Bøger af Christi Barth

Raised in Hell. Living in Buffalo. And on the verge of accidentally destroying both realms...Dark angel and actuary Evangeline Thayer hates taking unnecessary risks, but she knows becoming human will be worth it. All the creatures in Hell have bullied her about her negligible 'power' her whole life. And don't get her started on why she has wings if she can't even fly?!? She just needs a teensy bit of help with removing her power...which is where a very hot, very flirty, and absolutely infuriating Nephilim comes in.Half-angel Gideon Durand has been fighting demons a long time, but he's never heard of a dark angel. Least of all one this gorgeous, stubborn, and with the power to completely nullify evil. Maybe in Hell, that's a weakness-but with an unknown evil on the loose and murdering Nephilim?-that's a damned useful skill. So Gideon strikes a deal with Evangeline: he'll scratch her wings...if she'll scratch his.Now good and evil are-temporarily-working together. And might even be having steamy fun...if it wasn't for a rather inconvenient threat trying to unleash the apocalypse, once and for all.

What woman doesn't want to wear a tiara? Me. The one who lives in yoga pants and knows she's not special enough to be a princess.One minute I'm starting my dream life in NYC, and the next, a man too hot for his own good is banging on my door, telling me that I'm a long lost princess of a country on the other side of the Atlantic.Not exactly your typical Friday night in the Big Apple.Suddenly, all of my plans for the future are yanked away. I'm trapped in a life filled with social obligations-and stilettos!-and an uptight royal family I didn't know existed. They, and the whole rest of the freaking country, have lofty expectations I'm not sure I can meet.At least the aforementioned sexalicious man, Elias, is my constant shadow, protecting me with his life. The whole situation is overwhelming. So I've secretly put him in charge of my happiness, too...and he's taking my orders very, very seriously.So seriously, I'm falling for him even harder than the new country I'm coming to...maybe...love.And that's a major problem, because he's crazy about me, too. I may not know all the zillion rules about being royal, but I know one for sure: No way can a princess date her bodyguard...

Hallie Scott expected the hangover from her thirtieth birthday. She did not expect to find her calm, orderly life as Swan Cove's head librarian to completely change overnight when her best friend added Hallie to the mayoral ballot because of one little remark. One. Now she's going head-to-head with the small coastal town's prominent "prince," Fitz Montgomery...whose charm is about to get seriously checked. All Fitz wants is to prove himself, beyond being the latest in the unbroken line of Montgomery mayors. Nobody, least of all Fitz, expected the town's cute-as-hell librarian to step up and run against him. Hallie's definitely in over her head, which is a problem, since Fitz wants a fair fight. But is he helping Hallie level the playing field...or arming his opponent? Hallie and Fitz are on completely different sides. Their backgrounds, their lives, their ongoing ebook vs paperback argument. But they're both about to learn that the art of war is nowhere near as complicated as falling for the enemy...

Can an unexplained breakup and ten years of heartache be cured by the romance - and endless buffets - of a tropical cruise? When her sister is left at the altar, small town librarian Zoe Balis jumps at the chance to take the bride's unused ticket for the honeymoon cruise. But she didn't count on sharing a cabin with the man who broke her heart ten years ago!Army medic Nate Hyatt never told Zoe goodbye when he enlisted - or the real reason why he dumped her on prom night. And he never stopped dreaming about the girl he left behind. Could this voyage be a chance to fix his worst mistake? After all, a Caribbean cruise should be romantic... if he can convince her to move past ten years of bitterness and hurt.Once aboard the luxury liner, Zoe befriends a bored Internet mogul with more heart than tact. Nate vents his problems to a ship's photographer battling PTSD. The four team up on an island hopping treasure hunt. The stakes grow higher with each of Zoe's mysterious brushes with death. Zoe's never gotten over her first love, and is tempted to let Nate back into her life. But she's not willing to risk loving a man whose career keeps him in a combat zone. Can Nate breach her defenses and suture her broken heart? Grab a deck chair and see if they survive the stormy relationship seas as they cruise toward love!

I'm thrilled that my first trip back to my homeland, after years in exile, is for an assignment from the prime minister. Even better, the job's to put Princess Genevieve in her place...by cutting off her cash flow. Spoiled royals-even drop-dead gorgeous ones-don't do anything to deserve their wealth and status. Hell, they don't do anything. She's fighting me tooth and nail, of course. The only way to stop her arguing is, well, to kiss her.And I can't seem to stay away from her. Now, I see a whole different side to the princess-and not just because I've gotten her clothes off. But I was put on this assignment for a reason... There are those outside the castle who want to see the princess discredited and push their own agenda, and I may have just given them all the ammunition they need.

Kylie Stafford has spent her whole life doing exactly what's expected. The right major, the right sorority, the right guys, just like her mother and her sister before her. But when everything falls apart for her, Kylie wonders if doing everything right has been utterly wrong. There's only one way to find out.She decides to try making all the wrong choices for three months. Hit on a tattoo-covered rock musician? Check. Go back to his dressing room for a hot hook-up against the wall? Gulp. Drop everything to be a roadie for him to binge on more of the best sex of her life? Maybe. Start falling for him despite her better judgment? Um....yeah. Figure out why doing everything that seems wrong feels so darn right?

Linnea Larson is willing to do anything to keep her family's Minneapolis dinner theatre from going under. Anything, that is, besides accepting a date from the Hollywood hunk hired to inject a dose of star power into their production of Guys & Dolls. It's a toss up whether his greatest claim to fame is playing a superhero on screen, or a super stud off screen. Neither fact convinces her he's got what it takes to share her stage. Luke Powell has fame, fortune, and an endless string of women, but also a lingering dissatisfaction with his picture perfect life. Looking for a change, he escapes to his theatrical roots. What he finds are wary cast mates, a nervous best friend convinced the show will ruin Luke's career, and an adorable costar who stubbornly refuses to go out with him. Suddenly singing and dancing aren't the only challenges he'll tackle over the summer. Despite Luke dragging her into his daily paparazzi nightmare, Linnea can't deny her mounting attraction to his irresistible charm. And even if she's crazy enough to chance getting involved, their fling would have a guaranteed expiration date. He's headed back to Hollywood at the end of the run, and she's tied to her family's theatre. Why risk the inevitable heartbreak? Their job is to act like they're in love, but will they decide it's worth the leap to fall in love for real?

Anda Weiss knows that going on a reality show to find love is, well, desperate. But after years of putting her love life second to her career, that's how low she's willing to stoop. Miraculously, the hot guy starring in Man Of Her Dreams is nice. Surprisingly normal. Altogether terrific. And Chance DiMarco kisses so well she forgets cameras are taping every second. Until she spends a red hot night with him, only to have all of America watch him kick her off the show.Seven months later, Anda decides that a mind-blowing one-night stand is the only way to move past her humiliation. But the man she hits on at a Vegas resort is far from a stranger. Anda seizes her chance to get payback on Chance. At least, that's her plan... But does she have it in her to use Chance for a few more nights of great sex and then turn the tables and dump him? Is that revenge worth undoing all her healing? Will Anda leave with the satisfaction of another steamy hook-up with Chance? Or could her epic humiliation actually end up bringing her to the man of her dreams?

The death of his little brother turned Kurt Lundquist's world upside down. He channeled his grief into skating his heart out--and ultimately leading his hockey team to win the championship. Now, all he wants to do is throw a party with the Cup in his brother's honor. He's got no clue where to start...until he runs into the gorgeous hospice nurse who took such great care of Jasper. She's waaay off limits, but he's desperate, and hires her to help him. Lisette Broussard's heart broke a little more every time a patient died. Losing the brave brother of a hockey star was the last straw. Learning a new specialty was supposed to change her life for the better, but it used up her savings. Then the slam dunk job with the New Orleans championship hockey team mysteriously disappears. So she jumps at Kurt's offer of a job, no matter how temporary. No matter how...dangerous, given how much she's always crushed on him. No matter how risky it is to fall for Kurt, since he'll always associate her with the grief of losing his brother. But the more time they spend together, the deeper they both fall. Kurt's heart begins to thaw...and then heat. Lisette can't resist him, and throws caution to the wind. She'll take whatever time he gives her. Can they move beyond the pain of the past and focus on a future together?

NYC is exactly what scientist Blake Montgomery needs. A little decadence and a whoooole lot of anonymity, well away from the prying eyes of her charming, touristy small town of Swan Cove. Now, at the end of a whirlwind trip, she has one final thing to cross off her to-do list: a sexy fling. And the hot, green-eyed stranger at the Maine airport bar might be her perfect one-night stand. Until, of course, he shows up in her town the very next day. Wyatt Keene is just an average guy-now. But four days ago, he was a black ops intelligence agent who spent fifteen years being someone-anyone-except himself. For one hot night, Blake makes him forget he's supposed to start his life all over again...as himself. Talk about mission impossible. Except suddenly Wyatt and Blake are not only stuck in the same town together, but also sharing the same office, and there's no escaping their scorching hot chemistry. Wyatt's trying to convince everyone, especially Blake, that he's just a normal guy-whatever that means. But nothing spells danger like trying to start a relationship with an ex-spy who hasn't quite left his old life behind...

What happens when you mix an average American woman with a decidedly not average future King?I can tell you from experience-a whole lot of complications. You see, four months ago, my all-American sister, Kelsey, found out that she's not actually my sister-she's a princess of a country we'd never heard of. She begged me to come along when she was whisked off to her new palace, so here I am. An outsider who doesn't fit in anywhere.Now that she's settled, I should go back to my exciting new career in New York. I absolutely should not stay in a country where I got shot (long story), where I suck so badly at the national sport that I accidentally murdered the symbol of the monarchy in front of half the country, and-oh yeah-where I can't stop ogling Kelsey's actual brother.The Crown Prince.The man who has to marry a very important princess. (not me)The man who must create the next heir to the throne. (without me)The man I absolutely can never be with. (remember that long story?)The man who just gave me the best sex of my life...Did I mention that it's complicated?

Dylan Royce, ex-teen pop star, needs a sexy image makeover. His first adult solo album came out under his perfect, white-washed persona and tanked. Joining a band equally famous for their music and their between-the-sheets escapades is only the start. He needs to get raunchy. Sleep with a different girl every night. But there's only one woman he wants, and she still sees him as a goody two-shoes boy-bander. Ariel Watson is the publicist in charge of turning Dylan into the sex-god every woman dreams of doing. Frankly, she doesn't see the appeal. Until one hot kiss changes her mind. Now she wants to keep him for herself--without losing her job. Or losing Dylan the legions of drooling fans she's supposed to be building for him. Turning bad got Dylan the woman of his dreams. But how will he choose between her...or his career catapulting him back to superstar status?

Jake McQuinn's lived and loved the rock-star lifestyle. But a family scandal ripped him away from his band and back home. Back to boredom, a buttoned-up sham of a job, and a desperate need to whitewash his image. His family's pharmaceutical company could crumble without him. His band's epic comeback won't happen without him. How's he supposed to choose which one to save?Cassidy--just one name as befits one of the biggest pop stars on the planet--has discovered the downside to fame. Finding a decent guy to date who understands her demanding career and crazy schedule? Impossible. Until she remembers the rocker who almost rocked her world a few years ago... Jake thought he walked away from her for all the right reasons. Cassidy, however, intends to get him back. And she's going to use his band's shot at redemption and rock legend status as leverage. If she convinces him to date her again and drop the good guy routine? Even better. Doing the right thing for everyone else feels so wrong for Jake. And making a bad decision about hooking up with Cassidy could be the best thing yet...

Three days ago, all Maisy Norgate had was a stack of bills, about a gazillion jobs, and her sunny-as-hell outlook. Now, thanks to an uncle she never knew about, she's inherited an ornate skeleton key with absolutely no idea what it's for-or why she has it. Which is exactly when a ridiculously handsome guy claiming to be an angel shows up at her door and all hell breaks loose...Nephilim Rhys Boyce cannot believe that Maisy is the new Keeper of the Key. Why would anyone bequeath this warm, bubbly redhead the key to Hell? And to make matters worse, she's given the key to the first person who asked for it. A demon. Yep, Maisy is determined to make his job-not to mention some seriously inconvenient temptation-as hard as possible.First a half angel with a very human chip on his shoulder must find a way to convince Maisy that angels and demons do exist. Then Rhys will have to break the really bad news...that she might have accidentally ended the world.

USA Today bestseller Christi Barth returns with another steamy Bad Boys Gone Good novel!Flynn Maguire isn't really a bad guy. Sure, he worked for the mob, but he ran a legitimate business?on paper anyway?and it paid enough to keep his brother out of the lifestyle. Until they turned on him. Now he's stuck in Witness Protection, tending bar in Nowheresville Oregon... and pissed the life he knew is gone. The only bright spot? Fantasizing about his quiet, secretive, beautiful coworker. Sierra Williams is a woman on the run. All she wants now is to settle into small town life... and ignore the brooding, sexy bartender who can't seem to take his eyes off her. Flynn's bad-boy vibe pushes all her buttons, but Sierra fell for the wrong man once already. She can't afford to let her guard down again. Except Flynn's tough exterior is slowly melting away to reveal the sweet man beneath and their attraction is too strong to resist. Sierra and Flynn are falling fast, but they're both keeping so many secrets. The truth could ruin everything... unless a girl who's a little bad is perfect for a guy who's never really been good.

USA Today bestselling author Christi Barth launches a sexy new series about three bad-boy brothers in Witness Protection who are about to learn that going good is harder than they thought...Doctor Mollie Vickers loves the tight-knit community of her tiny Oregon town. But she's not a fan of the limited dating options. Sleep with a guy who tried to copy off her in junior high? Pass. Mollie's sex life is flatlining... until a deliciously handsome man she's never seen before stops to help her fix a flat tire. As an ex-mobster, Rafe Maguire's no saint. But he's trying to turn over a new leaf. Although he probably shouldn't kiss the hot doctor on the side of the highway. Or suggest a no-strings fling with a woman he has no business pursuing. Rafe's life is too complicated for love?his new WITSEC-provided identity doesn't fit him at all and there's a U.S. Marshal watching his every move. He can't tell Mollie the truth... but their chemistry is scorching and being good doesn't mean he can't be a little bad.Mollie can't resist the guy who looks rough, talks tough, and is loyal to the bone. But it's obvious Rafe is keeping secrets. When the truth comes out, Mollie must decide if she could ever love an ex-mobster... or if this bad boy has truly gone good.