brother’s fretting,
she reluctantly agrees to attend a London Season with one purpose—to acquire a
husband. Stumbling upon her hiding in a secluded garden arbor during a ball,
Bradford, Viscount Kingsley doesn’t recognize his first love, yet something
about the mysterious woman enthralls him, and he steals a passionate, moonlit
kiss.
Caught
in the act by Philomena’s brother, Bradford is issued an ultimatum—a duel or
marry Philomena. He offers marriage, but even impoverished and with no other
decent prospects, she rejects his half-hearted proposal until her brother
collapses. Now, Philomena’s faced with marrying a man who deserted her once
already.
MILADY AND HER SPY by JILLIAN CHANTEL
A
lady, a spy, a traitor… a battle of wills.
Raised in the country
after her mother’s death with only the company of three unruly brothers, Lady
Augusta Covington is more proficient at fencing, riding and playing cards than
being prim and proper. Myles Cuthbert, a spy in His Majesty’s service on a
mission to find and expose a traitor, crosses paths with Lady Augusta when she
rides to the aid of her brother, believing him to be injured. With the
assignment at risk, Cuthbert agrees to accept the assistance of the troublesome
lady eager for intrigue. As they move forward, his sense of obligation to her
and the danger involved stir his soul.
KISSED
BY A SCOTTISH ROUGE by
SAMANTHA GRACE
His Mother Insists He Needs a Wife.
Fergus
McTaggart, Aldmist Fell’s land steward, has no time for wife hunting. Any day
his employer's sisters will be arriving at the Scottish castle for a long
overdue reunion. Fergus is determined to make their stay memorable, but all
anyone is likely to recall are the loud rows between him and his employer’s
cheeky paid companion.
She Insists He
Needs a Good Knock to the Head.
Edith Gallagher
has been charged with watching over her employer’s youngest sister while the
family winters in Scotland, but the stubborn land steward interferes at every
turn. Eventually, she and the Scot call a truce for the sisters’ sakes only to
discover their passionate battles are masking hidden desires.
STOLEN KISSES FROM THE VISCOUNT by ALANNA LUCAS
Desperate times call for drastic measures as Miss
Aveline Redgrave enters her third season. Fearful of fortune hunters, she
attempts to stay clear of Lord Leybourne, a rogue who is not to be trusted. But
his seductive smile and enticing kisses awaken a passion that threatens her
common sense. No stranger to scandal, Leybourne is determined to save his
family from ruin whatever the cost, even marrying an heiress he doesn’t love.
But an unexpected desire and need to protect threatens his plans. Will past
heartaches and a devastating wager destroy their future or will true love’s
kiss triumph?
TEMPTED BY A ROGUE by LAUREN SMITH
Gemma
never planned on falling in love with her childhood sweetheart’s best friend,
Jasper, when he returns home, but she can’t resist the naval officer’s brooding
charm.
Gemma plans to marry
James, her childhood sweetheart. With every letter written between them while
he's been off at sea, their love has grown. Now they will be reunited with his
return to England. But the man whose words she'd fallen in love with isn’t
James...
Jasper, a gentleman
rogue of the first order, is trapped. Talked into a scheme by his friend, he
pretended to be James for eleven years while writing to Gemma. He’s promised
James he’d break it off. But when he returns home, his secret will come out –
and he’ll lose the one woman he can’t live without.
THE REDEMPTION OF
JULIAN PRICE by VICTORIA VANE
She gave him a chance
to bury his past… but the price would be his heart…
Burdened by the past…Orphaned at a young age and left to run wild, at
eighteen Julian Price joins the fight against Napoleon in the hope of attaining
honor. Devastated when his best friend, Thomas, is killed in battle, Julian
returns home burdened with guilt, only to find his wastrel uncle has squandered
his inheritance.
Desperate to live her
own life… Facing a future of
drudgery caring for her aging mother and raising her brother’s children,
Henrietta Houghton believes her chance at a real life died with Thomas, the
only man who ever wanted her. But Henrietta is still full of dreams. When her
wealthy aunt, offers her a gift of ten thousand pounds, Henrietta finally has
the chance to choose her own destiny.
Everything has a price...With a fortune at her command, Henrietta
offers Julian a marriage of convenience, unaware that she really offers Julian
a means of
salvation—not just his fortune, but his very soul.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
JULIE JOHNSTON - is an USA TODAY
best-selling author of edgy Regency
Romance. She feels she’s living the dream by working with her passion of
creating worlds from her imagination. When not writing, she’s chasing her
precocious children around, cooking, reading or exercising. Julie loves to hear
from her readers. To connect with Julie or learn more about her books, visit: www.juliejohnstoneauthor.com,
www.facebook.com/authorjuliejohnstone, or www.twitter.com/juliejohnstone
KATHERINE
BONE - is an Amazon #1 best-selling Historical Romance Author
passionate about history since she had the opportunity to travel to various
Army bases, castles, battlegrounds, and cathedrals as an Army
brat-turned-Officer's-Wife. Now she lives in the south where she writes about
Rogues, Rebels and Rakes, aka Pirates, Lords, Captains, Duty, Honor, and
Country and the happily-ever-afters every alpha male and damsel deserve. To connect with Katherine or learn more about her books,
visit
www.katherinebone.com, www.twitter.com/katherinelbone, or
JILLIAN CHANTAL – is a 2015
RONE Finalist and lives on the beautiful coast of Florida, and even though
she loves her little slice of paradise, she’s an Anglophile at heart. Writing
in a variety of romance genres makes her happy, but she has a particular
fondness for the Georgian/Regency era as it was the age she adored as a teen
and as her introduction to the world of happily-ever-afters. Living on the gulf
coast also reminds Jillian, daily, that even though she loves the past, she
needs the present. Air conditioning is vital for her survival. To connect with Jillian or learn more about her books,
visit: www.facebook.com/jillian.chantal, www.twitter.com/JillianChantal, www.JillianChantal.com,
COLLETTE CAMERON
– is an Amazon #1 best-selling and award-winning Historical Romance Author
of more than ten Scottish and Regency Romances featuring rogues, rapscallions, rakes,
and the intrepid damsels who reform them. Mother to three and self-proclaimed
Cadbury chocoholic, she makes her home in Oregon with her husband and five
mini-dachshunds. You'll always find animals, quirky—sometimes naughty—humor,
and a dash of inspiration in her novels. To
connect with Collette or learn more about her books, visit: www.collettecameron.com www.facebook.com/collettecameronauthor,
www.twitter.com/Collette_Author
SAMANTHA GRACE - is an Amazon best-Selling, RITA-nominated Historical Romance Author who discovered the appeal of a great
love story at the age of four, thanks to Disney’s “Robin Hood”. She didn’t care
that Robin Hood and Maid Marian were cartoon animals. It was her first
happily-ever-after experience, and she wanted the warm fuzzies to go on
forever. Now that Samantha is grown, she enjoys creating happy-endings for
characters that spring from her imagination. Publisher’s Weekly
describes her stories as “fresh and romantic” with subtle humor and charm.
Samantha describes romance writing as the best job ever. To connect with Samantha or learn more about her books,
visit: www.samanthagraceauthor.com, www.facebook.com/pages/SamanthaGrace/264436686918343?ref=bookmarks, www.twitter.com/SamGraceAuthor
ALANNA LUCAS – is an Amazon best-selling author and grew up in
Southern California, but always dreamed of distant lands and bygone eras. From
an early age she took interest in art, history, and travel, and enjoys
incorporating those diversions into her writing. However, she believes that
true love is the greatest source of inspiration and is always an adventure.
Alanna makes her home in California where she spends her time writing
historical romances, dreaming of her next travel destination, spending time
with family, and staying up too late indulging in her favorite past time,
reading. To connect with Alanna or learn more about her books, visit: www.alannalucas.com, www.facebook.com/alannalucas27, www.witter.com/alannalucas27
LAUREN SMITH- an attorney by day, is an Amazon best-selling, award winning author by night, who pens
adventurous and edgy romance stories by the light of her smart phone flashlight
app. She’s a native Oklahoman who lives with her three pets: a feisty chinchilla,
sophisticated cat, and dapper little schnauzer. She’s won multiple awards in
several romance subgenres including being a New England Reader’s Choice Winner,
Greater Detroit Bookseller’s Best Award Finalist and a Semi-Finalist for the
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award.
To connect with Lauren or learn more about her books, visit: www.laurensmithbooks.com, www.facebook.com/LaurenDianaSmith/, www.twitter.com/LSmithAuthor
VICTORIA VANE - is an Amazon #1 bestselling
author of smart and sexy romance. Her works range from comedic romps to
emotionally compelling erotic romance and have received over twenty awards and
nominations to include: a 2015 Red Carpet Finalist for Best Contemporary
romance (SLOW HAND), 2014 RONE Winner for Best Historical Post Medieval Romance
(Treacherous Temptations), and Library Journal Best E-Book romance of 2012 (The
Devil DeVere series). Victoria also writes romantic historical fiction as Emery
Lee. She currently resides in Palm Coast, Florida with her husband, two sons, a
little black dog, and an Arabian horse. To connect with Vicki or learn more
about her books, visit:
For the purpose of this anthology, the following ratings
apply:
One
Kiss-Stories
will either not have consummated love scenes, or subtly sexy undetailed scenes
behind a closed bedroom door. You’re not invited inside. Sorry.
One
Kiss-Stories
will either not have consummated love scenes, or subtly sexy undetailed scenes
behind a closed bedroom door. You’re not invited inside. Sorry. Two
Kisses-Stories
are more sensual than sweet with some love scenes that are more sensual than
graphic. You might blush, but you won’t need a fan.Three
Kisses-Stories
are sexier and bolder with more explicit love scenes and the language used to
describe them may be more graphic. A fan and a cool beverage might be in order,
but you won’t experience everything. *Wink*Four
Kisses–Stories
have frequent, graphic love scenes with explicit language. Be prepared to blush
and stand in front of the air conditioner, a tall, iced drink in hand. Clothing
is optional.
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