Bøger af Kate Bateman

"As a founding member of King & Co., London's most successful private investigation firm, studious Eleanor Law delights in secretly proving that women can solve crimes just as well as men. When a charming con man pretends to be her fictional boss, 'Charles King,' Ellie knows he's lying, but accepting the scoundrel's offer of help might just be the key to cracking her new case and recovering a priceless manuscript"

Italia, 1492.Uno spietato mercenario maestro dell'arte della conquista.Un'ereditiera che si rifiuta di essere domata.Un patto con il Diavolo in persona...Cara di Montessori ha una taglia sulla testa. Il suo infido zio ha assassinato suo padre e si è impossessato della sua casa. La sua sola speranza di sopravvivere, e riprendere ciò che le spetta per diritto di nascita, è un'alleanza con la sua nemesi giovanile, il famigerato mercenario detto Il Diavolo. L'uomo più irritante... e seducente... che Cara abbia mai conosciuto.Indurito dalle battaglie e stanco del mondo, Alessandro del Sarto si è guadagnato il soprannome Il Diavolo. Ha bisogno di un matrimonio di convenienza politica per assicurarsi la pace duratura a cui aspira, ma le smorfiose dame di corte suscitano in lui ben poco interesse. Più di ogni altra cosa, desidera una sfida.La bella e caparbia Cara è sempre stata l'unico punto debole del Diavolo, l'unica donna che non sia mai stato in grado di dimenticare. Quando compare alla sua porta implorando il suo aiuto, i due siglano un patto del diavolo: in cambio della sua assistenza, Cara dovrà intrattenere per due settimane i suoi ospiti, alleviare la sua noia... e scaldare il suo letto.Cara non ha alcuna intenzione di soccombere alla studiata seduzione di del Sarto, ma la passione che ribolle tra loro è più potente dei suoi sacchettini di polvere nera. Circondata dal pericolo e dall'intrigo, deve scegliere tra quello che ha sempre ritenuto essere il suo destino e quello che potrebbe essere il premio più grande di tutti: ciò che desidera il suo cuore.Dall'autrice bestseller Kate Bateman ci arriva una spiritosa avventura romantica piena di passione, vendetta e redenzione."Un modello di rovente tensione sessuale." - All About Romance"5*... incredibilmente sexy... deliziosamente perverso." - Rakes & Rascals su A Counterfeit Heart."[To Steal a Heart] è carico di spionaggio e suspense. Personaggi credibili e multidimensionali e una trama frenetica spingono la storia verso la sua commovente conclusione." - Publishers Weekly"La scrittura e la caratterizzazione sono superbe, il romanticismo è bollente, irriverente e tenero e l'eroe è delizioso. Non avrei potuto chiedere molto di più da un romanzo storico!" -All About Romance su To Steal A Heart.

Meet Her Majesty's Rebels: three brilliant women who run King & Co., London's most exclusive investigative agency... The wedding-night death of her much older husband left Tess Townsend the Dowager Duchess of Wansford-and still a virgin. Now she and her two best friends investigate London's most scandalous crimes, and while Tess longs to experience physical pleasure for herself, she can't risk losing her treasured independence... Cynical shipping magnate Justin Thornton never expected to inherit a dukedom, but he'll do his duty. When the ravishing woman he kissed at a party turns out to be the Dowager Duchess, Justin sees an obvious solution: a marriage of convenience that will suit them both. But the passion that sparks between them is anything but convenient. As Tess works on a new case at the request of Queen Charlotte, her increasingly suspicious behavior makes Justin question her motives-and her past. The infuriating woman clearly can't be trusted, but Justin doesn't believe in love, so there's absolutely no danger of him falling for his own wife...is there?

A Wicked Game marks the third book in Kate Bateman's popular regency romance series, Ruthless Rivals.If there's one thing impossible for a Davies to resist, it's a challenge from a Montgomery. . .A teasing bet.Shipwrecked and imprisoned thanks to an incorrect map, Captain Morgan Davies has returned to London to exact sweet revenge on the cartographer responsible for his suffering. He's also vowed to claim the winner's prize-three kisses-in the bet he made with his long-time nemesis, the prickly, smart-mouthed Harriet Montgomery. His incarceration has clarified his feelings for her, but convincing the infuriating woman he wants to marry her is going to be his greatest challenge yet. When Harriet's revealed to be the very mapmaker he seeks, Morgan decides to combine revenge and seduction into one delightful package. . . A dangerous enemy.Harriet's always wanted witty scoundrel Morgan, and now he's back; as handsome and as taunting as ever. She has enough on her plate dealing with her father's failing eyesight and a rival mapmaker copying her work to play wicked games with a dastardly Davies-however tempting he might be. But when a threat from Morgan's past puts them both in danger, Harry discovers that she and Morgan might not be enemies at all . . .

"Kate Bateman's writing sparkles." - USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee GuhrkeMeet the Davies and Montgomery families - two households locked in an ancient feud, destined to be on opposing sides forever. Until now...CAN LIFELONG HATEMadeline Montgomery grew up despising--and secretly loving--the roguish Gryffud "Gryff" Davies. Their families have been bitter rivals for hundreds of years, but even if her feelings once crossed the line between love and hate, she's certain Gryff never felt the same. Now, she's too busy saving her family from ruin to think about Gryff and the other "devilish" Davies siblings. Since he's off being scandalous in London, it's not like she'll ever see him again...TURN TO TRUE LOVEAs the new Earl of Powys, Gryff Davies planned on spending his post-war life enjoying the pleasures of London. But when an illegal duel forces him to retreat to his family's Welsh castle, he realizes the only exciting thing in the dull countryside will be seeing the fiery Maddie Montgomery. Thoughts of his nemesis sustained Gryff throughout the war; but the girl he loved to tease has grown into a gorgeous, headstrong woman - who loathes him just as much as she ever did. Will secret tunnels, dangerous smugglers, and meddling from their feuding families be enough to make Maddie and Gryff realize that their animosity is really attraction...and maybe even love?A Reckless Match is the first in a new regency romance series by Kate Bateman about two feuding families, and reunited childhood enemies whose hatred turns to love.

Egypt, 1815. A reluctant hero.When cash-strapped adventurer Harry Tremayne accepts five thousand pounds to locate Lady Hester Morden in Egypt, he knows he's in for a rough ride. The headstrong mapmaker has been a source of irritation-and forbidden attraction-for years.A damsel in distress?Lady Hester doesn't need rescuing. She's far too busy enjoying her freedom to return to the stuffy confines of London. Besides, handsome scoundrel Harry Tremayne is the last man she wants to see; she's still plagued by the memory of their one, unforgettable kiss.A deadly curse.When Hester discovers a necklace in the sand-one which may or may not be cursed by an ancient Egyptian goddess-the two are thrust into an adventure that takes them from the desert's seductive heat to the perils of Napoleonic France. Can they ignore their inconvenient attraction long enough to save the world? The answer may just lie in the promise of a single kiss . . .Praise for K. C. Bateman:"Scintillating! . . . Intelligent, affable characters make this fast-paced novel shine, especially for fans of clever women and the men who sincerely admire them." - Publisher's weekly Starred Review for This Earl Of Mine."A new riveting voice for Regency readers! K. C. Bateman is on my auto-buy list." - Janna MacGregor"Delicious, witty, and ripping good fun! Bateman's writing sparkles." - Laura Lee Guhrke

The first book in a new Regency romance series, an heiress and a rogue accidentally end up in a secret marriage of convenience.